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You can call me WishForMail. But before we go looking for that great white whale, some notes from hither and yon.
HITHER: Joe Medlicott was selected as a 1987 National Fellow for Independent Study in the Humanities by the Council for Basic Education. He'll have to spend his stipend and buy his books elsewhere than in the Cascades, where he wanders every summer, and perhaps he'll share with us the results of his studies in a forthcoming issue of "5ifty." Meanwhile, congratula- tions, Joe!
THITHER: There won't be much time for you to act if you haven't already made plans to attend the Princeton game on September 19, but you should. That will be our minireunion weekend in Hanover and will doubtless turn out a good number of us for an enjoyable gathering. Hope to see you there.
YON: Jack Harlow also received felicitations as head agent for badgering the class into a 37-years-out record amount raised for the Alumni Fund. Nice job—once againJack.
NUPTIAL NOTES: Thanks to the eagle eye of Os Skinner '28, we have a couple of weddings to report. The first took place last May in Douglaston, Queens, and joined Jennifer Hoadley '8l and Philip Shaw. Parents of the bride are Phil and Phyl Hoadley. Mrs. Shaw is an account exec with Grey Advertising in New York. Her dad is VP for advertising at Citibank.
On or about June 13, William Swenson '79 married Kathleen Jenny Bloch in New York. "Swede" and Helen Swenson had to be pleased as punch even before the punch was served. Our classmate is a lawyer and management consultant in Chicago while the younger Swenson is an assistant vice prez of the Citicorp Investment Bank in New York. The bride is with a Chappaqua real estate concern and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan.
MARRIAGE MATTERS: In Hanover on June 18 Dave Taylor married Karen Robbins. At a reception a few days later Dave's daughters, Francesca '78 and Natasha '80, joined a host of friends who gave congratulations and well wishes to the couple, who've bought a very lovely old colonial home on South Main Street.
In West Newton, Mass., on July 11, David Meacham Brower and Kathleen Frances Greene were wed. Father and mother of the groom are Hugh and JaneBrower. Hugh took time off from Harris Trust to be best man while Chuck andTommy Solberg found the time to journey from Winnetka to be in the cheering sec- tion. Dave's aunt and uncle, Jan and John Brower '52, had their kids along from Min- neapolis, and the bridal party included lots of Bowdoin classmates, roomies and friends of the bride and groom. But also included were Carla Small and Bob Cronin, both of the class of '84.
PROGENY REPORT: Woody Smith, 113 Lexington Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, reveals that daughter Elizabeth Smith Croston and husband Bob are in graphics and ad agency business in Lexington, Mass.
Bill Sholten wrote from 55 North Crescent Dr.,Mundelein, IL 60060-3311, that he escaped from The Loop and now is with a north suburban bank. He and Joan have four children, two male and two female.
MUSEUM MUSINGS: "The enigmatic Hood Museum" is what Architecture magazine called it in a write-up last spring covering outstanding buildings nationwide. "Once seen, [it] lodges forever in the memory, growing in interest the longer you think about it." If you haven't been there yourself, take time during the mini to visit "one of the remarkable rooms in recent American architecture."
PEN PAL: There probably aren't too many of us who'd be qualified to comment on James Reston's editorial (actually it was an op-ed) on the 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, but David Steinberg was and did. His letter (from 6207 Goodview St., Bethesda, MD 20817) noted that throwing money at problems in the third world "alone is not the answer. Let us try to create another unique contribution based on local needs and local solutions." Makes sense to me, Dave.
Since the blue pencil wielders will be chopping words and sentences, if not paragraphs, should we continue, let's stop at this point, planning to regroup prior to Halloween. Hast thou seen the Great Pumpkin?
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