1970

I am pleased to have a few bits of news for you in this, my last column. It is hard to believe that I have been reporting on what has happened to us for the last 11 years. My thanks to all who have helped over the years. You should know that the class notes editors at the Alumni Magazine have been superb and have been ever so cooperative about seeing that this column was printed as accurately as possible.

First, I am delighted to report a new addition to our class family. Thorne andKelley Butler have announced the birth of their daughter, Martha Jordan Butler, on February 12, 1986. She will affectionately be known as "Jordan."

I had occasion to talk with Stan Graves, who has graciously agreed to be the treasurer for our reunion and is responsible for making sure that we stay within our budget and accomplish our reunion program. Stan, his wife, Lucy, and their three children, Rebecca (11), Andrea (8), and Edward (4), live in Foxboro, Mass. Stan serves as a material control manager in charge of product planning, purchasing, and inventory control at the diagnostic test kit unit of Corning Glass. Stan is headed for the reunion, so if you want to know more about what he is up to, you can catch him over a beer at our tent.

I was delighted to receive materials from Joe Adams, who also writes that he has high hopes of making the reunion. Joe and his wife, Gail, are in Houston, Tex., where they run a very sophisticated joint architectural practice. Adams Architects has recently unveiled architectural plans for a 20-room Ronald McDonald House for Galveston, Tex. The house will serve as a "home away from home" for seriously ill children being treated at the University of Texas medical complex, along with their families. I have seen the plan for the project, which is a fascinating design in a Victorian style. The building is designed to relate to the predominantly Victorian neighborhood adjacent to the site.

Those of you who remember Joe will remember a classmate from the Texas panhandle town of Muleshoe, an allAmerican athlete with a burning desire to become an architect. Gail grew up in Princeton and graduated from Smith College. The couple met at the University of Pennsylvania in a studio design class where they were pursuing their master of architecture degrees, obtained in 1973. They have operated Adams Architects, Inc., since 1980, living and studying abroad for part of the intervening time. Joe received a postgraduate degree from the University of London while Gail was working for a distinguished British architect, receiving membership in the Royal Institute of British Architects. Most recently, they have started a family and have two daughters, Kate (3) and Anna (1)•

In closing, my best wishes to all for what I hope will be a bright future for each of us. One of the nicest things about writing this column was that it gave me an added excuse for keeping in touch with a number of classmates. That has always proven a pleasure, as I think we have an exceptional group of very fine, down-to-earth people who shared the Dartmouth experience together.

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