July/Aug, 2012. 
If you have not joined the LinkedIn Class of 1967 group, please do so; it helps pass on more news.    

Robert H. Bell of Williamstown, Massachusetts, is the Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of English at Williams College. Bob earned his Ph.D. in 
English from Harvard University in 1972. He began at Williams College in 1972, where he teaches courses on Jane Austen and George Eliot, Shakespeare, 
and James Joyce, and general courses on poetry, the history of the novel, and English literature. Bob's latest book is Shakespeare's Great Stage 
of Fools published by Palgrave Macmillan. The work is a great read, filled with the history of folly, interesting scholarship, insights into the 
texts, with some mischievous touches to entertain the reader. It would have been a helpful reference for those of us who took the Finch and 
Vargish English 60 Shakespeare course. 

Ron Fagin of San Jose, California, is the Manager of Foundations of Computer Science at IBM Research - Almaden. He was named an IBM fellow and 
was awarded the IEEE Computer Society 2012 W. Wallace McDowell Award (popularly referred to as the "IT Nobel.") Ron graduated summa cum laude 
with highest distinction in mathematics, then earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973. He worked 
in the IBM Computer Science Department in Yorktown Heights, New York  before moving to the IBM Almaden Research Center in California in 1975. 
Ron won the 2011 IEEE Technical Achievement Award in addition to a number of IBM awards. He took a three week vacation to Hong Kong, Vietnam, 
and Cambodia soon after the awards.

Sadly, Theodore Lee Preg of Seattle, Washington died in October 2011 from pancreatic cancer. He graduated with distinction in economics and was 
a brother of Phi Delta Alpha. He served as a Navy line officer during the Vietnam war. Ted was a founding member of Preg O'Donnell & Gillett. 
Ted's legal practice focused on defense of liability matters. He was chosen by his peers as a "super lawyer."  Sincerest regrets to Nancy and 
children, Jessica and Timothy on their loss.  

Bruce Pacht, President/CEO at Twin Pines Housing Trust in the Upper Valley, took a brief trip to France with son, Jesse, and grandson, Simon, 
to Paris, the Loire Valley, Normandy Beaches, and a rendezvous with one of his French sisters from the family with whom he lived in the fall 
of '65 and '66 when a Dartmouth exchange student in Caen. The tour stopped at a hotel in Caen about three kilometers from the very house 
where Bruce lived for six months. During reunion, ask Bruce about his trip or contact him now.
  
It is time to make your reservations for the 45th Reunion which will be October 11-14, 2012. Highlights are listed on the Class web page as 
well as other class news links.  

Dave Mangelsdorff (3410 Turtle Village Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78230-3918) e-mail to dmangels@idworld.net  210-344-0942.