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Bob Farmer was up there on the podium at the Democratic National Con vention for the second time in a row, this time as treasurer of the Bill Clinton campaign. Bob held the same post with Michael Dukakis four years ago, and in between was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. He got to know Clinton in 1985, and the two of them made some minor history together in 1988. When Dukakis had to skip -a huge California fundraiser because his wife was undergoing neck surgery, Bob got Clinton to sub. Then, Bob arranged for Clinton to nominate Dukakis at the 1988 convention in a speech famous for its length. Four years ago, Bob says he thought the country was looking for competence in a president. This time, he thinks, it's looking for leadership talent, and he thinks he's fundraising for the winner.

As I said last month, I'll print all the election opinions y'all send me. Ross Perot collapsed as a presidential candidate before all of our dads of 1992 graduates got their say. New York investment banker Mickey Straus, who leaned the most strongly pro-Perot, now is tilting toward Clinton-Gore. Mickey considers himself a Republican but voted against Bush in 1988 because of his selection of Dan Quayle. Mickey's son Scott was a creative writing major, DOC member, women's issues activist, and a squash player at Dartmouth and wants to get into book publishing.

and plans to go to Yale's graduate school of management. George, a lawyer in Baltimore, called it rightest of anybody on Perot: "a snowball that will melt in summer." In late July, with Clinton 30 points ahead, George said he thought the race would tighten considerably as voters began wondering how Clinton would pay for his economic program.

Al Roberts, an accountant and manager of a New York law firm, said he'd find it hard to vote for any Democrat and said President Bush's experience should count in his favor. Al's daughter Ashley was a government major and is on her way to NYU law school. She found Dartmouth "tough on women," but is glad she went. Russ Brooks's daughter Sarah graduated with highest distinction in art history and is now enrolled in NYU's Institute of Fine Arts. Russ is a litigation attorney with Milbank-Tweed in New York.

Other news: Our class topped all others in our age group in 1992 Alumni fundraising, with $222,000 in gifts from 486 classmates and 69-percent participation. Roger Zissu was elected president of the Copyright Societyofthe U.S.A And Gail Warden, president and CEO of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, was honored with a B'nai B'rith national health-care award at a dinner in June. Gail has been a hospital administrator for 30 years and is on the board of the Dartmouth Medical School.

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