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Congratulations to Mitch Wallerstein, who will take over as dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Mitch, a 1972 Maxwell graduate, had been vice president of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the worlds largest philanthropic organizations. Mitch said he plans to teach at Maxwell in addition to undertaking his responsibilities as dean. Maxwell has consistently been ranked as one of the top graduate schools for public affairs in the nation. He gained experience in the public sector while serving as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for counter-proliferation policy from 1993 to 1997, the first presidential appointee to that position.

Steve Muller reports that he visited the Grand Canyon last April with his family and managed to get together with Mike Brophy in Phoenix. Mike left Dartmouth at the end of our sophomore year after attending the foreign language program in Costa Rica. He then obtained his undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of Arizona, and now practices water rights law for a firm in Phoenix.

Best wishes to Charles Augello, son of Robert "Auggie" Augello, on his recent graduation from Dartmouth. The family recently rented a house on Lake Fairlee, but their plans were dampened by the rain (like many of us here in the Northeast this spring). Charles works at a firm in Lebanon that designs and manufactures prosthetic limbs.

Stephen Goldsteins daughter, Amanda, just celebrated her 23rd birthday in Fallujah, Iraq, where she is serving as a second lieutenant in the Third Military Police Co. in support of the Second Brigade, which fought its way into Baghdad. This is Amanda's first job since graduating in the top 10 percent of her class in June 2002 from the U.S. Military Academy.

The pride we have in the achievements of our daughters reminds me of the banner that I saw freshman year in the room of a senior: "When better women are made, Dartmouth men will make them." As we enter middle age, the meaning and context of this statement has changed dramatically.

On Monday, June 2, a number of our class officers joined in a conference call to discuss, primarily, the status of the Alumni Fund drive. Once again, many thanks go to Tim Dreisbach for his hard work and diligence on behalf of our class. Tim reports that we continue to set new standards in the amount of money collected for the College, but class participation is not as high as we would have liked. All classmates are urged to make a donation to the Alumni Fund even if the amount is nominal. As you may be aware, the College now allows us to designate where our donations are applied, which gives each classmate an option to support a particular area of the College.

Hope that your summer has been an enjoyable one. Send us your news!

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