1974

Spring now taunts "bookers" on the campus who are tempted to abandon their study-nooks for the newly green outdoors. Surely that depiction arouses memories in more than a few "745! Although intentions are not to dwell in the past forever, reality has it that news of last fall was held from last month's column. The parcel of information received from Hanover last December included a notice from the Central Maine Morning Sentinel of Waterville relating that Ron Bishop had joined the law office of Burton G. Shiro, joining N. Paul Grauveau as an associate of the local firm. The clip noted that Ron graduated from the University of Maine Law School last spring. Also sent with these articles were items from the November 13 edition of the New York Times and the following Sunday's Bridgeport, Conn., Post recounting the wedding of Jim Bayles and Trina Mansfield (mentioned also when the engagement notice was publicized in last month's column). Jim's father, a member of the Class of '36, was best man. Congratulations to you!

Following the news held from last month, the chronology leads to notes on a yearly gathering of the Dartmouth Association of the Great Divide — the December cocktail party — at which Bob Stevenson recounted some of his recent professional endeavors. After graduating from Tuck School, Bob worked for Amca, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Dominion Bridge Company, at their office in the Dartmouth National Bank Building. Later he was transferred to their branch in Duluth and finished out an eighteen-month term with the firm there before making the recent transition to Auto-Trol Corp., a Denver-based computer graphics equipment manufacturer.

The familiar name in professional skiing of Dave Currier was printed in the sports section of the December 17 edition of The New York Times for having placed third in the downhill of the first pro race of the season, the three-day, $80,000 Budweiser Cup meet in Aspen. Dave missed victory by only about 1.7 seconds but came out ahead of such reknowned skiers as Josef Odermatt and Otto Tschudi. Congratulations, Dave!

In late 1977, some items taken from DartmouthAnthropology News included word that Bill Hart had visited the department on a vacation away from his job at Northern Trust Company in Chicago. Also noted was that Professor Gregory received an announcement last year from Doug Ostrander of his M.F.A. degree exhibition at the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, Pa. The news also detailed that TomTeegarden was at that time project director for adult basic education and for curriculum development at the Denver Indian Center. His wife Karen was then a counselor in the Center's Manpower Program for which she "develops and creates training and employment opportunities for Native Americans." They were married last fall.

A New Year's Day flight west from Boston included a pleasant encounter with Nat Weeks who was returning from vacation in Massachusetts to Cheyenne, Wyo., where he teaches ninth-grade government and international relations and eighth-grade American history at McCormick Junior High School. He related that Dutch Kuckhahn had taken a job with Schneider Inc., a Greenbay, Wise., trucking firm, and that Bernie Waugh is in his third year of law school at Georgetown University. Nat remarked that Bernie had been exceedingly ambitious to write his recently completed book, Muses from the North Country, and to do all the artwork as well, which apparently includes a shot of Moosilauke Lodge. Nat's impression was that Bernie wants to practice environmental law in New England; we trust he'll keep his fiddle in tune at the same time! Nat was informed that Bob Fletcher is in law school at Boston University and that he plans to spend the summer working for Outward Bound. Nat heard that Bob helped Tim Miner build a log house on Lake Winnipesaukee and that Tim has been working for the Dartmouth Outward Bound program in addition to a jaunt to Peru for some mountain-climbing. Evidently Bob and Tim were also on an Outward Bound canoe trip in Minnesota, according to Nat.

Also mentioned in the conversation was Tom Fisher '73, now a grade-school teacher in Aspen, who is reputed to have lost his paddle while kayaking down the Colorado River through Utah — swimming five miles before reaching the shore! Nat, a good relayer of exciting events, told some about himself that lead one to believe he's on his seventh or eighth life. He also added some details on his professional undertakings over the last few years. After several stints as a jack-of-all-trades, he settled into teaching as a substitute teacher at McCormick Junior High School, left that post for a full-time position in Massachusetts at the Hingham Junior High teaching Russian history, then last fall returned to McCormick for a full-time assignment. Nat keeps a busy schedule and —judging from his exuberance — has profited greatly from his hard work. Thanks for all the news!

A batch received from Hanover in mid- January included a report by the Newport, Vt., Daily Express of Joe Figley's marriage to Susan Scott last November in Lebanon. After the ceremony, a reception was held at the Dartmouth Outing Club. The article noted that Susan, a graduate of Boston University, is a physical therapist and that Joe works as a business consultant throughout New England. They reside in Lebanon, the clipping said. Congratulations! Also sent at the time was a notice from the Arlington, Mass., Advocate that Rick Churchill had been awarded first-year honors at Harvard Business School. Rick, now in his last few months of the M.B.A. program, was cited also as having served as assistant to the Arlington town manager and for two years as an accountant.

Later in January, an article from the Norwich, Conn., Bulletin announced that PhilSmyth has been made an associate of the law firm of Brown, Jacobson, Jewett and Laudone, P.C., of Norwich. Phil was cited as having graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut Law School last May and the clip noted that he was admitted to the bar last fall. Good work!

A telephone conversation in early February revealed that Laura Cuetara Miller was then in the midst of directing the play UnderMilkwood at the Theater Under Glass in Denver while her husband, Mike Miller, was busy serving as a district attorney for the eighth judicial district in Castle Rock, Colo. He graduated last spring from University of Denver Law School.

Next month's reading will browse the musings and well-documented travels of TimLunney, who deserves a warm gracias for three pages of entertaining reading. Until then, remember that all the news thats fit to print won't fit if there's not enough of it! Send more!

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