1967

If my mail is any barometer, this is a year of lots of career changes and press coverage of' 67 professional accomplishments. Rick Geissinger writes that he has accepted a position as president and CEO of American General Land Development. This has meant a move to Houston, which Rick says he is enjoying thoroughly. Classmates in Texas should welcome Rick to the Lone Star State.

Here, the local papers have just caught up with Fred Price's move to become president and CEO of Applied Microbiology.

Wayne Beyer writes that he has left his law firm in Concord, N.H., to take time off to write a book for attorneys on Section 1983 litigation. Wayne is looking forward to seeing many of you at our 50th Birthday Bash in Hanover in September. Also making a major move is Richard Grefe, who has become the director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Rick's career has been filled with interesting transitions. From his start as a journalist with Time and the Associated Press to his own consulting practice in urban planning to management of a think-tank for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to his most recent position as chief operating officer of the Association of America's Public Television Stations, Rick has also had a strong interest in design and has been active with museums and community arts organizations over the years. I am always fascinated when people are able to marry such a variety of interests successfully in their career paths.

The press here is filled with the stories of Jerry Zaks's many projects. He seems to be in constant motion. In addition to stage work (soon to be directing Nathan Lane in the revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Wayto the Forum), Jerry is going to Hollywood to direct Leonardo DiCaprio Meryl Streep, and Diane keaton in Marvin's Room. It was on the television screen recently that I spotted Fred Schauer. While surfing I came across CNN and found Fred delivering a fascinating lecture on Justice Stevens and the First Amendment. And to hear it I didn't have to go to Cambridge to the Kennedy School of Government, where Fred usually holds forth. Jerry isn't the only one working in multi-media.

Proving that you can go home again (if you are in shape), Ted Walkley and Hugh Lade '65, who both rowed at Dartmouth recently, won the Men's Masters over-50 event in the San Diego Crew Classic. Ted, who is director of a pediatric emergency department in Tacoma, started rowing again about eight years ago. Ted's wife, Kathy is also a rower. Both Ted and Hugh now compete for the Lake Washington Rowing Club.

Make plans now to be in Hanover the last weekend in September, and send me your news.

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