1957

Bob Shirley, aka "Meatball," reports being reminded that "there is something really uplifting" about being around classmates like Larrie Calvert, Dan Goggin, Larry Guild, Bob Loverud, Cal Perry, Erv Philipps, Tom Watt and, last but longest, Polios Alexandrus Raslavicius. The bond "seems different than family ties but not one bit weaker." Alexander F. Wahlig, M.D., has joined the staff of Twin Tiers Eye Care Associates in Corning and Bath, New York. Gene Booth, commissioner at Rhode Is-

land's Commission for Human Rights, read his poem "Fear Not, White Boy" in an emotional ceremony when Tom Schwarz's son Doug left the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Ned Bixby reports Alumni Fund contributions of $242,456 and a participation rate of 63.6 percent. Hearty thanks to Ned and the 325 classmates who stepped up to make a difference.

Willem Lange wrote the delicious piece about Earl Jette, retiring head of the Outing Clubs outdoor programs, in the Sept/Oct issue of this magazine.

Bob Mowbray has organized a listserv for discussing environmental issues. It is a place "where responsible study and testimony about our globes long-range survival can be presented, challenged, debated and resolved into a plan for...group and individual action."

As of August 22 there were 18 listserv participants from 1957, four from 1956 and one each from the classes of'58, '77 and '83—plus professor Jim Hornig from the Dartmouth Environmental Network. Subscribe by sending the message "subscribe green-mouth" to majordomo@dartmouth.edu. Include the hyphen, please, but not the quotation marks.

Bill Davidow was co-author in 1992 of TheVirtual Corporation, where "he predicted that the flow of electronic information would enable companies to completely decentralize themselves" (The New York Times Magazine, June 11).

Randy Aires has compiled details of the 507 hours of community service performed in a typical week by the 40 classmates who responded to Dick Perkins's call for reports. Did you know that: Bob Baehr is regional leader for the Norway Heart and Lung Transplants Association? Pete Carothers is a founder and vice president of Habitat for Humanity of Addison County, Vermont? That he chairs development efforts, and that Muffin chairs the family-selection process? Bob Copeland has been working on a needlepoint kneeler for the National Cathedral in D.C.? Bill Woodbury, besides singing in two chorales, is a state and federal sea turtle coordinator? I'll have

more "Did you knows?" in later issues. When the call, goes out next year, please be ready to share news about your own give-somethingback activities in the course of a typical week.

Ted Bradley reports having visited Ken Ragland and Nancy, and Bob Slaughter and Carolyn, on a trip with Enid through Madison and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Ken has retired as dean of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin and Nancy directs the Ulbrich Conservatory there.

Phil Byers and Ken Rakouska were victims of Bob Slaughters prowess in a recent tournament; Bob has retired from the insurance business, and Carolyn is looking forward to painting and sculpting when the remodeling of their lakefront home is finished.

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