You can't keep a good man down! Just look up on your next trip on the freeway. Chances are you'll spot circus impresario PaulBinder staring down at you from a giant billboard extolling his pas- sion for the finer things in life including Dewar's Scotch.
And Chris Miller, whose movie "Animal House" spoke up for "good old irresponsible, sophomoric, hedonistic, over-the-top fun," did the same for fraternity life in a blockbuster piece in the September issue of this magazine, possibly sending shivers again through Parkhurst. In calmer moments, Chris's bio in the article reveals he also wrote the famous "I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" commercials.
Move over Stanislavsky, Michael Moriarty, the celebrated actor and musician, is offering acting courses, according to a notice in Back Stage magazine. And was that author Steve Bank on the 20/20 TV show? Psychologist and expert on sibling relationships, Steve is in big demand by the media these days.
Class President Bruce Baggaley announced his executive committee which will administer things through to the 30th Reunion. New members include Dave Boldt,John Reinertsen, Barrett Johnson, BillSubin, Rich Braddock, Mike Cardozo,Peter DeForth, Bob Baker, Richard Berkowitz, Clayton Hering, and JimClouser.
Repeaters are Ted Suess, Peter Rotch,David Schaefer, Bob Bysshe, Bill Breetz,Tom Berardino, Marty Bowne, GeoffMurphy, Mel Meyers, and Bruce Cogeeshall.
In addition to Baggaley, class officers are John Lehman, vice president; Bill Courtney, head agent; Bill Russell, treasurer; David Bowman, newsletter editor; HarryZlokower, secretary; Larry Baily, bequests; and Bruce Nichols, Alumni Councilor. Still to be assigned: mini-reunion coordinator. Hope I didn't miss anybody. Bruce Baggaley 5s plan is to divide the executive committee into "focus area assignments": communications, special projects, mini-reunions, and financial. The committee met last month during Homecoming to discuss the class agenda for the next four years including dues, class project, and other matters. A report will follow in the December issue.
Jay Olin, head of the corporate banking group at Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank in Boston, has been named senior vice president in the commercial banking department of the South Shore Bank of Quincy. A resident of Groton, Mass., Jay had been a vice president for the First National Bank of Boston.
Marty McMullen has published his sixth short story in New Renaissance, published by T.N.R. Press, 9 Heath Road, Arlington, MA 02174. Ash Hartwell is going to Egypt to establish a planning unit for basic education, following four years in Botswana under a USAID contract with Florida State University.
Doug Floren formed Ardley Partners, an investment management firm. Sandy Sanders has been promoted to full professor in agricultural economics at Purdue. Guy Vicinelli has been made senior vice president of Morgan Guaranty and,, from London, will manage Morgan's private banking business in Europe and the Middle East.
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