1977

There is a wide assortment of news from all over the country this month. The recent class newsletter served as inspiration and, consequently, the notes have been pouring in.

I have learned by now that one of the worst offences a class secretary can commit is to overlook the birth of a classmate's first child. Hell hath no fury like a proud Daddy's scorn! So in the"Mr. and Mrs. are proud to announce" category, I list the following: DukeHolliday and his wife Jenny had a son last June 8th. Duke will be graduating in May from the Texas Medical School in San Antonio and will enter a family practice residency in July. IsabelFinkbiner was married in 1979 to Eugene Bonner, an attorney, and a first son, Michael, was born on February 2, 1981. They are living in Media, Pa. Stew and Patty Chapin brought baby Peter home from Mary Hitchcock in September 1980. Lastly, some people refuse to start off slow, and so it is that Bob Connolly finds himself the proud father of twin girls, Katrina and Kristin, born October 27, 1980.

While Bob may have a class record of a sort, Tim Hable has attempted to set one in a somewhat different field. Tim was co-captain of the swimming team in the 1976-77 season and he's still swimming. He was married in July 1979 and now he and his wife Mimi are at Case Western Reserve University. Tim is the swimming coach there and last August he and his team made a first attempt to swim Lake Erie. The feat was engineered as a way of earning money for the summer Olympics and the Case Western recreation department. While the swim did not accomplish its goal, national news was made and they'll be trying again in August of 1981. Tim says that contributions are welcome and that we should all be on the lookout for the publicity. Tim is also busy working on his master's in business administration.

One February day, having just dug himself out from Chicago's first blizzard, Dave Borland took time out to send a note. He is working in the treasury department of Northwest Industries, dealing with millions of dollars. Around there, even a full year's room, board, and tuition at Dartmouth is just rounding error. Darrell Pierce is also in Chicago working as an associate in a law firm, after having passed the Illinois bar. He served as chairman for the recent Glee Club concert in that city as the troupe passed through on spring break. Gary Rogers writes that he, too, is in the Windy City, living with A 1 Gordon. Gary is busy with 1.8.M. in the day, Chicago business school at night, and Jill Eilertsen '78 every chance he gets. As for Al, Jamie Pfaff reported that at the reception following the wedding of Brad Brinegar to his home-town honey, Al dazzled the crowd with a fine assortment of off-color jokes. Jamie is a writer at Leo Burnett and has been published and broadcast. Jamie also mentioned that Jeffrey "J.W." Wells and Maud Iselin Welles have moved to Dallas. The last bit of news from Chicago is that Ken Dauten is living there and working for a venture-capital investment firm. He enjoyed a business trip not long ago to London and Zurich and brought along his wife, Liz Deming Dauten '79. He ran into Lon McClintock who was on his way back to Vermont Law School, where he's writing for the law review, and Jim Lucas, who is in Portland working in real estate.

After spending three years working for a local computer-system supplier, Eric Smith has decided to strike out on his own. He worked a few months as an independent consultant and has now formed his own business, Computer Professionals, Inc., with a former co-worker. They are currently supplying consulting and software services to about two dozen clients in the New England area. The firm is based in Yarmouth, Maine. Eric ran into Bill Sauffley at a party and learned that Bill passed his law boards and is engaged to marry another attorney.

Karen Warner wrote that she graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago and is now in Middletown, Conn., in a family practice residency program along with C. Scott MacDonald and Marge Blaisdell. Craig Sullivan '71 is also a first-year resident, making Dartmouth people four out of the six first-year residents in the program.

Mark Whipple is alive and well teaching physics and astronomy in a Columbia, Md., high school and coaching gymnastics, track, chess, and seemingly everything else. He spent New Year's Eve in Boston with Ron Smith and wife and with Jeff Reynolds. Ron is working his way up to chairman of the board of New England Telephone and Jeff is doing graduate work in geology at Cornell after having spent most of last summer in Alaska.

The last piece of news was forwarded to me by Peter Smith, director of the Hopkins Center. Pam Gruninger, who was the Hop's first student administrative intern, had written him to let him know what she was up to and Mr. Smith, in turn, shared the news with us. Pam was named manager of the Whitney Museum's new branch in Stamford, Conn., in January. Champion International Corporation is fully supporting the branch, although the activities and exhibits are left up to the Whitney. As manager of the branch, Pam is responsible for overseeing six exhibitions a year, as well as all special programs, including seminars, lectures, films, and music and dance performances. It sounds like a very exciting opportunity.

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