Give a Rouse

H. Carl McCall '58 is now managing New York's $76-billion pension fund as tie state's newly elected comptroller. The chief fiscal officer is the first African American to be elected to statewide office in New York. He is a former New York senator and former president of the N.Y.C. board of education. Dartmouth alumni gathered to honor McCall (center) at a reception in Atlanta hosted by Michael Hollis '75. Well-wishers included (from left) Albert Kemp '74, Hollis, Gary L. Love '76, and Tyrone Byrd '73.

• David Marr'59, author of Vietnam 1945: The Quest for Power (University of California Press, 1996)

• John Carney '78, sworn in as Delaware's secretary of finance

• Ann Quirk '77, author of a children's novel, Dancing with Great Aunt Cornelia

• Heidi Erdrich '86, winner of a Minnesota Voices Award for her first book of poems, Fishing for Myth (New Rivers Press, 1997)

• Nina Kemppel '92, winner of the 5K sprint at the U.S. Championships (her third U.S. ski title), thereby assuring herself a spot at the World Championships