Chronicles Newsletter of the UCSD Emeriti Association

September 2006 Volume V, No. 5

President’s Letter A Place of Our Own . . . and Soon!

By Jack Fisher are following precedents established at While all of this is evolving, UCSD Professor Emeritus of Medicine several other UC campuses, Bob and I emeriti can look forward to all of our and President, the UCSD Emeriti are optimistic that the necessary details usual activities next year with only slight Association can be quickly ironed out. How very con- modifications. At least four issues of venient that my RA counterpart in sell- Chronicles will be published and distrib- My title is only slightly misleading. ing this venture to the administration is a uted this year. This is our most impor- The “Retirement Center” announced last former UC budget officer! tant service to emeriti because each issue spring by my predecessor, Mary Corrigan, And what about that “place of our reaches the largest number of members. is soon to become a reality! In it, for the own?” To get a preview of the Cen- Our regular programs will continue to first time, the Emeriti Association will ter we believe will come into existence be held on the second Wednesday of the have what Virginia Woolf famously said sometime next spring, look behind the month at the Faculty Club except when every woman needs: a room of her own – Cashier’s Office in University Center. speaker limitations necessitate an alter- though ours, of course, will be coed. The There you will find offices for the UC- nate date or site. Watch your e-mail for Center won’t be ours exclusively. We will SDRA (Bldg #400) and next door, the notices 14 days in advance. The first pro- share it with the Retirement Association. office for CAPE, the outfit that reports gram will be held Wednesday, October This arrangement will not only give us a on classroom teaching. When CAPE 11. The Board meets in advance from place to hang our hats, keep our records, moves elsewhere, the RA space will be 2:30-3:30. Board meetings are open to and meet, but also the major benefit of expanded to include room sufficient for all members. Refreshments will be served sharing administrative staff with the RA, both associations. from 3:30, announcements will be made which has a large membership and whose I thank Peter Farrell, our liaison at 3:45, and the speaker will be intro- talented Executive Director, Suzan Ci- with the RA, and Mel Green, for their duced at 4:00. At least thirty minutes will offi, runs a tight ship. help putting the proposal together. We’re be reserved for Q & A. Joe Gusfield and Mary started the ball rolling last still looking for a name. “Retirement Re- his Program Committee are currently in- spring, and I can report some amazing source Center” is the current working viting speakers; please forward any sug- progress this past summer. Chancellor title. We invite your comments on it and gestions to him. Marye Anne Fox honored us with a very any suggestions for an alternative. A major emphasis for the coming fast response – inside of two weeks – af- year will be the expansion of our men- ter Bob Oakes, current RA President, toring program for students, new faculty, v v v v v v and I submitted our proposal. Both the Inside and staff. Mel Green has agreed to take concept and the particulars were then La Jollywood Revue. . . . . 2 on the project. I plan to delegate my discussed at a meeting of Vice Chancel- space in the next issue of Chronicles to lors, and we were asked to work out the Patterns of Culture...... 4 Mel so that he may explain what he has details for enacting the plan with VCs The Dramaturg...... 5 in mind for our consideration and active Marsha Chandler and Steve Relyea at participation. summer’s end. Anecdotage...... 6 Hoping that your summer activities Our proposal calls for an entirely new Allen Kaprow...... 7 were as enjoyable as mine were, I look administrative unit that combines budget forward to seeing as many of you as pos- lines currently held by Human Resources Mark Your Calendar . . . . . 8 sible in October at our first meeting of and the Academic Senate. Because we the year. v

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La Jollywood Revue: Celebrating a Twentieth Anniversary

