1952

Alan Cohen was described in the Denver Rocky Mountain News as "a shrewd guy. He knows when to get in and when to get out." Alan's principal business is ANC Sports Inc., of which he is chairman and majority shareholder: a company that provides rotating signage in more than 50 arenas and stadiums around the country. But Alan's other business, which gives rise to the quote, is as a buyer and seller of athletic teams and stadiums. Once owning the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets, he is now exploring the possibility of buying the Denver Nuggets basketball team, the Colorado Avalanche hockey team and Denver's Pepsi Center. Cohen, who holds a law degree from Columbia, was vice president of Warner Communications in New York and, in the mid'70s, the chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden Corp.

In the last letter, we talked about high school loyalties and the Dimp Wagner Field in Amherst, New York. Now here is a story from the Columbus Dispatch about class loyalties in Bay Village High School in suburban Cleveland. The article tells of the friendship between Don Friend and Bud Sawyer. They did everything together from washing and polishing the family cars to co-editing the school newspaper and performing on the track team. Their friendship lasted over the years through many moves and many different occupations. Bud went to Dartmouth and then New York City while Friend enlisted in the Army. They exchanged Christmas cards and the occasional phone call. Sawyer moved to Columbus in 1972 and Friend, after a 26-year Army career, came to Columbus the year following. Their Christmas card friendship became active with dinners and get-togethers between the two families. Several other friends and classmates moved to Columbus and joined the cell of Bay Villages graduates. The Columbus contingent went back to Bay Village for the 50th reunion and met 35 out of the 47 members. They attribute the enduring bond in part to the school's small size and the supportive attitude of the class. Bud continued to run cross-country at Dartmouth and was active in WDBS. He did a year in the Yale School of Drama writing plays then entered the advertising business, married Elspeth in the summer of'59 and had two girls and a boy.

Chuck Queenan took on a new responsibility as chair of the Pittsburgh area Community Development conference. Chuck is senior counsel to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, the largest firm in Pittsburgh. He has many Pittsburgh activities to his credit, including several corporate boards and the chairmanship of the Carnegie Mellon University board.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story, the venerable Community Development Conference is in transition: "looking for a new role in a changing economy." Chucks performance will be judged on how well he leads the transition. The people who selected Chuck have confidence in him. Chuck says, "I think we need to get on with it—I am more interested in implementation." Chuck graduated with courses in TuckThayer and entered Harvard Law School not intending to practice. After a couple of years, he was converted. Chuck and Joanne have two children, Sue and Charlie '76.

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