The antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced the establishment of the James F. Rill Fellowship, which is designed to provide elite candidates of the honors program with a special opportunity to participate in antitrust enforcement actions and in the development and implementation of antitrust policy. James was already considered one of the greats of the antitrust bar. The list of Jim’s accomplishments as associate attorney general alone is daunting—issuing the 1992 horizontal merger guidelines, the first version to be issued jointly with the Federal Trade Commission; negotiating the landmark U.S.-European Union “Positive Comity Agreement,” raising corporate fines for Sherman Act violations from $1 million to $10 million. One of Jim’s most important contributions to the division is perhaps the hardest to capture—that is, Jim’s crucial role in fostering a bipartisan consensus for how the government should enforce the antitrust laws. Bill Pierce notes that Bob Oxford two years ago had an incident that resulted in a variety of issues: the onset of Parkinson’s disease and memory-cognitive issues associated with dementia. Since June 29 he has been living at an assisted living community in Franklin, New Hampshire, called the Golden Crest and seems to enjoy having visitors. Just an early reminder that our 65th reunion (June 2019) coincides with Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary. The New York class holiday luncheon was held at the Dartmouth club on December 7. Attending were 27 classmates and wives and guests—with the highlight being the class award to Don Brief. The Boston holiday luncheon attendees were Rick Hartman and Anne, Tom Kelsey and Liz, Dick Page and Jane, Dick Barker and Barbara, Dan Neiditz and Arlene, Phil Cooke, Shelly Woolf, Dick Gorsey and Ellen, Gary Zwart and Cynthia Sunderland, Mort Haefitz and Roz, Dick Bracer and Jane, Dave Thielscher and Mary, and Bob Fanger ’55. We note the passing of classmates Bob Osmond, Paul Wisdom, William Derwood, William Norcross, Edwin Jarrett and Walter Anderson.

—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com