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Brown
May 1983, Vol. 83, No. 8
editor
Itebert M. Rhodes
Vlanaging Editor
\nne Hinman Diffily '73
Vssistant Editor
Catherine Hinds
editorial Associate
'eter Mandel '81 A.M.
)esign Consultant
^athiNP de Boer
loard of Editors
.'hairman
<ohn J. Monaghan '53
'ice Chairman
|-ornelia D. Dean '69
jilarold Bailey, Jr. '70
lames E. DuBois '50
'ohn B. Henderson '46
l)ante G. lonata '59
"oni H, Oliviero '65, '73 Ph.D.
bnald B. Smith '42
:iizabeth Weed '73 Ph.D.
Dhn A. VVorsley '56
■fational Advisory Board
)aniel Chu '55
'lartha Matzke '66
'atricia Simon Schwadron '72
\l\in V. Sizer '36
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Alumni Monthly
In this issue
16 What the Campaign Started
Has it been only five years since the University set out on a
campaign to raise $158 million? President Howard
Swearer, a tireless fund-raiser, sets his sights on the
future of Brown and the mission we have only begun.
20 Scaling Departmental Walls
Academic backbiting and departmental jealousies are
anathema to education. Henry Kucera, the Fred M. Seed
Professor of Linguistics and the Cognitive Sciences,
examines the way he has scaled departmental
walls to broaden his own and his students' educational
experiences.
24 A Timeless Place in Any Season
All modesty aside. Brown is a campus filled with beauty,
grace, and elegance, and crackling with life. John
Foraste's camera neither lies nor blinks through sixteen
pages of color photographs that will evoke vivid memories
of the Hill.
40 Are They Getting the Message?
Professors lecture, and students, ostensibly, learn. How
can a teacher ever be certain of reaching students? John
Rowe Workman, William Duncan MacMillan Professor of
Classics, gives his perspective from behind the lectern —
and explains why he thinks students were listening.
43 Something Old, Something New
Several buildings on campus have undergone plastic
surgery over the past five years, and others have been
built. Illustrator Valerie Marsella has sketched the most
visible effects the Campaign has had at Brown.
46 Talk on Paper
Michael Harper, the Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English,
is a poet. His years at Brown, the people he has known
and loved, his writing, his heroes, are captured here in a
series of poetic images.
Departments
2 Carrying the Mail
6 Under the Elms
13 Sports
52 The Classes
63 Deaths
Ccwer photograph by John Forastc
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CARRYING THE MAIL
'Cavalier tone'
Editor: The entry in Under the Elms
(BAM. March) entitled "At Long Last, a
Student Center" might more aptly have
read, "At What Cost a Student Center?" 1
was dismayed by the cavalier tone taken in
the paragraphs which dealt with Production
Workshop. There are certain points of in-
formation that 1 would like to clarify.
When the completed report on the pro-
posed student center was first made public,
a somewhat more positive response than a
"hue and cry" was undertaken. The Ad Hoc
Committee for Production Workshop was
formed and it quickly sought to formulate
an alternative to the plan contained in the
report, a report which had already been
presented to the Corporation. The plan pro-
posed to exclude Production Workshop
from the student center, thereby excluding
one of the most vital and long-lived student
groups.
The committee proceeded to collect the
signatures of over 3,000 undergraduates on
a petition which called for Production
Workshop to remain in Faunce House as an
integral part of the proposed center.
A feeling that some abstract entity called
PW would suffer was not what motivated
the committee or what prompted those sig-
natures. Rather, it was a feeling that the
continued existence of an activity that annu-
ally involves some 300 students in produc-
tions and 3,000 as audience members was
being threatened.
1 fervently hope that Production Work-
shop will continue to prosper in its new lo-
cation. Its demise would be a shameful loss.
I doubt that there is another university in
the United States that can boast an entirely
student-run theatre that has been in contin-
uous operation for over twenty-two years. 1
recognize the importance of the potluck
suppers which Ms. Cole envisions. How-
ever, I can onlv mourn that a space whose
height and breadth were so admirably
suited to theatre productions will now be
used to house such suppers.
DANIANNE MIZZY '82
NfTc Hnvcn, Ccuii.
Women's swimming
Editor; My heart started fluttering as I
glanced at the cover (BAM, March)
— women's swimming as a feature article!
As a swimmer at Brown in the dark days
before Dave Roach turned the team around
1 read with awe about each woman's ac-
complishments and feelings. I particularly
appreciate the answers to "why do you
spend so much time just swimming back
and forth" and hope my old friends will
now understand the joys of water. I'm
bursting with pride that women's swimmir
at Brown is truly a varsity sport and only
wish that I had been there to savor the
team's triumph over Princeton. Hearty
well-earned Congrats to Coach Roach and
his team.
CARLA GREENBAUM '78, '81 M.D.
Seattle , Wcifh.
Editor: Your article on the Brown wo-
men's swim team was excellent and readin
it made me proud to be affiliated with ther
However, 1 am compelled to ask you to co
rect your error regarding my occupation. I
do not work at a "local mental rehabilitatic
center." I am currently Clinical Assistant
Professor in Psychiatry with the Brown Un
versify Medical School and hold joint ap-
pointments at Rhode Island Hospital in tht
Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine an
Psychiatry. Please correct this error.
FRANK R. SPARADEO, Ph.D.
Prci>idence
Common sense?
Editor: On a recent visit to Brown, 1 Wi
greeted bv hundreds of posters in various
colors, announcing the birth of a conserva^
tive journal named Cotuinou Sense. I put
"conservative" in quotes, because if the
posters are any indication, the journal will
be more fascist than conservative. The pos
ers proudly trumpeted plans to "smash the
liberal monopoly at Brown." What are thej
planning to do — smash in the skulls of lib-
erals with baseball bats?
Even more disconcerting was the post-
ers' boastful announcement that Coiunicii
Sense is generously funded by a conservati'
foundation. 1 find it quite frightening to
think that right wing organizations are us-
ing the huge amounts of money they have
at their disposal to alter the political balanc
at Brown. Normally, I'd be totally in sup-
port of conservative students expressing
their views, but not if the students are
merely paid mouthpieces for the Moral Ma
jority, the John Birch Society, or some othe
bunch of right wing fanatics.
Unfortunately, there's every reason to
lai
elieve that Coniinoii Sense will be at least as
xtremist as the Ddrlnioiith Reinctv, a
conservative" campus newspaper that
rides itself on ridiculing at least one minor-
y group a week. The Dartmouth Review has
unk so low as to publish the membership
St of the Dartmouth Gay Alliance. Is this
.'hat we want to happen at Brown? Cer-
ainly not!
The Brown administration should im-
lediately make it clear to the editors of
'onjiiwii Sense that it will not tolerate homo-
hobia, racism, sexism, or other narrow-
linded prejudices. It should also compel
omnwn Sense to get all its funding from the
ICS (Undergraduate Council of Students),
ist like every other campus publication. I
ope that students and especially my fellow
lumni will put pressure on the administra-
on to ensure that Connnon Sense shows
ome common sense.
PAUL MAZUR 71
New Hyde Park. N.Y.
'he inaugural issue of Common Sense
uas fmbtishcil in April. — Editor
Clarifications
Editor: As an alumna and regular reader
f the monthly, I am especially pleased to
ave my research presented in the magazine
MM, March).
There are a couple of clarifications that 1
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Imost no female cardiologists, there are
ame, including two whom 1 know to have
rown connections. Dr. Barbara Roberts at
liriam Hospital is a clinical assistant pre-
ssor on the hospital-based faculty of the
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Brown Medical Program; and Dr. .Manette
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have had correspondence about women
cardiacs, is the parent of a Brown class of
1982 graduate.
Secondly, in the last paragraph of the
article there is an unfortunate inversion in
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the sentence should read "women have
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1 thank vou again for vour interest.
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pode Brown plates
Editor: I am writmg in reference to some
own University plates which were pro-
iced sometime in the early '30s by Spode.
ley were sold by Providence's Tilden
urber and were produced, as I under-
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zen.
The plates are twelve inches (dinner
:e) and are etched in sepia on white. In
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the Van VVickle Gates. . .on the top bor-
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When I graduated from Brown (1935)
/ mother gave me one dozen of these
plates. Several years later, Tilden Thurber
notified her that they were discontinuing
the sale of these plates, and she bought
several dozen to use as wedding and gradu-
ation presents for Brown friends and chil-
dren of these friends. My brother, Norden
Schloss '39, has a dozen and mother kept a
dozen for herself.
Recently, at age 90, mother (wife of Ber-
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moved into a retirement home. While she
does have some of her possessions with
her, her space is limited and it was neces-
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her children and grandchildren. At the
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UNDER THE ELMS
Twist and
Shout!
"Left foot, green!" "Right hand, blue!"
A collective groan arose from several
hundred student contortionists in what
was billed as "The World's Largest
Twister Game." Sponsored by the
Grass Roots main campus coordinators,
the event was part of a Thursday after-
noon Spring Weekend kickoff on April
28. IVIilton-Bradley, Twister's manufac-
turer, donated 100 plastic playing
boards; taped together, they formed a
technicolor rug on the Green in front of
University Hall.
The Twisting lasted from 3 p.m.
until 5:30; the students' endurance, no
doubt, was enhanced by a mass ice-
cream chowdown ("the world's largest
sundae," served in a trough travers-
ing the Green). But because of a tech-
nicality, the Twister game won't be in
the Guinness Book of World Records.
That's okay; "we just wanted to sponsc
something really crazy," says Linda
Segal '83 of the Grass Roots committee
Maybe the best part was near the
end, when the spinners called out,
"Okay— HUG ANYBODY!" A great
cheer went up; everyone dove and
rolled into clinches. A rock band begai
to set up in front of Sayles; Spring
Weekend was under way.
A Greek chorus of students, faailty, and staff shouted directions (below) to the Twister-players.
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1\' THE NEWS:
By 1989, a computer for
everyone on campus?
The computer age is not mereh-
ilawiiing at Brown; it mav soon be iiigh
noon. A proposal under consideration
would spend S30 to S70 million in the
next six vears to equip each tacultv
member, student, administrator, and
staff member on campus with a po\\'er-
ful new tvpe of personal computer.
A fiftv-one-page proposal describing
the experiment is circulating among the
faculty and Corporation, and it de-
scribes the wav the L'nixersitv will
"migrate" from its current system of
time-sharing accounts on a large main-
frame computer to a system of personal
computers connected to each other
through the Brown University Network
(BRUXET). But "this isn't simply an
effort to develop a 'wired campus,' "
savs William Shipp, associate provost
for computing. "We want to study the
way scholars work — what they do and
how they do it — and create a comput-
ing environment which lets them de-
vise new ways to enrich and increase
their work."
Experiments will lead to the devel-
opment of the "scholar's worksta-
tion"— and the term scholar includes
faculty, students, and staff — a package
of computing tools that lies at the heart
of the proposed project. In the begin-
ning, the workstations will provide sec-
retarial functions, such as electronic
mail, conferencing, calendars, word
processing, filing, and other automated
functions that are available now. Soon,
as libraries and other databases become
accessible to computers, the worksta-
tion could be used more like a research
assistant. Scholars could easily instruct
the computer to gather data, plot
charts and graphs, search journals,
organize research notes, or prepare
bibliographies.
"This system is going to fundamen-
tally change the way we work," Shipp
says. "Right now computers are not all
that useful — you have to adapt your
workstyle to the way the computer has
been programmed. There is also the
need to conserve computing power.
We've all had to make compromises
with the system we have now." New
developments in personal computer
8
software promise to relieve some of the
alienating aspects of computer use
— complicated, "user-hostile" methods
of operation. In some new machines, a
single set of simple procedures oper-
ates all parts of the computer, from
word processing to data management
to sketching and graphics. An entire
system can be learned in thirty min-
utes.
Workstations will develop different
capabilities for different academic de-
partments and will provide instruc-
tional as well as research functions.
"We will be building kits that you can
tailor to your needs," Shipp savs. "We
will be going to the people in the Eng-
lish department, the classics depart-
ment, to work with them and find out
what kind of tools they need. The style
of computing we're talking about will
allow people to make adaptations. The
editor of the BAM, for instance, will
never want to make maximum use of a
computer until he has a system that
will allow him to see what an entire
layout page looks like. Until there are
data bases as useful to people as note-
cards, that you can manipulate and
rearrange, the computer won't be very
useful. The millenium is not here,
however. All these things won't hap-
pen o\'ernight. What we have now is
the opportunity to help people build
the tools, help them adapt them to
their needs."
Different disciplines would be able
to find special applications for their
workstations. Advanced graphics can
provide on-line source materials that
do not use the Roman alphabet
— musical notahon, Sanskrit, Greek,
and Hebrew, for example. High-resolu-
tion color graphics will enable musi-
cians to call up entire orchestral scores;
artists could deselop and refine a full-
color electronic sketch pad or use the
computer to study color and three-di-
mensional design.
The project is distinguished by its
strongly experimental philosophy.
Brown's purpose is not to act primariK'
as a developer of these new software
systems; rather it plans to act as a criti-
cal consumer. It would use new prod-
ucts, suggest new ones for manufac-
turers to develop, and adapt available
materials to the needs of various disci
plines. The entire project would be
managed by a proposed institute with
a full-time staff. The institute would
occupy a new building, which would
also contain classrooms specifically de
signed for computer-assisted instruc-
tion.
An experiment of this size and
complexity will affect every facet and
faction of the University, and will pre
ent more problems and questions tha
there are answers so far. Students wi
be encouraged to purchase and use
their own computers, and it is likely
that Brown graduates will have lifetin
access to the University's information
resources. Will loans or payment tern
be available? And will scholars who
can't afford or don't wish to use a
computer have a diminished educa-
tional experience? How will traditiom
college social interactions — conver-
sations in the classroom and library —
change once members of the commu-
nity spend much of their time at their
individual workstations?
"If we do nothing, it will happen
anyway," Shipp savs. "Students are
already bringing their personal com-
puters to campus; the\''re already iso
lating themselves in their rooms. The
University hasn't been trying to incor
porate this into its system, \'et it's
clearly the trend. By starting to ask
these questions, though, what we're
saying is, 'We realize it's happening,
and we want to take a leadership pes
tion.' We want to stud\- ho\\ the tool
and their capabilities help with the
mission of the University."
Workstations developed at Brown
oiild have broad applications in biisi-
es--^ and industry. "The trends are
ear that support from industry will go
1 loint projects between universities
nd industry," Shipp says, and he ex-
ects that by June "we'll have signif-
ant [industry] support and will be
ble to announce some exciting joint
idiistry projects."
Funding for the project is another
nsitive subject on a campus that has
ist successfully completed a campaign
raise $158 million. But the University
ould commit itself to raising the $50
lillion for the computer project from
purees other than current operating
mds. Once the system is in place,
inual operating expenses could be on
le order of $7 million, a figure about
hich Shipp says, "You're damned if
3U say that, and damned if you don't,
s just like the telephone a hundred
ars ago. If you had been able to pre-
ict what telephone bills were going to
ike today, you might not have
anted to install them (and your pre-
iction probably would have been
rong anyway). We started out with
ne telephone per department at
rown, and now there is one on every
ssk. But if we don't have those tools,
e won't be a first-class institution any
nger, and we will be doing a disser-
ce to faculty and students."
The proposal points out that Brown
not a novice in the field of comput-
s. It already has the largest and most
eavily used university computer net-
ork in the world. It has experimented
ith new forms of computer-assisted
struction, and many of its offices are
ready automated with electronic mail
"id word processing. Demand for
jmputer service and instruction is
utstripping capacity.
Reaction to the computer proposal
as predictably intense, considering
lat this experiment is one that will
feet the fiber of education at Brown,
("es, there's criticism," Shipp admits,
nd yes, there's fear. But is there a
nse that we shouldn't be doing it?
o. Should we be doing it carefully?
s. We're not going to hide from
)mputers, no ostrich mentality here.
s hard because no one knows
lough about it. No one knows what
going to happen with these ques-
ins we have. But 1 think it would be
ingerous if we didn't have the de-
te. The New Curriculum is still being
abated, still evolving. This is only the
iginning of another debate." K.H.
RESEARCH:
High-tech partnership
is a first for Brown
"One. (Pause.) Two. (Pause.) Three.
(Pause.)."
Les Niles Sc.M. '83 is speaking into
a microphone held in place by a head-
set; simultaneously he is typing each
word into a computer terminal. "Hello.
(Pause.) Good morning." On a screen
resembling a television set to his right,
Niles's spoken words are being charted
in living color: Each consonant and
vowel, each nuance of tone, pitch, and
timbre, is represented bv a series of
staggered vertical lines.
The technology Niles is demonstrat-
ing, here in a corner of a laboratory in
Brown's Barus & Holley Building, is
not just a pretty toy, a grown-up's ver-
sion of "Speak and Spell." It is a bulky
working model of a more refined sys-
tem that will be produced and mar-
keted by a new Providence firm called
Sphere Technology, Inc. — a firm whose
affiliation with Brown marks the Uni-
versity's first formal partnership with a
profit-making company.
California has Silicon Valley; Boston
is girdled by the many high-technology
firms clustered along Route 128. In
both instances, the development of
high-tech companies is a direct out-
growth of university laboratories such
as those at Stanford and MIT. Rhode
Island has lagged behind, despite state
officials' attempts to woo high-tech
industry (which could help alleviate the
state's high rate of unemployment).
But Sphere's brand of cooperation be-
tween industry and University may be
the beginning of a grass-roots solution
to Rhode Island's economic woes, as
well as a potentially lucrative venture
for Sphere's officers and for Brown.
The latter possibility stems from an
agreement between Sphere and Brown:
In exchange for commercial rights to
this particular technology developed in
Brown's laboratory. Sphere is giving
Brown an undisclosed number of
shares in the privately-held firm. The
University has estimated that those
shares could someday be worth $1 mil-
lion or more.
Sphere will produce sophisticated
computer systems that recognize words
spoken by human voices. The master-
minds behind the high-technology
product — one in which businesses
around the country have expressed in-
terest— are Professor of Engineering
Harvey Silverman '71 Ph.D., director of
the Laboratory for Engineering Man/
Machine Systems (LEMS), and Jeffrey
Weiss, a visiting research assistant.
Both are former IBM researchers who
decided several years ago to market the
advanced speech-recognition system
they were working on at Brown.
"Others are doing speech-recogni-
tion work," Silverman says. But to
date, he says, other systems are neither
efficient to use nor inexpensive. "This
will be the first that's easy, cheap, and
that will work well." Les Niles, who
already is employed by Sphere's engi-
neering department, agrees: "The rela-
tively small size, the cost, and the
user-friendliness of our system are
important advantages," he says, "but
the key point is that we will deliver
Sphere's Jeffrey Weiss, William Kirk, and Harvey Silverman.
good fvrformance. "
In addition. Sphere is different from
some of the larger firms working on
speech recognition — among them Texas
Instruments and Ewon — in that it will
limit its marketing to a very specific
target. "We are addressing IBM busi-
ness computer users," explains Weiss.
"These are businesses that inxolve lots
of form-filling: insurance records, ac-
counts payable, that sort of thing. It
will assist employees, such as manag-
ers, who may not know how to type,
or who are resisting using a computer
system." Not only will such people feel
comfortable dictating data into their
terminals, they also will save time — the
data will not require transcription by a
clerical employee.
Working in Sphere's headquarters
about a mile from Brown on Richmond
Street, Weiss and his engineering staff
are now assembling the first of the ac-
tual devices that will be sold. The ma-
chine will be "the size of a briefcase, or
smaller," Silverman believes. Weiss is
less specific about the product's
finished appearance — "We're still build-
ing it," he says — but emphasizes that it
will be relatively unobtrusive. The de-
vice will be integrated with the user's
existing terminal. "It will allow the user
both to use the keyboard and to speak
directly to the machine," Weiss says.
In about a year. Sphere will begin
selling its product and expects actual
delivery to take place within fifteen or
sixteen months from now. With seven
employees. Sphere is still small, but
Weiss already is interviewing more
technical people. "We'll have a nucleus
of scientists and engineers," he says,
"but within a few years our workforce
could grow to several hundred, includ-
ing manufacturing people, sales people,
and office staff." (In a Providence ]ounml
article in early April, Silverman was
more exuberant: "We expect to be the
biggest employer in Rhode Island," he
exclaimed.)
A company like Sphere was but a
gleam in Silverman's and Weiss's eyes
until William Kirk got involved. Kirk,
an engineer who left his native Eng-
land because of its scant opportunities
for advancement, was most recently
vice president for marketing of Gulton
Industries in Rhode Island. He had
given some thought to changing jobs,
to going out on his own in business.
He had no idea, however, that his
friend Harvey Silverman might be a
key to such a venture— no idea, even.
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that SiUerman was an engineering
whiz doing pioneering work with com-
puters at Brown.
"Harvey and 1 had known each
other for two years," says Kirk in his
quick, lightly-accented British/Ameri-
can, "playing bridge with the New
Neighbors Club in East Greenwich."
"One night after a volleyball game,"
Silverman chimes in, "I mentioned to
Bill that Jeff and 1 wanted to start a
company. From that time on, we
couldn't shake Bill. He really went out
on the longest limb for this project."
Kirk spent every spare moment
planning the business aspects of
Sphere: doing marketing research, pre-
paring presentations for venture capi-
talists. Last year Silverman asked
Brown Trustee Frank Wezniak '54 to
get involved; he provided advice on
pulling together a total business plan.
Last June 1, Kirk made his first
presentations to "three or four" ven-
ture capitalists in Boston. "They were
prestigious firms, but on the conserva-
tive side — we got a lot of 'call us lat-
ers.' By August we had decided what
we needed was a venture capitalist
who had lots of money, an affinity for
high-technology arrangements, and
who was willing to take a risk on a
start-up." Through a contact at North-
eastern, Kirk came up with Morgan
Holland, a company that fortuitously
closed its own fund in September.
"Morgan Holland did three months of
research into us," Kirk says, "and into
our connection with Brown. The week
before Christmas, they said they would
fund us."
The venture-capital firm was con-
cerned. Kirk said, about certain aspects
of the project's administration. So an
administration was put together: Kirk
is president ("I've never been a CEO
before," he exclaims happily), Weiss is
director of engineering, and Wezniak is
chairman of the board. Silverman, be-
cause of his Brown faculty appoint-
ment, cannot be a Sphere officer but is
serving as a technical advisor. All are
major stockholders.
With $1.7 million in backing already
promised to the firm. Sphere has made
a solid start in the high-tech arena.
And Brown has dipped its toe into
waters other research universities have
plunged into for several years. "There
have been other collaborations with
industry discussed at Brown," says
Provost Maurice Glicksman, "mostly in
the medical field. Most of the standard
arrangements in existence are agree-
ments with corporations for collabora-
tions on research. There are companie
that involve some of our faculty in tes
ing products here at Brown.
"But the Sphere arrangement is thd
first of its kind," Glicksman says. "It's
the first time one of our faculty helpecl
to set up an outside company to makel
a product using knowledge that was
developed here. We have turned over
our right to use that knowledge and,
for a period of six months, all work
related to that knowledge. It is possib:
that Brown may share future knowl-
edge with Sphere, for payment —
Sphere would have first crack at it, bu
there is no commitment on Brown's
part."
Glicksman concedes there might
evolve conflicts of interest for faculty
involved in industrial projects related
to their research. "That is precisely
why Harvey Silverman is not an offici
of Sphere; he felt it would not be the
right thing to do." Another potential
danger in such arrangements would t
an attempt on the part of a firm to
push Brown faculty towards research
that would serve the firm, not the Ur
versify. But Glicksman, while admitti
that "we don't want decisions to be
influenced by outside companies," fei
that "there also could be ideas for re-
search projects suggested by industrii
that we would ivant to follow up on."
"I think Sphere and Brown have
worked out a good relationship," Sil-
verman says confidently. "It is a spiri
ual, rather than a legal, relationship,
think it can work. We can't be afraid
try these sorts of things." A.,
ADMINISTRATION:
New vice president
for finance appointed
Frederick M. Bohen, currently vice
president for finance and treasurer at
the University of Minnesota, has beer
appointed senior \'ice president for
finance and administration at Brown
Bohen replaces Richard J. Ramsden '5
who left the position in January to re-
turn to private business.
Bohen's new job responsibilities w
include planning, organizing, and di
recting the financial management,
physical plant, and resident ser\-ices
the University, as well as staff supper
to the University's Investment Comm
tee. He will also oversee personnel.
ederkk M. Bohcn.
?lecommunications, off-campus real
state management, safety, the book-
ore, graphic services, insurance, pur-
lasing, and parking.
Prior to his post at the University of
li linnesota, where he administered an
inual budget of $850 million, Bohen
;rved as assistant secretary for man-
u gement and budget in the Department
f Health, Education, and Welfare
nder President Carter. He was sup-
orting Secretaries Califano and Harris
1 developing the budget of the gov-
rnment's largest agency. From 1975-77
ohen was senior program associate
ith the Carnegie Council on Policy
tudies in Higher Education in Berke-
:'ir 'y, where he was staff director for
lajor Council studies on the organiza-
on of the federal government for
igher education responsibilities.
Bohen ran for Congress in 1972 and
974 as the Democratic nominee in
ew jersey's 5th Congressional Dis-
ict. He lost both races but garnered
itrong electoral support and endorse-
nent in the local press. A native of
idgewood. New Jersey, he graduated
mgun cum laudc from Harvard College
'ith a degree in government, and re-
vived his master's in public affairs
om the Woodrow Wilson School at
inceton. He has been a member of
18 Advisory Council at Woodrow Wil-
3n since 1970 and a member of the
ouncil on Foreign Relations in New
ork since 1973.
Bohen was selected in a national
arch from a field of nearly 400 appli-
ints. "Fred Bohen's broad experience
)th at Minnesota and in Washington
jve given him outstanding credentials
to tackle the tough job of handling the
financial challenges that face Brown in
the years ahead," said President
Swearer. "We're delighted that he has
chosen to bring his experience to the
service of Brown; I am confident that
we have found the right person for this
most important position." K.H.
