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Don Amy says he appreciated my mentioning him in the April DAM notes but was somewhat baffled by my assertion that the China tour he hopes to join this year will be led by "physics/astronomy professor Delo Mook." Sorry, Don. I join you in deep bafflement. What I should have written was "...geography professor George Demko." (Let's hope it was just a couple of rusty synapses.) Bud Dutton says he's enjoying a

bimonthly luncheon group of '42 assistant class agents in the Washington, D.C., area that includes Chuck Dell, Doug Duffy,Mai Garfink, Mac McLane, JimO'Mara, and Keith Prouty. They hope to be joined by Ken LeSure if/when his health permits. Bud merits a round of congratulations: last February he was appointed a member of the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Commission by (Md.) Governor Glendening, and in March he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Department of Regional and City Planning of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Those of you who were perusing the front page of your February issue of the Avalanche Review earlier this year must have been impressed—as I was—by a large photo of our own John Montagne and the accompanying highly laudatory citation by Knox Williams, president of the American Association of Avalanche Professionals. The citation underscored the importance of John's "charismatic teaching of the avalanche phenomenon," during his 24 years on the faculty of Montana State University. After his official retirement in 1983 John continued to remain active in avalanche research and later accepted the presidency of the AAAP.

Brief postcard from Camp Hopkinscorrectly addressed, but mysteriously relayed to me from the Vt. Dept. of Taxes(!)—notes that in late May Camp will be moving to 110 Orchard St., Cranford, N.J. 07016-1824, and "still on the river, closer to Dick Baldwin whom I see occasionally."

56 Cityside Drive, Montpelier, VT 05602

John Montagnelias been cited lorhis "charismaticteaching 'of theavalanchephenomenon. Alex Fanell '42