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Under the Elms 8 Commencement #228: Sandra Day Nan and Dick's Excellent Reunion 22
O'Connor makes the law . . . the Esther "Nan" Bouchard and Dick Tracy have been a couple for Aga Khan makes history . . . Mary
Chapin Carpenter friends . . . makes fifty-four years, Brown alumni for fifty. This year their entire class
What They Said at the forums . . . was counting on them to orchestrate a reunion to remember. rededicating a war memorial . . . the Byjohfj Foraste and Anne Diffily "Colonel" goes on reserve duty . . .
financial advice for slackers . . .
Since Last Time . . . and more.
DEPARTMENTS Turning Point 30
Here & Now 2 Professional ballet dancers disciphne their bodies to perform with
grace, style, and precision. Meet nine resumed-education students Carrying the Mail 3
with minds to match. By Richard P. Morin Sports 16 The bests and worsts of 1995-96 Q&cA 20 Associate Director of Athletics Pop-Up Culture 36 Arleiie Ciorton '52 What do Tom Wolfe, Teri Garr, O.J. Simpson, and I Can't Beheve
StUDENTSIDE 21 It's Not Butter! have in common? They're all fi.xes for one
Beyond the Bedroom Wall writer's media addiction. By David Shichis 'yS By Meredith Cristiano 'g6
Books i8 Drinking: A Love Story Caroline by Portrait: The Bootmaker Knapp '81. Reuiewed by David Duncan 40
Timberland CEO Jeffi-ey Swartz '82 wants his company to make The Ci^\sses 42 good boots, a decent profit, and a better world. By Jennifer Sutton Obituaries 60
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Confessions of a Fish Killer cover: Nan Tracy '46 in her marshal's Volume 96 Number 9/luly 1996 By Deborah Navas 'yi regalia on Commencement morning. Photograph by John Foraste. )W
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I xcuse me, dear reader. I don t
^L^a mean to alarm you. But 1 think you should know: sooner or later I or one Story of their lives: items from the Tracys' alumni folders. of my successors will rummage around in your life. Don't worry - we're not gomg to show up at your door, steno pad in lege record a half-century earlier. I shake tricity about who will miss me someday, hand, asking nosey questions. It all hap- my head over a letter in which a faithful who may consider that 1 gave care and pens right here, and it's an essential part of son of Brown explains that the University attention to people, duties, and ideals in doing business. Researching alumni lives will get "not another cent" from him any measure worth noting. helps fill this magazine with classnotes, because a son was rejected tor admission. Happily, we have plenty of occasions alumni profiles, and obituaries - our As I read old letters written in the slant- to peruse "bio folders" while the subjects bread and butter. ing Palmer hand once taught in every are alive and well. This was the case as we
In the basement of the alumni center grammar school, sometimes I am sur- prepared a reunion photo essay on Nan there is a manila folder with your name prised by my own warm tears. Here is and Dick Tracy, both class of 1946. In her on it. Depending on when you entered news of a child's accidental death, here a file I found Nan's graduation portrait Brown and how closely you've kept in clerk's notation on a pledge card: "Please from St. Xavier Academy and a wedding touch, your folder may contain an appli- take Mr. Smith off your mailing list. He is photo in a yellowed newspaper chpping. cation tor admission, a punch card on ill a nursing home and can't read." In an old Providence Journal I saw Dick at which you listed college activities, news- 1 had thought nothing could make an alumni meeting thirty-seven years ago. paper clips noting your wedding and pro- me as aware ot my mortality as the I delighted in the Tracys' four birth motions, baby announcements, reunion immense responsibility of parenthood. announcements; felt tor them when I questionnaires, address changes, and more. Reading about dead alumni comes close. noted a child's serious illness.
Inevitably, one day your folder will come Yet I also gain an appreciation for the You can't read Nan and Dick's folders, upstairs to the BAM containing a news- flow and meaning of life. I observe a but you'll see, in John Foraste's photos paper announcement of your death or bright-eyed Pembroker progress firom beginning on page 22, the joie de vimc with returned mail stamped "Deceased." bride to mom and career woman, which they planned and celebrated their
Preparing BAM obituaries is a funny, to retirement, to travel with triends, to fiftieth reunion. It's a story that under- poignant business. Atter a statl writer does residence at a nursing home... and death. scores yet again a privilege of working at the first dratt, an editor, usually me, tact- Checking a list of survivors, 1 unagine the BAM: the opportunity to peek into checks and copyedits it. Many a week- how each misses her. A grieving relative others' lives and to share them with you. night I bend over our dining table, its sur- or classmate may write, "Mom was the face entirely covered with folders and linchpin of the family" or "Joe always had galleys. I find myself smiling at the face of time for his fraternity buddies, even atter a young woman, framed with crimped he made CEO." Such tributes set me to Anne Hinman Diffily '73 curls, in the tiny photo pasted to her col- speculating with typical human egocen- Editor
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The 'wall of shame' deserved to attend Brown, but proceeded to do so with tniancial assistance from 1 read witli deep concern that some resi- many different sources. dents ot Haranibee House created a list, a 2. Mr. Hunt expresses surprise that "wail ot sliame,"" made up of black men Tabitha Suarez '97, "whose surname is His- who dare to date outside their race panic, wasn't given a free ride at Brown." ("Into the Open." Elms. April). Well, it may surprise him further to dis- According to the article, the Office of cover that, while my surname is Irish, Student Life did not have the hst removed I happen to be mostly African-American. or punish the students involved. Franklv, He may also be astonished that not all
I hnd this very disturbing. Had members "minorities" rec^uire financial aid nor re- of Phi Kappa Si or Sigma Chi posted ceive free rides. My mother and I apphed
such a list, I beheve they would have been for financial aid not because we are poor severely punished. This gross double stan- Negroes striving to raise ourselves out dard only encourages black separatists of the cottonf'ields, but because as a mid- to believe their racial hatred is more right- dle-class family we could not ignore the eous than that of white racists. reahty of the cost of education in the One of the great characteristics of 1990s. To assume that because one is work- Brown is that all have we been shaped by the deep end. I will, however, take issue ing to pay for school that "[one] didn't the same academic philosophy. In addition, with Universin- otflcials. Their responsi- apply for special treatment" demonstrates on campus live, we eat. and socialize to- bility to defend the principles on which a pointed lack of knowledge about the gether. Yes, have different we experiences Brown was founded should prompt concept of financial aid.
and backgrounds, but 1 always thought sterner responses than those quoted m Mr. Hunt is correct when he states that Brown students - - and alumni come your article. that "Brown ceased being [his] universit\- to realize we have more in common than How can we ever increase under- long years ago." "His" university is as out- we think at first. may standing between blacks and whites if the dated as his stereotypes. It some undergraduates are interested University does not react to pressures Ayanna Gaines 'g^ 111 walling themselves off from their class- which keep them from being close in the Skokie. 111. mates and preaching hate, they don't most meaningful way? Such a relation- belong at Brown. The University should ship IS a slender bridge thrown across the E. Howard Hunt's letter renunded me of send a message that preaching is hatred abyss between the races. In time, love another group of Brown students who not tolerated on University property. could lead to understanding - if it does received the special admission privileges, of the One most effective ways to not get "apartheided" away beforehand. tuition grants, and remedial instruction eradicate racial hatred is '^6 to bring together Harold Boel he so deplores - namely, the members of young people of ditlerent races and cul- Brussels the "Veterans College, of whom I was one. tures and allow them to e.xchange views, We World War II returnees were older, perspectives, and, yes, affection. As the seedier, poorer, more fractious, and less offspring of a white mother and a black Mr. Hunt's university academically qualified than the average father. I strongly believe interracial rela- Brown students of our time. Nevertheless, tionships will do more the long m run to While E. Howard Hunt "40 (Mail, May) Brown established theV.C. to accommo- nd us of racism than we can imagine. attended Brown at a time when racism date and prepare us, and the G.I. Bill and Peter RciiiL'e 'g4 was rampant and when assumptions the University subsidized us. We attended Washington, D.C. about a person could be based simply on special classes until we were qualified to his or her color or surname, such blase enter Brown proper.
I will not take issue with the Harambee prejudice is not so readily accepted todav. Our company of nusfits did well, win- House residents who posted the "wall of I wish to refute two of his statements, ning our share of diplomas and academic shame"; after all, education is about learn- I which feel are based on a certain igno- honors..'^nd Brown did well as our diver- ing, and one way of learning is to go off rance of todays Brown: sir\' and energy broadened its social and
I . Mr. Hunt is amazed that there political horizons. Perhaps we established exists on campus an undergraduate "who a precedent for the University to offer its TO OUR READERS actually works to help pay her tuition!" treasures of the mind and heart to cadres He may rest assured that there are many of unlikely candidates. Lcltcrs lire ahi'iiys urlconic. dint we iry lo ot us, of all races and ethnicities, who Mr. Hunt, a Watergate operative who print all we reccifc. Preference will be gwen to worked our way through school. Not all in 1973 pleaded guilty to six counts of those llhit address the content of the magazine. Brunonians are the privileged children of conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping, Please limit letters to 200 words. Hi' reserve the wealthy. Several of us are determined writes that the Brown that extends "spe- the right to edit for style, clarity and leiiiith. and intelligent people who not onlv cial treatment" is not his Brown. Amen.
BROWiN .\LU.MNI MONTHLY 3 But it is my Brown. 1 identify with 'How to Live' ball ("The Great UnAmerican Pastime," those students who are seedy, needy, con- April), Steven Fox '71 Ph.D. overlooked tentious, and different. As long as they are In .111 age when we hear so much about one of the brightest stars of our firma- around I know that democratic America families eager to help their terminally ill ment: I3avid Fultz, class of 1S9S. Dave, who
IS aHve and kicking. loved ones die, how refreshing to read was also an outstanding halfback on the
Stanley R. Grcenbcrg '%o about a terminally ill patient whose fam- gridiron, signed with the Philadelphia
Kensington, CaHf. ily IS more interested in helping him live Phillies after graduation. During his eight-
("How to Live," March). I hope all hos- year career in the big leagues, Fultz played What a wonderful, unexpected pleasiu'e pice promoters who beheve (and have a centerfield for the Phillies for two years, and blessing to receive convicted Water- vested interest in believing) that life at followed by a year with the Baltimore gate operative E. Howard Hunt's voluntary home with a loving family is incompati- Orioles, two years with the Philadelphia renouncement of his ties to Brown. I'm ble with life-sustaining high-tech care for Athletics, and three years with the New thrilled that Hunt has ceased to be a part the terminally ill will take note of how York Highlanders (later renamed Yankees). ot /;))' university. Brian Dickinson's family, his respirator, Most years he filled in where needed at
Marty Lawyer '6j and his computer all have roles to play in third base, shortstop, and second base.
Tampa, Fla. making his life not only possible, but Perhaps Fultz 's best year was 1902 enjoyable and productive. with Connie Mack's champion Athletics. Felicia Ackeriiian That year he played 130 games (of a 154- Totalitarian monolith Campus game season), led the league in runs
The writer is a professor of philosophy at scored, drew sixty-two walks, stole forty-
I telt deeply saddened and yet somewhat Brown. - Editor four bases, and batted .302. His lifetime vindicated by the article "Are You My batting average was 272. He died 111 1959 University?" by Tabitha Suarez (Student- at age eighty-tour. side, February). Saddened from the per- Arms and the judge David H. Scott 'j2 spective of remembering and comparing Kennebunk, Me. my own Brown experience, where late- The article "Biting the Bullet" (Elms, night or daytime discussions allowed February) was of great interest to me. For for the full if somewhat noisy quest for several years, as a Vermont District Judge, Asian-American voices
"the truth," or at least what passed for I advocated against the possession of it then. Vindicated in that 1 have counseled firearms in the courtroom by law enforce- 1 was very interested to read Marie G. our son, whose secondary-school record ment officers. 1 adopted the attitude taken Lee's article, "Finding Their Voice" (April), would have made him an apt candidate (at least tacitly) by President Gregorian: and to learn that more courses in Asian- for Brown, not to apply to the University. "Educational institutions [read 'courts'] by American studies are being offered at Over the years, after reading numer- their nature are models of civilized soci- Brown. ." " ous articles about Brown and talking to ety. . where justice can be done with- When I taught a course called 'Ori- students, their parents, and others involved out a show of force. ental Tales': Representations of Us and with the institution, I h.we been forced Five years ago we heard a presenta- Them" as a graduate student in the Eng- to conclude that my alma mater has pur- tion by an out-of-state family court judge lish department (fall 1991), I was struck posely established itself as a totalitarian who was also a military police security by the numbers ot students interested in monolith that brooks little or no dissent officer. His message was clear: "1 am in the topic. Class discussions were enriched from the credo of the politically correct. favor of a gun-free courthouse. Until the by the great variety of ethnic backgrounds Ms. Suarez paints a dismal picture of day comes when we can guarantee that students brought to the class, including an intellectual environment whose flavor no one (incluciing court staff) will possess Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Nepalese, In- is closely akin to the feelings engendered a firearm in the courtroom, it is better to dian, Anglo, and Latino. This variety spoke by observing photographs of crumbling permit your 'friends' to be armed rather to the multiplicity of heritages included eastern European cities during the Com- than leave hostile individuals as the only in the term "Asian-American" and raised munist hegemony, with their drab same- armed force in the room." important issues of difference as well as ness and an intellectual atmosphere Very simply, in this unfortunate era continuity. poisoned by the demands of the Fascisti of increasing violence and disrespect for 1 look forward to reading Lee's novels. of the left. authority, I changed my mind and now Snsan B.Taylor 'gj Ph.D.
I am truly sorry for the experience permit armed officers to appear in my Colorado Springs Ms. Suarez has had to endure at Brown. courtroom.
Unfortunately, 1 can do nothing to change I hasten to add that this was not an I read with interest the article by Marie it or to assuage the numerous "whips and easy decision to make. I empathize gready Lee 'S6 about Asian-American students. scorns" of her time there. However, 1 with President Gregorian. I c]uote: "Together they number about have had an impact on another young Michael S. Kupersmith '64 900 students, compared with 400 African- person whose university experience will Burlington, Vt. American, 300 Latino, and sixteen Native be, I hope, one of challenge, success, American stucfents."When I went to growth, and joy, and will be accomplished Brown in the forties, almost all of us were at an institution other th.ui Brown. Remembering Dave Fultz "Native Americans" - I quote from the
U'illiam B. Thompson 'st; Winston Dictionary, under ud/iVc: "Per- Philadelphia hi his otherwise excellent coverage of taining to one's birth or the place of one's Brown's contributions to big league base- birth, or one's native land."
L I u Y 1996 I am a native American of Czechoslo- course the Israeli tabloids which cover vakian descent; most of the blacks enrolled them, with their black and red borders and Discover The Inn And Outs at Brown today are Americans ofAfrican grisly photos to match. This, too, is Htera- OF Woodstock, Vermont. descent, not Atro- American; most of the ture and might serve as a reality' check Asians are likewise Americans of Asian tor students.
descent, not Asian Americans. The reason Ralph Kolodiiy '44
we have racial tension in America today is Tel Aviv
because of articles such as this in which The writer is professor emeritus at Boston academia portrays Americans as Afro-. Ihiii'ersity's School of Social Work. - Editor Asian, Latino, and so on, instead of being
Amerkati firsll My family sriU honors our ethnic back- Beware those Ides ground and many customs, but, by God, Experience the great outdoors at the Woodstock Inn & Resort. Because our wide open spaces are we are American first. If people want Eve Glicksman '81 A.M. ("The Times That filled with the kinds of things that families enjoy to be known by their ethnic background Tax Our Souls," Finally, ApnU has one Like visiting the 19th centurv' Billings Farm and first instead of being an American, why thing about tax time to be grateful for. By Museum. Golf, tennis, riding, don't they return to the country of their bewaring the Ides of April, she can do $7^50 hiking, cycling, swimming or ' • working out in our indoor ancestors and become full-fledged Asians only one thing: get her ta.xes in two days PER PERSO.\, DOIBLE OCCLPANCY Health & Fitness Center Then or Africans or Latinos? early. The Ides of April is (are) April 13. KIDS SHY FREE. enjoy superb dining and all the Charles F. libclioiiiurkdjr. '48 Only in the months of March, May, July, comforts of the Inn. For more information call Destm, Fla. and October do the Ides fall on the fif- your tra\el agent or 800-448-7900.
teenth. Since procrastination is the bane of
most taxpayers, Ms. Glicksman is m good Reality check in Israel shape with the two-day cushion she's given herself. Tax vobisaiiu. Woodstock. Vermont 05091 • 802-457-1100 Professor David Jacobson confesses that Anne H. Woodworth SMALL L L XL Rl- HOTELS OF THE UORID he was "taught to see all Arabs solelv as Washington, D.C. enemies committed to destroying Israel .4 siniilar letter was received from George
("Novel Approach," Elms, April). I assume Chapiii '}0. - Editor that his course with Professor Kamal Abdel-Malek, which deals with contem- porary Arab-Jewish encounters in liter- Trial and error $500,000 arure, is designed in large measure to cor- rect this impression. The Arab-Jewish Professor Kan Edwards (Q& A, April) LIFE INSURANCE "encounters" here in sunny Israel this past gave her opinions concerning the work- spring, however, and in Lebanon more ings of the jury trial system and rules of Age recently, suggest that considerable discus- admissibiUry of evidence. Ms. Edwards's sion in the course should also be devoted statements betray a profound lack of to the ideas and actions of those Arabs knowledge about the system she is studv- who continue to hope and pr.n- for iiig. Her two principal premises, that the Israel's destruction. normal trial procedure has the judge rule As someone who has been spending on the admissibility' of testimony after halt of each year in the heart of Tel Avi\- It is given, and that "there are stages before for some rime, my impressions of the Arab- trial at which this screening of evidence Jewish encounter have been garnered takes place." are just plain wrong. from the sights and sounds of a concerted As a lawyer with more than twenty- effort by some Arabs to kill and wound years' experience in the civil trial system. Israelis. Sitting on the floor during Scud I welcome the participarion of the socuil attacks, phoning family members after sciences in analyzing the system and assist- each attack to discover if they were unhurt, ing in its improvement. But such analysis trying to learn their whereabouts after a and assistance must have as a foundation a bus on the line we ordmarilv use was realistic understanding of the system as bombed, and hearing the awesome blast it really exists. in nearby Dizengoff Center last March R. Daniel Prentiss '6g while preparing to walk in that direction Providence toward a street fiUed with carnage, hardlv incline me to view the intentions of our "neighbors" with equanimity. Forum for searching scientists The Israeli writers whom Professor Jacobson mentions do not usually write The correspondence that has followed about these kinds of encounters. If Pro- "To Struggle with God" (September) fessor Jacobson's Hebrew is up to it, how- shows that the heart-searching discussions ever. 1 suggest that he introduce into the that helped form me at Brown are con- tinning. Many readers of the B-^iW might bly not the norm. Regarding her point ber It as one ot the bright points of my be interested in the Web site for the Fel- that students deficient of "character, self- college years. The chance it offered me to
lowship of Scientists, a group that shares a awareness, and assertion . . . shouldn't be live closely with a small group of fellow desire to explore and strengthen a com- at Brown," far too many young people go students made those often difficult years mitment to a Ufe in science as a form ot to Brown tor the cachet. |ust ask them. more tolerable. If the administration does
Christian vocation. The readings and bib- 1 doubt many ot them are aware they're convert the houses to offices, it will lose a liography available at the Web site may going to be forced to play "tennis with- valuable asset to student life, and Brown interest more than just scientists. Its URL out a net," as an earlier correspondent put will be the poorer for it.
IS http://solon.cma.univie.ac.at/~neum It so succinctly. Jay FIcitmaii '74
/sciandf/ fellow/ welcome. html. Syhna Rosai Bimmgartcit '.55 Northampton, Mass.
I remember several of my professors New York City kiugofluilgtWdol .CODI in the sciences sharing ethical and reli- gious concerns with their students. Biol- I commend the honesty and balance of ogists John Coleman, Frank Rothman, Paris Kanellal(is your article on the cancellation of the and Peter Heywood are three who come Brown Association of Cooperative Hous- to mind, but the whole faculty sustained 1 lost something of myself when 1 read ing's leases. When 1 was at Brown there an atmosphere that was congenial to in- about the death ot Professor Pans Kanel- was always a waiting list ot more than 100 quiry and growth. May every generation lakis and his family (Here & Now, Febru- students who wanted to get into BACH. of Brown students wrestle with these ciues- ary). Paris was a good triend while I was It was affordable, and it provided a chance tions — not just as students, but through- getting my master's in computer science. for us to learn how to work within an out the seasons of their lives. His ready smile and helpful words - in his independent household towards environ-
Alice Bordii'cll Fulton Hiun;cii 'yj, office and in the corridors of Kassar House mental conservation and respect for alter- '77 Ph. D. - helped this nervous, wide-eyed young native lifestyles.
Iowa City Indian student find his feet at Brown. How can 1 tell prospective students
alicc-ftilloiitaiiiiou'ii.cdu Later, when I was searching tor my first they can find a niche at Brown when my job, he wrote me a warm recommenda- niche was removed to create office space?
tion letter. I'm not sure I fully deserved I implore the administration to draw up What about the fence-sitter? what he said about me, but that was how a contract whereby sophomores and
I knew Paris: gently encouraging at the juniors may live in the remaining co-op
Regarding Karen Bloom's letter in the very times I didn't believe in myself. houses. This crucial gesture will maintain
March issue, in which she defends Brown s You meant a lot to me, Paris. How bach's connection with the Brown academic advising system: I heard the sorry I am tiiat 1 didn't tell you that community, rather than converting it to same argument twenty-odd years ago in enough. trendy housing for seniors. defense of the New Curriculum. Trying Dilip D'Souza \y Sc.M. Ben Greenfield '9? to raise four children ot character in a Bombay Parker, Ariz. frantic world, 1 saw the flaws in it then, as
I see them now. The trouble with Ms. Cooperative houses are a Brown tradition,
Bloom's sink-or-swim view is that it Expatriate games and they provide value on many levels. doesn't take into account human nature. They offer affordable housing at this in-
It sounds good on paper, but does it suc- Despite Edmund White's speaking criti- creasingly expensive institution. They pro- ceed as often as she would like to think? cally of his native country during his Feb- vide residents with a real-lite education Brown undergraduates by and large ruary appearance at Brown (Elms, March), m cooking, finance, and house mainte- come from households where there is I'm sure that you meant to describe him nance. Lastly, and perhaps most impor- structure, order, rules. In any group like as not an "expatnot," but rather an "expa- tantly, co-ops provide a sense of commu- that you'll always find the self-motivated triate" (from the Latin ex + patria: out nity, something we are rapidly losing in achievers - of whom Ms. Bloom was ot one's native country). I have become today's society. one, to judge from her letter - and the unhappily accustomed to seeing this and Jeannine Muiide Rucker 'S2 ones who will fall by the wayside, no similar gaffes m, say, the Chicago Tribune. Oakland. Calif matter the support structure. But what but hardly expect them m the BAM. (Do about the vast, sitting-on-the-fence mid- take that as a backhanded compliment on Your article suggests that the University's dle group? Does Ms. Bloom honestly your normally high editorial standards.) primary motivations for the demise of believe that an eighteen-year-old, living Margaret Thayer '7? two co-op leases are fear of litigation and in an unreal and idealistic setting, whose Brookfield, 111. a need for office space. Protection from expenses are being subsidized, who is thayer(a^inuh.org suit IS achievable through indemnification coping with a sea change of experiences, agreements or sale of the houses to BACH. and who is bombarded with choices from At $400,000 for renovation of the two all sides, can readily steer a clear path Concerned co-op alumni structures (at most, 8,000 square feet of through the intellectual morass? All too total floor area), plus the loss of rental often, I suspect, the fence-sitter jumps to I was dismayed to read ("Cleaning House," income, I contend that at the heart ot this the easier side, is too demoralized, con- Elms, March) that the administration has decision is the decline of Brown's com- fused, or indifferent to seek help, and fails decided to terminate the leases ot two mitment to earlier curricular reform. to achieve his or her potential. cooperative houses. As a resident of Mil- Twenty years ago my uncle, the Hon.
