1974

Now we're into winter, and I'm already waiting impatiently for the spring thaw and struggling to avoid the clutches of seasonal-affective disorder. It isn't easy to come back to the Eastern winters after living for two years in balmy Arizona. But it does build character (or so they say). Having returned to parttime schooling for a master's in public health at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, I recall well those winter days spent hiding in the stacks or at Sanborn between meals. And the two-week period during February sophomore year when the mercury never got above zero.

It was a surprising treat to find classmate Jay Conger quoted and referenced in the chapter on leadership in one of my textbooks on managing health-services organizations. As a professor at the McGill University School of Management, Jay has been widely published on the subject, including an article for The Executive, entitled "The art of inspiring others: The Language of Leadership" (1991), and "Charismatic Leadership: The Elusive Factor in Organizations" (1988). According to Jay, charismatic leaders typically have a vision for the organizations they lead, strong convictions about the correctness of the vision, and great self-confidence about their ability to realize the vision, and are perceived by their followers as agents of change. In the face of the emerging corporate re-engineering revolution, sounds like the right stuff, Jay.

In October Charlie Bass was in the thick of a Congressional race as the Republican candidate for the second-district seat in New Hampshire. His campaign slogan was, "From new Hampshire, For New Hampshire." (You can't really argue with that.) Charlie's dad, Perkins, held this seat from 1955 to 1963, his grandfather, Robert, was New Hampshire governor from 1911 to 1913, and his greatgreat-uncle, Jeremiah Smith, was the state's governor from 1809 to 1810. Living in Peterborough with his wife, Lisa, and two children, Charlie is currently vice president of High Standards Inc. [Not for long he won! ed.]

Bill Raynor, the 13 th all-time leading scorer for Dartmouth basketball, has been appointed basketball head coach for Holy Cross. Billy's long list of credentials includes assistant coaching positions at Harvard (1978-80), Brown (1980-88), and Holy Cross (1988-94). He has been active on the international basketball scene, acting as a consultant to the Chilean Olympic Committee, and also was director of the Boston Amateur Athletic Union, where he coached local squads against the Russian and Yugoslavian Junior National teams. His 12 year-old daughter is named Kamilah.

Newmarket, a specialty-foods distributor in Millburn, N.J., recently named NoelThompson as general manager. Sounds very fattening, Noel. Noel and his wife, Nancy, reside in Ridgewood, N.J.

A reminder to Big Apple '74s: The Dartmouth Club of N.Y.C. meets frequently at the Yale Club in Mid Town (phone (212) 986-3232), most recently in November for a reading of Chas Carner's Roseweed by Jennifer Leigh Warren '77.

I alluded to the possibility of an interim class get-together in last month's column. MikeDraznik is open to suggestions, so send them to me or the other class officers, and we'll be sure Draz gets them. Buck Becker and TomLudlow gently remind classmates to get their class dues in, if late. Finally, will the anonymous caller (perhaps from the class of '77?) who left a verbatim recitation of Cheech and Chong's "Let's Make a Dope Deal" please identify himself? Happy Holidays to all.

#203 PPE, 6565 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204