1963

Got your raccoon coat? Your green and white scarf? Your Big D hat? Grab some tickets and head to Hanover October 14-15 for the annual Homecoming weekend. March with the class Friday night, followed by Dartmouth Night Ceremonies. Join fellow '63s Saturday for the Yale game, and warm to post-game cocktails at the home of Dean and Barbara Edson. Further info, contact mini-reunion chair Bob Bysshe (212) 454-3727 (W) or ("14) 248-7578.

The acquisition of Times Mirror Co.'s cable TV operations by Cox Enterprises Inc. of Atlanta caught many by surprise, but not Barry Elson, who's been with Cox for more than a decade and is now a senior vice president of operations. Barry had been hard at work on another deal, a $4.9-billion partnership with Southwestern Bell Corp., but that fell through when Southwestern pulled out. Barry had been with United Artists and the Colorado Rockies baseball team. Son Craig is with Turner Broadcasting and Dean works for a children's service organization in Washington. Kristen is entering college.

Rick Braddock's back following his resignation as chief executive officer of Medco Containment Services. The former president of Citicorp has become a partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a Wall Street firm that does leveraged buyouts of neglected businesses. Rick will help manage financial-services firms such as Van Kampen Merritt, the mutual fund company Clayton Dubilier bought from Xerox for $415 million.

Steve Lewinstein, a Providence, R.I. realestate owner and developer proudly wears the official Dartmouth Tuition Payer hat now that son Marc made it on early decision to the class of 1998. Steve, Diana, and Marc are just back from trips to Turkey and Morocco and an African safari.

Rising concern about violence in America brings two '63 national film and media figures to the fray. Michael Moriarty believes opposition to TV violence is overdone, according to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The former star of Law & Order opposes government attempts to curb TV violence. "Violent drama has been the hallmark of every great civilization from ancient Greeks and The Oresteia to the Elizabethans and Shakespeare's incredibly bloody dramas," he says. Attorney General Janet Reno and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois have been prime targets of Mike's anger. "These politicians of fear want to make you afraid of your own television set, he says.

Another TV personality unafraid to speak his mind about violence, John Merrow, hosts The Merrow Report, a weekly public-TV documentary series exploring issues facing America. A recent program, "Caught in the Crossfire," explored violence of inner-city life in New York. Merrow says Clinton's proposed anti-crime bill is calling public attention to the problem. The Merrow Report has an educational guide for schools.

Roger Parkinson, former publisher and president of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, has been named publisher and chief executive of the Toronto Globe and Mail. Roger headed the Star-Tribune for nine years, leaving in 1992 to become an executive fellow at University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis researching public policy. He had been publisher and president of the Buffalo Courier-Express, which folded in 1982.

After Dartmouth Roger served in Viet nam as a Special Forces briefing officer.

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Violent drama has been the hallmark of every great civilization from ancient Greeks to the Elizabethans. MICHAEL MORIARTY '63