1979

In the inimitable words of my predecessor, "Hi, Gang!" As all of you know, the United States Army has come upon hard times. Being a man of conscience, Peter Roby decided to do his bit, so when you hear pleas on television for "a few good men and women" you will recognize Peter's voice singing "The Bosom Song" in the background. A true patriot. In his spare time Peter will be the assistant basketball coach at West Point.

I had a rude awakening last Sunday morning; the cheerful and booming John Gogolak called to say that he's enjoying counting the holes in his wing tips at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. I thought that Gogi must have been running for office by the tone of his voice; he was excited for another reason: Gogi had tapped highly sensitive State Department communications that revealed information about the labor uprisings in Poland. It appears that our very own Mark Nawrocki (pronounced: No-rox) has been summoned to act as a stabilizing influence in that highly volatile corner of the globe. Mark won't do much stabilizing during his first year there as he will be busy learning the language. Beginning next fall Mark will become a State Department operative; he will pose as a Polish medical student.

In a somewhat related vein, I'm sorry to report that medical history was made by SaraBanks in Darien, Conn., this summer. It seems that Sara's intellectual curiosity got the better of her while exploring the dynamics of a 40-m.p.h. softball and nose cartilage. From the last reports, we understand that her cast is to be removed in November.

It is good to see that during these difficult economic times money is not the only thing that motivates our classmates. One particular con- cern of mine has been the recent increase in the rate of static-cling incidence in the general population. At least three of our compatriots have seen their way clear of the "me-decade" self-concern and have dedicated their careers to the elimination of this abomination. Paul Centanari, Bruce McElhinney, and Bob Watterson, are all doing their best to see that a box of Bounce is available to every household; even for those living at the meanest levels of income. Knock 'em dead, fellas.

I have just recently received a very pleasant phone call. Margot Schaff Barker called me up to tell me that she and a famous Dartmouth twin were to be married over the Labor Day weekend. I am pretty sure that it was Kirk Barker '76 whom she married. Come to think of it, maybe it was Kip Barker '76. At any rate, Debbie Sortor Parnon and her husband Tom '76 were also in attendan ce. Congratulations to Margot and Kirk. They plan to settle in California.

Another '79 is planning on taking the plunge this month. Priscilla King will marry Mr. Edward Martin Miller Jr. on September 20. The couple have not selected a pattern yet, but instead of gifts they have requested that classmates send small, unmarked bills to Mr. Martin at the foreign exchange department of his employer, Standard Chartered Bank in New York.

From what I am told about Nigel Key's career, going directly from "eggs-to-order" to the job office has paid off. Nigel is working at Banker's Trust in New York and is trading municipal bonds. Nigel's sometime cohort, JonPeabody, is doing the same type of work for the Harris Bank in Chicago; Jon has expressed that the traders he deals with complain that Jon's Copenhagen-filled jowls made it unclear whether he wants to buy or sell Yen.

For those of you who have had your football fever rekindled by cool fall weather, I've received the inside line on the U. of E. at C. (University of Egypt at Cairo) squad. Our contact man there is Sami Fam. Sam, who first made his name a household word as a star defensive tackle at Newton North (Massachusetts), couldn't make any Canadian rosters. He is now making headlines in Egypt and studying medicine between games and a grueling practice schedule.

Because all of Peter's outgoing mail is tightly censored at West Point, it is especially important that you make sure you send all correspondence directly to me.

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