1973

As I write this column, classes have just commenced in Hanover. The class of 1985 has landed, and the College begins another chapter under the stewardship of President McLaughlin. Most of the incoming freshmen were six years old when we arrived as pea green freshmen in 1969. And the composition of our respective classes is slightly different. While our class graduated the first women in Dartmouth's history, the ratio was something like 27-1. Women make up almost 40 per cent of the class of 1985. And during June of their sophomore year, we will be celebrating our 10th reunion. Well, it was once said that "live.as long as you may, the first 20 years are the longest half of your life." I guess that's right.

But life goes on, and Jim Sullivan reports that he has left Blyth, Eastman, Paine, Webber to join Salomon Brothers in New York City as a vice president in the corporate finance depart- ment. He and Mari live in Glen Ridge, N.J., where they bought a home in October 1981.

I crossed paths with another Dartmouth banker today on the streets of Boston. GeorgeKidder has moved back to the Bay State and-is running an office for the Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh. He and his wife and son (George III) now live in Wellesley.

And Bill Hatch is now assistant vice presi- dent of the National Bank of Lebanon in the commercial law department. He and his wife Jill recently had their first son, Michael James, last April 24.

Bob Conway is now a captain with the United States Marine Corps and is currently stationed in Okinawa, "the Hawaii of Japan," as he calls it. Bob is a graduate of Albany Law School and was prosecuting cases for the Marine Corps. He is now doing appellate work for their legal offices. j

Richard C. Smith recently graduated from Boston University Law School and joined the legal profession. He is currently clerking for the Supreme judicial Court in Boston.

Mike Onderick sends word from America's heartland (Wichita, Kans.) that he is now work- ing for Koch Industries, a privately-held oil company. Mike and his wife Karen have purchased a 7 5-year-old home and are in the process of restoring it.

And finally, our representative in the State Department, Tom Wolfson, writes that he and his wife are returning to Washington, D.C., after tours of duty in Barbados and Romania.

That's it for this month. Kudos to Bob Barr for a fine newsletter. Please keep the cards and letters coming in to both of us.

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