1974

It's hard to believe that as students we could help form each others' careers. In Butterfield dorm one sunny winter day, Bo Shenberger, Bruce Williamson, and others conspired to fill the tiny but impeccable room of David Shribman '76 with crumpled newspaper. The last bits were thrown in as one of the gang slipped through Shribman's first-floor window; every inch of the room was filled with the Boston Globe, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

So there we were, David Shribman and I, nearly 20 years later, drinking a Coke and eating Brunswick Stew at the Fresh-air Barbb-que in Jackson, Ga. Dave was covering President-elect Clinton's town meeting in Decatur, Ga., as national political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Now he's chief of the Boston Globe's Washington bureau. That room full of newspapers obviously made its mark. David and his wife, Cindy Skrzycki, and daughters Elizabeth 4 and Natalie 1 reside in Washington.

Congratulations to Herman P. Laturnau, elected executive vice president of Fred C. Church Inc., one of the largest privately-held insurance agencies in New England. After Dartmouth Herman earned his M.B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire. In addition to his position with Fred Church Inc., Herman also serves as treasurer and director of the firm's New Hampshire joint-venture, CMPN Insurance Group Ltd. Herman and his wife, Mary, and daughters Alison and Lindsey live in Londonderry, N.H.

Cameron Rashti reports from London that he and his wife, Soussan, and six-year-old son Cyrus have been in the United Kingdom for the last three years. He is the associate principal with Perkins & Will, Architects. Cameron heads the new office/retail facilities on the Canary Wharf project in London.

What is the real scoop on Fritz Ledbetter? Fritz and his wife, Becky, and children Andrew and Brooke (3), left San Diego and moved to San Antonio in 1989. Quite a change of location after living in Anchorage for 35 years. Fritz will sit for the Texas Bar Examination and plans to practice commercial and residential real-estate sales.

I am so envious of Rick Ranger. While I was sweltering in the hot Georgia summer, Rick and Cathy and son Owen were sea kayaking and salmon fishing in Shuyak State Park, an island in the Kodiak archipelago. Then a trip to Vancouver for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's annual' Summer Institute, where he saw Dave Johnson. Dave is chief legal officer for Ventures Trident, a partnership which provides capital to underwrite mining projects and operates other projects through company subsidiaries. Also at the meeting was Paul Strohl, who has recently moved his law practice from Dallas to the Houston firm of Baker & Hostetler. Paul specializes in composing natural gas agreements and contracts.

Don Casey made a lifestyle change when he moved from Chicago to Kingman, Ariz., to practice internal medicine. Don's office is 60 seconds from his front door and from the hospital. He has already hiked 40 miles in 16 hours through the Grand Canyon. Don was honored in Chicago as the 1991 Young Internist of the Year by the American Society of Internal Medicine. We'll look forward to hearing how Don adjusts to rural life.

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