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Umberto Eco, one of the world's leading scholars of semiotics, expounds thoughtfully and wryly on the prospects for literacy. Mel Feldman: A Man, A Plan, A Waterfront Tour guide to the Providence harbor, unofficial "nudger" of city planners and politicians, Mel Feldman '47 teaches urban-studies students that sensi- tive development is better than no development at all. 27 32 A Singular Cat Goes to College Introducing Thomas Gray, the metaphysically-inclined feline creation of Professor of Applied Mathematics Philip ]. Davis. In this pre-publication excerpt from Davis's whimsical new book, the four-legged aspiring philosopher enrolls at Cambridge University. The Pollywogs and the Ironmen The late Ed Sulzberger '29 wrote this reminiscence of his gridiron brush with greatness - as a center for the second-string Pollywogs who scrimmaged against Brown's famous Ironmen. Carrying the Mail 2 Under the Elms 8 Sports 18 The Classes 44 Alumni Profile 56 Obituaries 62 The cover: Illustration by Marguerite Dorian, from Thoinai^ Gimj: Philosopher Cat (see page 32). Brov\yn Ahmmi Moiitlih/ September 1988 Volume 89, No. 1 Carrying the Mail Editor Robert M. Rhodes Managing Editor Anne Hinm.in Ditfilv '73 Assistant Editor Charlotte Bruce Harvey '78 Editorial Associate James Reinbold '74 A.M. Administrative Assistant Jean De Pasquale Design Kathryn de Boer Sandra Delany Jennifer Murphy Board of Editors Chairman Wendy J. Strothman '71 Vice Chairman John J. Monaghan '55 M. Charles Bakst '66 Barry Beckham '66 Peter W. Bernstein '73 William J. Brisk '60 Roliert P. Fisler '43 James Geehan '45 Deborah Pines Livingstone '80 Linda Mason '64 Cathleen McGuigan '71 Stacy E. Palmer '82 Gary A. Puckrein '78 Ph.D. Matthew L. Wald '76 Elizabeth B. West '73 Billy R.Wooten '70 PhD. 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Computers for the disabled Editor: Tlie article on the IRIS Interme- dia project {BAh4, April) illustrates a growing problem in the area of comput- er-oriented education and access to such education by the disabled population. It has always been assumed that com- puter technology was going to be a boon for severely disabled students. Just imagine a student who has cerebral palsy, who uses a wheelchair for mobili- ty, and is unable to grasp or hold any- thing. Now, imagine this student trying to overcome the task of doing intensive library research for a term paper It would be nearly impossible. Along comes a system such as the Intermedia project and suddenly a whole new world opens to this student. Using a computer terminal the student is able to access the same types of information without having to overcome the physi- cal barriers previously encountered. What could be better? Almost any dis- abled student can access a computer with the proper hardware and software modifications. Where could any prob- lem arise? Imagine a class such as the English survey course described in the article. A class in which a WIMP (window, icon, mouse, pull-down menu) computer is used to present graphical-oriented in- formation as the basis of the course, re- placing a lecttire format. Now imagine a blind student who wishes to take this class. They are unable to use a WIMP system in which hand-to-eye coordina- tion is necessary to operate the mouse. Furthermore, they are unable to utilize the graphical information presented to them. Without the information provid- ed in background lectures this student is unable to participate in the class discus- sion and in effect is prohibited from tak- ing this course. But there is more to this problem than the few blind students who may be excluded from certain classes. The new- ly written Section 508 of the Federal Re- hab Act known as the "electronic curb-cut act" states that no federal insti- tution or institution which receives fed- eral funding may use computer hard- ware or software which is not accessible to all disabled users. If an institution is found to be in violation of this act it could lose its federal funding (NSF grants, NIH grants. Pell grants, etc.). In short. Brown, or any other school which chooses to use Intermedia in the way described in the BAM article before the access problems presented above are solved, may he in for dire consequences. Paul Kemp '83 Seattle Fond memories of French House Editor: The news of the University's plan to move the French House from 67-69 Manning Street, and to merge it with the Hispanic and Italian House at 87 Prospect Street, has finally crossed the Atlantic, and I regret to say that, like so many other French House alumni, I am saddened at the prospect of the loss of a great Brown institution. If both the French House and its His- panic/Italian counterpart have repeat- edly had to turn away interested stu- dents because of lack of space, surely this disillusionment will only be exacer- bated by combining the two houses and / SEPTEMBER 1988 reducing still further the number of available rooms. The University would better serve the quality of student life by leaving this rare residential success sto- ry to flourish as it has for seventeen years, and by concentrating its money and creative energy in improving the West [Keeney] Quad where many an alumnus has spent a dismal freshman year. The French House has worked so well for so long because of its extra- ordinarv unitv of purpose, its indefati- gable residents who tirelessly devote themsehes to its upkeep, and the seem- ingly boundless energy of its leaders in organizing new projects to promote and enjoy Francophone culture. It also works so well because it is one of the last Brown "dorms" that is still a house, not just a collection of rooms, and there are late-night scrubbing parties and weekend gardening sessions and sea- sonal fountain cleanings to take care of it with pride. People would come up to us in the supermarket, with our shop- ping cart loaded with the raw materials for dinner for thirty, and say, "My, what a large family you have!" and we would smile back like proud parents; we zcere a large family. I am delighted as a former French concentrator and teaching assistant that the French department is committed to playing an active role in the French House, and 1 am equally delighted that the department has been able to move out of its cramped quarters in Marston Hall to the Mary Sharpe House on Prospect Street. 1 remember well a lunch there, in the early spring of 1976, in which Mrs. Sharpe proudly displayed her lovelv garden, and, devoted Fran- cophile and French House supporter that she was, persuasively presented an ambitious landscaping program for 67- 69 Manning to the University's housing officials. In particular, I remember her enthusiasm for and her trust in the French House residents' capacity to manage, with an unusual degree of re- sponsibilitv, the property in which they lived. 1 cannot imagine that Mrs. Sharpe would have wanted 67 and 69 Manning Street to revert to their former anonymity or, worse yet, to be sold. One Sunday evening thirteen years ago this spring, a group of us, seated in the large second-floor double of 67 Manning, wrote the following para- graph to open the preface of the Golden Spoon Cookbook, which was then nearing UTSiDE Those Ivy Walls, _ r Things Get ALittleMoreDown-To-Eariil ^ < ^ u The Ivy league ComesToESPN: After deliberating the classics in hallowed enclaves of higher learn- ing, these students then turn to a more popular forum for debate— the football field. Ivy League football. Where each confrontation is a classic. Where grudge matches go back over a hundred years. And this year, for the first time, ESPN is delighted to add the Ivy League to our already exten- sive college football schedule. We'll bring you exclusive, live coverage of six, tradition-rich Ivy League matchups on Saturdays at 12:30 PM Eastern. The action starts September l/rh when the Elis of Yale take on the Brown Bruins. So, to see smart plays, brilliant moves and guys who think quickly on their feet, watch the Ivy League on ESPN. ■"■I THE TDTAL SPORTS NETWORK® 1988 ESPN, Inc Only a elhrough participating d fs Programming subiect lo change BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 3 ALUMNI FLIGHTS ABROAD Exceptional Experiences for Selective iVavelers. Egypt Greece Asia Minor the Aegean Carthage Central Asia the Kyber F^ss India Nepal the Himalayas Japan Southeast Asia Java Borneo Ceylon Sumatra South America the Galapagos the Amazon Ancient Civilizations the Andes Australia New Zealand New Guinea Kenya Tanzania the Seychelles Northern Italy Burgundy Southwest France Alsace-Lorraine the Rhine the Moselle Flanders Scotland Wales Ancient. Classical. Mysterious. Oriental. Enigmatic. Primitive. Vibrant. Compelling. Exciting. Artistic. Cultural. Historic. Highly acclaimed itineraries, especially designed for alumni of M.I.T., Harvard, Yale and other distinguished univer- sities. 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No words could better describe the emotions which those of us who lived, studied, cooked, cleaned, played, acted, and — yes — learned to love eccentric Vic- torian architecture felt and still feel about the French House as an institution and a building. If that health notice is replaced by a "For Sale" sign, it will be a sad day for Brown; mav the tricolor flv forever at 69 Manning. /. Patrick Truhu '76 Milan Europeans and the 'New' World Editor: In reference to "Encountering the New World" in the March issue, and at the risk of stating the obvious, Euro- peans did not "discover" the Western Hemisphere any more than they "dis- covered" Asia, Africa, Australia, or the Pacific Islands. (And to whom was this world "new," anyway?) I note that you are careful in the first paragraph to say "European discovery." However, it is perhaps time we retire the misleading term "discovery" when we speak about the Europeans' arrival in, encounter with, invasion, and conc]uest of the West- ern Hemisphere and other non-Euro- pean regions. Lee Fleming Callander Greenberg '78 Somerville, Mass. Rave review Editor. Your recent story about Loni Berry '76 needs a postscript. We saw The Colored Museum last week, here in Los Angeles at the presti- gious Mark Taper Forum. It is a smash hit, bound to be seen in many other venues. Berry has found his metier W'v look for more productions from this highly creative Brown alumnus. Devra Miller Bresloio '54 Los Angeles 'Sunday School teachers' Editor: I was pleased to read the report (BAM, May) on Professor David S. Wyman's lecture on Nazi atrocities and the inadequate and belated American reactions during World War II. I hope that the annual Holocaust lecture will continue until the end of time, not only to remind us of our historic failure to re- spond to the Nazi threat, but also as a spur to committed opposition to totali- tarianism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. It must be remembered that Stalin was Adolf Hitler's great example and that the spirit of Adolf Hitler is present- Iv alive anti well and living in Moscow. In sheer numbers of deaths, yesterday's and today's communist leaders make the Nazis look like Sunday School teachers. The thousands upon thou- sands of lives lost fighting communism in Vietnam pale into insignificance when compared with the hundreds of thousands of lives lost because we failed to adequately respond to that commu- nist threat. If I could be permitted the heresy of daring to paraphrase Presi- dent Richard M. Nixon: More lives have been lost in a communist "peace" than in wars fighting communism. The American press seems just as uninterest- ed today as it was in the early 1940s. Donato Andre D' Andrea '65 Newport, R.l. After Harvard Editor: While I was pleased to read in your March issue that the Corporation finally voted to include sexual orienta- tion in Brown's official statement of non-discrimination, I was also ashamed and embarrassed to learn that Brown was the very last Ivy school to adopt such a clause. Does it really take adop- tion by Harvard ef al. before it becomes "safe" for Brown to do the same? John W. Graham '73 Elizabeth, N.J. SEPTEMBER UlSS 'Privileged lifestyle' Editor: The continuing fame of Hal Mey- er III '86 due to your editorial pages as- tounds me. I must confess that I barely recollect his letter that initiated the six months of discourse to follow, leading me eventually to write this letter. I vaguely remember that Mr. Meyer ad- vocated returning Brown to its status as a haven within which the privileged classes in the United States could nur- ture their children along the path of suc- cess that thev were born to. In the months following his letter, BAM printed a number of letters re- sponding to his proposal. Although a few agreed with Mr. Meyer, happilv the majority were horrified by his blatant racism and classism. Because these let- ters more or less echoeti my views, I felt no need to enter the fray. In May, how- ever, you published a letter from Mr. Meyer's classmate, Debby Geiher, in which she makes a more subtle charge — that Mr. Mever is an original thinker "He doesn't feel constrained bv other's ideas," and his opponents are merely bandwagon liberals who haven't the ability to think independently of "the media," which she claims decides issues for the populace. Not so fast, Ms. Gei- her. It is far from apparent that "the me- dia" is a decision-making entity, and she should think twice before citing the 1988 campaign as evidence for her assertion. "The media" certainly is not as liberal as Ms. Geiher seems to imply. Although these are important issues, I cannot ad- dress them, too, in this short space. What I mean to address here is her as- sertion that Mr Meyer's statements stand as representing an individually and well-thought-out point of view. While this may indeed be the case, it is hardly automatic. Mr. Meyer was brought up on a bandwagon. Raised as a white male in an upper-middle-class home, he was no doubt constantly exposed to conserva- tive discourse: The Wall Street journaJ his father probably reads; his mother's cookbooks; and various status symbols; two cars, VCRs, and even the Roman numerals following his name. [He also was exposed to] cultural influences such as the power of the specialized lan- guages of medicine and jurisprudence, the commodification of artifacts in ad- vertising, and the fetishizing of the white upper-middle-class nuclear fami- ly in various modes of discourse from TV sitcoms to national politics. The socialization of education is per- haps the greatest threat to the belief sys- tem, a system that upholds the op- pressive power structure in our country, that many Americans, myself included, are raised within. It is not merely as- similation — I don't think Mr. Meyer would deny a student of color admis- sion to Brown if his or her parents could afford the cost — that Mr. Meyer is wor- ried about. Assimilation merely en- larges the roll of the private club, the upper-middle class, but leaves the basic classist structure to our society un- changed. The powerful remain power- ful; the disempowered clean the messes of the powerful in order to barely pay the rent on their tenement slums. The socialization of education could provide the tools to members of the largely black underclass to alter and equalize the pre- sent power structure, doing away with privilege. Undecided about retirement living? Call Dora collect and ask her about Meadow Lakes. Dora Newman, our Assistant Director for New Resident Relations, has been a part of Meadow Lakes since we opened nearly 25 years ago. She can tell you first-hand about our scenic 103-acre wooded community, about the many conveniences and amenities we offer, and how retirement living at Meadow Lakes is as active and independent as you want it to be. To schedule a visit, or to receive our illustrated brochure and other detailed information, please call collect or write Mrs. Dora Newman. All without obligation. (609) 448-4100. 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B Montezuma, New Mexico 87731 (505)454-1461 n^^^ Now, as an extension to our thrilling 18 day, deluxe safari in Kenya, you can unwind in the sun-kissed Sqthelles. Five days of soft white beaches, exotic flora and fauna, crystal waters, perennial sun. friendly islanders, and an unforgettable Creole cuisine. From S299 including hotel and airfare. ($1899 if booked direct via Europe.) For details on these and other /^/' . adventures, see your travel ^A//%Ca/l/ agent. . .or call 800-233-2585 KADI ('" CT., (203) 866-7137). LrAIil 50 Water Street, SaNorwalk, TRAILS a. 06854 It is this danger to his privileged hfestyle that I think Mr. Meyer is react- ing to. And it is this possible change that his opponents are eager to embrace. Whether Mr. Meyer is merely reacting from within the belief system he was raised with, or whether he has recog- nized all this and has objectively chosen to guard his position, I cannot say. The former puts him on a bandwagon Ms. Geiher has failed to notice, even as it rolls beneath her The latter takes Mr Meyer's argument from the sphere of logic, where Ms. Geiher would have it exclusively rest, and places it where such questions truly belong — the spheres of morality and ethics. Anthoitif T. Spcmiizn '85 Brooklvn, N.Y. 'Impersonal and degrading' Editor: Normally, I would throw out the letter trying to get me to buy life insur- ance through the Brown Associated Alumni group policy, but after my son Jeremy was born I thought of my new responsibilities and decided to send in the application. A few weeks later I re- ceived a package of test tubes and nee- dles with instructions to have a doctor take a blood sample and send it to a lab in Kansas for analysis. The kit came with a consent form saying that my blood could be tested for, among other things, the HIV (AIDS) virus, nicotine, cocaine, and other drugs. After years of hearing with growing unease about the latest trend in Ameri- can puritanism, I was finally confronted with the uncomfortable reality. I under- stand that blood testing can provide in- formation that is useful to insurance companies and that this might even lower the premiums 1 would have to pay, but I cannot help feeling that sub- mitting a blood test would be imperson- al and degrading. 1 would gladly have gone to the doctor for a physical exami- nation instead, and I doubt that the in- surance company would have been any worse off. Fortunately, I was spared any hard choices by the fact that the American Physical Society's group policy offered cheaper premiums and did not ask for a blood test. Still, I imagine that other Brown alumni have faced the same deci- sion — whether to submit to a blood test or look elsewhere for insurance. Per- haps Brown should find out how its alumni feel about this and consider looking for another company to admin- ister the group life insurance program for its alumni. Mark Gooiinwn '81 Santa Barbara, Calif. LYNN jACHNEY CHARTERS Private crewed yacht charters in the CARIBBEAN, NEW ENGLAND and MEDITERRANEAN. Fine per sonalized service since 1968. Virgin Island bareboat listing also available. Tel: Lynn Jachney 617-639-0787 Box 302A1VI, Marblehead, Mass. 01945 TOLL FREE: 800-223-2050 Authors... LOOKING FORA PUBLISHER? Learn how to have your book published. You are invited to send for a free illus- trated guidebook v^hicti explains tiow your book can be publistied. promoted and marketed. Wtiettier your subject is fic- tion, non-fiction or poetry, sci- entific, sctiolar- ly, specialized. (even contro- versial) this handsome 40- page brochure VKill show you how to arrange for prompt pub- lication. To the author in search of a publisher Unpublished authors, especially, will find this booklet valuable and inform- ative For your free copy, write to: VANTAGE PRESS. Inc. Dept. Y-69 516 W. 34 St., New York, N.Y. 10001 6 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Career Planning Services New Dossier Policy Attention: All Brown students and alumni holding Dossiers at Career Planning Services Beginning September 1, 1988 Dossiers will be held for a maximum of 10 years for those with a Brown B.A. or M.A. Degree. Dossiers will be held for a maximum of 15 years for those with a Brown M.A.T. or Ph.D. Degree. Written requests extending the time we will hold your Dossier will be honored only if new updated letters of recommendation are added to the file. Beginning January 15, 1989 Dossiers of Brown Alumni who received a B.A. or M.A. Degree on or before May, 1978 wUl be returned or discarded. Dossiers of Brown Alumni who received a Ph.D. or M.A.T. Degree on or before May, 1973 will be returned or discarded. We ivould like to handle the return or disposal of these files according to your wishes. Confidential letters can only be returned to the writer or discarded. Non-Confidential letters written a/fer January 1st, 1975, may be returned to you or discarded. Please send complete written mstructions by January 15, 1989 to Career Planning Ser- vices, Box 1907, with necessary names and addresses on stamped self-addressed en- velopes, or feel free to call and discuss the matter with our Dossier Clerk, Karen Smith, at 401-863-1869. If we do not hear from you by January 15, 1989 indicating your wishes, your Dossier wiU be discarded. We wHl not discard Dossiers that have been reactivated within the last five years. If you would hke to receive our handout describ- ing our new Dossier pohcies, please let us know and we will send you a copy. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. 8 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Vartan Gregorian, an Armenian- American history scholar who has been president and chief ex- ecutive officer of the New York Pubhc Library since 1981, will succeed Howard R. Swearer as Brown's pres- ident. He will take office sometime early next year; the exact date has yet to be determined. The sixteenth president of Brown University is a cit- izen of the world, a man of letters, and an experienced educator. Bom in Tabriz, Iran, he came to the U.S. in 1956 to attend Stanford Uni- versity. He earned his B.A. and his Ph.D. in history and humanities at Stanford and went on to teach at San Francisco State College, Berkeley UCLA, the Uni- versity of Texas at Austin, and from 1972-1984, as Tarzian Professor of Arme- nian and Caucasian History at the University of Penn- sylvania. In 1984, Brown awarded Vartan Gregorian an hon- orary doctorate in humane letters, citing his "inspired stewardship of one of the world's great repositories of humankind's accom- plishments. " E UNDER THE ^^^ lmS Gregorian named Brown's next president At Penn, Gregorian was the first dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1974-78, and he served as provost from 1978-80. As dean, Gregorian helped to raise $32 million, formed a new alumni society and a new board of overseers, and presided over the establish- ment of such programs as an Italian studies center, a Center for Medieval Stud- ies, and the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies. Colleagues at Penn praised not only Gregori- an's shrewdness as an ad- ministrator, but also his extraordinary sensitivity and understanding. Gregorian is credited with revitalizing the New York Public Library, an enormous repository of some 27 million items, in- cluding more than 7 million books. During New York City's fiscal crisis in the 1970s, the library was forced to cut back services, post- pone maintenance, and dip into its endowment. Grego- rian, who described the li- brary as "a national treasure," successfully un- dertook to reverse that de- cline. He restored the physical plant, including cleaning the famous Fifth- Avenue faqade with its sculptures of two lions known as Patience and For- titude. The library's collec- tions, its catalogue system (now computerized), its eighty neighborhood branches, and various re- search activities and centers have been the beneficiaries of nearly $500 million in foundation grants, public al- locations, and private dona- tions since Gregorian became president. Gregorian is perceived as a vigorous and imagina- tive fund-raiser. Former Brown Chancellor Richard Salomon '32, who was chair- man of the library's board of trustees, has described his friend's positive approach to fund-raising and other chaUenges this way: "Gre- gonan's philosophy is 'Ev- erything can be done.' There is no such word as 'no.'" The recipient of nearly two dozen honorary de- grees, including a doctor of letters from Brown in 1984, Gregorian has traveled far from his boyhood home. Growing up in Tabriz, he spoke Armenian at home, Turkish in the marketplace, Persian in school, and Rus- sian in dealings with the oc- cupying Soviets. Today, in addition to those four lan- guages, he speaks English, French, and Arabic. He is married to the former Clare Russell, whom he met when she was a Stanford under- graduate and he a teaching fellow. They have three sons, Vahi, Raffi, and Dareh. When people describe the Gregorian style and per- sonality, they use such ad- jectives as dynamic, enthusiastic, frank, senti- mental, charismatic, and passionate. He is well- known for his warm, wel- coming bear hugs. He loves Armenian music and food, walking, traveling, and playing chess. In a two-part profile of Gregorian in 77/c New York- er (April 1985), author Philip Hamburger termed his sub- ject "a phenomenon. One must approach him as one would approach an extraor- dinary force of nature - a tornado, perhaps, or a hurri- cane. Of course, Gregorian is a benign force (who) leaves behind him . . . not death and destruction but a heightened sense that, while knowledge is power, know- ledge itself is a primary goal." To Brown's presidency there is no question that Vartan Gregorian will bring a scholarly sensibihty and a vivid personal style. His specific plans for the job are unknown as we go to press, but an interview in our Oc- tober issue will add depth to this brief portrait of the sixteenth president. - A.D. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 9 Brown assist a physicians hope to Nicaraguan hospital I ongress is consider- ^^ 1 ^ ing a bill that would put Brown's Program in Medicine in the business of helping injured victims of the civil war in Nicaragua. The proposal calls for an appropriation of $50 million over five years to develop a system of integrated trauma care that would be admini- stered without regard to the patient's political affiliation. The Agency for Interna- tional Development (AID) would use the money to "enter into a contract with the Brown University Medical School's Interna- tional Health Institute." Formed in the summer of 1987 and incorporated into the University's fiscal structure on January 1, the International Health In- stitute (IHI) represents a consolidation of interests in international medical edu- cation and service furthered over the last few years by the Program in Medicine. This summer the IHI sent five students to Third World countries where the need for medical assistance and training is acute. Two of the students traveled to the Philippines, where they worked in the villages and in Manila's hospitals. The legislation to assist Nicaragua was introduced by Rep. James Leach of Iowa and Sen. Mark Hat- field of Oregon and cospon- sored by the Rliode Island congressional delegation. It provides that Brown's IHI should "pursue negotiations with the hospital in La Trinidad, Nicaragua" as the preferred site of the trauma center. Nicaragua's ability to care for its casualties is severely limited. The legis- lation includes an appeal from twenty leading surgeons in that country, who wrote, "In our hospi- tals, we lack materials, equipment, medicines, and surgical instruments to a dramatic degree." The trauma system would demand strict neu- trality between Nicaragua's contending political fac- tions. Indeed, the effort would go forward under terms of the legislation "only if the Government of Nicaragua (Sandinistas) and the Nicaraguan Resistance (contras) approve of the es- tablishment of the inte- grated trauma care system . . . and only if they provide explicit assurances that no reprisals will be taken against wounded persons and that the trauma care center . . . would not be subject to any harassment." The IHI was selected for this project at least in part because of its experience in providing consultation to the Directorate of Higher Medical Education of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health over the last two years. Dr. Vincent R. Hunt, Dis. Charles C. Carpenter, left, and G. Richard Olds of Miriam Hospital are heading Brown 's International Health Institute, which aims to improve health care in developing countries. an internationally recog- nized authority who is professor and chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Brown and at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, has visited Nicaragua three times since November 1986, helping create a residency program called Medicina Integral. "Our approach as phy- sicians and as an institu- tion," said Dr. David S. Greer, dean of medicine, "is that we take care of people who are sick regardless of temporal or political issues. The people of Nicaragua have an enormous need for medical care of this kind; we have the people and the ability to manage the project." The IHI also has been invited to participate in the Children's Survival Assis- tance Program of AID, an $18-million segment of the overall humanitarian aid package for Nicaragua passed by Congress earlier this year. In a letter to AID, Francis X. McCrossan, ex- ecutive officer of the Brown Program in Medicine, expressed his enthusiasm. "It is our sincere belief," he wrote, "that the cause of peace in Nicaragua is best served by an effort on the part of organizations such as the IHI to provide assis- tance to improve the quality of life for all Nicaraguans regardless of political persuasion." Brown's involvement in international health matters has evolved gradually over 10 / SEPTEMBER 1988 the last decade, in large part as a result of Dean Greer's strong interest, establish- ment of the independently- funded, Brown-affiliated International Exchange for Medical Training, and de- velopment of a University program in geographic medicine. Out of these emerged the concept of the IHl and the desire to seek official approval from the Brown Corporation. Dr. G. Richard Olds is director of the proposed institute, and Dr. Charles C. J. Carpenter is associate director. Both are specialists in geographic medicine at Miriam Hospital in Provi- dence. Plans for the IHl call for three areas of emphasis, all interrelated but with different responsibilities and objectives. Dr. Olds heads the division of geo- graphic medicine. Dr. Stephen Kaplan is director of faculty exchanges, and Dr. Stephen Smith is director of student ex- changes in the division of professional exchange. A search is currently under way for a director of the di- vision of primary