Looking Out for the CIA
What's a philosophy major and Quaker pacifist doing in a place like the CIA? After 19 years with the agency, Marjorie "Midge" Walton Holmes '63 has no doubts. "The CIA is keeping us out of war," she said.
Holmes, who is deputy of strategic planning in the CIA's Office of Public Affairs, has been with the agency since 1977 and recently was honored as one of the 1996 Outstanding Women of the Central Intelligence Agency. Until three years ago Holmes was head of the CIA library, helping analysts "put pieces of puzzles together" and informing policy makers about what's going on at borders or hot spots all over the world. "This is important stuff for policy makers," said Holmes. "You've got to get it right. If something breaks in Bosnia, we'd better be on top. This job has a lot riding on it."

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Class of 1966
Pre-reunion at the Samoset: the 18 or so of us that met at the Samoset in Rockland, Maine, started off the summer with renewed friendships under blue skies at a wonderful location. On Thursday, 11 of us teed off on what Golf Digest rates the seventh most beautiful golf course in the country, and it certainly lived up to its billing. Friday saw repeat rounds of golf for some while others took the boat trip to Outward Bound Camp on Hurricane Island. There they participated in Outward Bound team building exercises. Oddly, shortly after our departure, a local news item reported a sudden local shortage in lobsters.

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NEWSMAKERS
Mark G. Edelstein '68, formerly vice president for academic affairs at the College of the Redwoods, was named president of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. . . . A. Marshall "Buck" Lawton '62 is the new executive director of the Sharon Arts Center in Jaffrey, N.H. . . . Robert S. Gelbard '64 was the subject of a feature profile in the Miami Herald. The paper said Gelbard, the government's point-man on the battle against drug importation, is "Technicolor" in his professional style. Gelbard recently was elevated from ambassador to career minister, a top State Department designation. . . . Doris Kearns Goodwin '64 was elected overseer at Harvard University. . . . Tom Easton '66 was promoted to adjunct professor at Thomas College in Waterville. . . . Carl D. Glickman '68, professor of education and chair of the program for school improvement at the University of Georgia, was guest speaker at a seminar, "Educational Reform: Yesterday's Lessons, Today's Decisions," held at Colby in May. . . . Susan Wakeman Davis '69 was named partner in the Gately & Associates certified public accounting firm in Wellesley, Mass. . . . The Hartford Courant profiled Rosemary Lung-Mei Shu Cleaves '69, president of Connecticut General Pension Services Inc. in Bloomfield, both for her business accomplishments and for her volunteer work in the Hartford community, including the Loaves & Fishes soup kitchen.