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The events of September 1 1 have changed
all of our lives profoundly. Several
members of our academic community and
alumni lost members of their families.
To them we extend our condolences and
deepest sympathies. For others among
us, the terror attacks have caused us
to rethink our direction in life and to
reexamine what matters to us most.

At Brandeis, we have attempted as a
community to enable students, faculty,
and staff to come together in a variety of
forums to discuss feelings, to pray, and
even to protest. I hope that these events
have brought our diverse community
closer together and provided a safe haven
for evaluating the events of the past weeks
as they have unfolded.

If anything, the terrorist attacks on
America and America's response have
only intensified the need to understand
the world around us and to find ways
to make a difference in an ever-changing
environment. That is why a liberal
arts education at a university as
interdisciplinary as Brandeis is so

important. We cannot afford to look at the
problems that face us from the vantage
point of a single discipline alone. Our
students need and demand much more.

Brandeis students, as you will see in the
pages of this issue of the Review, are
dynamic and involved individuals. They
strive to understand and to learn what
they can in class and then put that
learning to work, whether working side-
by-side with a senior faculty member
in the laboratory or traveling on a bus
throughout the South or becoming an
emergency medical technician. These
are only a few examples of what
It means to be a Brandeis student.
Though the times may change and
the challenges may be different, the
essential Brandeis student remains a
determined individual — determined to
make the world a better place.

Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. 72
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September II, 2001, began
"as usual" for the majority
of the Brandeis campus. But
as staff and faculty trickled
into their offices, news of
the World Trade Center
and Pentagon attacks rapidly
spread.

People quickly huddled
around television sets and
radios to watch or listen to
the events and to provide
colleagues with updates.
Phone calls to New York-area
relatives and friends occupied
much of the day for many.

In a message sent to the
campus community shortly
after the attacks, President
lehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. 72,
acknowledged the terrorist
acts and stated that the
University had increased
security measures and was
in regular communication
with local, state, and federal
authorities. Though many
area universities closed,
Brandeis remained open.
Reinharz decided that
students needed a place to
go where they could discuss
the day's events with
classmates and professors.

At an afternoon campus
vigil on the Library Plaza,
hundreds gathered to pray
for the victims and to
support each other. Later
that evening, a teach-in
was facilitated by Gordon
Fellman, professor of
sociology and director of the
Peace and Conflict Studies
Program.

As the week progressed,
various campus departments
organized information that
aimed to help people
understand the events. The
Office of Human Resources
offered counseling on
campus, distributed the
signs of post-traumatic
stress disorder, and
encouraged employees to
talk to each other about
what had happened and
how they felt. Reinharz
continued to reach out to
the Brandeis community by
touring the campus and
sending voice- and e-mail
messages. He stated, "I am
very proud of the Brandeis
community and how its
members have conducted
themselves. ..I |am]
impressed by how calm and
sensitive everyone [is] given
the enormity of the national
tragedy with which we are
dealing."

On September 14, another
campus-wide vigil was held,
which united faiths and
diverse nationalities.
Representatives from the
Jewish, Catholic, Protestant,
and Islamic faiths addressed
those in attendance. "Find
ways to invoke peace and
goodness," said Protestant
Chaplain The Rev.
Nathaniel Mays.

In October, the University
held community meetings
that addressed campus
concerns and issues in the
aftermath of the attacks.

— Audrey Griffin

i Letter from
Brooklyn Heights

Each day I took the train
to Church Street, walked
past the Krispy Kreme at
the base of the World Trade
Center Towers and crossed a
pedestrian bridge to my office
in the World Financial Center.
It was an easy commute — no
more than 15 minutes door-
to-door from my apartment
m Brooklyn Heights. Since
September 11,1 can conduct
this routine only m my
memory.

That morning, I was a little
late because of a chance
run-in with a neighbor who
wanted to leave New York
and was trying,
unconvmcingly, to talk me
into taking her cat. As a
result, I was in a hurry to
make an overseas business
call — to a bank in Saudi
Arabia no less. I was hoping to
catch the Saudis before they
went home for the day.

Like most people, I prefer my
day to unfold according to a
schedule that I choose. The
New Yorker's mantra has it
that unexpected impediments
may temporarily block you,
but your job is to devise
rapid-fire solutions to reach
your destination. This is the
sensible approach to life in
New York City. That
morning, however, presented
a roadblock with no possible
solution.

When I reached Church Street,
the first plane had just buried
Itself in its target, leaving
a gaping hole. At the time
I had no idea what created

this hole. Truth is, I didn't
see the threat. Looking up
at the billowing smoke, my
immediate reaction was that
a terrible accident had taken
place; but one that seemed
containable and would
somehow fix itself. No one
could have imagined the
collapse of the Towers.

I started to walk west
figuring that it would be
easier to reach my office
from Vesey Street and to
loop down into the Winter
Garden, a large glass-roofed
atrium filled with shops
and restaurants. I didn't get
very far. This time, when
I looked up, I saw people
leaping and bodies falling
from the upper floors of the
North Tower.

I was witnessing a
nightmare, and the mantra
to forge ahead wasn't
working. I was among a
moving sea of people, but
because of my disbelief and
shock, I was in irons and
couldn't move. I watched
as more took their lives,
and I shared the anguish
of thousands of horrified
onlookers.

My paralysis didn't last.
With the second explosion,
which was loud, horrific,
and mysterious (I couldn't
see the plane crash into
the second towerj, I sprinted
north. I was concerned
mostly about being hit by
falling debris. I suddenly
recalled stories of
decapitations from falling
volcanic rock that I once
laughed off when several
years ago 1 climbed Pacaya,
an active volcano in
Guatemala, for fun.
Suddenly the feeling of
danger was all too real.

There was im iixini for
foolhardincss now.
Fortunately, no debris
landed where I was standing,
and from the replays on TV,
I later saw that most of it,
like the Towers themselves,
fell straight down.

In the face of this urban
Pacaya, the illusion of my
orderly day disappeared.
There would be no business
calls made on this day,
or for the rest of the
week. A terrible scene of
disaster and pandemonium
had altered my perceptions.
I had an instinctive urge
to go home — to get myself
across the Brooklyn Bridge,
but to do so I needed to turn
around and walk towards
the Towers.

I made my way east and
south, maneuvering against
a mass exodus of people
heading north. The first
tower had already fallen.
I walked, moving past
vehicles snarled m traffic,
up the car ramp to the
Brooklyn Bridge. When I
reached the top of the ramp,
the second tower collapsed,
and within seconds an
avalanche of smoke and ash
overtook me, and hundreds
like me — all trying to escape
from Manhattan and cross
the bridge. Once I realized
that the smoke wasn't going
to kill us, I stopped running.
I decided that it was safer

to walk on the upper deck
of the bridge, which is
only for pedestrians, rather
than with the cars and
the risk of getting mauled
by an understandably frantic
driver. I shimmied up a
concrete wall, pulled myself
over an iron fence onto
the pedestrian pathway, and
walked silently home.

In the days following the
11th, I noticed the
emergence of a heightened
consciousness, one rooted
in the recognition of what
has always been known
rationally, but what is now
understood as part of our
daily reality: life is a
wondrous gift. As a result,
September 1 1 has triggered
the realization in many a
New Yorker that "I am
not my own center," and
this awareness is being
internalized and translated
into spontaneous
expressions of true feelings
and actions of human love.
It's as if the masks have
come off. People have been
talking and sharing ideas
and feelings that never
would have come out prior
to September 1 1.

That Friday night, I bumped
into a Wall Street colleague
and his wife at the Fireman's
Monument on 100th Street
and Riverside Drive. We
were happy — we were more
than happy, we were
ecstatic — to see each other,
to reunite and to celebrate
our survival. We spent the
night talking and sharing
stories. I read somewhere
that for those of us who
work on Wall Street — this is
our Somme. We, like that
generation of young soldiers

who witnessed the carnage
of their comrades in 1916,
have been prone to walking
around with blank stares
and aimless steps. But I have
seen much more. There has
been a lot of appreciation.
We know how much we
owe to good fortune and the
bravery of others.

There are many stories of
heroism, not only from the
rescuers, but also from
ordinary New Yorkers.
During those four lost
trading days, a Wall Street
friend of mine spent her
free time filling out a
missing person's report for a
colleague and a family she
hardly knows. She hunted
down the forensic data — the
dental records, hair samples,
blood type and medical
history information — saving
the family from this
gruesome task. We all felt
the need to help, to reach
out and make up for the
times when we have been
too focused on reaching our
own individual destinations.

Today, a month later, from
my window in Brooklyn, I
stare out at an amputated
skyline of lower Manhattan.
Since September 11,1 have
seen greater emotional
accessibility from New
Yorkers, but it is unlikely
to last. The billowing smoke
from Ground Zero has
stopped, and with it. New
Yorkers are still struggling to

iiuegialc the extiaorJinaiy
events of September 1 1 with
the routines of family and
work. Normalcy is the word
now. I understand the need
for it, even as I cherish
the heightened sense of
connection and fragility that
permeates our smoldering
souls.

—lonah E. Kaplan V2

fonah E. Kaplan '92
was graduated magna cum
laude with honors in
history and Near Eastern
and fudaic Studies.

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Close to Home

.Moroccan
Driver and the Great
Experiment

Days after the terror attacks,
I flew from Burlington,
Vermont, my adopted fiome,
to New York City, where
I spent my first 35 years.
Although a bit scared to fly,
especially with my wife and
two small children, I never
miss Rosh Hashanah with
my parents and did not want
to give terror even a small
victory.

On the way to the city
from Kennedy, I started
talking with the driver, a
Moroccan Muslim. He took
pains to show his sorrow
at the terror. I took pains
to express my abhorrence

of the attacks on Muslims
and Sikhs in the United
States. He told stories of
Moroccan [ews; I of being
a Jew visiting Morocco. I
asked him if he felt worried
about being an Arab in
America. Not in New York
City, he said. His brother
in Seattle was worried, but
New York is used to
diversity. At the end of
the ride, I said goodbye to
the driver, feeling fortunate
to be in a city in which
diversity trumps terror, even
fresh, immediate terror.

New York has always had
to balance fear and
accommodation. In the
1970s, when many families
fled the city's violence and

escaped to the suburbs, mine
and others didn't. Those
who stayed behind were
faced with a city that was
impossibly violent but had
an unexplainable hope as
well. Those who stayed
were driven by a stubborn
optimism, sometimes
misplaced, that we could all
somehow live together. New
York was, and continues
to be the world's greatest
experiment in communal
living.

My New York was a city
in which my black karate
teacher would chat in
Mandarin to Chinese
delivery men. It was a city
in which my best friend, a
black Jamaican, and I could
watch a pick-up basketball
game on West 4th Street
involving nine blacks and
one Orthodox Jew. It was
a city in which everyone
mingled together: artists,
Brazilians, bankers, Italians,
doctors, Puerto Ricans,
engineers. Madonna,
Indians, construction
workers. One of my greatest
loves has always been
walking down New York
streets, wrapped m a throng
of people from all over the
world.

It would he poetic to say
that everyone lived together
under the shadow of the
World Trade Center, but this
is not true. The city is so
vast that the Twin Towers
were never more than a tiny
part of it. The terrorists,
in destroying them, did far
less and far more than they
imagined. Far less because
those big, dour buildings
were shells and will be
rebuilt, cither there or
elsewhere; far more because
of the 3,000 killed, but also

rhe following is the list
|of members of the

Brandeis family who lost
Jloved ones in the tragic
■attacks on the United States
*on September II, 2001. The

entire Brandeis community

mourns their loss:

Scott Saber, brother
of Brian Saber '84

Ariel Jacobs, brother of
Claudia Jacobs '70

because the terrorists have
attacked New York's dream
of living together in peace.

During my trip to the city,
I lost my wallet. Was it on
the street: Was I the victim
of a pickpocket' If I left it
in the taxi, I told my wife,
the driver would return it.
The wallet really wasn't a
big deal anyway, especially
m the face of a city grieving
for 3,000. 1 went to the
local precinct to report the
lost wallet and saw police
officers hunched over desks,
reading newspapers. They
all looked tired. While filing
my report, a policewoman
spoke matter-of-factly about
her 12-hour days. She lost
two cousins in the Trade
Center. Later that night as
a subway we were taking
into Brooklyn crossed the
Manhattan bridge, we
peered into the bomb site.
Illuminated by rescue lights,
the black smoke still
pluming out of the rubble
looked an iridescent and
ghostly gray. Against the
normally twinkling New
York skyline, the buildings

We will continue to update
this list as we receive
additional names. The
Alumni Association asks
that you contact them with
information, as they are
tracking the status of
alumni and friends on the
secure section of their
online directory at http://
alumni.brandeis.edu/
onlineservices/.

around the rubble were
black silhouettes. And under
it all were more than 3,000
lost. Lost from America,
but also lost from Britain
and Germany, Israel and
Egypt, India and Pakistan,
Iran and Iraq. The scene
said something terrible and
special about New York
itself.

The essence of New York
is an experiment in getting
along with others, regardless
of race, creed, or color. True,
people haven't always been
kind to each other, .terrible
inequities exist, and the
city's civility is often fragile
and tenuous. At times the
tribalism seems to crowd
out everything good in the
city: the black mobs in
Crown Heights, the white
mobs in Howard Beach. But,
increasingly. New Yorkers
were beginning to recoil
from such events and the
city's tempests had begun to
subside. By the end of the
1990s, the city had become
much safer and had cut its
murder rate by two-thirds.
Every day. New Yorkers hurl
through the subway tunnels
along with representatives
of more than 100 countries,-
the vast majority get to their
destinations unscathed.

What the terrorists will
never know is how beautiful
it is to rise above tribalism.
To be a Czech in a Turkish
restaurant. To be a Korean

who dates an Irishman. To
be a black who loves yoga.
To be an Arab who loves
bagels and Kafka. To look
out from the World Trade
Center's observation deck
and see in one of the greatest
cities in the world, an army
of people trying their best to
see each other for who they
are, not where they're from.

Not that where we're from
is unimportant. New
Yorkers have all escaped
from somewhere. One of
my grandfathers escaped
from the Cossacks. Another
escaped from a Polish shtetl,
and then from the Nazis.
Whether it's the African
American who fled the
South in the 1920s, or the
Haitian fleeing poverty in
the 1980s, they came and
they continue to come. They
come from Russia for the
extra glasnost of Brooklyn.
They come from Oklahoma
to be gay in Chelsea. They
come as outcasts from
10,000 small towns around
the world to reinvent
themselves in the Big Town.

Can the terrorists blast away
New York's fragile trust
and humanism? Will we
be a society of roadblocks
and security checks and
preconceived notions- I
don't know.

What I do know is that
the cab driver showed up
at my parents' building with
my wallet. Unclear about
my address, he had combed
the neighborhood asking
doormen if they recognized
me. The Muslim Moroccan
had found a Christian
Dominican who recognized
the Jewish American. But
that night we were just plain
New Yorkers.

—David T. Z. Mindich '85

A New Yorker until 1996,
David T. Z. Mindieh is
the chair of the journalism
department at Saint
Michael's College, Vermont,
and is the author of lust the
Facts: How "Objectivity"
Came to Define American
Journalism. His articles
have appeared in the Wall
Street Journal, New York
Magazine, the Christian
Science Monitor, and
elsewhere. He visits New
York City as often as he can.

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i 1 I U I I I I I u t

,110 St NftS

Got Vitamin E?

Milk with Added Vitamin E
Is a Potent Antioxidant
Drink, Researchers Find

The health henefits of
drinking milk fortified with
vitamins A and D have
long heen known. Now
researchers have found
drinking milk with vitamin
E may be helpful in the
prevention of heart disease,
certain cancers, diabetes,
skin aging, and cataracts.
According to Brandeis
Researchers K.C. Hayes and

Daniel Perlman, the
chemical makeup of milk
triggers a unique process
during digestion of milk
proteins that increases
vitamin E levels in the
bloodstream two to three
times more than vitamin E
from capsules.

"We have discovered a
simple way to increase the
potency of vitamin E by
dispersing it in milk," says
Perlman, senior research
scientist in biology. "Adding
vitamin E to milk at a
higher level than the current
recommended daily intake
of 30 International Units
(lU) should provide major
health benefits for coronary

K.C. Hayes and Daniel Perlman

heart disease |CHD) and a
host of other diseases, given
its antioxidant activity and
its ability to enhance
immune function."

The researchers published a
study in the August issue
of the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, reporting
that two, eight-ounce
glasses of milk per day,
fortified with 50-100 lU
per serving of vitamin E,
significantly decreased the
rate of oxidation of bad
cholesterol (LDL) compared
to the same vitamin E dose
from capsules. The finding
suggests a lowered risk of
developing hardening of the
arteries and coronary heart
disease over time.

Vitamin E, also called alpha-
tocopherol, is known for its
ability to protect body tissue
Irom oxidative wear and
tear and may help slow the
progression of Alzheimer's
and other diseases.

"Milk fortified with vitamin
E could have maior health
implications, not unlike
those currently recognized
for long-term intake of
vitamins A and D or folic
acid in flour," says Hayes,
professor of biology and
director of the Foster
Biomedical Research
Laboratories. "In addition
It's a simple, economical
means for reaching all ages
of the milk-consuming
population, particularly
children in which
atherosclerosis is thought to
begin."

Sixty-five healthy male and
female participants enrolled
in the three-part study,
which monitored vitamin E
absorption from capsules.

from skim milk, from 1 %
milk containing either
regular milkfat or soybean
oil-enriched milkfats, and
from orange juice and milks
with or without vitamins A
and D.

For one month, participants
drank two, eight-ounce
glasses daily of a particular
milk or orange juice with
or without vitamin E while
avoiding all other sources
of dairy fat. Blood samples
were taken at two-week
intervals to determine the
percent increase in vitamin
E absorption.

Milk was found to have
the remarkable ability to
more than double vitamin E
absorption compared to
capsules, regardless of total
fat in milk, the presence of
vitamin A or D, and the
natural or synthetic form
of vitamin E. Orange juice
was no more effective than
capsules in promoting the
absorption of vitamin E; this
discrepancy supports the
Hnding that the chemistry
of milk uniquely enhances
vitamin E uptake.

"The ability to provide an
effective delivery system for
vitamin E in a widely
consumed food product that
already provides vitamin A
and D is a considerable
health benefit," says
Perlman.

— Cristin Cair

6 Brandeis Review

The Class of 2005

A Report from the Office
of Admissions

"The Class ot 2005 was
selected from the seventh
record admissions pool in
the past eight years," says
Senior Vice President for
Students and Enrollment
Jean Eddy. "We admitted
40.7 percent of those who
applied, the lowest
acceptance rate in 30 years.
Mindful of the wonderful
hut quite large class that
entered Brandeis in the fall
of 2000, we wished to
recruit a smaller first year
class."

Seven hundred forty-three
first-year students arrived on
campus for orientation on
August 26. They came from
37 states and 25 foreign
countries. States sending the
most students to Brandeis
are New York, California,
Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and Connecticut. Forty-four
transfer students enrolled,
with an average GPA of 3.80.

About a quarter of the Class
of 2005 enrolled under the
early decision plan. One
hundred eight were students
of color.

Overall quality indicators
have increased. The median
SAT score for this class was
1330, a rise of 10 points over
last year's students. Sixty-

four percent of this class
has an SAT score of 1300
or better, as compared to 59
percent of last year's first-
year students. The mean
SAT score rose by 20 points
to 1332. Sixty-five percent of
the class was in the top 10
percent of their high school
class, and 89 percent were
in the top 20 percent — both
increases over last year.

But first-year students are
more than scores and
statistics, they are stories
of young and already
impressive lives, including:

A young woman who
captained her nationally
ranked cheerleading team,
who was elected as a
representative to her district
school board and tutored in
a bilingual reading and math
program. As a facilitator
for The Body Positive, a
program to prevent eating
disorders, she was chosen
to represent the organization
on ABC-TV's 20/20.

An actor from Vermont
whose drama group brought
"National School of
Distinction in the Arts"
honors to his high school.
He performed at Scotland's
Edinburgh Theatre Festival
and at the Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts in
Washington, D.C., and was
accepted at NeXTech, the
national youth technology
leadership summit in Texas.
In his "spare time," he
plays the clarinet, skis, and
produces his own maple
syrup.

A young woman whose
essay for the Japanese
Global Writing Contest |for
students who study outside
of Japan] won first prize
and was published in a
textbook used in all public
elementary schools in Japan.
She hoJds a First Degree
Black Belt in Shoto-kan
Karate, training three times
weekly, was a member of
her high school's varsity
golf team, and has played
classical piano for 13 years.

A musician and future
composer who traveled
between his native Panama
and New York City to
study at The Julliard School.
Beginning violin lessons at
age 5, he became, at age
8, the youngest soloist to
play with the Panama
Symphonic Orchestra. He
taught himself the guitar
as a teenager, then began
composing music and
playing in a rock band as its
youngest member.

A Wien International
Scholar from Canada who
has received numerous
awards for her poetry, which
has been published
nationally and internationally,
culminating in the

publication of her first book.
Silver Lining, in 1999. She
was invited by The
Tolerance Institute to work
in Israel, where she
developed programs for
Israeli educators and youth.
She IS also a regular
columnist for the Canadian
lewish News.

An aspiring broadcast
journalist who was selected
by the Democratic National
Committee as one of 10
youth print reporters to
cover the 2000 Democratic
National Convention. He
worked as a production
assistant on several shows
at KCRW Public Radio, and
volunteered for a Los
Angeles city councilman. He
served as editor in chief of
his high school newspaper
and as captain of the varsity
tennis team.

A young astronomer who
won a silver medal at the
Siemens Westinghouse
Science and Technology
Competition for her
research utilizing a star
system to trace the
evolution of the solar
system. She was a
semifinalist in Intel's
Science Talent Search with
her project on the life
and death of binary stars,
and helped create an
astronomy library at
Biosphere 2 in Arizona.

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Development Highlights
Fiscal Year 2000-01

Dear Alumni and Friends,

I am delighted to report
that the support of our
loyal alumni and dedicated
friends eontmued unahated
in fiscal '01. We were able
to raise a total of more than
$61 million for the second
year in a row. Alumni,
friends, parents. Trustees,
University faculty,
corporations, foundations,
and members of the
National Women's
Committee all played a key
role in this accomplishment.

Most importantly, this
giving trend bodes well for
Brandeis's future. For
example, from 1996 to 2001,
alumni giving has more
than doubled, reaching an
all-time high in 2001.
Giving from foundations

and corporations has also
reached a new peak, growing
to nearly $17 million. This
demonstrates a recognition
on the part of corporations
and foundations of the
academic excellence of
Brandeis's teaching and
research.

Our highest priority as
an institution is the
recruitment and retention of
top-caliber faculty and the
best and brightest students.
Our commitment to this
priority is illustrated by
our establishing five new
endowed faculty chairs and
the raising of significant
funds for endowed
scholarships during fiscal '01.

We are proceeding toward
the conclusion of the
"nucleus phase" of our
comprehensive fund-raising
campaign. Our plan is to
publicly announce this
campaign next fall. We are
encouraged by the
leadership gifts we have
raised thus far, and we
are confident of our ability

to meet and even exceed
our overall goal. Many
volunteers have
enthusiastically assumed
leadership roles in this
effort.

Fiscal '02 will be a
watershed year for Brandeis
University. For the first
time in the University's
history we will celebrate a
50th Reunion. Thanks to
the opening of the Lois
Foster Wing on the Rose
Art Museum, the Rose can
now appropriately display
its magnificent permanent
collection of contemporary
art. In addition, the entire
Brandeis community is
eagerly looking forward to
the opening next fall of the
new, state-of-the-art Carl
and Ruth Shapiro Campus
Center. It is truly a
wonderful time to be part of
the Brandeis family.

We are building the Brandeis
of the 21st century...
ensuring that Brandeis can
continue to send out into
the world educated
graduates committed to
social justice, human rights,
and to making our world
a better place. It is your
continued generous support
that makes this all possible.

Thank you for your
ongoing commitment to
Brandeis's future.

Sincerely,

Nancy Winship
Senior Vice President
Institutional Advancement

Corporations

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Save the
Elephants
collaring
operations
in Kenya

Genealogy by
Process of Elimination

Brandeis Duo Travels to
Kenya to Help Researchers
'Save the Elephants'

While most summer trips
for members of the
University focus on the sea
and sand, rest and relaxation,
one Brandeis couple headed
to the wilds of Kenya to
become, as Andrew Reed
put it, "elephant defecation
observation and collection
specialists."

Reed, administrative
assistant in development,
and Allison Kelley,
population programs
coordinator and graduate
student in women's studies
and sociology, spent several
weeks in Africa to help
the founders of Save the
Elephants (STE) construct
a family tree of hundreds
of elephants by collecting
samples of their DNA. How
does one tackle the task

of collecting elephant DNA-
Reed explains, "We learned
very quickly |DNA| was
going to come from only
one source and elephants
produce plenty of it. The
only problem was that you
had to be there to witness
the event to be certain from
which animal it came."

Reed and Kelley gained entry
to the Samburu National
Reserve and STE through
Larry Wangh, associate
professor of biology. Wangh
met STE's founder, Iain
Douglas-Hamilton, after a
lecture he gave at Brandeis.
According to Reed, "Larry
had the idea to utilize
sensitive PCR (polymerase
chain reaction) techniques
used in his lab to contnbute
to STE's research. We hoped
that by analyzing DNA
collected in the wild, it would
be possible to construct a
family tree of the population

of 850 elephants known by
name to the STE researchers.
This tree, when complete,
could be invaluable to the
elephant behavior research
being conducted in areas
throughout Africa."

During their stay. Reed and
Kelley were invited by
Douglas-Hamilton to join
in STE's radio and GPS
collaring operations. Among
giraffe, black-backed jackals,
dik-dik, and baboons, the
Brandeis team participated
in the incredible process of
anaesthetizing and collaring
a 10,000-pound animal. In
one collecting attempt, as
the researchers were waiting
for the darted "bull M-35"
to fall from the anesthesia,
the duo witnessed a scene
of unusual teamwork. "A
second, much larger bull
began to follow the more
moderately sized M-35
closely. Eventually it
became aware of the
red-tailed dart protruding
from Its companion's rear
flank and, in a display
of remarkable awareness,
delicately removed the dart
with its trunk and discarded
it m the brush," Reed says.

"With the drug already
streaming through its
bloodstream, though, it was a
matter of minutes until M-35
collapsed," he continues.
"We approached quickly in
our vehicle to drive off the
companion elephants but, in
another display of male-male
bonds not often seen in the
animal world, the large bull
following the darted animal
refused to give ground. The
researcher driving our vehicle
had to hold him at bay until
the operation was complete."

Reed recalls the mighty
giant: "From the dexterous
'finger' at the tip of the

trunk, to the remarkable
structure of the feet
responsible for supporting
their staggering girth,
elephants truly are creatures
unlike any other."

While Reed left the Kenyan
bush after seven days, Kelley
stayed behind to work in a
family planning and health
clinic adjacent to the
Douglas-Hamilton's farm in
Naivasha. According to Reed,
the clinic "serves between
9,000 and 12,000 patients
annually — primarily migrant
cash crop workers and their
families." Kelley performed
triage duties and was grateful
for "the opportunity... to
interact with the Kenyan
people and learn firsthand of
the challenges they face in
their daily lives," says Reed.

At the end of his journey.
Reed met a Kenyan man who
owns a farm where elephants
often roam and where the
people struggle to make a
living. The Kenyan urged
Reed to tell his experiences
to others in hope that
elephants and humans might
be able to coexist better.
Reed and Kelley are happy
to fulfill his request. For
more information on "Save
the Elephants" and more
details on the journey to
Kenya, visit

www. .savetheelephants.org
or www.olerai.org, or contact
Allison Kelley at
akelley'S'brandeis.edu.

— Audrey Griffin

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From White House
to Our House

Consummate Clinton
Insider Draws Crowd for
Course on Real West Wing

Even before she had uttered
a single word in her maiden
lecture at Brandeis, Ann
F. Lewis, a former aide
to President Bill Clinton,
generated what likely is one
of the most intense pre-
enroUment rushes in the
University's history.

And why not? Politics 102h
seemingly has all the right
ingredients, including a
catchy name — The Real
West Wing: At Work in the
White House — a compelling
reading list, a few special
guests, and a dozen
stimulating class topics.

