1967

As I sit down, late as usual, to pound out this month's column, I find the top of my desk covered from one end to the other with newspaper clips various thoughful souls have sent me over the last month or so, chronicling the exploits and accomplishments of our classmates.

Dave Hough sent me the two which follow.

The National Law Journal ran a feature article back in August 1981 on the life-styles and professional skills of a number of federal prosecutors, prominently including Larry Barcella. The paper characterizes Larry as a "dashing figure, complete with designer three-piece suits, a sports car, and the souvenir lighter from the Chilean secret police that he uses to light his long cigarettes. He's loquacious, even outspoken, and willing to take on even the State Department and the White House in the press. Larry's the deputy chief in the major crimes unit of the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C. His cases in recent years have taken him to Chile, Venezuela, and Europe.

Adventurer Ned Gillette and a friend, Jan Reynolds, are the first U.S. citizens to climb Nepal's 23,442-foot Mount Pumori, and the first human beings to do it in the winter, according to the February 17 edition of the Sentinel of Winston-Salem, N.C. This exploit, as hazardous as it was exciting (if not more so), represents only the first half of their planned journey around the perimeter of Mount Everest. "It's nice to be living a life that other people dream about," Ned says. "I'm living the Walter Mitty in us." They hope to complete the project with another two-month trek sometime this spring.

Eric Walser '68 sent me a clipping from the Miamai Herald edition of March 10, announcing Rob Dressler's election as mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rob bested four city commissioners and five other challengers in the balloting. Eric's father, Whip Walser '32, sent him the article with the red-penciled editorial com ment, "Unbelievable!" "Fort Lauderdale is rocking with crime and the drug trade, Eric writes, "so I surely hope Rob provides some enlightening, effective leadership for the city.

Michael Darby wrote me in February that his book, The International Transmission of Inflation, is now being produced by the University of Chicago Press. The project has occupied most of Michael's time for the last four years, "so it's a real pleasure to see it out the door.' He is now undertaking an international study of productivity growth as a professor of economics at U.C.L.A. and editing the university's Journal of International Money and Finance.

Jerry Zaks will be guest director of the Hopkins Center's production of Ray Lawler s Summer of the 17 th Doll, opening July 27 in the Warner Bentley Theater and running both matinee and evening performances on selected dates through August 21.

The Washington, D.C., law firm of LaRoe, Winn & Moerman announces that Bob Burka, former acting assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, has now returned to private practice as a member of the firm.

And finally (since it's the most recent item I've received), Chuck Morgan has sent me some mild comments which are being forwarded to the proper parties, with a brief curriculum vitae on his post-1967 activities into the bargain. Chuck received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1976, and is now an affiliate assistant professor in the animal behavior section of the university's department of psychology. He's also a statistician in the Region 10 headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle. He's married' to Maxine Linial (Cornell '66), who holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Tufts and is an associate member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute in Seattle. Chuck and Maxine have a son, Ross David Morgan-Linial, age two. The last book Chuck read was Gorky Park. His hobbies are photography, tropical fish, and drinking fine wine.

Now there's a guy who knows how to bring joy to a class secretary's heart!

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