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Another one of our classmates has been honored for outstanding contributions to the College. FrankGallo, president of the Dartmouth Club of Western Washington, was named Club President of the Year for 1994. Under Frank's leadership, the DCWW has hosted many unusual events. History Professor and now Acting President of the College James Wright gave a dinner presentation at the Boeing Flight Museum on behalf of the Will to Excel campaign, and 150 people attended. Dartmouth's baseball, basketball, and crew teams have all competed in the Seattle area, which was made possible in part by the welcoming local alumni who helped house the players. Most recently, the Dartmouth baseball team played in the King Dome in an eight-team intercollegiate tournament co-hosted by Notre Dame and the University of Washington. Frank's club hosts an annual Christmas party well attended by both alums and undergrads home from school. Frank has been in the investment business for the past 11 years working for Kidder Peabody, merged with Paine Webber in February. He enjoys the opportunities to educate clients in the context of conducting business. Prior to joining Kidder Peabody, Frank played professional soccer, played keyboard in a band, and earned a master's in social psychology at the University of Washington while working as head soccer coach. Frank was co-captain of the soccer team at Dartmouth. He has two children, Marisa 12 and Michael 10, and of course he and his children are involved with youth soccer. To keep his hand in music, Frank is getting a new keyboard and digital piano, and he sometimes plays at friends' weddings. He skis as time permits. He recently moved to Bellevue, a Seattle suburb.

I spoke with Mark Hinman at reunion and again more recently. He is VP of sales for Rome Strip Steel, a family business where he has been working for the past 18 years. He earned an M.B.A. at the University of Rochester. Mark lives in Rome, N.Y., with wife Kiki, a St. Lawrence graduate whom he knew from high school and dated in college. Mark and KiKi have four children, Kiki 17, Nikki 15, Jamie 10, and Drew, who turns one on May 4. Mark and Kiki spend most of their free time with their children, involved in sports and school activities, and Mark keeps in touch with Jeff Little, Tom Gleason, and Mike Corkran.

I recently spoke to Lanny Kurzweil, who was appointed vice chairman of the Disciplinary Oversight Committee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey last summer. Lanny is a partner at McCarter & English, New Jersey's oldest and largest law firm, where he practices environmental law. The role of the committee is to oversee and gauge the efficiency of the attorney-disciplinary system and to recommend changes, if needed. As vice chair of the committee, Lanny also advises the Supreme Court on the disciplinary system's budget. He has a law degree from Vanderbilt Law School. He lives in Montclair, N.J., with his wife, Lynne, a graduate of Douglas College whom he knew in high school. They have three children: Martin 15, who wants to go to Dartmouth, Rebecca 131/2, and Molly 8. Lanny has coached boys' Little League and girls' Softball, does volunteer work on the board of trustees for his local synagogue, and interviews potential applicants to Dartmouth. He keeps in touch with Gil Hahn and TomWard.

Finally, Paul Winslow's new game "Quote Unquote," described in a previous column, has been named Best New Trivia Game by Games magazine for its "original and interesting rules and an excellent selection of quotations." Congratulations, Paul! Stay in touch.

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