1966

As the class of 1966 collectively turns 50, all evidence indicates that instead of slowing down, we're running faster than ever. First there was the class party in Washington the last weekend in April. Thirty-nine '66ers—from Rich Abraham of Canton, Conn., to Mac Whitaker of Newport Beach, Calif.—attended, along with a bevy (actually 46) of spouses and children. Highlights included a Friday night buffet at the home of John and Ann Rollins, dinner and dancing at the Gannett Tower courtesy of USA Today Editor-in-Chief Peter Prichard and a Sunday morning memorial service led by Reverend Chan Newton near the Vietnam Memorial. Two classmates died in Vietnam—Dave Nicholas and Eric Muller.

Jack Bennett led the organizing committee, Jim Weiskopf handled the money, and Chuck Sherman created the wonderful logo. And Class President Bob Serenbetz provided his usual overall guidance and inspiration and closed the bars every night.

A couple of classmates are taking this running thing very literally. Gus King, the energy management specialist, entrepreneur, and talk-show host, is an independent gubernatorial candidate in Maine, preaching a gospel of state budget cuts and increased partnership between municipalities and states.

Thanks to Ralph Maynard '31 we have discovered that Dr. John Perry, an orthopedic surgeon from Clinton County, Pa., is the Libertarian candidate for governor in Pennsylvania. John, who graduated from Jefferson Medical College, served in die Public Health Service, and has practiced sports medicine. He has eight children and a desire to fundamentally change the way our government governs. He would abolish the monetary system, property and income taxes, and all abortions, and is in favor of prayer in schools, more home schooling, and executions for a range of crimes, including rape and kidnapping. More election news later this year.

And some classmates keep running in new directions. Steve Shipps an accomplished photographer and a member of the fine arts faculty at Boston's Emerson College, has kept at it and recently completed requirements for his doctorate from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. His dissertation topic? The effects of including specific components of philosophical aesthetics in standard collegiate "Introduction to Art" courses.

And Greg Ball, a banker with Seafirst in Seattle for the last 23 years, has turned in his computer for a backpack and become executive director of the Washington Trails Association. A hiker since Dartmouth days, Greg now supervises a non-profit dedicated to maintaining and improving the state's 8,900 miles of trails.

Michael Masin has been vice chairman of the GTE Corporation for about six months. He came aboard the telecommunications giant after 25 years at the well-known law firm of O'Melveny & Meyers. Now he's responsible for legal, financial, and personnel operations, as well as international operations.

Steve Hayes left government service in January 1993 and joined the Gannon Pacific Company to help establish businesses in Vietnam. They're now into tourism, export, and real estate. For capital to invest with Steve you might contact Chris Meyer, treasurer of the Berkeley Financial Group, the money manegement subsidiary of John Hancock Financial Services.

Both Joe Michalski and his wife, Candace, are professors of internal medicine at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Son Zackis nine. Nelson Lichtenstein, a professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, spent the past year teaching on a Fulbright at the University of Helsinki. His wife, Eileen, also taught in Sweden. Hope you're having a great summer. Send in your news.

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