1965

[This is a continuation of a series investigating whether anthropology majors can find happiness in cultures beyond Hanover. Last month we visited with BirgerBenson, Jock Hosmer, Lew Wheaton, and Bill Rust and now continue our exploration of what happened to other anthropology majors in the class of '65.]

Bill Herrold saw his opportunity to become an anthropology major when his physician father advised, "If you're going into medicine, at least study something else first." In high school Bill had developed an interest in other cultures and civilizations and, as a result, found it relatively easy to select his favorite courses at Dartmouth. After graduation, he went to medical school at the University of California, San Diego, and completed his residency in pathology at the University of British Columbia. He moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1976 and became director of laboratories at Children's Hospital in Oakland. He was eventually named chief of pathology and remained at the hospital until early this year. Bill says he left his job to follow a professional idea he describes as "unique, exciting, and a little frightening." He and another leading area pathologist have opened a "walk-in" laboratory where consumers have direct access to testing facilities without the need for a physician's referral. The organization, Consumer Health Science, is located in Berkeley and is based on the concept that a well-educated population can understand the results of common medical tests and often only needs an efficient, lower-cost source. Bill says he still pursues his interest in other cultures by traveling and that he and his wife, Sylvia, an interior designer, have recently gone so far as to complete a trek in the Himalayas toward the base of Mount Everest.

Jeff North joined the field sales organi- zation of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Cor- poration shortly after receiving his anthropology degree and has now been with the company more than 20 years. His geographic assignments have in- cluded Minneapolis, Albany, Milwaukee, Hartford, and, most recently, Philadel- phia. He is the regional marketing man- ager of a territory reaching from North Carolina to Michigan and generating ap- proximately $3OO million in annual build- ing products sales. His company has recently survived a hostile tender offer, and Jeff expects Owens-Corning, after a restructuring period, to emerge as a com- pany with a strong future. Jeff, his wife, Diane, and their two sons look forward to their annual visits to a summer home on Cape Cod. While there, Jeff says, he frequentlbecomes involved in the pursuit of striped bass. He also says he occasionally receives a startled look when he mentions his college major in a business situation, but is convinced his choice was a wise one; he enjoyed his classroom hours in Hanover and feels he has been able to relate to others a little better ever since.

Bill Curtis, who also answers to the nickname of "Shep," has lived in several locations in the western United States since our graduation and can claim to be our only anthropology major ordained in the clergy. After leaving Hanover, he first did graduate work in anthropology at the University of Colorado and undertook an interesting research project in Tierra del Fuego. In 1966, he changed the course of his studies by deciding to enter Episcopal Seminary in Berkeley, Calif. During the period from 1969 to 1975, Bill served as a full-time priest in the vicinity of Montrose, Colo. He says he had four small congregations and became involved in a program bringing together high school students from troubled Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with their counterparts in outside communities. He next moved to Denver, where he counseled alcoholics, worked in home construction, and taught in local high schools. After a brief stay in Montana, he migrated to Houston and spent a period of time as an "on-call" chaplain at the Texas Medical Center. One of his more difficult memories of this experience was serving as a family counselor in an intensive care ward where eight deaths occurred in less than five hours. Bill now lives in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., where he is the part-time pastor of All Saints of the Sierras Church and, "to put food on the table," works as a special projects manager for a title insurance company. He and his wife, Joy, have four children and share a goal of someday developing and managing a church-related camping facility in the Tahoe area.. Bill reflects on his days as an anthropology student by saying the experience increased his sensitivity toward other people and exposed him to nonWestern philosophies, which were later very useful in the study of Christian theology.

Lynn Mason was safely into his junior year in another major when he became attracted to anthropology. While on an exchange program in Germany, he spent time with two anthropology majors and became interested enough to read several books in the field. Upon returning to Hanover, Lynn went to the anthropology department and made a winning argu- ment for a change in majors. His graduate work saw additional studies in anthropol- ogy at UCLA, where he concentrated on Native Americans of arctic regions. For 11 years, Lynn taught at California State University at Northridge. In 1980, he-relo- cated to Colorado and became, the social scientist at a multi-discipline research in- stitute studying the impact of environ- mental issues on such groups as Native Americans and the elderly. He later was the director of development for Senior Service Organization, a group working on programs to help the elderly maintain their independence. In 1984, he became assistant director of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he is now responsible for all grant writing and continues to do research in gerontology. Lynn met his wife, Marilynne, while she was studying theater arts and filmmaking at UCLA. Marilynne is the arts editor of a local newspaper, and they are the parents of three daughters.

[The next issue will see the exciting conclusion of what was promised to be a two-part series. We hope to locate and report on those members of the class of '65 who have become, of all things, anthropologists.]

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