1968

"'Slide Rock' Sculpture Dedicated at Swarthmore," reads an article in the October 5, 1988, Delaware County Times (Primos, Pa.), heralding the dedication of a magnificent 11' x 20' x 28' outdoor sculpture by David Stromeyer. David owns the Cold Hollow Iron Works in Enosburg Falls, Vt., and his distinctive sculpting style has cut quite a swath across the northeastern U.S. In addition to showing his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, he has sold pieces to many private art collectors and has earned a number of commissions, including one from the State of Connecticut and another from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

From the snowy banks of the northern Mississippi, Bill Geery reports that all is well in St. Paul, Minn. In his 11th year with NCR Comten, Bill maintains an active work schedule, finds time for Ann, Andrew, 13, and Elizabeth, 10, and also fits into his schedule ice skating, piano lessons, and deacon duties at the church. Two summers ago, Bill and his family called on his old Hitchcock roomie, Dave Fischel, and his family in Idaho, where Dave is a practicing physician.

Chris Meigher, according to our friends in the class of 1934, is looking more and more like his late father, Steve. Surely a compliment, Chris! The November class of 1934 newsletter goes on to tell us that a picture of Chris, group publisher at Time Inc., appeared in the September 19 edition of Ad Age, talking with the president of Nikon at the celebration of Life Magazine's special issue, "150 Years of Photography." Chris was also in the advertising news discussing the printing of a special Time Inc. publication that was to have hit the streets in December, in five languages and in a number of major European cities, simultaneously.

Our class president, Jim Tonkovich, visited Jim Topinka not long ago in San Francisco, where Jim is an attorney with Pettit and Martin, and involved primarily in corporate law. Tonks writes to say that in "has had many interesting experiences, including a stint in the Army (intelligence), law school at both Stanford and Harvard, arriving in SF with $20 in his pocket, and almost being run over one day in Boston by Bob Reich on his bike. Jim's work frequently brings him back to Boston, and occasionally, these trips lead to side trips to walk around the campus., climb Moosilauke, etc. Jim also teaches an annual fall semester course (contract law) to third-year law students at Berkeley." Tonks says that jim and his wife have done some traveling and teaching in China, too. Finally, Tonks assures us that Jim regrets very much having missed our 20th Reunion and wishes to send his best regards to '68 classmates.

In Colorado Springs Tonks visited with Bill Escovitz, who has volunteered to assist Thayer School with a growing relationship with Hewlett-Packard. Bill enjoys his typically "West Coast high-tech" working environment informal, no coats and ties, and cowboy boots aplenty but with a daily diet of conservative, mountain west press, he finds it a constant challenge to sort out what is really going on around the Dartmouth campus.

Cheers!

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