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I wonder how many classmates watched the World Cup Soccer final match between Brazil and Italy. I allowed myself the luxury of watching TV for three hours on Sunday to see this game. It's hard to believe that 1994 was the first year the World Cup has ever been played in the United States. Soccer is such a popular international sport, playing here in the world's "melting pot" seems a natural. I, for one, was captivated by the great emotion both players and fans brought to the game.

Speaking of Italy, Dennis Billy writes to us from Rome. Dennis was ordained a Catholic priest in 1980 and has been teaching in Rome at the Accademia Alfonsiana since 1988. Dennis belongs to the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. He teaches the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality. Dennis expects to stay in Rome for quite some time. He invites classmates visiting Rome to look him up. Dennis, if you can get tickets to an Italian soccer game, I'm there.

Mikael Salovaara was elected to the board of directors of Granite Broadcasting Corp., a leading minority-owned and operated group national broadcasting company, earlier this year. He is also on the board of St. John's College. Mikael is currently general partner of Greycliff Partners Inc., a firm he founded in Morristown, N.J., in 1991. Previously, Mikael was a partner of Goldman, Sachs & Cos., the international investment-banking and brokerage firm. He is also a trustee of Playwrights Horizons in N.Y.C. He obtained three advanced degrees after graduating from Dartmouth. We are lucky to have this man as our new class treasurer. Mikael lives in Bernardsville, N.J., with his wife, Beth, and sons Spencer, Jackson, and Mikko. The last time I talked to him, the Salovaaras were expecting a fourth child in August.

At reunion, I spoke to Kyle Hallsteen McRobie my sophomore-year roommate. Kyle earned an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1982, then worked for Goldman Sachs in N.Y.C. She met her husband, David, on a ski trip in Aspen in 1985. The couple married in 1986, then moved to Ottawa, Canada, where they currently live. David owns his own architectural firm, employing 12 other architects. Kyle and David have three children: Deane 4 and one-year-old twins Audrey and Chase. Kyle currently does policy consulting for the Canadian government.

Charlie Schetter is another friend I was delighted to see in Hanover. Charlie lives in Pacific Palisades, L.A. He currently runs McKinsey's practice for health-care firms, which he started during the eighties as an entrepreneurial venture. It is plain that Charlie loves what he's doing. Charlie married his wife, Chris, shortly after graduating from Dartmouth. Chris teaches social psychology at UCLA. They have two sons, Alex 8 and James 3.

I also caught up with Mark and Karen Dingley who are living in Rhode Island and working in Providence. At Dartmouth Karen was an exchange student from Smith. Mark is a lawyer whose specialty is ERISA and tax-related work. Karen is a piano teacher. The Dingleys have two children, Sheila 12 and Sam 9.

Finally, I am sad to report that we have lost another classmate. Michael Martin, of Wachapreague, Va., died in June in a car accident. At Dartmouth he was a varsity swimmer, assistant photography editor for the Daily D, and contributing editor for the 1975 Course Guide. He was a member of The Tabard/Sigma Chi fraternity, and Casque & Gauntlet Senior Society. He will be missed.

As always, I welcome calls and notes from everyone. Good soccer tickets, too.

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