This is the time of the year when we all get new calendars, so put down the magazine, open your new calendar and write in ink, "Dartmouth-35th Reunion, Hanover" in the blocks for October 8-10. Now back to my final column featuring the Russell Sage gang, starting with five classmates who are residing in the upper mid-west. Doug Brandt (Mound, Minnesota) is vice-president for operations at Distribution Dynamics, Inc., an inventory management firm; while Reverend Bill Teska (St. Paul, Minnesota) is a priest at the Episcopal church of Saint Paul’s-on-the-hill. Over in Wisconsin, John Merrill (Madison) is a professor at the University of Wisconsin working to develop community housing education programs and has recently finished up a term as president of the local Habitat for Humanity. Moving South, Jack Schulman is a partner in a Cleveland law firm while Bob Shirley (Winnetka, Illinois) reports that he is now retired after twelve years with the Candle Corporation of America. However, Bob assured me that now instead of selling candles, he is back to burning them at both ends as he embarks on a career as one of those dreaded "consultants." Leaving the heartland an exchange of phone messages with Bill Gunn (Hillsborough, North Carolina) confirmed that he is a clinical psychologist and organizational consultant in Chapel Hill. However, I learned from Eric Oxboel’s wife, Lynne that Bill is also a "master gardener." Eric and Lynne are living in Pleasantville, New York while Eric is vice president for marketing for Aon Entertainment, Ltd., specializing in providing insurance for the entertainment industry. Living in between Eric and Bill I found Jim Jocobson (North Potomac, Maryland) and Bob Sloane (Baltimore, Maryland). Jim is the chief of the technology development branch of the National Cancer Institute while Bob is a professor of Spanish at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Further up the coast, three Russell Sage alumni call Connecticut home. Joe Merritt (Bloomfield) is the founder and owner of Merritt Machine in Whethersfield, while Steve Miron (Greenwich) is president of Miron building Products headquartered in Kingston, New York. Terry Lowe (Old Greenwich) whose exploits as a high school swimming coach were reported in an earlier column, continues to teach Math and coach at the high school. Bob Brayton managed to elude my dragnet, but he was last sighted in Golden, Colorado, but I did manage to catch Phil Meyer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in my Russell Sage net. The only problem with this is that Phil lived in Gile Hall. Phil reports that he has retired from Westinghouse and playing golf with his buddies. Like so many of us however, he reports that after the ball goes about 100 yards it seems to disappear! I am afraid that this problem along with those headlights that look like stars when driving at night is common to those who are about to return to campus for their 35th college reunion. See you there.

--Tom Parkinson, 8240 Peach Lane, Fogelsville, PA 18051 <Thomas.L.Parkinson.64@alum.dartmouth.org>