1973

I think that it is only fitting to begin this column with the announcement that the Dartmouth class of 1973 now has within its ranks someone who has won a world championship. For those of you who may have not seen the article in the May 14 issue of Sports Illustrated,David "Chip" Reese was noted as one of the premier poker players in the world, having won the high-low split championship in the 1978 World Series of Poker. From all reports, he won more money last year than many of us will see in our first 20 years out of Dartmouth. After graduating, Chip returned home to Dayton, Ohio, to become an executive in an electronics firm. Evidently, he became restless with the 9- to-5 business world and moved to Arizona, where he engaged himself in the real estate business and began to spend weekends in Las Vegas. Before long, some of the old hands at the poker tables began to recognize Chip's talents, and he was invited to play in more and more games, eventually gaining entrance to the elite circle of world champion poker players who make their living in Las Vegas. From all reports, Chip has more than held his — own he has been thriving. In addition to his active participation in poker games, Chip is also now the manager of the poker room of the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. A friend of mine from the class of 1968 sent me an article from the Peninsula Times Tribune in the Palo Alto area about the World Series of Poker. It seems that Chip fell victim to Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff, who, according to the article, "ruthlessly devoured stacks of black chips piled before opponents and raked in $250,000, giving him the lead in the series. Hoff, who pressures opponents into betting more than they want to, raked in pots of $60,000, and $180,000 to wipe out Dartmouth economics graduate David 'Chip' Reese and Sam 'Chicago Sam' Petrillo." Never fear, I'm sure that Chip has a lot in reserve and that we are all going to be hearing much more about his successful exploits in the world of high stakes poker. And to think that I used to watch him hustling some poor suckers in the back room of Beta!

Well, back to the real world. I recently received word that John Clark was married to Elizabeth Barringer in Greenville, Del. John is a candidate for a master's degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston. On May 27, I attended the wedding of another '73, DavidClark, to Margie Wagers in Dallas, Tex. Dave and Margie are both lawyers in Atlanta.

Word has drifted east that Sam Livermore has graduated from Stanford Law School. He and Cindy took a two-month vacation through Scandinavia after the California bar exam, and he is now practicing law in San Francisco. EricStruhsacker and his wife Debbie are now living in Salt Lake City, Utah. They both work for the earth science laboratory at the University of Utah Research Institute.

Dick Berlin was married to Claire Francis of London, England, on September 9, at the U.N. Chapel in New York City. Dick, sorry about the tardiness of this announcement, but congratulations nevertheless. Dick and Claire are now living in the Pittsburgh area, where Dick is employed by WTAE-TV. Lee Rosengard and his wife, Andrea R. Cramer, are both practicing law in Philadelphia. Andrea is corporate counsel to Acme Markets Inc., a major retail food chain in the mid-Atlantic states, and Lee does trial work with the Philadelphia law firm of Stradley, Ronin, Stevens & Young. Paul Frangos is employed as a business analyst with Champion Papers in Hamilton, Ohio.

Gary and Nancy Mason send word from Meshoppen, Pa., that they have a new baby girl named Erin. Gary is working at the Proctor & Gamble plant in Mehoppany, Pa., as an industrial engineer. Scott Sherman is practicing law with the firm of Wood, Boykin & Walter in Corpus Christi, Tex. Reed Greene is also living and working in Corpus Christi, which he refers to as the "Sparkling City by the Sea." Reed finished his master's in public policy at the University of Texas and is now working for the city of Corpus Christi. He is doing an M.B.A. part-time and hopes to return to Austin for a Ph.D. within three years.

At last report, Jim Metzler, former varsity pitching ace, was living in New York City. He wrote that he was "getting sporadic work as an actor and more regular income as a waiter. Picked up my baseball glove for the first time since the Red Sox said that they had seen enough hanging curve balls. The experience came in handy as I was voted to the all-star team in the Broadway Softball league as a third baseman. The key was my accurate arm to first base. I always throw curves: they don't break (still) and always get to the first baseman chest high."

I have received word from Travis Kinsley, who lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife Sherry and son Eli (aged three months). Brad is working at the Chemawa Indian School, counseling freshman and sophomore students from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Travis reports that not long ago he saw Howard Badhand, who was recently married and is working with the National Indian Health Board in Denver.

Finally, just to make all of the Dartmouth doctors envious, I have to refer to a letter that I received from Lou Kartsonis. Evidently, Lou had a year to kill before starting an ophthal- mology residency, so he took a job working as a ship's doctor on Caribbean cruises. Lou writes that "compared to the 100 hours per week I logged as an intern, I now worK a leisurely two- and-a-half-hour day, which allows adequate time to rage on the beaches and in the nightclubs. Although I have been faced with a few emergencies, the medical problems are generally minor."

That's it for this month. Stay tuned next month for a word from our man with the State Department in Africa, Steve Buckler.

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