1985

Greetings! I hope this finds you all well and happy.

Rich Damisch, manager of finance and accounting with Cimlinc Incorporated, full of hope and good expectations, followed the 'Cats to the Alamo Bowl, only to watch a sad performance and not much of a game! Maybe next year? Other hardcore fans that he saw in Texas included class of '85 alum Greg Kameika, and Associate Dean Ed Wilson.

Inspired by the last news update, John Cameron checked in, breaking a long silence. John is an investment banker in Philadelphia working with Berwind Financial, L.P., the investment banking and private equity arm of Berwind Corporation. John's business is primarily within a niche he's grown over the years executing middle market investment banking transactions referred by a number of Wall Street firms. On the personal front, John has been married for 11 years to Barbara, a Midwestern girl, who is an Iowa grad and Hawkeye football fanatic. They live on the Main Line suburbs west of Philly. No kids but both of them share a beloved brown tortie cat, Beebe. John continues to keep in touch with Jim Schultz, Keith Bank and a few others from the gang.

Marcia Mandel Halgren also has resurfaced after many years (is this a trend?) She and husband, Bob Halgren '84 and their two daughters, Stephanie(11) and Courtney (8) relocated from New Jersey to London in August so that Bob could help advance a European high yield bond fund effort for Prudential (yes, he is still there after 16 years!) They expect to be in London for at least the next two years.

Mary Schwartz sent her annual holiday letter with another picture of her gorgeous children, Kyle (3) and Alex (6). Mary is working three days a week with Northwest Airlines. Her spare time is filled getting the kids to activities that include dance, gymnastics, modeling and music classes. In between, Mary is squeezing in Spanish lessons and the gym. Non-stop!

In a similar state of "kid-rush," Henry and Gretchen (Lux) Reed reported from California. Gretchen is thoroughly involved in mom duties with son, Tim, and daughter, Eda. Henry, when not refereeing Tim's and Eda's soccer games, or traveling/camping with the family, is "working a lot" in his new job as CEO of Centis, Inc.

One of the Reed's traveling excursions was to visit Carol Hampke and Jan-Peter Onstwedder in London. Carol is working at UBS Asset Management and Jan-Peter was on the verge of new employment after leaving Royal Bank of Scotland. Carol and Jan-Peter also had a visit from Tod Windsor.

David W. Selby has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing of Sears, Roebuck and Co. He is responsible for all of Sears' marketing, advertising and brand management activities.

	Jim Schultz

James Michael "Jim" Schultz was included in a list of "100 Most Influential People" assembled by the I-Street Reporter, one of the nation's premier online and offline newspapers for the new economy. Schulz is president of Open Prairie Ventures I, L.P., which "drove commercialization from university R&D and invested in area start-ups."

Rich Anglemyer checked in with his annual holiday letter. Rich left RBC Dominion Securities this summer to start Anglemyer & Company in Denver. Rich is happy to continue to work with all his former clients while working for himself! In addition to building a new company, Rich and his wife, Carey, renovated their home this past summer to make more room for son, Zachary, and two cats.

Greg French checked in from the Chicago suburbs. Their holiday newsletter began, "Take last year's update off the refrigerator and read it again -- those exciting French's have replicated 1999!" Despite the inevitable passage of time, not much has changed. The French's are happy, healthy and remain active!

That's it for now. For those more silent members of our class, follow Marcia and John's leads and send me a note at poat@erols. com. We'd love to hear from you! My best to you all.