1977

From Eagle River, Alaska, comes the following by Paul Meyer: "OK. You win. I think my last note was five or six years ago. Since then I've moved north and work for the University of Alaska doing engineering/hydrology research and some teaching. I was married last spring to Wenda Hunter, signed and sealed by Justice Scott Farr. No bambinos, but a yard full of dogs and cars."

Duke Holliday is in Arlington, Tex., fulfilling an obligation to the National Health Service Corps by serving as a family physician at the Dallas Intertribal Center. Duke is learning to speak a little Choctaw and Navajo and notes, "Plenty of chapped chaps, heel spurs, and scalp lacerations on the cowboys down here."

Diane Bentley presently hails from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Last June she received her master's degree in civil engineering, and she now has another three years of work towards a Ph.D. DeDe claims that the bartending skills she acquired at the DOC House are critical in her research, which involves applying fracture mechanics to ice.

Clifton Marshall writes that he became the proud father of Katrina Michelle, eight pounds and five ounces, last November. Katrina joins Kimberly, who was born in April 1982. The Marshalls live in Birmingham, Ala.

On the same front, our class treasurer and assistant treasurer have added Peter Edward to their clan. Peter arrived in February and brought the number of mini-Cases to three. That sounds like a good excuse for Kevin andAnne Case to raise the class dues again.

A brief, unsigned note arrived recently, stating that the sender had just been transferred to Amman, Jordan. The name of the first classmate which came to mind was that of the ever effervescent Tony Roubik. Perhaps Roubs had at last found his Shangri-la. Alas, first guesses are often amiss. It proved to be John Donvan on the sending end. ABC has opened a new bureau in Amman, and that makes John their chief Arab world correspondent.

A few months back Jonathan Gage sent a long letter from Switzerland, where he is a cardiology research fellow at University Hospital in Zurich. Jonathan finished his residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago last June. He and Janet then left for Europe four days after the birth of their son, Benjamin Patys. Jonathan took a moment to describe Switzerland, especially the nearby Alps. Perhaps there are some advantages to a medical career.

By means of a change of address card, TimHable let us know that he and his wife, Mimi, have settled into a new home in Bainbridge, Ohio. Stephen J. Lentine has ascended to the board of selectmen of his hometown of Billerica, Mass. According to Steve the fivemember board is the governing body of the town, which has no mayor.

This past January Frank Ittner joined the Bank of Virginia as a loan review officer. Prior to this appointment he was the senior loan officer for the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.

From California comes word of a long-lost former class president. Bill and Julie Hooper now live in San Mateo. Julie works as a psychiatric social worker/administrator at Stanford's Children's Hospital, and Billy is at McKinsey and Company. Sometime in the past, Billy heard from Sally and Mark Berthiaume, who live close to Cindy and JohnDouglass in Baltimore. Incidentally, Bert and J.D. work for the federal prosecutor in Baltimore and recently tried a case together. Word has yet to reach this office as to what degree the feds were roughed up on this one.

For local flavor, it is a pleasure to report that Steve and Brenda Oakes had their second child, Mason, last October. Oakie, who researches bizarre drug reactions seven floors above me in the Guggenheim Building here in Rochester, expects to receive his Ph.D. in pharmacology in June.

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