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I am pleased to report that Jerry O'Brien's recent newsletter generated a veritable blizzard of those little green cards; and hence fodder for this column. John Kornmeier and Peter Pratt have founded a new business called Spiral Bioscience Inc. It focuses on rapid methods used in microbiology, and in commercializing those novel instruments and methods.

Steve Muller reports, "After four enjoyable years in Ottawa, I am now assigned to the U.S. Embassy in London as deputy chief of the Economic Section. My family and I naturally are looking forward to making the most of our lives in this wonderful city."

Sam Cuddeback begins his fourth year as "head of school" at Drew in San Francisco. Says Sam, "I continue to thoroughly enjoy working with students and faculty at this growing little school. It seems that there are those who love it. My wife, Meg, and I are delighted to be the parents of Sara, born in November 1992. We are expecting her sibling at Halloween '94." He also adds that "Rick Carleton and Randy Quayle are fine! P.S. Where is Charlie Silcox?"

"Who says life isn't circular?" writes RodMorgan. "After 25 years I find myself sharing a condo with my old Bones Gate fraternity brother and house manager, Fred Becker '69. We both work for Citibank, albeit in different locations, and return to our respective homes in West Hartford and Boston on weekends. Anybody after cold beer and stale pizza, give me a call in N.Y.C."

former Tabardite who's slipped into die world of management consulting. As a senior vice president of the Forum Corporation (the con- sultants and trainers, not the EST people), I've been given the task of building the business in Europe from a base in the U.K. We'll look to hear from anyone who's visiting London our house there has room for plenty of vacationers passing through!" I'll refrain, Gary, from a detailed reminiscence regarding the infamous "woo-woo peace-peace" VW microbus....

And, curiously enough, another long-lost Tabardite,Joe Semmes, surfaced this month: "My old partners in crime Mike Maynard and John Shanahan know me as Mowgli! (I was on the 6.5-year plan.) The big news here is Nellie and Ben Ben, aged nine months now, who arrived to transform our lives. Nellie is a great deal more refined and delicate, verbal, and walking. Ben is like me: a charging, non-reflecting, trophy-cup-eared bald fellow. My medical malpractice company bellied-up bankrupt in the middle of a million-dollar case. Life continues to thrill us!"

And speaking of Mr. Shanahan, word comes that he was recently named senior vice president at National Westminster Bank in New York. Congratulations, John!

Best Regards,

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