care, although Dr. Hunt now assumes many of those re- sponsibilities. In a recent interview. Dr. Carpenter said the institute "has the primary aim of applying the views of modern molecular biology to disease in the developing countries ... It has recog- nized that, although we have essentially conquered most of the infectious dis- eases in the industrialized world, they still exist in tremendous proportions in the developing world. They're not all that difficult to deal with if we use modern tools. So our objec- tive is to study diseases in First-edition Pavlov is chosen as Brown's two-millionth book It was the kind of mile- stone that calls for a celebration, and since the folks over at the library knew it was coming, they planned a busman's holiday of sorts. As the number of volumes in the University Librarv system neared the 2,000,000 mark, they began talking about what kind of book would best mark such a milestone, and they ap- pointed a committee to de- cide. The millionth book - purchased in 1954 - had been a copy of Rene Des- cartes's early work on physiology, De Homine Figuris et Latinale Donaius a Florentio Schuifl; printed in Levden in 1662, the book was a gift from Albert E. Lownes '20. What to do for the two-millionth? "We wanted something medical," says Special Collections curator Jennifer Lee. "The Rhode Island Medical Society had just given Brown its collection," which dates from 1812. There were efforts afoot to bolster Brown's medical holdings - particularly in the history of medicine, since the University already has outstanding collections in the history of science and mathematics. The commit- tee chose a first-edition copy of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov's Lectures on the Function of the Main Food-Digesting Glands, the field toward developing better vaccines and treat- ments . . . We also aim at providing better primary health care and preventive medicine in the developing world." Dr. Carpenter paid tribute to the doctors who take an active role in inter- national medicine. "One of the things that's always been interesting and helpful about working in the devel- oping world," he said, "is that resident physicians - interns and residents - are very enthusiastic about this sort of thing. We want to integrate that to whatever extent possible. And the Nicaraguan program would be one of the things for which they would be very well-suited." Whether Congress will enact the Leach-Hatfield bill remains an open question. If it does. Brown's IHl will The title page and two diagrams from Pavlov's landmark book. printed in St. Petersburg in 1897. Lee says her first reac- tion - and that of many others - "to a book about salivating dogs" was less than enthusiastic. "But as I researched the subject, I realized that Pavlov really was an appropriate choice." The lectures in the book summarize Pavlov's re- search from 1890 to 1896, while he directed the physi- significantly increase its medical contribution to Nicaragua and enhance its role as a leader in offering technical and humanitarian assistance to Third World countries. In the words of the Leach proposal, the as- sistance authorized "will demonstrate the good will of the American people in a region of the world that is vital to our national se- curity. At the present time the only serious programs to treat the wounded in Nicaragua are funded, equipped, and staffed by Soviet and Eastern bloc countries ... By emphasiz- ing education the assistance would enable local doctors to gain self-reliance in the provision of essential ser- vices. Research would, as in the Vietnam War, result in raising the standard of care for trauma patients every- where." - Peter G. Fradley 1 DBDlEBifHTEIILHlilI'l) ffiEJlE3T> ology section at the Institute of Experimental Medicine. It was during this period that he developed the technique of using long-term experi- ments to study an organism in its natural environment. His research, which focused on the physiology of the cir- culatory system, the diges- tive system, the nervous system, and the brain, won him a Nobel Prize in 1904. Pavlov's studies of the BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 11 relationship between stim- ulus and response explained much of animal and human behavior as conditioned responses to stimuli. Although he is often seen as reducing humanity by ex- plaining behavior in terms of reflexes, Pavlov looked hir- ther, Lee says. He asked "how the hvnnan brain uses the signals from conditioned reflexes to produce abstract thought and speech," she has written. "In this way Pavlov's work marked the beginning of the objective treatment of human psycho- logical problems." Lee says Pavlov's work on stimulus-response has been of use to immunolo- gists as well as psycholo- gists. In the 1920s, Russian researchers pursuing Pavlov's work discovered that the development of blood cells is a learned process, one they dubbed "conditioned leuko-cytosis." More recently, the new field of psychoneuroimmunology has emerged to study the behavioral and emotional factors that influence the body's ability tc) fight disease. To herald the new book's acquisition and to celebrate the milestone it marks. New York Public Library president Vartan Gregorian gave a forum at Commencement entitled "The Book and the People of the Book," and the John Hay Library put up an exhibition from the University's Spe- cial Collections. The Special Collections show marked the arrival of yet another book, one that was not purchased, but actually published by the Library. Three years in the making, Spccliil Collections ai Brou'ii Univcrsit]/: A History luiil Giiiile was a joint effort of Brown's Special Collec- tions curators. University Relations designer Kathryn An illustration from Special Collections at Brown University: A History and Guide. de Boer, editor Leslie Wen- del '55, and photographer John Miller. Its first section traces the history of the University's 250 separate collections (which number 2,500,000 items - more than half the University's hold- ings) from President James Manning's donation of the first volume in 1767 to the three major collections which Brown received in 1987: the archives of the American Mathematical Society, the S. J. Perelman collection, and the Rhode Island Medical Society library. The second half of the book is a guide to the Special Collections, by subject except for the Ann- mary Brown Memorial and the Anne S. K. Brown Mili- tary Collection. Designed to serve both scholars and those merely curious about the University's holdings, the book is generously illus- trated with photographs of books and other items. Among those intrigued by the news that the Uni- versity Library had passed the two-million mark was Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. '45. As chairman of the Friends of the Library, he included in the Friends' newsletter the following bits of trivia: "I reckoned . . . that had our 2,000,000 ten-inch average sized volumes really been laid end-to-end (as Mr. Rip- ley surely would have had it), our librarian. Merrily Taylor, would find herself making a trip all the way from College Hill to Roches- ter, New York, just to help us sign out our soon-to-be famous two-millionth addition. "Speaking more prac- tically, had she placed our 2,000,000 books as they are, side by side, but on a single bookshelf (measuring thick- ness the way we actually do compute shelfspace) she would have been able to take care of us by walking only to Boston. "Had our Brown Uni- versity Library started adding one volume per hour beginning in 1764, promptly within the very hour of Brown's being granted her charter by the Rhode Island Colonial Legislature . . . and had it continued to do so for every hour of the University's ex- istence, night and day, sev- en days a week, 365 days a year, until the present . . . we would have been add- ing our two-millionth vol- ume only in the year 1987, just about as we actually are doing." - C.B.H. Student's cable vision brings Hispanic TV to Rhode Island \/ ou see the baby first: a JL white-clad infant in close-up on the TV screen. He is so tiny that the man's arms that cradle him look enormous. A low, off-screen murmuring is that of a priest, whose hand enters the picture to sprinkle water over the child's head. The baby being baptized is an American citizen; his parents are not. Illegal immigrants from Colombia now living in Greater Providence, they could be faced with deportation at any time if they are discov- ered by authorities. The family's story is part of an in-depth look at changes in federal immigration laws on "Enfoque Latino," a new Spanish-language news show produced for public- access cable TV by a Brown senior, several young alumni, and a coalition of Providence video artists, teachers, graphic artists. 12 / SEPTEMBER 1988 actors, and community groups. "Eiifoqiu' Latino" ("Latin Focus") and its sister show, "Everyday English," which aims to help recent immi- grants improve their spoken English, were conceived by Adam Stepan '89 last March during Latino Awareness Week on campus. "I had taken the previous year off from Brown," Stepan re- lates, "and went to Costa Rica, where I learned Spanish and worked on a photographic project. When I came back to Brown, I was interested in doing some- thing with Rhode Island's Spanish-speaking commu- nity." He learned that under a new state law, cable tele- vision companies must pro- vide air time and the use of video equipment to commu- nity groups that want to produce their own shows. His idea of combining ser- vice to the local Hispanic community with his interest in producing documentaries was given a financial boost by grants from two Brown- administered sources, the Starr Foundation grants and the Ira Magaziner ['69] Fund. Stepan recruited a co- producer, Marivi Lerdo de Tejada '88, who was teach- ing English to immigrants for Progreso Latino, Rhode Island's largest Hispanic social services agency. More financial help came from Progreso Latino and the fed- erally-funded SER Jobs for Progress program. Students in the Brown Computer Graphics Group donated many days of their time in creating the computer- animated scenes of Provi- dence that open "Enfoquc Lntino," and Vision Cable of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, provided free equipment, studio use, and air time under its public access program. By August, with initial segments of the two thirty- minute shows in produc- tion, Stepan and de Tejada had assembled a working group of nearly twenty video artists, teachers, actors, and members of community groups. Pablo Mijares, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate in filmmaking, is the small company's cameraman and director. Through the Jobs for Progress program, the co-producers hired two teenage helpers, Gilberto Arteaga, an immigrant from Mexico, and Jer Chue, a Laotian refugee. Nina Rivera '88 is on camera as the host of "Eufoque Latino," and actress/storyteller Valerie Tutson '87 helps with "Everyday English." One steamy morning, the troupe assembles at the downtown Bonanza bus station to tape an "Everyday English" segment in which actors portray a family heading to the beach by bus. Another day, they drive to McCoy Stadium to film an interview with Pawtucket Red Sox star Carlos Quin- tana for "Eufoque Latino." The feature on immigration laws entails numerous interviews with community agency spokesmen, the director of the local Immi- gration and Naturalization Services office. Catholic Church officials, and the local director of the ACLU - some in Spanish, others in English with Spanish sub- titles added in production. The pilot shows were scheduled to air on Vision Cable in late August or early September. Mean- while, after a hectic summer of launching two new television shows, Stepan was preparing to resume classes at Brown. But he had high hopes that funding would be secured so that programs for Rhode Island Spanish-speakers (estimated at some 50,000 people) could continue to be pro- duced. "There is a real need for such programming," Stepan says. "A news show like 'Enfoque Latino' helps to build a sense of community. Often Hispanics feel they only make the news as sports stars, or when some- one is arrested for a crime. We want to present a broader view of the His- panic community by focus- ing on events such as the parade in Providence on Puerto Rico Day, and bv profiling successful immi- grants. "Also, it can be tricky for people to learn English if they're working full-time, or working the night shift when many courses are held. 'Everyday English' can help them with basic Eng- lish grammar as well as specific problems of usage, such as 'too much' versus 'too many.' " An estimated one-half of the Hispanic community has cable television service, Stepan adds. "This is the only way they can get Spanish-language program- ming." By late August, the co-producers' imminent task was to write grant proposals with assistance from David Sosa '89 of the local Hispanic Social Services Committee: "We would like to get funding for one full-time producer, probably Marivi, and some money to pay Brown stu- dents to work part-time during the school year." One of those students, the neophyte television pro- ducer hopes, will be named Adam Stepan. - A.D. "Thumbs up" for Hispanic TV pTogramming: Adam Stepan '89, left, and film- maker Pablo Mijares edit an interview with Pawtucket Red Sox player Carlos Quintana for a new cable show, "Enfoque Latino." BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 13 Campus Compact: The hottest club in town-and-gown Campus Compact is paying the "price" of popularity. And its Brown-headquartered staff couldn't be hapf>ier about the cachet their nationwide voluntary-service coalition has developed in three years. In 1985, there was an idea and a beginning. The idea was that college stu- dents ought to become more involved in voluntary ser- vice to the larger commu- nity. Three university presidents - Howard Swearer of Brown, the Rev. Timothy Healy of George- town, and Donald Kennedy of Stanford - convened a meeting in Washington to consider ways of encourag- ing public service. Their discussions were the gene- sis of Campus Compact, housed at Brown and operated by the Education Commission of the States (ECS). In the beginning, the program was called the Project for Public and Com- munity Service. It was a coalition of fifty-nine colleges and universities whose presidents had made an individual, as well as an institutional, commitment to promoting volunteerism among their students. Susan Stroud, then director of Brown's College Ventvire Program (and since named director of Brown's Center for Public Service), was tapped to devote half her time to directing the fledg- ling coalition. Stroud is still at the helm, but since 1985 the project has evolved dramati- cally. It now enrolls 140 colleges and universities across the country, and more are clamoring to come on board. "School presidents keep writing to us and asking to join. We're doing our best to keep the lid on," Stroud says, not unhappily. The very popularity of Campus Compact, after all, has confirmed the hopes of its founders: that educational leaders would find the idea of fostering "habits of the heart" in college students a compelling, exciting pros- pect. But success has led to new strategies for assisting more and more campuses to begin, or build, systems for providing volunteer oppor- tunities. "A big bureaucracy is not the best way to serve our schools," Stroud says, explaining the steady-state size envisioned for Campus Compact's administration. Currently, Campus Com- pact has an annual budget of about $300,000, mostly from grants, and employs two full-time administra- tors, a half-time director, a part-time student, and a sec- retary. Additional supervi- sion and help with external relations comes from ECS President Frank Newman '47 and his Denver-based staff. "We're exploring ways," Stroud says, "to spread the effect of our work to other campuses, without the Compact be- coming bigger." The solu- tion: Campus Compact will assist in the development of spin-off compacts within individual states, each to be co-chaired by the presidents Campus Compact diiector Susan Stroud of one public and one pri- vate institution. Already Michigan, California, and Pennsylvania have begun such coalitions, Stroud says. "Whether eventually there will be fifty state compacts, it's too soon to tell." Surveys by Campus Compact indicate that, at member institutions, an average of 20 percent of all students do public service of some kind. At Brown, Stroud says an estimated 900 students annually en- gage in volunteer ac- tivities. But that figure is conservative, she says: "It doesn't take into account the medical school, the black fraternities and sororities, and other or- ganizations" not operating through Brown Student Agencies (BSA), the stu- dent-run clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities, or the Center for Public Ser- vice. "We estimate that 25 percent of Brown's student body is involved in volun- teer work," Stroud con- cludes. "That puts us at the high end of participation among Compact schools." Recent press coverage of college-age volunteerism reflects, in part, the impact of Campus Compact. Clip- pings from national news magazines, from The Neic York Times, and from numerous local and regional periodicals tell story after story of college students tutoring inner-city children, building shelters for the homeless, setting up soup kitchens, and befriending the elderly and lonely. In keeping with its belief that volunteerism requires both promotion and recog- nition. Campus Compact inaugurated an annual awards program, the Robinson Humanitarian Awards, to recognize out- standing service performed by college students. Last May, five students from Rice, St. Joseph's, and Florida State Universities, and from Earlham and Alverno Colleges, were honored. Each received a $1,500 grant to underwrite a humanitarian activity. In addition to recogniz- ing volunteers. Campus Compact provides its member schools with ideas for tying service to curric- ula, for linking financial aid to service, and for getting faculty, as well as students, involved with public service projects. A major campaign now underway addresses liter- acy. An anonymous grant of $130,000 enabled Campus Compact to hire a staff person to address the single issue of adult literacy, a focus Stroud has called "a good match between an im- portant national need and student resources." This fall. 14 / SEPTEMBER 1988 PEOPLE t Two faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar awards and are teaching at overseas universities this year. James Patterson, professor of history, was chosen for the John Adams Chair in American Civihzation, one of seven dis- tinguished Fulbright chairs in Western Europe. He is teaching a course on modem American history and a seminar on American politics and foreign policy at the University of Amsterdam for the entire academic year. In addition, he will commute to the University of Leiden in the spring to teach the same seminar. He is the author of The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture (see BAM, November 1987). Hilary Freda Silver, assistant professor of sociology, is lec- turing at the Universite de Sciences et Techniques de Lille- Flanders- Artois in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, during the fall semester. She specializes in urban studies, political sociology, and the sociology of work, and is writing a book on income inequalities in American cities. Paula Grabowski, assistant professor of medical science, has received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. The award, designed to help the nation's most promising young scientists in the early years of their research careers, provides $25,000 per year for five years, and up to $37,500 per year to match business and industrial research support. Grabowski, who joined the faculty last year, is interested in the control of gene expression in mammalian cells. She recently won a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, as well as a Merck Faculty Development Grant. Professors of Judaic Studies Ernest S. Frerichs and Jacob Neusner lectured in August at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, by invitation of the university's rector and the dean of the faculty. Frerichs, who is chairman of Brown's Program in Judaic Studies, discussed a draft agreement between Brown and Sao Paulo on joint research projects. Neusners lecture, which he delivered in Portuguese, was titled "Inferiorities of Jewish Existence." Junior and senior members of the Tau Beta Pi engineering stu- dents' honor society voted last spring to honor Associate Professor James Rosenberg with the President's Award of the Technical Analysis Corporation (TAC) for excellence in teach- ing. The award, donated by David M. Rosenbaum '56, president of TAC in McLean, Virginia, is given to an engineering faculty member who "has instilled a special sense of enthusiasm for learning and lifelong accomplishment among undergraduates." Five Brown faculty members attended a ten-day symposium on "Literature and Society" at Moscow's A.M. Gorki Institute of World Literature in June. The Gorki Institute is the Soviet Union's literary arm of its Academy of Sciences. Duncan Smith, professor of German and of modern culture and media, director of the Office of International Programs and Exchanges, and the organizer of the exchange, described the June symposium as a ground-breaking event. In addition to Smith, Brown faculty who attended the symposium were Lewis Curtis, professor of history; Roger Henkle, professor of English; Roger Mayer, pro- fessor of art; and Michael Silverman, associate professor of Enghsh. A second meeting with the Gorki Institute scholars will be held at Brown in November Three sociologists lectured in Taiwan (Republic of China) in June. Professors Sidney Goldstein, director of the Population Studies and Training Center, and Alden Speare, Jr., director of the Social Science Data Center, were invited by the National Science Council of Taiwan to participate in its distinguished vis- iting scholar program. Each delivered a series of lectures spon- sored locally by the Population Studies Center of National Taiwan University. Alice Goldstein, a senior researcher in the Population Studies and Training Center, also dehvered a lecture in Taiwan. Eleanor M. McMahon '54 A.M., commissioner of higher educa- tion for the state of Rhode Island, has been made a distin- guished visiting professor in Brown's A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, effective in January. A trustee of Brown and of the Rhode Island School of Design, McMahon is the president-elect of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. A group of students and young alumni have received a $300,000 grant from the Columbia Broadcasting System to set up a National Association of College Broadcasters, to be head- quartered at Brown. Organizers Doug Llman '88, Kerith Aronow '89, Steve Klinenberg '90, and Dave Bartis '88 are planning the first national conference for NACB — which will unify an estimated 300 student-run television stations and many radio stations — to be held at Brown in November. from October 9 to 1 5, mem- ber institutions will mark "National Literacy Aware- ness Week" with speakers, films, walk-a-thons, and other events. The departure this year from Brown of one of Campus Compact's found- ers and chief proponents will not, Stroud says, de- emphasize Brown's involve- ment in any way. "Howard Swearer's support has been absolutely key to getting this underway," she says. "But Campus Compact is well established. And Frank Newman has been wonder- ful as the person with principal oversight of the Compact. He will continue to be remarkably accessible to us." Newman says Campus Compact's work to date has only strengthened his con- viction that support for public service is a natural direction for American colleges and universities to take. "If you look back at the origins of our institu- tions," he says, "even in Colonial days, there was a very clear understanding in the colleges' charters that one of their purposes was to prepare people for citizen- ship. In the 1800s, the traditional job of a college president was to teach a senior capstone course on ethics and behavior." Despite academic specialization that has occurred in this century, Newman feels that instilling a sense of civic responsibil- ity in today's students is critical to the health both of the institution and of the nation. "The most important thing an institution does is to prepare you )wt for a career," he says, "but for life as a citizen. We are looking to change students' percep- tions of their responsibili- ties." - A.D. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 15 BAM is ranked in top ten once again Judging a book by its cover? These were two of three that helped win the BAM honors for the use of illustration. To our readers: The redesigned Brown Alumni Monthly you have in your hands is an exam- ple of something old and something new. The "something old" is the text face. We have returned to Palatino, the text face used from 1969 to 1983. The "something new" is the clean, open look de- signed for the magazine by University Relations Art Director Kathryn de Boer and Graphic Designer Sandra Delany. Possibly the biggest change you will notice is in "Under the Elms," with the use of four columns per page and larg- er heads. One result of the changes, we think, will be an even better use of pho- tographs and a less crowd- ed look to the columns of text. To Kathryn de Boer and Sandra Delany, the editors say "thank you" for many hours spent over the past year. To our readers, we invite your comments. I he Bivwu AhiDini JL Monthly, edited by Robert M. Rliodes, was for the nineteenth time in the past twenty-one years named one of the nation's top ten university maga- zines in the annual competi- tion sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), based in Washing- ton, D.C. The BAM also received a gold medal for excellence in periodical writing; the win- ning entry included five feature stories from the magazine. Four were writ- ten by Managing Editor Anne Hinman Diffily '73: "The Higher and Higher Cost of Higher Education" (October 1987); "A Hard Sci- entist with a Soft Heart" (December 1987), a profile of physicist Hendrik Ger- ritsen; "Love Can Have No Place Between Husband and Wife" (February), a look at romance in medieval times; and "High on Technology" (March), which examined the skyrocketing costs of research equipment. Edi- torial Associate James Reinbold '74 A.M. wrote the fifth entry: "Peter Falk's Sound View: Rescuing Lost American Artists" (March), a profile of Peter Falk '73 and his rediscovery of little- known artists. Assistant Editor Char- lotte Bruce Harvey '78 won a gold medal in the "articles of the year" category for "A World Apart," a piece on fundamentalism that she wrote while she was staff writer for Emory Magazine in Atlanta. In addition, the BAM received a bronze award for the use of illustration in three cover stories: "The Candidates and the Media Character Cops," (Decem- ber) illustrated by Sean Kelly '84, and Diffily's pieces on the cost of higher education, illustrated by Anthony Russo, and medieval love, which used materials from the Ann Mary Brown Memorial. BAM editorial board member Robert P. Fisler '43 won the magazine another bronze award for fundrais- ing direct mail with a letter he wrote soliciting volun- tary subscriptions. Brown's Office of News and Information Services, directed by Eric Broudy, received five CASE awards this year, including a bronze award for public informa- tion. Two of the honors went to photographer John Foraste: a gold award in the category "photographer of the decade," and a silver as "photographer of the year." The George Street journal, the bi-weekly campus newspa- per, won a gold medal in the "internal tabloids" category for the third year in a row. Paul Roselli, manager of audio-visual services, won a silver award for his multi-media show, "Speak to the Past and It Shall Teach Thee," which accompanied the John Carter Brown Library's exhibition at the IBM Gallery in New York. "ArtLA," which the Continuing College offered to alumni last spring, won a gold award for Director of Special Events William Slack in the category "Alumni On-Campus and Off-Campus Events." Slack's office also received a silver award for its pro- grams for parents. Brown Designgroup won two awards: a silver for a poster announcing Car- berry Day, and a bronze for a menu created for Food Services. 