1957

Harvey "Roadrunner" Epstein's company has just bought the 126-room Sheraton in West Lebanon which guarantees us all a place to crash when in the Hanover area. This is the 12th hotel Harvey's group has purchased since 1979. He and Arlene were recently in California; Harvey got only as far as Palm Springs but sent Arlene along to San Francisco. There, according to Arlene, I earned her undying gratitude for introducing her to classmate Paul Ehrlich who acted as her host. Here is Arlene's version of this hospitality, taken from her "Critic-at-Leisure" column which appears in a Long Island newspaper: "Paul Ehrlich, a San Francisco newspaper publisher and entrepreneur, who came west from New York eight years ago, and has the town in his pocket (or so it seemed), took me for cocktails at the famous Canlis restaurant, at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, before he headed off to the opening night of 'Greater Tuna.' Paul greeted me with a gift copy of Roy Andries de Groot's comprehensive The Wines ofCalifornia and we shared a fine bottle of Freemark Abbey 1974 cabernet sauvignon, as prelude to an excursion to Sonoma Valley's wine country he had arranged for Fran Ruby and me for the following day, which proved to be the highlight of my trip."

Barry Rotman is now following his Tuck '58 classmates' activities as class secretary. Barry was originally with IBM. In recent years, he has been in an entrepreneur mode with a retail carpet and furniture business in Worcester, Mass. Business must be great because he is in the process of opening another store in Springfield, Mass.

Ron Roth is not only a builder in the lovely Lake Arrowhead area of Southern California but is still a producer of TV films. A recent effort was Getting Physical which appeared in prime time and dealt with lovely lady bodybuilders.

Richard Marvin has been made senior vice president at Eastern Mortgage in the Stamford, Conn., office. Dick lives in Westbrook, Conn., where he is involved in a number of church and political affairs including serving on the Republican town committee.

Steve Volk has just been appointed a director of Pacific Gas and Electric, a $7-billion-a-year public utility. He is a partner in the prestigious New York law firm of Shearman and Sterling. Other directorships include BASF American Corporation, Fintra Corporation, and the Interalp Foundation. Steve specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Peter Wardle, Bob King, and I had lunch with Dave McLaughlin, Mike Choukas, and several other Dartmouth graduates recently to discuss the possible creation of a Dartmouth entrepreneurs' fund. The purpose of this fund would be to attract contributions of shares of start-up companies which would normally not be appropriate for the College's portfolio. The fund could also attract cash contributions from individuals who wanted these funds placed in high risk/high up-side gain potential securities. Peter Wardle is a pioneer venture capitalist in a part of the country which has become a national center for this activity; Bob King manages investments for some of Silicon Valley's most successful high-tech tycoons and runs an investment portfolio for Stanford Business School. All three of us have agreed to join the class of 1961's Ford Freeman on a committee to further explore the desirability of a venture fund. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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