1970

Summer has nearly arrived and this will be the last column until next fall. I hope that one and all will have an enjoyable and, I hope, relaxing time in the months ahead.

Good news continues to be forwarded to me. 1 understand that the law firm of Tate, Capasse & Johnson in Westport, Conn., has made our own Phillip Anderson a partner of the firm. Phil has been associated with the office since 1975, and prior to that he practiced law in Hartford and Southington. He obtained his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and holds memberships in the Westport, Connecticut, and American Bar Associations.

Reed and Pam Saunders have returned to the East Coast after six years in the Minneapolis area. Reed has been elected vice president and account supervisor at Humphrey Browning MacDougall, which is New England's largest advertising agency. The family has now settled in Marblehead, Mass., and includes a recent addition, one Reed Hunter, who weighed in at 11 lbs 2 oz. It appears that he is a precocious fellow, and Reed says he should be ready to take up sailing by May. In their letter to me. Reed and Pam have extended an open invitation to any '7os who may be in the Marblehead area this summer.

Dave Hughes has embarked on a fascinating career in public television. He is at the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Md., and"works as a script writer for a program entitled, "Consumer Survival Kit." The series is carried by over 200 television stations around the country. One of the episodes deals with the important problem for many of us of finding a way for financing our own children's college education. Some have predicted that a four-year education in a private college may cost $83,000 by 1995. Helping to make this point through a brief appearance on the program is Dave's son, David Milligan Harper Hughes, who recently celebrated his first birthday. Dave reports that he is already beginning to save for his son's education as a result of his research. Grandfather John D. Hughes Sr. '44, now a regional sales manager for Jomac Roller Company, who lives in Atlanta, Ga., must be delighted that his son (our classmate) has already completed four years at Dartmouth.

On my recent travels I had the pleasure of visiting with Brent and Poppy Coffin in the Minneapolis area. They have had a fascinating year traveling and studying in France, Switzerland, and Eastern Europe, after Brent's term as a minister in Trenton, N.H. Research and writing assignments took Brent and Poppy and to Minneapolis. Brent was selected as a minister of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Minn., which is just south of Minneapolis. The Church is a very active one with over 1400 members. One recognizes a true sense of community out there and it appears to be a fine place to raise a family. And on that note, I have just received word that one Joshua Bernard has just joined the family as of May 14, 1979, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz. Those who wish to congratulate Brent and Poppy will be able to contact them in Bloomington.

I also managed to get back to the Big Green briefly this spring, and it was certainly a pleasure. The class officers have been discussing the possibility of having a mini-reunion in the fall, either in Hanover or in one of the other cities where football games are scheduled to be played. A mini-reunion seems to be particularly appropriate since our tenth reunion will not be until 1981, given the reunion group we are in. At this point, it would be helpful to have your thoughts on such a mini-reunion, and if individuals in any of the places where the football games are to be held would like to lay claim to the honor of being the host city, they should contact either myself or Pete Geary so that arrangements can be coordinated with the Alumni Office. The Class of 1970 may not be as big a catch as the Democratic or Republican Parties, but I am sure that it would be fun for all concerned to have a mini-reunion close to home.

This is also the time of year when the Alumni Fund drive comes to a close. It has been truly exciting to see the significant increase in the size of gifts from our class members and to recognize that this reflects an increased awareness of the need for giving as well as the fact that it is becoming really possible for many of us to share a bit of what we earn with others. Please do not let the opportunity go by. Don't fail to respond to the campaign simply because you have put the mailings away waiting for the checkbook to balance.

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