1977

I'm writing this months column on Father's Day, exactly two years before our 25th class reunion. Now is the time for all loyal '77s to come to the aid of their class and reunion chair Ann Peters Duffy to assure a fun and successful reunion. Ann needs volunteers to handle several important reunion responsibilities, which were listed in the recent class newsletter.

Pulitzer Prizes are announced a few days after the last Class Notes column is due before a three-month break. Although others have already spread the word, I still want to congratulate Paul Gigot, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in April for his "Potomac Watch" column in TheWall Street Journal, As this goes to print, Paul is appearing nightly on Newshourwith Jim Lehreron PBS, offering insightful (and restrained) commentary on the presidential campaign.

On March 22 Tom Barnico argued his third case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Needless to say, only the most talented and effective lawyers earn the opportunity to appear more than once before the highest court in the land. Tom was defending a Massachusetts law that put companies doing business with Burma at a competitive disadvantage for state contracts, a tough case given the federal governments exclusive constitutional power to conduct foreign policy. And ultimately, the Supreme Court upheld lower-court decisions that struck down the Massachusetts law. Despite the outcome, Paul Gigot and other observers believed Tom had the better of the argument before the court.

David Heywood moved to the Washington, D.C., area last year to take a job with Lockheed Martin Corp., where he is now general tax counsel. As Union Pacific Corp. shed all of its nontransportation business, Dave figured that after 10 years it was time to change transportation modes. "Lockheed Martin gives me some fun insights into how rockets, jets and information systems are put together and made to work, ally interesting transactions. I also sing in our church choir and generally have fun with our two daughters (8 and 10) and a son (12). Since my wife Barbara, is a Georgetown alum, we find the D.C. area almost as good as living in Hanover."

Kevin Ross informed us that Steve White was recently named a managing director of J.P. Morgan in its public finance department. Earlier this year Kevin had a chance to work with Steve when J.P. Morgan served as lead banker for a $1 billion-plus financing on behalf of Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, which Kevin believes was the largest municipal bond issue in Georgia history.

Rupert Everett and Madonna appear as a gay man and his best friend who become unlikely parents in The Next Best Thing, written by Tom Ropelewski. The film is the first drama for Tom, who is known best for writing comedies including Madhousehouse and Look Who's Talking Now (which he also directed). Tom developed the idea for The Next Besflhing with. his wife, Leslie, a writer/producer, who have regularly collaborated on screenplays during their 16-year marriage. They began working on the film two years before their son Tom, now 4, was born. After four years of casting delays and a change of both studios and directors, the film was completed and released in March 2000.

ident and treasurer of Textron Inc., a global multiindustry company with aircraft, automotive, industrial and finance operations. Mary has held several corporate communications posts at Textron since 1993 after serving for 16 years in a variety of finance positions with First National Bank of Chicago.

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