1976

As I write these notes, a good stout North Pacific gale is pounding on the windows 40°, torrential rains, and 50 knot winds. Just another nice fall day here on the north- ern edge of the continent. The mailbox, at least, was warmed up by a letter from Boca Raton, Fla. Melanie Renchner Kaminet-sky and family relocated there from New York City recendy when spouse Bemie, an internist, joined a "multi-specialty group practice." Melanie and Bernie have three children, ranging from two and a half to eight. I imagine lots of swimming and sailing lessons are in their future.

Speaking of New Yorkers, Amy Gillenson was kind enough to look us up when she passed through Juneau on a cruise this summer. The weather was pretty good that day, so we packed the kid into the backpack and took Amy for a hike up into Perseverance Basin. Tina and I learned all about the pitfalls of illegal subletting in the City ("don't" was Amy's hard-earned advice). In exchange we showed Amy a waterfall and told her not to buy any of the plastic totem poles on sale downtown.

Several other classmates faxed threats to visit but nobody else showed up. Nancy KepesJeton and Peter Jeton, on the other hand, were visited by Jeff Reed and Trey Howard in the course of what I can only assume was an epic wine-tasting trip through France. Trey is an eye surgeon in Cincinnati, and Jeff runs his own company in the Upper Valley.

The formerly peripatetic Jetons still live in Paris's 16th Arondissement with neighbors who include Cheryl Newman, Charlie Wise '78, and Mike and Nicole Montgomery. The size of this expatriate colony confirms my suspicion that John Rassias was much more of an influence on our class than Eleazar Wheelock. Enclosed with Nancy's letter was a snapshot of the aptly named "Green T earn," a youth soccer team filled with assorted happylooking small fry who are coached by Charlie and Mike, and undoubtedly sponsored by Pouligny-Montrachet.

Larry Rosenshein parlayed his Asian studies major into an appointment as director of the Office of International Business for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Larry has been involved in many aspects of international trade in both the public and private sectors, and he did a stint in Washington on the staff of Representative Millicent Fenwick, who I think was immortalized in the "Doonesbury" comic strip as the Hon. Lacey Davenport. Brushes with fame aside, Larry and spouse Katie Scott live in Montclair, N.J., with their three children.

Bryan Mattimore has published a new book, 99% Inspiration: Liberating Your Business Creativity. I'm not sure that an unsuspecting world is ready for any more creative juices from the class of' 7 already got the distressed-leather football and airlineguilt markets locked up—but if it is, Bryan's the guy to do it.

Tom Ruegger may not need the book since he has won a number of awards, including four Emmy Awards, for his creative animation work (that's cartoons to the rest of us) at Hanna Barberra and Filmations. Among other projects, Tom worked on the "Flintstones 25th Anniversary Special" and "Batman: the Animated Movie."

I made a pledge to stop mentioning KennyMonteiro in this column, at least until he starts sending those sawbucks again, but the Cosllege sent a clipping that can't be passed up. In an interview with his hometown paper about his time at an unnamed "prestigious private college," Dr. Ken replied (and I quote), "People hallucinate about how well I did."

That's it for the news this month. Thanks to those who wrote and sent faxes—please send more!

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Emmywinning animatorTom Rueggerworked on TheFlintstones 25thAnniversary Specialand Batman: TheAnimated Movie.DICK MONKMAN '76