1974
All sorts of records were broken this month as three postcards reached this reporter's desks - let's hope it's the beginning of a new trend.
The most articulate note came from Russ Fehr by way of Sacramento, Calif. Russ comments, "Life since Hanover has been a grin. I Played in a rock 'n roll band, but I got kicked out. I also worked a construction job but I quit. Two time loser. Now I hang around with a girl named Chuck." Sounds like he might go down for the three count.
John "Beef Budai enrolled at Cornell in January as a graduate student in Physics. He sent along that Mike Fonner is spending a year working with the Elmendorf Reformed Church in Harlem before starting his theological studies.
Jeff Badmington writes, "Am spending a rough winter here in the Nixon-Rebozo paradise of Key Biscayne. Official title: chauffeur, for a woman whose husband was the Class of '15. Two days after I entrust my money to Rebozo's bank, it get's robbed."
On a more serious note, congratulations are due Gerry Bowe who was awarded one of three Judson Dunaway Scholarships at the Tuck School. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic potential and over-all promise of the recipients as future business executives.
A former UCSD exchange student passed along that George Dana Brisbee is currently serving in the Peace Corps in Gabon, formerly part of French West Africa. He teaches English, physical education, and drawing in Lastourville, a remote town which has no form of communication with the outside world. JonHodgdon is at the Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan working on a four year Ph.D. program in Sociology. Also in the midwest are Kevin Squire and Gary "Tripod"Nelb, both working for their Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.
Craig Harrison is attending the John Hopkins University School of Medicine. Already he's published an article in the Journal of DentalResearch entitled, "Utilization of Cation- Selective Membranes in the Study of Carie's Formation." Neil Smith is enrolled at the University of Chicago taking a biology course, and reportedly living with business school student, Bruce "Willie" Williamson.
Two '74s were spotted in Hanover in early January. Jack Thomas related that he is working hard at St. Louis University Law School after a summer in Alaska hunting and fishing. Jack's greatest summer discovery was that Pt. Barrow, the northernmost point in Alaska, has Bud as well as the Northern Lights. With characteristically communicative celerity, DougPeabody, lamented about the hard work at Vanderbilt Law and the fact that there is no time to play rugby.
The surprise of the month comes from KeithBellows who recently married a girl from Hanover and is now working for Reader's Digest Book Company in Montreal. At last report Nat Weekes is living in Carbondale, Colo. He was fired from his gas pumping job; but all is not lost, for he is now selling trash compactors. Class puss goes out to Bob McKernan who it seems is trying to avoid contact with his classmates. Through our connections in the Admissions Office, we hear that "Big Mac" is executive aide to the president of the Maine Senate.
Duke Medical School is attempting to get the best of Jeff Hanson, and George Vorys is alive and well in Columbus, Ohio. According to the usual reliable sources, George is in the business school at Ohio State, but may transfer to Chicago once they have had a chance to recruit him.
Bill Perell is finishing up his second year at Tuck and hoping to secure a job in an unusually tight market for MBA's. It is not all work and no play as he, Gregg Kelley, Dick Spellnian, and Mark Thomas found time to haul a keg up to DOC's Hinman Cabin and spend a night howling at the moon and scaring off Massachusetts hunters. Being in Hanover, Bill has been able to keep up with many of our classmates who are still in the vicinity or who have stopped in for short visits. Ernie Page is one of the few civilians working at CRREL, and will hopefully be at the Thayer School next year. Jim "Porkroll" Taylor has been hard at work on the new DOC cabin at Agassiz - his enthusiasm may wane as the snows deepen.
Since there is ample space this month, a few words can be put towards class business. By now we have all received a letter from the Alumni Fund Drive asking for a pledge. Even though everyone is struggling at graduate school or jobs to make ends meet, it does not seem too much to ask for each '74 to contribute a small sum. At this point Chris Gates and the class agents are looking for participation from as many as possible. We should all be able to sacrifice one Friday night on the town and give to the Alumni Fund.
The '73 rock group Mantis is holding continuous engagements in clubs around theCalifornia Bay Area, notably at "Casuals on the Square" in Jack London Square. Thegroup recently returned from a successful tour in Venezuela. Their first recording hasbeen released on Smoke Records. Group members (l to r) are A lvin Harrisson, AlAtkins, Tyrone Stewart, Rocky Whitaker, and Paul Ungar (seated).
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