1970

This is going to a shorter column than usual, guys. Partly because I've been traveling again on my TeenAIDS work to Southeast Asia (when you read this I'll be in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Laos). But mostly it's shorter because you need to send in more news. Also let me know if you have graduating seniors in this year's Dartmouth class (of course, we're proud of all your children's accomplishments so send me the news). New Hampshire's first woman governor has appointed Doug Burnell to the board of licensure for land surveyors (a job George Washington once held in Virginia). Doug is presently vice president of HE Bergeron Civil Engineers (HEB) of North Conway and his company has won several state and national awards.

You might think that this column mentions Gary Brooks a lot but it's because he's always forwarding information to me. Gary and his family spent three weeks last spring in France and they stay with me whenever in town for the Broadway shows. His daughter, Thea, is an aspiring musical artist. His wife, Barbara, is one of Vermont's leading proponents for sustainable development.

I mention this because our former class secretary, Tom Avery, needed her assistance in researching a story for this magazine about John Kitzhaber '69, governor of Oregon. It seems that when Tom asked the governor's staff which topic would be stressed, he was told, "famine." Impressed that a western state politician would be so concerned about world affairs, Tom contacted Barbara for background information only to discover during the governor's interview that the governor wanted to talk about..."salmon."

Bill Moyes has left The Research Group, a major player in helping radio stations nationwide increase their audience and advertiser base. Radio Ink, a trade publication, stated, "Bill Moyes is about to go solo and move forward and beyond. He sits waiting on the edge of tomorrow...as he brings something new and different to the industry that will irrevocably affect everything in research for a long time to come." The governor of Michigan appointed TimSchad to the board of Ferris State College. Tim currently serves as president of Comstock Park's Nucraft Furniture Co.

Stephen Straus was elevated to fellowship status within the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, one of only six general practitioners in Massachusetts to receive this honor. He currently is senior partner of Brookville Dental Associates. From a Maryland newspaper comes news of Warren Conner who is a well-known teacher of the ancient Chinese form of martial arts called "taiji" and has been teaching in the Washington area since 1975. Warren described taiji as exercise for harmonious living, "If exercise was a drug then it would be the most prescribed medicine." The article went on to describe Warren as "the antithesis of the stern-visaged, black-belted martial arts master of the Hong Kong kungfu movies. A soft-spoken, fiftyish Dartmouth graduate... " Hey, wait just a minute! "Fiftyish?" Is that yellow journalism or what? Hey, what's the story with Tom Peisch? In the space of two weeks last spring, I received correspondence from four different classmates about running into Tom around Boston or at legal conferences nationwide. And everything they said was nice.

Steve White is investigating the possibility of a Klondike '98 mini-reunion in Alaska, summer of '98, when the Gold Rush's 100 th anniversary will be celebrated. It would involve a cruise from Vancouver to Skagway, backpacking over the Chilkoot Trail, and then a canoe trip from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, down the Yukon River, ending up in Dawson City; classmates could participate in parts of it or all. He'd like to try to determine how much interest there might be. His e-mail is .

Remember, guys, I need your input to fill this column, including your sports memories for the nest issue ASAP. Please.

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