1972

With less rain than most East Coast cities and more sun during the early fall than many places, this is the time of the year to be in the Pacific Northwest.. .or maybe in Hanover, as we were 30 years ago starting our last school year on The Plain: the Tunbridge World's Fairs 100th anniversary, the 202nd Convocation with coeds this time 'round, plunking quarters in Campions washers and dryers, 28-9 over Holy Cross for 11th straight football victory, golf with Dennis Cullen, Peter Heed, Jim McGraw, Rich German, Dick Donohue and '73 Steve Graves, back to Baltimore to see the O's battle the Pirates, and first freeze before the end of October.

Entering Dartmouth this fall of'01 is Mike Turner, "one of the top defenseman in New England prep school hockey...a physically imposing left-shot defenseman...a smooth skating player who has the ability to jump the puck up offensively but also sets the tone defensively with his physical play"—of course he does, as did his father, Michael Turner, captain of the 1972 Dartmouth hockey team and the leading scorer of the 1970,1971 and 1972 teams.

In the "In case you missed it" category—Bill Schlesinger was named dean of Dukes Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. Bill's taught at Duke since 1980 and is the James B. Duke Professor of Botany and was formerly an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara.

Please note a new e-mail address for meafter 2.25 years I've left Amazon.com, building out its global customer service infrastructure to go the distance, and leaving it in good hands. More time now with Trudi for busy family activities (Erika now 12.5, Rachel just turned 9), advisory work and new ventures. Keep in touch!!

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