1977

Congratulations to all of us for a great effort with the Alumni Fund. We gave $122,881 from 456 classmates to establish new records for our class in several categories. I know the College creates as many categories as possible so each class always feels successful in these things, but, still, a great response.

In the course of speaking with Leslie EmbsBradford about the Fund drive, I got her to give me some tidbits about classmates. JohnNorton and his family have made themselves at home in Aspen since moving from Crested Butte. John's new sport is supposedly terrorizing the locals on his motorcycle. All of those furs could make for some expensive road kill. Nicole Lewis recently moved to London with her three sons and lawyer husband. I can't think of families in London without picturing Mary Poppins and Peter Pan. That speaks volumes about my current reading list. Not mentioned last column was that Dee Dee Granzow, also in London, had asked Leslie and Phil Andrych to be their U.S.-based godparents for new son James. Very global, Dee Dee. Thanks again, Leslie, for the news and all your work in shepherding the Alumni Fund.

From the Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly comes the announcement of John Tarantino being named chairman of a three-member governing panel to oversee Adler, Pollock & Sheehan. John is also head of the firm's litigation department.

An article from the San Francisco Examiner mentioned that Linda Bannon Hannan is president and CEO of Independent Television News. Linda started this company in 1986 and recently negotiated a longterm contract with the Sports Channel to provide all technical and production facilities for this cable network. Additionally, AT&T awarded her their Achievement Award for her work in this field. Linda, have you considered changing your first name to Shannon? Catchy, I think.

My deadline dialing led to some interesting conversations. I caught up with Robin Barnett at her job at San Francisco SAFE. Robin organizes community safety programs like Neighborhood Watch and Earthquake Preparedness. Last spring she and several other classmates gathered in Washington for the Gay/Lesbian Rights March that drew some hundreds of thousands of people. She said it was particularly satisfying to go back, having attended die same march in 1987. Robin also caught up with new Trustee Susan Dentzer when she was there.

I called Bend, Ore., and found Elma Acuna at home watching her son fishing in the river out back. Elma and her husband, Mark, have lived there for IS years and are expecting their third son any day. Elma is a registered nurse, but next month she's looking forward to getting some nursing help from EllenWinter, who is coming over from Idaho to be a mother's helper after the baby arrives. Ellen, if you're reading this, Mary and I could use some help down here.

Howard Bannister and I talked for a while about his life in Albion, Mich. On the home- front, he and his wife, Christy, are learning the joys of parenthood with their two young daughters. When they are not caring for them, they spend a tremendous amount of time with other people's kids. Howard runs a residential treatment program for delinquent youths in their community and Christy teaches at a school for learning-impaired students. He has also just received funding for a program to work with "at-risk" kids in building better ethical standards and work habits. It all sounds really terrific and challenging.

That's all for now.

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