John Lisman

Mechanisms of Memory
Switch Unraveled by
Brandeis Scientists

Scientists at Brandeis have
moved a step closer to
unraveling one of the most
fundamental mysteries of
the human brain — the
molecular basis of memory.

The course's real
centerpiece, however, is
Lewis herself, a
consummate D.C. insider
whose long and
distinguished career most
recently had her in the
Clinton White House and
sometimes front and center
in the media supernovas
surrounding its now
infamous scandals.

Speaking from her home
prior to the start of classes
on August 30, Lewis
outlined her expectations for
the course and discussed
her experiences as director
of communications for and
counselor to President
Clinton. Lewis also
compared her impressions of
working in the White House
to the West Wing's depiction
in a popular, prime-time
network television show of
the same name.

Memorable Find

In the August 2nd issue of
the journal Neuron, Brandeis
scientists John Lisman,
professor of biology and
the Volen National Center
for Complex Systems, and
Anatol M. Zhabotinsky,
adjunct professor of
chemistry, unveiled a new
model of the master switch
responsible for storing
memory.

Through computer
simulations, Lisman and
Zhabotinsky pinpointed the
biochemical interactions

Lewis said her course is
part personal experience,
part historical background
about the presidency, with
emphasis on how an
administration sets its
agenda and the White
House's interplay with the
media. A principal goal is
to understand how politics
has changed m the past 50
years, according to Lewis,
who, as the Fred and Rita
Richman Distinguished
Visiting Professor at
Brandeis, follows in the
footsteps of former Texas
Governor Ann Richards,
former New York Mayor
Edward Koch, and Pulitzer
Prize-winning Boston Globe
columnist David Shribman.
Like her predecessors, Lewis
will spend one semester
teaching in that capacity.

between two key enzymes
that form the molecular
memory switch. These
enzymes — Ca 2-^/
Calmodulin dependent
protein kinase II (CaMKII)
and phosphatase- 1 — are
signaling enzymes located
in synapses. They have the
power to regulate the
activity of other proteins
that control synaptic
strength, and thereby encode
memory. Lisman and
Zhabotinsky demonstrate
how the enzymes are locked
into a structure called a
postsynaptic density, a tiny
space where an intricate

Lewis departed the Clinton
White House to work on
Hillary Clinton's New York
Senate campaign. She is still
working for Senator Clinton,
helping her reach out to
constituents and build a
base via thousands of email
messages, "mostly to New
Yorkers." Does Senator
Clinton have bigger plans?
She is going to make a great
senator, Lewis responds.

As for working in the White
House, next to the white-
hot media glare, Lewis said
it is true that "everything is
in the spotlight."

"The (administrative) agenda
keeps changing and the
pressure is constant," she
said.

Lewis offered pluses and
minuses about NBC's West
Wing. For instance: "The
physical layout is not real.

It is ton large and everyone

biochemical balancing act
is played out, allowing
memory to form and take
hold.

Just as understanding DNA
revolutionized biology and
led to advancements in the
treatment of genetic
diseases, the Brandeis
scientists believe unlocking
the molecular basis of
memory will have a similar
impact on understanding
normal brain function and
the treatment of memory
diseases.

10 Brandeis Review

has a window." She said it is
inaccurate to show a couple
of people walking abreast,
chatting breezily through
the corridors. The work
areas and halls are more
frenetic and crowded, and
people constantly move
about.

She said the show's
characters do convey a sense
of what it's like working at
the heart of D.C. politics.
"You do get a lot of smart,

Ann Lewis and

Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72

hard-working people who
get up every day and try to
do the best they can." And
she said the show, even with
its inaccuracies, probably is
the best thus far in TV or
film at depicting what it is
like to actually work in the
White House.

Lewis's work in politics
spans decades. She was a
special assistant to Mayor
Kevin White of Boston from
1968 to 1975. She has
worked on a number of
congressional campaigns
and was chief of staff for two

U.S. representatives. She
was an election analyst for
WHDH-TV, Boston, and in
1988-89 she was national
affairs columnist for Ms.
Magazine.

She was most recently a
public policy fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania's
Annenberg School of
Communications.

Of course, the public got
to know her through her
media appearances on behalf
of Clinton, to whom she
remains steadfastly loyal.
"People always knew that he
was out there working on
their behalf," she said. "I am
proud of what we did."

— Dennis Nealon

Research Alert

An Estimated One Million
Older Women Will Lose
Health Coverage Under
Proposed Medicare
Reform, New Study
Reveals

An estimated one million
older women will he
without vital health care
coverage if a proposal to
reform Medicare is passed,
according to a new study
released by the National
Center on Women and
Aging (NCWA) at The Heller
School for Social Policy and
Management.

The proposed change, which
would increase the age of
eligibility for Medicare from
65 to 67 years of age, ignores
the health care needs of
our nation's vulnerable older
women, according to the
research.

According to Phyllis
Mutschier, the principal
investigator of the study
and executive director of
the NCWA, the hardest hit
would be those not yet
eligible who would not have
access to any other form of
health care coverage.

The study analyzed a
nationally representative
sample of women between
the ages of 55 to 64 years
of age. Arnaa Alcon,
associate director of the
NCWA, and Ellen Liss,
research associate at the
NCWA, worked with
Mutschier in the data
analyses, report writing, and
design of the study. Data
taken from the Mature
Women Cohort of the
National Longitudinal
Surveys of Labor Market
Experience was used to
determine the factors
influencing health care
coverage and the risks
associated with raising the
age of eligibility.

Prior to Medicare eligibility,
most women rely on
marriage or employment for
health care coverage. The
study found that among
the 900,000 women ages
65 to 67 who entered the
Medicare program from
1992 to 1995, over 80
percent were not working
(lack employer-provided
coverage) and 30 percent
were not married (unable
to be covered as a spouse).
Increasing the age of
Medicare eligibility would
deny coverage to these
women, jeopardizing then-
access to care.

"Indeed, higher costs of
commercial coverage, higher
divorce rates, and lower
rates of workforce
participation point toward
more limited access for
older women," says
Mutschier. "There are few

reasons to anticipate
significant changes that
would improve their
opportunities to access
health insurance coverage."
According to the study.
Medicare will become
increasingly important to
women as traditional family
patterns decline, as fewer
men and women work after
age 65, and as the cost of
health care and commercial
coverage rapidly escalates.

The research was funded by
a grant from the lay and
Rose Phillips Foundation.
An executive summary of
the study, "If I Can Just
Make It To 65. ..Measuring
the Impact on Women of
Increasing the Eligibility
Age for Medicare," is
available at:

www.heller.brandeis.edu/
national/shelf. html.

— Cristin Cart

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Ford Focus

Chris Ford Named Interim
Men's Basl<etball Coach

Chris Ford, a former head
coach and player tor the
Boston Celtics, and one
of the top 50 all-time
wmningest NBA coaches,
has been named interim
men's varsity basketball
coach at Brandeis.

His appointment was
announced October 2 by
Director of Athletics Jeff
Cohen '64 during a press
conference on campus.
"Chris IS a natural teacher
and a great coach," said
Cohen.

Ford, 52, succeeds Ken
Still '72, who resigned
September 17, after 10
seasons as head coach with
the Brandeis ludges to take
a position in the Boston
school system.

Ford pledged to work full-
time to get to know and
teach his players during the
2001-02 season. A search
for a permanent coach is
planned, according to Cohen,
and Ford may or may not be
a candidate.

The new interim coach said
he and Brandeis mutually
agreed to a "feeling-out
process" for the short term,
at least. "I have great respect
for Brandeis," said Ford,
"and this was an opportunity
I chose to pursue. They
Iplayers] shouldn't be put
off that I'm an NBA guy.
I'm a basketball teacher."
The players said they were
excited that Ford would be
working with them.

Ford IS the third ex-
Boston Celtics player to
become head coach at
Brandeis, following K.C.
lones (1967-70) and Bob
Brannum (1970-861.

As a player. Ford teamed
with Nate Archibald in the
backcourt in the Celtics'
successful 1981
championship season. As an
assistant coach under foncs.
Ford helped the Celtics to
two NBA titles, in 1984
and 1986. Ford won two
world championships within
his first three years on the

Chris Ford

bunch. He is one of only four
Celtics (Bill Russell, Tom
Heinsohn, and lones) who
have earned championship
rings as player and as coach.

Ford is a former head coach
of three NBA teams, the
Boston Cekics (1990-95), the
Milwaukee Bucks (1996-98),
and the Los Angeles
Clippers (1998-2000).

Ford was head coach of
the Celtics in [anuary of
1992 when the team moved
Its practice sessions to the
Auerbach Arena at Brandeis
University, where the team
remained until 1999.

Brandeis began practice on
October 15. Ford made his
collegiate coaching debut
on November 1 7 against
Endicott College m the
opening round of the first
annual Brandeis Tip-Off
Tournament.

Still, coach of the Brandeis
men's varsity basketball
since 1991, left the
University to accept a
position as a guidance
counselor at O'Bryant High
School in Boston.

"All of us at Brandeis wish
Ken well in his new
endeavors," said Cohen. "It
was a pleasure working with
him for the past 10 years
and I know that he will
be successful in his new
challenges. We will miss
him."

Still's Brandeis teams
achieved impressive records.
He led his first college
team to the ECAC Division
III New England men's
basketball championship.
The lodges won the title
by upsetting the three top-
seeded teams in succession

on their home courts.
The 1991-92 ECAC
championship team finished
with a record of 18-10, the
fourth highest win total
in Brandeis basketball
history. His 1994-95 team
also qualified for the
ECAC tourney.

Players under Still's
guidance developed well.
Nine students earned first
team all UAA honors.
Forward Rashad
Williams '02 was selected
for the last three years.

While an undergraduate at
Brandeis, Still majored in
liberal arts and played for
Brannum, the winningest
coach in Brandeis history.
Still played three years of
varsity basketball. During
his junior year, he served
as captain of the team and
averaged just over 15 points
per game.

Still holds the distinction
of having coached at his
two dima maters, Brandeis
and Boston English High
School, where he honed
his coaching skills as the
head coach from 1983 to
1990. In those eight years
at English, Still amassed
a 123-46 overall mark. For
his athletic and coaching
achievements, he was
inducted into the Boston
English High School's Hall
of Fame.

Still was the ninth basketball
coach in Brandeis history.

12 Brandeis Review

Talent for Actin

Bruce L. Goode Awarded
Prestigious Pew Scholar
in Biomedical Science

Bruce L. Goode, assistant
professor of biology and
the Rosenstiel Basic Medical
Sciences Research Center,
was awarded the 2001 Pew
Scholar in Biomedical
Science by the Pew
Charitable Trusts.

The prestigious awards are
granted to 20 of America's
most promising biomedical
researchers to encourage
scholarly innovation and to
help advance research in the

2001 New

Student

Forum

Danzy Senna,
Caucasia, Captivate
First- Year Students

President Jehuda Reinharz
welcomed Boston author
Danzy Senna to the ninth
Helen and Philip Brecher
New Student Forum on
August 29 at Spingold Theater.
Reinharz commented that
Senna's work was chosen
because it dealt with issues
of race, social justice, and
diversity — issues long
recognized as important in
the life of the University.

Senna congratulated the first-
year students as they began
their college careers, the
first initial "real life" step
in a continuing journey of
learning and transformation.
She spoke of her own long
struggle — personal and
literary — to find her own
identity, a process that
inspired her much-praised
first novel, Caucasia, which
the Class of 200.5 had read
over the summer.

biomedical sciences. The
awards support scholars as
they establish their research
in areas ranging from AIDS
to cancer to childhood
infectious diseases, and
diseases affecting the elderly.

Goode's research focuses on
actin cytoskeleton
dynamics, filamentous
arrays that lie beneath the
plasma membrane in cells
and form an interconnected
network throughout the cell.

"In our lab we are dissecting
actm machines using an
approach similar to
overhauling a car engine,"

She described the Boston
of her childhood during the
early seventies as a time
"before Benetton
commercials," m a city her
mother referred to as "the
deep North." Born to a father
who considered himself
black and to a white mother.
Senna's biracial background
made her yearn to be one
race or the other, black or
white, to be "real," she put
it. She envied the idealized
middle-class existence she
saw broadcast on
contemporary television
shows such as The Brady
Bunch. It seemed somehow
superior to her bohemian
circumstances with an
activist father and a "hippie"
mother, in a house with "dog
hair stuck to everything."

At about age 12, she began
committing her fantasies
about middle-class life to
paper, but her perfect
characters, with their

stated Goode. "We isolate
and dismantle the engine,
identify the parts and their
physical contacts and
rebuild the engine from
purified parts."

By exploring the underlying
mechanisms of
communication, transport,
and other essential cell
function, Goode's lab will be
able to better understand cell
movement and how it relates
to specific disease states.

This year, nominations from
more than 120 institutions
were received. The scholars
were chosen by a

recipes and furniture
gleaming with Pledge^",
made for bland fiction. In
college, she continued
writing, but about flawed,
realistic characters,
discovering that the
"contradictions that make
you human" are the very
things that make
literature come alive.

Caucasia is the story of
Birdie, a mixed-race Boston
girl whose circumstances
are an "exaggeration" of the
author's own. Senna spoke
of two kinds of identities —
those we are given and those
we choose. Given identities
include race, class, family,
and so on. Senna, however,
believes chosen identities
are the more important,
citing colle.ge as one
important choice.

First-year students eagerly
questioned Senna about
characters' motives, secrets,
and politics in Caucasia.
They wondered about a

16-membcr national
advisory committee
appointed by the board of
directors of The Pew
Charitable Trusts and
chaired by Dr. Torsten N.
Wiesel, president emeritus
of Rockefeller University
and a 1981 Nobel laureate.

The Pew Charitable Trusts,
a national philanthropy
based m Philadelphia,
support nonprofit activities
in the areas of conservation
and the environment,
culture, education, health
and human services, public
policy, and religion.

possible sequel (none is
planned) and whether certain
characters' choices were
selfish or immoral. Senna
spoke of the necessity of
allowing a book's characters
to define its plot,
emphasizing that an author
can't impose "politically
correct" or "incorrect" views
that would violate characters'
believability, complexity,
limitations, and humanity.

She cautioned against being
diverted into politics based
solely on race, believing race
like gender is a "socially
constructed" box. "Do I
let my body speak for me
or speak for myself?" she
asked.

She added, "My race is
inspirational, but my
physical self is not the
whole story. Everyone has
surprises. Be open to that."

— Steve Anable

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Martin Boykan

Birthday Boykan

Martin Boykan Turns 70!
Brandeis Celebrates with
Concert

The music world has been
celebrating the 70th
birthday of distinguished
composer Martin Boykan
with a series of concerts
across the country. On
November 17, Brandeis held
its own event at Slosberg
Recital Hall honoring the
beloved professor.

The Irving G. Fine Professor
of Composition, better
known as Marty, is
considered a guru among
music students, according to
Eric Chasalow, professor of
composition and chair of
the music department. "He
knows more about classical
music than anyone I know,"
adds fellow composer
Yehudi Wyner, the
Naumberg Professor of
Composition.

Boykan began his Brandeis
career at a time when the
music department was rated
among the most prestigious
in the country. Noted
composers such as Irving
Fine, Arthur Berger, and
Harold Shapero were here,
as were the well-known
musicologists Kenneth Levy
and Paul Brainard, a Bach

scholar. "Brandeis was
extremely hard to get into,"
recalls Boykan. And he
maintains the department to
this day remains one of the
most distinguished in the
nation.

Boykan loves teaching. Over
the years he's guided and
inspired several generations
of students, including well-
known composers such as
Steve Mackey '85, Peter
Lieberson '85, Ross Bauer,
M.A. '83, Ph.D. '84, and
Marjorie Merryman,
M.FA. '76, Ph.D. '81.
"I really do enjoy it," he
says. He sees it as time
rewardingly spent, and
never at the expense of his
art. "If you're not writing a
piece, you can't blame it on
the teaching. If it's in you,
you should be able to write
it."

Until the 1970s, Boykan was
active as a pianist, playing
with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, and with soloists
such as loseph Silverstein
and Ian de Gaetani. He
studied composition with
Walter Piston, Aaron
Copland, and Paul
Hindemith, and piano with
Eduard Steuermann. In the
1 950s, after returning from
a Fulbright Fellowship in
Vienna, he founded the
Brandeis contemporary
music series.

Boykan has written for a
wide variety of instrumental
combinations including a
symphony, four string
quartets, a concerto for large

ensemble, trios, duos, and
solo works, and for voice
and piano as well other
instruments. His work is
widely performed. His
symphony was premiered
hy the Utah Symphony
Orchestra and his chamber
music has been presented
by almost all of the current
new music ensembles
including the Boston
Symphony Chamber Players,
The New York New Music
Ensemble, Speculum
Musicae, the League-ISCM,
Eai"play, Musica Viva, and
Collage of New Music.

Boykan has received
numerous awards for his
works, including the
leunesse Musicales for his
Strini; Quartet No. 1 and
the League-ISCM award for
Elegy. His most recent
recording, Martin Boykan:

Wingding

Rose Art Museum Draws
Large Crowd for Opening
of New Lois Foster Wing

Ellsworth Kelly was there.
So were fames Rosenquist
and Al Held. The art world
luminaries were among the
2,000 people who came to
celebrate the grand opening
of The Rose Art Museum's
new Lois Foster Wing. The
occasion also marked the
Rose's 40th anniversary and
the launching of a new

City of Gold &) Other
Works, is a presentation of
four chamber pieces, one
of which was composed in
collaboration with his wife,
visual artist Susan Schwalh.

"Martin Boykan, more than
any other living composer,
is able to craft large-scale
works with tremendous
economy of means — works
in which every note and
gesture are essential both in
the large and in the small,"
writes Ross Bauer in the
liner notes for City of Gold.

The concert honoring
Boykan was repeated on
November 1 8 by Dinosaur
Annex at the First and
Second Church in Boston.

— Donna Desrochers

exhibition, A Defining
Generation. Then and Now:
1961 and 2001.

To accommodate the crowds.
The Rose held its festivities
over a two-day period. On
September 29, a black-tie
gala was held in honor
of Henry and Lois Foster,
whose generosity made the
building possible. Some
longtime Rose supporters
estimated that the event

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Spotlight on Vienna

A New Five-Year
Project for the Lydian
String Quartet

The Lydian String Quartet
has launched a new project
weaving performances,
master classes, lectures, and
seminars into a five-year
program focusing on
Vienna — the unparalleled
city of music for more than
250 years.

Vienna and the String
Quartet is the Lydian's
second major project
in recent years. They
recently completed
American Originals, a
survey of 20th-century
American string quartet
literature that saw the
group record or perform
more than 60 works.

This new proiect is no
less ambitious. Vienna was
a magnet for some of the
world's great composers,
including Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert,
Brahms, Wolf, Berg, and

Webern. "The Vienna string
quartet literature was
revolutionary," says Lydian
violinist Daniel Stepner. "It's
still performed more than
any other quartet repertoire."

The Lydian String Quartet,
Brandeis's resident artists
for more than 20 years,
hope to bring to light the
revolutionary nature of the
music by presenting it m
the context of the social,
political, and cultural
realities m which the string
quartet was written. For
their opening concerts in
October, the Lydians invited
prominent speakers such as
Leon Botstein, conductor of
the American Symphony
Orchestra; George Perle,
noted composer and
theorist; and Brandeis's own
Stephen Dowden, associate
professor of German, to
speak and to give papers
as part of the overall
presentation. Of special
interest was Alban Berg's
Lyric Suite — a kind of
sublimated opera, according
to Stepner. Embedded in

the music are details of a
love affair the composer had
with Hanna Fuchs-Robettin.
George Perlc discussed how
he cracked the code of
the piece, which involved
birthdays and initials found
buried in the musical
notations of the last
movement.

While some non-Viennese
works will show up in their
new programming, Vienna
will be prominent in each

concert. They will perform
in classes in the music
and German literature
departments and in
European history. "We will
be focusing on the whole
19th- and 20th-century
cultural and historical
climate, which Brandeis
scholarship has done so
much to bring to light,"
says Stepner.

— Donna Desrochers

The Lydian
String Quartet

was one of the most
successful in the Museum's
history.

The next day. The Rose
opened its doors to the
public. Director Joseph
Ketner expected a large
crowd, but not quite as
large as the 1,200 that
showed up. "It exceeded
my expectations," said a
delighted Ketner.

A highlight of Sunday's
festivities was a seminar
with the artists moderated

by Exhibition Cocurator and
Rose Founding Director Sam
Hunter. The event was
standing room only at the
Harold Hasscnfcld
Conference Center. Families,
members of the Greater
Boston art community,
friends of the Rose, and
many newcomers arrived
to take a look at the
majestic new gallery, which
is elegantly sited behind the
original Museum building.

Earlier in the day, Hunter
was given an honorary

Doctor of Humane Letters.
"I was very touched," said
Hunter.

Galleryists and museum
colleagues from the Boston
area, such as Malcolm
Rogers, director of the
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, and Linda Norden,
curator of contemporary art
for Harvard's Fogg Art
Museum, came to
congratulate Ketner on the
significant achievement of
building a new gallery.

The expansion also allows
The Rose for the first time
to show the Brandeis
University Collection on a
continuing basis.

Much of the art currently
on display at The Rose
are pieces drawn from the
Museum's holdings. And
"they are even stronger than
I remembered," said Hunter,
who was involved in the
acquisition of those early
pieces.

— Donna Desrochers

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In Memoriam

Gunnar Dybwad

Gunnar Dybwad, at 92

Gunnar Dybwad, professor
emeritus of human
development and renowned
international leader of the
community living and
disability rights movement,
died on September 13. He
was 92.

For more than 40 years
Dybwad was at the forefront
of efforts to secure the
civil rights of people with
cognitive and other
disabilities.

Dybwad ioined the faculty
at The Heller Graduate
School in 1967, where he
was the first director of the
Mental Retardation Policy
and Research Training
Program and founding
director of the Starr Center
for Mental Retardation. He
retired from Brandcis in
1974 but, according to Marty
Krauss, associate dean for
the faculty, the John Stein
Professor of Social

Rehabilitation, and current
director of the Starr Center,
Dybwad never really
stopped working — his
commitment to Brandeis
and to the disability rights
movement continued.

"Gunnar and his late wife,
Rosemary, were highly
invested in the values and
mission of The Heller
School, and deeply engaged
in the education and
personal development of our
students," said Jack
Shonkoff, dean of The Heller
School for Social Policy and
Management.

Most recently Dybwad
worked to foster the
principles of self-advocacy
and self-determination by
people with cognitive
disabilities. His early
professional work included
studies of prisons and
institutions for luvemle
delinquents. With graduate
degrees in law and social
work, he championed first
penal reform, then child
welfare, and finally the
disability rights movement.
He was the director of
the Child Welfare Program
in Michigan from 1943 to
1951, executive director of
the National Association for
Retarded Children from
19.57 to 1963, codirector
of the Mental Retardation
Project of the International
Union for Child Welfare in
Geneva (with his late wife.
Dr. Rosemary Dybwad], and
from 1978 to 1982, he was
the president of what is
now known as Inclusion
International. After retiring
from Brandeis he taught for
another 12 years at Syracuse
University.

Dybwad held honorary
doctorates from Temple
University and the
University of Maryland. The
recipient |with his wife]
of numerous awards from
professional organizations,
foundations, and
international agencies, he
was the author of numerous
publications.

Drawing an explicit analogy
to the black civil rights
movement, particularly its
victory in Brown v. Board
of Education (1954), Dybwad
was instrumental in
convincing the leadership of
the Pennsylvania
Association for Retarded
Children (PARC| to look to
the courts to help improve
the lives of their children.
The resulting case, PARC v.
Pennsylvania (1972),
established, for the first
time, the right of children
with disabilities to receive
a public education, and it
provided the impetus for
a quarter century of
disability rights legislation,
beginning with Chapter 766
in Massachusetts and the
federal special education
law now known as IDEA.
Dybwad contributed
directly to 15 federal
lawsuits relating to the civil
rights of people with mental
disabilities, including two
that were argued before the
U.S. Supreme Court.

Born on luly 12, 1909, in
Leipzig, Germany, Dybwad
earned his J.D. from the

Faculty of Law and Political
Science, University of Halle,
Germany, m 1934. He is also
a graduate of the New York
School of Social Work.

He is survived by his sister
Gudny; sister-in-law Herta,-
son Peter Dybwad; daughter
Susan Bell; five
grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren; two nieces
and two nephews.

A memorial service was held
at Brandeis on November 4.
Dybwad's family encourages
friends to make donations
in his honor to the Howe
Library at The Heller School,
or to one of the many
advocacy organizations that
have benefited from his
support and encouragement.

— Crist m Cair

Joseph S. Berliner, at 79

Joseph S. Berliner, professor
emeritus of economics, died
September 2, 2001. He was
79.

During his 23 years on the
Brandeis faculty, he served
twice as department chair
and was appointed dean
of faculty in 1974. He
was a long-time associate
and an executive committee
member of Harvard's
Russian Research Center,
now the Davis Center for
Russian Studies. He was
elected president of the two
major professional
associations in his field, the
American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic
Studies and the Association
for Comparative Economics.

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Born and raised in New
York, he completed two
years of study at the Coast
Guard Academy and served
in the merchant marme
during World War II. In 1946
he matriculated at Harvard,
where he completed his
bachelor's degree, master's
degree, and doctorate in
economics. Early m his
graduate career, he was
recruited for the newly
formed Russian area
program and the direction of
his future took shape.

Berliner became a pioneer in
the field of Soviet studies.
He has been described as
the founder of Soviet
microeconomics, the study
of the behavior of Soviet
economic institutions
during the era of central
planning. Berliner's seminal
contribution was the
volume Factory and
Manager m the USSR
(Harvard University Press,
19371 in which he elaborated
the behavior of Soviet
managers in their
environment of demanding
production targets,
inadequate and unreliable
supplies of materials, and
distorting monetary
incentives. The book, which
grew out of his Harvard
doctoral dissertation,
quickly established itself as
a classic, not only for its
substantive content but also
for the scholarly objectivity
with which the analysis was
conducted. With the Cold
War at its most intense.

scholarly detachment was
often sacrificed by others to
ideology and polemics.

His second major work, The
Innovation Decision in
Soviet Industry (MIT Press,
1976), won the prize as the
best university press volume
in the social sciences in
its year of publication.
Between and after these
major efforts, Berliner
produced a stream of journal
articles, conference papers,
and congressional testimony.
Several of his articles are
among the most frequently
reprinted in Soviet and
Russian studies. One in
particular, "The Informal
Organization of the Soviet
Firm," may be m first
place for frequency of
reproduction.

His last major work. The
Economics of the Good
Society: The Variety of
Economic Arrangements
(Blackwell, 1999|, was
intended for the general
reader. One theme was the
role of values in choosing
among different versions of
socialism and capitalism:

"Objective analysis of system
properties," he argued,

"could take one only so far."

During a eulogy in Berliner's
honor, Anne Carter, the
Fred C. Hecht Professor of
Economics, attributed the
economics department's
tradition of amicability, its
ideological diversity
notwithstanding, to his
influence. "For some reason,
it wasn't easy to act in
a petty or self-interested
manner in his presence.
This 'Berliner effect' was
referred to not long ago
by an economist who had

chaired a panel, on which
loe served, that produced a
highly controversial report
about the CIA's performance
in evaluating Soviet
economic developments.
Whenever the chairman was
called before a hostile group
for a grilling, he made
It a point to get [oe to
go with him. The tone
of the encounter, he told
me, always changed for the
better."

A memorial service for
Berliner was held on
Campus on November 1 1 .

Motorcycle Crash Claims
Life of Physics Professor;
Department, University
Mourn Loss

Eric Jensen, associate
professor of physics, died
on September 10, 2001, at
Massachusetts General
Hospital as a result of
injuries sustained in a
motorcycle accident,

Jensen came to the Brandeis
physics department in 1985,
after conducting research
at the University of
Pennsylvania and the
Brookhaven National
Laboratory, with which he
continued to stay involved
throughout his career. He
received his Ph.D. from
Cornell in 1982. Jensen's
field was experimental
condensed matter physics,
particularly photoemission
spectroscopy of surfaces.

Jensen taught a variety of
physics lecture and lab courses
at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. He served
Brandeis in a number of ways,
including participation in the
Faculty Senate, the University
Curriculum Committee,
freshman advising, the
Quantitative Reasoning
Committee, and as the
president of the Brandeis
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
He also had strong love of
the environment and was an
active member of the Town of
Carlisle Conservation
Committee.

