1976

As I write this column, the Alaska cruise season is in full swing. The cruise boats usually bring a few visitors to our home in Juneau. This year we had the pleasure of hosting Charlie and KimBrumback for dinner at the end of their trip on the Sea Goddess, one of the classier boats that comes this way. As Tina was off on a business trip, my son and I did the cooking. The Brumbacks were very polite about our efforts. Kim even made some polite remarks about the Spam lasagna, although I noticed she didn't eat much.

Aside from the food, it was a delightful evening. Bob ('74) and Toma Spitzfadden attended, along with one of my law partners and a stray friend visiting from Oregon. Charlie is busy practicing law in Orlando, and reports that he gets a steady stream of visitors—one of the many virtues of living in the tropics. The Brumbacks have two children and have traveled widely in recent years, including a blood-curdling trip down the crocodile-infested Zambezi River in what sounded like over-sized innertubes.

At one point, Charlie remarked on the number of our classmates who have carved interesting niches in the business and professional worlds. I was reminded of this when I opened the mail today and discovered that Stephen Routhier is now the curator of the Hard Rock Cafe's collection of rock and roll memorabilia. The photo in People Magazine showed Stephen sitting on John Lennon's sofa while holding Kurt Cobain's guitar. He was quoted as saying, "We have everything, even Boy George's dreadlocks and Madonna's molar." Stephen and Tora have two kids and live in Windemere, Fla.

Got an e-mail from Dr. John Olsen, who had much too much fun in February skiing the 10th Mountain huts in Colorado in company of Craig Reininger, Craig Stone, Ted Scheu, and Jeff Shiffrin. When he is not out in the mountains inciting envy among his classmates, Dr. John practices cardiology at the Seattle Heart Clinic. His note reminded me that there are enough '76ers in the Portland-Seattle-Juneau corridor that we probably ought to think about some sort of mini-reunion one of these days. If there are any classmates in the area with very large boats or ski cabins at Whistler, let me know.

Go to France quickly if you plan on crashing with classmates—the francophile expatriate community is shrinking fast. Latest on the boat home are NancyKepes-Jeton and Peter Jeton, who left Paris' 16th arondissement this summer, "after three unforgettable years," and moved back to Andover, Mass.

The Jetons had the pleasure of seeing Judy Borroughs-Csatari's daughter perform with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra at the Eglise de la Madeleine last May. Judy was along as well—as the chaperone for 120 young, excitable musicians. Nancy wrote that the concert was "terrific," but she had no word on chaperone Judy's state of mind by the end of the trip.

And a few stray electrons from the email: T. Coleman Andrews is running for lieutenant governor in the Commonwealth of Virgina, and may have been elected by the time this appears in print; TedHemphill was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; and Steven Papai is working for Automatic Response in Berkeley, CA.

That's it for this month. Thanks to all who wrote; apologies again to Charlie and Kim Brumback for the charred reindeer parts at dinner; and please send news to me.

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We haveeverything, evenBoy George'sdreadlocks andMadonna'smolar. Stephen Routhier '76