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The July 16-18 V-12 Reunion in Hanover was held in cool but sunny weather, and it seemed to be a resounding success. Our classmates Ed Grady,Townes Harris, and Dick Hollerith had a lot to do with that. Just about 100 Navy and Marine V-12's who are affiliated with '47 attended, along with another 100 in other classes from '45 to '48. This must be a record number of '47s assembled, and should give our class a good boost towards our 50th in June, 1997. Let's keep the momentum and the friendships. The details of the event will be carried in a Grady-O-Gram.

Turning to less recent news, we hope Russ Pfaff and family have only scrapbook pictures to remind them of Hurricane Andrew's devastation. Joe Eisaman passed on Russ's report plus pictures of the unbelievable damage and power of Andrew. A roof on a nearby home sailed 100 yards to wipe out three of Russ's rooms plus a patio, and several of their fine trees were lost. Russ says it is all back in shape now, but it was costly.

The Work of Human Hands: Hardy Hendren and Surgical Wonder at Children'sHospital is a book by G. Wayne Miller which you may wish to read. Dr. HardyHendren has performed over 20,000 operations during a 30-year career at Children's Hospital in Boston. He has re-defined the leading edge of surgical innovation, rebuilding organs and little bodies of children who are without hope.

Business Week, July 12, 1993, tells us that Northern Telecom Ltd. has had rough times, not least of all forgetting how to please their customers. Now, O.Bradford Butler, our OB, has been appointed Chairman of Northern. OB will be putting the "custom" back into "customer," just as he did as Chairman of Proctor & Gamble.

Dave Stahl continues his appreciation of fine music as he joins the board of trustees of the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. No mention of David retiring from the dental business, though.

Walter Peterson has been president of Franklin Pierce College since 1975. He had plenty of time for outside activities, however. Here is at least a partial list of recent awards Walter has received for a lifetime of dedication to ideals and principles:

• The 14th Robert Frost Contemporary American Award for hard work and devotion to northern New England.

• An award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

• An award from the Alumni Association of Plymouth State College.

Norm Fink and Helen are moving to North Carolina. We'll need to hear all about this, Norm.

David Shribman '76, son of Dick andNorma, was elected to Dartmouth's Board of Trustees in Tune.

This year's presidential intern, in President Freedman's office, is Kenric Tsethlikai '94, a Native American from New Mexico and an outstanding student, perhaps the most remarkable in our long program. You'll meet him during our mini-reunion October 22-23.

Our closing lines note the passing of JoeFlounders in August, 1992. Details will appear in a later issue.

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