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Good news for those whose names appear below and in the next few columns: whereas others have waited years for a chance at salvation, you'll actually be able to defend yourselves with your own versions of the truth in a couple of months at the reunion. That's June 15-18. Mark it down now. But in the meantime, on with the truth, long live the truth.

Setting new standards for virtue in his field will be Don Nunes, who was recently named vice president—marketing for the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. As such he'll be responsible for all marketing functions including advertising, circulation, market research, and promotion. Don has spent virtually his entire career in journalism and publishing, beginning fresh out of Dartmouth in 1970 as a reporter for the Virginian Pilot in Norfolk.

He moved to the metro news staff of The Washington Post in 1972 (Watergate era, no doubt about it) and eventually became marketing manager there. In more recent years he's been advertising and marketing director for one of the nation's oldest newspapers, the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass., and director of sales and marketing for the Patuxent Publishing Co.

Nick Economou was named CEO of Micrion Corp.,Peabody, Mass., in August 1993 following nearly ten years with the company as director of engineering, vice president, and president. Micrion builds a system that can detect flaws in electronic circuits a hundredth the diameter of human hair. Chipmakers use the system to view, analyze, and perform "microsurgery" on integrated circuits used in numerous everyday consumer products. The field is booming as chips shrink in size and engineers need faster means of identifying faulty designs.

The first of Micrion's focused-ion beam systems came to market in 1985, and nowadays they are bought by the big boys such as Intel, Motorola, Fujitsu, and AT&T for upwards of $2.5 million. It's a niche market, but Nick swears by his company's product: "We have a better ion column and a better ion source." Nick should know about his ions since he followed his stellar performance in the Dartmouth physics department with a doctorate from Harvard.

Richard Morton recently ran to retain his office as Franklin County (Maine) judge of probate, a position of trust he's held since 1983. Dick graduated from Boston University Law School before returning to his hometown of Farmington. He has served as president of the Maine Probate Judges Assembly and chair of Franklin Memorial Hospital. His busy household these days includes wife Joyce, sons john and Mies, and stepchildren Jennifer and Brian.

As for the election results, all will be revealed at reunion. I can, however, vouch that Dick is fully in command in the courtroom, since he once sentenced me to walk miles for help when I ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere while driving his car on a road-trip to Florida. He retired to the back seat for a nap.

Next month's column will feature nostalgic memories of Dartmouth football in the Vietnam era courtesy of Joe Adams and LouMaranzana. What could be better for a reunion warm-up? Don't miss it, and don't miss Reunion 25 (that's June 15-18 in case you need another gentle reminder).

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