1964

Career and life changes have often been the theme of this column. This month the theme is continuity and career satisfaction, and the focus is on BennettEisenberg and Henry Clay Jr. Bennett has been a professor of mathematics at Lehigh University for 21 years and still loves teaching and writing on problems in such areas as probability and statistics. After he studied math under Kemeny and received his Ph.D. from MIT, Bennett's first position was at Cornell. Since then, at Lehigh, which his son have attended, he has gotten increasingly involved in working with his colleagues on an international basis. A few years ago Bennett gave a series of lectures at the University of Osnabruck in Germany, and he has been writing and collaborating with colleagues from Germany, Russia, and China since then. He is expecting visitors from these countries at his home this spring. Computer communication has assisted Bennett in expanding professionally and overcoming cultural barriers to scientific research. Bennett reports that our classmate LewEisenberg, two of whose children attended Lehigh, has been noted in a recent Lehigh Alumni Magazine as an important parentalumnus for Lehigh.

Henry Clay is chief staff counsel to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and professor of constitutional law at Suffolk Law School and New England School of Law. He has been working for the court for 13 years. Henry, an expert in constitutional law, serves as legal advisor to the justices of the top court of Massachusetts, studying and analyzing 1,500 appeal petitions to the court and then recommending those cases which, as a matter of state or federal constitutional law, should be decided by that court. Henry is excited about working with the justices on determining those cases which it is important, as a matter of public policy, to hear and decide—and in this way impacting the direction of legal decisionmaking. The court has also given Henry the responsibility of supervising the court clerk's office and judicial reporters. Henry loves his work and the intellectual challenges of keeping up with important constitutional law issues. His students at the law schools benefit from his involvement. Henry has three children: Christopher '96; Abigail, a Vista volunteer; and Henry III, who is in the military. His wife, Leila, is a partner in a business which raises and trains event horses in North Carolina.

In other news, Bill Hamm, formerly World Savings Bank VP, was recently named executive VP and chief operating officer of the Federal Loan Bank of San Francisco. It is thlargest of 12 national regional banks promoting home financing, and it has $37 billion in assets. Bill will be operating the bank under new rules related to S&L cleanup assessment and membership. Alan Woodberry reports that Bill looks the same as he did 30 years ago and therefore will undoubtedly be at our reunion June 14—17, 1993.

As for the reunion, be there. Our class will be nominating and electing new officers to serve as president, secretary, treasurer, Alumni Council representative, and executive committee members. If any of you are interested in running or nominating another classmate for these offices, please send a note to HerbertW. McCord, President, Granum Communications, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103, or call Herb at (212) 541-5269. See you at the reunion!

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