A loss for San Francisco, a gain for Seattle! Earlier this year Barry Abbott moved to the Emerald City (actually to Bellevue, Washington, my hometown) after his marriage to Victoria Harris. He has joined the Seattle-based law firm Lane Powell, where his bio covers “his practice on financial services, general corporate, payments and e-commerce law. Barry has represented numerous international and domestic institutions and has extensive experience in corporate law and financial services, including bank regulatory (and payment) issues, insurance law and nonprofit law. He has also been extremely active in e-commerce matters and has represented established companies and startups (including gaming companies) in all aspects of their Internet and e-commerce businesses. Barry is an elected fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Service Lawyers, a professional association of lawyers particularly skilled and experienced in handling consumer financial services matters.” Welcome to the Pacific Northwest, Barry!
This got me wondering: Do we have more lawyers or doctors in our class? For those of us listing a field of work in the College’s database (reminder: update your information!), I’m showing 111 docs and 94 in law, followed closely by 83 in education.
Sticking with this month’s theme, a ’54 sent to me an article from the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin profiling Dick Donohue. Among the stories and positive mentions is this quote: “Richard H. Donohue of Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth LLC has made a name for himself in Chicago’s trial community, not just because of his success defending clients, but because of, as one plaintiff lawyer said, his ‘balanced perspective of the work that we do.’ ”
Congratulations to Lloyd Ucko on successfully defending his National Doubles Championship in platform tennis! According to the relieved winner: “They were a tough team—one of our three set matches. My shoulder hasn’t been the same since.”
A little light on the inputs this time ’round so I’ll dip into my diary, Volume 1: Freshman Year, starting with our rugged freshman trip in the Franconia Range with Art Allen, Peter Heed, Gungi DeMello, Paul Wheeler, Mike Hufft and Tom Wool—23 miles in two days (and two nights)—to Franconia Ridge, Little Haystack, Lincoln, Lafayette, Cannon and Lonesome Lake. We met up with lots of other ’72s at Moosilauke’s Ravine Lodge, including John Kemper, Peter Rufleth, John de Regt, Fred Blakeley, John Cathcart and Bruce McLane.Not sure about the rest of you guys but I’m not doing 23-milers anymore!
But back to Ravine Lodge, remember Professor Sodaberg? How about Ross McKenney? “His association with the DOC was a long one, beginning in the late 1930s when he built the Ravine Lodge,” according to the DOC website. He regaled us with stories, some off-color, as I remember, and I still have his LP, Ross McKenney as Jean Baptiste, the French Canadian. Fun times, bonding, a great start to our years in the Upper Valley.
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—Bill Price, 12 Lummi Key, Bellevue, WA 98006; bill@drivasolutions.com
