1974

2964 Peachtree Road, NW, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30305

Well here it is February 14, (Valentine's Day) and what do you think I am doing? Waiting for a dozen roses to arrive? Waiting to be taken out to a nice romantic dinner? Waiting for my knight in shining armor to come and sweep me off my feet? Or waiting for Godot? No. I am scurrying around trying to get enough information together to write this column. Well, everyone defines romance in his or her own way.

Here is a piece of romantic news! JamesCurrier Hokans of Burlington, Vt., was married to Nancy Elizabeth Wilson of Burlington on September 20, 1986. Ms. Wilson received a B.A. degree from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is currently a business analyst for Industrial Cooperative Association of Somerville, Mass., and is a consultant with democratic worker-owned businesses. James is a graduate of Northfield Mount Herman School and following Dartmouth College graduated from the London School of Economics. He is presently the executive director for the Burlington Youth Program.

I have received news of Dr. ThomasReaper. He is the medical director of the New Goleta Valley Occupational Health Center, a program innovated to bridge the gap between high costs for workers compensation and the low benefits paid to employees from such programs. I remember seeing Tom in 1974 in Innsbruck, Austria, practicing for the ski jump competition in the Winter Olympics. Tom was also a member of the Allison Becker Chase dance class to keep athletes limber. (Doug Lind danced there during football season.)

Simon Etzel resides in Newark, Calif., with his wife, Beth, and their three children, Simon, age seven; Matt, three; and Shannon, two. Simon is employed with Swinerton & Walburg Construction Comply.

Brian Follett is presently living east of St. Paul, Minn., with his wife, Mindy, daughter, Susan (five), and son Andrew (three). Brian is in a one-man office in which he sells voice message systems for Commterm. Additionally, Brian is going to start a new data communications venture.

Tom Van Benschoten and his wife, Lenore, have recently moved to Baltimore, Md. Tom has a new job with the CBS affiliate WBAL-TV. Their daughter, Sara, is two years old.

Jeff Simpson has returned to New England to specialize in Ob/Gyn in New London, Conn., with Bob Spitz, class of '73. He and his wife Jan (Skidmore '74) and sons Marcus, eight, and Mathew,,. one, have settled into the nearby coastal community of Niantic.

Peter Coutrakon and his wife, Jo Anne, presently live in Chicago with their three children, Katie, five; Phil, three; and Charlie, one. Peter is still with Citi-Corp arid responsible for the five state area around Chicago.

Please, please, please send me some information or you'll see what will happen.

Mary.