1964

Hello again. Hope everyone had a great summer. I am sure most of you (especially the moms) are glad school is open so some semblance of peace and quiet is restored during the day. Nothing special to report personally from your secretary other than that I am now aware of a tennis elbow is all about, and my wife appreciates the fact that there is such an item as a disposable diaper. Our kid (nicknamed A.J. for Apple Juice) is up to 20 pushups a day, 45,622 bounces on a spring-loaded chair, and six diaper changes. You can see how proud I am. Now for the news:

Fred and Mary Sue Rothenberg visited us in Key Biscayne while enjoying a tax convention for lawyers in June. Fred spent most of the weekend itemizing all his expenditures while Mary Sue enjoyed the beach. They report all is well in Tampa and send regards.

Steve Blecher passes on the following tidbits: Gary Foote was married in April. (I lost further details; Gary, please help me.) Dave Plavin, a fanatic N.Y.C. subway-goer, is chief financial officer of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where various money groups expect him to squeeze money from a stone. Dave now sports an Abe Lincoln-like beard and spends his leisure time parting graffiti on subway cars. Jack Kindergan's wife is named Vikki, for all who were left wondering over the summer. AlanFerris's wife Madeleine, and kids Greg and Katy, visited N.Y.C. from Houston this past summer. Alan moved to Houston to supervise the construction aspects of their growing apartment management business.

Mike Parker wrote me a letter inquiring how many classmates have run or are running marathons. He noted that Ed Williams and Bill Thomlinson are indulging in this masochistic activity. Mike asked who else is cutting into home life and restricting body flexibility in a quest for a faster 26 miles. Mike finished the last Boston Marathon in 2:46.34. Mike admits he has brought himself to the brink of over-competitiveness at a time when he should be taking more naps. Mike and family are still stationed with the Navy in Bethesda, Md., where he will soon begin a two-year graduate course in dentistry.

B. J. Batchelder, chairman and chief executive officer of American Cable Publications Inc., has announced that the company has purchased the monthly Cable TV Magazine of NYC from a Midwestern group. B. J. states that he was impressed with the magazine's editorial product and program listings. American Cable, established by an investor group of the Batchelder Company and others, will provide backing for the magazine's growth.

Stan Roman, medical director of Columbia Hospital in Washington, D.C., has been named associate dean for academic and student affairs at Dartmouth Medical School. Stan is also an associate professor of community and family medicine at Georgetown University and Howard University. As associate dean, he will guide and counsel students in the M.D. program, coordinate M.D. curricular activities, and assist students seeking residency positions. He will also hold a faculty appointment as associate professor of community and family medicine. (Naturally, next time you or your kid is throwing up after a tailgate party in Hanover, call Stan for some warm milk and Gelusil.)

Ed Tyranski has been promoted to vice president, operations, for the instrument division of American Optical Corporation, a subsidiary of Warner-Lambert Company. Ed joined the division three years ago as director of operations after holding numerous positions with General Electric. Ed will be located in Buffalo and will be responsible for all domestic, scientific and ophthalmic instrument operations in the Buffalo, Rochester, and Keene, N.H., plants.

I must pass one last piece of news, although it is somewhat dated. Overdrive magazine of December 1980 had a humorous article on the New York-California Express. I will explain what it is all about, but you must know that our class was represented by Rich Carey. This express is a no-holds, anything-goes auto race from Long Island to Santa Monica, Calif. The race is in the tradition of the Cannonball Run and the Gumball Rally. The point is to get from coast to coast as fast as possible. Rich drove a Pantera with a co-pilot. Their most interesting adventure was being ticketed in Texas going 115 m.p.h. Brought before a judge, they told her honor what they were doing. She got so enthused, she fined, them only $25 and asked to accompany them on the rest of the race. Too bad there isn't more room in a Pantera! Then everyone from Texas to Santa Monica would have been yelling, "Here come da judge!"' Bye.

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