1974

Yours truly is truly a "net surfer," and my address is , which is a great way to communicate with your class secretary (without actually having to talk to him). Rick Ranger is also available via , so e-mail us with your news. Rick and I want to know whether you are interested in a cabin/kayak trip on Shuyak Island, Alaska, sometime in 1996 (I assume summer, Rick). Calling all able-bodied, outdoor-minded '74s. And don't say we didn't tell you!

In the meantime, Peter Holden earns the Weenie Award of 1995. Seems Peedah was in bed at 9 p.m. "trying" to fall asleep the night of Super Bowl XXIX when he was rudely interrupted by a long-distance call from Annapolis, Md., from Jeff "Lingus" Corelitz and myself. He wouldn't even talk to us! His pirize is a year's supply of Metamucil (in individually wrapped packets). Peter, Ling, Chris Pfaff, and Mike Draznik continue their annual tradition of a golf trip in Florida in search of the elusive perfect score. "Draz" writes that we will have a "mini-reunion" somewhere in the West around this time in 1996, and a similar event in Vermont, same time '97. Rumor has it that Chief and Bruce"Sweet Willie" Williamson are also organizing an informal Midwest '74 get together this spring in Chicago.

Phil "Philbo" Smyth remains a resident of Connecticut, where he is managing partner of the New Haven office of Murtha, Cullina, Richter, and Pinney, a banking law firm. Phil counsels lenders and borrowers (perhaps a la Polonius, Phil?), in all types of financing transactions, including commercial and realestate lending. He's also active in the state and national bar associations, participating in the sections on trade regulation and anti-trust.

Herman P.Laturnau is now COO, director, EVP, and treasurer of Fred C. Church Insurance, located in Lowell, Mass. He is also president of Church's New Hampshire subsidiary as well.Herman earned an M.B.A. from UNH in 1981 and the designation of chartered property and casualty underwriter in 1990. Now he's after a CLU designation. Herman and his wife, Mary, and their daughters Alison and Lindsey reside in Londonderry. What's your handicap, Herman?

Tom "T" Meyer sent season's greetings from himself and his gang (wife Chris and kids Heidi, Joe, Molly, and Abby) back in Rawson, Ohio.

Catherine Johnson sent me a very nice card from L.A. to tell about her recent acquisition last August of twin boys, Andrew and Christopher. She and her husband, Ed Berenson, now have two little Leos (good luck!) in addition to their seven-year-old, Jimmy. Catherine is a writer, with a current book project for Random House on mild forms of mental illness, while Ed is a history prof at UCLA. Sounds like a good combination for Southern California, Catherine.

As for me, I miss sunny Arizona, but I'm enjoying my stay on the Eastern seaboard for the time being. I sneaked down to The Homestead in southern Virginia last fall to play golf with Bruce Williamson and Ric Waddell '75 amongst the fall colors of the Shenandoahs. We managed to have a few memorable 'tails with Sam Snead at the home of Waddy's parents, Buckeye and Sally. I also visited RickWoolworth and wife Jill '77 (and the "little women") at their temporary home in Greenwich, Conn.,over New Year's. Rick and I surveyed their new and improved homestead (which truly puts Sigma Nu to shame, Wooly). Oooo, c'mon!

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