1973

Hear 'Ye, Hear 'Ye

All me maties. As the calendar year 1977 draws to a close, there's plenty to look forward to for 1978. Our first and only five-year reunion is on its way, and have we got plans for you! Brad Little and Reunion Chairman KevinO'Shea are working up a schedule which defies description. There will be a little bit of everything for everyone. Jot down these all important dates now lest you forget: June 16, 17, and 18. Return to the good times.

How about a round of applause for the Florida Sunshine Kid, Pete Smith? His most recent newsletter goes far beyond the call of duty. Needless to say (that's why I'm saying it), I'd like to echo John Hauge's concern over potentially-late receipt of class dues. There's a little-known fact which all of you should know: Close to 70 per cent of the dues helps pay for our subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. When 30 per cent of the Class fails to pay up, we barely break even in the ditty bag. All this means we need your constant support. Help keep us afloat, won't you?

So much for the near-year-end sales pitches and praises. Let's move on to the more meaty tid-bits of the month. While examining old correspondence, I came upon this small note from Art Goldsher: "... still working on a Ph.D. in American Lit. at Illinois (I guess that's not news, though) but plan to be researching in Stockholm this year - do we have an alumni club there? I've been teaching film and literature, have an article on Truffaut's Story ofAdele H. coming out soon if the magazine that's accepted it doesn't go defunct, have been nominated for the University's Award for Excellence in undergraduate teaching - all these things make me reminisce on the end of Melville's Confidence Man: 'Something further may follow of this Masquerade.' "

Capt. Josh Holloway is stationed at Andrews AFB, after having graduated from the Medical College of Virginia. . . . Kevin Chin is an adm issions officer for Newbury Junior College in Boston, while still active with the TM movement on the East Coast. . . . Mike Capuano was Somerville's (Mass.) first Aldermanic (?) candidate to announce. Married to Barbara Teebagy, Mike has participated in both city and state government as a legislative aide to Rep. Lois Pines of Newton. . . . Robin Hirsch is rated one of Miami's top newsfilm and video-tape cinematographers, having worked the past four years for WTVJ-TV, one of CBS's top affiliates. Among his string of accomplishments, Robin was chosen as the local pool photographer during ex-President Ford's last visit to Miami. Most recently, he was sent to Panama to do a series of reports on the status of negotiations there. . . . Hilary Miller may well be one of the youngest class graduates to fill the shoes of a chairman of the board. He was recently elected to that position for Alloy-Tek, Inc., a Michigan- based manufacturer of precision aircraft com- ponents. Hilary is continuing his present role as Managing Director of William D. Witter, Inc., an investment firm in N.Y.C. ... Ed Barnwell, previously a fifth-grade teacher in Williamstown, Vt„ made the front pages of local newspapers as he recently accepted a teacher-principal position at the, Wolcott Elementary School.

Wayne M. Davis has joined the staff of the Valley News as a reporter. . . . Mike Kaiser teaches music for grades one through five in Reed's Ferry (N.H.). Rumor has it that he composes music in his spare time and is a member of the Merrimack Choral Society. He also had the opportunity to participate in a music study program in Vienna. . . . Jim Eldridge is now at George Washington's School of Business. . . . Dave Clark is with the law firm of King and Spaulding in Atlanta. . . . Renold Thompson has been promoted to an assistant vice president with Bank of America's Los Angeles corporate service office. . . . Caren Diefenderfer has been named instructor in mathematics at Hollins College in Virginia. The Captain hopes she selects a few A-W titles for adoption, of course!

Elliott Kofoed's a special kind of guy. Pleading "self-defense" in the recent Seabrook nuclear power plant trial meant a lot to a young man who continues his own nutritional program to rid his body of malignant tumors. "Our legal system runs pretty much on who's responsible. Who caused my cancer? You can't pin down the liabilities and say what pollutants are causing cancer and what the implications are, but if there's a war on cancer . . . can't we prevent it?" A moving story in the Valley News outlines it all. The medical profession has all but pronounced him dead. And yet, Elliott lives on, professing anti-pollution policy. "Stopping construction of nuclear plants is part of my therapy," says the devoted lobbyist. And, hopefully, he'll live a long while fulfilling this goal.

That's it, me mates. Keep a tight watch out for stray seas. Catch you on the horizon.

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