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Get ready for the reunion push! Between now and June you will be deluged with all sorts of news and information, some of it vital, all of it special, about that singular event of all events, our 25th reunion in Hanover, June 16-18. Don't just read, savor it. It'll all happen faster than you think.
Our class will be lodged in the Gold Coast dorms, and all of those particulars, including reservation forms, will be coming your way soon. But, and hear this, if you have preference for a hotel, inn or some other slightly more sedate quarters, you had better make your reservations now! Today! The Hanover Inn, for example, fills up fast, and may even be sold out. If that's your preference, call today.
Round about now, you should be getting a questionnaire for the information that will go into the reunion book, your official guide to the class over the past 25 years. Editor Dave Boldt asks that you complete it promptly and return it in the envelope that is provided. The questionnaire wants all of your basic biographical information and in addition: a good, sharp current photo, with your family if you wish. Color is OK, but black and white is better for publication purposes. And the shot should be candid, if possible, you (and your family) in action.
They're also asking you for a biographical essay, and there will be some sample topics in the questionnaire to get your mental juices flowing. No, this is not a take-home examination. Relax, and purge yourself of all your dreams, anxieties, and reflections on 25 years of growing up and chasing after that impossible quest. Even if it's not always a piece of cake.
Eb McCabe, who drew widespread public attention last year by representing the billionaire Hunt brothers of Dallas and other celebrated corporate clients, has been named a partner with the Boston law firm of Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett. He will work there in the litigations sector which is his specialty. Ed was a founder of McCabe/Gordon with Stephen Gordon and two other lawyers in 1983 after leaving Widett, Slater and Goldman. McCabe/Gordon became known as much for "its bare-knuckles style as it did for its legal arguments, which have been on the cutting edge of legal theory," according to the Boston Globe, which seems to cover Ed as regularly and punctually as it covers the Red Sox. Ed told the Globe, "I'm looking forward at this point. I think my experience at McCabe/Gordon has been worthwhile, and I'm simply looking to the next stage of my life, and I think Gaston Snow is a nice place to do it." Regarding the national publicity on his now disbanded McCabe/Gordon and celebrated cases, Ed told this reporter, "It has been nevertheless a positive experience." McCabe/Gordon decided to disband after the Hunt brothers switched attorneys six months into their case against their lenders, 23 of the largest U.S. and foreign banks. The firm at one time had 29 attorneys.
Nearby, the Providence Evening Bulletin reports that another legal beagle, ErnieTorres, has been proposed to President Reagan as a candidate to fill the last vacant judgeship in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. Because the proposal is made by Sen. John H. Chafee, a Republican senior senator, Ernie stands a very good chance of being named by the President, according to the Bulletin. Ernie is a former Superior Court Justice.
Bill Eichbaum, a Harvard-trained lawyer, has devoted most of his career to cleaning up the environment, particularly as assistant secretary of environmental programs for the Department of Health Hygiene in the state of Maryland. Maybe you saw Bill on Tom Brokaw's "NBC Nightly News" or on the Public Broadcasting System discussing the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay, a classic example of East Coast pollution. Bill and his department helped infuse $l6O-million into the cleanup and increased anti-pollution measures. He's been at this since 1980 and believes the problem may be licked by the next decade. A resident of Bethesda, Bill was formerly with the Department of Environmental Resources in Pennsylvania.
Back in Rhode Island, Steve Lewinstein has been named to the Tax Committee of the state bar association. Steve is president of three subsidiaries of UST Corporation, a Boston-based company specializing in banking and financial services. His company provides equity to real estate developers. Steve's 16-year-old son, Marc, is beginning to express an interest in Dartmouth.
Steve Spahn, headmaster of New York's Dwight School, is also developing a career in publishing. His new magazine, Global Finance, debuts this month and two other magazines, Down East and Rod and Reel, continue to go strong.
Be sure to save the weekend of October 30 through November 1 for our football mini-reunion in Hanover. Halloween costumes are permitted. Details to follow.
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