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Don Brief continues to play a good round of golf. Beth sent me a newspaper clipping back in September reporting that Don had qualified for the 39th U.S. Senior Amateur golf tournament to be held at the Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Va. This was Don’s third try at qualifying, having served as first alternate the last two years. Beth, why have you not called me with the results?

Class Treasurer Charlie Morrison has made his annual appeal for prompt forward- ing of class dues. In addition to the basic dues of $3O, he asks each of us to voluntarily con- trihutc SI 5 to fund the class project. Since 1985 the class has sponsored two internships annu- ally at the Rockefeller Center. This very worthwhile venture now costs $1,700 per internship, and Charlie hopes that we will respond favorably to the slight increase from die $lO requested since the inception of the program.

40th Reunion—what is there to say that isn’t already being said by jerry Goldstein, ClarkDavis, and sundry other publicists? Next June’s three-day event will be memorable, and I urge you to be there. We are assured that all Alumni Fund solicitations will have been completed beforehand: that in itself will add to the carefree atmosphere.

Highlights of the Dartmouth Night/Har- vard Weekend: a gathering of classmates and families that is always great fun. The tradi- tional pre-parade cocktail reception and buf- fet, torchlight parade, bonfire, and post-bon- fire reception were enjoyed by all. On Satur- day morning Jerry Goldstein presided over a class meeting attended by officers, members of the executive committee, and other class- mates on hand for the weekend.

An indeterminate number of those who had lunch at Le verone Field House before the game supplemented their fare with Bloody Marys provided by Donna and Clark Davis. As many ofyou know, this award-winning con- coction descends from Clark’s grandmother’s recipe for Maude’s Oldjuice. After the game, another cocktail reception, and then on to Carol and Steve Mullins’ farmhouse in Nor- wich, Vt. A wonderful crowd of classmates, wives, dates, and guests over-indulged in a sumptuous buffet and then worked off the unneeded calories during the square dance on Steve’s indoor basketball court.

Phyllis and I had the pleasure of meeting Rod Rockfeller’ s son Peter and his wife, Alli- son, at the National Arts Club in New York City. The occasion was a presentation by the biographer Bernice Kert on her book AhbyAldrich Rockefeller: The Woman In The Fami-ly. A very interesting presentation regarding the first major work on that aspect of the Rockefeller family and the impact Abby Aldrich (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller) had on our country’s cultural life. She was “a pioneer collector and a driving force behind the cre- ation of the Museum of Modem Art. And then, through her gifts to Colonial Williamsburg, she stirred a new appreciative awareness of American folk art.”

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