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There is interesting news once again this month. Chris Chesser has been named vice president in charge of production for Filmways Pictures, Inc. The chairman of the board, George Litto, in announcing Chris's appointment, had praise for Chris's experience and expertise in all areas of motion pictures. Before joining Filmways, Chris had been director of motion pictures for Marble Arch Productions where he was responsible for the acquisition and development of projects for theatrical production. Prior to that, Chris was a production executive with Orion Pictures. He had joined that company at its inception as West Coast story editor. This fascinating career in pictures began in New York with Chris serving as an executive in international sales for Columbia Pictures. He left that post to become general manager of American Film InstituteWest. After Dartmouth, Chris attended the American Graduate School of International Management, receiving a degree in 1972. Friends may congratulate him in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

I had a great note from Larry Silverstein. As with many of us, Larry finds life revolving around work and family with happiness on both fronts. On the job, Larry is now a partner of the Boston law firm of Bingham, Danna & Gould. The firm is up to 105 lawyers. Larry's specialties are tax work (corporate, tax shelters, and estate planning) and closely held business corporate work. Larry has also been busy on the writing and speaking circuit. I have seen his name listed as speaker in a number of different programs, including the Federal Tax Institute of New England and the N.Y.U. Institute. Articles are due to be published soon. At home, Larry's life revolves around his wife Deb and their son Michael, now one and a half years old.

That's all the news I have this month. I guess for more news we will all have to get to the reunion. As you know, some reunion activities are scheduled for Thursday, June 18, with the reunion getting into full swing on Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20. The program looks great. There are panel discussions, D.O.C. trips, luncheons, dinners, a reunion run, and a showing of The Return of the Secaucus Seven, which you may remember was produced by some of our classmates. I found at the fifth reunion there was something going on all the time that was interesting. No one is required to attend any particular event and I found people very relaxed about doing what they wanted to with their old friends. You should have received an initial list of classmates planning to attend the .reunion. The list inevitably grows and friends of yours not currently on the list will undoubtedly be at the reunion. There are always a lot of people sitting on the fence about attending, and one of the best ways of insuring that they will be at the reunion is to give them a ring and try to arrange to meet them there.

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