By Constance Mullin Branscomb 1986 was held in the small auditorium E for the eucalyptus on our malls, of La Jolla Congregational Church (“La G for the good times that we all enjoy, In the early 1900s, on the isolated Cave aux Jolles” for that evening), with O for Oceanids, ahoy! grounds of SIO – where cows lounged many old-timers in attendance. on the beach – there wasn’t much in the Several numbers from the show are way of entertainment. The living room of particularly memorable. Who could for- Director William Ritter on the second get “Three Little Deans from School” floor of the old Scripps Building, with its featuring Stan Chodorow, Harold piano and collection of books, was the Ticho, and Joe Watson daintily pranc- social center of the fledgling campus, and ing and singing in their academic robes? play readings were popular. In the 1950s, Or the UCSD Raincoat Dance with Da- however, staffer Madeleine Miller Mahn- vid Miller, Barney Rickett, and David ken wrote and produced several original Ringrose with their Sun God paper-bag musical shows about travel adventures hats? Sandy Lakoff’s witty solo, “I am the and many faculty, students, and staff par- Very Model of a Modern Departmental ticipated. By 1985, when UCSD was well Chair” brought down the house, espe- established, the natives got really rest- cially with its inspired chorus: less. Oceanid Sally Spiess suggested that funds be raised for a scholarship fund by I am the very model of a modern departmen- presenting a dinner and variety show to tal chair: be called the “La Jollywood Revue.” I rule my lair with perfect flair by sitting on Sandy Lakoff I was dragooned into being the pro- my derriere! ducer. Evelyn Lakoff agreed to be the pi- The highlight of the evening was the ano accompanist, and Lila Butler, Mary “Ucsd Song” with lyrics by Ralph Lewin Such was the success of the first re- Carol Isaacs, and Sally and Fred Spiess to Pooh Bah’s tune in the Mikado, sung vue that I was prevailed upon to produce played significant roles in organization. by Hugh Bradner, Mike Mullin, Fried a Medical School version sponsored by And importantly, Ralph Lewin, algolo- Spiess, and John Stewart which became the Medical Center Auxiliary. Again, Ev- gist at SIO, agreed to write some mate- the signature tune for subsequent revues. elyn Lakoff, accompanist, Ralph Lewin, rial. As a result, La Jollywood Revue of The first stanza went: poet and lyricist, and Mike Mullin, mu- sic director, volunteered. The “Medical Some places have an acronym School Alum” to the tune of Gaudeamus Like suny, cal and mit Igitur, was a big hit. Drs. Roland Blantz, They’re good to shout, you spell them out – Joe Ramsdell, and Duke Johnson joined The letters seem to fit. in. One of the five verses went: But by some sad perversity We’re clearly out of luckst: Cogito, et ergo sum Our noble university San Diego med. alum Abbreviates to ucsd! Intellectus et urbanus Noziz elbow fromizanus For the finale, the cast did a new ver- Officem et clinicum: sion of the 1920s song “In San Diego,” San Diego med. alum. with a specially added stanza written by The completion of the UCSD Fac- Sandy Lakoff: ulty Club was cause for great celebration S for the students at UCSD, – and “La Jollywood Revue of 1988,” again A for their absent-minded faculty, sponsored by Oceanids, was the opening N for the nudists on the beach nearby, event – showing off the design of architect D for the deep blue sea and open sky. Robert Mosher, the delicious dinner by Connie Mullin Branscomb I for the ideal beaches by the sea, the catering department, and the wit and