16 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Sports Bv James Reinbold Football: Talented sophomores are the key The 1987 football season is history, and, as such, has been reduced to the statistician's concept of its essence: numbers. Only the most loyal fans, coaches and staff, and players re- member the details that make the season live: the defensive struggles; the bizarre, two-faced game against Penn; the inspira- tional win over Cornell; the frustrating loss to Harvard. The season brought seven wins and three losses, five l\v League wins and two Ivy League losses, and a second-place Ivy finish - one of the most successful seasons for Brown football in over a decade. Nineteen eighty-seven was Coach John Rosenberg's fourth year as head coach, a year in which he saw his first recruits play their final games and then graduate. So, in a sense, Rosenberg starts the cycle again in 1988. And although he does not begin with a tabula rasa. the thirty-one players who graduated (sixteen starters) represent the biggest per- sonnel turnover he has had to face at Brown. But the statistic is misleading, and it does not present as big a headache for Rosenberg as a casual observer may think. "The incoming sophomore group," he points out, "is better as a whole than the group that graduated." Rosenberg also notes that a returning group of veteran linemen, particu- larly Joe Madden '89 and George Pyne '89 at tackles, and Jim Anderson '89 at guard; a solid group of tight ends; and good running backs, such as Lane Wood '89, are strengths for the offense. At fullback last fall. Wood averaged 4.9 yards per carry and scored two touchdowns. He also blocked effectively for Kirk Little '88, who ran for 893 yards. Greg Solomon '89, who responded to the call with 240 total yards, may be moved to wide receiver, and Air Force Academy transfer Nick Badolato is expected to see action at tailback. And then there are those sopho- mores. Rosenberg has a talented group in the back- field to assess. Areas of concern in the offense are at the positions of wide receiver and t]uar- terback. Danny Clark '90, who played briefly in four games last year before starting against Columbia, will take over at the quar- terback position. It is Clark's lack of experience that has Rosenberg a little worried, not his ability. Against Columbia, Clark, starting in place of the injured Mark Donovan '88, scored on a 43-yard run and then rallied the Bruins from behind, scoring from nine yards out with just forty-seven sec- onds left in the game. Rosenberg has two senior backups, Kian Conley and Dan Rukamp, and a soph- omore, Mike Lenkaitis. Todd Roth, freshman-team quarterback last year, may be put at wide receiver, the other offensive soft spot. Tom Budway '89 and Greg Giardi '90 return at that position, but neither has extensive game experience, so Rosenberg will also be looking closely at a group of sophomores, which inclucJes Mike Geroux and Jim Hall. The defense graduated nine starters, and grim as that may sound, there are many candidates among the sophomores io fill those slots. The secondary will be anchored by Greg Kylish '89, a tri-captain. "Nothing is set up front," says Rosen- berg. "There are lots of candidates and enough good football players. The competition will be ex- tremely intense. It should be a process of discovery for both coaches and players." Kylish, an honorable mention All-Ivy, made 72 tackles last year, 44 solo. He also had three interceptions. Darryl Heggans '89 is the only other returning starter on defense, but Mark Segar '89, Kylish's backup last year, could earn himself a starting role in the secon- dary. On the front line, John Taylor and Dave Rody, both seniors, are the other players to return with game ex- perience. The other lost starter is Alex Koss, who last year handled both the punting and placekicking chores. He Tri-captain Greg Kylish anchors the Bruins' secondary will be missed. Rosenberg will look to John Vidmar '89, Koss's backup for two years, for punting. Ever evasive about making assessments in the pre-season, on the point of replacing the sixteen 1987 starters, and settling into a roster for his fifth season, Rosenberg is more euphe- mistic than usual when he says the 1988 season should not be looked upon as a rebuilding year. Look upon it, he requests, as being "just very developmental." ESPN will broadcast Brown's home opener against Yale on Sept. 17, the first of that sports network's plans to broadcast six Ivy games during the 1988 season. Brown and Yale (both 5-2) tied for second place in the Ivy League last year. Brown has won five of the last six meetings in the ninety-two-game series, including last year's 17-7 win in New Haven. The 1988 schedule: Sept. 17 Brown v. Yale (ESPN, 12:30 p.m.) Sept. 24 Brown at Rhode Island Oct. 1 Brown at Princeton Oct. 8 Brown v. Penn Oct. 15 Brown at Cornell Oct. 22 Brown v. Holy Cross Oct. 29 Brown at Harvard Nov. 5 Brown v. Maine Nov. 12 Brown v. Dartmouth Nov. 19 Brown at Columbia BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 17 Women's soccer: A 'winning tradition' should continue The sports intormation office brochure for women's soccer proclaims on its cover, "A Winning Tradition." It is a well- deserved sobriquet. In ten seasons, Coach Phil Pincince has orchestrated seven Ivy League championships. The 1984 team posted a 13-1-1 overall record and was ranked second in the nation in the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America post-season poll and first in the New England Region. The Bruins have advanced to the NCAA tournament five times, although in 1986, for the second time in three years, they were defeated by Connecticut in first-round playoff action. They played .300 overall (7-7-1) last year, but it should be noted that one of the losses was in double-overtime and six others were by one goal. The team, the youngest in the Ivy League, lost only one league game, to Cornell, with whom they shared the league title. Whether the team is voung or experienced. Coach Phil Pincince has led the women's soccer team to seven Ivy League championships. Brown is the team to beat in the Ivies, according to Pin- cince. Since 1981, no one, except Cornell last year, has been able to do that. Cor- nell's win ended Brown's twenty-eight-game streak, but, as Pincince points out, "We beat Columbia and Harvard after that, so we've already started a new streak." Pincince has five seniors and four juniors returning, including re-elected co-cap- tains Theresa Hirschauer '89 and Janet Repke '89. Hirschauer needs two goals to break Debbie Ching's '83 all-time scoring record. Among the sopho- mores who are returning is goalie Susan Bailey, last year's rookie of the year in the Ivy League. That honor, Pincince says, reflects well on both the player and the coach. "It means we are the recruiting winners," he says. Despite last year's suc- cess, the season was a learn- ing experience for the team, which started eleven fresh- men. "The 'self effort can take over the 'team' effort in the case of young players," Pincince explains. "This year, with a year of experi- ence, everyone will be singing the same tune." And the same tune could mean another Ivy championship. The Bruins will travel to Colorado the third weekend in October to meet nation- ally-ranked St. Mary's Col- lege (California) (17) and Colorado College (4). Brown was ranked eighteenth in the nation last year. Other than that, the schedule includes seven games against top-20 teams in TRANSITIONS Bill Perkins, a part-time assistant coach at the University of Colorado for the past two years, has been named assistant men's basketball coach. He replaces Bill Raynor, who accepted an assistant coaching position at Holy Cross last May. "Bill is a basketball coach with tremendous dedication and class. He will have an immediate positive impact on all aspects of Brown basketball," said Coach Mike Cingiser. Perkins was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, before turning around the basketball program at Pinellas Park Senior High School At Colorado, he recruited, scouted, instructed, and served as a liaison to the academic counseling program. Football Coach John Rosenberg has made several coaching changes for the 1988 season. Steve Reese, the defensive secondary coach and recruiting coordinator for the last two years, has been promoted to assistant head coach. Tony Marciano, tight end coach last fall, is the new offensive coordinator, replacing quarterback coach Peter Giunta, who left to accept a similar position at Lehigh. The new quarterback coach is James Parady, an assistant coach at Syracuse University for the past two years. Parady's assignments at Syracuse included game film review, pass coverage breakdown, game planning, and all areas of off- season conditioning. He also worked with quarterback Don McPherson. Undefeated in the regular season, Syracuse and Auburn played to a tie in the 1988 Sugar Bowl. Men's Hockey Coach Bob Gaudet named Scott Borek, an assistant coach at Providence College for the past three years and a 1985 Dartmouth graduate, as his first assistant. "We're very fortunate to get a coach of Scott's caliber at Brown," Gaudet said. "His knowledge of the Ivy League as a player and a coach will definitely aid our recruiting efforts. Scott is a real steal." Gaudet and Borek were assistant coaches at Dartmouth. As a freshman defenseman for Dartmouth, Borek finished the season as a top scorer and was named team MVP, but a neck injury in his sophomore year cut short his promising college career. During his junior year, he was appointed assistant coach. Jean Marie Giarrusso, an assistant coach at Fairfield University for the past three years, is the new head coach of women's basketball. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 1978, where she played basketball, volleyball, and tennis, she spent one ys^ar as an assistant coach at Davidson College and then played professional basketball for the New Jersey Gems of the Women's Basketball League. Before moving on to Fairfield, she was women's athletic director and head basketball and volleyball coach at Bethany College in West Virginia for three years. addition to Ivy opponents. This year. Brown faces its three toughest Ivy rivals - Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell - on the road. For the past three years. University of Massachusetts has been #1 in the New England Region. Last year, they lost 1-0 to the Univer- sity of North Carolina- Chapel Hill in the finals of the NCAA tournament, and this year they face the new season without seven starters and with a new coach. "It's now an open race for number one in New England," Pincince believes. "It's time for a new kid on the block." The "new kid" could be Brown. 18 / SEPTEMBER 1ersion of a Commencement Forum he delivered on May 28. 26 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Mel Feldman: A Man, a Flan^ sAValerfrciit A t the helm of his Boston Whaler, shaded by the boat's jaunty blue canopy, Mel Feldman '47 sets out to give a tour of Providence wearing an orange lifejacket, perilously large Bermuda shorts, white nylon knee socks, and navy canvas sneakers. Crowning the effect is a blue trucker's cap emblazoned "Providence Waterfront." A gift from waterfront architect William Warner, it is Feld- man's tour guide hat - the one he wears when he is taking a day off from his vocation as city-planner-turned-urban- studies-professor to entertain his beloved avocation as Unofficial Water- front Promoter for the City of Provi- dence. As he steers the boat up the Seekonk River, Feldman points toward a thick grove of trees on the left bank. "That is just about where Roger Williams landed. There's an old Indian saying about it: 'Wliat cheer, Netop,' which - after lengthy research - Howard Chudacoff [of Brown's history depart- ment] insists is translated, 'There goes the neighborhood.' " To Feldman's eye, the neighborhood is far from shot. Quelling his engine so his wake doesn't disturb a scull gliding past, he points out a long undisturbed swath on the Seekonk's west bank off of which swans, ducks, and cormorants feed: "This stretch, I'm told, still looks much as it appeared to Roger Williams." Then Feldman is back to business, tracing the shores of the Seekonk and Providence rivers, emphasizing promis- ing sites for marinas that might bring pleasure craft up from Narragansett Bay. Providence, he notes, has twice By Charlotte Bruce Harvey Newport's potential docking space. He points out sites that could be developed attractively for residential or commer- cial use: "The great thing about sensitive development is that it can forstall insen- sitive development," he says. Swinging the boat into the Port of Providence, flanked by tank farms and storage piles, he identifies a warehouse-sized gray hulk named the Mighty Servant II as a A mover? A shaker? Admirers call him more of a 'nudger/ floating drydock, returned from the Persian Gulf, where it was used to lift and ferry damaged ships to be repaired at major drydocks such as Providence's. Then he gestures toward an even larger car carrier from Japan and a barge from Singapore. At either end of the barge is an antlike tugboat, slowly, impossibly, pushing it to shore. Although Feldman is not one of the official "movers and shakers" behind the revival of Providence's waterfront, in tugboat fashion he has nudged it and other issues along, largely on the strength of his enthusiasm. He has pointedly made sure that city and state planners are aware of the waterfront's potential - expecially locations that might work as marinas for residential or commercial development - and, says Arthur Markos, executive director of the Providence Foundation, "he is not shy about letting public officials know where the problems are." Since Feldman began his campaign, the city has created a new zoning ordinance to ensure that waterfront development is carefully thought out, a move Markos believes owes much to Feldman's promotion of the issue. When the bond-rating firm, Moody's, sent a team to reevaluate the city's ignominious rating, Feldman was cjuick to offer his boat, and he took the evaluation team out to see the city from the water. Markos witnessed that par- ticular voyage - he was then director of economic development for the city - and he is convinced that Feldman's efforts contributed greatly to Provi- dence's upgrading to an A rating. In addition to heralding the virtues of the waterfront, Feldman for years has advised public agencies such as the Rhode Island Housing Authority. Bu- reaucracies tend to move along at their own pace and in established directions, says Markos. "Somebody's got to nudge them, if things are going to change - that's been Mel Feldman's role." Similarly, Melvin L. Feldman has left his mark on Brown's urban studies program, where he is an adjunct pro- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 27 fessor. A city planner by training and trade, he has an unusual and perhaps unique position on the faculty. In 1968, he stumbled into a classroom as a guest lecturer; now, twenty years later, he is still working there, full-time. With no Ph.D. and no pretense of scholarship, he serves as the program's link to the city, matching urban studies students and faculty with resources in the urban com- munity around them. He offers a fieldwork course that annually places about sixteen undergraduates in public agencies, and he teaches courses on the areas of his expertise: national urban policy, urban housing, and urban renewal, as well as a summer course on the Providence waterfront, frequently inviting city and state planners, '•eal- estate developers, and other public officials up College Hill to lecture to his students. Basil Zimmer, who chaired urban studies from its formal beginnings in the early seventies until his retirement two years ago, says that long before Feldman had a full-time post, "Anytime I wanted anything in the community, I would call Mel. He was my contact man." Accord- ing to current chairman Vernon Hen- derson, the situation has not changed much, except that Feldman's role as contact man is now official. eldman got his first taste of what he calls "the drama of urban development" from Clarence Click, from whom he took sociology as a freshman at Brown during the fall of 1941. "1 can remember Clarence Click pointing out the Fox Point area and suggesting that, although it was then, 1 believe, predominantly Portuguese and Irish, it was unlikely that it would stay that way over future generations." Click theorized that the neighborhood's proximity to the center of the city as well as to Brown and Bryant College left it vulnerable to what sociologists call invasion. "It's what we now call gentrification," says Feldman. He was fascinated. Feldman's education was inter- rupted by World War II - after complet- ing his sophomore year in the Army Reserve Corps, he served as a pharma- cist in the Pacific - and he returned to complete his degree in sociology and to marry Paula Libby '47. Together, they moved to the Midwest, where he enrolled in graduate school in urban sociology at the University of Chicago. But that, too, was interrupted, this time by a family crisis. Feldman got a call from his father one day in 1948. "He wasn't feeling well, and he asked me if 1 would come home and help him out." So the Feldmans packed up their belongings and left Chicago for Nor- walk, Connecticut. The day they arrived, Feldman took his father to a physician, who said not to worry. "The next day my dad had a massive heart attack and died," Feldman says. "Dad had a little wholesale bakery supply company, and someone had to keep it going. There were other members of the 'Even noble intentions can have very uncomfortable results' family dependent on it, so I stayed on and took over." He ran the business until 1950, when within a two-week period, he lost two members of his family. Unhappy with work, and freed of the obligation to support his family, he closed up the business, sold the property, and with his wife moved back to Providence. Feldman jokes that in his thirties he went into retirement. A self-proclaimed coward, he had long avoided having necessary surgery on his spine, and this proved the time to do it. While he was recovering from the surgery, he says, "to get me out of the house, my wife pointed out a course in urban planning that was offered at the downtown URI extension." He enrolled, and the course set him back on the career he had de- railed when he left Chicago. The instructor recommended that Feldman look into the city planning program at MIT, and Feldman went on to complete his master's degree there. Then Providence called once more. While in graduate school, Feldman had worked for the Providence Redevelop- ment Agency (PRA), and afterward he was hired as principal planner in charge of research. "As 1 ciescribe it to students, it was the Colden Era in this city," he says. "[Providence] was one of the first cities in the country to get involved in federally assisted renewal projects." An- ticipating the Federal Housing Act of 1949, which provided federal funding to build new housing and to upgrade buildings that had deteriorated during the war, Rhode Island had passed legislation creating local agencies such as the PRA to take advantage of the federal monies when they became available. By the late fifties renovation was well underway, and Feldman was in the thick of it. He stayed with the PRA as a planner until a political battle between the PRA and the City Planning Commission led then-Mayor Joseph Doorley to create the Department of Planning and Urban Development, through which the still-independent PRA would contract staff. Doorley ap- pointed Feldman director of economic development for the city, but he decided he wanted a bigger change. He con- vinced his wife and twin daughters, who were by then entering high school, to move to California. For a year, he worked with a private consulting firm in San Francisco, com- muting from Palo Alto, until he and some colleagues together concluded "that there was room in this world for a special kind of planning consulting firm that worked primarily, if not exclu- sively, with neighborhood groups," says Feldman. "We were impressed - or depressed - by the fact that when neighborhood groups became involved with public planning organizations, the neighborhood groups were at a major disadvantage. They lacked technical expertise. Perhaps with foundation support and other grants, we could provide that expertise." So Feldman and his friends quit their jobs and formed Institute-EDUCAP; the acronym stood for Evaluation, Development, and Use of Community Assistance Programs. However, one by one, his would-be colleagues were all offered irresistible jobs elsewhere, and when the stationery was finally ordered, he says, "Lo and 28 / SEPTEMBER 1986 behold, I found mvself Institute- EDUCAP." Much to the dehght of Feldman's wife and daughters, who missed Providence sorely, most of the firm's requests for help came from the North- east, and in 1968 EDUCAP moved to Providence, settling into an office on Thayer Street. Before long, Feldman met Basil Zimmer, who began sending students over to EDUCAP when they wanted contacts in urban renewal. That vear Feldman also met Leo Kadanoff. A physicist by profession - he was on the Brown faculty and is reputed to have narrowly missed the Nobel Prize; he later left Brown for the Universitv of Illinois at Chicago Circle - Kadanoff was passionately interested in urban studies. He taught a University course entitled "The City and its Experts," and he persuaded Feldman to come and talk to the class about urban renewal projects m Providence. Kada- noff also persuaded him to pull together a course syllabus and ran it by the Edu- cational Policy Committee. By 1970, Feldman was teaching a course at Brown, while running EDUCAP. "1 don't know whether I got hooked or the University got hooked," he says. "Maybe we both got hooked." Whatever the cause, he says, "1 started spending 10, then 20, then 30, and then 126 percent of mv time at the University." In the late sixties, urban studies did not, as Basil Zimmer puts it, "en- jov much status on campus." It had begun with a number of independ- ent concentrators, and it suffered from leadership by faculty who were not respected within their departments. But Passengers on Feldman's urban cruises include public officials, bond-rating evaluators, and students from his own courses. the controversial people left, and in the early seventies the administration set up a committee to evaluate the need for urban studies. The committee advocated the pro- gram's continuation and recommended that Zimmer, who was by then well known for his work in urban sociology, chair it. He agreed on the condition that three new positions be created, all joint appointments with established disci- plines: economics, sociology, and political science. Since urban historian Chudacoff was already an associate professor, and architectural historian BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 29 William Jordy provided another main- stay for the program, Zimmer felt solid in those areas. Also teaching in the pro- gram were Kadanoff, economist Ben Chinitz, and Paul Symonds of engineer- ing. From the time of its formal reorgani- zation, Zimmer says, the program's main strength has been its refusal to fill its joint appointments with urbanists who were not strong scholars in their home disciplines. By so doing it has maintained a reputation for strong traditional scholarship, while treading the sometimes-shaky ground of interdis- ciplinary study. "Our goal is to provide a liberal arts education," Henderson stresses. "There is no focus on planning. There is no intention to start a graduate school. We have two types of students. One type has an interest in cities, and we try to give them a multi-disciplinarv approach to urban questions. We try to get them to take courses in at least three different departments. The second type is already in a discipline, but wants to apply it. We take an economics major who wants to see how theories apply, and we broaden him." "The grad school," Zimmer jokes, "kept asking me when we were going to try and [start a graduate program]; I think they wanted to turn me down!" He laughs for a moment, then grows serious. "Graduate work should be done in a discipline - not an interdisciplinary area. To go into the [academic job] mar- ket, you are much better off as an urban sociologist or an economist." The program, says Henderson, has no mission, no political or moral im- perative. "We are trying to give students a better understanding of cities," he says, "how they function, how they fit into the national economy, and how the growing international aspects affect them." Mel Feldman, however, likes to put things in a moral perspective, and to make his point he turns to Lester Ward, longtime president of the American Sociological Society who taught at Brown at the turn of the century. "He saw the social sciences as being directly involved [in the world around them]," Feldman says. "Social engineering for him was not a bad word. Mr. Reagan may regard that as a no-no, but Lester Ward thought this was the be-all and end-all of social science: that social science had to demonstrate its value by applying its skills and its insights into local problems. It makes sense that Lester Ward was at Brown University, which from its beginnings was con- cerned with developing alumni who would play productive roles in society. That's been a continuing theme institu- tionally." To Feldman, the development of responsible, productive alumni is the goal of the liberal arts in general, and urban studies in particular. i! o characterize Feldman's office as cluttered would be an understatement of such vast proportion as to be misleading. Al- though the door is always open, and Feldman's desk is directly opposite, visitors must crane around a wall of file cabinets and stacked paper to see whether he is actually there. Piles of files, reports, and periodicals tower haphazardly on almost every available surface area. An electric fan buzzing the hot August air threatens to send the whole into frenzied orbit. The telephone there is seldom silent for long. When it rings, the caller is not infrequently a former student asking for job contacts in a new city, or a colleague asking whom to call downtown about one issue or another. Feldman seems to specialize in making connections, in maintaining the complex web of rela- tionships that bind people and projects and possibilities, and he has made a career of encouraging symbiosis. "I've exploited every friendship, acquaintanceship, or meeting I've ever had - in an unconscionable fashion," Feldman jokes, discussing his proclivity for bringing in outsiders as guest lec- turers. Several of his more frequent guests have joineci the urban studies staff in unpaiti roles as adjunct faculty, lecturing from time to time and advising students and faculty on various research projects. Similarly, Feldman relies on his network to ferret out and evaluate potential internships for his students in his fieldwork course. He strives for placements where students can make substantial contributions while receiv- ing good supervision, and he is quick to steer students away from agencies that are disorganized or in the midst of political upheaval. In addition to pla- 30 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Patient and relentless as a Providence- harbor tugboat, Mel Feldman has pushed the sensitive development of the w/aterfront. cing students in internships, he Hnks them with professionals who can help them conceive and research term papers and honors theses. Feldman does not fret that his exploitation is without reward to his victims. On the contrary, he says, they are continually telling him how useful the experience is, that they get fresh perspectives from students' questions. "This is not a one-way street," he says. "It's a symbiotic rela- tionship." Feldman's love of urban studies seems to be rooted in a fundamental fascination with relationships: between nation and state, state and city, city and neighborhood, neighborhood and resident. "Gropius, the architect, talked about God being into details," Feldman muses. "Well, some of us in planning would refine that and say, 'Maybe God's into details, but He's also pri- marily into relationships, interrelation- ships, links between this and that.'" The history of urban renewal is riddled with what he calls "unintended conse- quences": entire neighborhoods de- stroyed by what was supposed to be progress. "If you do this, what's likely to happen later?" Feldman asks. "Who is going to pay the price for it? Most of us have noble intentions - 99.999 percent of the time they're noble - but even noble intentions can have some very uncom- fortable results, particularly for the more vulnerable parts of our popula- tion." One role the academic can play is to shed light on those relationships - and those possible consequences - before they become reality. To explain, Feld- man focuses on the word rationalize. "There are two senses of the word," he says. "On the one hand we think of putting things in order, making sense out of things, looking at them critically. But there is another sense, in which you talk about rationalizing an activity, excusing it. Well, in the public sector, once a particular course of action has been agreed upon, committees and individuals working with that particular project tend to rationalize it in the sec- ond sense of the word." When Feldman first met Basil Zimmer, it was through the Community Renewal Program - which Zimmer and sociology professor Harold Pfautz '40 (now professor emeri- tus) were spending a lot of time ra- tionalizing - "in the former sense of the word," Feldman stresses. "They kept asking. What is involved in it? What are the implications of this? What are you taking for granted? This was for me a breath of fresh air in the public sector. Those kinds of questions caused us problems, but they should have caused us problems. It was good. It was healthy. It was, from my standpoint, the major role the intellectual can play in community development." Asked has he played that role himself, Feldman shrugs a little awk- wardly. "In a modest way. In a sense, I have a foot in both camps." Then he quickly changes the topic, lauding the contributions others have made. It may be, in fact, that his role has been less that of the gadfly, and more of the instigator: pointing gadflies toward problems and then goading them on. There is a story Feldman tells that has little to do with urban affairs. But for years he has told it to his students, for he believes its message is key to urban planning. It is what he calls his "running away story": "1 was about nine years old," he says. "I'd given up on my family, on the community I was living in. Everything was all wrong, and I was going to make my own life in my own way, so I took off. 1 stomped out of the house with my suitcase. My mom called my dad up at work, and he came after me in his 1932 Ford. He guessed the road I'd be on (he and 1 used to take walks together, so he knew the route I'd take - which, inci- dentally, was the route to Providence). He pulled up alongside me. Didn't say a word. Didn't stop me. I continued to walk, and he put his car in low gear and followed me. This went on for about two hours, and I was getting pretty tired, when finally the car drove up and I just opened the door. He didn't say a word to me. He turned around and took me home. I went into the house, and he told my mother, 'No need to bother him, he's pretty tired.' I went to bed and slept until morning. Next day not a word about it - nothing for years, until 1 graduated from Brown University. "At graduation, I gave him a little present thanking him for all the help he gave me at Brown, and I said one of the things he really taught me about was patience. I brought up this story. He said to me, 'Oh, it's fine to be patient, but it's good to know when to be im- pntioit also.' " Feldman, it would seem, has learned how to cio both. