1977

With the onset of spring, the longer warmer days prompt quiet moments of reflection whiling away the lazy afternoons contemplating the great questions of our time.

Questions like "Should I or shouldn't I keep working?" Last month's feature article in the DAM centered around mothers leaving the career track. With varying opinions on the subject I got this unequivocal note. Pam Gruninger wrote, "I quit the Whitney (after 14 years) to spend more time with Sam (almost 5 and in his last year of nursery school). This has turned out to be one of the best decisions I've ever made."

One mother who continues to toil away, Leslie Embs Bradford, was recently elected managing director at Morgan Stanley. Congratulations. With the huge compensation that must come with that perhaps our head agent will cover us all and call off the campain (not a typo).

Pondering on-time arrival records or what the percentage of luggage losses are? Sick and tired of air traffic delays? Call James Washington. Jim, having been at the Federal Aviation Administration for 17 years, has been named acting administrator for airports. His responsibilities include management of U.S. air traffic control facilities, personnel, policies, procedures, standards, and criteria. Sounds like a lapful. Probably a most capable lap for the job.

Who among the new era of TV reporters are going to carry on the tradition of Jennings, Brokaw, and Rather? Who wants it? One of the heirs apparent is John Donvan of ABC. According to The New York Times, John is an excellent reporter noted for choosing and developing stories. He has done so for 14 years as a Moscow- and London-based correspondent for ABC with experience covering war stories from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Next stop, the evening news.

Who is the greatest television character on the air today? Peter Bernhard says it's Al Bundy. "I can't defend it and I won't

When is someone going to write the definitive biography on ex-Pirate Bill Mazeroski? Who will it be? John T. Bird of course. John recently completed his 315-page book with an eye toward this spring's Baseball Hall of Fame vote. Having grown up attending many games at the old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, John marvelled at Mazeroski s ability to turn a double play. That admiration led to this book, which he hopes will convince the Veteran's Committee of his qualifications for induction. The book is titled TwinKilling: The Bill Mazeroski Story and is available from Esmerelda Books ($24.95).

Enough of these silly musings. In closing, an editorial comment. We are fast approaching the final year of my tenure as class secretary. With the end in sight, I dread the wrath of those of you who have not been written about, those of you have missed news of lost friends, and those of you who haven't cared about the people I have written about. Now is your time to step forward. Send me names you would like to appear, news, pictures, poems, stories, anything. I have amazed myself with the ability to weave a column from very thin thread. You've still got time.

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