1987

Now lknow whom to thank for those excellent 12th-row tickets I had for last summers Bruce Springsteen concert. With newborn twins at home, I couldn't be one of those people camped out overnight on the sidewalk for tickets, so I logged on to Ticketmaster.com, and voila! My high-speed network connection put me right at the front of the ticket line. Now I find out that the president of Tick-

etmaster.com is our own Tom Stockham. Tom oversees all aspects of the company's online ticketing business, which averages more than $2 million per day in gross transactions. Tom holds an M.B.A. from Stanford, and his varied career has included consulting, marketing and development, managing a senatorial campaign, and serving as president of Sonic Innovations, a manufacturer of advanced hearing health technologies.

The Washington Times-printed an interview with Scott Nova in late June. Scott is the director of the Citizens Trade Campaign, which was formed in 1993 to fight against NAFTA. The organization spent the early part of this year rallying opposition to the granting of normal trade relations to China, which the House passed in May. Scott describes his grass-roots organization this way: "We support international trade, but we think trade policy only works if it includes reasonable protections for workers and the environment." On the personal side, Scott is engaged to be married next year and is a huge fan of the Mets.

Victor Singletary is the new pastor of First Baptist Church, one of Nashville's historic churches and a nerve center of the civil rights movement in the '50s and '60s. He was ordained in 1988, and holds degrees from Union Theological Seminary and NYU. He is pursuing a doctorate in history and education at Columbia Teachers College.

I used to run into Gerry Russo every so often in Hanover, when he was teaching Italian at Dartmouth. After class he used to head to the student woodshop at the Hop to build furniture for his home, but the hobby got out of control. Gerry gave up teaching and now has his own furniture business in Edmonton, Alberta. Check out his Web site at gerrybuilt.com.. .he has some wonderful pieces.

Here's an e-mail from Eric Weidman: "When I read the Class Notes, I can't help but think: 'Who are all these mature, wildly successful adults, most of whom seem at peace with themselves and their lives, and what have you done with those crazy kids I went to school with? Plus, I guess I didn't know too many people, because I don't recognize most of the names.' Personally, I don't feel too successful or mature, but I'm happy. I'm writing from a Blitzmail computer in the Dartmouth Alumni Gym. I am living in Hanover again, for a year, as I am completing a cross-sectional imaging fellowship at DHMC. My family and I are renting a house we can ill afford on the top of Balch Hill overlooking the Hanover golf course. The proximity to running, mountain biking and crosscountry skiing trails just can't be beat. Unfortunately, I still have to work. My wife just started work at the medical center, and our two kids, Matt, 4, and Sarah, 1, seem to be loving the area. I finished up four years of active duty payback to the Air Force as a radiologist at a base near San Francisco. I signed up to pay for medical school in 1987, taking the oath in Lebanon, New Hampshire, so ironically, here I am again. In many ways it is very weird to be back, but it is still a wonderful place!" I couldn't agree more.

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