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Let's get ready to rum-bll-lle! Plans are well underway for our 15th Reunion, the 'weekend of June 16-18. Reunion chairs AnneMunves Malenka, CarlaBoehm Sloan, and Ed Sloan are planning a host of activities. They are even toying with a Thursday pre-reunion gathering. After all, we only get to do this once every five years. Might as well make die most of it. Although planning is in the early stages, one thing is certain—the gathering will be child friendly. Barbecues and a picnic will highlight the weekend.

To jump-start the reunion planning, Class President Cathy McGrath organized a planning meeting at Mt. Moosilauke's Ravine Lodge at the end of July. The turnout was fantastic.

Here's the scoop on those in attendance: Katie Wiley Laud, who recently had her third child, Martha Blis Laud. Katie and her husband, Paul, are calling her Maisie. SueGreen Spagnola also had another baby. She and her husband live in Wellesley, Mass., and have a weekend house in Quechee, Vt. JudyReardon is in charge of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Judy, who works out of the New Hampshire office, has quite a challenge—like trying to run a casino in Tehran. Ken Haldenstein has moved to Mamaroneck, N.Y., and is doing graduate work in organizational policy with an emphasis on conflict resolution. Peace Corps veterans George Lester and his wife, Blanche, showed up with their son Benjamin and a fall array of gear—mountain bikes, gas stoves, mess kits, and pitons. Although equipped to scale Mt. Washington, they settled for Mt. Moosilauke. Laura Giuliano Lattanzi brought her two children. Laura, who sells life insurance, lives in Milton, Mass., with her husband, Orazio.

For her part, Cathy brought along her daughter Carrie and her two dogs. Cathy's husband, Bill, a big Stephen King fan, recently took a job at Deerfield Academy. They now live in Greenfield, Mass., near Amherst. Cathy remains a consultant with Marts & Lundy.

One of the highlights of the weekend was a Sunday hike up Mt. Cube (not to be confused with the backgammon tournament of the same name). The hike turned out to be quite a challenge, especially for those with small children. At the outset Cathy advised the hikers, "When you get to a fork in 'the trail, take it." Cathy's advice notwithstanding, everyone arrived safely back at the trailhead.

Class Secretary Emeritus Wade Herring now lives quietly in Savannah, Ga. Wade continues to practice employment law at Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, which with 44 lawyers is the largest firm in Georgia outside Atlanta. Wade practices employment law and spends most of his time defending corporations against baseless claims of sexual harassment and age discrimination—or so Wade claims. He and his wife, Susan, have two children, Wade 111 and Kathleen 3. Wade, as always a veritable fountain of news, provided the following tidbits.

In July Carol Burns Duke gave birth to twin girls. Carol and her husband, Tom Duke '8l, live in Gaithersburg, Md. Carol is an in house counsel at Bechtel, tire larg-e engineer- ing and construction firm.

Tom Chapin works for Vanguard, the mutual-fund company. Tom lives in Phoenixville, Pa., with his wife, Kate, and their children Emily and Colin.

In keeping with worldwide trends, this column is "going global." News from around the globe: After five years as Peter Lynch's righthand-man at Fidelity Investments, Danny Auerbach moved to Hong Kong, where he is managing a chain of exclusive hotels throughout Asia. For reservations call 1-800-GOTAYEN.

And remember, "You can see a lot by just looking."—Yogi

The following notes were faxed in by DanZenkelfor inclusion in the Summer issue but disappeared due to fax or human error and did notrun. The editors apologize for the error and anybad feelings that may have resulted.—Ed.

Column contributor Rob Daisley reports that Jim Puiia a financial analyst and healthcare consultant, recendy visited him in Tampa, where Jim was attending a convention sponsored by Ernst & Young, the large accounting firm. According to Rob, Jim was being wooed by several firms, which were most impressed by Jim's top-of-the line pocket protector.

Dave Lightle's career has been most unique. Here are some of the highlights, brought to you courtesy of the Tipp City Ohio Herald, where David recently gave a lunch time presentation at Tony's Ribs and Chicken on Main Street. The first American to study in both the Soviet Union (Leningrad State University, 1978) and the People's Republic of China (Beijing University, 1980), David spent the four years following his graduation from Dartmouth as a special assistant to the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan. In 1988 he joined the newly established Taipei office of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide as business-development director, and in 1990 he opened his own marketing-communications consulting firm in Taipei. In July 1992 he returned to government service to take over as general consultant on Taiwan's five-year plan to create a new image for the Made in Taiwan label. I'm not sure what the old image is, but I presume it isn't good.

Daniela Weiser-Varon has been selected to participate in the Drama League's Director's Project in 1994, one of the foremost programs for the development of directing talent. Daniela and the three other finalists were selected from among 200 applicants. The participants will meet with key industry figures and artists, have two assistant-directing assignments, and direct a one-act play for presentation in New York.

Stuart Sarnoff was recently named a partner at the international law firm of Morgan Lewis and Baccheus. Stuart, a litigator, is still something of a hoops fanatic. Over the past ten years he has suited up in 1,271 New York lawyer's league games, a record that may never be broken. Stuart and his wife, Gwenn, are expecting their second child. Stuart also told me that Russel Davis is composing and performing his own work in various bistros around the New York metropolitan area.

Tom Turnbull and his father operate a bar in Ligonier, Pa., by the name of Bulls Tavern. Word had it that a patron recently called Bulls and asked to speak with Bull. "Big Bull or Little Bull?" was the reply. Tom, a.k.a "Little Bull," is also a member of the Ligonier school board.

Mitch Gibson has been appointed executive director of commercial development, programs, and facilities at the Audubon Biomedical Science and Technology Park, a project of Columbia University which is being developed at a site at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Mitch will direct the overall commercial development of the projected fivebuilding, $300-million complex of commercial and university biomedical research facilities. According to Mitch, "Audubon will add to Columbia's scientific strength, help the New York economy, enhance American competitiveness, and increase health-care treatments. " Sounds to me like four or five of these, and we can all go home. Mitch and his wife, Brando, live in Brooklyn.

Dana Cetlin is running for a second term as a town meeting member of the Brookline, Mass., town council. This is a parttime board responsible for a $ 100-million municipal budget. Dana is also a former member of the Brookline rent-control board and was its chairman from 1992 to 1993. He is a practicing attorney in his spare time.

Margaret Coughlin LaPage is an attorney with the law firm of Pierce Atwood Scribner Allen Smith & Lancaster in Portland, Maine. Meg is an expert on sexual harassment and recendy spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the subject. She was also scheduled to appear at a recent performance of a David Mamet play, Oleanna, to discuss the issue.

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