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It certainly has been a busy season for Dartmouth social events. Between the football games, John Gillespie's extraordinary mini-reunions and President Freedman's introductory circuit, you could have spent the whole fall going from Dartmouth event to Dartmouth event. I hope you did.

Our apologies to John Musa for missing an announcement in the spring that he was elected 1986 Fellow of the Institute of Electronics Engineers. John, who is a supervisor in the Technology Training Department in the Whippany, N.J., installation of AT & T, was cited for his "contributions to Software Engineering, in particular Software Reliability." Congratulations, John, on this recognition by your peers.

Dick Barker writes, "Barbara and I enjoyed lunch with Neal and Penny Farrell as their guests at the Mercantile Company in St. Louis. Neal seems to be very much in charge as president of the area's largest bank." Dick didn't tell us what he was doing in St. Louis. Perhaps he'll go anywhere for a free lunch!

Speaking of bankers, Pete Ankeny's First Bank System was picked as a good investment opportunity in an article on regional banking in Fortune in October. To quote from their article, "Thomas K. Brown, bank analyst at Smith Barney, likes First Bank System because management 'runs the company like a business, not a bank. It works for the shareholders.' " Those are words of praise indeed for Pete's management skills. Pete is chairman and chief executive officer of First Bank System which serves six states from its base in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The Tuck School has recently announced a capital campaign to fund the development of additional buildings in the Tuck complex. Included in the committee charged with providing leadership for the campaign is Bob Levine. As chairman of the Tuck Annual Giving Campaign, Bob has plenty of experience in plowing money from the fertile fields of Tuck alumni.

Boston Business Journal featured SheldonWoolf and his National Hardgoods Distributors Company in their corporate album. In the last two years Sheldon has received a great amount of publicity in regional financial publications. Since its conversion to a chain of discount hardware stores from its previous business of an operator of lease departments in large discount stores, NHD has grown to 29 stores in four New England states employing 500 people. Its growth appears to fascinate stock analysts.

With the holidays so close, you must all be looking forward to spending time with friends and family. There can't be a nicer time of the year. As you're enjoying that "bowl by the fire," manage to take a few minutes to write us a few lines about what you're doing and who you've seen.

Lynn and I wish you all a very happy holiday season.