1967

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Recently I found myself thinking of the Donald Justice poem concerning men at 40 who close softly doors of rooms to which they will not return. Yet, just as I was beginning to indulge in the nostalgia of middle-age for experiences now outgrown, my mailbox was filled with news of classmates turning to new adventures, careers, and satisfactions. The variety of ways in which we continue to grow never ceases to amaze me.

Few classes can have the inspiration that we do in our own adventurer, Ned Gillette.The New York Times in a recent article on modern adventurers interviewed Ned as he prepared to launch a particularly dangerous 600-mile rowing expedition from the tip of South America to Antartica. On adventuring today, Ned said, "There really are no more Everests to climb, no more blank spots on the map to fill in. Adventuring today is doing old things in new ways. Your imagination is as much a part of it as anything. You have to create a double adventure rather than answer to anything waiting for you." While few of us are creating our own adventures with three companions in a 28foot aluminum boat, the mail certainly tells me that many of you are creating your own new challenges.

Dick Clapp, after seven years as director of the Massachusetts Cancer Registry, has decided to pursue a doctorate in epidemiology, specializing in cancer surveillance. This on top of a full-time job and sharing parenting of two children with wife Paula has to be a major project.

Some of our legal brethren have found satisfaction in new teaching assignments. Dave Russell, who is a partner in an Indianapolis law firm, is serving as a faculty member on international law for the continuing education program of the Indiana Bar. Bill Reynolds, who is a professor of law at the University of Maryland and also practices appellate and constitutional litigation in Baltimore, brought the celebration of the bicentennial of the constitution to the Eastern Shore when he lectured on "New Federalism."

Other '67s have made major career shifts lately. After 12 years of running his own business, Warren Cook has resigned to run a large ski resort. Another classmate who has remained close to Hanover is JeffMilne. Jeff has just joined Sanders and Mock Associates, auction specialists head- quartered in New London, to take charge of their real estate sales. Jeff continues to live in Springfield, N.H., where the zoning board and other civic affairs fill his spare time.

Jerry Zaks seems to be finding his challenges by testing just how many new productions he can juggle at once. Judging by the critics' response, he is doing it very well. In a recent New York Times interview Jerry told of his plans for the new future: "I'm continuing in residence at Lincoln Center where I'll be working on a national tour of Anything Goes and very probably a London production. In the meantime I go into rehearsal at the Public Theater with a Larry Shue play called Wenceslas Square. It's a beautiful play about what happens to an American professor who goes back to Prague in 1974 to complete a book that he started in 1968 during the Prague spring. In the course of going back he runs into resistance from the very people who, in 1968, provided all the information for the book. Now they don't want the book published because they are content under Communist rule. That's a very difficult thing for a Westerner to accept. He must decide whether to go against their wishes and publish a book. It's really about learning compassion, and it's also very funny."

Keep the news coming.