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 31 A Singular Cat Goes to College 32 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Professor of Applied Mathematics Philip j. Davis has written a whimsical fable about a proper British felim' named Thomas Gray. A cat of philosopjhical inclination, she gravitates to Cambridge Universitx/s Pembroke College in order to consider the Big Questions in an academic setting. We are pleased to give our readers a sneak preview of Davis's latest book, which will be published in October by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. A member of the Brozon faculty since 1963, Davis is also the co-author, with Reuben Hersh, of two acclaimed books on mathematics, The Mathematical Experience and Descartes' Dream. How Thomas Gray Came to Cambridge T ■ homas Gray, the Pembroke College Cat, ^i^te was not descended from a long line of Cambridge cats as was the Huxleys' cat or the Thomsons' cat. She was born (yes, she; and that's a part of the story) in a litter of five in the small East Anglian village of Waterfen St. Willow in the fenland of England. The English fens are a low, swampy, peaty land, crisscrossed by many small rivers and canals, sparsely populated by people, and not entirely ideal for cats whose negative attitude toward water is well known. After Thomas Gray was weaned and had achieved a certain measure of independence, she went for an interview with the local jobs counselor, a fat but somewhat Machiavellian grimalkin by the name of Mevrouw. Mevrouw was called Mevrouw not because that was the sound she characteristi- cally made (which it was), but because she was ciescended from a Dutch cat who had come to the area in the Seventeenth Century when her owners were hired to drain the fens and construct canals and sluices. Gastarbeiter, in today's parlance. Mevrouw roused herself from her goosefeather bed and administered a battery of tests designed to discover vocational strengths and weaknesses. "What is the largest number you know?" she asked Thomas Gray. At the time, Thomas Gray was not called by that name, but for the sake of simplicity, let it go at that. (The name was acquired later in a manner that will be explained.) Now Thomas Gray knew the number four, and she knew that she knew the number four. After all, four was the number of souls she observed in her litter. The word "souls" is used metaphorically, of course. (Do cats have souls? This was a deep question of Mediaevel Theology, and still comes up from time to time.) She knew that two plus two made four and knew it in a deep way. She also knew that this knowledge was commonplace among her contemporaries and that she had better come up with something with more snap. So she answered Mevrouw, "The largest number 1 know is one more than the largest number you know." "How Thomas Gray Came to Cambridge," "How Thomas Gray Got Her Name," and "At High Table" from Thomas Grai/; Philosopher Cat by PhiHp J. Davis, copyright © 1988 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., reprinted by permission of the pubHsher. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 33 "An excellent answer, if a bit paradoxical," Mevrouw replied. But in her heart she said something rather different: This kid is a wise guy. I'd better get rid of her. For peace and quiet in the community, naturally. Mevrouw also realized, not logically, but intuitively, that this brat from the fens had put her paws on the notion of mathematical variables and had stuck her claws into the tension that exists between mathematical definition and mathemati- cal existence. "That completes the intelligence test," Mev- rouw said. "Let us now proceed to the personal interview. What are your life-aspirations?" she asked, making sure that she got the hyphenation across by an appropriate voice stress. Thomas Gray answered: "I do not mean to belittle the Village of Water- fen St. Willow, nor the population thereof. They are the salt of the earth and all that, but I perceive that if I remain here, my life will be one of rats, eels, ducks, and the occasional gull, marriage, of course, a litter of two or three or four. "For excitement, there would always be the possibility of hiring out as a familiar to one of the queer fen humans or as an acolyte in one of their strange rituals. In the real old days and in remote lands, say in the land of the Sabaeans, when a spirit entered a cat's body, the body would go rigid as an indication. Its head would be chopped off and then it would speak and prophesy. But these days, of course, heads are no longer severed and prophecy is respectable only when it is clad in mathematical rhetoric. "I don't mind the odd mousing job. As they say, if you have a skill, you must use it or lose it. But as far as the traditional feline professions are con- cerned, 1 think 'Ich bin fur cficas bessers geboreii'. Which I gather is Dutch for 'Smart cats deserve high paying jobs'." 34 / SEPTEMBER 1988 "You've been misinformed as to the language," said Mevrouw, "but no matter. I think you've got a fair grip on the possibilities of feline life in Waterfen St. Willow. "On the basis of your intelligence test and your interview, I should like to suggest that you hightail it immediately out of this community and go to Cambridge. Your test shows great aptitude for mathematics and in Cambridge you will find mathematicians of superb skill. "You will find that in Cambridge some believe the mathematical Key to the Universe has just been or is about to be found. You will also find that in Cambridge the spirit of Wittgenstein hovers over Almost Everything. And if, by luck, his Spirit should possess you, you should then be able to take hold of any number of metaphysical issues that are quite clear and make them rather compli- cated." So Mevrouw put Thomas Gray on the next barge going up the Cam, and after several trans- fers, easilv executed, Thomas found her way into Cambridge, entering regally in a punt, like Cleopatra. She leaped out on Silver Street and walked down Trumpington Street and into the great quadrangle of Pembroke College. 2 How Thomas Gray Got Her Name T II he University of Cambridge is one of the ail^ oldest and most distinguished in the world. Pembroke College, which is part of it, one college among many, was established in 1347. Within the precincts of Pembroke are to be found undergraduates. Fellows, porters, cooks, waiters, secretaries, bedmakers, handymen, ducks, gardeners, an extraordinary library of ancient books now read by no one, and a wine cellar containing, at the very least, forty thousand bottles of wine and twenty thousand bottles of port. There is also a chapel by Christopher Wren, the first of his designs to be executed, and a Victorian clock tower, quite handsome and reminiscent of Big Ben, but unfortunately neglected on picture post cards in favor (sorry, favour) of bemossed bricks with archaeological aspirations. At the time of our story, this small kingdom was ruled firmly and wisely by the Master of Pembroke College, Lord Eftsoons (Ian Dunbar, actually). Lord Eftsoons was also, quite coinciden- tally, the Vice-Chancellor of the entire University, a post that he was glad to have and that he claimed he would also be glad to relinquish. When asked how he managed to keep so many balls in the air simultaneously, he was inclined to answer, "Magnificently." The Bursar of Pembroke was one Roderick Haselmere, M.A., who with thrift and devotion watched over its pounds and pence. The Head Porter of Pembroke and Keeper of the Gate was H. J. Stevens, an accommodating man who kept his radio tuned to the racing results. Now, therefore, there abide these three: the Master, the Bursar, and the Porter. And of these, the greatest (in the pragmatic sense) was the Porter. One bright morning, a meteorological event of considerable rarity in Cambridge, Roderick Haselmere made his way through the outer arch of Pembroke, through the inner arch past the dining hall, and up to his office on the first floor (second floor for American readers). There, waiting for him as though by appointment, was a young cat. Thomas Gray was suffering a bit from barge lag. She was hungry, but was by no means down at the heels; in other words, to the critical eye of Roderick Haselmere, she appeared to be a per- fectly respectable cat. The Bursar was a kindly man and sent down to the kitchens for a dish of milk; he thought that perhaps with this bribe, the cat would go away. The cat did not go away. The cat seemed perfectly at ease in the hallway; she snuggled down in a corner and went to sleep. In the early afternoon, the cat awoke and gave the secretaries on the ground floor to understand that she was hungry and would appreciate a bit of something to keep body and soul together. "Take her over to Peterhouse," suggested one of the secretaries, alluding to the oldest College at Cambridge, just across the street. "I've heard that they could use a few cats over there." H. J. Stevens, the Head Porter, was contacted, and the deed was done, surreptitiously. But within a half hour the cat was back at the Bursar's BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 35 staircase and rather more hungry than before. The Bursar rang up the Head Cook, who sent over a dish of Ragout Montmorency which was then simmering on a low flame. This dish did not please the cat, and there was a feeling of consternation. Recalling the incident many months later, the Head Cook asserted authoritatively that a cat could not be allowed to set standards for High Table. The Bursar remained cool and personally walked up Trumpington Street to Smiley's High Class Provisions and bought the cat a box of Kittikid, which is the feline version of steak and kidney. This pleased her, thank you very much indeed. The long and the short of the matter was this: The cat moved into the Bursar's staircase on a permanent basis and was fed by the Bursar's Staff. A line item for her maintenance was placed under "Miscellaneous, "and was approved by the College Financial Subcommittee at their very next meeting. The cat exhibited enormous zest for university life and explored the environs of Pembroke College quite thoroughly. She was given to walking up Trumpington Street and Kings Parade, past Fitzbillies' Pastry Shop, past the Copper Kettle cafeteria, all the way to Market Hill, where she was occasionally observed queueing up at the fish stall. She found her way through the great gate at Trinity and into its noble library. Always, by two in the afternoon, she was back at the Bursar's staircase, fast asleep in her corner. She was a favourite with the undergraduates, but more than that, she was soon noticed by the constant stream of tourists who poked their heads into the ancient archway to gaze politely at the ancient structures that surrounded the quadrangle. Of course, the tourists would ask H. J. Stevens, the Porter, what her name was. The Porter could only admit that the cat bore no name, and this cha- grined him greatly. Perhaps he was operating within the racing context where the thought of an unnamed animal would be unsettling. Realizing that the Naming of Cats is a difficult matter - it isn't just one of your holiday games - he suggested to a group of undergraduates that they come up with something appropriate. The students, who were well versed in Pem- broke history, thought of Edmund Spenser, the author of the Faerie Queene, who had been at the College. They considered William Pitt the younger. Prime Minister at the age of twenty-five, another Pembroke man. One student suggested that in Elizabethan England, cats were traditionally given food-related names such as "Greedy-guts" or "Jollypudding," but this possibilitv was voted down on the grounds that the animal had not yet established its reputation as a Renaissance cat. The name of Roger Williams, the Pembroke matriculant who sailed West and founded Provi- dence Plantations in New England, came up. But this suggestion was blackballed because of a number of heterodox overtones. The students finally settled on the name of Thomas Gray, yet another Pembroke man, though a refugee from Peterhouse. He was the author of the much beloved "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." What clinched the matter was that he also wrote an "Ode on a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fish" and that in his interlineations in his copy of Linnaeus, he gave the word for cat in ten languages and provided a succinct description of its personality in Latin. An objection was raised (it was inevitable) that the cat was gray and white, and mostly white. However, this objection was countervailed by the observation that gray and white is, on average, light gray, just as the weather in Cambridge is, on average, a light drizzle. It was further pointed out that Thomas was a far better name for a cat than either Edmund or Roger or William. Within four months of this discussion, Thomas Gray, the Pembroke Cat, gave birth to five kittens in the privacy of a bush just outside the Bursar's staircase. 36 / SEPTEMBER 1988 3 At High Table W: ord came down to the kitchen that Lord Eftsoons, Master of Pembroke, would Hke a particularly nice dinner for the fol- lowing Tuesday Evening. cc^ PEMBROKE COLLEGE Dinner Tuesday Evening Bouillon Ecossaise. Entrccotes d'Agneciu Courgettes a la Sauce d'Oignons Betterave au naturel Pommes de terre, fermiere Chateau Beausejour-Duffau-Lagarrosse '56 Chateau lafite Rothschild 73 Crepes a la Reine Elizabeth II Word got around that something was up. Lord Eftsoons rarely came to High Table, especially now that he had additional social obligations as Vice- Chancellor. Fellows who had not been seen in the evening since the prime ministry of Edward Heath got their academic robes out of moth balls and booked in for the occasion. Twenty-five diners sat at the long oaken table, set with the College silver, stemware, and napery. The undergraduates at their tables below ate quietly for a change, and the portraits of Pembroke Notables, whose lifetimes together spanned centuries, surveyed the scene from within their frames. Lord Eftsoons sat as Head of Table, and looked BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 37 around gravely at his Fellows placed along the table as follows: Lord Eftsoons O.M., K.B.E., etc. Prof. Sir George Martin Prof. Adrian Longwood- F.R.A.S.,O.B.E. Beach, F.R.S. Dean Knowlton Wesley Dr. J. M. D. Redding M.A.,D.D.,B.A.C. Roderick Haselmere M.A. The Salt Well below The Salt Dr. Geo~ge Apodictou Dr. Lucas Fysst One really need not explain to a sophisticated readership accustomed to dealing with Ideas just who these men were. But it will flesh out matters a bit to note that Longwood-Beach was the then Trumpingtonian Professor of Quadrivial Inquiry and that Dr. Redding had only two weeks prior to the dinner been internationally recognized for his work on quasi-fragments, a theory that is noted for its exquisitely honed logic. The Master rose and said "Benedictus benedi- cat" (May the Blessed One bless us), to which the assemblage mumbled "Amen." The servants, in formal attire, then served the soup course. The diners were well into their lamb when the Master raised his voice. "Fellows of Pembroke . . . er arghh. As Master and as an anatomist with a not in . . . considerable er . . . reputation, I find it most embarrassing, yes, er er most, that our residentiary fauna should it be faunum er ah, feline, well, you all know him, err, her, Thomas Gray, has this past week, bv an act of ... parturition, shameless, really, thought I've heard it said that in today's world creati\'ity must be accompanied by moral turpitude, played havoc with our ana . . . Ivtic skills, so to speak. "What I mean is, 1 believe the continuing presence of such a large brood acts . . . as . . . how shall I put it ... an irritating reminder of our diagnostic . . . fallibility and holds us up to some measure of ridicule in the eyes ... at the mouths of certain not to be mentio . . . one anticipates , of ity ^ ■ j^t' .si i ^ I i. 38 / SEPTEMBER 1988 course, in certain quarters a certain . . . Yes." "Hear, hear." "I should like, therefore, to suggest, er er, to suggest, not to compel, you understand, no in . . . deed, not to compel, we are after all quite adult. Men of the world and all that . . . arrangements be made, yes certain arrangements . . . here at table to effectuate . . . the immediate removal, well, I'm not suggesting immediate, not immediately, of course. Nature must run Her Course, of course, of the . . . how shall I call them . . . er er kittens." "Hear, hear." "Yes. Bite the bullet. Here and now. Easier that way. I should like to suggest, perhaps strongly suggest, that each of us here tonight look deep into our hearts and decide, well at least consider the matter, whether er er . . . each of us, as individuals, you understand, might not volunteer to take home . . . er . . . a . . . kitten?" "Excellent suggestion. Excellent. Splendid." "Start close to home, as it were. No discrimina- tion at table. Sir George, what d'ya say?" "Excellent idea. Master. But my wife ails, you know. Ails. Frightfully. Allergic to most living things. Ha. Present company excepted, naturally" "Yes, of course. Frightful. Hmmm. Longwood- Beach, what d'ya say?" "Excellent idea, Ian, but you know the condi- tions of the Trumpingtonian Chair. Tempore Edwardus VI. Totally unencumbered. Nee sa)W nee bistro, if I remember the phraseology. Nee sano nee bistro, Ian. Bad precedent for the Chair. Very." "Null for two," as they say in the world of sports. The questioning continued and the score dropped to null for six, null for seven, and the Master's jaw dropped commensurately. At that point, an obscure voice was heard to speak up from . . . well, from well below the salt. "Let the matter not trouble you, Master, 1 shall consult with Bursar in the morning and shall take effective and humane steps." "Excellent. Splendid. Dr. . . . er er arrghh?" "Fysst. F-Y-S-S-T: rhymes with diced." "Yes, of course. Fysst. Dogmatic theology, I believe?" "History of science, actually. Master." "Yes, of course. Fysst. History of geology. Well, Fysst, we are all grateful. Very grateful, I can assure you." The matter no longer troubling Lord Eftsoons, he nodded to the servant to bring the silver ewer and the silver laver. He poured a substantial quantity of water on his napkin and cooled his neck and wiped his brow in a gesture of great relief. He then rose, as did the company. He pronounced the words "Benedictus benedicat" as a final grace. "Amen" mumbled, they all retired to the Senior Common Room for port, Madeira, apples, pears, grapes, digestive biscuits, and conversaziones in small groups. In due course. Dr. Fysst dealt with the matter. He placed a small ad in the Cambridge Evening (or Mlusrraled caTalojua .$CR.V1CGS ~ ar ^M I jIOOliBlNOmU \Vi scholar ^M ! > Holly li-ad.Elmri :«ieati,CoUW£.^r€r. : |/MCE3TRV i HERAl-TRY. ! (family history traced i Ibj expert. Write for i jislaiis. Tortland Hca«e,i I Dorset. J I G Al u 1 1. 1 ! E PAIR.1 IGHOIO CEHlll vEHcnUW. I PARVI PRETIO PARVO. LUCAS FYSST. COUiail^PEnBBOCHIAHl . Nezcs offering, gratis, five very attractive kittens to select applicants. He chose Latin as his medium of communication, for, as he told his colleague Dr. J. M. D. Redding somewhat later, he wanted to assure Thomas Gray that the right sort of environ- ment would be secured for her offspring. The kittens were snapped up within twenty- four hours. With all ambiguities plastered over, peace reigned again in Pembroke. Thomas Gray occupied her corner of the Bursar's staircase in supreme solitude and recalled the words of Mehitabel the cat to her friend Archy the cock- roach, upon the occasion of Mehitabel's delivery of a litter of three: these terrible conflicts are always presenting themselves to the artist the eternal struggle between art and life archy is something fierce yes something fierce. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 39 The Polly wogs and the Iron Men By Edward Sulzberger '29 I Under Ed Sulzberger's picture in the 1929 Liber was the notation, "University Football Squad (2)," a unique description. Others, he writes, were listed as "Varsity Football" or "University Football." was eighteen years of age and a sophomore at Brown when I decided 1 would go out for football. I was a strapping 123 pounds, about 5'8", no gut, trim as a reed, and a ten-mile wind could have blown me over. I had never played football, but that really didn't make much difference. Brown had a new coach, Tuss McLaughry, and everybody was talking football. There was a big turnout the first time the football candidates were asked to appear at the gym. I was one of sev- eral hundred, which is quite a lot in view of the fact that Brown was a small school. After Tuss told everybody how tough it was going to be and what one had to put up with, almost everybody left the gym. 1 hung around just to see what was going on. After looking at some of the bigger guys who left, they must have thought I was nuts to stay, but 1 had nothing better to do. We were told to report the next day to Andrews Field in "working clothes" to see whether we had any talent. Andrews Field was close to the University; no- body would go out to the new stadium and spoil the turf for practice. I went to the field, and after about ten minutes I was told to go home, which I did not do. One of the assistant coaches asked me why 1 was hanging arounci, and I replied, "1 have nothing else to do. Why can't 1 just watch?" That's what I did. Finally, towards the end of the day, somebody came up to me and said, "Look! You don't know anything and you're too skinny. But maybe there is something you can do if you want to play with a bunch of guys who are ineligible, and those with no talent." An "ineligible" fellow was one who trans- ferred from another school and would have to wait a year before he could play, or an inadequate freshman. 1 said, "Sure." There were about fifteen of us, and we were told we would make up a team called the Pollywogs. It was coached by Wally Snell, a professor of botany and a great guy who loved athletics. The Pollywogs went to a room in the gym, and each one was asked what position he would play. Of course, everybody wanted to be a back or an end. Those were the glamour positions, as they still are. Nobody wanted to be a center. I decided that this was a good way to have some fun, so I volunteered. Center was a position about which 1 knew nothing except there were seven men on a line, three on one side, three on the other, and the guy in the middle was the center. Since I was the only one who volunteered to be the center, I was appointed. What a great position for a 123-pound stringbean. 1 really thought center was an easy job. All you had to do was to stand over the ball and pass it to someone in the backfield and hope that he caught it. At that time, the way football was played was that the center passed the ball. Nobody stood over you bumping your behind and taking the ball away from you when you took it off the ground. The Pollywogs' job was to learn the opposing team's plays each week and to practice those plays against the varsity. There was no such thing as videotaping, taking pictures of games, computers, and so on. A team was scouted, and then the scout would come back and explain to the varsity what the plays were. The Pollywogs would sit in at the skull session while the plays were put on the board. There were three courses at Brown 40 / SEPTEMBER 1988 RCHIVES The legendary Iron Men: Linemen are (from left) Thurt Towle, Paul Hodge, Orland Smith, Charlie Consodine, Lou Farber, Ed Kevorkian, and Hal Broda. Backs are Al Cornsweet, Dave Mishel, Eddie Lawrence, and Roy Randall. that everybody who went out for athletics took because you were almost sure to pass. Of course, the instructors of these classes were professors who liked athletics, and especially football. Johnny Green, who taught Roman civilization, was one, and his classes were packed with the undergraduates who had to get a few passing courses to stay eligible. Astronomy was another one that everyone used to take. You couldn't touch the stars, so anybody could learn it. The third course was botany, and Wally Snell was the professor. I believe Wally coached basketball and one or two other teams in addition to the Pollywogs. Remember, I'm talking about 1926, when the world was rosy and a college-bred man was a guy looking for a four-year loaf. After the first meeting I went back to the campus, trying to figure out how I could report to practice at 1 p.m. every day. I looked at my schedule and saw it was almost impossible. I spent the rest of the afternoon and the next morning trying to rearrange classes to give me as much time off in the afternoons as I could. At that time the professors, assistants, and instructors were willing to do what they could in order to help out the team players. The next day I went out to the football field, and believe it or not, I got a uniform. I guess it was one that had been discarded five years earlier as being too torn. But I was tickled to death to have a uniform supplied to me, because I had been told that I would probably have to buy my own. It was quite obvious to me that Wally Snell knew what he was doing. He was kind to the group, even though he had his hands full trying to make an organization and a team out of what was obviously a motley crew. After sixty years, I still remember two fellows who played on the Pollywogs. Harry Cole drove a Twin 6 Packard touring car (although the Liber says Cadillac), and he wore a raccoon coat. Harry drove me to and from Andrews Field. The other fellow was Bud Edwards, an ineligible back who became a well-known Brown football player the next year. Bud taught me what it was to be a center. The conversation went something like this: Bud: "Who the hell ever told you you could be a center?" Me: "Nobody." Bud: "You sure are terrible!" Me: "Do you want to switch jobs?" Bud: "No, but I think I should tell you a few things about your job." Bud taught me how to lead the back so that the ball would be there when he got there. With his help I really learned what to do. I learned how to lead the back, to pass the ball if he was going right or left so that it would be there when he got there. The ball was not sleek the way it is today, but it had rounded ends. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 41 Passing the ball was reallv a two-hand operation since I couldn't get my hand around it. After that I was supposed to move right, left, or forward. The best thing I could do was stand there and hope that someone would not walk all over me. Everybody was very kind to me, because they knew if I weren't around. Brown University would have no football practice. That year Brown had a great football team, of which I am justly proud. T M. h Botany professor Wally SneU (above) was the coach of the Pollywogs. Their job each week was to learn the oppos- ing team's plays, and practice them against the varsity, preparing the Iron Men for games against such opponents as Norwich (top). here was no such thing then as an offensive team, a defensive team, a special kicking team, a receiving team, and all that stuff you see tociay. Brown's varsity team was known as the Ironmen, and they played almost four games (237 minutes) with no substitutions, won three and tied the last. They were the offense, defense, passing team, every- thing. In addition to playing a lot of other colleges, they had to play the Pollywogs to know what their opponent was going to do. Because I was the Pollywogs' only center, everybody protected me. They would nudge me aside and never fall on me. I remember one time somebody stepped on my hand and another player said, "Hey, leave him alone — we need him!" I used to love going out to the field, being pushed around, occasionally eating at the training table, taking the bus with the other players to Hanover or Cambridge. Sometimes I would sit on the bench in civvies, but I wasn't too happy about it. Besides, the crest of the field was such that you couldn't see the other side unless you stood up. I didn't like standing up without being in uniform. The last game was against Colgate. When Tuss came to me and said, "Sulzberger, suit up!" I was flabber- gasted, and so were the other Polly- wogs. We knew we were not going to play, but we were finally recognized as being part of the team. 1 remember the Ironmen. Quarter- back David Mishel would pass, kick, direct the plays, call his own shots. There was no such thing as sending in players from the sidelines. Dave set a record for field goals, which then were drop kicks. The ball had to hit the ground before you kicked it, and that was no mean trick. Al Cornsweet was our fullback. 1 always used to think that when World War II came around, they designed the tank after him. Ed Law- rence and Roy Randall were our right and left backs, Thurt Towle and Hal Broda were the ends, Paul Hodge and Ed Kevorkian were tackles, Orland Smith and Lou Farber, guards, Charlie Consodine, center. When I try to think of them in today's concept of football players, the only image that rings for me is that each must have weighed 500 pounds. To me they were giants. After the Colgate game, the football season was over, but as far as the Pollywogs were concerned we just couldn't let it die there. We had been playing for three months, but we never played in a real game, never did anything spectacular, never had an opponent to beat. So we decided to ask if we could play the junior varsity, and Tuss agreed. I don't remember now who won the game, but I do know how thrilling it was to be on the field, really playing. That was our Superbowl. In the 1929 Liber Brunensis, I am listed as "University Football Squad (2)." It was a description no one else had. Everyone else was listed "Varsity Football" or "University Football." I guess they could never find a spot for me. I didn't go out for football in my junior year because I went steady with a Pembroker. I found out that was fun, too. Ed Sulzberger, a prominent Nezv York City realtor, died June 30 (see obituaries). He wrote this memoir at the time of the 50th anyiiversary of the Ironmen. 42 / SEPTEMBER 1988 MMw^fQi* Ploral Pa^oanf 1 BROWMJI SWE COLLEGE mi^^IWTON Paf^actona - California w^ The Year Brown Rose to the Occasion At was an exciting year. Charles Evans Hughes '1881 was narrowly defeated for the presidency by Woodrow Wilson. Jazz was sweep- ing the country. Boston defeated Brooklyn to take the World Series. And how did the year begin? With the blossoming of a new tradition — the Rose Bowl. And Brown was there. Now you can own this colorful reminder - a 20" by z6" four-color reproduction of the original issued in 1 9 1 6 — of what a year that was, the year of the first Rose Bowl and the last time Brown would compete there. iX Order form Brown Alumni Monthly Brown University Box 1854 Providence, Rhode Island 029 1 2 Please send me poster(s) celebrating Brown football at $7 each (includes postage and handling). Make checks payable to Brown University. Allow three to four weeks for delivery. ^^"i irt . ........ ■ I r T. &i^*'l i; w The Classes 19 28 Sophie Mogilevkin Robinson, Provi- donce, celebrated her ninetieth birthday last Oetober. Her daughter, Dorothy Robinson Golner '44, visited, and then Sophie returned with her to Berkeley, Calif., for a two-month visit. 