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This month’s citation of honor goes to Trip Dorkey, who was die first to turn in his report, “What I Did on My Summer Vacation.” He wrote as follows: “This summer in Maine my kids and I visited with DennisBrown and Anne Marie Valloti along with their children Joseph and Laura. In addition, Peter Donovan, his wife, Claudia, and their two children, Christine and Jimmy, visited us in Maine.”

But Trip was not totally absorbed all sum- mer with navigating- the shoals of Maine’s coast. He also coordinated the appointment of Preston Conklin as the editor of our 25 th Reunion yearbook. This book will be a wor- thy companion to your Green Book, so Pre- ston and his cadre of assistants will certainly appreciate everyone’s cooperation in respond- ing to requests for biographical updates. Pre- ston has a big job ahead, but the result will undoubtedly be the most treasured souvenir of our reunion experience.

Finally, Trips reports that he saw TedMcConnell in New York during the Demo- cratic Convention. At the time Ted was extremely committed to Clinton’s cause and very excited about the possibilities. Ted went on to work on the Clinton-Gore campaign as finance chair for western Pennsylvania. More recently he’s signed on as lawyer-in-chief at the Transportation Department’s Federal High- way Administration. The move to Washing- ton left a void at the Pittsburgh headquarters of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, where Ted had worked for 14 years specializing in corporate law. Ted, we hope your willingness to partic- ipate in the political process has finally proven worthwhile after 12 years of silently enduring the Reagan and Bush administrations.

Tom Ostermueller has also made a major career move. You will recall that Tom worked in recent years for Bristol-Myers Squibb, man- aging the oncology group, and then as vice pres- ident of the firm’s Mead Johnson Nutritional Group. This spring our man was appointed executive vice president and chief operating offi- cer for the New York Blood Center. The Cen- ter is a not-for-profit organization, but its sheer size is sure to benefit from an infusion of entre- preneurial spirit courtesy of Tom. He’ll be directing a SI 15-million enterprise which processes about 10 percent of the nation’s blood and serves about 250 hospitals in the Northeast with a staff of 1,000 employees. Tom will keep busy relocating certain opera- tions and seeking opportunities to improve delivery time, accuracy, and freshness.

Finally I have abject apologies for John Wolf, whose name was misspelled in not one but two recent columns. If that weren’t bad enough, I claimed his wife was Margery, when in fact she is Mahela. This is the stuff of a class secretary’s worst nightmares. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

In any event the Wolfs are thriving, and John reports that “Kuala Lampur is a delight- ful posting, and Malaysia is an economic and political success too rarely noted or appreci- ated by Americans.” Classmates (and even I am forgiven) are always welcome to visit.

Thanks for setting the record straight, John. Next time there’s a slow news day around here I’ll have to remember that false reports can flush out some useful news.

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