1957

Our policy of contacting classmates that we have not heard from recently is beginning to produce results. Wed like all of you to be in the fold in time for our 50th. If you hear from me or Tom Schwarz or anyone else who cares about you, please respond with news.

The Boston Globe carried a long article about the career and retirement of John Roberts. John embarked on an atypical path after graduating from Dartmouth. He attended Union Theological Seminary in New York intent on becoming a Presbyterian minister and involving himself in the civil rights struggle. John spent most of the '60s as a community organizer in Cleveland. In 1969 he began working for the Chicago branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. According to the Globe, his target for the past 34 years has been "anyone he believed was trampling on the Bill of Rights. Both soft-spoken and outspoken, he has been a player in some of the most controversial issues: busing, antiwar protests, abortion, gay rights, pornography. He has infuriated many, yet as he leaves office as head of the Massachusetts chapter of the ACLU, it is hard to find anyone with a bad word to say about John Roberts the man."

Tom Macy was away for almost four straight weeks last December, first on a two-week trip to Beijing, China, where he serves as a part-time senior advisor to the chairman of the board of a privately owned Chinese bank, and then two days after his return to his home in Virginia, he was off again on a two-week skiing trip to Whistler Mountain in British Columbia for the Christmas/New Year holidays.

Marylou, wife of Jim Francis, writes: "Jim and I are celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary (Secretary's Note: How many of us can say that!). Our sons and their wives are planning a family party at the Carnelian Room atop the Bank of American Building in San Francisco and then we are taking a trip to Las Vegas. Jim keeps busy with volunteer work in special education in a local public elementary school and we spend 'quality time' with our six grandchildren (all under 51/2 years of age)."

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has appointed Peter Nessen as education secretary in his new administration. Peter previously has been working with his own firm representing Oceanarium, a New Bedford, Massachusetts, aquari- um project.

We should, all acknowledge our own Dave Cook as one of the prime movers in the reinstatement of varsity swimming at the College.

The '57 listserv has become very active. I receive about five to six messages a day on all kinds of topics ranging from travel, mini-reunions, politics, memories, '40s and '50s pop songs, the current Dartmouth administration and many others. As mostly a lurker and an occasional contributor, I greatly enjoy the experiences and opinions of classmates. If you haven't signed up, there are simple instructions on our Web site (www.alum. dartmouth.org/classes/57/). Yes, you do need a computer.

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