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It's taken a while, but I'm back in the fold as a Dartmouth chronicler, a role I last enjoyed as a WDCR broadcaster. As a public relations account executive, I spend a lot of time gathering and writing upbeat stories, so this is sort of a busman's holiday. With help from Dave Boldt, my excellent predecessor, and the present class officers, I'm off and running and counting on you, my classmates, to keep the cards, letters, and phone calls coming in.
In our celebrity corner this issue is Roger Adelman, assistant United States attorney, who made headlines in June as chief prosecutor in the government's case against John W. Hinckley Jr., on trial for the attempted assasination of President Reagan. Profiled in the New York Times, Roger was labeled "the paragon of the career prosecutor" by a former U.S. attorney who said Roger "throws himself, body and soul, into his cases and is absolutely professional. His only vices are jogging and the Philadelphia Phillies." According to the Times, Roger earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and spent two years in the Army and before joining the U.S. attorney's office, where he has presented hundreds of cases, including a major Abscam conviction, over the past 13 years.
Dr. Stephen P. Bank has also been in the news, including the Phil Donahue Show, as a result of The Sibling Bond, a book he co-authored with Michael D. Kahn. Described by the authors as a textbook for mental health professionals, the book has drawn wide press coverage and sold out its first printing before it was published. Steve practices family therapy and teaches at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., which is my hometown. Based on interviews with more than 250 siblings over a period of eight years, the book explores the often-complicated relationships with our brothers and sisters, particularly the popular notion of sibling rivalry.
Two of our classmates posted achievements this summer in different professional service fields. Lawrence A. Swift of Gloucester, Mass., was promoted to senior manager in the Boston office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, and Alan V. Davies was elected national president of the Institute of Real Estate Management of the National Association of Realtors. Larry specializes in the broad area of human resources and compensation consulting, working with all types of organizations, at Peat Marwick, which is an international accounting, tax, and management consulting firm. He holds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and resides with his wife Marilyn and two children in East Gloucester. For Alan, the big moment will take place in November when he will be officially installed as president at the annual convention of the institute in San Francisco. The group that A 1 will head up is among the most respected in the real estate field.
John B. Reed of Santa Rosa, Calif., reports that he is a cardiologist in private practice and, with his wife Jean, part-owner of John Ash and Company, a wine store, restaurant, and catering business. Daughters Ann and Wendy are undergraduates at Harvard and Dartmouth. Another M.D. checking in is Rober B. Thomas Jr. after a two-week camper trip in the Southwest with wife Kathryn and daughters Karin and Kristin. Roger practices internal medicine and is associate director of the Department of Medicine at the Wilmington, Del., Medical Center. Dr. William Horner has traded easy access to lobsters and surf for the urban life and moved from Maine to Pittsburgh, where he is taking a fellowship in trauma surgery. Apparently life on the Maine coast permitted Bill the time to digest Gail Sheehy's Pathfinders, and he decided to make the move with his wife Carol, four children, and, lest we forget, one Laborador Retriever.
Congratulations to Tom McLaughlin, who has been promoted to assistant to the vice president of public affairs at Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Tom, who lives in Hellertown, Pa., was formerly director for benefits planning. Also moving along in the business world are Larry Keyes, who earned his M.B.A. at the University of Vermont while serving as financial analyst for Green Mountain Power Corporation, and Jim Cappio, who for the past three years has been president of RVI Home Care Products Division, which is part of Richardson Vicks. Jim, who is based in Germantown, Tenn., tells me his company is seeking acquisitions or new products in the do-it-yourself field. He's at 2514 Windy Oaks in Germantown, if you know of anything.
Richard Arendt, until recently of New York City, can now be reached at the Bank of America in Manila, Philippines, where he has been transferred with his wife Jan and two children. By the time of this writing, though, he'll have no doubt made a scheduled summer visit to the Republic of China.
Those of you who fret about our litigious society, have no fear Gerry Varty may have the answer. A 1970 graduate of Stanford Law School, Gerry is in a partnership that attempts to resolve business disputes without litigation. On his way to this progressive enterprise, Gerry studied at Stanford Business School and the Army Language School (Arabic) and worked in marketing. He lives in San Jose, Calif., with his wife and three children. Bob Phillips of Santa Cruz, Calif., is a consultant specializing in organizational development and management of health care organizations. Bob also directs a University of California Medical School program training family practice residents and recruiting minorities into healthcare.
Finally, Dean Thad Seymour's snowcapped Fiji Island will be revisited or almost by Tom Wasmuth and Mike Marantz, who are planning a trip soon to New Hebrides. Mike, who lives in New York, has married Sheila Dolan. It's his second marriage. Daughter Julie has qualified out of the tenth grade for Simon's Rock College.
That's it for chapter one. Hope you'll stay in touch with me and the column.
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