1973
1900 hours. 6 March 1978. Skies clear'. 14°F (-10°C). Winds S by S.E. 1.5" precip. this week.
The Captain's still shoveling out. For those of you more fortunate than we New Englanders, may the white stuff never beckon at your back doors! 1978 will certainly be a year not to forget - and it hasn't even gotten off to a start yet.
News abounds this month. So ... without further ado, allow me to keep you all abreast of the activities of our future class doctors. Seems as though these guys have been studying most of their lives; and they have at that. Take, for instance, Sam Watkins, who graduated last June from the University of Florida Medical School. He's now doing his residency in family practice at Alachua General Hospital in Gainesville. Wife Cathy reminds us they've been married two and a half years. How about Chris Groner, who received his M.D. from the University of Kansas in 1976, and is in his second year of residency, also in family practice at Bowman Gray School of Medicine — Wake Forest University? Add to the list one Richard Idler, who is currently doing research in plastic surgery at UCLA. Next year he will begin an orthopedic residency at Harvard. Seems he and wife "Bear" (Mt. Holyoke '76) plan to do quite a bit of skiing together in the years ahead, more specifically with Fritz Meyer in Denver this spring. And don't forget Roger Bermingham, who's now a first-year intern, again, also in family practice, out in the cold Midwest at the University of lowa. The story continues. A year ago, almost to the day you received this month's copy of the MAGAZINE, Roger and wife Shelley were blessed with a son, the first. As he was being born, the obstetrician, also of Big Green fame, was rumored to be singing "Men of Dartmouth." And you thought all residents were plain folk, mere inhabitants of a dwelling!
Far from the plain truth. Writes Lou Kartsonis: "My internship at B.U. is, as we used to say, no ski lodge. At last check, I was logging between 90-100 hours a week. Actually, I stopped counting when I figured I was only making a $1.25 an hour. Who said docs make a million dollars?" The frustrations of it all were somewhat eased recently, however (for Lou's sanity's sake), when he was accepted by the Mayo Clinic for an ophthalmology residency to begin July 1979. Count Lou in for the Fifth.
Still on the school circuit is John Weatherly, who's about to complete his second year of grad school at Princeton in anthropology. "Rumor has it [lots of rumors these days] that this, too, is an Ivy League school, but the contrast's hard to believe. There is no question where my sympathies lie." After passing the examination hurdle, John expects to go to Afghanistan for a year or more to do fieldwork — a study of some aspects of community life. Count John in for the Fifth. John Harrington now lives in Denver, relates friend Weatherly, working for a law firm there, and plans to be wed on or about June 12. And Jon Low is in grad school at Yale, studying public affairs and management. Many thanks to correspondent Weatherly.
Paul and Ann Feakins have a four-month-old baby girl, Elizabeth. Paul teaches at a private school in the New Orleans area, where he is head of the History Department. Count them in for the Fifth.
March has had its toll of newly-announced (not necessarily newly-known) newlyweds. August 13, 1977 saw Dan Petre married to wife Courtney, both graduates of Southern Methodist University Law School, now practicing in Glenwood Springs, Colo. Dick Fuscone plans to wed Nancy Jane Schaffer (Colby-Sawyer) in May. Dick's a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Business, and now employed by A. G. Becker, Inc. as an investment banker. Dr. Richard Wendlandt (Ph.D. in geochemistry from Pennsylvania State University) is also readying plans to marry Dr. Anne Elizabeth Rabkin (Smith, M.D. from George Washington University School of Medicine).
Wayne Davis writes and informs us that the Tuck School experience is demanding compared to the pinstripes and banking ways of Portland, Maine. Skiing's still a number-one priority, though. Harold Kurland reminds us of his existence in Rochester, working with Nixon, Hargrave, Devons and Doyle alongside classmate Jon Winer and Jay Doyle '70. PaulGross has opened a new gold- and silversmithing studio in Hanover called Electrum (an alloy of gold and silver for all you Chem 1 flunkies). He's also engaged as a jewelry instructor in the student workshops at the Hopkins Center. DougBate's an associate manager-marketing researcher at Chesebrough-Pond in Connecticut.
Kent Mann is still practicing law in Cleveland. Seems he was able to make it back for the Brown football game last fall where he unfortunately ran aground at the second annual McLane Hall reunion. Roger Tulchin received his M.B.A. from Stanford Business School in June of 1977, moved to N.Y.C., and is now working for Salomon brothers in the municipal finance department. John Roberts has been promoted to product manager at General Mills, where he's been since he received his M.B.A. at Tuck in 1974. Daughter Jessica (Dartmouth '97) just had her second birthday in January. Look for John at the Fifth. John Wilkie's working in Cleveland for Standard Oil. And TripMosbacher assures us that he's "living, sailing, and working" in San Francisco.
Doug Noll finally finished law school and passed the California bar exam. He's now living in the Fresno area where he is gainfully employed as a law clerk for Justice Hopper of the Fifth District Court of Appeal. In his spare time, he plays Southern Appalachian and Irish fiddle at local watering holes, teaches skiing, races a Santana 22 at a local lake, kayaks the Kinep River, and has become romantically involved with a beautiful blonde. One wonders whether he really has any time for work.
This last note of congratulations: Mike Neary has been named manager of the Woodstock Inn! Get your reservations in early for attending your son's or daughter's Dartmouth graduation!
Joe Powers says, "Get those dues in." Please help.
Operation '73 Sail in '78
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