1969

I am doing things on the cheap today and just quoting from recent missives. From Jim Staros: "After almost a quarter of a century as faculty members at Vanderbilt, Alice and I are making a big change, moving to SUNY-Stony Brook this summer. It is a big change professionally—as well as geographically—for both of us. I will become professor of biochemistry and dean of the college of arts and sciences, the largest academic unit at Stony Brook. This will entail making big changes, from a mix of teaching, research and administration (in my present position as department chair) to essentially full-time administration. Taking a senior administrative position in a SUNY college less than a year after 9/11—and its attendant emotional and fiscal aftermath—may seem like a less-than-astute move; however, the attractions greatly outweigh those concerns. Stony Brook is known, albeit more among scholars than the general public, as a top-notch scholarly institution, despite its youth (founded in 1957). Institutional youth has its attractions, too, in particular the opportunity for an individual to make a difference in a finite time.

"We have a purchase contract on a house in Bell Terre, New York (a litde incorporated village in the Port Jefferson township). I would be very interested in learning of classmates in the neighborhood (central north-shore Long Island), and I am looking forward to greater interactions with classmates in the Northeast, in general."

From Paul Mitchell: "I thought that you might be interested to learn that I have been practicing in a new area of law, elder law, for about the last 10 years. I deal with children, our age, who are dealing with problems associated with their parents disabilities and dying. Dementia in the elderly and its ramifications, self-neglect and financial exploitation, among others, have become a field of expertise by default along with guardianship, estate planning and Medicaid law. Working with social workers, discharge planners at hospitals and nursing home admissions staff is rewarding for me. I have developed many professional friendships through my participation with the ethics committee at the local hospital, the Medical Center of Aurora (Colorado) and through my recent co-chairmanship of the elder law committee of the Colorado Bar Association. Elder law has been promoted by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for over 10 years. You can find info about it and the fields of practice associated with elder law at www.naela.com I also obtained my certification as an elder law attorney about four years ago from its sister organization, the National Elder Law Foundation, whose certification is approved by the ABA. You can find out more about my practice by visiting my home page at www. elderlawexperts.com."

Remember: Our 35 th reunion is June 14-17, 2004.

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