Bravo to Ms. Bloom, but she's proba- hous during its first three years, I remem- Alfred joslin "3s, secretary of the Brown
J u L Y I 9 9 6 Corporation, picked nie up at Carberry best education possible." Visit our House, my residence. He told nie with I find it disheartening that at a univer- pride of his role in securing the support sity that professes to be a leader in pro- HI 3 S TJ [0 iil i of the Corporation in the development gressive education, the senior vice presi- of BACH. Judge Joslin embraced the cur- dent does not include socioeconomic § U (D S] g riculum of 1969 as a visionary, legitimate, student diversity in his definition of edu- www.brown.edu/Facilities/Brown Bool While 1 lived at Carberry I was part of a crew that fully restored that landmark Boolistore building's exterior. For an independent Brotiieriy ties study, I performed an energy analysis of ,ll Milhous, Carberry, and Watermyn that I have noticed that no mention is made resulted in energy-optimizing modifica- of any fraternity associations in the obit- tions to the houses. What I learned led to uaries. For that matter, I can't remember my later work developing alternative reading anything about any traternity food, housing, and energy programs and tor quite some time. businesses around the country. Is It no longer politically correct to It Brown maintains a commitment to mention fraternities? Are they still active the principles of its curriculum, student- and healthy? I don't remember much managed cooperative housing is a teaching about Brown, but I do have tond memo- tool worthy ot continued support. ries of my fraternity, Delta Upsilon. JeffJoslin 'So William A. McKibbcn '40 Portland, Ore. Dedham, Mass. The writer, an architect, is a senior planner Fraternity memberships of deceased alumni lor the City of Portland. — Editor are rarely mentioned in source materials sid^- nntted to the BAM. Fraternities are still I'ice President of Administration Walter alive at Bro}i'n, as are sororities and other Hohiiei provides this update: special-interest houses. - Editor At the suggestion of UCS President Dan Tennebaum "97, the administration has been meeting with BACH officers and Escalating brilliance will do so all summer before taking final action. The decision to recover the two How dismaying it is to learn (Letter from properties — via a procedure specified in the President, March) that, once again, the leases - was to provide critically the new class just admitted is more bril- needed space for academic purposes. liant than Its predecessor. Which means, While persistent fire-satet)' violations in as I extrapolate backwards, that my class, the two leased buildings made the deci- the Great Class of '51, is hardly literate. sion easier, the Universiry never ques- But at my lowest ebb I am cheered tioned its commitment to support BACH when I consider how much smarter we at a level up to its current undergraduate must be than that first class, the men who participation. BACH owns two buildings founded the nation, the class of 1769. of its own and can acquire additional Nonetheless, I hope the escalating bril- properties as its finances permit. We fully liance subsides before some entering class e.xpect the BACH experience to be avail- skips college entirely because there is able to Brown students in the future. nothing It doesn't already know. Mordecai Rosenfeld 'si New York City Need-blind admission In response to James Rudolph's sugges- Good point tion (Mail, May) that the dismal rate of Brown's endowment return last year is Andrew Palmer '6s (Mail, April) calcu- perhaps the reason a Brown education is lates 13,000 acres out of 1.55 million beyond the reach of many middle-class as less than o.oS percent. He is off by one families. Senior Vice President Donald J. decimal place: it should be less than 0.8 Reaves replied: "The true test of the percent. quality of an institution like Brown is Casey Patrick Brcnnan '9? not its ability to be the cheapest, but its Alexandria, Va. ability to ofter its students the very brennania'ttale.x.coiii o^ Goiii'liuro For more than eleven generations Commencements have been etching both public and private images in the memories of graduates. Whether comprised of a proud President Gregorian (far left), a reflective Yi-Mei Chng '96 (with mortarboard and tassel), an Itzhak Perlman thumbs-up, or an upbeat Rita Moreno (below), the mosaic of weekend memories is likely to resound for decades. JOHN FOKASTE Hitting the Higli Notes of the Taylor to hang back and sets of memories tor each of 228th Commencement crane his neck with all the the 1,713 degree recipients. other parents to get a closer Accompanying the collective look. "We're goiii' . . . We're memory of all the pomp and COMMENCEMENT week- ever to address an Ivy League goiii' . . . We're gain' through the circumstance were thousands end is a fugue of festivi- commencement audience. gates!" was the Onyx Society's of intimate and individual ties, variations on the twin Embellishing the week- chant near the head of the ones; the proud word of a themes ot learning and fun. end's otTicial melody were grand procession. Parents fin- parent, perhaps, or the unex- The music begins - hterally - thousands of smaller varia- gered camcorders like trum- pected emotion from a with the opening polyphony tions. Reunions, both of pets, while graduates smiled brother or sister. ot Friday's Campus Dance, classes and of friends, were into them carrying roses with Sometimes it was the exu- then winds through the con- in progress everywhere you stems like reeds. (Monday was berance of a graduate. As the trapuntal chorus ot Saturday's turned. Pedestrians dodged the junior entrepreneurs' best Commencement procession torunis before easing into lampposts, reading the nanie- day). One by one the Class ot rounded the corner between the swing of the Pops concert and-class tags on people '96 passed, blowing soap bub- University and Manning halls, that night. The adagio this year coming the other way, and bles and wearing ivy garlands for example, Jim Horn, a came on Sunday morning through it all a handtul ot or even brightly colored but- white-shirted, white-musta- with the tolling of the bell prepubescent entrepreneurs terflies. In another tlrst, a big chioed security guard, tound above University Hall as Pres- sold roses and t-shirts from screen — the "luinbotron" — himself suddenly being ident Vartan Gregorian hailed wagons wheeled to wherever had been set up on the Green, embraced by several passing the University's war dead near the action happened to be. beaming up the goings-on at graduates. Red-faced, Horn the blossoming rhododendrons The tinal movement, the the First Baptist Meeting later explained that these ot Soldiers Arch. An historic great coda, burst forth on House while parents, siblings, were athletes he had gotten note sounded later that day, Monday morning with the and friends inilled about, to know as a guard at Pizzi- when the Aga Khan delivered concluding march through wearing their finest. tola. "I love 'em all," he said. the baccalaureate address, the Van Wickle gates. Each By Monday afternoon the "They're great kids." Then introduced by President Gre- student became a soloist, torc- fugue was lading into its last he watched them exit for trorian as the first Muslim ins even the siniier lames notes, leaving behind two good.- N.B. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 9 ) Under tiil Illms Requiem Brown icniciiihcrs it': u'lir ilciul 228'? V I . AHIY ON SUNDAY llloril- X_/ ing of K-fumuii Wcc-k- cnJ, the li(.'ll atop University I l.ill pcilcii ziij tiiiK-s - once President Gregorian for c.icli Brown tii.in .iiul pays tribute to veterans woman kilkxl In tins ten- at Soldiers Arch while tliry's wars. WIhmi the hell tl-ll University Secretary silent. I'resiiient (iregonan Robert Reichley (below, stooti on a hiMitin^-ihaped center) catches up at a dais on lower l.ineoin Field forum with Vietnam to pay homage to the Uni veterans Alan Vaskas '67 versity's war veleraiis, hoth (below, left) and Thomas alive and dv.\A I le ainicmiu id Coakley '68 (below, that, after ni.wiy ye.irs o( dis- right), the subjects of eiisslon. Urown will hroaden III iIk- iiioi iiuil; Ioi iiur .Ills Al.iii V.isk.is V17, I hom.is Reichley's 1970 BAM the World War I iiienioMal al Ainb.iss.idor N.ilh.iniel Davis Coakley 'OS, and Ckxikiey's article 'Ward 35." Soldiers An h next year to '4C1 remembered his Brown wife, Nellie, a eoninieiiiorate the casualties senior oration of 1944, which Vietnam inirsi- of siibsei|iient wars. "Words," was published that summer in who in the (".regori.m said,"ean seldom the .\'cii')'i'rk 'lliiics Mtn; .1 It I console l.uniK foiesri Ill I ',i\ IS ailed for con- he. id luirse ol denied .1 loveil one, So ,1 kill tinued U.S. commitment to W.ird 3S in awareness of what has been protecting and expanding Walter Kc^d sacrified by tiiese Hrown men freedom around the world, a Hospit.il, when and women is in order as we job I ).ivis believes is fir from the two gravels liiiiiiii ilu-ii niriiiories." over: "We .ire in .is niiii li wounded men Aw.ireiiess ol (his s.irrifiee iieeil ot IniiKling .1 pe.icetiil conv.ilesced 111 was .1 theme uiiil world order now ,is we were adjacent beds in^ three rel.Ue litty years ago," he told his War, C;oaklev ("oinmeme- mostly gr.iy-haired Sayles s.iid. showeil nienl Im ninx audience. hull the e\ Saniid.i\, Later, Hhode Island tremes luiin.in Senator John ("hafee, a beings .ue - M.irine C'orps ciptain in I .ip.ible ol die Kore.iii W.ir, recalled from cruel acts die hoiiible physical siifVer- ot sell-preser\Mlioii to aston- gori.in .ind .1 li.uidlul ol lioii- iiig ol those who served ishing coinp.ission tor ored guests, .iiul .liter a single in "the coklest war." strangers. V.isk.is noted that trumpeter, st.inding bene.ith I inalK. .1 diiid loi mil die memiHies .mil p.issioiis ol nisiling le.i\es. h.id broken irniiiled V'lelii.iiii \elei - Vieln.im rem.iin strong the silence with the i)pemng decides later; , it Bnivvii, "peo- bars of "Amazing drace." ple w.int to t.ilk to tis |veter- Nellie ("oakley could be seen .iiis| one on one, as if standing near Soldiers Arch, iii.ikmg .1 contessioii." tears glistening on her The desire for cheeks. With her husband, connectit)!! was Tom, she was t|uietly talking e\ ideilt follow- with Kobert Steinsieck '41 in;', Sunday .\\\i.\ his wile, both ot v\ lioiii HUM lung's .ilso seemed to be fighting 1 I'leiiiniiv. back te.irs. Like Tom C"o.ikle\. .'Mlei nietiiiir- their son, Robert [r. '(iX, h.id i.il w le.itlis been mih lo\'ieHi.iiii. Unlike had been Tom, Hub Sleinsieik ne\er placed by (lie- iii.ide II b.ick. - .1./). 10 • JULY I y y f " Family Matters everything I have to the Aga Khan. 'Your Highness, 1 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AWARDS 395 DEGREES promised to thank you for him and for all those like him "It IS the end of the academic world as we know it. It is the best of around the uorld." — C.G. times, It IS the worst of times." Princeton Historian Stanley Katz, referring to tlie "diminisliing resources and expanding intellectual wealth" of universities. Katz addressed the Honorary Bears Graduate School convocation on Lincoln Field. 77/c' iggO hoiioriirics "\ came to Brown thinking of myself as complete and leave know- The Aga Khan, leader ot ing I am otherwise.... I came here expecting peers and have the worlds 20 million Shia found instead family." Imami Ismaili Muslims. Bruce Musser '96 M.F.A., giving the graduate student oration, "Untitled Singer-songwriter Mary (Yes IS a World)." Keeper of Chapin Carpenter "ni. the Faith Edward D. Eddy, chairman of the Providence Blueprint Explaiiiiiij^ Islam's for Education (PROBE) and overlooked diversity president emeritus ot the University of Rhode island. THE AGA kahn's bacca- laureate address at the Timothy Forbes '76, chief First Baptist Church marked operating officer ot Forbes a rare visit by a MusHni leader Inc. and president ot Ameri- to an Ivy- League campus, can Heritage. a fact not lost on the Swiss- born imam ot the Shia Imami Agnes Gund, president of Ismaili sect. "The West knows New York's Museum of little about the diversin,' ot" Modern Art. The new M.D.s: Take two aspirins and get some sleep. the Muslim world, except tor the violence of In Good Hands certain minori- THE MEDICAL SCHOOL CHRISTENS EIGHTY-EIGHT NEW M.D.S ties,'" said the descendant ot "Your job as physicians will be to promote the vision and reality "is Muhammad, of a life worth living....Thefuture vitality of our humanity is in there not some- your hands." thing uncouth about seeing one Vivian Pinn, WI.D., associate director for research on women's health at billion people as the National Institutes of Health, addressing graduates on "Dignity, Eguity, a standardized and Excellence: The Physician's Challenge. mass? Violence is not a function of "If you're willing to trust the nurses not only will they help you the taith — no matter what Arthur Mitchell, president out of trouble, but they'll make you look brilliant to boot." the media would have you and artistic director of the Timothy Flanigan, assistant professor of medicine and associate director believe." 1 )ance Theatre ot Harlem. The Aga Khan may h,ive of the Brown AIDS Program, in his faculty address, "Medicine Behind Bars: " been unfamiliar to most Sandra Day O'Connor, Lessons From the AIDS Epidemic. members ot the Commence- associate justice of the U.S. ment audience, but as Presi- Supreme Court. "I can summarize how most of the graduates feel m two words: dent Gregorian noted in his 'sheer terror.' We are all leaving for residency programs where introduction, he is revered in Itzhak Perlnian, violinist many American communi- and two-time Brown parent. patients will be trusting their lives to our shaking hands." ties: "When I was in Chicago Alexes Hazen, the 1996 class speaker recently," Gregorian said, "a James Wolfensohn. presi- cab driver told me, '1 owe dent of the World Bank. BROWN .\LUMNI MONTHLY • II ' WHAT THEY SAID AT THE FORUMS "Part of making reality is making things dirty. About half of J)«^^^C^ wanted to under- woman justice emphasized your time is spent making things look dirty." mine the Federalist that a healthy democracy Scott Anderson '86, at "Modern Magic and the party's control of depends on a truly indepen- Movies: (Digital) Sleight of Hand in Film. "Anderson and 22.0 V the judiciary by rid- dent judiciary. Given the his team won this year's Academy Award for best visual ding the court of birth pangs underway in for- effects for Babe. Chase, but m the end mer Soviet-bloc countries, the Republicans themselves she concluded, they too need voted to acquit "Having a baby is a hopeful event in an atmosphere of limited op- him. "The to be made aware of this cor- senators," said, portunity," O'Connor nerstone of a free society. "were able to see bevond the - C.G. Leah Sprague '66, circuit justice in the Massachusetts Trial Court, speaking about teen pregnancy at "American Families in the age of 'Family Values. " Martha Fraad Haffey '65, associate pro- fessor at the Hunter College School of Social Work, also spoke. Sandra Day "Most people think computer science is about computers. That's just O'Connor: an accident. In my mind, computer science is about thoughts, ideas, Politically descriptive languages." motivated Artificial intelligence guru Marvin L. Minsky, Toshiba Pro- attacks on the fessor of Media Arts and Sciences at M.I. T, at "The Society of the Supreme " Mind. Court, she believes, can endanger the "My brother bought me an intensive crash course in politics. And you rule of law. thought a Brown education was expensive." Timothy Forbes '76, COO of Forbes Inc and president of American Heritage, speaking of his brother Steve's unsuccessful political imperatives ot the The Worm, run for the Repubfican presidential nomination. Forbes's forum moment." The result, in her was titled "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Economy? Or, How to Get view, has been "the indepen- the Fly, and Us Elected in 1996." dent judiciary we know today." How special are luiinaiis "The early 1970s marked the end of what can be called 'consensus There is, however, more anyway? than one way to meddle in the history,' and we began to focus instead on conflict. Brown allowed court's business. In 1937 Pres- UNDERSTAND a human us to turn our political concerns into serious academic study." To ident Franklin Roosevelt at being, you must first Susan Douglas '79 Ph.D., professor of media and American one point hoped to increase study the lowly worm. That studies at Hampshire College. Also speaking at the forum marking the size of the Supreme Court was the message delivered by the fiftieth anniversary of Brown's American civilization program to tlt'teen justices, ostensibly geneticist H. Robert Horvitz were Gary KuliJc '81 Ph.D., director of Delaware's Winterthur to ease the growing caseload. at a Saturday Commence- '77 Library; and Lois Rudnick Ph.D., director of the American stud- Of course, the opportunity ment torum titled "Biology ies program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. to appoint six new justices and Life." "A worm," said would also have turned the Horvitz, a professor at MIT's Court into another Roosevelt- Howard Hughes Medical controlled agency. Institute Research Laborato- Legal Politics with an uncompromising O'Connor's point was ries, "is a tiny person in dis- faith in the judiciary's ideals clear: Attempts at manipulat- guise." A glimpst' inside the and independence, O'Connor ing the Court for political Horvitz reached this odd Supreme Court focused on a series of histori- purposes are as old and varied conclusion after a career ot cal anecdotes that help illumi- as the Court itself They con- studying a nematode called ASSOCIATE Supreme nate today's judicial conflicts. tinue today in such forms as Caenoihabditis clegans, one ot Court Justice Sandra The pohtically motivated litmus tests forjudges and the lowliest worms of all. Day O'Connors Commence- 1805 impeachment trial of and media-circus nomination When combined with studies ment forum was by far this Justice Samuel Chase, O'Con- hearings tor new appointees. by other geneticists, Horvitz's year's most popular, and those nor said, marked an impor- Demonstrating the moral work on C elcgaiis has lucky enough to get into a tant turning point in Supreme clarity that has taken her uncovered a genetic pathway jammed Salomon auditorium Court history. "It was more from an attorney m the tiny that may have profound quickly found out why. about legal errors than [about] desert town of Maryvale, Ari- implications for our under- Blending a wry appreciation anything criminal," she noted. zona, to the bench ot the standing ot human disease. for the Court's messy history Republicans at that time U.S. Supreme Court, this first " C. elegans" Horvitz 12 JULY 1996 " explained, "is the best under- Like any aspiring musician. stood animal in the world. It Carpenter in the mid-1980s IS the only animal for which made a demo tape; unlike the complete cellular most musicians, however, "the anatomy is known." Roughly right person at the right time one-twenty-tltth ot an inch heard it" and she went from long, It has been cut into the Washington, D.C., club 20,000 vertical slices, from circuit to a record deal. Now head to tail, revealing that she's grappling with success. every C degans is made up of She has fought against both exactly 959 cells. Horvitz has being perceived as the stereo- found that tor one of these typed champion of "the cells to fulfill its function - to maladies as Lou Gehrig's dis- Lucky Star strong-woman song" ("Oh, become a cell in the nema- ease, Alzheimer's, and even please." she moaned) and hav- tode's reproductive organ, for many forms of cancer. "In Mary Chapiii Carpenter, ing her music pigeonholed as example - signals must be human cancer," he said, "cells sans guitar "pop," "country," or "folk," sent by a particular sequence that normally divide at the when in fact it's a mixture of of nine genes. Other scientists signal from another ceil now THINK LUCK pLws an enor- all three. "It's hardest when studying fruit flies have found divide independently — and I mous part in what you someone defines you and you the exact same sequence they divide and divide and do," singer-songwriter Mary don't get to define yourself," instructing cells in a fly's eye. divide" until they overtake Chapin Carpenter 'Si said at she said. "You're just doing Most startling of all, eight their healthy neighbors. By a Commencement Weekend what you do. You don't stop ot the same nine genes have understanding a cell's genetic forum that was really a ques- to think, 'How do I tit in?' been found to direct cell instructions, scientists can tion-and-answer session She had no trouble fit- development in humans. potentiallv rewrite them to packed with her fans. "If you ting in with the adoring "And we believe the reason subdue these cancerous rene- torget that luck plays a big audience in Alumnae HaU. the number is eight and not gades. part ot it, then you have to Wearing wire-framed glasses nine," Horvitz said, "is that The work of molecular take a humble pill right away." and dressed in a simple the ninth just hasn't been biologists like Horvitz rein- As she related anecdotes white tunic and loose cotton found yet." forces and deepens the prin- from her career, which started pants, she was disarmmgly As Horvitz explained at ciple ot "biological universal- with her playing guitar in approachable. One man stood his forum, which was also the ity." the idea that certain a Brown dorm room and has up and said he'd brought a inaugural Frank and Joan fundamental processes are led to five Grammys. it was tape ot his own songs; could Rothman Lecture honoring common to all lite. Or as clear that Carpenter had she please help a struggling Brown's former provost, his Horvitz put It, "We are all taken her humble pill long colleague? Carpenter smiled work could eventually help flies and worms in our basic ago - but then she's had her and graciously agreed to lis- treat such geneticallv driven hiolog>'." - N. B. share of luck, too. ten to it. - Sliea Dean 'g2 Today's sitcoms have twenty- and thirty- Generation $ 4. Use computer discipline. Automatic somethings pegged as l "I became increasingly popular - all my hands. friends wanted financial advice." The result is her new book, Get A Financial Life, a hip com- 2. First debts first. Use whatever savings 5. Invest wisely. Banks are the last place you pilation of how-to's, pointers, and crib-sheets you've accumulated to pay off your high- should leave your money. Money-market aimed at the more financially challenged interest loans and extend the repayment accounts and mutual funds may not be as members of her generation. period of such low-interest debts as student secure as savings accounts, but they can keep At a Commencement forum, Kobliner loans. The money sitting in a savings account up with inflation or a booming stock market. offered a sampling of her advice: is going to earn far less money than you'll owe VISA or American Express on interest. 6. Watch for service charges. Actively man- 1. Who's in charge? Call your credit card aged mutual funds have performed at about company and ask them to lower your interest 3. It's never too soon to start. "If you don't the same rate as indexed funds over the last rate. Competition among the card companies start saving for your retirement in your twen- ten years - in some cases without charging - is heavy threaten to transfer your balance ties and thirties," Kobliner says, "you can't investors transaction fees and commissions. elsewhere if you have to. make up for it in your forties and fifties." 'C.C. Under ifiE Elms The Last Ride Colonel i\]d with such aplomb and loyalty that President /i liiiinlidr li\^iirv I'clircs Gregorian presented him with a thank-you plaque dur- IIAHI) ID ,1 C^ommencenient exercises Il's iMA(;lNh ing (>oiniiiL-iiccincnt wci'kciul on the Croon. To those who without Jack McC^oniull believe they'll be lost without wliizziiig his zanily tifcor.itcd him, McC^onnell offers sage golf' cart across the (Irccn - advice: "This place ran for 203 harking orders at a coll phono, years before I got here."- CG ,1 vvalkio-talkio, and an assort- ment of human boings while somehow appearing poised Heaven and Earth aiid unohtrusive. IJut after ( Apollo I asliviiaiiljiiii sixteen oiiiniencements, the i (Colonel, wliose official title is Loirll is hi'iii{>iini space lo U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy looks admiringly at Jim Lovell while manager of events support, m the lioinv planet astronaut candidate tVlajor Jeffrey Williams hovers nearby. June took on the Big Event of retirement. (Akuiini of a cer- TliYiNi. 10 "keep the direct, e.irthbound benefits ate Professor of I'.itliology and tain age will also remember momentum going" after of space exploration: "new Laboratory Medicine Herman McCoiinell, whose lirovvn the success of the movie inventions and new materials, Vandenburgh that will study career spanned almost thirty Apollo ij, former astronaut which in turn bring in new the effects of certain drugs - years, as the guy to see in ihr Jim Lovell - who, it c.iii in- industry and new jobs on muscle and skeletal dete- housing office if you tlklii'i reported, bears no resem which then mean more taxes rioration - an experiment like your room.) ironi lonely blance whatsoever to Tom to help with food stamps and with potentially major meil- freshmen to whining seniors, Hanks - touched down on other social programs." ical benefits. Part cheerleader, from forum organizers to fold- campus in May as a man Lovell seemed even more part curious civilian, Lovell ing-chair setter-uppers, from with a new mission. "You enthusiastic about the case for sumiiRil up his new mission ("ampus Dancers to Brown know," he told a gn)up of indirect benefits. Having come by quoting the motto from lieai lUillri-eaters, McCx)nneil students and researchers at to Brown after stopping at his old one,Apollo 13: From long ago understood thai the Lincoln Field Building, a I'rovidence middle school, the Moon, Knowledge. To managing logistics is largely an "not one cent of the space Lovell saw once again what which he might add: From exercise in managing tlis- program is s|H-iit up in space the idea of space travel can the Movies. I lope. - \.B. traiii'JH peiiplr Wlm h llic It's .ill speni lieie on Larth. do to the imagination of Wli.ii I'm trying to the young. "We could have do IS talk about the answered questions all day Radio Haze re.isons and benefits there," he said. "I'm convinced 1 1 liRl "s piO}^iamiiiiin; behind space explo- we can use space as a way of IMllOII." educiting kids in mathematics, tlnve-sixty 1(1 do lllls, I o\cll 111 geogr.iphy, even in English." who now resom- Lovell got no argument Till cuniNc; lAH'.c of bks more an avun- from those in the paneled rock" may be the woofer- ( ul.ii, energetic engi- room .irouiid him. Bene.ith .1 ch.illenging refrain in.iiiy neer than the taut framed photo of'l hom.is O. people associate with WBRU, commander of ,1 Paine '42, who was NASA but how the station can get iisk\ Inn, II mission Administrator in lyyo, the ye.ir on the cutting edge of .Mid a man w bo of Apollo 13's flight, Lovell finances has lately been a more logged almost ihiiiy listened intently to the sum- urgent tune.Tho difficulty days in space - has maries of space-related lies in the station's ambiguous become the chief research undorw.iy at Brown. status as a not-quite-commer- spokesman for Mis- Occasionally interrupting with ci.il, not-quite-oducational - sion HOME (llar- sharp, informed questions enieipiise. It receives little mM vesting Opportunities Apollo 13 was to be the fust iii.iUTi.il help from Brown, M^ for Mother Earth). scientific moon mission yet is staffed by students and I i.iwliiig the country Lovell heard the l.itest abt)Ut overseen by a board of direc- to boost today's a variety of planets and satel- tors dominated by University much-diminished lites. Ho seemed particularly .ilumm. So when commerce sp.ice program, curious about a tissue-engi- .iikl ediK Mtioii I onllu t, w Inch I owll descnbeil the neering e.\periiiient by Associ- slioiild piewul? i; i; I L! I Y 1 6 4 I Under THE Elms literally the only African- took the unusual step of ask- SINCE LAST TIME... American show in town. To ing WBRU's advisory board Daphne C'larke '97. director to review the matter. Representing Brown in the summer Olympics will be assistant of ;(ii' and host of a three- The board considered the women's track coach Tomas Pukstys of the U.S. track and field hour Rc'v'B show, the station's same issues the students did, team, Kris (Farrar) Stookey '91 of the U.S. sailing team, Jamie close association with Brown says board president David made the sting of the decision Malm 'S6. but it "weighted Koven '95 and Porter Collins '97 of the U.S. rowing team, Igor particularly acute: "There certain factors more heavily," Boraska '94 of the Croatian rowing team, Dennis Zvegelj '97 of were no provisions made to particularly the belief "that all the Slovenian rowing team, Xeno Muller '94 of the Swiss rowing say, 'Okay, now that we're get- students should have access '94 ting rid of this historic pro- to'WBRU."The board rein- team, and Jim Pedro of the U.S. judo team, . , . Saying "the |oy gram, which has been a mag- stated the show, but another was going a little flat," the ubiquitous "Pizza Pie-er," aka Daniel net for minority students, how round of talks is scheduled Kertzner, announced he's hanging up his imgling [ester's cos- are we going to keep these for the fall. Both Shah and tume for good. . . . Dean of the Graduate School Kathryn Troyer students involved?' "As word Clarke say they look forward of jfio's demise spread, fans, to working together to ensure Spoehr '69 was named dean of the faculty in late May, succeed- students, and alumni tired off the success of both. As they ing Bryan Shepp, who returns to the psychology faculty. ...On angry phone calls and e-mail say in radio, stay tuned. April Island 25 Rhode philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein to the University Brown then - Shea Dciin \)2 received the President's Medal at the tenth annual Alan Shawn Feinstem World Hunger Awards. . . . Kappa Delta Upsilon has been banned from campus until at least 2001 following a University investigation of a February 22 fire in the fraternity house's base- . '98 ment. . , Memorial trees were planted for Michael Fung and Gregory Tso '97, who were killed in a May 3 car crash in Provi- dence.... Brown established a donor-funded coed equestrian team... The Campaign for the Rising Generation reached the $520 million mark A partial answer came in receiving a report from a May. when WBRU's student CAinnecticut-based market- membership voted to pull the research group suggesting the plug on The j6o-Dcgicc BLuk station play alternative rock Experience in Sound, a Sunday seven, not six, days a week to mix of reggae, rap, soul, consolidate its audience. The R&B, local news, and public change, according to the service announcements. group, could help stanch the Given the nmeteen-hour flow of listeners to a growing megashow's devoted follow- number of competing stations. ing - It has been a flwonte in "Although j(w has excellent greater Providence's African- ratings and is an excellent pro- American community for a gram. It has a different Usteii- c]uarter-century and was pro- ership." Shah said. "WBRU has ducing higher ratings than won the prestigious Rolliii't; the station's weekdav hneup Shvie award for best mid-size - the decision quickly trig- radio station tor the past Long before Europeans discovered the stark buttes and austere deserts gered suspicions that the can- three years, but Shah says it of the American Southwest, Pueblo Indians were carving kachina dolls cellation stemmed from the has in recent months dropped for their children. In May Hopi artist Manfred Susunkewa spent a fuilty assumption that minor- from second or third to sixth ity programs don't sell. locally among much-coveted Sunday at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthiopology demonstrating According to gen- eighteen-to-thirr\'-four-year- WBRU how kachinas are made. Fashioned out of cottonwood roots, the dolls eral manager Apur Shah '97, old listeners. depict ancestral spirits who are the link between people and their god; the station's thirty-eight- j(j(''s start and tans, how- they function both as toys figures member student board voted ever, telt disenfranchised by and as meant to introduce children to disct)ntinue the show after the shciw's cancellation - it is to the religious lite, o^ BROWN ."