1953

15 Huckleberry Lane Greenwich, CT 06830

In classmate profiles to date, attention has been put on threads which connect present vocations and avocations with our early years. Classmate John Green, Duluth, Minn., looks for threads on a grander scale in the earth. A geologist and professor at the University of Minnesota in Duluth, John's research is centered on volcanic rock formed in the Lake Superior region 1.1 million years ago. With profiles, the past portrays the present. In geology, the present is key to the past. The results of John's work have been published in a variety of professional journals here and abroad. He teaches undergraduates and graduates. The Duluth Branch of the University, with 7,500 students, has recently instituted a geology doctoral program. John, like many 1953 Ph.D.s, graduated at the top of our class scholastically—Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for a year's study at the University of Oslo, Norway.

He earned a master's from Harvard in 1956 and continued there as a doctoral candidate until 1958, when he left to join the University of Minnesota faculty. Harvard awarded his doctorate degree in 1960. Spouse Janet chairs the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and is on the national board of a conservation group which acquires land for wildlife habitats. She is a nominee to join the Audubon Society's national board, reflecting her professional status as ornithologist. The Greens have two daughters—Martha, Dartmouth '87, has John's interest in earth science and geography; Sarah is a sophomore at Bowdoin.

It's apparent that Neil Isaacs of Colesville, Md., doesn't realize his limitations. In 1980 he started running and has entered two marathons. In 1959 he earned a doctorate in English literature, has taught a generation of students, and now is returning for a master's in social work. He has four grown children from his first marriage and two adopted stepchildren from his second. He has published poems, reviews, sports essays, learned articles, numerous books, and now writes fiction. Presently he is professor of English at the University of Maryland, a position he assumed in 1971 after earning his master's from University of California at Berkeley and his doctorate at Brown, and after teaching at City College of New York and the University of Tennessee.

By choice he teaches at the undergraduate level—there he can innovate and reach a cross section of the student body. For example, among his course offerings have been: the Literature of Madness and the Drug Experience. Neil now attends the University of Maryland to earn accreditation for counseling. Spouse Ellen, assistant vice president of a real estate investment firm, shares Neil's proficiency in tennis and has been known to beat him in a 10K race.

Seen and Heard: Bob Nessen, Sudbury, Mass., has joined Warner and Stackpole, a leading Boston law firm as a partner. He will direct their corporate and real estate finance group where he is an acknowledged expert.

Paul Paganucci was honored with an Alumni Award on November 6 in New York on the occasion of President Freedman's visit—a just and deserving recognition of this extraordinary person.

Allen Collins has been tapped to head the Alumni Fund—the whole shebang. More just and deserving recognition.

Dave Halloran is slated to take over as 1953 head class agent.