He is survived by his brother
Hal and family of Austin,
Texas; the parents of his
late wife Norene, Dr. Charles
and Mrs. Suzanne Lucas, and
family; and his sister-in-law,
Myrna Jensen, the wife of his
late brother Kurt. A service
was held on September 13,
2001, at Sliver Auditorium in
the Sachar Building.

Eric Jensen

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Trading Jobs

A Run for Congress
Puts This Alumnus Back
in the News

Ira Shapiro '69 has been so
influential in international
trade negotiations diu'ing
the past decade that his
portrait should appear on
the currencies of the United
States, Canada, lapan, and
Mexico, at the very least.

Now, Shapiro is hoping
to take on another major
role, as a member of the
House of Representatives for
Maryland. He is running for
Congress as a Democrat in
the 2002 elections, hoping
to upset a longtime GOP
incumbent. And if he wins,
he will be the only Brandeis
graduate in Congress.

As general counsel to Mickey
Kantor, President Clinton's
trade representative, Shapiro
was one of the handful of
people most involved in the
successful completion of the
North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), and the
Uruguay Round of global
trade talks.

A year later, as chief U.S.
trade negotiator with Japan
and Canada, Shapiro's
nomination to the rank of
ambassador was easily
confirmed by the Senate. For
the next two and a half years,
his experience and ability
guided the U.S. side through
the settlement of a succession
of intricate and consequential
trade deliberations involving
the disposition of lumber
with Canada, aircraft with
Russia, and automobiles,
insurance, and
semiconductors with Japan.

Currently an international
trade lawyer as a partner
at Long, Aldridge and
Norman, Shapiro continues
to represent U.S. companies
in their efforts to gain entry
to closed or restricted foreign
markets in Europe, Japan,
and elsewhere. He is a
consultant to the Inter-
American Development
Bank and is also working
with the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids to effect
a global tobacco control
treaty. Last year he was a
member of the task force
that chose the vice
presidential candidate for the
Gore campaign.

Shapiro's deep involvement in
government has been lengthy
as well as influential. At the
age of 29, fresh from the
University of Pennsylvania
Law School and having
earned a bachelor's degree m
politics from Brandeis and a
master's degree in political
science from the University
of California at Berkeley, he
was appointed staff director
of the Special Senate
Committee to write the first
Senate Ethics code.

A year later, serving as
counsel to the Senate
Governmental Affairs

Committee, he was the chief
staff person involved in the
passage of a series of other
ethics-related reforms,
including the Ethics in
Government Act, the
Inspector General Act, and
the Presidential Records Act.
While at Governmental
Affairs, he was also the
main Senate staffer behind
legislation to increase the
use of flexible working
hours and part-time
professional ]ob
opportunities for the federal
government.

During his decades-long
immersion in government,
Shapiro has worked for such
prominent statesmen as
Senators Jacob Javits,
Gaylord Nelson, Thomas
Eagleton, Abraham Ribicoff,
and Robert Byrd. He was
chief of staff for Senator Jay
Rockefeller. He worked on
the presidential campaigns
of Eugene McCarthy, George
McGovern, Walter Mondale,
Bill Clinton, and Al Gore.

But he has never run for
public office himself... until
now.

His reason for running after
all this time-

"Like others who are drawn
to national politics, I have
long thought about the
possibility of running for
Congress," Shapiro explains
on his Website. "Many
people who see close up
what members of Congress
must do to win and keep
office are turned off. For
whatever reason, that didn't
happen to me, I always felt
that if the right moment
came along, I would want to
run — and to serve.

"When It became clear in
December that George W.
Bush was going to become
president, it took about two
hours for Nancy and me
to decide that now was
the time to run. I won't
stand by while Bush and
Cheney reverse four decades
of social and economic
progress."

The Nancy mentioned above
is Shapiro's wife and
Brandeis classmate, the
former Nancy Sherman '69,
who IS currently the
associate vice chancellor for
academic affairs at the
University System of
Maryland, and the
University System's director
of K-16 education initiatives.

Asked about the influence of
his years at Brandeis on his
career, Shapiro says:

"I have always believed that
I was indelibly a product
of a special place and time:
Brandeis 1965-69. My
commitment to intellectual
engagement and public
service, the sense of urgency
about the problems facing
the country and the world,
and the quest for social
justice — all come from being
at Brandeis during those
years of crisis for our country.

"However, over the years, I
have met enough Brandeis
graduates, with similar
outlooks hut from other
eras, to conclude that
Brandeis might have been
even more influential than
the turbulent times."

Visit www.irashapiro.com to
read much more about Ira
Shapiro's career and
Congressional campaign.

—Cliff Hiiupinum '69,
M.F.A. 73

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Making the Grade

Promotions to Associate
Professor with Tenure

Susan Birren's (biology) post-
doctoral research centered
on the development of
cellular diversity in the
mammalian nervous system
and on the role of a class of
growth factors,
neurotrophins, in early
neuronal differentiation. At
Brandeis she has broadened
her approach by establishing
neuron/target co-cultures,
which address synapse
formation and neuronal
modulation, and hy
comparing sympathetic and
enteric neuroblasts that
arise from a common neural
crest-derived migrating
progenitor population. Her
work on interactions among
the various signaling
pathways that influence
synaptic function is of
special significance. Birren
has received extensive
research support from the
National Institutes of
Health, National Science
Foundation, Pew Scholars
Program, Whitehall
Foundation, and other
sources such as an Alberta
Gotthardt Strage ',56 and
Henry Strage Award for
aspiring young science
faculty. She has also been
invited to present her
research at numerous
universities, national and
international conferences.

Birren has taught Cell
Structure and Function. She
has served as coordinator of
the Bauer Series.

Paul DiZio's (psychology)
work on motor control and
spatial orientation is of clear
importance to the design
of manned space flight
missions. In pursuing these
twin lines of scholarship,
DiZio has focused on
human reaching behaviors
(motor control) and on
posture (spatial orientation)
in a variety of unusual
arenas. His work of the
last six years has seriously
challenged the equilibrium
point theory of planned
motions. Most recently, he
has built an international
reputation as a leading
expert in the field of virtual
reality technology,
confirmed by his
appointment to the editorial
board of Presence. He was
also named section editor
for the Journal of Vestibular
Research. He is the principal
investigator or coprincipal
investigator on several
grants from NASA and other
funding agencies, and is
frequently invited to speak
at national and international
meetings. DiZio is now
working toward a new
theory of planned
movement.

DiZio routinely teaches
three courses. He has
administered the rotation
program for neuroscience
graduate students, a program
that constitutes half of the
graduate course work in
the first year. He advises
students, assists with
graduate student recruiting,
and has served on several
University committees.

Sarah Lamb (anthropologv')
is considered one of the
leading anthropologists of
her generation. Her research
covers the areas of aging,
gender, and body, with a
particular focus on South

Asia. Her critically
acclaimed book. White Saris
and Sweet Mangoes: Aging.
Gender, and Body in North
India (University of
California Press, 2000), is
an ethnography about aging
in a rural Bengali village
that is described by external
referees as a major
contribution to the field.
Lamb is coediting another
book. Everyday Lite in
South Asia, which is
scheduled for publication in
2002, and has already begun
work on a third book. Aging
Across Multiple Worlds:
South Asian Indians inland
North America. Her latest
research includes
exploration of
transnationalism through
work with Indian immigrant
families in the United
States. Lamb has been
invited to give talks, to
contribute chapters to
important volumes, to
review grants for other
institutions, and to serve
as a reviewer for several
journals.

In 1998, Lamb won the
Michael L. Walzer '.S6
Award for Excellence in
Teaching at Brandeis. Lamb
has served as undergraduate
advising head and has
contributed to the
University Curriculum
Committee, to the
Premedical Advisory Board,
and to the Women's
Studies Program.

Faith Smith's (Atrican and
Afro-American Studies/
English] book, fohn Jacob
Thomas and Caribbean
Intellectual Life in the
Nineteenth Century, which
is currently under contract
with the University Press
of Virginia, constitutes a
significant contribution to
the field of Caribbean
literature. On the cutting-
edge of scholarship in her
field. Smith's book on
Thomas is eagerly awaited
by scholars in a variety
of disciplines. She has also
published in two respected
journals, serving on the
editorial board of one (a rare
honor for a junior scholar)
and as guest editor for
a special issue. Her latest
project IS an extended study
of Caribbean women writers.
Smith has already attained
a position of some stature
in the profession, as
evidenced by prestigious
research fellowships and
post-doctoral awards from
the Rutgers Center for
Historical Analysis and the
Huntington Library.

Contributing to two
departments. Smith offers
a wide variety of courses.
Smith has served as
Brandeis's representative to
the Board of the Graduate
Consortium of Women's
Studies at Radcliffe, as a
member of the Board of
the Intercultural Center and
the Board of the McNair
Scholars Program, and as
a member of several
committees.

Susan Birren,
second from left,
was recently
named the 2001
winner of the
Third Annual
Alberta Gotthardt
Strage '56 and
Henry Strage
Award for
Aspiring Young
Science Faculty.
Pictured here are
Professor Gregory
Petsko, Birren,
Henry Strage, and
Alberta Gotthardt
Strage '56.

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Showing His Metal

New Provost Ready
to Mix University
Elements to Yield
Perfect Combination

For Mel Bernstein, provost
and senior vice president
for academic affairs, the
rewards of his joh become
most apparent when he
sees the amazing evolution
of a student from first
year to senior, and feels
able to contribute to that
development.

As a student attracted to
math and science, he found
himself drawn to metallurgy
and materials science, a
field at the interface among
engineering, physics, and

chemistry, studying at
Columbia followed by a
post-doctorate in England.
He spent five years in a
research lab in Pittsburgh,
held positions at Carnegie
Mellon and the Illinois
Institute of Technology, and
was academic vice president
and dean of the faculties
at Tufts University before
coming to Brandeis.

Scientists and engineers are
trained problem-solvers, he
says, adding that his field
prepared him to deal with
uncertainty, "I think I am
able to balance things that
I know with things that I
don't know. I'm a consensus
builder. I like to really
engage people," he says. "I
think you want to give
everybody the opportunity
to be heard. When you say
'the faculty' or 'the students,'
it is critical to keep in
mmd that really there is a
complex mix of people, and
I see the role of provost
as listening to these voices,
inteipreting them if I can,
and paying attention to
whatever dissonance there is
in the system."

Bernstein tries to build
alliances, says he is not
afraid to make decisions,
and has ultimate confidence
m the good will of an
institution. "I'm here to
help, to work with the
community, to understand
its values, needs, and issues,
to bring a fresh perspective,
and then to move Brandeis
forward," he explains.

A first-generation American
with parents who emigrated
from Poland, he grew up
with an older sister and
younger brother in various
neighborhoods of Brooklyn
and Queens. Now living
in Boston's Back Bay, he
confesses to still being a
serious New Yorker at heart.

If Bernstein currently seems
to be around every corner,
it's because he feels that
you have to live in an
institution to know it. He is
engrossed in the process of
visiting all the departments,
talking with students,
asking questions of Brandeis
itself: "Who are we-? What
do we want to be? How do
we get to where we want
to be?" From the student's
perspective, he asks, "Why
do you choose a place like
Brandeis? What do you hope
to get out of it? How
are you now going to be
best prepared to flourish
and lead m a very complex
world increasingly filled
with uncertainty?" From
the faculty's point of view.

he asks, "How can faculty
at Brandeis create an
effective balance between
teaching, scholarship,
research, mentoring, and
counseling? How can the
University help provide an
environment to let that
develop?" And from a staff
point of view, he asks,
"How are you part of this
community? How do you
effectively use your
expertise and how is your
voice heard?"

These are difficult questions.
But Bernstein has
experienced the university
setting in literally all
aspects — as a faculty
member, vice chair of
faculty senate, and in varied
administrative roles in
different institutions. And
he relishes his chance to
find answers. "We have a
unique responsibility and
opportunity to provide the
best quality academic
experience and the best
environment for the faculty,
students, and staff, and
that's what excites me about
being at Brandeis," he says.

— Marjonc Lyon

Mel Bernstein

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New Faculty

Arnold Band |Ph.D., Harvard
University), Joseph H. and
Belle R. Braun Professor of
Modern Hebrew Literature.
A renowned scholar of
modern Hebrew literature,
Band is an emeritus
professor at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
At Brandeis during the fall
semesters of '01 and '02, he
will teach as well as advise
graduate students.

Jeffrey Blomster (Ph.D., Yale
University), Lecturer in
Anthropology. Blomster has
most recently taught at
Muhlenberg College. He has
published several reports on
his archaeological research
in Oaxaca, Mexico, and
has secured support from
numerous sources,
including Mellon and
Fulbright Grants.

Laarni Bulan (Ph.D.,
Columbia University),
Assistant Professor of
Finance. Bulan's research
interests include corporate
finance, firm investment,
capital structure, real
options, and risk and
volatility modeling. She has
received fellowships and
scholarships from numerous
sources, including Lehman
Brothers and AT&T.

Rafael Campo |M.D.,
Harvard University), Fannie
Hurst Poet-in-Residence. A
practitioner of internal
medicine, Campo is also a
nationally recognized poet
and nonfiction writer about
medicine and the
humanities. His most recent
books are Diva and The
Poetry of Healing: A

Doctor's Education in
Empathy. Identity and
Desire. He has been the
recipient of a Guggenheim
Fellowship and the National
Hispanic Academy of Media
Arts and Sciences Annual
Achievement Award and is
frequently invited to speak
around the country. At
Brandeis in the fall 2001
semester, he taught a course
on Literature and Healing
and a poetry workshop.

Thomas Cushman (Ph.D.,
University of Virginia],
Ziskmd Visiting Professor
of Sociology and Internet
Studies. An associate
professor at Wcllesley
College, Cushman has
received National Science
Foundation and American
Council of Learned Societies
funds for his work on
sociology of culture and on
Soviet/Russian society. He
is the author of a book on
rock music in Russia. Spring
semester he will teach
Interrogating the Internet:
Sociological Perspectives on
a New Medium and
Sociology of Propaganda.

Karla Davis-Salazar (M.A.,

Northern Illinois
University), Lecturer in
Anthropology. A doctoral
candidate, Davis-Salazar
will join Brandeis after
completing a fellowship
residency at the Dumbarton
Oaks Center in Washington,
D.C. Her extensive
fieldwork includes over
seven seasons of excavation
at a significant Mayan site.
Her Harvard dissertation,
supported in part by the
Ford Foundation, focuses on
the relationship between
sociopolitical complexity,
water supply management,
and associated religious
rituals and symbolism.

Amanda Ewington (M.A.,
University of Chicago),
Lecturer in Russian
Literature. A Ph.D.
candidate and the winner of
a Whiting Fellowship in the
Humanities and a Fulbright-
Hays award, Ewington
teaches Nineteenth-Century
Russian Literature and
Women in Russian
Literature.

Eduardo Febles (Ph.D.,
Brown University), Lecturer
in French and Spanish. A
former Fulbright Scholar,
Febles has a special interest
in computer-assisted
language learning and
second language acquisition.

Ulrich Genick (Ph.D.,
Scripps Research Institute),
Assistant Professor of
Biochemistry. Joining
Brandeis following two
postdoctoral years at the
Salk Institute for Biological
Studies, Genick is in the
forefront of X-ray time-
resolved crystallography,
having contributed to the
technical development and
experimental design of an
important area of structural
biology.

Anne Gershenson (Ph.D.,
University of Michigan),
Assistant Professor of
Biophysical Chemistry.
Gershenson's postdoctoral
research at the California
Institute of Technology
focused on using random
mutagenesis and screening
to thermostabilize esterases.
Her research plans combine
directed evolution with
time-resolved optical

methods for the study of
protein folding and
conformation.

Jody Gittell (Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology), Assistant
Professor in the
Management Program at
The Heller Graduate School
for Social Policy and
Management. Gittell joins
Brandeis after teaching a
variety of courses as an
assistant professor of
business administration at
the Harvard Business School.
She has received funding
from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation as well as a
National Research Council
Fellowship for her research
on strategic human
resources and organization
design, group process, and
leadership. She is
particularly interested in
how coordination affects
quality and efficiency
performance in
time-constrained service
settings, such as healthcare
and the airline industry.

Derek Isaacowitz (Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania),
Assistant Professor of
Psychology. Isaacowitz has
been the recipient of a
National Science
Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship. He has
most recently been honored
by his selection to present
an invited address at the
upcoming meeting of the
Society for the Study of
Human Development. His
research interests include
the prediction and
measurement of positive
and negative affect in old
age, optimism and
depression in older adults,
and life-span development of
Holocaust and other trauma

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Michael Klebet (Ph.D.,
University of California,
Berkeley), Assistant
Professor in Mathematics
(non-tenure-track). His
research interests include
comhinatoncs in
representation theory,
quantum affine algebras,
and effective computation
and computational
complexity. Winner of a
Sloan dissertation
fellowship, Kleber has spent
the last three years as an
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at
MIT.

Susan Lanser (Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin),
Professor of English and
American Literature and
Chair of the Women's
Studies Program. Lanser
comes to Brandeis after
more than a decade at
the University of Maryland,
where she taught English,
comparative literature, and
women's studies. Earlier in
her career she taught at
Georgetown University. Her
current book project is
Sapphic Subjects and the
Engendering of
Enlightenment. She recently
coedited an edition of Helen
Maria Williams's Letters
Written in France, and is
the author of two influential
books. The Narrative Act:
Point of View in Prose
Fiction and Fictions nf
Authority: Women Writers
and Narrative Voice. Her
extensive scholarly activity
is matched by her
professional and
administrative service and
commitment to teaching, all
of which are reflected in
the awards and fellowships
she has received from such
organizations as the
American Council of

Learned Societies, the Folger
Library, and the National
Endowment for the
Humanities.

JWarya Levenson '64 |Ed.D.,
Harvard University),
Professor of the Practice of
Education. Having served as
superintendent of the North
Colonic Central Schools in
New York and as principal
of Newton North High
School, Levenson now joins
Brandeis as director of the
Education Program. She is
frequently invited to present
papers on educational policy
and administration.

Sabine Level (M.A.,

University of Paris,
Sorbonne), Lecturer in
French. Levet joins Brandeis
from MIT, where she has
been a lecturer since 1993.
In addition, she codesigned
multilevel classroom
activities to accompany a
CD-ROM, Dans un quartier
de Paris, an interactive
multimedia documentary.

(ill iVlcCorkle (M.A., Hollins
College), Fannie Hurst
Writer-in-Residence.
McCorkle's novels and short
story collections are
internationally known.
Most recently, she has
received acclaim for
Carolma Moon and Final
Vmyl Days. She has received
the New England
Booksellers Award and the
North Carolina Award for
Literature. A member of the
Bennington College writing
faculty, and formerly a
lecturer in the creative
writing program at Harvard,
she taught two fiction
writing workshops during
the fall semester at Brandeis.

Michael McGrade (Ph.D.,
The University of Chicago),
Assistant Professor of Music.
McGrade has taught most
recently at Williams College.
A musicologist who
specializes in medieval
music, he has published
several articles and received
funding from the National
Endowment for the
Humanities. His
dissertation is titled,
"Affirmations of Royalty:
Liturgical Music in the
Collegiate Church of St.
Mary in Aachen,
c 1050- 1350."

Janet Mcintosh (M.A.,

University of Michigan),
Lecturer in Anthropology.
Trained in cognitive and
linguistic anthropology at
Harvard, where she is a
doctoral candidate,
Mcintosh has conducted
research on the East Coast
of Africa and served as
a museum consultant. She
has published several
articles and received a
Certificate of Distinction for
Excellence in Teaching at
Harvard, where she has been
a preceptor in expository
writing.

Nidhiya Menon (A.M.,
Brown University),
Assistant Professor of
Economics. In addition to
teaching and serving as a
research assistant while at
Brown, Menon has been
a research fellow in
Bangladesh and a consultant
for the World Bank. Her
dissertation is titled "An
Analysis of the Determinants
and Consequences of
Nonraiidom Program
Placement." Her primary
interests are empirical
microeconomics, economic
development, econometrics,
economic demography,
and labor.

Andrew Molinsky (Ph.D.,
Harvard Business School),
Assistant Professor.
Molinsky comes to Brandeis
from the Marshall School
of Business at the University
of Southern California,
where he won the Professor
of the Year award. At
Brandeis he will teach
courses in psychology in
addition to GSIEF. His focus
on organizational behavior
includes the study of cross-
cultural code switching and
of how managers cope with
the ethical and painful
dilemmas of "necessary
evils."

Alicia Ostriker '59 |Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin),
Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Women's
Studies and English. A full
professor at Rutgers, a
significant feminist literary
critic who is currently
engaged in exploring lewish
feminism, and an
accomplished American
poet, Ostnker has written
SteaUng the Language: The
Emergence of Women Poets
in America, Feminist
Revision and the Bible, and
The Nakedness of the
Fathers: Biblical Visions
and Revisions. At Brandeis
this spring, she will teach
a course on American
women poets and a course
on the Bible.

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Dan Perlman (Ph.D.,
Harvard University),
Lecturer in Environmental
Studies. A broadlv trained
biologist, Perlman's
interests include animal
behavior, evolution, and
scientific and social
environmental issues. He is
currently writing an ecology
text for undergraduate non-
science majors. At Harvard
he received the Phi Beta
Kappa Prize for Excellence
in Teaching.

Neil Printz |Ph.D., City
University of New York),
Henry Luce Visiting Scholar
in American Art. Printz has
held positions as a curator,
an editor, and an assistant
professor. At Brandeis to
work with the Rose Art
Museum, he also teaches a
course on Andy Warhol.

Eric Rice (M.Phil.,
Columbia University),
Assistant Professor in Music
(non tenure-track). Rice
specializes in historical
musicology and has
published several articles on
music of the Middle Ages
and Early Modern Period.
His dissertation, "Music
and Ritual in the Collegiate
Church of St. Mary in
Aachen, L?00-1600," reflects
his interests in early church
music as a scholar and a
performer.

Paroma Sanyal (Ph.D.,
University of California,
Irvine), Assistant Professor
of Economics. Sanyal also
holds an M.A. from the
Delhi School of Economics.

Her dissertation focuses on
research and development
and her fields of
concentration are industrial
organization, empirical
microeconomics, applied
econometrics, and
environmental economics.
As an intern at the World
Bank, she analyzed the
impact of gender on social
cooperation and women's
political participation. She
is also specifically interested
in emerging market
structure m the U.S. electric
utility industry,
privatization and
deregulation in developing
countries, and trade and
environment.

Michael Socolow |Ph.D.,
Georgetown University),
Assistant Professor of
American Studies. Socolow's
field of research covers
20th-century U.S. history,
with an emphasis on the
sociocultural and political
development of mass
communications in
America. His dissertation
focuses on the technical,
political, and business
negotiations that led to
the establishment of NBC
and CBS radio. He also
has considerable experience
working in broadcast
journalism, and offers
courses in the lournalism
Program in addition to those
in the American studies
department.

Harry Tamvakis (Ph.D.,
University of Chicago),
Assistant Professor of
Mathematics. Tamvakis has
most recently worked at
the Institut des Hautes
Etudes Scientifiques, while
holding a National Science
Foundation postdoctoral
research fellowship. He has

been a lecturer at the
University of Pennsylvania
and the University of
Chicago. His focus is on
complex, algebraic and
arithmetic geometry,
including a particular
interest in Arakelov theory
and intersection theory.

Ramie Targoff (Ph.D.,

University of California,
Berkeley), Assistant
Professor of English and
American Literature. Targoff
comes to Brandeis from
Yale University, where she
has been an assistant
professor, specializing in
poetry, since 1996. The
author of Common Prayer:
Models of Public Devotion
in Early Modern England,
just out from the University
of Chicago Press, she has
also published several
articles on the poet George
Herbert and on the
performance of prayer. She
has taught courses on
Shakespeare and the
Renaissance Lyric as well as
general courses on poetry.

Eva Thorne (Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology), Assistant
Professor of Politics. Thorne
has taught at Tufts, Boston
University, and
Northeastern as well as MIT.

She was on leave during the
fall term in order to work
on a Ford Foundation Grant.
She specializes in Latin
American politics,
international political
economy, and Third World
development and is working
on a manuscript. Protest
and Accountability: The
World Bank and the Politics
of Safeguard Policy. Her
many awards include
fellowships from the
Institute for the Study of
World Politics, the Social
Science Research Council,
the Inter- American
Foundation, and the U.S.
Department of Education.
Thorne has been a
consultant for the World
Commission on Dams in
South Africa and the Inter-
American Development
Bank as well as the Ford
Foundation.

Jonathan Unglaub (Ph.D.,
Columbia University),
Assistant Professor of Fine
Arts. Unglaub is on leave
2001-02 on a postdoctoral
fellowship in the history of
art and the humanities from
the Getty Grant Program,
which will support his
research on Poussin. He
has taught at Columbia and
Washington Universities
and has received a Fulbright
predoctoral grant as well
as other awards. His two
books in progress are
Poussin. Tasso. and the
Poetics of Painting and
Ancient Painting and
Baroque Poetics: A
Convergence in Poussin's
Late Works.

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I am in my office in the publications cottage on
campus, talking with a member of my staff,

when her irises float up into her brow and
she keels over like a felled pine.

byCliff Hauptman'69, M.F.A. 73

24 Brandeis Review

Emergency!!!

Avital Schwartz '02,
Matt Friedman 02, and
David Baskin '02

I dial the emergency number, explain
the situation, and within minutes —
barely more than moments, it
seems — a trio of students in blue shirts
is reviving the patient on my floor,
taking vital signs, asking questions,
writing feverishly, rummaging in
medical kits.

At first, I am somewhat aghast; this
could be a serious medical emergency.
Why have they sent me kids playing
doctor?Then I watch, and I see that
what seemed like a free-for-all is
actually a well-choreographed, much-
rehearsed performance. One student
is clearly in charge. Each knows
his or her job. The questioning
is deliberate and precise, the facts
quickly determined. Medical data are
gathered and a course of action is
speedily reached. It turns out to be
nothing more serious than a dizzy
spell accompanying the onset of a
cold. Besides, it is well past lunchtime
and the patient hasn't eaten in hours.
She is soon fully recovered, feels fine,
and declines the students' offer of a
ride to the hospital for further tests.
They agree that there is really no need,
pack up their gear, and are gone as
suddenly as they arrived. The whole
event took 15 minutes, and in that
time, their poise and professionalism
gained our complete confidence.

Wow! Who are those guys?

They are the Brandeis Emergency
Medical Corps, widely known as
BEMCo, as the custom graphics on the
group's well-equipped but aging Ford
Explorer boldly advertises.

BEMCo is a wholly student-run
volunteer organization that has been
operating on the Brandeis campus
since its founding in 1983 by James
Meisel '85, M.D., to provide timely
and efficient emergency medical care
to the Brandeis community. During
its 18-year existence, BEMCo has
responded to more than 4,000 calls
(more than 300 during the eight-
month academic year of 2000-01),
ranging in kind from the life-
threatening to the life-beginning.
Ironically, its first call was to aid
a woman in labor, but because
of limited funding, one piece of
emergency medical equipment the
fledgling unit had not acquired was
an obstetrics kit. At the time, BEMCo's
five members were also not yet
using pagers, the crews relying on
monitoring their radios and
telephones. So by the time they
responded to the call, the woman was
already leaving in an ambulance— an

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During its 18-year existence, BEMCo
has responded to more than 4,000 calls
(more than 300 during the eight-month

academic year of 2000-01), ranging in kind
from the life-threatening to the life-beginning.

inauspicious beginning for BEIVlCo,
but probably fortunate for the woman
and her baby.

Later that semester, BEIVlCo proved
its worth. Assessing nearly 50 patients
at an overcrowded concert in the
gym one night, BEMCo stretched
its existing resources to the limit
but established itself unquestionably
as a viable and beneficial asset
to the campus. Soon it began
attracting increasing numbers of
student volunteers, thus allowing it
to expand its budget, upgrade its
equipment, and respond at any hour
of the day or night with impressive
speed and effective procedures.

