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Lloyd Relin writes from Rochester, N.Y., where he is practicing law with the firm of Relin & Goldstein, that "1981 has developed into a very exciting year for one of our classmates, namely Art Wolff, who currently resides in New York City. I hadn't seen Art in years, but ran into him last fall in Hanover at the Harvard game. At that time, he told me he was about to direct his first Broadway show. He has been working in the theatrical field since graduating from college, but his work has been primarily in regional theaters and in television. The Broadway show which he did direct was called Heartland and opened on Broadway in February 1981. Although the reviews were mixed, Art got uniformly good reviews as the director of the show. Unfortunately, the show did not catch on with the public, and it has been closed. Since then, Art has been given the opportunity of directing the off-Broadway production of a new one-act play by Shel Silverstein, the well-known cartoonist. The play is called The Lady or theTiger and features Richard Dreyfus in the leading role. The play was for a limited engage- ment only as part of a one-act play festival spon- sored by the Ensemble Studio Theater. It was a great critical success according to the New York Times review. Art has some other exciting prospects for the near future, and it looks as if his directorial career is really taking off. One final word: It seems as though the tie between Art and myself is being perpetuated, for this fall Art's daughter Juliet and my son David are both entering Vassar College as freshmen."
John Greppin reports that he is spending most of September and October in Soviet Armenia "with abundant thanks to U.S. tax- payers." This is his fourth prolonged visit, and he will be working in the State Manuscript Depository on a project involving the Armenian versions of the Galenic medical corpus. John is general editor of The Indigenous Languages ofthe Caucasus publications and is based at Cleveland State University in Ohio.
A note from John Orcutt states that he has enjoyed a very busy and productive year as partner with the architectural firm of Sasaki Associates Inc. in Watertown, Mass. "Over the past two years I have won three major design competitions: the Chubb Corporation corporate headquarters in Warren Township, N.J.; Le Rivage luxury condominium complex in Key Biscayne, Fla.; and First National Bank of Boston's Framingham operations center in Massachusetts. These projects, along with all the high technology activity, have really had us in a major growth phase in the firm we are over 200 employees now. On top of all this have been the normal family demands and the special effort of assisting my son Jonathan with college applications he will attend Colby College in the fall."
Herb Schoenberg writes from Tarzana, Calif., that last May the former inhabitants of 302 Mid Fayerweather had a mini-reunion of sorts with spouses at a charming French restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif. "Andy andArlene DuBoff, with the blessings of Price Waterhouse, were attending the annual partners meeting on the West Coast. They stayed with Anne and me for a couple of days in Tarzana renewing old acquaintances, and before they left for Las Vegas, the four of us got together with Roz and Rudy LaRusso and Barbara andRon Kabot for dinner. Ron has nary a grey hair, but Rudy and Andy show some silver flecks among the brown. Yours truly is far ahead in that category, although I like to think that it's the sun "bleaching" my hair white from all the time I spend on the tennis court. We truly en- joyed the get-together, and it is still somewhat amazing to me that, of four roommates from the New York metropolitan area, three of us wound up living within 20 miles of each other in southern California."
Karl Holtzschue has been working to make all our lives much easier. He writes from New York City, where he is a partner in the law firm of Webster & Sheffield, that "I thought you might be interested in hearing about my efforts chairing the sub-committee of the real property law committee of the Association of the Bar, City of New York. As was highlighted in last April's New York Law Journal, I have been in- volved in drafting various contracts involving the sales of property in an effort to produce a stan- dardized form to facilitate complex real estate transactions." Make sure to keep Karl in mind if you're buying or selling properties in the New York City area!
Under the most capable and spirited leadership of our class president, Jack Nason, '54 was honored earlier this year at class officers weekend by receiving honorable mention as the 1980-81 "Class of the Year." Moreover, Jack has been asked to serve as vice president of the Class Officers Association for the next two years, presumably moving up to president in the sub- sequent two years. Our hats are off to you, Jack, for the superb job you have been doing. We are delighted you are able to take on an even more visible Dartmouth role as we approach our 25th reunion in 1984.
Theodore "Tip" Putnam is currently prac- ticing pediatrics in Buffalo, N.Y., where he has teamed up with other partners to form Delaware Pediatric Associates. "We run a rather busy pediatric practice in an old mansion in the center of the city of Buffalo, and I manage to keep fairly busy in extra-curricular activities as well. In addition to general pediatrics, I sub-specialise in endocrinology and work with the department at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo on a number of projects such as dealing with diabetes. I managed to receive the rather dubious distinc- tion of being named president of the medical staff for 1980-81, which keeps me busy outside the practice, but it is interesting. I am married and have two kids, age ten and eight, who com- mented on a drive through Hanover last fall, 'lt is too crowded.' I think that's the first time I ever heard that about Hanover! I manage to see Alan Gilburg fairly frequently as he is pastor of our church and intends to start his own con- sulting business. Other than that, I have seen Rennie Spaulding from time to time over the years, but few other 's9s. Age has managed to play its somewhat dirty tricks on me, leaving me somewhat grey-haired and perhaps a step slower than I used to be. But I still manage to play an occasional game of hockey with the local old timers' league in this area and Canada. This pur- suit has been interrupted a couple of times by some occasionally prolonged recuperative periods after falling off a roof and being hit by a car dur- ing the past couple of years. But all in all, my life is commonplace and deadly dull."
A press release from Texasgulf Inc. of Stam- ford, Conn., the diversified natural resources company, features Bob Headley, who has been elected vice president and treasurer of the com- pany. Bob joined Texasgulf in 1965 as a finan- cial analyst in the treasurer's department and was appointed assistant treasurer in 1965 and treasurer at the beginning of this year. He and his wife Barbara live in New Canaan, Conn., and have two sons and a daughter. Congratulations, Robert! Keep the news flowing in!
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