1983

Here is Mac Gardner, ace leveraged-buy-out strategist at Merrill Lynch, explaining his scientific methodology for deciding if a company should be purchased and then have all its employees fired to pay for the transaction: "Company A has a lot of money. "Company B doesn't. "Company A is generally a good thing. "Therefore, Company B should be bought."

I am fortunate to receive news clippings about all of you. The information comes from all parts of the country, and is an excellentway for me to see your roots. The key, of course, is to always turn the newspaper over and read the "other side" to get the true local flavor.

From Little Rock, Ark., (Ashley Korenblat's home town), this exciting event was noted in the police blotter: "A resident complained on Tuesday at 1:54 p.m. that a dog was barking." From Salt Lake City (where Dave Grainger may or may not be): "Police investigated reports of a suspicious woman in a parked car at 5:19 p.m. A gardening consultant was waiting in a blue Volvo for a client ..."

And, from Wendy Oatis's stomping grounds in Colorado, the dreaded garbage picker story: "An employe at the Pump N' Pantry reported a man was going through the trash in the .dumpster and wanted him removed. Police sent the man along his way."

Dan Albright is getting closer to becoming a doctor, which is bad news for those of us who have to read the tortured scrawl I will generously call his "writing." Dan sent me a long note, the gist of which is that he's married, at Yale Med, and has launched a five-year residency in orthopedic surgery. Dan's wife is Karen '86, a remarkable lady who actually consented to living in New Haven, Conn., and whose chief responsibilities are to 1) protect Dan and 2) to go to Yale Law. The former is far more timeconsuming. Jeff Weig, famed photographer at Sports Illustrated, took his zoom lens to Seoul for the Summer Olympics. "The camera never lies," says Jeff knowledgeably, as he aimed the shutter at my stomach. From Jeff, we learned that Bill Balcke has graduated from UVA Law School, took the Massachusetts Bar in July, and then recuperated by biking cross-country. BobSchreib and wife Lynn are expecting child #2 in about six weeks. And, Roberto Balaguer, who unfortunately preceded Dartmouth baseball's success stories of late by about five years, now resides with wife Janet in West Orange, N.J.

Shanta Sullivan keeps making it happen down in Atlanta, Europe, or wherever. She's had so many fellowships that I can't keep them straight. Sean Maher is back in the saddle in Boston, trailed by Kilty and Jack, who have a combined age of 3.25 years and love to make noise. The Mark and RachelHausmann show continues in Jackson, Miss., where the doctors-in-love have finally conceded the obvious and settled in for the long run by purchasing a home. "It has 18 trees," says Rachel reverently, "and a creek where Mark can go skinny-dipping if he wants."

Steve Anthony, of Columbia Law vintage, is in Washington doing a one-year judicial clerkship. Steve routinely wins all kinds of writing and academic awards, but it makes me feel self-conscious to describe them all. The only thing I won, ever, was a hockey stick in third grade. Anni Dupre tells me we're having a party Harvard/Dartmouth Night weekend, October 15-16. Hope to see you there.

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