^ I. U M N I M O N T I n > I .S Sports BY PETER MANDEL July's the month for barbecued ribs and mint juleps. It's the time for idle boasting and second-guessing before the heat of August shuts down the bram. Then comes September, a kind of second spring, when new courses, new books, and 0—0 records bring fresh hopes. Until then, here is our annual look back: vifeSd|K'" S T it 1 IV T E S It's more influential than TV advertising. So why do they call it "junk mail"? Any advertising medium that can influence consumers better than television deserves more respect. And, in fact, most people like direct mail advertising. More than half the population read it promptly and completely, and say they fuid it use- ful. Some even say they'd like more. Over half the people in America order goods and services through catalogs or other advertising that comes by mail. All of which is probably why direct mail is the U.S. Postal Service's fastest-growing business. Marketers large and small like it because it's inexpensive, goes straight to specific customers, invites response and gets results. And direct mail pays for itself, which is reassuring to customers who think First-Class postage rates subsidize third-class mail. Direct mail is an essential component of the American retail economy. It benefits marketers and consumers alike. In 1995, it gener- ated almost $385 billion in sales revenues for marketers. And it brought happiness to a lot of people who like browsing through cata- logs, discovering unique products, or finding out about neighborhood bargains without leaving the comforts of home. And now direct mail is going international. In 1995, the U.S. Postal Service sent to Japan the one millionth package for a major catalog retailer who is building a customer base there. And that helps the balance of payments. So, call it Direct Marketing, call it Ad Mail-but please, don't call it junk mail. ^=9|f UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE^ We Deliver For You. © 1996 USPS Research studies conducted in 1992/93 and reported in 1994/95 DMA Statistical Fact Book. http: //www. usps.gov/ p BY DAVID DUNCAN lost my job yet, or ended up in jail yet." Message The true extent of Knapp's loss of control became horrify-ingly clear to her three \ears ago, when she was so drunk she in a Bottle nearly killed a friend's child during some riianksgivmg roughhousing. Diiiiktii'^: .1 LiTc Sioiy, by Caroline niiiihiii'^ is more than a revelation ot Knapp "Si (The Dial Press, New York, the life of a high-functioning alcoholic, N.Y. 1996) $22.95, however. It also presents that rare thing in the literature of alcoholism: a woman's experience of the disease. Most drinking memoirs have an undercurrent of ma- In tlie p.ist iiiDst ot us tlioui;lit ot alco- chismo; it is hard to imagine a male holics as "Skid Kow" drunks. Today, writer subtitling his A Love Slory- For we know that not every alcoholic winds Knapp, the daughter of a prominent psy- up on Skid Row, that women as well as chiatrist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the men ot all social classes are vulnerable. love story began when she was fourteen and that alcohol causes devastation in lives and began sneaking \\ mc at her atHuent on Skid Row and on Park Avenue. Alco- home, where cocktails were a nightly holics ot all kinds, we've come to believe, adult ritual. Looking back, Knapp sees her rum their health, wreck their careers, own shortcomings reflected in those of destroy their marriages, abuse their chil- her father - in his martinis, his mistress, dren, and demolish their cars, often killmg she managed to meet deadlines and at- his inaccessibihty. Knapp compares her mnoccnt bystanders in the process. tract a sizable tbllowing for her wry and obsession with alcohol to a longstanding hi Drinking: A Love Story Caroline tlinny columns, the best of which were love atTair with just such a remote, irre- Knapp challenges this conventional wis- collected in Alice K.'s Cuule 10 Life. To sistible man. In the same way, she likens dom. For twenty years, Knapp, a success- most ot her friends and colleagues she her denial of her alcohol-induced decline ful journalist, was, in her words, a "high- was a happv, successful career woman to a woman deluding herself about the functioning alcoholic." While an editor who liked to drink but showed tew of coldness in a faithless lover's voice. and writer at the weeklv Bosuvi Pliociiix. the traditional signs of alcoholism. She Thanks to a stint in a rehab center managed to carefully isolate her job from and the continuing support of Alcohohcs her drinking, disguising her alcohol con- Anonymous, Knapp is "currently di- " ABOUT THE AUTHOR sumption by spreading it out over several vorced troiii white wiiie. She describes social settings per evening. her world as having gone from black and story illustrates limitations to kaleidoscopic as expe- Caroline Knapp likes Knapp's the white color she of a "one-disease-fits-all" view of alco- riences feelings long blunted by alcohol. to tell personal, bru- holism. This one-dimensional image of Sobrietv, she has learned, "is less about tally honest stories the drunk who wreaks havoc on self and 'getting better'. . . than it is about subject- about herself. Her family allows many high-functioning al- ing yourself to change, to the inevitable coholics to deny their true situation and ups and downs, fears and feelings, victo- Boston Phoenix read- tci delay treatment for it. Knapp loved ries and failures, that accompany growth." ers have seen her .ilcohol's "power ot deflection, its abihrv' Despite the tragedy it recounts, Driiikiin;: struggle through bad to shift my focus a\\'ay from my own A Loi'e Story is not a dour and depressing relationships, bad hair days, crises of confi- awareness of self onto something else, book; nor does it contain an easy, saccha- something less painful than my own feel- rine ending. It is a frank revelation, toki dence, "Mr. Danger," and an eating disor- ings." Her every impulse was "to reach tor with something ot a light touch. der. "I write what comes naturally," Knapp a bottle at the first stirring of emotional Whether you know someone who says, "not from some kind of 'female per- distress." Knapp writes that, despite these drinks too much, or you suspect you may impulses, her reas- be drinking too or you're just curi- spective.' " Her next book will be a study of professional success much, sured her, "like a huge road sign, flashing ous about why some people drink too female friendship. "It's a much underdis- the message that everything is under con- much, this book otTers frank answers. By cussed topic," she says, "and are women trol." Even as she began to recognize that describing one woman's brave struggle, it so relationship-oriented. Moving on to she had a drinking problem, Knapp still reveals that alcohoHsm can take on more couldn't make the leap to calling it alco- disguises than you might think, cw human relationships after this book holism: "That was too great an admission, seemed like a logical step." .1 at tar too final. . . .There was still a long list Dtii'id l^iiiutiii D. /?H. is rese,irth ,is.uvi of not vets. I hadn't killed an\oiie \et, or the (Aitter torAhohol tiiid Aiiiiiitioii Sitidies. I S J u 1. Y 199 6 Briefly Noted THE BROWN UNIVERSITY CLUB IN NEW YORK and f-MC)' llalcr: Six fiaioiis, by Lori Baker .S6 A.M. (New York University I'rcs.s, THE BROWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION New York. N.Y., 1996) S14.9S. B.iker's short stories are intimate, Announce quirky, .md charming snapshots of a THE world where the magical and the mun- 12TH ANNGAL dane are on a constant collision course. "Romulus," set m a quiet, suburban INDEPENDENT AWARD DINNER neighborhood, is the story of a boy who believes he is a dog. Unlike his classical Benefiting namesake (who was suckled by a she- GNIVERSITY REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS wolt), this boy is smothered by a quiet, peering, and obsessive mother. To help ONGOING ALUMNI PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES break her son of his penchant for canine behavior, his mother enlists the help of AWARD RECIPIENTS the family's next-door neighbor, a vaguely predatory, not-so-distant rcLitux- ot Nabokov's Humbert Humbert who happens to be a gifted dog trainer. Crazy Uhtcr won a 1996 Mamdouha S. Bobst Literary Award tor emerging writers. Bini-SclJ Aauitiuhvcd. by Don Judson 'i)i M.F.A. (New York University i'ress. New York. N.Y., 1996) $16.95. LADY MARGARET THATCHER MARTHA CLARK GOSS, '71 A former prison inmate, Judson paints Former Prime l^linister Trustee a haunting portrait of drug abuse and of Great Britain Treasurer of the University Clime from the inside of one character's very desperate mind. Leaving self-pity, re- morse, and smug nos- THURSDAY EVEMIMG BLACK TIE GRAND BALLROOM talgia behind, Jud- OCTOBER 31. 1996 THE PLAZA HOTEL son. a winner of the NEW YORK CITY Mamdouha S. Bobst Literary Award for emerging writers, RESERVE [SOW - SPACE IS LIMITED CALL 212-861-6496 draws a blunt por- trait of petty-crimi- Benefactors - $1,000 * Patrons - $700 * Sponsors - $350 nal lite - where con- tusion and addiction are more likely to Prior Award Recipients blame tor criminal behavior than are malevolence and greed. Sir Fitzroy Maclean R.E. "Ted" Turner. '60 Robert A. Seiple. '65 Charles C. Tillinghast. Jr., '32 Rii'oliiiioihiiy Biorliciliootl: l-ycciiiasoiiiy ,:iiil Lacy B. Herrmann, '50 Vartan Gregorian ihr Imiisjoniuitioii 0/ the Aiiicii,,iii Son.il Richard H. Jenrette Paul A. Volcker Order. i7jio-uyc, by Steven Bullock "S^ '55 I'li.n. (University- of North Carolina Henry D. Sharpe, Jr.. '45 Artemis A.W. Joukowsky, I'less, Chapel Hill, N.C.. 1996) S49.ys. George J.W. Goodman H. Ross Perot "Adam Smith" The disclosure of secret handshakes, Howard R. Swearer arcane rituals, and bizarre initiation ntcs John Sculley. '61 Vernon R. Alden, '45 are mere sidelines to Bullock's more Akio Morita Joseph V. Paterno, '50 ambitious enterprise: explaining the role Alva O. Way, '51 Kathryn ot Freemasonry in American history. D. Sullivan '65 A methodical, deliberate, and exhaustive Nancy L. Buc, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. '37 '25 treatment of Masonic traditions' trans- Marvin Bower, Malcolm S. Forbes plantation trom England to America, this Steven P. Jobs Richard B. Salomon, '32 book loosens the mortar between one secret and another, pulling down the walls Contributions are fuily lax deductible, to Hie maximum extent allowable by around the world's oldest secret society. law. other (/lan t/ie actual cost of thie dinner -C.C. BROWN ALCMNI MONIHLV • 19 Olympian Hype To Associate Director of Athletics Arlene Gorton '52 the <^(Uiies areii V all they're cracked up to be. title: Professor of physical education education: A.B., Brown; M.Ed.. Uni- versiry of North Carolina specialty: Sociology of sport Many Aiiicriciiiii irill he Iraiiitixcd this iiioiith by the Olympics. Will you? No, I don't watch as much as 1 used to. How did we respond? If we need any proof all we have to do is I tmd them too commercial. I can still look at the Olympics, where there are enjoy a specific athletic performance, but We decided then that we had to win, and more than lOO events for men and fewer everyone and his brother is now a corpo- the way to do it was to develop the than fifty for women. The struggle to add rate sponsor of the Olympics: you can "dream team"- professionals. That, to me, women's activities has been met with a drive a U.S. Olympic Chevrolet and drink was a dark moment in the Olympics. I willingness to add things like ice skating, U.S. Olympic Coca Cola. still would like to see the Olympics as synchronized swimming, and rhythmic they were originally created: an opportu- g^'innastics. Women's basketball, soccer, Hoie Ihis this coniniercialisDi chaii'^cd the nity tor our country's amateur athletes to and ice hockey have had harder times. Olympics? be pitted against the best of the rest of the world. Very tnie college athletes are no The Olympics are souinlim; pretty {;rim. Have If you don't win the gold medal in the longer able to participate m the Olympics they had any positive influence on society? Olympics, it's almost as if you've done because our pro athletes are there. nothing. We rarely remember who got They've contributed to people becoming the silver or bronze. But just to participate Do any Olympic sports retain that aniatenr more active. If you see Flo-Jo running, is so much a part of the success, of the spirit? then maybe you feel encouraged to try it. struggle. To discount what it takes to be Because of all the media attention, sport there means the focus isn't really on the Sure, but we rarely see them on televi- now belongs to every person. athlete or the athletic performance; it's on sion: crew, speedskating, the pentathlon, winning. the biathlon, swimming and diving to an Does that itiean ii'c should hold athletes up as extent. The draw of the Olympics for role models? How /i7);i;c a loh' does politics play in the most Americans is the ice hockey, the bas- Olympics? ketball, the tennis. When we make sports heroes into role models, I think we're asking for trouble. The Olympics are smothered in politics Those are mostly male sports. Aren V audiences Most athletes are sensible human beings, and have become a way to develop patri- hecomiii';; more drawn to women athletes, such and most have the same human frailties otism. For a while in the United States as the runner Florence Griffith Joyner? we all have. I don't think it's too much to that patriotism was stimulated by the fight expect athletes to play by the rules and against communism. Our victories in Flo-Jo packaged herself. She had per- to be well prepared. But we've blown ath- the Olympics over communist countries formed extremely well in the Olympics letes up to be such cultural icons that ahnost became equated with democracy but got very few sponsorships. When she we've created unrealistic expectations for triumphing over communism. When the added the long nails and the multicolored them. The meaning of sport is diversion. U.S. basketball team lost m the Olympics tights, she became successful in the battle Sport is not life or death. c>^ [to the Soviet Union in 1972], it was a for sponsors. very low moment tor American egos. Athletics remains very male-dominated. Interrieu' by Jennifer Sutton 20 JULY 1996 Stude' BY MEREDITH CRISTIANO '96 Beyond the have a confession to make: I am a alone and not sure how I would get home I bookworm. When 1 was in fourth - but that Bedroom Wall was okay. I was discovering grade I plowed through half of Rebecca of I liked adventure. In the months that Stinnybmok Farm in one day; at fourteen I toUovved, I learned where stars sit in the stayed up until 7 a.m. to finish The Once A graduating senior leares behind sky and first logged onto the Internet. and Future King. I devoured everything in a stay-at-home adolescence I had those cliched late-night conversa- print I could find, from the flufiy', pre- tions about God and pohtics with people pubescent Sweet Valley High series to Ayn Jor the wonders of the real world. whose names I couldn't remember the Rand novels and psychology- textbooks next day. I couldn't get enough. scrounged from tag sales. My senses overloaded as I tasted falafel People probably thought I was a weird and wine for the first time, smelled the kid, but I didn't care. I watched just hot Herald wax at 3 a.m. as the last page enough television to be culturally of an issue was proudly pasted down. I literate (if you consider "Gilli- remember the comforting blast of warm gan's Island" cultural or liter Ratry- air brushing my cheeks ate), but thumbed through the on a soggy February day. I local newspaper during com- let a python slither along mercials. Why play Barbie my arm and traveled all dolls with my sister when a the way to Scotland for a Douglas Adams book could semester, where I deci- take me to the end of the uni- phered strange accents and verse? My mom constantly tried "haggis," a bizarre but pleaded with me to get out of delicious concoction cooked the house: "Play outside like a in a sheep's stomach. normal kid," she'd say, but all Everyone's eyes open I wanted to do was slump wide over four years in on the couch with Little college, but my transfor- Women. I didn't learn to mation on College Hill ride a rwo-wheeled bike teels more dramatic than until I was twelve most. In the past I pre- because I was too busy ferred the confines of my living vicariously through bedroom to everything else; my books. They were time now I spend as litde time machines and spaceships, there as possible. I'm doing spiritual and philosophical and seeing things that until guides, comedians, counselors, recently I'd only read m debating partners, confidantes. books or heard in songs. As I grew older, songs I've found this remark- placed books as my imaginary able ability to marvel at friends. The radio held me spellbound the fullness of the world for hours at a time. I was like the five- around me, whether I'm year-old protagonist in the Velvet Under- shut out of all the cliques. The open wandering through the World Wide ground song, the one whose life was atmosphere of Brown, on the other hand, Web, downtown Providence, or my own saved by rock and roll: "Despite all the oftered what seemed an infinite variety of kitchen. complications /You know you could just options - in classes, friends, and every I still enjoy spending an afternoon dance to that rock-and-roll station." But aspect of Hfe. All the choices, though, with my childhood books when I go while my high-school friends went out were meaningless unless I made them. home tor a visit. But with all the new vol- dancing in clubs, I stayed in my bedroom, And I though wouldn't have admitted it umes I've acquired since coming to a homebody building my world with at the time, I was intrigued by the idea of Brown, the collection now overflows my other people's words and music. reinventing - myself as someone who litrie bookshelf and stretches beyond the Until college, that is. This new world participates instead ofjust observes. I took walls of my old room. And so do I. cw seemed light-years from the sleepy little a deep breath and stepped out of my shell. suburb where I grew up. In high school Within weeks of moving into my English literature /art history concentrator I took the classes I was told to take and freshman dorm, I followed my favorite .Meredith Crisliaiio is a summer intern at Z befriended kids who, like me, had been band to a strange place called Warwick, Einertainmeni in \'eu'\ork City. BROWN ALU.MNI MONTHLY Nan and '46 its official portrait on On Saturday night before dinner, the class of lines up for few blocks from the home the lawn of the Wannamoisett Country Club, located a (far left) and wife Nan (above, in of ardent golfers and reunion co-chairs Dick Tracy reunion headquarters. deep pink suit). At right, the bulletin board at 2 2 • JULY 1996 Dick's Excellent Reunion In ig42 Nivi Boucluird invited Dick Tracy to her hii^h-school prom. Their partnership - on the dance floor and off- is still going strong. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN FORASTE TEXT BY ANNE DIFFILY the Wednesday night before Commencement week- Onend, Esther "Nan" Bouchard Tracy and her husband, Dick, both '46, moved in with a neighbor across the street in Rum- ford, Rhode Island. The move let them get some sleep away from the cacophony engendered by four adult children, three daughters-in- law, and seven young grandchildren. This year not only did Nan and Dick co-chair their fiftieth Brown reunion, but son Robert '76 came for his twentieth and son Ted "81 for his fifteenth, both with tamihes in tow. They were joined by the Tracys" other children who live nearby, Ke\nn '85 and family, and Marianne '79. Its hard to talk about the Tracys without lapsing into cliches. Dick, a retired sales executive who is president of the Rhode Island Small Business Association, a trustee emeritus, and for thirr\- years president of his class; and Nan, who retired in 1990 after ten years as alumni relations' reunion coordinator, are the consummate alumni couple. CoDege sweethearts whoVe known each other since first grade m East Providence, they mesh so comfortably that each com- pletes the other's sentences without seeming to reahze it. E.xtroverted and reliable, the Tracys get shanghaied into running almost any orga- nization they join. This year, to no one's surprise, they organized a fiftieth reunion to remember. But first, there was the anxiety. "We'd wake up in the middle of the night and say things hke,"Do we have to pay " the bus drivers overtime?' Dick recalls with a laugh. On Friday of the big weekend, a few hours before classmates were to arrive at the Wriston Quad dorm that served as headquarters, the couple found three students camping out in an uncleaned lounge. "I told the custodian, "You " have to take care of this,' Nan says in her best take- charge tone. The squatters were evicted, the lounge got cleaned, and the ensuing reunion was "great. We were thrilled by the turnout" - 144 alumni and eight>'-SLX guests. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY At Friday's opening-night cocktail party in the A.D.Phi lounge. Nan Tracy (center, top photo) greets classmates while outside (bottom photo) two old friends demonstrate the official Reunion Bear Hug. ! 4 • JULY 1996 h //I y MSi^i^ After fifty-four years of dancing together, since the night of her senior prom. Nan and Dicl< are in sync at the festive Campus Dance, above. The weel included somber moments, too. At right, a couple holds hands at the class's memorial service Sunday morning in Manning Chapel as classmates read the names of all who have died since their freshman year. Dick Tracy noted that 1946 suffered the heaviest World War II casualties - nineteen men - of any Brown class. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY On a brilliant Sunday afternoon, Dick Tracy signals the bus driver (above) that it's okay to leave for the class's clambake at the Haffenreffer Reservation in Bristol. At right, the couple enjoys watermelon and a good laugh under the clambake tent. Below, an informal class portrait. 26 • JULY 1996 Named deputy chief marshals for the Commencement procession. Nan and Dick pose that morning with their family, including children Marianne '79, Robert '76, Kevin '85, and Ted '81. The next day, grandson Danny, age six, told his kindergarten teacher, "My grandma graduated from Brown University yesterday." The class lines up on the Green early Monday morning for the ritual procession down College Hill. Holding the banner are Alice Clark Donahue, Bob Black, and Gloria Del Papa. Class Marshal Shirley Sugarman Wolpert is at far right. Opposite page, Dick Tracy pauses amid the hubbub to reflect on the weekend that was. i~«^ 28 'JULY 1996 I \)C\ Clockwise front lcfl:Dainc}< Leslie Jonas \)6. Mielioel Laiii;lois \)(\ Lisa Doulum 'gy Sitsanihi I eiiiierheck \)S, dinl Ann Mniie Gidnl 30 JULY 1996 Turning Taint Professional ballet dancers train their bodies to nuve in impeccably graceful it'ays. H'lien their careers end, can their minds achieve a similar mastery? tu:,,.,..,,.,,,.,,,.. ,,..,... .„„ * ^^/ ^^ It IS eiL;;ht weeks before his graduation. With his shoulders square, legs crossed, and feet delicately outstretched, he peers at the paintings that surround him. "I'm not sure I could have done these a few years ago," he says, a small smile dniding his unshaven face. "I was too critical ot myself." Unsparing criticism has been a part of Langlois's life for most of his thirty-five years. As a professional ballet dancer who performed worldwitle for more than a decade, he was pushed to reach an unattainable ideal: perfection. Growing up m Wmston-Salem. North Carolina, he gravitated toward dance because ot its physicality and great leaps. "in my mmd, I knew I was going to be a dancer," he says. He finished high school at the School ot Amer- ican Ballet m New York City. By the age of eighteen he had landed his tirst protessional contract as a eiancer with the San Francisco Opera. Langlois next spent time in Italy betore returning to New York, where he auditioned for the American Ballet Theatre. He was invited there "by Misha," he says, referring to then-artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov. The quest for perfection has its costs, howe\'er. Small at tlve-foot-se\en, Langlois was limited m the roles he could dance; to stand out he felt he had to be better than his peers. After six years m the corps de ballet oi the American Ballet Theatre, he left to dance as a soloist 111 Europe. "In ballet you don't have time to wait." he says. Langlois eventually returned to the United States and positions with the Feld Ballet Company and the New York C\Vy Opera. But the physical and psychological rigors exhausted him. He began look- ing for a new career. BY RICHARD P. MORIN IROWN .^LU.MNI .MONTHLY ^I In time his retirement brought Langlois to Brown, thanks to classmate Leslie Jonas '96, a visual arts concentrator and herself a former principal soloist with the Boston Ballet and Les Grandes Canadiens of Montreal. Like Langlois, Jonas soured on the confining world of ballet. She left at the height of her career, at age thirty-four. A dancer since she was six, Jonas had graduated from high school early to dance m New York. By her eighteenth birth- day she was a member of the Boston Ballet, where early on she danced with Rudolph Nureyev. Although a personal triumph, the experience was sobering. "It wasn't about dance anymore tor him," says Jonas of Nureyev, who was in the twilight of his career. "It was a lesson for me: I was not going to dance until I was fifty, with dancers snickering about when I was going to get oft" the stage." Nureyev, though, identified Jonas as a dancer of promise. She was quickly promoted from the corps de ballet to soloist and, eventually, to principal soloist. She later moved on to Montreal, but the long hours of rehearsal and travel began to take their toll, eventually triggering a bone fracture on the instep of her right foot. "In the end," Jonas says, "I knew it was time to leave." he graduation ot |onas and Langlois brings to at least nine the number of retired ballet dancers to have received degrees from Brown over the last ten years. The trend is small but significant. On the ballet grapevine, the University is becoming known as the place to go if you're serious about a new career after dance. The transition from ballet to college hasn't often been easy, however. To a dancer approaching the age of thirty or forty, college can be as intimidating as a New York City premiere. "Not only was I without a job when I left dance," Jonas says, "I was without an identity." On a university campus, dancers who were once members of a tightly focused world suddenly become anonymous faces in a crowd of students who have spent a good part of their lives preparing fbr college."! was among students who were professionals," says Leigh Hercher '92, a former second soloist with the Dutch National Ballet. "They had gone to all the right schools, and I had barely made it through high school." Most of Brown's dancer-students have entered the University more than a decade after finishing high school. During the intervening years long hours of rehearsal and performance have left little time for academic pursuits. "Ballet is all consuming," says Lisa Donham '96, a public policy concentrator who 32 'JULY 1996 " danced for six years in the Boston Ballet's corps de ballet. "When youre not on stage you're thinking about being on stage. You can't go skiing, take classes, or do anything that might harm your body." For most of the dancers the invitation to attend Brown came through the Resumed Undergraduate Education (RUE) program for applicants with unconventional academic backgrounds. The program represents diversity at its best: actresses have been RUE students alongside political refugees, single mothers, grand- "Not only was I mothers, carpenters, and, ot course, dancers. The program's without a job when link to ballet was first estabhshed by Rick Hood '88, whose career I left dance,"Jonas at the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Dutch National ballet companies says, "I was without ended with a collapsed metatarsal in his left foot. After a year at the an identity. University of Rochester, he was encouraged to apply to Brown by two relatives who had graduated from the School of Medicine relatively late in life. "I just kept banging on the door until they let me in," Hood recalls. "It was a big attraction to have a school making a conscious effort to recognize people who made decisions to do something different with their lives." Six of the eleven dancers to enter Brown so far have come from the Boston Ballet. The first was Gayle Conran '92, a dancer with the companv for eight years. Conran initially was drawn to Brown by its offer of financial aid, but she was finally convinced to enroll by her best friend, Leigh Hercher, who is also Rick Hood's wife. Although she found Brown difficult, Conran graduated with honors in English. Her success encouraged many other dancers unsure of their abilities outside ballet. Conran, says Ann Marie Grant '95, who danced the lead in several pro- ductions of the Boston Ballet, "carved out a trail for the rest of us to follow." m ecoming a student means quickly adjust- mi ^ ing to the acadenuc freedom and inde- pendence that Brown encourages. A few dancers, such as Rachel Moore '92, a former member of the American Ballet Theatre's corps de ballet, were fortu- nate to have parents who put academics before ballet. "My parents cut a deal with me. If I got more than one B, I couldn't go to ballet class," says Moore. "I was glad I had a strong background in school. Many dancers don't, and they're left prett\- vulner.ible." BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 33 The skills that dancers develop on stage do not their value to the world outside ballet. "Brown," says easily carry over to their performance in the class- Rachel Moore, "was the only school with a separate room. They are taught to express themselves through program for older students that also gave you a lot of movement, something not readily transferable to the flexibility - you could be a grownup." discussions in an economics, sociology, or philosophy class. "Critical thmking is something you don't learn as a dancer," says Conran. "Since you are told what to do, there is not a lot of taking a situation and looking at it objectively and critically." X niong the advantages ballet dancers Excelling as a professional ballet dancer can also ^•^ %^ bring to Brown is the habit of disci- encourage certain psychological patterns that don't pUne and repetition, which, says Rick Hood, "taught fit well with university life. "The student-teacher me how long it takes to bang away at something relationship," says Langlois, "is a big factor for before you finally get it." Sometimes the long days dancers." Unfortunately, it and nights on the ballet circuit can make a subject usually keeps them in a more immediate and less abstract. In her Brown subservient role, a dis- classes, for example, Gayle Conran often found her- Dancers are taught advantage at Brown, with self discussing places she had been or art she had seen its emphasis on student re- while on tour. "I took an art history class in which to express themselves sponsibility. Some dancers we talked about the Italian Renaissance," she says. "I tind themselves missing had been to Venice and Rome and had seen much of through movement, the rigid hierarchy among what we were talking about." soloists and corps dancers Dancers are also helped by their shared experi- something not readily within a ballet company. ence, and they frequently cultivate a kind of acade- "We all came into an envi- mic corps de baUet. "To know that you weren't the transferable to the ronment where you don't only one going through these [difficult] feelings and know how to compare experiences was very comforting," says Lisa Don- discussions in an yourself to other people," ham. This corps has also included fellow RUE stu- says Donham. Susanna dents who are not dancers. "There were about eight economics, sociology, Vennerbeck '98, a balle- of us who would meet in the RUE lounge [in rina with the Boston Bal- Faunce House] to talk," says Rachel Moore, who or philosophy class. let for eight years, found eventually married fellow RUE student Robert herself working to over- Ryan '93. come the single-minded Thanks to their resourcefulness, the dancers obsessiveness that can accompany ballet's perfection- eventually found their confidence rising. For Ann ism. "As a student, I can't obsess about any one Marie Grant the turning point came when, as a thing," says Vennerbeck, a French literature and his- research assistant to Associate Professor of Sociology tory concentrator. "I need to divide my attention Gregory Elliott, she traveled to a conference to help among all my classes." present a paper the two co-authored. "I was more Given such a background, ballet dancers repre- nervous at that conference than I ever was on stage," sent something of a risk for the University. Brown she says, an emotion that EUiott says she kept well must recognize the academic inexperience of hidden. "She did a marvelous job," he says. "She was dancers while gambling that their life experience excellent at getting across the materials in a calm and will provide them with the determination to work concise manner." Leslie Jonas was encouraged when hard and excel alongside more conventionally pre- Assistant Professor of American CiviHzation Patrick pared students. This is precisely the gamble taken by Malone '71 Ph.D. urged her to submit to an acade- the RUE program. Over the last twenty-three years, mic journal a paper she'd written about the historic 338 students have graduated from it. Arlene Gorton Citgo sign that stands in Boston's Kenmore Square. '52, Brown's associate athletic director and chair of "It instilled in me the confidence that my mind the RUE admission committee, says RUE students works," she says. have a level of motivation and practical perspective The three dancers in the class of '96 boost to that helps them compensate for the years since their eight the number of RUE graduates over tlie last high-school graduation. Their backgrounds, mean- eight years. Their success, says Arlene Gorton, affirms while, help broaden the thinking of the University's her belief that ballet dancers "have commitment and non-RUE students. And to the dancers themselves, self-disciphne, a sense of independence and a sense of the program represents an important chance to prove self," qualities equally crucial to their success after 34 JULY 1996 Brown. Rick Hood, the University's first ballet aknii, by Brown's A. Alfred Taubman Center tor Public Pol- went on tor an M.B.A. at Harvard and is now a icy and American Institutions. In April she accepted a financial analyst in the San Francisco office ot position with American Management Systems Inc. of Charles Schwab. Leigh Hercher, his wife, is a senior Fairfa.x, Virginia. product manager there. Wherever these former dancers end up, all look Conran is thriving at the back on their college years with a sense of release New York public relations and rebirth. "I've lived my lite in reverse," Langlois Brown 's retired dancers, firm of Hill and Knowlton, says, staring intendy at a stack of his photographs. "I where she handles inter- started out as an adult and now I feel like a kid again, aided by their shared national tourism accounts. aln'e \\\i\\ possibilities." c^ Rachel Moore, a former experience, have often philosophy concentrator and Richard P. Moiiii is a seiiinr wrilcr in llic B)vu>n News a union activist during her BuiCdII. cultivated a kind of days as a dancer, completed a master's degree at Colum- academic corps de ballet bia and IS now a research fellow with the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies in Washington, LO.C. Last year's graduate, Ann Marie Grant, will enter the Ph.D. program in sociolog)' at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall. This year's graduates hope to continue the trend. Leslie Jonas has been a graphic design intern at the Boston architectur.il firm ot Sasaki Associates, where she hopes to land a permanent position. Michael Langlois. already a prize-winning photographer, plans to setde in Miami or San Francisco to pursue a career as a writer and painter. Lisa Donham has been a policy intern for Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Almond, the most sought-after internship offereci PERFORMANCE PHOTOS COURTESY Op THE DANCERS UNLESS OTHEWWIVI- NOTED BROWN .