1980

Wade Herring, did you listen to Dean Manuel at graduation? He told us that our Dartmouth education, would allow us to go anywhere we wanted. And 10 and behold, you end up in Savannah, rest stop between South of the Border and Fort Lauderdale. Is that what you wanted? Or is that what your Dartmouth education allowed?

Despite its distance from the Hanover Plain, San Francisco has turned into something of a haven for those of us who decided to "go west" but got a little nervous when we saw the coldness and bigness of the Pacific. (You a good swimmer? Me neither. Let's stay here.) There are a lot of reasons to live here - hill-walking helps prevent cellulite, for one, and Buzzy Campisano tends bar at the Blue Light Cafe, for two. Other reasons have to do with jobs, which have been created to fill all the empty downtown and suburban office buildings.

Fred Koch works, or at least hangs out, in the offices of Pacific Gas and Electric. He also plays Softball in the burbs. (Softball is big out here. In some circles, anyway. Which ones those are I'm not sure.) More importantly, he recently announced his engagement.

Derek Brown attempts to dispel rumors that he is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur by living in San Francisco (what? no condo in Cupertino?) and occasionally wearing suits to work.

Mike Danko is an attorney and flies a plane. His own plane. Californians can be a little looney, but no one is so loose as to lease a plane to a guy who goes to the IHOP for cheeseburgers.

Others in the Bay Area: Bobby Brown, a missionary for Lee lacocca; Mike Wall, who has temporarily gone south to get his M.B.A. at UCLA; Denis Roy, Sutro's cold-call king; Laurel Smith, who's sometimes working and often tri-athleting; Steve Murphy, who's rarely working and never tri-athleting; Michael Chu, Dartmouth's own Pavarotti; Roy and LeighLimbach Johnson, who were mentioned in last month's column, so pretend I'm not mentioning them again; John Ribaudo, a medical resident in Oakland; Bill Martini; Pat and Priscilla Guiney;Nancy Jemison; Rob Lash; Greg Hartman (more on Hartman later); and MartinBoles, who won a clerkship with a federal judge in San Francisco for next year. (Says Bert, "I have all thesevextra letters after my name - J.D., M.B.A.— and I still can't get a real job.")

Recent migrants to Baghdad by the Bay include Ross Jaffe, a resident at UCSF (literally, a resident. Tell me, why do residents bother to rent apartments?); DeboHart, who spent the summer trying to smooth things out at Apple ("Now come On, Steve, be a nice boy and talk to Mr. Scully") and who - we hope - will be returning with University of Colorado M.B.A. in hand. And finally, Rob Rough, a consultant with Touche Ross, whose first comments on California were "No one jitterbugs out here." Oh, okay, Rob.

And what about Hartman? Greg, as have a number of other classmates, tied the nuptial knot in early September and threw a hell of a great party in so doing. Greg and Sally Upjohn were married in the Stanford chapel and blew off to a honeymoon in Europe (actually, the band at their reception was so good that they almost forgot to leave.) Similarly, Drewand Heidi Dougherty were married in Woodland, Calif., over the summer. MikeCarothers, Dan Zenkel, Bob Brown, and Fred Koch watched. Prior to the wedding, Drew took Mike kayaking on the Snake River. Mikey "Gill" Carothers spent so much time frolicking in the foam that he has since been signed to appear with Darryl Hannah in her next film.

Never one to miss a good party, JerryBird - who didn't receive invitations to either of the California weddings - decided, in a huff, to throw one of his own. Over Labor Day weekend in Concord, Birdman married Gay Macomber '81, in a wedding that reminded many of Sink Night - excuse me, I mean Dartmouth Night. The Macombers, recognizing that many Concord-ites were staid and conservative, decided to play it safe, and seated all Dartmouth guests in the church balcony (hence spoiling Doc O'Connor's efforts to grab the garter before Gay was ready to toss it). There were at least 75 Dartmouth alums, at the bash, including Bob Lisk and Mike Lynch (both wearing tuxes; they didn't want to muss up any of their own clothes), Albert Ellis and his 14 children, Denise Dupre, Bob Brown (who wins this month's award for most mentions in one column - spotlight monger), Denis Roy, and Ellen Remsen. When asked what they liked best about the wedding, Birdman replied, "the bride," Gay replied, "the cake," Mike Lynch replied, "sliding off the top of the party tent," and Lisky replied, "Huh?"

Chicago was recently rocked by the birth of a child to John and Amy Cammann Cholnoky. Word has it that the child is close to perfect, with the intelligence of his mother, the athletic coordination of his mother, and the beauty of his mother . . . thank goodness.

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