1954

February-March 1959: George Brooks at B.U.'s African studies program, Jerry Evans at Princetons Woodrow Wilson School, Jim Greenwood aboard the carrier Forrestal, Perry Davis pushing his new Greenwich Village publishing house—Agape Books, Rip Coffin at the Bureau of the Budget, Dick Perkins at State University College of Forestry at Syracuse, Jerry Pearlman studying ophthalmology at Harvard, Lee Kvalnes a research chemist with Dupont's organic chemicals research divisions Jackson Laboratories, Jim Colby doing missionary work in Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia and John Varnum making his film debut in Warner Bros. The FBI Story. Married: John Pierce to Katherine Hildreth, Dune Roberts to Alison Bunn, Al Donahower to Ann Snyder and Tom Agan to Ellen Kingsbury. Pete Barker recently appeared in Two MenWalking A Breast at the Sanford Meisner Theater in New York City. Received an e-mail from long-lost Mike Corcoran: "Am still in Houston working with the oil bizness' getting independent exploration/production companies financial people. Current prices are good but mergers, numerous bankruptcies, layoffs and wage/merit/bonus freezes have dried up new hire prospects. What else is new in the commodity business, whose fortunes are like a yo-yo."

The Verona Times of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, reports that Don Brief is one of 1,500 physicians listed as "Top Doctors in New York" in NewYork Magazine. Don specializes in endocrinologic surgery, performing gastrointestinal and breast procedures. He is chair of the department of surgery at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. The College awarded the Milton Sims Kramer Award to Al-Nur, Dartmouth's Muslim student association, and to The Stoneface Review, a student publication. The Kramer Award honors the memory of Milt Kramer, who was our valedictorian.

Better than 10 percent of the class attended the Boston and New York holiday luncheons. Next year's luncheons are to be held on December 9,2003, in the Boston area and December 12, 2003, in New York City.

The class has established the John J. Gillespie Award ("the Gillespie") to recognize classmates who have organized class events to further our connecting. The first award was given to John Gillespie at the Boston luncheon for his continuing efforts. The second award was given to Jerry Goldstein for organizing and hosting our great 70th birthday party.

Ed Horton is working at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston developing a NIH-funded outpatient clinical research center focusing on the prevention of Type 2 diabetes and cardio-vas-cular disease.

As you read this column, the class golfers are gathering at the Plantation Inn in Crystal River, Florida, for our annual golf outing and the class skiers will be doing their thing at Mt. Snow and Vail and Aspen. Still to come is the gathering of fish stories at the Rainbow Lodge in Navajo Dam, New Mexico in July. (Contact Jim Adams.)

John Fenn and Don Berlin are working on the second class boat trip, to be held in the fall of 2004. Plans have not been finalized but one possibility is sailing our own three-master (powered) down the Dalmatian Coast. Let us know of your interest.

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