1968

Congratulations to Skip Waterhouse and his determined group of class volunteers for a spectacular 1985 Alumni Fund performance. Our class exceeded our dollar goal by 23 percent and achieved our target of 70 percent participation. For the first year since our graduation, we led the "Green Derby" from the outset, eventually winning it handily. Thank you all for your generous participation.

Thanks are also due to Ed Heald for putting together our mini-reunion program. The first activity for the fall is the October 12-13 Colgate weekend. The '68 class meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.; everyone is welcome, and the executive committee would appreciate new ideas and new faces. A potluck tailgate party is planned for noon, and a joint '68 - '69 reception with cash bar and hors d'oeuvres is scheduled at the Drake Room of Hopkins Center after the football game.

Ed notes there will be a BYOB reception at his room in the Hanover Inn, November 2, after the Yale Game and a tailgate party November 23 at Penn. Enthusiasm has been slowly building for an Aspen outing sometime this next winter; contact Ed (617/237-6433) if you are interested.

Closer to Hanover, Chris Mayer writes from Hartland, Vt., that he is teaching math in the Lebanon, N.H., school district. He also works as a field consultant for the NEA-NH, helping teachers' associations negotiate contracts with their local school boards. Chris married Mary Lee Grondin on September 22, 1984, in Woodstock, Vt. She owns "Grondin's on the Green" in Quechee and invites anyone in the area to stop for coffee and "a chance to reconnect old ties."

Bill Beers writes from Kobe, Japan, that he has moved from Honolulu to work for the Kobe Steel Company. His new address: G Clef Oji Mansion #501, 7-4-15 Nakahara-dori, Nada-ku, Kobe657 Japan.

The Department of the Navy has awarded Arnie Resnicoff the Navy Commendation Medal for his service as sixth fleet chaplain. The commendation read in part: "Following the October 23, 1983, terrorist bombing attack of the Marine Battalion Landing Team Headquarters building, he was intimately involved in rescue attempts, clearing of rubble, and in ministering to the wounded and the dying.

"Resnicoff applied himself unceasingly to the point of exhaustion for the necessary care of those men in need calming, comforting the wounded, and bringing dignity to the dying."

Tom Laughlin has joined the personal care products division of RichardsonVicks as vice president/marketing director for adult skin care products. He is responsible for Olay, Saxon, and the new products program. Tom previously was marketing director at Pfizer where he was responsible for the Ben Gay, Unison, Barbisol, Pacquin, and Desitin lines. Tom currently resides in Greenwich, Conn.

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