So, what do you have to do to become an ambassador to a major European country? You have to work very hard to gain a reputation sufficient to support such an appointment. This is exactly what our classmate Lew Eisenberg did for the past 50 years. For those who saw Lew’s confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 27 on C-Span, he held the committee members spellbound as he described his experience as chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on 9/11/01. On August 3 Lew was confirmed by the full Senate as the next ambassador to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino. But let’s get back to the beginning. After graduating from Cornell Business School in 1966, he had a successful career in investments for nearly 50 years. He served as general partner and cohead of Goldman Sachs’ equity division, cofounder and cochairman of Granite Capital International Group, cofounder and board member of Granum Communications and senior advisor of Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts. His civic life includes having led the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as its chairman from 1994 until 2002 and being a founding board member of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Lew chaired both the victims’ families and transportation advisory councils for LMDC until April 2003. He also served as cochairman of the 2004 New York City host committee, responsible for raising the funds needed to showcase New York City as it welcomed the Republican National Convention. He has been a longtime participant in politics, having held key leadership positions in numerous campaigns and his political efforts as a fundraiser. For example, Lew took another turn as Republican National Committee (RNC) finance chairman for 2015-2016, combining with the Trump organization to chair the RNC/Trump victory committee in 2016. Lew and his wife, Judy, are also engaged members of the philanthropic community. Lew received the prestigious Herbert Lehman Humanitarian Award and has been recognized by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark (New Jersey), Monmouth University, the National Conference for Community and Justice in New Jersey and the New Jersey Alliance for Action for his service to others. He served on the boards of the St. Barnabas Health Care System, Monmouth Medical Center Foundation and New York Service for the Handicapped. He is an emeritus member of the advisory council of the Samuel Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Lew and Judy have three daughters and 10 grandchildren (eight grandsons and two granddaughters), one of whom, Henry Goodwyn, is a sophomore at Dartmouth. Lew and Judy are greatly honored to be asked by our president to serve their country. Fortunately, the president chose Italy, a place with great history and beauty. Judy is a former trustee of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Italy certainly provides her an opportunity to pursue those interests. We wish them both well.

—Harvey Tettlebaum, 56295 Little Moniteau Road, California, MO 65018; (573) 761-1107; dartsecy64@gmail.com