UCSD Emeriti Association Chronicles v September 2006 Page  talent at UCSD. The event on January 30 crowd, the Oceanids com- had been sold out for a week. We set up mittee decided to sponsor a stage along the draped windows to the two performances – again courtyard, brought in a piano, and used at the Faculty Club. All the courtyard as backstage. the original principals were New and delayed acquisitions of the enthusiastically involved. Stuart Collection were an easy target. A With our past experience, rhymed skit, “Talking Trees,” by Bob we were not concerned Boynton featured Jim Arnold and Da- about having only one all- vid Miller. Between several acts Barney cast rehearsal – the evening Rickett and Lea Rudee hurried across before “.” stage carrying large signs each with a Charlie Perrin, the eve- pair of words such as FAITH: GLUT- ning’s Master of Ceremony, TONY; CREATIVITY: PLAGIARISM; skillfully segued one act into Fred Spiess, Mike Mullin, and CHARITY: LUST. another. Ralph Lewin gave a signature in- Hugh Bradner, and John Stewart Bass Philip Larson, accompanied by troduction to “A Little Night Music” (à la pianist Cecil Lytle, did a bravura rendition radio host Karl Haas). After an all-encom- hip jazz singer bemoaning the proposed of “La Jolla,” to the tune of “Maria” from passing description of Salzburg, salt mines, deep cuts by the California legislature West Side Story: and young Mozart, Evelyn Lakoff had just in the university budget (designated time enough at the end of the “broadcast” Oh boya, I just paid my rent in La Jolla, 19900 funds). to play four measures of the piece. And suddenly I see how soon my check can Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan was flee again a popular source of material: SIO From me! Director Ed Frieman was featured in Sheila MacDougall again choreo- “When I was a Lad,” and John West, graphed a dance number – this time to in “When I Was a Student.” The finale, “There’s No Business Like Show Business.” “We’d Rather Not Go to Sea” (to the tune The UCSDancers (Lila Butler, Jean Ep- of “I am a Pirate King”), was sung and pley, Barbara Fitzsimmons, Joy Frieman, acted with great gusto by Colin Bloor, Molly Wagner, Portia Weiss, and Sheila) Hugh Bradner, Joe Reid, and Fred Spiess. dressed in leotards, black tights, short The first of the four Lewin verses: skirts, and bright feather boas, flounced, For exploration we’ve not much urge. kicked, and wiggled their way across stage. We don’t like swells and can’t stand the surge. Murray Goodman, newspaper in We never relish the pitch and toss hand, assumed the role of stand-up com- We’re more of a stone that’ll gather moss ic in a take-off of Mort Sahl, and Ralph We’d rather stick with our garden soil. Lewin, dressed in a black academic robe Than rock on the ocean with bilge and oil, with a 12” inflated globe as an egg atop With diesel fumes and smell of swill his shoes, read his poem “Penguins.” I ap- We’re happier far where ground is still, peared as a French waitress to sing “Fac- So I’d rather not go to sea – no, no ulty Club” with words remembered by Whatever you think of me, Mike from faculty shows at the University Russ Doolittle For it doesn’t appear to agree with me of Chicago. The first verse: Whenever I’m out at sea. I came to the faculty club to earn an honest New to the cast for the 1991 show was These are just some of the highlights penny “R. Dumore” (alias Russell Doolittle) in I remember. What fun we had! And what And partake of the scholarly atmosphere; “Der Alt Chemprof.” In furious fashion, university-wide conviviality! Then one When I found there wasn’t any, liquids were poured, swirled, and stirred. day, at a memorial for Sally Spiess, Ralph I thought I could eavesdrop on chit-chat Following a suspenseful pause, Herr Pro- Lewin asked me about producing another th intellectual fessor Dumore’s solution changed from show – this one to coincide with the 100 But talk that scholars enjoy at lunch clear to yellow to deep blue. His alchemy Anniversary of SIO in 2003. But that story Is almost always sexual… was greeted by wild applause. will have to wait for another issue. By 1991 enthusiasts again started ask- During the course of his “19900 ing when the next “Jollywood” would occur. Blues,” Mike Mullin was transformed v v v To accommodate the anticipated sell-out from a mild-mannered professor to a

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Patterns of Culture: Brentwood and Beyond

