1976

May officially has become "camcorder month" in our house. First it's , the ballet recital, then the soccer game, next the piano recitals and the choral concerts, and, once we've recharged (ourselves and the battery pack), there will be school plays, little league games, elementary school graduation, and a birthday party or two. Whew! Were our early lives this complicated?

The news from all of you out there is meager indeed. In fact, this column will be derived exclusively from news releases sent by the College. If time is just too short to write, which I can understand completely, just send copies of your latest home movies or photo albums, and I will interpret!

The New York-based mechanical and electrical engineering consulting firm of Flack and Kurtz recently announced the promotion of James L. Standish to associate principal. Jim joined Flack and Kurtz in 1978 after worlang with Anderson-Nichols in Concord, N.H. Jim also has an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.

Another news release came my way announcing that James Hurowitz has joined the executive search firm of Zurick, Davis & Cos. Inc. of Woburn, Mass. He is the physician executive advisor. Jim earned his M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a master of science in health services administration from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the editor of Worcester Medicine and the founder and CEO of The Huro Cook Group Inc., a health insurance organization. Previously he was the chief of medicine at Worcester State Hospital, and he holds a faculty appointment in Medicine at the U. Mass. Medical School.

"For Immediate Release:" Bradford H.Fletcher has rejoined Grubb & Ellis Commercial Real Estate Services, where he will specialize in the sale and leasing of land and industrial/technology and investment properties. For the last three years Brad has been the senior business development officer for the Oregon Economic Development Department. Brad was the first officer appointed by Governor Neil Goldschmidt and was responsible for business expansion and recruitment of industry to Oregon. Previously Brad was leading producer with Grubb & Ellis in 1984, 1986, and 1987. He also served as president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks in 1987 and remains on the board of directors.

Finally, Taze Shepard was sworn in as a new member of the State Board of Education in Alabama on January 14. Taze won all six counties in his state board district in the general election last November, receiving 62 percent of the total vote. The State Board of Education implements education laws, sets academic standards for all elementary and secondary public schools, and acts as the board of control for Alabama's 39 two-year colleges. The Board also oversees all vocational education, adult education, teacher in-service centers, and children's and adult rehabilitation services in the state.

"Anything worth serious thought often seems to involve complexities beyond the very bounds of human bothering, and everything of any consequence is found fastened at one end to the past and at the other end to the future." John Sloan Dickey, 1953.

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