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43 First, a few general comments. If they seem tardy, please know that this column is written in early August! Eddie O'Brien has retired from his editorship of TSR. His job was a big one. His talent, enthusiasm, and devotion represent a major contribution in preserving the unique cohesiveness of our class. Thanks, Eddie, good luck, and keep in touch. Howie Leavitt has replaced Eddie. His willingness to assume Eddie's responsibilities is genuinely appreciated. Write to him—but please don't forget about me!

1943 did well in the Alumni Fund Green Derby for classes '43-48, finishing first as of June 30 with 75-percent participation and leadership with 43 donors, raising $118,657 against a goal of $130,000. The fund total was $12,807,287, ten percent over 1991 despite a difficult economic climate. Thank you, Head Agent Bud Hall, for your hard work and success. Our 50th Reunion will occur Friday Sunday, June 11-13, 1993. Graduation ceremony is Sunday. Dorm accommodations will be available. Those preferring Hanover Inn lodging may call and ask to be included in their drawing. Other options include good motels in Hanover, White River, and Lebanon. More information will come later. Reminder! If you haven't mailed your biographical writeup with picture to Bob Gray, Box 505, New London, NH 03257, please do so now.

From Amherst, Mass., new TSR Editor Howie Leavitt reports spending the latter part of his career working with international development organizations including World Bank, U.S. Foreign Aid Program, and a private, non-profit association of trade educators representing 20 countries. "Frustrated with the self-serving, non-critical manner in which educators talked and wrote about their respective systems of education," Howie recendy edited a book on worldwide problems and issues in teacher education, including chapters written "with refreshing candor" by native educators from 21 countries. It is entitled Issues and Problems in Teacher Education: An International Handbook.

Dick Livingston writes from Seaford, Del., where he and Shirley are doing well. Son Bill was the last of four children to marry. There are five grandchildren. Their 1992 trip to California was enlivened by an unplanned bout with the earthquake which caught them in their pj's on the 17th floor, producing unwelcome rock-n-roll, a sliding TV set, and assorted creaks and groans. Subsequent visits to Yosemite, Big Sur and Colorado, where they surveyed an abandoned, narrow-gauge railroad—an engineering feat that has fascinated Dick—near Telluride were interesting and thankfully uneventful. He keeps busy with golf, cabinet work, and consulting and says "hi" to Holden Waterbury in Bend, Ore.

Dorothy and Church Leonard left Hanover ten years ago for a warmer clime and are happily settled in Foulkeways, a continuing care retirement community near Philadelphia. Busy with a variety ofvolunteer work, they also enjoy lap swimming, water volleyball, and aerobics, not to mention bridge, gardening, and walking. They appreciate "the physical, mental, and economic security" that Foulkeways provides. Their four children and five grandchildren are scattered from Vermont to Wisconsin. Barbara and I had dinner with Church and Dorothy in Hanover ten years ago and hope to see them at our 50th.

Jack Jouett, still judging races near Oak Harbor, Wash., called for reunion data and plans to attend with Marj. Fred Stockwell says "Hello" to my Oregon neighbor and exGovernor Bob Straub. Con and Miv Young recently stopped at Sunriver, and we enjoyed dinner with them prior to their departure for Victoria.

Communications from Dick Longacre,Doug LaResch, and Bob Liming will be covered next issue.

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