of thought and modes of investigation, About DNA and its uses in the trial, systems which in turn influence and much is said in this book. (Thanks here to shape each other. As a cultural/medical John Ross Jr. who, for the past ten years, anthropologist and fieldwork veteran, has been steeped in molecular medicine I watched, studied, researched, and in his research. He also provided me with sometimes videotaped the Simpson trial, valuable counsel on other aspects of mod- thanks to Court TV, and also reviewed ern medicine and laboratory science, which news reports, books, op-ed pieces, pundit served me well throughout the other chap- pronouncements and letters to the editor ters. As goes, “It’s so nice to have as they occurred during the trial and be- a man around the house.”) yond. When I was scheduled to lecture at Other chapters consider law and sci- the university, I recorded, and continued entific medicine as systems of thought, each my “virtual field work” on weekends or with its own language, its own history and evenings from the taped episodes. rules of inference and “truths,” and the dif- This particular “trial of the century” ficulties that must inherently ensue when By Lola Romanucci-Ross had many informative facets, all of cul- these two subcultures address the same Professor Emeritus, Family and tural significance. Actually, there were problem in a court of law. However, they Preventive Medicine and two simultaneous trials, one in Judge have different goals, one seeking “truth” in Associated Faculty Anthropology Ito’s court in Los Angeles, the other in scientific accuracy, the other, to convict or the “court of public opinion,” and the lat- exonerate the accused within the limits of Lola Romanucci-Ross and Lawrence ter had the stronger influence. Poll after proper interpretation of the law. Tancredi, When Law and Medicine Meet: poll indicated that only 4% of the U.S. Anthropologists invariably compare A Cultural View. Kluwer Academic: population followed the trial as it unfold- primitive societies with our own, seeking Dordecht, Boston, London 2004 (Now ed in the courtroom, with a much smaller structural similarities; I do this in the first Springer Academic: Berlin, New York). number in that 4% following all of it. Yet, chapter with regard to the role of legal and after the jury decision, almost all respon- medical systems in other cultures. “The How did I come to write this book? dents had a very strong opinion about the Romance of Science and Medicine” traces I had been thinking about a project on outcome: 80% of whites thought Simp- the trajectory of the merger of these two what became the title of my last chap- son guilty, and among blacks the same fields, emphasizing the beginnings of mod- ter, “Logics of Discovery, Chance, and percentage thought him innocent. ern scientific thought and the urgency and Scientific Evidence in the Court Room.” Most who judged him guilty gave as frustration of those early culture heroes First, I needed someone to research cer- the reason for their opinion “OJ’s DNA.” to avoid the wrath of the Church. Long tain court decisions, the sort of job law- As for the formal trial, defense lawyers yers are trained to do. Larry Tancredi, Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and a practicing psychiatrist in Manhattan, their formidable team of scientific ex- Emeriti Website agreed to take on the assignment. Then, perts emphatically out-lawyered and out- The UCSD Emeriti Association I needed the inspiration to begin. This scienced the prosecution team, reducing maintains a website: presented itself in a case, incandescent to rubble the “mountain of evidence” http://emeriti.ucsd.edu and redolent with cultural ramifications presented by the prosecution. But the – “The People of California v. Orenthal court of public opinion did not seem to Clicking the News, Programs James Simpson” – that lasted from Janu- take note of that, or perhaps did not un- & Meetings button will allow ary to October of 1995. My summary and derstand the discourse of the scientific you to view past issues of this analysis of this case appear in chapter 8 evidence. Those convinced of Simpson’s newsletter. The website also pro- as “Notes from the Trial of the Century, guilt tended to think that he was exon- vides the constitution and by- the Medico-Scientific and the Mythic.” erated because he hired the best team laws, lists of members, and min- The concept of anthropology tran- money could buy, ignoring the fact that, utes of meetings. scends the focus on exotic primitive the prosecution, with the awesome pow- Webmaster: Marjorie Caserio or peasant cultures and lately, on our er of the state and state coffers behind it, [email protected] own culture: it encompasses systems spent well over twice as much.

