1955

In the September 10,1984, issue of U.S.News & World Report, an article on Appalachia commented on the wealth of coal, the grinding poverty, and a proud, hardy, and independent people who remain deeply committed to their ancestral communities.In the center of all this is Pikeville, Ky., and its city manager, Frank Carlton. Frank is sitting atop one of the biggest construction projects and one of the most ambitious ever undertaken in an American city, according to the magazine. The $100 million project, designed for a city of 8,000 residents, will reroute the big Sandy River, the Chessy System Railroad, and surrounding highways. The object of all this is to protect Pikeville from flooding and provide more land for developing. (At $12,500 per resident, we hope so.) As Frank says, with heavy traffic, 50 cents an hour parking, and construction projects going on, "some days you would think we were in New York City." (Frank did write a note to correct the parking fees, which are only 25 cents an hour.) Frank had to miss the 30th reunion because the 1984-85 budget for this city had to be prepared at the same time. He did get away in July for a week on St. George's Island in the Gulf of Mexico, near their daughter's home in Tallahassee. There, he read J.P. Marquand's novel Point of No Return, about a fictional Dartmouth alumnus, Charley Gray. He recalls the great issue statement that few of us would ever read books after we graduated (there's a challenge).

Down on the Miami shore of Florida, BillKofoed, with his public relations agency, is now counsel for the Costa Rica tourist board for North America."After four years with the Mexican government tourism office in the southeast, it's a good challenge in Latin America again." Bill's agency continues to represent many travel clients. His wife, Marilyn, and he are constantly on the move. "Fortunately, we have a lovely sitter for our five dogs."

Ed Willi has been living in Connecticut for the last ten years but still travels to Chili and Argentina on business two or three times a year. Ed is president of Ceden International, which he set up seven years ago to handle the job of importing. He is involved in such foods as honey, garlic, dried beans, chick peas, and wine from both countries (there's a full plate!).(We are truly an international economy.)

David Steinberg appeared out of the past some months ago when he sat down next to me at a table on the outdoor patio of a restaurant outside of Philadelphia. Here is a man who has adjusted to the times, for he appeared as a Philadelphia lawyer not in the traditional grey pinstripe but in a casual outfit with a gold chain around his well tanned neck, shirt unbuttoned. That's real confidence when you don't always have to dress as the books say. There's no question that Dave is successful, for the client with whom he was having lunch confirmed that Dave was just like his father, "good counsel." (As we grow older and potentially more secure, will neckties become less and less evident?) Dave indicates that he is ranked number four in the Middle States for 45 years and older doubles tennis. That's what is known as having your act together.

Norm Fine celebrated his 50th birthday on September 23.I suspect that probably makes Norm the youngest man in the class. Norm turned 17 the day he entered Dartmouth, no mean feat. (There was a day to remember.) Between writing the class newsletter and being a consulting engineer, Norm particularly likes to fox-hunt a couple times a week during the fall season. (The hunt is primarily for the chase, not the kill, particularly with a limited number of foxes willing to participate.) Norm generally heads for Virginia for a full week of fox hunting but likes to go to Ireland. There, he says, it's fantastic, but you have to use Irish horses because they have hooks on their hooves to enable them to climb up across the hedgerows. No wonder Norm is in such good shape, for, as they say, "the outside of a horse is good for the insides of a man."

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