1978

Neil McCarthy is likely to be the Democratic candidate for New York's 19th Congressional District seat (Westchester and environs). Pro-choice, advocate of rebuilding the infrastructure, and a father of two, Neil is set to oust Republican Hamilton Fish, a fixture in Congress since "Bonanza" was the #1 show on TV (And if it's the same Hamilton Fish who was Secretary of State under Grant, then it's definitely time for a change.)

Will Fraizer was hoping to make the 14th Reunion. Instead he saw to it on June 27 that Chevron Overseas Petroleum put into operation Papua New Guinea's first oil-pro-duction-and-export system. Elsewhere in the eastern hemisphere, Mickey Levitan is in his fifth year as director of Save the Children in Thailand. "My Peace Corps friends wonder why I went to business school," says Mickey, and my business school friends don't understand why I went into international development." Mickey's program helps rural communities meet their basic human needs. But it also teaches them to manage their resources, their agriculture, and ultimately their own economic development.

Drew Rockwell is helping his state's educational system as head of the Vermont Business Roundtable Committee, a group of 130 big wheels Drew is New England Telephone's vice president for Vermont studying the feasibility of school choice. The roundtable thinks the idea has merit. The NEA (the teachers' union) hates it. But then, the NEA also hates such public-spirited offerings as The Edison Project and Channel One, which come from my company. I think Drew is onto something.

Nick Lowery has widened his lead as the most accurate field-goal kicker who ever lived. In his 13-year NFL career Nick has made 284 field goals in 358 tries for an inhuman success rate of 79.33 percent. The Number-two guy on the list, Morten Andersen of the Saints, is more than two points behind (77.22) on fewer kicks (217 out of 281). Since 1989 Nick has also been working on Adult Role Models for Youth (ARMY), his program that matches quality adults to work with at-risk youth in conjunction with 23 agencies in Kansas City.

On the subject of the NFL, remember to look for Pete Maglathlin and his son P.J. on the Cincinnati Bengals sidelines on October 18. They'll be visiting Pete's sister Leslie and her husband, Bengals head coach Dave Shula (both Dartmouth '81s).

You might have seen Valerie Steele on "Good Morning America" and "Adam Smith's Moneyworld" discussing fashion photography and fashion magazines. Her most recent book is Women of Fashion: 20th Century Designers (Rizzoli, 1991). Nalini and Anil DeSilva recently transcoasted, moving from the South Bronx to San Francisco, where Anil is director of residence education for UCSF's Department of Anesthesiology. Steve Bova is doing research on prostate cancer at Johns Hopkins; he has the distinction of working as both a pathologist and a neurologist. And ChuckConte's sister Lisa, the founder of Shaman Pharmaceuticals, was mentioned in The New Yorker's profile of Harvard ethnobotany pioneer Richard Schultes. I suspect that Lisa's natural potions are a hit at any party.

Don Perkins signed on as the executive vice president of Binax Inc., a biotech company in South Portlalnd, Maine, specializing in human-health, animal-health, and environmental diagnostic tests. He and Nancy have three kids—Rosemary 5, Eben 3, and Galen 1 and they're talking about more. They might talk to Douglas Murphy. He and Pamela Watson are raising five kids (14,9, 8,7, and 4) and expecting another in August. Now in his 15th year with the New York State Tax Department, Douglas bought a home in Chester, Pa., last October, but keeps an apartment in the South Bronx. In the rookie category, Mollyand Scott Marber had their first child, Max, on May 29, and David and Nancy (Mayer)Freedman had theirs, Mack Hollander Freedman, on June 27.

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