1968

The column this month is particularly difficult to write. Despite the many joys of life marriages, children, promotions, personal achievements, and friendships the possibility of death lurks, and the death of men in their prime of life is very hard to accept. Tributes to Steve Debnam and John Holcomb appear in the obituary section of this issue. My personal thanks to Steve's family for allowing me to use text from their own "in memoriam" service and to Don Miller for his fitting prose in memory of Jay Holcomb. Both men died in a struggle Steve trying to keep his helicopter aloft and Jay in a battle with cancer. Both were gentle, caring people who left their mark on all they touched. They will be missed. For the rest of us, life goes on, bolstered by the examples of courage, strength, and commitment to their fellows and families evidenced in the lives of these two men.

Jim Morrison is on the open road selling for Prindle, Weber, and Schmidt, math publishers, and Willard Grant Press, chemistry text publishers, and enjoys having only four wheels to worry about rather than 18. He ran into Chuck Woodhouse last fall. Chuck works for the international division of the State Street Bank of Boston, is based in New York City, and lives with his wife in Croton-on-Hudson.

Jim Taff, a former member of Phi Tau, graduated cum laude from the New England School of Law's evening division in June 1979 and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in December. He is now in a partnership with David Levy and opened an office in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Thanks to Howard Sammis '23 for sending news of Sherwood Guernsey, who is working miracles as a "do-it-yourself' politician in western Massachusetts. Sher developed a "heat-thy-neighbor" energy plan, designed to collect an untapped fuel resource heating oil sitting in tanks owned by persons who have converted to natural gas systems. The objective was to donate the fuel to needy persons without heat. The initial estimates made were for a potential of 90,000 gallons of oil available for collection in the Berkshire area. Sher, a Williamstown resident and Pittsfield lawyer, also announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for one of the two seats on the County Commission.

Charles Schader was appointed vice presi- dent and general counsel of the Insurance Serv- ices Office (ISO) on December 10 in New York City. In this ca- pacity, Chuck will re- port directly to Daniel McNamara, ISO president. Chuck was senior vice president and general counsel of the Foreign Credit Insurance Association for 17 months prior to assuming his new role. Before that, he was vice president and general counsel of the Home Insurance Companies. Mr. McNamara said, "Mr. Schader brings significant legal and analytical strengths to our law department. We will be increasingly turning to our Jaw department for assistance as we plan for the many challenges that confront ISO and the business in the eighties." Chuck holds a J.D. and an LL.M. in corporate law from N.Y.U. School of law and resides in Soyosset, N.Y., with his wife and son.

A welcome post card showing the warmth of Hollywood, Fla., arrived from Eric Walser, who traded the snows of Missoula, Mont., for the sands of Florida and a visit with family and friends.

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