1981

In a few days, my wife and I make the trek to New Hampshire for Reunion - and none too soon: I need to swim in a cold New England stream. Summer's returned to Washington with a heated vengeance. Certainly there are things to like about the weather here: our tomato plants are in full flower, and the outdoor pool at the local Y has been open for months. But I forget all that good stuff when the temps reach 90, the humidity seemingly as high. Washingtonians head inside, like our counterparts in Sitka or Manitoba when winter does her thing up there. But what sends us inside is moisture of a different kind, moisture that can't be molded into carrot-nosed snowmen. Our blizzard is wet heat, a storm of sorts that lasts through August.

Baltimorean Cyril Smith knows what I mean. A lawyer specializing in complex civil litigation, Cyril works at Zuckerman Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker and has made partner in that firm, which I know, in the lawyer world, is a big deal. I've read Grisham's novels, and "making partner," as they say, is stressed heavily.

(Notice the "they" in my last sentence up above? The antecedent to which that pronoun refers? TV's Van Patten family. Whenever someone says something like, "You know that they say that Mahler is all the rage," you can be certain that members of TV's Van Patten family made that comment. Just thought you'd like to know.)

And speaking of Mahler: Sam Dixon, after working for orchestras in Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Atlanta, is heading Down Under to work with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in Sydney. He'll manage the programming unit that develops concert repertoire and engages conductors and soloists for the six ABC orchestras in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and Tasmania. Not only did the music impress Sam, but so did the beaches and that cool Aussie accent. Surfs up, mate. You can contact our classmate at .

Massachusetts resident Doron Ezickson an attorney with Boston's McDermott, Will & Emery, has been appointed by Governor Weld to an international-trade task force that will assess world-trade issues affecting Massachusetts. The task force is part of the Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology. Doron's the former executive director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment, where he worked closely with Massachusetts-based companies in their efforts to do business overseas and with senior foreign government officials and foreign companies seeking to do business in the Commonwealth.

Imagine wielding such power that when someone tries to hire you away from your current job, you can say, "Sure, as long as you also hire these 17 other guys." You hear your future boss swallow hard over the phone, but he relents. "OK, OK, but just those 17," he stammers, hoping to high heaven that you won't suggest another three of four more. Peter Clinton wields such power. The Wall Street Journal, on April 4, reported that our classmate, along with 17 others, was lured away from CS First Boston by Lehman Brothers Asia Ltd. Peter's expertise in fixed-income products was what did the trick—plus the fact that he was the linchpin of First Boston's championship 18-man bowling team.

Vacation's begun for me, but summer's busy still. We bought a house (scary stuff, as I write checks that match my yearly salary), and I'm going to Indonesia to work for Earth-Watch in August. Anyone out there ever have dengue fever? See you in a few months, gang.

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