Spring has returned to Chicago, bringing with it major league baseball. Neither the Cubs nor White Sox should figure in their respective pennant races, but they certainly will be entertaining. Meanwhile, I've just returned from Tucson where the Cleveland Indians are rounding into form for their assault on the American League East flag.
Along with the improving weather comes some interesting class news. John DeVierno is in Washington, D.C., working for the U.S. Department of Transportation in the office of the general counsel. He writes that he's doing legislative work, particularly in the environmental and aviation areas. He also notes that his former roommate, Paul Tyson, is presently working in Washington for the State Department.
Tim Ball is presently working as an attorney in New York City. He and his wife Linda recently became parents of a baby girl, Allison.
Skip Staples and his wife Melissa are living in Greensboro, N.C. He was recently promoted to president of Carolina Door and Millwork, Inc a southeastern manufacturer of pre-hung doors, windows, and trim.
Planning to officiate in skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics is Tom Kendall, who lives with his wife Nancy in Auburn, Me. As of last November, they were expecting their third child.
From Capitol Hill Chris Brewster writes that he is a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John C. Danforth of Missouri and that Tim McKeeren is an administrative assistant to U S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. Tim and his wife Valerie have a one-year-old baby girl. He adds that Joe Riley is practicing law in Boston.
Still in the media business is Bill Aydelott, who is making films in New England. He recently completed shooting a film in North Conway, N.H., and his production company, Aydelott Associates, is working on a documentary for the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and "Spirit of New England" TV spots for WBZ radio. The company also produced a documentary entitled "The Secaucus Seven."
Bill Boardman is now associated with the law firm of Seder and Seder in Worcester, Mass. Bill served in the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia and received his law degree from the University of North Carolina.
John Sanstead is currently a pathologist at the University of Pennsylvania. He plans to return to Duke University to complete his medical residency. He married Penny Blackwell, a lawyer, on April 15, 1978. They expect a child sometime in May.
Africa has been the principal residence for Drew Howard, who is entering his third year as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon. He is working in a rural school construction program in the capital, Libreville, and the interior areas. He writes that Bob Olson was there teaching English from 1974-77, with Dana Bisbee '74.
Another transplanted Chicagoan is RichardLarson, who is a resident in internal medicine at the University of Chicago. Also in medicine is Bud Lynch, who is completing a residency in orthopedics at Mary Hitchcock.
Recently engaged is Andy Harrison, who will marry Adrienne L. Weiss on April 29. Andy is a lawyer with the firm of F. Lee Bailey & Aaron J. Broder. His fiancee is a student at Cornell University Medical College in New York City. Bill Gerek married Mary Anderson in March in Toledo, Ohio. Bill is a lawyer in Chicago.
Thurm Lowans has finished his three-year hitch in the Navy and is now associated with the law firm of Soriano & Soriano in Bremerton, Wash.
Word comes from Detroit that RickGreenberg is a senior medical resident and assistant chief resident in medicine in a local hospital. His wife Marianne is working as a registered nurse at Detroit General Hospital. He expects to begin specialty training in cardiology at Ohio State University.
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