PHILLIPS
David A. Othmer 4220 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 387-7824
Top news is that Ed Shapiro has become, at least for the moment, our oldest new dad, taking over the honorary diaper title from Val Meyer. Ed and family are sleeping less these days in Stockbridge, Mass., and I’m sure would welcome light-sleeping guests who haven’t lost their touch with those pesky little sticky tabs on the all new, more filling, less smelly Pampers. We have, of course, been following Steve Foss’ recent good works with both the Pease Development Authority and the Port of New Hampshire. Steve just resigned as head of Pease, having guided it through some exacting negotiations, and now plans to spend more time with the port. It was somewhat alarming, however, to read that the vice chairman of Pease said that he, and I quote, hopes “. . . the governor will find a clone of Steve. A male or female clone.” We’re going to keep our eye on this story, and, should the good Gay. find a female clone, we think he should meet with Newt.Hank Fenn has just joined the Bank of Boston-First Aggie as senior vice president and head of the Private Bank in Berkshire County. Prior to joining the Bank of Boston, Hank was at Fleet Investment Services in Rhode Island, and before that at several other banks including Nations Bank, for which, if it continues its current expansion pace, he may be working again! Back in Philadelphia, John Smith is working to expand his idea of a “Bill of Responsibilities” with an intriguing scheme that would involve a kind of convention of people drawn largely from colleges around the country meeting in Philadelphia to draw up the particulars of the bill. On a much more mundane level, Maureen Matt’s and my grape harvest this year looks to be a record—about six tons—but since last year’s crop barely broke two tons, we’re both keeping our day jobs. Gerry Secundy has added several VP titles to his long list at ARCO (he’s got two now) and is spending a lot of time working with the State of California on the issues sur¬rounding the mandated introduction of the electric car to that state. Finally, I’ve been surfing the net—with about the same agility as I hang ten off Waikiki, I might add—but it’s kind of fun, and I’d sure like to hear from any fellow aged surfers at dothmer@whyy.org. |