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We have learned from the College that Hank White died of a heart attack at his home in Chesterfield, Miss., on January 5 of this year. We know that Hank had been in poor health, and his wife Lainle had been working closely with him for some time.

We neglected to report in last month's column the important information that President Bert MacMannis and Sally have moved from their longtime manse in Darien to what we hear is a delightful condo at 155 Old Forge Green, East Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840, 203/966-8461. We feel sure that Peter Cardozo has covered this item by now, but we felt it important to list Bert's whereabouts in this column. As we write, of course, they are at their winter quarters on Longboat Key, Fla.

As a matter of fact, we write these words from Florida, where we ventured on January 15, to return on March 15. At the moment we are experiencing windy weather which slips into the stormy on occasions, blowing our porch furniture into a pile at one end, bending the palms, and keeping us wondering if it is at all possible that the tornado watch we heard mentioned over the local radio might materialize.

We have on hand another note from DukeLyon, an update on one man's tussle with cancer On January 29, Duke had completed 28 of 37 radiation treatments, and he reports the effects have "not been too tough to take." He speaks of two new developments in the prostate- cancer field which make screening and early detection much easier. One new method is transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), where sonar waves are used to give a doctor a picture of the prostate and facilitate a biopsy. Another is a simple blood test called "prostate specific antigen (PSA) that can detect a cancer-related protein in the blood. Duke ends on a positive note and talks of himself and Julie celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in March.

A note from Sam Hird ruminates about the mildest winter in Ridgewood, N.J., in many years, with but a dust of snow on two occasions. So off he and Diane went to Gray Rocks in the Laurentians February 8 in the hope of finding some deep stuff for a week of skiing.

Tim McKeever '72, son of the late John H. "Mac" McKeever, reports that his mother, Betty, died of cancer on October 15. Tim's brother John '70 is the director of The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin, and brother Steve '75 in Anchorage, Alaska, is following in his Dad's footsteps in the oil business. Tim also lives in Anchorage, as does his sister Margaret, who is with Delta Airlines and is headquartered in the McKeever homestead.

Finally, another sad note. Dusty Rohde lost his wife, Happy, to cancer of the pancreas in late January after a brief but debilitating illness. Happy was a younger sister of the late Jim Mathes and of my wife, Math.

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