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Rolf Kielman writes (edited slightly by Scott): “I’m just south of Burlington, Vermont, in the town of Hinesburg. My wife, Stevie, and I have three young adults: son Rollie is in Burlington working in a photography studio and doing a lot of work for Burton Snowboards; twins Lily and Rem are both juniors at the University of Vermont; hard to afford that Ivy League education in this era. Son Rem plays varsity soccer for UVM and I have to confess that my Big Green allegiance goes out the window when UVM and Dartmouth contest.

“I work in Burlington as a partner in architecture firm TruexCullins. Great work (I describe it as ‘perpetual kindergarten’); a very satisfying career choice full of creative expression. As with many firms in Vermont we are fully engaged with what we refer to as ‘positive’ energy buildings, those buildings that produce as much energy as they consume, and making lots of headway. We work in Hanover, here in Burlington, at Vermont Law School and design many small energy-efficient homes and schools abroad in St. Petersburg, Stockholm, even in Brazil (with educator Rick Detwiler ’69).

“I have considerable contact with former classmates. Sparky Millikin works with me. (In fact Sparky just became our firm’s president at the start of this year, taking over from me after my 12-year tenure. You can work with your good friends.) Gene Nelson, Jim Lazarus and Bob Jorgensen remain very good friends. Artie Brown is headed our way next weekend to visit Middlebury College with his daughter from his home just outside of Washington, D.C.

“Finally, I just finished a house for Jim Lazarus in Eastman.”

An April Time piece highlighted the nomination of Robert Groves to head the Census Bureau. Bob, a University of Michigan sociology professor and survey expert, served as an associate census director from 1990 to 1992 and has written extensively on survey methods, frequently focusing on boosting response rates to polls and surveys.

Finally, from Paul Gambaccini, “I haven’t mentioned this before—I didn’t want us all to laugh at once—but this year I am the News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media at Oxford University. I can say this now because I have safely given a series of lectures without drying, being laughed out of the hall or sending half those present to sleep. I have to admit that when I got the first couple of e-mails addressed to Professor Gambaccini I instinctively looked around the room to see if there was anyone answering to that description. I apologize to all my Dartmouth professors who actually worked for their titles.” You’re too modest, Paul.

I’ll probably be complaining about the heat when I read this in the magazine, but as I write, we are still in the middle of an unseasonably cool spring. (Flash: Summer to arrive tomorrow.)

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