UCSD Emeriti Association Chronicles v September 2006 Page  interested in the science and medicine of Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centu- Behind the Scenes: the Dramaturg ries, I refer to a secret society called i fedeli d’amore (those faithful in love) whose goal Mary Corrigan, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, was to promote the study of nature and interviews Shirley Fishman, Associate Artistic Director natural processes. These famous authors and Dramaturg of the La Jolla Playhouse. and scholars (Dante and Giordano Bruno among them) used codes and symbols and First of all, tell us what a dramaturg is. wrote in poetic form both to communicate “Dramaturg,” from “dramaturgy,” or theatri- with each other and in their literary works, cal production, has come to be a fancy title for a so that they might escape detection. To ac- researcher. For our recent production of Mother complish this, they used the metaphor of Courage, I studied the life and theories of Bertolt love to describe the passion of the intellect Brecht and the Hundred Years War. Last year, we put in pursuit of knowledge. on a musical called Palm Beach framed in the 1930s, Three chapters concern case stud- so I did research on how the Great Depression by- Shirley Fishman ies of selected topics currently litigated in passed affluent enclaves like Palm Beach while it was the courts, which test the admissibility of devastating the rest of the country. Andre Serban, the famous director and my evidence, including the science of DNA mentor at Columbia, taught me to try to absorb information about the subject of evidence, use of brain imaging technology each play and bring it to bear on the production, so that’s what I do. in analyzing criminal behavior, and the sci- Do you do this for the Director? ence of confinement of sex offenders. Tan- Yes, but often the Director does his or her own research as well and the set or credi researched the cases cited in these costume designer will ask for pictures and information. Or the prop shop or one of the particular chapters, and I saw my role in set designers will call if there is something they need to know. We work as a team. them as writing sections that would pro- With translations, do you choose the one to use? vide continuity with the other materials in For Mother Courage, the Director, Lisa Peterson, asked to see all the various the book. translations. We loved David Hare’s, because it was so contemporary, so alive, The remaining chapters discuss the fresh, and dynamic. But there were a lot of Britishisms in the text so we substitut- four major Supreme Court decisions on the ed American usage in places, and Hare’s agent agreed to let us make the changes. admissibility of scientific evidence, from I think it’s the function of the theatre to present historical plays in terms that will the Frye Rule of 1923 which required gen- be vivid to contemporary audiences without distorting what the playwright is try- eral acceptance by the scientific communi- ing to convey about past events. ty, to several recent decisions relying more How you would define the mission of the Playhouse? heavily on the Federal Rules of Evidence, Since 9/11, there has been a huge movement to escapist entertainment. The and the ruling that the judge of the trial only time I can compare it to is the ’60s and ’70s during the Vietnam War. That’s be the gatekeeper for scientific evidence a major reason we did Mother Courage. Brecht wrote this play in 1939, during the admissibility (a development that Chief rise of Nazism, but the effects of war on society are once again a critical concern. We Justice Rehnquist said can lead only to think theatre should address such concerns and not just offer relief from reality. mischief). The four decisions are presented Would you say the atmosphere here is similar to Joe Papp’s Public Theatre in fully in the Appendix. The last two chap- New York? You worked there before, didn’t you? ters (on the Simpson case and on science Yes and so did Des McAnuff and former Artistic Director Michael Greif, a in the court room) reflect a number of the graduate of UCSD. In fact he has just opened a show there. We are all members of themes discussed in earlier chapters. the same tribe and our interests in theatre are similar. The Playhouse has a unique I sent this book to the publisher with and wonderful relationship with the UCSD Theatre Department. We have students fear and trembling, wondering how it in Stage Management and the Costume Shop and the students have Residencies at would be categorized. The publisher must the Playhouse. We have UCSD actors in our shows every year. This year we have four have had some doubt, since it was sent to of them in plays – two in Zhivago, one in The Wiz, and one in The Farnsworth Invention. five reviewers from several different dis- It’s been enormously rewarding watching them grow and develop because they are ciplines. I guess it passed the test. One of working with a professional team of actors and they mature by leaps and bounds. those blessed reviewers wrote, “The book bridges several disciplines, most directly What happens when you have a hit like Jersey Boys that makes huge law and medicine, by drawing on the amounts of money? Where does all that money go? strength of an important umbrella disci- We’ve had quite a few hits. Rent wasn’t home grown, but Tommy was, and so pline – anthropology.” That was what I set were Big River, Dracula, and Who, the musical. These productions were conceived out to do. – Continued on p.6 v

