1940s
Curtis R. Ganong, E'40, of Stuart, Florida, writes, "I continue
to be amazed at the progress made in all aspects of the university during
the sixty years since I graduated. I only hope that capable students will
always be able to obtain the advantages of a degree from Northeastern without
having wealthy parents."
Julius Kendall, E'41, of Weston, Massachusetts, notes his class
will celebrate its fifty-ninth reunion in June at Northeastern's Warren
Center in Ashland. "Our class, for the past fifteen years, has had
a class reunion every year," he says. "We have a good attendance-even
widows [of alumni] attend. Most classmates are eighty years young, plus
or minus two years. I'm still active, working in engineering, and still
enjoy fly-fishing and skiing."
Arthur Whittaker, L'41, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, writes, "I
graduated from the Law School in 1941 and was accepted by the FBI in February
1942. Without Northeastern, I'd have never made it."
Albert F. Varner, BA'43, of Alpharetta, Georgia, writes, "Three
years ago, I began writing poetry, primarily for my own amusement and to
share with my family and friends. Since then I have written about thirty
poems on a wide variety of subjects. In 1998 and 1999, I submitted poems
in contests run by the International Library of Poetry <www.poetry.com>.
The one entered in the 1999 contest, "Thoughts on the Wind,"
reached the semifinals, but I have yet to hear how it fared in the finals.
The 1998 entry, "Spring," has been selected to be published by
that organization in a volume entitled Echoes of Yesteryear. While living
in Greenwich, Connecticut, I wrote and had published a number of articles
in the Greenwich Times, the local newspaper. Also, I was successful in
having articles published in several business publications. Whatever success
I may have in writing, much credit goes to professor Marsten, who taught
the course in business writing when I was at N.U. He instilled in me a
profound appreciation for the use of good English."