1980

Forty-eight is the new 28. When people ask how old I am I now offer both a biological age and a virtual age. It's not enough to think young; you need to surround yourself with the trappings of a younger persons life. Toys on the floor, crying at 3:30 in the morning, diaper changing. Feeling exhausted yet? In the recent class column written by co-scribe Paul Elmlinger, Amy Ladd speculates that her 6-year-old might be our class' youngest child. Amy, I'll see your 6 and lower you 5. My wife Sarah and I added a son to our family 11 months ago. I maybe the one currently wearing the crown but my days as class Larry King are already numbered. With a child due early next year Lanny Vickery and wife Kim will be adding a member to their Austin, Texas-based family that already includes a daughter in college and a son in high school.

All this talk about babies is business-as-usu-al for Jandel Allen-Davis, who, among other things, has been managing a busy obstetrics and gynecology practice in Denver. Kaiser Permanente, Colorado's largest private health provider, recently named Dr. Allen-Davis associate medical director of external relations, with responsibility for handling community, governmental and media relations and delivering community, physician and employer programs. By all accounts she's the perfect choice. As the leader of patient safety and student mentoring programs far too numerous to mention, Jandel has emerged as one of the most recognized physicians and community leaders in Denver. Her success is by no means limited to her career and volunteer pursuits. As an artist, her work with silks wins honors; as a parent, she sent daughter Courtney to Dartmouth.

The lawyers I know were impressed when I told them that Meg Coughlin LePage had been recognized as one of the best attorneys in the nation by Chambers and Partners, the research firm that publishes global rankings. As a partner in the employment practice at Pierce Atwood, a firm based in northern New England, Megs work involves various aspects of the law including harassment, wrongful discharge and drug testing. Of course, these are areas that none of us would ever consider violating butyou may want to write down Meg's number, just in case.

At reunion I remember talking to Chris Browne about the challenges he faced on 9/11 and in the days that immediately followed as the senior manager at Reagan National Airport. Terrorism, a three-week shutdown, increased security, tens of millions of passengers to serve, the construction of a new terminal; one can only assume that Chris, a former Navy pilot, didn't feel enough pressure at National, which is why he recently accepted the top management position at Washington Dulles International Airport. The new job puts Chris in charge of twice as many people, twice as many budget dollars and a $3.5 billion capital improvement project. With all that Chris has going on, I will almost feel bad when I ask him to keep me company during my next extended layover.

I recently met up with Paul Salafia in Hanover, where we both participated in a 12-person panel discussion on careers for the brothers at our fraternity. Paul and I spent lots of time together in the mid-1980s, when we both lived in New York and he worked as an assistant D.A. in Brooklyn. The job experience provided Paul with some frightening stories and an incentive to move far away. Since slinking off into the wilderness like Yukon Jack, Paul has lived with his wife and son in Concord, New Hampshire, where he still practices law.

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