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Okay, if it's snowing where you are and you've had it, join us in the sunny Caribbean for winter break. (Actually, I can't go this year but wouldn't it be great if we could plan a class get together for winter 1998?) St. Barts? Or we could wait for spring break and do Fort Lauderdale again.

Star Johnson has been in touch with Tom Quinn, Bill Koenig, and me regarding Dave Grave's idea for a class Web page and list-serve for e-mail messages. Evidently Bill and Dave have a fair amount of expertise with this kind of stuff and I am sure other classmates could assist. Now before you non-techies tune out, the proposal is really simple and beneficial. Bill suggests that the beauty of all this would be to "get current info about something like tailgate parties, and a way to look up info on anybody in the class." He also adds this suggestion: "I will offer one 'wild hair' and that would be to add Real Audio files to the site (which I can take care of through the service I have set up with Muzak). It might even be fun to record a telephone call, or conference call, amongst '70s once a month and put it on the site for anyone to listen to." So, guys?

Some kudos: Terry Shumaker has been elected one of the charter members of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He currently practices law in Concord, N.H. From the Cleveland Clinic Foundation comes news that Gordon Hughes received the distinguished service award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology. The second edition of his book, Clinical Otology, has been recently released, providing management guidelines for medical and surgical diseases of the ear.

Doug Simpson e-mails that his October presentation to the Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) on "Insurance on the Internet: Legal Regulation" sufficiently demonstrated his competence in the field that the society is flying him to D.C. in February. The society plans to use his ramblings to amuse more skilled panelists and will charge money for folks to watch it on a private satellite telecast. Doug's been reporting fantasies about a coming "dramatic impact of the 'Net" on the economics of insurance sales. Hah! In his rare lucid moments, Doug is a lawyer with The Hartford, in, well, Hartford.

Mike Dyer writes that he and his wife, Margot, have two daughters, Jessica 11, and Andrea 7. He is doing work at UCLA in "artificial intelligence, neural networks, and artificial life." Mike has written a heartfelt obituary for Jim Lemke, DKE fraternity brother and longtime friend, which is being edited. Skip Thurman has informed us that Bill Shattuck passed away on October 14 and Skip will be writing the obituary that will appear in a future issue. "Bill was my College roommate, best man, and one of my closest friends," Skip says. I am also sad to have to report that Terry Claassen and his son Benjamin died in an airplane crash on October 22. Terry, an avid pilot, was flying his son back to Hamilton College when the plane crashed a few miles from their destination. Terry leaves behind his wife, Rosemary, and son Nicholas. Another classmate, PeterHesson, died in England on September 14 after being stricken by a heart attack. He leaves behind his wife, Janet, and daughters Bryony and Angela. Obituaries for Terry and Peter will also appear in an upcoming issue.

L&F: Skip Thurman is looking for Wayne Osmond's e-mail to officially notify the class that he had to resign from the Alumni Council when he returned to Dartmouth to work last February. Any volunteers, Wayne?

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