Class Note 1942
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Jul - Aug 2018
Spring is here? News is so hard to get—I have begun to dig into some folklore about the class.
Had a nice chat with Mariana Chalfont, Ed Chalfont’s widow. And a rouse to Ginia Allison, Huntly Allison’s widow for a great class newsletter! Mary Lindstrom, Guy Swenson’s widow, shared a factoid about our class. There are 13 members of the Swenson family that attended Dartmouth. That may be a first.
There is something special about the Swenson clan. The Swenson Granite Co., dating from 1754 in Sweden, came to the United States about 100 years later. These Swenson forebears came to New Hampshire about 100 years ago as starving stonecutters, and the Swenson grandparents placed a high value on education. They sent their children to Dartmouth, MIT, and Goucher. The family owned and ran the business until 2016. Swenson granite is in the Baker Library and the Hopkins Center. Guy was a long-serving director. The Swenson Co. also has projects in New York: the CBS building, the Seagram’s building plaza, and the main Tiffany store, for example. Malcolm ’59, Guy’s youngest sibling, is continuing his family tradition by heading Swenson Stone Consultants, the last Swenson-owned entity in the stone business. Many of us did not know this about Guy.
As you read this I want to remind each of you that there is still time to make your yearly contribution to the Dartmouth College Fund through June 30.
I am sorry to report the loss of David Niven March 6. The class of ’42 sends condolences to the family. David and I crossed paths at Life magazine, where we both worked many years ago.
Please send news of your family to help me fill the next column.
—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York, NY 10021; caproni@aol.com
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Had a nice chat with Mariana Chalfont, Ed Chalfont’s widow. And a rouse to Ginia Allison, Huntly Allison’s widow for a great class newsletter! Mary Lindstrom, Guy Swenson’s widow, shared a factoid about our class. There are 13 members of the Swenson family that attended Dartmouth. That may be a first.
There is something special about the Swenson clan. The Swenson Granite Co., dating from 1754 in Sweden, came to the United States about 100 years later. These Swenson forebears came to New Hampshire about 100 years ago as starving stonecutters, and the Swenson grandparents placed a high value on education. They sent their children to Dartmouth, MIT, and Goucher. The family owned and ran the business until 2016. Swenson granite is in the Baker Library and the Hopkins Center. Guy was a long-serving director. The Swenson Co. also has projects in New York: the CBS building, the Seagram’s building plaza, and the main Tiffany store, for example. Malcolm ’59, Guy’s youngest sibling, is continuing his family tradition by heading Swenson Stone Consultants, the last Swenson-owned entity in the stone business. Many of us did not know this about Guy.
As you read this I want to remind each of you that there is still time to make your yearly contribution to the Dartmouth College Fund through June 30.
I am sorry to report the loss of David Niven March 6. The class of ’42 sends condolences to the family. David and I crossed paths at Life magazine, where we both worked many years ago.
Please send news of your family to help me fill the next column.
—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York, NY 10021; caproni@aol.com