1962

Had the pleasure of touching base with three '62s who were not able to make the 25th Reunion last June:

Ted Berger serves as the executive director of the New York Foundation for the Arts, the statewide public organization which channels funds and aid to individual artists and arts organizations. With the agency since 1973, Ted gets involved in all aspects of the foundation, from shuffling papers to fund raising to organizing a seven-state entry for the Berlin Film Festival. Because of New York's size and level of sophistication, fellowships are granted to both well-known artists and promising newcomers. After Dartmouth, Ted earned a master's at Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and was on his way to a doctorate when he was waylaid by the dean's office ... to become assistant dean for financial aid and admissions. Dubbed the "Baby Dean," Ted learned the workings of a large institution at the time Columbia was going through the throes of the late '6os. Ah, the price of experience! Ted lives with his wife, of 23 years, Asya, a musicologist and pianist, and eight-year-old son Jonathan on New York's upper West Sidewhere the Bergers are involved in community issues.

Slightly to the south, Preston Rowe is holding forth as professor of computer science, math, and psychology at Talledaga College in Alabama. Talledaga is one of the oldest black colleges in the South, having been founded shortly after the Civil War. Pres got his Ph.D. from M.I.T. In 1967 and joined the faculty of Haverford College that year. His counseling of black students eventually led him to Talledaga in 1971 where he met his wife, Phyllis—a Talledaga graduate—and worked on becoming father to five and grandfather to seven. (For all you've done, Pres, this Bud's for you.) When not looking after children, grandchildren, or Pres, Phyllis works for the U.S. Social Security folks. Incidentally, the Rowes discovered that Bill Marsh had been at Talledaga several years before their arrival. Pres sends his best to former roommate Everett McCassey.

Finally, back to the Big Apple, where Steve Rotter makes his home with his wife, Janet, and 13-year-old daughter Zoe. Steve is a free-lance movie film editor with such screen credits as The Right Stuff and lshtar. He most recently worked on the new release The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which premiered last month. Work takes him away from home for months at a time. Between pictures, time is devoted to catching up with the family and retreating to Lyme Rock, Conn. Janet, who is a writer (magazines, novels, screenplays), originally got Steve into the entertainment business via a job with the NBC News film department shortly after graduation. Steve stays in touch with Jeff Rush and Elliot Prager.

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