21 The class of '21 met for its annual Com- mencement Luncheon at the Faculty Club on 6unda\', May 2"^. Attending were Bill Bright- man, Dr. Frank Honan, Dr. Maurice Pike, and John R. Stevens. At the conclusion of the meeting, Charles McCarthy was unani- mously elected chairman. - Maurice Pike 23 An enthusiastic group celebrated their b5th reunion. The festivities began with cock- tails at the Barker Room of Gardner House, thanks to the generosity of Harold Summer- field, and arranged by Ann Thorndike '58, daughter of the late Don Thorndike '23 Pre- sent were: Clarence Bennett and Ruth, George Decker and Elsie, Joe Eisenberg and Salh, Ray Henshaw and Katie Robinson, My- ron Lamb, John Wilson and Aileen, Chet Worthington and daughter Connie O'Shea 'biS, Georgiarma Braitsch, Betty Jeffers Win- sor and Ed, Ann Thorndike, Ruth Bugbee Lubrano and Jack '24 and their children David '52 and Jean '55, Helen Hoff Peterson, and Dorothy Simpson Murdock After a sere- nade by the Brown Band, the group moved on to the Brown Bear Buffet. Saturday morning, the men of '23 had a class meeting Ray Henshaw received a hearty vote of thanks for his service as presi- dent. When he expressed his desire to con- clude his term, Chet Worthington was elect- ed president. Also, Ann Thorndike, an honorary member, was elected "permanent" secretary. Luncheon followed, preceded by a champagne punch courtesy of Ray Henshaw and Katie Robinson. Betty and Ed Winsor Just as the class of 1992 did this year, these freshmen entered the Van Wickle Gates in 1942. From left are John B. Henderson, Richard H.M. Holmes, and Kenneth Bates. hosted the group at their home on Sunday. On Monday, a contingent joined in the Com- mencement procession. For over forty years, the men of '23 and their wives have participated in annual June reunions, as well as autumn get-togethers. We intend to continue this tradition at Com- mencement. - Anil Thorndike 24 Alfred L. Fitzgerald, writing on the sta- tionery of the grants coordinator for the Town of Eastchester, N.Y., is still "working a few days a week." He and his daughter, Joan, who have enjoyed a number of Brown trips, had an English fortnight last year and two weeks in St. Maarten in February. 25 Seen at various functions on Commence- ment weekend; Kingsley Bennett, Erwin Ay- mar, Richmond Sweet, and Walter Whitney We increased our participation in the aca- demic procession by 100 percent, from one to two: Erwin and Walter. - Walter F. Wliitney 27 Rockefeller University awarded an hon- orary doctor of science degree to immunolo- gist Merrill W. Chase ('29 Sc.M., 31 Ph.D.) at its 30th commencement ceremonies on June 8. A member of the Rockefeller faculty since 1932 and now professor emeritus, he was honored for his contributions to cellular im- munology and allergy research. His studies of the genetic differences that control sensiti- zation in experimental animals led to produc- tion of a stock of guinea pigs of unusual sus- ceptibility to experimental sensitization. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Among other honors, he received the 1979 Distinguished Science Award of the International Associa- tion of Allergology and Clinical Immunology and the 1969 Distinguished Science Award of the American Academy of Allergy. Wilfred E. Seymour and his wife, Clarice, received a community citizen award from the state of Rhode Island in recognition of their volunteer service to Saunderstown, R.I., where they have lived for more than forty years. It was the consensus of the thirty-four members of the men's class of '28 who at- tended the 60th reunion with twenty wives and widows that it was one of the happiest and most pleasurable reunions on record. Jack Heffernan was chairman of the reunion committee, which was made up of Everett Woodmancy and the class officers Nan Tracy '46 of the alumni office gave invaluable assis- tance with details of the affair. Those who registered for all or part of the three-day pro- gram were: Francis Armington and Justine, Joseph Bagdon and Annabelle, Edward Balzer, Charles Battle and Elisabeth, Earl Bradley and Carolyn, Willard CruU, Jesse Eddy and Constance, William Fain and Ruth Adelson, Thomas Flynn and Frances, Ed- ward Frazee and Edith, Albert Gardiner, Leo Goldberg and Ruth, Seebert Goldowsky and Bonnie, Edgar Grout and Dagmar, John Hef- fernan, Cecil Henderson and Nathalie, George Horr, Edwin Howell and Dorothy, Nelson Jones, Yale Kweskin and Ruth, William Litterick and Diane, Joseph Mer- chant, Laurence Norton and Margaret, Louis Palmer and Billie, Roger Scott, Copeland Setchell, Paul Slade, Waldo Smith, Frank Spellman, Ritchie Stevens and his son Al- bert, Enos Throop, Philip VanGelder, Stuart Woodruff, Everett Woodmancy, Loretta Cleaves, Barbara Calder, and Marv-Elizabeth Matteson. At our opening cocktail party on Friday afternoon at class headquarters in South Wayland, we were joined by the class of '28 women who added their own special charm to the festivities. Dinner followed at Sharpe Refectory, enlivened by strolling minstrels from the undergraduate body and by the Brown Bear. Later, the Campus Dance attract- ed some of the more hardy class members to the table reserved for us as guests of the As- sociated Alumni. Saturday morning the Forums were available on campus, after which the Squan- tum Club entertained us for cocktails, dinner, and the official quinquennial business meet- ing, which followed the taking of the class picture. President Eddy called the meeting to order at approximately 3 p.m., with twenty- eight class members present. After words of welcome, the secretary read the necrology of the last five years. A prayer of remembrance followed. Ed Frazee, class agent for the Annual BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 45 Fund, described for us the importance of maximum participation in the response to the annual appeal. The class has accepted a goal of $50,000 with 60 percent of the class con- tributing. The secretary read the minutes of the regular meeting of June 4, 1983, which were approved as read. He also outlined the informal proceedings of our mini-reunions, held annually since graduation by class members living near campus. The average at- tendance at those affairs has been twenty- one. The treasurer reported funds of $3,800, appreciably above any foreseen requirements for class expenses. Upon his motion, duly seconded, it was voted to donate $2,500 to the University as a class gift without restrictions. The chairman of the nominating committee presented the proposed slate of officers for the next five years, with apologies for the "strangeness" of the nominations. Earl Bradley was nominated as president and treasurer, Jesse Eddy as vice president, and Francis Armington as secretary. The slate was unanimously elected as presented. Earl accepted his dual offices and as his first act as president gave each member the opportunity to outline his life since gradua- tion. The result was a varied list of activities Joseph W. Ress 26 He just can't say no Joseph W. Ress was honored in the sprmg with the United Way of South- eastern New England's highest honor, the Alexis DeToqueville Award, in recogni- tion of his lifetime service to others. He has raised milhons for the United Way, the Jewish Federation, Miriam Hospital, the Jewish Home for the Aged, and Brown, according to an article in the Providence Joumal. "Joe Ress's involve- ment in the community has been extraor- dinary/' said W. Douglas Ashby, United Way president. "He's a living example of the American spirit of volunteerism." Phi Beta Kappa and a 1929 graduate of Harvard Law School, Ress practiced law for five years, formed a supermarket chain that was eventually sold, and then became president of E.A. Adams Com- pany, a jewelry findings manufacturer. But all the while he was involved with his many civic commitments. Ress, who was a Brown trustee for sixteen years and treasurer for nine, raised $4 million for Brown's medical school and helped win it state support. For his service to Brown, he has been awarded an honorary doctorate and accomplishments, fascinating and reveal- ing. The meeting adjourned at 5;30 p.m. The Pops Concert on the Green, Saturday night, was memorable for the violin playing of Karen Lee '91, the singing of Leslie Uggams, and the rendition of the 1812 Over- ture by the Rhode Island Philharmonic, com- plete with cannon fire by the military. Sunday morning many of us took advan- tage of the opportunity to hear President Swearer's view on a variety of subjects and to wish him well in whatever the future brings. In the afternoon, a few of us joined in a guid- ed bus tour of Providence, renewing old memories and viewing the dramatic changes for downtown that are in the works. The traditional Commencement proces- sion Monday morning found us very near the head of the line. A good contingent par- ticipated, led by Jesse Eddy, class marshal Fortunately, the University provides a bus for the return trip up the Hill. - Francis B. Arm- ington The Rev. Dr. William S. Litterick, who has served as pastor of Central Baptist Church in Jamestown, R.I., was given the title of pastor emeritus at an ecumenical celebra- tion of his retirement in St. Matthew's Episco- pal Church, Jamestown, last March. In 1975, Bill was installed as pastor in an ecumenical service that included the installation of the pastor of St. Mark's Catholic Church. Bill lives in Jamestown. of laws, a Bicentennial Award, and the Brown Bear Award. Ress's association with Miriam Hospi- tal goes back fifty-five years and for more than forty years, he has worked with the United Way. He was campaign chairman in 1964 and chairman of the board in 1965. Even though he is retired, requests for his volunteer services haven't stopped and he has "never really learned how to say no," 29 David Aldrich, Walter Ensign, Lester Shaal, and Homer Smith represented the class m the march down the Hill at this year's Commencement. Long-time faithful partici- pant Roger Shattuck was unable to march. He has since been discharged from the hospi- tal with a favorable report. - Robert Perkins 30 &■ Beatrice Simpson Brown moved from Puerto Rico m March to Cascade Manor, 65 West 30th Ave., Eugene, Oreg. 97405, to be nearer her daughter. Bea spent the month of August at her summer place on Lake Cham- plain. Dorothy Hill, Rumford, R.I., and Verna Follett Spaeth, Cromwell, Conn., spent a month in Spain in February and March and found that much of the charm had disap- peared since their last visit to Costa del Sol thirteen years ago. "Donkeys have virtually disappeared, and the kids, little and big, ride noisy motorbikes or motorcycles. Family crafts are fast disappearing as the men and women are employed more lucratively in ho- tels and condos. Hence, they are better dressed and fed, and everyone looks healthy." Verna also writes that she was in North Carolina visiting her daughter, Jane, and her family in May. Her oldest grand- daughter, Jennifer, graduated from the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Mother's Day In June, Verna spent three weeks in San Francisco with her daughter, Peggy, and son-in-law, Lee. She writes that she experienced two earthquakes, "5.3 and 3.6," and an exciting sail on the tall ship Cnl- ifornia, and walked over the Golden Gate Bridge and hack with her niece, the daughter of Nicholas Janson Helen Fickweiler Oustinoff, Williston, Vt., had two carpal tunnel operations on her hands in May and June. The best thing, she says, was the doctor's orders: no gardening and no hfting of even slightly heavy items for the duration of the summer. Thelma Tyndall took part in her first EI- derhostel experience and visited her cousin in Santa Monica, Calif., in July and early Au- gust. She lives in Boston. 31 Fifteen classmates and eight spouses joined President Bob Cronan for their 57th mini-reunion on Sunday, May 29, at the Fac- ulty Club. After a social hour and dinner, ev- eryone walked to Leeds Theatre for a fine performance by a talented group of singers. Although the attendance was disappointing, those who came were rewarded with a beau- tiful spring evening on campus. - ]ames W. Hiniiley 46 / SEPTEMBER IS Theodore G. Anderson writes from his home in Philadelphia that he is "still viable." He sends his best wishes. Bernard V. Buonanno, Providence, writes that his grandson, Bernie HI, graduated with the class of 1988, He is fifth in the all-time leading scorers in men's lacrosse and the son of Bernard V. Buonanno, Jr. '60. I 32 The women of '32 and a few husbands met for luncheon on Saturday, May 28, in the Sharpe Refectory. The following attended: Dorothy Budlong, president; Katherine Burt Jackson, reunion chairman, and Frederick Jackson: Katherine Perkins, treasurer; Selma Smira Newman, secretary; Mildred Schmidt Sheldon and Foster; Mary Louise Hall Glea- son and Kenneth; Dorothy Fry: Helen Bald- win Lang; Mary Lally Murphy and Brendan; Hope Williams; Agnes Cosgrove Lauga; He- len Moffitt DeJong; Ruth Berger Ross; and Edith Berger Sinel. A balance of SI, 799 was announced from dues collected in past years. Since a class mailing seems to be our only expense, it was voted to gi\-e $500 to the Brown Fund as an uru"estricted gift from the women of 1932. Dorothy Budlong announced thai the [Sarah Doyle] women's center is requesting any memorabilia relating to Pembroke. Since our next five-year reunion is not scheduled until 1992, it was felt that a re- union should be held in 1989 and as many as possible of our classmates be urged to attend. The University will provide overnight ac- commodations for those who wish them. - Selma Smira Neivman I 33 Judging from the letters and phone calls about our 55th reunion, we have concluded that "it was the best one yet." Said Rae Bald- win Scattergood: "We enjoyed the 'jam' ses- sions we had among ourselves; the Campus Dance and the Pops Concert were excellent; our accommodations in Buxton were excel- lent; all the luncheons and dinners were deli- cious; and Alumnae Hall sparkled brilliantly after all its renovations" Betty Tillinghast Angell, Jessie Barker, Helen Campbell, Edith Smith Cameron, Mabelle Chappell, Vivienne Cote, Mary Manley Eaton, and Ruth Hussey Longenecker all made similar comments. Twenty-four classmates and ten spouses or guests attended the various activities. Fourteen stalwarts marched down the Hill, behind marshal Ruth Hussey Longenecker. At the class meeting in the Barker Room of Gardner House, Edith Smith Cameron, chair and her committee, Helen Campbell and Vivienne Cote, presented the new slate of of- ficers: Mabelle Chappell, president; \'i\ienne Cote, vice president: Ruth Wade Cerjanec, secretary; Jessie Barker, treasurer; Katherine Hazard, head class agent; and Ethel Lalonde Savoie, reunion chair Jean Bauer Glantz brought along from Albuquerque an 8-mm film of our 1933 C^ttTT The "senior" Brown gradu- ate in the Commencement procession was Gladys Paine Johnson '13 of Worcester, Mass. (ctbove), who will be 87 years old in October. At left, Bernard V. Buonazmo '31 is joined by bis grandson, Bernard m '88 (left), and bis two sons, Bernard, Jr. '60, and Vincent '66, at graduation. Commencement. Unfortunately, there was no projector available. Plans are underway to transfer the film to a videotape so that at fu- ture reunions we can watch ourselves march down the Hill in 1933. The class photo was taken on the steps of Gardner House as in past years. Members attending, in addition to those listed above, were: Anna Russo Fedeli, Dorothy Ruth Gagen, Lillian Kelman Gold- stein, Elizabeth Partridge Green, Tina Codi- anni Hall, Helen Hazard Harpin, Emma Gor- ton Peirce, Gladys Burt Jordan, Barbara Anthony Memmott, Ruth F. Sittler, Amy MacKenzie Sweet, Marian Rosen Tenen- baum, and Marion Warren Westberg Finally, we must acknowledge the won- derful work done by Nan Bouchard Tracy '46 and her staff in ensuring that everything ran smoothly. We can never thank her enough. - Ruth Wade Cerjanec Enthusiasm was rampant during Com- mencement Weekend and the 55th reunion of the men's class of 1933. Our welcoming party Friday afternoon was held at Maddock in the handsome '33 room. Saturday evening we had dinner at the Squantum Club and on Sunday afternoon we had our traditional cookout and class meet- ing at Bill Gilbane's new home facing the Warren River in Barrington, R.l. Forty class- mates and their wives attended. The weather was perfect, the food bountiful, and we were all grateful to be there. On Saturday and Sun- day we used a school bus as transportation to the various activities. It worked great; no one got lost, and it solved the campus parking problem. We'll try it again in 1993. Hope you can all be there. - Franklin Hurd Dorothy R. Gagen, Boston, writes that since her fiftieth reunion in 1983, her sister, Evelyn, and she have enjoyed "a fascinating trip to Kyoto and Tokyo, Taipei, and Hong Kong. While the trip to Japan took twenty- three hours by air, it was well worth it. There was so much to see." BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 47 34 The 54th reunion dinner of the class of '34 was held on Friday, May 27, at the Agawam Country Club. Forty-four alumni and alumnae and their guests were present, a tme turnout for an off-year reunion and ap- proximately the same number that attended our 53rd reunion. A grand time was had by all. Not surprisingly, much of the conversa- tion turned to our upcoming 55th reunion. Is it almost five years since our 50th? Time moves on. Silently. Relentlessly. Dan Eaile and Lillian Salmin Janas, our reunion chairpersons, are looking to make our 55th the best e\er L\in and Lillian of- fered an advance list of committee members. For the alumni, thev are: Max Flaxman, co- chairman; Winslow Bobbins, class gift chair- man; Maury Caito, president; Ray Chace, vice president; Norm Halpin, treasurer; and Henry Malkowski, John Englund, .ind Herb Philips, secretaries. For the alumnae, they are Elizabeth Brennan McCaffrey, presi- dent; Edith Janson Hatch, \ ice president; Ftancoise Courtois, treasurer; and Mary Hoffman and Mary McKay, secretaries Other committee members will be named later. A class meeting followed dinner. Presi- dent Caito welcomed all present and called upon Norm Halpin, treasurer, and Henry Malkowski, secretary, for their reports. Alumnae president McCaffrey spoke briefly on behalf of the alumnae association. Re- union co-chairperson Janas then added a few remarks regarding the upcoming 55th and urged everyone's full cooperation. A moment of silence was observed in memory of our dear departed classmates. During the past twelve months, ten have passed on; eight alumni and two alumnae. We will cherish the memory of Richard Mus- son, Thomas Harris, Carl Mau, Alan Miller, Willard Pratt, Norman Singleton, Frank Stiles, Joseph Taylor, Nina Loparto Fortin, and Gracia Marion Burkill. Alumni attending the reunion were: Dan Earle and Marian, Raymond Chace and Al- ice, Donald Midwood and Margaret, Mar- shall Allen and \oriiia, Henry Malkowski and Stella, Norman Halpin and Doris, Jeffy Herman and Rosalind, William Brines, Ed- ward Noorigian and Roxie, John Englund and Jesse, Max Flaxman and Esther, Winfield Robbins and Elizabeth, Maury Caito and Lu- cia, Jim Patton, and Harry Jackson and Priscilla Smith Dibble. Alumnae attending were: Lillian Salmin Janas, Elizabeth Ingram Horton and Charles, Mary McKay, Kathleen McKay, Eleanor Ide Lamon, Edith Walker, Mary Quirk Hoffman, Elizabeth Whitaker Hall and Gilbert, Janet Fain Waldman, Elizabeth Brennan McCaffrey and Charles, Rosalind Wallace Green and Albert, and Edith Hatch - ilcnry h. Malkowski 35 is a combat veteran of the 1945 invasion of Okinawa and the 1943 invasion of Attu in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. John, who is con- fined to a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis, is hving in the home because his wife suffers from emphysema and is unable to care for him. Classmate E. Gage Hotaling sent an article from the Springfuid Siiiidin/ Republican, which told John's story. Gage writes, "John was a popular member of the class and wanted to come to the 50th re- union, but because of his handicap was un- able to do so. However, I was able to get fifty-three of our classmates to write notes to him, which pleased him immensely." 36 The women of '36 held a mini-reunion and luncheon at Sharpe Refectory on Satur- day during Commencement weekend. Six- teen were present: Esther Kuldin Adier, Lil- lian McCabe Anderson, Annette Aaronian Baronian, Martha Wicks Bellisle. Charlotte Morse Benson, Betty Fales Christe, Marion Hall Goff, Zelda Fisher Course, Barbara Hubbard, Isabel Jeffrey Edith Hall Meier, Dorris Marcus Mendelsohn, Beatrice Mink- ins, Rosalie Musen Reizen, Ruth Tenen- baum Silverman, and Beatrice Emery West- cott. We were particularly pleased to see Bar- bara Hubbard, Betty Fales Christe, and Isabel Jeffrey, who have not joined us in many years. Zelda Fisher Course read a letter inform- ing us of this year's recipient of the Pem- broke 1936 Sydney Jane Course Memorial Scholarship. She is Courtney-Paige Morrison '90. We are all looking forward to another meeting next year - Marion Hall Coff 37 John S. Cuthbert has been living in the Soldiers Home in Holyoke, Mass., for the past two years. A retired Episcopal priest, he The college year 1987-1988 came to a close for the women of '37 at a luncheon on May 28 at the Marriott Inn in Providence. It was a pleasant get-together, quite different from the previous year's 50th celebration. During the year, we attended a tea at the Aldrich House in November and a lunch in April at the Ramada Inn. Those events keep us in touch with one another and with the current news of our classmates. A plaque is on display in the Orwig Mu- sic Library recognizing Esther Gordon Fein- er's ten years of volunteer service in cata- loging and in meeting the library needs of faculty and students. Mary Cochran Lynch's daughter, Jean, received her Ph.D. in sociology at this year's Commencement. Mary is happy to have an- other alumna of Brown joining her in all the traditions "on the Hill." Marian Martin McGowan's son-in-law, Tom Griffin, is the author of The Boys Next Door. The play recently finished an off-Broad- way run and will be part of Providence's Trinity Repertory Company's fall season. The play has been touring Europe and will tour the U.S. in the near future. Margaret Boyd Smead writes to correct an address error. The 50th reunion directory lists her address as the public broadcasting station in Nashville, Tenn. While she serves on the hoard of directors at the station, she requests that mail be sent to her home ad- dress: 505 Park Center Dr., Nashville 37205. 38 Thanks from the class of '38 go to mem- bers of other classes who helped make our 50th reunion a happy success: Martin Tarpy '37, who started us off in the right direction with our calendar and our book; C. Arthur (Pat) Slater, Jr. '37, for his contribution to our reunion fund "to help dear old '38 have as big a time as I did on my 50th "; and the anonymous member of the class of '39, who, through John Haskell '39, made generous offers of assistance. Thanks again. Classmates were sadciened at our 50th re- union by the news of the death of Frances Dunn early in May. Frances had been presi- dent of the Pembroke class of 1938 for many years and was president at the time of the merger in 1978. Class President Ruth Coppen Lindquist reports that her broken hip is healing and she is doing O.K. Ruth is looking forward to see- ing classmates and friends tailgating in Park- ing Lot A before home football games this fall. Charlie Walsh has planned another long trip on his trawler, Pntiuvc. He and Mary in- tend to leave in October and sail down the inland waterway to Florida. They will take the St. Lucie Canal to Lake Okeechobee and cross Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. Leaving the boat in Tampa, they will fly home to Bris- tol, R.I., for the holidays. They will go back for the boat in May. Bon voyage! 39 Seventeen members of the class of '39 women met for luncheon at the Faculty Club on May 28. Those in attendance were: Eunice Estes Stobel, Constance Farrell Taft, Pearl Finkelstein Braude, Teresa Gagnon Mellone, Eleanor Hall Byerly, Claire Har- rington Mullen, Marie lannucci Sciotti, Vir- ginia Kelly Sherbino, Ruth Manter Lind, Frances Miller Dawley, Margaret Porter Dolan, Audrey Raiche Souza, Margaret Rickett Cranmer, Tina Sammartino Penza, Frances Singer Wattman, Dorothy Tucker Browning, and Katherine Tucker. A spirited discussion about plans for the 50th reunion to be held in 1989 followed lunch. One-hundred-percent attendance for that event seems very likely. - Margaret Porter Dolan Norman T. Woodberry, Stamford, Conn., received a one-time 50th Anniversary Award for his outstanding contributions to interfaith dialogue and social service from the Council of Churches and Synagogues in Lower Fair- field County, Conn. Norm has contributed to many committees and task forces, including prisoner visitation and elderly outreach. He 48 / SEPTEMBER 1988 serves on the board of Friendship House and is council liaison to Amnesty International and the Coalition for Basic Human Rights. In l'^72, he was named Council Lay Person of the Year. For his volunteer service, the Stnni- ford Advocate awarded him its first Communi- ty Leader Award in 1984. I 41 The weather and the setting were perfect. On May 29, thirty-eight class members en- joyed a delicious Francis Farm clambake at Cliff Gustafson's farm-estate on Poppa- squash Point, Bristol, R.l. With Bristol harbor on our east and Narragansett Bay on our west, this mini-reimion was a successful ex- periment. The consensus was that we should have some function together each year at Commencement. Watch tor an announce- ment for 1989 and plan to participate. Everyone enjoyed trading stories and getting up-to-date on families and friends. Bill Allen came looking for '41 engineers. Bob Betancourt came looking for '41 chemists, and Charlie Becbtold came looking for lobster The rest of us came looking for a good time and found it! - Eart W. Harrington, ]r. 43 ».'.^ For the first time, the classes of Brown and Pembroke '43 had a joint reunion. Cele- brating together our 45th reunion were sev- enty-seven members and forty-four spouses. The perfect weather encouraged many to at- tend their first Campus Dance on Friday, the Pops Concert on Saturday night under the elms, a Sunday brunch overlooking Narra- gansett Bay, and to march in the traditional Commencement procession down the Hill to the Baptist Meeting House on Monday. The last farewell was said over bloody marys in our Harkness House Lounge headquarters, where the comment was heard: "Don't try to top this reunion for our 50th. Just duplicate it. We'll be here." Those attending were: Ray Abbott and Ruth, Maijorie Jackson Adkins, Stan and Sbirley Buckingham Allen '44, Paul Armor and Bette, Ben Beachen and Virginia, Betty Anne Archambault Breen, Lois Lindblom Buxton and Bert '4(1, Carol Taylor Carlisle and Bob, Marguerite Connelly Carroll and Ed, David and Audrey Mishel Cooper '45, Marie Laudati D'Avanzo, Frances Latson Dinneen, Russell Dolan and Natalie, Bruce Donaldson, Jay Fidler and Khoda, Francis Firm and Ciav, Bob Fisler and Betsy, Peggy Levy Friesner, Joe Gainer and Jenny, Leonard Geller, Kay Butler Gilbert and Ralph, Flora Lazarus Ginns and Haskell, Sybil Pilshaw Gladstone and Richard, Mari- on Jagolinzer Goldsmith and Jim, Evelyn Reilly Gunning, Phil Hcutung and Carol, Ju- liaime Hirschland Hill and Herbert, Leota Cronin Hill and Stewart, Norton and Doris Fain Hirscb '44, Gina Stevens Hood and Lester, Luther Hoyle and Edith, Bill Jenney and Marjorie, David Joseph and Mimi, Ruth E. Just, Elaine Robinson Kaufman, Robert Kramer, Dwight Ladd, Paul Lathrop, Pete Leeb and Caiolvn, Jason Levine and Ros- alind, Charles Littlefield and Dorothy, Bud MacDonald, Dorothy J. MacLennan, John McCall and I lelen. Bill McCoy and Ruth, Betty Short Mclntyre and Ron, Tom McKone and Phyllis, Walter Mengel, Phil Merdinyan and Marjorie. King and Carol Jenkes Meyer, Hope Morley Miller and Allen, Marjorie Rof- fee Milroy, Mary Grosse Murray and Tom, Gordon Neale, Bob Nissley and Marty, Lore- na Pacheco, Francis Parkhurst and Priscilla, Edith Plofsky Pearlman and Manny, Helen Armbrust Pfeifer, Richard and Elizabeth Bartholomew Pinkham, Robert Radway and Gloria, Frannie McEnenny Risko, Marie Hal- loran Ryan, Lucy Volpigno Salvatore, Walter Sammartino and Anne, Bert Schaller, Edna Coogan Snow and Robert, Bernice Parvey Solish and George, Nancy Hess Spencer, Gordon Swaffield and Nancy, Jack Tansey and Shirley, Ruth Webb Thayer, Enid Wilson, and Philip and Kathleen Kelly Woodford '42. During the business meeting at noon on Saturday, Mav 28, the men elected the follow- ing officers: Robert P. Fisler, president; Stan- ley W. Allen, John R. Hess, Norton Hirsch, Robert Kramer, Dwight R. Ladd, and Gordon D. Swaffield, \ ice presidents: Raymond H. Abbott, secretary; and John B. Price, treasurer. Prior to their traditional luncheon at the Faculty Club, also on Saturday, the women elected officers for the next five years. They are: Carol Taylor Carlisle, president; Bemice Parvey Solish, vice president; Ruth Bains Hartmann, secretary; Enid Wilson, corre- sponding secretary; and Marjorie Roffee Mil- roy, treasurer Marion Jagolinzer Goldsmith is past president and Dorothy MacLeiman will continue as class agent. 