1949

Summertime news is sparse, which is another way of encouraging informational attacks from the many readers of this column. In fact, it's a challenge to all of our classmates to send the good stuff for publication.

Nellie Abrahamsen enjoyed the graduation festivities of the class of 1985. His daughter, Laura, graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Kay and Nellie had a marvelous time with a family visit which included a couple of great aunts of daughter Laura, one of whom was in a wheelchair and who, with Nellie's fine touch, enjoyed the activity constantly. Nellie's enthusiasm is contagious; he's about the last of the letter writers (by hand) who treasures the art of letter writing that so many of us utilized before the influx of word processing machines.

I had the pleasure of the company of Paul Wood berry and Sandy in the middle of July. Paul brought with him news of the election of Robert G. Reed III as a director of Pacific Resources, Inc., an energy concern with its principal place of business in Honolulu. Bob is a resident of Houston, but his business is Clark Oil and Refining Corporation of St. Louis. Paul (a.k.a. "Beer") was particularly delighted by the acceptance of youngest daughter Leslie at Boston College School of Law. My own view is that what the world needs is one more lawyer. In any event, Leslie has been working since graduation from Middlebury College with a brokerage firm on Wall Street and is manifestly entering a phase in life which could be an exciting change from the world of finance. Let me assure you that Beer and Sandy looked outstanding, and the reunion, which included brother Bob, '55, was a grand part of the summer in San Francisco.

The summer for me included such house guests as Punchy and DorisThomas's daughter, Krista '86, who spent nearly six months working as a paralegal at San Francisco's largest law firm before returning to Dartmouth for her senior year. I also played host to two of her classmates, Wolf Weber and one Shep Kopp. Including a 34-day journey to Israel in a program entitled "Volunteers for Israel," which consisted of four weeks of service at an air force base in the Negev Desert, my plate and agenda were full, indeed. The cheeriest news was from Spike Smith, who has recovered from his stroke which left him incapacitated in a hospital in Boston and who has returned to Greenland, N.H. Spike's written report to me showed manifest vivacity and clarity of thought, which pleases us all.

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