1977

Frank Long sent word of his wedding last May to "the former Debra J. Anderson, originally of Alcester, S.D. (Try to find that on any map.) Four '77s came to Denver for the wedding: Jim Kreindler, Steve Solomon, Peter Vigeland, and George Bullerjahn. Jim and Pete are both practicing attorneys in NYC. Steve is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego and George is a new member of the faculty of the Dept. of Biological Sciences of Bowling Green State U." Frank and Debra now reside in Tempe, Ariz. Frank practices law in nearby Phoenix for the firm of Brown and Bain. Thanks for the New Year's wishes, Frank! Aside from a dearth of snow here, the North Country is beautiful; we hope Arizona treats you well.

Fred Kramer recently became a senior associate in the Cambridge, Mass., office of ADD Inc., which specializes in architecture and interior design. Fred has had a broad range of responsibilities with the firm over the past seven years (befitting a liberal arts education!), ranging from overall masterplanning, schematic design, and construction administration to director of operations, wherein he managed human resources, architectural, and interior design programs, and contract and proposal generation. Sounds challenging and fun; which of your works should we add to our next tour of Boston?

One of our local lookouts, Sue Wiley Young (herself spotted recently at an aerobics class in the old College gym), reports Gary Mayo was reelected a director of the Professional Insurance Agents of New England. Gary is VP and treasurer of A.B. Gile, Inc. of Hanover-whom most of us probably encountered while at Dartmouth - and served PIA/NE previously as chairman of its New Hampshire steering committee.

Tom Ropelewski, so goes the rumor mill, has recently signed his first writing/directing picture deal. What's up, Tom? Inquiring minds ...

Having two youngsters, we play the Mary Poppins video several times each month, ana of course know the lyrics almost as well as the children (which means almost as well as when we were young!). One song celebrates "Sisters Suffragette," since women's suffrage was a raging political issue during that historical period. (See William Manchester's The Last Lion, first volume in his biography of Winston Churchill, for some choice descriptions of women disrupting Winston on the stump.) In modern times "Votes for Women!" no longer draws our attention; but we still celebrate other "firsts," such as Robin (Gosnell) Travers's election to the Research Institute of America's board of directors (its first woman director). RIA itself publishes analyses of tax and non-tax laws for lawyers, accountants, financial planners, and other financial executives. The press release announcing her election highlighted Robin's numerous volunteer activities: general counsel to the Refugee Women's Council, chairman of the Advisory Board for NYC's Refugee Employment Project, and executive committee member of the International Rescue Committee, whose work focuses on refugee resettlement in the U.S. Congratulations to all these classmates on their latest achievements and to those from whom we haven't yet heard! Next month, look for Edy Ullman's latest words from California.

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