More on the current lives of the Middle Mass 64's...

. . . As promised, this month's column begins with the long-awaited news on Fred Gray (Darien, Connecticut) and John Gridley (Sioux Falls, South Dakota). Fred and I hooked up via email, and he related a number of stories about his forth floor classmates, including one classmate who may have been the inspiration for a character in a certain cult classic regarding college fraternity life. Fred, he is now Director, Technical Operations, Media for Reuters America, Inc. in New York and is responsible for overseeing an army of journalists and technical writers who cover the globe to bring us the news. John returned to his native South Dakota following graduation, completed law school, became a five time "Jeopardy" champion and went on to a rewarding 20-year career as a civil rights attorney with many Native Americans as clients. More recently he has been doing legal research as an independent contractor and is a vice-president of a land holding company.

. . . David Hope (Wayne, Pennsylvania) is a lawyer practicing in Philadelphia. He specializes in bankruptcy and creditors rights and in his spare time he has written a novel and is searching for a publisher. Kurt Kaiser (Boxford, Massachusetts) is an engineering manager with Analogic, a firm that designs and manufactures scanning devices with medical and security uses. Bob Johnson (Ithaca, New York) is a professor of psychology at Cornell. Roger Hull (Scenectady, New York) is the president of Union College and is also involved in various not-for-profit organizations, and Rick Isaacson (Brooklyn Heights, New York) is senior staff vice-president in charge of the licensing division of International Management Group (IMG). Rick was recently the subject of a feature story in BrandWeek magazine for his role in extending the Arnold Palmer brand into the furniture industry.

. . . Pete Koenig (Pennington, New Jersey) was appointed a Superior Court Judge in the Mercer County Criminal Division in 1992, following a long career in the state prosecutor's office. Pete reports that his former roommate, Randy Stayin (McLean, Virginia) is a lawyer practicing in Washington, DC, while he and his other roommate Herb McCord (Rumson, New Jersey) and their wives, Pat and Judi, continue to party together at the drop of a hat (or is it at the pop of a cork?). Herb recently sold his stable of radio stations and celebrated his good fortune by taking a trip around the world on the Concord. However, following his summer junket and a home remodeling project, Herb is back at work as one of those dreaded "consultants."

Other Middle Mass alumni are Michael Krieger (Las Vegas, Nevada) who is a neurologist and chairman of the American Board of EEG and Neurophysiology; and William Lariche who is an independent architect in New York City. Larry Laster (St. Paul, Minnesota) contacted me by email to report that after 28 years with General Electric and several more with a private glass manufacturing company in Saudi Arabia; he had just become the chief financial officer of Medical Graphics which makes non-invasive diagnostic systems for treatment of heart and lung diseases. Also checking in by email was Daniel Levine (Ann Arbor, Michigan) who is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan specializing in Latin American politics and religion.

. . . That's all the room I have for this month. Next month more news from Middle Mass starting with Scott McDougal, Sandy McGinnis and Ambassador Alan McKee.