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As promised, this month's column begins with the long-awaited news on Fred Gray (Darien, Conn.) and John Gridley (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Fred and I hooked up via e-mail, and he related a number of stories about his fourth-floor classmates, including one classmate who may have been the inspiration for a character in a certain cult classic regarding college fraternity life. Fred is now director, technical operations, of media for Reuters America Inc. in New York and is responsible for overseeing an army of journalists and technical writers who cover the globe to bring us the news. John returned to his native South Dakota following graduation, completed law school, became a five-time Jeopardy champion and went on to a rewarding 20-year career as a civil rights attorney with many Native Americans as clients. More recently he has been doing legal research as an independent contractor and is a vice president of a land holding company.

David Hope (Wayne, Pa.) is a lawyer practicing in Philadelphia. He specializes in bankruptcy and creditors rights and in his spare time he has written a novel and is searching for a publisher. Kurt Kaiser (Boxford, Mass.) is an engineering manager with Analogic, a firm that designs and manufactures scanning devices with medical and security uses. Bob Johnson (Ithaca, N.Y.) is a professor of psychology at Cornell. Roger Hull (Schnectady,N.Y.) is the president of Union College and is also involved in various not-for-profit organizations, and Rick Isaacson (Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.) is senior staff vice president in charge of the licensing division of International Management Group (IMG). Rick was recently the subject of a feature story in Brand Week magazine for his role in extending the Arnold Palmer brand into the furniture industry. Pete Koenig (Pennington, N.J.) was appointed a Superior Court judge in the Mercer County criminal division in 1992, following a long career in the state prosecutor's office. Pete reports that his former roommate, Randy Stayin (McLean, Va.), is a lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C., while he and his other roommate, Herb McCord (Rumson, N.J.), and their wives, Pat and Judi, continue to party together at the drop of a hat (or is it at the pop of a cork?). Herb recently sold his stable of radio stations and celebrated his good fortune by taking a trip around the world on the Concorde. However, following his summer junket and a home remodeling project, Herb is back at work as one of those dreaded "consultants."

Other Middle Mass alumni are Michael Krieger (Las Vegas, Nev.), who is a neurologist and chairman of the American Board of EEG and Neurophysiology, and William Lariche, who is an independent architect in New York City. Larry Laster (St. Paul, Minn.) contacted me by e-mail to report that after 28 years with General Electric and several more with a private glass manufacturing company in Saudi Arabia, he had just become the chief financial officer of Medical Graphics, which makes non-invasive diagnostic systems for treatment of heart and lung diseases. Also checking in by e-mail was Daniel Levine (Ann Arbor, Mich.), who is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan specializing in Latin American politics and religion.

That's all the room I have for this month. Next month more news from Middle Mass starting with Scott McDougal, Sandy McGinnis and Ambassador Alan McKee.

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