Today BEMCo comprises more than 60
active members, trained Emergency
MedicalTechnicians (EMTs) organized
into a carefully regulated hierarchy
based on levels of experience.
Typically, duty crews consist of three
members like the ones who so
suddenly sprang up in my office when
I dialed 63333. Each crew includes
a "primary," who has had extensive
off-campus experience either with a

volunteer or paid ambulance service
and is considered the crew chief. The
primary drives to all calls in the
BEMCo truck. The "secondary" has
had extensive training, although less
than the primary, and is familiar with
all BEMCo protocols. In the event
that a second, simultaneous call arises,
the secondary will break off from the
first call to respond to the second.
The "tertiary" is a new member who
participates fully until he or she is
ready for promotion to secondary. The
secondary and tertiary respond to the
scene on foot, by personal vehicle, or
by campus police cruiser if one is
available. Although not usually part of
the three-person crew, there is also
a "supervisor" who is always on duty
to respond to simultaneous calls (with
the secondary), as well as any call
of a serious nature. Supervisors are
primaries with extensive on-and off-
campus experience and are trained to
handle crisis situations.

This year, there will be two
supervisors, between five and 10
primaries, about 20 secondaries, and
about 30 tertiaries. Duties run in
24-hour shifts, beginning at 5:00 pm.
Given the average number of calls, a
tertiary may go on one call per month,
a secondary on two or three per
month, and a primary on one or two
per week. One of the two supervisors
is on call all the time.

The BEMCo truck, which is always
on the scene of a call, is equipped
with everything an ambulance carries,
except a stretcher. On each call, the
crew assesses whether the patient
should be transported to one of the
two available treatment facilities; the
University Health Center on campus,
or the nearby Deaconess Waltham
Hospital. If the patient is able to
be transported in the BEMCo truck-
that is, if the patient does not need
to be placed on a stretcher or be
administered oxygen— the crew will
decide on the appropriate facility and
drive the patient there themselves.
Otherwise, an ambulance will be
called, and one of the BEMCo
supervisors will assist.

Most patients can be driven in the
truck. Prevalent emergencies involve
mild asthma attacks and allergic
reactions, twisted ankles, skinned
knees, broken toes and fingers, sports-
related injuries, intoxication, fainting,
and diabetic emergencies and seizures.
More severe cases — heart attacks, a
fall down a flight of stairs, severe
asthmatic and allergic reactions, motor

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vehicle accidents, anyone needing
oxygen — require a call for an
ambulance by the BEMCo crew.

Currently overseeing much of this is
David Baskin '02, from Ojai, California.
He is BEMCo's operations officer,
which means that he has not only
the normal responsibilities of one of
the supervisors— the other supervisor
this year is Avital Schwartz '02 — but
he is also in charge of all medical
operations of BEMCo, maintenance of
the complex monthly crew schedules,
and a list of other administrative and
operational duties that he shares with
the five other students elected to
BEMCo's executive board. He does
all this while additionally working
off-campus, sometimes all night, for
an ambulance company; attending
Brandeis as a full-time student,
majoring in psychology; and
participating in a required, year-long,
eight-hour-per-week internship.

Baskin has been in BEMCo for three
years, first taking the BEMCo-
sponsored EMT course in the second
semester of his freshman year and
receiving his EMT certification during
that summer. He joined BEMCo as
a tertiary at the beginning of his
sophomore year and has been
immersed in it ever since. With his level
of involvement in BEMCo and his
job with the ambulance service, one
would take for granted that Baskin is
premed.Yet, he is not.

"Well, I came to Brandeis a psychology
major and premed...,"Baskin explains,

"and a bio major, and a neuroscience
major (he laughs), thinking that
medicine was where I wanted to
go. I knew that that kind of service
was something I wanted to provide,
something I wanted to do with my life.
You know, you think, 'I want to help
people. What should I do? Be a doctor.'
I was always interested in medicine-
medicine and theater— through high
school. But then I just sort of realized
that it wasn't for me. I still have the
same desire to help people, but I don't
think that's the way I want to do it."

Why still in BEMCo, then?

"That's a good question, and everybody
asks it," he says. "But I love doing
this. It's a great service and one the
community needs and has come to
expect. I just wouldn't want to make
a life of it. I think psychology is more
where I want to go."

In fact, about 20 percent of active
BEMCo students have no intention of
going to medical school. Even among
those who do, the prevailing attitude
is that being a member of BEMCo
is not about getting into medical
school; it is about providing a needed
service to the Brandeis community,
helping people, doing something
worthwhile — an end in itself.

For more information about BEMCo,
please visit its Website at
people.brandeis.edu/~bemco/. ■

Cliff Hauptman '69, M.F.A. '73, Is
director of publications at Brandeis
and editor of the Brandeis Review.

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^fie week they were there, and
next week they were gone — ^the
erstwhile youngsters who made
quite a splash at the first public
swimming pool in Brookline,
Massachusetts, back in 1897.
Brandeis history doctoral student
Jeff Wiltse discovered that politics
and class prejudice got everybody
out of the pool, everybody that is,
who couldn't afford an entrance fee
specifically designed to keep poor
and working class children from
disrupting the Victorian sense of
aquatic decorum. Two free swim
days were discontinued so that
everyone would pay and thus
"appreciate" the pool, or so the
commissioner for public baths
maintained. In reality, this
segregated the facility so that only
the middle class and wealthy could

Greg Renoff, who, like Wiltse, is
studying for his Ph.D. in history
under Jacqueline Jones, the Truman
Professor of American Civilization
and a 1999 MacArthur Fellow, found
that there was plenty happening
outside the three rings in the
19th-century circus in Georgia.
Religion and race were playing
changing roles in this other
institution of popular culture. People
constructed elaborate systems of

reasoning tharaTlowefftKemto
see certain parts of this Sodom-
on-wheels. For example, although
the Methodist Book of Discipline
forbade the faithful from actually
buying a circus ticket, it was
permissible to watch the circus
animals on parade because the
elephants and tigers were "God's
natural splendor, what Noah would
have put on the ark." Says Renoff,
"There was a joke that the short way
home from church always seemed to
be just past the circus."

When Wiltse first considered
researching the social, cultural, and
institutional history of public
swimming pools in the United States,
most people laughed incredulously,
but Jones "immediately said 'yes.'"

Wiltse learned that the topic was
relatively unexplored, so he ended
up hitting the road to consult original
sources, city records in places like
St. Louis, Chicago, and Newton,
Kansas. This has meant that his
project has taken him longer than
he'd expected, but Jones has been
supportive all along: "One of her
most outstanding attributes is that
she has been unfailingly positive
and encouraging," says Wiltse. "The
odyssey of writing a dissertation has
so many ups and downs. I would go
to her early in the process, when I
had lots of doubts, and she would
completely reinvigorate me. And her
expertise in issues of race, class,
and gender have been instrumental
in helping me refine my own ideas."

ssistant Professor ot History
Michael Willrich, who specializes in
the history of the Gilded Age and
the Progressive Era, is the second
reader for Wiltse's dissertation.
"He's proved to be exceptional, a
particularly close reader of the
chapters I've given him," Wiltse
says. "The combination of Professor
Willrich and Professor Jones has
proved ideal."

Renoff, too, credits Jones with
giving him the freedom to pursue
his unorthodox interests. "As a
graduate student at Brandeis, you
can do whatever you want, focus
your dissertation on what attracts
you," he says. "There's no effort to
push you into a box. For example,
Jacqueline Jones didn't try to make
me do a paper about auto workers in
Detroit, do something that would suit
her interest."

Assistant Professor of History David
Engerman is giving Renoff additional
input. "At Brandeis, everyone on the
history faculty has a hand in your
project," Renoff says. "Everyone will
read it, everyone will comment.
That was one of the things that
brought me to Brandeis; that this
School doesn't have a factory-like
atmosphere."

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Down South with the Big Top

Swimming through Social Change

The function of the pubUc swimming
pool has changed over time, Wiltse
has discovered. "In the mid- 19th
century, city officials began building
public swimming pools in the poorest
neighborhoods. They were intended to
be places for working-class men and
women to come and clean themselves.
Early pools had no showers, which
were considered redundant; people
would enter public swimming pools
dirty. But, in practice, working men
and women didn't come to pools to
bathe — their children flocked there to
have fun."

More than 90 percent of the people
who used public pools during the
late 19th and early 20th centuries
were children, mostly adolescent boys.
Smaller numbers of adolescent girls
and adult men also swam, but virtually
no adult women used these facilities.
Gangs of young boys became a special
problem.

a

JeffWiltse

Think of those Norman Rockwell
pictures of the old swimming hole,
then subtract the gauzy romanticism
by making the swimmers rougher and
grubbier. "I argue that there is a
long tradition of working class men
and boys swimming in urban waters
and creating a very boisterous, defiant,
roughhousing culture," Wiltse says.
"And I argue they transplanted that
culture to municipal swimming pools."

The swimming habits of lower-class
males had always made the middle
class uneasy — boys swimming naked
off wharves and bridges. "Nude
swimming was common among the
working class, but it caused a great deal
of conflict in cities. Boston, New York,
Milwaukee, and Chicago all passed
laws banning municipal swimming
during the daylight hours within a mile
from shore. This was to protect the
visual propriety, the public decency, to
keep people from seeing these naked
boys." And when these boys were
brought into the first public pools,
turf wars — or perhaps, surf wars — broke
t)ut, as exemplified by the fiasco in
Brookline.

Wiltse, who earned his B.A. at the
University of Puget Sound, has been
encouraged by Jones to try publishing
his dissertation with a mainstream
press, believing that it can appeal
beyond academic circles.

Greg Renoff is investigating circuses in
the state of Georgia from the end of the
Civil War to the Depression. Renoff is

"less interested in the number of clowns
circuses had than in people and their
reactions to the circus, how ordinary
people behaved at the circus, and how
race played out as a factor at the circus."
He is researching how the national,
mega-circuses fared in Georgia, as well
as more local, homegrown troupes,

"smaller shows with about eight wagons
and two or three mangy lions."

The Sparta, New Jersey, native became
intrigued by Southern history while
studying as an undergraduate at
Rutgers, intrigued enough to venture
to the Deep South to earn a master's
degree in history at the University of
Mississippi. Brandeis attracted Renoff
because of "the quality of the faculty,
because of people like Jacqueline Jones
and David Hackett Fisclier [the Earl
Warren Professor of History]," he says.
He considered tackling the history of
circuses throughout the South, but
Jones advised him to focus on a
particular state, to make the project
less daunting. "She said, 'Why not try
Georgia?' It's worked out well because
Georgia includes Atlanta, one of the
key cities of the region, plus lots of
countryside. In theory, I think I could
have studied any state in the South."

Renoff's research, like Wiltse's, has
involved consulting original sources,
especially newspaper accounts of circus
visits to Georgia towns. "Newspapers
tended to cover the coming of the
circus," says Renoff. "In the counties
of Georgia, everyone would show up
for the circus, and there would be a

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lot of drinking and carousing. This was
a huge event, especially in these tiny
towns. A town with a population
of less than a thousand might have
3,000 people streaming in to see
the circus." Renoff has also scanned
entertainment magazines, trade
publications that covered the circus,
plus autobiographies of Georgians. He
says, "I'd page through their chapters
on childhood, to see if the authors ever
visited the circus." Through various
contacts, Renoff has been in touch
with circus buffs, like an Atlanta
man, a retired radio broadcaster, who
has collected decades of newspaper
clippings concerning circus happenings,
everything from "a-good-time-was-had-
by-all" to brawls and escaped elephants.

Although the circus attracted a cross-
color audience, the few black circuses
in Georgia led brief lives. "There was
one black circus that lasted a couple
of years, but there were not any
large-scale black operations," Renoff
says, "and there were very few black
performers. There was a young boy, a
rider, who was African-American, but
he was billed as Ethiopian to make him
seem exotic."

The circus parade, however, was a
democratic, if temporary, public space.
"It was open to everyone," Renoff
explains. "Many African-Americans did
not have a lot of disposable income,
so they would go out by the side of
the road and enjoy the parade. There,
as far as I can tell, there was a kind
of suspension of the normal rules so
that white and black mixed freely. Race
issues didn't vanish, but there was a

Greg Renoff

kind of boisterous democracy of all
races and classes. Inside the tents, there
was segregated seating, but as far as I
can tell, there were no segregated ticket
lines at the sideshow, everyone could
look at the bearded lady... I'm most
interested in finding out why people
were willing to suspend the rules of
race."

By the early 20th century, the bigger
shows began buying up their smaller
rivals and the resulting lack of
competition engendered an overall
blandness to the industry. "The need
to be creative lessened," Renoff says.
He points to the stagnant state of
the circus poster as evidence of this
pervasive lethargy. "Circus art never
grew," he says, "never showed the
influence of modernism, for example.
There was a nostalgia element to circus
art early on."

Renoff notes that blacks have taken
a more central role in contemporary
circus life. "There is a very successful
black circus that was founded in
Atlanta in 1994. The UniverSoul Circus
has incorporated hip-hop and African
elements into its performances. I tried
to go to it last year in Atlanta," he says,
"but it was sold out."

"These are wonderful topics, incredibly
rich and interesting," says Jacqueline
Jones, "and Jeff and Greg take full
credit for finding them. Although the
American history graduate program
at Brandeis is very small, we take
pride in letting our students follow
their creative impulses wherever those

impulses take them. Jeff and Greg
have found primary material related
to their topics all over the country,
archival material that contains an
extraordinarily rich amount of detail.
These dissertations will be wonderful
human stories and windows into
larger social and cultural changes in
American history." ■

Steve Anable is a staff writer.

Editor's Note:

In results released on October 17,
2001, Brandeis's graduate program in
American history scored at the top
of a list of 60 history programs
ranked in a survey of 32,000 graduate
students. The survey, conducted by the
National Association of Graduate and
Professional Students, ranked programs
according to best practices — breadth
of offerings, information provided to
students, student-faculty relationships,
and other factors. Brandeis's program
also tied for first place with the
University of Pennsylvania in its level
of overall student satisfaction.

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Imagine the thrill of discovering a piece of
scientific knowledge so new that, for the nnonnent,

you stand alone in the world and in history as

its only possessor. Imagine doing that as an
undergraduate. Brandeis students, like these four,

can do more than imagine.

by Marjorie Lyon

from the Outset

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Hunched over a lab bench cluttered
from end to end, stacked six layers high
with hundreds of test tubes swarming
with tiny fruit flies, Kraig Kumfer '02
is absorbed in a silent dialogue. He
is posing questions in words; the flies
answer by showing him.

His goal is to unravel a mystery:
how does movement occur on the
cellular level? Kumfer, from Fort Wayne,
Indiana, works with Michael Welte,
W. M. Keck Assistant Professor of
Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical
Sciences Research Center, taking a
general phenomenon — likely applicable
to many different processes — and
studying it in fruit fly embryos, a model
system that takes advantage of 100
years of fruit fly genetics and extensive
knowledge about their physiology. The
answers they find are basic research,
but they clearly have importance for
human health. For example, Alzheimer's
disease may stem from a problem with
the delivery of cargoes to the correct
location in nerve cells.

All cells specifically move certain
cargoes from point A to point B in the
cell. They do this by using molecular

motors. "I would like to understand
how these motors work inside the
cell," explains Welte with leap-out-of-
the-chair flamboyance. "But that is not
enough. Think of a cell as a city, where
things have to go from factories to
retail stores. If you just know how
a car engine works, it doesn't tell
you about traffic in the city. You
need to understand the principles that
control the traffic, the mechanisms that
regulate the motors. It has become
increasingly clear, for example, that
motors often don't act in isolation, but
that several motors work together in
any single transport process." Welte
analyzes the properties of transport
by using an interdisciplinary approach
that incorporates tools from genetics,
molecular biology, biochemistry, and
biophysics.

While Welte is asking the subcellular
cargoes, "Where are you going? Why
are you doing this?" Kumfer is asking
related questions of his flies in the lab,
and he relishes the opportunity to do
so. "I realized that you could actually
do science in the laboratory in college —
you can learn the things that aren't
yet in textbooks because no one knows
them," he says, noting that he feels as
if he can actually add to the knowledge
in textbooks. "You can learn things

33 Briindeis Review

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Professor Susan Birren and Rob Morlend '02

that people didn't know 10 minutes
before you ran the experiment. I
really like uncovering details." Kumfer,
a Howard Hughes Medical Institute
undergraduate fellowship recipient
last summer, says that he can't
imagine not doing research — that he
views it as literally getting into what
you are doing, "shedding light" as he
describes it, compelling far beyond a
classroom lecture. "I've learned that
the faculty can be talked to informally,
that science is not only in a lecture
hall." His personality is well suited to
lab work, he says, especially his
ability to keep coming back when
things aren't working and then figure
out iv/7Kthey're not working. A
science and philosophy major, Kumfer
is particularly interested in logical
puzzles, translating to science the

aspect of philosophy that dictates
there are always alternatives to what
you're thinking.

Abundant alternatives confront
researchers in the developmental
biology lab of Susan Birren, associate
professor of neurobiology and Volen
National Center for Complex Systems.
She asks how cells in early embryos
that have the possibility to become
many different things — considered
multipotent precursor cells — make
decisions as to what kind of cells
they eventually are going to become.
She focuses on nervous systems to
understand how cells with multiple
potentials develop into neurons. "Once
that decision is made, how does the cell
then make the decision to become a
sympathetic neuron? And then beyond
that, how does that sympathetic neuron
form functional connections to the heart
and how does it then control the
function of the heart?" Birren asks, her
words high-speed yet distinct. All of
this is done in v/f ro— researchers take
cells out of the animal and examine
them in a dish.

Birren emphasizes that answers open
a whole host of new questions — and
suddenly she is f'lnng — rat-a-tat-tat—
one question urgently building on
the next with an insistent rhythm:
"What are those molecules in the
environment?What are their identities?
Why do the precursor cells respond to
them? What is the molecular expression
of receptors that permits the cells to
respond? How do they change over
time? Why is it that a cell is restricted?
Is it not responding to the signal? Why
is it not responding to the signal? Have
they changed the expression of the
receptors? Or does it just respond to the
same signal but do something else?"

Pondering these questions as he
plans to head for medical school,
Rob Morlend '02 works in Birren's
lab. With four years experience as

34 Brandcis Review

an emergency medical technician,
IVIorlend, a Howard Hughes Medical
Institute fellow last summer, is a
member of the Brandeis Emergency
Medical Corps (BEMCo). He says that
working in the lab provides him
with the opportunity to apply the
techniques he has studied in class
to the questions at hand. Unlike the
classroom setting, though, he is not
trying to replicate someone else's
experiment or get a specific set of
predetermined data. "In the lab, there
is no way to know if I am doing the
experiment correctly or exactly what
information the data will yield. And
that is what I find intriguing about it:
being able to see science unfold right
before my very eyes," he says.

Agreeing with Morlend, Birren will
tell you that she has extensive
experience doing developmental
biology in the lab, yet she is still
constantly amazed. "I'm always struck
and taken aback when I start going
through the early developmental
processes. What really strikes me
is how much has to happen —
coordinated, correctly— to actually get
a functioning, viable animal in the
developmental process. And every
time I do this I'm just completely
astonished at how often you end
up with something that is normal
and functioning and everything works
perfectly. And so I'm fundamentally
interested in the processes that
permit that to happen and in
understanding why in some cases
they don't happen. If you can
understand that at a molecular level
you will understand how an organism
can reproduce, which is fundamentally
a fascinating problem."

Asking different questions with the
same urgency, Shiomo Meislin '04
("I was that chain reaction 'why?' kid")
was specifically interested in doing
research as an undergraduate, and
chose Brandeis because it offers the
unusual opportunity to participate in a
lab as a freshman. That is just what
he did, beginning work during the
first weeks of class and spending
the next summer in the lab on a
project, also as a Howard Hughes
Medical Institute undergraduate fellow.
Now, as a sophomore, he is deeply
immersed in further experiments.

Considering his background, that is
no surprise. "When I was a kid I
always enjoyed trying to find out how
things worked," he says in a deliberate,
thoughtful manner and Israeli accent,
giving his measured words extra clout.
"Whatever the research field I choose,
the preparation I'm having in the lab
will apply to nearly any of my options."
And now Meislin is mentoring another
freshman. "It is really interesting to
be on the other side of a barrage of
questions," he says.

Hoping to construct a double major
in biochemistry and math, Meislin also
finds time to swim and play volleyball.
Ultimate Frisbee, squash, and to
swing dance, not to mention maintain
an interest in music (particularly
opera). Constantly curious, he mines
the experience of older researchers
("They don't hesitate in answering
questions, although I am really
persistent; I have no doubt some
people have sometimes felt like
wringing my neck.") Meticulous,
patient, and straightforward, Meislin
is originally from Israel but has
traveled extensively, living, among
other places, in Chicago; Geneva,
Switzerland; and Brazil, where he was
graduated from high school.

Meislin exhibits a severe case of
"bitten by the research bug." ("Basically
all the time I'm not in class, I'm here.
This is home for me.") He is talking
about a lab run by Melissa Moore,
associate professor of biochemistry
and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
assistant investigator. She explains
why research is addictive: "In high
school, students are taught what
is already known. But while doing
basic research, you're discovering
something that nobody in the history
of the world has ever known before.
And so for a few minutes you are the
only person that knows this, until you
tell somebody else. That's heady stuff,
even if it's a little thing." Moore adds
that the mission of the lab is to extend
the frontier of new knowledge.

Although there Is no formal posting for
lab jobs, students who are interested
can go to www.bio.brandeis.edu to
find research descriptions of all the
faculty members in the life sciences.
Moore suggests that students contact
three or four professors whose
research looks interesting and ask
if they have any positions in the
lab. Don't put it off until after
sophomore year. "To my knowledge,
every undergraduate who has
wanted to work in a research lab at
Brandeis has found a place," she
says. "'How can I get a job in a
lab if I don't have experience?' ask
undergrads. We do not expect you to
have experience— that's what
we're here for. We want students
to explore research. We are really
committed to this," answers Moore.

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Whatever the
research field I
choose, the
preparation I'm
having in the
lab will apply to
nearly any of
my options.

Students often come to the lab to
explore If research is right for them,
and Moore is heartfelt when she
comments that it is just as valuable
to find that it is not right as it
is to get hooked. Indeed, students
are exploring the lab — and themselves.
They find that it is important to have
the right mix of mechanical skills and
analytic ability. According toWelte,
who explains that for him simply
looking at fruit fly embryos is intensely
gratifying because they are extremely
beautiful, "You need to work hard. You
need to have a high tolerance for
frustration because 90 percent of the
experiments you do fail in some way
or another. So you have to be able
to relish things when they work, but
also to get pleasure out of the journey,
without counting on the result that
comes at the end." Moore adds that a
big insight is rare ("Once you've had
one of those, you live for it.") but you
get enough satisfying little hits along
the way.

Passionate about the research
Odyssey, Alissa Nelson '03, a
neuroscience major interested in
genetics, started at the bottom,
maintaining fly stocks in the lab of
Jeffrey Hall, professor of biology and
Volen National Center for Complex
Systems. She worked her way
up, and last summer got the
opportunity to work on her own
project. Nelson remembers
looking at slides under the microscope
as a little girl, later learning basic
lab techniques in junior high school
for science fair projects from her
father, a microbiology professor at the
University of Rhode Island,
and her mother, a general biologist.

Chief announcer at WBRS last summer
and current indie rock show host.
Nelson is committed to research,
planning to earn a Ph.D. "Research
experience is more valuable than
the lab classroom because of the
hands-on aspect," she says.
"You actually have the pressure to do
it right. When you're in a lab
classroom you don't get any follow-up
other than a grade. This way you're
actually contributing to the real
world, and you're not working in a
vacuum. You also have people from
all different viewpoints working on the
same thing, so you learn a lot from
each other," she explains.

Listen to her advisor. Hall, a prominent
professor of neurogenetics who
specializes in the courtship behavior
and biological rhythms of the fruit fly
(and also lectures on the Battle of
Gettysburg): "An extra benefit is you
have a home at Brandeis, other than
living in the dorms or maybe on South
Street. This is a separate place that
truly is your home. Undergraduates
come here to work, they get to
know people here who become their
associates, they come here to study,
they hang out sometimes. It's a whole
separate (dare one say) culture. I tell
them, 'I don't care if you are 18, I treat
you as an adult. You're an associate,
and we encourage you to really dig
into the guts of what your research
project is about, and to sustain your
knowledge — pester us with questions,
demand pieces of reading, and that
will permit you to do your own
research by the time you are a
junior, allowing you to make your own
independent mark. You plan it; you
sustain it.'"

Each lab has a particular atmosphere,
and Moore explains, "From my
vantage point, I think laboratories
are like families, and I'm the mom.
The head of the family — or the

Shiomo Meislin '04 and Professor Melissa Moore

lab — sets the tone." Her style is to
motivate students by inspiring passion
about science and ownership of their
projects. And when they are in the
lab, she expects them to be working.
But that doesn't mean Moore is in her
office 100 hours a week. She expects
students to have a balanced life, as
she does. "But I do think about science
all the time. I might be taking a
shower and something will occur to
me," she says, expecting that her
involved students will do that too.
"When you are most relaxed, you can
think outside the box, and that is
when you are most creative," explains
Moore, adding, "One of the things that
gives me the most joy is when my
students have thought of something
that I haven't. That's the day when
they have made a great leap. They've
realized that they can think of original
things, and that for me is a thrill.
I'm very much about empowering —
I'm training them to be independent
scientists, so I try to make them as
independent as possible. That's one of

my goals." Moore wants her students
to think about questions first, and then
solutions. The approach is second.

Learning how to be a researcher is
not so much what you know, it is
knowing where to look for the answer
and then how to find it out.
Remembering an early experiment,
Meislin says he was wildly enthusiastic.
"I thought the result was beautiful,
gel stained blue. And at the end I
looked at the gel and thought, 'I don't
understand what this thing is telling
me.'" There was the next crucial
level: understanding what to do
with the results, because the
experiments in themselves are not
the crux of the matter.The crux
of the matter is why you do them
and what you get from them.

A maelstrom of questions and answers
beget more questions in a never-ending
cycle that is pushing — four steps
forward and three back — at the
precipice of the unknown. At Brandeis,
undergraduate students work closely
with graduate students, post docs,

and professors, sharing intoxicating
breakthroughs and everyday
frustrations. A window into the
laboratories reveals professors like
Birren with her crisp, rapid-fire
questions; Moore, guiding students
to be self-fulfilled in whatever they
choose; Welte with his sparkling
enthusiasm and panache; and Hall,
fascinated with the fly's genes that
control the daily sleep-wake cycle.
Revealed, too, are passionate students
like Kumfer with his "Could I take
it?Yes — 40 hours a week was better
than 20 — 1 can't imagine not doing
this"; Meislin, who has found his
home in the lab, with his laser-sharp
intelligence, eager and patient at the
same time; Morlend, honing skills for
a career in medicine; and Nelson,
committed to research as a Ph.D.
They are all fueled by the memory
(and hope of repeating) that precious,
coveted moment— "Eureka !"■

Marjorie Lyon is a staff writer.

An

Education

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Teaching and L e^ r n i n g

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^

escribe
in a New York
Times article
as "equal parts
Ken Kesey
and MTV's Road
Rules, a n
course at
Brandeis takes
students out
of the classroom
to experience,
firsthand, the
practice of
social change.

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magine spending a
unday at the Reverend
I Green's church in
Memphis to examine
firsthand how religion
can empower residents
to fight injustice. Or
picture having dinner at
a friendly truck stop
in Princeville, North
Carolina, and an out-of-
the-way, family-owned,
Cajun restaurant in
New Orleans to study
the role of food
in community life. Or

finally imagine speaking
with homeless people
to explore how they
experience life on the
street in NewYork City,
Washington, D.C., and
Atlanta— all within
the same week. A group
of 11 Brandeis
undergraduates, along
with two graduate
students and myself,
did just that this past
summer. As part
of the newly developed
Possibilities for
Change in American
Communities program,
this group from

Brandeis spent a month
on the road in a sleeper
bus studying social
change, activism, and
community organization.
The journey took us
down the East Coast to
Florida, across the Deep
South to New Orleans,
and through the Blue
Ridge Mountains in
North Carolina before
heading back to campus.
Along the way, we
visited a diverse set of

communities, from cities
as large as NewYork
and Atlanta, to planned
suburban communities
like Levittown,
Pennsylvania, and
Celebration, Florida, to
sparsely populated
small towns such as
Newbern, Alabama, and
Philadelphia, Mississippi.
In all, we spent time
in 14 states and met with
the locals in 23 different
communities, providing
a rare opportunity
to experience the great
diversity that America
has to offer.

