1963

I entered Richardson Hall with some trepidation. It had been more than 30 years since I passed through the columned front door to my first dormitory room. Such memories are poignant.

The carpeted commons room plunk in the middle of the first floor startled me. But I ploughed on upward, past the second floor where Lenny Levitt and Mike Geller once roamed, to 308 in the southwest corner. I knocked timidly.

A young lady clad in a robe, hair in a towel, answered. It was Saturday morning, after all, even if it was Homecoming. I made my mumbled apologies, explained my mission, and she invited me in. I quickly looked around, satisfied that everything was where I had left them in 1961, the windows, the fireplace, the view of Baker. I prepared my hasty leave when she asked, "What class are you in?" "'63," I replied. "My father is a '63," said the student, who introduced herself as Audrey Francis '95. "His name is Steve Francis and he has an investment management firm in London." Pleased with this state of affairs my room for the time being in possession of the class, one generation removed I sauntered down the hill to the football game.

Shortly thereafter, I contacted Guy Vidnelli, who roomed with Steve Francis and has kept close contact with him. Guy just returned from London himself, where he was on assignment for J.P. Morgan & Cos. in their private banking department. He said that Steve has started an international division of his successful New York-based investment management firm Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, founded by former members of Brown Brothers Harriman. Fischer Francis specializes in fixed income investments, primarily for institutions, Guy said.

Guy and Susan are glad to be back in their home in Summit, N.J. Guy has worked for more than 20 years for J.P. Morgan and currendy focuses on building relationships with high-net-worth individuals, $4—5 million minimum) in Canada. Previously he handled Europe. Son Stephen '87 is earning an M.B.A at Columbia; Paolo just graduated from Colgate; and Christina is a senior at Colgate.

I ran into Pete Deforth, an old CIA hand from McLean, Va., up for the game with daughter Leigh 10. They camped out at Storrs Pond. Jim and Heidi Clouser of Westfield, N.J., watched the Big Green take Cornell. The Clou is president of WMF/Huntoon Paige Associates, Jersey City, performing mortgage banking services on a $3.5 billion portfolio for Wall Street firms. Heidi, formerly with the N.Y.C. Agency of Child Development, now has her own firm, Collaborative Ventures Inc., which helps hospitals and other groups setup their own daycare and early childhood centers.

Steve Spahn, administrator of New York's Dwight School, has introduced an Adventure

Based Curriculum (ABC) Program there to integrate the classroom with the outdoors. Grades seven through 12 participate. Seniors recently spent a week canoeing, doing everything on their own from using compasses to building suspension bridges. Steve's active in tennis, finishing third in the 45-plus age group of the Maccabee games in Uruguay. Son Blake, a sophomore at Columbia, is among the top six on the tennis team there; Kirk, a freshman at Dwight, ranks 13 th in his age group nationally. Wife Connie is on the board of die Museum of Natural History.

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I entered Richardson Hall with some trepidation. It had been more than 30 years. Harry Zlokowera '63