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Last month we told you that we were losing our Hanover anchor, as Henry Eberhardt was departing to become vice Eresident (external) for Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He had been at the Dartmouth Alumni Fund for 20 years, the last 11 years as director. More details have now come to light. Henry came to Dalhousie's attention as a consultant to that university's alumni fund, and helped implement such programs there as the 1818 Society. He brought to them some of the same innovations he made to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund. In his new job he'll be responsible not only for the Development Office, but also for the Alumni Office and for the Public Relations Office. According to Dalhousie President Howard Clark, the search process conducted by an advisory committee was extensive and thorough. Several candidates were interviewed. Committee members were impressed with Henry's professional and personal qualities. Anyway, it's a real feather for Henry, and a great promotion.

New class treasurer Ivar Jozus has launched the annual campaign for your class dues. You should already have received your first notice. Besides sending in your check, please take a moment to jot some news about yourself on the back. The cupboard here is getting bare.

Ivar reported that he had just returned from Hanover, where he watched the Penn game and saw Ross Sandler from a distance. Ivar has two extra reasons to go back for the game: Katherine '91 and Sarah '94. Sarah even landed in South Fayerweather one of the 1961-sponsored dormitories. Ivar ventured that given the college's vaunted computer capacity that dorm assignment might not be an accident.

And Bill Horton sends along information on a survey recently conducted by his Fitness Systems, a company that plans and manages on-site health and fitness programs for business and industry. Bill, who is company president, says the company now counts 39 fitness programs among its clients. But he says senior officials of many major companies "simply do not know we exist."

The bottom line of the survey documents the benefits of exercise. There's room for just one of Bill's examples: at Tenneco, male employees who exercised averaged annual medical claims of $561, those who didn't averaged $1,003; among women, the exercisers averaged $639, while the nonexercisers averaged $1,535. That's impressive in this day of skyrocketing health insurance premiums.

I like to think he's right. With three triathlons and two biathlons so far this year, I'm obviously investing a good bit of time exercising perhaps too much.

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