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Four years ago Peter Gallenz answered a call from Max Saenger to help develop a world-class biathlon venue at the Nordic Ski Center in Presque Isle, Maine. The former World Cup skier couldn't pass it up. Peter designed the lodge—88 feet long by 30 feet wide with 3,600 square feet of usable floor space on three floors. He designed it around a blockhouse motif. The trick was to tie the activity (skiing) with history (the Fort Kent blockhouse). The 4-year-old Fort Kent venue was the site in March of the first Biathlon World Cup held in New England. Biathletes from 24 countries competed, and an estimated 17,000 attended this four-day competition. Peter lives in Munich, Germany. Mary Beckman serves on the board of trustees of The Boston Home in Dorchester. This is a 96- bed, not-for-profit, long-term-care facility for adults with disabilities. It is the only facility of its kind in New England, and one of a few in the United States. Previously she was the first director of the compliance department for Children's Hospital Boston. She has also served as a senior health policy advisor for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Boston as deputy legal counsel for the Commonwealth Office of the Governor and as an associate in Ropes and Gray's Health Law Practice in Boston. Mary earned her J.D. from Yale. Francis Powers married Jamie Dutkevitch earlier this year in Providence. After Dartmouth Francis graduated from McGill University Medical School.

And now for a little class officer news: Earlier in the year Joy Turnheim Smith stepped down as president of our class in order to focus on her teaching. VP Bill Rodgers will serve as president for the remaining two years of the term. Thank you Joy, for your service, and best of luck! Also, Jeff Weiss will be representing our class on the Alumni Council. Jeff took the lead on our class executive committees participation project, and you'll be hearing more about this soon. Jeff is currently teaching a course at Tuck. And finally, it won't be long before we meet again for our 20th reunion in 2006. Bill said, "Raise the chatter for 2006!" He will be reaching out to classmates, but those interested in serving on reunion committee and/or hosting mini-reunions should contact him at wrodgers@rci.rutgers.edu or (732) 932-4100, X783.

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