1981

Again, fifth things first. In a word, the reunion was: non-pareil. Danielle Dyer and John Casaudoumecq pulled it off, and the '81 weekend of Lore and Remembrance went down in the record books for highest attendance at any reunion (335, not including spouses) and highest percentage of alumni back for a fifth reunion (33 percent). For the 67 percent who weren't there you were missed.

A new president and shadow cabinet emerged with Danielle Dyer deservedly at the helm, Brent West treasurer, NedMandel head agent, Barney Oldfield newsletter editor, Pat Berry Alumni Council rep, and yours truly on keyboard with five long years to avenge DirkOlin's innuendo. She who laughs last . . .

In sum, John Kemeny got three standing ovations at the dinner on Saturday, and breakfasts were surprisingly well-at- tended, evidencing that a modicum of self-restraint has seeped into the ranks. The river was colder than the beer, giving new meaning to the phrase "quick dip," and kids were relatively few in number.

As for the attendees themselves and for significant trivia that I can recall (I have a good memory but it's short), Kent andCathy Lewis Whitaker made it up from Dallas where Cathy is working as a lawyer for the U.S. Treasury and Kent as a geologist at Lomak Petroleum. Chris Cannon rolled in, celebrating a) the conferral of a J.D. fron Berkeley, and b) a new job on First Chicago's legal staff. Carl Baum took a break from med school at U. Penn. Wendy Whitlock made it in from the coast. Whitlock recently entered wedlock with Ames Cornish and graduated from Berkeley B-school. She's now a product manager at Rolm, the same company that supports Amy Beringer's life-style.

Steve Herzog looked like he qualifies regularly for triathalons. Apparently banking is better for the pecs than was previously thought. Morgan Guaranty still pays Steve, even sends him regularly to the Middle East that should be his first hint. Angela Nesbitt arrived in Hanover with a new Wharton M.8.A., and JulietteRossant took a break from summer teaching at Phillips Academy.

Byron Boston did not make it as it conflicted with his graduation from the university of Chicago Business School. Excuse accepted. Byron is on his way to NYC to work in the fixed income division at First Boston. Tim Itin and Mark Akey found their old buddy Jose Cuervo and the three were not seen apart after that. Taking old friendships with a dash of salt. Touching. Jill Martin made the trek from D.C. where she's lawyering for Ginsberg, Feldman and Bress, and Steve Kroll was in from Chicago where he's working as a municipal bond lawyer. Steve Godchaux made it out from San Francisco where he too plagues the higher courts for Mc- Cutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enerson. JeffHealy rolled in for the weekend and left the following Monday for a two-year stint in Mexico City with Chemical Bank. LarryLeavitt looked relaxed as befits a Maine life-style contrasted sharply with the New Yorkers who were asked to check the bags under their eyes on the Eastern shuttle. Larry is clerking for a federal judge for a year after finishing up a law degree in June at the University of Maine. Lon Povich left the Maine courts and is now in Boston as an associate with Goodwin, Procter, and Hoar. Liz Eldridge, nascent neurosurgeon, made it down from UVM med, and Chris Badger made it in from Silicon Valley where he works as a sales rep for Quantam Corporation between river trips and ski weekends in Tahoe.

Elliott Davis was in from West Hollywood. Says he's now in his fourth year of "banking in surfer's paradise," covering the oil industry for Citibank. So far no defaults in his bit of the patch and he's enjoying the life-style any time he can get off the freeway. George Alexakos came in from Puerto Rico where he's still with Citibank. Vince Pollard is up at Cornell in the M.B.A. program after a few years of banking in Hartford, and B.G. Sykes surfaced for the weekend from his underwater diving company on the Cape. In the off-season he's doing the joint J.D./ M.B.A. at Georgetown. Finally, KathyShepherd won the women's division in the Sunday morning 10K alumni run. The curriculum at Harvard Business must be giving her plenty of time to train.

By the bye, Greg Clow asks that you send in one or two paragraphs on your last five years for inclusion in the Fifth Anniversary Report. Send it now with a $12.50 check to 57 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02116. Hasta la fiesta.

310 East 49th Street, #2A New York, NY 10017