1983

Melissa Payson has left Portland, where she was living, to be a field officer in Bosnia. A field officer for the International Rescue Committee, that is. She drives around that unfortunate, war-torn nation dispensing animals, seeds, greenhouses, and whatever else it takes to get the starving people in the countryside fed. Recently she organized a shipment of coal to a 400-bed hospital for the mentally retarded which had absolutely no heat last winter and, in tragic subsequence, a number of deaths due to exposure. "The reasons for this war have everything to do with the leadership (on all sides) and little to do with the people." Melissa told a reporter for the Portland Press Herald. Fortunately, the same cannot be said of our classmate.

Hal Clifford has also been busy helping people in trouble, in slightly less war-torn Aspen. His first book, The Falling Season:Inside the Life and Death Drama of Aspen'sMountain Rescue Team, was published this past fall by HarperCollins West. When he approached the rescue team about doing a book, they basically told him that the only insider information he'd get was first hand—so he joined. (He's also a mountain guide and a licensed small-plane pilot.) Hal has been living in Aspen ever since graduation, aside from a year in the South Pacific. He put in a stint as a reporter at the Aspen Daily News and eventually worked his way up to editor and daily manager. Today, you can read Hal's freelance pieces in Outside, Hemispheres, Snow Country, and The Boston Globe.

Susan Grant e-mails that she has recently started her own architectural firm in Chicago. "We do commercial residential and interior design work nationwide," she writes. "Any takers?" Susan has a Web page where anyone can check out some of her work. The URL is .

Susan also reports seeing Teresa Wiltz recently. "She's doing well and traveling the world (for the Chicago Tribune) covering the fashion beat."

You'll never guess—more news concerning Roger Goodman. And not another postcard, but a bonafide letter from Roger's fiancee, Liv Grohn. That's right, our favorite world traveler is getting married. This September, in Seattle, which must be where Liv is from. "I guess I should clarify home at this point," the effervescent Liv writes. "Currently it is Washington, D.C., but upon Roger's return we will be moving to Boston so that he can begin the mid-career program at the Kennedy School of Government. (He hates it when I tell people he was accepted into Harvard's program. Oh well, I can't help it if I'm proud!)" Liv is, as she puts it, Rog's "rock": "I take care of all his finances, home, and I read his numerous magazines, clipping articles I believe he'll find of interest. He was thrilled that your class page was one of the things I have been tearing out for his review for the past ten months." As am I, Liv, and flattered, too. What a gal! It sounds as if Roger's found his perfect match.

Some news from our class president. Frank Davis has a new son, Will, born last May and joining daughter Molly 3. He also reports that Patty Shepard Green has a new baby girl, Claire, as does Peter Burack, although his daughter is named Emily. Frank is also looking for a mini-reunion chairman, not to mention an entire committee. He claims it's not as big a commitment as you'd think—a trip or two to Hanover with the College putting you up, about 20 additional hours work total, Frank says. Believers, give him a call at home (617) 698-6919.

I mentioned Bosnia at the beginning of this column and I have just learned that I must mention it again, much to my regret. It is with sadness that I inform you that the father of classmates Bill and Jim Scoville, John Scoville '54, was one of the passengers aboard Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown's plane, which so tragically crashed this past April. I know that Bill and Jim were very proud of their father, an engineer, and of all his achievements that led to his being on that plane. On behalf of the entire class I'd like to extend our condolences.

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