1970

Responding to my plea for material (and my threat to make things up) was an ex-DCR personality who is competing with Denis O'Neill for oldest dad honors in the class of'70. Wallace Ford writes: "I am working as New York counsel with the Kaye Scholer law firm. Working with 400 other lawyers is an "interesting" experience as I head into my third year with the firm. I do a lot of corporate work, particularly in Southern Africa. As this is being written, I am preparing to go to South Africa and Zimbabwe for a week doing some due diligence for a major U.S. corporation. Wallace III was born on Valentine's Day 1997, and a little simple math will tell you that he will be 2 years old next month. He is my first and only, and I am told that his resemblance to his father is spooky. Is the world ready for another Wallace Ford? The answer...it's too late! (We need a new one. The old one is undoubtedly wearing out-D.G.)

"I continue to live in Harlem with my wife, Constance, who is the economic editor of the Wall Street Journal. I am currently working on a couple of writing projects including a novel that is under consideration by one of the big publishing houses...it's not in the John Grisham mold; however, it's something else again. I also continue to be active as a member of the board of visitors of the Rockefeller Center, which gets me to Dartmouth about two to three times a year. Next version will be written with the benefit of a couple of glasses of Merlot, but this will have to do for now. Hasta la proxima mensaje."

I am encouraging everyone to mix fine wine and e-mail so that I can get the best material for this column.

Another ex-DCR guy dropped me this e-mail. Stu Zuckerman observes, "The more things change, the more things stay the same. As part of my responsibilities of serving on the board of overseers of Dartmouth Broadcasting, I interviewed and selected a radio rep firm (McGavren Guild) to try to develop national/regional revenue for the stations. On Page 304 of the 1970 Aegis I am quoted as saying, "I'd love to be repped in New York." Talk about delayed gratification Well, Stu, there was a lot of that delayed gratification stuff running around Dartmouth in 1970.

I'm sorry to have to pass on word of the death of Dana Watts, who died on April 20, 1998, in Middletown, Ohio, of a heart attack. He's survived by his wife, Nancy, and his children James and Tiffany. Dana lived in Middletown before and after Dartmouth and was working at the AK Steel Cos.

Gary Miller wishes to point out that "the College recently moved all the alumni classes websites to a new server, so the address of our website has changed to . I would appreciate a note regarding this change in the column." Gary is now posting web versions of this column on the class homepage, so you can now send pictures for posting as well.

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