1973

Reunion year draws to a close.

In June the Government Law Center at Albany Law School recognized Bob Conway as a distinguished alumnus for outstanding public service. Bob has spent his entire legal career in government service—as a Marine Corps officer for 20 years and, since 1996, as agency counsel for the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, which oversees state facilities' support to the New York Army and Air National Guard for local emergency responses and for federal overseas deployments.

As of July Chet Homer is a member of the New Hampshire University System board of trustees, to which he was appointed by Gov. John Lynch. The University System of New Hampshire is directed by a 27-member board of trustees comprised of the governor, 11 governor-appointees, six members elected by alumni, two members elected by students, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture, the presidents of the systems colleges and universities and the chancellor. The system includes the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, Keene State College and Granite State College.

The Stern Center for Language and Learning in Burlington, Vermont, a nonprofit for people who learn differently, lost Mary Allen Stifler as an employee when she retired recently but gained her as a member of its board of directors.

Jake Johnston continues to serve as a school principal of a 1,000-student middle school in Brampton, Ontario, and intends to continue as such until his son graduates from college. In his spare time Jake plays hockey in an "old timers" league.

One classmate who has taken a less traditional path than most is Michael Winn. Before the age of 17 he traveled to 30 countries and by the time we graduated he had run 35 whitewater rafting expeditions as a guide down the Grand Canyon. A senior fellow with a degree in Russian/comparative literature, Michael began a three-year career in New York publishing until he got fired "for being too creative.' He became a freelance war correspondent and adventure travel photographer, going on 30 trips to another 50 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia from 1977 to 1985. His writings and photos appeared in The New York Times, Time, Smithsonian, Outside,Village Voice, Harpers, Connoisseur, People,Adventure Travel, National Geographic, NationalJewish Monthly and many others. Michael has been a key figure and pioneer in promoting qigong and Taoist meditation in the West since 1980. In 1995 he founded Healing Tao University in the Catskills. He was two-term president of the National Qigong (Chi Kung) Association, USA, the umbrella nonprofit organization serving qigong teachers, healers and students, and has been on the organizing committee for the Annual National Qigong Conference since its 1997 inception. Michael has taught internationally in Europe, Asia and South America as well as in the USA. He sees his life "as an alchemical journey flowing between outer adventures and inner adventures, a process of cultivating my worldly life and my inner essence."

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