1955

Following up on last month's report from Charlie Williams on a famous 1955 golf match in Lebanon, N.H., I called the other player, Doug Archibald, to get his side of the story. I found him recovering from a pinched leg nerve sustained while playing golf with his family in New York! Having decided that golf is more appropriate than tennis at our time of life, he is finding that sport a bit of a challenge. Doug, a professor of English at Colby College, returned to the classroom in 1988 after six years as vice president of faculty affairs. He is currently editing a volume of W. B. Yeats's autobiographies which should be completed by the end of the year. Doug also serves as editor of the Colby Quarterly, a journal of culture. The Archibalds have five children: Nathan '84, in advertising in New York; Jennifer Williams 'B5, working for the Dartmouth Capital Campaign, also in New York; Michael, Director of Annual Giving at St. Lawrence; Tim, in his second year at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; and Galen, a sophomore at Hamilton College. They also have three granddaughters. Doug reports seeing GordonRussell and son Justin during a campus visit.

Wondering what employment by "NYS low-level radioactive waste" involved, I gave 1955's original environmentalist, Steve Wilson, a call. Following a career in teaching, state planning, and solid-waste management, Steve is working on the Siting Commission, which is looking for disposal sites for contaminated items such as clean-up materials, irradiated parts, etc. As you might expect, he is finding this assignment to be most challenging and demanding. Steve is involved with a number of environmental organizations, recently serving on a panel at the Ninth World Clean Air Conference in Montreal. As a founder and program director of the Dartmouth Environmental Network, he participated in a symposium entitled "Ethics in Environment" held at the Ravine Lodge in September. Steve's wife, Carolyn, is serving as assistant to the curator of the Albany Institute of History and Art, a private museum. They have three grown children: Karen, who lives in Texas; Jennifer, who is married and teaching while doing graduate study in education; and Sarah, a Peace Corps volunteer finishing an assignment in Niger. Steve keeps in touch with ex-roommates Harlan Jessup and BobMorse.

Another interesting employment description put me in touch with Frank Carlton who is working with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund in Prestonsburg, Ky. At that time the Appalachian Regional Development Program undertook a major redevelopment project in Pykeville, involving relocating a river to reduce flooding, building a major highway, and creating "flat land," something rather scarce in that part of the country. His current position involves arranging pro-bono legal services for people unable to engage legal counsel on their own. Frank's wife, Nancy, has been a kindergarten teacher and this year is starting over as a "lower primary" teacher. They have four grown children and two (plus one on the way) grandchildren.

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