1971

A good time was had by all at our annual class dinner on March 11 at Rene Pujol Restaurant in New York City. We had 36 in attendance, including31 classmates, three wives and two recent graduates (Charles Augello '03, son of Robert Augello, and Beau McCoy '02, Charles' roommate). Colby Morgan and wife Leslie joined us for pre-dinner cocktails but couldn't stay because they had theater tickets..Long-distance attendees were Kate and Bob Mustard from Cape Cod; Bob Cordy and Mike Maynard from Boston; Leslie and Colby Morgan from Memphis; Ron Winde from Rhode Island; Rich Crandall from North Carolina; Gene Elrod from Washington, D.C.; Nels Armstrong from Hanover; Pete Webster from Vermont; and the long-distance winner, Bob Moore from Saratoga, California. We had some new faces along with "old regulars." As usual, the food was good, the conversation flowed and the evening went too quickly. Many thanks to John Shanahan for putting the evening together and we look forward to future events, possibly a similar dinner in Boston.

Our reunion time will be upon us sooner than we think and Greg Fell has accepted the chairmanship forour 35th. If you have any suggestions for Greg, please contact him at gregory.e.fell@ citigroup.com. I am sure that he would welcome a few volunteers!

Prior to the dinner, while walking from Grand Central to the restaurant, I, quite literally, bumped into Bob Peters, who was on his way to tape a radio show. Bob is president of Morality in Media Inc. and I spoke to him at length during the dinner about the surge in pornographic and obscene materials, not only over the Internet but also in the mainstream media. He sent to me an article he wrote recently that ties violent sex crimes to hardcore pornography. Bob commented: 'At a time when some commentators in the media are saying that pornography is widely accepted and harmless, we need to remind ourselves that common sense, anecdotal evidence and social science research all point in the opposite direction." The article examines the dark underside of pornography as documented by law enforcement personnel, domestic abuse and rape crisis counselors, psychologists, victims and others. He hopes it will prove useful as a reference tool and a guide for the public and media. For more information, check out the Web site at www.moralityinmedia.org.

Kudos to classmate Tom Burton, who recently was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. Tom co-wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal that was cited as a ground- breaking examination of aneurysms, an often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of Americans each year. The award is for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject. Tom is a reporter in the Chicago bureau of TheWall Street Journal. He covers the medical care, pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. Congratulations to Tom from his '71 classmates who are very proud of this great accomplishment.

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