1957

Standing second from the left in the photo on the next page is Shelly Kjellenberg, with Illinois Governor Jim Thompson at the signing of the new Illinois Business Corporation Act. For the past 20 years, Shelly has been active in writing and lecturing in the field of corporate law in Illinois. He testified on behalf of the Corporation Act before the Illinois legislature and was one of the principal forces behind its eventual adoption. It is expected to make Illinois more competitive in attracting and retaining businesses. You see, one person can make a difference!

Charley Schneider has just been promoted to vice president of international operations of Potters Industries Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturer of high-performance glass spheres for industrial and highway safety applications. The company operates through out the world and is a leader in particle sciences. Charley joined Potters in 1981 after a 23-year marketing career with Union Carbide.

Will Brooks was inadvertently omitted from Bob Copeland's excellent report on '57s in the Washington foreign policy community. Will is serving a two-year tour as chief of Soviet and East European research in the U.S. Information Agency. His job involves some travel; he recently visited Moscow for the tenth time in 20 years. This fall he will return to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has taught Russian history since 1968.

Marty Anderson kindly sent me a copy of his recent Hoover Institution Paper, "An Economic Bill of Rights." This is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the mysteries of our national economic policy. To quote Dr. Marty, "The fundamental problem is that cutting spending for defense or social programs or increasing taxes all have immediate, very painful consequences. The consequences of a large sustained deficit are also very painful, but they are not immediate." He goes on to say that the only solution is to pass a Constitutional amendment to require: a balanced federal budget; limits on the amount the government can spend; line item veto power over the budget for the president; a gold standard; and a prohibition on the imposition of wage and price controls. Marty's paper has attracted wide attention in the national press and was the subject of a column by David Broder, who speculated that the Reagan administration would seriously consider the amendment.

Joe Stevenson is leaving his job as director of Dartmouth alumni affairs and development administration to become director of development of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This will include fund raising for the symphony, Boston Pops, Tanglewood, and the Berkshire School of Music. Joe has been at Dartmouth since 1977, following a marketing career at Benton and Bowles and Chesebrough-Pond. He has done a spectacular job at Dartmouth, topped off by his leadership of the Campaign for Dartmouth, which raised over $204 million. He has also been instrumental in moving our class out of the pack and into a position of leadershin in College affairs. We are going to sorely miss the Stevenson connection at Dart- mouth. Fortunately, Joe will continue as a class leader and has recently agreed to work with Bob Macdonald on the Alumni Fund.

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