1969

Hold onto your beanies! Despite incredible odds against such a fortuity, I have received not just one, but two, pieces of mail since last I reported to you. Not to worry, however. Your record as a Class for the lengthiest case of writer's block remains unscathed and intact. The aforementioned correspondence was the handiwork of outside sympathizers. However, to the bitter end a loyal '69, I disdained their promises of "there's plenty more where that came from" tendered in exchange for a shift in class allegiance.

Os Skinner '28 was kind enough to forward an account of the September marriage of his son Doug Skinner to Jean Chemsak. Following two years in Columbia with the Peace Corps, Doug graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch where apparently the only thing he was taught to write was a prescription. He is presently a second-year resident in family practice at McKeesport (Pa.) Hospital where Jean, a graduate of the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, is also employed as a registered nurse. Not to change the subject, Carolyn Lucet was recently wed to RandallCooper up in Madison, N.H., which, to reorient those of you who may have forgotten, is a little northwest of East Madison. A University of New Hampshire graduate, the bride is a child protective services social worker for the New Hampshire Division of Welfare. Randy, having picked up a degree at Boston University School of Law, has his shingle hanging out in North Conway. The final nuptial nugget of the month finds lan Alsop newly knotted to Lois Kullen. The couple resides in Katmandu where they manage the James Hilton Hotel, a youth hostel catering to Sherpa guides should they wish to ever rest.

While on a recent dig through the fossiliferous archives of the Dartmouth Anthropology Department, I happened upon an old circular bearing news of several classmates. A health administrator at the nearby Keene Clinic, HobartCollins and wife have set up house in Winchester, N.H. Situated further up-state in Warner is Mike Harvey, who just couldn't get his fill of CJC as an undergrad. He is "into art" there and contemplating furthering his studies in the areas of law and diplomacy. Former fellow anthropologists Steve Cox and Dick Jordan are currently on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution when not off on major-league field trips in search of the missing link. A 1 Fraker, formerly chairman of the History Department at the Asheville (N.C.) School, is now teaching American studies at Deerfield Academy where wife Betsy is also gainfully employed as an instructor of French and English. The University of Georgia recently published a teachers' handbook which Al concocted; he is also currently directing the State of Maryland's Interdisciplinary Program for Intellectually Gifted Children (they'd have to be smart to remember that designation). Out on the West Coast, in San Francisco to be exact, Kari Prager has abandoned the ranks of the teaching profession and together with three partners has opened up a BMW motorcycle shop. His wife Gail is close to having her master's in textile history and design and just recently finished weaving a black leather jacket for Kari to wear at road-racing functions.

While in Milwaukee over the holidays, I ran into Rip and Karen Maclay on a couple of occasions. Both of them gave, up their positions at the First Wisconsin National Bank last summer to work for Congressman Bob Kasten's gubernatorial campaign. Despite my $20 contribution to the cause, Rip, as campaign manager, was unable to buy enough votes and their candidate went down to defeat in the primary race. He is now back with the bank where his experiences of last summer serve him well in his new capacity as assistant vice president in charge of oiling the palms of the local pols.

See you in the spring.

1 Meadow Lane Hanover, N.H. 03755