1963

Doing his bit for "glas nost" (and Class Notes), Roger Parkinson, publisher of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, chaired the committee that organized the visit of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, to Minnesota. Minnesotans are reveling in the visit "as an affirmation of Minnesota, an anointment of ourselves," the ex-Green Beret told The New York Times. "This is a great state that produced two vice presidents and got to the Super Bowl four times," Roger said. "Then we won the World Series in '87. Now it's Gorbachev, and we host the Super Bowl in 1992." Political events and publishing are an American tradition dating at least to William Randolph Hearst, whose turn-of-the-century fireworks displays were nonpareil.

John C. Westwater, lawyer-turned head hunter, has been named managing director of the Los Angeles office of Spencer Stuart Executive Search Consultants, one of the largest international recruiting firms in the world. John, formerly senior partner at Korn/Ferry International in L.A., and president of the Rotary Club there, has extensive experience recruiting senior-level execs in financial services and for major Southern California companies in addition to a natural expertise in law-firm management and general counsel positions. An L.A. native, John majored in economics and graduated from the University of Southern California Law School. He is a director of the Braille Institute and St. Barnabas Senior Center. Spencer Stuart has 31 offices in 16 countries and more than 250 professionals. More than 1,700 search consulting assignments were conducted in 1989.

Good candidates for John's new assignment are the many '63s currently on the market, including Tuck M.B.A.s, phased out in various circumstances. Geoff Murphy of Kenilworth, I11., for example, has been on the corporate sidelines for the last ten months, since Reg Lewis, chairman at Beatrice International Foods, concluded he could cut costs by combining efforts in Chicago, Paris, and New York. Geoff is looking for both a good investment and a senior position either on staff or as a consultant. Former EVP and chief administrative officer at Beatrice, Geoff can be contacted at 306 Cumberland Avenue, Kenilworth, IL 60043, telephone 708/251-9354.

Stephen E. Frank, executive vice president and chief financial officer at TRW, Inc., Cleveland, has been elected a director at Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company, Waltham, Mass. And Paul A. Kraus, chief of urology at Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital since 1979, has been named physician unit chairman for the hospital's Capital Fund Campaign 1990, the first such event in over 20 years to renovate and modernize maternity, pediatrics, intensive/critical care, and renal dialysis areas. A McGill medical school graduate, Paul did his residency at Yale and is the newly installed president of the Waterbury Medical Association. He is also assistant clinical professor of urology at Yale and clinical instructor of urology at UConn. A resident of Bethany, Conn., Paul is one of our first grandpas.

65 West 55th Street, Suite 303, New York, NY 10019