1976

In my zeal to get away and get an early start on my summer tan I almost missed my deadline for this column. If this seems rushed, that's why Fortunately, I received some news from the Alumni Records Office. Otherwise there was precious little to report. Without the cooperation of my fellow officers, I would be in big trouble; so, people, send news!

Although he no longer plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, Reggie Williams continues to impress his fans off the field. As director of community relations for this year's Super Bowl, Reggie led the NFL's efforts to assist the citizens of riot-torn South-Central Los Angeles. Reggie now lives in New Rochelle, N.Y., and he has been general manager of the New York Knights for the (I believe) no-longer-active World Football League. Reggie, send a note to fill us in on your current activities.

John Eldredge was recently named treasurer of the board of directors of New England Businesses for Social Responsibility, headquartered in Hanover. John, who lives in Cumberland Center, Maine, is a principal with Commonwealth Marketing (Portland), a business consulting firm.

In December Lawrence Nichols was appointed curator of European painting and sculpture before 1900 at The Toledo Museum of Art. Previously he was associate curator of the John G.Johnson Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he had worked since 1987. Lawrence ("Pud") and his wife, Carol, have two sons, Peter and Theodore.

Carlton Jenkins, a native of Los Angeles, is the managing director of Founder's National Bank of Los Angeles, which is the state's only African-American owned bank. Founder's was launched about two years ago with capital from Carl's grandfather. The bank is committed to serving its South-Central L. A. neighborhood, and it recently received a strong boost from Arco, also based in L.A. Arco agreed to make a substantial investment in Founder's, enhancing the bank's capacity for making loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs in areas affected by the spring riots in the city. Since he is an officer of one of only 40 minorityowned banks in the country, and one which appears to be on the road to success, I suspect we might see more news of Carlton on the business pages in years to come.

I know that in November George Jepsen ran for re-election to the State Senate in Connecticut; unfortunately, I don't know the outcome of the race. Hopefully, George, you were able to avoid the tide of anti-incumbency, particularly in a year when Connecticut adopted an income tax for the first time. Let us know how you did!

I'll end, again, with a plea for communication. It is hard to report news if you don't have any, and, good intentions notwithstanding, I'm not likely to dig for it by making frantic phone calls. So please help me out!

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