1976

Paul Lacke sent his annual New Year's greeting from Tokyo, and was kind enough to "hope all is well over there at the Propaganda Ministry." Paul and Yoko have three daughters and a cat named Licorice. Paul reports that it has been a busy year in the language school business.

Peter Stark has become a leading literary expert on winter. Aside from his recent book, Driving to Greenland, Peter published a paean to small ski areas in Snow Country magazine titled "An Ode to the Small and Flat." This reminiscence resulted in an avalanche of letters from readers who fondly remember learning to ski on those icy bumps that pass for mountains in the Midwest. Peter also wrote a truly agonizing first-person account of a descent into hypothermia, published in Outside magazine and in the Anchorage newspaper. The article hit the newsstands here as Alaska was in the grip of a nasty cold spell. I expect it kept hundreds, if not thousands, of Alaskans indoors, secure by the fire, until the cold snap passed.

Rich Nichols made the American Bar Association Journal's report on the benefits of athletic experience to the practice of law. Rich is now in a flourishing private practice in San Francisco. The article didn't indicate how much time Rich has for running, but he has a three-year-old daughter, Savannah, and my guess is she keeps him on his toes.

John Pancoast sent a cryptic e-mail, to the effect that "this is only a test. If you get it, please acknowledge." I replied but heard nothing further. My class list indicates that John lives in New York City, with spouse Linda, and works for an outfit that sounds like a law firm.

More good news from K.C. Cohen— his animal health products company, Synbiotics Inc., has acquired a French veteriniary diagnostics unit from Rhone Poulenc. K.C. was pleased to report that his LSA program in France had "lasting value." "My most recent session even included a reunion with my French family after nearly 23 years."

Parker McDonnell and Betsy have a new son, Alec, who joins two-year-old Lindsey. The McDonnells have moved to Columbus, where Parker has a new position with Bank One. "It's called distribution planning; in plain English, it's about figuring out which customers we want to focus on and redesigning our branches, ATMs, telephones, and PC banking outlets around those customers." Parker is planning to attend the Reunion, and will be easily spotted by his Cleveland Browns sweatshirt.

Tom Parnon is planning to be at the Reunion for at least a day or so. Tom lives in Darien, Conn., and is head of marketing for a small computer company. Tom and Debbie '79 have two sons, ages 5 and 3.

Also looking ahead to the Reunion is Stuart Weeks, who suggests we consider joining with the class of '59 and participating in "the Princeton Project." This program was started by Ralph Nader, and aims "to strengthen national institutions and values, to provide civic leadership, and to implement solutions to critical national and global problems." Anyone interested in this project should contact Stuart at Twin Oaks, RFD 1, Box 346, Wilton, NH 0308; (603) 878-4315, phone; (603) 878-2799, fax; .

And last, I got the usual flood of press clippings by and about David Shribman, which I will not report in detail since they originate from papers across the countryyou probably saw them. The Scribe was referred to as "distinguished journalist David Shribman" in at least three of the clippings that crossed my desk. Haven't seen him yet on any of the PBS talk shows, but it is just a matter of time.

That's it for this month. Thanks to all who wrote or e-mailed. All the rest of you, send news!

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