SABBATICALS:
Provost Glicksman
takes a year off
A Illation Imf been made and seconded
at a faculty meetin^>^. Discussion ivgins: a
professor asks a question. Almost immedi-
ately a stoch/ man icitli curly black hair
pops from his fronf-roii' seat in Cannichael
Auditorium. "Mr. President, I'd like to
address that, if 1 may. . ." And Provost
Maurice Glicksman begins one of many
elaborations he will provide on matters aris-
ing that afternoon.
"You know ivho could tell you more
about that program?" a reporter is advised.
"Call Maurie Glicksman."
Every college or university has one:
The omnipresent dean or other senior
administrator who keeps his or her
finger on the institution's pulse, the
person to whom inquiries about aca-
demic programs, historical background,
and other topics are routinely referred.
Such administrators pay a price for
being perennially on top of the convo-
luted workings of a complex institu-
tion. It is difficult, if not impossible, for
them to get away from campus for any
significant amount of R&R.
Provost Maurice Glicksman is one
such administrator. But after fourteen
years at Brown, he is finally going to
get his R&R — in this case, "Research
and (some) Relaxation" — in the form of
a one-year sabbatical. He will spend
most of it in a laboratory at MIT, ana-
lyzing the results of experiments hav-
ing to do with properties of condensed
matter.
An engineer and physicist, Glicks-
man joined the Brown faculty in 1969
as University Professor and professor
of engineering. He was already a
widely respected researcher, having
worked for fifteen years for RCA Re-
search Laboratories in Princeton and
Tokyo.
It wasn't long before his administra-
tive talents were called into service at
Brown, beginning with the chairman-
ship of the Faculty Policy Group. In
1974 Glicksman was named dean of the
Graduate School. In 1975 he was ap-
pointed acting dean of the faculty and
academic affairs, retaining his Graduate
School responsibilities, and in 1976 he
was named to the former deanship
permanently, making him the Universi-
ty's chief academic officer.
Glicksman has been provost since
1978, when Merton Stoltz retired from
the post. He has continued to teach
occasional courses in his specialty — the
properties of semiconductor alloys,
materials used to make high-powered
devices that give off light and energy.
In addition, Glicksman acts in the pres-
ident's stead whenever Howard
Swearer is unavailable.
"I've worked fourteen years here
without taking a sabbatical," says
Glicksman. "I think I need a break
from the routines, a chance to engage
my intellectual capacities in a different
direction." Perched on a long, formal
sofa in his University Hall office,
Glicksman regards a visitor steadily
through a gray haze of smoke from his
favorite prop, a large cigar.
Glicksman's cigars have seen him
through fourteen years of extraordinary
change and a measure of tumult at
Brown. In 1975, as a member of the
administration's negotiating team, he
was credited by many observers with
the successful resolution of grievances
surrounding the Third World Coali-
tion's occupation of University Hall.
Around the same time, working on the
Maurice Glicksman: Ready for R&R.
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contro\ersial tacultx' stalling plan out-
lined in President Donald Hornig's
'White Paper," Glicksman was able to
lower the number ot tacultv to be cut
from se\entv-li\e to around t\\ent\ .
(Doing so put constraints on tacult\
salary raises, how e\er, and Glicksman
was quick to thank a "remarkabh' dedi-
cated (acult\ ■ lor sticking bv Brown
through troubled times.)
More recentK-. Glicksman has
shepherded the dexelopment of nu-
merous programs, centers, and de-
partments, taking particular pride in
the strengthening of such areas as
computer science, mathematics, and
the cognitive sciences.
From his tt'mporar\- apartment on
the twent\-lifth floor of a building
oserlooking the Charles River at MIT,
Glicksman mav not be able to see all
the wav to College Hill next vear. But
his mind will stra\- there frequently,
and he will be on campus one day a
week. High on his list of concerns, he
savs, are the proposed installation of a
network of computer workstations; a
new cvcle of academic program re\'iew
and planning, to be directed bv Associ-
ate Provost James Patterson; and an
emphasis on foreign studies and inter-
national exchange programs.
"There are some skeptics among my
colleagues," Glicksman savs with a grin
and a puff of cigar smoke, "who insist
that I'm not going to get a break, that
I'll be too close to Brown, too involved.
But I made the choice to do mv re-
search at MIT because I felt I wanted to
maintain a continuity here. I believe
that cutting myself off completeh' from
Brown at this stage would not be in the
best interests of the University. And, I
plan to return to Brown refreshed and
ready to get back to work."
In Glicksman's absence, no acting
provost will be named. His responsibil-
ities will be distributed, instead, among
the associate provosts, deans, and the
president. Glicksman will continue to
chair the Academic Council and Com-
mittee on Faculty Reappointment and
Tenure. A.D.
STUDENTS:
Cleaning up the Green
for financial aid
At 7:30 in the morning, the calm
that hangs over the Green is palpable.
A dog barks, a cardinal whistles, an
early employee walks slowly down the
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sidewalk, cup of steaming coffee in
hand. The campus is self-absorbed and
collected.
But wait! What sight from \'onder
arches breaks? A student. No, two stu-
dents, three! And they're carrying —
trash bags? Soon the Green is covered
with a score of students harvesting
another crop of litter. This is Keep
Brown Beautiful at work.
Since early March, students, not
Plant Operations, have accepted the
responsibility for keeping the campus
clean. The idea for a Keep Brown Beau-
tiful program was conceived by Larry
Siff '84, who was serving as vice presi-
dent of the student government last
year when he decided to do something
about the enormous amounts of litter
left over after the bacchanal of Spring
Weekend. "I've always felt a sense of
social responsibility," Siff explains. "I
like to think about what I can do to
improve Brown. Last year, a week and
a half before Spring Weekend I started
thinking about the garbage on the
Green and how no one takes the re-
sponsibility for cleaning it up except
Plant Operations. So I got about eighty
students and President Swearer to
come out on Sunday morning of Spring
Weekend and clean up. We collected
almost 3,000 pounds of trash," he re-
calls proudly.
When he saw that there were stu-
dents— and administrators — who cared
enough about the campus to clean it
up, Siff got in touch with Keep Ame
ica Beautiful to find out how to get
Keep Brown Beautiful certified. The
first objective was to obtain support
and endorsement from different leve
of the communit\-. Siff returned fron
his summer vacation early in order t^
canvass administrators and faculty. 1
Corporation put its seal of approval .
the program. Swearer xvrote a letter
support, the faculty \-oted to approve
it. After a fourteen-hour pre-certifi
cation workshop sponsored by Keep
America Beautiful, KBB had to cond
two complicated sur\eys: a photome
survey to measure improvement one
the program was in gear, and a littei
solid waste survey, which determine
who's doing the littering. B\' March
Siff had organized enough students
begin cleaning up the campus on a
daily basis.
But Siff knew, as the old saying 1
it, that "you gotta have a gimmick."
kept thinking, 'How do we get stu-
dents, faculty, staff, everyone, out
there picking up the campus every
day?' Then I thought that if we couk
get money from Plant Operations — t
money normally used for cleaning
up — and give it to financial aid, it
would create an incentive." Accordir
to Siff, $4 per hour for each student
who works is now donated to a spec
endowment fund for financial aid, ai
a matching gift has been obtained th
brings the total value of each worker
r-
our to $8. The endowment fund ap-
eals to everyone, as Siff says, "No
ne is pro-litter and anti-financial aid.
ais is also showing people outside
rown that we care. We care about
;autifving the campus and about en-
iring diversity here."
Every morning there are an average
twenty students out picking up ciga-
^ tte butts, beer and pop cans, and
jper in the bushes, streets, and side-
alks. Keep Brown Beautiful has also
,,• )read to the surrounding community,
id Siff has organized the merchants
1 Thaver Street, many of whom serve
1 the board of KBB. President
i vearer has remarked that "it's an
ipressive sight to walk across the
Green at 8 in the morning and see stu-
dents out cleaning it up. Of course it
would be even more impressive if it
weren't littered to begin with."
Keep Brown Beautiful was certified
by Keep America Beautiful on April 25,
making Brown the first university in
the country to achieve this status. But
Siff isn't satisfied. "Keep Brown Beauti-
ful is not a one-shot deal; it can't de-
pend on one person to keep it going.
We have to make people feel a sense of
ownership about this place, thev have
to feel part of it. People can't feel as
though they're just visiting, that if we
litter someone else will clean up after
us. So many of the people who come
out every morning to clean up say that
they never litter. We are after the peo-
ple who do litter. We want to stop lit-
ter. Period." K.H.
SPORTS
6v PfftT Mandd
MEN'S LACROSSE:
The numbers are
getting better
With a little more than two-thirds of
the season gone, men's lacrosse was
juggling numbers. The team had
racked up its highest victory total since
1980 (seven), and its longest win streak
since 1971 (si.x straight). "We have
beaten excellent teams and we have
done it on the road and at home, and
in all kinds of weather," Coach Dom
Starsia remarked. "We deserve a good
ranking." Before Brown fell to Ivy con-
tender Penn on April 23, the Bruins
were ranked tenth in the nation.
Some other numbers: Goaltender
Marcus Woodring '83 had a 7-2 record
and a 7.72 goals-against average, im-
pressive statistics in the often high
scoring game of lacrosse.
Freshman Tom Gagnon led the
team with a remarkable 23 goals and 16
assists. His attack-mate, Mick Mat-
thews '85, had 12 goals and 17 assists,
and another freshman, John Keogh,
had 8 and 13, respectively. The statisti-
cians pulled out their pocket calculators
and determined that Brown had
outshot its opponents 38 to 35 per
game, and outscored them by an aver-
age of almost three goals.
Not bad for an attack that was con-
sidered something of an unknown
quantity before the season began.
The Bruin defense had done its job
with equal determination, especially in
the 7-2 victory over the University of
Massachusetts and the 8-4 defeat of
Princeton. Led by Bill Aliber '83, who
has a chance to become the first three-
time All-Ivy Brown lacrosseman, it was
considered one of the stronger defen-
sive units in Division I — allowing six
goals or fewer on six different occa-
sions. Against Harvard and the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire, Aliber al-
lowed the leading scorers among the
enemy a total of two assists.
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MEN'S CREW:
Knocking off the
national champion
Mens crew began the dual-meet
season this \ear with a mix oi the ex-
pected and the unexpected.
No one was surprised when the
crew won its first race on April ^)
against Boston University and Coast
Guard. The varsity boat was expected
to do well — Brown had handily
defeated these schools in 1982 tor two
of its three w ins. So when the Bruins
rowed to easy victory and a course re-
cord on the Seekonk, onlookers
cheered and went home satisfied that
God was in his heaven and all was as
it should be in the world of college
crew.
But ro\ving is not a predictable
sport; Onlv in England do they wager
on it.
Before the season, Coach Steve
Gladstone had expected Brown to be
strong, though he had been somewhat
guarded in his predictions. "The league
is tight in terms of speed," he had
said. "As many as nine crews have a
reasonable shot at winning the East-
erns and the IRAs this spring."
What he didn't dare predict, and
what fans along the Housatonic didn't
bet on, was for the Brown crew to
knock off last year's national champion
on April 10 bv slightly more than two
seconds. The fact that the national
champion happened to be Yale, and
that this was the first-ever dual meet
between the two, made for added
drama.
Yale, which was coming off a con-
vincing win over Dartmouth, took a 3/4
length advantage in the first 100 me-
ters. The Brown boat began to gain
steadilv, and pulled even with about
500 meters to go on the 2000-meter
course. Led bv coxswain Chris Snell,
the Bruins edged out to a 2/3 of a
length lead and held it to the finish.
This was Yale's first loss to an
American college crew in two years,
and the Providence journal trumpeted,
"The. . .race proved that Brown be-
longs in the front rank of Eastern col-
lege crews." "It was a wonderful vic-
torv for us," added Gladstone. "The
guys were determined to work hard for
those big wins this season."
Unfortunately, the Bruins could not
make their momentum last the month
of April. Choppy conditions on the
Charles contributed to a Harvard tri-
14
umph on April Id, and a determined
Northeastern crew outsprinted Brown
on the Seekonk a week later. With only
a dual race with Dartmouth remaining
before the Eastern Sprints in mid-May,
Gladstone was forced to do some
"re-evaluating" with an eye toward
improving on last year's fifth-place
finish.
SCOREBOARD
(April 3 tlinnigh Mny 7)
Baseball (13-15-1)
Brown 4, Morehead State 3
Morehead State 2, Brown 0
Liberty Baptist 3, Brown 2
Navy 5, Brown 1
Navy 6, Brown 5
Princeton 12, Brown 10
Brown 3, Princeton 3
Brown 5, Massachusetts 3
Massachusetts 4, Brown 3
Penn 5, Brown 0
Penn 8, Brown 5
Brown 7, Columbia 2
Brown 6, Columbia 2
Brown 14, Cornell 7
Brown 7, Cornell 3
Brown 9, Army 4
Brown 13, Army 0
Holy Cross 5, Brown 0
Providence 7, Brown 3
Brown 4, Harvard 1
Harvard 6, Brown 4
Northeastern 8, Brown 3
Northeastern 7, Brown 0
Brown 13, Holy Cross 3
Men's Crew (4-2)
Brown 5;39.0, Boston University 5:46.3,
Coast Guard 5:52.0
Brown 5:56.8, Yale 5:59.1
Harvard 6:10.5, Brown 6:15.7
Northeastern 6:23.0, Brown 6:27.4
Brown over Dartmouth, 3 lengths
Women's Crew (4-4)
Harvard 5:07.0, Brown 5:10.0,
MIT 5:27.0, Northeastern 5:33.0
Brown 5:14.5, Rutgers 5:17.3
Smith 5:33.2, Brown 5:34.1
Men's Golf (6-5)
Brown 374, Bryant 377, Bentley 379
Babson 400
Brown 413, Yale 422, Columbia 427
Providence 389, Rhode Island 394,
Brown 401
4th in Ivy Championships
Providence 383, Brown 389,
Holy Cross 396
7th of 15 at New England Championships
Harvard 385, Brown 386
Dartmouth 375, Brown 388
Men's Lacrosse (9-5)
Brown 10, Harvard 5
Brown 13, New Hampshire 10
Brown 7, Massachusetts 2
Brown 8, Princeton 4
Penn 16, Brown 8
Brown 11, Yale 2
Dartmouth 5, Brown 4
Brown 13, Cornell 7
Women's Lacrosse (3-7)
Dartmouth 8, Brown 6
Yale 17, Brown 4
Cornell 9, Brown 5
Harvard 14, Brown 6
Princeton 17, Brown 3
Brown 17, Holy Cross 3
Brown 15, Boston University 9
Women's Softball (16-11)
Brown 6, Furman 1
Brown 5, Furman 3
South Carolina-Spartanburg 4,
Brown 3
Brown 14, South Carolina-
Spartanburg 10
Stonehill 3, Brown 2
Brown 2, Stonehill 1
Providence 4, Brown 0
Providence 1, Brown 0
Brown 15, Barrington 8
Brown 11, Barrington 1
2nd in Ivy Championships
Brown 5, Roger Williams 4
Brown 6, Roger Williams 0
Brown 8, Bridgewater State 7
Bridgewater State 7, Brown 6
Rhode Island College 8, Brown 2
Brown 4, Rhode Island College 1
Providence 6, Brown 1
Men's Tennis (14-4)
San Diego 7, Brown 2
Brown 5, California-Santa Barbara 4
Brown 6, Navy 3
Princeton 5, Brown 1
Brown 8, Boston Uni\'ersity 1
Brown 6, Cornell 1
Brown 7, Army 2
Brown 8, Providence 1
Brown 6, Dartmouth 3
Harvard 7, Brown 2
Brown 5, Columbia 4
Brown 6, Rhode Island 0
3rd of 10 in New England Championship:
Women's Tennis (7-7)
California-Santa Barbara 9, Brown 0
California-Irvine 8, Brown 1
Brown 7, Cal State-Los Angeles 2
Brown 6, Cal State-Northridge 3
Penn 9, Brown 0
Princeton 7, Brown 2
Yale 7, Brown 2
Brown 9, Cornell 0
Harvard 7, Brown 2
Brown 5, Rhode Island 1
Dartmouth 8, Brown 1
Brown 7, Massachusetts 2
Men's Track (2-3)
Harvard 87, Dartmouth 64 1 2,
Brown 51 12
Rhode Island 83, Brown 72
7th in Heptagonal Championships
Women's Track (4-1)
Harvard 72 1'2, Brown 35 1/2,
Dartmouth 31
4th in Heptagonal Championships
It is always Old Brown and it is always
New Brown. I am here to greet the New
Brown of this era, to hail the dawning of
a new day full of the brightest promise.
CHARLES EVAN HUGHES 1881
at Commencement 1937
IN CELEBRATION
Chief Justice Hughes's words are probably more applicable today
than they were even in 1937. At that time, a new president, Henry
M. Wriston, was about to launch Brown's evolution from a small,
regional institution to a nationally recognized university. In 1983,
Howard Swearer leads an internationally known university,
which, as a result of the momentum set in motion by the estab-
lishment of the new curriculum in 1969, is now among the nation's
most popular institutions with the talented students it seeks. Fur-
thermore, the University is completing an unbelievably successful
capital campaign. The goal five years ago was $158 million. As of
May 15, receipts and pledges totaled $170 million, an amount that
even the most optimistic would not have thought possible.
It seems appropriate to celebrate — and celebrate we do in this
special issue. We're celebrating Brown University and we're celeb-
rating the Campaign — and what the Campaign's success means for
Brown's faculty and students.
We asked President Swearer to describe what the Campaign
means for Brown in the coming years. His article begins on the next
page. Eight members of the faculty have received endowed chairs
as a result of the Campaign. We asked three of those eight to write
an essay about some aspect of this University. Following the presi-
dent's article, you will find an essay by Henry Kucera, the Fred M.
Seed Professor of Linguistics and the Cognitive Sciences, a chair
made possible by a gift from the Fred M. Seed Foundation of Min-
neapolis. James Seed '63 is the son of the late Fred Seed. On page
40, there is an essay by John Rowe Workman, the William Duncan
Macmillan '53 Professor of Classics. The chair is the gift of the man
for whom it is named. And on page 46, you wall find an essay by
Michael Harper, the I. J. Kapstein Professor of English. The chair,
named for the popular retired professor of English and member of
the class of '26, was made possible by a gift from Marvyn Carton
'38.
To celebrate visually, we asked John Foraste to provide us with
a photo essay in color (it begins on page 24) and illustrator Valerie
Marsella to sketch some of the buildings constructed or renovated
with gifts to the Campaign.
We hope you enjoy the issue — and join us in celebration.
— The Editors
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^m-'^ttmsiimmttimm
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Future generations will judge the true
meaning of the Campaign for Brown's
contribution to the University's eminence
not so much by what was just concluded, but by
WHAT THE
CAMPAIGN BEGAN
By Howard R. Swearer
The announcement in the autumn of 1978
of the $158-million Campaign for Brown
was an act of commitment — and no little
faith. There was no wav then to "know" if such
a sum could be raised. If recent experience with
fund-raising had been a guide, the prospects
were grim. However, those close to the Univer-
sity knew that the Campaign simply had to suc-
ceed, for failure would have serious conse-
quences for the quality and character of Brown.
This was not a discretionary effort but one cen-
tral to the University's well-being.
Nor could we delay in starting the Cam-
paign in order to engage in more thorough
preparations and planning. It is no exaggera-
tion, I believe, to assert that if an effort of this
magnitude had not been launched when it was
and carried through successfully in a timely
manner, the University would have been faced
with painful decisions about its size, config-
uration, and missions that could well have re-
sulted in distinctly altered institutional direc-
tions. Without it. Brown could not possibly
have enjoyed the favorable position it does to-
day.
While the enhanced stream of gift revenue
generated by the Campaign was critical, there
were other important purposes and benefits as
well. They need to be widely understood if
Brown is to realize full measure from this stren-
uous five-year effort in which so many were
involved and to which so many contributed
generously. It needs to be appreciated that this
was not a one-shot affair which, now success-
fully concluded, can be forgotten after an ap-
propriate round of congratulatory celebrations.
In fact, the Campaign has been the centerpiece
of a series of activities to put in place the struc-
tures, procedures, and disciplines required to
build and maintain Brown's strengths.
During the early and mid-1970s, the major
preoccupation of the administration and the
Corporation was to reduce costs in order to
bring income and expenditures into balance.
Although the University had lived beyond its
means for over a decade, there was, in fact, lit-
tle "fat" to be eliminated; budget reductions
were, therefore, painful and oftentimes conten-
tious. It was essential, nonetheless, to end the
erosion of quasi (unrestricted) endowment and
to demonstrate to the Brown community that
the University could live by the discipline of a
balanced operating budget. After more than a
decade of deficits, the goal was finally achieved
during the first year of the Campaign for Brown
and has since been sustained. There is little
doubt that this achievement had a highly posi-
tive effect on the course of the Campaign — and
it was important to accomplish before the Cam-
paign moved into high gear.
It is proper for the University to be lean and
trim, but the budgetary restrictions of the 1970s
were threatening to weaken its institutional
muscle: A new infusion of revenue was essen-
tial. After several years of paring down pro-
grams and delaying plans for various institu-
tional improvements, morale was beginning to
sag. We recognized the core assumption that
academic priorities must shape budget decisions
and not the reverse. But, because the means
were not available to support various faculty
initiatives, there was little motivation to propose
initiatives. Too much energy was spent on
warding off reductions to think positi\'ely and
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creativelv about the future. Desperately needed
additions and improvements to facilities had
already been postponed for too long. In short,
the climate was not conducive to maximizing
existing strengths, let alone planning to en-
hance them in the future.
Preparations for the Campaign provided the
context and the motivation for longer-range
planning. In cooperation with departments,
academic needs were reviewed and projected
forward. Space and facilities requirements were
studied, and a comprehensive plan for improve-
ments and additions was developed. Depart-
ments were encouraged to raise their vision. It
was understood that the primary direction of
the Campaign had to be toward strengthening
the fundamental foundations of the University
and that "budget add-ons" would have to be
judicious and selective; nonetheless, our plan-
ning had changed from budget reductions to
the possibility of some additional resources for
especially pressing and attractive activities.
Anyone one who has ever engaged in institu-
tional planning knows that the latter context
provides for a planning process that is more
thoughtful, participatory, open — honest.
As it should, this healthy ferment has con-
tinued. Moreover, a number of faculty members
and departments have been active participants
in the quest to seek funding for their projects
(and for the Campaign in general). Since they
are the most persuasive advocates for Brown's
teaching and research programs, the Campaign
could not have succeeded without their direct
involvement. And, I am happy to say, this will-
ingness by many faculty members to search out
support shows no sign of abating — a lasting
benefit of the Campaign.
Many tangible benefits have flowed from the
Campaign — in teaching and research programs
and improved facilities — ranging across the en-
tire spectrum of the University. They are too
numerous to describe here. However, the Cam-
paign also has had a more generalized effect on
attitudes and atmosphere. As the Campaign
built momentum and confidence grew, we be-
came more adventuresome and willing to take
prudent risks. At a time when many other insti-
tutions were adopting a defensive posture.
Brown was aggressively pushing forward on
many fronts ranging across computing and
computer science, women's studies, a public
policy program, gerontology, chemical engineer-
ing, and many others. Previously existing pro-
grams of outstanding quality, from population
studies to geology, enhanced their winning
ways. Old buildings were renovated and new
facilities were constructed on a fast track to min-
imize the inroads of inflation.
The momentum — the sense of excitement as
milestones were reached — unified, in a most
positive way, this institution that prides itself
on its diversity. The Students Campaign for
Brown Committee, a grassroots group, assumed
its own responsibility for spreading the Cam-
paign word on campus. Their presence and ini-
tiative were obvious. And when the bells in
Carrie Tower sounded to announce reaching the
$100 million mark, the emotion was palpable.
Staff and volunteers, whose dedication to
Brown and hard work during the Campaign
cannot be overestimated — and can certainly
never be sufficiently praised — were infused with
a second wind. Analogous to the runner's high,
each new success spurred greater effort. And
with this spirit we were able to reach the Cam-
paign goal six months early.
Thus far, I have discussed the impact of
the Campaign on the campus. Its effect
on the University's relations with exter-
nal constituencies has been no less profound. It
was the powerful stimulus for us to get to know
our alumni, parents, and friends; to communi-
cate more intensely and earnestly than ever
before; to encourage the organization of various
alumni activities and events. What we discov-
ered was a welling up of enthusiasm and good
will for Brown and a ready willingness to be of
help and to be involved. The reservoir of pride
in, and loyalty to, the University was broader
and deeper than we had dared to imagine. The
bonds of the Brown community were tightened.
When "Brown Has Arrived" banners went
up in cities all over the country announcing the
various Campaign kickoffs, we were making a
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profound statement indeed. Brown had arrived,
bringing faculty, administrators, and staff to
spread the word that this campus was alive and
well and in the front line of research and schol-
arship. And Brown had arrived to take its place
in that small circle of first-rank institutions
looked to as flagbearers in education.
The Brown degree has alwavs had high
value. The quality and loyalty of our alumni
and alumnae prove over and over again that the
years spent on College Hill affected their lives
in strong, positive ways. But even the most
chauvinistic among us must recognize Brown's
new visibility and increased prestige.
These lessons must not be forgotten in the
post-Campaign period. Brown's greatness rests
in large measure on the loyalty and support of
those who believe in the value of Brown's mis-
sion— to themselves and to society. We, to-
gether, have demonstrated to ourselves what
can be achieved; and the strengthened ties that
made it all happen must be constantly renewed.
Brown has been moving quickly these last
five years. It would be tempting to take a rest, to
relax and read the press clippings. Such an in-
dulgence we cannot afford. To lose the momen-
tum gained over the last half decade would be a
strategic error.
We take very seriously the new responsibil-
ity that comes with increased prominence. Pop-
ularity is ephemeral. But Brown intends to con-
tinue to merit the attention it has achieved. This
University offers a superb education to some of
the most motivated students in the country.
Here, faced with many challenging alternatives,
they learn to make wise decisions. How they
make those choices, how they learn, may be as
important as what they learn.
