1974

74 As a 40-something '74, I have had that recurring dream (that many of you report also to have had) which is, for some subliminal, REM-related reason, that I can't graduate. I certainly regret not taking advantage of such Dartmouth resources as the Dartmouth Outing Club, Language Study Abroad, and the history department. But now at least I'm slowly learning about the joys of living on the East Coast. Having lived the majority of my life in and around Chicago, I have not spent nearly enough time traveling around the original 13 colonies of the New World in my self-imposed informal (but systematic) study of history. It's been a real pleasure to drive through Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina to see sights the likes of Mount Vernon, Monticello, the original Jamestown colony, the Yorktown battlefield, Kitty Hawk, the lost colony of Roanoake, and on and on. For those of you who have not yet taken advantage of these historical riches, I highly recommend that you do so soon, especially if you have kids past the age of ten.

Polo is now the official golf shoe of the class of' 74, according to Doug "Shooey" Shufelt. Doug is now VP of operations for Ralph Lauren Footwear, which makes all of Polo's shoes and sneakers (unofficially endorsed by Steve "Little King" McCormack, who personally guarantees five strokes off your game). Doug and his wife, Betsy, and their three children still reside in Darien, Conn., and he fondly recalls the "Little House on the Ski Jump."

Mr. Thayendanegea J. Brant '53 writes to report that his son Ray Reinhard is now deputy secretary of child development and education for California Governor (and potential Presidential candidate) Pete Wilson. My records show my former Green Key colleague as living in Sacramento and married to one Catherine. Ray gets added to the ever-growing list of '74s involved fall time in local, state, and federal government.

I trained up to N.Y.C. to see Ray's fellow Tri-Kap Wayne Whitmore in February. Wayne and I roomed together sophomore and junior years in 211 Gile, just below Mark "Double D" Hinman '75, brother of Kirk"Lobo" Hinman (I still have tape recordings, Mark). One of Wayne's patients whom he sees in his Park Avenue ophthalmology practice is jazz pianist George Shearing, a longtime favorite of mine. Mr. Shearing, who is blind, invited Wayne, his wife, Alice, and myself to sit in on one of his mid-week gigs at the Blue Note in Manhattan in February, which was a real thrill for all of us. You don't get chances like that very often, dude. In any event, I found my long-lost copy of the Freshman Book sitting on Wayne's bookshelf, but when I opened it up and saw all of those angelic faces, I immediately had to close it and put it back.

I owe Freddie Fu a phone call to congratulate him on his recent ascendance to president of the Pennsylvania OrthopedicSociety. Fred has been an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the School of Health Related Professions and the School of Education, the head team physician for Pitt's Athletic Department, and the medical director of the school's Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Fu is also a full professor and chair and EVP of orthopedic surgery. Freddie and I were fellow "pre-med weenies" way back when, but he still claims he can beat anyone in beer pong on his home court at Alpha Chi.

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