1989

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One of the most exhilarating follow-up stories to cross my desk concerns BrooksEntwistle, who left his post at Goldman Sachs last November to serve as a UN electoral supervisor in Cambodia. Stationed near the Thai border, Brooks risked his life when Khmer Rouge guerrillas overran the area last May. UN officials evacuated Brooks's supervisor, but "Mr. Brooks," as he was known to the villagers, decided he could not leave after having worked for months to assure the Cambodians that the election was safe and their vote secret.

As shells and mortars blasted the town of Cheom Ksan, Brooks hid behind cement walls in the local hospital during the two-day battle between Pakistani UN peacekeepers and the Klimer Rouge. Immediately after the guerrillas withdrew, Brooks boarded a UN helicopter and set to polling work. Thanks to Brooks and his fellow volunteers, 5,400 people out of the 12,000 in his district registered to vote, and most of them cast ballots in the country's first multiparty election, bringing hope for peace to Cambodia. Congratulations to Brooks—his dedication is truly inspiring. He began studies at Harvard Business School this fall.

On the more frivolous side, I made the uncanny discovery that David Gluck and I both purchased "Billy" bookcases from New Jersey's IKEA furniture smorgasbord. Any other "Billy" owners out there? (It's an impoverished New York semi-intellectual thing.) Dave, who is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at the New School, road-tripped to Memphis for the August wedding of BetsyBarnett and Mike Batterman. The nuptials included a tour of Graceland featuring a guide who maintained that die King "doesn't" drink (note tense). Kristin Breiseth came away with a stylish Elvis shirt. When not wedding, Betsy and Mike are located in the Chicago area, where they are pursuing parallel doctorates in art history at the University of Chicago and Northwestern, with focus on twentieth century American painters and medieval Hebrew iconography, respectively.

Cat Baggia also hails presendy from Chicago, where she and her fiance moved recently. She has transferred to Northwestern Law, and her fiance (whose name was lost in the excitement of her letter's announcement) is starting an M.B.A. at Northwestern's Kellogg School. Cat sends word that Mike Conroy, a childhood friend of her fiance, resided in an "incredible house" in Quechee while interning for the Vermont State Attorney's office; I assume he's now back for his second year at Vermont Law. Brian Bone is serving in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic, and Nancy Obler, newly accepted into the Wharton Executive M.B.A. program, has been moving up the ranks at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York.

I regret having to close this column with mournful news. I learned recently that DaniaMazpule died on June 3 from an aneurism. Dania was my freshman year roommate, and we shared many amusing and surreal first-year experiences. Fellow Choaties may recall our room's terrain of sedimentary layers of laun- dry, "living" coffee, and our distinctive col- ored light bulbs. Dania was a vital, ebullient individual. She graduated in 1990 with a dou- ble major in math, and government and had been working for the last few years in Wash- ington, D.C. On behalf of our class, I extend deepest sympathy to Dania's family and friends. Her spirit will be missed.

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Stationed with the U.N. near the Thai border, Brooks Entwistle risked his life when Khmer Rouge guerillas overran the area last May. CARRIE LUI-T '89