1970
Spring has finally sprung out on Cosey Beach Ave. and if all is not right with the world, at least a number of '7os are trying to make it so.
Mark Harris wrote to provide me with an update on the information from a news clipping which appeared several months ago in this column. Mark is due for some congratulations having received his Ph.D. in math from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst last summer. He stayed in the region this year, working at the Holyoke Community College and has lined up an assistant professorship at Appalachian State University in North Carolina for next year. On the home front, Mark reports that he was married in 1972 to a Mt. Holyoke alumna, Betsy Barton. Betsy is now working in the Mt. Holyoke biology department as the assistant director of laboratories.
The New York Times several months ago carried an announcement that Charles C. O'Brien and Melissa Moran were planning a May wedding. Since the last report Chip has been named an assistant vice president of J.P. Morgan of Canada, Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty of New York, and he has been working out of the bank's Toronto office. Melissa, a Vassar graduate, has been serving as an officer's assistant in the real estate investment trust division at Chemical Bank in New York City.
The other day I happened across a fascinating book on Paul McCartney, described on its cover as a "self-portrait of a superstar, as told to PaulGambaccini..." Needless to say I brought it home and have enjoyed leafing through it. The title of the paperback book is Paul McCartney,In His Own Words and was published in 1976 by Flash Books of New York. Of course, I would be interested in hearing about any other publishing efforts of classmates - articles, reviews, books, or whatever.
I am also a bit late in reporting that a fellow '70 has shown up in East Haven, Conn. PaulShineman has been enjoying the good life in this New Haven suburb while completing a residency in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Paul's internship and first-year residency were in California at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles - you know, on the other side of East Haven. And before that he sampled the Midwest or East, depending on where you're from, at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. By the summer Paul will be moving on to Huntington, Long Island, where he will be in private practice with a group specializing in pediatric medicine. As Paul says, treating kids is fun. Paul's brother Bill is now in Fort Collins, Colo., working for Kodak. He finished his business school degree at the University of Michigan in 1972 and began work with Kodak at the Rochester headquarters. Bill is married and he and his wife Jackie have two children, Kietha and Peter.
From "The Tuck" comes word of the doings of two of his long-lost Dartmouth fraternity brothers. Phi Tau alumni, pay attention. Tuck reports that "Mickey Kreindler has a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, taught social psychology/marketing there for two years, moved to New York, became the executive vice president of a multinational company, and opened his own marketing company in New York City called K & H Inc. He is a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York where he can be easily contacted and is in the pink of shape...." Via Mickey, Tuck reports that "Steve 'The Baron' Duarte is in California teaching English in a tutorial program, loves it out there, and in the Baron's own words he is leading a relevant fulfilling life. But most of all misses Dartmouth to the point where he is trying to reconstitute his old fraternity's championship football team which he quarterbacked." The Tuck added, "Please have all his former teammates write to him their normal adulating letters and volunteer their draft (NFL) status. Steve and Mickey are allowed equal time.
Finally, from the South Pacific comes word of Dave Gilmour, who is on Peace Corps assignment as a doctor on the island of Western Samoa. Dave has been at the National Hospital in Apia, Western Samoa, since August 1975 and has had a great time. Although it's not possible for one man to change the face of the earth, Dave has found that he could make important contributions on an individual basis and has particularly enjoyed the close rapport which can develop between doctor and patient there. Also of interest have been various differences in the practice of medicine, Dave's Samoan colleagues having been trained in accordance with New Zealand practices. In the outpatient unit where Dave now works, he and Samoan medical officers put in 55 to 70 hours a week each and altogether see between 200-500 outpatients daily. Way to go, Dave.
I can't help but add a word of thanks to those who have been helping this year with the Alumni Fund drive and to those who have contributed so generously.
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