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By some mysterious (and incredibly circuitous route) I have just learned that David S. Smith, currently director of Continuing Education at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia), was named Pediatrician of the Year in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The announcement and a profile of Dave appeared in The Hospital News last January. Many kudos and 1,000 apologies, Dave.

Another item from the not-too-recent past is a note asserting that Keith Prouty was preparing to participate in our national capital's ten-mile Cherry Blossom Run on April 3, flanked by his sons David and Doug '81. Since the note was from Muriel Prouty, (and since Keith has a longtime addiction to marathons), we must believe this event took place. At last report Keith was still a labor specialist in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation. Why even think about retirement when you can run that far?

Continued rummaging in the bucket of old news yields a clipping from The Cape Codder sent by Gardie Bridge, not about himself, but about Trum Huntington. Trum is partner and editor of Parnassus Imprints, "a small publishing company noted for producing high-quality, good-looking regional books," according to Cape Cod reporter Edward York. It seems that shortly after Trum and Carol retired to the Cape in 1979, Trum found himself bored. Joining forces with the owner of Parnassus Books in Yarmouth, he established the publishing venture in which Trum is "CEO, editor-in-chief, and janitor." More than half of their varied catalog is made up of reprints of books that he and his partner felt shouldn't be allowed to go out of print. One of their favorites (and a best-seller at 15,000 copies) is Thoreau's Cape Cod. They bought the rights for $500 from a major publisher. If you would like their catalog, write to Parnassus Imprints at Box 335, Orleans MA 02653.

An early June communique advises that Harry Jacobs has been plucked from retirement and pressed into service as acting chairman man and CEO of the Prudential Mutual Fund Management Company. One assumes that Harry, with his long experience at Prudential Securities, could surely do that job without breaking into a sweat. He looked forward to a short tenure, "90 days, max." Well, we'll see.

Another '42 remaining active in die field is John Montagne. He has joined with five colleagues to complete his 30-year geologi- cal study in nearby Yellowstone Valley, just north of the park. They will have two sum- mers of fieldwork (including this summer) and two winters for writing it up.

Did you remember to get in touch with Huntley Allison about the October 22-23 mini-reunion?

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