1980

I happily flipped on the fourwheel drive north of Springfield, Massachusetts, on my way to Hanover for a snowy February weekend. As if on cue a nice coating arrived just before Winter Carnival, blanketing the incipient sculpture on the Green. On Saturday I saw the mens hockey team of Bob Gaudet '81 defeat Union; also in attendance were Winston Hutchins Barry Ryan, Rich "Boomer" Akerboom David Edelson '81 and, of course, Lynne Gaudet '81. My snow-booted trek around campus revealed a remarkable building boom that includes muchneeded new dorms. This confirmed what I'd heard in New York when I attended a trustee panel on the state of the College hosted by Bill Helman. Chris Wilson, who works in "distressed debt" with Rob Ruocco was there; he was not distressed nor did he appear to be in debt. Hans Morris and Jeff Citrin also attended. Bill moderated superbly by not imposing moderation on the panelists.

As I arrived in November at Columbus Airport for the OSU-Michigan game I was greeted by a large sign: Vorys Sater Welcomes You to Columbus. It recalled Webb Vorys himself now of the eponymous law firm, greeting visitors from the Phi Delt porch and occasionally even sliding down the columns to greet special guests. He and I text-messaged in-game but couldn't embrace due to the 105,000 people separating us. Webbs daughter was accepted early decision at Vanderbilt. Blake Shepard is another lawyer who has done well and he does good, too: The Hennepin County (Minnesota) Bar Association has given him its Private Sector Pro Bono Excellence Award. When he's working for a fee, Blake chairs Leonard, Street and Deinard's products liability department.

Chris Sawtch was among several classmates at the January biennial Ivy Football Association dinner in New York, where Reggie Williams '76, one of the greatest defensive players in Ivy history, was the Dartmouth honoree. John Cholnoky, Dave Watt, Mike Lynch, Dan Zenkel, Tony Garippo Greg Henry and Frank Leddy joined the festivities. Chris, who is with the private client group at ÜBS in his hometown of Westport, Connecticut, reports that his daughter has just been accepted early at Colby and his son is a football-playing sophomore in high school.

Dave Delucia writes: "During her January break my daughter visite India to work on water management efforts in a small village. I accompanied her for five days and it was wonderful! Pandemonium in Delhi, where donkeys, cars, trucks and elephants shared the streets. Friendly people in the countryside, where they hauled water on their heads. It was a great experience to share with my daughter and it reminded me of our LSA trips in 1977. At home, life on a dirt road in Norwich, Vermont, is wonderful and Rockwell-esque." Dave works on biotechnology startups out of the College.

Finally, our president Mike McClintock reports that our class executive committee has made a three-year grant to the lacrosse program. We will recognize the man and woman, respectively, who best represent the team, the College and the community through a combination of academic and athletic achievement and community involvement. The grant will be used for equipment, recruiting and staffing needs. This is a thoughtful gift made to a solid program (in the case of the women's team, a national power) that has historically had a lower profile than some of the other sports.

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