1988

I returned to Hanover briefly in September for the annual Alumni Leadership Weekend, to meet with class officers, alumni club leaders, and administrators, faculty and students. Blue skies and crisp air brought me back to our college days, but the hordes of young faces snapped me back to reality. I don't exactly belong there any more.... Once class notes and newsletters, minireunions and budgets had been addressed, discussion turned to the student life initiative, President Wright's drive to make Dartmouth's "out of the classroom" experience a worthy complement to the world-class education its students receive. This is the major issue on campus these days, so read the College mailings and coverage in the Alumni Magazine and national press to learn more.

Matthew Lansburgh spent several years after Dartmouth studying modern Spanish poetry at Princeton, went to law school at Stanford and worked as a corporate lawyer at Simpson Thacher in New York. Still living in New York, Matthew recently joined the law department at Sony Music. Timothy A. Brooks has been appointed chairman of the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners. Tim had been the tax board's executive secretary and general counsel since 1996. In that role he helped the agency defend its property assessment practices in a landmark case before the Indiana Tax Court and the Indiana Supreme Court. The Indianapolis Star quoted a lobbyist who said, "Tim is the perfect replacement. He's a good tax attorney who really knows his stuff." Tim has a law degree from the University of California, and is working on a master's degree in economics. DanGavitt was named athletic director of Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I. He was selected from among 84 applicants by a search panel composed of faculty, coaches and administrators. Most recently Dan was president of Craigville Sports Associates, a firm specializing in event development, sponsorship sales and marketing. He had served as assistant Friar coach from 1988 to 1994. Dan will oversee a 20-sport Division II program with a $1 million budget. He lives in Barrington, R. I., with his wife, Susan, and earned his M.A. in business administration from Providence College.

Rob Cote recently joined the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, LL.P., and works in the firm's business law department. He earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law, and concentrates his practice in public finance.

Chris Balish, known as a daredevil correspondent with WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, fractured his hip live on the air in May. He wound up in surgery after playing rugby during the 7 to 9 a.m. broadcast, when he fell while wearing a two-way radio on his hip. Chris's live TV exploits have earned him a regional Emmy award, and have included riding a mechanical bull, climbing a flag pole, barefoot water skiing, bungee jumping, motorcycle racing, high-diving and broadcasting from the top of a 110-foot cellular phone tower.

Max Saenger has been hired as the executive director of the new Maine Winter Sports Centre, located at the former Loring Air Force Base in Aroostook County, Maine. The MWSC will provide a year-round home base for the U.S. Biathlon Association, and will offer outstanding winter trainingfacilities for aspiring Olympic biadiletes. In addition, the MWSC and the Aroostook County Biathlon and Cross Country Skiing project will help to raise youths' aspirations, enhance existing cross country ski programs and introduce biathlon to central and northern Aroostook County. Max is a dual citizen of the United States and Switzerland, and competed as a member of the Swiss National Biathlon Team from 1996-1998. He also served as an instructor at the Saanen (Switzerland) Ski School.

250 Andover St., Andover, MA 01810; "(978) 749-3117 (h); mike.freidberg@wang.com

WKRC-TV correspondent ChrisBalisk fractured kis kipplaying during tke7 to 9 a.m. kroadeast.MIKE FREIDBERG '88