1974

Greetings, one and all! It has been a while since we last met upon these pages! Don Casey has been swamped with commitments of a medical nature, and has handed the reins of Alumni Mag reporting to me. Thank you, Don, for all of your help thus far. I'd also like to thank Bernard Thompson 111 '82 for his assistance as well. None other than Mayor Menino himself recendy announced Bill Raynor as the City of Boston's director of recreation. Big Bill will oversee the consolidation of the parks and recreation department as well as strengthen ties amongst the YMCA, Police Activities League and area colleges and universities. Planet Zanett Inc. (Nasdaq: INCU), a corporate business developer, has announced that Jack M. Rapport has joined the management team as chief financial officer. He still lives in Pound Ridge, New York. Richard Ranger is alive and well in Valdez, Alaska. He sends the Norman McClean quote: "Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." Hey! What does the following phrase suggest to you: "Lesbian Trapped in a Man's Body"? A National Enquirer headline? Today's theme on The Jerry Springer Show! Nope, it's simply the title of Brian Daly's latest collection of poetry, published by Black Greyhound Media of Nashville, Tennessee. Here are some interview questions—Q: What kind of poetry do you write? A: Seems to be split between dirty stories and brutal accusations. Q: Who influenced you? A If you can tell, I'm not worth reading. Q: Where did you get the tide? A It just came to me one day, and I hoped it was close enough to the subject that I could use it.

It saddens me to report the passing of another member of our class. Alan Michael Glovsky died on October 19,2000, at Cornell Medical Center in New York City at the young age of 49. He had been battling Hodgkin's disease for 16 years. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he attended Beverly schools and graduated in 1969 from Tabor Academy. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth in 1974 and an M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art in 1979. Along the way he studied with recognized artists in the United States and abroad. At Dartmouth he studied with and was greatly influenced by professor Varujan Boghosian. Alan's life was his art, expressed in sculpture, painting and installations. He chose to live and work in New York City, where he shared his passion and life with Sylvia, also a visual artist. Alan explored intensely personal, but universal, themes such as isolation, security, anxiety and comfort, questioning what constitutes a home. Alan received many honors and awards, including four fellowships from the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been shown in many New York galleries, as well as in Maine, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Nevada and overseas in England and Venezuela. His cast glass houses are currently on exhibit with Sylvias mixed media pieces at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to Sylvia Benitez, Alan leaves his parents, Natalie and Henry Glovsky of Beverly, his brothers and their wives, Mark Glovsky and Livia Cowan of Annisquam, Massachusetts, John and Andrea Glovsky of Beverly, a large extended family and his dog Maya.

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