1976

Scott L. Steele was recently appointed executive director of the University/Resident Theatre Association, based in New York City. URTA is a national not-for-profit consortium of 32 university and theater members which serves as a liason between educational and professional theaters. It was founded 25 years ago. Scott joins URTA after an impressive career in special events, theater, and television, including the American National Theater & Academy and the Vivian Beaumont Theater, were he was director of operations.

David Brown taught a course on Tibet during the fall as part of the Old Saybrook (Conn.) Adult and Continuing Education Program. David has spent many years living and traveling in Asia, and he is conducting an educational tour of Nepal this winter while doing a photo essay on the Nepalese countryside for National Geographic. David now lives in Old Saybrook, his home town.

Stephen Routhier has what sounds like a very interesting job as creative director for Hard Rock Cafe International. The restaurant chain has an extensive collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia, built up under Steve's direction. The collection includes more than 15,000 pieces with an estimated worth in excess of $10 million. Items from the collection are displayed at the 25 Hard Rock Cafés around the world. After graduating from Dartmouth, Steve worked in advertising in New York before he went to work for a friend who was a co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafés. He now lives in Orlando with his wife and two children.

The College has apparently lost track of one of our classmates, Randy G. Williams, and is asking for help from the class in locating him. Anyone with news of Randy's whereing abouts can share it with Newsletter Editor BillSchillhammer or Alumni Records.

Stephen Shmanske was inducted last summer into the Livingston High School Hall of Fame. Steve earned his master's and doctoral degrees in economics from UCLA and has worked as an economist for the U.S. Department of Justice and as a professor of economics at California State—Wayward. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Tina.

The next column will be penned by a new class secretary. For personal reasons, I am unable to continue serving in this capacity, and Dick Monkman has agreed to take over. Dick lives and works as an attorney in Juneau, Alaska. I'll make the first plea on Dick's behalf: help him out, and send news!

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The Hard Rock Café chain's extensive collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia was built up under Stephen Routhier's direction. W AMY GILLENSON '76