1955

The good news this month all comes from Boston: DickHogarty, professor of political science at UMASS Boston since 1968 and one of the most prolific scholars in our class's large and distinguished professional pantheon, has just published two articles in the New EnglandJournal of Public Policy. The first, "Downsizing the Massachusetts Mental Health System: The Politics of Evasion," examines the tortuous course of decision-making in the evershifting context of government policy, institutional change, and public attitudes. The other, "UMASS Chooses a Political Executive: the Politics of a Presidential Search," chronicles an equally complex decision-making process, one that reveals the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in Massachusetts school politics. It was for the scholarship exhibited in just such pertinent publications—as well as for his many other contributions to graduate education—that Dick received the singular honor of the Dean's Distinguished Service Award for Faculty at UMASS Boston's May convocation, a well- deserved addition to his earlier receipt of the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and its Dean's Faculty Service Award. Congratulations!

Also from Boston comes the good news from Marty Aronson that last October he married Ellen Sax, long-time resident of New York City and the owner of Ellen Sax Tours & Events, a Manhattan-based business which specializes in corporate event planning and cultural tours.

Serving as one of Marty's "best men" was classmate Don Aronson (no relation, but a friend of Marty's—and many of us fellow Newtonites—since kindergarten days). The Aronsons expect soon to move to Brookline, where Marty will continue to practice law, specializing in the trial of civil cases, and also continue to serve as an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School, where he has been teaching for the past 20 years. Marty also was an attendee at the great May Philadelphia mini- reunion—reported in this column last month—about which he adds his own fulsome praise ("The event was perfect!") and thanks to hosts Claudie and Lyn Brock and those who helped them plan and put it on so successfully.

Finally (and again from Boston!) comes word from class President Brooks Parker that our class met and surpassed our Alumni Fund goal of $235,000 by an additional $900, a non-reunion record for the class of '55. special thanks to the tireless efforts and precision organization of class agent Woody Goss, ably assisted by leadership giving co-chairmen JoeMathewson and Tom Blumberg and fraternity giving chairman Elliot Smith.

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