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Michael Resnik joined the radiology staff recendy at the Waldo County (Maine) General Hospital. After receiving his M.D. from St. Louis University in 1981, he completed pediatrics and maternal and child-health residencies at Mary Hitchcock before active duty at Chanute Air Force base in Illinois as chief of pediatrics. Michael recently finished a radiology residency in Springfield, Mass., before moving to Maine.
Speaking of Mary Hitchcock: you've read about die new hospital here in the Alumni Magazine, but perhaps you haven't thought about the ramifications. There is a rare silence to the north end of campus, save the construction noise as the new chemistry building nears completion. Autos are scarce, parking is ample if you visit the Biology Department in Gilman Hall, and foot traffic is limited to students, runners headed to the golf course, and the übiquitous Hanover dogs. Those who miss the city miss it more.. Those who savor the forest find it has grown a little closer.
Carol and I attended the panels during the Campaign kick-off in New York in November, an infrequent trip to the Big Apple. We enjoyed visiting (too briefly!) friends and acquaintances there, including Charles Thayer '75, Rick Silverman '81, Carrie Luft '89, Liz Epstein Kadin, and Mark Seigel. C. Everett Koop '37, Morton Kondracke '60, John Rassias, and Susan Dentzer were among the panelists on Saturday, discoursing on a wide variety of topics and Dartmouth's role. With far too little space to do each panel justice, I note some highlights from the one on business prospects. The focus was on international trade, particularly China and Japan, which account for 87 percent (27 percent and 60 percent, respectively) of the U.S. trade deficit. Joseph Massey—economics professor during our years and assistant U.S. trade rep to China and Japan for the Executive Office—encouraged businesswomen and men to resist temptation (i.e. following the easy path and working through distributors and licensees to get their products into those markets), and instead establish their own operations in those countries. The U.S. economy, long first in the world, will be surpassed by Japan's about the year 2000, and Japanese workers will continue to create twice tie GNP per capita of U.S. workers. Business managers must become comfortable with, and master, issues of diversity (in gender, culture, race, and language, among many others) if the U.S. is to compete effectively in future world markets, dominated by the more homogeneous cultures of Japan and Germany.
Richard Bane was appointed to the Salem State College board of trustees by Massachu- setts Governor William Weld. Richie has been a member of the college's foundation board of directors since 1988, and is VP of finance and administration for Bane Family Nursing Centers of Lynn, Mass. He's active in a wide variety of volunteer activities in his hometown of Swampscott. Quotable: "A lot of people have a lot of talent, but just live in their own little worlds. I take the other perspective. Whatever talents I have, I try to share them with people who can use the help."
Hebe Quinton writes, "Saw Linda Markin last night on "Venturing" on PBS—she seems to be working at Concept II, which makes rowing machines and oars some place in Vermont. I also think I saw Judy Geer '75 rowing one of their machines, but she wasn't identified."
Reunions are June 19-21!
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