1963

Shaking hands with President Bill Clinton recently was for me the thrill of a lifetime. But it pales in comparison with Dick Friedman's experiences. You remember Dick. He majored in existentialism, coached the Harvard ski team to a 1969 NCAA championship, and started a realestate business in Boston. Well, Dick's business grew dramatically, as has his sphere of contacts. In fact, last August when President Clinton vacationed at Martha's Vineyard, he and his family resided at the 50-acre Oyster Pond estate of—you guessed it—Dick Friedman. A Clinton fundraiser in 1992, Dick reportedly ran into Bill and Hillary in the summer of' 93 when the presidential couple stayed at the estate of Robert McNamara near Dick's estate. Dick is a high-profile Boston developer of Hyatt Hotels, retail shopping malls, 175 Federal St., Charles Square, and Harborlights Pavilion. He's also involved with Gap stores in several ventures. Friends include Barbara Streisand, Cheryl Tiegs, Gregory Peck, Paula Zahn, and writer David Mamet, who's cast him as an academic in a film just out, Oleamia. Dick's son Alex attends Columbia.

Talk about chichi. Mike Geller has been named president of Calvin Klein Footwear in New York. He's got a long background in the biz from executive posts with Andrew Geller Inc., manufacturers and marketers of domestic and imported footwear, and later U.S. Shoe. Mike lives in Atlantic Beach on Long Island with wife Karolyne. Children Greg 28 and Amanda 26 live in Seatde.

Another exec making it to the top is Jay Olin, Groton, Mass., who was appointed president and CEO of Commerce Bank & Trust Cos., a $l6O-million, five-branch community bank based in Worchester. He was formerly executive vice president and senior loan officer of South Shore Bank in Quincy, recently merged into the Bank of Boston.

Two class journalists have reached important rungs in their careers. Dave Boldt, former editorial editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, now writes a twice-weekly column; and Lenny Levitt, police reporter for Newsday, can be read every Monday in his own column, "One Police Plaza—Confidential."

Ken and Karen Siedler, formerly of Westport, Conn., have joined the Battleboro, Vt., office ofMartocci and Henry Real Estate Inc. as residential marketing agents. They will live in Spofford Lake, N.H. Ken was a product marketing and support executive for IBM for 28 years.

Mike Rie, professor of anesthesiology and surgery at the University of Kentucky, is working on a proposal on health-insurance reforms. He's also consulting in Denver on insurance for emergency-care patients. Mike's son Marc is finishing up at the University of Massachusetts and working in recycling for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Alike Prince's wife, Jeanne, won gold and silver medals as a bicycle racer in the recent International Transplant Games at Emory University in Atlanta. Jeanne, who bicycles with Mike all over the world, is the beneficiary of a kidney transplant. While in Atlanta, the Princes visited with Bob Silventnan, chairman and CEO of the Winter Construction Company. The Princes live in Lyme, N.H., where Mike directs all information services for the Burlington Coat Factory.

Rich Edelson's daughter Rebecca '93 has started at Sackler Medical School in Israel.

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President Clinton and his family vacationed at the Oyster Pond estate of Dick Friedman. HARRY ZLOKOWER