LETTERS Groton School Quarterly Winter 2012 | Vol. LXXIV, No. 1
Picture of Health Alumni making a Difference in medical Practice, research, and Policy
New! Groton’s National Day of Service Form Notes
I just wanted to acknowledge what a terrific issue the winter Quarterly was [Winter 2012, “Picture of Health”]! As a surgeonscientist, I found the cover story, recognizing Grotonians in the health sciences, to be fascinating, particularly when comparing my niche in medicine and science. I believe these types of articles are helpful for many reasons but particularly for alumni to learn what other Grotonians are pursuing in their respective professions (i.e., as a networking tool). I further believe these articles provide the in-school Grotonian a sense of the unique types of service being conducted by graduates, both recent and more distant. With this knowledge, students can be inspired to pursue a certain profession, such as the health sciences, and potentially find unique opportunities for medical preceptorship or laboratory investigation as possible summer jobs while in college, to help steer them along a particular career path. Excellent issue! Bo Lovvorn ’83 Groton School Quarterly Spring 2012 | Vol. LXXIV,
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Dillwyn Parrish Starr, Form of 1904, killed in action during WWI
Glimpses of War Letters, diaries, and other reflections of grotonians who taken cui servire onto the battlefield—from WWI through have today Total Immersion
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Form Notes
As one of the relatively few career military grads, I was all the more impressed by—and grateful for—your last issue [Spring 2012, “Glimpses of War”]. Service certainly takes many forms, with service in uniform being one of them. So making notice of those who have so chosen in their careers underscores the core motto and teachings of the School. I would add that I find your recent issues graphically stunning as well. Most hearty congratulations to editor and designer alike. Nick Brown ’49
Well done on the recent Quarterly [Spring 2012, “Glimpses of War”], especially Lt. [David] Lawrence’s and Ann Fox’s stories. David’s stories are familiar; in fact, I guess most war stories are! Ann Fox’s message conveys my sentiments as well. Our son, a career Marine officer, did four tours in Iraq so I expect they overlapped. The side note about Rich Brewer was of interest. I have worked with him on PTS/ TBI [post-traumatic stress/traumatic brain injury] here in Maine. I have been working to expand treatment capacity across the country as well. It is a big issue, as it was back in our day, and it was only acknowledged as a mental condition in 1984. The care was inadequate then and still is now, with a growing need in front of us. Thank you for all your efforts with this issue. Warren C. Cook ’63
Your current issue [Spring 2012, “Glimpses of War”] is superb, but the lack of WW II and Korean information is startling to my generation. Hopefully you will have a long article on Stan Resor, who recently died. Stan was in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII, and then had a distinguished government career afterwards. I would guess there must be letters home from him. There are of course many others who served during WWII, both in the military and OSS. Has anyone started by identifying them? I noted one grad died in the Vietnam War. To the best of my knowledge, two grads died in the Korean War, both Marines: John Gray ’46 and Phil Hobson ’50. John Rhinelander ’51
William Butler Duncan ’22 Robert Sanderson ’22 Richard Sanders Scott ’22 Morton Corcoran Eustis ’24 Reginald Fincke, Jr. ’28 Sherrard Billings II ’29 Frederick Greeley Crocker ’30 Edward Hutchinson Robbins ’31 May Duane Whitney ’32 Robert Thornton Lee, Jr. ’33 Malcolm Crocker ’36 Wyllys Burr Jennings ’36 Joseph Warren Burden, Jr. ’37 Charles Anderson Dana ’37 Westmore Willcox III ’37 Paul Dana ’39 Vincent McClelland ’39 Marshall Hughes ’40 Rufus Lenoir Patterson III ’40 John Howard Cashman, Jr. ’41 Curtis Poillon ’41 Albert Crawford Herring, Jr. ’42 Henry Holt III ’42 George Clifton Myers ’42 Stephen Boyd Curtis ’43
Korean War John Stuart Gray ’46 Philip Noyes Hobson, Jr. ’50
Update: In the Spring Quarterly, we listed Grotonians who are buried at Arlington National Cemetery and asked for names of others. Drew Taylor, a member of the Form of 1982, responded: “My mom, Sally Higgins Taylor, wife of Colonel Cortlandt M. Taylor ’51, is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.”
Editor’s Note: A tribute to Stanley Resor ’35 is on page 90. Even though we were unable to gather any war reminiscences from the many Groton graduates who fought in World War II and the Korean War, they deserved to be honored in a section focused on war. While we don’t have information on all the alumni who served, we do know which Grotonians died during those wars, many of them in combat: World War II
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’00 Theodore Roosevelt ’06 Kermit Roosevelt ’08 John Stanley Parker ’09 Henry Potter Russell ’12 Warwick Potter Scott ’19
In this photo from The Pirates of Penzance, Genevieve Corman ’13 was misidentified in the Spring 2012 Quarterly. She is second from right.
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