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It would seem that by the time a person reaches his mid-forties, he should be either so well-established or so tired that he avoids dramatic changes in his life. Going against such a thought, three members of our class have recently proven themselves quite flexible in taking on new challenges. Ted Veazey and his wife, Nancy, have moved from Chicago to Warwick, R.I. Ted left Hanover in his junior year and completed his undergraduate work at the University of Montana. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State and became a financial economist with the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas. Leaving the Fed in 1977, Ted joined Allstate Insurance Company in Menlo Park, Calif., where his work expanded to include strategic planning and financial analysis. In 1982, he was promoted to the parent company, Sears, where he became director of business development. His corporate projects included the Discover credit card and the integration of Coldwell Banker and Dean Witter into the Sears financial network. Ted's recent change was to become vice president of planning and market development for the Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company, headquartered in Rhode Island. He and Nancy are now involved in the difficult process of building a new home, but hope to soon turn their attention to such matters as exploring New England ski areas.

Bob Komives and his family have changed their address from Costa Rica to Fort Collins, Colo., where Bob is a consultant in city and environmental planning. After receiving a degree in architecture from Dartmouth, Bob returned to his home state for graduate work at the University of Minnesota. He spent two years with the Peace Corps in Guatemala before earning a master's degree in regional planning from Harvard in 1972. After two challenging environmental positions on Martha's Vineyard, Bob joined a consulting firm in Fort Collins in 1977. He eventually formed his own business and, in 1984, was given the opportunity for a two-year contract with the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Teaching in Costa Rica. After extensive involvement in teaching rural land use management throughout the country, Bob says he found Costa Rica to be a fascinating and peaceful democracy having little of the class struggle or outside interference found in other parts of Central America. In January of this year, Bob, his wife, Marnie, and their two daughters returned to Colorado, where they are actively readjusting to American lifestyles.

Don Miller has managed not only a geographic move, but a complete change in careers in the last two years. Don received an ROTC commission and went directly into naval service after Dartmouth. After several years in submarine duty, he was serving as the executive officer of a troop carrier when he was injured in a collision with a freighter in 1979. Unable to continue sea duty, Don was assigned to NATO for six years and was eventually given a disability retirement in 1985. Don solved his "forced" mid-life crisis by deciding to study business at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. He received his M.B.A. degree in May of this year and has taken a job as an operations officer with the rapidly growing Bank of New England. He, his wife, Cookie, and their two children have recently moved to Andover, Mass. Don acknowledges that change can become difficult at an advanced age, but says "graduate school after twenty years was a great experience and the future is exciting." Perhaps he, as well as Ted and Bob, can help remind us that interesting alternatives exist at all stages of our lives.

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