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1940s
Philip N. Savage, LA’40, L’46, of Boston, writes, “What’s doing? At the end of May, my family and I traveled to North Carolina to attend our grandson’s high school graduation. My wife and I also attended the forty-seventh reunion in New Orleans of the B-24 bomber with which I served during World War II. The group meets once a year and includes comrades from all over the country. As a member of the board of directors and parliamentarian, I find these meetings very rewarding. After having served nine years on the board of West Suburban Elder Services (now Wellspring), I received a plaque in appreciation of my service. Another highlight was attending Northeastern’s Golden Graduates Day for the class of 1940. On July 10, I attended a Curry Student Center reception at the invitation of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to visit with Dave O’Brien and several New England coaches. As a member of the 1936– 1940 track teams, I was probably the oldest athlete present.”
John T. Dizer, E’43, of Utica, New York, found an unusual way to celebrate the college graduations of his children—he gave each of them a Triumph sports car he’d rebuilt himself. Dizer has restored a large number of older cars, including twelve Triumphs, seven of which went to four of his children (one daughter wanted a car with an automatic transmission, which Dizer says was “something I could not do”). In addition to the automobiles, he restores and rides antique bicycles, including some from the late 1800s. He has completed five “century rides” (a hundred miles a day) on these bikes. Saying he is “happy to be able to get in and out of a Triumph at eighty-one,” Dizer does not plan on slowing down. His next project is the restoration of a 1926 Ford Model T that belongs to one of his sons. He has also written two college textbooks on children’s literature, and is planning a third.
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