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Let's not forget to really step up and support the Alumni Fund! Our class has now bounced back nicely; however, we must continue to push. (Ten years ago the fund provided ten percent of the operating budget, but today it is down to eight percent a reason for many of the budget cuts.)

Nice note from Doug Wise, our mini-reunion advocate, advising that he and Joan have just recently celebrated their 15th anniversary. Doug further notes, "For the past two years I have been the general manager of a division of Applied Graphics Technologies, an international graphic arts company that serves the advertising, corporate, and publication industries. AGT produces the electronic separations (both color and black-and-white), commercial printing, and graphic retouching required in the graphic arts industry.

"My division works exclusively with advertising agencies in which I worked for 25 years offering not only graphic services, but also the technical support to help agencies introduce the use of computer graphics to their creative staff. The world of computer graphics is quite exciting and never a week goes by without a breakthrough in hardware or software technology. We have seen double-digit growth during the past two years and foresee the same for 1992.

"As for Joanne, she continues to represent contemporary artists—almost exclusively from Japan or artists who use Japanese disciplines under the name of The Wise Collection. Her artists do work in various media: original museum quality prints, sculpture in wood, metal, and ceramics, and acrylics on canvas. Despite the economic environment and the recent Japan-bashing, their contemporary art continues to blossom as more people come to appreciate their special creativity. Joanne and I traveled throughout Japan last spring, visiting 50 artists and galleries in 20 days! It was a most productive and educational adventure, from which we were able to bring back works from both new and established artists." Another note from Doug refers to a great quote from President Kemeny in reference to our class gift: "It was the nicest gift anyone has given me. Usually, classes or groups have given me plaques, etc., that now sit in a closet collecting dust. It was a beautiful thing to give a living memento that all could share in!"

From Cleveland Heights, Ohio, JohnGreppin sent a note concerning JimGoldman and his retail establishment in Burlington, Vt.: "Jim modestly said he was 'in retail' yet an inspection of his store showed it to be large enough to hold two football fields, and it was filled with yachts of immense proportions." (Strong lobbyist for removing the luxury tax, I bet!)

John also visited Alan Fugler in Rochester, N.Y., and learned, "Alan has largely left the life insurance business and is now administrating a healthcare outfit, the complexity of which left me puzzled."

John's latest book is entitled A Handbook ofArmenian Dialectology, and he is doing reviews on a regular basis for the New "york Times and, more often, for the (London) Times Literacy Supplement.

Word arrived that Tom Cooper was recently elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, representing the state's 45,000 (yes 45,000) lawyers. Wow! If you're looking for the skiing saga, you must wait for the next issue.

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