1977

Greetings.

It is the holiday season, and one's thoughts immediately turn to the likes of Bill Narin. Wild Bill works for IBM on Long Island and frequently sees co-worker Billy Donovan. Narin writes that he attended a recent party in the Big Apple and literally bumped into Walter Reilly and Dan Mahony. This fall he capped off a week-long rock-climbing trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with a stop at Peg and Brian McCloskey's home in Portland, Maine, where Rocky is keeping the middle-age pounds off by participating in local triathlons.

Ellen Close is in Lebanon, N.H., working as an auditor and compliance officer for the National Bank of Lebanon. She lives in North Pomfret, Vt„ and is very active hiking, skiing, and biking. Diane Bentley has forsaken the small towns of Vermont, where she has taught school for the past six years, and this fall started graduate work in engineering at Clarkson.

In Pittsburgh, Dave Bennett is busy working for the family business, a distributor of specialty building materials. Dave says that he doesn't see many Big Greeners out his way, though he has visited with Al Morgan '76 and Rory Laughna. Ellen Ives received her master of public health degree in a joint program on population planning and health behavior/health education from the U. of Michigan this past August. Ellen is currently the director of a small, free medical clinic in East Lansing, Mich.

Dave Haraway has left the oilfields and settled in sunny San Diego, where he works for E. F. Hutton. Dave writes that Ro Griggs "is still driving in demolition derbies for charities in Ogden, Utah. The second annual Winter Carny West is on tap for the first weekend in March. Skiing, debauchery, fellowship." For more details, contact Griggs. Mark Luning has spent the past year and a half living in London and working as a Eurobond salesman for Goldman Sachs. His territory stretches across Europe to the Middle East. In his journeys, Stunning has rubbed elbows with Dee Dee Granzow, Nicole Lewis Oakes and her husband Jeffrey, Andrea Korman, and lan Frank, who escaped from Philadelphia for a three-week visit.

Bill Monsour is now the director of entertainment for Animal Cracker Productions in Newport Beach, Calif. He is responsible for casting and training new performers. According to Bill, "We need strippers, male and female. Special consideration to Dartmouth grads."

The wedding bells are sounding at a furi- ous pace. They are almost loud enough to stir Kenny Joiner and Paul Gigot. Last August, Peter Gutschenritter married Dorothy Hansen of Madison, Wise. Peter is in his second year of an internal medicine residency in Lacrosse's Gunderson Clinic. Also in August, Cornelia Bright tied the knot with Robert Gordon, a graduate of Colgate. They both received their J.D. degrees from the U. of Maryland School of Law. Dartmouth bridesmaids included Marie Doneghy Lunn, CherylBonds Raynor, Donna Marie Benjamin '76, Wendy Verlene Shepherd, Joanette Walker, and Sabrina Holcomb.

In September, Bill Polacheck wedded Mary Kaye Eads, a graduate of Villanova Law School. The best man was Leo Maguire '76. Bill is completing a residency in orthopedic surgery at Jefferson University Hospital. Back in the metropolis of Hanover, Gary Mayo is peddling insurance and celebrating his espousal to Cyndi Smart, which took place last June in Center Harbor, N.H. Classmates at the affair included Steve McAllister, DaveHalpert, and Nick Bourne.

Ted Boucher is also reveling in the married life in Hanover. The highlight of the day last August was the rabble-rousing in the nuptial suite until two in the morning, with all the guests invited. The Bouchers honeymooned in Scandinavia and then retired to the quaint resort of Sachem Village, as Ted is attending the Tuck School.

Chris Mumford, an usher in the Boucher wedding, must have caught the same bug. Chris is "presently ensconced in the first year at Washington U. Business School. The program is pretty close to home. Ulterior motive department: My fiancee, Maggie Crane, is in her first year at Washington U. Medical School." The wedding bells should ring next summer.

Tony Roubik, known for his graduation night fireworks display, has also entertained nuptial notions. However, he notes, "Thought I'd get married this year, now it looks more like next year . . . Will send more info when available." Roubs, keep those status reports coming.

Well, it wouldn't be the holidays without the little ones. So . . . Jeff Shade writes, "My wife and I (she did most of it) had our first child a boy in February." Gary and JulieSchillhammer inform us, "Had a little Hammer named Carl in late July. Great kid." Gary, who farms on the side, is finishing up a residency this year and plans to move out to the Cascades to practice medicine in a mountain town.

Ellen Sullivan Sen gave birth to her second child, Julia, last September. Busy as she is, she manages to get out of the house to volunteer at Bethesda Naval Hospital and interview prospective Dartmouth students.

Scott and Maryanne Petersen had a "bundle of boy" born to them last May. According to Dad, Scott Jr. is awaiting application to the class of 2005. Rebecca Lynn, who arrived on the scene in June, is the firstborn for Maryand Walker Foard. The Foards hail from Silver Spring, Md.

Alexander and Bambi Wood became the proud parents of Brooke Andreae in October. Sandy is self-employed as a certified financial planner in Putney, Vt., and just recently completed building his own home. In September, chaos entered the lives of Charlie and LynnAdams in the form of Paul. The Adamses have just settled down in East Syracuse, N.'Y. Down in Winston Salem, N.C., Tom andLaura West greeted Alexander Blair this past August.

Finally, the news from Madera, Calif., is of the arrival of Thomas Alexander to our team of treasurers, Anne and Kevin Case. Be watching for a new disbursement heading, such as future education fund, in the next treasurer's report.

Have a happy holiday season; 1984 is just ahead.

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