^LUMNI MONTHL\' 3_S WHERE WE LIVE AND couple ot minutes. A. WHAT WE LIVE FOR Ditto Tony Kubek, Culture when I sat next to him on a bumpy plane ride played Two Truths A child of from Chicago to San I and a Lie with a Francisco. the television age reflects man waiting with me At a Thai restaurant airport shuttle; in Seatde I sat catty- for the on life in the shadow ^'f- one of his truths was corner from Bill Gates that he had been the of celebrity and overheard hini Gerber baby. say something some- My cousins used to BY DAVID SHIELDS '78 thing something some- live in the same building thing "compared to my i at Central Park West and personal wealth." Ninety-third as did William Hurt and Mar- Twice I'm pretty sure I've seen Gary lee Matlin, whom I once stood next to in Larson walking around Seattle. an elevator going down. In Swimming to Cambodia, Spalding Gray I The first question a fiuend ot mine (a says, "The Marines were thrilled to have real ;ca^^ house painter who was married for a time actors on the base. . . . One of the Marine tl to Clare Boothe Luce's granddaughter) guards who had escorted us onto the heh- '^ would always ask people who lived at an copter got a Polaroid picture of the scene expensive New York address was: "Who's in from Continuity and asked us, 'Would you your building?" please sign this picture for me? I want to \^A I stood in line behind Linda Hunt at a send It to my folks in North Carolina. cleaner's in the Village, sat next to Ed Koch Because if 1 never do anything else in my " at the premiere of Zelig. life, at least I can say I have done this." I watched Teri Garr shop, solemnly, for swimwear at Bloomingdale's. On a sweaty summer day I bumped in- THE NIMBUS OF HIS FAME to Tom Wolfe on Central Park South; he MAKES A NULLITY OF US ALL looked like an ice cream cone, melting. A former student of mine went out with Elizabeth Montgomery's son. a visit to Los Angeles, I'm sam- On 'i X A friend of a friend showed up at Arnold pling two new flavors at the Schwarzenegger's hotel room for a date, and Brentwood Haagen-Dazs when in walks Arnold greeted her in his underwear. O.J. Simpson with two very young guys I rented an apartment in Echo Park that in excellent shape. Seniors, say, on the USC was once inhabited by Tom Mix. football team - I don't know. O.J. is not 1 watched Ted Danson get into his car in excellent shape, not even in good shape, outside a 7-Eleven in Santa Monica at not even close. He's no longer a senior on Wilshire and Fifth, and was struck by his the USC football team. The air conditioning desire to initiate and sustain rather than is on. avoid eye contact with putative fans. I've liked O.J. since I was a kid, because Ditto David Susskind, when I stood my cousin, a UCLA grad, has always rooted, /\ in a stuck hotel elevator with him tor a in a gloatint;, ungracious manner, against ^; \ use. None ot us say anything now to O.J. THE ONE WE TRULY WANT There is shyness to our behavior, but there is also a smidgen ot' self-respect. There are maybe six or eight people in the store other ear Televiewer." the letter from than me and O.J. and his friends. Part of the D Audience Selection Staff ot Evans- tension is the sheer surprise of seeing O.J. viUe, Indiana, begins. "We have taken the ordering ice cream; I've never thought ot liberty of selecting you for an important role him doing something so mundane and in television and are, herewith, inviting vou unhealthy. In a curious way, he is unwel- to participate as a member of a hand-picked, come, or at the very least not wholly special audience at our tw'o-hour session embraced; he is intruding a little, maybe, by 'Television Preview.'. . . Two prerecorded participating in our slovenliness. typical half-hours of television material Ciallantly (so I first think), OJ. seeks (including programs and coinmercials) will to purchase a woman's ice cream for her. be tested before several live groups across She suddenly looks much prettier to me the nation, one ot which vou will be a part. than she had before. O.J. winks at the two Some of the material is being considered tor seniors on the USC football team, applies pressure to the crook ot the woman's arm, recommends rum raisin. I remember thinking, very specifically, O.J.'s kiiulit tar- TROUBLEMAKER iiishiiiii liis reputation here; 'Weet Dav/d this was years betbre he Shield: took the Bronco out for .1 spin on I-s. The woman smiles a er, Natalie. 'e/ev(si( The o'her smile that goes e.xactly so '°;andmowefanatic"a""^ '"^ ,s a P°P-culture '"Sar junkie, tar and no farther, and says, - addict arid a "a ^ , "Thank you but no," look- ^ '^^'^^'^'ot.estly.ornedZZ'''"''''''"'^ "shed " "le after /femote I ing at me. trying to get me Shields pub. 111 on this. But I can't, 1 '^'-'''oo.",t,a;f:;:;r/;;'.'''^'-'hand other don't. Suddenly I'm just '" words Sh"M""''"'''"^^^''°°'<''" h'e/ds know standing there. 5fop hJm O.J. persists, reiterating his desire to '""*p.r,«,;:;:*«'-...«„^^^^^^^.^^^^^^^from buy an ice cream cone for her. It's like should be taken watching a fimous suicidal accordion """'"a^^arj;;^,^,J?'''^^"°nofselt';;; Shields 's fold m on itself O.J. keeps nudging ^-ndbook ''°'' - heroes. ^0^'. Dead ion the woman up to the counter while she, impressively, impassively, keeps saying, over and over, "No thanks, OJ. That won't be necessary. I hawn't quite decided yet." Finally, when 0.|. refuses to re- lent, she points at me and says, "My boyfriend's treating." "Your boyfriend?" one of O.J.'s minions ""' "" ""' "' mutters in O.J.'s defense. '"• »M has ,..,„ »«"e SiipmolLT' "That mail's \'our bovfriend?" BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 3 7 Pop-Up Culture national broadcast and the producers, direc- We can't see the speaker and at first tors, sponsors, and other people behind TV everybody thinks she is speaking to us, this want to know your reactions." flight-attendant-cum-businessvvoman. Annette I don't even think of turning it down. I O'Toole's Younger Sister explains to us that drive out to the Sea-Tac Marriott on a rainy this isn't part ot the television preview hut Tuesdav night. some other function from ne.xt door which In line ahead of me at the Marriott, one IS mistakenly being ted into "our" sound sys- big guy asks another big guy if he wants to tem; what's interesting is the brief moment split a Buttertinger bar; the second big guy ot nervous laughter when we all acknowl- says. "Hell, we "re not children. Let's each get edge we had tirst thought she was speaking our own." A disconcertingly large number to us - this invisible speaker - and we had of men here have sideburns, thin mustaches, been pretty much willing to go along with and cowboy boots; several women wear the Orwellian experience. low-cut parr\- dresses. I teel like I've time- Before watching the previews, we have traveled back into a James M. Cam novel. lengthy surveys to answer. Each page ot the The t]uestion I can feel all ot us wanting to first questionnaire implores us, "Please circle ask each other is: How have we been the One you truly want," then presents us selected — do they somehow know we with, tor instance, thirty-one diflerent kinds watch too much TV? of margarine: Parkay, Parkay Soft, Parkay We are greeted at the door by a voung Squeeze Spread, Fleischmann's. Fleisch- woman who looks a lot like a chubbier mann's Light, Fleischmann's Unsalted, Phoebe Gates, with hangs: have our tickets Shedd's Spread Country Crock, Shedd's taken by a kid who looks like John Cusack Spread Country Crock Classic Quarters. wearing a sportcoat; and are shown to Blue Bonnet, Blue Bonnet Light, Promise our seats by a red- Extra Light, Imperial, Imperial Soft, Imper- haired woman who ial Light, Imperial Diet, Imperial A La looks hke Annette Mode, Gold-N-Soft, Gold-N-Soft Light, I O'Toole's younger Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Sweet Cream. C01D-N-S0FT...WH'CH sister. I keep asking . . . Which was the One I truly wanted? myself: are my only The first sitcom, Loi'e, Long Distance, is THE ONE WAS points ot reference about the marriage between a man who is a WANIEfl the movies, or do lumber company manager living in Philadel- , TRULY these three people phia and a woman who is an archaeologist really look as who works at the Museum ot Natural His- much like their tory in New York. The second sitcom. Sisters. cinematic equiva- is about the relationship between two sisters lents as I think who live together - one a humorless and plain thev do? lawyer, the other lazy and luscious. In Love, As we are all Long Distivice, we know the man is smart, settling into our even though he works for a lumber com- seats, we hear an pany, because he wears a Willuiins College T- amplified voice Shiit. In Sisters, we know the lazy sister's son is chattering away: smart because he is starting Mile Law School. "That's sound The famous East Coast thus functions as re- information assurance to the viewer that although these Hello, yes, well. shows are shot in Los Angeles, they are not ." . . . Am I on?. . without a sort of New England weightiness. 3 S • JULY 1996 Pop-Up Culture The other fascinating thing about each There's one kiss-up m every class: one of these shows is its plot, hi Lore, Loin; Dis- guy has to show the teachers and us how tance, the archaeologist has a secret admirer much he knows by saymg, "Are you asking sending her flowers and candy and making us whether we like the character or the obscene calls, but the archaeologist thinks actor ;>/ii)'/')/i; the character?" The dancer, the the lumberyard manager is just being extra dance; who can tell the difl:erence? This is nice to her. In Sisters, the lazy, luscious one the same guy who, later, when we are being nearly gets the humorless, plain ones maid quizzed on yet more products, insists on fur- deported, but it turns out the maid was ther clarification as to whether we are being born and raised in Brooklyn; she is only asked specifically for our favorite liquid pretending to be an illegal aUen. What household pine cleaner, or iiiiy kiiui. Caution IS so extremely interesting about to the wind, man, I think: any kind. these stories is the As the interminable night wears on, way they com- wears us down, tiny tame mutinies AS ^«f NIGHT occur. l/l/EARs pletely back up on We are asked what our "favorite menstrual US themselves, cancel discomfort remedy" is, and the woman next themselves out, don't to me stage-whispers, not very quietly. "Oh, M ^^^NIES OCCUR matter at all; they lord. Jack Daniel's." "Do you own a dog or are like very diffi- cat?" we are asked, and seemingly half the cult Zen koans, the audience answers aloud, "Or does a dog or answer to which can cat own you?" We watch a commercial for only emerge fi'om Folger's instant coffee and are then asked a a newly evolved dozen questions about how the coffee tastes, understanding of based on what we've just seen. "As opposed to the fundamental reality," says my whole row. inconsequentiality Like ballplayers facing microphones of human exis- thirty seconds after touching home plate, we tence. are asked, of course, whether we find public In order not opinion surveys such as the one we have just to disturb our con- answered "worthwhile." You - who just did centration or ob- what you just did - what did you just do? jectivity, Phoebe Gates I have been taking notes somewhat with Bangs, John ostentatiously with my illuminated pen Cusack Wearing throughout the entire evening, and at the a Sportcoat, and end of the program a gruff, heavv'set, white- Annette O'Toole's haired older man - an M. Emmet Walsh '^^ Younger Sister have lookalike - comes up to me and says, "1 left the room during the don't mean to be nosy or nothing, but why showing of each sitcom. were you taking notes? Were you evaluating Now that the shows are over, the host and the programs or were you evaluating us? hostesses return and guide us through the Just for the hell of it, I don't know why, questionnaires concerning Sisters and Love, I say, "I was evaluating you." Lofi^ Disiiviie. ]ohn Cusack Wearing a Sport- And here's the thing: not uncheerfully, coat notices that I have filled out my ques- he says, "Well. I hope we passed." O^ tionnaire with impossible alacrity and says with the blithe condescension of a first- .Adapted from Remote by David Shields grade teacher, "Ooh, that was quick!" (Knopf, igg6). BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY • jy Swartz's boots have gone from work shoe to fashion accessory. Now he faces |he question of how to l sts down and profits up. V i PORTRAIT: JEFFREY SWARTZ '82 The Bootmaker Jeftrey Swartz is apologizing for his and history at Brown, then went on to clothes. "I never dress Hke this," he business school at Dartmouth. Tinibciiiiiid's chiefoperating officer says, gesturnig toward his white shirt, tie, In 1986 Swartz and his father bought creased slacks, and dark shoes. Like most has Jiis heart in social justice out Uncle Herman, who owned half of employees at theTimberland Company m Timberland and was ready to retire. As in and liis eye on the bottom hne Stratham, New Hampshire, Swartz usually any tamilv business, the going hasn't dresses for the office in jeans, casual shirts, BY JENNIFER SUTTON always been easy. Father and son began to and workboots - Timberland hoots, of get in each other's way. "I was anxious to course, stamped with the famous tree try out my ideas," Swartz admits. "I'd say, logo. Today, however, is a Jewish holiday: aspects of running a business: marketing 'Show me the study that says we should for attending synagogue services, work- the product and creating a teel-good cor- do It your way,' and my dad would say, "I boots just won't do. porate identity. By the time Sidney don't have a study, but 1 have an instinct.' Timberland's dress-down atmosphere "tossed him the keys" five years ago, the Well, it's taken a while, but I've learned to makes sense, considering the company's younger Swartz already had begun to appreciate those instincts." association with rugged leather boots that shape Timberland's sociallv conscious While Sidney remains CEO, it is JetT have outhtted construction workers and image by sponsoring Cit\' Year, a Boston- who has steered the company through the hikers tor decades. But don't be fooled by based youth service group. Within two crises ot the early 1990s. Besides stock- the rustic image. Timberland is a S65S- years, he also had propelled the trademark market fluctuations, there has been an million company with 6,000 employees boots to the cutting edge of fashion. uproar among animal-rights activists over around the world. Since becoming chief "Papa Nathan," as Swartz called his Timberland's sponsorship of the Alaskan operating othcer in 1991. Swartz has put grandfather, would be proud - maybe. He Iditarod Trail sled dog race. Then, afl:er Timberland boots on the formerly sneak- wanted his grandson to become a doctor, media reports that Timberland had geared ered feet ot students, suburbanites, and not a shoe salesman. The business, he Its marketing toward upscale department- hip-hop singers, much to the chagrin of always said, was too risky tor a gentleman. store customers, young, urban blacks Nike and Reebok. The company's aston- "A doctor," he told his grandson, "carries accused the company ot ignoring them as ishing success, however, has coincided his profession around m his head. No one consumers. This sensitivity lesson hit with a tightening ot the market for pre- can take it away." Because Swartz adored Swartz hai'd."l realized how naive I was," mium clothing, and Swartz, despite his his grandfather - he studied Russian at he says. "I had so underestimated institu- laidback, generous management style, has Phillips Academy to talk with the old tional racism in this country." had to operate more conservatively. Stay- man in his native language — he decided Meanwhile, Swartz continued to ing competitive means cutting prices, a to become a surgeon. Still, every summer strengthen his commitment to City Year. move that over the past three years has he worked in the shoe t'actory, mostly By the year 2000, Timberland will have drastically reduced protits. As a result the sweeping floors and painting walls. Soon pumped more than Sf' million into the company has closed two U.S. plants and after Swartz's high-school graduation. organization, along with plenty of boots expanded manutacturing overseas. Papa Nathan died. Swartz was touring and work clothes for cleaning up neigh- Swartz, however, learned trom Israel at the tinie."l went back to the fac- borhoods. Swartz asks City Year leaders, "1 his grandtather, Nathan, Timberland's tory as a good son would," he says. ill turn, to run seminars tor Timberland founder, that a business requires patience. wanted to be with my father." executives on team-building and under- Nathan, a Russian-born cobbler who But something unexpected happened standing diversity, and he gives his immigrated to the United States early this that summer; Swartz fell in love with the employees paid time off to work on pub- century, was well into his fifties betbre business. "There's a sound and a rhvthiii lic service projects. he bought Massachusetts's Abington Shoe to a factory," he explains. "It is alive. It's Can Swartz cultivate corporate citi- Company in 1955. It took him another where human beings transform raw zenship while trying to restore Timber- ten years to conceive the original Tim- materials into someone's dream." One day land's financial strength? Naturally he berland workboot, and even then the Swartz informed his father that he no wants the company to be more profitable, boot did not hit stores until 1973, when longer wanted to be a surgeon: he wanted yet he is equally dedicated to "creating a Nathan's sons, Herman and Sidney (Jeff's to work at Timberland instead. Sidney, business model that is not divorced from father), began manufacturing it. Swartz recalls, "was quiet for a minute. social justice." Manv firms m such a Neither a craftsman like his grandfa- Then he said, 'I've waited my whole life fiercely competitive market would choose " ther nor a manutacturing expert like Sid- to hear you say that.' Jeff later aban- doing well over doing good. Swartz wants nev, Swartz excels in the intaiiirible doned pre-medical studies for literature Timberland to do both. c\^) BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 4I /V The C BY CHAD GALTS PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN FORASTE '4 1932 Stedman Smith. Sahsbuty', Md., has gathenngs for 1 ? Some classes stop ha\ing for- "retired after the 'golden years' of medicine." mal reunions after their 55th; others provide The University has established the Richard He still enjoys sailing. different vehicles for class members to con- B. Salomon Research Awards to support tinue contact with friends, classmates, and the excellence in scholarly work. Nineteen Brown University. faculty members have been awarded a total 1938 Your class officers would like suggestions of $250,000 for travel, computers, software, on how to fill this vacuum. Please write with laboratory research, and fieldwork. Over Chauncey Stone Jr. and his wife, Muriel your ideas - don't wony about being "far the next three years the University Research '37, Miami, will celebrate their 55th wedding out" in your suggestions; who knows, you Council will make similar awards from the anniversaty' this month on an Alaskan cruise may be in the majority-! Should we group '38 Si -million fund, named in honor of Brown's leaving from Vancouver, B.C. Chauncey through '44? Just '41? Geographic concentra- Lite chancellor. retired from his medic.il practice last August. tions to facilitate travel? Let us know your preferences on time, place, duration, activi- ties, and whom to involve. We wish you all 1933 1939 good health and a happy summer. — Earl Har- rington Jr. and .^opliic Siliaffer Blistein Connie Leamard Chalmers is "hanging in Lenard Steiner, Lawrence, N.Y., will cele- Anita Ramos de Schaff, Phoenix, there," but notes that it has been months since brate his Both birthday and reitre from medi- turned 78 on May 27 and stiU works six hours any items from '33 appeared in the BAM. cal practice this summer. He has maintained a a day as a linguist and interpreter. Anita's She spoke with Lucia Steere Stich, whose private practice in family medicine for forty'- sons, Gary and Charles, are both attorneys in husband, Frank, died recently. Lucia is doing five years, caring for several generations of the the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the well in Colorado and hopes to visit Connie same famihes on Long Island. Lenard's wife. U.S. Navy. Gan' was awarded the Meritorious 111 Santa Rosa, Calif, soon, Lucia and C'onnie Elaine, their children Andrea '73 (who sent Sen.'ice Medal in Apnl 1995 for successfully- both wondered about Mabelle Chappell. this note), Jim '7S. and Rob will all join in the prosecuting a fifteen-year-old capital cnme "She always kept things going for us," Con- summer's celebration. case, and Charles was awarded the Navy and nie writes. "Is she still with us?" {SIic lives in Marine Corps Commendation Medal m August Pwi'iilfiitc. — FaHioi.) '995 for his handhng of claims filed after a Edgar Dannenberg's latest project with 1940 missile accident aboard the USS Saratoga. Nelle Nugent, a Tony-award winning pro- ducer in New York City, In the Presence of Alexander Black and his wife, Irene, live Mine Enemies, is now complete and will be m Washington. D.C., where, he writes, "the 1942 broadcast on Showtime. constantly circulating political air makes it even George Dewhurst h.is retired after seventy' wanner than Florida." Alex still plays tennis Aaron Beck (see Phyllis Whittnan Beck years as a lay reader in the Episcopal Church. and constructs crossword puzzles, one of 49)- More than 100 members of St. Andrew's parish which ran in the Apnl S issue of U.S. News & Harvey Spear h.is joined the New York in New Bedford, Mass., attended a celebra- World Report and appeared on the World City office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & tion at which he was named lay reader emeri- Wide Web. Alex's puzzles have also appeared Taft, where he wiU specialize in securities law. tus. He is believed to be the longest-serving in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Previously he was a special assistant to the lay reader in the diocese's histoty'. He began m The Rev. Alan Moore, Concord, Mass., U.S. Attorney General, legal assistant to the 1925, at age seventeen, with a t.alk titled "In was honored by the Sudbun', Mass., United chaimian of the Securities and Exchange Com- Evety'thing, We Give Thanks. " George and Methodist Church upon his retirement after mission, and ser\-ed as special counsel to the his wife, Edith, live in New Bedford. eleven years as minister of visitation and his t'lf- Gregonan Commission to Investigate the Col- tieth year of ordination. The Ruth and Alan lapse of the Rhode Island State Deposit and Moore Fund for Social Justice was established Insurance Corporation. 1936 by the Massachusetts Council of Churches at the time of the ceremony. Alan and Ruth Lois Ibell. West Hartford. Conn., reports: celebrated their 50th wedding anniversarv 1944 "No special news, e.xcept tor unusual winter with a trip to England. Scotland, and W.iles. weather 1 995-96." Joseph Parnicky has been named pro- Howard G. Baetzhold "4S A.M. co-edited fessor emeritus at Ohio State University. He Tlie Bible Accordiiig to .Mark Twain: Writings was also presented with the Nonnan Guitty on Heaven, Eden and the Flood (University of Award by the Mental Health Association of Georgia Press, 199.S). The book went into WHAT'S NEW? Franklin County for his "outstanding contribu- a second printing in Januan' and will be pub- tion to the area of mental health." lished in paperback by Simon & Schuster in Please semi the Litest ahoiil your job. family. November. travels, other news to or The Classes, Brown Gene Gannon Gallagher extends the Alumni Monthly, Bo.\ iiS's./, Providence. I94I sympathy of the class to the family of Mar- R.I. 02gi2:fax (4011 ,s'(';-gsi;.j; e-mail cella Fagan Hance. who died Febniaty- 23. BAM%hrou'iinn.hrou'ihcdii. Deadline for the Another great milestone is behind us. The big Marcella was president of the class. Soveinbcr classnoles: .Jiyii.if /_s. question now is. where do we go from here? Will there be anv more five-vear reunion BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ii Maureen lives with her sister, Irene Wilkin- from DuPont after thirty-three years in plastic 1945 son. They both love their adopted state. sales engineering. Thomas Walker. San Cleinente, Cilif, Jean Miller left her position as director Bob Lundin has retired after working teaches world history to special high school of development at Poly Prep Country Day in Saudi Arabia since 1978. For the past eight students. He enjoys the challenge of working School to move to Arlington, Vt., at the end years he has been chief financial officer for with Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican ofJune. She now has a half-time position in AMI Saudi Arabia, a hospital-operations and youths who want to increase their English development at the Stratton Mountain School. management company with 9,800 employees. skills and broaden their insight and knowledge. The new job is "just a thirty-minute dnve After years of worldwide business and vacation T.M. is also membership chainiian ot the from home," she writes. "The four-hour-plus travel. Bob and his wife, Carol, returned to local i6o-plus-member chapter of Mended weekend drive from Brooklyn finally got to Rhode Island and moved into the Bristol Hearts. As a rwo-time bypass surgery survivor, me last fall." She hopes to have more time for Fen-y Lighthouse, which has been restored to he wntes, "It's great to be aUve and helping travel, golf gardening, and volunteer work Its original configuration. Bob's sister, Essie, others." for the Pembroke Center. widow of Sumner Young '54, recently Jeannette Silverman Roth, So. Dennis, relocated to Rhode Island from Minnesota. Mass., and her husband, Walter, went on "A real family reunion is in the offing," Bob 1946 their fourth Canbbean cniise on the Holland- wntes. American ship M.S. IVeslerdam. They also Lois Bromson, East Hanford, Conn., has been enjoyed a visit from their son, Jonathan.and doing volunteer work around Central Amer- daughter-in-law. Radem, in Ft. Lauderdale, 1954 ican issues for the past fifteen years. Between Fla. Their daughter, Joan, is a personal trainer 1984 and 1990 she made trips to Nicaragua, in addition to her full-time job in marketing. Robert Kramer joined Coopers & Lybrand Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, and Pana- Jeanette continues to tutor math, and her as medical director for the disease chnical and ma. This year she vacationed in Spam. Upon students are making the honor roU. "It's been process management office in March. Previ- her return Lois took part in a ceremony hon- almost two years since my double-bypass ously he was a professor of pediatrics at the oring those who have volunteered in the local surgery," Jeanette wntes, "and I have learned University of Texas Southwestern Medical Friendship Center soup kitchen over the past the pleasure of daily walks." Center, a staff member at the Children's ten years. "Who would have thought fifty Medical Center of Dallas, and a distinguished years ago that soup kitchens would be so com- adjunct professor at the University of Dallas mon in our countiy?" Lois asks. 1950 Graduate School of management. Melvin Chemick (see Randee Cassel James McSherry retired to Charleston, and Seth Chernick '79). Last winter Roger Laudati completed the S.C.. in 1994. He and his wife, Joanne Elsie Anderson Drew (see Nancy Gaspanllo sK Run 111 Tampa, Fla. "After tak- Webster McSherry '54, enjoy travel, Lewis Nichols '77). ing up running for conditioning, the lure of fnends, music, and community projects. They • fame, prize money, and cool t-shirts has drawn spend summers on Cape Cod with their four hull into organized running," writes son sons. Peter '78 and his wife, Eileen, are the 1948 Robert '&<,- "He hopes to build up to a loK parents of identical rwms, Benjamin and Gabnel, run. Dad's relentless drive and energy con- bom in January 1995. Mark works for Onset Professor Emeritus Philip Bray will be hon- tinue to amaze and inspire me." Computer Co., W. Falmouth, Mass. Andy, a ored for a lifetime of distinguished achieve- member of the Massachusetts bar, and his ments at the International Conference on wife, Cheryl, live in Needham, Mass., and are | Borate Glasses, Crystals, and Melts in Abing- I95I the parents of Samuel, born in July 1995. I don, England, this month. Two hundred of lohn and Tracy live in Marlborough, Conn. Phil's tnends, colleagues, and former students James Hutchinson (see George Hutchin- Douglas Turner, Washington bureau are e.xpected to attend. This note was sent son '75). chief of the Buffalo News, was elected to the by Steven Feller '80 Ph.D. Gndiron Club, an elite group of sixty news- paper reporters, editors, and columnists founded | ' no years ago. He is included in the latest 1953 edition of Marquis's IVIw's Wlw in America. 