1977

Some reflections from 36,000 feet about things I never thought I'd be doing when I left college. Flying 100,000 miles a year. Going to work at 4 a.m. each morning. Using a earphone. Carrying and using a personal computer for things other than space invaders. While these are some of the unforeseen things, some of the following items were more predictable.

Kevin Young's coaching is one of those things I could have bet on. When I caught up with his wife, Lori, at their home in Dedham, Mass., Kevin was driving their oldest son to soccer practice and had a pretty hectic week- end schedule with their other boys' teams. Between athletic practices, Kevin manages to fit in some law practice with Peabody & Arnold. Not so surprisingly, Kevin and Lori have little time to keep up with classmates but do manage to hook up with Peggy and BrianMcCloskey, Mike Brigham, Mark Berthiaume, Tom Barnaco, and their families on occasion.

Another bet I would have made was that David Woody would be as fired up today as he was in school. Dave was one of the most enthusiastic people I can remember from our class. He and his wife, Debra, are professors at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. When he's not teaching he still fits in some 1 OK runs and keeps up with the exploits of Barry Har-wick and the track team. David is also a passionate football fan who follows the college scene down in the Southwest Conference and is unashamed of rooting for a fifth straight Super Bowl appearance for his beloved Bills.

Kim Rosenau York became a lawyer right after school and is now chucking it for a career in teaching. Having done the law thing, and with two young boys in elementary school, Kim felt the urge to get involved beyond the PTA. Living in Seattle, Kim doesn't keep up with a ton of classmates, but she and husband Bruce paid a visit to Oleh Haluska last year in San Diego upon his return from a naval sabbatical.

Anybody with any suggestions for new uses for peanuts, give Dave VanVliet a call. The daughter of a friend of mine shoved one up her nose recently, but neither Dave nor I could see how to parley that into anything big. You see, Dave is now head of marketing for Planters Peanuts (and we decided he didn't need my marketing savvy). He, wife Jean, and their three kids have relocated to WinstonSalem, and although they haven't established the kind of network of friends they enjoyed in Chicago, they are enjoying the Southern hospitality and climate. Dave was looking forward to attending the mini-reunion in Hanover. He hoped to catch up with a number of his fraternity brothers like Marty Milligan and Paul Gigot, and other rugby mates who were gathering for a memorial for Toms Nicholson '75 who passed away recendy.

Fellow San Franciscan Dave Vaughn stays in touch with the VanVliets, and it sounds like things are pretty good. Both Dave and his wife, Helen, are doctors here in San Francisco, and when not practicing, they get out for some major windsurfing on the Bay and at their getaway in Maui. Dave has been through a bout with Hodgkin's disease, but hopefully things are improving on that front. I'm embarrassed to admit we have not run into them, but I try to stay away from hospitals, and I'd rather write the column than windsurf.

Until next time.

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