1980

Tales From the Crypt, Volume XIV, Chapter 10: Like so many troops storming the beaches of Normandy, the '80 brigade... just keeps on coming! Our Town, Part 2: Who says you can't go home again? Following five years at Bank of Boston and an M.B.A. from the Friar Tuck School of Business, Grant MacEwan moved back to the Upper Valley five years ago. Gran is vice president of lending for Lake Sunapee Savings Bank and is active in local affairs. He is president of the board of directors of Hannah House, an agency serving pregnant teenagers and teenage parents, is on the Board or the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, and has recently been appointed to the Lebanon, N.H. city council. Grant seems to come by the political persuasion quite naturally: "someone has to step up and fill the power vacuum left by Rostenkowski's fall from grace." He and Anne have two sons and a daughter, Thornton Wilder couldn't have written a better script.

Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard: Congratulations to Lindsay Frazier M.D., who recently won a prestigious grant from the American Cancer Society. Lindsay's award will support her work in Pediatric Oncology. Specifically, she is studying exposures in childhood that predispose adult malignancies. Dedicated to discovery...committed to care" is the motto of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston where Lindsay works. Good luck and God bless. And maybe one day they'll discover a cure for what ails the Red Sox.

What's Up, Doc? cont'd: Amy Ladd is yet another celebrated '80 in the world of Drs. Welby, Kildare and Seuss. Amy lives in Menlo Park, Calif., and was just inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. An orthopedist is a medical doctor with extensive training in the diagnosis, surgical, and non-surgical treatment of the musculoskeletal system, including the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves, and checkbooks. Amy, how do you handle the awesome responsibilities? "Well, I often think of that famous Greek philosopher, Anonymous, who said 'Being powerful is like being a lady, If you tell people you are, you ain't.":

The press release was brief but quite to the point: "Chicago, Ill.Hinshaw & Cuthbertson raids Engulf & Devour...adds four new partners including Todd Young, who concentrates in corporate and securities law, particularly in mergers and acquisitions...editor of the Law Review at University of Chicago...has watched The Fugitive 37 times...once memorized all of Henry Fonda's lines in 12Angry Men...one talented attorney who will help to farther Hinshaw and Cuthbertson's intent to develop a substantial business practice throughout Illinois...and keep ahead of rivals like Dewey, Cheatem and Howe...."

Babes in Toyland: Happy days are here again! On March 5, Betsy gave birth to our second son, Christopher Bartlett Carothers, who tipped the scales at four pounds, four ounces. He s a chip off the old block—he was so eager to rage, he came seven weeks early. Once again, Betsy and I are knee-deep in formula and loving it. And we are busy perfecting the sleep-deprivation techniques that came in so handy on Webster Avenue many moons ago. It is a wonderful life.

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