Brown, too, as an institution, will have
choices to make. We have seen major changes
in the five years since the Campaign began, and
we anticipate the emergence of many new di-
rections in the years ahead. We must be ready
enough, and flexible enough, to make and to
support financially the choices the future will
offer.
The Campaign could not address many of
the priority needs of the University (after the
first round of planning in early 1978, the cost of
the projects judged meritorious totaled some
three times the final Campaign goal of $158 mil-
lion). Moreover, the Campaign itself generated
new opportunities for Brown. In short, much
remains to be accomplished — as should always
be the case for a vigorous, healthy institution.
A prime purpose of the Campaign was not
simply to meet the five-year target but to raise
dramatically the level of gifts to the University
year in and year out. In the five years prior to
1978, the University received a total of $41 mil-
lion in gifts from all sources for an average of
$8.2 million annually. This level of gift income
was well below Brown's capacity and was not
commensurate with its stature and character. It
also compared quite unfavorably with the re-
cords of other private universities of Brown's
size and nature.
Our intention has been to exit from the
Campaign with annual gift levels some three
times higher than the pre-Campaign period and
to sustain and increase them in the years ahead.
Although the modes for encouraging support
will change, the structures, attitudes, and inten-
sity of effort developed over the last five years
must not be permitted to erode. The Brown
Fund must continue to grow and the endow-
ment must continue to be strengthened on tra-
jectories established during the course of the
Campaign. A number of academic programs,
computing, medical education, financial aid for
undergraduate and graduate students, contin-
ued improvement of facilities, and more require
additional funding.
The widespread sense of forward movement
and the stature enjoyed by Brown have contrib-
uted immeasurably to the success of the Cam-
paign; and, as I have suggested, the reverse is
also true. This symbiotic relationship must be
continually nurtured. We can all take pride in
the success of the Campaign. But future genera-
tions will judge the true measure of its contribu-
tion to Brown's eminence not so much by what
was successfully concluded this year, but by
what the Campaign commenced. It should be
regarded as a foundation rather than a cap-
stone.
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SCALING
DEPARTMENTAL WALLS
Brown's non-proprietary academic
spirit encourages new fields
and interdisciplinary exploration
By Henry Kucera
Like other universities. Brown
has academic departments,
some thirty of them — not count-
ing various centers and programs.
They offer courses, design concentra-
tion programs, recommend faculty
appointments, and negotiate their
budgets with the administrators. But
unlike those in manv other institutions,
the departmental boundaries at
Brown — at least from my personal e.\-
perience — are not high disciplinary
walls difficult to scale. There is, and
long has been, at the University more
than a modicum of non-proprietary
academic spirit that accommodates new
interests and encourages interdiscipli-
nary exploration.
In a very real sense, my own career
at Brown — which spans twenty-eight
years, five presidents, and innumerable
deans — is, for better or for worse, an
example of this liberal academic Weltan-
schauung. The editors of the Broum
Alumiil Monthly permitted (or even
encouraged) me to be personal in these
brief recollections, and 1 shall take full
advantage of their generosity. To start
with; My academic title at Brown at
present may well be the longest in the
history of the University — or at least is
a good candiciate for that record. I have
recently been honored by being ap-
pointed the Fred M. Seed Professor of
Linguistics and the Cognitive Sciences;
in addition to that, 1 hold the titles of
professor of Slavic languages, of lin-
guistics, and of cognitive science, and
that of director of the Institute for
Cognitive and Neural Research.
All of this, of course, could easily
be a mixed blessing. It is not too
difficult for intellectually restless peo-
ple— and I count myself among them —
to become dilettantes, the proverbial
jacks of all trades. Surely, one role of
departments is to guard the quality of
the faculty, to exercise the necessary
peer judgment about colleagues' work,
and to plan a rational and informed
development of the field with whose
instruction they are charged. President
Barnaby Keeney, I recall, was always
on guard against colorful interdiscipli-
nary schemes when he presided, as the
president did by the rules of the fac-
ulty, over the Committee on the Cur-
riculum, which defined the academic
policy of the institution. There are thus
clearly two sides to the picture: Exces-
sive departmental constraints and
boundaries can result in immobility
and lack of development of new fields
of inquiry and of teaching. Too little
academic structure, on the other hand,
can erode standards and lead to dilet-
tantish indulgences. While there are no
absolutely perfect universities, Brown
has been rather successful in avoiding
both pitfalls, creating an atmosphere
on this campus of interdisciplinary col-
laboration in those areas where some
integration of knowledge can be fruit-
fully expected and new vistas thus
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An atmosphere allowing integration of knowledge
opened up.
Changes in academia are not really
as slow as one might think. In my life-
time, change has been remarkably
rapid. The two academic fields in
which I do most of my current work,
linguistics and cognitive science, were
not independent entities when I first
started teaching. Scholars interested in
language in a general sense, i.e., in the
development of languages, their com-
parison and structures, were then
housed — and often welcomed, to be
sure — in various verv specifically la-
beled departments or divisions, be it
English, Romance, German, or Slavic,
most of them dominated bv men and
women of primarily literary interests.
Brown — one of the pioneers — intro-
duced its undergraduate concentration
in linguistics in the late 1950s and es-
tablished a Department of Linguistics
in 1960. Cognitive science, of course, is
an even much younger discipline.
Whatever interest there was twenty or
thirty years ago in human cognition, in
a systematic inquiry into how humans
learn, process information, and reason,
was within the community of those
psychologists who were not in the
mainstream of the behaviorist school.
Brown now has two centers dedicated
to inquirv' about the human brain and
mind: the Center for Neural Sciences,
which spans the interests of the medi-
cal physiologists and the theorists of
memory models; and a Center for
Cognitive Science, which includes
among its members faculty from psy-
chology', linguistics, computer science,
anthropology, and even engineering.
The Institute for Cognitive and Neural
Research has as its main task a coordi-
nation of these activities. Our hope is
that all of us interested in this exciting
area of learning will find a common
home — physically as well as academi-
cally. The University has allocated to
the neural and cognitive sciences and
to linguistics the vacated ivlctcalf Re-
search Laboratory', where, perhaps a
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year from now, we will work, discuss,
and dispute all together.
My first assignment at Brown
was as professor of Russian
and German. Actually, the
"German" part was tacked on as some-
thing of an afterthought, rather charac-
teristic of the entire process in those
somewhat patriarchal days of the Wris-
ton presidency. 1 was probably one of
the last faculty members that Mr. Wris-
ton hired — or had a direct hand in hir-
ing. I had met the Brown president
some years before, when Henry Wris-
ton was on a visiting committee at
Harvard's Russian Research Center and
I was still a graduate student there.
When an opportunity arose for some-
one with my skills at Brown, I got the
call to submit my credentials and come
for an interview — a call that, clearly,
had something to do with Mr. Wris-
ton's excellent memory. It turned out,
however, that the position in question
was a one-year replacement for Edward
J. Brown, at that time the only pro-
fessor of Russian at the University.
Since 1 already had an appointment at
Harvard, a one-year replacement posi-
tion was really not a very attractive
proposition. When this complication
came to President Wriston's attention,
it was solved literally in two hours: The
chairman of the Division of Modern
Languages was authorized to offer me
a three-year contract and to define the
position in some way to make me use-
ful after the first year. 1 was thus made
an assistant professor of German as
well.
1 actually taught German for a year
or two after Professor Brown returned
from his sabbatical and enjoyed it
greatly. But I never experienced Mr.
Wriston's presidency while on campus
since he retired the very summer that
my wife and 1 moved to Providence.
The years of Barnaby Keeney's
rule — "rule" seems to me an appropri-
ate term — were, of course, years of
spectacular growth of the University,
due partly to his efforts and partly to
favorable national conditions, demo-
graphic and economic. There was no
longer any need to worry about too
many professors of Russian as enroll-
ments increased, and so I got tenure a
the University in 1958. When the So-
viet Union sent the first sputnik into
space, we even had a temporary en-
rollment crisis in Russian of almost
overwhelming proportions. When Pro-
fessor Brown and I returned for the fai
semester of 1958, there were some 120
students registered for the beginning
Russian course, a goodly number for
the intermediate ones, and countless
multitudes for the course in Russian
literature in translation. We had to
comb the streets of Providence to find
native or semi-native Russians who
would be able to conduct the small
conversation sections in the large cour
ses. But by the next year, we had add,
tional help and things calmed down, i
student enthusiasm to know somethin
about foreign lands settled to more tra
ditional levels. Enrollments stabilized,
the faculty grew, and a Department of
Slavic Languages was spun off from
the Division of Modern Languages in
1960.
By that time, the field of linguis-
tics— the science of language, as its
practitioners like to call it — took solid
roots at Brown. Actually Brown had a
long tradition in this area, although it
had no department; some of the best-
known figures of American linguistics
taught here at one time or another.
When I arrived, the field here was rep
resented bv W. Freeman Twaddell, an
international authority in the field of
phonology (the sound structure) as
well as a leading specialist in German
language and literature.
By 1957, Brown had an undergrad-
uate honors concentration program in
linguistics, one of the first in the coun-
try. And three years later, the Depart-
ment of Linguistics became an emand-
pated administrative entity and started
tiflering a master's degree and a Ph.D.
Just about then, in 1959 to be ex-
act, I was working on a research
project in which 1 tried to com-
pare several languages and measure
their similarity in terms of their phono-
logical structures. Although 1 had the
theory pretty much worked out, I soon
realized that the project would require
a huge amount of processing of lan-
guage data, more than enough for a
lifetime. Not wanting to spend the rest
of my life on such prosaic activity, I
went to see William Prager, Brown's
famous applied mathematician and, at
that time, director of the new computer
center. Prager presided over a room
with a large IBM 650 machine, which
had many vacuum tubes, required a
powerful air-conditioner, and had to be
fed via punched cards. Its memory, a
drum, was about as powerful as that of
3 small home computer that one may
buy nowadays for children to play
games on. But Prager did encourage
me and was quite convinced that my
data project could be done on that
machine in a rather short time. When I
popped the question of who could do
the program for me, he minced no
words: I must do it myself. Knowing
about as much about computer pro-
gramming as 1 did about the theory of
relativity, 1 was taken aback. But Willie
Prager immediately proposed a deal: If
I would teach him how to read Russian
scientific articles, he would teach me
computer programming.
It turned out to be a very advanta-
geous exchange for me: I not only
learned how to program the Brown
computer but also how to run it (the
computer room shut down at 5 o'clock,
so I got a key to it). 1 solved my prob-
lem, published a book, and got hooked
on computers as research tools. I hesi-
tate to say how much Russian Willie
Prager learned from me — although he
was a diligent student indeed. But he
soon took an interest in my language
projects which started to proliferate
and eventually, when the new modern
computer center was built in 1960, he
even gave me an office there. I started
teaching a course in what we called
"computational linguistics," and the
course eventually became cross-listed
with the Division of Applied Mathe-
[matics.
One of my first "students" in this
,ew field was W. Nelson Francis, who
joined the Brown faculty as professor
of linguistics and English in 1962. Soon
after he arrived here, Francis, with
Twaddell's encouragement, started
work on collecting a number of pres-
ent-day American-English texts that
could be used as resources for comput-
er-based research in the English lan-
guage. The total collection, when it
was completed, amounted to more
than one million words. I was the
computer "consultant" to this project
for which Francis had a research grant.
Even then, of course, computers were
pretty puny machines. Brown had ac-
quired one of the latest, an IBM 7070, a
"second-generation" computer; but
when the time came to sort the one
million words in order to construct a
vocabulary list and a frequency analysis
of the vocabulary, it took us fourteen
uninterrupted hours of computer time
as sole users of the machine (and no
time-sharing then) to do the job. But it
got done, and Francis and I have since
published two books for which this
research served as a database. The
one-million-word collection of texts in
computer form has become known as
the "Brown Corpus" and has been
used by several hundred researchers all
over the world.
My interdisciplinary encounter
of the next kind was with
Leon Cooper, officially a pro-
fessor of physics at Brown, and Ulf
Grenander, a Swedish mathematician
who had joined the Brown faculty on a
permanent basis. Cooper's interest had
gradually shifted from superconductiv-
ity, which had won him the Nobel
Prize, to an interest in neural models
and, especially, mathematically-based
models of memory organization. Gre-
nander had an interest in grammar and
its probabilistic properties. One warm
Saturday afternoon, the three of us met
and discussed the problem of how
children learn their first language.
This "first language acquisition" is a
remarkable process indeed. All normal
children accomplish it, relatively
quickly and without much instruction,
just by being exposed to a language
environment. And yet they master
what is a very complex structure, a sys-
tem of communication with many lev-
els and subtleties. The three of us dis-
cussed, quite informally — in the true
Brown spirit — what kind of formal
learning models one could construct to
explain at least the basic process in the
acquisition of language, which would
be consistent with known facts and
reasonable assumptions about human
memory, its associative powers, and its
ability to generalize. It is, of course,
precisely this need for realistic models
that is served so well by interdis-
ciplinary studies and discussions.
There lurks a danger for the lonely re-
searcher who ventures into new areas
to construct hypotheses that may well
seem plausible from the narrow per-
spective of his field, but that may be
quite incompatible with accepted as-
sumptions in other fields dealing with
the same phenomena from a different
point of view.
The pleasant labor of that Saturday
afternoon bore fruit: We started model-
ing what we called an "abduction al-
gorithm" (nothing illegal here — our
"abduction" was not from the verb "to
abduct" but from "abduce"). Eventu-
ally, two doctoral dissertations and
several publications resulted from the
development of the model. When the
Center for Neural Studies — later re-
named Center for Neural Sciences — be-
came established at the University,
Cooper became its co-director; both
Grenander and I have served on its
executive committee since the begin-
ning. And when Richard Millward and
his colleagues in psychology, linguis-
tics, and computer science established
the Center for Cognitive Science, the
participation in this exciting new area
of investigating the "ultimate fron-
tier"— the structure and function of the
human brain — found an enlarged and
very active body of men and women
from a number of very diverse depart-
ments talking, discussing, and organiz-
ing lectures and writing grant propo-
sals together.
God and the guardians of the Uni-
versity's budget willing, we all should
be moving into our renovated quarters
in the old Metcalf Research Lab some-
time within the next year. Although we
meet now for discussions and semi-
nars, the physical proximity of a com-
mon building and the interaction that it
will stimulate should provide still fur-
ther insights and discoveries.
Brown is indeed a University with-
out high departmental walls, and it is
this fact that has allowed the develop-
ment of new fields and their energetic
activity. When we move into Metcalf,
there will be no walls — only partitions.
May that be symbolic of the future and
of Brown's continuing enlightenment.
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Brown Is
a Timeless
Place in
Any Season
A photographic essay
by John Foraste
24
The past,
the present,
and the future. . .
The Sciences Library opened in 1971.
26
The men's crew rows back to the boathouse after a win on the Seekonk.
27
converge on the Hill
in a uniquely fertile blend
Speaal CoIIechon^ Librarian .Mark Brown at work in the John Hay.
28
Listciuiig to Professor of Applied MiUheiiuitics Walter Freiberger.
Her gloves luait for a Panda.
29
The beauty of spring outside tht: Roik-
30
The intensity of the classroom.
31
As it has grown and evolved
over the years. . .
The basketball team Kpjsets Penn in Mnrzvl.
Outside, unitter brings its mon beauty to ttie Hill.
33
from a small New England college
to an international University. . .
Pedatrics rounds at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Phmttiary i^ivlogi:^! lim Head talks ;i'/f/i n sliidoit
Assistant Professor of Coinpmrative Literature Karen Neivnian.
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^rown has preserved its heritage
and its intimate character.
\\Wherc the studcnti arc — Faunce House mad boxcf.
37
Research is an integral part of a first-rank iinwersiti/.
And leisure is a necessary part of a student's life.
38
I [The alumnus returning for the
' ^fiftieth reunion and the. . .
recent graduate both
share in that heritage
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— if perchniicc the people cntch sight
of a man renozcned for goodness and
worth, they become silent and stand
by with attentive ears, as he with his speech sways
their temper and soothes their hearts —
Vergil
You can't be sure what
students are thinking while
they are being lectured
ARE THEY GETTIN'
THE MESSAGE?
By John Rowe Workmaj
Shortly before a fatal illness
ended Alex Robinson's enthusi-
astic lectures on Greek history
up in Alumnae Hall, he told me that
he never lectured before undergradu-
ates without thinking about what was
going on in their minds. Their glazed
eyes were fixed on the lectern; their
faces indicated an expression of "show
me"; their note-taking was as sporadic
as it was industrious, depending upon
the professor's emphasis; did thev re-
ally comprehend the ingenuity of the
Mycenaeans or the intricacies of Them-
istocles's ruse at Salamis? After all,
there were organ pipes on either side
of the stage to be counted; there was a
memorial tablet above the door on the
left of the stage that indicated a curious
family situation or incest or both;
would the sagging valance made of
green velvet come crashing down on
the professor? In the course of time, 1
began to share Alex's thoughts as I lec-
tured from the same lectern. Do the
students hear what is being said? Do
they percei\e the lecturer's interpreta-
tions? Does all this stimulate critical
thinking?
Again, faculty chairs were at a pre-
mium in Sayles Hall when President
Wriston gave the chapel address, and
we went back again and again to hear
that we must never fashion our lives to
seek security or to learn that we must
ask ourselves why the preparation for
the problems of peace are never as
thorough and as vigorous as thev are
for war. The facultv was thoughtful
during these addresses, but what about
the students? Did thev take leave of
their annoyance at compulsory chapel
long enough to hear Wriston's admoni-
tions? Did his dramatic rhetoric bestir
their thoughts away from parietals?
What about his plan to centralize fra-
ternities in one quadrangle?
Once he learned not to drop his
voice at the end of sentences, Barnaby
Keeney delighted many of us with his
perpetual call for a spirit of "divine dis-
content" about life, academic as well as
political, and he did not need to cite an
example from the thirteenth century to
back up his point, which was simply
stated. After all, Barney was one of our
own. He thought like a professor. His
illustrations, generally taken from his
own life, revealed a deep understand-
ing of humanity, the better as well as
the worse, and we all waited for some
"Keeneyism" to carry away from Sayle|
or Alumnae. Stucients and professors
alike listened and understood, and thtl
atmosphere of research and scholarshil
was considerably enhanced. Still, the
question remained: Would the student!
continue their "divine discontent" afte|
they left Brown and moved into the
business and professional world?
In getting the message across we
can never be sure how it will be re-
ceived or the reaction it will evoke. In
lectures students will find amusement I
at the most unlikely places. A perfecthi
articulate lecture, complete \vith proofs!
and impressive evidence, will be met
with stony silence. It is a rare occasion|
when a spectacular idea will arouse
students; more likely there will be a
response when a lapboard inadvert-
ently falls on the floor or the pages of
the Hockey Neics are flipped o\'er
somewhere in the back rows. If an
opportunity for questions is gi\en at
the end of a lecture, there will inyaria-|
bl\' be one student \\ho will ask the
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A
\or\' things piintifii.\)teLl trom IIto pint-
form during the preceding lort\-eiglit
minutes. Another student will ask
three or four questions not particularly
relevant to an\thing in the lecture or
the subject at hand, questions \oked
with the word "and."
Is it embarrassment that keeps
these questions coming, rolling them
up like Hannibal's \ictories as he
mo\ed down through central Italv
against the Romans? It is to the credit
of Rhode Island's Senator Claiborne
Pell that he contended brilliantly with
one of these compound-question mer-
chants about a vear ago in Alumnae
Hall. Senator Pell had just finished a
fine address on foreign policy before a
packed audience of undergraduates. In
the question period one of our campus
politicos rose and posed a six-pronged
question; that is, he asked six different
questions in one sentence, none of
them pertaining to the address and
none of the questions related to each
other. I suppose that persons in public
life are tuned into this sort of thing.
Professors are not.
The question may be raised wheth-
er lecturing is any longer a valid form
of communication. Will discussion
groups take over the transmission of
knowledge (if indeed students have
read enough of the text to participate
in a discussion)? It is very easy to iso-
late, in a discussion, which students
have read the assignment and which
have not, but then are we conducting
an investigation or are we promoting
analytical thought?
Brown's new revised schedule of
semesters will undoubtedly af-
fect student comprehension, as
it will many other areas of our educa-
tional process. Members of the faculty
will adjust easily, 1 believe. It seems
possible, however, that students will
encounter problems completing the
work on time. Discussions will become
more frantic as those Dies Irac between
Thanksgiving and Christmas approach.
Perhaps we will have to have more lec-
tures and fewer discussion groups as
the semester progresses and as fewer
assignments are completed, and the
semester hurtles towards a close. There
will be more mystery about compre-
hension as the platform rhetoric begins
to flow and the minds of students
move elsewhere; completion of a term
paper long overdue in another course;
plane reservations to be picked up for a
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flight to the West Coast on December
20 (as professors sort out and correct
final examinations); storing safely, for
the holidays, that most treasured de-
vice of collegiate education today, the
stereo hi-fi.
With the excellent scores our stu-
dents present at admission, with the
high cost of tuition, with the grand lot-
tery of employment after graduation,
and with the unlimited talent of our
faculty in purveying traditional as well
as "new" knowledge, we can under-
stand the desire undergraduates feel
for small classes, individual tutorials,
and Group Independent Study Pro-
jects— all of which run counter to an
elaborate program of lecture courses.
Even with the many opportunities
undergraduates have to hear promi-
nent scholars and figures from public
life brought to Brown to lecture, stu-
dent attendance is in no way as high as
it used to be when a Lorimer or a
Highet or an Abbe Dimnet would fill
Sayles or Alumnae Hall.
Five years ago the call went out
from President Swearer for a new capi-
tal campaign. Our sentiments were
mixed. After all, many of us recollect
the hard work that went into the Bicen-
tennial Development Fund, the appeals
made to alumni and alumnae at their
home base — they had paid off, but the
funds came in slowly. Nevertheless
people were listening and watching
what was happening on College Hill.
Now the new call was for $158 million;
where could such money be found? We
were all very aware of the ill-fated Pro-
gram for the Seventies, the hoopla in
the Corporation Room at its launching,
and then its ghostly evaporation with
nothing but a postmark to signify its
demise. Apparently no one was listen-
ing and that at a time when Princeton
and Harvard were in the big bucks.
Now, with Howard Swearer's
call, apparently our graduates
were once more listening.
They were reflecting upon the past and
they were aware of the future. The
Campaign has been a great success, its
goal achieved well in advance of the
established time limit. Skepticism has
yielded to confidence; enthusiastic co-
operation appears in all quarters — and
at a time of national financial problems.
Most impressive has been the designa-
tion of funds and gifts. Apparently our
graduates did listen attentively in the
past, for they have remembered our
needs: professorships, scholarships,
fellowships, departmental build-
ings— and we are the richer for their
beneficence, professors and students
alike. There is something of the long
view when such endowments are
made. Professorial mortality is a pass-
ing matter, but a professorship keeps
that discipline alive and fresh for the
future, "a possession for all time."
Cramped buildings can hardly house a
modern academic department when
they have outlived their usefulness as
an East Side residence, a former frater-
nity, a boarding house before their
conversion to departmental headquar-
ters. The cost of living, no less than
that of tuition and books, makes it
imperative that we continue to aug-
ment our scholarship funds to under-
write the kind of students we want and
are getting. Perpetuation of the tradi-
tion of higher education dictates that
we radically increase funds for fellow-
ships if we are to attract graduate stu-
dents to Providence and maintain any
sort of competition with the other emi-
nent universities in this countrv.
The Wristons and the Keeneys
stimulated the best out of the Bruno-
nian past — a revival of curricular exper-
imentation surpassing even the land-
mark formulations of Francis Wayland,
the inviolable nature of knowledge for
the sake of knowledge, an enhanced
view of conscience and academic free-
dom, a devotion to bibliography and
the proper housing of books, a healthy
respect for learning, a belief that the
creative arts, the painting and poetiz-
ing, the translating and musical com-
position and other "revelations of intui-
tive genius" can be academic in nature,
a recognition that there is a broad
world out there far beyond the East
Side of Providence.
These messages seemed muted in
the turbulence of time and everyday
housekeeping on College Hill. Yet they
made their impression on our students.
Now these students are returning to
their internationally-recognized alma
mater, and their contributions show
clearh' that they were listening, that
the message was heard. Our recent
good fortune indicates that you cannot
be sure what people are thinking when
they are being lectured. Perhaps they
are storing it all away for future ex-
penditure.
John Rowe Workniau is William Duncan
MncMillan '53 Professor of Classics.
/^-
Something Old,
SOMETHING NEW
Hearts and minds were touched by
the philosophical implications of
the Campaign for Brown, but the
physical plant was affected as dramat-
ically, and much more visibly. The mu-
sical sound of construction has been
heard all over College Hill the past five
years, and it has been a symphonic
cacophony that has brought smiles to
the faces of crowded geologists and
chemists, cramped classical arche-
ologists, underpracticed athletes, and
computer scientists yearning to breathe
freely.
For our readers who haven't paid
the campus a visit recently, we sent il-
lustrator Valerie Marsella out to sketch
some of the more tangible results of
the successful Campaign.
The Center for Old World Art and Archeologi/ at 70 Waterman was
refurbished for $450,000 and opened in October 1981. This building was one
of nine departmental houses renovated as part of the Campaign.
'he Olncif-Margolics Athletic Coitcr sports nn
rtificmlly surfaced l.S-acrc rooftop iianwd for
'lamer Cotnmunciations, Inc.; an advanced heat-
ing s\/stem that recovers moist heal produced by
the Smith Swimming Center: a pruetag of $7
mtllion: and hundreds of satisfied athletes irho
use it sei'cn days a iveek, setvnteen hours a day.
43
The Center for Health Care Studies is probably
best knoum to two decades of Brown students as
the wind tunnel beneath the Bio-Med Center,
The $2.2-million addition is devoted to Brown's
medical students, faculty, and three community-
health-oriented programs headquartered at Broiim.
~'*'*»i
^^(^■•''l^^^
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Vie Ceo-Chem building, on the corner of George
and Brook Streets, was completed four months
ahead of schedule and opened last October. Ironi-
cally, only a fraction of the building's
$17-million cost has been raised. Tlte five-story
building has ninety-six offices and 41,350 square
feet of laboratory space.
