Class of 1976

Class Secretary: Marjorie Poznansky Getz, 33 Old Powerhouse Rd., Falmouth Foreside, ME 04105; Bates76@aol.com

Class President: Douglas V. Shick, 7 High Hill Rd., Canton, CT 06019; doug_shick@alumni.bates.edu

Next Reunion in 2006. Got news? Tap out a note to magazine@bates.edu! The Madison (Conn.) Weekly highlighted Kevin Garrity as “Person of the Week” recently as the president of 35-year-old Garrity Industries, the second-largest manufacturer of flashlights and lanterns in North America. Garrity Industries was the first to make disposable lighters, disposable flashlights, and rubber-encased flashlights. Its line of rubber flashlights is the best selling in the world.