1975

Boston remains a winter wonderland, as I lookout the window from my office and watch the harbor traffic navigate the waves and snow-induced "white out" which has closed the airport today. I will miss seeing my good friends of the TSA today and our daily ritual of taking off my shoes, unbuckling my belt and getting a pat down (I call it a massage now) at the airport, but there is always tomorrow.

From the virtual mailbag, comes news from Bill Cahill, who updated me on his activities over the past year. Earlier in the year Bill withdrew from the race for one of New Hampshire's congressional seats, but will no doubt stay active in politics and I'm sure we'll see another run in the not too distant future. Bill wanted to thank a number of his '75 classmates who pitched in, and in particular, Bill Zorn, who served as his campaign treasurer. Bill is hard at work on other national campaigns as we speak. His wife, Wendy, works in the law office at Tyco and I'm certain things have been pretty busy of late. Bill's son, Peter, is a freshman at St. Lawrence and Bill's daughter, Meaghan, is a junior in high school, seen recently touring the Dartmouth campus. Bill's doing really well and we wish him the best. By the way, he promises to send either real or fictional information from his "local" fellow classmatesnamely, Charlie Perkins, Bill Zorn and Frank Wilich, to name just a few. Thanks Bill.

I also received word from Dr. Raymond Lahey, who is recovering from a rare but not unheard of complication from a cold— auto-immune encephalo-mylopathy. His perspective remains upbeat and we all wish him a speedy recovery. Ray was asking about his classmate Dr. Philip Cote.

And Mort Pechter '43 wrote to let me know that his son, Richard Pechter, has two sons (twins) Joseph and William, who are members of the Dartmouth class of 2004! That's great news. I'm sure Richard was too busy writing tuition checks to write in himself!

And from the world of philanthropy comes wonderful news that Zell Kravinsky (who left academia after two Ph.D.'s and went on to success in real estate) has just made the largest individual gift ever to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—a gift valued at $6.2 million. The gift was in memory of Zell's sister, who died at the age of 33. By example, Zell's gift is an im- portant force not only for the CDC, but other charities that can benefit from philanthropic gifts of real estate. In their remarks, Zell and his wife notedthat his gift was funded through real estate holdings, which many investors and charities overlook as a way of supporting important caus- es. Zell's Wife, Emily, is a psychiatrist and they have fourchildren. Way to go, Zell, we're all proud of you.

Enjoy the winter and keep those letters and e-mails coming. Nancy and I wish everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful 2003.

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