44 '■ Sixteen members of the class of '44 joined with the classes of '43 and '42 for a luncheon at the Faculty Club. It was '43's official re- union, and they invited the other two classes to celebrate with them. Those present from '44 were: Flora Hall Lovell, Gloria Carbone LoPresti, Doris Fain Hirsch, Miriam Jolley Spencer, Helen Keliman Greenwood, Mar- cella Fagan Hance, Dorothy Bornstein Berstein, Dorothy Segool Goldblatt, Connie Lucas Chase, Gene Gannon Gallagher, Hope Ballinger Brown, Lillian Carneglia Affleck, Jody Weiss Cohen, Jane O'Brien Cottam, Claire Fontaine Cayer, and Phyllis Bidwell Oliver. Before the luncheon, the class met at the home of Marcella Fagen Hance to discuss plans for the 45th reunion in 1989. Shirley Buckingham Allen has a new ad- dress: 79 Nakata Ave., Wilbur Pt., Fairhaven, Mass. 02719. Elizabeth Van Stratum Arnold and her husband are both enjoying retirement. A new grandson, their eleventh, was bom in April. Two others are sophomores in college, one at Syracuse and the other at the University of Delaware. Elizabeth and her husband live in Holmdel, N.J. Betsey Merrill Bohl writes that she and Leighton '43 are lxith retired. One son, Leighton III, and his family are living in Manchester, England, where he teaches Eng- lish literature at the Manchester Public School. The other son, Christopher, lives in California. He and his wife just had their first child, a son. Betsey and Leighton live in Nashua, N.H. Claire Fontaine Cayer, her husband, children, and grandchildren rented a villa at Surfside, Jamaica, in February. All thirteen enjoyed being together. Claire lives in New Bedford, Mass. Jane O'Brien Cottam writes that her sons, Tony and Tom, have a painting busi- ness. Nonie is married and lives and works in Haiti with her husband and baby, Stephanie. Kate is practicing law in Washing- ton, D.C., and will be married next winter. Meg just finished an avant garde dance per- formance in New York City; and JP, an actor, is supporting himself as a waiter. Jane's new address is 9 Olive St., Providence 02906. Mary Gagnon Edholm writes that her husband has been critically ill with a toxic thyroid condition, but is progressing fairly well. Last summer, they enjoyed a trip to five republics of the Soviet Union. In March, they went on a Caribbean cruise. They live in Fort Worth, Texas. Margaret Oldham Farabee, Oak Ridge, Tenn., was in Vermont in June 1987 and visit- ed Carolyn Woodbury Hookway in New Hampshire. Anne Maven Young visits Peggy in Oak Ridge. Peggy's three children are all out West, and she recently saw them in Fort Worth, Texas. In May, she took a Bermuda cruise with an Oak Ridge retirees group. Betty Heiden Froelich, New York City, writes that she could not attend the Com- mencement luncheon because of a trip to Alaska. Dorothy Robinson Golner was in Provi- dence in October to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of her mother, Sophie Mogilevkin Robinson ' 19. Her mother then visited her at her home in Berkeley, Calif., for two months. Irving R. Levine, chief economics corre- spondent for NBC News, received an hon- orary doctor of laws degree at the Univer- sity of Rhode Island's commencement cere- monies in May. Columba Simeone Mathieu writes that she is getting along splendidly with her new aortic valve. Tom has retired, and they play tennis three or four times a week, twice on Wednesday. Columba and Tom, who live in Yakima, Wash., are planning to go on safari in Africa with the Associated Alumni. Betty Clay Mein recently visited her son. Dr. Eric Mein '81, and his family in Seattle, Wash., where he is beginning a three-year medical residency. Betty lives in Beallsville, Md. Jean Muller Merigeault says she misses her family and the LI.S. and the sound of American voices in Paris, but does not expect to retT.irn home soon. She keeps in touch with Claire Fontaine Cayer, but would love to hear from Marjorie Dore Bertram and Dolly Gray Martin. Jean lives in Vienne, France. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 49 Natalie Course Prokesch, New London. Conn., IS expecting her fitth gnindchild. Her husband's children have six. "We're doing our share for the population growth," Natalie says. Virginia Briggs Richardson and her hus- band are enjoying retirement — gardening, traveling, and golfing. They traveled through Washington state and are planning a trip to Alaska in the fall. Virginia volunteers as a tu- tor in a literacy program and at Northwest Trek, a wildlife preserve. Their son. Bill, lives in South Chelmsford, Mass., and has two children. Janice is living in Puyallup, Wash. Her husband is a pilot for Continental, and she is finishing her degree in anthropology at the University of Washington. She has three boys. Marilyn lives in Moreno Valley, Calif., where she is fixing up a new house. Norma Stone Robinson lost her home and all its contents in a recent fire in Pebble Beach, Calif., which destroyed thirty-two homes. She is in the process of rebuilding and says, "It is an awesome project, one that will keep me busy for the next year." The class extends its sympathy to the family of Phyllis Ahem Walsh of Hamden, Conn., who died in December. - Gene Gaiinoii Gallagher Gordon, and Barney Josephson, who were in a position of power to help. I 46 William H. Stone, San Antonio, Texas, checks in with the brief message: "Still going strong. Best regards!" I 47 The class sends its sympathy to the fami- ly of Elizeibeth Gilmore Wilson, who died last November of complications following open heart surgery. She is survived by two daughters: Randi, and Ella Seeber of 4370 Barford Rd., Syracuse, N.Y. 13215. A group of 1947 women, including Joyce Wetherald Fairchild, June Miller Wilbur, Drusilla Johnson Spraitzar, Avis Goldstein Feldman, Frances Richardson Brautigam, and Dorothy Hiller attended the opening of an exhibit of Nat Brush Lewis's recent wafer- colors in Simsbury, Conn., on May 15. Dorothy then visited Nat at her home in Port Clyde, Maine, with a side trip to Monhegan Island. After that, she left for Nantucket for the summer. - Dorothy Hiller Alan Pomerance, New York City, is the author of Rcpciil of the Blues, a history of the desegregation of the performing arts from 1932 to the present, to be published in Octo- ber by Citadel Books, a subdivision of Lyle Stuart Inc. Alan writes that the book high- lights the role black performers played in the civil rights movement and emphasizes the progress made from the segregated Cotton Club days of Lena Home, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers, to the widespread suc- cess in 1988 of Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey The changes in perceptions of black enter- tainers by white audiences is analyzed in in- terviews with Sammy Davis, Jr., Lionel Hampton, and Harold Nicholas, and with white liberals, such as John Hammond, Max 48 Robert W. Phillips retired from his posi- tion as vice president of Irving Trust Compa- ny in New York in January 1986. He is enjoy- ing retirement, dividing his time between Brooklyn and his boyhood home in Vermont. Mary Nell Glaser Whipkey has been named professor emeritus of mathematics by Youngstown State University in Ohio. She lives with her husband, Kenneth, at 805 Seap- ath Tower, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. 28480. 49 Alan S. Flink, a partner in the Providence law firm of Edwards & Angell since 1985, was named secretary of the Rhode Island Bar Association at the annual meeting on June 17. Alan is a former editor-in-chief of the Rhode Isla)ni Bnr journal, a member of the Rhode Is- land Bar Association House of Delegates since 1978; Bar Association lOLTA commit- tee, and a member of the Bar's sex discrimi- nation committee. In 1987, he received the Rhode Island Bar Association Award of Mer- it. He IS on the boards of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Legal Ser- vices, and the Jewish Federation of Rhode Is- land. He and his wife, Renee, live in Provi- dence. The Rev. Canon George F. French retired after thirty-three years as rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, N.Y., in July and was named rector emeritus. His new ad- dress is PO. Box 1090, Cooperstown 13326. 50 Tliirty-eight years after graduation, John Sheppard and H.C. (Leigh) Atwood have joined forces in connection with a project in- volving cryogenics in the electronics indus- try. John is senior vice president of CVI Inc., Columbus, Ohio, and Leigh is executive vice president of Sulzer Brothers, Inc., New York City. John lives in Dublin, Ohio, and Leigh in Northport, N.Y. Donald H. Spalding has retired from his position as director of the subtropical horti- culture research station in Miami, Fla., which serves as a plant introduction and research facility of the USDA's agricultural research service. Don, who spent thirty years in gov- ernment service, moved with his wife to Ho- mosassa, Fla., a small community two hours from his daughters and grandchildren in Or- lando. "There are many New Englanders in the Homosassa area," Don writes, "but I haven't run into any Brown classmates." 52 Arky Gonzalez has returned to the U.S. after twenty years in Europe as a foreign cor- respondent. He has been named San Diego correspondent for People magazine and now lives "amidst 2.5 acres of citrus and avocados in suburban Escondido." Arky continues to travel internationally and is abroad a week each month pursuing features for a large number of magazines and newspapers. 55 Dr George L. Ginsberg, Bronxville, NY, is professor of clinical psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and psy- chiatrist-in-chief at the university hcispital. He is immediate past president of the Ameri- can Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, president of the New York State Psychiatric Association, and an area representative of the American Psychi- atric Association. He is the father of Jarl '87 and Erik '88. David W. Halvorsen, East Dennis, Mass., retired as dean of students at Mount Wachu- sett Community College, Gardner, Mass., in July He was honored with the title of dean emeritus at MWCC's commencement on May 26. Michael J. Reilly's 33rd reunion took on addecl significance. His youngest son, Tom, was a member of the graduating class. "It was a special joy for me to see him march down the Hill." Michael lives in McLean, Va. John G. Smith was reelected to his third three-year term as trustee of the Auburn, Mass., public library. He is serving in his sixth year as treasurer of Goddard/Home- stead Inc., a community for elders in Worces- ter. John, who lives in Auburn, has been an account vice president with Paine Webber for twenty years. 56 " Theodore Zinn completed the Madrid Marathon on April 24, part of a sightseeing trip he took to central Spain. He ran his first Classifieds Vacation Rentals SPECTACULAR LOG HOME in skiers p,ir adise. Ten minutes from Breckenridge, Colorado. Four other ski areas nearby, plus America's finest Nordic skiing. For color brochure and rates: Skip Foster, 355 Balsam, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-237-562h, ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS. Privately Owned Homes. Furnished. Fabulous Views, 615-.385-47I4 Yacht Charters SEVEN SEAS YACHT CHARTERS offers hundreds of fine power and sailing yachts for a Caribbean or Mediterranean cruise tai- lored and catered for you. Elegant cuisine, personal service, surprisingly affordable. Call 800-346-5355. WRITING? Then you need an agent. Send SASE for essential free information. Author Aid, Box 6503B GCPO, NYC 10163. 50 / SEPTEMBER 1988 marathon in \^7S and has now completed fourteen, including one in London (the first, in 1481), one in Vienna, and two in New York City, where he lives. Since 1980, he has been senior editor of life sciences for Collier's En- cyclopedia and Mcrii Students Encyclopedia, which are published by Macmillan, Inc. I 57 Dorothy Crews Herzberg, recently di- vorced, has a new address: 2237 Haste St., Berkeley, Calif. 94704. She works as a rev- enue officer with the IRS. I 58 Martin Bemheimer, music critic for the Los Angeles Times, lectured on a "music cruise" down the Mississippi on the Dt7fii Queen. He did a similar "gig" on the Baltic Sea (Leningrad, Gdansk, and Helsinki) in July. Gilbert W. Lugossy is serving his fourth three-year elected term as sheriff of Mercer County, N.J. He graduated in 1983 from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. He lives in Trenton. I 59 In honor of Black History Month, author Wallace Terry presented a series of profiles of twenty famous black Americans on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The weekly, one-minute programs ran throughout the month of February and saluted individuals who have made significant contributions to American life, from freedom crusader Harriet Tubman to jazz great Duke Ellington to Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the first successful open-heart surgery. Previous- ly, Wally had co-produced and narrated adaptations of his 1984 book about blacks in the Vietnam War, Bloods, for the PBS televi- sion series "Frontline" and for the National Public Radio program "All Things Consid- ered." I 60 Bernard V. Buonanno, Jr., Providence, has joined Edwards & Angell as counsel in the law firm's Providence office. In addition to his legal practice, he served as probate judge of the East Greenwich, R.I., Probate Court from 1967 to 1971. He is chairman of Old Fox, Inc., and its subsidiary, Old Fox Lawn Care, located in East Providence. Bemie is a director of Old Stone Corporation and A. T. Cross Company, a former director of Roger Williams General Hospital, and for- mer president of the Narragansett Preserva- tion and Improvement Association. He is a Brown trustee emeritus, a former president of the Associated Alumni, and last year re- ceived a Brown Bear Award. I 61 Joel Cohen '63 Playing music of the Middle Ages For the past nineteen years, Joel Cohen has been director of the Boston Camera ta, an international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists dedicated to playing the music of the Middle Ages, the Renais- sance, and the early Baroque period. The group tours extensively in the United States and Europe, and Cohen says it is a constant challenge presenting the music. In the Middle Ages, he said, "The music was played in the churches and in the living rooms of wealthy peo- Governor Baliles and the Virginia-Israel Commission. The group was in Israel to com- memorate the 40th anniversary of the state's founding and to conclude the commission's work with its Israeli counterparts in such ar- eas as trade, technology, education, the arts, agriculture, and tourism. The group met with Minister of Defense Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, and Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. There was also a state dinner in the Knesset; a tour of the Golan Heights, Masada, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa, Galilee, and Nazareth; and visits to other important polit- ical, economic, and historic areas. 62 James V. Shircliff, Lynchburg, Va., spent part of April and May in Israel with Virginia ™ Lee B. Steele was recently named pur- chasing supervisor at Bethlehem Steel Corpo- ration in Bethlehem, Pa. He joined the com- pany in 1964 as a buyer in the electrical buying division in the home office. The fol- lowing year he was named field expeditor, purchasing, in Chicago, and in 1968 was ap- ple. It wasn't presented in a concert hall setting." To solve the problem, the Cam- erata's concerts are presented in a "music theater setting. We actually have a cast, lights, movement, anci narration between songs. Or we will walk around the hall to break the framework." Cohen, who was interviewed with his wife, Anne Azema, a soprano, last May in The Daily Ne^vs, Newburyport, Mass., said that the Camerata is unique among groups that play ancient music. "[Others] just do one type of music. Maybe it's just the music of France during the Middle Ages or the music of Shakespeare's day. We're like a repertory company. We do lots and lots of different things. We're the only American group doing old European music that is active in Europe." Then he added, "It's like a Spanish group doing country and western and doing it well." The Camerata, having completed its season in Boston, left for Singapore. For the past twelve years, they have been making at least one trip to Europe, usual- ly in the summer, where, Cohen says, money is more readily available for the arts. And while they have a large follow- ing in Boston, they have many more fans abroad. "After all," he said, "it's their pointed to the position of buyer. He was transferred in 1969 to the purchasing depart- ment at the Burns Harbor, Ind., plant in a similar capacity. Lee was made assistant dis- trict purchasing agent in 1974, and in 1983 he returned to corporate headquarters as a se- nior buyer. Since 1983, he had been reclama- tion supervisor, purchasing. Lee and his fam- ily live in the Bethlehem area. 63 John Allen Peeler, professor of political science at Bucknell University, received the Bucknell-Burma Award during commence- ment ceremonies in May. The award is pre- sented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to intercul- tural and international understanding. John joined the faculty at Bucknell in 1967 after teaching at Howard University and the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship for the 1988-89 academic year to lecture at the University of Costa Rica. He has written sev- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 51 eral articles and a book about Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela. 64 B Allan M. Gittleman and his wife, Ellen, chaperoned sixteen award-winning dancers, including their daughters, Danielle, 17, and Rachel Cvd, 14, when they performed in the Soviet Union as part of a cultural exchange tour in August. Allen and his family live in East Greenwich, R.I Michael S. Kupersmlth writes: "The 1987 vernal equinox brought what was perhaps the most momentous week of my life. On March 24, 1 was appomted Judge of the Ver- mont District Court by Governor Madeleine Kunin. On March 26, my wife, Michele (Uni- versity of Vermont '75, Vermont Law School '82), gave birth to our first child, Samuel Julius. I have been in Vermont for seventeen years. One of the aspects I love most is its smallness. Gov. Kunin knows Michele from a long-ago prior career as a French tutor. When she called to tell me of the appointment, 1 re- lated that 1 had just learned that Michele had begun labor. Within half an hour I was get- ting congratulatory calls — on the impending birth." 65 biiw. Pamela Allcira is associate dean for mu- seum school programs and director of the graduate programs in the department of art history at Tufts University. She is also on the boards of the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Photographic Resource Center in Boston. "In between pushing paper, advising 145 students, and teaching one course per semester, 1 write criticism and keep in touch with the old Pembroke gang," writes Pamela, who lives in Wavland, Mass. Sam Baumgarten, Bridgewater, Mass., is in his nmth vear as physical education teach- er at the Burnell Campus School of Bridge- water State College. This year he was select- ed "elementary physical education teacher of the year" by the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Richard K. Bell moved to Berkeley, Calif., from San Francisco last year. He is senior vice president at Mojo Advertising, an Australian company. He and his wife of thirteen years, Linda Sommers, have two daughters, Mered- ith, 6, and Samantha, 2. Suzanne Taylor Besser, West Simsbury, Conn., writes that her daughter, Sharon, is a member of the class of 1991. Les Blatt's work as producer and writer for "Peter Jennings Journal" on the ABC radio network was honored this year with an award from the Writers Guild of America. He continues as an editorial producer and writer for "ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings." Frances Harlow Clukey, a public school art teacher, writes that she is also an assistant professor of art at the University of Maine and her husband's business manager. The oldest of their three children is at the Naval Academy, and their two daughters, who are in high school, "plan new future careers dai- ly." They live in Orono. Maryanne Cline Horowitz, associate pro- fessor of history at Occidental College, is a co-editor of Rcnaissimce Rereadings: Intertext ami Context, published in June by University of Illinois Press. Edward R. Levin, Washington, D.C., is a partner in the newly-formed law firm of Lax- alt, Washington, Perito & Dubuc in Washing- ton, where he heads the labor and employ- ment law department. Edward P. Marecki, Jr., Barrington, R.I., has left IDG Communications, Inc., where he was vice president of advertising sales/Com- putenvcrld , and is now director of business development for Ziff-Davis Publishing Com- pany in Boston. Donald G. Rising is benefits designer for Rohm and Haas, a chemical company in Philadelphia. He lives in West Chester with his wife, Gloria; their son, Jonathan, a fresh- man; their daughter, Julia, 14; and the twins, Jessica and Joanna, 9. Bob Rothenberg has completed five years at Brown as director of men's and women's cross country/track and field. His wife, Anne, is an assistant coach for the jumping events. Bob notes that he is especial- ly pleased by the increased interest and sup- port for the track program by alumni. His oldest son, Jason, is a freshman. Jocinne Blumenfeld Weinberg is an asso- ciate professor of anatomy at the University of British Columbia Medical School. Her re- search interests focus on animal models of fe- tal alcohol syndrome and the effects of stress on disease progression. Her husband. Chuck Weinberg '64, is Alumni Professor of Market- ing, faculty of commerce, at the University of British Columbia. His most recent books are: Marketing Challenges: Cases and Exercises and Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Managers, which was recently translated and published in Japan. Their daughter, Beth, is a sopho- more at Penn, and Amy is a freshman in high school. They live in Vancouver. Lila Wolff Wilkinson, Branford, Conn., writes that her former husband, Jim Wilkin- son (Yale '71), was killed in March during a robbery attempt on his campsite in Mexico. Their daughter, Eleanor, 6, is doing well. She finished kindergarten and completed her sec- ond year of piano lessons with Paul Klein. Lila entered the Yale School of Drama in September to work toward her doctorate. She is on leave from her job as director of theatre at the University of New Haven. "It's going to be a big switch being a student instead of a professor for awhile. I look forward to at- tending, with Eleanor, the big reunion in '90." 66 Pamela T. Baldwin has begun a four- year foreign service assignment in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after eight years with the Agency for International Development in Washing- ton, D.C. Pam manages AID projects, and her husband, Malcolm, is doing environmental consulting. Their daughter, Alice, 10, is with them. Their two older children, Peter, 22, and Rebecca, 19, will visit on vacations from col- lege. Steinley H. Palmer, professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington, has published Police and Protest in England and Ireland, 1780-1850 (Cambridge University Press). Stanley, who recently stepped down as department chairman after five years, teaches British and Irish history, police histo- ry in Europe and America, and American frontier history. He and his wife, Bettie, a reg- istered nurse, have four children: Vanessa, 12, David, 10, Sonia, 9, and Ingrid, 8, who "keep their parents busy with piano, ballet, and gymnastics, and the usual round of modem suburban activities." Classmates who would like to drop Stanley a line can write him at 912 Ravenwood Dr., Arlington, Texas 76013. 67 Melvin E. Andersen, Dayton, Ohio, re- ceived the Herbert E. Stokinger Award for contributions in the field of industrial toxi- cology at the 1988 American Industrial Hy- giene Conference held in San Francisco in May. The award included a specially com- missioned piece of Steuben glass. Melvin presented the annual Stokinger Lecture at the conference; his topic was "Quantitative Risk Assessment for Occupational Carcinogens." His wife of twenty years, Christine, accom- panied him on the trip. Ronald J. Gidwitz, president and chief executive officer of Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., has been named Chicago's "Executive of the Year" by Crain's Chicago Business, the city's weekly newspaper for the business community. The City of Chicago also passed a resolution praising Ron for his professional and civic accomplishments. Judith Miimo Hushon was elected a vice president at Roy F Weston, Inc. (WESTON) in July. She joined the company in 1986 and has twenty years of experience in consulting and research in expert systems, information science, environmental toxicology and chem- istry, regulatory interpretation and support, and risk/hazard assessment. She also serves as the lead project director for WESTONs In- formation and Decision Systems Division, re- sponsible for division sales planning and project management. Judith is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Ameri- can Association for Artificial Intelligence, and the Society for Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry. She lives with her husband and children in McLean, Va., and works out of WESTON'S regional office in Washington, DC. Suzaime Bourgault Marley has been ap- pointed director of international programs at Arkansas State University, where she will be responsible for 300 foreign students, more than half of whom are Malaysian. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, she worked with the Saudi Arabian Customs Project at the university for the past six years. Her husband, Ross Marley, is an associate 52 / SEPTEMBER 1988 professor of political science at ASU. They have two sons. 68 Terence A. Harkin, Los Angeles, spent Ihroo months last vear traveling in Thailand researching a book on the Vietnam War This year he worked as a cameraman on such shows as "Duet" for the Fox Network, and "Eisenhower & Lutz" and "Murder She Wrote" for CBS. George C. Hyde, Jr., regional vice presi- dent and general manager of WQBA- AM/FM Radio, Miami, Fla., has been elected vice chairman of the radio board of the Na- tional Association of Broadcasters and a member of the NAB executive committee. He will represent the interests of more than 5,000 radio stations in membership in the associa- tion. WQBA-AM and FM are frequently cited as the leading Spanish-language radio sta- tions in the U.S., and last year received the Crystal Award from the NAB for excellence in programming and community involve- ment. The stations were also recognized by the President's Council on Private Sector Ini- tiatives for a Hispanic drug-education pro- gram considered one of the 100 best volun- teer programs in the nation in 1987. This year, George ser\'ed as a national advisor to the White House Conference for a Drug Free America. A former president of the Brown Club of Miami, he lives with his wife, Kath- leen, and their son, Douglas, 14, in the Kendall area of Dade County. Judy Schretter, Reston, Va., closed her law office and joined the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Washington, D.C., as deputy counsel. Phoebe Williams, who commutes from Sausalito to her job as copy director for a San Francisco creative services agency, hosted a late April semi-spontaneous West Coast mini- reunion of the Whittier House/87 Prospect Street contingent of the class of 1968. Fellow '65 and '66 residents of Whittier and '67 and '68 residents of 87 Prospect will be glad to know that the traditional high tea ritual was solemnly obser\'ed at this 20th-reunion-year gathering. A brief moment of silence honored the memories of Whittier House, the pre-ex- pansion version of 87 Prospect, and, of course, Pembroke College. In attendance at this convocation — for which convocation cards were not provided and slacks were ac- ceptable attire — were Gay Parrish, Leigh Dickerson Davidson, and Mary Robin (Bin- nie) Ravitch. Gav came up from Los Angeles, where she is chief of community develop- ment ser\'ices for the North Los Angeles County Regional Center for Persons with De- velopmental Disabilities. Leigh, managing editor for an independent San Francisco pub- lisher and a business consultant, also does volunteer work for the Women's Clinic and Event Medicine Program at the Haight-Ash- bury Free Medical Clinic. Binnie, who flew in from New York, was awarded an M.l.S. de- gree from CCNY in 1986 after exchanging the stage for computers. She is now manager of information systems for the department of surgery at Columbia University in addition to doing private consulting. She is proud to have been involved in the successful eight- year struggle to achieve landmarking of New York's legitimate theaters. "Happy 20th to our classmates," the four write. 69 EB Toni Carbo Bearman, dean of the school of library and information science at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, has been appointed to the federal Commerce Department's newly created Advisory Committee on Patents and Trademarks. Toni, a nationally recognized ex- pert in information policy, will work with the committee's sixteen other members in advis- ing the Patent and Trademark Office on a range of policy matters involving both do- mestic and foreign patents and trademark is- sues. She will also advise the office on admin- istrative and automated information systems matters. The Rev. Dr. John N. Brittain is finishing his first year as university chaplain at the United Methodist Church-related University of Evansville in Indiana. He previously served in similar posts at Wesley College in Dover, Del., and the University of South Florida in Tampa. His most recent article on campus ministry has been accepted by The Christian Century. He lives in Evansville. Andy Fisher, vice president and general manager of WSB-TV, was honored at the third annual Christmas Seal Tribute Dinner and silent auction fund-raiser sponsored by the American Lung Association of Atlanta. Peter Kaufman has accepted a teaching position on the faculty of the School of Archi- tecture at Florida A&M University in Talla- hassee, where he will teach the history of ar- chitecture. His catalogue. Designing the Moses Era, was published by Hofstra Univer- sity Press in June. John Seater, Merion, Pa., is visiting pro- fessor of economics at Penn for 1988-89. Wesley J. Smith attended the graduation of his son, Peter '88, in May. Wes and Jill have recently moved from Honolulu to San Fran- cisco. After seven years as vice president and general manager of the Dole Hawaii Divi- sion, Wes is now the vice president and gen- eral manager of Dole's North American Man- ufacturing Division. 70 Bruce Margolius took a leave of absence in 1986 from the law firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, where he special- ized in white-collar criminal defense. He moved to Montana and spent a year working on a novel. In February 1987, he was asked to come back to New York and assist in the firm's representation of Goldman, Sachs's chief arbitrageur, who was arrested and accused of insider trading. The indictment was dis- missed in May, he writes, but he has contin- ued to work to prepare for the case that the U.S. Attorney says he will bring. At the be- ginning of 1988, Bruce became a consultant to Kaye, Scholer and moved his practice to Park City, Utah. "I'm still very involved in the in- sider trading investigations, so I travel a great deaL but Park City is both an ideal place to travel from and a great place to come back to." Dr. Jonathan Morley joined the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia, a residential facility exclusively devoted to the treatment of anorexia and bulimia, as staff psychiatrist. He leads a team of case managers and does indi- vidual therapy as well as initial psychiatric evaluations and staff supervision. A member of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society and the American Society for Adolescent Psychia- try, Jon received his medical degree from New York University Medical School and completed his psychiatric residency at Hah- nemann University in Philadelphia. 