1976

Greetings. How quickly fortunes change. I have gone from bust to boom with news of classmates, so without further ado, I'll share the wealth. Christopher P. "Kip" Hall of Darien, Connecticut, has joined Morgan Lewis, one of the 10 largest law firms in the country, as a partner in the securities litigation practice in the New York office. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Kip was a partner at Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood. According to The American Lawyer, Kip represented clients in two of the 10 cases the publication noted as the most significant of the decade. Congratulations, Kip.

Institutional Investor's August 2001 issue had a nice feature highlighting Gus Sauter's achievements as the head of Vanguard Groups massive stock indexing operation. Gus runs $3.8 billion in four funds, and Institutional Investor reported that he leads all Standard & Poor's 500 Index fund managers during the past five years. Gus has been with Vanguard since 1987, where he was hired by then president Jack Brennan, who is now Vanguards chairman and CEO.

Ken Norman was appointed as a judge of the Alameda (California) County Court. Ken had served as court commissioner in Oakland since 1993. Prior to that he worked as a deputy in the Alameda County public defender's office. Ken received his law degree from Hastings Law School in San Francisco. After graduation from Dartmouth Ken also spent four years in the Marine Corps. After his All-American track exploits at Dartmouth, Ken was inducted into the Wayne County (Ohio) Sports Hall of Fame.

TRW announced in December that Ronald P. Vargo was named vice president and treasurer of TRW Automotive. Ron assumed responsibility for investor relations. Prior to joining TRW in 1991, Ron worked for British Petroleum Corp., where he held positions in finance, general management and trading. After Dartmouth Ron earned his M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1981. Ron and his wife, Kathleen Martell Vargo, live in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with their kids Mary, Kevin and Michael.

Peter Gilbert was recently named the executive director of the Vermont Council on the Humanities, headquartered in Morrisville, Vermont. Peter received his J.D. from Georgetown and an M.A. from the University of Virginia. He worked at Dartmouth as senior assistant to the president and associate provost from 1994 to 1997. He most recently held the position of vice president of development and alumni relations at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

If you haven't already found it, try checking out our class Web site, www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/76/class76.html. Webmaster Mark Friedman is doing a terrific job keeping things updated and interesting. Mark is keeping the site up to date with pictures and interesting articles/items by or about classmates. It helps take the sting out of the space constraints posed by the Alumni Magazine. One item that I'd like to recommend is Susan Stine Felter's holiday letter to family and friends. For those of us away from the metropolitan areas directly affected by the events of September II, it really helps put things in perspective.

On a sad note, I received news of the passing of two classmates. Wade Hillman passed away November 17,2001, after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer. On February 9,2001, former class president Jerry Daly passed away after a long battle with brain cancer. Our thoughts and prayers go out to both families. Obituaries for both classmates will appear in a later issue of the Alumni Magazine.

Keep the news and information coming. Wishing health and good fortune to all.

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