The addition lo the j.W. Wilson Biology Lab is
due to be compiletcd this summer, to the tune of
$1.6 million.
^m^h
^Hrei^lb
The Gould Laboratory, a wing adjoining the
three-story computer science department on
Thayer Street, houses the Foxboro Auditorium, a
room with sloping tiers of seats and computer
workstations — the first learning environment of
its kind in the world. The Gould Laboratory,
which cost $1 million, was completed in October
1982.
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TALK ON PAPER:
An Improvised Text
on Surfaces and Depths
By Michael Harper
— luemories nre old identities —
(Yeats)
Even/ shut-eye aint asleep
Event <;ood-lnie aint gone
(Folk saying)
First Impressions:
Early January 1970, on a flight from
San Francisco to Providence via New
York, the proverbial red-eye special;
there is snow, the temperature around
zero degrees. Mv uncle, Ernest D.
Stokien ('35), had been Phi Beta Kappa
at Brown, had been a freshman when
Jav Saunders Redding ('28) was a
graduate student. Providence was hard
to forget: 1 had done a paper on the
Revolutionary War in grade school;
Alexander Crummell, free-born and liv-
ing in Brooklvn in the early nineteenth
centurv, had pastored there — Du Bois
had given Crummell an entire chapter
in The Souls of Blnek Folk, so profound
had been Crummell's commitment and
moral struggle with the nation. Freder-
ick Douglass and John Brown had
passed through Providence on the Abo-
litionist trail. I had read Redding's No
Day of Triumph, an autobiographical
travel document written with extraor-
dinar)- historical resonance and per-
sonal style, with particular attention to
the Brown days of the '20s; Richard
Wright had written an introduction
where he made reference to the
"Talented Tenth" and one man's search
for "truth and understanding."
I stayed in the Biitmore Hotel be-
fore the renovation; I was full of the
imagery of San Francisco, where I'd
lived for almost a decade. The nation
was undergoing a periodic reevaluation
of its special brand of amnesia, another
phase in questioning itself, true from
its inception, the Slave Trade, Indians,
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the peculiar institution, a scapegoat set
of ideals written out on paper for a few
while it improvised itself, while it
wrestled with the contradictions of
color and democracv, what we say and
do. In a few months Time would have
a special issue on the state of Black
America, and Ralph Ellison would
write the framing essay "What America
Would Be Like Without Blacks."
Ellison says in this important essay:
Materially, psvchologicallv and cultur-
ally, part of the nation's heritage is Negro
American, and whatever it tiecomes will be
shaped in part by the Negro's presence.
Which is fortunate, for today it is the black
American who puts pressure upon the na-
tion to live up to its ideals. It is he who
gives creatiye tension to our struggle for jus-
tice and for the elimination of those factors,
social and psychological, which make for
slums and shabby suburban communities.
It is he who insists that we purify the
American language by demanding that there
be a closer correlation between the meaning
of words and reality, between ideal and
conduct, our assertions and our actions.
Without the black American, something ir-
repressihlv hopeful and creative would go
out of the American spirit, and the nation
might well succumb to the moral snobbism
that has ever threatened its existence from
within. (Tiiiic. April 6, 1970)
I met Mark Spilka, chairman of
English, whom 1 knew by reputa-
tion; it was Saturday, and 1 was to
meet a contingent of black students,
and read and comment on my poetry
and teaching. 1 met Charles Philbrick
('44), the poet, whose son (also a poet),
Stephen ('71), was a student in
Brown's Graduate Writing Program.
Redding had staved with the Philbricks
when he visited for one semester in the
late 1940s as a guest professor teaching
the Negro in American Literature. Now
there was ant)ther push to integrate in
high places, the Ivy League.
I
'I was sometimes an innocent in my own country'
1 was al\va\s intrigued b\' the word
hitcs^mtc. and with integration. Denota-
tivelv it meant whole number: wiien
applied to societv it reeked of duplicit\',
a spectre over race relations and race
rituals. The simple answer, a whole
number never seemed acceptable as a
solution: even Time callecl Ellison's
novel The Iiwisible Mnii when the no\-
el's title was, in actualit\', without the
article. All across the countr\-, change
and amnesia: amputation and gan-
grene; Roger Williams a zealot and
emancipator: the Narragansett hidians
nameless, so man\' lix'ing on the
fringes, all looking like me.
In mv meeting with black students
we compared national notes, San Fran-
cisco State, Reed College, Oberlin; and
we discussed books, including the one
I'd had accepted for publication, Dear
John, Dear Coltraiw. (Coltrane was
newlv dead.) The book had been sub-
mitted for a competition, and though it
had not won, it had been rescued by
Gwendolyn Brooks, one of three
judges, who brought it to light. Her
name had arisen, now and then, when
I was at the Writers Workshop in Iowa;
Paul Engle had chosen her poems as a
contest winner in suburban Chicago.
She was not supposed to win, and
Engle had broken another invisible
rule.
When I read mv poems I marveled
at the acoustics and the portraiture on
the walls. I talked briefly of Ellison and
Yeats, two writers who'd opened the
doors of integration, a melding of form
of content, the sacred and the profane,
the transcendent beauty (and terror) of
art and the political reality. During the
reading, a man at the back called out
that I was an impostor, stealing from
musicians, "nothing but a mocking-
bird," another version of Phyllis
Wheatley, two centuries removed, a
veiled reference to minstrelsy and ster-
eotyped reduction.
There was dinner at the Schevills,
talk of San Francisco, which we shared,
why it was time to get out: Dreams
had, once again, turned on geography
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and I was fated: Providence Planta-
tions.
First Courses:
My first year in residence was 1971;
I had had a year's leave in Illinois,
written another book, been nominated
for several awards, taken my family to
Ireland to see the landscape of Yeats.
My honors seminar in Yeats was
taught with the intensity of the elect
and the evangelical. We lived off
Highway 44 in North Dighton, Massa-
chusetts, on sixteen acres in a 200-
year-old house; it looked like Uncle
Tom's Cabin. There were cranberries.
The neighbors kept their distance. We
waited for the birth of our daughter
while I taught classes and wrote,
memorizing the family names on the
street signs, and in the cemetery. I
soon found out I was living on an In-
dian burial mound, that the house had
a "horning" room; upstairs and down I
could hardly stand up. I thought of the
processes of photography, the reverse
technical force field of imagery, the
unwritten history, the ancestral icons.
I read on the Connecticut and Ohio
poetry circuits to raise money for a
down payment on a house; my daugh-
ter was born on the one free day in a
month of readings. She was born in
Boston; the doctor was a relative of one
of my students at Brown. I wrote and I
lived much as an outsider, though I
had discovered, fortuitously, a cousin
and her husband, Barbara and Law-
rence Sykes, whom I'd known from
childhood. Artists are here to disturb
the peace; teaching, for me, was a con-
scious process of forming and reform-
ing character, those selves that regen-
erate in the process of writing, the faith
one brings to the task of making; one
learns to improvise against opportuni-
ties. Love the process. 1 developed in
direct proportion to people and places,
the stories and vocabulary they em-
body, and the irretrievable losses of the
polity, and the soul.
People I Knew:
I read Archibald MacLeish as an
undergraduate, mostly in anthologies
rarely in the whole; when he came to
campus in 1977 for the president's in-
augural, we talked. Later he wrote the
following:
"IT"
He keeps the door to the wind open so
he knows when it hloivs. He knows
it when it blows, He knows
it. He knows.
Archibald MacLeish
for the Harper
And vou are right abo
Responsibilities; you ai
right and Yeats for oni
was wrong. Nightman
are right. I'll write you
— Archie —
Providence — the eighteenth of April
No Wind. Sun though.
In Lt'(ftTs of Archibald MacLeish 190
to 1982. edited by R.H. Winnick,
MacLeish has the following to sa
about democracy in a letter to Julian F
Boyd:
Dear old Julian: If I have been in vour min
vou have dominated mine. I have just
finished, after almost ten months without
interruption, an hour's plav for radio (vers
plav) on the paradox of the bicentennial of
self-government in the slough of Nixon
which ends with John Adams' last words.
At every page I have asked myself, dear
friend, if you would nod vour head or no.
When 1 have a fair copy I'll send it on the
chance vou would have a free half-hour to
read it. I think vour American Philosophicc
project admirable. The belief in man (for
what else is the Declaration?) is the night-
mare of knowledge. Another superstition b
be outgrown? Or an old dream coming
painfully true? Knowing what we now thin
we know of the inevitable end of the
earth — of the sun — how can man any lon|
matter? And if not man, then how his lib-
erty (is his liberty conceivable?) — how his
happiness? In brief: Who dares to hope?
And the answer, of course, is Man. Up the
continuing revolution ("in some parts
sooner, in others later")." I obev \our com-
.>
mand ot siIoiilv ^nd dwdit vour wurd. And 1
send von both nn' losxv
Archie
'"Tlnniinf jcffcnon s/i// lives."
'All nmnvxiiiiiition of a phnise ccciinn^ in liiffi-
scii'i- letter of 24 lime lS2b to Ro^it C.
Wei^htiuiiii.
MacLeish was a blessing for me at
Howard Swearer's inauguration as
Brown's president. His letters attest to
consciousness and conscientiousness
and the American tongue; he had a
sense of the dramaturgy resonating just
beneath the surface of the word. So
much of what sustains a writer in the
university is what comes in the private
correspondences emanating from other
writers in response to the work, which
gets less of its impetus, the best writ-
ing, from the ivorv tower, at least in
tlii< country for this writer.
I have had the honor of writing the
citations for honorary degrees for my
heroes and heroines: Gwendolyn
Brooks, Robert Hayden, Sterling A.
Brown, Ralph Waldo Ellison, Nathan
A. Scott, Jr. Each has made a sig-
nificant contribution to letters from
which one can build. The subtly woven
song-talk of Brooks is also an elevation
of form; she created a melding of son-
net and ballad musings. She talked
about the people who were losers until
they were retrieved and restored to the
world of the page. Hayden was a
master of adaptation; he turned the
formal qualities of his education as a
poet into a mosaic of mysterious in-
sights, what he called "romantic real-
ism." A student of Auden, and the folk.
I remember him, in his blue pajamas,
eating lox and bagels and reciting
Mother Goose rhymes to my children.
Sterling A. Brown came to campus in
April 1973. I was lucky to have met
him in New York at a ceremonial occa-
sion of the Black Academy of Arts and
Letters; we were all finely dressed,
waiting for Alex Haley to finish his talk
on Roofs so we could eat our shrimp
cocktail at the Hilton Hotel. Ernest ].
Gaines was there as one recipient for
his novel. The Autobiograpln/ of Miss ]nne
Pitman; 1 was there for History is Your
Own Heartbeat. Brown was there for a
lifetime of service to literature. This
was October 1972. Brown referred to
himself as "the Invisible Mr. Brown."
Several months later I went to
Washington, D.C., for a conference on
creative writing at the Library of Con-
gress. Ellison was there, and Gaines
read from his fiction. We went over to
Sterling Brown's house, as we'd prom-
ised in New York; we looked at the
books, and we talked about Whitman,
Sandburg, Frost, and about Richard
Wright and Ellison. I invited Brown to
campus for a lecture, "Images and Re-
ality," and a poetry reading in the
Crystal Room, the best room on cam-
pus for a poetrv reading. I remember
Gaines and me rushing for the plane
from Washington to Proyidence, for
Gaines had a reading at Brown that
evening. We rode in first class on that
leg of the trip, a gift from the airlines
and a Southern white "literate" atten-
dant, and we talked of Sterling Brown.
Gaines read from his collection. Blood-
line: he chose the story, "Just Like a
Tree," which took its title from the old
spiritual. The story was told in the
multiple point of view, eight voices on
the subject of an old woman in Louisi-
ana at the center of a push for change
in the South. The story was set in the
'60s. Gaines, the oldest of twelve chil-
dren, said he was saved by the library;
he said, "1 owe the people who raised
me, and I'll do my best."
In 1979, Ralph and Fanny Ellison
came to campus for an Ellison Festival;
there were fine moments throughout
the three-day festival — Ellison's ad-
dress, his remarks when he received
the watercolor of his mentor, Inman
Page, the first black graduate (1877) of
Brown. But what 1 remember best was
Fanny Ellison coming up to me after a
performance, again in the Crystal
Room, of "Juneteenth," Ellison's ser-
mon on the transformation from Slav-
ery to Freedom. Juneteenth is a south-
western idiomatic reference to June 19,
1865, the last day on the continent in
which slaves were freed. She said to
me, "Michael, 1 never thought I'd ever
see this." Two ministers, one a black
white man, the other a black black
man, talking to the congregation and
each other, about the magnitude of
human endurance that moment repre-
sented, and more, that blacks did not
have to apologize for being torn from
Africa, that they had paid for their pas-
sage as Americans in blood. George
Bass had selected the actors, the minis-
ters, Walter Stone and Marvin Camp-
bell, who gave voice to Ellison's text.
Nathan A. Scott, Jr., gave a lecture/
sermon on the subject of the artistry of
Invisible Man. Dr. Scott's daughter, Les-
lie ('76), was one of my advanced writ-
ing students in poetry, and she, like
her father, had the gift of rhetoric and
elan. She also knew William Blake.
The Gift of Students:
There have been many, but the one
who stands out is Gayl Jones ('73
A.M., '73 D.A.), the novelist, whom
William Meredith sent to me from
Connecticut College via Lexington,
Kentucky. She had little to say in our
meetings in independent study, but I
sent a box of manuscripts to Toni Mor-
rison, the novelist and editor at Ran-
dom House. The box weighed twenty-
two pounds. Gayl could do anything
with form — revise, expand, voice, give
texture, provide a mythic design, give
her characters a resonant speech akin
to the spirituals. One day she gave me
a poem, "Deep Song," dedicated to Bil-
lie Holiday.
"Deep Soii^"
from Chant of Saints
The blues eallmg my iwine.
She is sillying a deep song.
She is singing a deep song.
I am human.
He calls me cnizi/.
He sai/s, "You must he
crazy. "
I say, "Yes, I'm crazy."
He sits with his knees apart.
His fill is broken.
She IS singing a deep song.
He smiles.
She is singhig a deep song.
"Yes, I'm crazy.
I care about you.
I care.
I care about you.
I care.
He lifts his eyebrows.
The blues is calling my name.
I Icll him he'd better
do something about his fly.
He sai/s something softly.
He says something so softly
that I can't even hear him.
He is a dark man.
Sometimes he is a good dark man.
Sometimes he is a bad dark man.
I love him.
Travel Notes:
I was an innocent abroad, and
sometimes in mv own country. My
great-grandfather was an AME (African
Methodist Episcopal) bishop, born in
Ontario, in 1857; his father was a quar-
termaster in the British Navy, born in
British Guiana (now Guyana); his
mother was an Ojibwa (Chippewa)
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'Writers are forged in injustice'
princess. They say I was marked to
him, with a mole in the same place on
the shoulder, and the same lust for
wandering, and for seeming lost
causes. He, more than anyone else,
was responsible for my going to Africa,
and particulady to South Africa, where
he was a missionary bishop for eight
vears, from 1908-1916. Here is a letter
he wrote in his annual report of the
Fourteenth Episcopal District of the
AME Church.
Bishop John Albert Johnson served as
resident Bishop in South Africa tor eight
vears. During his encumbency Evaton Col-
lege was established, the Fannie Jackson
Coppin Girl's Hall erected, and a large plot
of ground secured with a view to erecting a
home for aged ministers.
Information of great interest and impor-
tance with reference to the status of the
South African natives is found in the follow-
ing letter:
"Annual Report cf the Fourteen Episeopal
Dtstrkl of the African ^1ethodist Episcopal
Church. To the President and Members of the
Council of Bishops of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church in Annual Session Assembled,
Wilberforce, Ohio, liine. 1913.
Greetings:
I have the honor to submit the following
for vour information and consideration: For
the past eleven months the country has suf-
fered a severe drought which has destroyed
the harvest; killed cattle, sheep, and game
in many districts. The poor facilities for
transportation in some sections greatly em-
barrassed the efforts to forward relief in the
form of provision. The lack of water was an
aggravating form of suffering.
A number of our missionaries could not
reach the seat of Conference which met in
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, in the end
of November, 1912.
During the past year four of our most
efficient elders have died, among them Rev.
Henry C. Misikinva, a graduate of Wilber-
force L'niversit)'. Two others withdrew un-
der charges, and six were expelled— four
natives and two colored — thereby decreas-
ing our ministerial ranks by twelve, a seri-
ous loss to our working force.
This lay membership increased several
hundred and the financial reports showed
an increase over last year.
The attitude of Parliament toward the
50
native and colored residents of the Union is
retlected somewhat in the passing of a Bill
prohibiting any European from selling or
leasing any land to a colored or native per-
son; or any colored or native person selling
or leasing any land to a European; restrict-
ing travel; and prohibihng a non-resident in
a location from remaining over twenty-four
hours.
In several cases recently, municipalities
have refused a church site to anv religious
body which does not have a European at its
head. Several of our large congregations
have been scattered thereby, notably Preto-
ria and Heidleburg in Transvaal. Pretoria
paid over $300 in Dollar Money at the last
Conference.
The care of all the churches under such
conditions involves much visitation, and the
encouragement of much expenditure.
I am earnestly endeavoring to serve our
Lord and Church. 1 do not hesitate to con-
fess my deep sense of need of your prayers
for patience and perseverance, and above
all, for the grace of God.
I am, my dear brethren.
Your fellow laborer,
J. Albert Johnson
South Africa, March, 1913."
The Honoring of Kin:
Writers, imaginative and critical, are
forged in injustice. Some are great liars;
they settle on rhetoric and hyperbole,
on language as regional idiom and on
national stylistics. The shared traditions
of the American tongue will not go
away. When I should have a split per-
sonality, or act as a schizophrenic, I
revel in the both/and character of being
black and American simultaneously. I
have had good teachers, many of them
students, who asked the best ques-
tions, some still unanswerable.
My best critic, Robert Stepto,
influenced his son, Rafael, to provide
me my most heartfelt moniker: Michael
"Tree." [Professor of English] Elmer Bli-
stein ('42, '53 Ph.D.) gave me his copy
of ne Negro Caravan, edited by Sterling
A. Brown, and a copy of [Professor
Emeritus of English] 1. J. Kapstein's
('26) Something of a Hero; [Dean of the
College] Harriet Sheridan gave me her
first edition of Invisible Man. Charles
Nichols ('48 Ph.D.) gives me books,
and comes to my classes when 1 ask
him — he savs I order him around, Ber-
nard Bruce, associate dean of the
Graduate School, quipped, "Harper,
i/o(( are the burden of literacy." Brown
for me is the opportunity for study am
experience; one day in the Harris Col-
lection is the best evidence of a great
university. "Kappy" has his tree, his
plaque, his scholarship fund for the
best students, and my affection as one
who will wear his name as both a duty
and a responsibility. Imagine Gaines
uttering the lines from the old spiritua
"/ shall not, I shall not be moved." My
uncle wasn't in anv hurry to return to
Brown, but he got there, late in his life
to campus; he used to room on Benev-
olent Street. Saunders Redding would
never tell vou, but his wife told me;
They were both run out of Tennessee
after a lynching while gathering data
for No Dan of Triumph. The traditions I
inherited by blood will be worked out
in what I do. We are what we do and
do not do. Sometimes the prohibitions
are as important to the context as the
commissions. 1 mean, b\ this, what th
late Dean William Brown ('72 A.M.)
told me soon after I got here: be a poet
loho speaks for the losers. I'm satisfied to
be a remembrancer, in the Keatsian
sense. Charles Churchvvell did as muc.
for the John Hay, and more for me: H<
had my books bound in leather, and h
bought them from the Brown Book-
store. Know where the bodies are bur-
ied; learn from the ghosts.
a love supreme!
An Afterword:
James Wright came to Brown in thi
spring of 1975. It w^as his first reading
in over a vear, and he was scared; his
wife, Annie, who had relatives in Bar-
rington, cheered him on. Wright read
about his family, his grandmother
who'd written an illiterate letter of ex-
cuse when he skipped school; his
brother who'd tried to save an older
boy who'd gotten caught in a "suck-
hole," a whirlpool, in the Ohio River.
He recited from the ancients, called
himself a formalist poet who wanted to
do a good job. He spoke of Little Crow
and Warren Harding. This is what he
had to say about Robert Hayden.
Q. You spcnk with such respect for the
"working class" that u'e wonder if there is a
danger of sentimentalizing workers, a dan-
ger some have felt apparent in contempo-
rary American poetry.
1 don't think that human sons of
bitches are limited to this or that social
class. I'm antipastoral. I've worked on
farms and I would never work on an-
other one. I've got up at four o'clock in
the morning and shoveled the cow
manure out of the barn and bailed
away the horse urine. The hell with it.
I worked for two nights in the factory
my father had worked in, and I quit. I
thought it was too much for me to
handle. I couldn't live that kind of life.
It was just as hard for my father. Be-
fore that summer was over I got a job
in another factory elsewhere in Ohio,
the old Mount Vernon, Ohio, Bridge
Companv. We chipped paint off gird-
ers and painted them with red lead. Do
you know Robert Hayden's poem
about his father?
"Tliosc Winter Stiminys"
Si(ihiin/s (no luy jcilticr ^f' ><P earli/
and put his clotlws on in the bliicblack
cold,
tlien until cracked liandf thai ached
from Inl'or in the weekday weather
made
banked fires blaze. No one ever
thanked him.
I'd wake and hear the cold splintering,
breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call,
and slowly I imiild rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that
house.
Speaking indifferently to him.
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as leell.
What did I know, ivhat did I know
of love's austere and lonely offices?
The word "offices" is the great
word here. Office, thev sav in French. It
is a religious service after dark. Its for-
mality, its combination of distance and
immediacy, is appropriate. In my expe-
rience uneducated people and people
who are driven by brute circumstance
to work terribly hard for a living, the
living of their families, are very big on
formality.
This is what Wright has to say
about Mark Twain:
Q. Do you belici'e that there is such a thing
as a good man and a bad man?
Yes. I can read you a passage that
defines the bad man about as well as
anything I have ever seen. Over in
Chapter 15 of The Adventures of Huckle-
berry Finn, Jim and Huck get lost in the
fog and are separated from each other.
A steamboat goes between them. Huck
goes off in the canoe and Jim remains
on the raft. Then Huck returns and
shows himself to Jim. Jim was so ex-
hausted he had fallen asleep. When he
wakes up, he is very glad to see Huck
and says "I thought you were dead."
Huck pretends that none of this has
happened, that Jim has had a dream.
Then he asks Jim to interpret the
dream in which all these horrible
things have happened and Jim gives an
elaborate interpretation of it. Then
Huck points out that there is some
trash, dead leaves and dirt and rocks
and so on, stuck on the raft. This
proves that all those things really did
happen. Huck was just trying to joke
with Jim and make fun of him a little
bit. Well, here's what Jim does.
Jim looked at the trash, and then looked
at me, and back at the trash again. He had
got the dream fixed so strong in his head
that he couldn't seem to shake it loose and
get the facts back into its place again right
away. But when he did get the thing
straightened around he looked at me steady
without ever smiling, and says:
"What do dey stan' for? I's gwyne to tell
you. When I got all wore out wid work, en
wid de callin' for you, en went to sleep, my
heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los',
en I didn' k'yer no' mo' what become er me
en de raf. En when I wake up en fine you
back ag'in, all safe en soun', de tears come,
en I could' a'got down on my knees en kiss
yo foot, I's so thankful. En all you wuz
thinkin' 'bout wuz how vou could make a
fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is
trash: en trash is what people is dat puts dirt
on de head er dev fren's en makes 'em
ashamed."
Then he got up slow and walked to the
wigwam, and went in there without saying
anything but that. But that was enough. It
made me feel so mean I could almost kissed
his foot to get him to take it back.
It was fifteen minutes before I could
work myself up to go and humble myself to
a nigger; but I done it, and I warn't ever
sorry for it afterward, neither. I didn't do
him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn't
done that one if I'd a' knowed it would
make him feel that way.
That is a good definition of a bad
Hayden said to me, after he'd been
at Brown for Commencement, where
we'd read together, and he'd received
his honorary degree: "This is a special
place, Michael, don't you forget it. And
don't let the people stop you from writ-
ing your poems, like they did me."
When I visited him in Ann Arbor,
literally on his deathbed, he made me
promise I'd write the poems he
couldn't write, not just Matt Henson
and Josephine Baker, and his grand-
son, Michael, but to make the process
of composition give up its light: the
language needs it and we must work
hard to get what it can give.
Stories don't end on deathbeds. He
thanked me once more for that stu-
dent, who'd done an honors thesis on
poetry, and gave him the gift of a print
of a night-blooming cereus in honor of
Hayden and the poem he'd written
about the cactus that blooms at mid-
night, only one bud, its fragrance like
the eves of an enchantress. The stu-
dents give back something, in an act of
transillumination; the student's name
was Susan Litwack '76.
1 think I'm at the best university I
know of; the language tells me so. I do
have that heaviness, that burden of the
weary traveler, and I'm proud. My
uncle spent four decades healing the
sick without any public notice; he lives
in the lives of his patients, as William
Carlos Williams lives. Elizabeth Bishop
was here; she wrote many memorable
poems, one for Billie Holiday. When
we were judges together, just before
she died, she said, "That was the best
poet I ever heard, but what could I do
with that music?" And my co-editor,
Robert Stepto, gave a brilliant talk
here, "Make One Music As Before."
Confluences and continuities.
"Who knows but that, on the lower
frequencies, I speak for you?"
Michael Harper is the I. j. Kapstein
Professor of English.
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lot out of life and trying to put some back. 1
have a driver who takes me for a ride of
two hours or more Monday through Friday.
Cheers!"