71 - Louis Grossman, Needham, Mass., has been elected president of the Rivers School, a private boys' school in Weston, Mass. He also serves as a member of the board. As presi- dent, Louis's priority will be making the tran- sition to coeducation. He is executive vice president of the Grossman Companies in Quincy. His sons are ages 11,9, and 5, and his daughter is 3. John Murdock and his wife, Ethelyn, an- nounce the birth of their first child, Rachel Lynn Murdock, on Jan. 23. They Hve in Long Beach, Miss. Amy Grossman Sands lives in Brookline, Mass., and has taken a leave from her job to have her fourth child, Gabriel. Her other chil- dren are ages 14, 11, and 8. Andy Zaugg is working with mainte- nance at Mennonite Central Committee headquarters in Akron, Ohio. Prior to that, he operated his own solar heating control busi- ness in La Jara, Colo. Andy and his wife, Al- ice M. Price '72, are members of United Church of La Jara. They have one child, Isa- belle. Alice M. Price has begun a two-year Central Committee assignment as editor of Conciliation Quarterly and mediation coordi- nator with Mennonite Conciliation Service. Alice previously worked as a private attor- ney and mediator in La Jara. 72 Steve Rothstein has been named a man- aging director at Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc., Los Angeles. He is commuting to Los Angeles from his home in Wilmette, III. Steve and his wife, Nancy, have two children: Josh, 1, and Caroline, 5. Timothy L. Strotman, St. Paul, Minn., writes that his second son arrived from Seoul, Korea, in February. Daniel Kelly Strot- man was born on September 29, 1987. Christopher G. Wren and his wife, Jill Robinson Wren, wrote "The Teaching of Le- gal Research," 80 Law Libr. J. 7 (1988), which offers a detailed critique of traditional legal research courses and a proposal for funda- mental change in teaching the subject. The article also explains the theoretical and prac- tical considerations that underlie the ap- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 53 Heartbroke July 25 was the niglit "the music died" at that Providence rock 'n' roll institution, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, operated bv Rich Lupo. Famous since it opened in 1975 as a raw, gritty bar where the best rock, blues, and rhythm and blups could be heard, the club finally sucaimbed to developers who plan to transform the old appliance-store building into condomini- ums. At 2 a.m. the night of the club's swan song, the faithful, full of beer and emo- tion, refused to leave. Tlie Providence jour- tial, which covered the closing for three days, reported, "So they stay. Thev cheer, thev chant, they stomp." Finally, reported the journal. Lupo appeared on stage: " 'That's it, 'he shouts. 'It'sover — butonly until the next time. And it won't be that long.' Still the crowd stavs. Lupo tries get- ting tough. 'You're all incredibly ugly,' he says. But no one takes him seriously. 'Get going.' So the people go." Not before, however, thev grab a little piece of the place: plaster from the ceiling, woodwork from the walls, as well as proach of their textbook. The Legal Reseach Manual: A Came Plan for Legal Research and Anah/sif, published bv Adams & Ambrose Publishing, Madison, Wis. Chris and Jill live in Madison. 73 Peter J. Durfee has been named chief fi- nancial officer for American Universal Insur- ance Group, Inc.'s insuring companies and managing general agencies. Since 1985, he served as assistant vice president and con- troller. Before that he was director of general accounting. Prior to joining the AUI Group organization, which is located in Providence, he worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company and the Continental Investment Corporation, both in Boston. He lives with his family in North Scituate, R.L Michael M. Forni has been appointed public relations manager for the Racal Cor- poration, New York City, a provider of man- agement and financial services for the North signs, stools, tables, and beer pitchers. "When I opened Lupo's, I figured it would be a place where people would lis- ten to mv old rock and roll records, drink pitchers of beer, and dance," said Lupo. "It was an adolescent joke-fantasv. I found 1 couldn't do anything else." Soon, there were bands two nights and records five nights, and then bands every night. The rest, as they say, is history. The best have played at Lupo's: Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Emmylou Harris, and Junior Wells, to name only a few. "1 sincerely enjoy the fact that I did very well here but opened without con- sideration for making money," Lupo said. "It really was for other reasons. But it's been absolutely, totally wonderful." Lupo said he was looking at other buildings to house the club. But, as everyone knows, there will never be another Heartbreak Hotel. It has passed into Providence folk- lore. American operations of Racal Electronics Plcbased in the United Kingdom. Racal is a leacJing international electronics and security firm. Previously, Michael was senior copy- writer with Business Programs, Inc., in Greenwich, Conn. He lives in Trumbull, Conn. Rick McCally reports he has taken "the entrepreneurial plunge as owner and opera- tor of American Tools Company, a contract machine shop in Lincoln, R.I." He lives in At- tleboro, Mass. Kevin J. McCormick and his wife, Rebec- ca, announce the birth of their second child, Michael James, on June 5. Stephen Sander, 15 months, "is showing Michael the ropes." Kevin and his family live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he is personnel manag- er for Dubai Petroleum Company. On the other side of the globe, Kevin writes, Dr Stephen P. McCormick '77 and his wife, SvKia, celebrated the birth of their first child, Kevin Roy, on May 8. Steve is an emergency- care physician at Fairbanks, Alaska, General Hospital, and Sylvia is a physician's assis- tant. Deborah E. Perkins, who joined the Ohio Corporate Group of The Huntmgton Nation- al Bank in March as a commercial loan repre- sentative and who will continue in that ca- pacity, was named a vice president in May. She had been an assistant vice president at Prescott, Ball & Turben, and earlier a vice president and department head at The Bank of New York, before joining The Huntington National Bank. Deborah is a member and treasurer of Blacks in Management, a mem- ber and treasurer-elect of the Stockbridge In- vestment Club, and a member of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland. She lives in Shaker Heights. Richard M. Wood's second son, Christo- pher Da\ id, IS 2 In 1986, Richard became re- search projects director at Syracuse Univer- sity's Institute for Energy Research after twelve years with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. He was appointed by New York Governor Mario Cuomo to the Low Level Ra- dioactive Waste Siting Commission in May 1987. He lives in Syracuse. 74 Edward Ford, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of their first child, Susannah Wende, on May 14. Roscoe Howard and his wife. Deb, report the birth ot Conklin Ryan Howard on March 28. TheN' li\e in .Arlington, Va. Warren Marcus was married to Lisa Saicher (LIniversity of Oregon '78) at the Jef- ferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., on April 9. At the end of the ceremony, they were "showered with peanuts (a la Home- coming football games) by the Brown State gratis in attendance," who included Jeff Wagner '73, Nancy Leopold '7b, Mike Vargas, Scott Sherman '7h, and Rich Schlenger. Warren teaches U.S. history and twentieth-century issues at St. Andrew's School in Bethesda, Md. The issues course in- cludes trimesters on the Holocaust, the Viet- nam War, and nuclear weapons. This past summer he was a NEH Fellow in a seminar for high school teachers. Lisa is a pre-sales manager and consultant for Wang Laboratories in Bethesda. They live at 2707 Adams Mill Rd., Washington, D.C. "See you at our 15th," Warren adds. Steve Onysko and family have a new baby girl, Kelsey, born on June 3. Steve is an environmental engineer with Jore E. Williams Associates, Stateline, Nev. They live in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Linda Grossman Polivy and her hus- band. Ken, are living in the Waban section of Newton, Mass. They ha\e twci boys, ages 8 and 5, and a daughter, 2. Ken, who received his medical degree in orthopaedic surgery at Tufts New England Medical Center, recently left the New England Medical Center to open his own practice at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He is also associated with the New England Baptist Hospital. Mark Rogers and Jennifer Turley were married in Melrose, Mass., on May 14. They 54 ,' SEPTEMBER 1P88 are living in Stavanger, Norway, where Mark is working for Phillips Petroleum Company Norway. I 75 Peter W. Bardaglio, assistant professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, was one of five facultv members to receive an award for outstanding teaching, scholarship, and ser\-ice to the community. The awards were presented during commencement cere- monies at the college. Peter, who has an A.M. and Ph.D. from Stanford, joined the Goucher facultv in 1%3. He lives in Burke, Va. Marty Epstein, manager of investment propertv for the University of Alaska, has been promoted to director of the university's Statewide Office of Land Management. He has managed the investment property owned bv the university since 1984 when he came to Fairbanks after a year as a licensed real estate salesman in New York City. Lloyd Frick has been promoted to senior associate scientist in the experimental thera- py department of Burroughs Wellcome Com- pany, Research Triangle Park, N.C. He holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Hawaii and lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ethan B. Kapstein has been appointed John M. Olin Research Associate at Har\'ard's Center for International Affairs, where he will be developing a new research program in economics and national security. His book. Energy Security and Alliance Politics, has been accepted for publication by Oxford Universi- ty Press. Peter Pitegoff moved from Boston to Buffalo, \.^'., with his son, Maxwell, and his wife, Ann Casady, a graphic designer. Peter has been appointed to the law faculty at SUNY-Buffalo, where he will focus on com- munity economic development law. His ad- dress is 808 Potomac Ave., Buffalo 14209. Saiah E. Wald, dean of students at Har- vard Law School, was chosen one of "Twenty Young Lawyers Who Make a Difference" by the American Bar Association magazine. Barrister. I 76 Todd K. Abraham, Edina, Minn., asks, "How about a class ski weekend at some ski lodge this winter, or some other weekend getaway?" Dr. Albert D. Baffoni, Jr., moved to Pitts- burgh, Pa., in June to become director, surgi- cal intensive care, at Montefiore Hospital and assistant professor of surgerv and anesthe- sia/critical care medicine. He has three chil- dren. Tracy Bcirrett writes from Nash\ille, Tenn., that a son, Patrick, was bom on April 19. "At 9 pounds, 1 ounce, he seems Hke a lightweight after 10-pound Laura Beth, now almost 3. 1 recently earned my Ph.D. in Ital- ian literature from UC-Berkeley and have be- gun my fifth year teaching Italian at Vander- bilt." David Bellln and his wife, Revital, an- nounce the birth of a daughter, Ayelet, on April 8. Their address is: P.O.B. 2172, Maalot 24952 Israel. David's father is Dr. Leonard B. Bellin '42 of Providence. Dr Anthony Bruzzese is a radiologist in practice with ToUgate Radiology at Kent County Hospital in Warwick, R.l. He and his wife, Lisa Agostini, have one child, Matthew Christopher, 17 months. They live in East Greenwich, R.l. William T. Coleman and his wife, Debo- rah J. Teltscher (Princeton '77), both archi- tects in Venice, Calif., are the parents of Re- becca Grace Coleman, born on Sept. 15, 1987. After nearly eleven years in Southern California, Robert M. Day has returned to the East Coast, "albeit a little south of Provi- dence. My family and I have moved to Durham, N.C, where 1 am assistant director, clinical, dermatology product development at Glaxo Inc.'s Research Triangle Park head- quarters." Dr. Fred Duboe, Arlington Heights, 111., was recently certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and appointed to fellowship in the American College of Ob- stetricians and Gynecologists. He is also a clinical instructor at Northwestern University Medical School. Fred and Dr Ken Stein and their rock and roll band performed for the "Friends of the Chicago Public Library" ben- efit. Ken and his wife recently had their first child, Calvin Brett. They live in Louisville, Ky Karen McKeever Eichenlaub and her husband, Fred, have moved. Their new ad- dress is 97 Dudley Rd., Wayland, Mass. 01778. Claudia J. Flynn, Caldwell, N.J., is still working as an assistant district U.S. attorney in the Newark, N.J., U.S. Attorney's Office. "As 1 approach my fourth anniversary, I'm happy to say that the work is still challenging and interesting." Nancy Sinoff Gilston and her husband, Bruce, have two "terrific" boys, ages 5 and 2. Nancy is working part-time as an audiolo- gist. They live in New York City. Jill Grigsby spent the 1987-88 academic year at the Population Studies Center, Uni- versity of Michigan, as a National Institute of Aging postdoctoral fellow. In August, she re- turned to Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., where she teaches. Libby Hirsh Heimark and her husband, Craig '77, have a 7-month-old son, Jake. Lib- by is vice president and director of The Op- tions Institute, the educational arm of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Craig is a general partner of O'Connor & Associ- ates. They live in Chicago. Dr. Harry Hollander is the director of the AIDS clinic at the University of California, San Francisco. He writes that he has "broken through the property barrier in San Francis- co." His new address is 458 Arkansas St., San Francisco 94107. Jonathan Horlick received his M.Sc. de- gree in geology from Queen's University in 1978 and his LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1980. He is now a partner in the law firm of Macleod Dixon in Calgary, Alberta, where he practices oil and gas law. mining law, and administrative law related to energy matters. Dr. Wendy Shaw Jacoby and her hus- band, Steven, announce the birth of their son, Adam Michael, on Oct. 5, 1987. "He seems very resilient, having so far survived the af- fections of his sister, Melissa, 4. We moved to Woodbridge, Conn., three years ago. Steven and 1 are both practicing in New Haven - car- diology and dermatology, respectively." Kenneth S. Johnson and his wife, Laura, announce the birth of their first child, Brit- tany Eve, on April 20. Ken has joined Bruce Robinson Associates, an executive search firm in New York City, where they live. Dr. Kerry Scott Lane, Delray Beach, Fla., is in private practice in anesthesiology in the Boca Raton area. He welcomes friends who may be passing through the area. His phone number is (407) 278-3060. Dr. Thomas J. Langan ('79 M.D.) has been appointed a staff pediatric neurologist in the department of neurology at Children's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. He is also an assis- tant professor in the departments of neurolo- gy and pediatrics at the SUNYAB School of Medicine, and has set up a laboratory to con- tinue his research in the biochemical control of brain cell development. James L. McKenna is a partner in the law firm of Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Ltd., in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, N.J. He and his wife, Joan, live in Lansdowne, Pa. Robert Miorelli married Victoria Aley on Nov. 28. The entire wedding party was dressed in the formal attire of the Colonial period, he writes, as were many of the guests. Dr. Donna Keiran Morgan was named chief of pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente Health Care Plan in Raleigh, N.C. Her hus- band, Paul, is a project leader at Glaxo Inc. They have two children, Jennifer, 3, and Jef- frey, 1, and live in Raleigh. Paul Moser and his wife, Karen, an- nounce the birth of their first child, Made- leine Grace, on June 3. They live in Indi- anapolis. Nctncy Fuld Neff, New York City, writes that her daughter, Jennifer, is 4, and Michael isl 1/2. John Salvador writes he is busy running Deco- Wright Corporation, a construction company specializing in rehabilitation and restoration work in Providence. Joel D. Scheraga ('81 Ph.D.) and Elaine Claire Danyluk were married on April 24 at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Md. The reception was held in the Crystal Room of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Both Joel and Elaine are employed by the U.S. Environmental Protec- tion Agency in Washington and are living in Silver Spring, Md. Judith EUson Sinche writes that she has just moved into a "beautiful new apartment in Manhattan overlooking the East River. We are expecting our second child in November. Gregory is 3 and is wonderful. I am still with continued on page 58 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 55 'Taking Some Time Off By Kathryn Kavanagh Baran '76 It was 1980; I was eight-and-a-half- months pregnant. My days were devoted to work, of course, and to wallowing in guilt-free excess calories and blissful ignorance of what lay ahead. I had it all- an enviable job, a wonderful spouse, and a daily life of tough choices, such as ordering in versus eating out. Then it happened. Credit it to rag- ing hormones, but contrar)' to every feminist, competitive, over-achieving drop of blood in my swollen body, two weeks before my son was born, I de- cided to quit work and be his primary care-giver. Throughout my pregnancy the question of returning to work had never been raised. I was a good fem- inist. I'd be back to the office. It might be two or three hours after labor. Just don't turn off my word processor. So what happened? A surge of excess estrogen? Perhaps. The mind, like the body, gets quite bizarre around T-minus one month. But 1 dismiss the systemic theorv, instead attributing the transformation to virulent "child-care search syndrome." Classic syndrome sufferers are women with two doctor- ates, a Mark Cross briefcase, and a 700- series BMW who begin telling their husbands, "Call me 'Mother'," and asking, "What do you think we should do. Ward?" In the six weeks before this Kafka- esque transformation, 1 had been searching for The Housekeeper. 1 guess 1 had rejected thirty or more possible caretakers and the biological clock was ticking. What kind of person did 1 really want to care for my child? And how was 1 going to find her? It was time for a list. The sitter who spent ten to tweh'e hours a ciay with my baby had to be young (but mature), energetic (but calm), bright (but down-to-earth), fun (but firm), athletic (but educated), patient (but spontaneous), well-man- nered (but flexible), clean (but willing to play in the dirt), and creative (but re- sponsible). She should have a car, a spotless driving record, and take Baby to an enciless variety of interesting places. She should read, sing, dance, laugh, paint, and spend hours in the park with my child. She should select the same friends for Baby 1 would choose and discourage those 1 would find offensive. Other than that, she should treat my offspring - at all times - as if he were her own. 1 stared at the list. In a thousand years there might be one applicant - me. Jettisoning the "patience" require- ment, I took the job. Move over Kate Millet, here comes Donna Reed. My colleagues greeted the news of my impending sabbatical with hoots and howls. What a great joke! She's quitting when the baby is born! Then came the Kangaroo Court accusing my husband of orchestrating my decision. Surely he was behind this. Didn't all men, even the most liberated, long to enter their castle, be handed slippers, and sit down to a table set with steaming meat loaf, buttered boiled potatoes, and a stack of white chemical bread? Whatever 1 said, my audience heard only one of two possible roles this man must have played: Had he argued for (or even against) my choice, he was "coercive." Had he been mute, he wasn't "suppor- tive." After the spouse-bashing came the "serious chats." My fifty-year-old childless boss called me in, saying, "You have too much to offer to be just a mother." And this he intended as a great compliment! Most aggravatingly, he proved to be right. Initially, motherhood turned out to be excruciating boredom. First, 1 was stuck in this job of impossibly long, erratic hours without anyone to talk to, save a twelve-pound blob of eating, burping, crying protoplasm. Gone was the overflowing in-box with 250 interesting things I should have read yesterday. Missing were the memos of praise or frantic demands from my colleagues. Worse yet, there was no office intrigue. No one was sleeping with anyone. There were no raises to gloat over or assignments to grouse about. Out of an office setting, 1 wasn't sure how to find friends. The scramble up the ladder had turned horizontal; it took all I had not to fall through the rungs. The "quality" moments, which had figured into my plans to be home and available, were unpredictable and not quite what I had imagined. In general, "quality" meant being the one scooping up a child who had just smashed his nose against a concrete step. It meant prying little playmate Victoria's jaw open after she had locked onto my son's juicy shoulder. Then one day there was a true - just as I had planned for - "quality" inter- action. My budding genius of a near- three-year-old launched the kind of conversation that proved the eternal wisdom of my being hcime, present for that precious exchange, that irreplace- able bonding, that delicious experience of passing your wisdom down through the ages. "How big is the universe. Mom- my?" Heart racing, 1 looked into his eyes and described our street, pro- gressed to the city, mentioned the state. East Coast, country, hemisphere, world, solar system, galaxy, and then - certain he was still attentive - described the universe. There was a long pause. "So, you mean it's bigger than a fire station, right?" Right. Wisely, 1 abandoned my vigil for "quality" time, and 1 devoted my mil- lion-dollar education to figuring out why Baby was crying, to stocking efficiently a diaper bag for a walk to the park, to debating with myself about the virtues and vices of solid food, to extri- cating small saliva-coated trophies from mouths full of newly-grown and very sharp teeth, and to befriending shamelessly any teenager who wasn't sporting a mohawk, cheek-lancing safety pin, or tattoo. My daily life was hardly intellectual, but 1 was learning every minute. Yet in the eyes of the same pubhc that had valued my intelligence and opinions before I had children, I might as well have had 56 / SEPTEMBER 19S vacuum tubes inserted into my head and every shred of gray matter sucked out. Those few kind enough to con- verse, even after discovering that I "didn't work," assumed I wanted to talk only about my children. What happened to politics? Religion? Money? Sports? I gave up on reeducating the troglodytic social skills of Washingtoni- ans and took to sublimating my daily existence into something appropriately glamorous. Asked "What do you do?" I had six options, depending on my mood: (1) I sti.idied the anthropology of one- and two-year-olds. (2) I trained \-oung animals. (3) As a sociologist, I detailed the progression from primal dri\-es to civilized behavior. (4) I ad- ministered a dav-care center. (5) I was an early childhood educator, and (6) - my personal favorite - I was iin essnie- main, which, according to my French dictionary, meant "a wiper," as in dirty mouths, hands, bottoms, and spilled milk. I have been at home with children nearly eight years now and still I have not found a way to say what it is I do. For one thing, even without a "job," I have had an eclectic sideline of professional activities, be it tutoring, handling the public relations for a "lady bountiful" charity, leading post- partum discussion groups, teaching a lobbying course at a local university, or writing a weekly and sometimes- controversial opinion column in the local newspaper. 1 refuse to be called a "home-maker" - my home is all of us, alchemy. No one can "make" a home. Call me a "house- wife," and risk getting your lights punched out. Being married to my husband is quite enough, thank you. The need to define myself with a word or title has evaporated, partly out of defeat, but also out of victory. I've changed. Initially I had a huge stake in my children being tops at everything because 1 stayed home. But watching the children of my two sisters — one a judge, the other a New York invest- ment banker — I see their children are just as beautifully raised and well- adjusted as my own. Funny, isn't it? Instead of feehng like a martyr, I now see the choice wasn't for the product — a perfect child — but for the process. It's the way I wanted to spend these years, not just for my family, but for me. Occasionally it is tedious, but in truth, I've been having a ball. Society, too, has changed in these eight years. Hardened feminists, such as Betty Friedan and Germaine Greer, have taken a revisionist look at being a mother. Sylvia Ann Hewlett's A Lesser Family portrait: Kathryn and Jan Baran and their children (from left), Brendan, Maria, and Elise. Life: The Mifth of Women's Liberntion in Americn summed up a whole new mode of thought, questioning the ease with which we assumed we "had it all." Today, motherhood is no longer coun- terrevolutionary. That many men and women are starting their families later in life also has affected our outlook toward children. Mellowed by a few extra years, we no longer consider sixty-hour weeks of depositions and market analysis to be the end of the rainbow. I'd bet even Jane Pauley has quit-fantasies. Don't get me wrong. Staying home is hardly the right choice for everyone. If my sisters and other professional women all quit their jobs because of babies, we'd be right back to a fifties stereotype of the soft, slightly daffy female. Recently Ms. magazine quoted Pat Robertson saying mothers should give up their "quest for self-identity." Now that sends chills up my back. Still, I'm thrilled when I meet another professional woman who is "taking some time off" to raise her children. I cheer when the star of ABC's "thirtysomething," a tough, smart, woman of about my age, wearing her Princeton sweatshirt, decides to freeze- frame her career to shovel Gerber's. As for finding a label to give my work, I surrender. Now if anyone asks me what I do, the answer is pretty much the same as it was when I had a paying job: I spend my day trying to remember whatever it is I just forgot. After gmditntion, Kathryn Kavanagh Baran worked in the legal department of the Federal Election Commission. Later, icith the public interest group, Common Cause, she was the co-author o/ Promise and Performance, Carter Builds a New Administration, a textbook atialysis of the presidential tra]isition process. She is now a freelance writer, living in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, son, t-wo daughters, and seivral indestructible goldfish. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 57 Merrill Lynch as a vice president in the cor- porate strategy group." Harry A. Sparks reports that his daugh- ter, Jacqueline Michelle, celebrated her first birthday on May 13. "She has been keeping us very busy tor the last year" V. Jane Suttell "is alive and well and liv- ing in Brooklyn Heights with my husband, Peter Gould, and our son, Dylan, 4. I am de- signing costumes at StageWest, Springfield, Mass., and selling real estate in the Brooklyn Heights area - an appropriate dual career for a Mommy in the 1980s." Leila Taghinia-Milani has an art gallery in New York City dealing in contemporary, modern, and Impressionist paintings. Charles R. Walker has joined the Allstate Venture Capital Division, a $300-million fund in Northbrook, 111. He will be responsible for portfolio transactions and initiating new in- vestment opportunities for the company- Transactions will include start-ups, aiezza- nine financing, and leveraged buyouts in a variety of industries. His address is Box 132, Kenilworth, 111. 60043. 