Class Note 1961
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Although this news is a bit late, it is still very exciting. After a “whirlwind courtship” of approximately 18 years David Armstrong finally succumbed to the youthful charms of Linda Green (or was it the other way around?) and they got married last summer. After all those years it became blurred as to who was chasing whom! Either way we all wish them the best. Pat and I had dinner with David in Florida in December (Linda was in Utah), which is how we learned of the betrothal.
For the current season 2009-10 at Hopkins Center, the Class of 1961 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance assisted in the support of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in January. The review of and attendance at the performance was excellent. The ’61 Legacy Fund has continued its substantial annual support of visiting performing artists to Dartmouth College.
Steve Bosworth is in the news again. As President Obama’s special envoy to North Korea Steve went there in December 2009 as the highest-level American official to visit the country in more than a year. The trip was part of an American-led effort to halt the North Korean nuclear weapons program and persuade the country to return to nuclear disarmament talks. The results of the trip were deemed cautiously optimistic, as North Korea accepted the need for nuclear talks, but set no date for such talks to begin. The trip and the talk were covered extensively by The New York Times, among other newspapers and news magazines, and included several good pictures of Steve.
Also hitting the news was Arthur Bloom, who wrote a critically acclaimed book about Joseph Jefferson, a great American actor of the 19th century and the alleged “dean of the American theater.” Although the book was written several years ago its highly prestigious review by the October edition of The New York Review of Books now places it as a major work of scholarship on the American theater.
Next, Bill Hutton was named the Bay Area’s Tax Lawyer of the Year by San Francisco’s Best Lawyer, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Bill has been listed as a Best Lawyer since 1987. He is a nationally recognized expert in tax and nonprofit law, with special expertise in the tax and financial aspects of land preservation. Bill has also been a frequent speaker at major national tax conferences and has taught courses to Internal Revenue Service, Justice Department and U.S. Treasury attorneys at the national offices of the IRS. Now this is a good person to know if you become subject to a tax audit!
Finally, also making news, Sam Bell recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health in Tampa, Florida. Sam spearheaded legislation that created the college 28 years ago during his services as a Florida legislator. Sam still continues to serve as the chair of the college’s advisory board, a position that he has held for the past 25 years. In addition, the college recently named its auditorium in his honor as a founder and leader of the college.
—Victor S. Rich, 5 Red Ground Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568; victor.rich@rsmi.com
Mar - Apr 2010
Although this news is a bit late, it is still very exciting. After a “whirlwind courtship” of approximately 18 years David Armstrong finally succumbed to the youthful charms of Linda Green (or was it the other way around?) and they got married last summer. After all those years it became blurred as to who was chasing whom! Either way we all wish them the best. Pat and I had dinner with David in Florida in December (Linda was in Utah), which is how we learned of the betrothal.
For the current season 2009-10 at Hopkins Center, the Class of 1961 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance assisted in the support of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in January. The review of and attendance at the performance was excellent. The ’61 Legacy Fund has continued its substantial annual support of visiting performing artists to Dartmouth College.
Steve Bosworth is in the news again. As President Obama’s special envoy to North Korea Steve went there in December 2009 as the highest-level American official to visit the country in more than a year. The trip was part of an American-led effort to halt the North Korean nuclear weapons program and persuade the country to return to nuclear disarmament talks. The results of the trip were deemed cautiously optimistic, as North Korea accepted the need for nuclear talks, but set no date for such talks to begin. The trip and the talk were covered extensively by The New York Times, among other newspapers and news magazines, and included several good pictures of Steve.
Also hitting the news was Arthur Bloom, who wrote a critically acclaimed book about Joseph Jefferson, a great American actor of the 19th century and the alleged “dean of the American theater.” Although the book was written several years ago its highly prestigious review by the October edition of The New York Review of Books now places it as a major work of scholarship on the American theater.
Next, Bill Hutton was named the Bay Area’s Tax Lawyer of the Year by San Francisco’s Best Lawyer, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Bill has been listed as a Best Lawyer since 1987. He is a nationally recognized expert in tax and nonprofit law, with special expertise in the tax and financial aspects of land preservation. Bill has also been a frequent speaker at major national tax conferences and has taught courses to Internal Revenue Service, Justice Department and U.S. Treasury attorneys at the national offices of the IRS. Now this is a good person to know if you become subject to a tax audit!
Finally, also making news, Sam Bell recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health in Tampa, Florida. Sam spearheaded legislation that created the college 28 years ago during his services as a Florida legislator. Sam still continues to serve as the chair of the college’s advisory board, a position that he has held for the past 25 years. In addition, the college recently named its auditorium in his honor as a founder and leader of the college.
—Victor S. Rich, 5 Red Ground Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568; victor.rich@rsmi.com