1976

Brewer Doran is again going to host this year's Dartmouth Night mini-reunion at her house in Hanover on October 19. As you know, fall is a great time of year to visit the College and, as an added incentive, Brewer has arranged for the Yale game to be played that very day. Brewer's annual bash is a great party, and this announcement is so you can mark your calendars early and plan to be there. More details and another reminder will come later this summer.

Mike Chiarella and I were the only '76ers at the Dartmouth Lawyer's ski weekend at the Big Sky resort in Montana. The snow was great; the scenery magnificent; and Kim Cannon '70 arranged for John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead's songwriter, to speak at the final banquet. Also attending were John Davies '75, who is practicing law in Austin, Tex., and raising two always well-behaved children; and Peggy Bensinger McCloskey '77, who works at the Maine attorney general's office and is trying to raise her once-in-a-very-great-while well-behaved spouse Brian McCloskey '77. Peggy's father, "Buzz" Bensinger '44, also attended—Buzz remains as delightful as ever. Mike and Susan Chiarella and their son Michael "Spike" Hannon spent a few weeks wandering aroung the ski resorts of western Wyoming before and after the conference. Spike was just back from a lengthy trip visiting the family's sheep ranch in New Zealand. Mike had no news of PeterFeakins, but nobody does; and we just missed skiing with Peter Stark, who lives in Missoula, Mont., but was in Colorado during the weekend of the conference.

Reggie Williams is again in the news, now in his position as vice president of sports development at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. Reggie is in charge of developing and managing a 200-acre sports complex that will have venues for 32 sports. The clipping that was forwarded to me by the College quotes Reggie as eschewing politics after serving two terms on the Cinncinnati City Council—"there is a certain justice in politics, but I think I will stick with my role here at Disney."

Speaking of sports, I've been getting lots of clippings about Jim Beattie's new job as the general manager of the Montreal Expos. There is an wholly unfounded rumor that he has a luxury skybox reserved at all games for Dartmouth alums. Better call first and confirm before heading north.

Paul Lacke and family (including three incurably cute daughters) visited Paul's folks in Alton, III., over the holidays. I still remember Paul's description of his first apartment in Tokyo—it was so small he had to sleep sideways. Due to the exchange rate, we haven't visited Japan lately, and I can't verify that they've moved into larger quarters. If anyone is heading that way, give Lacker a call at his language school in Kinshi-cho, Tokyo. If you visit, take off your shoes at the door.

And, a late report that Jack Cushman and Lynnwood Andrews (Holyoke '76) have a third child, Holly, born October 5 in Washington, D.C., where Jack is the envirnomental reporter for The New York Times. They also have two boys, Fiery 14 and O'Neill 7. Jack works on the theory that babies, like cicadas, come every seven years.

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