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A late reminder: try to join us for the fall mini-reunion—the Cornell game weekend—Oct. 3-5. '51 OUT! You know those travel agency flyers we receive, inviting us on tours for Dartmouth alumni? I've often been tempted, and so was interested to hear a rave review from one of our classmates. Pat and Chet Cotter signed on for that Dartmouth trip to Salzburg last winter and had a great time. It was "a delightful week in Austria—reveling in The Sound of Music and Mozart," especially enriched by the lectures of professor Karen Painter on Mozart, Chet reports from home in Beaufort, S.C.A pleasant surprise and additional dividend, he notes, was the company of Edie and Whitey Hand from Glendora, Miss., who showed up at JFK for the same tour. I've also heard good reports on the Dartmouth tours to Tuscany. If you make such trips, with Dartmouth groups or otherwise, do let the rest of us hear about it— drop me a line. I particularly have the impression that an increasing number of us are attending Elderhostel programs, both in this country and abroad, and accounts of those experiences should be both interesting and instructive to others considering them. Please pass them on.

Come November, things won't be the same in Darien, Conn., where First Selectman Henry Sanders is retiring after six years as the town's top public official. According to the Darien News-Review, the memorable "Sanders era" was highlighted by rejuvenation and reopening of the venerable Darien Playhouse, fruition of a major moderate-income housing program, return to an elementary school configuration putting children back in the schools closest to home, and other such impressive good works. "It's been fan and rewarding, but I want to find time for some other things, like traveling a little, maybe even reading a book," says Hank.

After making a prodigious contribution to the success of the Will to Excel campaign, Lu Martin has passed on the title of College director of development to a new recruit. She remains on board as chief pursuer of large gifts, however (does this mean there will be only half a cyclone swirling around her office in Blunt?). The prestigious International Rescue Committee promptly jumped at the chance to enlist Lu's fund-raising expertise, electing her to its board of directors, where she is vice chair of the development committee.

Fumiko and Dick Halloran stopped off here in Washington recently during a stateside trip from Honolulu. After spending much of 1996 jumping around the Pacific on freelance assignments, Dick has cut back on travel a bit while he concentrates on researching a book on former Senator Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii. Dick is also now a member of the board of Hawaiian Electric Industries Power Corp., a new venture which invests in, builds, and operates power plants throughout Asia. He reports this with wonder, given that "my technical expertise ended with high school physics and my business acumen has been suspect."

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