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The traditional fall mini-reunion will be held the weekend of October 17-18. Dartmouth Night festivities and fall foliage in Hanover, supplemented by renewing friendships with classmates, is a hard combination to beat. Contact Cube Conroy for last-minute reservations.

For those classmates who wondered what happened to our 30th reunion, it will be held on June 15-17, 1987, with the classes of 1957 and 1958. The reunion will be from Monday through Wednesday. Classmates are urged to think in terms of spending a whole week in beautiful New England.

Class Officers Weekend in early May provided an opportunity for your representatives to experience first-hand the diversity of opinion, but consensus of concern, of alumni, administration, faculty, and students over events on campus of the past year. The weekend was well-attended by alumni in general, and the class in particular, represented by Keare,Conroy, Ranney, Rosenwald, Sodokoff, and Malin, plus a smattering of spouses and children. This observer, at least, felt the air of tension simply walking across the Green. Anger and frustration among alumni were open and vocal. There was no doubt in anyone's mind, however, that the institution is worth saving. Much needs to be done.

Sighted at the Woodsmen Weekend the same weekend was College Editor Josh Hill, who braved 34-degree temperatures to watch eager students throw axes and shinny up Douglas firs.

The Wall Street Journal reports that TobyJulian has been appointed executive vice president, marketing and sales, of Mitel. Toby had been a vice president of AT&T in Georgia. Mitel is an international manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and semi-conductor devices. Congratulations, Toby! Also on the move is Glen French, specifically, into new world headquarters at ARA Tower in Philadelphia. Glen is president of health and educational services of ARA Services. Jim Flynn has been moved up to senior vice president, finance, of Corning Glass in Corning, N.Y. Well done, Jim!

The class will be saddened to learn that John Dilorio died in June. During his long illness, John's spirits and love of life and people never wavered. Our hearts go out to his wife, Paula, and their children. We share their loss. Memorial gifts may be made to the John P. Dilorio Scholarship Fund at Dartmouth. Death struck another class family during the spring. Foster Aborn's wife, Julie, died after a long illness. Classmates' support in these times is very much needed. It helps, as Foster so graciously put it, to "bear the unbearable." Our sympathy, ironically, is accompanied by congratulations to Foster, who earlier in the year had been named executive vice president of John Hancock Life Insurance Company in Boston.

Out on the West Coast election time is drawing near. The San Francisco Examiner reports John Van de Kamp is "literally a household word in Southern California" in his campaign for re-election to the office of attorney general of California. Not one to shy away from the tough issues, John has grappled with the death penalty, civil damage liabilities, drug raids, and computerized fingerprint files. In a mild understatement, the Examiner concludes, "His political career has not always been easy." Tune in again November 4.

Think 30!

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