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Tom Seidman, one of those bleary-eyed moles who passed out film notes at Film Society screenings way back when, made his way to Hollywood eight years ago and is currently an assistant director in the Directors' Guild of America. His credits include Ordinary People, Rich and Famous, the upcoming Mean Season, and a number of other films and television shows he feels are probably best forgotten. Tom Lane (nee Rose), another Film Society contributor, is also well-ensconced in Tinseltown as director of development for Peter Douglas's (son of Kirk, brother of Michael, etc.) production company. They send their best to '71s near and far and urge all Dartmouth grads interested in the motion picture business to please stay away the competition's bad enough as it is.
John Lippman writes: "I married an English professor at the University of Puget Sound. Julie teaches expository writing, which dovetails nicely with my job as vice president and television news director for KIRO-TV in Seattle. Bruce Karr, who has just started as general counsel at a big Indianapolis company, is also remarried."
As reported last December, Russ Mittermeier was married last summer to Isabel Constabel. Anders Rhodin writes that for their honeymoon, Russ and Isabel traveled to Africa and Madagascar on a World Wildlife Fund survey. Russ is currently director of the Fund's U.S. Primate Conservation Program. His wife is active in the same area.
From Bob Osborne, we received word that Devin Andreson Osborne joined his brother, Alan Owen Osborne, in rounding out the family to four. Devin and Alan's mother is the former Inge Bickel of McGregor, lowa.
Kirk and Serena Jones's first baby, Veronica, was one year old on December 29.
Nancy and Garrett Orazem finished one of their busiest summers. Their new son, Tim, joined four-year-old Lucy in their new house in Edgartown, Mass. (with 160 years of opulence and drafts), with their new dinghy that did fit out the basement door, and their old Volvo that passed inspection at age 12. Garrett writes that being a dentist on Martha's Vineyard is as nice as you might imagine, except for the fact that the summer rush allows no time for tans.
Bill Holm and wife Betsy (Skidmore '73) had a baby boy on August 20. The Holms live in Hingham, Mass.
Randy and Sibyl Quayle proudly announced the birth of their first child, Laura, on June 23. They live in Lake Placid, N.Y., where Randy is a school psychologist.
John Shanahan was predicting a hectic Christmas: "Michael, Merrick, and Barbara are doing well, and Martha is actually due to present us with number four on December 15. Work goes well with Mellon Real Estate Investment Management, investing in real estate for pension fund clients. No, we're not in Pittsburgh but comfortably ensconced in midtown Manhattan again, rather than enduring the perpetual purgatory of the Lexington Avenue subway to Wall Street.
"Among the folks I've run into lately is Don O'Neill. Martha and I helped celebrate his marriage last fall to wife Sally. Many of the partygoers went to the Yale game the next day. The following month at the Princeton game we ran into Mike Maynard, whom I hadn't seen in a good three years. The logistics of three little ones have made road trips to football games more than a little complicated. Therefore, we make very few of them these days."
Dick Merrill and wife Betsy have lived in the Chicago area for the past four years. Their son, Timothy James, was born June 29. Dick writes: "He's a super baby. We're really enjoying parenthood. I am an attorney in the legal department of Allied Van Lines, and Betsy is a CPA, working out of our home,"
Last November Bill Kennedy was appointed general counsel and corporate secretary of Rolls-Royce Motors Inc., the U.S. marketing arm of Rolls-Royce Motors, Britain Bill received his law degree from Georgetown University and is a member of the bar in California, New York, and the District of Columbia.
Blair Strong recently relocated from Montana to Spokane, where he joined the law firm of Paine, Hamblen, Coffin and Brocke.
"Bert" Stafford became a partner in the law firm of Markowitz & Herbold in Portland, Ore., in January. Bert writes: "Dave Markowitz is the best trial lawyer in the state. I left Dartmouth in March 1969 and joined the army. I served in Korea for two years and ended four and a half years of military service as an OCS first lieutenant. I finally graduated from college (Averett College in Danville, Va., 'the last capitol of the Confederacy' in 1976 and received my law degree from George Mason Law School in Arlington, Va. After practicing in Vermont, I moved to Portland with my wife, Lynn, who is also an attorney, in 1982. It appears we've found a spot for the next 20 years or so way the hell out West."
Mark Mitchell is now a partner in Chapman & Cutler in Chicago, specializing in commodity futures law. Principal diversions, according to Mark, include tracking gold prices and watching the Cubs win the pennant.
That's all for now. We'll be back next month.
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