1976

Most of the news this month is from the fields of politics, high technology and medical research. Allen Morgan left the practice of law and joined a venture capital outfit, the Mayfield Fund, in Menlo Park, Calif. Allen had many years of experience working with entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in the internet, e-commerce and new media area at his law firm, Latham & Watkins. His new portfolio includes a wide range of software and high-tech concerns.

Pat Campbell is a rising high-tech star. Pat was appointed as Barnes and Noble's vice president for "interactive direct marketing." Pat's career has led her through a variety of direct marketing challenges, including stints at Advanta, a financial services corporation, Times Mirror Publishing and Time Inc. She is praised as being "a true pioneer in using integrated media strategies in direct response marketing." My only qualm about Pat's new job at barnesandnoble.com is that she is in charge of the vaguely threatening duties of "customer acquisition and retention."

Taz Shepard is again in the news, now having been elected vice chair of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission. The A.S.S.E.C. is a state agency that governs the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama. Taz practices law in Huntsville, and when he is not governing Alabama's space industry, keeps busy raising five children. Also in the Heart of Dixie is Dr. George Shaw. George is a prominent AIDS researcher and cancer clinician. He is now the head of the University of Alabama's division of hematology and oncology. George worked at Dr. Robert Gallo's AIDS research laboratory at the National Cancer Institute before being recruited to the University of Alabama.

In politics: Rick White has left Congress and returned to the practice of law. Rick's district included Redmond, Wash., home of Microsoft and about 17 zillion billion software start-ups. During his tenure in the hallowed halls, Rick earned a well-deserved reputation for hard work and solid experience in high-technology and energy issues. Rick also wrote frequently to my mother, one of his constituents, and sent cheery newsletters to the many members of my extended family in his district (parents, sisters, nephews, inlaws and cousins). They miss the mailings, and wish Rick well in his resumed legal career. George Jepsen has not sent anyone in my family a scrap of paper, but this has not had any adverse effect on his career as a Connecticut state senator. George lives in Stamford, and according to the press clip sent by the Alumni Office, believes that Connecticut needs to do more to target property tax relief to middleincome residents.

Hannaford Bros. Cos. has promoted not just one, but two, '76ers. As befits a good Yankee corporation, they saved paper and sent out just one press release. MikeStrout was appointed as executive vice president with responsibility for human resources and information technology, and Paul Fritzon has been elevated to CFO. The company is located in Scarborough, Maine, and both classmates live nearby. Keen readers of this column will remember Mike's name being associated with"the Friday the 13th Club," whose peripatetic carousing is becoming legendary.

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Taz Shepard kelps govern the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama. DICK MONKMAN '76