39 Brandeis Reviev

For me, this trip was the
realization of an eight-
year dream. When I was
just a first-year graduate
student in sociology at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
in 1993, I came across a
book by Doug Brinkley
titled The Majic Bus:
An American Odyssey.
The book chronicled a
six-week trip across the
United States organized
by then-Hofstra
University Professor
Brinkley, in which a set
of students learned all
about American
history — on the road!
Immediately, I had the
strong regret (which
wasn't at all uncommon,
I would later learn) that
such a program wasn't
offered when I was an
undergraduate. I
feverishly thought about
how I could somehow
be a part of such an epic
journey, until it finally
dawned on me that, if

I were really serious
about completing the
doctoral program in
which I was newly
enrolled, I could one day
hope to teach my own
version of this traveling
class.

The desire to do this
never faded, and six
years later, I found
myself, Ph.D. in hand, in
my first job at Brandeis
University. During my
first semester here, I
had the good fortune
of having two amazing
teaching assistants. Barb
Browning and Cheryl
Kingma-Kiekhofer. We
worked together
wonderfully, and one
day I tentatively
mentioned the idea for
the traveling course, not
sure what their reaction
would be (people, it
seemed, either thought
it was really exciting
or really crazy — and
often both). In this case.

David
Cunningham

At the Edmund Pettus Bridge
in Selma, Alabama, where
600 civil rights marchers
were met by violence on their
way to Montgomery on
March?, 1965

fortunately, they were
immediately
enthusiastic, and we
now had our instructors
in place. The next task
was to gain the support
of the Department of
Sociology, in which I
teach, and the Brandeis
administration. Not
surprisingly, the
sociology department,
long known for its
innovative teaching
programs, was
immediately agreeable,
and I quickly found that
this willingness to
support the idea
extended all the way up
to President Reinharz's
office. With the green
light to proceed, the
key to making the class
work was now finding
the transportation that
would allow us to travel
efficiently and
economically. As
Brinkley had discovered
almost a decade earlier,
one important benefit of
going by sleeper bus
was that it would allow
us to do all of our long
drives at night as we
slept, meaning that our
waking hours could be
spent at each of our
destinations. Besides
this practical issue, the
idea of a bus seemed

to perfectly capture the
distinctly American road
adventure — from the
Freedom Rides during
the Civil Rights
Movement to Ken
Kesey's freewheeling
Furthur, buses seemed
the archetypal vehicle
for exploring the nation.

We managed to find
just such a bus, with
room for the 14 of
us, through the
Mountain Coach bus
company in Marietta,
Georgia. Mountain
Coach generally leases
its buses to touring
bands and theater
groups (our particular
bus had previously been
the home base forThe
Who, Three Dog Night,
and Journey, and our
driver Morgan was fresh
from a long tour with the
cast of Cats), but they fit
our bill perfectly. During
the trip. Barb vividly
captured what life was
like on the bus:

Once you step into the
bus, you realize how
small it is. To the right
of the driver's seat is a
passenger seat. Behind
this seat is a couch that

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Levittown, PA (
Lancaster, PA P~~/m Philadelphia, PA

Angola, LA

Waltham, MA
Ledyard, CT
New York, NY

Princeville, NC

Memphis, TN

Outbound Leg

Inbound Leg

Celebration, FL

is also one student's bed.
During ttie day until late
at night you can find four
to five people sitting on it.
Across the aisle from the
couch is the refrigerator
Since there are 15 of
us, we have no leftover
policy. All food and
beverages must be dated
or otherwise they will be
thrown out. There is also
a table that seats four.
Under each of the seats
is space to squirrel things
away. We also have a
microwave. Not that I
have been able to figure
out how the microwave
works; it regularly burns
whatever anyone is trying
to heat up.

We refer to our sleeping
compartments as
the catacombs or the
coffins. There are 12
sleeping compartments
in the middle of the bus.
Four are on the floor
For those (unjlucky
enough to have them,
they have to lie on
the floor and then roll
into bed. When it is
time to get up in the
morning, they often
cannot come out of
their beds because of
16 feet on the floor in
the aisle. The middle set

of bunks are fairly easy
to get into, although
no walk In the park in
the squeaking
department. Sleeping on
the top bunks, however,
requires some previous
knowledge of acrobatics.
For those reading this—
lie in your bed tonight
and measure eight
inches above your nose.
We believe It to be
approximately two fists.
This is how close the
ceiling is to us when we
sleep in bed. We have
two choices: lie on your
back or on your stomach.
How you get Into bed
determines how you will
sleep. Once you pull the

curtain on the side of
your bed closed, you are
in complete darkness.
You can feel your breath
bounce back to you. And,
since storage space is
scarce, we sleep with
our daypacks, change of
clothes, and toiletries.

The last space on the
bus is the back lounge. It
has a couch that is David
[CunninghamJ's bed. It
also has a TV/VCR/stereo.
There is also a small
table with two chairs. All
in all, in the evenings,
we can listen to the
stereo in the back and

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At the church of
Reverend Al Green in
Memphis, Tennessee

watch nwvies up Irunt...
But the bus Is In no way
a still ride. We bounce
constantly, mostly up
and down, but often side
to side. When we wake
In the morning, some of
our stuff is in the aisle...
Most of the time, I am
always a foot away from
or leaning on someone
else. There is no room.

Sound unpleasant? It
took some getting used
to. We had been told
by several seasoned
travelers that the space
quickly seems to expand
to fit the group, and we
found this to be true.
Well before the end of
the trip, the bus truly
seemed like home to all.
And, more importantly,
it provided an ideal, if
intense, setting to
develop a community of
fellow travelers.

While the structure of
the course would closely
follow that of Hofstra's
Majic Bus, the academic

focus was very
different — instead of
learning about American
history per se, we
sought to gain an
understanding of how
American communities
are organized, and in
turn, how individuals
and organizations within
these communities
successfully work
together to reduce
injustice in their local
worlds and beyond. In
short, we were
interested in uncovering
possibilities for social
change and social
justice. We quickly
realized we had no
shortage of interesting
places to possibly visit,
nor a shortage of
interested students.
More than 80 students
came to an

informational meeting
announcing the program
a full eight months
before our departure,
and close to 100
eventually applied for
the program. Not
surprisingly (this being
Brandeis), the pool of
applicants was excellent.

and we found that
choosing a fraction of
these students to
participate was our most
difficult task to date.
Our central criterion was
diversity, in several
senses — we wanted the
students to represent
everything Brandeis had
to offer, and we also
wanted to be sure that
I'ach student could
I ontribute something
Linique to the group.
We would not be
disappointed with our
choices of rising seniors
Aaron Kagan, Dan Lustig,
Andrew Slack, and Suzy
Stone; juniors April
Alario, George Okrah,
Tameka Pringle, Allison
Schechter, and Jasmine
Vallejo; and sophomores
Adam Brooks, Nicole
Karlebach, and Lee
Tusman.

The theme of diversity
also extended to our
choice of route, as we
ultimately decided that
it was important to
experience as wide a
range of communities as
possible. We knew we
had to visit the large
cities on the East Coast —
NewYork, Philadelphia,
Washington, and Atlanta.
And Cheryl and I had
a strong interest in
suburbia, especially
planned communities.
That meant that one of
the Levittown
communities as well as
Celebration, Florida,
were must-sees. Finally,
we all wanted to

experience small, rural
areas, especially those
in the South, which
seemed especially
distant from our local
worlds. We soon heard
about two fascinating
small towns. The first
was Princeville, located
in eastern North
Carolina. As the first
black-incorporated town
in the South after the
Civil War, Princeville had
a long history of
overcoming racism
through self-
determination. African-
Americans were allowed
to settle on this
particular plot of land
since, with its infertile
soil and frequent floods,
it was commonly known
as the least-desirable
location in the area. In
1999, the community
was devastated by
Hurricane Floyd, which
flooded the area for
weeks and caused the
vast majority of the
community's homes and
buildings to be damaged
beyond repair. While it
was widely assumed
that the community
would be abandoned
thereafter, residents
have undertaken an
ambitious effort to
rebuild the town from
the ground up.

The second rural area
that caught our eye was
Newbern, in western
Alabama. A town of
only 231 residents, it
had almost literally been
put on the map by
Dr. Samuel Mockbee, a
professor in Auburn
University's School of
Architecture. In 1993,

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At the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tennessee, where
Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot
and l<illed in 1968

ir: ,3*^1

Mockbee — or "Sambo,"
as he is affectionately
referred to — founded
Rural Studio as a base
for Auburn's Sustainable
Architecture program.
Though almost 150
miles away from the
main Auburn campus,
the program attracts
over 30 undergraduate
and master's degree
students annually, each
of whom completes (i.e.,
builds) a large-scale
project in the
surrounding community.
The program focuses on
using innovative
materials and methods
to build structures that
meet the needs of the
local community. The
program is holistic in
the sense that workable
solutions to community
needs are "forged by
real human contact,
personal realization, and
a gained appreciation
for the [local] culture."
To those in the
architecture world, its
students are best-known
for using locally recycled
materials — including

glass bottles, bales of
cardboard, and
automobile license
plates — to construct
durable structures at low
cost. Past innovative
projects have included
baseball fields,
community centers, and
an amphitheater.

Our final route included
all of these sites, as
well as several others in
Alabama and Mississippi
that played a key role
in the Civil Rights
struggle during the
1950s and 1960s. The
most valuable aspects of
our experiences in each
of these places often
came from unexpected
sources, however. In
Princeville, for instance,
we were able to view
firsthand the terrible
aftermath of Hurricane
Floyd, as well as witness
the beginnings of the
community's ambitious
rebirth. But what we
will always remember
about that day was our
after-hours meeting with
Town Planner Sam
Knight. After a hectic
workday. Knight
generously agreed to
speak with us about

the rebuilding effort, and
he patiently answered
over an hour's worth
of our questions about
the decision to rebuild
rather than abandon the
town, how the local
government has
effectively dealt with the
logistics of having large
numbers of displaced
residents, how the town
has successfully
mobilized outside
support and funding,
and how they go about
ensuring equity in the
ordering of relocations.
We concluded as we
always did with our
guest speakers, by
inquiring about the best
local place to eat and
then inviting Knight to
have dinner with us.
After assuring him that
we genuinely wanted
local food (he first
recommended the chain
restaurants inTarboro,

a larger neighboring
town), he revealed to us
that he owned a truck
stop at the edge of town,
and that their kitchen/
nightclub was going to
be opening for the first
time that very night!
We eagerly followed
Knight's car to the truck
stop, where we had a
wonderful evening. Lee
Tusman '04 described it
in more detail in his
journal:

As we drove up, a large
sign with the simple
words "GOOD FOOD"
stood waiting for us and
called out, "This is home
cookin.' Better come eat
it up." Workers hoisted
a neon "Open" sign and
hastened to clean up
the dining room for us.
Junk was piled up in
the corners. Little kids
chattered. Rain started
to pour down on us

At the Auburn University
School of Architecture's Rural
Studio in Newbern, Alabama

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Waiting to reboard

in Ledyard, Connecticut

and we piled inside. I
immediately knew, this
was the perfect place for
me.

We waited in a long line
and ordered things like
fried chicken, macaroni
and cheese, fried fish,
rice, candied yams,
cornsticks, and french
fries. Since I was last in
the line, it took about
20 minutes for me to
get my grub. But it was
worth it! Not only did
I get a double dose
of mac and cheese, but
the fried chicken was
delicious. Not yummy-
delicious, but greasy-
crunchy-flavorful-crispy-
delicious!

After dinner, we
schmoozed away a few
hours, reflecting on the
day and our trip so
far Eventually, our meal
ended and I think it
settled into us that this
was the best meal wed
had on the trip. We
were in for another
pleasant surprise: A//r.
Knight didn't charge us
for dinner, but insisted
we come back to visit
him in Princeville in the
future and challenged
us to come back and
see how much the town
grows in five years!

As our trip continued,
we found that such
generous treatment by
our hosts was not at
all unusual. In Neshoba
County, Mississippi, we
met Stanley Dearman.

The county itself is
perhaps best known as
the site of the murders
of three young Civil
Rights workers — James
Chaney, Michael
Schwerner, and Andrew
Goodman (early in our
trip, we had visited
Andrew's mother. Dr.
Carolyn Goodman, in
her New York City
apartment) — during
Freedom Summer in
1964. Dearman, then a
local newspaper
reporter with the
courage to rightly
accuse the Klan of the
killings (and now retired
and in his mid-eighties),
spent the afternoon
discussing race relations
in Mississippi before
treating us to a
wonderful buffet dinner.
In Memphis, we were
tirelessly shuttled
around by 79-year-old
Ernest Withers, an
acclaimed photographer
of the early Civil Rights
Movement, the
Memphis music scene,
and Negro League
baseball. In New
Orleans, Doug Brinkley
himself (the "Majic Bus"
innovator) supplied us
with access to phones,
showers, and food, and
even organized a night
of music and poetry
featuring local guitarist
Tom Rushton and
internationally
renowned poet Andrei
Codrescu. And in
Philadelphia, we
enjoyed the hospitality
of amazing people
working with the
Kensington Welfare
Rights Organization-

people who, in some
cases, rarely had a
secure roof over their
own heads.

For many of us, these
profoundly

magnanimous displays
were what left lasting
impressions — more than
a few of us (myself
included) began to feel
that our faith in
humanity had been
renewed. But we also
learned countless
lessons about how our
world can often be
improved through the
actions of small
numbers of committed
individuals. Such
lessons were invaluable,
and we plan to apply
them on the Brandeis
campus and beyond. In
the end, we realized
the significance of our
time together on the
bus and the many
experiences shared at
each destination. Suzy
Stone '02 echoed many
students' sentiments
when she stated that

"many times before I
have heard the saying:

'Injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice
everywhere.' Before
traveling 30 days on this

sleeper bus, I do not
think I could see, and
therefore fully
comprehend, how my
freedom is truly caught
up, intertwined, and
interconnected with the
liberation of all people
in every location." In the
end, it was the totality
of the experience that
made it meaningful; as
Barb Browning
remarked in her journal
on the final day of the
trip, it became clear that
"I would not change this
experience. Even with
the lack of space, I
would choose to live on
a sleeper bus. I cannot
tell you how close-knit
this community is. After
we have visited unique
places and amazing
people we come back to
the bus to have class
discussion. It is during
this time that we really
talk with each other,
listen to each other. We
discuss, we debate, we
argue, and we learn
to understand each
other. We also sing,
dance, play instruments,
cry, and laugh a lot.
It is these moments-
moments of life on the
bus that has been a
life-defining experience.
The community on the
bus has made the trip
worthwhile."

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Participants in the Bus Trip

As for the future of
the program, during this
coming academic year,
the bus students will
be highly visible
on campus, organizing
student forums,
documentary screenings,
photography exhibits,
community dinners,
and multimedia
performances based on
material gathered during
the trip. The students
will also be central
participants in a number
of campus organizations,
including those that seek
to fight for social justice
in the Boston area and
beyond. As for the
longer-term, given the
program's powerful
effect on its participants
and ability to broaden
students' understandings
of the world around
them, I hope to institute
Possibilities for Change
as a biannual program,
with the next generation
departing in the summer
of 2003. Our central task
over the next year is to
raise the funds necessary
to allow this to happen.
This summer, we enjoyed
the generous financial
support of the Brandeis
administration, but our
goal is to raise the funds
necessary to establish
the program as a
self-supporting entity.
Based on the excited
response I've received
from individuals all over
the United States — as
well as Zimbabwe,
Australia, Poland,

Canada, and Korea — who
watched or read stories
about the trip (we were
covered by a variety of
media outlets, including
CNN, Canadian Public
Radio, and Tlie New
Yorl<Tlmes), Possibilities
for Change in American
Communities is an
experience that can
contribute to Brandeis's
well-deserved reputation
as a University that
develops students who
are socially aware as
well as intellectually
capable. ■

Since arriving at
Brandeis in 1999, David
Cunningham has taught
courses related to
community organization,
race and power in social
life, social movements,
and research design.
He has also developed
and is currently directing
the Possibilities for
Change in American
Communities program.
His research interests
include the political
repression of
protest groups (mostly
focused on FBI
counterintelligence
activities) and youth
subcultures in suburbia.
His first faoo/c. Welcome
to the Machine:
The FBI's Repression of
the Radical Right & Left,
is forthcoming in
2002 from University
of California Press.

April Alario
Class of 2003
Concentration: English
Programs: Film Studies and
Italian Studies

Adam Brooks

Class of 2004

Walnut Creek, California

Concentration: Undecided

Aaron Kagan
Class of 2002
Boca Raton, Florida
Concentration: European
Cultural Studies

Nicole Karlebach

Class of 2004

East Hampton, New York

Concentrations: Politics and

Sociology

Program: Peace and Conflict

Studies

Dan Lustig

Class of 2002

Brookline, Massachusetts

Concentrations: Economics and

Sociology

George Okrah
Class of 2003
Brooklyn, New York
Concentrations: American
Studies and Sociology
Programs: Legal Studies and
Journalism

TamekaPringle
Class of 2003
Concentration; Sociology
Minor: African and Afro-
American Studies

Allison Schechter

Class of 2003

Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Major: Economics

Minor: Computer Science

Program: International Business

Andrew Slack

Class of 2002

Huntingdon Village,

Pennsylvania

Concentration: Sociology

Minor: Theater

Program: Peace and Conflict

Studies

Suzy Stone

Class of 2002

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Concentration: History

Minor: Art History

LeeTusman
Class of 2004

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Concentration: Sociology
Program: Journalism

Jasmine Vallejo
Class of 2003
Bronx, New York
Concentration: Sociology

Barb Browning
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Sociology

Cheryl Kingma-Kiekhofer
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Sociology

David Cunningham
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

You can view student journal
entries summarizing daily
activities and further
information about the
participants at
www.brandeis.edu/
departments/sociology/bus.

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Uevelopiiient liatteis

Lois Foster
Wing Opening
Celebrations

For one weekend at the
end of September, members
of the Greater Boston art
community came to
Brandeis by the hundreds to
celebrate the opening of the
new Lois Foster Wing of the
Rose Art Museum, sited m
a garden setting behind and
to the side of the original
building. The festive black-
tie opening for the arts
community and the gala
public opening celebrations
the next day provided a
healing counterpoint to the
events of September 1 1 —
occasions to rejoice in
contemporary American art
and culture.

In addition to the opening of
the Lois Foster Wing, which
was designed by Graham
Gund, the weekend marked
the 40th anniversary of the
Rose Art Museum and the
launching of a new exhibit,
A Defining Generation.
Then and Now: 1961-2001.
Artists such as James
Rosenquist and Al Held
spoke about their work at a
Sunday symposium
moderated by Sam Fiunter,
the prescient first curator of
the Rose. Hunter amassed
an astonishing collection of
works from the sixties and
cocurated a retrospective
exhibit of his selections in
the original galleries with
Joseph Ketner, current
director of the Rose. Ketner
chose recent large works by
many of the same artists

to complement and fill the
majestic new gallery space
of the Lois Foster Gallery.
In the Mildred Lee Gallery,
viewers were amazed to
see American and European
works by such artists as
Paul Cezanne, Milton Avery,
and Georges Braque, drawn
from the Museum's
collection, which will now
be exhibited regularly in
rotation.

"Breathtaking" and
"incredible" were words
visitors used over and over
to describe their initial

reaction to the balcony view
of the new, two-story space.
Henry Foster dedicated the
new gallery to lovingly
acknowledge his wife's
30-year passion for
contemporary art and her
leadership role in the art
community. Their sons,
John and lim, also spoke
of their admiration for their
parents' generosity to the
arts community of Boston.

Malcolm Rogers. Ruth and Trustee Carl Shapiro,
Jehuda Reinharz

Gladys and Sy Ziv and Nancy Winship

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Lois Foster Wing dedication

Lois Foster and Paula Thier

Mel Nessel and Martin Trust

Lois Foster, Michael and Trustee Ronny Zinner

Trustee Hank, Lois, and John '75 Foster

Graham and Ann Gund and Peggy Charren

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facyltf lotes

Faculty

Peter Conrad

Harry Coplan Professor of
Social Sciences, has
published "From
Hyperactive Children to
Adult ADHD: Observations
on the Expansion of
Medical Categories," with
Deborah Potter in Social
Problems, "Genetic
Optimism: Framing Genes
and Mental Illness" in
Culture, Medicine and
Psychiatry, and
"Constructing the 'Gay
Gene' in the Nevvfs:
Optimism and Skepticism
in the American and British
Press," with Susan Markens
in Health.

Stanley Deser

Enid and Nate Ancell
Professor of Physics, was
elected Honorary Foreign
Member to the Italian
Academy of Science at
Torino. The Academy was
founded circa 1 790 and
has no more than 10
honorary fellows worldwide.
He also received an
honorary doctorate from the
Swedish Chalmers Institute
of Technology jtheir MIT).

David Engerman

assistant professor of
history, met with George
Frost Kennan, the
97-year-old diplomat and
historian, earlier this
year. It was occasioned
by Kennan's rediscovery of
a memorandum he had
written in 1932 — which was
reprinted in The New
York Review of Books.

Scribners' Encyclopedia of
American Cultural and
Intellectual History,
published earlier this year,
included three contributors
from Brandeis: Engerman,
Stephen Whitfield,
Ph.D. '72,

Max Richter Professor of
American Civilization, and
Molly McCarthy, a graduate
student m American history.
Engerman also wrote a
foreword for a new edition
of The God That Failed,
originally published in 1950.

Irving Epstein

professor of chemistry and
Volen National Center for
Complex Systems, chaired
a session at the Gordon
Research Conference on
Nonlinear Science. He was
an invited speaker at the
New England Complex
Systems Institute executive
education program,

"Managing Complex
Organizations in a Complex
World"; a meeting on

"Patterns and Waves —
Mathematics and Nonlinear
Chemistry" in Leiden,
Netherlands; the European
Science Foundation
workshop on "Nonlinear
Chemistry in Complex
Reactors" in Leeds, United
Kingdom; and Faraday
Discussion 120 on

"Nonlinear Chemical
Kinetics" in Manchester,
United Kingdom.

Gordon Fellman

professor of sociology, was
the Brandeis faculty liaison
at the Global Education
Partnership, a joint project
with the faculty of
education of the University
of Haifa, Israel. Israeli lews

and Palestinians were
brought together to explore
their respective narratives
by using the "cultural work"
method and philosophy. The
International Center for
Ethics, Justice and Public
Life organized Brandeis's
part in the proiect.

Jane Hale

associate professor of French
and comparative literature,
facilitated a literature
course for men and women
on probation in the
Framingham District Court.
The course is part of the
nationwide program
Changing Lives Through
Literature.

Peter Jordan

professor of chemistry, has
been appointed to the
Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental
Neurosciences Study
Section |3), Center for
Scientific Review for a four
year term. Members of a
study section review grant
applications submitted to
the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), make
recommendations, and
survey the status of research
in their fields of science.

Michael Kahana

associate professor of
psychology and Volen
National Center for
Complex Systems, was
appointed as associate editor
of the journal Memory eO
Cognition, a premier outlet
for original research on
human learning and
memory.

Edward Kaplan

professor of French and
comparative literature and
chair. Program in Religious
Studies, was a Coolidge
Fellow, part of a research
colloquium sponsored by
Cross Currents, an interfaith
journal. His project was
volume two of a biography
of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Kaplan's article on Heschel
appeared in the new edition
of Religion in Geschichte
und Gegenwart. He was
recently elected to the board
of the Howard Thurman
Educational Trust at
Morehouse College in
Atlanta.

Avigdor Levy

professor of Near Eastern
and ludaic Studies, was
elected to the executive
committee of the
International Association
for Ottoman Social and
Economic History. He also
attended the association's
international congress in
Dubrovnik, Croatia, where
he presented a paper on
"An Ottoman City under
Siege: Daily Life in Edirnc
During the Balkan Wars,
I912-I9I3," and chaired a
panel on "Family and
Gender."

48 Brandeis Review

Staff

Marya Lowry

artist-in-residence in voice,
was a contributor to The
Complete Voice and Speech
Workout: Book and CD,
published by Applause
Books. She also coauthored,
with

RobertWalsh
artist-in-residence in stage
movement, the article,
"Voice and Combat — A
Conversation" published in
Voice and Speech Review,
lulylOOl.

Kanan Mohamed Makiya

adjunct professor of Middle
Eastern Studies, has just
completed The Rock: A
Seventh-Century Tale of
lerusalem, published by
Pantheon Books in the fall.
The Rock is a work of
historical fiction and tells
the story of the building of
the Dome of the Rock.

VarditRingvald

lecturer with rank of
assistant professor of
Hebrew, director of the
Hebrew and Oriental
Language Programs, and
director of the Romance
Language Instruction,
delivered a paper, "For the
Hebrew Instructor: How to
create exercises which will
reflect student needs and

emphasize cultural aspects"
at the National Association
for Professors of Hebrew
meeting held at Hebrew
Union College, New York
City; conducted two
workshops: one on
"Proficiency-Based
Curriculum" at Charles
Smith Jewish Day School,
Rockville, IVlaryland; and
the other on "Proficiency-
Based Curriculum" at the
Solomon Shechter Day
School, Orange County,
New fersey; and was a
discussant with actress Gila
Almagor on the Israeli film
Dangerous Acts at the
Brandeis University lewish
Film Festival.

Amelie Rorty

professor of classical studies
and director. Humanities
Center and the Program m
the History of Ideas, has
been elected Distinguished
Woman Philosopher of the
Year. Her most recent book.
The Many Faces of Evil,
which traces
transformations in the
concept of evil in the
Western tradition, has just
been published by Routledge
Press. She was also invited
to deliver a lecture, "Whose
Mind: Whose Freedom?" at
a conference on Spinoza's
Ethics held at the University
of Bielefend, Germany.

of California Press (2001).
He also received a $380,000
grant from the Pew
Charitable Trusts to
conduct a national action
research project called the
Youth Civic Engagement
Project. The team of
researchers is interviewing
500 leading practitioners
and youth leaders, collecting
organizational data on local,
state, and national projects
and policies, and will
convene meetings of leaders
in the field to develop
strategies to enhance youth
civic engagement.

Stephen Whitfield,
Ph.D. '72,

Max Richter Professor of
American Civilization,
delivered lectures on
American history and
politics in Thessaloniki,
Greece; Kairouan and Tunis,
Tunisia; and Sirmione, Italy.
His most recent book,
published by Brandeis
University Press, In Search
of American fewish Culture,
is scheduled to appear in
paperback soon.

Barbara Schwartz

administrative assistant,
Rose Art Museum, was
recognized in the recent
issue of Art on Paper. The
Rose was recognized for
the design of the invitation
announcing the exhibition
Impostures: Clay Ketter and
George StoU. Ketter and
Stoll's works employ
kitchen and housewares,
and the invitation design
was a yellow card that,
when placed in water,
expanded to become a
sponge, on which was
printed the information.

Carmen Sirianni

professor of sociology,
published Civic Innovation
in America: Community
Empowerment, Public
Policy, and the Movement
for Civic Renewal with
Lewis Friedland, University

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]ooh and RGCoidiflgs

Faculty

Marc Z. Brettler '78,
MA. '78, Ph.D. '87,
associate ed.

with Michael Coogan, ed.,
Carol A. Newsom, associate
ed., Pheme Perkins,
associate ed., and numerous
contributors. Brettler is
Dora Golding Professor of
Biblical Studies.

The New Oxford Annotated
Bible: New Revised
Standard Version with
the Apocrypha
The New Oxford Aimotated
Bible: New Revised
Standard Version
Oxford University Press

The Annotated has provided
essential scholarship and
guidance about the world
of the Bible to thousands
of students, professors, and
general readers for nearly
four decades. How could
the world's premier New
Revised Standard Version
study Bible be kept fresh
and up-to-date? How could
it be better? Five years
of exhaustive research and
reflection went into
addressing these topics. The
answer to these and many
other probing questions was
published early this year.

Ricardo A. Godoy

Visiting Professor

Indians. Markets, and
Rainforests: Theory,
Methods. Analysis
Columbia University Press

Does participation in a
market economy help or
hurt indigenous peoples,
and how does it affect
the conservation of tropical
rainforest flora and fauna?
Godoy's research answers
this question by
investigating five different
lowland Amerindian
societies of tropical Latin
America. The author uses
many techniques to
examine the effects of
modernization and
concludes that the seeds
of socioeconomic
differentiation may
already lie dormant in
simple economies.

Erica Harth, ed.

