1951

It seems only yesterday that Washington (D.C.) area '51s attended a send-off lunch for Al Moses, newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Romania. But actually it was late in 1994, and Al has now returned to resume his law practice with Covington & Burling after three highly satisfying years in Bucharest. A high point of the tour came last summer, when President Clinton made a quick 24-hour visit to the former Soviet satellite and asked Ambassador Moses to join him aboard Air Force One for the trip back to Washington. Heady stuff, but Al's profound sense of accomplishment arises more from leading the steady American effort to help the emerging nation find its way in the non-Communist world. "We were generally able to help them move in the right directions," he says. "They've come from an isolated position into the mainstream. They now have a good working relationship with the U.S., and we had a role in encouraging them to make treaties with Hungary and the Ukraine, treaties almost no one thought could happen. It was a great challenge, and I feel very good about the way it went"

Got a newsy letter from Dave Saxton telling about a particularly great golfing experience in Scotland last fall. Seems that Dave's son Jon has been a golf pro in Europe for ten years "chasing the tour and now heads up a new club in Amsterdam. He married a Dutch girl and now has three children." Dave joined Jon to play in a weeklong father-son golf tournament on such hallowed courses as Prestwick, Turnberry, and Troon—"a truly fantastic week, on and off the course." From back home in York, Dave added, "Maine is a perfect place for our retirement; not only the great outdoors for hiking, kayaking, fishing, etc., but the relaxed lifestyle and enjoyment of sharing ideas around a woodstove."

From Asheville, N.C., Ed Isbey reports: "I am still practicing ophthalmology fulltime with a large group. My son Ed III is part of the group; his wife, Jane, is a pathologist. I have two nieces who are M.D.s and a daughter who is an R.N. and diabetes specialist. My family encompasses nine children and ten grandchildren, and my hobbies are orchid growing and fly fishing."

In New York, Dave Krivitsky notes he is "quickly approaching my 24th year as president of Native Textiles, a division of U.S. Industries. Our products run the gamut from supplying bra and panty manufacturers like Playtex, Bali, and Vanity Fair to people like Nike, Adidas, and Champion for athletic uniforms."

SO Years Ago: The Dartmouth reported football coach Tuss McLaughry's announcement that Joe Sullivan would be moved from quarterback to left half for the '48 season, and second-string quarterback Bill Dey would move to fullback. Tuss said that competing for starting quarterback would be Charlie Lake, Bob McCraney, John Clayton, and Gil Mueller. (Charlie Lake?)

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