1944

Our slothful professor/translator friend, Gregory Rabassa, has been at it again. Or still. Not only a recent Guggenheim Fellowship, but also the $10.000 Wheatland Foundation prize for "notable contribution to international literary exchange," and a snazzy fullpage write-up and photo in Time, July 11. Greg says he and wife Clem have moved back to the city, from Long Island, "to be closer to events," and that they will both be on sabbatical from Queens University starting in September. Greg's fellowship will take them to Brazil and Portugal, while Clem's will take them to Puerto Rico, "so we'll be doing some traveling."

Marching through Georgia last winter by land and by sea — was Dr. Harry Morse, who met up with son John '70, who is the commanding officer of the USS Nicholson. "It was one big St. Patrick's Day affair," writes Harry, "with 300,000 people descending on Savannah. John was presented the keys to the city and we watched the parade from the mayor's balcony with Irish coffee starting at 7:30 a.m."

Remember back in 1938 when a quarter would buy you two luscious hamburgers and a pint of milk? I pondered it as I read a Seattle newspaper clipping sent along by Washington lawyer Don Davidson, in which it was noted that Arizona lawyer and professor Junius Hoffman had been appointed as special master to settle a suit by bondholders of Washington Public Power Supply alleging securities fraud of $7.25 billion dollars. By last May, Junius had presided over settlements of $240 million dollars. Hamburgers, anyone?

(My father, too, was a lawyer, and he almost swallowed his morning grapefruit whole when he read my birthday card to him, written at age seven: "To the best layer in the whole world,." How did I know lawyer had a "w" in it?)

A family letter from Jack and Louise Adams tells us that they moved from Dunedin, Fla., to Largo, Fla., and did so in verse, no less: "Louise and Jack moved goods and cargo; they now reside in central Largo." With their eight kids and 108 grandchildren scattered near and far, the Adamses log a fair amount of mileage every year.

Charlie and Pat Martus have been including Hanover in their annual jaunts out of New Rochelle, and seem to be enjoying it. Writes Pat: "Reunion in June was just great. I loved it, seeing old familiar places, friends, hearing the old songs (which made me cry because at one time I, too, knew all the words)."

Also at reunion in June were Dick andJulia Allenby. Dick has retired after 25 years with NASA, but still doing a bit of consulting. He keeps his science hand in at Goddard Space Center, but says he's having more and more fun kayaking and skiing, both water and snow. They also managed a Kenya safari last fall, where they swished giraffe tails together with Bob and AnnMcLaughry.

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