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For the first time, the class has two admirals: Marty Daniel has just been made a rear admiral and deputy chief of staff for the Coast Guard. Marty is a career officer and a graduate of the Naval Post-Graduate School of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He has taught at the Coast Guard Academy and until recently was skipper of the Cutter Mellon. Marty is one of only three nongraduates of the Coast Guard Academy to make flag officer in the history of the service.

Our other admiral is Jim Mayer. His appointment is in the supply corps of the Navy Reserve. Although his full-time job is as a partner of Pillsbury, Madison, and Sutro, one of the largest law firms in the U.S., headquartered in San Francisco, he has been associated with the Navy Reserve since graduation. If the Reserve is ever called up, he would be deputy navy commander of the resale program with a worldwide responsibility for navy exhanges and commissary stores.

Chic Shaver has been awarded his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., and elected a full professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. He will occupy the Cooper Memorial Chair of Evangelism. Chic notes that he was a junior at Dartmouth when he became deeply religious; by his senior year he was sensing a call to the ministry. He is incredibly active and has authored seven books which have been published in 15 languages and has lectured or given revivals throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Another author is John Meier, who has written more than 12 books and more than 100 articles on child abuse and related subjects. His latest book is entitled Assault Against Children: Why It HappensAnd How to Stop It. When not writing or appearing as a guest on network television shows such as "Good Morning America," Jim is director of research at Child Help in Redlands, Calif.

Turning now to the subject of 50thbirthday celebrations: I received a nice letter from George Johnson, who originally suggested my class birthday card project. The focus of George's celebration was a trip to Hawaii with wife Ann and daughter Margaret, where they island-hopped. George is now looking forward to his 60th.

Tom Hall celebrated his big Five-Oh by attending a 25-year medical school reunion at McGill, and then moving on to Greece to pick up a 45-foot ketch for a sail through the Aegean Islands with another couple. Tom's normal address is Traverse City, Mich., where a great many of us would like to live if we could only find gainful employment. Tom finds his by being an M.D. specializing in genito-urinary disease. Please forward your inquiries directly to Tom and not through me.

John Harrison was victimized by a surprise party of 75 of his oldest and best San Francisco friends. He is a little vague on the specifics of the festivities other than to say it was a fine evening and he is looking forward to his 100 th. Dick Sunderland celebrated his birthday at the Oktoberfest in Munich with his wife and two other couples. He has just retired as president of his company; however, in Dick's case, retirement means moving into new ventures, including a couple of specialized retail stores and a flying service. Remember, Dick will be our host at the Navy football game in Annapolis this fall.

Al Dessoff celebrated his 50th last August on the beach in Rehoboth, Del. If this doesn't seem very timely to you, it is all Al's fault since he is on the editorial board of the Alumni Magazine which has long lead times, as you may have noticed.

Okay, we know how Gene Hackman spent his 50th birthday; how did you spend yours?

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