^ ^ Forreit Puti^e. Orange City, Fla.,
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and purchased a condominium at 101
Grande Plaza Dr., Apt. D3, Orange City
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Behnira E. Tavares. Fall River, Mass., re-
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one from O Icrnal. a Portuguese newspaper,
in recognition of her work in the field of
education; one from the mayor for her fifty
vears of ser\'ice to the school department
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'^A Earle C. Drake, Syracuse, N.Y.,
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In March, the Providence Art Club an-
nounced an exhibition that included sculp-
tures in wood, metal, and enamels by Carle-
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^ /I H. Ctishman A}ithony. president of
^O the class, writes: "Our off-year
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^ ^ Elizabeth Arnistrong Biicholz and
^ / Theta Holmes Wolf. Hollywood,
Fla., were unable to attend their 55th reun-
ion, so they had one of their own when
they met to attend the Brown banquet held
at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach on
March 17. "'27 seemed to be the oldest class
represented, except for a gentleman from
the class of '19."
George P. Richardson, jr., Fairfax, Calif.,
reports that he will be enjoying a free cruise
from Miami to Acapulco on the Royal Odys-
sey. Fle'll be one of 150 hosts to 300 women,
and "all guys and gals will be legally single.
The gals pay!" he writes. "It's a big promo-
tion for ex-Nayy officers and 'gentlemen
only."
OQ Drtt'/rf Aldrich, Providence, R.I.,
^mj exhibited watercolor landscapes at
the Providence Art Club in March.
Robert P. Montague. Southbridge, Mass.,
recently celebrated a dual anniversary. In
Noverriber 1982, a dinner was held in honor
of his having reached the age of 75 and
passed the fifty-year mark as a member of
the Massachusetts Bar. Bob is the senior
partner in the law firm of Montague and
Desautels in Southbridge.
O PI Winthroj.^ Southworth. Chevy Chase,
J\J Md., has ended his service on a
United Nations committee reviewing the
administrative statutes of the organization.
He is now completely retired and is
"savoring life in Chevy Chase."
'J'l Bdl Schofield, Newton, Mass., has
J JL been selected for biographical list-
ing in the 1982-83 edition of Who's Who in
the World. Bill is a retired Navy captain and
a former Boston journalist and foreign cor-
respondent.
Jane Reid Tait. Kerrville, Texas, writes
that she is now retired. Her husband, Rob-
ert, died in 1981.
'2 '5 Violet Bander Callahan is traveling
k3k5 from her home in Hawaii for the
reunion, stopping on the way to see her son
in Aurora, Colorado, and spending the
week before the reunion with Rae Baldwin
Scattergood.
Ruth Wade Ceqanec. secretary of the
Pembroke class, writes: "We are looking
forward to the biggest gathering of our class
since June 1933. Class members are coming
from all over the country to renew old
friendships."
friiiia's B. Coioell. Warwick, R.I., has re-
tired from teaching in the Warwick public
schools.
Dr. John R. Ewan. Washington, D.C.,
sends word that he is still in active practice
of medicine. "I began in D.C. in 1943," he
writes. "Tempus Fugtt!"
l Morton Ferrier. Jr.. Santa Fe, N.M.,
reports: "My daughter Isabelle Moya's
horse, 'Star,' was just that — it won third
place in the World Quarter Horse Champi-
onship Show at Oklahoma City."
Mildred Sullivan Gavagan. South Dart-
mouth, Mass., keeps busy with her grand-
children. Her daughter, Francine, married a
son of ]osh Weeks '19, who was a member of
the Brown football team that went to the
first Rose Bowl game in 1916.
lean Bauer Glanti, Albuquerque, N.M.,
has a new granddaughter, born to her son,
Richard. Her daughter, Martha, has a son
and a daughter.
Edivard Kreisler, Madrid, Spain, received
The Cross of Isabel The Catholic from King
Juan Carlos of Spain in November 1981.
This is considered Spain's highest honor.
Edward founded and is president of Kreis-
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Spanish" crafts, gifts, and art. He is hoping
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Riilli Husacy Loiigcncckt'r was featured
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Wii^azinc as one of several outstanding
Rhode Islanders in the arts. She received an
honorarv doctor of fine arts degree from
Brown in September 1950 and is listed in
tlie latest edition of the Rhode Island Herit-
age Hall of Fame.
Diii'/s Low, Hvattsville, Md., reports that
he is looking forward to the 50th reunion
this June. Davis spent the winter in Florida,
the earlv spring in Maryland, and plans to
be in Massachusetts in May.
Barbmn Anthony Mcnunott. Glastonbury,
Conn., does volunteer work in the RSVP
program and clerical work for the Glaston-
bury Chamber of Commerce and Hartford
Church Homes, Inc..
R}illi Sluulcr, Warwick, R.I., is now re-
tired and writes magazine articles for a peri-
odical published by Warwick Community
Action. Her mailing address, which had
been lost, is Box 7060, Warwick 028b6.
Lucia Stccre Stich and her husband,
Frank, "would like to commend Brown for
the splendid week of Continuing College in
Santa Fe, N.M., last August." According to
Lucia, it helped them adapt to their new
home in Colorado. She expects to come East
for the 50th reunion.
O O Edward Galwiui. Rome, Italy, re-
v^O cently returned from a three-week
United Nations mission to Central America.
Lillian Avfcev Harris, West Hartford,
Conn., writes that she is retired and enjoy-
ing "challenging and interesting courses,
traveling, and socializing with family and
friends." She has five grandchildren, and
hopes that one of them will choose Brown.
f. Arnold McDerniott. Denver, Colo., re-
tired as personnel director of the city and
county of Denver in 1977, having held that
post since 1955. In 1980, he retired from a
teaching assignment at the University of
Colorado, and m 1983 he retired "yet
again" — this time as adjunct professor at the
University of Northern Colorado. He is now
building a career in consulting.
Robert L. Richard "regrets missing the
45th reunion." In April, he left for six
months in Europe by VW camper. "Unless
captured by evil forces," he will plan to at-
tend the 56th.
Charles B. Round, Warwick, R.I., reports
that he will be late for the reunion. He'll ar-
rive home on June 5 from a trip to China
and Japan.
^Q For the women's class of 1939:
J J There will be a get-together lunch-
eon on June 4 at 12:30 p.m. at the Faculty
Club patio, 1 Megee St. Call (401) 751-3382
or 781-1309.
Frederick H. Greene, Freeport, Maine, has
retired as director of the New Enterprises
Institute at the University of Southern
Mame. A new business development
agency, the institute was one of five na-
tional award winners in 1982 for innovative
programs in U.S. public universities.
Gene Keou^h, Pennington, N.J., retired
trom Western Electric in February. He will
continue to live in Pennington.
Inn McNamara, Dothan, Ala., writes:
'Mv wife and I have relocated from the
Republic of Panama to find life in the heart
of Dixie pleasant and affordable in retire-
ment. I'm planning to attend the 45th and
50th reunions, after being out of touch for
forty years."
AC\ ^'"'"' ^- W''"-^'""'' Flushing, N.Y.,
^Vf recently was elected vice chairman
of the board of trustees of Adelphi Univer-
sity. He has served on the board since 1955.
Roy Hunt is a vice president of Spencer
Stuart and Associates, an executive search
consulting firm in New York City. His son,
Donald Hunt '73, has joined a competitor,
Arthur Young and Company, four blocks
south on Park Avenue.
/I -| Dr. Allen R. Ferguson. Washington,
^E JL D.C., is president of the Public
Interest Economics Foundation. He writes
that the foundation has recently established
the National Institute of Economics and
Law, "which is lobbying against various at-
tempts to weaken antitrust laws in such
areas as ocean shipping, medical practice,
and exclusive territorial franchises. "Brown
economics professor George Borts is a
member of the foundation's Board of Eco-
nomic Advisers.
Dr. William E. Eraser. Dunedin, Fla.,
reports the birth of his grandson, Ian Mat-
thew Eraser, on Oct. 22, 1982.
Capt. Arthur A. Helgcrson. Lexington
Park, Md., retired from the Navy Medical
Corps in 1978, after thirty-two years of ser-
vice. "Gardening and genealogy are my re-
tirement activities," he writes.
George Hurley, Jr., Silver Spring, Md.,
and his wife were recently in Seattle where
they "house-sat" for their son and daughter-
in-law and visited Steve Stone's Capt. Whid-
bey's Inn.
George McTainiuany, Foxboro, Mass.,
reports that he retired last year "after thir-
ty-five years of service with the Foxboro
Company." He had been in purchasing.
/I ^ Dr. Irving j. Casey, Schenectady,
^t^ N.Y., retired last May from Russell
Sage College. He had been professor of so-
ciology and chairman of the department of
sociology and anthropology.
A. Wither Stevens, Las Vegas, Nev.,
sends word to his classmates that he con-
tinues as professor of humanities at the
Uni\ersity of Nevada at Las Vegas. He is
"leading a second life" as theatre and music
critic for the Las Vegas Sun. and was married
on Feb. 12 to Loucinda Wilder Davis.
/t O Arlene Rome Ten Eyek. secretary for
TlvJ the Pembroke class, writes: "Proof
that life begins at forty is almost here. Your
reunion committee met on Feb. 28 to
finalize plans for this once-in-a-lifetime
event. We have included in our 'menu' a
musical cabaret at Leeds Theatre, dinner at
the Graduate Center, musicale at the Grant
Recital Hall, and a clambake at ye old Field-
house. Your attendance will make this our
best reunion ever."
Stanley W. Allen, Fairhaven, Mass., re-
ports that he has retired as a vice president
of INA Reinsurance Company in Philadel-
phia. He and his wife are building a new
home at 18 Bent Tree Ln., Hilton Head
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John G. Confrey, Ri\ersidt', Cotin., writes
that he has retired as vice president and
manai;er of the Midtown West office of
Chubb and Son, Inc., in New York City.
HSZ was "a ver\' exciting vear" for Bcr-
nicc Parivy Solifh and her famil\'. "In JuK,"
she writes, "our oldest son, Alfred, and his
wife. Peg, presented us with our first
grandchild, Benjamin Seth. Alfred is in his
last vear of training in ophthalmologv at the
lules Stein Institute at UCL.-X. His wife is an
astrophxsicist at the Jet Propulsion Labora-
tories in Pasadena. On Oct. 2, our daughter,
Sharvn, married Dr. Michael Siegel, who is
in his tlnal vear of a residency in neurology
at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Sam-
uel '7^. our voungest, helped round out the
jovous vear b\' announcing his engagement
on Oct. 19 to Martha Smith '79. Sam is a
student at Tufts Medical School in Boston,
and Mufhe, who received her .M.P.H. and
M.B.A. at Columbia, works as a medical
management consultant at Amherst Associ-
ates in .Amherst, Mass."
/I /\ ^'' ^'''■""-'-'' C Gn7/ii, Boston,
TI^ Mass., reports that he is still serv-
ing as chief of thoracic surgery at Massachu-
setts General Hospital. His daughter, Amy
'86, is now at Brown.
A C Haiflcy O. judd, Eastham, Mass.,
i J retired from The Travelers Insur-
ance Companv in 1980 as second vice presi-
dent. In Januarv, he moved to Eastham
from Connecticut.
Nancy Page, Savannah, Ga., had a book,
BMni Orr, published in November. It's part
of the Dell Laurel Leaf juvenile series.
/\(L •^''ft' Clark Donahue. Barrington,
TtU R.I., served as co-chairman of the
1983 United Cerebral Palsy telethon. She is
past president and an honorary member of
the Junior Women's Club of Barrington.
Robert W. ]ahn, Hobe Sound, Fla.,
writes: "I've been appointed national chair-
man of the Fifty-Plus Committee for NAHB.
I'm currently developing 'Eaglewood' — a
fifty-plus community in Hobe Sound."
Barbara Martin Leonard, Providence, re-
ceived the 1983 Honor Award from the Na-
tional Jewish Hospital/National Asthma
Center. She is chairman of the board and
treasurer of H and H Screw Products Manu-
facturing Company in Ashton, R.I., and is a
Brown trustee.
Allen Rust, Orange Park, Fla., took a
motorcycle trip last June from Florida to
Massachusetts in order to visit his sister,
Judy '48, and her husband, John Ellington
'49. "I've also visited Bob O'Donoghue '46
outside of Ocala, Fla,, where he and his
wife operate a citrus grove."
^O Class Reporter Christine Dunlap
TlO Farnham writes: "There's still time
to make your reservations for the fabulous
35th commencement weekend. Send in your
reservation form now, or telephone Nancy
Cantor Eddy at (617) 872-9656 or Betty Montali
Smith at (617) 222-2718 for further informa-
tion. Contributions to the Class of 1948
Scholarship Fund are still welcome. We still
need more to reach the 525,000 goal for the
fund. Checks can be made payable to
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Brown University and enclosed with your
reservation form, or sent directly to the
Brown Fund, Box 1893, Brown University."
Robert C. Barnes and George T. LaBonne
'49 are both members of the executive com-
mittee of the Manchester Community Col-
lege Foundation, which has established the
Manchester (N.H.) Regional Arts Center,
Inc., to raise funds to build and operate a
performing arts center for the region. Bob is
president of the new corporation, Ted is its
treasurer, and both are on its executive
board.
/| Q .Arthur Bobrick, New York City, has
^t^ joined the New York sales
staff of Life magazine. Previously, he had
been publisher of Intellectual Digest and an
advertising salesman for Psychology Today.
Theodore A. Hirt, Warren, Ohio, reports
that he has retired after thirty-three years
with the Thomas Steel Strip Corporation.
He has become a private consultant in the
field of continuous strip electroplating.
CO Lester R. Allen, jr.. Simsbury,
\j\J Conn., has opened a firm called A
and D Communicators, which will "rent
public relations executive time by the day,
week, or month to help businesses plan and
conduct information projects." He also re-
ports the birth of his first grandchild, Lester
R. Allen IV, in Yarmouth, Mass..
Maurice A. Bissonnette , Providence, has
been elected senior resident officer and as-
sociate director of the Tucker, Anthony and
R.L. Day securities firm. He had been serv-
ing as vice president with the company.
]anice Peterson Michael. Wynnewood, Pa.,
reports the birth of her granddaughter,
Catherine Meehan Rogers, in December,
Dr. William E. Parker, Laguna Hills,
Calif., is president of Statek Corporation, a
manufacturer of quartz crystals used for fre-
quency control. The Parker family is now
spread coast to coast with William E. Parker
II '70 in Bristol, R.L, Robert N. Parker '76 at
Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J., and Nancy
J. Parker, a marine, at Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
CI Nancy Welch Dalton sends word
J X. that all three of her sons have
graduated from the College of William and
Marv, and that "all three were Kappa
Sigma. Keith is working for Steve, who has
a chain of appliance-parts stores in the
Maryland-Delaware area. Brian has just
been promoted to treasurer of Fiduciary
Trust in Dallas." She is "especially proud"
of her uncle, Paul Welch '38, who was
elected to Brown's Hall of Fame in baseball,
Harvey B. Smdle, New York, N.Y., con-
tinues his entertainment, literary property,
and copyright law practice at 400 Madison
Ave. "My experiences as an undergraduate
member of the Brown Band and WBRU
have proved quite helpful," he says.
Robert L. Warsh, Loudonville, N.Y.,
writes: "I have sold our group of Little Folks
stores that were based in Albany, N.Y., to
the U.S. Shoe Corporation. We have estab-
lished new executive offices and a distribu-
tion center in Albany, and 1 will stay with
the corporation as president and CEO of the
children's wear division."
Alva O. Way, New Canaan, Conn., has
been named president of The Travelers
Corporation in Hartford, the nation's fourth
largest diversified financial companv. Previ-
ously, he had been president of American
Express and chairman of American Express
International Banking Corporation. Prior to
joining American Express, he was chief
financial officer of General Electric. He is a
Brown trustee.
C O Dora Biicco Lingen, Cincinnati,
\J ^m Ohio, writes that her son, Alfred,
is now a freshman at Brown. "We are so
appreciative of the existence of Brown's
Early Action Plan. Al's acceptance in De-
cember made his senior year in high school
much more enjoyable — both for him and foi
us."
Donald G. Manly, Waukesha, Wis., has
been named president of Wisconsin Centri-
fugal, Inc., which is an operating unit of
ARCO Metals Companv, which, in turn, is
a division of Atlantic Richfield. Don was
also appointed vice president and general
manager of ARCO Metals. At a news con-
ference, he presented a new high-technol-
ogy strategy for the company, which will
concentrate on producing castings.
Reese Thornton, Sebastopol, Calif., re-
cently exhibited his work in sculpture and
assemblage at the Newport Harbour Art
Museum in Newport Beach, Calif.
C '2 Edith Oelbaum Biener's daughter,
ijfj Dr. Susan Biener Bergman '78,
graduated from Boston University Medical
School in 1982 and is doing her residency ii
the VA Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Daughter Lisa graduated from Boston Uni-
versity in '82 and daughter Shelley will
graduate from Emerson College this spring.
Edith earned an M.A. in counseling last
year.
Edward A. Johnson, New London, N.H.,
has twin daughters, Anne and Sarah, in the
class of '86.
David Kramer has opened a law office at
250 Park Avenue in New ">'ork City. He will
specialize in the practice of labor and em-
ployment law.
Angus L. MacLean, San Francisco, Calif.,
plans to play in the national father, son ten-
nis tournament with his son, Angus III, in
August at the Agawam Hunt Club in Provi-
dence.
Nancy Sehattenfield Goldman, Cleveland,
Ohio, law placement director of Cleveland-
Marshall College of Law, Ohio's largest law
school, was named one of "1983's Most
Interesting People in Cleveland" in the Jan-
uarv issue of Cleveland Magazine. She report
that she was recently elected midwest re-
gional coordinator of the National Associa
fion for Law Placement. Her son, Steve,
graduated from the University of Rochester
and is working toward a master's degree in
computer science at Cleveland State Univer-
sity. Daughter julie graduated from Brown
last June. Beth, 15, is a junior in high
school.
C/l Gordon S. Bigclow has been elected
JTI chairman of the Commission on
Institutions of Higher Education of the New
England Association of Schools and Col-
leges. The commission is charged with ac
)3
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Capt, Herb Melendy, USN, Slidell,
La., has retired from the Navv af-
ter twenty-two years of active service and
ntends to resume a career as a management
nalvst in Norfolk, Va. He writes: "It was a
pleasure to see (Associate Director of
Alumni Relations] Cliff Kolb '55 during his
October visit to New Orleans and to partici-
pate in the establishment of the Brown Uni-
versity Association of Louisiana."
:rediting schools and colleges throughout
New England. Gordon is dean for educa-
tional services at the University of Southern
Maine.
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]ohn S. Liitz. Denver, Colo., has
been promoted to general partner
of Boettcher and Co., a Denver-based in-
vestment house. He will be in charge of
legal and compliance" and will be general
counsel to the firm.
John S. Robimou and his wife, Olgn Gcni-
iki Rohiiisou '57, Newton Highlands, Mass.,
report that their son, CImfc, is a sophomore
it Brown.
Dr. lules A. Titclbaum, South Orange,
M.J., writes: "Currently, 1 am director of
pediatrics and infectious disease at Beth Is-
rael Medical Center in Newark. I've been
lappily married for sixteen years to Susan,
J media specialist, and we have two chil-
dren— Adam, 14, and Amy, 10."
C''7 Barbara Cliarllon Adams, and her
l/ / husband. Earl, of Meadville, Pa.,
were in Europe twice in 1982. "The first trip
was a month spent in France and Italy. We
were able to take our two sons along when
we went back in the spring and traveled in
England, France, Italy, and Austria. 1 regret-
ted missing the 25th reunion in June."
Francinc Flynu Alkins, Mount Pleasant,
Mich., reports that she and her husband,
lohn, own a condominium on the Cote
d'Azur. "We would be interested in hearing
from any Brown alumni who live or vaca-
tion near us. Write to: Les Sirenes C, Ave.
El Paradisio 06310, Beaulieu-Sur-Mer,
France."
A. Barry Merkiu, Chicago, 111., is chair-
man and chief executive officer of Dresher,
Inc., "the country's leading maker of brass
beds."
Helen Doiialdfoii Nienhueser, Anchorage,
Alaska, is a land-use planner for the Alaska
iDepartmenl of Natural Resources. Son John
is a junior at Middlebury, and son David is
training for the 1,049-mile dog sled race
from Anchorage to Nome.
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George F. Darling, New York City,
is assistant vice president of the
Rockefeller Center Management Corporation
in New York City.
]anet Nelson Hall. Shaker Heights, Ohio,
ivrites that she has lived in Cleveland for
:en years. She is director of a volunteer
lepartment in a retirement community, and
ler husband, Dan, is a patent attorney for
firestone. All are "alive and well" including
children Katie, 14, and Mike, 12, and two
cats and a dog.
Ted Poitras, Winter Haven, Fla., has re-
reived a special medal in recognition of his
wenty years as a member of the chorus of
:he Bach Festival Society of Winter Park,
Fla. The Florida Bach Festival is the second
oldest continuing festival of its kind in the
U.S.
Dr. Emit Soiicor, Wenonah, N.J., is direc-
tor of the family therapy clinic in the de-
partment of counseling psychology at Tem-
ple University in Philadelphia. He has
recently opened a private practice in Pit-
man, N.J.
David Wilson and Susan ToUefson Wilson
'61, East Greenwich, R.L, write: "We are
proud to have our daughter, Nancy, in the
Brown class of '86!"
CO Col. Richard /. Belaud is director of
\J Zf safety for the U.S. Air Force in
Europe. He's stationed at Ramstein Air
Force Base in Germany, where his boss is
Brig. Gen. Bob Norman '57.
Donna Lezotss Brock, Huntsville, Ala., is
an engineer with the U.S. Army Missile
Command and has been selected for the
Army Materiel Acquisition and Readiness
Executive Development Program. She
writes: "I have two children, Mark and Mic-
helle, who attend the Randolph School in
Huntsville. Last year, I was president of the
Mason-Dixon Toastmasters Club, which was
named one of the top ten clubs of the
world."
The Denver Post writes that Leie Cady,
Denver, Colo., was the organizer of a mas-
sive "pub crawl" on Denver's Colfax Av-
enue. "Cady is a beverage consumer of
note," says the Post, "and a member of Bar
Tourists of America — a nationwide organiza-
tion of men and women with time on their
hands."
]olin H. Hickman, Geneseo, N.Y., has
been elected to the board of directors of
National Health Care, Inc., a nursing-home
chain with facilities in New York, Connecti-
cut, and Florida.
W. Thomas Knighl, Haworth, N.J., has
been named group vice president-general
counsel and secretary of Avon Products,
Inc. His responsibilities will include both
United States and international legal affairs
and public affairs.
Aaron Seidnian. Brookline, Mass., is de-
signing computer graphics data analysis
programs for Digital Equipment Corpora-
tion. "1 discovered 1 was a latent computer
freak," he says. His wife is Ruth Kertzer
Seidnian (see '60).
lean Sheridan, Wickford, R.I., commutes
to Providence College, where she is acquisi-
tion librarian. "My four children. Sue, Mark,
Julie, and Liz, are scattering. Sue graduated
from St. Lawrence last May, Mark is at URl,
Julie enters Emerson in the fall, and Liz is
the only girl trumpet player in the North
Kingstown High School band."
(LC\ Rebekah Hill Eckstein's M.A. student
Uv/ exhibition was held in April
at the Courtney Gallery of Jersey City State
College. She has two sons.
Martha Hoyt Kmsella, Oxford, Mich., is
producing programs for cable tele\'ision,
"including a local news program, an aerobic
exercise show, real estate hints, and whole-
some foods interviews." She adds: "It's not
quite like classmate Ted Turner, but in the
same ballgame." Before her TV work, she
had spent eight years with newspapers in
New Haven, London, and the Detroit area.
and five years as a public information coor-
dinator with an Oakland County (Michigan)
human service agency.
Ruth Kertzer Seidman has been appointed
director of the research library at the Air
Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air
Force Base, in Bedford, Mass. She is imme-
diate past president of the Boston chapter of
the Special Libraries Association. Her hus-
band is Aaron Seidmaii (see '59).
fL"! Elizabeth Diggs, New York City, is
\J -L one of five winning playwrights in
the Foundation of The Dramatists Guild/CBS
New Plays Contest. Her winning play.
Goodbye Freddy, is being presented this
spring at the South Coast Repertory in Cos-
ta Mesa, Calif. She writes: "I left academic
life (teaching literature and writing) to write
plays full time, and I'm delighted to be sur-
viving at it. My first play. Close Ties, will be
produced in England this summer at Alan
Avckbourn's Stephen Joseph Theatre in the
Round in Scarborough. I'm now at work on
a new play, R.j.'s War. commissioned by
South Coast Repertory. I've written a
screenplay of my one-act play. Dumping
Ground, which is scheduled for production
soon." She writes that her daughter, lennifer
Mackenzie, is a junior at Brown, and her
niece, Alexandra Maytag, is a freshman. "Of
course, they both love it." Alexandra is the
daughter of Elizabeth's sister, Lucy Diggs
'63. Elizabeth's new address is 219 Mulberry
St., New York 10012. She also recently
bought a 1795 farmhouse in Chatham, N.Y.
Lewis L. Gould, Austin, Texas, chairman
of the history department of the University
of Texas, gave a new course last fall on
"First Ladies in the 20th Century." His
book. The Spanish American War and President
McKinley, was recently published in paper-
back by the University Press of Kansas.
David Meister, New York City, has been
appointed senior vice president of Home
Box Office Enterprises in New York City.
Among his duties will be the responsibility
for all Cinemax programming and HBO fam-
ily programming.
lames C. Murray, Rosemead, Calif., re-
ports that he is a senior financial manage-
ment information systems analyst for Inter-
state Electronics Corporation in Anaheim,
Calif. "I design and implement manual and
automated financial applications on main-
frame computers." He and his wife, Judy,
have two sons, David, 17, and Paul, 14.
George M. Nebel, Suffern, N.Y., reports
that he is a major in the Marine Reserves
and a district manager for the New York
Telephone Company. He and his wife, Joan,
have two sons, Marty and Ricky.
luliana Thacher Plummer. New York Citv,
is director of youth employment programs
for the New York City Mission Society— "the
oldest social service agency in New York."
Douglas R. Riggs was married on Oct. 16
to Mary Mills of Newport, R.L, where they
are living. The ushers included Anthony L.
