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Two of our classmates were recently recognized by the Alumni Fund for their dedication and hard work on the 1989 Campaign. Head agent Brooks Parker won the James B. Reynolds Award for Outstanding Head Agent 26-40 years out. And Brooks and reunion giving chairman JohnBallard won the Roger Wilde 1921 Reunion Award for setting a new reunion giving record for our very successful 35th campaign which raised a total of $625,751. We are indeed fortunate to have had these capable men serve the class and Dartmouth so well.

Ralph Sauter passed along a recent note from Steven Schmieder. Steven is living in Bakersfield, Calif., and is retired from the U.S. Department of Energy. He enjoys keeping up with news of the class from the Alumni Magazine and class newsletters.

The Conference Board has announced that Dr. Leon C. Martell has been named its senior vice president of research. In this position, Leon will oversee the Board's four major research groups corporate relations, economics and business environment, human resources, and management functions. He will also have responsibility for The Conference Board's magazine, Across the Board. For the past eight years Leon has been an author and lecturer. His latest book is "Mastering Change," which was published by Simon & Schuster in 1986. From 1974 to 1980 he served in a number of positions with the Hudson Institute,including that of deputy to Herman Kahn, the Institute's founder. Leon, who has a Ph.D. from Columbia, chaired a panel dealing with career change at our reunion last June.

The November 1989 issue of New England Business contains an article about JonKropper and his company, Hadco, of Salem, N.H. Jon, who took over as CEO of Hadco four years ago, has led the successful recovery of the company by redirecting its energies towards high-quality, multi-layered printed circuit boards. Jon has held a number of executive positions in the computer/electronics industry, with companies such as Wang, Digital Equipment, and Polaroid. The article deals with Jon's current apprehension about the continued growth in his industry and the strategy Hadco is pursuing as a result.

A recent note from Dick Johnson brought me up-to-date on his career and family. Dick is vice president of the Swearingen Company in Dallas, where he specializes in the sale and leasing of industrial properties. In his more than 20 years in this field, he has represented over 100 clients in the sale and leasing of three million square feet of space and 1,250 acres of land—with a transaction value of over $85 million. Dick has been active in the Greater Dallas Board of Realtors and served on the board of directors of the Sales and Marketing Executives of Dallas. He is also past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Dallas and the Dad's Club of Highland Park High School. Dick and his wife, Peggy, have two children.

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