1949 The Rev. John Corcoran, Nev/port. R.I.. Phyllis Whitman Beck's granddaughter, has been appointed to the Maryknoll order's Jodi Beck, wiU enter Brown as a freshman in formation education department and will 1955 September. Jodi's grandfather is Aaron Beck be working with MaiyknoU candidates '42, her mother is Ruth Hanno '72. and her attending the Chicago Theological Union. Susan Morgan Rolontz's daughter, Lee father is Roy Whitman Beck '74. He wiU be responsible for the seminary Alison Rolontz '84, marned Ernie Fntz on Phyllis Pecci Haseltine, Haverhill, Mass., residence and for seminary training on the July 30, 1994, on Fire Island. "The wedding 1 retired as library coordinator for Haverhill naissionary priesthood. Previously he worked was great fun," Susan writes, "moving from one ' schools two years ago. Dudley died of cancer in Korea and Katmandu, Nepal. In 1984 he community to another - the church in Salt- in April 1995. "It's been difficult," Phyllis was elected vicar general, the second-highest aire, the reception at a restaurant in Fair Har- writes, "but I keep busy." She volunteers in office at Maryknoll. bor, and other events at the Rolontz home special collections at the public hbrary. Her Janice Milne Hess recently sold Stock in Lonelyville." After the wedding there was two children are married, and she has "the Exchange, her business in Barrington, R.I. a sunset cruise on Great South Bay. Many " most wonderful grandchildren 111 the world. jail founded and ran the furniture consign- alumni attended the ceremony. Maureen Wilkinson Maris, Sunnyvale, ment business with Sara Powers for nineteen Richard Wolfson, Fall River, Mass., Calif., has traveled to South Africa five times years. "What's next, Jan?" asks Eugene was appointed to the Bristol Community in the last ten years. Her son, Gregory, lives in Andrea, who sent in this note. College board of trustees in April. Founder Cape Town, where he is timpanist of the Norman James, East Greenwich. R.I., and president of Wolfson, Zalkind, & Co. Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Her daugh- was named director of the Rhode Island Plas- Inc., an investment and brokerage timi in Fall ter. Peg, has been witli C-Test since February tics Partnership Council in March. A consul- River, Richard is a member of the Boston as assistant manager in charge of production. tant to the plastics industry, Nomian retired Stock Exchange, the National Association of 44 • JULY 1996 Veterans of many a reunion weekend, Cus Anthony '26 and former BAM Editor Chet Worthington '23 share a moment with Clare Gregorian before the Hour with the President Sunday morning. Tlieir Lives and Tlieir Legacy (Garland Publish- ing. 1995). A collection of essays on first ladies through Hillary- Rodham Chnton. the book draws on original documents and per- sonal papers. Keith Humphreys, Abington, Mass., was named director of retail banking for Abington Savings Bank in February. Previously he was a senior \nce president of consumer banking for Multihank Financial Corp. ot Fall River and vice president of communiu- banking for Fleet National Bank. Nancy Anderson Johnson resigned as managing editor of the Foreign Service Journal in May and plans to spend the summer in Europe. Before leaving, Nancy will go white- water rafting on the Colorado with her hus- band, Charles, and ri.vin sons Enc and David. Enc has finished his Ph.D. m genetics at the UniversitN' of Iowa, and David expects to receive his Ph.D. in computer science from University of Utah next year. Nancy will visit her daughter. Kristen. who is living near Ox-ford, England, with her husband, an Enghsh engineer Knsten met in Sn Lanka while in the Peace Corps. Nancy can be reached at 1S21 Briar Ridge Ct.. McLean. Va. 22101. Roberta Olsen Kyle. LumbeniUe. Pa., was awarded a Women of Mercy Award in April for her committement and service to the mission of Mercy Home for Children, a social Secunties Dealers, and the Boston Secunties "We were hoping for a Super Bowl, but not service agency founded by the Brooklyn Sis- " Traders Association. this year. ters of Mercy. C. Bennett Brown Jr. was mamed Sept. 9, 1995, to Ursula Seuss of Middlebun-. ^957 Vermont, where the couple now lives. Ursul.i 1962 was the widow ofJames Dodge 'sS, the Courtney Jones, Ellenshurg. Wash., retired son of Professor Ementus Guy H. Dodge. John Bassler, Danen, Conn., was named in March after twent>'-five years at Central Bennett has two daughters: Deborah lives in managing director of the eastern region tor Washington University. He served as the Louisiana with her daughter, Hilary: Abby Kom/Ferry International, an executive search school's vice president for business and finan- graduated from Purdue in 1994 and is work- firm. He was also named co-chairman of the cial affairs for t\vent\' years and was treasurer ing in Connecticut while she decides on a business strategy' group and appointed to the for its Board of Trustees. graduate school. Ursula's daughter, Barbara worldwide executive committee. Previously Marcia Sewall's illustrations for Tlie Dodge Taunnsky, Barbara's husband, and son John v.-as senior vice president and director ot Moiinin; Chiiii h\' Barbara M. Joosse were de- John live in Londonderrv', N.H.: daughter new business development for Compton Ad- scribed as "simple, childlike, meditative — a Nancy-Sonja Dodge Jacobs and her husband vertising Inc. in New York Cirv' and Frank- little old-fashioned, some might say. in an age live m Wexford, Pa. Bennett is an audit and furt, Germany. of ghttery, complex children's-book art," in accounting manager for Dayman, Lurie & Roger Feldman (see Rebecca Feldman the October 8, 1995, New York Times Book Goldsbury. a certified public accounting fimi '94)- Rcviat'. At one dme a staff artist for the Boston m Burlington. Susanna Opper, Alford, Mass., gave a Children's Museum, Marcia illustrated seven talk entitled "New Ways of Doing Business: ot Richard Kennedy's books. Her book, Con\'ersations with Women of Intiuence" at Tlie Pilgrims of Plimotli. won the Bosloii Glohe/ I961 the Bay Path Women's College in March. Spe- Horn Book Award for nonfiction. cializing in the use ot personal and networked Ellen Shaffer Meyer wntes that she will be computers to improve work group effective- leaving after ten years as class secretary'. "This ness, Susanna's consulting t'lmi, Susanna Opper ^959 will probably be my last 'official' entry for & Associates, has worked with Exxon, Merrill The Classes, but I promise to keep you Lynch, and Lotus Development Corp. She is William Bartlctt spent last fall traveling appnsed." She notes that Lewis Gould is the co-author of Technologyfor Teams: Enhancing around the countiy to Miami Dolphins games Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor in Productivity in \'etu>orked Organizations, and has with John McDuffic. whose son, OJ., is Amencan Histoiy at the UniversiU" of Texas published articles m B\'TE. Compuleni'orld, having a spectacular career with the Dolphins. at .Austin and editor o{ American Firsi Ladies: PC Week, and Personal Computing. BROWN .ALUMNI .M O .N T H I V 45 ) 19^3 tor AT&T's New Media Services, after Brown in Business twenty years with Tlic Christian Science Moni- Carl Weis, Delmar, N.Y., founded the Mar- tor. Son Ross graduates from Connecticut bling Artists Cooperative Network and is College in June; daughter Nicole will be a ORIENTAL ART editor of its newsletter, Mnrhliu^ Balh. His senior at Yale ne.xt year; and daughter Robin new business venture, Carl's Marks eXpress, will be a senior at Newton North High School Vanessa F. Holden '82, formerly with Sotheby's, speciaUzing in antique Chinese snufF bottles. will open the world's first "Marble Asylum" and editor-in-chief of the Newtonile. "the first She can advise you about almost any aspect of in Albany, N.Y., this year, "Marbling is a cen- ot the three to follow in her parents' journal- Chinese, Korean, and Japanese works of art. turies-old craft on the cutting edge of con- istic footsteps." She has exhibited in the United States, Europe, temporary- fashion and design," Carl wntes. Michael Gradison is director of special and Asia. For infomiation call 2i2-ji7-2y20, "The Asylum is a pubhc venue for hands-on projects for Indiana's Department of Work- or fax 212-472-5860. marbling of everything from clothing to surf- force Development, after ten years as executive boards." Carl is an associate professor ot director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, creative arts at Siena College in LoudonviUe, which awarded him its first lifetime achieve- BOYNTON BEACH, FL N.Y., and can be reached at (518) 439-6928 ment award m 1992. He is also serving on the (h); or (518) 783-2479 (w). Indiana Arts Commission and is an adjunct Let Us Be Your Host fellow with the Hudson Institute, where he -o enjoys his "singular status as the only certifi- 1964 able 'hberal" in that woolly cadre of profoundly conservative policy wonks." Michael is secre- ' 1.5 miles To The Beach R. Lee Bennett |oined the Orlando, Fla., tary of the executive committee of the Indi- • Golf Courses law timi ot Gray, Hams, &; Robinson in anapolis Urban League and was a founding • Museums & Art Centers April. He will continue his practice in corpo- member ot the Pro-Choice Coalition of Indi- • Between Palm Beach rate and business law. He hves in Orlando ana and the Quadrennial International Violin EXPRESS* with his wife and most of his eight children, Competition. He is a past president of the & Boca Raton 407-734-9100 and can be reached at Suite 1200, 201 East Indiana Repertory Theatre's board of directors Victi Ridiman '81 Pine St., P.O. Box 3068, Orlando 32802. and has served on the state board of directors 1-95 & Boynton Beach Boulevard Charles BiUo and his wife, Gillian, have for Planned Parenthood. He can be reached settled in Bethesda, Md., following Charles's at 3840C Knollton Rd., Indianapolis 4620S. retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service. He A. Thomas Levin was re-elected to the has started a new career with an international New York State Bar Association's executive consulting tirm in Washington, and Gillian is conmuttee in January. Speciahzing in local teaching at a nursery school. Two of their government, land use, and environmental law FREE INFORMATION three children are in college, and Andrew, 15, and htigarion, Thomas is a partner with Meyer, is a freshman at Walt Whitman High School Suozzi, English & Klein in Minneola, N,Y. FROM ADVERTISERS in Bethescla. He is the village attorney for Great Neck William Durgin, Holden, Mass., was Estates, Hewlett Bay Park, North Hills, Saddle appointed associate provost for academic affairs Rock. Thomaston, and Woodsburgh; and is at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in March. editor of New York Beiicli Book for Trial Judges. 1 Absolut Vodka He will direct the offices ot projects and en- He IS a past president of the Nassau County 2 Global Financial Concepts rollment services, scheduling, research admin- Bar Association and the New York State Con- istration, graduate admissions, and continuing ference ot Bar Leaders. 3 U.S. Postal Service education. The current Kenneth G. Memam Professor of Mechanical Engineering, William 4 Woodstock Inn is a foniier chair of the mechanical engineer- 1965 ing department and was head ot research and To receive information from the development at the former Alden Research After a rewarding career in the arts, Don advertisers listed above, please circle the Laboratory. Anderson, Rowe, N.M., is the business correspondmg numbers. Fill in your Madeline Ehrman '65 A.M., Arlington, manager for the Native Amencan Preparatory name and address where nidicated, clip Va., has .1 new hook, Undcrstiiiniuiii Scaviti School. Located in the Pecos River valley of out this coupon, and mail it to: L Brown Alumni Monthly is director of research evaluation and develop- for college and leadership positions. "We P.O. Bo.x 5403 ment for the School of Language Studies, For- have guest rooms," Don writes, "so any old eign Service Institute, U.S. State Department. friends traveling through, please plan to visit," Pittsfield, MA 01203-5403 ^ Joyce Leffler Eldridge, Newton, Mass., John Miller is featured in a chapter of public relations director at Hebrew College a new book, llierapists on Therapy (New York tor the past fifteen years, received the DeRose University Press), edited by Robert Mullan, Hinkhouse Award for e.xcellence in journal- M.D.John, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, ism from the Religious Public Relations is an academic consultant at the Institute of CLASS YfAR Council of America in March, She was also Psychosynthesis in London. elected to the council's national executive Wayne Pomiansky is vice president of the committee of higher education and cultural human resources division at ROMAC Search. CITV. STATE. ZIP organizations and to a second tema as vice He can be reached at 133 Federal St., Boston president of the council's Boston chapter. Joyce 02110; (fii7) 350-0945; fax (617) 542-8570. THIS OFFER EXPlRtS fANUARY I. I 3 99?. was recently named director ot communica- B7-96 tions and public mfonnation at Buckingham, Browne &' Nichols School in Cambridge. Her husband, Larry, is a senior sports editor 46 JULY 1 y y f 1966 Donald Bernardo was appointed vice pres- ident for new business development in the investment management and trust services divi- sion of the Pnvate Bank, Pa., in March. Pre- viously Don was in charge ot new business development for Manne Midland Bank's western region; served as senior vice president and corporate secretary at Security Bank in Erie, Pa.; and was vice president of the U.S. Pnvate Banking Group at Chase Manhattan in New York City. He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Erie, past president ot the city's arts council, and active in the United Way. John Butcher is neanng the end of his term as head of modem Asian studies at Grif- fith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is looking forward to teaching and getting back to work on a history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. 1967 Marvin Brookner, Berkeley, Calif, is still a public defender for Solano County, at the north end of San Francisco Bay. His oldest daugh- ter, Sasha, 19, is a freshman at UCLA. Emma, IS, IS a sophoiiiore at Berkeley High School. Bob Munck, Haymarket, Va., writes that he "has let't the corporate hierarchy to be a consultant in Internet, WWW, Ada, CASE, and BPR." His first contract is with MCI Metro to build a corporate Intranet (internal Web). His wife. Chris Braun '70, is being ver\' supportive. They can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected]. 1968 Tom Coakley, Canton, N.Y.. reports that son Sean, a senior at the Taft School in Water- town, Conn., received the school's Thomas Cookman ('72) Scholarship. The scholarship honors the late Taft alumnus who played on the Brown varsity hockey team with Tom's Brunonians shared in the celebration. "Say cheese," Members and families of the brother. Bill '72. "Sean would love to play Marty Mueller is serving a three-year class of 1976 line up for the twentieth-reunion for goahe Brown," Tom adds. Tom and Nel- temi on the board of directors, this year as photo on Saturday, May 25. lie's other son, Bnan. will be a sophomore at treasurer, of the National Peace Corps Asso- Hamilton College this year. Daughter Knstin ciation, the alumni organization for more just graduated from St. Lawrence University- than 144,000 former Peace Corps Volunteers. sophomore year at the Universit\' of Vermont; and will be working on her M.B.A. at Clark- Marry can be reached at mmueUer@nsf gov. and their son, Jamie, recently graduated from son, and youngest daughter Erin "is the pnde William Spillman Jr. served as execu- high school. Bill's e-mail address is wspillma of the Canton fifth grade." Tom, who is dean tive chair of the 1996 SPIE Symposium on @!moose. uvm.edu. ot administrative operations at St. Lawrence, Smart Structures and Matenals in San Diego. Sylvia Kuiper des Tombe is still teach- returned to Brown in May to present a Com- "It IS very exciting to be around at the begin- ing high-school-level ESOL at the Jakarta mencement Forum on the Vietnam War with ning ot this new technical field," he writes. International School. Since starting a Russian fellow veteran and hospital roommate Alan "I'm learning a tremendous amount. Its mul- Club in 1992. she has taken students to visit '(<". Vaskas tidisciplinary nature is great fun." He will also Moscow twice and has hosted visiting stu- Donald Kent is active in the Brown chair the 1997 symposium. Bill is chief scien- dents and teachers. In the summer of 1993 she Sports Foundation and NASP, and has been tist at BP Goodrich Aerospace Aircraft Inte- took her sons to Siberia, staying with the elected 25th reunion chair for the Yale Medi- grated Systems in Vergennes, Vt., and an family of the writer Valenrin Rasputin in cal School class of 1972. He also serves as a adjunct professor of physics at the Universit\' Irkutsk, and with some Buryat tnends in Ulan trustee for the Yale Medical School Alumni ot Vermont. He and his wife, Barbara, have Ude; afterwards they traveled to Colombia. Fund. He reports that his daughter. Heather hved in Charlotte, Vt., for the past twelve Sylvia's mother is now living with her, and '93, recently married David Handel. Many years. Their daughter, Alys, has finished her her youngest son. Rodenck. is a junior in BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY • 47 . At Sunday's Hour with the President, Rob Markey '86 and Peggy Strang Clute '56 (right) present Vartan Gregorian with a check for nearly $4 million, representing all reunion- class giving as of that day, while Alumni Association President Kelly Cardall Newsom '62 (rear) beams. high school. Her daughter graduated from Occidental College in 1994 with a degree in English literature, and her older son is major- ing in Asian studies at Whitman College. Sylvia can be reached at Wisma Subud-CiLin- dak, P.O. Box 233 i/JKT, Jakarta 10.023, Indonesia: or by phone 61-21-7658010. 1969 Capt. William Armstrong retired from the U.S. Na\y after a tour as commanding officer of the Military Seahft Command, Middle Atlantic, Norfolk, Va. After joining the Navy in 1969, William served on a destroyer, a guided missile frigate, and an amphibious assault ship; and commanded the tank landing sulting finn, in Febinaary. Previously he was after eighteen years, mid-hfe crises are unnec- ship USS Sparlanimrg County. He also served a consultant and engagement manager for essary. One is provided for you." She recently as assistant chief of staff for administration and McKmsey & Co., vice president of marketing became director of business planning for programs at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in at Phillips BioMedical, and vice president Brown & Root Energy Services in London. Hawaii, as the Atlantic Fleet engineenng sys- of international marketing for Wickes Corp. "Children and husband have adjusted to the tem inspector, and as an engineering instruc- Scott is on the board of the Los Angeles cold and damp after sixteen years in sunny tor at two surface warfare schools. He was YMCA and is a member of the advisory New Orleans." You can reach Susan at work, awarded the Legion of Merit Award, three council for Loyola Marymount University's 01 1-44-1X1-544-6594. Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy Com- business school. Carol Cohen Perone, Damestown, mendation Medal, and two Navy Achieve- Md., left IBM after twenty-two years and ment Medals. William and his wife, Nell, have flilfilled her dream of opening a bookstore. two sons, Enc and Elliot. I97I Leaf Through Used Bookstore and Gathering Jim Brennan has been appointed to the Place is a nonprofit organization promoting board of directors at Quonset (R.I.) Air Rebecca Barnes moveci to Boston in March commumry-onented activities, learning, and Museum, where he is also chairman of the to work with Fredenc R. Hams Inc., on the literacy. In additicin to used and new books, development committee. He is president of planning and design of infrastructure projects. the store offers poetry readings and lectures. the Quonset Aero Club and received his pilot's She spent the preceding year living and Douglas Price, a chiropractic, has a certification in 1995. A professional freelance working in San Juan, planning Puerto Rico's myofascial pain control clinic in Manalpan, photographer for the last r\vent\'-one years. first urban rail transit system. Fla. "I love the area," he writes. "The great Beach and his wife, Noel-Anne Gerson '70. Charlotte Downey '7S Ph.D. recently basketballer Arnie Berman is an attorney in hve in Peace Dale, R.I. Their daughter Anne published Mercy Responds to \'atican II: Sisters South Palm Beach." L")oug saw Thomas (Lawrence "91) is an office manager for a of Mercy. Regioniil Community of Providence Moser recently. Anyone in Palm Beach is biomedical investment company in Boston The tide was misstated in the February B.AM. welcome to stop by. and has been accepted to law school. E-mail: Elisse Walter, Bethesda, Md., was named jbrennaiKK ids.net. executive vice president for law and regula- Bruce Henderson, Tampa, Fla., works tory policy at the National Association of for Citibank and travels frequently to Latin Securities Dealers in March. She coordinates ^975 America. Leslie (Michael) is involved in the association's legal and regulatory portfo- Steve Elliott is looking for fellow soccer- AAUW and is on the advisory board of the lios. Previously Elisse was general counsel at playing alums who are over 40 (36 for goalies) Counry Public School Equity Program. Luke the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to play on the Ridgewood Maroons of the is a sophomore at Bucknell, studying Latin and deputy director tor the division of corpo- USL 111 Bergen County, N.J. Steve lives in American affairs; and Meg was accepted early- ration finance at the Securities and Exchange Westwood, N.J., about six miles south of his action to Amherst. Commission. three children, Nick, Jackie, and Madeline. In R. Daniel Prentiss. Newport, R.I., has addition to working a corporate job, he does joined the Providence law firm of McGov- custom audio, video, ancf home-theater instal- ern, Noel &• Benick as a partner. A member 1972 lations. He can be reached at (201) 307-2344. of the Rliode Island and federal bars, he spe- Maureen Rabczak Gordon-Johanson, cializes in commercial and civil litigation. Anthony Caldamone (see MD). founder and director of the East Side Well- Previously, he was the principal of R. Daniel Thomas Cookman (see Tom Coakley ness Center, has recently relocated to 261 Prenriss & Associates in Providence. '6S). Wickenden Street in Providence, "just down Scott Somers was named managing Ruth Hanno (see Phyllis Whitman the street from the Spine Center (Charles partner of the Los Angeles office of Paul Ray Beck '49). Rybeck '73) and Massage Ther.ipy Associates Berndtson. an international manatrement con- Susan Farrell wntes, "If you change jobs (Ray Moriyasu '72)." She teaches yoga. 4 S JULY 1996 meditation, and holistic stress management tory at Goucher College in Baltimore, was Mary Rogier, Berkeley, Calif, is enjoy- workshops for individuals and corporate chents. recently named the college's Elizabeth ConoUy ing her work at the Low-Income Housing Maureen is also a member of the teaching Todd Distinguished Associate Professor. His Fund, a nonprofit community-development staff ot the Barbara Brennan School of Heal- book. Distinguishing the Household: Famihes, financial institution, after many years in the ing in New York. Sex and the Law in the Nineteenth-Century South pnvate sector. She is in touch with Kim Scala, Alan Jolis. Pans, published his first novel, (University of North Carohna Press, 1995), who adopted San Francisco as her home sev- Mercedes iind the House of Rainhmi's, in 1988. received the James A. Rawley Pnze from the eral years ago. Mar)' arrived in 1994 and "is His second, Speak Sunligln. is forthcoming Organization of Amencan Historians. beginning to succumb to the Bay Area's charms from St. Martin's Press. Cmdr. John Fraser received the U.S. despite my longstanding love of Boston," Constance Kulik wntes, "I wasn't a Navy Mentorious Unit Commendation for she writes. She can be reached at work: (415) cowgirl after all; it was only a sabbatical. After commanding the Explosive Ordnance Disposal 777-9804- two years of the Rockies, learning to throw Mobile Unit Eight dunng emergency responses Hobart Taylor III \\ ould like to e.xpress the atlatl. guiding tours at the World Center to downed aircraft in Europe and Afnca. his appreciation to all those who contacted for Birds of Prey, speaking on AIDS aware- John's unit is based in SigoneUa, Italy. him after his obituary was pubhshed erroneously ness to convicted-felon substance abusers, I Andrea Hairston '77 A.M. has been in the May BAM. "I knew I wasn't in close bid farewell to Boise, Idaho, and returned to promoted to associate professor of theater at touch with Brown," he says, "but I didn't conversation, English muffins, hayfever, heat, Smith College. think It was that bad." humidity. Northern Virginia traffic, and George Hutchinson, Knoxville, has exciting challenges at Fannie May in Wash- pubhshed T7ic Harlem Renaissance in Black and ington, D.C." H'lute (Belknap/Harvard, 1996). After two 1977 Lillian Lim, Bonita, Cahf , received the years in West Afnca with the Peace Corps, National Asian Pacific Aniencan Bar Associa- George received his doctorate from Indiana Lawrence Heller and his wife, Susan, Fair tion's Trailblazer Award in March. The same and now teaches at the University of Ten- Lawn. NJ.. announce the birth of David Evan month, she joined a panel of federal judges to nessee. His father, James Hutchinson '51, on March 13. He joins big brother Matthew, discuss representational issues in law and pub- sent in this note. 5. Larry is a pnncipal at the employee benefits lic policy. This year Lillian completed the Nora Beck Judd and Steven '73 moved consulting finn Kwasha Lipton in Fort Lee, L.A. marathon and helped the chiefjudge in to Redmond, Wash., where Steven works for NJ. He specializes in 40i(k). profit-sharing, the Olympic kayak and canoe sprint trials. Microsoft. "We have adapted to the rain, and pension plans; and is involved with junior She has updated her home computer system, latte, and giant slugs," Nora writes, "but the staff training programs. Sue, a registered and, she wntes, "My family and I are having a shortage of good delis is hard to take." nurse, was working pan-time as a substitute super time roarrung the Internet and estab- Connie Murphy Pema works part-time school nurse before David's amval. lishing e-mail contact with friends." She can at Pitney Bowes. Her son, Matthew, 5'i, was Ann Jones, Santa Monica, Calif, was be reached at [email protected]. diagnosed with atypical PDD in January 1994. named regional director of the Federal Trade Bruce Miller is associate professor of Connie would love to hear from other .ilums Commission's Los Angeles office in February'. anthropology at the University of Bntish with children like Matthew. She can be Previously she was a partner with Blecher & Columbia and editor of Culture, the journal of reached at 9 Guardhouse Dr., Redding, Conn. CoUins, a Los Angeles law firm specializing in the Canadian Anthropology Society. 06896. antitmst htigation; a Department ofJusrice Andrea Steiner and her husband live in special Htigation counsel to the assistant attor- a small village near Bath, England. Andrea ney general for antitrust; and an adjunct pro- writes that she is "the Bntish equivalent of an 1976 fessor at Loyola Marv'inount University. In assistant professor" at the Universirv' of South- 1993 and 1994 Ann won the Assistant Attor- ampton's Institute for Health Pohcy Studies. Alan Axelrod and his wife, Adelina, ney General's Award for Outstanding Her research focuses on the links between announce the adoption of Caroline Bemice Achievement. post-acute healthcare, preventive care, and from Colombia in February-. Justine Glynn Koscielny moved to methods of improving quality of care. (See also Barry Kriesberg, New Rochelle, N.Y., Daphne, Ala., and completed her master's in Lenard Steiner '39 and Jim Steiner '78.) has been appointed senior manager of the elementary education. Fnends can write her business solutions and ser%'ices group at Gold- at 258 Rolling Hill Dr., Daphne 36526; stem, Golub, Kessler & Co., a New York [email protected] [email protected]. 