1976

The newspapers (and last month's column) have been filled with news of Reggie Williams and his latest Superbowl appearance, but what has not been reported as frequently are all the other things Reggie is doing these days. On Wednesday nights, for example, Reggie is excused from football training to attend City Council meetings in his hometown of Cincinnati. He was appointed to the Council last June, and he is one of nine who "act as a policy decision maker for the city manager." In addition, Reggie has created the Reggie Williams Scholarship Fund, he works with hearingimpaired youth, he works on a drug-awareness program, and he has promoted theater in the park in Cincinnati. When asked why he has taken on such commitments within his community, Reggie was quoted as saying, "I've always felt good about how the popularity of professional football has created a forum for the way an athlete can be a benefit to the community. Every honor receive creates a mandate for me." Bravo, Reggie! (And many thanks to Ed Hanlon '26, who was kind enough to send an article about Reggie.)

Having just sent in your IRS documents, here are a few names from the financial world that may just be of interest in your planning for next year: David Spaulding has just joined Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. as a senior vice president in the merchant banking group, in New York. News of a promotion for James damage has just come in also. James has been elected vice president at Sanford C. Bernstein & Cos., Inc., an investment research and management firm.

Keeping in mind post-IRS trauma, and any resulting ulcers, go visit our classmate, Dr. Geoffrey Lamb. He has been appointed assistant professor of general internal medicine at the Milwaukee County Medical Complex, a major teaching affiliate of the Medical College.

Finally, I would like to highlight a classmate who has "taken the road less traveled" and is really making a difference. Ward Cheney says that he spent most of his undergraduate days "camping out in a tent in the woods, lost in an art studio, or trying to make sense of crew." Ward acknowledges that he has not been an active alumnus of the College, but, in an attempt not to "forget," he would like to re-establish contacts. Interestingly, he wonders if there is "a place for someone like myself amidst the obvious talent and success" he keeps reading about. It is ironic, I think, that reading of Ward's accomplishments has made me want to look for pursuits in which I can really make a difference. Ward is living on a farm in Lincoln, Mass., with his wife, Ann, and their four-year-old daughter Maggie. Ward works for the Conservation Commission of Weston, running a farm devoted to growing food for the hungry of Boston, with the help of the kids of the town. He also had about 800 maple sugar taps producing about 160 gallons of syrup. ("Eat your heart out, Noel Perrin," says Ward.) When he is not on the farm. Ward gets to row on.the Charles River, and he hopes to make time for painting in the near future.

About 90 percent of my news comes from clippings and promotion announcements sent by the College, and I wish more of you would write to me to describe your many pursuits. I know there must be a very wide variety of interesting lives out there. Please let us know what you are up to, and thanks so much for sharing your admirable pursuits, Ward.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.— Robert Frost.

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