1972

May of a political year is a pivotal point in most campaigns; half of the delegates to the National Conventions have been chosen, and half of the people who originally cared about Election 1976 no longer do. For some reason, everytime I think of the National Conventions, I think of "Doonesbury" and Duke as governor of American Samoa, leading MacArthur and Zonker to cast their three votes for Alice Cooper!

Chris Turk and his wife Mary are living on a houseboat in Jupiter, Fla., where he is co-owner of a marine tropical fish wholesale business, for which Chris himself does much of the diving. He has yet to finish his thesis for his M.S. in Marine Biology from the University of Florida. How many of us can say that we're able to "catch fish while sitting on the john" - sounds like he's fishing for crappies. Dave Boras is a grad student in geology at the University of Washington after spending several years in New Zealand.

Bruce McLane writes that he and Tom Kent have recently returned from a three-month trip to England, Scotland, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Denmark, in a vain attempt to trace the Parmington family tree. Rumor has it that after the Denmark stop, Tom refers to Bruce as the "Scotch Tickler." Dave Hittle is a statistician on the Admissions & Records office staff of Colorado State University while wife Beth is obtaining her M.S. in accounting at CSU. Both are enjoying the Rocky Mountain High, which I've hèard is much more organic than the high obtained from illicit drugs (i.e., a golden drop of Retsyn).

Neal Traven is a research associate analyzing a community health survey for the University of Louisville Department of Psychiatry. RickSurrey and Dave Hazelett are members in good standing at Sun Tan U. Law (Coral Gables, Fla.).

Allen Pattee is the proud father (thanks to the efforts of his wife) of a 9 lb.-2 oz. girl - Bethany Lynne - who was born February 26. Mother, daughter, and father are doing well. Lawrie Lieberman and his wife Moira are living in the Santa Cruz mountains while Lawrie works as a financial analyst for a California electronics firm. The couple's "settling" process was subsequent in time to a summer of crewing on' a sailboat in the West Indies. Sam Quaynor has programmed a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Stony Brook into his future.

Dick Donahue married Helen Lynch, a hometown honey from Weilesley, Mass., in mid-March. Ushers included Mark Foster (grad English at 8.U.), Jim "Zeus" McGraw (practicing law in Hartford) Thurm "Loma" Lowens (Navy lawyer near Seattle) and Bill "Weasel"Price (C-Berkeley NROTC Prof.). Skulking behind champagne bottles at the reception were Rich German and Pete Heed. We all know from previous columns that Dick has spent months at a time on polar ice caps while in the Navy, and we thus extend a knowing smile to Helen. Rumor has it that Dick chose black and white tuxes for the wedding to make the environment as close to that which he was used to as possible (penguins, get it? May have been too obtuse).

Dave Friend reports a gratifying response on the class dues campaign. Further, he asked me a rather thought provoking question (used to call 'em "cosmic"); "When are you?" I don't know, Dave, and I really don't feel qualified to answer that question, despite my philosophy background. The last paragraph is dedicated to all of you who have failed to write to your suffering scribe lately, and should serve as a reminder of what happens to the column if you don't send me material.

Chort has heard that a professor at R.P.I, has built a house entirely out of garbage, and has been despondent since he heard the news. He's afraid that if the experiment works, he'll be out of a job. He cheered up when I told him the trend will never catch on because although jitial investment is low, the cash per year in pended on Air Wick is exorbitant.

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