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I have just a little bit of news this month and really would appreciate hearing from you so that the column will be fuller in the months to come. I know that all of you look forward to seeing the column, so how about some help to ensure that there is something to read.

I have word that a classmate, John Hussey, has been promoted to marketing manager, converters, for the semiconductor division of Analog Devices. This gives him responsibility for both the company's bipolar analogto-digital and digital-to-analog integrated converters. These are designed in the company's facility in Wilmington. Mass. John joined Analog Devices in 1977 as a strategy and systems analyst. He later served as a business analyst for the company before becoming product marketing specialist for the converter products. John obtained a bachelor of engineering degree from Thayer School and a master's in science from M.I.T. He lives in Wellesley. Analog Devices is a leading producer of components and systems used in precision measurement of control instruments in computerized control systems.

I also am pleased to announce that as of January 1, our classmate Winthrop Rockwell has been a partner in the Minneapolis, Minn., law firm of Faegre and Benson. Heartiest congratu- lations go to him on behalf of the class.

As I mentioned in my last column, our class now has a member of Congress in its midst, Jock McKernan. Jock was born in Bangor, where he attended high school, starring in basketball and tennis. After Dartmouth, he was graduated from the University of Maine Law School. While in law school, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives, as representative from Bangor. Jock was reelected in 1974 and served as the assistant minority leader one of the youngest Republicans ever to fill that position. He chaired President Ford's 1976 campaign in Maine and has been active in behalf of other Republican candidates.

When his second term expired in the Maine legislature, he tried his hand at lobbying, seeing the political process from that end, and then went to work for the prestigious Portland law firm of Verrill and Dana.

Jock launched quite a campaign to gain election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's first district, covering about 500 miles of his district on foot. He first had to face a primary opponent and then a Democratic contender in the November election. Underlying his campaign was his feeling that an individual can make a difference. Newspaper articles about Jock and his campaign indicate that he has been successful in a variety of ways so far. For one thing, he has helped to make a difference by being a young person involved with the Republican party. On another level, he played a leading role in winning passage of Maine's bottle deposit bill.

In the U.S. House of Representatives, it appears that Jock will take an independent position, considering himself a middle-of-the-road Republican. Reports seem to indicate that he is not a devotee of Reaganomics and will not be reluctant to oppose the White House when he thinks it necessary, but he believes in giving the President a chance. He is already at work on the Government Operations; Children, Youth and Families; and Merchant Marine and Fisheries committees of the House.

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