1980

Over a year ago, we were frolicking on the Hanover Plain, dancing to the tunes of Foofy Lou. It is hard to believe that our fifth-year reunion is already but a fading memory of the way we were.

It's a Small World Department: I saw John Ackerly at the federal courthouse in Augusta, Ga., in early July. We were each there for different hearings on voting rights cases. John was representing the plaintiffs in his case. I was representing two defendants in my case. John is an attorney with a firm in Greenville, Miss., and is fighting for truth, justice, and the American way. Me, I'm fighting for a house to call my own and a VCR. Ain't that America!

Congratulations to Victoria Redel. Vicki has recently been awarded one of eight fellowships granted to writers by the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass. Competition for these fellowships is international. She is a champion of the world.

Mark Hatch has married Dr. S. Patricia Dilley, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and now an intern in medicine and pediatrics at Cambridge Hospital. Doctor, doctor give me the news. Mark has entered the political arena.

Alan Putney has been studying for his last actuarial exam. This Hartford insurance man is a big fan of tort reform. Still crazy, after all these years.

John Mulliken has been teaching transcendental meditation around the world. Back in the United States, he is meditating on finding a job. But, he's got a peaceful, easy feeling.

Tench Coxe, back in Atlanta where he belongs, is director of management information services for a computer high-tech company. He still plays lots of tennis and squash. Georgia on his mind.

Lewis Lee, also of the South's Emerald City, is with the fabulous and fabled firm of King and Spalding. Lewis works like a dog and laughs all the way to the bank. Mad dogs and Englishmen.

Walker Carroll, ebullient as always, is a programmer with IBM in Vermont. Walker enjoyed over two years with the company in Germany and is still adjusting to being back in the, back in the, back in the U.S.A.

Bob Burnham has given up teaching at Phillips Academy to return to Hanover to enter Tuck. Money, money, money, money money!

Debra Taylor Hemminger (Steve '79) is up and out in Portland, Ore. She is still hoping to reach, reach out and touch someone as a volunteer coordinator for a nonprofit organization.

Tony Piggee is a lawyer in West Palm Beach, Fla. He fought the law, and the sun won.

Maja Wessels is with a small consulting firm in Washington, D.C. She lets people know what the world needs now.

Father Gerald E. Murray, my favorite conservative, is a priest for a Spanishspeaking parish somewhere in the New York City area. Feliz Navidad.

Carl Hjelm is co-founder of a mineral exploration company in New Hampshire. Solid Gold!

That concludes this month's countdown.

On a more serious note, I am saddened to report that Katherine Campbell died of cancer on May 17. We will miss her ready smile and her kind and cheerful laugh. Life is fragile. Take care.

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