1974 City-based accounting and business consult- Steve Krafft was one of three attomeys- ing firm. He will focus on the finn's telecom- tumed-joumalists profiled in a February Tn- Roy Whitman Beck (see Phyllis 'Whitman munications and infomiation-technology bune Newspapers story, "Shedding Their Beck '49). operations. Previously Barr^' was director of Bnefs for Television." An invesngaOve reporter James Mewbom has joined the Min- techmcal support at the New York Hospital. for KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Steve began his neapolis law fimi of Arthur, Chapman, Ket- He IS a member of the New York State career as an attorney in Chicago, and he tering, Smetak & Pikala as an associate. He Board of Professional Medical Conduct. argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. specializes in products liability, professional Neal Lerer and his wafe. Rose, After a media-research stint, he began at liability, and automobile litigation. announce the birth of Benjamin on Nov. 13. KSAZ eleven years ago. "If you have ever been Frank Morgan II has become a partner In Februar\' Neal started his own law practice dressed down by a federal judge," Steve says, in the New York City law firm of Dewey in Chelmsford, Mass. He can be reached at 50 "speaking in front of a camera is nothing," Ballantine, where he joins his freshman-year Central Square, Chelmstbrd 01824. Jody Levine Mahr, her husband, haUmate from Everett House, Bill PhiUips, Kenneth O'Keefe was named executive Eugene, and their sons Chnstopher, 11, and who has been a corporate partner there for vice president of operations for Evergreen Daniel, 7, have moved to Hong Kong, where many years. Previously Frank was a partner Media Corp. in February. He will be respon- Eugene is senior markering manager for with Mayer, Brown & Piatt. sible for operational management and station Polaroid Corp.'s China operations. They are strategic planning. Previously Ken was execu- enjoying the sights, sounds, and especially tive vice president, chief finanacial officer, the tastes of Hong Kong. They may be reached 1975 and director of Pyramid Communications Inc., at Bamboo Grove, 78 Kennedy Rd., Flat 1102, where he worked on radio station acquisi- Wan Chai. Hong Kong, ROC. Peter Bardaglio, associate professor of his- tions and divestitures. Nancy Lewis Nichols and her husband. BROWN ALUMNI .MONTHLY 49 Bnan, Mendon, Mass., announce the birth of at the San Francisco law finii of Feldman, Diane is a self-employed animation director Matthew William on Feb. 27. The proud Waldman & Kline, where he specializes in in Los Angeles. grandmother is Elsie Anderson Drew '46. environmental litigation. Bonnie Katz returned to Columbus, Nancy Hament has joined Credit Re- Ohio, in 1989, after fifteen years on the East search and Trading, LLC, a high yield secun- Coast. She is a clinical psychologist in private 1978 ties "boutique" in Greenwich, Conn., as a practice, working with children and adults senior vice president. She spent the previous and consulting to the Social Security Adnun- John Braunstein has been appointed vice fifteen years at Lehman Brothers. "I knew the istation on disability claims. Her husband, provost at lona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. world had changed when I dressed in a suit Yizhar Sinvany, is starting a home inspection He continues to live in New York City, hap- for dinner with a client, and he showed up in business. They have three children, 7, 5, and pily married to Allison Silvers Braunstein. khakis, citing his fimi's new dress code." 2. Bonnie would love to hear from friends at Bob Goodman was elected co-chair Fnends can reconnect at (212) 769-0738 or 1776 E. Broad St., Columbus 43203; or of the San Francisco Bar Association's envi- (800) 648-1762. bkatzte'freenet. Columbus. oh. us. ronmental law section. Steve Lincoln 'Si Diane Heller writes, "The last place Jim Steiner and his wife live in HoUis, was elected secretary/treasurer. Earlier this where talent and hard work and education stiU N.H., with their two dogs. He is director of year Bob was appointed an adjunct professor matter is in the special-effects branch of film- marketing for OBj\CLE. His sister, Andrea of environmental law at the University of San making. Scott Anderson '86, Oscar-winning Steiner '73, sent in this note (see also Francisco School of Law, where, he wntes, director of effects on Babe: and Jerry Weil Lenard Steiner '39). "my students are much more diligent about '83, senior animator for Blink, Happy Gihiiore: Raymond and Paula Batt Wilson '80 getting to their 9 a.m. class than I ever was." and other computer graphics animators are all have moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio. In In his spare time. Bob continues as a partner 'descended' from Prof Andnes Van Dam." May Paula graduated from Case Western Classified Ads REAL ESTATE VACATION RENTAL J| BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. Ideal investment prop- IRELAND, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, erty. Wooded lot (Buda side), 7,200 square meten, ITALY, SPAIN. PORTUGAL. GREECE. 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First Comes Loi>e (Pantheon, 1996). a Memorial Fellow-ship for the 1996-97 aca- memoir of her marriage, her husband's strug- denuc year. She will be a research associate in gle with AIDS, and his death in the summer anthropology at UC-Berkeley, focusing on of 1994. Marion lives in Austin. Tex., with the poHtics and poetics of ntual among her two sons, and is heard regularly on Amencan Neo-Pagans. Her book Hie Two National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Madonnas: Tlie Politics of Festival in a Sardinian She hopes to see old fnends on her tour or to Conunnnily. won the Chicago Folklore Pnze hear from them at maliwalKaaol.com. in 1994. Jonathan Resnick and his wife. Sue, announce the birth of Gabrielle on July 26, 1995. "She IS very easy-going compared to her 1979 energized 3-year-old brother, Zach," Jonathan Randee Cassel and Seth Chemick. Weston. writes. "Her aunt. Max Resnick '81, is hop- Mass.. announce the birth of Rebecca Eliza- ing Gabnelle will follow m her footsteps and beth Chernick on Feb. 24. Matthew Phillip loin the Chattertocks. Max is engaged to Chemick turned two m May. Rebecca and Brian Powers 'Si." Jonathan can be reached Matthew are the grandchildren of the late at jresnick(a barbizon.com. Melvin Chemick '46. Seth is associated with rabbiarsW mail.erols.com. Steven Salemi has a Web page at http: APM Inc.. a New York-based healthcare Michael Stefani, Shrewsbun . Mass.. has //www.spiritnet.com/ and can be reached at is management consulting finn. Randee on completed a three-year sales assignment in vitaliast@aol . com leave from the practice of law while she "pur- the Asia-Pacific region. He can be reached at Lt. Cmdr. Mark Seeley. USN. has been sues new areas of expertise as domestic referee [email protected]. aboard the destroyer USS Ingersoll, helping and engineer." conduct maritime interceptions of merchant David Hart wntes. "We had a very ships in the Persian Gulf suspected of violating eventtul 199.S: new baby, new job. and new 1980 the intemational embargo against Iraq. He cirs". " Elizabeth Theresa Hart was bom May and his shipmates boarded and questioned ten 13 in Tampa, Fla.; Dave accepted a position Tobi Cassehnan Davis, Woodndge, lU., has ships suspected of smuggling prohibited mate- with Tivoli Systems Inc. after being with been working at Playboy for nine years and is rials to and from Iraq. GTE Data Services for fourteen years, and the currently the retirement plans coordinator. family moved to Austin, Tex., in August. She has been married to Tom Davis for three "Just as we were setthng in." Dave continues. years. They are keeping busy with a new I981 "IBM bought Tivoh. which may bring a few- house and garden. more changes, but not (knock on wood) Bernard Godley. Towson, Md.. is fin- Dorothy Attwood. Swarthmore. Pa., joined another move." He would love to hear from ishing a vitreoretinal surger)' fellowship in the coverage department of the Philadelphia- friends at 1 1 120 Callanish Park Dr.. Austin Baltimore. He has been appointed associate based law firm of Cozen & O'Connor in 7S750: (512) 257-7130. professor of ophthalmology- and David F. March. She specializes in commercial Htigation Leora Heckelman Liebman was Weeks Distinguished Professor at the Univer- and insurance coverage. Previously Dorothy appointed assistant clinical professor of medi- sity of Texas at Galveston. was a law clerk on the Third Circuit Court of cal psychology- at Columbia University Col- Daniel Gottsegen married Margaret Appeals; a Htigation associate at Schnader. lege of Physicians and Surgeons. She received Jackson (Oberlin 'S2) 111 Nonquit. Mass., on Harrison, Segal & Lewis; and a criminology- a Ph.D. in psychology- trom Har\'ard m 1992 July 4. Brian Kno-vvles was an usher. Mar- instructor at the undergraduate division of the and completed a three-year post-doc at Payne garet manages visitor centers m the Golden Wharton School. Whitney, Cornell Medical College, before Gate National Recreation Ai-ea. Darnel teaches Marlene DeMaio, Silver Spnng, Md., beginning at Columbia. Leora's husband at Cahfomia College of Arts and Crafts in has been named a fellow of the American Aaron, an Israeli-trained lawyer, works for Oakland and continues to exhibit his paintings. Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. the Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights His last show was in June 1995 at the Patricia Peter Friedman joined the faculty at and Peace. Tony Colonnese was best man Sw-eetow Gallery in Napa. Daniel's studio is Case Westem Reser\-e University's law school at their wedding last summer. Many other in the Mann Headlands, where he is atTihated in Januarv'. After spending the spnng com- alumni attended the ceremonv. with the Headlands Center tor the Arts. "We muting from New- York City, he'U be mov- Ben Machtiger has been appointed chief have open studios sevenil times a year," he ing to Cleveland this summer. He can be operating officer of Mai'steller Advertising, a wntes, "so anyone interested should drc>p by." reached at CWRU School of Law, 11075 East unit of Burson-Marsteller. He and his wife. Margaret and Daniel hve m Mill Valley, Calif Blvd.. Cleveland 44106; (216) 368-5224; e- Susan (Pnnceton '79), Uve in Bron.xv-ille. N.Y.. Alan Hecht. Cumberland, R.I.. wntes, mail pbfi'a pipeline.com, or [email protected]. with Kate, 6, and Peter. 4. "Andrew is now a year old. He joins the Marshall Jaffe and his -wife, Naomi, Rabbi Amy Ross Scheinerman and t\vins, Hillary and Daniel, 4." announce th.e birth of Henry Salomon on her husband. Edward, announce their Nancy Lester moved back to New York "7/13/95, weighing 7 lbs.. 13 ozs. Guess we daughter Rachel's Bat Mitzvah in May. Damn- City- last year with her husband, Michael no longer have to wonder which numbers is 10, Naomi is 7. and Jonah is 4. "We're all Ehtzer. and son, David William Lester Elitzer. to pick for Lotto." well." Amy writes, "busy and enjoying the bornjuly 12. 1994. Jonathan Knauss and his wife. Mary- children immenselv." Here-mail address is Sabina Magliocco. Kensington, Calif. Bartholomew, announce the birth ot their BROWN .MUMNI MONTHL^• • 51 first child. Eleanor Bartholomew Knauss, Jan. cializmg in products liability and environ- Valley Hospital and Radiology Associates m 28. Jody is working on his Ph.D. in sociology mental and aviation litigation, David is a mem- Ridgewood, NJ., and Karen is on leave from at the University' ofWisconsin-Madison. For ber of the New Jersey and American bar asso- her litigation practice. You can reach Elliot at those who may have forgotten, he notes, ciations. He lives m Litde Silver, NJ., with his ejlmdW'nexxus.novasys.com. "School still beats working for a hving." wife, Patricia, and their children: Emily, Michael Lev, Brookhne, Mass., writes, Aliza Knox, her husband Linton Atlas, David Jr., and Daniel. "After aU these years, I've finally finished my and son Jesse, born last Oct. 19, moved from Lisa Baldaufs photographs were in- training, got a real job, and got married - all Sydney, Australia, to Singapore in January. cluded m the "Past/Core/Present" exhibit at in the same year." He married Julie Goodman Aliza is director of the Boston Consulting the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Febru- in Thompson, Conn., on November 12. Group, and Linton does systems integration ary and March. Lisa lives in San Francisco. Many Brown alumni, including Michael's sis- for Citibank. They are keen to hear from Brian Burke was appointed deputy under- ter, Lynne Lev '88. attended the ceremony. friends and to entertain visitors at 18 Balmoral secretary of agriculture for natural resources Michael is a staft neuroradiologist at Massa- Park #02-10, Singapore 259 848: phone 65- and environment in the U.S. Forest Service chusetts General Hospital and is on the fac- 733-9052; fa.x 65-536-8608. in February. Previously he was senior poHcy ulty of Harvard Medical School. Steve Lincoln (see Bob Goodman '78). analyst on the White House Domestic Policy Jean Chiaramonte Martin and husband Jocelyn Noveck is spending the year at Council, advising the President on the envi- David announce the birth of twins, Isabel Stanford on a John S. Knight Fellowship for ronment, agriculture, natural resources, and Giovana and Fiona Main, on Feb. 23. Jean is professional ]ournalists. after three years as energy issues. taking a break from her job as managing edi- tor of Brompton Books Corp. in Greenwich, Conn., and looking forward to taking the twins to the beach near their home in Rowayton. Danianne Mizzy and Maurice Dana (Lyconung '78), New Milford, Conn., announce the birth of Sofia Mizzy Dana on May 9, 1995. Ruth was 4 in June. They can be reached at (86o)-3 50-9576 and moedana @aol.com. Laura Mosedale reports that she and her husband, Matthew Horgan. have two chil- dren; MoUy IS 4':, and Jack Mosedale Horgan is 3. They live in Greenwich, Conn., not far from Liz Birkland and Chris Oberbeck, who now have four boys; August joined brothers Christian, John Eric, and Conrad last spring. Laura hears that Kit Pancoast and her husband Mitsuhiro Nagamura are hving in Tokyo and were expecting a son early this year. Sandy Leong '85 M.D. and her hus- band, Kerry Sulkowitz, New York City, are expecting a second child, who will join Emma, 3, this summer. Karen Siff continues to run her manage- ment consulting firm in New York City and has begun peribmiing again. Her onginal assistant bureau chief for the Associated Press Mark Christopher has returned to the multimedia piece. "Body & Soul," played to in New York City. "We participate in special Boston law firm of Burns & Levinson, where sold-out audiences in the East Village. She seminars and take whatever courses we feel he will serve as chairman of the trusts and also received her master's in pertomiance will help us in our careers," Jocelyn writes. estates practice. studies from NYU in May. Karen and Franklin "I'm specializing in Middle East history, but Roland Laird and his wife, Taneshia Exkorn were expecting their first child this also having a great time taking all those Nash Laird, spent the last two years recover- month. She keeps in close touch with her courses I never got around to in college." ing from the natural-gas pipeline explosion brother, Larry '84, Jennifer Fearon '77, and Art Shaw, senior vice president of elec- that incinerated eight buildings, including Bettina Slusar '86. tronic brokerage at Charles Schwab, was fea- their home, in Edison, NJ. Roland writes, Alex Slivka is executive vice president tured in a March TccliCily article, published "My entrepreneurial pursuits took a hit, but of Nation.il Secunties Corp. in Seattle, He on the World Wide Web at http://www. the hip-hop comic book MC Squared, pub- and his wife, Susan, have two boys: David, 4, computerworld.com/techcity/profiles/ lished by my company Posro Inc., was and Mark, i. They can be reached at Sooi profiles.html. Descnbed as "the emerging included in the Baseball Hall of Fame for its 44th Ave. SW, Seatrie 98136; (Soo) 552-7574; model of the technology-sawy and empow- attention to the Negro Baseball Leagues." He [email protected]. ered general manager in the Internet era," Art is now working on an illustrated black history Mark Thompson has been appointed is responsible for Schwab's online products for W.W. Norton and continuing as a soft- lecturer in politics at the University of Glas- and services. He and his wife, Eve, and their ware engineer for Amarex Technology in gow in Scodand. Mark writes that he "learned two children live in Marin County, Calif New York City. He would love to hear from to love adobo in the Philippines and brafwurst difficulty classmates at 1 1 17 Blueberry Ct., Edison, NJ. in Germany, but I'm still having 08S17; or (908) 572-3213. getting used to haggis." He can be reached at 1982 Elliot Lerner '82, M.D. '85 and his wife, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT, Karen (Penn Law School '91), announce Scotland: nit 1 5Q(a'socsci. gla.ac.uk. David Apy was n.inied a partner at McCarter the birth of their first child. Alexis Hope, on Christopher Wright has been named a Si Enghsh, New York City, in January. Spe- March 9. Elliot is an neuroradiologist at the partner at the Philadelphia law fimi of Pepper, JULY 1996 H.iinilton & Scheetz. He specializes iii com- be reached at 17S2 W. Liberty St., Ann Arhor May, 20 months, is taking to "Abby" nicely. puter and technology law, entrepreneurial 4S103; szwetchdi uniich.edu. "Now all we need is sleep!" The family lives business, and general corporate law. in Washington, D.C. Carole Kim had her artwork exhibited 1984 at the Brand Librars' Art Galler\- in Glendale, 1983 Calif, in March. Pamela Arya and Robert Reed White Jr., Jonathan Linden and Wendy Ulin '86 Andrea Terzi Baum and David announce McLean, Va., announce the birth of their first had a busy 1995. Last July Jon left pnvate law the birth ot Alyssa Samantha on Nov. 22. child, Adam Reed Arya White, on Valen- practice in Los Angeles to join the legal She joins JefFrey, 2'i. After four months off. tine's Day. Pam took eight weeks of mater- department at Apple Computer in Cupertino, Andrea returned to work as the manager of nity leave from her job as program manager Calif Wendy is telecommuting with col- the financial analyst program at Goldman for General Research Corp. International. leagues in L.A. on a federally funded project Sachs. She can be reached at 25 Joanna Way, She can be reached at (703) S47-3065. on living wills and other advance directives. Short Hills. N.J. 07078; (201) 564-5084. Frederick Brodie was elected a partner In August. Matthew Barak was bom, joining Edward Handy III, Cranston, R.I., was at the New York City law firm of Winthrop, big brother Joshua Piatt. 4. They would love named senior vice president for commercial Stimson, Putnam &• Roberts, where he has to hear fi-om friends at 15899 Union Ave., real estate lending at Citizens Bank. Previ- been since 1989. In December 1995, BNA Los Gatos, Cahf 95032; hndenj@applehnk. ously Ed was vice president and team leader Books published ERISA Fiduciary Law, of apple.com or [email protected]. of the managed assets division for Fleet Bank. which Fred was an associate editor. His wife. Joanne Murphy married Christopher Brian Harper serves as director of the Donna Van Alst, returned to school last year Wrenn (Cornell '84) on July 2. 1995. The HIV Bureau at the Nassau County Depart- for an M.S.W. at the Rutgers University- bnde's sister. Susan Murphy Litten '82. and ment of Health in Long Island. He is marned School of Social Work. They can be reached brother. Richard Murphy '85. were both in and has two children, and offers to give Troy at 614 Orange Ave., Cranford, NJ. 07016; the wedding party. Many Brown finends Wilson free basketball lessons. Bnan can be (90S) 276-9104. attended the wedding. Joanne completed her contacted at cbcp2Sa(aiprodigy.com. Helen Chen 89 M.D. wntes that Lisa Ph.D. m psychology at Penn in December Jonathan Schwartz completed a medi- Golden '85 and Allen Au were marned and is working as a psychologist in a private cal intbrmatics fellowship at the University of August 5, 1995. Flavia Golden '86 was school in Media, Pa., for children with learn- Pittsburgh and received a master's in infomia- maid of honor, and Tina Mucci '85 and ing difficulties. tion science. He has moved back to New Helen were bndesmaids. Lisa is a family prac- Thomas Solomon, assistant professor of York Ciry to take a position as manager m the titioner for the San Francisco Department of physics at Bucknell, received the Cottrell health care infomiation technology consulting Public Health, and Allen is a systems engineer College Science Award from Research Corp. group of Ernst & Young, LLP. Jonathan can for Loral Corp. They live in San Leandro. tor the project, "The Effects of Convective be contacted at (212) 734-1844. Helen has been in San Francisco for seven Flows on Three-Dimensional Crystal Growth Mamie Seif and Bill Land, Newton, years and is a member of the division of gen- Patterns." His research focuses on the forma- Mass., are the proud parents of Sasha, 3. Mamie eral internal medicine at San Francisco Gen- tion of channels, or holes, in growing solids, IS vice president for legal affairs at AT&T's eral Hospital/ UCSF. "Dr. Cyr and everyone and how these channels are affected by fluid New Media Services division. Bill is a foren- in the DGIM at RIH were right." Helen flows in the system. Before assuming his posi- sic psychiatnst at Bridgewater State Hospital would love to hear from Brunonians at tion at Bucknell, Tom was a physics instructor and Harvard Medical School. [email protected]. at the University of Te.xas at Austin and a Shep Smithline and his wife, Annette Michael Edwards marned Teresa Pars- visiting instructor in physics at Haverford Zwick, jiinounce the birth of Zachar)' Ben- ley on June i. He received an M.S. in statistics College. jamin on Dec. 17. "Named for Annette's in December 1994 from UNC-Chapel Hill, Heidi Wemtz announces the birth of grandparents, not the president," Shep writes, and IS teaching at Saint Mary's College and Jane Linnea on Jan. 12 "during the so-called "Zachary is growing fast and is hoping to High School. He can be reached at (919) 967- Bhzzard of '96." Heidi is a second-year asso- enter the class of '13." Annette is a partner in 5641; or [email protected]. ciate in the energy group at Skadden, Arps, an anesthesiology practice in Minneapolis; Karsten Fliegner and his wife, Macy Slate. Meagher &; Flom, specializing in pro- Shep is working as a consultant for Medtronic, Au (Columbia '86), announce the birth of ject financing in Asia. She would love to hear a medical technology company, and teaching Ma.xinulian on Feb. 26. Macy and Karsten are from fnends at 7702 Lafayette Forest Dr., at the University of Minnesota. They can surviving their residencies in general surgerv Annandale, Va. 22003; (202) 371-7006. be reached at S488 Zanzibar Ln. N., Maple at Yale. Anyone wishing to learn more about Grove, Minn. 55311; (612) 494-9593; shep@ Max can reach them at [email protected]. usinternet.com. Michael Goodstein took a sabbatical 1985 GeofF Wawro is associate professor from the environmental enforcement section of strategN' at the U.S. Naval War College in at the Department ofJustice this past spring Karin Badt, Pans, can be reached at 42-63- Newport, R.I. His first book, Tlie Atistro- to teach environmental law at Tulane. He can 67-29, or [email protected]. Priissiati War, was published by Cambridge be reached at P.O. Box 761 1, Ben Franklin Robert Laudati (see Roger Laudati '50). University Press and made a selection by the Station. Washington. D.C. 20016. Eva Manolis wntes to warn that she's History Book Club. GeofF received his Ph.D. Andrea Hirschfeld. Philadelphia, mar- "helped bnng another Zouboulakis into the in histor\' from Yale in 1992 and marned ned Robert Unterberger (Tufts '84) on Nov. world." Katenna Eva Zouboulakis was bom Ceciha Schilling in Buenos Aires last summer. 26. M.iny Brown alumni attended the cere- Apnl 7. Her big brother. Socrates, is 4. Eva, He can be reached at [email protected]. mony, including family members Sandra Chns, and their children hve at 440 FUngwood Sam Zwetchkenbaum completed a fel- Hirschfeld Cratner '85, James Hirschfeld Ave., Menlo Park. Calif 94025. lowship at M.U. Anderson Cancer Center '91. and Neil Hirschfeld '59. The couple Abigail Raymond McNear and her hus- in Houston and is working at the University thanks Carrie Greenberg '79 for introducing band, Jeff (Kalamazoo College 'So), announce ot Michigan Medical Center as a maxillofacial them. Andrea has changed her name to Andrea the birth of their first child, Madehne Spencer, prosthodontist. He makes prostheses for Beth Unterberger. on March 17, 1995. After staying home with patients who have had surgery for head and Elizabeth Baker KefFer and her hus- Maddy for ten months, Abigail went into neck cancers. "It is a lot of fun hving in a col- band, Jeff, anounce the birth of Audrey Beat- business with her mother. Mark Foster Music lege environment again," Sam wntes. He can rice on Feb. 26, three weeks early. Big sister Tours Inc. arranges European concert tours BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 53 for amateur perfonning groups. Abigail would on March 3, 1995. Proud relatives include 1988 enjoy putting her rusty correspondence skills grandmother Nancy Dawn Zarker Jones '56 to use: 847 N. Ridge, #2. Evanston. 111. 60202; and uncle Wes Jones 87. [eft and |cnnie are Gillian Leonard and Steve Climo '87, McNearta.iol.coni. working hard at balancing parenthood and NaperviUe, 111., announce the birth of Cora Liam G.B. Murphy and Susan Hess careers. They welcome visitors at 2916 Adams Brown Clinio on Aug. 2. Steve trades options (William Smith '85) announce the birth of St., La Crescenta, Calif 91214; (818)249-9680. at the Chicago Board of Trade for Hull Trad- Thomas Padraig on March 17, 1995. "What Beth KobUner has published her first ing Co. Gillian takes classes for her teaching timing for an Irishman," Liam writes. "Tom's book, Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in certification in secondary education and coaches first visit to Brown came in May 1995 when Ycinr Twenties and Thirties (Simon & Schuster, the girls varsitv' tennis team at NaperN'ille he marched with the class of 1985 in the 1996). Beth, a contributing wnter for Money Central High School. Commencement parade - causing President magazine, can be reached at bkoblmer Nicole Cooley's first collection of poetry. Gregonan to remark, 'What a cute baby!" W'aol.com. Resurrection (Louisiana State Press, 1995), won Tom and his family look forward to letters at Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann was pro- the 1995 Walt Whitman Award of the Amer- 704 West 32nd St., Wilmington, Del. 19802; moted to vice president of customer manage- ican Academy of American Poets. 102026. [email protected] or LiamGB ment and marketing at Providian Bancorp, Kristi Erdal received her Ph.D. in chni- Murphyfa'compuserve.com. where she manages marketing for 2.2 million cal psychology from Anzona State University Patricia Yager defended her Ph.D. in customers. She and her husband, Gioncalo, last August. She is an assistant professor of oceanography at the University of Washing- bought a house in May 1995 and are decorat- psychology at Colorado College in Colorado ton on Feb. 9. She plans to spend the rest of ing every weekend. Spnngs, where she lives with her husband, the year in an ocean-modehng post-doc in Sophie Miron accidentally gave the Kns Barney. She looks forward to seeing the department ot marine science at the Uni- BAM the \\ rong birthdate for her son, Ehezer Sarah "Wolk '92 M.D. and her husband Paul versity ot Georgia in Athens, continuing her Yaacov, m a classnote published in Febinaary. Bechta '87, '88 M.S., who were marned work on carbon cycling m the Arctic. Next He was actually born May 14, 1995. Sept. 4, 1994, and live in Denver. Friends can January she will begin as assistant professor of Lee Rafkin and his wife, Lori (DePauw reach Kristi at (719) 630-8049 or kerdal@cc. oceanography at Florida State University in '85), announce the birth of Hannah Kendal colorado.edu; e-mail Paul and Sarah at psbechta Tallahassee. She looks forward to living in the on Oct. 27. Lee is director of marketing at @aol.com. same time zone as her husband, Steven Hol- Nickelodeon Networks in New York City, Andrew Friedman and Julie Schachter land (University of Chicago '90 Ph.D.), who and Lori is a vice president in international '90 were marned on Dec. 9. "A contingent of is on the ficulrv m Athens. insurance for Marsh & McLennan. They can Brown people attended in chilly Pittsburgh," be reached at 26 Garthwaite Ter., Maple- Andrew writes. "None wore shorts." They wood, NJ. 07040. are both lawyers and live at 1275 Maplewood 1986 Ave., #28, Portsmouth, N.H. 03801; (603) 427-6913; [email protected]. Scott Anderson won an Academy Award 1987 Jamie Kase and his wife, Deha, announce for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for his the birth of Bnan John on Jan. 3. He joins work on the motion picture Babe. Mark Gim, Barnngton, R.I., was promoted Benjamin Ryan, who will he 2 in August. John Feehrer and Nancy Wendland to assistant vice president and financial plan- The boys' uncle. Daniel Kase '85, and aunts Feehrer (Pacific Lutheran University '86) ning officer for the Washington Trust Co. Lori Kase '85 andjodi Kase Pliskin 83 are announce the birth of Derek William on Feb. Previously Mark was a manager in the corpo- busy taking care of their cousins. Jamie prac- 29th; "he's already worried about when his rate planning department at Citizens Financial tices real estate and tax law with a Washing- fint birthday will be celebrated." John com- Group. ton, D.C., firm. He lives at 2704 Pony Farm pleted his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Lori Schack, David Mermin, Gersh Ct., Oakton, Va. 22124; kasejaW'aporter.com, the University of Colorado-Boulder in May Kuntzman, and Julie Rosenberg spent two or (703) 716-3071. 1995 and is working at Hewlett Packard m weeks meandering through Italy last summer, Allison Kelsey moved from New York Fort Collins, Colo. Nancy is on leave from stopping in Rome for Gyneth Sick and City to Philadelphia in September 1995 to get her second-grade teaching position in nearby James Walker's wedding. "The wedding feast a master's in historic preservation at the Uni- Longmont. Their address is 3775 Drake Dr., was the best of many memorable meals, " Lon versity of Pennsylvania. Old pals can reach Loveland 80538; (970) 593-1718; e-mail writes. "We danced into the wee hours by a her at (215) 665-8799 or akelsey@dolphin. feehrerto'fc. hp.com. lake in the Roman countiTside. along with upenn.edu. N. Clay Gary wntes, "I can't believe David Eligator '87 and Stowe Frey 87." Dave Morris wntes, "Once again, the I've been in self-imposed exile for eight years. Jonathan Scherl and Marcella (Rutgers S.H.A.F.T. table operated at Campus Dance. Mail from overseas has dwindled to a trickle, '88) announce the birth of their first child, It was located in front of Slater and had and my contact with Brown friends is now Danielle ChaeH, on March 24 111 New York Christmas lights so it could be seen from afar." zero. Everyone may have long since written City. Dave can be reached at dmoms2(a)Lx.netcom. me off, but I am alive and well in Tokyo, Mark Schindler and Alexandra de Brito com. doing regional advertising planning tor Dentsu had a baby girl. Heather Claire, on October Gregory Tucker and Jennifer Knuth Inc. Recent projects also have me spending 9. Lilli went into labor shordy after the wed- moved to Cambridge, Mass., injanuar\'. Greg time in Indonesia and Malaysia." Clay can be ding of Kim Sweet to Paul Radvany (Colum- successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in reached at 81-3-3788-0386, or d\2i2S(a\ bia '89, '92 I.D.) on October 8. Many other geology in November and is now a post-doc dentsu.co.jp. alumni attended the ceremony. in environmental engineering at MIT. He Lil Gustilo and Rod Hamar announce Peter Weyler and Jenny Wick continue and Jen can be reached at 39A Lee St. #25, , the birth of Daniel Cameron on Dec. i. to revel in the dehghts of Worcester, Mass. Cambridge 02139; (617) 876-2243; gtucker@ I Alexandra turned two on March 4. Lil is an Jenny is at Family Medicine Associates in mit.edu, [email protected]. associate at a Bridgeport, Conn., law fimi; Shrewsbury, Mass.; Peter annually exposes his Diana Wells, a Ph.D. candidate m anthro- and Rod is the eastern region account super- middle school students to a poetr>' slam. pology at New York University, won a J visor at Competitive .Vledia Reporting in Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foun- | New York Cily, dation dissertation grant. The grant is to sup- Jennie Jones Hanson and her husband. port original and significant research in Jeff, announce the birth of Christian William women's studies. 54 • JULY 1996 The twenty-fifth reunion class of 1971 gathered Saturday night for cocktails at the historic Arcade in downtown Providence - the oldest U.S. indoor shopping mall in continuous use. 1989 He can be reached at 78 Carder Rd., War- with our dog. Mulligan." Rick can be reached wick 02889; [email protected]. at [email protected]. Jonathan Bastian and his wife, Julie, Mark Guasp was named to a two-year .mnounce the birth of their first child, Maris.sa tenu as student representative on the board McKinley. on Jan. 13. "Everyone is happy of visitors at Duke University's Fuc]ua School 1990 and healthy," Jonathan writes. "All of us are of Business. A member of the Fuqua MBA almost ready to sleep through the night. We class of 1997, Mark was assistant vice presi- Becky Bleifeld and Matt Black '91 were just have one stubborn hold-out." [onathan dent for business and professional banking niamed Sept. 17. 1995. Lots of Brunonians can be reached at (Si 5) 962-6(154. with Citibank in New York City before start- attended, incluclmg bndesmaids Amy Bohner. Lynn Bongiomo t;raduated from the ing his MB.