1979

There are, of course, two kinds of show business. Esther Cohen is making a career in the first kind of show biz, the legitimate genre consisting of plays and other theatrical productions. Esther was the production stage manager of Baby with the Bathwater, which opened at Playwrights Horizons in New York City last winter. This most recent endeavor is not the only work which Esther has worked on. She was also the production stage manager for Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It AllFor You at the Westside Arts Theatre. I can not elaborate on what exactly was explained since it never got to D.C. The title would probably have been different, something like Sister Mary Ignatius Clarifies It All For You. The private-sector production would probably have been something like See SisterMary's Memo Re Clarification Of It All.

Esther has been in, as I said, legitimate show business for quite a while, having worked on engagements at other theaters, including the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Production Company, and the Westport Country Playhouse.

You are all undoubtedly wondering what could possibly constitute the second form of show biz, the illegitimate type. Why . . . pause . . . politics, my boys and girls, politics.

I vowed that I would never write about myself, but news is scarce and the Hart campaign that I've been working on really is interesting. As I write this, a great many uncertainties exist as to who will win the Democratic nomination, though some of those questions will undoubtedly be resolved by the time that you read this. In my view, however, the political scene can only get more interesting, and the rewards from even marginal involvement can be large. Take my situation. The New Hampshire primary so overwhelmed me that I did something I should have done a long time ago and asked Liz Pickar '80 to marry me. You all snort in disgust thinking that this is just another circuitous way of announcing an engagement. She did say "yes," by the way.

Well, as I said in the last issue, I figure the preliminaries don't rate coverage in the ALUMNI MAG but since I violated my own code I can't exactly not mention MikeMcCarthy's engagement to Charlotte Miller. Charlotte has been the assistant director of public relations for Cartier, but currently works as an account executive at Hill and Knowlton in N.Y.C.

I can either tell you what Mike does now or wait until the wedding takes place. At least grant me a little suspense. I've been pretty good so far about resisting the temptation to turn this column into a soap opera.

I've been saving this latest piece of news basically because of sentimental reasons. HalFrazier sent me the only piece of personalized mail that I have gotten since pleading and imploring all of you to send things in. Well, we must all part with such sentimental memorabilia from time to time and I couldn't really hold onto Hal's announcement of his election into the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha, without its being obsolete soon. Congratulations, Hal.

Are all Dartmouth doctors as conscientious in their studies and other pursuits? AngelaKalisiak is probably facing this issue as an intern at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver. I didn't really have enough information to come up with an independent conclusion and will have to throw the question out to the at large '79s. Vote now and I will publish the results eventually. Ho, ho.

Polly Ingraham doesn't need me to get her name in print. Polly worked on the recent Fast for a World Harvest to benefit Oxfam up at Dartmouth. That was only part of the activities which came under her name in a list of "outstanding seniors of the past" put out by the College's associate chaplain. If we are to get the rest of the '79s onto such lists we will have to start the "past seniors out standing" group.

We come finally to a more peaceful corner of the class of '79 column. For the last four years, Steve Wheeler battled bureaucratic and other similarly immovable forces as a lobbyist on arms control for Friends of the Earth. Knowing the facts of the situation, as he did, should have generated a sense of impending doom but Steve never called any contractors about bomb shelters, nor did he purchase any land up in the Yukon. Steve is currently recharging (this is the computer generation), while playing some fiddle and mandolin. He also mentioned doing a little computer programming on the side.

Last, but far from least, let me remind everyone one more time of our reunion. It will be almost upon us by the time you read this: June 15-17. See you there!

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