1962

Not exactly A to Z, but the class of '62 does feature Feingold through Zartler in this issue, with Ladd and Stern thrown in for a nice touch of seasoning.

David Feingold has recently produced a documentary for public television (via WHYY-TV, Philadelphia) on the plight of exiled Cambodians unable to go home. "Waiting for Cambodia" is a one-hour examination of the personal and political problems faced by some 250,000 Cambodians, displaced first by the communist Khmer Rouge movement and later by the Vietnamese. David was one of only two filmmakers allowed to visit sensitive refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border and his film was aired on public television in September. A research anthropologist and filmmaker, David has conducted extensive field research in Southeast Asia during the past 20 years and is an internationally recognized expert on opium production and trade. He is director of ISHI Films and has produced or co-produced a number of film documentaries for public television. Currently in the ISHI mill is "Asian Universe," a six-part film series on the art and culture of Asia with locations in China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. David makes his home in W.C. Fields's anthropological digs of Philadelphia. Nid Pibulsonggram has also been involved in the Cambodian refugee problem for the government of Thailand, and hopefully David, Nid, and Nid's wife, Patricia, have had a chance to Thai one on (ouch!).

Closer to home, Jack Ladd and Adrienne Murphy Thai-ed the knot on July 16 in California. In addition to those Big Greens pictured nearby, Bill Foss, Phil Meyer, and Chuck Preuss added glitter to the wedding party. Adrienne is a Brown graduate and a consultant with Arthur Andersen, while Jack runs his own somewhat smaller but highly profitable consulting firm focused on the magazine publishing industry. Ladd headquarters are in San Francisco.

Bill Stern has left the corporate halls of GTE Corporation to join the United States Telephone Association as VP, policy development. Bill, Debbi, and son Danny have been living in the Dallas area for the past five years.

As promised, the Z element consists of Dick Zartler, who was named as president and CEO of Grace Drilling Company. The W.R. Grace subsidiary is the largest land drilling contractor in the U.S., with some 180 rigs. Dick joined Grace in 1980 as a VP of the company's Dallas-based Natural Resources Group, and has been active in a number of land-based drilling company acquisitions. Prior to Grace, Dick served as president of the Petroleum Services Group of the Western Company of North America. Dick and Fran live in Irving, Tex., and their interests include tennis, boating, and putting the finishing touches on two sons and one daughter.

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