1966

Congratulations to all of us: we've been Dartmouth men half our lives. Really. See, it was 17 years ago that we matriculated, and most of us are 34 or 35. With the help of Professor Selznick's math, I reckon that's close to half — but I'd welcome other interpretations. You know what they say about statistics.

George Blumenthal has passed along plenty of information about some of our classmates in the world of finance. George himself is a partner in Blumenthal & Company, a member-firm of the New York Stock Exhcange, and a director of KCC Syndicate Managers Inc., a company which will provide management services to the newly-created New York Insurance Exchange. This exchange is intended to be a central insurance marketplace in the United States, similar to Lloyd's of London. Allan Nadler, an insurance analyst at Shearson Hayden Stone, is also involved in the enterprise. George works constantly with Fred Gordon, who is responsible for trading and capital commitments at Blumenthal & Company, and he is in daily contact with Rick Reiss, a partner in the money management firm of Cumberland Partners. Rick, Bonni, and four-year-old Lauren live on Central Park West. George also mentioned two class entrepreneurs — Dennis Kaufman, building houses and living in Norwich, Vt., and Dean Spatz, founder and president of Osmonic's Inc., leader in the field of membrane microfiltration and separation. And in Boston, Don Glazer specializes in securities law and is a partner with Ropes & Gray.

Dick and Dina Friedman have two boys, Jason and Jordan; Dick also has two useful credentials (an M.B.A. and a C.P.A.) and an interesting job as assistant controller of the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound in Seattle.

Steve Lanfer is an investment counselor at Time Capital Securities and, with Sam, is father of two boys Stefan and Peter — as well as of a baby due in November. Kipp Crickard, who has two daughters — Darcy and Kara, is assistant sales manager at Buffalo Forge Company, a manufacturer of industrial air and fluid handling equipment. Thornton Jordan was named Educator of the Year by the students at Columbus College in Georgia, where he's an associate professor in the humanities division and an amateur (but active) blacksmith.

Tom and Judy Hoober are already making plans to bring Emily Marie, born last June, to next year's reunion. Until then, Tom will while away the days selling for the real estate and construction firm of Shuffel Bottom Corporation in Lancaster, Pa. Dave Owens will probably drive up in one of the restored Mercedeses his Narragansett, R.I., company, Kane Motorcar Company Inc., specializes in. John Weaver has been promoted to professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. He's been at the school since it was established in 1972. Aerojet General has jetted Rick MacMillan from Houston to San Diego as part of its corporate headquarters move. Kris and year-old Clarke like that warm southern California sun.

I'm not sure that this will top your Christmas reading list, but Bill Wilson's translation of an 18th-century samurai ethics book is now hitting the bookshelves. Harper & Row is distributing Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, an apparent source of inspiration for kamikaze pilots and fraternity pledges.

Larry and Beth Simms have carved an impressive list of accomplishments on the walls of their restored 150-year-old log cabin in rural Great Falls, Va. On July 5, Nathaniel was born, joining four-year-old Anna. Beth has completed her final year as an oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute, has launched a private practice in Leesburg, Va., and has become affiliated with the Northern Virginia Hospice. Larry is a deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel at the Department of Justice — a 20-lawyer group that provides counsel to top officials, speaks at hearings, and resolves inter-agency legal questions. Yes, he also continues as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Larry trades farm stories with Al Ryan, who commutes from Washington, Va., to Washington, D.C., to argue cases before the Supreme Court as an assistant to the solicitor general.

Ted Campion, chief of the medical geriatric unit and director of the geriatric rehabilitation department at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital, is heading an effort to bring "humaneness" to the care of the elderly. Ted's wife Anne is assistant academic dean of Pine Manor College. John Freeman, an orthopedic surgeon at the base of the ski run in Aspen, Colo., thinks Dartmouth provided an "ideal education" for his life in Aspen. Peter Dorsen was a member of a governor-appointed, three- member panel in Minnesota which studied the effects of fluoridated water. Their conclusion — no evidence that fluoride causes cancer, birth defects, or allergic reactions.

It's annual fall prediction time: second place for Dartmouth's ever-improving soccer team and third in the Ivy for football. The only thing that keeps those predictions coming is that nobody ever checks back. They're something like forecasts of inflation. Anyone can make 'em (and everyone does).

Send your dues to Paul Babcock and your news to me. Dust off your beanie and have a bright and invigorating fall.

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