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Glad to have some news this time! Ellen Meyer e-mailed to fill me in on her life at present: "Four children (ages 10,8,6,2; two boys, two girls), the last adopted from China. Worked for the first five years of children; have now almost completed five years at home full time. This, even more than Peace Corps and Outward Bound, is the toughest job I have ever loved. Married to Paul Shorb, Williams '78, an environmental lawyer for AT&T. Previously, armed with a Harvard M.P.P. ('87) and a Stanford M.B.A. ('89), I worked on inner city community redevelopment as assistant to the CEO/chair of the Enterprise Foundation. Managed a loan and grant portfolio of $30 million distributed to community groups in 10 cities. Now I report to a 2-year-old CEO, roller blade and make dessert pizza for Leah's club.' I've served on boards, local and national, helped start two local non-profits, go for women's weekends in Maine and try to savor it all. Am struggling with the eternal professional-turned-at-home-mom's dilemma—should I, could I work at something part-time?"

I also heard from Steve Strauss: "After reading so much about our well-spoken and wellthought-of Republican classmate from Ohio, Rob Portman, I am pleased to send news of Dartmouth Democrats. My N.Y. State assembly-member has decided not to run for re-election after 13 terms and I have joined about seven other individuals in seeking the Democratic nomination for his seat. I have been active in Manhattan Democratic politics for about 20 years and this vacancy is an opportunity not to be missed. The primary is September 10. I join Zach Greenhill '75, who is running for a similar seat on the East Side of Manhattan and state comptroller Carl McCall '58, who is running for governor, as part of the Dartmouth Democratic team in New York."

Amy Leavitt was profiled in the February 2002 issue of Research. Amy is one of Money magazines top 200 financial planners and has the good fortune (in my opinion) of being based in Quechee, Vermont. In addition to her position as a principal of Leavitt Associates for 20 years, Amy is a consultant with Lincoln Financial Advisors and Sagemark Consulting. She also lectures throughout the United States on how to develop a successful fee-based planning practice.

President Bush has nominated Fritz Rohlfing for a seat on the U.S. District Court bench in Hawaii. Fritz has been in private practice in Honolulu for 19 years. He is CEO of Aloha Sports Inc., which produced the Aloha and Oahu Bowl college football games.

Todd Baker has joined Washington Mutual as executive vice president of corporate development. Todd had been a partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, where he was the lead attorney in major mergers and acquisitions for financial services, technology, corporate and investment banking clients. He was also cochairman of the firms underwriting practice group. Dan O'Connor is now a partner at Boston Millennia Partners. He supports portfolio company fundraising and coordinates marketing activities for the private equity investment partnership. Previous experience included 18 years at Fleetßoston Financial. He also served as director of institutional sales for BancBoston Capital, was a managing director of the industrial growth group for BancBoston, Robertson Stephens, and managing director at BancBoston securities.

Please keep the news coming!

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