Professor of Humanities and
Women's Studies

Last Witnesses: Reflections
on the Wartime Internment
of Japanese Americans
Palgrave — Global Publishing
at St. Martin's Press

Surrounded by barbed wire
and held in guarded camps,
over 1 10,000 Americans of
Japanese descent were
detained in government-
sanctioned camps after the
Japanese bombing of Pearl
Harbor and the subsequent
issuing of FDR's Executive
Order 9066. One question
remains unresolved: "Could
it happen again?" To the
writers in this book, the
World War II internment
of Japanese Americans in
the detention camps is an
unfinished chapter of
American history. Former
internees and their children
challenge readers to
construct a better future
by confronting this dark
episode from America's
World War II scrapbook.

Carmen SiriannI

and Lewis Fricdland.
Sirianni is a Professor
of Sociology.

Civic Innovation m
America: Community
Empowerment. Public
Policy, and the
Movement for Civic
Renewal

University of Califorrua
Press

This study examines civic

innovation in the United
States from the 1960s to
the present, with a focus
on changing models of
community empowerment
and democratic policy
design. Case studies are
drawn from congregation-
based community
organizing and community
development, civic
environmentalism, and
other forms of community
visioning and collaborative
problem solving. The book
also provides the first
in-depth scholarly analysis
of the emergent civic
renewal movement, and
considers various strategies
for building this movement
in the coming years.

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Alumni

Robert F. Barsky '84, ed.

with Michel Meyer. Barsky
is associate professor at
the University of Western
Ontario and the University
of Quehec and the author of
Nuam Chomsky: A Life of
Dissent.

Philosophy and the
Passions: Toward a History
of Human Nature
Penn State University Press

The subject of the passions
has always haunted Western
philosophy and, more often
than not, aroused harsh
ludgments. The passions
represent a force of excess
and lawlessness in
humanity that produces
troubling, confusing
paradoxes. This book offers
an explanation that retraces
the history of philosophic
conceptions of the passions
in the work of such thinkers
as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes,
Augustine, Spinoza, Kant,
Descartes, Rousseau, and
Freud. The translation,
preface, introduction, and
bibliography are the work of
Barsky.

Murray S. Davis, Ph.D. '69

Davis IS an independent
sociologist who lives in
Berkeley, California.

Aphoristics: How
"Interesting Ideas" Turn
the World Inside Out
SuperiorBooks.com

What makes an idea
interesting- In Aphoristics
the author examines the
aphorism — the purest, most
elementary form of an
interesting idea. He
describes its structure, the
rules of its construction,
the ironic contents that
make it provocative, and
the linguistic forms that
make it memorable. He
develops and illustrates his
general thesis with hundreds
of original aphorisms that
collectively compose a new,
pointillistic paradigm for
revitalizing social and
cultural theory.

Yehuda N. Falk '80

Falk is a lecturer in English
linguistics at The Hebrew
University of (erusalem.

Lexical-Functional
Grammar: An
Introduction to Parallel
Constraint -Based Syntax
CSLI Publications

This textbook introduces
the syntactic theory of
Lexical-Functional
Grammar (LFG) to people
familiar with derivational
theories such as
Government/Binding |GB)
theory and the Minimalist
Program (MP). It introduces
the conceptual
underpinning of the theory
and Its formal mechanisms,
and develops a portion of
a grammar of English. At
every step along the way,
the LFG approach is
contrasted with the GB/MP
approach in order to
motivate LFG.
Constructions covered
include passive, dative,
unaccusatives, "wh
movement," control and
raising constructions, and
anaphor.

Terrence L. Gargiulo '90,
M.M.H.S. '93

Gargiulo is a management
consultant, organizational
development specialist, and
group process facilitator
based in San Francisco, CA.

Making Stories: A Practical
Guide for Organizational
Leaders and Human
Resource Specialists

Not only do we
communicate through
stories, we also learn from
them. Story making and
story telling are skills that
can be learned, and the
author shows you how to
do it. Gargiulo opens with
a model of how stories are
used and the effects they
can have, and with vignettes
and other examples, he
identifies their common
uses. Moving from the
conceptual to the applied,
Gargiulo presents a model of
the "story mind," and closes
with a series of exercises to
help build a large reservoir
of stories for use throughout
the organization.

A l^iictical Guide
for Orgonizational

Leaders and
Himian Resource

Specialists

icnvihv i. (iai'giiili>

51 Brandeis Review

How to

Torgive

When You
Can't

Forget

Healing Our Personal Relationships

Charles Klein

Euclid's
Window

The S I ORV ol GEOMETRV /rom
PARALLEL LINES to HYPERSPAC^^

Rosanna Hertz '75

and Nancy L. Marshall, eds.
Hertz is professor of
sociology and women's
studies at Wellesley College.

Working Families:
The Transformation of
the American Home
University of
California Press

The dynamics of work and
parenthood are in the midst
of a revolutionary shift.
Focusing on a major factor
in this shift — the rise of
dual-income families — this
volume provides a highly
informative snapshot of
work and family life in
the United States. With
selections written hy
scholars inside and outside
academia, Working Famihes
offers stories of how families
manage and how children
respond to the rigors of their
parents' lives, as well as
broad overviews developed
from survey and census data.

Alan N. Kay '87

Kay has been teaching in the
public school system for
10 years. He has been
awarded "Social Studies
Teacher of the Year," is
the country coordinator for
National History Day, and
has written and published
award-winning curricula.

Send 'Em South: Young
Heroes of History
White IVIane Publishing
Co., Inc.

This historical fiction novel
is set in the years just prior
to the Civil War and centers
around David Adams, an
Irish boy from Boston. His
father is an Irish immigrant
who is ridiculed and ignored,
while his mother is an
abolitionist who has
dedicated her life to ending
slavery. David finds himself
an outcast among his friends
and even his family.
Meanwhile, Lisa has been
a slave all of her life.
One day she and her father
escape north to find Lisa's
long-lost mother. In Boston,
Lisa befriends David, the
one person who is able to
stand in the way of the
slave catchers who are hot
on their trail.

Sarah Krakauer '72

Krakauer is a licensed
clinical psychologist,
maintaining a private
practice in Williamsburg,
Virginia, and is a former
adjunct assistant professor
of psychology at the College
of William and Mary.

Treating Dissociative
Identity Disorder:
The Power of the
Collective Heart
Brunner-Routledge

This IS a book about the
triumph of inner authority
over the debilitating effects
of trauma and abuse. In
a simple and straightforward
style, a three-phase model

for treating dissociative
identity disorder (previously
known as multiple
personality disorder] is
introduced. Six chapters of
case vignettes illustrate
therapeutic techniques and
show how clients tap into
their underlying inner unity
to create the conditions
for their own maturation,
making it safe for their alters
to grow, heal, and eventually
join the host as a seamless,
harmonious whole.

Charles Klein '73

Klein has served as rabbi of
the Merrick Jewish Centre
m Merrick, New York, for
the past 16 years. He was
ordained by the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America and received his
master's degree from the
Columbia University School
of Social Work.

How to Forgive When You
Can 't Forget: Healing Our
Personal Relationships
Liebling Press

To say, "I'm sorry," is one
of the hardest things to
do — and it is even harder
to forgive someone who
has hurt you deeply. Using
personal stories and stories
from the Bible, the author
teaches us to shift our
perception. It is a shift

that frees us — it moves us
beyond the frozen point in
time that says, "I don't
need you any more," to a
moment that melts away
our hardness and allows a
voice inside to say, "I want
you to be a part of my life
again."

Peggy Levitt '80

Levitt is assistant professor
of sociology at Wellesley
College and associate at
the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs at
Harvard University.

The Transnational Villagers
University of California
Press

Increasing numbers of
migrants continue to
participate in the political,
social, and economic lives
of their countries of origin
even as they establish roots
in the United States. This
book offers a detailed
account of how ordinary
people keep feet in two
worlds and create
communities that span
borders. Levitt explores the
powerful familial, religious,
and political connections
that arise between
Miraflores, a town in the
Dominican Republic, and
Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts, and
examines the ways in which
these ties transform life in
the home and host country.

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Leonard Mlodinow '76

Miodinnw was a member of
the faculty of the California
Institute of Technology
before moving to Hollywood
to become a writer for
numerous television shows
including Star Trek:
The Next Generation and
Night Court.

Euchd's Window: The Story
of Geometry from Parallel
Lines to Hyperspace
Free Press

Euclid's Window leads us
on a journey through five
revolutions in geometry,
from the Greek concept
of parallel lines to the
latest notions of hyperspace.
The author reveals how
geometry's first revolution
began with a scheme
hatched by Pythagoras: his
invention of a system of
abstract rules that could
model the universe. Then,
a 15-year-old genius realized
that, like the Earth's surface,
space could be curved. This
revolution reinvented
mathematics and physics.
Today at universities around
the world, scientists are
recognizing that all the
varied and wondrous forces
of nature can be understood
through geometry.

Harvey Meyerson, Ph.D. '97

Meyersiin holds a senior
staff position at the Library
of Congress's Congressional
Research Service.

Nature's Army: When
Soldiers Fought for Yosemite
University Press of Kansas

This book celebrates a
crucial, but largely forgotten
episode in our nation's
history — the rescue of our
national parks by soldiers
with an environmental ethic
generations ahead of its
time. From 1890 until the
establishment of the
national Park Service in
1916, soldiers drawn from
the so-called Old Army
proved to be extremely
competent and farsighted
wilderness managers who
set significant standards for
the future oversight of our
national parks.

Howard B. Rock '66 and
Deborah Dash Moore '67, eds.

Rock is a professor of
history at Florida
International University and
Moore is professor of
religion at Vassar College.

Cityscapes: A History of
New York in Images
Columbia University Press

Cityscapes is a visual
history of New York that
combines a thorough
narrative study with
illustrations and rare
photographs. It tells the
story of the city from its
origins in the early 1 7th

century through the end of
the 20th century. Through
lithographs, paintings,
photographs, drawings, and
broadsides, New York is
portrayed from its rising
from a small Dutch outpost
to the world economic and
artistic capital of the late
20th century.

Philip Singerman '65

Singerman has worked as
a journalist, TV producer,
advertising copywriter,
housebuilder, and bartender.

Proof Positive

Tom Doherty Associates

After Roland Troy's
long-lost love and new bride
is murdered in an
Austrian mountain chalet,
he quits chasing criminals
and retreats to the back
woods of Vermont. But
when his old friend and
former partner travels from
Florida to ask a favor, Troy
can't say no to the request
for help in solving one last
homicide. This book takes
the reader from
rural Vermont to the
swampland of Florida and
into the mountains along
the Austrian-Italian
border as the hunt goes on
for the truth about one
girl's past and the history of
an entire nation.

Steven Soifer, Ph.D. '88

with George D. Zgourides,
Joseph Himle, and Nancy
L. Pickering. Soifer is
associate professor at the
University of Maryland
School of Social Work, and
president and cofounder of
the International Paruresis
Association.

Shy Bladder Syndrome: Your
Step-by-Step Guide to
Overcoming Paruresis
New Harbinger Publications,
Inc.

Millions of Americans suffer
from an anxiety problem
that few know about and
even fewer discuss. This
social phobia is paruresis.
The long-term physical
effects of holding one's
bladder due to paruresis are
not currently known but the
emotional pain associated
with paruresis is severe
and crippling. This book
has nine chapters, providing
the reader with crucial
information about bashful
bladder syndrome and other
bathroom-related phobias.

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Simple Life

Lessons

for Teens

wm AN uniionMrnoti sr oufiN uoiBiK

lERREIMIlJilMS

Myron Uhlberg '55

Uhlbcrg, a letirud
businessman, is the author
of Mad Dog McGrdw, Flving
Over Biooklvn, and now his
third book, Lemuel the Fool.

Lemuel the Fool
Peachtree Publishers

Lemuel is a fisherman and a
fool. He dreams of building
a boat that will take him
across the sea to the
enchanted city just beyond
the horizon. His dream
grows stronger, and despite
his wife's protests, he sets
out on his journey.
Disoriented after a storm,
Lemuel lands near a strange
new village. It seems oddly
familiar, from the boats
drawn up on the dock to the
woman who looks and talks
exactly like his own dear
wife. "Who is this strange
woman who calls me by
name;" he asks himself.
"Are people the world over
all the same?"

Terrie Williams '75

Williams opened The Terrie
Williams Agency in 1988
with superstar Eddie
Murphy and jazz legend
Miles Davis as her first
chents.

Stay Strong: Simple Life
Lessons for Teens
Scholastic Inc.

As the head of her own
public relations firm,
Williams worked with some
of the biggest names in
entertainment — now she's
ready to work with you. In
Stay Strong, she tells the
amazing story of her own
career. Then she shares the
secrets of her success — the
same secrets she shares with
the stars. Part inspiration,
part advice, this book is
a guide to reaching for
our dreams. The author
knows what it takes — and
her advice really works.

Steven K. WIsensale,
Ph.D. '83

Wisensale is an associate
professor of public policy
in the School of Family
Studies at the University of
Connecticut.

Family Leave Poliey: The
Political Economy of Work
and Family in America
M.E. Sharpe

Family Leave Policy explores
the formulation,
implementation, and
evaluation of family leave
policy in the United States,
from its beginnings at the
state level in the early

1980s, through the adoption
of the federal Family and
Medical Leave Act (1993),
and beyond to the present
day. Written from a political
economy perspective, the
book identifies the major
economic and social forces
that were, and still are,
affecting the family and the
workplace. This book's case
studies will be of interest to
academic and non-academic
audiences.

Manfred Wolf '55, ed.

Wolf IS professor emeritus
of English at San Francisco
State University. He has
written widely on Dutch
literature and translated five
volumes of Dutch poetry.

Amsterdam: A Traveler's
Literary Companion
Whereabouts Press

The stories in this volume
will take you on a personal
odyssey through
Amsterdam's rich past to its
dynamic present. Arranged
by the areas of Amsterdam
they illuminate, these
stories offer up a literary
banquet to the traveler who
wishes to experience the
character and soul of this
great city. Join Dutch
writers as they lead you
along the canals, through
the neighborhoods, and from
the past to the present
in this collection of
20th-eentury Dutch
literature.

Recordings

Dan Mamorstein '76

fust Before the Dawn
Tutl Records

fust Before the Dawn
contains two compositions
by American-born composer
Dan Mamorstein. The
Denmark resident also plays
the piano on the tracks
and is accompanied by the
Corona Guitar Quartet. Just
Before the Dawn, for which
the CD is named, consists
of tape recordings made
on a May morning and a
piano improvisation played
in response to bird sounds.
Foreplav, for four guitars,
was commissioned by the
Copenhagen-based Corona
Guitar Quartet.

54 Brandeis Review

WOMEN AND

AMERICAN

JUDAISM

HISTORICAL P£»SftCTIVES

Brandeis Series in
American Jewish History,
Culture, and Life
Jonathan D. Sarna, Editor;
Sylvia Barack Fishman,
Associate Editor

Steven T. Rosenthal

Irreconcilable Differences!:
The Waning of the
American Jewish Love Affair
with Israel

From 1948 to the mid-1970s,
American Jews and Jewish
organizations were virtually
unannnous in their support
of the Jewish state. But
by the 1990s, all this had
changed. Rosenthal offers
the first full-scale
examination of the nature
and development of the
American Jewish response
to Israel. The invasion of
Lebanon, the Pollard spy
case, the "Who is a Jew-"
controversy, and the
Palestinian Intifada have
shattered American Jewish
unanimity, but, as the
author notes, dissolution
stems as well from a half
century of internal changes
and the evolution of Jewish
identity in Israeli and
American society.

Rosenthal is associate
professor of history.
University of Hartford.

Brandeis Series in

American Jewish History,

Culture, and Life

with the

Brandeis Series on Jewish

Women

Shulamit Reinharz,

General Editor, Joyce

Antler, Associate Editor,

Sylvia Barack Fishman,

Associate Editor, Susan

Kahn. Associate Editor

Jonathan D. Sarna and
Pamela S. IMadell, eds.

Women and American
ludaism: Historical
Perspectives

At the end of the 20th
century Jewish women had
redefined how they lived
their Judaism. These essays
show that women have a
long and rich history of
imagining and crafting
meaningful Jewish lives.
Offering a gendered
overview of three centuries
of American Jewish
religious life, they raise
key questions about how
women from across the
nation conceptualized their
ideas of Jewish womanhood
even as they transformed
their roles at home, in
synagogues, as volunteers,
and in the public eye.

Sarna is the Joseph H. and
Belle R. Braun Professor
of American Jewish History
at Brandeis University and
Nadell directs the Jewish
Studies Program at
American University.

Tauber Institute for the
Study of European Jewry
Jehuda Reinharz, General
Editor, Michael Brenner,
Associate Editor

Yigal Schwartz

Aharon Appelfeld: From
Individual Lament to Tribal
Eternity

Appelfeld's works have
received numerous
prestigious literary awards
in Israel as well as
international critical
acclaim. Yet there is a
paucity of critical writing
about his body of work.
The author's study, based
in part on interviews with
Appelfeld himself, fills this
gap. Schwartz organizes his
book around three of
Appelfeld's major themes:
the recovery of childhood
and memory, the creation
of place, and the religious
stance of the Holocaust
writer. He sees Appelfeld as
a Holocaust writer whose
underlying concerns go
beyond his experiences as
a Holocaust survivor to
include larger issues of
Jewish identity in the
modern period.

Schwartz is director of the
Research Center for Jewish
and Israeli Literature and
Culture at Ben Gurion
University of the Negev.

Walter Laqueur

Generation Exodus: the Fate
of Young Jewish Refugees
from Nazi Germany

Some half a million Jews
lived in Germany when
Hitler came to power in
1933. Over the next decade,
thousands would flee.
Among these refugees, teens
and young adults formed
a generation. Born between
19 14 and 1928, they were
old enough to appreciate
the loss of their homeland
and experience of flight, but
often young and flexible
enough to survive and even
flourish in new
environments. Many would
go on to make great
contributions to their new
countries and to the world.
This is a generational
history of the young people
whose lives were irrevocably
shaped by the rise of the
Nazis.

Laqueur, a member of this
group of refugees, chairs
the Research Council of
the Center for Strategic
and International Studies in
Washington, D.C

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Alumni Host Faculty
throughout the Nation
and Overseas

Professor Judith Tsipis and
Boston's Downtown Lunch
Series Chair Barbara Cantor
Sherman '54

The Alumni Association
offers the Faculty-in-the-
Field program in order to
provide Brandeis akimni the
opportunity to interact with
prominent faculty, meet
former professors, and
sample the intellectual
teaching atmosphere of the
University today. If you
are interested in becoming
involved in your area,
contact your club president
directly |see page 58) or call
Autumn Haynes, associate
director of alumni relations,
at 800-333-1948.

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

The Club concluded the
inaugural year of the
Brandeis Breakfast Series on
May S, with Associate
Professor of American
Studies Jacob Cohen's
"Sports in American Culture:
What You Can Learn about
American Character by
Studying American Sports."
The series chair is Mitchell
Cohen '76. The Downtown
Lunch Series also concluded
on May 15 with a genetics
presentation by Judith
Tsipis, professor of biology
and director of the Genetic
Counseling Program. The
series chair is Barbara
Cantor Sherman '54 and
Lawrence Uchill '69 hosts
the series at his firm Brown,
Rudnick, Freed &. Gesmer,

Alumni Club of Israel

On May 13 the Club hosted
a Faculty-in-the-Field event
with Sylvia Barack Fishman,
associate professor of
contemporary Jewry and
American Jewish sociology,
who was on sabbatical in
Jerusalem. She discussed
"Negotiating Our Jewish-
Israeli- American Identities"
with alumni and guests at
the home of Bruce and
Edie Maddy-Weitzman '75
in Ra'anana.

the Department of Theater
Arts, hosted local theater
arts alumni for a cocktail
reception at Brandeis House.
Professor Emeritus of
Theater Arts Marty Halpern
was also in attendance.

Alumni Clubs of
Washington, D.C., and
Baltimore

On May 6, the Clubs hosted
Faculty-in-the-Field events
with Professor of Chemistry
Michael I. Henchman along
with colleague Michael
Douma '97. Sharon and
Marc '76 Wine of Potomac,
Maryland, and Barbara
Kirsner Berg '76 of Owings
Mills, Maryland, hosted the
events. Alumni gathered to
hear how a professor of
chemistry and a student
researched the provenance
of two pieces of art, one
housed at the National
Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C., and the
other at the Rose Art
Museum at Brandeis.

North Carolina

The Alumni As.sociation
invited alumni m the
"Research Triangle" of North
Carolina to a breakfast with
Provost Irving Epstein. The
guests enioyed the update
about the University on
May 15 at Duke University.

Alumni Club of
New York City

On June 4, Michael Murray,
the Blanche, Barbara, and
Irving Laurie Adjunct
Professor of Theater Arts
and Director of the Theater
Arts Program, and Barbara
Cassidy, academic
administrator and
development coordinator of

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Douglas M. Monasebian '84,
chair of the Allied Health
Professionals Group, Alumni
Club of New York City

Alumni Share Their
Expertise

Rtgional clubs have recently
invited members to share
their expertise on a variety
of topics. These events
provide an opportunity to
engage alumni and make
them aware of each other's
accomplishments and
endeavors. If you are
interested in sharing your
expertise or opening up your
home to host a program,
please contact your club
president directly |see page
58) or call Autumn Haynes,
associate director of alumni
relations, at 800-333-1948.

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

Boston alumni enjoyed a
gallery talk by artists Amy
Kaufman 79 and Natalie
Kantor Warshawer '55 at
the Depot Square Gallery
in Lexington on May 1.
The artists discussed their

pnntmaking work, the
cooperative gallery, and the
Boston art scene. Judy
Liskov Zabin '61 chaired the
event.

Alumni Club of
Southern California

Alumni joined the Brandeis
University National
Women's Committee's
Western/Mid West Regional
Conference on June 2 at
the Westm Hotel, LAX. The
Town Forum, "The Digital
Dilemma: Just How Much
Will the Internet Change
Our Lives;" featured alumni
panelists James Felton '85,
Jay Handlin '81, and Tracey
Wise '93 and was moderated
by Professor of Philosophy
Andreas Teuber.

Alumni Club of
New York City

Arthur Caplan '71, director
of the Center for Bioethics
and Trustee Professor of
Bioethics, University of
Pennsylvania, presented
"Wither the Genetics
Revolution: From Dolly to

Genetically Altered Foods"
on May 9. Douglas M.
Monasebian '84, M.D.,
D.M.D, chaired the event,
which was sponsored by the
Allied Health Professionals
Group. The Club also
hosted a "Bird Walk in
Central Park" with Phoebe
Epstein '69, owner of the
Wild Bird Center in New
Jersey on May 1 1 . Then
on May 15 alumni and
guests heard from Dennis
G. Shulman '72, a clinical
psychologist, speak on
"Psychoanalytic Perspective
on the Ancient Text:
Implications for Who We
Are and How We Change"
at Brandeis House. Ruth
Abram, M.S.W. '71, daughter
of the late President Morris
Abram, hosted local alumni

at The Lower East Sule
Tenement Museum for the
second time this year on
June 24. Abram is president
and founder of the Museum,
located in a rehabilitated
apartment building on
Orchard Street, near present-
day Chinatown m New York
City. On July 18, Barbara
Ball Buff '56, fine arts
associate at The New York
Historical Society, hosted
alumni for the exhibit.
Up on The Roof, for which
she was the curator. The
exhibit chronicles and
celebrates life on high in
New York City.

Recent Graduates
Networks

Many regional clubs host
Recent Graduates Network
events in order to provide
special programming for
this constituency. In
Washington, D.C., a happy
hour was held on May 3
at the Capital City Brewing

Company, organized by
Lisa Seperson '99. Also on
May 3, the Alumni Club
of Southern Florida's Eddie
Bruckner '96 and Deborah
Brody '91 arranged for a
happy hour in Miami Beach.
The Alumni Club of New
York City hosted recent
graduates for a networking

reception at Brandeis House
on June 6. Since then, a
new committee for the New
York City Recent Graduates
Network has been formed,
cochaired by Erica A.
Lowenfels '98 and Bram D.
Weber '97

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Alumni Clubs

Contact any of the club
leaders via the email
addresses below, or call
the Office of Development
and Alumni Relations for
information at
781-736-4100. Please
contact the Gay/Lesbian/
Bisexual/Tiansgender
Alumni Network or the
Minority Alumni Network
directly to be included on
their mailing lists.

Domestic
Arizona

Ronald "Ron" Lowe '69

arizonawalumni.hiandeis.edu

Baltimore

Barbara Kirsner Berg '76

baltimoiew'alumni.briindeis.edu

Greater Boston

Ellen Beth Lande 73 and

Detlev Suderow '70

boston@alumni.brandeis.edu

Northern California

lames "lim" O' Neil '78

northcaliforma@

alumni, brandeis.edu

Southern California

Albert B. Spevak '73

southcalifornia®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Charlotte

Ruth Ahrams Goldberg '53

and Audrey Rogovin

Madans ',53

charlotte@alumni.brandeis.edu

Chicago

David Desser '90

chicago@alumni.brandeis.edu

Cincinnati

Charles "Chuck" and

Darlene Green Kamine '74

Cincinnati®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Southern Florida

Gilbert "Gil" Drozdow '79

southflorida®

alumni.brandeis.edu

West Coast Florida

Sylvia Hatt Firsehein '55

and loan A. Greenberger

Gurgold '53

westflorida®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Houston

Michael Kivort '87

hnuston@alumni.brandeis.edu

Long Island

laime D. Ezratty '86

longisland®

alumni. br.indeisedu

Northern New Jersey

David Spiler '86

northnewiersey®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Southern New Jersey

Stephen "Steve"

Schemthal '87

southnewjersey®

akiinni.brandeis.edu

New York City

Victor "Vic" Ney '81

nvc@alumni.brandeis.edu

Philadelphia

Taniara "Tammy"

Chasan'91

Philadelphia®

alumni.biandcis.edu

Washington, D.C.

Phyllis Brenner Coburn '75

washingtondcw'

alumni.biandeis.edu

Westchester County

Susan Epstein Deutsch '62

Westchester®

alumni. brandeisedu

International
England

Joan Givner Bovarnick,

Ph.D. '69

england@alumni.hrandeis.edu

Israel

Rose Shirwindt Weinberg '57

israel@alumni.brandeis.edu

Korea

Suk Won Kim '70

kinea '7 alumni, hrandeis.edu

Toronto

Mark A. Surchm '78

toronto@alumni.brandeis.edu

Affinity Groups
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/
Transgender Alumni
Network

Michael Hammerschmidt '72
glbt@alumni.brandeis.edu
Minority Alumni Network
[oseph Perkins '66
man@alumni,brandeis,edu
Future Alumni of Brandeis
Maryanne V. Cullman '02
and Elida Kamine '03
fab@alumni.brandeis.edu

Upcoming Alumni Events

For the most current
calendar of activities, visit
http://alumni.brandeis.edu,
or watch your mail for
invitations to the following
programs |subject to change).

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

Wednesday, lanuary 16
Downtown Lunch Series
with Robert Art, Christian
A. Herter Professor of
International Relations and
Director of the Department
of Politics Graduate
Program

Alumni Club of
New York City

Thursday, lanuary 24
"Globalization: Technology
as an Enabler" by Walter
Mossberg '69, Technology
Reporter, The Wall Street
lournal

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

Sunday, lanuary 27
Alumni Family Day:
Brandeis Judges vs. Emory
University

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/
Transgender Alumni
Network

Thursday, lanuary 31
Alumni-Student
Networking Reception on
campus

Alumni Club of
West Coast Florida

Sundav, Fehiuarv 3

Book signing and reception

with Rita Golden Gelman '58

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Maryanne Cullinan '02,
cochair of Future Alumni
of Brandeis

Future Alumni of
Brandeis

Future Alumni of Brandeis
(FABI, formerly known as
the Student Alumni
Association, is the student-
chaired arm of the Brandeis
University Alumni
Association. FAB's steering
committee is made up of
first-year students through
seniors, and is governed by
cochairs Maryanne Cullman
'02 and Elida Kamme '03.
The student body elects the
cochairs as the junior and
senior student
representatives to the
Alumni Association Board
of Directors. FAB strives to
create and develop lasting
relationships between
Brandeis students and
alumni through networking,
educational, and social
programs. FAB, in
cooperation with the
Alumni Association and
advised by the Office of
Alumni Relations, sponsors
and cosponsors activities to
foster these interactions.

