Remember Michael Chu singing opera as he crossed the Green between classes? Well, Michael followed his bliss and has been singing for several years with the ensemble of the Leipzig Opera in Germany. His singing career hit a peak a few seasons back when he sang two gala concerts at the Berlin Philharmonic, had his first radio broadcast from the Mendelssohn Festival at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and German television made a short portrait of his life. Since then, Michael has been busy with concerts and with his double quartet, the Vokal Romantiker, which recently released its fourth CD.
Peter Hutchins is a director of the Manchester, New Hampshire, law firm of Hall, Hess, Stewart, Murphy & Brown. Vice president of the N.H. Bar Association, Peter focuses his practice on plaintiffs' personal injurylaw. Peter is actively involved with many sports-related organizations including the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, the N.H. Softball Umpires' Association and the board of directors of the N.H. Women's Basketball Association.
Stacy Phillips received a Women of Action Award from the Israel Cancer Research Fund in Beverly Hills. The ICRF described Stacy as an attorney of distinction, named by the LosAngeles Business Journal as one of the 50 most powerful women in Los Angeles law. ICRF has the singular goal of finding a cure for cancer by funding the research of scientists in Israel.
John "Hans" Morris is the chief operating officer of the investment banking division of Salomon Smith Barney. Hans is responsible for all matters of investment banking management, with primary focus on driving his firms technology and human resources and the execution of the firm's global business strategies. Hans is also chair of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund Committee.
E-commerce keeps the class of'80 gainfully employed, and provides material for this column. Long live the new economy! Within our class organization, Ed McNierney has agreed to serve as the vice president, Internet, with responsibility for revising and maintaining the class of '80 Web page, among other duties.
Neuromedia Inc., a provider of interactive Web-based solutions for developing and deploying virtual representatives, named Frank Fesnak vice president of business development. Frank came to Neuromedia from DiviCom/C-Cube, a leader in the MPEG-2 compression and transmission systems market. Prior to DiviCom, Frank spent four years at Net FRAME Systems and 10 years at IBM.
The Wexler Group, a Washington, D.C., government affairs firm, has added intellectual property and new economy specialist Adam Eisgrau to its bi-partisan roster of lobbyists, marketers and coalition managers. Adam is a former Senate Judiciary Committee counsel to Senator Diane Feinstein and legislative counsel for intellectual property issues to the American Library Association. During his tenure at the American Library Association, Adam served as an accredited delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization treaty conference in Geneva in 1996 and attended the 1995 Intellectual Property Conference of the Americas.
Mimeo.com, in the business of document printing, binding and delivery through the Internet, has added Bruce Judson to its board of advisors. Bruce is the author of bestseller NetMarketing: How Your Business Can Profit from theOnline Revolution. His most recent book, written with Kate Kelly, is titled Hyperwars:11 Strategiesfor Survival and Profit in the Era of Online Business.
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