1959
Here's hoping everyone had a splendid summer. As for the William Longs, we enjoyed a week in Scotland, where we toured the west coast, followed by a week in southern Ireland. Our two children Katie, age 12, and Will, age 7 were awed by the height of the Scottish mountains, chilled by the temperature of the Lochs, and couldn't believe that the Emerald Isle was as verdant as it really is. It was an enlightening experience, and, not surprisingly, we found many fine restaurants throughout our countryside wanderings. Even Mrs. L (better known as Tina or Mom), the gourmet of the family, found it all exciting "though the worst part is returning to the realities of family administration I prefer vacations!" she stated enthusiastically.
A number of interesting letters and articles have trickled in over the past few months, and I hope everyone will continue to send yours truly a note about what you are up to.
A note arrived with a Concord, N.H., postmark from Mai Swenson. He reports that he, too, has been traveling in Europe and also China. It sounds as if the strength of the dollar has prompted a number of us to seek value overseas.
Louis Lazar writes from Hartford that "I am well, living with wife and two children in Connecticut's hunt country, and am with United Technologies Corporation in Hartford."
Walt Taylor comments that, after serving for three years as M.D. with the USAF in Tempsford, England, he and his family settled in 1968 in Flagstaff, Ariz., where Walt has a busy family medical practice. "Nancy has a part-time weaving and clothing-design business that she does at home. We have three fine kiddos Mary is almost 15, Anne is 12, and John is ten. We take full advantage of our outdoor surroundings here with skiing, hiking, riding, and river trips. The girls have been at camp in Maine for the past two summers but we have not been back to New England ourselves for a long time. I'd love to hear from any classmates who plan a trip this way."
An article from last year's New York DailyNews which only just reached me features Jim Sanford. The article states that Jim is manager of the Trattoria da Alfredo in Greenwich Village and has developed a "clambake to go" which apparently has gained great popularity and success through Jim's marketing efforts. Here's to continued good fortune, James!
Bob Sands presently lives in Maryland, where he works for the Department of Energy. "I serve as the director of the management and coordination division of the Office of Energy Contingency Planning. Although DOE is going through a much-needed reduction of excess personnel, my operation should, finally, obtain the necessary resources to do a credible job. Before working on contingency planning, I had the pleasure of working for Randy Malin's brother Clem '56 on Canadian energy questions for DOE's international division. Energy provided me with an opportunity for further education, spending a year at the National War College. That year, 1977-1978, was one of the best I have ever had, combining excellent facilities, a top-flight course of instruction, exceptional classmates, and the unique opportunity to travel. Cathy, who has returned to teaching and still manages to keep up her hectic pace, and I are fortunate to have both a daughter, Caroline age 11, and a son, Robs age 8. For the past few years I have coached a local soccer team, first for Caroline and now for Robs. It is a great deal of fun even though it does take up every weekend during the spring and fall. When not coaching, I can usually be found canoeing on any number of the excellent streams and rivers close to Washington, which is a fun and exciting place to work though one tends to manage paper-flow more than people. Our only complaints are that friends tend to move away and that it is too remote to find a place to ski unless you fly. Life has treated us very well I enjoy my work and appreciate all of you who pay my salary. Thanks!"
A book entitled Invisible War: Pursuing SelfInterest at Work was named the best 1980 business and management book by the Association of American Publishers. The book was coauthored by John McDonough, who is associate professor at the University of California at Los Angeles's Graduate School of Management. Well done!
Dave Viscott writes that he is currently living in Los Angeles, where he is involved in a number of exciting activities. "I am practicing psychotherapy and teaching at UCLA Medical School, where I am an assistant clinical professor. My focus is on developing and teaching a four-session psychotherapy course, using two-hour-long sessions which are taperecorded for multiple play-backs very exciting work. I also have my own radio show in Los Angeles, in which I do therapy right on the air once a week; it has become something of a sensation and has spurred some notice here. In addition I write fiction, self-help books, poetry, music, and a soon-to-be-appearing national column; work on several film scripts; and am in the process of starting my own publishing company. My life feels wonderful, full of love and affection. My daughter Liz graduated in June from Dartmouth, if you can believe that. I've seen Bob Liberman, who is running a Veterans Psychiatric Hospital here in California; he looks great, has a new family with two new babies. I've also seen Bob Canton who is into movie production and local business. And I spoke to David Cohen, who is running a lumber import business and sounds great.
Please note our '59 fall mini-reunions: October 10: William and Mary at Dartmouth, which will have been preceded by a class brunch just before the game.
October 17: Dartmouth-Harvard at Cambridge, preceded by Dartmouth Night festivities, featuring President David T. McLaughlin '54, on Friday, October 16, at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel in the Prudential Center, followed on Saturday morning by a tailgate party within the shadow of Harvard stadium prior to the game.
October 24: Cornell at Dartmouth, where the Holiday Inn at White River Junction will be the site of" a Saturday morning class get-together, followed by a post-game reception jointly with the class of 1984 which will be graduating when we are in Hanover for our 25th reunion and with whom we have conducted our class project lecture series.
We hope to see (or have seen) a lot of you at each of these events.
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