1970

Classmates, it would be all too easy to get out and enjoy the 110-degree heat which envelopes Modesto for about 80 straight days each summer—but I think I'll stay in and write a class column today.

Bill Engle has checked in, amazed that the College could have lost him or anyone for that matter. Last year he left the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where he had been based at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, to take on a faculty position at Tufts. He now serves as director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the affiliated St. Margaret's Hospital for Women. Having once opened a NICU myself, I can comment that this is a challenging field filled with ethical issues, technological breakthroughs, and those described as the sickest humans in existence.

Bill married in 1984, and there are already three healthy children running about the Engles' home in Marshfield, Mass. The Engles have enjoyed catching up with old classmates in the Boston area, including Dick and Karen Whitney. Dick is a cardiologist and the Whitneys live in Milton. Bill, we're sorry to have lost you, but welcome back to the fold.

Larry Killgallon has recently been promoted to executive vice president of the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio. It's not clear what the Diversified Products division does, but it seems Larry will now be responsible for just about every aspect of its operation. Larry has been with Ohio Art for nearly ten years, prior to which he did marketing for Coca-Cola. Larry received his M.B.A. from the University of Virginia and currently is esteemed and honored to serve as his class secretary there—congratulations, and all the best from one who understands!

Steve Moore was featured in a fascinating article in the February 1987 issue of American Sailor. He discussed his unusual passion for frostbite racing, which means he actually enjoys sailing on the Long Island Sound in the dead of winter. Not only that, but he'll give up Sunday afternoon football to do it. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Steve began sailing at age one-and-a-half and admits it has developed into an addiction (you didn't have to tell us that). He is actively involved in regulating the sport, something he believes is best kept to a minimum with safety and camaraderie placed before the determination to win. Between frigid gale winds Steve is the regional sales manager for North Sails out of Milford, Conn. Since Steve left Dartmouth early for service in Viet Nam, it is especially nice to hear of his activities. Please call some winter after you've received a patent on the electric seat you claim to be developing.

Just as we left Dartmouth, so gradually do those who guided us. Although not a member of the faculty, the influence of Father Bill Nolan guided many of our classmates, and extended far beyond the Catholic community at Aquinas House. In announcing his retirement in June, Father Nolan recalled that "God, with his divine sense of humor, sent me to Hanover and to Dartmouth." We don't know where God's humor is sending him next, but we hope the fulfillment Father Nolan found during his 36 years as chaplain to Dartmouth students continues to be with him.

In speaking of transition, it is well to congratulate James Freedman as the College's 15th president. You have read much about President Freedman elsewhere, so we will only observe here that there appears every reason to believe he will experience great success in uniting the various elements of the Dartmouth community.

That's the news of the summer, folks, but be advised that the larder is nearly bare. I'm busy at work on my novelette Modesto, and if I haven't heard from some of you very soon, you'll be reading the first installment in next month's column.

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