1974
Amid fresh resolutions, another year begins. Striving to keep a clean record in not omitting any news items, the author wishes to maintain a chronological sequence of events. Even old news is good news.
In line with this philosophy, a letter received in August (after a six-week stint that included seeing Peter and Jo Anne Coutrakon) came from Chuck Post who spent the summer away from a graduate program in journalism to lend his services to the U:S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Currently the holder of a graduate fellowship at the University of Maryland in College Park, Charlie interned for the HEW office of civil rights in its public affairs office. He wrote that fellow glee clubber (and second tenor) Dana Bisbee, then in Gabon, Central Africa, with the Peace Corps, had announced plans to be wed July 24 to Blythe Owens ('75 Skidmore) in Clinton, N.Y. This calls for congratulations, albeit much belated!
Charlie also revealed that Steve Chase had returned from a "grand adventure" in Mexico and Central America, culminating with a cruise on an "old German schooner" out of Panama. His information held that Steve, was to venture to Escondido, Calif., for work in the construction industry. Sincerest thanks go to Chuck for his news along with apologies for how long it had to wait.
Also included with the return to the U.S. was a visit to Boston hosted by Jody Hill Simpson and her husband Rick. Leading us about town to such sights as the famous "Where's Boston?" exhibit, Jody continues at the New England Merchant's Bank and Trust Company, where she works on trust funds, while Rick attends Harvard School of Business Administration as a first-year student. A gathering there sponsored by her brother. Rick Hill '76, had as one patron Janet Burrows, enjoying the bean-town and laboring at the law firm of Gaston, Snow, Ely, and Bartlett. Another, John Lundgren '73, swept up from Greenwich where he works for American Can Company in between golf matches.
Once across the country to the Queen City of the Plains, a call from Barry Austin divulged his interest in an internship at the University of Colorado Medical Center here. In anticipation of his April graduation date from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Barry hoped to secure a position here or in Boston (or elsewhere) for his next step. Good luck!
Also in August was a fete thrown by the Dartmouth Association of the Great Divide and attended by Mike Miller, there with his sister Katy Miller '77, who was beginning his final year at the University of Denver Law School while working full-time on intricate cases for the Arapahoe County Court. Tom Gibson '73 revealed at the gathering that he now sells real estate in the Denver area. Bob Wood '73, John Thurston '73, John and Annie Upton '75 and '76, Laurie Hawley '76, and Martha Hennessey '76 filled out the ranks of surrounding classes.
An anonymous letter from Paul Corwin comes close to obliterating any semblance of news content. Written on stationery from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, his communique r'efers to the "recent, disgraceful dismissal from the geology dept. at the university" of Peter Koons and Steve Tenney. Adding very well-camouflaged analogies to his description, he relates their employment at "the Dunedin Toad Works pending deportation. . . . Pleased to keep you informed," he writes, signing: "Yours with reservations." Certainly, had this been earlier in its arrival, Mark Haley would have had some competition!
Into September, a letter arrived via Air Force postal service from Rich Winkler, still living in Tehran at the American Embassy. The termination of "the great '74 English teaching convention" saw the departure "for greener pastures" of Bill Saupe, Bill Perell, Tom Watkin, and Purnell Delly. Rich concedes that he too has quit the teaching profession' and instead works with the Iranian National Television Co. In the production of two half-hour documentaries per week, he cites such examples as the Italian elections, an interview with Egypt's President Sadat, and a trip to India for a film on its computer age. While shooting in a computer center near Bombay, a knowledgeable terminal-user recognized Rich's t-shirt, exclaiming: "You are from the place where BASIC was invented!" Already beginning research on another possible topic, the Munich Oktoberfest, Rich has kept his schedule busy. Thanks for sharing these great tidbits, Rich!
Similarly, a third-quarter report came from Dutch Kuckhahn, now into his second year at Tuck. His report covered the period ending August 31, a summer spent with Weyerhaeuser Co.'s new business development department, noting also that this included an ascent of impressive Mt. Rainier with some of his business associates. Among other activities, Dutch attended a gathering for alumni of western Washington at the home of Hod Fowler '73. He informs us that Ron and Don Smith were there - "Ron, the head resident and manager of a dormitory at the University of Washington, and Don, a systems analyst with Paccar, the firm that builds Peterbuilt trucks and other heavy equipment." He saw Paul Davis there as well, now in his second year at the University of Washington School of Business.
The prize-winning writer, Mark Haley, reiterates the dullness of "pushing drugs" for a firm such as Eli Lilly but alludes to other successes. He saw Craig White, who worked for the law firm of Winston and Strawn in Chicago over the summer before returning to the University of lowa Law School. He claims the existence of the rumor that Craig has "slipped badly" from his class rank of fourth to fifth! Thanks for the news, Mark.
A preview for next time includes a note from Peter Haffenreffer on Chuck Bralver's wedding and news on Dave Roulston, Bob McKernan, and Russ Fehr. Moral: Choose the news you muse by sending some to the above secretarial address!
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