1968

Edmond "Buddy" Noel Jr. and his mother Rachel received appropriate kudos in the February 1982 issue of Ebony for their involvement as "mother-son college board chiefs." Rachel Noel, "long a crusader for equal educational opportunities," is president of the University of Colorado board of regents, and Buddy, a Denver attorney, is president of the Colorado State board of agriculture, which runs several educational programs in the state including Colorado State University and the University of Southern Colorado. Between the two, they head up the governing boards of Colorado's major university systems. Mrs. Noel has had a lifelong involvement in education and she noted that her family heritage is also one of deep commitment to education. Her grandfather, Andrew William Bassette, started Virginia's first black school in 1895! Buddy is also on the board of overseers for the Amos Tuck School. For those inclined to read more, I encourage you to read the article in its entirety. It provides an excellent insight into the dedication and drive of this dynamic duo, to contribute their time and expertise to the cause of equal opportunity.

Ben Bennani has been teaching poetry and translation at the University of Bahrain (Arabian Gulf) since September 1981. He likes the weather and the life on the "tiny island" and continues to write poetry and publish Paintbrush, an international journal of poetry, translations, and letters. He welcomes submissions from all practicing poets, and the same may reach him c/o University College of Bahrain, P.O. Box 1082, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf. Ben's newest book, Bread, Hashish and, Moon: Fourmodern poets, was published in January 1982 by Unicorn Press of Greensboro, N.C.

Word was received from Owens-Illinois Inc. that Larry Griffith was named manager of the machine manufacturing plant at Godfrey, Ill. Larry was previously manager of new product development at the glass container division. He has held various positions with the company since coming aboard in 1975, beginning as an analyst in the corporate planning area, then as marketing project coordinator for the glass container division, pricing analysis and research manager for the division, national accounts manager, administrative manager of the West Virginia glass container plant, and, most recently, manager of new product development. What a wealth of experience packed into a few years! Those who know Larry will recall that he graduated from Thayer in 1969 and earned a Harvard M.B.A. with distinction in 1975. He is married to the former Julia Morrison of Jeffersonville, Ind. Owens-Illinois is a leading worldwide manufacturer of glass, paper, plastic, and other metal packaging materials. The glass container division itself has 20 manufacturing facilities and is one of the nation's largest suppliers of bottles and jars. Congratulations, Larry, and best wishes for continued success.

A note from Frank Couper mentioned that doctors Joe Parillo and Henry Masur are di- rector and assistant director of the intensive care unit at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Charles C. Adams Jr. is in nearby Chevy Chase and is a partner in the firm of Surrey and Morse, specializing in interna- tional commercial law and international arbi- tration. He travels frequently to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in this capacity. Charles and Cheri were expecting their first child in August!

Lee Friedman returned to Berkeley from a sabbatical year in England, where he was a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He indicated that the California sun and Bay Area cuisine were easing his transition back into American culture and that his "tweeds are becoming inexorably closer to jeans with each passing day."

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