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Dennis Donahue has merged his firm, Catalyst Financial, LLC, into another firm, Summit Planning Group, LLC, which maintains offices in Branford and Farmington, Conn. Dennis told me about his plans over lunch several weeks ago. According to Dennis, he has a lot in common with the partners in the new entity in that they are all Connecticut General alumni.

A new publication, The Best Doctors inAmerica: Northeast Region, 1996-1997, names Skip Small, of Wentworth- Douglass Hospital, Dover, as one of the best general pediatricians in New Hampshire. That should be good for business, Skip. Dr. Jim Clifford is also in practice in the Dover, N.H., area.

You've all heard how well the class did in the Alumni Fund this year, but here's something you probably didn't know. According to Sandy Dunlap and PeteHofman (co-head fraternity agents), fraternity members, who make up 67 percent of the class, accounted for 86 percent of the dollar total and had a 58-percent participation rate (higher than the class average). Forty classmates served as fraternity agents. In the Fraternity Green Derby, SAE nipped Phi Delt for the top spot this year, with each house raising almost $36,000. Heorot came in third with 86- percent participation and Sig Ep and AD rounded out the top five. Zeta Psi (6th) and Beta Theta Pi (Bth) each had 75-percent participation. In fact half the houses (12) had participation rates of 62 percent or more. Sandy and Pete congratulate the houses and the agents, many of whom have served for years. Congratulations also to Sandy and Pete for a successful year.

The cover article in the September issue of Institutional Investor listed HankPaulson of Goldman Sachs as one of many Wall Streeters who come from a background of public service in Washington, D.C. Hank spent three years right out of Harvard Business School at the Department of Defense, followed by three years with the White House domestic policy council.

Arnie Resnicoff led an ethics conference for the military personnel assigned to Camp David. Arnie reports that the navy changed his orders from Hawaii to London. After attending the navy's Advanced Chaplain School, he will report in March to the commander-in-chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe.

The board of supervisors of Louisiana State University has named Dr. RussellChapman as executive director of the L.S.U. Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources. Prior to his appointment, Russ served as interim director for the center in addition to serving as associate vice chancellor for research and development at L.S.U.

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