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This will probably be my last of the "where are they now?" columns as my term as class secretary ends with 35th Reunion in October. But the in-box still has information that I hope is of interest to one if not all. Returning to the former Hitchcock Hall residents: Jan Hoving returned to the Netherlands where, at last report, he was employed at Kone Starlift and Stephen Perry is practicing radiology on Staten Island, N.Y. My old roommate, Doug Raber (Washington, D.C.), is the director of the board on chemical sciences and technology at the National Academy of Sciences. "Linus" came to Washington after 20 years as a professor of chemistry at the University of South Florida. In his current position, it is his responsibility to identify and organize people with expertise in chemistry and engineering into study groups focusing on topics ranging from disposal of nuclear waste to reducing the terrorist threat from commercial explosives.

Closer to Hanover, I found Phil Schaefer and Hugh Savage, both of whom have returned to New England after spending their post-Dartmouth years elsewhere. Phil is now living in Grantham, N.H., following his retirement from the pharmaceutical industry. Hugh returned to his native Maine, and is now living in Brunswick where he is a self-employed civil engineer specializing in site design, erosion control, and home inspections. He and his wife, Caroline, are the parents of five children, most of whom have followed their father into careers in engineering.

I also heard from Alden Wright, who emailed me from Missoula, Mont., where he is a professor of computer science at the University of Montana. Alden teaches a variety of computer science courses while focusing his research on genetic algorithms.

Richard Steele (Walnut Creek, Calif.) is my final Hitchcock subject. Dick started life after Dartmouth as an English teacher, and moved into the cycling industry in the late seventies. His work in cycling took him around the world and he is currently the vice president of operations for Vetta USA in San Francisco. Like so many of us, Dick reports that he and his wife, Sally, are phasing out of three-plus decades of family-focused activity and shifting to life together as a couple again. His goal: finding that classic 21-foot candy-apple red sixties or seventies two- door convertible with a condominium-sized trunk. (Maybe he should try eßay.)

Two other classmates were kind enough to return my requests for information. Dick Hanson (Cutter Hall and West Linn, Ore.) is a consultant and serves as chief financial officer for two Oregon companies. A CPA, Dick spent time with Price Waterhouse, a large regional insurance company and was the founder and treasurer of a health insurance company.

Steve Sharfstein (Streeter Hall and Baltimore, Md.) is a physician and is currently president, medical director, and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System, a not-for-profit behavioral health care system in Maryland.

That's it! Have you made plans to attend our 35th Reunion in October? If not, it still isn't too late to call CarlDuRei at (617) 330-4281 and sign up. If you live in the Northeast, think of it as the last great roadtrip of the 20th century. Hope to see you there.

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