1973

Having awakened refreshed from a long winter's nap, I am ready to resume my duties as class secretary. Actually, when last issue's grim deadline arrived (and passed), I was fully engaged in house hunting, house buying and house selling in upstate New York and coastal North Carolina. A "two front war" so to speak. But enough about me.

Doctors Anne and Rick Wild write that this year started with Rick out of a job and Anne in jail. Rick crushed his Rhode Island congressional primary opponents but came in second in November.

Anne finished her fellowship last summer and became the R. I. Department of Corrections medical program director as a specialist in infectious diseases. Rick, who also has a law degree, has a couple of work options and a third if he decides to combine both professions.

Rick didn't write about any unusual ceremonies surrounding the award of his parachutist badge when he qualified as a paratrooper during his army medical corps service. I'm not asking.

Although I did not intentionally leave out any '73 alumnae in the February column, I have discovered a few who were among the missing. Patsy Decker, spouse of Dr. Eric Decker, lives in Salisbury, Md. Anne Calafiore is a resident of Hartford, Conn.

Jan Seidler Ramirez works at last report at the Museum of the City of New York. Lucinda Stevens lists St. Mary's, Ga., as home. Another Georgian, TeriGarrett, is employed at The System Works in Marietta. Jim Rogers has been named general marketing manager for Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford Motor Co. After leaving Hanover with an M.B.A. from Tuck, Jim worked in marketing, sales, and management at Marketing Corp. of America, Citibank N.A., General Foods, and A. T. Kearney Inc. Having trouble finding a parking spot? Call financier LeonBlack, who teamed up with real-estate company Aldrich Eastman Waltch to buy the Allright Parking Corp., the nation's largest owner of parking lots in the U.S.A. Over 1,700 sites in the U.S.A. according to The New York Times. Lorna Hill performed her stories from My Favorite Things in Dartmouth Hall as part of the College's 1997 Martin Luther King Jr., celebration. Dr. King spoke at the College in 1962 in the same room.

Ron Tigner writes from Atlanta to report that he is now president of Georgia Certified Development Corp., the nation's largest small-business development company. Ron's journey back to Georgia from Washington, D.C., took him from Capitol Hill as minority general counsel, House Committee on Small Business, to the American Bankers Association as director, Center for Community Development, to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as deputy director, community development division. Ron's company provides small-business loans in 31 Georgia counties. "Small" means $500,000 to $1 million. Ron, do you do home mortgages? Mark Feldberg's motion picture Beverly Hills Ninja hit the theaters last January. Bob Varsha can be seen broadsasting racing and bicycling sports for ESPN out of Atlanta. The City of Sunnyvale, Calif., saluted its city attorney, Val Armento, with a mayoral proclamation for her leadership, outstanding service, and successful defense of the city in litigation over the years.

Only a year to go before our 25 th class Reunion. Hope you are forming an intention to attend. Plenty of time to spread a Reunion gift over two tax years. A gift of stock with appreciated value is another nice method of tax "avoidance" (not evasion).

Thanks for the notes, cards, and items of interest about classmates. Keep 'em coming.

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