1960

One of the nicest experiences I have in writing these notes is finding a classmate who has been out of close touch with the class, yet retains such warm memories of his roommates and friends at Dartmouth and is so desirous of being remembered to them.

Such is the case with David Mankowski, who especially named four classmates—his roommate Philip Clark and friends RichPomboy, Urban Hirschey, and Ole Pace III

Until recent years, Dave was in computer programming in the Los Angeles area, but his firm went out of business. Then he moved to Northern California. At present he is working as a postal letter carrier in San Anselmo. "Right now, I'm in a T6 position, subbing in for other carriers on their days off," he told me.

Dave was frank about tensions that exist in the postal service, and even referred to "going postal." There is bad feeling between management and the workers, he acknowledged. But he has stayed out of the union himself.

It has been a long time since he's been in contact with his Dartmouth friends, but he told me how appreciative he was last Christmas to receive a, message and picture from Phil Clark.

I called Phil, now living in Severna Park, Md., seven miles from Annapolis, where he enjoys dinner at the Officers Club occasionally. Phil, who owned his own business for a time and worked for many years for the circuit courts, is now in charge of handling research grants at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "The government likes to know how its money is being spent and I keep track of it for them," he said.

Also, I reached Ole, who is practicing corporate law in Sterling, Ill., and is on the board of directors and is secretary of the Illinois Bar Association. Law, he remarked dryly, "is still a profession or can be." "I've been happily married for 37 years, have children and grandchildren," he said.

"Life is very rich." In fact, while I talked to him, he had his grandchildren over and the family was playing the guitar together. David Gosnell, meanwhile, says from St. Louis he has "settled back into advertising" and now is working with Federated Department Stores, doing both ad writing and account managing. He is very much involved in the internet, and remarks, "Power is shifting from the provider to the consumer...We're concentrating on serving women better."

Dave has two daughters he is proud of: Miriam, who served as fashion editor of Redbook magazine, and Jennifer, a resident of Moscow during the turbulence surrounding the fall of the Communist state.

Two months ago, in this space, I wrote of Rey Moulton's heart transplant. I tried to reach him to see how his recovery is going, but his secretary mentioned he was vacationing in Bermuda for ten days. Sounds as if he is doing well.

Ken Reich,5522 Nagle Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91401; (818) 004-9231 (h); (213) 2374712 (fax); ken.reich@latimes.com

Dick Gale '6O suits up, p. 49

Melville Straus '6O honored, p. 57