1960

Never let it be said that Bruce Ducker airs his dirty laundry in public. In his most recent novel, Bankroll, published by E.P. Dutton, 1989, Bruce reveals an intimate knowledge of laundering in this case money on an international scale. Bankroll is a clean-cut spoof that touches on the ennui of inherited wealth, boredom of a burned out yuppie, a little romance, and good old-fashioned greed. The book is fun reading and I recommend it.

Dick Griggs raised the obvious quetion about Bruce's book. How does he know so much about subjects like money laundering, fake passports, and bank fraud? Is his store of knowledge based on mere observation of the criminal mind or is he involved in a little hanky panky himself? Such an outrageous allegation could only be answered by Brace, a.k.a. Spector. Sometimes truth is as strange as fiction.

Vocationally, Bruce has managed to pass himself off as an attorney in downtown Denver. At times this has been difficult, because he prefers to frequent the trout streams around Aspen and the spring creeks of Livingston, Mont. But somewhere along the way of the Denver cocktail party circuit, his boasts of mastery of bank strategy were taken seriously. He found himself on the boards of a couple of banks, the money kind. Of course, his acumen about highly leveraged banks pertained to the aforementioned trout stream kind.

Consequently, at board meetings, Bruce found himself in water over his waders. So when all the gray heads were discussing esoteric concepts of debt-equity ratios and reserves for bad loans, Bruce fantasized about foolproof methods to swindle the banks for millions. The result was Bankroll. And if anyone from those banks reads this column, Bruce will have even more time for fishing!

Art Needham's vocation is teaching. He firmly believes the role of teachers is instruction, not research. Thus, he wrote a letter of concern to share, in part, with the class. "Recently, I got around to reading Prof Scam by Charles Sykes .. . Sykes recounts in detail how and when American 'higher education' first started turning away from teaching undergraduates . .. We '60s at Dartmouth only dimly realized how fortunate we were to have real professors for teachers. In reading Prof Scam, I suddenly recognized President Freedman's 'visions' for turning Dartmouth into a 'great research university.' That 'vision' has already been duplicated in Sykes's descriptions of educational ghettoes across the country. This is urgent! .. . ask yourself if that is really what you want for Dartmouth." Thanks for sharing your concern, Art.

Among Gene Kohn's many pastimes is perusing Women's Wear Daily, daily. At least he looked at page 13 of the March 2, 1990, edition. There, amid an article about the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association convention in Boca Raton, Fla., was a photo of Pat and Bob Phillips. Decked out in formal attire, they look fit, trim, happy, and much younger than most of us. To find out how much younger, come to our 30th Reunion.

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