1968

As I sit here watching snow on the first of April, I wonder if Jack Noon will ever finish the maple syrup season. Could it be he will still be boiling down sap in July?

First, news from around New England: Jonathan Hull is using his legal acumen to represent the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle in Maine. He has just won a major rate-case decision from the state Public Utility Commission barring Maine Water Company from increasing rates while the quality and quantity of water provided by the company are being investigated. Jon has encouraged a move by these two towns to purchase and upgrade the local division of the Maine Water Company.

Jon attended the University of Chicago Graduate School and the University of Maine Law School. He joined the legislative staff of the Maine legislature in 1974 where he served until 1980, when he entered private practice. He continues to serve as legal counsel to House Speaker John Martin and in February was appointed general counsel to the Maine Democratic party. Jon lives in Newcastle with his wife Gretchen and his daughter Margaret.

Dave Robbins was promoted to the rank of professor of mathematics at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in February. Dave attended Bucknell for his master's degree and completed his doctorate in 1970 at Duke. He took a second master's degree in computer science in 1983 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dave joined the faculty at Trinity in 1972, is chairman of the Department of Mathematics, and has a special interest in functional analysis.

Henry Homeyer returned safely from Mali, a northwestern African country where he directed the Peace Corps from 1977 to 1982, to the jungles of the upper Connecticut valley. In March, Henry, who now lives in Cornish, N.H., was appointed director of LISTEN (Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor), an agency which provides self-help programs for low-income families. The programs include running thrift stores in Lebanon, N.H., and Hartford, Vt., distributing surplus and emergency food, using federal money to buy heating oil, counseling clients on how to manage a budget, and leasing garden plots on several sites around Lebanon. Henry was quoted in The Valley News as saying, "It [LISTEN] encourages people to take charge of their own lives."

Tom Ulen teaches law and economics at the University of Illinois, where he is a professor. Tom became interested in economics while serving in the Peace Corps in Korea from 1968 to 1970. He took his advanced work in economics at Oxford and Stanford, where he earned his Ph.D. Tom is married to Julia and has two sons - Ted (six) and Tim (four). They keep Tom busy teaching them soccer and cross-country skiing. He mentions that he is looking forward to seeing you all at the 20th.

Henry Homeyer '68, pictured in front of the LISTEN Center in Lebanon, N.H., was recentlyappointed director of the agency, which provides self-help programs for low-income families.Homeyer said he would work toward strengthening existing programs at LISTEN. "We mayenlarge the existing programs or extend them into new communities," said Homeyer. Hebelieves that "poverty is also an attitude. If people give up hope, there is no way they can makeit." Homeyer was selected from some 60 applicants from throughout New England.

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