1985

Having just returned from the 5th Reunion, facing a desk full of work and a stack of phone messages to be caught up on, we nattirally decided to attack our first set of Class Notes instead.

First, we must thank all our devoted campaigners on both coasts for generating an electoral landslide for "Rick and Mark for Class Secretary." (Actually, it's hard to call our appointment a hard-won electorial victory—it's more an "anyone-dumb-enough- to-volunteer-raise-your-hand" sort of thing since no one else wanted the job.) We pledge to honor this overwhelming public mandate to the best of our verbose, didactic ability, and will endeavor to report on every single one of you at least once.

ROLLICKIN' REUNION WRAP-UP: (Get used to the alliterative titles they're kitsch, but we like them.) Yes, some 390 '85s, along with their assorted wives/husbands/significant others/children, have just returnedfrom two-and-a-half record-breaking (attendance and dollars) days on the Hanover Plain, but for the 600 or so of you who decided to (or had to) duck out, don't worry—here's our Reader's Digest summary of the highlights. (In five years, this is all anyone will remember, anyway.)

TYPICAL TOPICS: 1. Marriage (SHE married HIM?); 2. Grad school (Would anyone without a J.D./M.D./M.B.A./ Ph.D./M.F.A. please raise your hand?); 3. Food (Thayer catering: bad, Hanover Inn catering: good); 4. Babies (Which one at the reunion was cutest? Jenny Page's, JeanneMiller's, Katie Mulligan's, LorenzoChambers's, Sue Spencer's, or, of course, Rick's —if we missed a baby, our apology); 5. How things have changed (more weight, less hair); 6. How they haven't (The Baker money light); 7. People who came (SteveMines, all the way from Paris); 8. People who didn't (Bridget Clark, on a business trip in St. Tropez); and last but not least...9. The towels (our special class gift).

QUIZZICAL QUESTIONS: Are the towels carcinogenic? Why do they smell like that? How did they get such a long inscription on the back of Lucy Harvey's award for best mini-reunion co-chair? What does the class executive committee do, exactly? Where was President Freedman off to in such a hurry after his (mercifully) short speech? Do we get anything for breaking all those attendance and money-giving records? Whose idea was it to have a Reunion Run at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, and did that person run it? Now that we're alumni can't we drink something better than Busch?

KLASS KUDOS: We would like to thank Mimi Reilly and Sue "Stella" Finegan for creating a truly radical weekend (along with the vast Byzantine network of committee chairs, subcommittee chairs, and sub-subcommittee chairs, who helped, including Joanna Tsiantas, James Evans, BarbieVan Buskirk, Susannah Gaylord, JennyArchibald, Suzanne Burnham, and many others). Also, we'd like to introduce the "new" class council for the next five years (you'll notice some recycling here);

Class President Gabrielle Guise Head Agents Laura HicksJulie Mazman Newsletter Editors John McManusLeslie Davis Stahl Secretaries Us Treasurer Joanna Tsiantas Reunion Chair Jeff Weitzman Alumni Council Rep Sue Finegan

FOR THE FUTURE: Watch this space for our big year-end double issue, our special holiday fold-out supplements, our Wina-Towel Contest (coming soon!) and our Employee-of-the-Month Award.

PARTICIPATION PITCH: We want this column to be of/by/for the entire class, and though our network is large and pervasive, it relies on you to call us, write us, fedex us, fax us because our nasty allegations, unsubstantiated rumors, and insinuating innuendos start with you, gentle reader.

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