1963

Whether you are a Republican or Democrat, you couldn't help but feel a twinge of nostalgia at Bill Bradley's announcement of his presidential candidacy. Bradley as a Princeton sophomore played basketball against the likes of Spahn, Barton and Elson when we were seniors. Life seemed simpler then and Bradley, in choosing his hometown to announce, tried to affirm that perception and the beneficial role of sports in those days. Our own Bill King recently elected chairman of the Board of Trustees at Dartmouth was also a super scholar athlete of the time. King quarterbacked a miraculous unbeaten season in tie fall of 1962, went on to graduate from University of Virginia Law School and built a national reputation in product liability litigation. Tom Holzel, a pretty fast runner then and now a highly sought-after news source on Mt. Everest, has reissued his acclaimed 1986 book, The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine, coauthored with British mountaineering expert Audrey Salkeld and published by Pimlico in London. Tom Gladders, St. Louis, has started a new airport management software company after more than a decade as a merger/acquisition consultant. See his site at www.aeroware.com.

Watch out Chef Emeril, here comes Tom Marshall and his new web site at www.specialtyfoodamerica.com. It's a web magazine on specialty food and cookware topics ranging from Gary Ibsen's annual Carmel, Calif. Tomato Fest to a tour of New York State wineries. Tom launched the magazine from his hometown, Hopkinsville, Ky., because he tired of the long hours of driving as a food broker covering Kentucky and Tennessee. Tom left Dartmouth as a sophomore, graduated from Indiana, served as a naval officer and began his gastronomical career by enrolling at the New York Restaurant School. He ran a gourmet food store in Annapolis and worked for JC Penney in Florida before settling in Kentucky. Tom and Helen have two daughters, Ann, a teacher, and Kristen, a nutritionist, both of San Antonio. An ardent sailor, Tom took his 33 footer from Annapolis to Dartmouth, England in 1994. He and his daughters are marathon runners.

Another sophomore escapee FredSchmucker, a hockey player from Minneapolis, wound up at Southern Illinois where he earned a BA and MBA and had a great career in chemical sales. But that's only half the story. Fred's wife Barbara, a nurse, bought Microsoft stock in the late eighties when it was a gleam in Bill Gates' eye and now Barbara and Fred are retired on Whidbey Island near Seattle with a second home in Phoenix. One son still works for Microsoft, the other is in sales in New Jersey. Kirke Vernon, area sales executive with International Paper in New York represented Connecticut in October in singles and doubles tennis in the National Senior Olympics held at Disney World in Orlando. Karl Seeman sells sheet metal construction for McKinstry Cos. in Seattle. McKinstry build Benaroya Concert Hall, the Washington State History Museum, Eddie Bauer and AT&T Wireless, among other trophy sites. Karl and Fran, a nurse, have two children, Amy and Brent, who live in Pordand, Ore.

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