Class Secretary: Susie Bourgault Akie, 8 Mayfair Rd., Dedham, MA 02026; susieakie@aol.com

Class President: Deanna L. Grayton, PO Box 164, Danvers, MA 01923; heydee53@aol.com

Next Reunion in 2005. Got news? Tap out a note to magazine@bates.edu! In Massachusetts, Michael Bolden has been appointed the commissioner of the Department of Youth Services. One of his goals is to get school superintendents, police chiefs, and his department to work together more closely…. Last year, Valerie Smith was appointed the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and English at Princeton University. Her field of interest is African-American literature.