1973

1 have received news about classmates from all over the country this month. I'll begin with news from the wedding circuit.

„ George Bailey married Marsha Hartgrove on July 1 in Amherst, Mass. She has her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Massachusetts and teaches fifth and sixth grades at the Wildwood School in Amherst. After Dartmouth, Geb went on for a master's at Stanford and is now teaching.' English literature at Hawley Junior High school in Northampton, Mass.

Although many members of the Class are already aware of reunion co-chairman BradLittle's walk to the altar, for the less; informed, he was married to Meg Driscoll in a family service in Venetia, Pa., last spring. Meg is a Pennsylvania State University graduate and has received a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Brad is the president of Executone/New Hampshire Inc., a company specializing in communications and telephone systems.

Bob Ferguson was also married last spring. He married Margaret Gladstone of Greenwich, Conn., in May. Bob is currently working as a musician and composer.

Finally, Beck Swanson married the former Barbara Ann Fabiani last June. Barbara graduated from Manhattanville and then went on for a master's degree at the School of Architecture at Yale. Beck has earned exactly the same degree, and both work for separate architectural firms in New Haven.

That takes care of the wedding news. And now I guess that it is only sequential to announce a few new arrivals.

Kirk and Sandi Gorman had their first child, Ryan Noll, on August 21, 1978. Kirk is currently a lending officer for the Mellon Bank, covering the Pacific Northwest.

Doug Williams and his wife Kitty also had a son, Tyler J., last June 9. They are presently living in Stone Mountain, Ga., as Doug has taken a position with Lithonia Lighting as general accounting supervisor after three years with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell in Chicago.

From the world of business I have received word that Jon Cooper is now working as a product designer at the Advanced Computer Techniques Corporation in mid-town Manhattan.

Gary Levine sends word all the way from Clifton, Ariz., that he is now working for Radio KCUZ in that town (Arizona's copper capitol!) as a country-and-western disc jockey.

Steve Slatter, after attending the Boston Architectural Center, has headed north again and is presently a partner in the Vermont Iron Stove Works in Warren, Vt. Steve has been in charge of promotion and has also designed several fireplace tools for stoves that they make. Their most famous product, The Elm, is a unique combination of cast iron and wood. The Elm has already appeared in a show of wood stoves at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., and is listed in the Woodburner'sEncyclopedia. Steve feels that The Elm potentially could be marketed coast-to-coast. Presently, the upper Midwest is The Elm's major marketing area outside of New England.

From Springfield, Mass., I have received word that Bruce Douglas is progressing in the legal world. Bruce was recently named assistant counsel in the law department of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He received his law degree from Cornell in 1976.

Across the Bay State, in Boston, the Globe recently published an article concerning another classmate, Jim Vincent. After Dartmouth, Jim went on for a master's in urban studies from Penn. He is now the director of the Blue Hill Avenue Commission, an organization that is attempting to coordinate private and public-sector involvement in the revitalization of Roxbury.

Further news from the Boston area is that Frank Ricciardone of Medford has recently joined the State Department and is presently vice counsel to the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In 1973-1974, Frank was a Fulbright scholar in Trieste, Italy. For the past two years he has been teaching in Iran.

Teaching has also been occupying the time of Ed Cook and Steve Webster. Ed used to teach in Woodstock, Vt., and has just taken an assignment as a math teacher at Alvirne High School in Hudson, Mass. Steve has recently accepted a position at the Skitikuk School in Bangor, Maine.

My final news clip from the world of education is that Bruce Kimball, classmate and former assistant dean of the College, has graduated from the Harvard Divinity School and is presently on a Luce Scholarship, studying in Japan.

In conclusion, I would like to make two requests. First, that more women from the Class send me news as to what they are doing and where they are. Secondly, our treasurer, JoePowers, has asked me to put in a plea on behalf of the class treasury. Joe, informs me that we are still "solidly in the red," so please pay your dues.

Keep those cards and letters coming in. See you next month.

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