FAB is pleased to sponsor
several "World of" programs
which bring professional
alumni to campus to speak
with students about their
careers and life after
Brandeis, as well as offer
advice and answer questions
on what steps students need
to take now to follow
similar career paths. This
year FAB presented the
World of Law and Politics
on October 25. The World
of Business and Technology
will be held on February 5,
2002. FAB also hosted with
the Alumni Association a
Legacy Reception on
November .^, as part of
Family Weekend, to
recognize students who are
related to Brandeis alumni.
On March 20, 2002, FAB
will sponsor the third
annual Beyond Peripheral
Road, a life skills seminar
for seniors, designed to help
them prepare for life after
college by having
presentations on financial
planning, repaying student

loans, choosing insurance,
and social and business
etiquette. Future Alumni of
Brandeis also manages the
appearances of Ollie the
Owl, the official Brandeis
mascot. For more
information about FAB
programming, please call the
Office of Alumni Relations
at 781-736-41 17, email
saa@alumni.brandeis.edu, or
log on to http://alumni.
brandeis.edu/fab.

Elida Kamine '03, cocfiair of
Future Alumni of Brandeis

Summer Gatlierings

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

Tuesday, February .S
Brandeis Breakfast Series
with Stephen Whitfield,
Ph.D. '72, Max Richter
Professor of American
Civilization

Future Alumni
of Brandeis

Tuesday, February .5
World of Business and
Technology

Alumni Club of
Southern California

Tuesday, February 12
Reception with President
Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72

Alumni Club of
New York City

Local alumni joined Best
Cellars for a "Taste of
Summer" wine tasting and
cheese party on July 26 at
Brandeis FLouse. Six types
of wine were tasted,
including sparkling, white,
red, and dessert. Tania
Grossinger '56, author of
Growing Up at Grossingei's,
discussed "Whatever
Flappened to the Catskills'"
on [uly 31 at Brandeis
House.

Alumni Club of
West Coast Florida

On luly 25 the Club hosted
a "Get to Know You"
meeting for Sarasota-area
alumni at the home of
Burt Raimi '60.

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Homecoming
2001 Weekend

Picture it...hL';iutitul fall
colors on the trees, the
rustle of leaves beneath
your feet... a glorious time
to return to Brandeis for
Homecoming 2001. On the
weekend of October 19,
2001, alumni and their
family members, students,
and prospective students
converged on the Brandeis
campus to celebrate
Homecoming Weekend

2001. Student groups,
athletic teams, and alumni
collaborated to create this
weekend, which resulted in
an exciting gathering filled
with activities that left the
campus buzzing with school
spirit and a general feeling of
nostalgia.

On Friday afternoon, a
crowd of students and
alumni gathered to watch
the Brandeis men's and
women's soccer teams play
the University of Chicago.
Some alumni chose to take
advantage of the Hiatt
Career Center services. That
evening, a number of tennis
\ arsity players and alumni
gathered for an Italian
dinner at Vinny Testa's in
Brooklme where Craig
Lambert, a well-known
author and tennis enthusiast,
was the keynote speaker.
Also, a huge crowd turned
out to drink and dance at
a Stem Night, which was
cosponsored by the Alumni
Association, the Class of

2002, and student events.

Meg Dowling '02 enjoys a
candy apple at Street Fest

Smiles and fun at the
Homecoming Stein Night

One of the special alumni
events planned for this
weekend was a 37th
Reunion for the Class of
1964. The brainchild of host
committee members Danny
Lehrman '64, Eli Segal '64,
Myra Kraft '64, and leff
Cohen '64, this daylong
event was extremely well
received by members of
their class. The excursion
included a canoe trip down
the Concord River to
Concord's Minuteman
National Park.
Accompanying the group
were David Haekett Fischer,
Earl Warren Professor of
History, and Brian Donahue,
assistant professor of
American environmental
studies and director,
Environmental Studies
Program. Donahue guided
the group down the river
and offered a brief history
of the Concord River. At
the Old North Bridge in
Concord, Fischer, renowned
for his book Paul Revere's
Ride, gave the group a
lecture about revolutionary
America. Following the
afternoon outing, the group

returned to the Brandeis
campus to reminisce and
enjoy dinner.

On Saturday, the National
Alumni Association Board
of Directors held their fall
meeting to correspond with
the Homecoming festivities,
and admissions hosted
prospective students and
their families for a Fall Open
House. A number of alumni
and student athletics events
were held in and around
the Gosman Sports Center.
Coach Rocky |arvis and his
teams sponsored a tennis
round robin, and the men's
tennis team played UMass
Boston in an afternoon
match. The men's soccer
team and Coach Mike
Coven held a soccer clinic
for children of all ages and
the women's Softball team
and Coach Mary Sullivan
organized an alumni Softball

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The Class of 1964 37th
Reunion attendees visit
the Old North Bridge in
Concord, Massachusetts

game. The men's rugby team
played a home game, and
the women's hicrosse team
organized an alumm/
student game. The swim
team and the fencing team
held alumni meets, and
a number of alumni and
student teams competed in
the Intramural 3-3
Basketball Tournament for
a chance to wm pairs of
tickets to the Celtics game
of their choice.

One of the highlights of
the afternoon was Street
Fest, a special event for all
members of the Brandeis
community, featuring
Brandeis student clubs,
student performers, music,
food, amusement rides, and
games. The stage was never
quiet with performances by
some of the most popular

student groups, including
Adagio Dance, Boris'
Kitchen, the Lion Dance
Troupe, Starving Artists,
Company B, and the
Brandeis Solo Ensemble.
Project Brandeis Spirit, a
new student club, organized

Class of 1964 mini-Reunion
organizers Eli Segal '64,
Danny Lehrman '64, Earl Warren
Professor of History David Hackett
Fischer, and Jeff Cohen '64

a Spirit Trolley that students
and alumni could ride
around the campus.

Hundreds of alumni and
family members attended
the annual Friends of
Brandeis Athletics (FOBA)
Hall of Fame Dinner in
Gosman Sports Center. The
inductees included: Robert
Brannum (golf coach),
Dennis F. Donoghue '77
(track and field], Philip T.
Goldstein '54 (football),
Stanley E. House '90
(basketball), Al Coulthard
(track coach and trainer),
David J. Perdios '80
(baseball), John Roland
Prairie '79 (soccer), Eleena
Zhclezov '95 (track and
field), and the 1976 National
Championship Men's Soccer
Team. There were plenty
of other evening activities
taking place on campus to
choose from as well. Some
alumni chose to take in the
Brandeis Ensemble Theater's
production of One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
while others attended the
graduate composers
performance featuring new
works of the Lydian String
Quartet and Boston's finest
freelancers. The evening

culminated with a student/
alumni dance sponsored by
the Hawai'i Ohana Club
that was enjoyed by all.

A breakfast sponsored by the
athletics department kicked
off Sunday morning and
was followed by the men's
and women's soccer teams'
home games against the
Washington University.
Crowds of students and
alumni also traveled to the
shores of the Charles
River in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, to meet the
Brandeis crew team and
enjoy the Head Of The
Charles Regatta. Next year's
Homecoming festivities are
already being planned.

61 Brandeis Review

Wien Welcome
Back Reception

The Wicn Alumni Netwiirk
has been established to keep
Wien alumni connected
with Brandeis and each
other, to celebrate their
accomplishments, and to
rekindle the founding spirit
of the Wien International
Students Program, which
was founded more than 40
years ago by Lawrence A.
and Mac Wien.

On September 9, the Wien
Alumni Network held a
dessert reception at the
Brandeis Faculty Club. Wien
alumni welcomed back the
current Wien Scholars and
greeted the newest members
of the program. The 2001-02
academic year has seen five
additions to the Wien

International Students
Program: Gila Ashtor '05
from Canada, Lacramioara
Bintu '05 from Romania,
Yanina Seltzer '05 from
Argentina, Rumana
Sotirova '05 from Bulgaria,
and Chandni Valiathan '05
from Kenya.

Welcoming the gathering
was Host Committee
member Mona Seno '01,
whose presence at the event
was a testament to the
dedication and sense of
belonging that Wien alumni
feel for the WISP program.
Having just started graduate
school in Philadelphia, Seno
drove up to Boston
specifically to attend this
event. The other members

Wien Alumni Host Committee
Bhaskar Banerjee '88, Petia Topalova '99,
Janet Akyuz Mattel '65, Kofi Gyasi '79,
Andres Santos '00, Bela Labovitch '87, and
Mona Seno '01

of the event's Host
Committee included
Bhaskar Banerjee '88,
Kofi Gyasi '79, Bela
Labovitch '87, lanet Akyuz
Mattel '65, Andres Santos '00,
and Petia Topalova '99.

Director of International
Students and Scholars Office
and Wien Program
Coordinator David Elwell
delivered opening remarks
and encouraged the WISP
alumni and scholars to
introduce themselves to the
group. He remarked how
incredible he found the
long-reaching impact of the
Wien Program, citing the
example of a recent alumnus
in London who had called
trying to track down one
of Lawrence Wien's speeches
that he remembered as being
particularly meaningful.

Two students added to the
excitement of the evening
by speaking about the work
they had done over the
summer break. Mohammad
Zulfiquer Hossain '03 from
Bangladesh presented some
of his research in molecular
immunology related to IgG
breakdown that he had
worked on as a fellow
in Associate Professor of
Molecular Biology and
Rosenstiel Basic Medical
Sciences Research Center
Neil E. Simister's laboratory.
He commented on how
exciting he found the
opportunity to apply the
concepts learned in his
Brandeis classes in a
research laboratory setting.
Trang Nguyen '0.? recounted
her experience as a member
of the Brandeis new
students' Orientation Core
Committee. Although she
found the volunteer position
to be more challenging than
she had expected, she was
amazed at how rewarding

it was and encouraged her
fellow Wien Scholars to
"reach out beyond the
academic door" and get
involved in campus life.

Dan Terns, director of the
International Center for
Ethics, lustice and Public
Life, addressed the group
about the ways in which the
Center's work extends the
ideals of the Wien Program
and Brandeis University.
Using three individuals'
experiences in separate parts
of the world — a volunteer at
the National Peace Council
in Sri Lanka, a judge in
the Hague, and an American
student in Cape Town,
South Africa — Terns gave
examples of the Center's
work of asking intelligent
questions and seeking
answers. When he spoke
about the Center's Ethics
and Coexistence Fellows,
Terris pointed out
Wien alumnus Manual
Costescu '99, who had spent
a summer abroad with the
program. lulie Smith-
Bartoloni '90, associate
director of university
relations, closed the evening
by thanking the alumni and
the students for their time
and encouraging them to
treasure their connections to
Brandeis University and the
Wien Network.

Many of this event's
participants commented on
how strong the spirit of
Brandeis was this evening
and how exciting it was to
be a part of this incredible
group of people. Another
Wien Alumni Network
event will be held on
campus in the spring.

62 Brandeis Review

New-Student
Send-Offs

The Alumni Association
and the Alumni Admissions
Council sponsored New-
Student Send-Offs tor the
Class of 2005. In addition to
introducing the students to
fellow classmates and upper-
class students, this event
helps us to educate them
early ahout the University
and its alumni. This is
the first step toward their
realization that the Brandeis
University community is
large and supportive and
special. We thank all of
the alumni who attended
with offers to help the
students and their families
during this maior transition.

Laurie, Jacqui '05, and
David Goldman of California

The Alumni Association
also recognizes the
generosity of the following
hosts: Toronto Club
President Mark Surchin 78;
Arizona Club President Ron
Lowe '69; California hosts
Ike and feanette Winston
Goodman '54 and leff 79
and Tsilah Solomon '80
Burman; Colorado's hosts
Stuart and Trudi Linas,
parents of Beth '04; in
Connecticut, Michael
Khgfeld '63; South Florida
hosts Gil '79 IClub
President) and Linda
Moskowitz '80 Drozdow;
Chicago/Milwaukee's hosts
Sheila and Harvey Medvin,
parents of Aria Medvin
Silverstein '88; Baltimore
Club President Barbara
Kirsner Berg '76;
Massachusetts's hosts

Steven '82 and Lori
Berman '83, M.M.H.S. '86,
Gans, and Cindy and
Doug Pollard, parents of
Andrew '05; in Minnesota,
JoAnn and Eric '70
Pasternack; Northern and
Central New Jersey's hosts
Larry and Margie Rachelson
Samuels '75; New York
City's hosts Danny
Lehrman '64 and Vic Ney '81;

Long Island Club President
Jaime '86 and Stacey
Ezratty; Westchester
County's hosts Denise and
Gary Rosenberg, parents of
Janna '02; Philadelphia/
Southern New Jersey's hosts
Kenneth '77 and Eileen
Schnall '78 Winter; Texas
hosts Mark E. Jacobs '78
and Jerrad and Sara Castle
Bloom '94; in Washington,
D.C., Janice Rovner
Feldman '85; and in Seattle,
Beth Linder Weisberg '61.

Former Wien Scholar
Appointed Turkish Amhassador
to the United States

President George W. Bush
welcomes Turkish Ambassador
O. Faruk Logoglu '63 and his
wife, Mimi, to Washington, D.C.

O. Faruk Logoglu '63
became the new Turkish
ambassador to the United
States on September 27.

Logoglu earned high marks
at the Turkish Foreign
Ministry, where he was
undersecretary. According
to the Turkish Daily News,
" Logoglu was a perfect
choice for the top Foreign
Ministry lob and performed
well in critical times. He
was in charge of a very
successful ministry, which
[had] to handle serious
foreign policy challenges in
a volatile region."

In his statement to
President George W. Bush,
Logoglu conveyed the
sadness of the Turkish

people over the September
1 1 attacks, and reaffirmed
Turkey's cooperation in the
fight against terrorism.
President Bush then
welcomed Logoglu to
Washington, and cited the
longstanding friendship of
the two nations.

Logoglu studied at Brandeis
as a Wien Scholar from
1960 to 1963. He majored in
political science. He earned
his M.A. and Ph.D. from
Princeton.

For more information on
Logoglu and Turkey, go to
www.turkey.org.

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Alan N. Braverman '69

raverman 'd» name
Deputy General Counsel of
The Walt Disney Company

Alan N. Braverman '69 was
named deputy general
counsel of The Walt Disney
Company in August.
Braverman has been
executive vice president and
general counsel of Disney-
owned ABC, Inc. since May
2000, and continues to hold
that position.

In his new position of
deputy general counsel,
Braverman oversees
Disney's legal interests m
intellectual property, music,
and real estate, and assists
in the administration of
the legal department. As
general counsel of ABC,
he continues to oversee

the legal affairs of the
ABC Broadcast Group, ESPN,
ABC Cable Networks Group,
and Walt Disney Internet
Group.

Said Louis Meisinger,
executive vice president and
general counsel of Disney,
"Alan IS a lawyer's lawyer
and a superior administrator.
He has done an outstanding
job heading the legal affairs
of ABC, and has in-depth
legal and practical
knowledge of our businesses.
We look forward to his
contributions to the legal
affairs of The Walt Disney
Company."

Braverman joined ABC in
1993 as vice president and
deputy general counsel, was
promoted to vice president

and general counsel in 1994,
and has since moved
through a series of
increasingly responsible
positions at ABC. Previously,
he was a partner in the
Washington, D.C., law firm
of Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering.

A native of Boston,
Braverman holds a B.A.
degree from Brandeis
University and a f.D. degree
from Duquesne University
in Pittsburgh, where he
graduated summa cum
laiidc and was editor in
chief of the Law Review.

Former GSIEF Graduate now
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of the Economy

Nikolai Vassilev, M.A. '97,
was recently named
Bulgaria's deputy prime
minister and minister of the
economy. He now serves as
part of the cabinet of King
Simeon II, who, in fune,
won a decisive victory to
become Prime iVlinister of
Bulgaria.

At only 31, Vassilev is now
one of the most powerful
men in Bulgaria. He gained
recognition in the country
over the past two years,
according to an article in
The New York Times,
"through a program in which
Bulgarians working abroad
commented on government
reforms." He, along with
his fellow members of the
newly appointed cabinet,
has adopted the tough task

of reforming the Bulgarian
economy and improving its
standard of living.

Before his return to Bulgaria,
Vassilev was a senior vice
president with Lazard
Capital Markets in London.
In addition to his master's

degree from Brandeis, he
holds three bachelor's
degrees: one in economics
from the University of
Economics in Budapest,
Hungary; and two, in
business administration and
in finance and economics,
from SUNY, at Oswego,
New York. He also studied
specialized tax policy and
finances at the Keyo
University of Tokyo, japan.

64 Brandeis Review

Former Santa Glaus Job Helps
Rabbi Alum Gain Appearance
on 'The Weakest Link'

Rabbi Mark Covitz '92, a
ludaic studies and Hebrew
teacher at Theodor Herzl
lewish Day School in
Denver, Colorado, was a
recent contestant on NBC
TV's The Weakest Link.
According to Covitz, what
catapulted him onto the
show, besides his aptitude
for answering test questions,
was his admission that
while in college, he worked
as Santa Claus in the Mall
at Copley Place in Boston,
Massachusetts. "The TV

show producers thought it
was a great juxtaposition to
have a Santa turned rabbi on
their show," Covitz said.

In lune 2001, Covitz was
one of about 250 people who
auditioned for the show at
the Oxford Hotel in Denver.
After the show's producers
reviewed the tape of his
audition, he was called to
Los Angeles, California, and
eventually selected to
appear on the program.
Covitz was one of two
finalists for the big prize,
but lost in the show's last
round. The program aired
September 10.

Covitz confesses that he is
not a big television watcher
and was unfamiliar with
game show television until
he decided to audition for
The Weakest Link. The
experience has not turned
him into a game show
addict, he said, although
family members clearly
have other ideas. "I love
my job and my career," he
said. "But my mother-in-law
is working hard to get me
on Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire. "

Mark Covitz '92

2002 Alumni Travel
Program Will Visit
Europe and Cuba

Following an extremely
successful first year, the
Brandeis University Alumni
Association is pleased to
announce its 2002 Travel
Program that will include
trips to the Swiss Alps,
Greece, and Cuba.

The Swiss Alps Young
Alumni Ski Trip to
Meiringen, Switzerland, will
kick off the 2002 Travel
Program. Meiringen, a
typical Swiss village
surrounded by the majestic
Swiss Alps, is full of friendly
people who love to share
their traditions, folklore,
and culture. There will be

multiple departures between
January 19 through March
16, 2002. No faculty host
will accompany these
six-night trips that boasts
an extremely low price
including airfare from
Boston.

Join President Jehuda
Reinharz, Ph.D. '72, and
Professor Shulainit Reinharz,
Ph.D. '77, on our Alumni
Campus Abroad in Greece
excursion that is scheduled
for June 25-July 4, 2002.
Based on the beautiful
island village of Poros,
located just off the coast
of Athens, you need only
unpack once as all of your
excursions and activities
begin and end at the
first-class Hotel New Aegli.
This all-mclusive cultural
immersion is an
unprecedented opportunity

to experience the local
culture and people of Poros
and the surrounding region.
A very low price including
airfare from Boston will
assure that this trip will sell
out fast!

Explore and discover Cuba,
a culturally and historically
rich country that has been
closed to the U.S. traveler
for 40 years. This six-day,
five-night cultural exchange
program features
accommodations at Parque
Central in the center of old
Havana. Worldguest
operates our study program
with a license from the
U.S. Department of
Treasury to promote
cultural exchange and

people-to-people contact.
The trip is scheduled for
October 25-31, 2002, and
space is extremely limited.
This is a unique experience
that you won't want to

Additional information for
these trips may be found
on the alumni Website at
http://aluiTini.brandeis.edu.
To reserve your space or for
more information about one
of these trips, call Alumni
Holidays at 800-323-7373
or Julie Smith-Bartoloni '90,
associate director of
university relations, at
800-333-1948 or email
travel@alumni.brandeis.edu.

65 Brandeis Review

hnaocial HigHigHs U

A Report from the
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer

In Fiscal 2001, Brandeis
experienced yet another year
of positive operating results.
Significantly, these positive
results were achieved while
the University made
progress on many important
initiatives designed to
strengthen its financial
condition and address
strategic objectives. These
initiatives include: reducing
the endowment spending
rate, increasing gifts to the
endowment while reducing
the reliance on gifts for
operations, improving
faculty salaries, and making
much needed investments
in academic programs,
student life, and the physical
plant. Further, these positive
results were achieved in
a difficult environment, in
which the University saw
substantial increases in the
cost of utilities and fringe
benefits and a modestly
negative return on its
investments.

In my reports over the
past several years, I noted
that the economy has been
a major contributor in
enabling the University to
improve its financial
condition. During the period
from 1995 to 2001 the value
of the endowment doubled,
annual fundraising increased
by 2,S3%, the undergraduate
discount rate declined from
45% to 33%, and costs were
contained more effectively.
Although much progress has
been made in improving
the University's financial
condition and addressing
some of its strategic needs,
many challenges remain,
and the likelihood of a
continued economic
expansion is uncertain.

Armed with a heightened
ability to budget and
forecast, particularly as a
result of the PeopIeSoft
administrative systems
implementation together
with a newly developed
integrated resource planning
model, the University is
analyzing its operating
structure so that resources
will exist in the future
to allow for further
strengthening of the
academy and student
services while ensuring that
there will be adequate
financial flexibility during
uncertain times.

While the University clearly
faces challenges, great
strides are being made, and
significant new initiatives

and projects are generating a
great deal of excitement on
the Brandeis campus.

Construction on the Carl
and Ruth Shapiro Campus
Center continues on
schedule, and construction
should be complete in late
spring 2002. During the
summer of 2002, the interior
of the building will be
furnished. The building will
be ready for full use
beginning with the start
of the academic year in
fall 2002. We look forward
to having this extraordinary
new facility available for the
entire community.

Another project identified
by President Reinharz and
the University Trustees as
a top priority for Brandeis
is the new undergraduate
residence hall now being
designed. Building on
extensive input from
students, staff, and faculty,
the project team has been
working closely with the
Offices of Students and
Enrollment, Student Life,
and Residence Life, to
ensure that the new
residence hall will

effectively meet the needs
of the Brandeis community.
In particular, a variety of
social and common spaces
are planned for inclusion
in this building. The
physical opening planned
between two of the
building's three "modules"
will also function as the
main pedestrian gateway
into the Brandeis campus.

The inaugural opening of the
Lois Foster Wing addition to
the Rose Art Museum took
place on schedule m late
September. This magnificent
new addition to the Rose
doubles the available
exhibition space and
provides the Museum with
one of the premier spaces in
the country for exhibitions
of contemporary art. I hope
that next time you are with
us on the Brandeis campus,
you will make a point of
visiting the expanded Rose
Art Museum and will also
have an opportunity to see
the other exciting works-in-
progress on campus.

I look forward to reporting
to you in the future on
the University's success in
dealing with the challenges
and opportunities that lie
ahead.

Peter B. French
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer

66 Brandeis Review

Brandeis University
Financial Higliliglits

Years Ending June 30

2001

2000

1999

Total Unrestricted Revenues
Total Unrestricted Expenses (A|

Principal sources of unrestricted revenue

Net tuition, fees, and auxiliary enterprises

Contributions

Sponsored programs, grants, and contracts

Net assets released from restrictions

Principal uses of unrestricted expenses

Educational and general
Auxiliary enterprises

Pooled Endowment Funds

Book value
Market value

University Debt

University Assets
University Liabilities

University Net Assets
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted

5186,617,118
1 75,932,405

78,904,738

9,938,721

46,735,300

41,691,329

152,071,458
22,660,826

355,433,443
371,693,618

115,388,870

676,978,308
170,013,170

57,956,095
160,168,320
288,840,723

$178,013,695
165,136,928

75,757,005

7,345,433

43,973,698

32,732,600

143,846,049
20,454,857

350,547,565
378,586,443

115,599,200

675,050,748
167,077,582

47,271,382

200,623,011

260,078,773

6163,430,238
158,995,843

70,584,240

8,276,402

44,763,580

29,448,038

136,577,389
21,291,900

295,761,740
327,655,530

112,384,446

576,094,635
156,849,229

35,681,004
151,439,383
232,125,019

(A) Operating expenses before extraordinary items.

67 Brandeis Review

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Class Notes will appear no
sooner than six monttis after
its receipt by tfie Office
of Development and Alumni
Relations Due to space
limitations, we may edit
entries for brevity Nevus of
marriages and births are
included in separate listings
by class You are encouraged
to send in photos, especially
wedding pictures with
Brandeis alumni in
attendance, with the names
of those in the photograph.
Please provide a daytime
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submissions Factual
verification of every class
note IS not possible It
an inaccurate submission is
published, the Brandeis
Reviewmll correct any errors
in the next possible issue, but
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lor any damage or loss

50th Reunion —
May 24-26. 2002

June Goldman,
Class Correspondent,
15 Preston Beach Read.
Marblehead, MA 01945
1952notesi8'alumni,brandeis edu

Phylis Levins Acker and Max

Perlilsl) are Gift Committee
cochairs for the Class of
'52's 50th Reunion, scheduled
lor Commencement weekend.
May 24-26, 2002 Julian
Koss and the rest of the
Program Committee are
working hard to make sure a
good time will be had by all
We hope you are able to |Oin
us back on campus!

Abraham Heller,

Class Correspondent,

1400 Runnymede Road,

Dayton, OH 45419

1 953notesiaialumni,brandeis.edu

'56

'54

Sydney Rose Abend,
Class Correspondent,
304 Concord Road,
Wayland,IVlA01778
1954notes™alumni brandeis edu

Ike and Jeanetle Winston
Goodman hosted a New-
Student Send-Off in their
home in Atherton, CA, on
August 19, 2001,

'55

Judith Paull Aronson
Class Correspondent,
838 N Doheny Drive, #906,
Los Angeles, CA 90069
1955notes'a'alumni brandeis edu

Lucille Weinslein Newman

retired in November 2000,
and is trying toadiustto
being at home. She and her
husband, Burt, went on a
cruise to Southeast Asia in
December 2000, and traveled
to Nice, France, in May 2001.

Leona Feldman Curhan,

Class Correspondent,

366 River Road,

Carlisle, MA 01741

1 956notes'a'alunini brandeis edu

Barbara Ball Buff hosted

participants at an Alumni
Club of New York City event
on July 18, 2001, at the
New York Historical Society,
where she is a fine arts
associate Tania Grossinger
spoke about her experiences
and book. Growing Up Al
Grossinger's. at an Alumni
Club of New York City
event at Brandeis House on
July 31, 2001

45th Reunion —
June 7-9, 2002

Wynne Wolkenberg Miller,
Class Correspondent,

14 Larkspur Road, Waban,
MA 02468

1 957notes@alumni.bfandeis.edu

Ruth Porter Bernstein retired
in June 2001 from her career
as a guidance counselor
intheWinthrop Public
Schools in Massachusetts
Robert "Robin" Brooks
retired in April 2001 after
37 years at the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst,
where he served in a
number of student attairs
administrative positions and
at the time of retirement
was director of visitor
relations He was the
Commencement coordinator
for many years as well as
being responsible for the
university's visitor's
center, which he helped to
establish In 1998 he was
presented the "Citizen of
the Year" award by the
Amherst Area Chamber of
Commerce in recognition of
his volunteer services to
the community In retirement,
he works with the director
of guest services at the
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
in Northampton, MA, and
With the local chamber of
commerce Lawrence Kane
is the Program Committee
chair and Richard Kaufman

15 the Gitt Committee chair
for the Class of '57's 45th
Reunion, June 7-9, 2002
Please plan to join us and
reconnect with old friends!
Speaking of old friends, I,
Wynne Wolkenberg Miller,
enioy keeping in touch with
my old classmates and

roommates, including
Lenora "Leni " S, Winn
Beverly Sachs Silpe '56
l^ancy Wolkenberg
Greenblatt '55, and Annette
Liberman Miller '58 We
recently had a picture taken
of us and compared it to
a picture we had taken 10
years ago How bme flies!

