1960

Buy outs and general government and business downsizing are affecting many of our classmates, some being forced into earlier- than-expected retirement or induced into making career changes. Some, tired of what they are doing, make changes of their own volition. But it is evident there is more moving around in our age group than used to be the case.

We hear usually about the more cheerful outcomes.

Haley Fromholz spent 27 years with the Los Angeles law office of Morrison and Foerster, and "got to the point where I wanted to change, but I wasn't ready to retire." The solution came in an appointment to the Superior Court. At first, Haley was assigned to the crime-beleaguered city of Compton, but now is in Pomona, where he is hearing a mixture of criminal and civil cases. There's only one small cloud on the horizon; he must stand for election to the post next year.

John Goyette has become new executive director of the 98-year-old Claremont, N.H., Opera House, which he hopes to make a center of revitalization of the whole community. Once assistant director of Dartmouth's Hopkins Center, he has since developed the Spirit Square Arts Center in Charlotte, N.C., and has also worked for the Maine Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Pete Klaren, award-winning professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University, is now writing a book on the history of Peru. This year he was selected by his school to deliver its annual "Ultimate Lecture." His topic: the Age of Andean insurrection, peasant uprisings between 1720 and 1790.

Tom Hannan, co-founder of Lovitt & Hannan, a commercial litigation firm in San Francisco, is embarking in a new philanthropic activity. He has been named to the board of The Wellness CommunityNational, which, since its origin in 1982, has helped more than 25,000 cancer patients fight more effectively for their own recovery.

And some classmates are engaged in other kinds of passages. I reached our friend Gene Kohn just before Labor Day weekend to find him and Judy happily preoccupied with the wedding festivities of their son, Andy, a leveraged-buy out businessman marrying Lauren Parrish.

Meanwhile, Ray Martinelli and DennyGoodman took separate trips to the West African nation of Gabon to visit their daughters, Allison and Kim '91, both serving in the Peace Corps. A small recap: Class President JimAdler reported in a letter to classmates that final '6O giving in the 35th Reunion year was $606,588, compared to $221,060 the previous year. Class participation was 59.3 percent in the drive led by Head Agent Rick Roesch and Reunion Giving Chair Ken Johansen. Altogether, 33 classmates gave $5,000 or more and 101 gave $1,000 or more.

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Ray Martinelli and Denny Goodman traveled to West Africa to visit Dartmouth daughters who are serving in the Peace Corps. KEN REICH '60