1973

Reunion is only three-quarters of a year away. Mark your calendars now for June 9-12, 2008. Contact a classmate you haven't seen recently and start making plans to reunite on the Hanover Plain.

Harvey Wolkoff is a partner in the litigation department of the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray and teaches deposition techniques to first year litigation associates. Harvey, who lives in Wayland, Massachusetts, also has been providing pro bono legal services to the town related to a synthetic turf field at Wayland High School, the installation approval and payment of which were challenged by some unhappy residents. The improved field would enhance the playing opportunities for youth groups and school teams. One local, with regard to Harvey and another attorney defending the town, said, "They are taking the hard right over the easy wrong."

Although much of William Hiltz's time is spent as senior managing director for Evercore Partners, an advising and investment firm in Manhattan, he also devotes a great deal of time to Lenox Hill Hospital as the chair of the board of trustees. Founded in 1857, the Upper East Side New York hospital has faced difficult financial times but with Williams leadership is finally regaining its financial footing and is focusing on its historically strong departments such as cardiology, orthopedics and obstetrics. He also serves on the board of the affiliated Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

Dr. Richard Carvolth, a practicing emergency physician, is medical director of the emergency department and chief of staff-elect at Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, California. Richard also serves as medical director for two hospital medicine programs and manager of one radiology practice. He chairs the best practices subcommittee of the Team Health medical executive committee and heads the Team Health West management team. Team Health West provides administrative and staffing services to multiple hospitals and health systems in the western United States. Richard is a former assistant professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and is active in numerous professional associations.

Based on years of experience in the dairy and spray drying industry, Tom Dietrich has announced the formation of a new specialty liquid blending/spray drying company, Dietrich's Specialty Processing, LLC, which opened a state-of-the-art facility in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company provides full-product formulation and process development services for the spray drying of food ingredients and is designed to be able to produce spray-dried ingredients that provide improved functionality, better nutrition and more appealing flavors.

Product capabilities include dairy powders, infant formulas, malted milk powders, milk crumb powders, sweetener powders, nutritional ingredients, nutritional formulas, organic products, soy products, dairy, meat and vegetable flavors. Tom's customers range from startups to multinational companies.

I am saddened to report the deaths of two classmates: Cedric "Tom" Tuohy and Chuck Thomas. Tom practiced law in Everett, Washtington, was a volunteer with Snohomish County Legal Services and a member of the arts council. Chuck, a superb running back, became a well-regarded ER doctor in Chicago. Obituaries for both appear in this magazine.