DiBiasio '77. Doug, a feature writer for the
Providence Sunday ]ournal, is the son of Pro-
fessor Emeritus Lorrin A. Riggs, who retired
five years ago as the L. Herbert Ballou Pro-
fessor of Psychology at Brown.
Edward D. Rotnier, Cranston, R.L, re-
ports that his daughter, Michelle, is a pre-
law student at Rutgers.
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W. Peter Tcagan . Acton, NUiss.. recentlv
headed up an enorgv task torce in Pakistan
for the U.S. AgencN' tor hiternational Devel-
opment. Peter is a senior consultant with
.Arthur D. Little, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass.
(L^ Stephen Jofci'h. Boston, is now an
\J^m associate professor ot philosophy
at Franimgham State College in Framing-
ham, Mass..
Thomaf H \\'il<i.'ii. Houston, will lead the
198? campaign of the United Way of the
Texas Gulf Coast. He is chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of Capital
Bank West Loop.
/I '2 Richard M. Ffnisft'i/i, VVvnnewood,
XJJ Pa., and his wife, Christine M.
Wilson (Welleslev '72), report the birth of
their first child, David Paul, on Aug. 15.
Girii/c Iciiici- Duuvn. New \ork City, has
been appointed fiscal assistant secretary at
the Department of the Treasun'. She will
oversee Treasury's management of the gov-
ernment's financial operations, cash man-
agement for the government, raismg money
to finance go\ernment debt, directing the
performance of the fiscal agency functions
of the Federal Reserve Banks, and handling
the investments of the multi-billion-dollar
trust and other accounts of the U.S. gov-
ernment. She had been a vice president of
Bankers Trust Company in New York City.
Nancy Frazicr Herman, Cooperstown,
N.Y., writes: "My son, Peter B. Frechafer, is a
member of the class of '86. Susie is a junior
at St. Paul's School, and Lisa is 13 and at
home at Cooperstown."
C. Martin Lrwycr, Tampa, Fla., writes
that he is "still serving on the front line in
the war on poverty" as staff attorney for
Bay Area Legal Services. "Last April," he
reports, "I anchored the defense as
'sweeper' for the lawyers' soccer team in its
annual match against the doctors, which
ended in a draw, and won mv age group in
the lawyer-doctor five-kilometer race, plac-
ing fifth overall."
Dr. Mil! H. Mensher. Seattle, Wash.,
sends word that he is "very happy in the
Pacific .Northwest" after spending twelve
years at the University of Iowa. John is a
partner at the Mason Clinic (section of
ophthalmology). He's married and has two
sons, Daniel, 7, and Ian, 3.
Carol Burchard O'Hare. Cambridge,
Mass., has recently become assistant general
counsel for Boston University. Prior to this,
she had been an associate with a Boston law
firm and a teacher of visually-handicapped
public school students for a group of Massa-
chusetts communities.
William C. Schiiell. Huntington, N.Y.,
has recently retired from his aerospace en-
gineering career at Grumman Aerospace
Corporation in order to devote more time to
three corporations he owns; Family Aids,
Inc., a home health care organization; Mech-
tron Industries, a manufacturing concern;
and Uniforms Unlimited, a retail outlet.
Ion Zeder, Miami, Fla., reports the birth
of his second son, Evan, on Nov. 19.
£L/\ Yolanda Maione Bernardini, Rome,
V/ JL Italy, and her husband have
moved from Paris to Rome and plan to set-
tle there indefinitely. Their children, Guilia,
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13, and G.B., 10, attend the .American Over-
seas School of Rome and are "enjoying the
best of two worlds."
Patrick Flciiry. Plattsburgh, NY., has
been promoted to professor at the State
University of New York College at Platts-
burgh. He joined the mathematics depart-
ment at the college in 1970, after two years
as a lecturer at McGill University.
Whihui Lee Cradison, Indianapolis, has
been appointed executive director of the
Indiana affiliate of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union. "In addition, I have begun my
fourth term as president of the Indiana Rep-
ertory Theatre here in Indianapolis. "
Janici R. jolmson and Lee Shepard, of
Weston, Mass, were married on June 5 in
Wellesley. Ushers were Robert Adams '63,
Gerald lohuson '69, and H. Gary Ufi/itnLsf '67.
After fifteen years with Westinghouse, Jim
is now president of Merit Liquors in Med-
ford, Mass.
Peter T. LeClair, Wayne, Pa., has joined
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company as
senior vice president and chief actuary. He
is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a
member of the American Academy of Actu-
aries, a Chartered Life Underwriter, and a
fellow of the Life Management Institute. He,
his wife. Donna, and their three daughters
now live at 9 Academy Ln., Wayne 19087.
Barbara Zwick Leunn, Chesterfield, Mo.,
writes; "I am now working as a social
worker in industry, setting up employee
motivation programs. My husband, David,
owns a bookbinding business; our daughter,
Cindy, is 13, and son. Brad, is 12."
Conrad Ober, Eugene, Oreg., and his
wife, Elaine, report the birth of their third
child, Andrew Lyle Ober. Conrad is
"program director for a sheltered workshop
in Eugene."
Charles B. Weinberg;, Vancouver, B.C., is
professor and chairman of the Division of
Marketing in the Faculty of Commerce and
Business Administration, University of Brit-
ish Columbia. His book, Marketin^^ for Public
and Nonprofit Managers, will be published by
John Wilev and Sons this spring. His wife is
loanne Bliimenfeld Weinberg; (see '65). They
have two daughters, Beth, 13, and Amy, 8.
Francis D. Wright, Annapolis, Md., and
his wife, Gayle, announce the arrival of
their second child, Elizabeth Williams, last
Aug. 18. Fran is now controller of the Ed-
ward A. Myerberg Company, a Baltimore
real estate developer and property manage-
ment company.
/T C Peter R. Ncu'sted, Calgary, Alberta,
Uk-/ and his wife have recently re-
turned from a year's sabbatical in England,
where Pete was working at the University of
Leeds in Yorkshire. He is an associate pro-
fessor and academic director of computing
for the Faculty of Management at the Uni-
versity of Calgary in Calgarv, Alberta.
Laivrence M. Silverman, Plymouth, Mass.,
continues as rabbi of Congregation Beth Ja-
cob in Plymouth. On Nov. 7, he ran in the
1982 Ocean State Marathon in Newport, R.l.
Joanne Bliimenfeld Weinberg, Vancouver,
B.C., was appointed assistant professor of
anatomy. School of Medicine, University of
British Columbia, last July. She received a
British Columbia Health Care Research
Foundation Scholarship and is pursuing re-
search on fetal alcohol syndrome. Her hus-
band is Charles B. Weinberg (see '64). They
have two daughters, Beth, 13, and Amy, 8.
(L£L Lawrence B. Dodge. Helmville,
vl" Mont., writes; "I received 4 per-
cent of the vote running as a Libertarian
Party candidate for U.S. Senate — in a three-
way race. This was sufficient to provide ou:
party with ballot status in Montana, so we
will not have to petition to place candidates
on the ballot in the future."
Dr. Ronald Knight. Tacoma, Wash., is
beginning his fourth year in the practice of
cardiothoracic surgery in Tacoma. He has
been elected to fellowship in the American
College of Surgeons, the American College
of Cardiology, and the American College ol
Chest Physicians. "Mv wife, Pat, and I hav
three daughters. Amy, 12, Allison, 8, and
Amanda, 4. We have all come to love the
sailing on Puget Sound and its islands."
Charlotte LeGates, Washington, D.C.,
reports that she has moved to a new posi-
tion as director of communications for the
Computer and Business Equipment Manu-
facturers Association in Washington.
/Z ^7 Neil Bromherg has received his
\j / Ph.D. in math and is now a sys-
tems analyst at General Electric Medical Sy
tems in Milwaukee. He and his wife, Siisiv
Kalm Bromberg (see '68), have two children,
Ingrid, 13, and Kenneth, 11.
Marvin A. Brookner, Berkeley, Calif., is
heading up the Felony Defense Unit in the
Vallejo Public Defender's Office. He and h
wife, Sherry, have two daughters, Sasha, 6
and Emma, 2.
Charlotte Clark Corkran. Portland, Oreg.
writes: "1 am doing some micropaleontolog
and drafting work, as well as continuing tc
be an environmental activist. My husband,
David H. Corkran, a JCB Library Fellow in
1963-64, still teaches at the Catlin Gabel
School, and our son, Douglas, is now 14."
Richard F. Mauro, Lakewood, Colo.,
sends word that he's become a partner in
the law firm of Morrison and Foerster. He
an avid runner, and will run his first mara-
thon soon.
Alan S. Michalowski. Nanuet, N.Y., has
been appointed president of the High En-
ergy Physics Division of LeCrov Research
Systems Corporation in Spring Valley, N.Y
David C. Santry. New York, N.Y., re-
ports: "I am now working at the securities
firm of Gilder, Gavnon and Co. at 1775
Broadway."
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/TO Ellen Anderson. Aspen, Colo,, has
V/O been a full-time deputy sheriff fo
two years while maintaining her graphic
design business. "As a deputy, mv job is
always unpredictable and interesting —
whether it be responding to a crime, a plar
crash, a car accident, a mountain rescue, a
domestic dispute, or any other emergency,
wouldn't trade my training and experience
for anything!"
loel P. Bennett, Washington, D.C., has
recently been elected to the Council of the
Economics of Law Practice section of the
American Bar Association. He has had an
article on employment discrimination pub-
lished in the Howard Law loiirnal.
Susan Kiihn Bromberg received her Ph.D
n microbiology in 1976 and ius taken a po-
ition with the Miller Brewing Company in
^waukee doing research in yeast genetics.
ier husband is Neil Brotnber^ (see '67). They
lave two children, Ingrid, 13, and Kenneth,
1.
Daniel M. Cain left Salomon Brothers,
nc, as manager and vice president of its
iealth Care Finance Group to form a new
lealth-care investment banking and capital
dvising firm. "My brother, Jim (Harvard
72) is a partner," he writes. "The objective
5 to work with voluntary hospitals and
lealth systems in planning and implement-
ng capital finance programs."
After teaching for two years at the Uni-
■ersity of Missouri, Caryl Carpenter has
noved to Minneapolis to work 'on her doc-
orate in health-care finance at the Univer-
ity of Minnesota.
Linda Coveniale has a B.F.A. from the
'arsons School of Design and an MA. and
h.D. in romance languages from Johns
iopkins University.
Steve Daniels married Margaret Lee in
977 and their son, Zachary Lee, was born
in April 3, 1980.
Paul C. Hans reports that his second
laughter, Lindsey Taylor Hans, was born
m June 23, 1982.
Robert L. Harden, Oxnard, Calif., man-
ger of financial planning for IDS, recently
ompleted the chartered financial consultant
lesignation through the American College.
ie is teaching a course in financial planning
f the University of Southern California and
i "enjoying beach living and playing lots of
acquetball."
Joan Frank Hou'larui and Roger A. Leo
vere married last June 26 and are living in
4ii 'rinceton, N.J.
George Hyde, Miami, Fla., is vice presi-
lent and general manager of WQBA-AM
nd WQBA-FM in Miami, the leading Span-
sh-language stations in South Florida. He's
emained with Susquehanna Broadcasting
"ompany since starting with WICE, Provi-
lence, during his sophomore year at
irown.
Ginger Heinbockel, New York City, mar-
ied Elisha Ignatoff in August 1980 and their
irst child, Miriam Margalit, was born last
Wgust. After working several years for the
Jnited Presbyterian Church at its New York
lity headquarters, "1 decided management
vas not for me, and 1 changed careers to
lecome a full-time writer. I'm also a free-
ance proofreader and copy editor for pub-
ishing houses in New York. Mv husband is
n actor and freelance carpenter and cabi-
letmaker."
Janet S. MeClendon became a partner in
he New York City law firm of Jacob, Med-
nger and Finnegan in January 1982.
Susan R. Primm writes: "In addition to
ing a psychiatric social worker in the
dult psychiatry clinic at Mass. General
lospital, I have begun a part-time private
iractice and am clinical instructor at Smith
College and Boston College Graduate School
pf Social Work."
Eileen Silverman Sadof, Randolph, Mass.,
s an English teacher at the Pollard Middle
Ichool in Needham, Mass.
Gwyneth Walker has recently completed a
hildren's Christmas opera entitled Mary
"ome Running'., based on the book by Jean
;ii:
Merrill, Gwyneth's Fanfare. Interlude, and
Finale were premiered bv the Twin Cities
Symphony in February, and her Second Pi-
ano Sonata was performed by pianist Michael
Haberkorn at the Lincoln Center Library last
November.
leffrex/ L. Walters. Ann Arbor, Mich., has
joined a family business that manufactures
architectural doors and components for
office furniture. "We have a plant in Michi-
gan and will be opening another in Florida
this spring."
lohn M. Walcott has established a new
firm, Walcott Systems and Associates, to
provide consulting and programming servi-
ces to users of IBM computer systems.
/I Q Barbara Bertsch Boyd, Fort Washing-
vl ^ ton, Md., reports that she is cur-
rently program manager of the Senior Exe-
cutive Service Candidate Development Pro-
gram for the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. Her husband, John, is a
psychological counselor and family therapist
with the Alexandria (Va.) Division of Mental
Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance
Abuse.
Chris Coles was the production manager
on one of the short films nominated in this
year's Oscars. Ballet Robotique, nominated for
Best Live Action Short Subject, was a depar-
ture for Chris, who usually works on full-
length films such as The ]ttzz Singer, Super-
man, and currently, Supergirl.
Robin Winkler Dorosliow, Upland, Calif.,
and her husband. Dr. James Doroshow,
report the birth of their first child, Deborah
Blythe, on Feb. 7.
Gilbert N. Lewis was married on July 3,
1982, to Susan T. Baglev. He also received a
promotion to associate professor of mathe-
matics at Michigan Technological University.
They live in Houghton, Mich.
Thomas K. Lindsey. Lubbock, Texas, has
been promoted to captain in the U.S. Army
Reserve.
Barbara Gershon Ryder. Metuchen, N.J.,
completed her doctorate in computer science
at Rutgers University last August. She is
now an assistant professor there. She and
her husband, Jonathan, have two children,
Beth Ann and Andrew.
Andrew Stanhope and Nancy Sweeney, of
Spring Lake, N.J., were married recently
and are living in Barrington, R.I. He is
manager of financial planning for a subsidi-
ary of W.R. Grace & Company.
Tern/ Warburton, Golden, Colo., writes;
"As I should have expected, fourteen years
passed before enough happened in my life
so that I had something to submit for the
class notes. Janice E. Salomon and I were
married in Golden, Colo., in 1980. Janice is
on leave from her position at National Jew-
ish Hospital while she cares for our daugh-
ter, Jaime Sarah, who was born on Septem-
ber 23, 1982. I am a teaching fellow and a
doctoral candidate in the speech communi-
cation department of the University of Den-
ver; that lets me watch mv students leave
for weekends of skiing while I grade papers
and help Janice change diapers. 1 have also
been a regular commentator on the local
National Public Radio affiliate, talking about
the lunacy of public figures and issues.
(Obviously, material is not hard to find.)"
John F. Wilkinson, jr., and his wile, jenny
Litllepage Wilkinson (see '71), Columbia, Md.,
report the birth of their third child, Evan,
on Dec. 27. John is a personnel officer with
the Department of the Interior.
^f\ Norine Duncan Cashman and her
/ \J husband, David, of Providence,
report that their daughter, Eleanor, is 5
years old. Norine, who is curator of slides
and photographs in Brown's art depart-
ment, is a participant in the 1982-83 man-
agement development program at the Uni-
versity. David is in his fifth year of teaching
English at Providence Country Day School.
David M. Fox and Annette Susan Benda
were married on June 20. They are living in
New York City. Edward S. Katz '71 was best
man. Annette graduated from Queens Col-
lege, summa cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa, in 1971.
joy javits. Chapel Hill, N.C., is a teacher
and choreographer. She returned to Brown
recently to choreograph a movement piece,
"Friendship 1st," for the Dance E.\tension.
"They danced, moved, spoke, and wrote
their own part of it. [Lecturer in Theatre
Arts] Julie Strandberg is a wonderful lady."
Joy and her husband, David Romero, are
going to be moving to Los Angeles in the
fall. "Anybody have a place for us to move
into?" She writes that she enjoyed being
back at Brown. "The students and faculty
are intelligent and kind, and I remembered
the good years I had spent there in
1966-70."
Janice B. Kruger, Washington, D.C.,
graduated from Franklin Pierce Law Center
in May and passed her D.C. bar exam. She
is working for the International Human
Rights Law Group in Washington.
^"t Dr. Patricia L. Gerbarg and her
/ JL husband. Dr. Nelson M. Braslow,
of Newton Highlands, Mass., report the
birth of their son, Joshua Ross Braslow, on
May 13, 1982.
James A. Hochman and Linda Legner
were married on Sept. 5 in Chicago, where
they are living. Linda is president of the
Legner Group, Inc., a marketing communi-
cations firm.
Meredith Roosa Inderfurth and her hus-
band. Rick, of Arlington, Va., report the
birth of their daughter, Ashley Ann, on Feb.
18, 1982.
William R. Leigh, Holliston, Mass., is a
manager of language development at Soft-
ware Arts, Inc., located at 27 Mica Ln.,
Wellesley, Mass. 02181.
James L. Nolan and Armina Sheets were
married Oct. 9 in Kent, Wash. They are liv-
ing in Seattle, with their 3-year-old son,
Matthew. Both James and Armina are em-
ployed by the Puget Sound Air Pollution
Control Agency.
Hoivard E. Peskoe, Glen Rock, N.J., has
become a member of the New York City law
firm of Cole & Dietz. His appointment was
effective Feb. 1.
Dan Riesenberg and his wife, Laura, of
San Diego, report the birth of their second
child, David, on Dec. 17. Their first son,
John, is 3. Dan is an attorney with the law
firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps,
specializing in the law relating to employee
benefits.
Paul Schopf, Hyattsville, Md., is a re-
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search oceanographer \vith NASA at the
Goddard Space Flight Center. His wife is
taw Scifhr (see '73).
Rid'y Shijtig. New "iork City, a dancer
and choreographer, is the U.S. Steel Foun-
dation Affiliate Artist for this coming vear.
Rubv has performed throughout the U.S.,
Canada. Europe, the People's Republic of
China, and Japan. She recently receiyed a
Fulbright grant to choreograph and perform
in New Zealand. Rub\- spent the years
1971-75 with the PaulTaylor Dance Com-
pany.
Dr. Dan Small (75 M.D., '73 M.M.Sc),
his wife, Jan, and son, Eyan, are liying in
San Luis Obispo, Calif. Dan is practicing
rheumatology, immunology, and internal
medicine at the San Luis NIedical Clinic.
Dr. David A. Smidcr. Boca Raton, Fla., is
in the priyate practice of ophthalmology in
Delray Beach and Boca Raton. He and his
wife, Marsha, haye two sons, Jeffrey, 3, and
Eric, 1.
Dr. Barni Stidts, Salt Lake City, Utah, is
an assistant professor of medicine at the
Uniyersity of Utah Medical Center. His
wife, Connie, is also a physician. They have
a 2-year-old daughter, Cher\'l.
lenini Littlc^mgc WUkinscn and her hus-
band, Iclm f . WUktuion (see '69), report the
birth of their third child, Eyan Littlepage
Wilkinson. Jenny is an adoptions social
worker, under contract with Lutheran Social
Services.
Daryl Dodson Wihon and her husband,
Wallace, report the birth of their daughter,
Conner\' Amelia Wilson, on Nov. 3.
^^ Ceor'^e H. Bdlmgs, Arlington, Va.,
/ ^m has been promoted from vice pres-
ident, business development, of Satellite
Television Corporation, the direct broadcast
satellite of COMSAT, to vice president, cor-
porate development, of the parent com-
pany, with responsibility for corporate strat-
egy, mergers, and acquisitions.
' Dr. Reid W. Coleman ('75 M.D) and his
wife, Kate, report the birth of their second
child, Laura Jeanne, on Sept. 22.
IV. Hudson Conneri/ and his wife, Cathy,
of Coral Springs, Fla., report the birth of
their son, William Hudson Connerv 111, on
Oct. 25.
Dr. William C. Graham ('75 M.D.), Hunt-
ington, W.Va., is assistant professor of med-
icine in the section of infectious diseases at
Marshall University School of Medicine. The
school graduated its first class in 1981.
Douglas A. Price, Tampa, Fla., will be
graduating in June from Life Chiropractic
College. He specializes in sports injuries
and lower back pain. He is competing in
body building, having won the Mr. Dixie,
Mr. Peach State, and many other titles.
Leonard Schlesinger, Arlington, Mass.,
has been promoted to associate professor of
organizational behavior/human resource
management at Harvard Business School.
He is the author of the recently-published
Quality of Worklife and the Supervisor (Praeger)
and Managing Behavior in Organizations
(McGraw-Hill). A forthcoming book is enti-
tled Recasting Bell: from Monopoly to Competi-
tion at AT&T (Scott Foresman). His wife is
Phyllis Fineman Schlesinger (see '73).
Michael T. Schmiitte, Bay Village, Ohio,
received his chartered life casualty under-
writer designation at the national CPCU
con\ention in Miami Beach in October.
Moe Shore, Cambridge, Mass., has a
\ideo company called "Show More Video"
in Cambridge. He also recently edited a
Nova program for public television.
,Adolph E. \'ezza and Denise Marie
Walker xsere married on July 17, 1981. They
are living in Gallup, N.M., where they are
practicing registered pharmacists.
Frederick Wang, Lincoln, Mass., has been
named executive vice president and chief
de\e!opment officer at Wang Laboratories in
Lowell, Mass. He had been senior vice pres-
ident, development.
David R. Weaver, Los Angeles, has been
appointed an assistant professor of architec-
ture in the School of Environmental Design,
California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, Calif.
Ben Wiles has moved from New York
City to Albany, where he is assistant coun-
sel to Gov. Mario Cuomo.
^O Mil! Clialat. Oakley, Utah, writes:
/ \J "Never meant to stay so long in
Utah, but it is an awesomely beautiful state.
1 am a freelance photojournalist, which
never provides any financial security, but
the freedom is wonderful. If friends find
themselves skiing in Park City, 1 can be con-
tacted through the newspaper there."
Alan R. Gallotta and his wife, Dianne, of
Braintree, Mass., report the birth of their
first child, Leanne Marie, on May 20. Alan
is director of athletics and is a computer sci-
ence teacher at Archbishop Williams High
School, Braintree.
Raymond F. Gorman and Helen Louise
Craig were married on Jan. 8. They are liv-
ing in College Park, Md., where Raymond
is an assistant professor of finance at the
University of Maryland. He completed his
doctor of business administration degree
from Indiana University last May.
Mari/ E. Griffin, Washington, D.C., is an
architect with Hartman-Cox in Washington.
Dr. Jeff Harper, Houston, is an assistant
professor of endocrinology at the University
of Texas Medical School. He and his wife,
Mary, have a daughter, Katie, 3, and a son,
Andrew, 1.
Donald R. Hunt. South Salem, N.Y., is
with Arthur Young & Company, New York
City, as an executive search consultant.
Kevin "Floyd" faros, Minnetonka, Minn.,
has been appointed marketing director for
new cereals in the Big "G" division of Gen-
eral Mills. Floyd joined the company in 1976
as a marketing assistant and was product
manager for Nature Valley Granola Bars,
Granola Clusters, and Chewy Granola Bars
prior to his new appointment.
Chris Kunzi and his wife, Kathy, of La-
guna Niguel, Calif., report the birth of their
third child, Taylor Michael Kunzi, on Dec.
15. Their other children are Ryan, 2, and
Kimberly, 12.
Thomas Mallon, Stewart Manor, N.Y., is
an assistant professor of English at Vassar
College and is a frequent contributor to the
National Review. He spent a sabbatical this
year as a visiting scholar at Cambridge Uni-
versity.
Boh Pangia and his wife, Stephanie, of
Scotch Plains, N.J., report the birth of their
first child, Robert William, Jr., on Sept. 24.
]ean Parvin. New York City, has joined
Business Resources Corporation as director
of communications and assistant to the
chairman. The New York-based firm is en-
gaged in the energy, automation, communi-
cations, and data processing industries
Robert A. Pollard. Arlington, Va., has
completed the requirements toward a Ph.D.
in American history at the University' of
North Carolina. His thesis focused on the
relationship between national securitv' and
foreign economic policy during the Truman
Presidency. Bob is associate editor, essays,
for The Wdson Quarterly in Washington,
D.C., after serving five years as a research
scholar for the Woodrow Wilson Interna-
tional Center for Scholars.
Mark G. Rovzar and his wife, Judy, of
Warwick Neck, R.I., report the birth of thei
son, Alexander Owen, on June 7.
Phyllis Fineman Schlesinger. Arlington,
Mass., is an instructor in management and
organizational behavior at Radcliffe College
Phyllis also maintains an independent con- v:
suiting practice in management and career
development. She is the author of the re-
cently-published Teaching Organizational Be-
havior (McGraw-Hill). Her husband is Lt'O-
nard Schlesinger (see '72).
jane Seigler and her husband, Paul Sctioj.
(see '71), reside in Hvattsville, Md. Jane is
an associate with the Washington, D.C., lai
firm of Wald, Harbrader & Ross. "We are
restoring our great, hulking, Victorian wrec
of a house in Hyattsville's newlv designatec
national historical district. We are also mak
ing preparations for the arrival of the latest
addition to our menagerie, a 2-vear-old
thoroughbred, whom we will break and
train for dressage."
Karen M. Stone. Irvington, N.Y., has
been appointed manager of executive devel
opment for Macy's New York. Her home
address is 6 Home PL, Irvington 10533.
Carol Ellis Thompson is in Jerusalem,
where she is a vice consul in the Foreign
Service. She entered the ser\ice in Novem-
ber 1981 and studied Arabic and Middle
Eastern politics before going to Jerusalem
last September. "It is a remarkable city, wit
some neighborhoods still living in the 8th
century and some nearing the 21st. Need-
less to say, the work here is fascinating."
