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Great news from Dave Godschalk at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was recently awarded the __!! Stephen Baxter endowed chair by UNC. Dave has been on the faculty there since 1969 and is currently conducting research on the effectiveness of state planning and implementation of hurricane, flood, and earthquake hazard mitigation under the 1988 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. He also teaches graduate courses on land use and environmental planning, site and project planning, and development-dispute resolution. He has published extensively in the field and is considered one of the leading authorities in the nation on this vital subject. Congratulations from the class to Dave.

What a terrific letter from Hank Fry reminiscing about Dartmouth football, the camaraderie, and the encouragement the team received from others when things were "down." Hank was kind enough to send us a copy of a recent letter to BuddyTeevens '79, now coaching at Tulane, in which he related the story of how a couple of upperclass footballers helped him through some tough problems during his first year in football, and how that kept him pointed to achieve the wonderful things we saw of Hank on the football field during the remaining three years in Hanover. The two upperclassmen were Buddy's Dad, Gene Teevens, and another '5l best known to this writer as "Halloran the Greater." That kind of story is great. If you have one, send it in.

Some sad news: we lost Pud Harrison. Dr. Pud succumbed to a rare cancer of the blood, dysproteinemia, after a long illness. Pud had an extensive tenure at the Mayo Clinic and became a professor of medicine there in 1979. He was nationally known for his research in heart valve disease. His most rewarding work was with the Mayo Outreach Programs in lowa, where his knowledge and skill as a cardiologist were provided to those in need. Pud was part of the Topliff gang during our first two years; he was a good friend who will be missed. Dow Mills, secretary of 1927, was kind enough to get the information on Pud's passing to us. Thank you, Dow.

An old friend, Angus Cunningham, hung up his teaching spur at Western New Mexico, where he has headed the Natural Science Department for many years. Angus earned a doctorate in geology from Arizona in 1964 and has focused his entire career on teaching, as has his wife, Paula. At Dartmouth Angus majored in geology and was last heard heading west in search of vast mineral deposits"heard" in that he was probably more famous for bagpipe playing at Dartmouth than for chasing rocks. Angus plans to stay close to WNMU, teach a class now and then, fish, hunt, and play them bagpipes. Bring them to the mini at Harbour Ridge in 1995, Angus, or certainly to the 45th in '98.

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