1966

A fortuitous conjunction of political fortunes and Internet access has resulted in a much-appreciated reminiscence and update from John Kunz.

First, the fond memories. John recalls trav- eling through Eastern Europe by motorcycle with now-governor of Maine Gus King after graduation in the summer of 1966. John had a Honda, Gus an old BMW. They slept in a pup tent, had a brew or two and, as John reports, "never crossed the threshold of a museum." Let's call it "the early years."

Since that summer John has earned degrees from Thayer and UCLA, was in the Air Force, did biomedical research in San Francisco, earned a Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford, started a Silicon Valley company, and now teaches civil engineering at Stanford. What did you expect? Along the way he's gained one wife and has two kids.

Speaking of Maine,Dr. William Wilkoff has joined the Bowdoin Medical Group in Brunswick. Bill has been practicing pediatrics in Brunswick for 20 years, ever since graduating from Harvard, interning at Duke, and completing residencies at Duke and Children's Hospital in Boston.

Maine is also where the tireless Ed Grew, research professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Maine in Orono hangs his hat, but not for long. Ed travels the world in ceaseless quest for geological discoveries, which he has chronicled in more than 100 published articles, the latest of which was a study of iron-rich kornerupine from Homagama, Sri Lanka (you beat me to it, Ed). A good percentage of Ed's traveling involves linking up with his wife, Priscilla, vice chancellor for research at the University of Nebraska.

Peter Prichard, the highly regarded editor of USA Today since 1988, has resigned to become a senior vice president of the Freedom Foundation, where he will direct a $30 project to build the Newseum, a news museum in Arlington, Va. During Pete's tenure at USA Today, he introduced original reporting and longer articles, and the paper gained respect from other journalists, built circulation, and began to turn a profit.

What do you need to be named vice chairman, responsible for domestic corporate banking, leasing, and middle-market banking at the Mellon Bank? Well, in Jamie Stewart's case it helps to have a law degree from Suffolk Law School, an M.B.A. from Harvard, and 22 years of banking experience with the Bank of Boston, Crocker National, and Bank of America.

James McGregor, an obstetrician and gynecologist at University Hospital in Denver, Colo., has been listed in The Best Doctors in America, a publication in which doctors indicate which of their colleagues they would send their loved ones to. Steve Samaha is a partner in the newly renamed Littleton, N.H., law firm of Samaha, Vaughan, Foley & Ray. Dean Spatz was featured in a recent issue of Minnesota Corporate Report. He's built his water-purification company, Osmonics Inc., into a $100-million industry leader since he started it in 1969.

Via e-mail Jack Stebe reports that he and Nan have purchased an old home in Marshfield Hills, Mass., and plan to open it this spring as a B & B named Linden Tree Farm. As Jack writes, "The place was a speakeasy in the thirties and seemed to be the perfect place for a Dartmouth guy to live." His number is (800) 837-4116.

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Peter Prichard will direct a $30 million project to build the Newseum in Arlington, Va. Larry Geiger '66