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As one who's relocated from one coast to the other four times, I tend to note the movements of others. In 1976 our class hailed from 47 states and 18 foreign countries, a seemingly diverse lot. But how diverse were we? Bill Stewart was unquestionably exotic and alien but was he really from Switzerland? And Paul Mourning had too much game for a kid from Spain.Alook at the numbers presents a different view. Fully half of our class—more than 500 students—came from just four states: New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New jersey. Today, there are half as many of us living in these four states. California has sneaked into the No. 2 spot, while Colorado, Washington, Arizona and Virginia have each picked up several migrating 'Bos. But the biggest surprise is the demographic shift overseas. Twenty-six members of our class came to Dartmouth from abroad; 81 live outside the United States today. We're a more diverse group now that we were 30 years ago.

To learn all about the adventures of Jill Fredston, just pick up one of her books. Jill earned a masters in polar studies from Cambridge University before heading north in 1982 to work for the University of Alaska as a snow and ice specialist. Today, as co-directors of the Alaska Mountain Safety Center, Jill and her husband, Doug Fesler, are called in to evaluate rescue conditions after an avalanche. In her latest book, Snowstruck:In the Grip of.'Avalanches, Jill uses case studies from her rescues to talk about the science of snow and the dangers it can pose. Jill and Doug have spent their last 15 summers on the water rowing, logging more than 20,000 miles around Norway, Newfoundland, parts of the Greenland coast and much of the Alaska coast. She captured their experiences in her first book. Rowingto Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge, which won the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for Literature. Her hometown of Larchmont, New York, is on the shore but when Jill visits, she uses a commercial airline just like everyone else.

Another East Coast transplant, Tony Furnary, was recently chosen by the Wall Street Journal as an honoree for its annual international "Technology Innovation" award, within the biotech-medical category. Dr.Furnary and his research team developed the Portland Protocol, an insulin drip therapy for diabetic patients in need of openheart surgery. Tonys Portland Protocol is now being used nationwide, from Oregon to Maine.

N.Y.C native Stacy Phillips continues to distinguish herself in L.A. as a family law specialist. Stacy, a third-generation lawyer and founding partner of Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra, LLP, has recently been recognized by the Los AngelesDaily Journal as one of the "Top 50 Women Litigators in California," by her peers in southern California as a "Top 50 Super Lawyer" and by Jewish Woman magazine as a "Woman to Watch in 2005." And yes, that may have been her that you saw on Good Morning America, The Insider or Celebrity Justice.

When Lanny Vickery and his new wife, Kim, tied the knot on the tropical island of Roatan, near Honduras, I wanted to be there. As advertised, Roatan International Airport is connected to all the major cities of the world. But there's a logistical catch: each week, there's just one flight in and one flight out. We may have missed each other's recent weddings but made up for it by spending a long weekend together in California, where we introduced our new families, reminisced and played music all night with a band of younger Dartmouth friends.

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