1953

The final countdown to 35th Reunion has begun. It promises to be a memorable event with a banner turnout, creative program, and warmth that only enduring friendships provide.

Among those classmates who you will hear from are Maurice Schonfeld and RonScheman, both of whom have had eventful careers.

Maurice Schonfeld of New York City, in search of a law career after Dartmouth, earned a master's and law degree from Columbia. His life, however, took a different track when he entered television news. He became a reporter, producer, and editor and eventually became vice president and managing editor of UPI Television News. When that firm ceased operations he founded the Independent Television News Association, providing news material to the major independent television stations including several documentaries. Ted Turner was a prospective client who took a dim view of news programming. In 1978, however, Turner asked Maurice to help him set up a 24 hour news channel, a venture which propelled Turner into fame and established Maurice's credentials. Maurice became first president and CEO of CNN. He has since worked for Cox Enterprises and "News 12" in the New York area. He recently produced "A Matter of Life and Death," a two-hour TV show in which two teams undertake an investigation of a convict on death rowone to prove guilt and the other, innocence. The show prompted over 78,000 calls from viewers with their own verdicts. Maurice's work has been consuming, leaving little time for avocation or leisure. His dedication is shared by his family. Spouse Patricia did free-lance writing. Four of his six children have followed in the communication field. The fifth and six offspring have departed from the mold—a son graduated from Cornell Agriculture School and runs a dairy farm—the youngest, a daughter, is an erstwhile artist.

Ronald Scheman, Washington D.C., also began his career with a law degree, from Yale, and then practiced law two years before going to Brazil on a fellowship. This started a life interest in South America, one that established him as an insightful observer of inter-American affairs. He has been a member of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and was the first director of the Pan American Development Foundation. He published his first book, Foundations for Freedom, in 1965. He consulted and advised governments including the Soviets on investments in South America and twice was with the Organization of American States, the latter tour lasting eight years until 1983. During that time he was the top ranking assistant to the secretary general. In 1984 he organized the Center for Advanced Studies or the Americas, put together by a consortium of four leading universities in Washington. In 1987 he joined the law firm of Kaplan, Russin and Vecchi as counsel to the firm. He continued consulting and wrote two more books. He has become an acknowledged expert on the current debt issues in South America. Asked about leisure, Ron acknowledged that he played piano and violin and lived in Watergate, a stroll away from Kennedy Center. He is separated and has three daughters —a dancer, an artist, and an actress and one son, a student. For avocation he serves more organizations the InterAmerican Bar Association, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Institute, and the leadership council of the Democratic party, where he leads its subcommittee on Latin America. He is a writer for the Op-Ed page of the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. He also works out every day to keep up the pace.

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