1966

One of tie major discoveries of 20th-century man was subliminal advertising (PAY YOUR CLASS DUES), that subtle form of communication in which messages (NOW) are interspersed, imperceptibly, into (DUES PAY FOR THIS MAGAZINE...) written texts such that the reader is not aware (...NEWSLETTERS...) that they are reading them, but, nonetheless (...CLASS PROJECTS, ETC.), is motivated to act on their suggestions (PAY YOUR DUES NOW!!). Or am I thinking about television advertising? Hmmm?

Which Wayne LoCurto do you know? The proud grandfather (daughter Joanne has two children), the devoted father (there are four kids in all, including Anne 25, Carolyn, a senior at Holy Cross, and Susan, a Dartmouth junior), the supportive husband (Kathy is a R.N. setting up the first free clinic in Connecticut), or the jock (Wayne runs 1,100 miles a year, plays tennis, and skis)? Or perhaps you know him as the president and CEO of Westport-based Actmedia the outfit that puts all those ads up in all those supermarkets?

Also in tie Nutmeg State, Tom Lips handles portfolio management for individuals, institutions, and corporations as senior vice president at Kidder, Peabody's Hartford office. As I write this Tom is at the Olympics in Norway, no doubt itching for a computer error and a start-time in the downhill. Emily is a freshman at Wellesley and Evan a freshman at Loomis Chaffe School, at which Chuck Vernon presides. The Lips clan and Dan Boyer's brigade have been known to tackle a slope en masse.

Tom Louis and Karen may well commute together since both are professors at the University of Minnesota. Tom is head of biostatistics at the School of Public Health, involved in teaching, research, and administration. Karen is chief of educational policy at the School of Education. Margit is in her first year at Smith, Erica her ninth in public school.

Dr. Jim Makol loves golf, his children Victoria 14 and Joey 6, his parttime teacher and fulltime volunteer wife, Jennifer, and pediatrics-in some order that he can only sort out. Jim is chief of pediatrics at the Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Hospital, Granite Bay, Calif.

Don't make another copy until you call Bill Lunsford After 20 years in banking, Bill has become a small businessman as a partner in Center Copy/Champion Color Imaging in Denver. He still finds time to coach and counsel his three kids Evan 20, Ryan 18, and Jessica 17, and backpack with Ray, a nurse at the National Jewish Hospital.

Although most of us have been somewhat reluctant during the last few years to actively broadcast our birthdays, this is the year to celebrate. Collectively, it's our 50th. And Jack Bennett and his fun-loving committee, including Jim Weiskopf, Pete Pritchard Irv Burkholder John Rollins, and Chuck Sherman are promising a birthday bash to remember in Washington. The dates are Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1. Each of us should be receiving a mailing. If not, call Jack Bennett at (202) 366-6222 (w) or (703) 549-7245 (h). It should be a great family weekend and a fine way to see the Capitol and renew some old friendships.

If you can't make our birthday party, plan to join the class of '67 at a New York theater party on April 30 to see Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Call Bill Yaggy '67 at (718) 601-3018.

And Happy Birthday to one and all!

In case you missed the earlier appeal, please send in your class dues. And drop us a line describing just how good it felt to actually pay for this terrific magazine.

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