Her address there is American Consulate
General, Jerusalem, APO New York 09672.
Pamela Hoivard Varrin and Rene D. Var-
rin, Salem, Mass., are looking forward to
catching up with old friends at the upcom-
ing reunion. Pam is a clinical psychologist c
several agencies in the Boston area, and
Rene is a partner in a Boston law firm.
Dr. Victor f. Wcmstein and his wife,
Libby (Cornell '74), of Charieston, S.C,
report the birth of their first child, Caroline
Baxter, on July 27. "We are happily settled
in Charleston, where I have a private prac-
tice in ob'gyn. Libby is a nurse practitioner
presently enjoying motherhood."
^7/1 Gaetano G. Ferro. Georgetown,
/ rt Conn., is a partner in the West-
port, Conn., law firm of Berkowitz, Balbire
and McLachlan.
Lucinda Furlong and Peter Mitchell were
married on Nov. 21 in Montclair, N.J. They
are lix'ing in New Haven, Conn., where
Peter is a cameraman for WTNH-TV. Both
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are completing M.F.A.'s in video at the Vis-
'* ual Studies workship in Rochester, N.Y.
Cindy's father, Robert G. Furlong '45, at-
tended the wedding.
Elizabctli Latcrra Hobbins and her hus-
band, Lee, of Laurel, Md., report the birth
of their first child, Sarah Elizabeth, on Jan.
28. "So far, the three of us are surviving this
total change in our lifestyle. I will be on
maternity leave from mv job with the De-
fense Department until May, and to my
surprise, I love being at home."
Darnel A. }ost and his wife. Dr. Kerry
Kelly '77 M.D., of Staten Island, N.Y., report
the birth of their first child, Colin Kelly Jost,
on June 29. "He was born on the date of
our seventh anniversary."
Dr. ]udith Finkelstein Knshtan and her
^'1 husband. Cliff, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., re-
port the birth of their first child, Aaron Ja-
cob, on Nov. 15. Judith is on the staff of the
Massachusetts Mental Health Center and is
a psychotherapy fellow at the Faulkner
Hospital. Their address is 16 Eastland Rd.,
amaica Plain 02130.
]ohn E. jzyk and his wife, Lindci Zonfrillo
fzi/k, of Providence, report the birth of their
son, Nicholas John, on Dec. 24. John is an
accountant with the Engelhard Corporation
in Plainville, Mass., a precious metals fabri-
cator. Linda is on leave as a life science
teacher at Woonsocket (R.I.) Junior High
School. Both are working on their M.B.A
degrees, John at Babson College and Linda
at Bryant College.
Leo R. Lndefinu and his wife, Carol, of
Carrollton, Texas, report the birth of their
second son, Leo Anthony, on Dec. 21. He
joins his brother, Richard, who is 3. Their
new address is 3115 Honeydew Dr., Carroll-
ton 75007. Lee is a supervisor at Ernst &
Whinney in Dallas.
Carren S. Oler, Gaithersburg, Md., has
opened a law office for the general practice
of law at 19560 Club House Rd., Gaithers-
burg 20879, telephone (301) 963-7171. Carren
graduated from the American University
Washington College of Law in 1980 and was
admitted to the bar in Maryland and the
If District of Columbia. "I would welcome
hearing from classmates in the Washington,
D.C., area."
Dr. Mare I. Raphaelson, Rockville, Md., is
on the staff of the Bon Secours Hospital in
Baltimore, after finishing his neurology resi-
dency at Stanford University and NIH.
Leu Savoie, New York City, is with Grey
Advertising. He has been promoted to sen-
ior account executive on the General Foods
Kool-Aid account.
Ted Sehoff. Fort Plain, N.Y., is in his
ninth year of teaching at Little Falls Junior
High School. In the spring of 1982 his var-
lity baseball team won the New York State
Division B championship. "In my eight
yrears of coaching varsity baseball at Little
Falls, our teams have won three league ti-
Sles, three sectional titles, and now the state
hampionship. 1 still live at RD. 1, Fort
'lain 13339, and would like to hear from
^ome old Kappa Delta Upsilon members or
faseball players."
Donna Ericksou Willianison, Wilmette, 111.,
;ias been elected a vice president at Baxter
Fravenol Laboratories, Inc., in Deerfield, 111.
Most recently. Donna had been director of
votrategic planning for the company.
^C lames A. Barker, jr., is a first-year
/ c7 student at the University of Vir-
ginia School of Law. "I'm one of the older
ones, though far from the oldest, at age 29."
His address is 118 Ivy Dr., #7, Charlottes-
ville, Va. 22901.
Ceoffrei/ F. Bouvrs, New York City, is an
associate at the New York City law firm of
Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon.
He was admitted as an attorney-at-law in
New York State, First Judicial Department,
in February, and graduated from Yeshiva
University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of
Law last June.
William Buffuni, Providence, is a forester
with the Pan American Development Foun-
dation. He participated in PADF's Agrofor-
estry Extension Project in Haiti, in which cit-
izens of Haiti were encouraged to plant and
maintain fast-growing tree seedlings to be
harvested in three to five years, thus sup-
plementing the Haitians' income and sup-
porting the goal of reforestation and soil
conservation there.
John Eraser and his wife, Claudia, of
Dunedin, Fla., are parents of a son, Ian
Matthew, born on Oct. 22, according to
John's father. Dr. William £. Eraser '41.
Geoffreii Garth, Long Beach, Calif.,
writes: "I weathered my first year as presi-
dent, shipping clerk, etc., of California Med-
ical Products. We manufacture and market
Stifneck, a new type of neck brace that I
developed. Working for myself is as much
fun as toy designing, my last straight job,
and the pay is a lot better. No wife or kids
to report. However, my family has grown to
include Buzzby, who is half Black Labrador
and half Irish Wolfhound, and is now 1 year
old."
Dr. Harold K. Gever ('78 M.D) and Diana
Lynne Turek (Cornell '75) were married on
June 14, 1981. They are living in Ventnor,
N.J.
Dr. Christine Gleason, San Francisco,
Calif., has finished her pediatric residency
at Case Western Reserve University Hospital
in Cleveland, Ohio, and has begun a neona-
tology fellowship in San Francisco. "I have
become an avid squash player and still play
the clarinet when I'm inspired."
Brad Hessel, New York City, writes: "Am
I the first member of the class of '75 to lose
$50,000? (The first and last, 1 hope). After
I'd worked my way up from receptionist to
vice president and 10-percent owner, the
publishing company I had been at since
August 1975 slid under the waves last
spring — just short of being able to market
several microcomputer games of potentially
fabulous profitability, too. (One of my for-
mer partners and I have since started a new
company to design such games.) About half
of the $50K was back salary and accrued
vacation time, and the rest was hard-earned
dough I'd speculatively re-invested. I
learned a lot they never teach you at Brown,
including how to read a P&L statement,
how to hire people and how to fire them,
how to collect bills (and how to postpone
paying bills), and especially how not to
throw good money after bad. Let's see,
$50,000 divided by seven years. . .well, it's
cheaper than undergraduate education these
days, but 1 guess the jury's still out on
whether or not it was any sort of bargain."
Rohm Cheiners Illgen, New York City, has
joined Goldman Sachs as an associate in the
firm's investment banking division.
Dr. Daniel /. Kalaskowski , Baltimore, Md.,
has completed his specialty training in pe-
diatric dentistry and is now on the staff at
the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and
the Community Pediatric Center of the Uni-
versity of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore.
Steve Lovas, jr., Tigard, Oreg., is director
of finance and administration for PACCOM,
Inc., a division of Pacific Telecom, Inc., the
sixth largest independent telephone com-
pany in the U.S. PACCOM is Pacific Tele-
phone's non-regulated marketing division.
His wife is Judith Turner Lovas '77.
Vineent V. McKuif;ht and Cynthia L. Gar-
rett were married in Washington, D.C., on
Aug. 7. They are living in Takoma Park,
Md. Cindy is a third-year student at Catho-
lic University Law School, and Vincent is an
associate at Ashcraft and Gerel.
Alexander Szabo U and his wife, Made-
leine, of Rye, N.Y., report the birth of their
second child, Tyler James, on Oct. 30. He
joins his brother, Alexander Kyle III, who is
2.
Sarah E. Wald, Belmont, Mass., has been
appointed assistant secretary of consumer
affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts in the administration of Governor
Dukakis. Also, she has been elected presi-
dent of the Women's Bar Association of
Massachusetts.
Linda Stanim-Willtg, Somerville, Mass.,
received her doctorate in clinical psychology
from Rutgers in January. "My husband,
John, and I are very excited. We bought a
100-year-old Victorian home on 142 Orchard
St. and moved there in March. I've been
working in the counseling center at Curry
College in Milton, Mass., since September."
7^ Sd/irfra Alpert. Chicago, reports
/ \J that she is "doing extremely well
selling petrochemicals for Mobil Chemical
Company in the Chicago area. I'm still foot-
loose and fancy-free and welcome contact
from any old friends in the area."
Latvrence S. Ames, Bolton, Mass., has
been making wine at Nashoba Valley Win-
ery in Concord since March 1981. "This year
we led all other New England wineries in
both the New England and Boston wine
competitions. We won our first gold medal
ever for our dry blueberry wine at the New
England competihon."
Michael L. Blumstein, New York City, is
director, capital and teletext planning, for
CBS Television. He is responsible for
financial and business planning aspects of
capital facilities and equipment in New
York, Washington, and Los Angeles, as well
as national teletext services being developed
at CBS.
Bradley Brockmann, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
graduates this month from the University of
Michigan Law School. He'll be an associate
at the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &
Hamilton in New York City this fall. Last
summer, he worked for Edwards & Angell
in Providence and Willkie Farr & Gallagher
in New York City. "Working as associates at
Willkie Farr were Jonathan Gottlieb and Ge-
nine Macks Eidter '77 . Chris Graham, John /sjoi'
(with whom I roomed in Providence), and
Steve Mclnnis are all E & A associates. It was
great to see them, along with Dr. Jessica Pcp-
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itone. Dr. lane ("Baba") Mackenzie Pciuiii^on.
and Scott Vi'miv' I'm excited about mo\ ini;
to New 'Vork and thank God that law school
is almost behind me Thought Id never
make it."
jcftrcu Caniu. Berkeley, Calit., is a securi-
ties analyst with Hambrecht and Quist in
San Francisco. His address is 1671 Arch St ,
#5. Berkeley 94709.
IVii/tcr /. Driiyiiii. Madison, Wis., is an
assistant professor ot engineering mechanics
at the University of VVisconsin-Nladison.
Timotiiv C. Forbes and Anne Harrison
were married recently. Thev are living in
New 'lork City, where Tim is a film produc-
er director with Seven Seas Cinema, and
Anne is a freelance book editor.
£ni S. Cohtinan. North Brunswick, N.|.,
writes that he has finally stopped moving
from one state to the other and has returned
to the neighborhood of his youth. "1 now
work with my family firm, Leonard Engi-
neering, Inc., in Cranford, N.J. " His home
address is: 2 Petunia Dr., Apt. 1, North
Brunswick 08902.
Alexandra Clowacki. Washington, D.C., is
on leave from the Center for Strategic and
International Studies at Georgetown Univer-
sity' to work on a short-term foreign policy
research study sponsored by the bipartisan
American Political Foundation.
Diii'iii Hacttenscluriller. Berkeley, Calif., is
assistant \nce president in Weils Fargo's In-
ternational Banking Group. "Am enjoying
Northern California's beautiful outdoors to
the fullest," he writes.
Robert Imiech and his wife. Dr. Christine
\'arney hhieeh. of Melrose, Mass., report the
birth of their daughter, Jennifer Lee, on
Dec. 16. Robert is working as an engineer
for the Department of Defense, and Chris is
in her fourth year of orthopedic residency.
Garv D. Lnorence. New York City, is a
vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, "following the ae-
rospace industry. I'm also directing a church
choir in Manhattan," he writes.
Bob Mars and his wife, Jan, are living in
Eden Prairie, Minn. Jan is assistant high
school tennis coach, and Bob is manager of
the Bloomington, Minn., branch of the W.P.
& R.S. Mars Company.
Nancy Paiiiien has joined with Susan
Werner O'Dav (whose husband is Mark
O'Day '77) and Loretta Cuda in the forma-
tion of Art Conservation Services, Inc., a
studio established for the conservation and
restoration of fine paintings. They are lo-
cated at 30 Ipswich Street in Boston. "We
welcome the opportunity to be of service to
the Brown community."
Christopher P. Raubcr married Kim P.
Williams on May 8 in San Diego. ]ohn Silber-
sack '77 was an usher. Chris and Kim are liv-
ing in San Francisco, where he is the editor
of an industrial trade magazine for Miller
Freeman Publications and she is a financial
analyst for First Nationwide Savings.
Dr. Dehra Spicehandler and her husband.
Dr. Daniel Leonard, of New York City, re-
port the birth of their son, Michael Scott
Leonard, on March 14. Debra is completing
her residency in internal medicine at New
York University and will begin a fellowship
in infectious diseases at NYU in July.
Bob Szostak and Mary Beth Bradigan, of
Glenside, Pa., were married on Nov 27.
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They are living in Wynnewood, Pa. Bob is
an attorne\- tor the Superior Court of Penn-
s\lvania, and Mar\- Beth teaches at the Oak-
lane Day School in Blue Bell.
Rebecca L. Watlin. San Francisco, is man-
ager of staffing and staff de\elopment for
the corporate banking group of Wells Fargo
Bank in San Francisco. She completed her
M.B.A. at Penn's Wharton School in 1981.
^^ Wayne M. Barnstone has moved to
/ / the "suburbs" of Manhattan,
Brooklyn Heights. Anita Abraimni Inz and
Henry Asher live one block away. "It's a
lovely area — it reminds me of lower Thayer
Street. I have left Irving Trust and am in the
trade finance division of the First National
Bank of Chicago's New York office. One of
my responsibilities includes the solicitation
of trade finance business with the People's
Republic of China. So Chinese 4-5 has paid
off."
Amy Finn Binder, New Rochelle, N.Y., is
a public relations coordinator for the citv of
New Rochelle. She also reports the birth of
her second son, Adam, who is nearly a year
old. Ethan is almost 3.
Robert I. Feinber^, Newton Centre,
Mass., graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School and is an associate
with the Boston law firm of Parker, Coulter,
Daley, and White, in its litigation depart-
ment.
Janet E. Greeiiber^, Brookline, Mass., has
become the assistant administrator for the
department of medicine at Brigham and
Women's Hospital in Boston.
Barbara Belts Hoioes. Newton Centre,
Mass., is in her second year of law school at
Boston College. She'll return to Providence
this summer for a clerkship at Edwards and
Angell.
Susan Newman lohanson and her hus-
band, George, of Springfield, Vt., report the
birth of their first child, James Arthur, on
April 27. Last year, they attended the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts, where they did
graduate work in education. "We would
love hearing from anyone in our neck of the
woods — Vermont and New Hampshire."
Beniannii R. Magee, Brooklyn, N.Y., is a
freelance musician in New York City. His
address is 238 President St., Brooklyn 11231.
Heather Magier and her husband, Asher
Rubinstein (see GS), Plainview, N.Y., report
the birth of their first child, Helen Betya
Rubinstein, on Nov. 29. Heather is on leave
from Columbia University Law School.
Robert S. Miller and his wife, Marci, of
Arlington, V'a., report the birth of their first
child, Brian Seth Miller, on Aug. 30.
Amy L. Nathan, Washington, D.C., is a
second-year student at the Georgetown
University Law Center. Prior to this, Amy
had spent four years as a newspaper re-
porter, two with the Gannett chain and two
with the Washington Post.
Meryl D. Pearlstein, New York City, is a
senior account executive at Ogilvy & Mather
Advertising in New York.
Mary Wendell Rhea is a geologist for Tex-
aco, U.S.A., in New Orleans.
Carolyn Rieder, Boston, is in her fourth
year of graduate study at Harvard, where
she is a Ph.D. candidate in psychology. She
is working at McLean Hospital, where she is
completing an internship in clinical psychol-
ogy. Carolyn is working with adolescents
and adults, both inpatients and outpatients,
and writes that she is "enjoying the work
and is learning a tremendous amount. I am
also continuing my work as a research fel-
low in child psychology at the department
of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School."
Elizabeth E. Saslozc, Boston, is in her
second year of graduate work at Harvard
Business School. "I have more time for out-
side interests and have formed a string
quartet. I'm looking to play in a variety of
chamber music groups. Fellow musicians
from Boston are invited to look me up
sometime to do some playing."
Anne C. Sibert, Arlington, Va., has
finished her Ph.D. in economics and is
working for the Federal Reserve in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Sylvia Spivey, Douglasville, Ga., finishec
her M.Ed, in counseling in December 1981
and her Ed.S. in counseling in March. Last
November, she became employed as a full-
time counselor in the Student Developmen
Center at West Georgia College in Carroll-
ton, Ga.
Dr. Sharon L. Taylor, New York City, is
doing her internship in medicine at the Ha
lem Hospital Center in New York City. "I
spent the last semester of medical school al
Friends Hospital in Tiriki, Kenya," she
writes.
Dr. Barry K. Waters, Richmond, Va.,
writes that he and his wife. Dr. Susan Wa-
ters, are second-year residents in internal
medicine and pediatrics, respecti\ely, at th
Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.
Dr. Peter P. Yu ('80 M.D.), New York
City, will be a fellow in medical oncology a
the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York Cit)
in July.
^O Lisa C. Arrowood, Boston, gradu-
/ O ated from Har\ard Law School la
June and is practicing in the litigation de-
partment of Hale and Dorr in Boston.
Paul Ayoub. Newton, Mass., graduated
from Boston College Law School last May,
where he was editor-in-chief of the Interna-
tional and Comparative Law Review. He's an
associate in the Boston law firm of Gaston
Snow & Ely Bartlett.
David W. Babson, Stamford, Conn., re-
turned briefly to Providence to work on th«
Lovelands Archaeological Project. "By the
time vou read this, I'll be somewhere else,
on another traveling archeo-peon-type job.
Such IS life, particularly in this miniature
depression. Still, 1 would like to hear (at m;
permanent Connecticut address — 202 Slice
Dr. Stamford 06907) from any of my class-
mates, particularly former members of the
Anthro D.U.G." '
Dr. Steven L. Blazar graduated last \ear
from Boston University School of Medicine.
He is a surgical intern this year at St. Eliza-
beth's Hospital at Tufts University and will
be a resident in orthopedic surgerv at the
University of Massachusetts beginning this
summer.
Peter Bopp, Evanston, III., will graduate
from Northwestern University's Business
School in June, two weeks after the reunior
"I'm looking forward to that weekend." he
writes. "I'm getting mv M.B.A. in marketing
,nd finance. Shared an apartment with Steve
Jamef '80.
Iiinc P. Cnnvlcy. New York Citv, gradu-
ated from Penn's Wharton School last Mav,
where she received her M.B.A. in finance.
She's a financial analyst with Morgan Guar-
anty Trust in New York City at 23 Wall St.
Dcbrci Ginsberg. Cambridge, Mass., is a
composer/performer, leading her own band
(performing her original jazz-funk). She
would like to hear from any alumni who
might be interested in having the group per-
form at any concert/dance/party functions in
the New England area. "1 have been per-
forming at clubs and colleges over the past
two years. 1 have tapes that have been aired
on several radio stations and hope to be re-
leasing my own album in the next few
Imonths. Also, 1 would like to hear from fel-
low creative alumni in the Boston area, par-
ticularly anyone interested in collaborating
in films or musicals, as well as any other
friends from Brown."
Dr. ]effre\i ]. Greenberg, Wvnnewood,
Pa., graduated from the University of Ro-
hester School of Medicine last June. He is
doing a medical internship at Lankenau
Hospital in Philadelphia and will be starting
his diagnostic radiology residency program
at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston next year.
Robert C. joiicf, New York City, writes
that he'll be unable to attend the reunion.
I'll be taking the CFA level 1 exam on June
4 — best wishes to my fellow classmates."
Linereiicc Y. Kny, New York City, has
been promoted to rating officer at Standard
& Poor's. He is a financial analyst in the
international bond rating department,
doing country risk and municipal finance
work." He's been with the company since
uly 1981. Lawrence's new address is 5 East
22 St., #3N, New York City 10010.
Rielmrd W. Liednuin and Stiieey Leigh Spec-
tor (see '79) were married on Aug. 28. They
are living in Manhattan. Richard is an in-
vestment banker with the New York City
firm of L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, & Tow-
bin. Tun Holliday '78 was an usher.
Riclmrii /. Lindbiu/. Philadelphia, is at
Penn's Wharton School studying for his
M.B.A., which he hopes to complete next
year.
Sivniui M. Mcncoff and Ann W. Stoeffel
were married on Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, Wis.
They are living in Chicago, where Sam is a
venture capital investor with the First Chi-
cago Investment Corporation.
Sandra j. Powell, Ashburnham, Mass., is
chairman of the ESL department at Cushing
Academy.
Dr. Pant Serrano has moved from San
Francisco to Phoenix after having completed
a residency in orthodontics at UCSF. "My
private practice is taking a lot of my time
and attention, but 1 still make time to enjoy
the Arizona desert. 1 look forward to seeing
friends in Phoenix."
Michcle Dreyfusf Shertll and her husband,
Fred, of New York City, report the birth of
their son, Philip William Sherill, on Feb. 5.
Andrew G. Tavel, New York City, who
taught for a year at the University of Miami
Law School, is practicing law with Pros-
kauer Rose Goetz and Mendelsohn. "1 have
ust finished working on my first theatrical
offering and hope to practice more enter-
tainment law in the future," he writes.
lVi/);/;t' Ennis Van Thoen, Lake Katonah,
N.Y., writes: "I'll finish my M.A. in indus-
trial psychology at New York University in
December. In the meantime I'm working in
an outpatient clinic called the New Rochelle
Guidance Center, and, among other things,
managing a restaurant called Eggs N' Such
that is totally staffed by our patients."
Katherinc D. Ventres is a first-year stu-
dent at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management at Northwestern. "This is a
grind after four years of fun work. 1 would
love to have old friends come and visit and
add some distractions. My address is 1249
Judson, Evanston 60202."
Denise Washmgton, Roosevelt, N.Y., has
been selected as one of the Outstanding
Young Women of America for 1982 by the
Outstanding Young Women of America
organization, Montgomery, Ala.
70 ^'^"' '^''''^'''" ''"'1 W''"^' '■ Stamas
/ 7 were married on June 19. They are
living in New York City, where she is in her
first year at Columbia Business School, and
he is in his first year at New York Univer-
sity Law School. Flora Del Presto, Andy Som-
mer '78, and Bdl Bernstein '78 were atten-
dants at the wedding.
Ricliard M. Bresloir, New York City,
graduated from Georgetown University Law
Center in May 1982 and passed the New
York bar exam. He's an associate with the
New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine,
& Moore.
Eric Chilton, New York City, is with
Marine Midland Bank in the international
department.
Iiilie A. Evans and Ronald D. Frantz are
still living in Southern California and have
moved into a condominium in Laguna Hills.
Both are in sales, Ron with Burlington In-
dustries and Julie with the Burroughs Cor-
poration.
Beth Dyer Hafkei and her husband,
Ethan, of St. Louis, celebrated their second
wedding anniversary on March 14. Beth is a
legislative aide for the Home Builders Asso-
ciation of Greater St. Louis, and Ethan is in
his fourth year of medical school at Wash-
ington University.
Laurie Friedman married Alon Harpaz on
June 27. They are living in New Hyde Park,
N.Y. Laurie is a researcher at the Stanley H.
Kaplan Educational Center in Manhattan.
Louise A. Hohensee, Greenbelt, Md., is
working as assistant editor at University
Press of America in Washington, D.C.
Friends can reach her at 5901 Cherrywood
Ln., #201, Greenbelt 20770.
Colette A. Hyman, Minneapolis, Minn., is
teaching women's studies at the University
of Minnesota extension division. She has an
M.A. in history.
led A. Kwartler, South Orange, N.J.,
graduates from New Jersey Medical School
this month. He'll start his otolaryngology
residence at University Hospital in Newark,
N.J., in July. "I'm going on a sailing trip
with medical school and Brown friends in
June before starting my residency."
Dan Livingstone and Debbie Pines '80 were
married in New York City on Feb. 26 and
are living in Indianapolis.
Lauren A. McDonald and Howard A.
Cole, Jr., were married on Sept. 11 in Pitts-
ford, N.Y., and are living in Camden, N.J.
Dorothy McGill was a bridesmaid. Lauren is
a third-year medical student at Temple Uni-
versity School of Medicine, and Howard is
employed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Gil Neiger, Ithaca, N.Y., is a graduate
student in computer science at Cornell Uni-
versity.
Patty Niemt, New York City, has been
working in the fashion department at Ma-
demoiselle magazine for more than two years.
lohn Rogers and his wife, Susan Michael
Rogers, of New Lebanon, N.Y., report the
birth of their first child, Catherine Meehan
Rogers, on Dec. 22. The grandparents are /.
Graham Michael and lanice Peterson Michael
'50. Aunts are Dr. Deborah Michael Lecky '73
and Linda Michael Thomas '75.
Tommy L. Riieckert, Arlington, Va., is
"still surviving the jaws of Reaganomics at
the Department of Energy in Washington.
I'm continuing to pursue a musical ministry
singing and playing guitar. My album
should be coming out in the fall, and in
April 1 appeared at Big Mother Coffee-
house."
Nancie Spcctor, Cleveland, is a doctoral
candidate at Case Western Reserve Univer-
sity and is completing her dissertation, "An
Extensive Task Analysis of the Coding Sub-
test of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
Children-Revised." She'll move to Provi-
dence in July to begin an internship in child
clinical psychology at the Brown Clinical
Psychology Internship Consortium.
Stacey Leigh Spector and Richard W. Lied-
man (see '78) were married on Aug. 28.
They are living in New York City, where
Stacey is a lawyer with Patterson, Belknap,
Webb & Taylor.
