1989

How about a $500 BMW skateboard? Or a $60,000 smooth-riding speedboat? Just when I was starting to wonder what I would write about in this column, Anita Hamilton popped up on my TV screen to save the day. She was bantering with Matt Lauer on the Today show about all kinds of interesting new gadgets like disposable cell phones and an office robot that spies on you in the workplace. And for you outdoorsy types, two great new inventions, especially if you have smelly feet. One was a North Face jacket that has special microscopic fibers that heat up. The other is Teva sandals that repel odors. Who would have predicted? Anita, by the way, is a technology editor at Time magazine.

Erich Fisher is quite high tech himself. He recently moved to Washington, D.C., where he's the director of strategy and business development for Intelsat. The company owns and operatesyou guessed it—satellites.

One sure way to get in the column is to come visit your class secretary. Todd and Jennifer Cromheecke were recently in the neighborhood with 3-year-old Jay and 3-month-old Anna. And Jens brother Adrian Block and wife Helen introduced our daughter,julia, to their twin baby girls.

Michael Grebe has been promoted to partner at the Milwaukee law firm of Quarks & Brady. He got his law degree at the University of Wisconsin and focuses on the areas of corporate law, corporate finance and securities and mergers and acquisitions.

Jilann Spitzmiller Rogerson and Hank Rogerson are still enjoying the success of their film Homeland. The CD soundtrack of the film won "Best Instrumental Recording" at the Native American Music Awards last fall. The soundtrack includes performances by Keith Secola and the Indigo Girls. You can purchase a CD by e-mailing philomath@earthlink.net or visiting www.homelandstories.com and filling out an order form.

Dave Heisterkamp, last seen here living in Colorado with his wife, daughters and bichon frise puppy, is a lawyer who successfully argued an appeal before the 9th Circuit Court last June. His law firm specializes in representing Indian tribes in their public housing and management activities. The Appeals Court held that the EEOC has no jurisdiction to prosecute or investigate claims of age discrimination against Indian tribes. The court also stated that tribal public housing is a matter of self-governance and selfdetermination for Indian tribes and that the federal government should not interfere except in extreme cases. And finally, I could have written this whole column with all the news sent to me by Alec Scott, who lives in Toronto. Alec recently received a visit from Jamie Kershaw and his partner Darren Soler, who is a music producer. They all spent the evening hanging out with one of his label's artists, Rufus Wainwright. Jamie is an entertainment lawyer in LA, currently with MGM. Alec says he ran into Jamie again at Kim Hall s wedding in Salinas, California. The wedding took place at Kims mothers place in the rural hills therewith "amazing vistas,a bluegrass band and thousands of dogs with colorful collars made by Kim." Other guests included Phil Resor and Catie Cambell '90 with their new baby, Adriane Harris and Anita Hamilton about to go on a camping trip. (Was she packing those high-tech Tevas?) Alec also caught up with Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis over breakfast in Berkeley, along with her husband and new baby, Neo. He says the husband (Alec either couldn't remember his name or he couldn't spell it!) is a long-time foreign correspondent for many top magazines. Alec reports that they run marathons and live in Sacramento.

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