When two of our classmates get their pictures in The New York Times (and it isn't an obituary or a wedding), then it usually is worthy of note. Last November Peter Samton's and Jordan Gruzen's familiar countenances each appeared not once but twice in the Real Estate Section in an article detailing the generation passing of the baton among New York's leading architectural firms. It seems that the Gruzen Samton firm is now into its third generation having been founded in 1936 by Barney Gruzen and Hugh Kelley. Historically, there is a relatively limited history of architectural firms surviving the retirement of the founders. Peter suggests that one secret to successful continuity is integrating more computer literate young architects into one's firm. These days Peter and Jordan have five younger partners.

Larry Young writes and mentions in passing that since he transferred into the MIT Class of 1957 in his junior year he never really learned the MIT building numbering system. Larry says he is still working on mastering it which fact may otherwise give some of our more intrepid astronauts reason to pause since Larry is the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at MIT and also is the Director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.

Darrell Fowler writes that he retired from SRI International in 1998 as Assistant Director of Information Systems Engineering. He and Marti are enjoying lots of travel, most recently in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. Darrell says that they are both active golfers but that Marti continues to beat him as she did recently at the Carmel Valley Ranch reunion.

Phil Cammack writes that he retired in 1991 from McDonnell Douglas Helicopters. Phil and Betsy live in Sierra City, CA where Phil is Vice Chairman of the Sierra County Planning Commission. Phil calls Sierra County _The Gold Country_ and claims that there is only one _blinking_ stop light in the whole county. Phil says they have mountains, lakes, rivers, bears, deer, mountain lions, bob cats, foxes and tourists, and that they are only an hour and a half from Reno or Tahoe. Sounds to me like most of those critters could do serious damage to a beaver but check it out at www.sierracity.com. The scenery there is spectacular!

Happy millennium y'all! For a nostalgic and free vacation visit the Class of 1957 website at http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1957/ ---Alan M. May, secretary, 3601 Turtle Creek Blvd., Dallas, TX 75219; (w) tel: 214-521-8533; (h) tel: 214-528-8812; (w) fax: 214-521-8544; e-mail: alanmay@wtd.net