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than the increase of souls in Hell, then the – Corrigan from p.5 temperature and pressure will drop until here, developed here, and then went to Broadway. We do get a percentage of the Hell freezes over. profits from the success of any production that moves on. So which is it? It is always a gamble to do new plays and I know that the Playhouse is commit- If we accept the postulate given to me ted to new plays. What happens if you do new plays and they are poorly received? by Teresa during my Freshman year that “it Well, it is a gamble! A new play is inherently that and we are committed to re- will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with search and development. The audience needs to understand that. When you are you,” and take into account the fact that doing a new play you are taking a risk. You put the play on and it may not be fin- I slept with her last night, then number 2 ished or it may not be to people’s taste. It may be more cutting-edge than people must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is are comfortable with and you have to find a way to recover – and that is what I like exothermic and has already frozen over. to call Smart Producing. You give the audience productions that are entertaining The corollary of this theory is that and balance them out with works that may be more challenging. It’s good to have since Hell has frozen over, it follows that many items on the “buffet table.” It’s a continuing challenge and I love doing it. it is not accepting any more souls and is

Being a dramaturg is a perfect job for someone who gets bored easily! v therefore, extinct, leaving only Heaven and thereby proving the existence of a di- vine being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.” Anecdotage P.S. This student received the only “A.” v v v By Sandy Lakoff pressed) or some variant. One, howev- er, answered somewhat more originally: Bathroom Humor. “The toilets at The Two Cultures. One day in First, we need to know how the mass a local police station have been stolen. 1980, at the National Humanities Cen- of Hell is changing in time. So we need to Police have nothing to go on.” (“Ron- ter in North Carolina, the Director, Bill know the rate at which souls are moving nie” Barker, late British comedian.) Bennett, received a disturbing report into Hell and the rate at which they are from the custodian. It seemed that ev- v v v leaving. I think that we can safely assume ery day at noon, two suspicious-looking that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not Articles of Faith. Definition of characters would drive into the parking leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. Unitarianism: the fatherhood of God, lot of the Center, which is located in As for how many souls are entering the brotherhood of man, and the neigh- Research Triangle Park, home to many Hell, let’s look at the different religions borhood of Boston.” Noah Feldman in high- companies. They would park The New Republic a while, then leave. Bennett decided to that exist in the world today. Most of these investigate. It turned out the regular religions state that if you are not a member v v v of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since visitors were engineers employed at the Anagrammatic Clues in recent nearby IBM research lab. They readily there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one cryptic crossword puzzles. Clue: Mon- confessed that they drove to the Cen- keys write. Answer: New York Times. ter’s parking lot every day during lunch religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. Which is where the puzzle appeared! And break to smoke pot. “But why here?” an even better one from in the Times of Bennett asked, “why not go somewhere With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in London: Clue: Church people convert- else to smoke pot? “This is the Humani- ing Britney Spears (13 letters). Answer? Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we ties, isn’t it?” they replied. If you can’t figure it out, e-mail me (Ref- look at the rate of change of the volume erence “Hard Knox”). v v v in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in But Some Nerds Are More Imagi- order for the temperature and pressure in v v v native. Peter Farrell passes on this item Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell Word Play from a exam at the Univer- has to expand proportionately as souls are sity of Washington: added. I planted some bird seed. A bird came Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic This gives two possibilities: up. Now I don’t know what to feed it. (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate I had amnesia once – or twice. heat)? than the rate at which souls enter Hell, I went to San Francisco. I found Most students wrote answers re- then the temperature and pressure in Hell someone’s heart. Now what? lying on Boyle’s Law (gas cools when will increase until all Hell breaks loose. Protons have mass? I didn’t even it expands and heats when it is com- 2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster know they were Catholic.

