1973

If you're struggling to find a gift (any occasion) for the special '73 in your life (I know spouses read the Class Notes), consider a copy of the class of 1973 25th Reunion book. Almost half the class already have one, but if your '73 doesn't, send me a check payable to "Dartmouth Class of 1973 "in the amount of $44 ($61 Canadian dollars) for 192 pages including a directory of home and business addresses for classmates, class history, biographical data, personal essays, sports information, College songs, and over 100 photographs of the campus. A great gift for birthdays, the holidays, or whatever.

Kaiser Permanente of Ohio recently named surgeon Ron Copeland as the new president and medical director of the Ohio Permanente Medical Group. Ron is the first African American medical director in the history of Kaiser Permanente nationally. He joined Kaiser Permanente in 1988, became chief of surgery in 1989, and was more recently vice president and associate medical director for clinical services until this promotion. Ron earned his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati Medical College, served as a general surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel prior to joining Kaiser Permanente in 1988. Ron, wife Vicki, and family live in Cleveland, Ohio.

John Leibert is doing his part to farther the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing. His company, MDSS Inc., is putting software to work solving problems and eliminating production glitches on the shop floor. John started his management career with IBM but left 12 years ago to head MDSS. For fun John plays a special form of high-powered croquet on a large field at the Firestone Country Club. He is a past winner of the Ohio state tournament, sponsored by the U.S. Croquet Association. John, wife Sylvia, and family make their home in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

After 22 years at Procter & Gamble Vandy Van Wagener joined Denver-based subscription e-mail publisher InfoBeat (), formerly Mercury Mail, as its CEO last year. He founded and built the company's advertising sales program, which has grown to over 80 national corporate advertisers. Vandy has an M.B.A. from Tuck and plays die sax. Vandy and wife Betty, a school psychologist, live in Denver, Colo, with their three children (Brian 16, David 14, and Laura 12). Their summer vacation included our 25th Reunion in Hanover. The Yale Weekly Bulletin reports Kate Stith-Cabranes, a member of the Yale Law School faculty since 1985, has been appointed the Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law. Kate teaches courses on criminal law and procedure, Congress, and constitutional law. Later this year The University of Chicago Press will publish a book, of which Kate is the principal author, on the subject of federal sentencing guidelines. Kate received her J.D. and master of public policy from Harvard. She lives with husband Jose, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and children (Ben Jose 6 and Alejo 12) in Bethany, Conn. The Wall Street Journal reports that Leon Black and his partners at Apollo Advisors in NYC are building a nursing-home empire. Last year Leon bought two nursing-home chains and combined them to form a new publicly traded company called Paragon Health Network Inc. This year Paragon merged to form a new company called Mariner Post-Acute Network Inc. with more than 400 facilities in 32 states, the second largest nursinghome chain in the nation.

Unocal Corp.'s Spirit Energy 76-unit announced the appointment of Mike Bell to head the company's deepwater oil and gas exploration program in the Gulf of Mexico. Mike has extensive exploration experience in the North Sea Rocky Mountain Overthrust Belt and in the Gulf of Mexico. He has an M.S. in geology from Cornell. Mike, wife Carol Ann, and family live in Sugar Land, Texas.

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