1972

Greetings once again! John DeRegt, former scribe in these columns, has been appointed managing partner at the Greenwich, Conn., office of Heidrick & Struggles. John manages Heidrick's aviation, aerospace, and transportation speciality practice—quite a range of headhunting there, John! Congrats also to Paul Boylan, named partner of the Boston law firm Burns & Levinson, LL.P. Paul's been a trial lawyer for 2 0 years in cases ranging from securities laws, corporate control, personal injury, insurance coverage, and product liability.

And from Washington, Va., Chris Bird announced this past spring that he would run for supervisor for the Hampton District seat. Chris has lived and worked his family's Horseshoe Hollow Farm, growing hay organically and employing his Belgian horses for selective and low-impact logging and seeding. Chris advocates farm use as key to land preservation, a hot topic here east of Seattle as well, and that since kids are the key to the future, that education is his county's No. 1 priority. With Chris's wife, Mary Jane Capello, teaching special education at Rappahannock County Elementary School, Chris must know whereof he campaigns.

Nearly neighbor Scott Snyder e-mailed his latest: "I live on Queen Ann [Seattle's hill just north of downtown].. .have two sons 10 and 7, no wife, no dog, and my only plants are cactuses (I believe that cats have a place in human life, but only in medical research). I practice law at Ogden Murphy Wallacedowntown urban law weasels." Scott commiserated with me on our worst winter in memory, with a rather cool summer to boot.

Nice mug of Rand Alexander in The New York Times back in August, leaning on the statue of Red Auerbach. Rand's the manager of the Si.2 billion Hartford Stock fund and a partner in the Wellington Management Co. Rand promoted his methods in selecting his fund's 75-85 investments along three to five-year themes: global growth, balding baby boomers, networking the nation, and survival of the fittest. Rand must be pickin' 'em well since his fund has outpaced peer funds and the S & P 500 handily over the past three years.

Lastly, but certainly not least (!), Wayne Pirmann sent his 4 Bits newsletter and his WRP (wealth and retirement planning) folder. As a registered financial consultant, Wayne has to stay on top of trends and client needs across estate planning, pension, profit sharing, and strategies to reduce taxes (I like that last one!), and on top of that he writes, "I am still coaching soccer."

Keep those e-mails and letters coming!

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Sculpture by Steven Singer '72, p. 51