77 Carol Abbott and Richard Paymer an- nounce the birth of Madeline Elyse Pavmer on April 27. Nathan is 7 and Nora is 4. They live in Orinda, Calif. In order to commemorate her 10th re- union last year, Megan Aldrich joined the Brown Club of Great Britain and got together with her former roommate, Beth Turtz. Megan writes: "Beth is living in New York, where she works as an attorney specializing m real estate law. In 1986, she married Michael Jacobsen, a Yale grad, who works for Lazard Freres. Beth and Michael were in Eng- land last spring and viewed with astonish- ment the large, derelict house my husband and 1 had bought and are presently renovat- ing. In 1M84, 1 married a Londoner, Lance Newman (University of London '74), who works for ICL, the largest English computer firm. In 1987, 1 was finally awarded the Ph.D. degree in architectural history from the Uni- versity of Toronto, having spent two years re- searching the dissertation in the furniture de- partment of the Victoria and Albert Museum. After a temporary job at the museum, 1 joined Sotheby's Educational Studies last year and teach full-time on the 'Works of Art Course.' I'm also guest curating an exhibition on the architectural decorators for the Brighton Museum in Sussex, as well as look- mg for a publisher for my book on the sub- ject. Any suggestions will be appreciated." Megan lives in Reading, England. Thomas A. Hart, Jr., is an attorney in Washington, DC, where he specializes in en- tertainment and communications law. He is also president of On The Potomac Produc- tions, Inc., a film and television production company that produced "MLK: The Making of a Holiday." The show, featuring LeVar Burton, Stevie Wonder, Maria Gibbs, Coretta Scott King, and Congressional leaders, de- picts the fifteen-year movement to create a national holiday on Dr. King's birthday. It aired throughout the country in January and will be shown again in January 1989. Dr Mark J. Hauser and Andrea M. Welsh (Ohio State '81 ) were married in Andrea's hometown, Cincinnati, on Dec. 5, 1987. Josh Hauser '81 was best man. Mark's father is Harry Hauser '55 and his brothers are Brad '85 and Matt '89. Andrea works for Digital in sales, and Mark practices psychiatry. They live in Newton, Mass. Craig Heimark (see Libby Hirsh Heimar 76) From Scituafe, Mass., Bob Sweeney writes that Bill Lukewich and Nancy Lewis Lukewich and their three children hosted a tenth wedding anniversary party at their home outside Toronto over the July 4 week- end. Guests included Denis Longpre and Kevin McCabe Bill Gilligan telephoned from Switzerland. Tom Luxon received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago in 1984 and taught there for several years. He spent 1986- 87 in California and Vermont on a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship. This summer, he and Ivy Schweitzer "formal- ized our relationship of two years in anticipa- tion of our first child, Issac Jesse, whom we expect to meet in early October. We are still at odds over the last name at this point." Tom began a regular appointment as assistant pro- fessor of English at Dartmouth this fall, where Ivy has been teaching in the English department for the past five years. They moved to Norwich, Vt., in July, and Tom would love to hear from "long lost Brown friends." Stephen P. McCormick (see Kevin J. Mc- Cormick '73) Dr Gary Oppenheim and Patricia Diess- ner were married in May and are living in Menio Park, Calif. Gary is an attending physician in cardiology at Stanford Universi- ty Hospital, and Patty is an accountant for a real estate acquisition firm in San Francisco. Gary would like to hear from anyone from Brown traveling through the northern Cali- fornia area. Susan Greenhaus Silverman and Joseph H. Silverman announce the birth of Jonathan David on May 24. Debby is 7 and Danny is 4, they write. Joseph is an associate professor in the mathematics department at Brown, and Susan is an associate actuary in the group benefit services department at John Hancock. They live in Needham, Mass. 78 For three balmy and beautiful days (wasn't the weather always like that?) the class of 1978 returned to Providence for our 10th reunion and rediscovered the friends and fun that made our years at Brown so memorable. A total of 239 classmates, spous- es, children, and guests ate, drank, danced, and had a great time catching up with old friends, ex-roommates, prior significant oth- ers, passing acquaintances, and even the per- son who sat across the room in Bio 1 whose name you never did quite catch. Events planned by co-chairpersons Mike Ursillo and Kate Barry and the reunion com- mittee were jammed. Friday night we gath- ered at Kappa Alpha Theta (Diman House) lounge for a welcoming cocktail party before joining the festivities of the Campus Dance, under the Japanese lanterns and the stars. On Saturday morning, a class meeting was held. Treasurer Andy Tavel reported that the class is solvent, which held reunion costs down, though everyone is still encouraged to send in class dues — $15 to Adrienne Camesas, 485 North Windsor Ave., Brightwater, N.Y. 11718. Mike and Kate reported on the reunion plan- ning and were congratulated on its success. Brown Annual Fund class agents Adrienne Muller Camesas, Peter Bopp, and Stephen Kurtz reported that we are nearing our $75,000 class goal, with $71,000 collected to date, but noted that despite improvement this reunion year, this still represents only a 33-percent participation. The need for a larg- er network of class agents was stressed, and anyone willing to help should contact Adri- enne. Following a well-deserved standing ovation for outgoing President Anne Prestipino, she presented nominations for class officers for the next five years from committee chairperson Anne Ryan: Mike Ur- sillo, president: Kate Barry, vice president; Adrienne Camesas, treasurer; and Bill Sikov, secretary. All were approved unanimously. The class BBQ at Aldrich-Dexter Field featured (in)famous square Ratty hamburg- ers, hot dogs, salads, watermelon, and cook- ies. The weather was perfect for a picnic, fris- bee, or just working on your early season sunburn. Children past stroller age enjoyed pony rides and other amusements. A class picture was arranged. If anyone is interested, I'll find out if it is still available. Saturday night the class tables at the Pops Concert were full to hear Leslie Uggams and the Rhode Island Philharmonic with the talented violin soloist Karen Lee '91, and the cannons almost in time with the 1S12 Overture. A dance party at the Faculty Club continued into the night, but some of us woke up in time for Sunday bmnch at the Ratty. Class events ended with a clambake at the Haffen- reffer estate on Sunday afternoon, but several classmates stayed to follow class marshals Kate Barry, Kathryn Bradley Gunderson, and Robert Boyd in Brown's 220th Com- mencement procession. It was great seeing so many classmates and their families. Everyone had a wonderful time, and some expressed a wish to extend the reunion into a repeat of Freshman Week 1974. Sorry if you couldn't make it. Start making plans to join us for the 15th reunion in 1993. Meanwhile, keep us up to date, through Alumni Relations, if you move or if you have news (good, I hope) to share. '- BUI Sikov Rozan Stone Brown and Dr. Richard L. Brown ('81 M.D.) announce the birth of Sharon Elena and Elissa Rachel on April 18. Richie continues as assistant professor of family medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, while Rozan is taking a leave of absence from her position as East Coast representative for Walker, Richer & Quinn, a 58 / SEPTEMBER 1988 Seattle-based communications software pro- ducer. "We are sorry we had to miss the re- union this year," Rozan adds, "but the babies are too young to go " The Browns live in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Dr. Gregory P. Geba completed his chief residency in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and has begun a fel- lowship in clinical immunology at Yale Uni- versity School of Medicine. Sid Good, Providence, is director of mar- keting at Hasbro, Inc. "It's great to be back in Providence." Catherine Lanctot married Richard Andrews in Manning Chapel on June 25, with the Re\ Howard Olson '38 officiating. Cathy's sister is Marie Lanctot '84, and Richard is the son of Jean Fitzgerald Andiews '50 and the brother of Patricia Andrews '80. Cathy is an assistant professor of law at Villanova University Law School in Pennsylvania, and Richard is an assistant U.S. attorney in Wilmington, Del., where they live. Steven P. Litt, art and architecture critic of The Nra Englniid Cnlvmifni and the Disruption of the Prcsbytcriioi Quirch (1987), is regarded as a major work in the field of religious thought in America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In 1970, Lafayette honored him with the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Award for superior teaching and scholarly contribution to his discipline. In 1980, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for distin- guished contributions to the campus commu- nity. Joseph A. Skorcz '62 Ph.D. has been named technical director for applied organics and functional polymers research in the chemicals and performance products group of Dow U.S.A., Midland, Mich. He had been a senior research manager in the Michigan Applied Science and Technology Laborato- ries . Chain Tsuan Liu '64 Sc.M., '67 Ph.D. was one of six scientists to receive the 1988 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Awards for out- standing contributions in fields of science and engineering related to atomic energy. The awards were established in 1959 in hon- or of Lawrence, who invented the cyclotron and established the two major laboratories at Berkeley and Livermore, Calif., that now bear his name. Liu, a metallurgist, was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the es- tablishment of scientific principles for the de- sign of ordered intermetallic alloys and for the successful application of those principles to the development of new alloy systems. In 1967, he joined the metals and ceramics divi- sion at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and he was recently promoted to the position of corporate research fellow. He is a member of the Alloy Phase Committee of the Ameri- can Institute of Metallurgical Engineering. Brother James Donohue '64 MAT. , a chemistry and physics teacher and depart- ment chair in the science department at LaSalle Academy in Providence, received the Outstanding Chemistry Teacher Award for 1988 from the Rhode Island section of the American Chemical Society. The award was presented last March. Janis Clearfield Bell '78 A.M., '83 Ph.D., an assistant professor of art history at Ken- yon College, Gambier, Ohio, has been granted tenure. She has taught at Kenyon since 1982. MD James Frazier '83 A.M. has been ap- pointed librarian of the Ames Free Library in Easton, Mass. He was previously assistant curator for manuscripts and assistant to the director of the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, Mass. Paul Wilson 86 Ph.D. (see '82). Thomas J. Langan '79 M.D. (see '76). Richard L. Brown 81 M.D. (see '78). Joel D. Scheraga '81 Ph.D. (see '76). Obituaries Helen Douglas Ladd '16, Warner, N.H., an activist for women's suffrage and equal rights for minorities; May 28, in Wakefield, R.l. She earned her way through Pembroke by tutoring the Gilbreth children of Clieapcr by tlic Dozen fame, and durmg World War 1 taught English at Everett (Mass.) High School and headed the English department at Dover (N.H.) High School. A former president of the Girl Scout Council of Rhode Island, she founded the first Girl Scout troop in East Greenwich. She was a trustee of the Urban League and was an active member of the NAACP. Among her survivors are two sons, including Paul, 145 Post Rd., Wakefield 02879. H. Raymond Searles 19, Foxboro, Mass.; June 26. He was a trust officer for the former Industrial National Bank, now Fleet National Bank, Providence, for thirty-five years before retiring in 1960. He spent the years immedi- ately following Brown traveling in the Orient and worked for six years in Calcutta, India. He was a member of the British Empire Club and the United China Relief, and a former treasurer and honorary trustee of Roger Williams General Hospital in Providence. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, 25 Putnam Rd., Apt. #3, Foxboro 02035; a daughter; and a son, R. Edward '52. Edward James Dempsey '21, Cincinnati; July 5, 1987. Ho was a member of the Cincinnati law firm of Dempsey & Dempsey. During World War II, he was a lieutenant comman- der in the Naval Reserve and assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate in Washington, D.C. Zeta Psi. There is no information regard- ing survivors. Dr. Henry Ezra Gallup '21, Sharon, Conn.; June 3. He held senior positions on hospital staffs in Boston and Rutland, Mass., and at Newington Veterans Hospital before retiring in 1968. In 1972, he served as the health direc- tor of Salisbury, Conn. D. Lloyd Hobron '25, Oxnard, Calif.; July 5. He worked for Southern New England Tele- phone Company in a number of capacities, including head of operations in Manchester, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, 1933 Isabella St., Oxnard 93030. Donald Keith Russell '25, East Chatham, N.Y.; Oct. 14, 1987. There is no information regarding survivors. Theodore Earl Raynor '27, Las Cruces, N. M.; May 24. He was a reporter for newspapers in Connecticut, New York, and New Mexico for many years and a freelance writer. While liv- ing in New Mexico, he wrote The Cold Let- tered Egg, a collection of stories about New Mexico, and was the editor of the Citizen. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. George W. Sawdey, 657 Hamlin Center Rd., Hamlin, N.Y. 14464. Robert Vincent Carberry '28, Douglaston, N.Y; Feb. 7, 1986. He was the retired head buyer in the New York office of J.C. Penney Company. Survivors include a son, Robert, Jr. '52, 9 Arleigh Rd., Douglaston 11363. Lt. Col, Dixwell Goff '28, AUS (Ret.), Rum- ford, R.L; June 14. In 1930, he joined the Rhode Island Army National Guard as a horse driver for the artillery. He was commis- sioned in 1932 as an officer and later entered the field artillery of the regular Army. During World War II, he fought with the 43rd Ar- tillery Division in the South Pacific and was awarded the Legion of Merit medal. His last ten years of service were spent as an instruc- tor at the Army Command and General Staff College in Providence. He retired in 1965. He then worked as a superintendent at several local businesses, eventually retiring as a fiberglass product engineer with the West Fall-Chaffee Laminators Company in 1973. During his retirement, he founded the Jumbo Hand Bindery of Rumford, R.L, where he handbound rare books. A former commodore of the Coles River Yacht Club, he won nu- merous sailing championships in Narra- gansett Bay races in several different classes. Among his survivors are his wife, Virginia, 36 Berwick PI., Rumford 01916; a daughter, Jennifer Goff Blumenthal '64; and two brothers, Carleton '24 and Godfrey '26. Edward Sulzberger '29, New York, a patri- arch of the New York real estate industry; June 30, His first venture after graduation was as a partner in a baking business, but an allergy to flour sent him into real estate. By 1942, he was managing fifty buildings in New York City. Ten years later, he acquired the firm of Joseph H. Nassoit and changed its name in 1966 to Sulzberger-Rolfe, joining his own name with that of his business partner and son-in-law. He was chairman of the board when he died and had served as presi- dent for thirty-three years. Under his guid- ance, Sulzberger-Rolfe became a diversified real estate organization involved in building management, co-operative conversions and sales, leasing, appraisal, and urban redevel- opment. He was a vigorous spokesman for the industry and in 1967 handled negotia- tions with the city during a building service strike. He was a critic of rent control, predict- ing that New York's housing would become a massive slum if it continued. His real estate company became involved, at the urging of John Nicholas Brown, in the 1970s redevelop- ment of South Main Street in Providence. In 1982, he was appointed by President Reagan to the board of directors of the National Cor- poration for Housing Partnerships, created to increase the participation of private industry in the construction of housing for low- and moderate-income families. He also served as a former president of the Metropolitan Fair Rent Committee and the Association for Government-Assisted Housing, and was j b2 / SEPTEMBER 1988 honorary chairman of the New York Rent StabiHzation Committee. He was a trustee of Brown and Tougaloo College and actively participated in more than thirty civic groups, including B'nai B'rith, United Jewish Appeal, and the Flying Doctors in Kenya. In 1986, he established the Edward Sulzberger Founda- tion, a philanthropic fund. Survivors include his wife, Maye (Dorfman) '30, his daughter, and three grandchildren: Joanne Rolfe Quinn '74, Penny Rolfe 'SO, and Myron Sulzberger Rolfe '78. Mercer Cook '30 A.M., '36 Ph.D., Washing- ton, D.C., former U.S. Ambassador to Niger and Senegal; Oct. 1, 1987. He began a teach- ing career at Howard University, Washing- ton, D.C., and became chairman of the romance language department. A leading au- thority on international black culture, he also taught at Harvard and Atlanta University. He won acclaim for his translations of the works of Caribbean authors and former Senegal President Leopold Senghor. In addition, he wrote a book on militant black writers in Africa and America. He was ambassador to Niger from 1961 to 1964, ambassador to Sene- gal from 1964 to 1966, and ambassador to Gambia from 1965 to 1966. He received deco- rations from the go\'ernments of Haiti, Niger, and Senegal and an honorary doctor of let- ters degree from Brown in 1970. Phi Beta Kappa. Survivors include two sons, Mercer, Jr., Chicago, and Jacques, Washington, D.C. Helen Elizabeth Riley Hebberd '30, Rich- mond, Va.; Mav 4. During the 1940s, she was a psychiatrist in the Boston division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She is survived by her husband, John, 1717 Bellevue Ave., Richmond 23227. Robert Rowley Sproul '30, Bayonet Point, Fla.; April 12. For forty-two years he was an engineer for the New England Telephone Company. He moved to Florida in 1977. He is survived by his wife, Anne, 12104 Meadow- brook Ln., Bayonet Point 34667; and two sons, including William '65. William Vann Parker '31 Ph.D., Auburn, Ala., retired dean of the Auburn University Graduate School; Nov. 25, 1987. He began his teaching career at the University of the South in 1924 and later taught at the University of North Carolina, Princeton, Mississippi Wom- ens College, and Georgia Tech. Prior to and during World War II, he was mathematics de- partment head at Louisiana State University and was Regents Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia from 1947 to 1949. He became mathematics department head at Auburn University in 1950 and dean of the graduate school in 1953. When he retired, in 1972, the Alabama Legislature honored him by naming the mathematics and computer center building W.V. Parker Hall. During his tenure as graduate school dean, the first doc- toral programs were offered. He was co- founder of the Alabama Association of College Teachers of Mathematics and co-au- thor of a text on matrix theory, an area of in- terest he maintained thoughout his career He was a member of numerous mathematical as- sociations and was listed in American Men of Science. He is survived by two daughters, Emily P. Shoemaker of Birmingham, Ala., and Lola P. Bishop, Decatur, Texas. Louis Johnson Keefer '33, St. Petersburg, Fla.; June 8. He was the retired sales manager for the Chase Brass & Copper Company's Providence office. He is survived by his wife, Margery, 6449 Second Palm Pt. St., St. Peters- burg Beach 33706. Edwin Richard Buttner '34, Plymouth, Mass.; May 17. He was president and owner of Bradford Company of Plymouth, Hyannis, and Cape Cod, a company founded by his late father in 1932. He retired in 1986 because of ill health. He was a member of numerous retail and civic organizations. Phi Gamma Delta. In addition to his wife, Marjorie, 158 Sandwich St., Plymouth 02360, he leaves three sons and a daughter Allie Rotelie Rubolino '34, South Weymouth, Mass., an independent real estate broker; May 12. He is survived liy his wife, Marion, 514 Pleasant St., South Weymouth 02190. Olive L. Smith '34, Hamden, Conn.; Feb. 29. She was a retired principal personnel techni- cian in the division of personnel for the state of Rhode Island. Phi Beta Kappa. There is no information regarding survivors. Robert David Wolfe '34, Los Angeles, a re- tired residential real estate salesman; May 17. Before joining Coldwell, Banker & Company in 1970, he was vice president in charge of West Coast television and radio for Grey Ad- vertising Agency, Inc., in Beverly Hills. He is survived by two daughters and his wife, Sal- ly 10650 Holman Ave., Los Angeles 90024. Rhoda Madden Ansley '35, Haverhill, N.H., former head of the mathematics department at Buffalo Seminary in New York; May 23. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Anne Ansley, 30 Island Rd., Fryeburg, Maine 04037. Elizabeth O'Loughlin Fischer '35, Columbia, Md.; April 12. In the 1940s, she was a teacher of pre-clinical and pediatric nursing students at various Boston hospitals after receiving advanced nursing degrees from Boston Uni- versity and Columbia. After her marriage in 1947, she retired to raise a family. She is sur- vived by her husband, Carl, 8990 Old Mont- gomery Rd., Columbia 21045. John Augustin Buckley, Jr. '36, Portland, Maine; July 14. He was employed by Maine Bonding and Casualty Company for twenty- five years, retiring as a claims adjustor and assistant secretary in 1976. He served with the Army in Europe during World War II. Phi Sigma Kappa. He is survived by a son and two daughters, including Barbara Lawhorn of South Portland. Edward Schaumberg Quade '36 Ph.D., Lagu- na Hills, Calif.; June 5. At the time of his death he was a consultant to the Rand Cor- poration, having joined the research group when it was founded in 1948 and retiring in 1973. He and several other colleagues devel- oped the methodical problem-solving method known as systems analysis, now a recognized scientific discipline. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is sur- vived by three children and his wife, Sylvia (Anthony) '32 Sc.M., 5566 Via Portora #A, La- guna Hills 92653. Frances E. Dunn '38, '42 A.M., Santa Barbara, Calif., former psychology instructor at Brown; May 14. For several years she was an associate professor of educational psycholo- gy and then became director of education measurement for thirty-six years before retir- ing in 1973. She received a doctor of educa- tion degree from Harvard in 1955. Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by two sisters, includ- ing Annie F. Dunn, 900 Calle de Los Amigos, Apt. C-401, Santa Barbara 93105. Dr Malcolm Paine '41, Brooklyn, NY; March 30, 1987. A graduate of Columbia Uni- versity's College of Physicians & Surgeons, he was associated with the Veterans Admin- istration Hospital in Brooklyn. There is no in- formation regarding survivors. William Arthur Stinson '41, Naples, Fla.; May 21 . He worked for the Aetna Life Insur- ance Company group department for thirty- eight years, retiring in 1978 as senior account supervisor in the New York City office. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, Naples, and Box 921, East Orleans, Mass. 02643 and a son. Col. Newton Irving Carpenter '42, USAF (Ret.), Cocoa Beach, Fla.; April 27. After retir- ing from the Air Force m 1965, he was associ- ated with the firm of McGregor & Werner at the Kennedy Space Center He is survived by his wife, Louise, 28 9th Ter, Cocoa Beach 32931; and a son, Gary '67. Donald James Donahue '42, Canton, Mass.; Nov. 26. He retired in 1976 from National Cash Register Company, having worked in Waterbury and Boston. He was a Naval com- mander during World War II and the youngest destroyer captain in the Atlantic Fleet. Survivors include two sons, two daughters, and his wife, Margaret, 3 Janice Rd., Canton 02021. Clayton Carey Timbrell '42, Tenafly, N.J., a career civil servant with the United Nations and a retired assistant secretary general for general services; June 8. He joined the agency in 1946, served as executive officer of the of- fice of general services from 1957 to 1969, and was chief administrator for U.N. peacekeep- ing forces in the Congo in 1962. He was di- rector of the office of general services until 1977, when he was appointed assistant secre- tary general. He retired in 1984. He is sur- vived by his wife, Jean, 23 Birchwood PI., Tenafly 07670; and two sons, including Carey '74. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY / 63 J. Alden Worcester '42, Bristol, R.I.; June 2. He was the retired executive vice president of The Boyd Corporation, Cambridge, Mass. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia, 110 Ferry Rd., Bristol 02809; and four children, includ- ing, Charles '63 Michael Anthony Gammino, Jr. '45, Provi- dence, chairman of the board and president of Columbus National Bank of Rhode Island and its parent one, bank holding company, National Columbus Bancorp, before retiring in 1982; May 22. He was very active in the af- fairs of Providence and Rhode Island and served on many civic, social, professional, and governmental committees and commis- sions. He received an honorary doctor of hu- mane letters degree from Rhode Island College, was appointed a Knight of St. Gre- gory by Pope Paul VI, and was appointed a knight commander. Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, by the president of the Ital- ian Republic. He was a trustee of Brown and of Salve Regina College. In 1965, President Johnson appointed him to the first board of directors of the Corporaton for Public Broad- casting. A prominent Catholic layman, he was a lay participant at the International Liturgical Congress in 1956 in Rome and As- sisi, Italy, and he was national vice president and director of the National Catholic Lay- man's Conference. He was an Army veteran of World War 11. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, 138 Prospect St., Providence 02906. Donald Boyd Thornton '46, Naperville, 111., a retired machine tool representative for Bar- dons & Oliver, Inc., Cleveland; June 2. He served in the Navy during World War 11 and the Korean War. He is survived by four daughters and his wife, Connie, 508 East 12th Ave., Naperville 60540. William Elbert Lovejoy '49, Lebanon, N.H.; March 21 . He was a master of the New Hampshire Superior Court and a judge of Lebanon District Court. Phi Delta Theta. He is survived by four children and his wife, Carolyn, 38 Bank St., Lebanon 03766. Carl Harold Anderson '50, Chicago, 111.; April 6. He was associated with the Affiliated FM Insurance Company since graduation and was transferred in 1962 to the Midwest as en- gineer-in-charge of the Chicago office. He was a Navy veteran of World War 11. He is survived by his wife, Ethel, 6737 North Lightfoot Ave., Chicago 60646; a sister; and a brother, LeRoy '50. Henry Wilson Carignan '50, Richland, Wash., a design engineer at Wadco Corporation; March 3, 1987. He was an Army veteran of World War II and is survived by a daughter and his wife, Jean, 80 Cottonwood, Richland 99352. Thomas Frederick Felgar '50, Tucson, Ariz.; May 18. He was employed by the U.S. Trea- sury Department for twenty-six years before retiring in 1986. Psi Upsilon. He is survived by three children and his wife, Anne, 4502 North Camino Campero, Tucson 85715. Norman Armington Hopkins '50, Bald- winsville, N.Y., a salesman with Julius Schmid Inc., New York; June 11, 1986. There is no information regarding survivors. Norman Gustav Melander '50, Potomac, Md.; April 22. He was a senior marketing representative with IBM when he retired in June 1987 after thirty-seven years. He is sur- vived by a son, a daughter, and his wife, Eve- lyn, 12260 Greenleaf Ave., Potomac 20854. Franklin Joseph Powers '51, Newburyport, Mass.; June 12. He was employed by New England Telephone Companv as the business office manager for the Newburyport office in 1951 and was transfered to Boston in 1957, where he worked until retiring in 1982 as dis- trict manager. He served three terms as city councilor of Ward 4 and was very active in Newburyport government. He was a Navy veteran and played varsity football at Brown. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, and his wife, Marian, 3 Dexter Ln., Newburyport 01950. Dorothy Fazackerley Troendle '52 A.M., '60 Ph.D., East Providence, R.L, a retired profes- sor of English at Salve Regina College, New- port, R.L; June 19. A former instructor in English at Wheaton College and the Univer- sity of Rhode Island, she was appointed an assistant professor of English by Rhode Is- land School of Design in 1964 and to the fac- ulty of the English department at Salve Regina in 1965. In 1971, she was named to the college's faculty senate committee on pro- motion, tenure, and contract renewal. She re- tired in May. She was a board member of the International Association of Identification and a member of the Humanities Forum of Rhode Island. Sur\'i\ors include a son and a daughter, Dorothy Troendle Martin '62, Box 85, New Durham, N.H. 03855. Robert Henry Hunter, Jr., '54, West Haven, Conn., a customer engineer with IBM in New Haven; April 15. He is survived by his wife, Doris, 2 Whitney Ln., West Haven 06516. Henry Mortimoore Minster '54, Denver; Nov. 21, 1987. He was a real estate developer in Florida and Colorado. He is survived by two sisters, including Mrs. James P. Roberts, 402 Rose Ln., Haverford, Pa. 19041. Leonard Marshall Aguiar '55, Virginia Beach, Va.; date of death unknown. He is survived by his wife, Carole, 2365 Great Neck Cir., Vir- ginia Beach 23454. John William May '57, Moultonboro, N.H.; June 1, 1988. He was manager of the screen print division of the Cranston, R.I., Print Works until 1971, when he founded Ironton Prints, Easton, Pa. He operated the company for thirteen years before retiring and moving to New Hampshire in 1984. Survivors in- clude his parents, seven children, and his wife, Chervl, Route 9, Moultonboro 02354. Richard Graham Peirce '57, Litchfield, Conn., former headmaster of the Forman Schools Inc., in Litchfield; Dec. 4, 1986. He had also been headmaster of The Ethel Walk- er School in Simsbury, Conn., and a consul- tant to the Scarborough Day School in Scarborough, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Young Peirce '57, 100 First Parish Rd,, Scituate, Mass. 02066. Robert Odiin '60, London, England; March 11, A graduate of Washington & Lee Univer- sity Law School, he traveled extensively as an international management consultant. He was a collector of world folk art, and he and his wife operated an antic]ue shop in Kens- ington. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and his mother, Mrs. Grace Boch, Bulkley St., Williamstown, Mass. 01287. William Warner Bollinger '61 , Plandome, N,^,, a painter and sculptor; May 27. He ex- hibited in many galleries in the U.S. and Eu- rope and taught at the Art Students League in New York City, the University of Rhode Is- land, and the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. His free-form sculptures were usually made out of already-formed material, such as steel barrels, rubber hose, and saw horses. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, P.O. Box 514, White Plains, N.Y. 12567; and two sons, in- cluding James '91. John Richard Alaimo '66, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a writer; May 1, 1987. He was a VISTA volunteer and was involved with the International Cystic Fibrosis Association and editor of the International Association of Cystic Fibrosis Adults magazine. Survivors include his brother, Gerry '58; and his wife, Evaline, Leusdenhof 354, 1108 DT, Amsterdam. Anatoly Stephan Wojcechowskyj '73, Wauwatosa, Wise; April 16, 1980. Survivors include his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Stephan Wojcechowskyj, 7031 Aetna Ct., Wauwatosa 53213. Laura J. Meyerson '76, Philadelphia; Feb. 10. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Meyerson, 2016 Spruce St., Philadel- phia 19103. Her father is a former president of the University of Pennsylvania. Mark R. Minter '79, Oklahoma City Okla.; Nov. 23, 1987. He is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Moss Minter, 2616 North Geral- dine, Oklahoma City 73107. Glorious M.J. Chomobo '87 Ph.D., Harare, Zimbabwe; Dec. 7. He returned to Zimbabwe in August 1987 and was a lecturer in sociolo- gy at the University of Zimbabwe. He is sur- vived by six children and his wife, Ennetly, 440 Montgomery Dr., Prospect, Waterfalls, Harare, FF060. Christopher J. Todd '87, Ridgewood, N.J.; May 1, 1988. He was employed by Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C. He is survived by his parents, Dr. & Mrs. James Todd, 388 Beechwood Rd., Ridgewood 07450. 64 / SEPTEMBER 1988 •r: . V The Brown University p Parents Council Welcomes the Class of 1992 The Parents was established to promote mutual understanding and good will between the University and parents of students and to support the develop- ment of the University through the Parents Giving Program. ifpS tvventy years, G^ raised moiBchampm Scottish Border C^^ thanyoucanshakeaciDokat. m But niore than winning, what he really enjoys is teaching a new dog the old tricks. _W The good things in life \H)fMnmm''tivA M (Top ooy; ^^.;C%%T^Q;^ '^A '-%> J :||t!P^ \ffi'-it\:i\.