^ program. Painela Bigler Hendrickson. and Jennifer Wharton School with mi MB.'V in health care Gopher Richardson wntes to thank Schonbrunn; .ind groomsmen Martin Asis and operations and is working at Oxford those who made the tirst-ever February 24 '91 and Bruce DelMonico '91. Matt got Health Plans in Norwalk. Conn., with Jainie Brown, RlSl) Alumni Group event so success- his master's ot environmental science from Richter '91. She would love to hear from hil. "Around 125 people attended," Gopher the Yale School of Forestrv' and Environmen- classmates: (203) 750-0299. wntes. "We've gained six new people who tal Studies and is now resident naturahst at the Kyra Butzel moved from Providence to want to help organize and create events." For Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center in Seatrie m June 1995 and bought a house in more information, call him at (401) 454-1795, Milford. Becky quit her job as international March. "In other words," she writes. "I love or e-mail [email protected]. marketing manager at Calvin Klein Inc. and is It here." She is working for the glass artist Karen Bertnan Ross, Burlington, Vt., taking some time oft". They would love to Dale Chihuly and hopes to take up freelance is studying massage therapy and has a w'eekly hear from friends at i Miltbrd Point Rd., Mil- writing again soon. She can be reached at diet ot dance, meditation, and music. She'd ford 06460: or [email protected]. (206) 632-S707 and kyra^jichihuly.com. love to hear from friends at 11 So. Union St., Peggy Chang returned to Brown in May Glenn Daves and Carole Ausbum Burlington, Vt. 05401: (802) S63-9S28. 1994 as coordinator of the Resource Center, announce the birth of Rebecca Sue on Nov. Thomas Shapira mamedjodi Cremer taking over for Laura Pierce "89, who is 16. Carole is managing a department of statis- (U. of Illinois '90) on May 28, 1995. Eliot now at the University of Washington pursuing ticians for Rcttdcr's Dij^csl. and Glenn is an Ephraim '92, David Grossman '92, and a master's in nonprofit management. In mid- engineer building multi-chip modules for IBM Mike Koppel '92 were groomsmen: many Januar\' Pegg\' became director of the Ven- 111 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. They hosted a mini- other ,ilumni attended the ceremony. Tom ture Consortium, a nonprofit organization reunion in their new home tor Brown friends practices health care law at the Chicago fimi supported by six colleges and universities. She living in the New York City area. "Scott of Katten Muchin & Zavis. IS in touch with Ron Brown '93, Gabo Crowder '90, Christopher Crozier. Kim Christina Ittleson Smith and her hus- Dam '93. Drew Kim "93, and 'Vicky Rivera Weisul. Bill Cook. Donna Utakis 90. Bill band, Sean, New York Cit)', announce tlie '93, all ot whom work at Brown: Vincent Silverman, and Karen Jason all got a chance birth of their first child, CarUn Sundby. on Harisaran '93 is the intenm coordinator tor to meet 1 Rebecca," Glenn wntes, "but none March 1 . Stephanie Hunt is godmother. the Resource Center. Pegg^' roomed with volunteered to change a diaper." Glenn and Rick Snowdon graduated from the Kel- Jenny Ting '91, '95 M.D. until May, when Carole can be reached at [email protected]. logg School in June and will begin working Jenny began her anesthesia residency at UC- com. with Enron Capital and Trade Resources San Francisco. Peggy's sister, Jane Chang '94, Jeffrey Feola has returned to Rhode in Houston in September. "Marlee and I hope IS in her first year at UVM's medical school. Island. He looks forward to hearing from lost Houston will be as much fun as Chicago." Amy Hsu '91, '95 M.D. did her internship at friends and to "providing a patch of grass out- Rick writes. "We will travel around the north- North Shore Hospital in Manhasset. N.Y., side his apartment for those passing through." western U.S. and Canada for the summer and started a residency program in rehabilita- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY • SS 1 Friends catch up with each other's lives at Alumni Field Day, May 25. tive medicine at the University of Washing- ton in May. Pei Loh '91 is getting married on August 1 1 to Edward Park. Pei received her J.D. from Penn last year and is working .11 a law firm m New York Ciry. Cathy Kang '92 finished her first ye.ir of law school at UC-Berkeley. Eric Banson '91 is in the M.B.A. program at Columbia. John Morton has finished his first year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati. Ann Abraham '90, '94 M.D. has finished her second year of residency in family medicine at the Universitv of Minnesota. Michael Sandoval '91 fin- ished his M.F.A. at the University of Michi- gan. Erwin Tan '91 has tinished his last year of medical school at NYU. Carol Roach is pursuing her Ph.D. in psychology at URI. Patty Bacame '91 is in a master's program in counseUng at UC-San Diego. Peggy can be reached at (401) 863-2324 or Peggy_Chang@ Thomas Pizzuti writes that Mark Hel- marketing analyst for Franklin Electric, a major brown.edu. lendrung lives 111 Watertown, Mass.. and is producer of submersible electric motors, and Christopher Coppola .md Meredith CTt) of Nantucket Nectars. Tom Wunder- IS using her free time to pursue an M.B.A. Norvell '91 announce the birth of Uciijamin lich '89 IS finishing his M.B.A. at Mil 's Sloan from Indiana University. Anyone who is pass- Paul Coppola on August H, 1995 - "the day School and will marry |ulie Fr.iser on August ing through Fort Wayne. Indiana, should Jerry Garcia died." Chris wntes. "He has 17. Dave Bruno married Caroline Gallagher look her up. given us mellow times ever since." Chns and on June 9. "These two mamages signal an Scott Gordon can be reached at Meredith would love to hear from chums at end to three alumni living together in Boston SGMoney (ojucla.edu. 133B Florence Rd., Branford, Conn. 06405; for the past five years," Tom writes, "tearing Kevin Hall, Ventura, Calif, writes that [email protected]. up golf courses throughout New England." he regrets not being at the reunion. "I will, Tanuja Desai received a James Jones Kimberly Sewall Sachs and her hus- with luck, be continuing training for the First Novel Award for her novel-in-progress band, Stephen (Johns Hopkins '83), Los Cllympic Games after winning the tnals in the tentatively titled Tale of a Two Hearted Tiger. Angeles, announce the birth of Rachel Anne Laser class. It looks as though the eligibility A freelance editor in New York Ciry, Tanuja on Ian. 18. Rachel is the first grandchild of issue covered in the February 1 5 New York has worked as a writer and research assistant Steven Sewall '61 and the first niece of Times has finally been resolved. I'm relieved for the Paris Review and at the Whitney Derek Sewall '94. Kimberly is a full-time and proud that I have had almost three yean ot Museum's film and video department. mom, and Stephen has started his own real perfect health. Thanks agam to the many fnends Elana Rone Finn and her husband, estate business. who stood by me when times were trying." Daniel '89, announce the birth of Matthew Ned Sherman has moved from Austin, Kevin was the favorite in the Laser class; Jacob on Nov. 12. They have moved to New- Tex., to Tokyo to join the law firm of Hannah Swett is the favonte in the Europe ton, Mass., where David is a dennatology Nishimura tk Sanada as a foreign legal consul- Dinghy class; and Kris Farrar with Louise '9 resident at the combined Tufts/B.U. pro- tant. He will be in Tokyo for rvvo years and Van Voorhis (Yale ) is favored in the 1 470 gram. Elana is taking time off from her career plans to spend his tree time studying Japanese class, coached by Mike Zani '93." Kevin in clinical social work to be a full-time mom. and traveling in Asia with his girlfriend, Ako marned Annthea Fenwick (UC-Santa Barbara) They would like to hear from friends. Yamagata (Texas '94). Ned would love to on December 2. She is the fitness director at Deborah Goldberg graduated from meet up with alums traveling in Asia. He can the Pierpont Racquet Club. They spent six UCLA's law school in May and will join be reached at 01 1-81-3-5562-8500. weeks in AustraUa, "ostensibly a honeymoon," Christensen, White et. al., a Los Angeles-based Julie Ward reports that Jennifer Lewis Kevin writes, "although I trained for the law firm, as an associate in the fall. In Octo- '91 and Bernard Yainron '95 Ph.D. were majonty of the time. Please e-mail a Joke or ber 1994 Deborah marned Daniel Zimmer- marned in Tarrytown, N.Y., on March 31. cooking tip to Fre2BUnMefSa0l.com." mann, who is also in the UCLA law program. Jen and Bernard are living in Hamson, N.Y. Scott Meyer will marry Manela Ferro She would like to hear from fnends at 1 181 Many alumni were in attendance. Julie can be (Mount Holyoke '91) in August. They are Venice Blvd. #347, Los Angeles 90066; (310) reached at ward(a'hpl.hp.coni. both at Harvard Business School and will be 572-1082; [email protected]. Emily Widmann marned her Harvard moving back to New York City after gradua- Brian Kaye moved from Colorado to Law classmate, Robert McBurney, on Sept. tion. They can be reached at (617) 787-9388 Centreville, Va., and finally to Arlington, Va. 10, 1995, in Larchmont, N.Y. Lauren Wale, or [email protected]. He is the sales and marketing director for the Ashley Bruce, and T. Alexandra Robert computer training division of Management '91 were in the bridal parry, and many other Concepts. In May 1995 Brian marned Wendy alumni attended. 1992 Vander Els (New Hampshire '89) in York, Me. Mike Buchanan '90 was in the wed- Bridget Carpenter was a finalist in the ding, and many other alumni attended. Brian I99I C'lauder C A>inpetition, a new-play contest tor can be reached at i loA North Bedford St., New England playwnghts, for her work The Arhngton 22201; (703) 516-4039; Tammy Houser Davis celebrated her third Dcalli ofllie Tiiiher of Psyclioiiiialysis (€' Anno). [email protected]. wedding anniversary with Craig. She is a The play will be produced by Shakespeare t'v 56 JULY I 9 96 , Company of Lenox. Mass. The iyy.S-y6 Java, Indonesia, last year. She taught conver- Bowling Green, Ky. 42103; (502) 7S2-7003; Jerome Fellow at the Pla\"wnghts" Center in sational English to elementary school children jar(a tcs-express.com. Minneapolis, Bridget has had plays produced and helped paint a local school. Heather Kent marned David Handel in Australia. Scotland, and the U.S. Alexandra Hokin has started Repunsal (Cornell. Auburn University School ot Vet- Julian Chan graduated from Penn Law Cards Inc.. a greeting-card business, and ennap,' Medicine) on March 3 1 in Great in May lyys and was admitted to the Massa- exhibited her work at the National Stationery Neck. N.Y. Mona Wagle was a bndesmaid, chusetts bar. He works at Pentus Software Show in New York City in May. Previously and Joel Kent "ys w.is a groomsman. Heather's Ser\Mces as acting general counsel. He reports Ah was in the publishing department at Walt father, Donald Kent '68, walked her down that Jim Fukuda. Sumant Ranji. and Disney and wrote several children's books. the aisle with her mother. Many other Chuck Singson recently met in Boston and Lee McDaniel has joined the wholesale Brunonians attended. Heather has an M.H.S. \isited Brown. Jim is still in graduate school lending division of Residential Mortgage in maternal and child health from Johns Hop- ill Boston, and Sumant and Chuck are in Corp., Providence, as account executive for kins School of Public Health and works at school in C'hicago. Julian also reports that Missoun and Kansas. Previously he worked Johns Hopkins Hospital as the pediatnc bone Allen Ferrell 'y2 A.M. graduated from Har- for BayBank and Fleet. Lee plans to join marrow transplant coordinator in pediatric vard Law in May lyys and has been clerking Mike Kirsh '91 to visit all the major league oncology. for a circuit court judge in Washington, D.C. baseball parks over the ne.xt three summers. Nancy Lublin finished her two-year Allen expect-s to be clerking for Justice Kennedy He would love to hear from friends who stint as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford Univer- at the U.S. Supreme Court this summer, and would like to join them: 600 Angell St., Prov- sity and has completed her first year at NYU's can be reached at (202) 273-0355. Julian idence 02906; (401) 621-6489, home; (401) law school. She is spending the summer would like to hear from friends at (50S) 670- 946-7490 XI 3 5, ofFice; LeeMcD(Sbrownvm. doing abortion-rights organizing and advo- 2500 ext 5yfi.; jchan(g!peritus.com. brown.edu. cacy in South Afnca. She can be reached at Melissa Culross lives m Providence with Joanne Quinones is at Fordham Law (212) 929-4635: nqly531c1s4.nyu.edu. Cindy Moser yo and Linnea Berg yi with Mito Todd ys. Toni Jordan yi. Paul Quick, a third-year medical student M.A.T. Melissa is working at WWBB-FM Curtis Harris, and Cristina Park '95. Last at UC-Davis, recently received e-mail asking (Bioi-The Oldies Station) and WMJX-FM November they celebrated when Ken about the first Gay and Lesbian Awareness (Magic 106.7) in Boston, and has begun acting Padilla '92 passed the New York and New event at Brown. "My memory on this is a lit- with regional theaters in Providence. She sees Jersey bars, along with Karen Young (who tle fuzzy. Can anyone help me out?" Paul can Wendy White yi.Josh Ablett 94, Sarah passed the same bars), Nathaniel Durant, be reached at [email protected]. Williams y4,Jess Lord 'y4. Scott Thomas Melissa Rodriguez, and Malik Sievers. Sheryl Ryu married Michael Dawson on 'y4, and Bert Hancock "y^ regularU'; and Sept. y in her hometown, Poughkeeepsie, talks to Ted McEnroe Sy and Wendell N.Y. Many Brow n alumni and students were Clough Sc;, both ot whom live in Maine. ^993 there. Christine Franek 'y2. Joanna Zeiger Jim Dand writes. "The members ot 'y2, and Serena Wu were bridesmaids. Sheryi's Angry Salad (Bob Whelan yi. Hale Pul- Roger Bearden and Lara Schwartz are teammates from the tennis team and her sifer '93, and myselt) have quit their day jobs "relaxing at the lovely Harvard Law School coach. Norma Taylor, had an impromptu re- and are on a national tour. Our album, Tlw resort and jungle gym." Lara is engaged to union. The couple honeymooned in Bermuda. Guinea Pig EP, was nominated for a Boston Chuck Ramville (St. Mary's College of Mary- Jamie Slade has finished her third year Music Award for best debut album. We will land '91). Their wedding is tentatively sched- of teaching and coaching high school and w'ill tour through the South and Mid-Atlantic uled for August 1997. They can be reached at begin taking classes at Anzona State Univer- states, including a stop in Panama City Beach. beardenftt>law.har\-ard.edu or lhschwar@ sin's evening M.B.A. program this fall. She Fla., to play at the Spin Magazine/MTV law.harvard.edu. and her fiance, Guy Mathey, will be married Spring Break New Music Showcase." Angry George Govatzidakis received an M.S. this month in a small family ceremony. She Salad also appeared at the Underground in Ill aeronautics from MIT in 1995 and is cur- sends greetings to all Kappa Alpha Thetas and Faunce House on Apnl 1 1 to help celebrate rently serving a mandatory one-year tour asks them and other friends to call or write at the Underground's fifteenth anniversary. To m the Greek amiy. He hopes to return to the her new address: 27940 W. Comman, Casa get the latest info on Angry Salad, visit the U.S. and work in the aerospace field. Grande, Az. 85222; (520) 426-9515. web site: http://ww,'W. instantmag.com/salad; Kyle Jean Hackett married Edwin Smith or contact the band at (617) 4yy-SPIN or on \'>cc. 31 111 Steamboat Springs, Colo. [email protected]. Jim can be reached at |ciind Nancy Hackett Handloff'86 was matron 1994 @on.com or (617) 692-3173. of honor: Susannah Dameron was maid of Lydia Fazzio graduated from Tufts honor; .ind Megan Lipton. Alison Yager. Robert Ast finished his first year of medical medical school in May and will specialize 111 and Cara Lichtenstein '94 were in the bridal school at the University of Colorado. He and psychiatry. She planned a cruise to northern parry. The bride's parents. Barbara Funk Debbie Rudnick would love to hear fi-om Europe with her parents m June. Hackett '61 and Douglas Hackett "61, and fnends at 560 S. Dahlia Cir. #G-207, Glen- Charlie Glicknian hves in Oakland, Cahf many other Brown alumni attended the cere- dale, Colo. 80222; or [email protected]. with Elizabeth, three cats, and rwo snakes. mony. The couple can be reached at Durham Jonah Brown is a creative executive for He is a co-founder of and project coordinator Rd., Rural Delivery 8, Inglewood, New film producer Jon Peters in Beverly Hills, for Men Overcoming Sexual Assault, the first Zealand: thomaskfataranaki.ac.nz. Calit. Jonah's roomate, Angela Cheng, was sexual assault crisis hodine for male survivors Ray Ibrahim graduated from the Uni- promoted to literary agent at the Gersh in the U.S. He has been working as a volun- versity of Virginia School of Law and works Agency 111 Be\erly Hills. They keep in touch teer, but hopes to turn the project into an on Wall Street with Cadwalader, Wickersham with Michael Valeo.Josh Barry ys, Joanna agency with paid staff". Charlie also works at & Taft as a securites lawyer. White '')}. Brent Curtis '92, and Chris Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, tunes his David Jarusinski moved from Atlanta to Krausman 'y2 in Los Angeles. They also see I y67 VW, and plays ultimate frisbee. He can Kentucky, where he is a quality engineer Parviez Hosseini '95 in Santa Barbara, Brad be reached at (510) 654-1986 or glickmanfa) with Bando Manufacturing of America. He Simon '93 in San Francisco, and others on sinus. com. would love to hear from classmates, team- the East Coast. Josh and Angela can be reached Heather Hillman spent three weeks mates, friends - especially anyone planning an at 520 S. Bumside Ave. Apt. sL, Los Angeles with the Cilobal Volunteers ser\'ice program Olympic trip to Adanta this summer. He can yoo36; (213) y65-ri32. 111 Jeruklegi, a remote village on the island of be reached at S50 Wilkinson Ter., Apt. 12. Mike Brown finished his second year BROWN .ALU.MNl MONTHLY 57 in Brandeis Univei-sit\'"s graduate theatre arts at Wayne State Uiuversirv' School ot Medicine ^995 program, where he is studying scenic and in Detroit and would like contact with other lighting design. "Having an amazing time." medical students from Brown. She can be Ty Alper, New York City, wiU be working he writes, "even if sleep is not included. This reached at [email protected]. on death-row appeals for indigent clients at summer, I'm headed to the WiUiamstown Nikta Kani is in an M.B.A. program at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Theatre Festival as an assistant scenic designer." ESADE-Barcelona and will be on a semester Atlanta this sunuiier. Mike can be reached at 79 Rich St., Walthani. exchange in the U.S. dunng the spring of Richard Alweis. Providence, is m medi- Mass. 02154; (617) 713-7814; MBrown{(i> 19137. Nikta can be reached at m9S03O4@ cal school at Brown with roommates Jon binah.cc.hrandeis.edu- alunines.esade.es. Smith and J. Patrick Ordonez, after Jennifer DePreist finished her first year Suzanne Kao is studying Mandarin m spending last summer teaching and roaming at Stanford Law School and can be reached at Taipei. She would love to hear from fnends the English countryside. "Having not been in depreistfaileland.stanford.edu. at n163030faimtc.ntnu.edu.tw. a classroom with windows all year," he Rebecca Feldtnan and John Shein- Heidi Kay finished her master's m elec- writes, "I have developed a much greater appreciarion of the Sciences Library." He can be reached at (401) 454-3963; Richard_ AlweisM'brown.edu. Limarys Caraballo mamed Ruben Gonzalez and moved to California last August. She is teaching Enghsh at St. Mary's College High School and would love to hear fi"om fnends. She can be reached at 1 126 9 St. #4oG, Albany, Calif. 94107; (510) 524-0636; [email protected]. Susan Chew is an assistant buyer for Bloomingdale's. After "a few months buying candy," she is 111 decorative housewares. She lives outside Brooklyn Heights with Patrick McTurk and a dog, Toby. Julie Emerick and Carl Steffens. Boston, will be mamed on Aug. 24 in Rantoul. lU. Both are employed by Price Waterhouse. Brian Fitzsimons's first year of medical school at Ohio State went well. He plans to travel this summer. Jessie Glass is living and working in Manhattan. She is an assistant audio engineer in a studio that composes the music for tele- vision commercials. Jessie can be reached at (212) 929-S969. Amy Graham moved to Boston to work for a year after both of her Peace Corps assignments were canceled last year due to federal budget cuts. She spent the academic baum '93 celebrated their one-year anniver- tncal engmeenng at Stanford and moved year in the otlice of enrichment programs at sary on June 11. Seth Feldman '97, the to Munich to work for the Network Systems Han-ard Medical School. She has a new- bride's brother, was best man at tlie wedding; Division of Siemens AG. She is combining Peace Corps assignment, doing rainforest and Ayanna Gaines, Ron Barlin '93, interests in engineenng, public relations, wnt- conservation in Madagascar. After September Mark Berger '93, and Lyle Margolis '93 mg, and German to develop marketing strate- 5 her new address will be U.S. Peace Corps, were also in the wedding party. Alumni and gies for Siemens's networking products. Heidi c/o American Embassy, B.P. 620, lOi students from the classes of 1962 to 1997 were can be reached at 0S9-7SS-6837 or Heidi. Kay Antananarivo, Madagascar. To reach her present for the the Washington, D.C., cele- @vs. Siemens. de. before she leaves, call (847) 945-2234. bration. "Rousing choruses of 'Ever True' Ian McKenney works for an investment Chris Hays completed his first year in the and the 'Alma Mater' were sung by Brunoni- consulting finn m Chicago. He can be Ph. I!), progiam in physics at Columbia. He ans past and present," the couple wntes, reached at (312) 616-7538; imckenne@ has also been an assistant coach for the b,ise- "much to the amusement of Roger Feld- ibbotson.com. ball team, which split two games with Brown man '62, the bnde's father." Becky and Jack Peter Reinke, after two-and-a-half years this year. This summer he is working with a can be reached at 9F Gaslight Village Apts., as an aide to U.S. Senator John Chafee, has high-energy physics group at Fermilab out- Ithaca, N.Y. 14S50; [email protected]. decided to leave Capitol Hill for Cahfornia. side Chicago. Nelson Hernandez and Shareen "Don't worry," he writes, "office-mate Amy Mary Hull is a freelance writer in Boston. Joseph '93, Perth Amboy, NJ., were mar- Dunathan '88 will hold down the fort." Peter She IS working on her third book for junior- ned on May 19, 1995, in New York Cir>'. will teach high-school histoiy and political sci- high readers, and writing about everything They are planning a Catholic wedding cere- ence at the Head-Royce School in Oakland. from boxing to Bosnia. She invites Bninonians mony tor the summer of 1997. Nelson is a Babatunde Thomas has produced Soul in the area to join her for cannoli on Hanover structural engineer with URS Consultants Sedirlicf, a recording on which he sings and St. Mary can be reached at 6 StiUman PL, Inc., New York City. Shareen works in the plays the sa.xophone and piano. Babatunde Boston 02113; (617) 723-9270. special events department of the National would welcome the opportunity to share his Andrew Jacobs is a Ph.D. candidate in Hockey League and travels during the year to music - from jazz to blues, salsa to funk. He religion at Duke. "I'U be here for many NHL cities and events. can be reached at 427 Pine St., Providence years," he wntes. Andrew can be reached at Kathleen Hill has finished her first vear 02907; (401) 621-5938. 922 Dacian Ave #114, Durham, N.C. 27701; 58 • JULY 1996 (gig) 6S7-7764; asji(a;acpuh. duke.edu. Predrag Jovanovic moved to California on New Year's E\e. He works for a fiber- optic company in Berkeley and can be reached at 2909 Glascock St., Oakland 94601; (sio) 532-3650. Shani King works with kids with behav- ioral problems as a social worker, teacher's aide, and camp counselor at the Compass School in Jamaica Plain, Mass. In the fall she will attend Har\'ard Law School. Shani can be reached at 222 Babcock St., Apt. iD, Brook- line 02146; (617) 73S-0427. Nate Lamkin is a research assistant at Abt Associates, a consulting firm m Cam- bndge, Mass., where he works in health ser- vices research evaluation. He also volunteers as a guardian ad litem in the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program at the Boston Juvenile Court, advocating for kids who are currently under review by D.S.S. "Special thanks to fellow Abt employee Jon Norman tor giving me the lead on my cur- Tufts' medical school. Amy Kirkpatrick. Bunny Cohan Meyer '46 (right) chats with rent job." Nate hves at 53 Windsor St., Rich Wittman, and Jennifer Sonnenblick classmates, including Barbara Lerner SomerviUe 02144; (fil?) 666-6726. Skolnik are also at Tufts. Beth can be Herzmark, while waiting for her lobster Patrick Murray is the percussionist for reached at 29 Myrtle St. #5, Boston 021 14; to cool at the fiftieth-reunion clambake has playing in Dowdy Smack. The band been (617) 523-5397; bryder@opal,tufts.edu. Sunday afternoon. The event took place Manhattan at the Bitter End, Kenny's Cast- Jeff Schneider, Worcester, is in medical at Brown's Haffenreffer Reservation in aways on Bleeker St., Nightengale's, CBGB, school at UMass. He can be reached at (508) Bristol, Rhode Island, and McGovern's. Patnck can be reached at 8 799-2571 or Jeffrey. Schneider(a!ummed.edu. Bonmar Rd.. Pelhani, N.Y. 10803; (914) Neel Shah. Sho Ishikawa. and Sandy 73 8-2 3 48. Yujuico are living m the East Village and Toward the Wyro. !_'iyO-it Jill Portugal has moved to Portland. Ore. Ennis 111 Januarv'. They are expecting a baby head coach of the 1994 New England Inter- She works for KNRK, a radio station, and this fall. Rob is pursuing master's in English at scholasric champion boys' varsity squash team, IS tr\-ing to recover from living in New York Pnnceton. Andrea Hairston (see '75), Cirv'. She can be reached at 4128 S.E. i6th Raissa Villanueva completed her first Charlotte Downey (see '71). Ave., Portland 97202; (503) 234-4481. year at Yale School of Public Health. "Only Jeffrey Wilhelm 83 MAT. is an assis- Sharmila Rao and Colleen Cronin one more to go," she writes, "I see Dennis tant professor of hteracy communication at returned from three months abroad m late Lee, Allison Days '94, who are at the medi- the Universirs- of Maine. His book, Standards December. They traveled through Indonesia, cal school; Anil Kalhan '93, at Yale law; and in Practice, Grades 6-S. which illustrates stan- Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. Owen Chan '94, a Ph.D. student." dards in classroom practice, was one of four Sharmila joined the He.ilth Care Practice at to be introduced by the National Council of Porter/NoveUi Communications, a division ot Teachers of Enghsh dunng a conference in Omnicom, in Februar\': Colleen is at the Liz GS Boston in March. Louis Casting Agency. "The search for that Carolyn Beard Whitlow '84 M.F.A. ultimate, hfe-iong career continues," Shanralla Robert Shapiro '60 M.A.T. was appointed has been granted tenure at GuUford CoUege wntes, "as does the struggle for a nice, safe, supenntendent of schools in Warwick, R.I., in Greensboro, N.C. An associate professor of cheap apartment in NYC." Sharmilla can be in February. Previously Shapiro was principal English, Whitlow is chair of the school's Afri- reached at 81 Portsmouth Ave., Stateii Island of Toll Gate High School and assistant super- can-American studies concentration, special- 10301; [email protected]; and Colleen at 1230 intendent in Warwick. izing in Atrican-Amencan literature and the P,irk Ave. Apt. #4D. New York, N.Y. 10128. Winthrop Jordan '60 Ph.D. has pub- Harlem Renaissance. Nikki Rouda is back in the U.S. after lished a paperback edition of Tiuinih and David Hintenlang '85 Ph.D. was pro- five months traversing New Zealand "in Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry into a Cii'il moted to associate professor with tenure at search ot new vistas, new breweries, and new War Slave Conspiracy (Louisiana State Univer- the University' of Florida's nuclear engineer- sanity," he writes. "Now I'm seeking to slash sif\- Press, 1996). When it was first published ing sciences department. David, his wife the bonds of poverty and move out of my in 1993, the book won the Bancroft Prize for Kathleen, and their daughter Lauren, 2, reside parents' house by means of employment. History and the Eugene M. Kayden National in Gainesville, Fla. When I'm not being Dilbert. I spend most of Universirs' Press Book Award. lordan is the Lori Baker 'S6 A.M. received the Mam- my time being rejected by women in exciting William F. Winter Professor of History at the douha S. Bobst Literary Award for emerging and ever more cruel ways." He can be Universirv' of Mississippi. Among his other wntei's for her collection of short stories, reached at (612) 481-0226; nikta min.ov.com. books IS the National Book Award-winning Cra~y Water (New York Universirs' Press, Beth Ryder completed her first vear at volume, \\l}iie Over Black: American Altituda 1996). A visiting professor at Wheaton Col- B R O W N .^ L U .M M .MONTHLY • 59 lege and an adjunct lecturer at Brown. Baker James Douglas Reid '28, Wilhamsburg, has also received the Henfield Foundation/ Obituaries Va.; June i. 1991. He was professor and chair TransAtlantic Review Award and is currently of microbiology at the Medical CoUege of at work on a novel. She hves in Providence Virginia for thirty-two years, reriring in 1969. with her husband, Gale Nelson, assistant Harold Faulkner '21, Sun Cit>', Anz.; Sept. Widely pubhshed and an active member of director of creative writing at Brown. 22. He was a foreign sales manager for the several professional organizarions, he held a Aaron Ellison '86 Ph.D., South Hadley, Faultless Rubber Co. in Ashland, Ohio. He charter fellowship with the Amencan Academy Mass.. has been granted tenure and promoted is sur\'ived by a daughter; Margaret, is 57 ot Microbiolog\'. He is survived by two sons to associate professor in Mount Holyoke Col- Everly Glen Blvd., #109, Los Angeles 90024. and a nephew, Reid Alsop '62. lege's department of biological sciences. Thomas Carl Semple '87 Ph.D. is Arthur MiUer '22. Narragansett, R.I.; March Marion Morse McGeeney '28. Stamtbrd. moving to Amsterdam, Holland, this month 28. Founder ot the Miller Trucking Co. in Conn.; Dec. i. She was class secretary for to do a one-year research assignment for Florida, where he lived for many years, Mr. t'lve years and was active on her local school Royal Dutch/Shell. Anyone passing through Miller returned to R.I. to estabhsh the former board. She is sur\'ived by fivo daughters, in- the Netherlands is welcome to stop in. His Miller and Peck Insurance Co. He was chair- cluding Ann Harty '53. 142 Maple Heights new e-mail address is [email protected]. man of the Narragansett Planning Board and Rd.. Pittsburgh 15232; j son; and grandchil- Paul Bechta 'SS M.S. (see '88). a member of the town's libran,- board. He dren Christopher Harty 81 and Ellen Ernest Rothman '88 Ph.D. is an assis- was captain of the Brown varsit\' basketball McGeeney '8s. tant professor of mathematics and the Cornell team, a member of the baseball team, and Theorv' Center "Smart Node Consultant" at coached the 1922-23 freshman basketball Donald Cruise '29. New London, Conn.; Salve Regina University. Newport, R.I. As squad. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World Dec. I. He was a retired senior designer for Smart Node Consultant, Rothman consults War I. He is survived by a son, Arthur Jr. Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. He is sur- to Salve Regina on supercomputing issues '50, 2576 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. vived by two daughten and a niece, Patricia and facilitates its access to supercomputers at B.C. V7R-2M8; and a grandson, James '73. Schlager '52, 2884 Hemlock PI., Basking Cornell University. He lives in Newport with Ridge, NJ. 07920. his wife, Kimberly, and their New-foundland George Cossock '24, Tucson, Anz.; Feb. 2, dog, Samson. He can be reached at rothman 1995. The fomier president ofj. Cossock & Milton Davis '31, Gladwv'ne, Pa.: Jan. 3. He (ojsalvej .salve.edu. Sons Inc. in Providence, he ow-ned Cossock was a retired vice president of marketing for Clara Shaw Hardy "90 Ph.D., assistant Woodworking Co. in Tucson. He is survived the Adanric Richfield Co. in Philadelphia. professor of classical languages, has been by his wife, Eva, 451 1 East 7th St., Tucson In 1969 he received the National Oil Fuel granted tenure at Carleton College in North- S571 1; a son; and a daughter. Institute's Igniter Award. He is survived by field, Minn. his wife, Shirley, i62_s Riven'iew Rd.. Glad- Joe Sullivan 'yo M.F.A. and his wife, WaldeiTiar Loacker '24. Seattle; Feb. i. He wyne 19035. Jennifer, announce the birth of Daisy Josephine was the retired president of Kroll Map Co. on March 30. She joins big sister Sabina, 2. in Seatde. He is sur\'ived by his wife, Arlyne, Milton Levin '31. Sherman Oaks, Cahf; Joe is stiU working at Levi Strauss & Co., 900 University St., #i2j, Seattle 98101. March 24. The first person in New England where he was recently promoted to operations designated a Chartered Casualty- and Property manager for a sales division. Margaret Enslin Battcher '25. Bnstol, R.I.; Underwriter, he owned an insurance agency Larissa Taylor '90 Ph.D. won the John March 30. A hbranan at Colt Memonal High in Providence, R.I., for twenty-four years Nicholas Brown Book Prize of the Medieval School and Rogers Free Library for many before moving to Los Angeles, where he retired Academy of America for a first book on years, she was a deaconess of the First Baptist in 1 99 1. A member of the American Institute medieval history. Dunng 1996-97 she will be Church of Bnstol. She is survived by her hus- of Property and Casualty Underwriters and on sabbatical from Colby College, working band. Albert Battcher. 130 Wood St., Bnstol the R.I. Association of Insurance Agents, he on a book on preachers and prostitutes in 02809; 3nd two daughters. was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. medieval and early modem Europe. He is survived by his wife, Helen, 4739 Willis Kevin Gaines '91 Ph.D. has pubhshed Richard Anthony '25, New York City; Ave., Shemian Oaks 91403; a daughter; and Vplijting the Race: Black Leadership, PcUtics, and March i, 1995. A retired e.xecutive vice presi- two stepsons. Ctihure in the Tiventieth Centurj' (Universiry of dent of the Trade Relations Council, he was North Carohna Press, 1996). He is an assistant also a secretary of the American Tariff League Carol Bauer Malkenson '31, Manchester, professor at Princeton. and had held various newspaper editorial Conn.; Jan. 29, 1995. She was a social worker Don Judson '92 M.F.A. received the positions. A secretary to U.S. Senator FeHx and supervisor for the Providence Depart- Mamdouha S. Bobst Literar)- Award for Herbert in 1929, he was elected president of ment of Public Welfare for several years. She emerging writers for Bird- Self Acciwndated. his the Southern New 'York State Division of IS survived by a son, William. first novel. Judson spent four-and-a-half years the United Nations Association of the United in a Flonda prison before coming to Brown. States in 1971. He is survived by a niece, William Schofield '31, Boston; Apr. i. As He is a professor at the Commumry CoUege Carol Marschner, 1234 Cranberry Ave., Sun- an editonal wnter for the Boston Herald-Trav- of Rhode Island. nyvale, Cahf 94087. eler he first suggested the idea and name of Bernard Yamron '95 Ph.D. (see Julie Boston's historic Freedom Trail in 1951. He Ward '90). Edward Goldberger '27, New York Cit\', was the campus correspondent for the Proi'i- March 3 1 . He was treasurer, secretary, and deiice News while at Brown and worked for director of M. Lowenstein & Sons Inc., a tex- many other newspapers, traveling widely, MD tile company in New York City. He estab- before joining the Herald-Traveler in 1940. He hshed the Edward and Marjorie Goldberger was later the executive officer of editonal ser- Elliot Lemer '85 (see '82). Foundation, which supports Brown's art vices at Raytheon Co. and associate director Helen Chen '89 (see '85). department and ftinds the Edward and Mar- of pubhc infonnation at Boston Universit\\ A Sarah Wolk '92 (see '88). jorie Goldberger Scholarship. He is sunaved U.S. Navy gunnery officer and war corre- by a daughter, Susan Jacoby '67, 912 Fifth spondent during World War II, he remained Ave., #2B, New York Cirv 10021. active in the naval reserves. He pubhshed many novels and works of nonfiction, includ- 60 • JULY 1996 ing Freedom by ilic B,iy. a tour-book of the years in Bogota, Colombia, wnth the Amen- 7920 Dearborn Dr., Praine Village 66208; a Freedom Trail; and Frogmen — First Batllos. can Foreign Insurance Exchange; was super- brother. Roy '38; and two daughters. which he co-authored, about covert Itahan visor of Canbbean operations in Santiirce, undersea warfare dunng World War 11. P.R.. and a reinsurance technician in Mexico Walter Davol '37, Portland. Ore.; Dec. 31. He is sur\'ived by a son and a daughter. City for the Continental Insurance Co.; and He was president of Wells. Reed. Wood. was general manager and director of Societe West. & Bronson Co., an insurance broker- Myrtle Ryder Snyder ji. Ponland. Ore.; Generale d'Assurances du Proche-Onent in age in Portland. He was vice president of the Dec. 24. She was active m the Michigan Lebanon. A U.S. Navy veteran of World Portland Rotary Foundation and a past presi- branch of the American Association of Uni- War II, he was a member of the National dent of the Portland Association of Insurance versity Women, Portland's League of Women Navy League and the Veterans of Foreign Agents. He is survived by his wife, Ann, 614 Voters, and the American Red Cross. Phi Wars. He is survived by hrs wife, Sylvia, 37B N.W. Westover Ter.. Portland 97210. Beta Kappa. She is survived by two sons, Carlisle St., Shoalwater 6169, Australia: and including Stephen '60, 13795 S.W. Electnc, a daughter. Fred Leighty '37. Deland. Fla.; Feb. 15. #34, Beaverton, Oreg. 97005: and two He was executive vice president of Dancer- daughters, including Carolyn Grant '56. Thomas Greason '35, North Providence. Fitzgerald-Sample Inc.. a New York Cin' R.I.; Feb. 16. He was director of the neuro- advertising agency, retinng in 1970. A tnistee Donald Bowie '32, Miami Spnngs, Fla.: psychiatric department at the Charles V. of Larchmont Avenue Church in N.Y.. he Jan. 16. He was an internal auditor for several Chapin Hospital and chief of neurology and was a past president of the New York chapter major department stores. He is survived by psychiatry at St. Joseph and Our Lady of of the American Association of Advertising his nephew, Robert Chalmers, 922 Banks Fatima hospitals in R.I. Since 1979 he was Agencies. He was a U.S. Na\'y Seabee dunng Rd., Coconut Creek, Fla. 33063; a brother; psychiatnc advisor to the state health, educa- World War II and a generous supporter of and a sister. tion, and welfare administration. In i960 he Brown athletics. Phi Beta Kappa. He is sur- was appointed examiner for Peace Corps vived by his wit'e. Frances. 914 Village Green John Doda '32. Central Falls, R.I.: Dec. 6, applicants, and he was a member ot the state Rd.. Deland 32720; two sons; and a daughter. 19S6. parole board from i960 unnl 1973. A member of the Amencan Psychiatric Association, the William Clark '37. Harmony, R.L; March '32, Florence Urquhart Rae Claremont, R.I. Medical Society, and the American 2 1 . He was a manufacturing engineer for Calif; Dec. 17. She was the retired president Association of Senior Physicians, he was a fel- Brown & Sharpe, retiring in 1980. He is sur- of the Center for Communicative Develop- low of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medi- vived by his wife. Ruth Medber\' Clark '41, ment in Los Angeles. cine. He was a U.S. Navy Medical Corps P.O. Box 54, Haniiony 02829. veteran of World War II. He is survived by Norman Blair '33, Springfield, Ma.ss.; Feb. his wife, Barbara, 60 Gardner Ave., North Ruth Manley Powers '37, Boston: Apr. 15. 17. He was a retired manager of the group Providence 0291 1; and two daughters. She was an administrative assistant at Har\'ard pensions department at Massachusetts Mutual Medical School's pathology department for Life Insurance Co., retinng in 1976. He also Robert Hawkins '35, Sun Lakes, Ariz,; Dec. thirty years, retiring in 1973. She is sun^ived taught psychology' and statistics at Green 1. He was vice president of associated aircraft by two sisters, including Mary Manley Eaton Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vt., sales and a member of the board of directors '33, 87 Cheney Ave., Peterborough N.H. and Western New England College. A long- for ZoUner Corp. in Fort Wayne. Ind., retir- 03458. time member of the Umtanan Umversalist ing m 1977. He continued to pursue his Church of Spnngtleld. he was also an associ- interest in flying and worked in aircraft sales Richard Clark '39, .^tdeboro. Mass.; Feb. ate with the Mental Health Consortium. Phi tor Fort Wayne Air Ser\"ice Inc. He is sur- 27. A lifelong resident of Attleboro. he was Beta Kappa. He is sur\'ived by his wife, Car- vived by his wife, Dorothea. 10727 E. Navajo treasurer of the fonner Attleborough Cooper- olyn Hale. 38 Regal St.. Spnngtleld 01 1 18; a PI.. Sun Lakes 85248; and two daughters. ative Bank. Pre\iously he owned a liquor brother; two sons; and a daughter. store in Attleboro. Awarded the Bronze Star Robert Loeb Jr. '35. Woodbury. Conn.; for his World War II service in the U.S. Air Eugene Adam '34, Wareham, Mass.; Feb. Feb. 20. The author of a widely syndicated Force, he was a member of the Attleboro 23. He was vice president of Albert B. Ash- newspaper column on pets, he also wrote Rotary Club. He is survived his wife, Ehza- forth Inc.. a New York City property man- several cookbooks, including H'olf in Chefs beth, loi Payson St.. Attleboro 02703; and agement company. He was elected president Clotliing. Dale Bail, and Slie Cooks 10 Cotupier. two daughters. of the Bellmore (N.Y.) School Board in 1961 He was a U.S. Army veteran of Worid War and served seventeen years on Wareham's II. He IS survived by his wite, Jeanne, 3 Russell Wood '39, Far HiUs, NJ.; March Economic Development I Industnal Comnns- Upper Commons, Woodbury 06798; a son; 3 . He was a self-emplo\'ed realtor for many sion. He is survived by his wife, Alice, 9 and a daughter. years. Previously he was a salesman for Beth- Morse Ave., Wareham 02571: a son; and a lehem Steel Co. in Bethlehem, Pa. He is sur- daughter. Christopher Pease '36, Bnstol, R.I.; March vived by two daughters. 2. He was co-owner of L.F. Pease & Co., an Arthur Carlson '34, San Diego; March 8. East Pro\-idence awning manufacturer, retir- Richard Hale '41. Cariisle, Mass.; Feb. 11. He was a heutenant conmiander m the U.S. ing in 1976. He was a member of the Bar- He was president and chainnan ot the board Naval ReserA'es, a naval aviator dunng World rington Congregational Church, ser\'ing as its of directors at the First Federal Savings and War II, and worked for many years in the assistant treasurer; and a past president of the Loan Association of Boston, retinng in 198 1. Civil Defense Preparedness Agency in Wash- Bnstol Counr^' Kiwanis Club. He is sur\'ived A fomier director of the Better Business ington, D.C. He was an inventor and had by his wife, Barbara, 46 Sea Breeze Ln.. Bns- Bureau of Eastern Massachusetts Inc., he was two patents after he turned 80. Delta Upsilon. tol 02809; and two sons. past president of the Massachusetts Federal He IS survived by his longtime companion, Savings Council and former chairman of the Virginia Bozak, 3609 Lotus Dr., San Diego Richard Barker '37, Praine Village, Kans.: investment committee of the Federal Home 92106: a son; and a daughter. Jan. 22. He was a staff assistant to the works Loan Bank of Boston. A lifelong resident of manager and an industnal engineer at West- Carlisle, he was a member of the town's Richard Hapgood '34, Shoalwater, Aus- ern Electric Co., Lees Summit. Mo. Phi Beta Finance Committee and a past president of tralia; May I. 1990. He worked for several Kappa. He is survived by his wife, Margaret. the town's conser\'ation foundation and his- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY • 6I torical socierv'. He was a past president ot the was a member ot the Society ot Colonial Centerview Dr.. West Swanzey 03469; a Brown Club of Boston and a fonner director Wars and the Litde Rest Readers. He was a son; and two daughters. of the Alumni Association. He is survived U.S. Nav7 veteran of Worid War II. by his wife. Elizabeth, Fair Comers, 322 West Albert Baker '51. Manchester, Conn.; Jan. St.. Carlisle 01741: and a daughter. James Patrick Carr Jr. '47, Fairfax, Va.;Jan. 13. after a long illness. He was assistant ad- 22. A scientific management consultant to ministrator of the group services department John Shartenberg '41, North Providence, the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, he served in at Aetna Life & Casualty in Hartford. He is R.I.: March 27. He was a partner in Sharten- the U.S. Navy dunng World War II. He is survived by his wife, Jane, 98 Meadowbrook berg's Department Store, founded in 1881 by survived by a son and rwo daughters. Dr., Manchester 06040; and five children. his grandfather, until it was sold to the Outlet Co. in 1963. He later worked in sales for Jack Sheldon '47, Los Altos, Cahf ; March 8. David Buckley '51, Brockton, Mass.; Apnl the National Foreman's Institute, a division He was an engmeenng manager and senior 13. He was president of Smith, Buckley, & of Prentice-Hall, retinng in 1988. A board management analyst for Ford Aerospace in Hunt Insurance Agency. A trustee and head member of the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Sunnyvale, Calif He is survived by his wife, of the insurance division of the United Fund Commerce and the former Downtown Paw- Marjorie, 1372 Garthwick Ct., Los Angeles of Greater Brockton, he was a director of the tucket Association, he was a U.S. Air Force 94024; a son; and a daughter. Rotary Club and the Brockton Fair. A U.S. veteran of World War II. He is survived by Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. he two sons, including Richard. S41 Fair Ave.. WiUiam Fleming '48, PeppereU, Mass.; Jan. is survived by his wife. Mane. 20 Bassett Rd.. Warwick, R.I. 02888. 26. He was chief design engineer at Walter Brockton 02401; and two daughters. Kidde & Co. in Boonton, NJ. He is sur\'ived John Stubbe '42 Sc.M., Worcester, Mass.; by his wife, Gail, 58 Townsend St., PeppereU John Armington '52 Ph.D.. Wenham. |an. 13. He was a professor of mathematics at 01463; a son. William Jr. '79; and a daugh- Mass.; Dec. 30. He was professor ementus of Clark University in Worcester. He is sur\'ived ter. Mary Fleming Majno '82. psychology at Northeastern University and a by his wife. Olga, 10 1 South Flagg St., visiting professor at Brown. Previously he was Worcester 01602. Diane Salta Spadafura "48. Newport, chief of the sensory psychology department at N.H.; Sept. 20. She was a real estate agent Walter Reed Anny Institute in Washington. Marcella Fagan Hance '44, Providence; for BJ. Lessard Realty m Laconia. N.H. D.C. A member of the Visual Sciences Study Feb. 23. An ensign m the U.S. Navy dunng Previously she and her late husband. Edward, Section of the National Institutes of Health, World War II, she was a para-acfministrator owned and operated the Captain's Table he published widely in his field. He is sur- in the personal trust division at the First Bank Restaurant for fifteen years. She is survived vived by his wife. Jean. 3 5 Larch Row. Wen- of Minneapolis and was president of the local by a daughter, Gayle Fleming. 2 RR. 210B. ham 01984; son Stephen '70. Brown Club. She was a past president and Newport 03773. head lector of St. Sebastian Church in Provi- John Gilbert Jr. '52. Stuart. Fla.; March 7. dence and volunteered with the Amencan Howard Tindall Jr. '48. Coppell, Tex.; An All-Amencan hockey player at Brown, he Cancer Society. She is survived by a sister. Jane Nov. 20. He was the director of flight opera- competed internationally as a member of the Fagan Donovan '50. Quaker Ln.. Green- tions at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, 1955 U.S. World Hockey Team and is a wich. Conn. 06831; two sons; and three and was credited with contnbuting "more member of the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame. daughters. than anyone individually to the success of He IS sun'iN'ed by his wife. Manlyn. 3061 Apollo." His previous projects at NASA Doubleton Dr.. Stuart 34997; and nieces Frederick Hazard III '44, Saunderstown, included real-time computer programming Joanna Walters '88 and Elaine Walters '84. R.I.; Feb. 27. A senior executive for the for- and orbital trajectory development for Project mer Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in Mercury, development of Geniim ren- Joseph Motherway '52, Wickford, R.I.; Oak Brook, 111., for many years, he designed dezvous techniques, and lunar orbiting and Feb. 8. He was professor of mechanical en- and built the first hopper dredge, which revo- landing trajectones design. After retinng gineenng at the University of Massachusetts lutionized the American dredging industry. he was a consultant on unmanned deep- at Amherst. Previously he worked for the He was a member of the board of directors of space probes and on a new air trafi^ic control Electnc Boat division of General Dynamics the McConnick Sand and Gravel Co., N.Y., system for the Federal Aviation Administra- Corp., where he helped design machinery and the National Ocean Industries Associa- tion. A U.S. Nav>' veteran of World War II, used in early nuclear subniannes and served as tion. He served on the towing safety advisory he is survived by his wife, Jane, 703 Meadow- design project manager for the George Wasli- committee of the U.S. Coast Guard, the ad- lark Ln., Coppell 75019; a son; and three inglon, the first missile-firing submarine in the visory board of the University of R.I. . and daughters. U.S. Navy. At CHI Inc. he developed equip- on the building committee of South Count)' ment used on orbital space flights and mis- Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Lester Freelove Jr. '49, Cape Coral, Fla.; siles. He was named BuUard Professor and World War II. He is survived by his wife, Dec. 5. He was a New Jersey State Trooper head of mechanical engineering at the Uni- Fredericka. P.O. Box 236. Saunderstown and a salesman for Sears & Roebuck. He versity of Bridgeport before joining the fac- 02874; a son; and three daughters. is survived by his wife, Elsie, 3813 S.E. 7th ulty at UMass. where his research focused on Ave., Cape Coral 33904. computer-aided design and software develop- Florence Denny Burton '45, Burlington. ment. A member of many professional orga- Vt.; March i j. A research analyst for the U.S. Keith Klane '50, Lexington, Mass.; Jan. 25. nizations, he was a U.S. Marine Corps vet- Army Security Agency, she volunteered for He ran the Klane Shoe Store in Maiden, eran of the Korean War. He is survived by his many pubhc. church, and school hbraries. She Mass., with his father and late brother, Shay- wife, Sally, 555 Park Shore Dr. #213, Naples, is survived by her husband, Lester, 1018 Lake nor '51. He is survived by his wife. Ethel Fla. 33940; three sons; and six daughters. Avoca Dr., Tarpon Springs. Fla. 34689. Levin Klane '51, 29 Winchester Dr.. Le.x- ington 02173. James Niebank '53, Lakewood, N.Y.; May Charies Makepeace Jr. '46, Chepachet, 19. i99i- He was the building and grounds R.I.; Feb. 24. He was a vice president of Charles Shaw Jr. '50, West Swanzey. supervisor for Cornell Cooperative Extension Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank. A former N.H.; Dec. He was a vice president of Minia- in Lakewood. A past commodore of Cha- treasurer and a permanent deacon of the Cen- ture Precision Bearing Corp. in Keene. taqua Lake Yacht Club, he was a U.S. Army tral Congregational Church in Providence, he N.H. He is survived by his wife. Ann. 54 tank commander dunnsj the Korean War. He 62 JULY 1996 . at is survived hv his wife, Jo.uiiie. 23 Waldeniere geology the Mackay School of Mines m Peter Cunningham 87 AM . Itasca, HI. Way. Lakewood I47.S0; and two daughters. Reno, Nev. He is survived by his wife, Sally. 434 West Harrison Ave., Claremont 9171 1 Michele Roach '90, New York City; March Robert Stoffregen '_S2, Stoneliani. Mass.; 29, of cancer. The 1990 recipient of the Albert May I'J'JI. ot comphcatioiis trom multiple Carol Hathaway '63 A.M., East Greenwich, Arnold Bennett Award for community ser- sclerosis. He was a sales engineer tor Distribu- R.I.; March 10. She was coordinator of the vice in public health, at Brown she was a tor Corp. of New England in Boston and for art department at Roger Williams College minonty peer counselor and a member of the Hout-Gerrish Inc. in Cambndge. Mass. He is from 1967—9S. A longtime exhibitor at the Voices of Inspiration a cappella group. She sur\-ived by his wife, Janet, 3 Margaret Rd., Wickford (R.I.) Art Show, she was a member entered the University of Michigan's dentistry Stoneham 02180; and three daughters. of the Mayflower Society and a charter mem- program in 1993, but illness prevented her ber of the Genealogical Society of R.I. She from completing her degree. Three of her Roger Bowen '54, Marathon, Fla.: Feb. i(>. is survived by her husband, WiUis Burns, 98 poems were perfomied by the Merce Cun- He played the role of Colonel Blake in the Overhill Rd.. E. Greenwich 02818. ningham dance group in June. She is survived movie version of A/*.4*S*Hand appeared in by her parents. Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Roach, movies, sitcoms, and commercials throughout Beverly Gomyak Blackmar '63 MAT.. 231-16 12S Rd., Laurelton, N.Y. 11413; a the 1970s. He was the author of eleven novels, Foster, R.I.; March 28. She had been an art brother; and a sister. including Iiiga, Tlie Silent Fifties, and Just Lil;c teacher in the Pawtucket, R.I., school system. ii Aloi'ie; wrote scripts for Broadway and tele- She is survived by her husband, Warren, East Brian Ohleyer '91, Brookline, Mass.; March vision; and co-founded Chicago's Second KiUingly Rd., Foster 02825; ^nd a daughter. 4, of injunes suffered in an automobile acci- City Theatre. He served in U.S. Amiy Intelli- dent. He was an account executive for CBS gence dunng the Korean War. He is survived John Sheehy "64, Claremont. Calif; March Radio m Boston. He is survived by his wife, by his wife, Ann; two sons; and a daughter. 28. He owned Earth Science Technology, Eleanor Buchness Ohleyer '91, 27 Long- an environmental consulting business. Previ- wood Ave.. Apt. 4, Brookline 02146. Frank Roper Jr. '54, Kernersville, N.C.: ously he worked 111 finance at Yardley Elec- Dec. I. He was senior vice president of the tnc Co. in Stonington, Conn. He was a cap- Khaled Al Sabah '96, al-Salmiya, Kuwait; Universe Life insurance company and vice tain in the U.S. Marine Corps, made two March 24; from injuries sustained in a car president of FolDoor & Surfaces Inc. toun of duty in Vietnam, and was awarded accident in Vail, Colorado. He wrote, directed, the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He is and acted in a one-man play during his junior Donald Barber 'ss, Barnngton, R.I.; Feb. survived by a son and nvo daughters. year and was involved with many other stu- 24. He w as a credit analyst for Stanley Works dent productions. He is survived by his in New Britain, Conn.; in sales with Metals Diana Risen "6s, Bethesda. Md.; March 20. mother, Basma Al Sabah, P.O. Box 23, al- & Controls Inc. and Rochester Gemiicide A staff officer and Englrsh language instructor Salmiya 2200 1, Kuwait; and two brothers. Co., N.Y.; and a pipefitter for Electric Boat, for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., Quonset Point, R.I. A member of the Bar- she was a member of the Society for Interna- Gregory Tso '97, Hong Kong; May 3; from rington Yacht Club, he served as president of tional Development and the American Soci- injunes sustained in a car accident m Provi- the Exeter-West Greenwich Little League. ety for Training and Development. She is dence. Michael Fung '98 was also killed in He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World survived by her 4-year-old son, Donald; and the accident. Mr. Tso is survived by his par- War II. He is survived by his wife, Rosa- two brothers, James '77, 7712 Baederwood ents, George and Louise Tso, G-13 Repulse mond, 98 Rumstick Rd., Barnngton 02806; a Ter., Derwood, Md., 20855; and William, a Bay Towers, 1 19A Repulse Bay Rd., Hong son; and two daughters, including Janet '86. professor ot chemistrs' at Brown. Kong: two brothers; and two sisters. Mary-Louise Adams Cubbage ss. Bar- Stephen O'Neil Jr. '67 MAT., Warwick, Michael Fung '98, Vancouver; May 3; from nngton, R.I.; Feb. 28. An innovator in early R.L; Apr. 5. A teacher in the Warwick injunes sustained in a car accident in Provi- childhood education, in 1955 she co-hosted school system for many years, he was a tnistee dence. Gregory Tso '97 was also killed in the Come and See, one of the country's first chil- of the Warwick Public Library. He was a accident. He was a transfer student from dren's educational television programs. Later U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He is Georgetown. He is survived by his parents, she was co-director of the Cooperative Pre- survived by his wife, Catherine, 125 Paine Edward and Linda Fung, 5778 Adera St., Van- school Center in Tokyo, a clinical educational St.. Warwick 02889; and four daughters. couver, B.C. V6M-3J2; and two sisters, O^ consultant for the Providence Child Guidance Chnic, coordinator ot the early start program Lewis Bamett '77 Ph.D., Barcelona, Spain; at Children's Fnend and Sei'vice, and co- July 1, 1995. A speciahst in cooperative and founder of the R.l. Early Childhood Resource autonomous learning, he developed a self- Center. She is survived by her husband, learning access center at ESADE, a language Call for nominations Moyne, 17 Martin Ave., Barnngton 02806; institute in Barcelona. He was also coordina- The nominating committee of the and three daughters, including Amy '91. tor of teacher training at the institute, gave Brown AJunuii Association will workshops around the country, and ran meet this t'aU to select candidates for Margaret Sylvander Lang 's_s. Punta Gorda, conferences devoted to cooperative learning election slate. Positions Fla.; July 22, 1995. Entenng Pembroke at the and drama techniques tor the foreign lan- the 1997 age of 44, she was one of the first resumed- guage classroom. A book fund has been estab- to be filled are one alumnae trustee, education students to complete a bachelor's lished in his name at the Brown libranes to one alumni trustee, and president- degree at the Universits". She went on to get support research in education retbnii and elect ot the Alumni Association. a law degi-ee from Boston UniversiU' in 1958. Latin American studies. He is survived by his Send names and supporting infonna- w-ife, Rosa, and two daughters. tion August Bernard Lane 'ss Sc.M., Claremont, Calif; by 16 to Nominating Aug. 1. He was a professor in the physical Giulio Blanc '79 A.M., Coconut Grove, Committee, Brown Alumni Associa- sciences department at California Polytechnic Fla.; -^pr. 27, 1995. He was a self-employed tion, Box 1859, Providence, R.I. College in Pomona. Previously he was a art histonan in Miami. He is survived by his ?-/ curator of paleontology .it the Santa Barbara parents, Mr. & Mrs. Lodevico Blanc, 4190 0/5 Museum ot Natunil Histor\' and a lecturer in Kiaora St.. Coconut Grove 33133. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY • 63 Finally... BY DlilJOkAH NAVAS '7I fll5 »-«>fr^ o v^'- "Tj -;%s*M I very summer my husband, [ohn, netted before it got anywhere near shore. m A .ind 1 spend a week fishing on Confessions of Proudly I cleaned and cooked it for our ilie I'cnobscot River, deep in the Maine supper that night. wilderness. We try to time our trip to I've tried and tailed to explain it to coincide witli the caddis liatch, and we a Fish Killer nonfishing triends: when we catch and eat always have landlocked salmon gracing fish on the Penobscot, John and I also our camper table, largely due to the fishing partake of the wild landscape around us. skills John has honed over a lifetime and a series ot tails and navigating through We greedily consume the smell of spongy to his ability to devise flies on tjie spot. frotiiing rapids against thousands of brown earth and river; the profound si- Wo tisli with dry flies, mostly, though pounds ot pressure. Sometimes we'll see a lence of the wilderness at night, broken we use wet flies or hardware in the dead salmon burst from the river's surface and only by the murmur of water rushing by; time between hatches, when nothing arc high in an acrobatic flash of silver the deep green, ragged hem of trees along breaks the river's glimmering surface. We light, apparently for the pure joy of it. the river's edge, their tips reaching like fish to eat, and while we prefer fly-t'ish- Indigenous fish are far smarter than steeples toward an evening sky the same ing. we'll take them by any legal means. stocked tlsh.The landlocks that make it to pink as the salmon's flesh. When I started fly-fishing ten years legal size on the Penobscot are Darwinian I can't help but feel it would dishonor ago, 1 didn't feel defensive about eating survivors, wily about artificial flies. Catch- the fish to catch them merely for the what I caught. Since then a form of polit- ing one is an accomplishment. When I sport of it, and then like some beneficent - ical correctness has insinuated itself into caught my first legal landlock two years potentate condescend to let them go the fishing world, and "catch and release" ago, it was as thrilling as any graduation. as if we hadn't evolved as predators. is now considered a more enlightened The day before I landed my keeper By denying what is tundamental to our practice, even in the Maine wilderness. salmon, I lost a two-pounder I'd had on natures, we seem to congratulate our- Each year a fish counter visits campsites the line for the better part of an hour. I'd selves on being creatures of a higher to maintain a fish census for better wild- neglected to bring a net. After forty-five order. The salmon know what's what. Hfe management. The counter's vocabu- minutes of giving line when he ran and They eat each other and would cheerfully lary has subtly changed iii the List year or reeling in when he tired, with aching eat us if our positions were reversed. two. As always, he'll stop by our camper wrists I tmally persuaded my salmon into John and I kill and eat fish simply to ask how many fish we've caught and tiie shallows - and the tippet broke. I because they are delicious. There is no released. Then he'll ask how many we've grabbed him with both hands, but he finer meal than a landlocked salmon fresh "killed." Not how many we've "kept." 13ut wiggled out ot my grasp and lunged back from the cold, clear Penobscot - except "killed." to the deep. Spent, thwarted, I sat down perhaps a native brookie caught in the John and I aren't environmental de- and cried. wild. Oeciding which tastes better will spoilers; if salmon were endangered in I did land a ten-inch brookie tliat require many more years ot fishing. O^ New England we wouldn't fish for them night as a consolation prize, a fish I would at all. But Maine's landlocked salmon have been purely grateful to catch under Deborah Navas of Newmarket, New Hamp- comprise a plentiful, indigenous popula- any other circumstances. But I didn't tor- shire, is the author o/'Things We Lost, Gave tion that lias not been stocked for nore get my net when we went fishing the Away, Bought High and Sold Low, a col- than twenty years. Th ry are robust fish ne.xt day. The river gave me another hrtioii ot sliort stories published by Southern tiiat .innu.illy run upriver. leaping over chance: a seventeen-inch salmon, which I Methodist Ihiiversil)' Press. 64 • JULY 1996 WWS^ -'-.'"^W^i, IN PROVIDENCE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1997 i: ITZHAK PERLMAN In a conlinuing series of concerts featuring Brown ha musicians performing with Itzhak Perlman, H. '96 Veterans Memorial Auditorium Providence world-class artists Tcliaikovslty Violin Concerto in D major, For more information contact: op. 35 Office of Special Events Brown University Box 1920 Navah Perlman '92 Providence, Ri 02912 piano fax 401 863-2785 Beethoven Piano phone 401 863-2474 Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 PAUL PHILLIPS Paul Phillips Music Director, the Brown Orchestra PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS ' .-J!«r> '^'^¥M^< : MaaBBaB»BBia8»^a*& rm •'i«j«/| H # ^L / J*§- >^ T fjsjsassasmi^msi-jKi^ «B i VEDEN VODKA 4 LOGO, ABSOLUT, ABSOLUT BOTTLE DESIGN RAM, NEW YORK, NY. PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE BRONSTEIN. - S.DWNEDBYVSSVIN&S , , »„- AND ABSOLUT CALUGWPH7 ji||riiiV'""'rrTTrr"'