1964

Hello, it's me again. Thanks to the belowmentioned classmates and a few more to be mentioned in subsequent issues, my cupboard of material is not bare. But I still need more help. Now for the news:

After 20 years of wandering, Walton Smith has returned to Georgia. He has moved to Atlanta to open up a new office for the law firm of Lord, Bissell, and Brook. Walton and his wife Susan attended the Christmas party of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia at the home of Bill Whaley '62, where they socialized with Jim Valentine '63, Kip Loggins '63, and Ben Read '62. (Both Jim Valentine and Ben Read are with investment houses in Atlanta.) Apparently there are no other '64s in the Atlanta area. Walton and Susan have a young first-grade boy, Rush, and a five-yearold daughter, Berkeley. Walton extends an invitation to any classmate marching through Georgia.

I just received a news release from the University of Vermont. UVM's president, Lattie Coor, appointed Dr. Stephen Cutler as the Bishop Robert Joyce Distinguished University Professor in Gerontology. Stephen brings to the university a 20-year academic career as a scholar in the field of aging and human development. He will be tenured in the sociology department in the College of Arts and Sciences and will work closely with the College of Medicine in determining the focus of teaching and research efforts at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Steve has had tenured faculty positions at Oberlin College and senior and special fellowships at Duke University. He has written two books and numerous articles on problems affecting the aged, life changes, and adult development. (I'm sure we all are beginning to personally understand a little more about life changes and adult development. It is kind of scary that subject matter like gerontology is becoming more relevant to us all. I know the only consolation I find when worrying about growing old is that we are all in the same boat.)

Talking about growing old, you have to think about heart attacks, the number-one killer in most industrialized nations. Medical experts on this subject are in demand all over the world to teach their colleagues about coping with this problem. One such expert is our classmate, Dr. Gerald Dorros. Gerald spent most of last summer on a teaching mission in Israel, where he taught the recently-developed procedure of angioplasty. This procedure involves the use of a balloon catheter to open blocked arteries. As of this writing, he has performed more operations using this procedure than all but three doctors in the world, and he claims to be the only doctor in the world who can perform both coronary and peripheral (leg and arm) angioplasties. (If he could apply this technique to the brain, I think he could rectify some of my somewhat fuzzy thinking.) Gerald was invited by Israel and "it was a fantastic experience for me, my wife, and four children.".Gerald's son celebrated his bar mitzvah at the Wall. Gerald has also taught this technique in Japan, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. (Gerald, please bring your balloons to our next reunion.)

Let's leave the medical front and explore the legal one. Jim Pendergrast has been appointed attorney in the life, health, and financial services department of the Travelers Corporation in Hartford, Conn. Jim was formerly an attorney with the U.S. Treasury Department in the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to his recent appointment, Jim was a contract attorney with Travelers. Jim lives in Wethersfield, Conn. (So far in this column we have had someone to tell you how to cope with growing old, someone to keep you from growing old, and now someone to tell you what to do with your money after you stop growing old. What a morbid column this month's edition is turning out to be. I'd better go take a swig of Geritol to perk myself up.) Let me change the subject so that I can end this column on a happier note.

Bill Howey, personnel director of Waddell and Reed of Kansas City, Mo., has been reelected regional vice president of the American Society for Personnel Administration for 1984. ASPA is the world's largest professional organization devoted to the advancement of the human resource management field. Bill is also a member of the American Compensation Association. He resides in Blue Springs, Mo.

That's it for this month, classmates; I have to go take my iron pill.

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