1967

The mailbag's reasonably full this month, thanks to a full summer's accumulation of correspondence. To all of you who wrote, thanks.

First, a pre-reunion item from Fred Schroeder, who responded last June to one of my mailed news solicitations. All the way from Haleiwa, HI, he wrote: "Still doing family medicine in rural Hawaii, and looking for an associate. So, if any of you eager young family docs want a change in scenery, let me know." Fred's wife Cathy (Skidmore '67) has temporarily given up nursing and is "doing real estate." The kids - Lia, ten, and Jason, seven "are avid soccer players and also enjoy snorkeling and generally making life interesting."

Tom Brudenell was planning to spend June and July traveling ten or eleven thousand miles through the western states with "best friend" Lynn Sibley, his son Aaron, 12, and her daughters. The conveyance was descried as a "VWcum-small trailer" and the accommodations were described as "camping (and so forth).." Tom reports that he occasionally sees Rob Edwards, "who sometimes runs marathons, usua lly practices law in Providence, RI, and always is a pleasure to visit and talk with." Tom lives in Towson, MD, and works for the Social Security Administration as a social insurance specialist in the Office of System Requirements.

Bob Bell has been named a full professor of English at Williams College. Bob has been at Williams since 1972 and specializes in 18thcentury literature, Shakespeare, and comedy, contributing regularly to scholarly journals on these subjects. Bob spent a sabbatical year in 1982 researching and writing on Bertrand Russell and Shakespearean comedy. He regularly reviews theatrical productions in Berkshire County, MA, and has written a number of humorous short stories and essays. (See, for example, "Justifiable Pesticide" in the June 1983 ALUMNI MAGAZINE.) Bob was a Woodrow Wilson and Danforth Foundation Fellow at Harvard, where he received his doctorate in 1972.

Sandy Campbell has started in a group practice of orthopedic surgeons in Dover-Foxcroft, ME. Sandy and Jean have two sons Tommy, five, and Julian, three and were expecting a third child in September (watch this column for an update). Jean helped to coach the U.S. world championship wildwater (kayaking) team at the 1983 races in Italy.

Dick Sellers reports that on July 22 he and Karen became the parents of twin boys, Nathan Robert (six pounds, 15.5 ounces) and Daniel Martin (seven pounds, 5.5 ounces). So now Paul Sellers, two, has not one, but too baby brothers. Dick is associate director of chaplaincy services at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.

Got a note in August from Bob Fagan, who expects to spend a fair amount of time in the next few years commuting between Scotia, NY, and Hanover because his niece, Erin Fagan, will be matriculating with the class of 1987 this fall. Bob is the development manager for a new General Electric venture into the field of "cogeneration," which Bob defines as the simultaneous production of electricity and steam at high levels of efficiency.

Jim Edwards moved from the Boston area to New Canaan, CT, a little more than two years ago, having been transferred by the Xerox Corporation. Jim has worked for Xerox for 11 years, ever since he left active service with the Navy. Jim and Sandi have three children Jeff, 13, Jim, 11, and Kelly, five. On top of all that, Sandi now works part time and is pursuing a master's degree in corporate communications at Fairfield University. As northeast region controller for Xerox, Jim's occasional business travels take him "from Pittsburgh to Puerto Rico."

Wayne Beyer reports he's taken a leave of absence from McLane, Graf, Raulerson and Middleton in Manchester, NH, to serve as chief of staff for the General Services Administration in Washington, DC.

Gary Schwandt has been elected a vice president and investment officer of Property Capital Trust (ASE-PCL), a Boston-based real estate investment trust.

As to yours truly: Just to keep the grass from growing too long beneath my feet, I've taken on the job of teaching a three-credit course in law and banking for the Berks County, PA, chapter of the American Institute,of Banking. I'm looking forward to learning a thing or two about what I've been doing for the last six years.

And that empties this summer's cornucopia of news. The cupboard is now bare. Let's start filling it again. Pick up the nearest pen or pencil and drop me a note now. Or, if you're so lucky as to receive one of my random mailings, please take a minute to respond.

Terry Foss '67, right, and Martha Cochran '77 recently participated in ''Bike for Peace," a six-week, 1,200-mile bike tour from Moscow to Oslo on the other side of the Atlantic, and then fromNew York to Washington, DC, in this country. The pair was among a group of 32 nineAmericans, 11 Scandinavians, and 12 Soviets. "It was an amazing experience," wrote Cochran ofthe trip, "and though it may do little to promote peace, it made me realize that the Soviet people arejust like us."

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