After Dartmouth Jeff Tew headed south. At the University of Miami School of Law he was on the law review, graduated cum laude in 1969 and has been a trial lawyer in Florida ever since. For more than 40 years Jeff has been representing clients in securities, corporate governance, white-collar criminal, business and trademark litigation. Much of his career was at Tew Cardenas, and when that firm closed its doors Jeff moved as a partner to Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez on April 1. 


Jeff lectures frequently on litigation topics and is a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and Subcommittee on Civil Litigation and SEC Enforcement Matters. He is also chairman of the Miami Rescue Mission, an $18-million nonprofit that provides housing and educational services to homeless men, women and children. One of their most important and popular facilities: the Jeffrey A. Tew Education Center.


March 7 this year was the class of 1966’s own special holiday—’66 Dartmouth Nights—somewhat akin to Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts and Maine, San Jacinto Day in Texas and King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii. It was the, you guessed it, 66th day of the year and classmates gathered to celebrate.


In the homeland, Hanover, Paul Klee, Margo and Paul Doscher, Chuck Sherman, Linda and Bob Spence, Teresa and Robin Carpenter, Susan and Gus Southworth, Susan and Lewis Greenstein, Judy and Stan Colla, Petie and Dick Birnie, Jo and Al Keiller, Ann and Ted Thompson, and Michael and Jennifer Casey ’66a gathered for drinks and dinner at the Canoe Club, hosted by owner by John Chapin ’66a. (Which raises the question—does half the class still actually live on campus?)


At Zelda’s Café in Newport, Rhode Island, Cynthia and John Pearson, Ed Long and Evelyn Rhodes and Sue and Jon Colby got together while Myra and Hector Motroni, Kathy and Wayne La Curto, and Isabel and Halsey Bullen broke bread in Westport, Connecticut. 


They almost had a minyan at Liberty Tavern in Arlington, Virginia, with Jack Bennett, Doug Greenwood, Steve Hayes, Wayne Hill, Geoff Keane, Ken Meyercord, John Rollins and Jim Weiskopf, even counting the call in from Ben Day. 


Down in much milder Vero Beach, Florida, Jane and Bill Higgins, Jaren and Bob Serenbetz, and Ann and Steve Warhover marked the historic occasion together for the second straight year. Bill reports that his two children have produced six grandkids, two in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Bill and Jane have always lived, and four in Rye, New York. To keep fit, Bill still plays some competitive bridge “to try to keep my mind in a semblance of working order, and it seems to have done the trick so far.”


It is with sadness that we report the passing of Jim Carroll last year in his hometown of Ithaca, New York, where he practiced law for more than 35 years. Our sympathies to Jim’s brother Tim and his family and friends. A more complete obituary can be found in the online version of this magazine.


—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (917) 747-1642; lgeiger@aol.com