Class Note 1980

Bill Helman has been ably serving the College since undergrad days. He may have saved his best. Bill chaired the trustees’ search committee that brought Phil Hanlon ’77 home. Introducing the prez at Class Officers Weekend dinner, Bill revealed the qualifications sought and how John Rich, Denise Dupre and the rest of the committee checked every box when it found Phil. 
Before speaking, Bill visited with Joe Mannes, Mark Alperin, Merle Adelman, Cathy McGrath, Brian Boyer, Lisa Shanahan, Meg Blakey, Chantal and me. Afterwards, we headed to Bill Mitchell’s (’79) for an impromptu 35th reunion sneak preview (’79s and ’81s are joining us June 19-21, 2015). We caught up with a very fit Jeff Citrin, running marathons when not running the Square Mile Capital real estate investment firm. Also attending inauguration and Convocation festivities were Eric Pfeiffer, Hans Morris, Boomer, Brad Koenig and Kal Alston. Kal was in the procession as representative of Syracuse where she is a professor and senior administrator. 
On campus for Homecoming with Alpo, Boomer, Meg, Merle, Cathy, Eric (and fiancée Kathi Marcoulier) were Bruce Reeves (and son Bill ’14), Cami Crone and Brent Bilger, Claudia and Jay Weed, Keith Quinton, Dave Bumsted, Peter Boone, Peggy Stewart, Regina Rehkamp Ketting, Mike Barrett, Laurel Smith, Guy Dietrich, Wade Herring, Brian and Catrina Cash Corey, Cynthia McClintock, Bob Attori, Ann Donovan, Paul Elmlinger, Crystal Morgan Phillips, Gary and Joan Draper Townsend, Katie Wiley Laud, Colin ’82 and Anne McNay, Peter Mellette, Anne Munves Malenka, Bob Garry, Father Gerry Murray, John MacGovern and Grant and Anne MacEwan. 
Anne, Trina Olin Santry, Tom Chapin, Steve Rutan and Scott Slater knew that our latest “common thread” listed Tuck grads. Steve and wife Camille, Tu’88, recently attended their Tuck 25th reunion. Tom reports, “The startup investment advisory firm that I joined as chief investment officer seven years ago continues to grow and prosper. Kate and I enjoy our empty nest with both kids successfully through college. Daughter Emily recently moved to N.Y.C. to start graduate studies after working four years in Boston; son Colin is in year two of Teach For America in Mississippi.” 
Scott reports: “Had lunch with Scott Bechler in Denver, just before I rode the Copper Triangle ride. Great fun discussing getting kids off the payroll. Chick Woodward, U of Minnesota astrophysicist extraordinaire, finished yet another Twin Cities marathon this month. I cheered him on again at four different spots. Saw Mike Wall at a high school game; he’s at United Health Care in Minneapolis. We went cross-country skate-skiing last winter. His daughter is at Middlebury. Had dinner in June with Tom Carley in Portland, Oregon. Tom still follows track and cross country. His son, a law student at Oregon, is using his last year of NCAA eligibility to compete successfully (he ran for USC). Dinner with Mike Danko is planned for this week in San Francisco.”
What common thread links Lanny Vickery, Larry Lawrence, Janet Bensing Dack, Tench Coxe, Ernest Hargrove, Reuven Travis, Wade Herring and Jessie Brumby Panek?
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