1970

The first order of business in this new year is to redress a grievance which dates from the old. To David G. Muller Jr., I extend my sincere and complete apology for the item which closes the class notes column of June last. The class secretary is singly and solely responsible for its appearance. Mr. Muller wishes it to be known that the statement which he directed to the class treasurer was not meant for publication and that it was never his intention to turn this medium into a forum on the merits of ROTC at Dartmouth. The misspelling of Mr. Muller's name in the same location compounds the error in judgement, and again I apologize to him.

Need we repeat that the Bicentennial Class reunites June 13, 14 and 15 in Hanover?

Larry Killgallon is indeed married, having surrendered to the former Miss Debbie Hinson (Georgia '74) November 9 in Columbia, Ga. Kevin Cunningham witnessed the event - or so he would have us believe; unnamed sources contend that the tiny bubbles in all that Coke severely limited the class agent's powers of perception. (The bridegroom is district manager for Coca-Cola in Montgomery, Ala.)

In the same breath note that Larry's Dartmouth roommate, Bruce Bordett, also confesses, "... got married to a fine lady named Maggie. We're living in Boston and both work at WGBH-TV, the public TV station here."

Three separate and dissimilar products to which classmates bear varying relationships earn a coveted plug here this month:

Mary Appleton, wife of Jim, reports the birth of Jennifer Lauren last September. Jennifer is not the marketable product - a tri-metal lithographic printing plate manufactured in Mexico which holds over 27 world patents and which is imported and distributed in the U.S. by Metalgamma Corporation, Dallas, of which Jim is vice president and general manager.

If you journey to Bermuda in the near future you may observe that a hatch of sort of glorified golf carts has spilled over into city traffic. These would be test-marketed models of the only electric passenger vehicle presently mass-produced in the U.S. Bob Stone, marketing director for Sebring-Vanguard, Inc., Sebring, Fla., says the craft is called "CitiCar," and that it gets about 50 miles per 20€ charge. What's more, it cruises at 28 miles per hour and is legal and licenseable in all 50 states. Ya got all kinds of neat options, too, including a twelve-foot heavy duty extension cord. Bob married Beverly Solvo of Medford, Mass., and Tufts University in November '73. Got a picture here of Beverly sittin' in her CitiCar!

Todd Thompson has authored a book together with Andrew Harvard '71 which documents the successful American attempt on Dhaulagiri, the world's sixth loftiest peak, in 1973. A recent review of Mountain of Storms terms their journal, "... a must for anyone who wants to know what the true experience of mountain climbing is like and ... who wants to read a story which illustrates the insurmountable power of human will when faced with great obstacles." To illustrate insurmountable power is no mean feat in itself. Todd is with Citibank in Panama, specializing in conservation and earthquake research.

William Holcomb spent two years studying the dance at the Juilliard School, and has since been a professional performing artist with various dance and theater companies, most notably the Acme Dance Company. Says William, "The rewards are many, but not financial."

Paul Lowe has kind of a different thing going in Alaska, where he and his wife are school teachers near Anchorage. "Scream around in ambulance and fire truck with local volunteer fire department for kicks," avers Paul. "Planning on going at least part-way into the Alaskan Bush for a few years as of next summer."

The December cover of Ski Magazine is the work of John Russell '68 and Bill Dabney, professional ski and tennis photographers. Dab is in the MBA program at the University of Denver and just bought a Denver Bungalow, 1852 S. Gilpin.

Just sorting through these class dues slips here ... hummm ...

Oops, here's Paul Gambacinni in Boston as executive producer of WBZ Radio, rock and roll heaven right here on earth. Gambo continues as the BBC's pop music correspondent in America, but his days of editorial responsibility with Rolling Stone are over.

We have finally deduced the occupation of George Sheldon, whose West German address has aroused curiosity for several years now. He is working towards a doctorate in Economics at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg.

Ed Habeeb and wife Kathy's first son, Scott Edward, arrived 24 hours ahead of Ed's M.D from Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse. The Habeebs now find themselves in Charlottesville Va., where Ed is a surgical intern. Next year it's back to Syracuse for an orthopedic residency at Upstate. Kathy adds, "By the way, both Pete Vikre and Doug Prince are now happy - they both got married this summer - finally! Pete and his wife must still be at Stanford, Doug is in Cincinnati."

And where in the wide, wide world are you?

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