1981

It's springtime in Hanover. As we all remember, that means 10 more weeks of winter and two weeks of bad sledding. One classmate who used to enjoy the skiing that these long winters provide has gravitated to sunny California. Residing in a much better climate than I do, Vaughn Halyard is living in Santa Monica and has been working in the music and entertainment industry for many years. As you might recall, Vaughn was not only a great skier but a talented musician as well. He has been the recipient of two Grammy awards and one Oscar nomination for the co-production of musical pieces with Stevie Wonder.

In the legal arena, the 400-lawyer Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr recently named Mark Matuschak vice chair of its litigation department. Mark has been a trial lawyer with Hale and Dorr for 17 years and a senior partner for 10 years. Still involved in running and hiking, rumor has it that he completed his fourth Boston Marathon last year. Keith Jacques has been added to the University of New England's board of trustees. Keith resides in Saco, Maine, and is a partner and director with the law firm Smith, Elliott, Smith and Garmey of Saco and Portland.

Daniel Malloy, his wife and daughter have relocated to New York, where Dan has been appointed to lead the financial risk management practice for Benfield Blanch, part of Benfield Group, one of the world's leading reinsurance intermediaries.

Our appeal for volunteer information definitely struck a chord with many classmates. We continue to receive wonderful stories about various philanthropic efforts that fellow 'Bis are interested in. Peter Heyman is involved in numerous organizations in the Seattle area including the Seattle Social Investors Forum (SIF), which is a new-business incubator that serves non-profits (www.socialinvestorforum.org). An example of one non-profit they served is Fare Start, which trains homeless people in culinary arts and provides job placement in family-wage restaurant positions. He has been involved with SIF since its inception in 2000 and reports that they have recently won a Gates Foundation Grant for their work. Peter also volunteers for Bread of Life Mission, a non-profit that recycles the lives of men who have hit the very bottom, healing them of chemical dependencies and restoring their spiritual health. AND, in his spare time, Peter—following completion of five months of pastoral ministry training—has begun ministry work with inmates at the King County Jail.

Steve Herzog reports that he, Tad Sharp and Bob Derzon '51 serve on the board of directors of the Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) in San Francisco. ETC provides Whitewater rafting, sea kayaking and cross-country skiing trips for people with physical or developmental disabilities, as well as disadvantaged youth. Both Steve and his wife Jackie, lead sea kayaking trips. Steve also guides river rafting groups and serves on the fundraising committee.

Finally, a reminder to all about our class Web site (www.dartmouth.org/classes/81) that our dedicated class Webmaster, Greg Clow, maintains for us. I urge all of you to visit the Web site and take advantage of the opportunity to chat with classmates on Class Talk; pay your dues online; access the Class Notes; check out classmates in the news via Class Spotlight; and activate your Dartmouth alumni e-mail address. We hope that all of you will sign on and view this tremendous class resource.

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