1976

I'm trying to concentrate, as the music of "New Kids on the Block" is blaring in the background, and I have developed a new appreciation for the patience my parents had during my preteen and teenage years. There is some music my daughter and I do enjoy together, and that is the music of Parker MacDonell. Though Parker is no longer recording albums, he is still involved in bringing music to others. He is the founder and president of the board of trustees of Six String Concerts in Columbus, Ohio. Six String Concerts is a non-profit organization which exists to enrich the musical life of central Ohio, and is staffed entirely by volunteers. They present approximately one concert per month in the Columbus Music Hall. Performers have included Patty Larkin, The Bobs, Christine Lavin, Livington Taylor, and even Parker MacDonell on occasion.

Parker provided the "official scoop" on Tom Ruegger. No more hearsay: Here's the truth: Tom is the senior producer in charge of a show called "Tiny Toons" with Warner Brothers Animation, Inc. It's an update of the Looney Toons characters and will appear daily on televison, starting in September. Steven Spielberg is the executive producer. Parker said that Tom has one wall of his office covered with cards outlining the working titles and plots of 65 shows he has in production. We'll be looking for the show!

After practicing law from 1979-1983, Leland Englebardt has taken off in his "second career" as a management consultant. He has just become a partner in Strategy Associates, Inc., of New York, a firm specializing in strategic planning.

It was also announced recently that James damage has become a principal in the firm of Sanford C. Bernstein and Co., Inc., who specialize in investment research and management.

Two doctors were brought to my attention this month. Gregg Goldstrohm, a specialist in orthopedic surgery, has joined the medical staff at Latrobe Area Hospital, in Pennsylvania, and has recently been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Gregg received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and had a residency in general surgery at the University of Hawaii, an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, and concluded his postgraduate training with a fellowship in hand surgery at the University of Florida.

After four years as chief of pediatrics at West Point, Peter Gergely is opening his pediatrics practice at Butterfield Hospital, in Cold Spring, N.Y. He has experience in general pediatrics, developmental pediatrics, and adolescent medicine. Peter went to Tufts Medical School and joined the army scholarship program. He did his pediatric training at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. After a year in Seoul, Korea, he returned to West Point. I'll bet the children love Peter! I hope you still find time for your artwork.

The class newsletter mentioned the possibility of our class project being "Bonfires with a Conscience." The College has a committee that is studying the bonfire and the environmental, economic, and social issues which surround it. I am in touch with this committee, and I have heard from several classmates who either strongly favor or oppose the bonfire class project. We are continuing to discuss this issue and will keep our classmates posted before any final decisions are made.

"Behind the designers and the builders, however, barely noticed in the long, cool shadows, are Dartmouth's divine dreamers: the poets, the musicians. They formed our impulses into words. They gave singing to our spirits. Miraculously." —David Bradley '38, from the introduction to "Dartmouth, A Visual Remembrance."

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