1974

Well into spring now, rumor has it that perhaps now Buffalo will resurface, revealing objects lost months ago. Westernites are still pondering over what could have gone wrong in the snow-delivery department. In this vein, Bob"Purple" Hayes reports that cancelled hours away from his office in Buffalo were spent gleefully with the local alumni club watching the reknowned "Football Highlights" and meeting prospective members of the Class of '81. Purple has been making his way up the Aetna executive ladder as a salesman in their Group and Life Insurance Division. In Denver, however, another firm recently wined and dined him, persuading him that his talents be transferred to the new Boston office of the Great-West Life Assurance Company, based in Winnipeg and Denver. His move was slated for February 4. One faction that will sorely miss his talents is Buffalo's amateur hockey team, having thought of itself recently as more of a professional club. Purple will find Boston a welcome location for Dartmouth and hockey kin alike!

The Dartmouth Log Cabin Builder's Association of the Rockies has cited a structure near Buena Vista, Colo., as this year's best. The builders have been George Frost, Stephen Stampfli (Colorado College '75), and Rob Schaffer. Begun last spring in the middle of George's M.B.A. degree program at the University of Denver, the home has taken shape and has become more livable each day. Stampfli, a local resident and co-partner in the venture, and Rob have provided the building expertise to bring the structure the award while George finishes his M.B.A. and shops for jobs in the areas of minerals, technology, and engineering. Rob aided the project for about two months before returning to his native New Jersey to search for a market for his insights in the field of plasma physics.

A gathering in early December hosted by Annie ('76) and John ('75) Upton revealed that TimGilchrist is now a real estate agent in Denver selling residential property for Perry and Butler Inc. On the side, Tim plays rugby for the Highlanders of Denver. Seen at a cocktail party given by the local Dartmouth Association of the Great Divide was Rick Ranger who now is in his third year at the University of Denver School of Law. Rick has focused on an interest in labor law and recently began scouting for jobs in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Denver. In addition to his course work, he has enjoyed a part-time job at the Golden, Colo., office of American Metals Climax (AMAX) together with not-infrequent trips to Duke to visit a friend.

Words sent in early December by DavidMarston acknowledge his recent attendance at the annual convention of Music Operators of America in Chicago where he saw "dozens of absurd ideas for coin-op games that will never make it and four or five that looked really good." He admits that pinball machines are "just a hobby-sideline for me now" and that on his trip he was able to visit Blaine Winship '73 (a lawyer with the firm of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath, and Rosenthal) and David Hunt '75. Dave lives in Cambridge, Mass., and is a writer for Dynamics Associates, a firm specializing in software and consulting.

In a notice sent to the College last December, Western State University's College of Law of Orange County, in Fullerton, Calif., announced that Curt Wulfsberg was among the 562 students enrolled last fall. The statement cites the law school as the largest in California, and, combined with its "coordinate campus in San Diego, it is the largest law school in the nation." Curt is from Long Beach, Calif.

The glad note from Linda and Kirk Hinman announced the birth on November 15, 1976, of their first-born, a baby girl named Kristen Beth. Termed "a biggie," she keeps them "running" and seems to have already shown her athletic ability - perhaps bound for a class of '97 freshman team! Kirk has been employed in Syracuse by the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand for over six months now and has spoken to Steve Dietz who, in Linda's words, is "plugging away at Columbia University School of Law." Another pleasant word, from MarkYoung, alerts us to his change in name from Yurgalewicz. Now in Connecticut, he postscripts, "Pray for Snow!"

The fall edition of The Washington University (St. Louis) Prompter announced that SteveRadecke, a composer and pianist, joined the faculty of the performing arts area as artist-in-residence and musical director for the dance division. Founder of the New Music Ensemble and a senior fellow in music at the College' Steve continued on for a master's degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he studied with the eminent American comoser, Morton Feldman. He has also worked closely with other composers such as John Cage, Christian Wolff, Jon Appleton, and Earle Brown, and has performed many solo and chamber works of new music. The publication also cites his work in music of dance, including compositions for the Pilobolus Dance Theater that have been performed widely. Most recently, at Washington University, Steve was commissioned to write the musical score for a new lay Hooray, by David Kranes, the winner of a grant awarded by the CBS Foundation. Since the play has Dartmouth as its setting, it is particularly appropriate that Steve compose the music! Your good work deserves congratulations, Steve!

Clippings sent by thoughtful ALUMNI MAGAZINE Class Notes Editor Dan Nelson '75 from Dartmouth Anthropology Notes relate that Jay Conger has been splitting his time between the wilderness of Alaska and the University of Virginia School of Business: "He misses his anthropology studies but finds the M.B.A. program stimulating." It was also reported that Peter Lankenner is in his final year at Dartmouth Medical School and was to be at Massachusetts General Hospital for "two months of training in orthopedic surgery this winter." Peter Clark was also cited as manager of the Fitts Photography and Hobbies Store in the new West Lebanon shopping plaza.

The December issue of the DartmouthCollege Bulletin, Honors and Degrees, announced two classmates as recipients of the James B. Reynolds Scholarships for Foreign Study: Harold Woods for studies in archaeology in Egypt and Richard Mosenthal for film-making and videotape production at the Hornsey College of Art in London. PeterParnell was awarded the Fred D. Barker Fellowship for work in playwriting in London and Nora Jacobson received the Henry E. Parker Fellowship for work in independent film editing. Also noted were Norwell Coquillard for an award from the University of Hawaii in Geography, Don Bursch as recipient of the Thomas H. Ralston English 30 Prize, and Andre d'Hemecourt as the recipient of the Haseltine Chemistry-Physics Prize. Congratulations!

The next review will commence with news from items received in January such as a newscap of the activities of the Dartmouth Club of Japan from Bob Grondine, notes on Johnie Tillman and Riggs Bagan, word on Ty Nutt, and others. Until then!

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