1974

Since my last column, much has happened relative to the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Many of you have heard from me via e-mail about the goings on in Hanover. As president of the Class Secretaries Association (gee, I'm a president and a secretary at the same time), I have worked closely with many other concerned alumni colleagues to maintain what we believe to be an excellent publication that truly serves the true interests of our classmates as well as the College. Please feel free to give me your thoughts on the DAM and how you believe the tireless staff and class secretaries can continue to improve our awardwinning efforts on your behalf.

The '74 hits just keep on happening. For Freddie Fu, that is, who was recently named chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition to his vast contributions to the field of sports medicine (including editing eight textbooks on the subject), Dr. Fu has been actively involved in his local community and was presented with the Humanitarian Award by United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh. A press release from Dow Jones indicates that Freddie and Hilda had declined the chair of ortho at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, so I guess they're lifetime Steelers fans.

I got a very nice announcement from Denise and Jim Riehl, who write: "Every time we move to the Midwest, the East keeps calling our name. This was initiated with the merger of Fort Howard Paper and James River Paper (now Fort James) in New Canaan, Conn. Our son Pete is a freshman in high school and adjusting well, while Allison, a seventh-grader, is also doing great. Having a background in sports really helps the kids. We just finished soccer and now Pete's into hockey and Allison swimming." Freddie, you may recall Jim's extraordinary ascent of Mount Moosilauke at the 20th using his total hip replacement to the fullest extent imaginable.

Another class pol named Ralph "Corky"Eannace ran for the Oneida County executive in an attempt to retain his recently appointed position as such this past fall. Ralph (can we still call you Corky?) had previously served in the New York State Assembly for six years up until 1992. In addition to his political activities, he has been active in a very long list of community organizations including the local hospital, correctional facility, and several boards of directors as well as fund-raising campaigns.

Tom Lord is now the dean of students at the Dublin School in New Hampshire. Tom has practiced law in Buck Becker's hometown of Norwich, Vt., before taking on the combined responsibilities as dean, teache of U.S. history, and coach of the young men's lacrosse team. In a previous life, Tom was dean and lax coach at the Taft School in Connecticut and also head of the Berkshire School in Massachusetts. He and Lyn and their seven (that's right, seven!) kids have moved their residence to the Dublin campus. Sounds like you have a built-in team, Tom.

Speaking of Buck Becker, I was lucky to catch him for dinner this past November when I was in Vermont on business. We compressed several years of information exchange into two hours at the Norwich Inn (which is, I might add, still quite good) on a rainy Tuesday night. Buck reported that his family is all well and he continues to operate his successful one-man financial management and consulting business across the Connecticut River from Baker Library. Many of you no doubt recall that Buck and I are two of nine '74 cohorts from New Trier High School back in Winnetka, Ill., which included the likes of Bruce A. "SweetWillie" Williamson, Chris "Chief' Pfaff,Bill Hart, Mike Pancoe, Jeff and JackStewart, and Chris Hall.

Dartmouth hasn't been the same since next month. 'Til then.

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