1966

Spring is in the air and, like clockwork, the appeal for the Alumni Fund campaign has gone out. Our class effort is off to a good start with 40 per cent of the $50,000 goal pledged by the end of January. In the mailings made early in the campaign, Hector and Steve made a slight error in stating that pledges could be paid anytime until the end of the year. Not so; they must be paid by June 30, 1981. But even with the good start, our class has had over the years less than 50 per cent participation. That is below the college average. Need more be said?

Paul Babcock and your subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE also need help. At this writing, we are behind our normal pace in payment of class dues. So take a few minutes, write Paul a check ($15.00), jot down some news of yourself, and send it to Paul Babcock at 4 Hodges Ave., Wellesley, Mass., 02181. Thanks.

And now the news. Jim Makol's wife Jennifer tells us they are ensconsed in the Sacramento area (Roseville) where Jim is a pediatrician for Kaiser Permanente, and she is splitting her time between practicing law and mothering one-year-old Victoria. Steve andCarol Nash have escaped another winter in Buffalo by moving to God's and J.R.'s country, where Steve is assistant director/chief curator of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Their second child, Jessica (now five months old), arrived in Dallas just after they did; son Colin is now four. Both Steve and Carol have been active in the literary world. Steve has authored books on European modern art, and Carol helped publish Buffalo Buried; The Blizzard of '77.

In the northern news, Gus King received local press coverage in the Portland, Maine, PressHerald as host of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network's weekly show "State Wide." The half-hour program is modeled after the "MacNeil/Lehrer Report." It attempts to give public exposure to a variety of public issues in Maine and the people behind those issues. In his off hours, Gus practices law with the firm Smith, Loyd, and King. A little closer to the fold, Chan and Sue Newton are in Raymond, N.H., along with their eight children (how do they do it?). Chan is executive director of Family Homes, Inc., which provides a "family alternative." (Chan, I would be interested to learn a little more about your work: if you can find the time, please drop me a line). In Suncook, N.H., Tim Jones is general manager of Centorr Associates Inc., manufacturers of high-temperature research furnaces. And to round out the snow-belt report, Jim Lenfestey writes that all is well (or at least frozen) in Minneapolis; and Dean and Carol Spatz enjoyed hunting on their farm in Excelsior, Minn., with children Mark (ten) and Sharon (seven) last fall. Dean writes that Osmonics, Inc. now grosses seven million dollars in sales and has enjoyed good investor interest. (What's the ticker symbol, Dean?)

In the newborn news, Noel and Anne Fidel are celebrating the first ten months of son Nathan in Phoenix this month, while Chip andCindy Tomlinson report their fourth child, Christy, is now eleven months old. Chip practices anesthesiology in Denver. Other birth announcements this month include mine and Kris's. At this writing I can't give you the exact date (we know it is in March) or the name (we are still up in the air), or, needless to say, the sex. The fruit of class reunion is sometimes long-bearing.

I have received some notes from some of our more well traveled classmates from various parts of the globe. Bill Koelsch lives in Rio de Janeiro with wife Marilin and son Marcelo, age two and a half. Bill writes that he occasionally runs into Jef and Leslie Wheeler and daughter Cecilie. If you care to write Bill, his address is Rua Pres Alfonso Lopes 20/208, Copacabana 22071, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, (no zip code).

On the other side of the world, Ed Grew is now in India studying the geology of southern India and East Antarctica under a grant from the Indo-American Fellowship Program. If you are in Hyderabad during the next few months, you can' look him up at the National Geophysical Research Institute. Jim Cason has finished up a three-year tour of duty in Milan, Italy, at the U.S. Trade Center where he has been promoting American export trade. If all has gone well, he is now in South America, perhaps Rio. Drop me a line, Jim, when you get situated. Bill Hayden has recently been in the Mediterranean too, but on the John F.Kennedy where he has been executive officer of Fighter Squadron 32, flying F-14 Tomcats. On April first he will become commanding officer of the squadron. Congratulations, Bill! Anyone in need of a brew can look him up in Virginia Beach (I would make sure the ship is in first, however).

Joe Barker and his wife Shery are in Nashville priming Nate (four) and Leah (seven) for the Grand 01' Opry. Joe does international and construction development work for his law firm; he writes of the continuing fellowship he has found in alumni contacts. I think all of us who have had occasion to be in new surroundings would also attest to the contribution the college fellowship has made to our making friends and striking business relationships. It's a fact.

The final note of this report is that PaulDoscher received a Chairman's Citation for the outstanding job he has done on the Alumni Fund campaign. Congratulations, Paul.

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