1980

Tales from the Crypt, vollume XI, chapter 4: Last August when Beth Colgan married Mike Fascitelli, the festive nuptials merited three columns of the New York Times wedding page: "Merger-Mania Returns to New York." Beth and Mike, who are both denizens of corporate finance at Goldman Sachs, celebrated which a reception the likes of which New York hadn't seen since John Glenn's post-orbital ticker tape parade. Minstrels wandered among the guests, the finest champagne flowed freely, and the staff of the Four Seasons covered every detail with a fastidious eye. Said one guest glowingly, "This gives a whole new meaning to the world of 'M & A.'"

Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard: Forsaking once and forever the vagaries of New England weather is Atlanta-bound Dr. Drew Miller. For most of the past ten years Drew has been studying and practicing medicine in New York and Boston. He has now joined a group of orthopedic surgeons which is primarily responsible for the Atlanta Falcons, Hawks and Braves. Drew misses the Celtics and Bruins but not the Red Sox. "There's only so much abuse a Erown man's heart can take," he says. Drew as also been perfecting a new type of laser surgery which is very exciting. "It's a technique we originally used years ago to repair something as simple as Irving Fryar's knife cuts. And just last week, we replaced a worn link in one of Neon Deion Sander's gold chains."

"We'll make you a small fortune—If you give us a big one." So reads the motto at many a money management firm these days. It's a little different at RCM Capital Management in San Francisco, where SteveKim now hangs his hat. Following a sales job with IBM and an M.B.A. at Harvard Business School, Steve signed on with the institutional sales gang at Goldman Sachs in New York and San Francisco. A few years ago he realized that the preponderance of money and brains might be on the "buy" side, not the "sell" side, of Wall Street, and therefore made the switch. During these periods of great economic and political uncertainty, Steve is understandably cautious when it comes to investing other people's money. "I've decided to return to the basic model portfolio: 50 percent cash and 50 percent canned goods . . ."

The West is the best? "Yes!" says Commander Cody Press who moved from New York to Los Angeles a few years ago. Cody is a master of municipal finance with Merrill Lynch. Helping various schools, hospitals, and other municipalites raise capital can be a challenging but satisfying job. One particularly vexatious problem in southern California today is ensuring that the water and sewer companies have adequate resources to handle the population explosion. "Clean water and sufficient sewer systems are part of life's basic necessities. Remember, a flush always beats a full house ..."

"Howdy, Pardner!" is the friendly greeting on the other end of the line. KimMcConaughy Vletas and her husband, Steve, are getting ready for another busy spring with West Bank Anglers, the fishing and mail-order outfit they run in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A stone's throw from the Snake River, and nestled against the majestic Teton Range, West Bank Anglers has everything for the discriminating fly fisherman. Kim and Steve also arrange trips on rivers in nearby Idaho, Montana, and Utah. "We're hoping to expand our operation into the warmer climes," says Kim. "We've been on some scouting expeditions to Mexico's Baia Peninsula. The weather was great, the fishing fantastic, but the water is still the 'Pint of No Return.'" Be careful—Montezuma still rules.

The hits just keep on coming: In a streak the likes of which Casey Casern would applaud, the class of 'BO sets Alumni Fund records again and again. You may remember that Meg Coughlin LePage and MarkAlperin exhorted us to dizzying heights of contributions during reunion. Their outstanding job was officially recognized during the Alumni Fund Weekend last fall. Meg and Mark received the class of '53 Award for greatest number of donors (663), the Alumni Fund Committee Award for best all-around achievement ($200,08.0 and 66 percent participation), and the Roger Wilde 1921 Award for setting the new 10th Reunion record. The class of 'BO now has the record for the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth years out, in terms of dollars raised. Mark is quick to credit everyone who helped. "There's no 'l' in the word 'team,'" he says.

"Ho, Ho, Ho!" Dept.: Don't forget, funsters, it's that time of year again. The fat man is coming. He's making his list and checking it twice. So don't be naughty, be nice. Even Mike Milken is on the honor system ("Yes, your honor. No, your honor ..."). Remember, Santa knows ...

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