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Jim Page, Olympic skier and former U.S. team coach, retired from the U.S. Olympic Committee. Jim gave back generously to aspiring skiers as coach at Holdemess School in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and for six years as head coach at Dartmouth. He and Ginny have three grown children and live in Colorado Springs.

Judge Ernie Torres found himself taking a judicial position in the First Amendment debate over how far journalists may go to protect their sources. Ernie convicted and sentenced a local Providence TV reporter for refusing to reveal the source of an F.8.1. videotape used in the Mayor Vincent Cianci corruption case. The New YorkTimes and NBC, the reporters parent network, expressed displeasure.

Zach Mayer '08 joins Alexandra Fleming '05 as the second Class of'63 Scholar currently enrolled at Dartmouth. Two recipients, Alexander Horn '04 and Christina Richardson '03, have since graduated. Zach is the son of Christopher Mayer '68 and nephew of Albert Mayer. Zach is interested in biology and hopes to do foreign studies in Costa Rica or South Africa. The two class scholarships are financed through investments made from two $50,000 funds established for this purpose. We are working on a third scholarship and have raised $10,000 to date to- ward that $50,000 goal.

Mike Geller is back from a two-week tour of Israel conducted by a "spiritual, kabalistic rabbi" from Seattle, where Mike and Carolyn have lived the past fouryears. "It was much different than when I visited in 1962," Mike says. "We dined with orthodox Jews in Xexat and met a lot of Israeli immigrants including Arabs, Christians and Muslims." A transplanted New Yorker, Mike runs a women's shoe consulting business in Seattle, where his daughter, Amanda, lives. Gregory is in Indianapolis. The Gellers have three grandchildren. You can reach Mike at (206) 382-0889; mgeller722@comcast.com

Three generations of Merrows, including John and two young grandsons, were under the big tent in New York when Paul Binder unveiled Picturesque, the Big Apple Circus' tribute to Renoir, Degas, Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, Calder and Picasso, who depicted the circus in their works.

"The toe has a new knee," reported Mike Emerson on the status of Bill Wellstead after knee replacement surgery. The "Toe" has also moved to 9610 Bradenton 53rd Drive East, Bradenton, FL 34211; (941) 756-9497; bwellstead@ tampabay.rr.com. Mike Emerson is new class Family Network chair. If you know of a classmate that could benefit or wish to volunteer, contact Mike at (206) 242-0992; janesemerson@ comcast.net.

I regret to report the death of Rob Tucker, a physician, from an automobile accident, November 4, 2004, near his home in WinstonSalem, North Carolina. Details will appear in the magazines obituary section.

Noel "Ned" Perrin, a popular English professor who arrived on campus with us, died last November at age 77. A prolific writer, scholar and teacher, Perrin was a refreshing, ever-present campus personality who could make English literature pleasant and stimulating for freshmen and advanced students. Born in New York, Perrin gained fame for his writings on Vermont farm life.

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