1968

Congratulations to Don Linky, appointed chief counsel to New jersey Governor Brendan Byrne this past August! After serving his legal clerkship . with former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Haydn Proctor, Don joined the Newark firm of Hannoch Weisman, Stern & Besser. He was appointed assistant counsel to Governor Byrne in 1975 and became director of the Governor's Office of Policy and Planning in 1978. Among Don's numerous other involvements are the following: eastern regional director and member of te board of directors ,of the Council of State Planning Agencies; member of the Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission and the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Programs of the National Science Foundation; and chair of the Staff Advisory Committee to the Committee on International Trade and Foreign Relations of the National Governors' Association. .

Exciting news from the Houston area! Dan Hedges became the new U.S. Attorney for the Southern Judicial District of Texas, which extends from Madison County on the north to Laredo and Brownsville on the south and includes most of the Texas Gulf Coast and 250 miles of the Texas-Mexico border for a grand total of some 45 counties! Dan previously served as a trial lawyer with the Houston firm of Fulbright and Jaworski since 1974 and has a long record of participation in Republican party politics, including appearances in the fall of 1980 on behalf of the Reagan-Bush ticket and support of George Bush during the vice presi'dent's 1980 presidential primary campaign. His chief goal is to "operate the U.S. Attorney's office at the highest level of integrity, fairness, and effectiveness, and as a servant and protector of the people rather than as one more bureaucracy sticking its unwanted nose into their private lives and businesses." Best wishes in this new position, Dan.

For you skiers, yet another attorney, A1 Thorndike, has chosen to lead the life of a "country barrister" as a partner in the law firm of Stearns and Thorndike in Stowe, Vt.

In New London, N.H., Gary Rowe is in the eighth year of his own residential building business and enjoys skiing with his 11-year-old son. Gary is interested in all forms of energy-saving ideas and techniques but as a "long-time student of old houses" is particularly concerned with the coordination of energy efficiency with Colonialstyle homes.

Jerry and Peggy Rinehart housed two Glee Club members on tour in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where Jerry supervises the advising staff for the liberal arts undergraduates at the University of Minnesota, and Peggy, a former teacher, is manager of publications for the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks of St. Paul.

Jamie Newton returned to the U.S. in 1980 after more than two years in a research position in Australia. Upon his return, he assumed a research position at Yale and now teaches psychology at San Francisco State University, fulfilling a long-time goal to live in the San Francisco Bav area.

Skip Croninger of Brookline, Mass., is still with Nixdorf Computer Corporation in Burlington, most recently in the capacity of director of corporate planning. Out on the West Coast, Dave Floyd is enjoying primary care medicine, fly fishing, and an occasional marathon in Veneta, Ore.

Jim Lawrie, a native of northern California, has made a move south to San Diego, where he has a private practice in pathology.

And finally, congratulations are in order for Frank Couper, lieutenant commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, who has taken over the reins of head agent for the class for the next two years.

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