1976

As I write this it has been 20 years since we graduated I'd wax nostalgic but that is the task of the toastmasters at next year's big Reunion. We still need a few volunteers to help put it together. Anyone interested should contact ToddMosenthal or Michael Feasel, who are chairing the committee. They need ideas and warm bodies. There are a number of incentives for those who volunteer too many to list here. Contact Todd at 199 Heater Road, Lebanon, NH 03766, (603) 448-0048, or Michael at 601 Dana Lane, Rocky Mount, NC 27803, (919) 937-8338, . And, don't forget BrewerDoran's annual Dartmouth Night party at 15 Berrill Farms Road, Hanover. The party starts after the bonfire, October 18th all classmates, spouses, children, and pets are invited. For more details or directions, contact Brewer at or (617)239-5669.

Being class secretary has some modest advantages. I get stuff from the College's press clipping service, which scours every newspaper in the nation for mention of alumni. As a result, I have had the pleasure of reading every single article David Shribman has written since winning the Pulitzer Prize and there have been more than a few! Shribe the Scribe is not only well-published but, as Russell Baker noted, now knows the first two words of his own obituary.

Carleton Jenkins made the Wall Street Journal's report on the rebuilding of areas in Los Angeles that were destroyed in the riots of a few years ago. Carleton is the chairman of Founders' National Bank, the only black-owned bank in L.A. Under Carleton's able leadership, the bank has tried to focus on business lending in areas that were hit by the violence.

Michael Schnayerson rode the QE2 to England and survived endless lunches of caviar, blintzes, and champagne to write about it for Conde Nast's Traveler magazine. Michael's new book, The Car ThatCould, an inside account of GM's program to develop the first mass-marketed electric vehicle of modern times, has just been published by Random House. Michael and Cheryl recently adopted an 11 month old baby girl, Jenna Nicole, who is "beautiful, fun loving, and much smarter than either of us."

Corey Bock faxed a note from Le Mas de l'Ancienne Eglise, a farmstead nestled in the foothills of the Cevennes. Corey, Virginie, and daughter Zoe have spent the last few years in that bucolic paradise "studying Provencal cuisine, the art of degustation (wine tasting), mushroom foraging, and improvisation on the chord changes in 'Oleo' pretty much your standard mid life crisis." The Bock troupe will be moving to Seattle this fall, where Corey plans to enter graduate school. He would be pleased to hear from Jamie Hampton,Jamie Angell, Alfred Stanley, RedSchiller, and Stuart Weeks.

Ken "KC" Cohen and Elena moved to La Jolla last year and have enjoyed a steady stream of visitors ever since. BrianBatchelder and Bruce Wilkens were among this year's touristas. KC has just been appointed chief executive officer and director of Synbiotics Corp., a cuttingedge biotechnology company. His press release was garbled in e-mail, but if I read it right, KC's first project involves creating the perfect bottle of "Synfindel" wine.

And the last press clip was from the L.A. Times: Bob Yasi had a pizza and rented a video one Friday this spring. As I said, no event is so trivial or mundane as to miss the sharp eyes and eagle scissors of the College's clipping service. Bob also won the $33-million California Super Lotto Jackpot prize. All of Bob's Foley House roommates remember him fondly but, judging by the "cc" list on the bottom of the clipping, none of us will remember him as often or write to him as regularly as the Alumni Fund! Thanks to all who wrote this last month. Please drop a note!

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Martha Scott Hennessey'76, p.60