Angela R. Stone, Dallas, is back from a
year in the Virgin Islands and a year in
Maui, Hawaii. "I'm working in a business
partnership based in Dallas. We have a
rapidly growing golf accessory business that
has recently gone international. It's very sat-
isfying being self-employed and moderately
successful. 1 would love hearing from
friends at mv new address, 5813 Lovers Ln.
#126B, Dallas 75225."
Lisa Moore Waranch and her husband,
Terry, moved to Arlington, Mass., on March
1. She is working for the Millipore Corpora-
tion in Bedford, Mass. "I would love any
old friends living in the Boston area or pass-
ing through to look us up at 39 Marv St.,
Arlington 02174. My business phone is (617)
275-9200."
O/^ Cynthia Cohn, Los Angeles, writes
0\J that after spending a year and a
half studying acting and filmmaking and
working in San Francisco, she is now a stu-
dent in film production at USC, "exploring
the landscape and the freeways of Los An-
geles, making movies, writing screenplays,
and getting my first taste of the reel world.
Correspondence with the other world is de-
sired. Mv address is 3910 Elderbank Dr.,
Los Angeles 90031."
C. Li//i)i Creviston, New York City, is at
Columbia University, working on her mas-
ter's degree in historic preservation.
Geoffrey C. Del Sesto, Boston, is a staff
consultant for Computer Partners of Welles-
ley, Mass. "Being a consultant is fascinating.
I help others solve their problems while
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constantly learnint; ntnv applications. So far.
I've helped design, code. test, and imple-
ment s\stems for Westingliouse and lohn
Hancock Life Insurance. It would be great to
hear from anv fellow Zetes. trombonists, or
other band members." He lives with Miduui
Cohfii on Beacon Hill at 34 Myrtle St., #3,
Boston 02114.
Alifon L. Kam-. Bronx, N.Y., is in her
second vear of Fordham University's Ph.D.
program in clinical ps\chology. She co-au-
thored a paper in September, entitled "A
Different Drummer: Robert B. Carter and
Nineteenth-Century Hysteria," which was
published in the BuUt'ttn ol the New Ycrk
Academu of Wedicme.
Dale R. Knnisek. Boston, has been work-
ing with the Emmanuel Gospel Center since
he graduated. He's involved with Christian
outreach to vouth in the South End/Lower
Ro\bur\' neighborhoods of Boston.
Hcwani 5. Klein. Baltimore, writes that
he is "struggling through my last year of
law school. Luckily, my responsibilities as
legislative editor for the Uinvemty of Balti-
more Law Review fill otherwise drab days of
legal lecture and part-time work for a small
civil lihgahon firm. I resumed rowing this
fall with the Baltimore Rowing Club and
have been Vic Michaelson's disciple here (I
do some coaching as well). I can't wait to
stop living like a student so 1 can spend
some (and make some?) money — for beers."
Steve Jamef. Evanston, III., is graduating
in June from the Kellogg Graduate School of
Management at Northwestern University
and plans to remain in Chicago to look for a
job. Ben Burnett is also living there.
Bruce R. ]ones has moved to the suburbs
of Boston. "Toto, I don't think we're on the
East Side anymore."
Mary Minow. Ann Arbor, received her
master's degree in library science from the
Uniyersit\- of Michigan School of Library
Science in December. She was gi\'en the
Margaret Mann Award for outstanding pro-
fessional promise and is working temporar-
ily at the university-, helping to organize an
intemahonal conference for librarians from
Latin America there this spring.
Thomas Waldron Phihfs, Tarrytown,
N.Y., has been named director of the sum-
mer school at Hackley School in Tarrytown.
Debbie Pines and Dan Livin;^stone '79 were
married recently in New York City and are
living in Indianapolis.
Brad Richards, Iowa City, la., is finishing
his second year of law school at the Univer-
sity of Iowa this month. He will be a sum-
mer associate with Squire, Sanders &
Dempsey in Cleveland and welcomes any
visits while he's there.
Susan D. Roseff, Albany, N.Y., is a medi-
cal student at Albany Medical College.
lulie D. Shapiro, Austin, Texas, is a sec-
ond-year student at the University of Texas
Law School. She will be working in Wash-
ington, D.C., this summer. Julie's address
in Austin is 3517 North Hills Dr., #L-202,
Austin 78731.
Q'l Betsy M. Allen. Beth Connolly, and
O JL Debbie Pruzan (see '82) are sharing
a house in West Philadelphia. Betsy is a
second-year student at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine,
and Beth is a second-year student at the
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Law School.
Laura Cutter is studying in Japan.
"Please write, or come and visit," she
writes. Her address is Kansai University,
333 Ogura, Hirakata-shi, Osaka, 373-Japan.
Lynn Green Cildiner and her husband,
Len Cildmer. Philadelphia, report the birth of
their daughter, Rachel Lauren, on Jan. 17,
1982. Lvnn is on maternity leave from the
post-baccalaureafe pre-med program at the
University of Pennsylvania.
layne M. Henderson, Newton, Mass.,
writes: "I'm currently surviving my first
year at Boston College Law School after
working for a year in the career develop-
ment and placement office of the New Eng-
land School of Law in Boston."
Judith Jones and Richard Parker were mar-
ried in August in New York City. They are
living in New Haven, Conn. Ocie Irons was
the best man, and Kurt Creamer was one of
the ushers. Judy is a second-year law stu-
dent at Hofstra University, and Richard is a
second-year medical student at Yale.
Frank /. Mello and Claire Qiiillian (see '82)
were married on June 26 in Atlanta, Ga.
They are living in Bolton, Conn. Frank's sis-
ter, ]eanne Mello '80, was a bridesmaid. The
ushers included Craig Mello, Chris Bryant,
and Brett Ferrari (all '82). The best man was
James F. Mello '58, Frank's father. S«//i/ Cam-
eron Mello '58, Frank's mother, was in atten-
dance. Frank is an engineer for Northeast
Utilities.
Marybeth Paolino and Samuel Mather
Andrews were married on March 19 in
Providence, where they are living. Both are
teaching at Moses Brown, Marybeth in
mathematics and Samuel in science.
Barb Pendleton, Weston, Mass., has
joined Computervision Corporation in Bed-
ford, Mass., as a proposal specialist. She
had worked for one year at Rhode Island
Hospital Trust National Bank. Barb contin-
ues to sing in community groups and re-
sides on a farm in Weston.
]idie Anne Reese is in Geneva, Switzer-
land, working for the United Nations in the
International Telecommunications Union.
Katherine Stvan Rutherford and Aiidreze
David Munts, now both Munfs-Rutherford,
were married on Oct. 16 in Granville, Ohio.
They are living in Dallas, but are moving to
Amherst, Mass., this spring. The matron of
honor was Anne Rutherford Lindemann and
the best men were Rob Campagna '82 and
Mite Schield.
Edward C. Shober, Jr., Williamsport, Pa.,
is a wire mill engineer in the wire rope divi-
sion of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Amy Voorhes, San Francisco, has joined
Burson-Marsteller, a public relations/public
affairs company, as an account executive.
Previously, Amy had been an account exe-
cutive with Lowry and Partners in San
Francisco.
O O Steve Baer. Chicago, III., writes:
O^ "After a valiant but ill-fated cam-
paigning stint for a West Virginia GOP sen-
atorial candidate, 1 have settled in as direc-
tor of education for Americans United for
Life, a pro-life, public interest law firm."
Alison Berard and Carolyn Bernstein are
sharing an apartment at 11 Linden PI.,
Brookline, Mass. 02146. Alison is an assis-
tant department manager at Filene's; Carrie
is doing cardiac muscle research and will
attend medical school in the fall.
Katherine Gleason, Cambridge, Mass., has
completed graduate school applications for
next fall, and plans to study Hungarian in
London until that time.
Andrrw Creenberg. Cambridge, Mass., is
a first-year student at Harvard Law School.
C/iii« Harrell. Palo Alto, Calif., writes:
"I'm working on a master's in electrical en-
gineering at Stanford University and would
be glad for visitors. My phone number is
(415) 321-3645."
Neal F. Kane. Boston, recently made "a
(regrettably unsuccessful) appearance" with
several siblings on the ABC-TV series,
"Family Feud." Neal has been promoted to
chief editor at the International Training anc
Education Company in Framingham and
lives on Beacon Hill.
Laura Levitt is in Jerusalem studying in
the Neve Schecter Program of the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
Claire Quillian and Frank /. Mello (see '81
were married on June 26, 1982, in Atlanta,
Ga., and are now living in Bolton, Conn.
Claire is a registered representative for First
Investors Corporation.
Timothy J. O'Brien. Brooklyn, N.Y., is
working as a legislative financial analyst for
the New York City Council and was a polit-
ical consultant in this year's elections.
Debbie Pruzan. Philadelphia, Pa., is a
second-year student at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is
sharing an apartment with Betsy Allen '81
and Beth Connolly '81.
Marcia Wong, Washington, D.C., was
appointed to the Foreign Service Officer
Corps in January. Her first overseas tour
will be in the U.S. Embassy in Santo Dom-
ingo, Dominican Republic, and she expects
to leave the U.S. in September. Until then,
she will be studying at the Foreign Ser\-ice
Institute in Washington, D.C.
Gregory N. Zais. Philadelphia, Pa.,
writes: "I am currently a cash management
consultant for the Philadelphia National
Bank. Happily, my territop.' includes all of
New England, and I have had the opportu-
nity to see fellow classmates that 1 would
not have had the good fortune to visit oth-
erwise."
/^^ C Andreto Oldcnquist '55 A.M.,
VJ ^ Columbus, Ohio, is the authoi
of a new book. Normative Behavior, pub-
lished by the University Press of America
this spring. The book presents and defends
an account of the nature of morality as in-
nately social and naturalistic, developed as
the result of a million years or so of homi-
nid and early human evolutionar\' pres-
sures. He is a faculty member in the de-
partment of philosophy at Ohio State
University.
losepli N. Gayles '63 Ph.D. has accepted
the position of vice president for institu-
tional advancement at the Morehouse
School of Medicine in Atlanta, effective June
15. For the past six years, he has been pres-
ident of Talladega College, in Talladega,
Ala.
George W. Marchant '63 A.M., Sparta,
N.J., has received the U.S. Army's Meritori'
ous Civilian Service Award. "This is the
Army's second highest honorary award for^
s-
fc-;
ivilians," he writes. George is chief of the
'olicy and Compliance Division, Procure-
■' nent Directorate, of the Army's Armament
Research and Development Command.
Icihii Miuiico '66 Ph.D., Scarsdale, N.Y.,
s co-chairing the Population and Social
Ihange Seminar at Columbia University and
s on faculty fellowship from his position as
wofessor of sociology at Fordham Univer-
iity this spring.
Rivatie F. Baker '67 M.A.T., New Bed-
brd, Mass., and her husband, Charles F.
3aker III, are now writing the column,
'Classical Calliope Quarterlv." for the Chns-
ian Science Monitor. Their children's maga-
zine. Classical Calliope, is now being pub-
ished by Cobblestones, Inc..
Carol Houlihan Fh/nn '69 A.M. is the au-
hor of a new book. Washed in the Blood,
published by Putnam in March.
Robert Halky '71 A.M., Lakewood,
!olo., has been selected as a U.S. Geolog-
cal Survey Distinguished Regional Lecturer
■or 1983. He joined the USGS in 1974 and
:urrently works in the USGS Branch of Oil
md Gas Resources.
Frank L. Mott '71 Ph.D., Columbus,
Dhio, recently published his second book,
rhe Employment Revolution: Young American
Nomen of'the :970's (M.I.T. Press). He is
issociate project director at the Center for
4uman Resource Research at Ohio State
Jniversitv.
Asher Rubinstein '81 Ph.D. and Heather
'Aagier (see '77) report the birth of their first
:hild, Helen Betya Rubinstein, on Nov. 29.
'\sher is assistant professor of mechanical
ngineering at the State University of New
(("ork at Stony Brook.
Eduardo S. Vera '82 Ph.D., New York
iTlty, has joined the staff of Phillips Labora-
:ories, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., after spending
1 term as a research associate at Brown.
DEATHS
MD
Dr. Rcid W. Coleman '75 M.D.
(see '72).
Dr. William C. Graham '75 M.D. (see '72).
Dr. Dan Small '75 M.D., '73 M.M.Se.
see '71). Dr. Kerrt/ Kelly '77 M.D. and her
lusband, Daniel A. jost '74, of Staten Island,
^.Y., report the birth of their first child,
Zolin Kelly Jost, on June 29. "He was born
)n the date of our first anniversary."
Dr. Harold K. Cever '78 M.D. (see '75).
Dr. Esther /. Roliiick Nash '78 M.D. and
iier husband, David, have been making
aews as founders of Dual Doctor Families.
Just this week we were on the evening TV
lews in Philadelphia and in the Boston
lobe. We are second-year residents in in-
ernal medicine in Philadelphia, and are
ooking forward to seeing old friends at
•eunion — when my sister. Barb Rolnick '83,
will be graduating."
Dr. Peter Yu '80 M.D. (see '77).
By Peter Mandel
Thomas Leo Keily '14, New Milford,
Conn., owner of a paint manufacturing firm
in Ossining, N.Y., for many years; Feb 21.
Mr. Keily lived in Yonkers, N.Y., for most
of his life. Phi Kappa. He is survived by his
wife, Mary, c/o New Milford Nursing
Home, 19' Poplar St., New Milford 06776. A
brother was the late ]ohn V. Keily '11.
George Fremont Blwen '15, Charlestown,
R.I., a senior partner in the Providence in-
vestment firm of Brown, Lisle, & Marshall
before his retirement in 1973; March 20. Mr.
Bliven was a paymaster in the U.S. Navy
during World War I. Theta Delta Chi. Sur-
vivors include his wife, Evelyn, P.O. Box
142, Charlestown 02813; and three sons,
George, /r. '43, Edward, and loliii '45.
Emma L. Black '16, Providence, R.I.;
March 16. Her brother was Dr. Edward /.
Black '04. There are no immediate survivors.
Wdliam Black '20, New Rochelle, N.Y.,
founder and chairman of the Chock Full O'
Nuts Corporation in New York City; March
7. Mr. Black graduated from the Columbia
University School of Business in 1926. He
then started a shelled nuts stand in the bot-
tom of a Times Square office building that
eventually grew info a chain of fast-food
restaurants and a nationwide coffee busi-
ness. He founded the Parkinson's Disease
Foundation in 1957 and was a director of
the New Rochelle Hospital. Survivors in-
clude his wife. Page, of Premium Point,
New Rochelle 10801.
Woodivorth Wright '21, Providence, R.I.;
Oct. 5, 1982. He is survived by his sister,
Francis Wright, Concord Ave., Cambridge,
Mass. 02122.
Albert Otto Lundin '23, Wayzata, Minn.,
management consultant and publisher of a
stock market trend guide; March 2. Before
coming to Brown, Mr. Lundin attended the
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He lived
in New England after graduation, working
as an engineer for several companies and
becoming president of the Taunton Pearl
Works in 1949. In 1951, he was offered the
position of assistant secretary of the Navy,
but turned it down for personal reasons. As
an investment advisor, he was registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion and, after moving to Minnesota in
1964, he began publishing the Lundin Market
Trend Guide. In his retirement years, he
promoted and polished his simplified way
of teaching piano playing to people who
don't have the time or perseverance to
struggle with scales and years of lessons.
He copyrighted his four-page "Lundin
Method for Playing the Piano Quickly."
Delta Phi. Survivors include his son, Robert
A. Lundin '53, BMTC P.O. Box 939, Al Kho-
bar, Saudi Arabia; and a daughter, Eris
Lundin Young.
Edytlie Florence Reeves '23, '25 A.M.,
Middletown, R.I., dean of students at Cran-
ston West High School prior to her retire-
ment in 1964; Feb. 17. Miss Reeves began
teaching Latin at Cranston High School in
1925, received a law degree from Northeast-
ern in 1939, and returned to Cranston High
in 1940 as head of the Latin department.
She lived in Cranston for many years before
moving to Middletown in the late 1950s.
She is survived by her brother, Dr. lames A.
Reeves '36, 8 Kensington Rd., Cranston, R.I.
02905.
Hans Jordan Gottlieb '24, Upper Black
Eddy, Pa., an English professor at New
York University for many years; March 14.
Mr. Gottlieb received an M.A. from Harvard
in 1927 and a Ph.D. from NYU. in 1937.
During World War II, he served in the U.S.
Army Intelligence in Germany. In 1945, he
returned to NYU as associate professor and
remained there until his retirement. His
poems appeared in a number of magazines
and anthologies, including Harper's and The
New Yorker. Survivors include his wife, Jerie,
Box 43, Upper Black Eddy 18972; his daugh-
ter, Lucretia Gottlieb Floor, and grand-
daughter, Victoria Floor '76.
Dr. Robert Mazet. ]r. '24, Sun City, Ariz.,
former chief of orthopedic surgery at the
Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospi-
tal in Los Angeles and a retired rear admiral
in the U.S. Navy Reserve; March 20. Dr.
Mazet received his M.D. degree from Co-
lumbia in 1928 and went on to serve in the
Navy as a surgeon. He was awarded the
Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation
Medal for his medical contributions during
World War II. Following his return to re-
serve status in 1946, he assumed his posi-
tion at the VA Hospital and, eventually, at
UCLA as one of the original medical center
faculty members. Dr. Mazet was a nation-
ally recognized pioneer in the development
of orthopedic prosthetic devices for crippled
children. He was a diplomate of the Ameri-
can Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and a
member of numerous professional organiza-
tions. He is survived by his wife, Catherine,
10602 Emerald Pt., Sun City 85351; sons
Robert III and Bruce, and a brother, Horace
'26.
Thomas Henry Stephens, jr. '28, Dalton,
Mass., owner and operator of the Stephens
Insurance Agency in Dalton for forty-two
years prior to his retirement in 1967; Feb.
20. Sigma Chi. Survivors include his wife,
Barbara, 917 Main St., Dalton 01226; two
daughters, Betty Pasenbach and Judith
Klaubert; and a son, Gerald.
Brig. Gen. Richard Henry Hopkins '29,
USA (Ret.), Morrisville, Pa., a distinguished
veteran of World War II and a military aide
to former Massachusetts Gov. Christian A.
Herter; March 4. General Hopkins began his
military career in the Falmouth National
Guard Brigade in 1939. He served in the
European Theatre and was awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious service in mili-
tary operations in Belgium. He was pro-
moted to brigadier general in 1956 and
commanded the 1 04th AAA Brigade of the
Massachusetts National Guard prior to his
retirement in 1959. A resident of Pennsylva-
nia since 1958, General Hopkins served for
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many years as a manager with the General
Services Administration of the federal go\-
emment. Delta Phi. Survivors include his
wife. Constance, 1208 Linden Ave., Morris-
ville l'^067; two sons, Richard, Jr., and Ste-
phen: and a daughter, Margaret H. Free-
man.
Rtilph Bennett MilUgan '29, Warren, R.I.,
a time clerk with Brown & Sharpe Manufac-
turing Companv: March Iti. He is survived
by his wife. Edith Ohihain .Willi^an 32. 42
Laurel Ln., Warren 02885.
Stephen Waterman. Jr. '29, North Dan-
ville. \'t., retired aviator and manager of the
Burlington, V't., and Bangor, Maine, air-
ports; Aug. 26. 1982. Mr. Waterman trained
to be a pilot with the Curtis Wright Corpo-
ration and went on to managerial positions
with .American .Airlines and Boston and
Maine .Airlines. During World War 11, he
edited films for the War Department and
served as a civilian instructor for Arm\ ,
Na\'v, and Marme pilots. Survivors include
his wife. Mabel Bernice, c o Col. Edward VV.
Newell, Fort Devins, Mass. 01433. His fa-
ther was Sleplien Waterman 1886, and his
brother was Paul Waterman '29.
Alton LeRc<y Hambly. Jr. '37, Taunton,
Mass., a self-emploved real estate agent and
long-time independent insurance agent; Feb.
16. Survivors include a brother, Stafforti H.
Hambly '30; and his son, Alton Hamblv III,
P.O. Box 381, Taunton 02870.
Edmcnd loieph Schiller, jr. '37, Barring-
ton, R.I., manager of electrical engineers at
the ITT Grinnell Corporation and former
president of his own engineering consulting
firm; March 19. Phi Sigma Kappa. He is
survived by his wife, Esther, 10 Sherbrooke
Rd., Barrington 02806.
Harm Edward Cock. jr. '38, Wheaton, 111.,
vice president of Tecology, Inc., in Colum-
bus, Ohio, prior to his retirement; Aug. 25.
1982. Mr. Cook became an engineer with
the Christopher Construction Companv in
Columbus before bemg named executive
vice president and treasurer of that com-
pany. He lived in Michigan and Ohio for a
number of years and in Puerto Rico, where
he owned his own company. He is survived
bv a son, Michael Alden Cook, Fry Road,
Katv-, Texas 77449.
Henry Wright Stevenson, jr. '38, Lincoln,
R.I., executive director of the Providence
Review Commission and former assistant
state commissioner of education; March ,30.
-Vlr. Stevenson headed the Rhode Island
Public Expenditure Council for a number of
years, and then joined the Department of
Education as the assistant commissioner for
research and social aid issues. Upon retir-
ing, he took the post on the Review Com-
mission, which acts as the city's fiscal
watchdog. He was treasurer of his class.
Survivors include a daughter, Kim, and
three sons, Johnathan, Frank, and Glen E.
Stevenson, 189 Gladstone St., Cranston, R.I.
02920.
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Edward Alanson Miller II '39 A.M., Kailua
Oahu, Hawaii, a dispatcher for Aloha Air-
lines at Honolulu International Airport;
Nov. 10, 1982. Mr. Miller received his B.A.
from Oberlin College and, for several vears,
was an assistant professor in the French
department al Brown. He is survived bv his
wife, Claudia, 1376 Kainui Dr., Kailua
Oahu, Hawaii 96734.
Walter Nciman '46, Ardslev, N.Y., presi-
dent of VVQXR, the radio station of The
New York Times Corporation; March 29.
Mr. Neiman joined WQXR in 1953 as an
executive assistant. He was named vice
president for operations in 1965, and presi-
dent of the station in 1974. Under his direc-
tion, WQXR began broadcasting on AM as
well as FM, and transmitting its New York
Philharmonic broadcasts nationwide. He
was a director of the Associated Alumni and
a former deputy mavor and village trustee
of Ardslev. Survivors include his wife, Mu-
riel, 41 Concord Rd., Ardsley 10502; and
two sons, Peter and Raymond '84.
Robert Fairbanks Dover '55, Maitland, Fla,,
president of Slumber World, Inc., and
owner of a Dairy Queen franchise in Or-
lando, Fla.; May 14, 1982. Mr. Dover was an
operating manager and a buyer in furniture
stores for a number of years. Delta Phi.
Survivors include his wife, Sara Harncd Do-
ver '56, 2730 Saxon St., Allentown, Pa.
18103.
Robert Louis Girouard '71 Ph.D., Golden
Valley, Minn., a former Brown administra-
tor and an editor with the Minneapolis Star
and CU-oeland Plain Dealer; March 17. Mr.
Girouard earned his B.A. from Tufts Uni-
versity in 1962 and a master's degree from
Johns Hopkins University in 1963, After
graduating from Brown, he stayed on as
assistant director of admissions for two
years. He then served as editor of the Man-
knto Free Press in Minnesota and, for three
years, as editorial page editor of the Minne-
apolis Star. Last fall, he became chief edito-
rial writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He
was a member of the BAM's National Advi-
soPi' Board. Survivors include his wife,
Nancy, 4215 Beverly Ave., Golden Valley
55422, and two sons. The family was mov-
ing from Minnesota to Cleveland at the time
of Mr. Girouard's sudden death.
Julian H. Gibbs, Amherst, Mass., presi-
dent of Amherst College since 1979 and pro-
fessor of chemistry at Brown from 1959 to
1979; Feb. 20, following a heart attack suf-
fered the previous day while skiing. The
1946 Amherst graduate received his master's
degree and his Ph.D. in 1950, both from
Princeton. He studied at Cambridge on a
Fulbright Scholarship, worked eight vears in
industry, and then joined the Brown fac-
ulty. While at Brown, he received a Gug-
genheim Fellowship and a second Fulbright,
both in 1967, and was named a NATO Fel-
low in 1975. He also served as chairman of
the Faculty Policy Group and headed the
search committee that recommended the
selection of Donald F. Hornig as Brown's
president in 1970. Brown awarded him an
honorary doctor of laws degree in 1981. The
Julian Gibbs, as he received an
honorary degree from Brown in 1981.
citation said, in part: "Your nineteen years
of devoted service to this institution were
marked by fresh and imaginative ideas in
teaching, research, and administration. Af-
ter helping us understand phase transitions
of many kinds, you underwent one voursel
by assuming the presidency of your alma
mater. . .We feel sure that you will not loS(
your love for research on basic problems,
especially as carried out in your floating
laboratory on Narragansett Bay." The latter
reference was to Mr. Gibbs's love of sailing
Since 1980, he had been a trustee of Prince-
ton. Survivors include his wife, Cora, Whit
Birch Ln., Barrington, R.l. 02806; a daugh-
ter, Judith: and sons James, Jeffrey, and
Jonathan.
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Brown on the Road and Homecoming '83 offer something for every taste.
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limited, so you must act now if you want to join us for this
once-in-a-lifetime weekend. We have reserved a supply of
hotel rooms, but because of incredible demand, final hotel
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soccer game and other on-campus entertainments. In
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under the tent and a post-game event made up of music,
food and drink and lotf of friendlv faces.
The committee is working hard to make Homecoming
'83 exciting and fun for all returning alumni, friends and
the entire Brown community. We hope \ou will be on
campus to join us for this very special Brown weekend.
For more detailed information and a complete schedule of
events, please return the form below .
Brown on the Road/Homecoming '83 Return to Aliimu Rchnioiis. Box 1859, Brozvu Lluiivr^^iti/, Providence. Rhode hhmd 029J2.
D Please send me information about Brown on the Road, including the featured weekend at Penn State.
D Please send me information about i lomecoming '83.
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Sponsored by the Associated Alumni Of Brown University. For information phone 401-863-3307.
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