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All I ask is a chance to prove that ity. Soon, the telephone began ringing from money can’t make me happy. others who had also seen the program. Ah, If the world was a logical place, men fame! It comes when you least expect it Remembering would ride horses sidesaddle. and vanishes just as quickly. –Anonymous of the Internet Allen Kaprow v v v v v v One Good Pun . . . At an SD Early “It is ironic that Allan Bio-Impressionism. Van Gogh’s Music Society concert at St. James by- Kaprow will be remembered painting “L’Arlesienne,” part of an ex- the-Sea, I got off a rather good pun, if I for a form of art whose point, traordinary collection put together by a say so myself. String players who perform perversely, was that it should couple of pediatricians, Harry and Ruth early music often say they spend most of Bakwin, was auctioned recently. The their lives tuning their instruments. At not be remembered. In Octo- New York Times reported that in the this event, the renowned lutenist Paul ber 1959, Kaprow gathered a 1930s the couple was visited in their O’Dette was tuning and tuning and group of friends – John Cage country home in Ossining, N.Y. by the tuning his temperamental twanger and artist Diego Rivera, who told them a and Robert Rauschenberg couldn’t seem to get it right. Turning to among them – in the Reuben story about the paternity of Maurice the critic Jonathan Saville, who was seat- Utrillo, an artist they also knew well and ed in the pew behind me, I stage-whis- Gallery in New York. On cue, collected: “He told them that after Mau- pered, “O’Dette, where is thy string?” this group moved around the rice was born illegitimately to Suzanne Va- ladon, she went to Renoir, for whom she v v v gallery, pausing to squeeze or- anges or play music on toy in- had modeled nine months previously. Renoir . . . Disserves Another. When the looked at the baby and said, ‘He can’t be late Warren Brigham was our dentist, struments. There was no word mine, the color is terrible!’ Next she went to he indulged me – even just for a clean- to describe this kind of art, no Degas, for whom she had also modeled. He ing – by fitting me with a Walkman and a said, ‘He can’t be mine, the form is terrible!’ such thing having been done hookup to nitrous oxide so I could listen At a cafe, Valadon saw an artist she knew before. Its creator had called it to classical music and get pleasantly high named Utrillo, to whom she spilled her woes. while being worked on. I got to actually “Eighteen Happenings in Six The man told her to call the baby Utrillo: ‘I look forward to going to the dentist. The Parts,” and the term stuck. would be glad to put my name to the work dental assistant, who did the scraping of either Renoir or Degas!’” From The New From then on, Kaprow was and polishing, was his beautiful young York Times April 22, 2006. The Man Who Invented The wife Susan. After one cleaning Warren v v v came in to give me a checkup and Susan Happening; an honorific he gave me a good report, saying: “He’s do- grew to hate, and which over- My Fifteen Seconds. Speaking of auc- ing very well with his home care.” “No, tions: one evening my wife Evelyn, who shadowed his later career.” no,” I interjected, “it’s you and the nitrous collects teddy bears, insisted that we had to and the music!” Fortunately Warren was watch a program about them on the Dis- From an obituary for Pro- old enough to remember Cole Porter and covery Channel. It described the origins of fessor Kaprow in The Inde- got the reference. He had to explain it to the fad, the dispute over whether the first Susan. pendent (London) bears were designed by a Brooklynite or in- v v v vented in Germany by the Steiff Company and only later called Teddies. The docu- And Just One More. At a Passover mentary then noted that the little stuffed seder (celebrating the Exodus from Egypt critters had become so popular, they were to the promised land), I warned our being auctioned. To illustrate, the camera guests that the horseradish being served panned over an auction at Christie’s in with the gefilte fish was fiery hot. Manny London. And lo, to our astonishment, the Rotenberg agreed: “Yes,” quoth he, “it’ll cameraman focused on a member of the clear the Sinai.” This is the same Manny audience who turned out unmistakably to Rotenberg who recently sent out word to be me! We had forgotten that Evelyn had friends not to use Viagra during Passover. dragged me to that auction a couple of years Why? Because, of course, all leavening earlier while we were enjoying a month in agents are forbidden for the holiday!

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Josephine Baker: Executive Council Her Life and Work Helen Anderson, Mary Corrigan, Peter Farrell, Mel Green, Joseph Gusfield, Bob Hamburger, Sally Ledden, She will accompany her presentation with DVDs Helen Ranney, Avrum Stroll and visual materials from an exhibition of which Please report all address changes to our administrative officer in the she will be curator. Academic Senate: Suzanne Atchley: [email protected] (858) 534-3641, mail code 0002 Wednesday, October 11, 4:00 p.m. The Green Faculty Club