1970

Wally Ford may have been a very elusive mystery guest at last summer's reunion, but he has been neither elusive nor a mystery in New York City during recent years. Wally has been appointed as the city's commissioner for the Department of Business Services, and will henceforth be responsible for all business and industry-assistance services provided by the city. He warmed up for this position as city commissioner for the Department of Ports and Trade (which he will continue to oversee), president and CEO of the State of New York Mortgage Agency, deputy commissioner of the State Department of Commerce, VP at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., president of the Harlem Lawyer's Association, etc., etc., etc. (with emphasis on the etc.'s, I assure you). Suffice it to say, Wally always was your mainstream kind of a guy.

Those of you wanting to know how Wally fills his typical day should be in touch for a copy of his job description (just send along plenty of cash for photocopy charges). He has an amazing scope of responsibilities, but they are summed up rather concisely by instructing him to "spread the message that New York is the hub of the nineties and the entertainment capital of the world." Well, after Modesto, that is.

Too bad Wally hadn't yet come on board last year when Tom Ostermueller left town for the Midwest. As you'll recall, Tom was lured from Bristol-Myers to Mead Johnson, where he's reported to be quite busy assisting with the infant litigation. Bristol-Myers Squibb felt Tom's loss keenly and engaged in a remarkable form of self-consolation. They simply moved another member of our class into Tom's vacated office. We're told that John Kirkland was delighted to find his new digs tastefully decorated in Dartmouth green.

Also on the move is Cleve Pemberthy, who has recently signed on as dean of students for the Souhegan School District in Amherst, N.H. Cleve and his family (wife Brit, "well under 39," and children Eli 8, Hannah 5, and Mats 3) left behind 11 years of Rocky Mountain living in Telluride, Colo., for a chance to return to beautiful New England. The school district is in the process of building a new state-of-the-art high school, and Cleve describes the challenge of his new role as follows: "To be part of building something where nothing currendy exists is, to me, the definition of creative, purposeful activity." Some challenges never change, and Cleve is also ready to take on any of his new students one-on-one in basketball.

I never tire in this column of commending those who have chosen the field of education. Cleve's organization seems really together, if its motto is any guide: "A school is a building that has four walls with tomorrow inside." Good luck Cleve—Dartmouth's tomorrow is in vour hands.

Finally, those of you seeking new jobs the equal of those described above (and the chance to achieve immortality with a mention right here), take heart. Skip Sturman has set up a career counseling business, Career Works, in beautiful suburban Norwich, Vt. Skip took his master's in counseling and guidance from Indiana University before serving for 13 years in the Dartmouth's Career and Employment Services Office. He lives in Thetford and has labored as chair of the town's recycling project and on the board of the United Way. Skip certainly knows the area, and he has understandably chosen to focus on employment counseling and placement services in the Upper Valley. So give your old classmate a call and let him convince you that now is the time to come home to Dartmouth. Who knows, your next trip to Hanover could even be tax-deductible.

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