1974

In April my wife, Celia, and I were in Lexington, Kentucky, for the Rolex equestrian championship, the premier four-star, three-day event in the United States, I sneaked away from the competition one morning for a few hours to catch the inauguration of Owen Williams as 25th president of Transylvania University. Transy is a charming liberal arts college with a proud, rich history. Founded in 1780 on Americas western frontier at the time, it is the i6th-oldest college in the country and the oldest west of the Allegheny Mountains. Other classmates from 'round the girdled earth were also there to join in the celebration: Doug Lind, Steve Allison, John Fisher and Rick Clarke. Owen left a 24-year career on Wall Street to begin a 10-year period of preparation at Yale, Harvard and New York University for a new career in academia. In addition to the formal recognition of Owens presidential responsibilities, Gov. Steve Beshear took the opportunity to commission him a Kentucky colonel. Owen's wife, Jennifer, and their chile Iren Tucker and Penelope also participated in the celebration and a weekend full of inauguration activities.

Lonna Slaby Saunders and I caught up recently after a class executive committee conference call. Lonna has answered the age-old question of whether you can ever come home to Dartmouth again: Yes, but it can be hazardous to your health. Lonna visited Hanover in February for the 100th anniversary of Winter Carnival, only to slip on a nasty patch of ice and break her ankle. That barely slowed her down, however, as she attended the many activities with a cast and in a wheelchair. Back home in Illinois, Lonna enjoys a busy career in broadcast journalism and law. Lonna started out in radio at Dartmouth with a show on WDCR-AM, only to be followed a few years later by her brother Jeff Slaby '80 on WDCR-FM. Lonna worked in radio for four years after college before entering Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago to earn a law degree. She has done radio and television in Chicago and other markets and currently writes op-ed columns online and blogs for the Huffington Post. She also has a private law practice with a concentration on First Amendment law and arbitration for the State of Illinois in the court system. Last year Lonna was admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts congratulating her group of admittees. She celebrated the event at dinner with her brothers Jeff and Jan Glenn Slaby, Cornell '77, and Doug White '75

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