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Tom Seessel writes from Hopewell, N.J., that he has had his own public-policy advisory and consulting firm since founding it in 1979. The firm is located in the Princeton area and clients include private corporations and foundations concerned with current public issues. Tom says his work has included management and planning of corporate charitable contributions and research on government programs for the non-profit "think tanks." His. background prior to this present venture has included working with the Ford Foundation and the New Jersey state government. Tom has kept busy with local Dartmouth activities which have included interviewing applicants from central New Jersey for admission to the College. He is also a trustee of the Thomas A. Edison State College of New Jersey and has been active in Princeton Graduate School alumni affairs as chairman of the committee on nominations and awards.

Carl W. Schulz reports from Wilmette, III., that he started a new job in November 1979 as a claims attorney with a local firm. "We furnish professional liability insurance for malpractice to attorneys, accountants, real estate brokers, and others. My office is in Evanston, only three miles from my house what a difference from working in downtown Chicago." Carl and his wife Ingrid continue to open their home to unwed, pregnant teenagers as they have done over the past seven years. They are now licensed as a foster home to house teenagers in crisis on a short-term basis for a maximum of two weeks. During the past several years they have housed over 40 girls. "I'm sorry to say that I haven't seen any classmates in some time, but did talk with Bill Colehower on the phone recently. Ingrid and I truly find miracles occurring in our house through helping troubled teens, and we'd enjoy hearing from other classmates with similar pursuits."

The Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Fine Arts in Boston has appointed Ross Farrar to the position of associate director responsible for the business administration of the museum. Since 1979, Ross has served as acting associate director while simultaneously retaining his duties as director of operations. He has been responsible for planning and operating the museum as well as being involved in the construction of a new west wing. Before becoming director of operations in 1977, he served as consultant for the installation of a climate control system, a project which is now well under way as part of the overall renovation program.

Marv Sezak now resides in Brockton, Mass., and reports that he was recently in Hanover with two neighborhood boys who have applied for admission. "After dropping them off with some undergraduates early in the morning, I went to the Skiway for my first day of skiing this year. Then before leaving for home that afternoon, I went to Lou's for a bowl of soup and by chance met Bob Watson, the new owner." Marv goes on to say that after Dartmouth he earned his master's at Stanford and then became a high school teacher of German and Russian. He taught for ten years, eight in high school and two in college, prior to taking some time off to ski-bum and tend bar in Lake Tahoe. "In 1969, I married the former Nancy Michelson and we have two boys Andrew, nine, and Alan, seven. Ten years ago I got fed up with teaching and changed careers, entering the insurance business with a local Brockton firm, Roger Keith & Sons Insurance. Although I write all lines, my major interest is commercial property and casualty insurance. I have already passed nine out of the ten chartered property/casualty underwriter exams and hope to complete the program by June 1981. Just recently I received a notification from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance that I had passed the State Insurance Advisor examination, probably the toughest exam I have ever taken. I really love the insurance business every day has new challenges and new faces. I think I was meant to be a salesman, but didn't realize it until I was 32. Tomorrow I leave for Jackson, N.H., for an eight-day ski vacation my first real vacation in a year.

Alan Munro writes from his Connecticut base that he saw two classmates-become-bankers on a business trip in San Francisco. These include Bill Sweet, who is running Wells Fargo Bank's multinational corporation banking division, and Steve Spaulding, who is managing Crocker Bank's correspondent banking business. "Both are having a good time with high interest rates!"

Jim Burner lives in Naperville, I11., and announces that he has been elected president of NICOR Mining Inc., a subsidiary of NICOR Inc. "We are involved in two coal-mining ventures in Colorado and one in central Illinois." Well done, Jim!

Walter Ceranski writes that he is presently living in Phoenix, Ariz., where he is practicing medicine while teaching part-time at St. Joseph's Hospital in the family practice residency program. He reports that he recently saw Howie Munro, also a doctor, who came through Phoenix with his wife, son, and two daughters last year.

A note from Majid Tehranian advises us that he is now back in the United States after ten years of absence spent in Iran, England, and France. "My last two years were spent at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and UNESCO, Paris, where I taught and researched. I had the great pleasure of visiting Dartmouth last November for a lecture and meeting with old friends and mentors. We are now living in Cohasset, on the south shore of Boston, while I hold visiting appointments at Harvard and M.I.T. Our children are attending the local school and seem to have adjusted well to their new environment in the United States. It has been a rough three years for them, starting with the revolutionary turmoil in Iran and all the subsequent changes in the languages and cultures that followed. With the exception of a short period when we tried a French school in Paris, we kept one element constant for them: the English school system. Consequently, they have had no academic problems and in so many ways the exposure has broadened their perspectives on the world; its promises and its problems. Another happy occasion for us is that our older children, Terrence at Princeton and Yalda at Phillips Academy, can be with us for the holidays. Aside from some brothers and sisters who are now in Europe and in the United States, most members of our families are still in Tehran. We are in touch with them through letters and phone calls, and considering the circumstances, they are all fine and seem strong and hopeful. However, what suffering many people have gone through during the past two years in Iran, as in many other parts of the world, dwarfs our own little problems. It makes us feel humble and prayerful for the future. We hope sincerely that the coming year will bring us all a little closer to the spirit of love and brotherhood that the Prince of Peace preached so eloquently among all men. We would be delighted to hear from or see any of our Dartmouth friends passing through Boston."

Thank you all for your communications, and please keep the news flowing in my direction!

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