'58

Judith Brecher Borakove,
Class Correspondent,
10 East End Avenue, #2-F,
New York, NY 10021
1 958notes@alumni,brandeis,edu

Soap Opera D/gesffeatured
Stuart M. Damon in an

article concerning raising
grandchildren Stuart and his
wife, Deirdre, adopted their
grandson, Alexander, who
has been living with them
since birth Lenore Edelman
Sack reports, "Wow! I've
retired atter eight years in
higher education and almost
20 years with the Department
of [defense as a senior
manager of education and
training programs
Retirement is wonderful' The
alarm is turned off. No
more waking up at 5 30
am" Lenore works part-time
at a new center for the
University of Maryland
helping to develop a strategic
plan and various policies.
She continues to take tap
dancing and has added an
acting class She and her
husband, Marty, travel
abroad and also visit their
blended family of seven
children, spouses, partners,
and grandchildren, who live
around the United States
She adds,"lt's hard to believe
our next Reunion is the 45th,"

Sunny Sunshine Brownrout,
Class Correspondent,
87 Old Hill Road,
Westport, CT 06880
1959notesia'alumni brandeis edu

After serving as visiting
professor of constitutional
law at Wayne State
University in Detroit, Ml,
Philippa Strum is director
of the Division of United
States Studies at Woodrow
Wilson International Center
for Scholars,

"■||||

Joan Silverman Wallack,
Class Correspondent, 28
Linden Shores, #28,
Branford, CT 06405
1960notes@alumni,brandeis edu

BurtRaimi hosted a "Get to
Knovj You" meeting at his
home in Sarasota, FL, on
July 25, 2001, for the Alumni
Club of West Coast Florida

'61

Judith Leavitt Schatz,
Class Correspondent, 139
Cumberland Road,
Leominster, MA 01453
1 961 notesiffialumni.brandeis edu

Ron Garner was elected
vice president of Maccabi
World Union (MWU), the
international movement
spanning live continents and
more than 50 different
nations MWU, a Zionist,
nonpolitical organization, is
dedicated to the furthering
of education and athlehcs,
as well as the promotion of
Jewish identity and traditions
through cultural, social, and
educational activities lor
youth and adults alike. The

Lenora "Leni" Winn '57,
Beverly Sachs
Silpe '56, Wynne
Wolkenberg Miller '57,
Nancy Wolkenberg
Greenblatt '55, and
Annette Liberman
Miller '58 in 1991.

organization is best known
for Its involvement in the
presentation of the World
Maccabiah Games, the
guadrennial, Olympic-style
competition lor Jewish
athletes of all ages
throughout the world. The
16th World Maccabiah
Games were held in July
2001 in the State of Israel
Ron served, for the United
States participation in these
games, as national sports
chairman Neil L. Friedman
writes a relationship advice
column as "Dr Neil" at
www relahonship-talkcom.
He has answered over 1,200
questions from around the
world and is compiling a
book of his guotes Beth
LinderWeisberg hosted a
New-Student Send-Ott in her
home in Seattle, WA, on
August, 14,2001 Baila
Milner Miller moved back
to the Chicago area after
spending five years in
Cleveland She retains her
professorship at the Mandel
School of Applied Social
Science at Case Western
Reserve University and
continues funded research in
gerontology on a half-time
basis while working out of
her new home in Lincoln
Park Her husband has
retired and together they are
enjoying a more relaxed pace
of playing with their three
grandchildren and attending
the many artistic and poetic
diversions in the city

68 Brandeis Review

'62

'65

40lh Reunion —
June 7-9, 2002

Ann Leder Sharon,
Class Correspondent.
13890 Ravenwood Drive,
Saratoga, CA 95070
1962notesa;alumni brandeisedu

Ira Slioolman and I, Ann
Lerler Sharon, are cochairs
of the Program Committee
and Sidney L, Boorstein
and William S. Singer are
cochairs of the Gift
Committee tor the upcoming
Class of 1962's 40th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002, We hope
many ot you are able to make
the trip back to campus to be
part of the fun!

'63

Miriam Osier Hyman,

Class Correspondent,

140 East 72nd Street, #16B,

New York, NY

1 963notes'a'alumni.brandeis.edu

Michael Kligfeld hosted a
New-Student Send-Off at his
homeinWoodbridge, CT,
on Augusts, 2001 Bernard
J. Lind delivered the
commencement address and
received the honorary degree
of doctor of humane letters
from Schiller International
University in London He is
still active as a consultant
to clients in Central Europe
and Africa and he joined
the board of LBS Bank,
New York, as a non-executive
director Bernard and his
wife split their hme between
London and Cap Ferrat in the
south of France, where they
purchased an apartment.

'64

Shelly A Wolf,

Class Correspondent. 113

Naudain Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19147

1964notes@9lumni,brandeis,edu

Danny Lehrman. Alumni
Admissions Council chair for
New York City, hosted a New-
Student Send-Off at Brandeis
House on August 9. 2001.1,
Shelly Wolf, have changed
|obs and now work for
Independence Blue Cross in
Philadelphia

Joan Furber Kalafatas,
Class Correspondent,
3 Brandywyne,
Wayland, MA, 01778
1 965notesisalumni,brandeis,edu

'66

Kenneth E, Davis,
Class Correspondent,
28 Mary Chilton Road,
Needham, MA 02492
1 966notesi9'alumni brandeis,edu

Gwenn Karel Levlneisan

independent consultant
working for nonprofit
agencies in Paterson, NJ,
and hospital systems around
the state Her areas of
expertise are community
building, health planning,
and regulatory affairs Gwenn
IS a member of the board of
CUMAC, a large food pantry,
thrift shop, and job-training
site in Paterson, She is also
a member of the board of
Passaic County Vision 2020;
a group dedicated to the
economic development of
Passaic County In addition,
she is a serious amateur
photographer

'67

35th Reunion —
June 7-9. 2002

Anne Reilly Hort,

Class Correspondent,

lOOId Jackson Avenue,

#21, Hastings on Hudson,

NY 10706

1 967notesi8ialumni,brandeis edu

Arthur Finstein and

Lois Saval Finstein 70 are

very proud to announce that
their son, Joshua Finstein

'01, received a B A from
Brandeis last May Josh
joins his sister Amy Finstein

'98, as another of several
Brandeis alumni from the
Finstein/Saval families Lois
and Art also celebrated their
30fh anniversary in August
2000 Eve HIavaty Cimmet is
the Program Committee chair
and I, Anne Reilly Hort and
my husband, Robert Hort are
the Gift Committee cochairs
for the Class of '67's 35th
Reunion, to beheld June
7-9, 2002 Ira N. Rosenhollz
was chosen to receive the
Trevor Evans Prize of the
Mathematical Association of
America for his article "ONE
Point Determines a Line-A
Geometric Axiom of Choice."
which appeared in the
November 2000 issue of

M.ilh Horizons Northeastern
Univeisity Press published
Judith Segel Graham's book.
Puritan Family Lite: Ttie Diary
ot Samuel Sewall. in 2000.

'70

68

David Greenwald.
Class Correspondent.
3655Aquetong Road.
Carversville. PA 18913
1 968notes0alumni brandeis edu

After spending 20 years in
the South. Stephen M.
Abelman has returned to
the Northeast He and his
wife. Robin, have relocated
to Westchester County. NY.
where Steve has begun a
new career with the March
of Dimes Mark Simon is
a partner of Centerbrook
Architects and Planners in
Centerbrook. CT Renee
Tankenolf Brant was
honored for her work on
behalf of sexually abused
children as one of eight
"Women Who Dared" at a
dinner sponsored by the
Jewish Women's Archives
and Hadassah Boston She
and her husband. Jonathan
Brant, were two of the
subiects of a piece of "spatial"
music written by Jonathan's
87-year-old uncle and
composer Henry Brant, The
piece is "The Four Doctors,"
named after four members
of the Brant clan who have
doctorates, and had its world
premiere at a concert of
Henry Brant music presented
by the Harvard Wind
Ensemble Each of the four
doctors was represented by a
six-foot heraldic trumpet

'69

Phoebe Epstein,

Class Correspondent,

205 West 89th Street, #10-8,

New York, NY 10024

1 969notes'§alumni brandeis edu

Ron Lowe, president of the
Alumni Club of Arizona,
hosted a New-Student Send-
Off in his home in Paradise
Valley on August 12, 2001
His son, Michael, is a
member of the Brandeis
Class of 2005,

Charles S Eisenberg,
Class Correspondent,
4Ashfotd Road,
Newton Center, MA 02159
1 970notes'8'alumni, brandeis.edu

Elliot Bruce Asarnow was

appointed global head ol
research at Barclays Capital,
the investment banking
division of Barclays PLC
Elliot is based at Barclays
Capital's headquarters in
London, and is a member
of the firm's management
committee. Paul Fleisher's
latest book. Gorillas, was
published by Marshall-
Cavendish in 2001 , Gorillas
is one otfive titles in
AnimalWays. a new series
tor upper elementary and
middle school aged readers
Paul teaches gifted students
at Binford Middle School
in Richmond, VA He has
taught in the Richmond
Public Schools since 1978,
Eric Pasternack, along with
his wife, JoAnn, hosted a
New- Student Send-Off on
August 21, 2001, in their
home in Mendota Heights,
MN Lois Saval Finstein and
Arthur Finstein '67 are very
proud to announce that their
son, Joshua Finstein 01,
received a B A from Brandeis
last May Josh loins his
sister Amy Finstein '98 as
another of several Brandeis
alumni from the Finstein/
Saval families Lois and Art
also celebrated their 30th
anniversary in August 2000

Beth Posin Uchill.

Class Correspondent.

46 Malia Terrace. l\lewton.

MA 02467

1 971 notes@alumni.brandeis.edu

Daniel Maverick Falkoff

moved back to his family
home in Hopkinton. MA, with
his children after a divorce.
He is working "as always"
in electronics After working
as an investigator for the
National Transportation
Safety Board, Phyllis J,
Kaylen went through a major
career change and now
works as a reference
specialist at Stanford
University's Green Library,
Humanities and Social
Sciences She writes, "I don't
get to call myself a librarian

because I don't have an
M LS degree, bull sit at the
reference desk and answer
questions on doing research
finding documents, books,
and journals, using indexes,
and finding one's way on
campus and in the library.
I am having the best time
It's what I was meant to be,"
She is still living in Palo Alto,
CA, with her husband, Steve
Weinstein and daughter Carly
Laurel P. Steinberg enioys
lite in deep South Texas and
taking careot her two great
kids, Rosalie and Jonathan
She teaches Hebrew school,
is president of the local
chapter of Hadassah, and
is doing part-time landscape
architecture work.

'72

30th Reunion —
June 7-9, 2002

Dan Gartinkel,
Class Correspondent,
2420 Kings Lane,
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
1972notes@alumni,brandeis,edu

Four Hands One Heart Ed
and Mary Scheier. produced
by Ken Browne Productions
and Ken Browne in
collaboration with the Currier
Gallery of Art in Manchester,
NH. went into national
distribution on PBS stations
in the fall of 2001. The
film chronicles the artistic
career and the marriage of
America's first couple of
studio pottery, Ed and Mary
Scheier In 1991, Ken Browne
Productions entered the field
of educational technology
training, providing creative
services for all staff
development and marketing
videos for the Optical Data
Corporation, based in
Warren, NJ Ken traveled
throughout the country
documenting model teaching
using new technology in
elementary school
classrooms. Ken Browne
videos have also supported
the arts and health Stephen
Cohen, a guitarist, composer.

songwriter, visual artist, and
pertormer, had two of his
songs released in the United
Kingdom this year by Eth bo
Music of London, Last year,
Stephen received an award
at the prestigious Kerrville
Folk Festival in Texas He
would like to hear from you!
Visit his Website at http://
home cdsnet net/-stephco/,
Michael Hammerschmidt is
the Program Committee chair
and Meyer Koplow Marty
Gross and Linda Yale ZIotoll
are the Gift Committee cochairs
for the Class of '72'$ 30th
Reunion. June 7-9. 2002,

'73

Janet Besso Becker, Class
Correspondent, 1556 Old
Orchard Street, West Harrison,
NY 10504
1 973notesi8)alumni,brandeis,edu

David 0. Ash is chief operating
officer and general counsel of
Sam Ash Music Corporation
and Samson Technologies
Corp , a nationwide 30-store
chain of musical instrument
retailers and a manufacturer
of electronic musical products
He acquired the world famous
Manny's Music of 48th Street in
New Votk City in which David
"had the pleasure" of working
with Mark Tulis '72 David has
been married to his wife, Karen,
for 24 years, and together
they have two daughters, Kim
and Danielle Jakki Kouffman
lives in Santa Fe, NM, with
her husband, Jonathan Sperber,
She teaches independent
painting workshops nationwide.
She shows her paintings at
Ventana Fine Art
(www ventanafineart com) in
Santa Fe and at Artique Ltd.,
in Anchorage, AK Barry
Weintraub. a national
spokesperson for the American
Society of Plastic Surgeons,
was featured in a cover story
in the /Vew York Post relating
to the dangers of undergoing
serious cosmetic surgery in
places outside the United
States such as Central and
South America, He was
selected to appear on MDTV
/Veivs/l/owas a valuable
resource to the public in the
field of plashc surgery.

69 Brandeis Review

Births and Adoptions

Class Brandeis Parent(s)

1963
1972

1981

1982

1983
1984
1985

1986

1987

1989
1990

1991

Peter D. Magnus
Stephen Kelley

Micliael Goldman
Helena, Levy-Meyers
Marlene R. Mlawskl
Linda Sweet Marks
Andrea Casson Mllslein
and Glen Milstein '83
David Muller
AntlionyW. Buchsbaum
Marlene Kern Fischer and
Mark D. Fischer '83
Arieh Siegal
Lori Bernstein Catlun

Shari Beth Gersten

Roberts. Kamanitz

Nina E. Brand

Gustavo Gelpi

Sidney B. Hellman

Laurie MillenderLevine and

Bruce Levine

Allison Barazani Cetta

Susan Fellman

Beth Fleischman Zweibel

and Steven L. Zweibel

MichaelJ. Ramer

Renee Reich Steinlauf and
Adam Steinlauf '87
Julie Rosenblatt Ziefl
Alicia Schreibstein
Alicia LitwinStillman
Michele Shoueka Perlstein
Melissa Benenteld and
Jettrey Merovitz '91
Michelle Lydeen Rulherlord

Andrew M. Stern

Kerith Stern Rudnicki and

Philip Rudnicki

(leather Eckerling-Mandel

Ruth Liebschutz Rockaway

Child's Name

Date

Samson Angelo

Septembers, 1999

Juliette

December 15, 2000

Vanessa

October 25, 1995

Jake Berger

May 28, 2000

Asher Lloyd

January 28, 2001

Julian Max

April 17, 1998

Spencer Ashton

December 15, 2000

Alessia Casson

May 2, 2000

Luca Casson

December 1,1997

Avi Max

June 18, 2000

Ian Kessler

September 28, 2000

Isaac Seth

July 6, 2001

Elijah Ranen

August 23. 2000

Jared Marc

February 22, 2001

Matthew Scott

May 2, 1997

Jonathan Adam

September 22, 1995

Zeke Benjamin

February 7, 2001

Arielle Gilat

Callie Ann

April 27, 2001

Cole Benjamin

January 22, 2001

Diego Rafael

March 12, 2001

Golda Sylvanna

October 12,2000

Sari Lynn

March 20, 2001

Jake

March 23. 2001

Gabrielle Liana

January 10, 2001

Joshua Miles

March 11, 2001

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76

Jostiua A. Pesikoff
Audrey Sobel and
Jeremy Pressman

Max Joseph
Ethan Alexander
Shane Jarret

Emily Lauren
Lance Michael
Beniamin Grant
Abigail Eliza
Matthew Ezra

Anna Marie
Sarah Jayne
Owen Daniel
Jared Austin

Ashley Rose
Benjamin
Samuel
Jacob

Jonah Oliver
Noah Jacob

July 16, 2000
August 27, 1998
October 2, 2000

April 5, 2001
June 11, 2000
July 29, 2000
f;iay12.2001
June 12, 2001

November 22. 2000

February 9, 2001
March 9, 2001

June 22, 2001
March 31, 2001
March 31, 2001
March 31, 2001
April 17,2001
November 20, 1999

Stephen Treiman

Eden Grace

March 23. 2001

1992

Meredith Adams Garrah

Kayleigh Blaise

July 6. 2000

EveRudin Weiner

Emma Mollie

August 21, 2000

1993

Michelle Berk Gold
and Eric Gold

Brian Hayden

April 24, 2001

Sara Chandros Hull

Samuel David

Decembers, 2001

Catherine DecterSim

Lucas Xavier

April 29, 2001

Audrey R, Frankel

Joshua Dean Pagan

January 17, 2001

Bonnie Grumet Rubenstein

Danielle Rebecca

April 12, 2000

Bradley Foster Rothenberg

Jacob Edward

July 20. 2000

Sharon Laves Wenger

Jonathan David

January 27. 2001

Keren Ophir Gilbert

Sophie Leah

November 26. 2000

Melissa Palat Muravisky

Jessica Brooke

February 7. 2001

Samantha Michelle

May 5. 1999

Elise Senter Ackerman and

Dalya Rose

March 5. 2001

Armando "Ari" Ackerman

Melissa Saunders Katz

Michael Saunders

May 21, 2001

"Mimi " Steinberg Pomeranz

Sophie Ann

March 23, 2001

1994

Allyson Alfano

Molly Nicole

October 16. 2000

and Aaron See '93

Emily Rose

July 10, 1998

Howard Jeruchimowitz

Caylie Madeline

January 13, 2001

Melinda Weinblatt (IVIA, '95)

Jacob "Coby" Leor

December 5, 2000

and Benjamin Resnick

1995

Sandra Machliger Katz and
llan Katz

Joshua Zackary

March 25, 2001

1996

Jennifer Panichelli Barzeski

Eitan Nadav

August 8, 2000

Carrie Waxier Singer and

Michelle Adnenne

April 11, 2001

Eugene Ryan Singer

Elizabeth Sarason Pfau,
Class Correspondent, 80
Monadnock Road, Chestnut
Hill, MA 02467
1 974notes@alumni,brandeis edu

Steven S. Greene has

traveled in many circles since
his Brandeis days, most of
which were in synagogue
work. Currently, he is
president and executive
producer for Dalmatian
Productions. Inc., based in
Fori Lauderdale. FL, and
Wilmington, DE The
company produces reality,
entertainment, and
educational television
programs Their show,
Rescue Heroes, is on the
air across Central and South
America, Europe, and the
Middle and Far East, and
has begun to branch into
the United States You can
learn more about Dalmahan
Production's programs at the
Website www,rescueheros tv
Steve spent three weeks in
Israel in the summer of
2001 shooting video with the
Magen David Adom, various
Israeli fire brigades, and
Hatzoloh While there, he
visited fellow Brandeisians,
Sam Cohen and Todd Miller
Steve has been married tor
almost 27 years and has two
daughters Robert L. Jalte
adapted and performed
. ami then you go on
An Anthology of the Works
of Samuel Beckett al\t\e
Unicorn Theatre at the
Berkshire Theatre Festival in
Stockbridge, MA, in May and
June 2001 The show had
its premiere in January 2000
at the Perishable Performing
Arts Center in Providence,
Rl Sandra Saltzer-Duzak
was appointed vice president
of human resources at
Benchmark Assisted Living
in Wellesley, MA, inlUlarch
2001,

75

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Barbara Alperl.
Class Correspondent,
272 First Avenue, #4G.
NewYork, NY 10009
1975notes@alumni brandeis edu

Devorah Jacobson was

named rabbi and director
of pastoral care for Jewish
Geriatric Services in
Longmeadow, MA,

Beth Pearlman,

Class Correspondent,

1773 Diane Road, Mendota

Heights, MN 55118

1 976notesi8alumni,brandeis.edu

AmandaE. Annisisa

figurative clay sculptor who
casts into bronze working
from the nude and doing
commissioned portraits. She
IS represented by the
Lyman-Eyer Gallery
(www lymaneyerarlcom) in
West Newton. MA In
addition. Amanda teaches
sculpture and drawing to
adults at her studio and at
the Boston Center for Adult
Education Scott Edelman
is deputy principal officer
at the American Consulate
in Adana. Turkey, where he
IS responsible for political
and economic relahons in
Adana's consular district
The district, covering
southeastern Turkey,
includes NATO's Incirlik Air
Base, the Turkish borders
with Syria, Iraq, and Iran,
and Turkey's Kurdish region.
Barbara Kirsner Berg,
president of the Alumni Club
of Baltimore, hosted a New-
Student Send-OfI in her
home inOwings, Mills, MD
on August 8, 2001 Terry
Sochat Scheier is an
attorney and is working
toward an M B A in
nonprofit management at the
University of Judaism in
Los Angeles Bari Slauber
Adelman of Pine Brook, NJ
is happy to report that
with her three children fully
occupied in school, she is
now actively involved in her
freelance writing/editorial
career and welcomes fellow
alumni as clients. She works
with corporate, government,
and nonprofit organizations
that need business materials
such as speeches, articles,
brochures, press releases
01 grant proposals Richard
A. Zucker opened his own
general law prachce in Natick,
MA

'77

25lh Reunion —
June 6-9, 2002

Fred Berg,

Class Correspondent, 150

East 83rd Street, #2C, New

York, NY 10028

1 977notes@alumni,brandeis,edu

I, Fred Berg, along with
Steven London are cochairs
of the Program Committee
and Jay Pabian is the Gift
Committee chair for the
Class of '77's 25th Reunion,

June 6-9. 2002. We hope
to see you there' Kenneth
Winter and his wife Eileen
Schnall Winter '78, hosted
a New-Student Send-Otf at
their home in Cherry Hill. NJ,
on August 13, 2001.

78

Valerie Troyansky,
Class Correspondent.
10 West 66th Street, #8J.
New York^NY 10023
1 978notes<a'alumni.brandeis edu

Mark E. Jacobs hosted a
New-Student Send-Oft on
August 19, 2001, at his home
in Dallas Mark Surchin
president of the Alumni Club
of Toronto, hosted a New-
Student Send-Otf at his
home in Ontario on August
14,2001 Eileen Schnall
Winter, Alumni Admissions
Council chair of Philadelphia,
and her husband, Kenneth
Winter '77, hosted a New-
Student Send-Otf at their
home in Cherry Hill. NJ, on
August 13, 2001

Ruth Strauss Fleischmann,
Class Correspondent,
SAngier Road,
Lexington. MA 02420
1 979notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

Jeffrey Burman and his wife,
Tsilah Solomon Burman '80

hosted a New-Student Send-
OH at their home in
WoodlandHills, CA, on
August 5, 2001 Gil Drozdow,
president of the Alumni Club
of Southern Florida, and
his wife, Linda Moskowitz
Drozdovi '80, hosted a New-
Student Send-Otf at their
home in Golden Beach, FL,
on August 5, 2001 Yaakov
Har-Oz (Steven Harris)
writes, "Hard to know where
to start, since I've been out
of touch for over 29 years.
I went to law school, got
married, and had three kids,
who are the delight of my life.
We moved to Israel almost
10 years ago. which was the
reason for the name change.
I'm now vice president and
general counsel of a Nasdaq-
listed company located, to
my delight, in Beit Shemesh,
less than 10 minutes from
my house, and, incredibly,
for those who remember me,
presidentof my shu|i If
you'd told me 20 years ago
that I'd be who and where

70 Bnindois Review

News Notes

classnotes@alumni.brandeis.ebu

I am today, I would have
told you you're insane. Id
have been wrong " Norma
Richman Vogel at long last
IS a high school English
teacher, teaching American
literature in Framingham, MA,

'80

Lewis Brooks,

Class Correspondent,

585 Glen Meadow Road,

Richboro, PA 18954

1 980notes.alumni,brandeis,edu

Linda Moskowitz Drozdow,

and her husband, Gil
Drozdow 79, hosted a New-
Student Send-Off at their
home in Golden Beach, FL,
on August 5, 2001 Tsilah
Solomon Burman and her
husband, Jeffrey Burman

79, hosted a New-Student
Send-Off at their home in
Woodland Hills, CA, on
August5, 2001. A profile of

"Brooklyn Bluegras Maestro,"
Orrin Star, appeared in an
issue of The Sounding Board.
Martin Guitar Company's
official newsletter. Orrin also
recorded an instruchonal
video based on the bluegrass
rhythm guitar workshops
he's been giving around the
country for Flatpicking Guitar
Magazine (www flatpick.com/
ostar).

'81

David J. Alton.

Class Correspondent.

540 Weadley Road.

Wayne, PA 19087

1 981 notesiaalumni brandeis.edu

Darcy Buchwald Bloch lives
in Norfolk. VA. with her
husband. Robert, and four
children, Elisa, Hilary, Perry,
and Ely She welcomes any
Brandeis alumni to visit "this
great area" Gail Goichman
Sillmanis happily married
with three children, ages
8. 10, and 13 She is a
health care lawyer/consultant
in Sudbury, MA Helen J.
Levy-Myers sold her equity
in New Town Publications
and is trying to decide what
to do with the rest of her
life. She had a third son
in January 2001 Vic Ney.
president. Alumni Club of
New York City, hosted a New-
Student Send-Off at Brandeis
House on August 9, 2001
Karen Paimeris still living in

Arlington, VA, and IS a senior
fellow at Resources for the
Future in Washington, DC
She and her husband, Phillip
Twomey, have two children,
Josie (6). and Thomas (2),
She says, "It's easy to
stay in touch living in the
Washington, DC. metro area
because everyone wants to
come and visit Boston and
Maine are still in our blood,
though, and we enjoy annual
summer and winter visits to
New England to see familv
and friends ' Meryl Resnick
Moserand Stuart W. Moser
are shil living in Edgemont.
NY. with their four children.
Sharon. Benny. Jack, and
Harry, who are getting
""bigger and bigger "' Meryl is
a per diem registered nurse,
and Stuart is a cardiologist
in private practice Bruce
ZamosI was married for a
second time in September
2000 He IS a trial lawyer

girls weekend on Sanibel
Island, FL Steven Cans
and his wife. Lori Berman
Gans'83(MMHS '86),
hosted a New-Student Send-
Off on August 21, 2001,
at their home in Newton,
MA Lisa Field is Program
Committee chair and David
Abelman and Gary Edelson
are Gift Committee cochairs
for the Class of '82's 20th
Reunion, to be held on June
7-9, 2002 Daniel A. Lynn
is an attorney specializing in
workers' compensation law
and was made a partner
m the lirm of Braff Harris
and Sukoneck He lives in
Randolph, NJ, with his wife,
Cheryl, and his two children,
Jessica and Michael
Raphael "Ralph " Strauss
and Mindy Frankel Strauss
live in Plainview. NY, with
their three children, ages 10,
8, and 4. Ralph is an allergist
and Mindy is an attorney

'R9

'83

20th Reunion-
June 7-9, 2002

Ellen Cohen.
Class Correspondent,
1007 Euclid Street. #3.
Santa Monica, CA 90403
1982notes alumni brandeis edu

Lisa Arons Potter, Sharon
Handwerger Kleban Janice
D, Paul. Audrey Hemmat
Taftet Leslie Farber
Hershey Susan Kerman
Adry. and AnnMarie Errico
Dixon, acknowledged their
turning 40 and still together
as '"Rent-A-Crowd. " by
getting together for an all-

Lori Berman Gans.
Class Correspondent.
46 Oak Vale Road.
Newton. MA 02468
1 SSSnotesigalumni brandeis.edu

The year 2002 is already
upon us and our 20th
Reunion is only a year away.
Twenty years' I'm not sure
if the milestone impresses or
depresses me It happened
in what seems like the
blink of an eye, and yet
so much has happened to
shape and color our lives
With each new issue of
the Brandeis Review, we

Lisa Arons Potter,
SLiaron Handwurger
Kleban, Janice D. Paul,
Leslie Farber Hershey,
Audrey Hemmat TaHet;
Susan Kerman Adry,
and AnnMarie Errico
Dixon, all Class of 1982

gam moic insights into the
interesting turns that our
classmates' lives have taken
Please take a few minutes to
write or email me with some
of the news of your life, and
be a part of the Class of 1983
"college collage '" Here's a little
news to start you off: My
husband. Steven Gans '82.
and I hosted a wonderful
New-Student Send-Off on
August 21. 2001. at our
home in Newton, MA
Perrine Robinson-Geller,
reportiiiij m Irom her new
home in Millburn, NJ, where
her daughter, Hannah (4),
already considers herself a

"Jersey girl,"" IS working
toward her Ph D. in adult
literacy educahon at Rutgers
University Kudos to Leigh
Wilchel who was honored
with a 2001 Guggenheim
Fellowship for his work as
a choreographer for Dance
as Ever, the dance company
he founded He is the first
choreographer concentrating
in classical ballet to receive
this honor in more than a
decade. Described in reviews
as "rare." sophisticated, and

""really gifted." Leigh has
received other honors as
well and has worked with
dancers from the finest
companies in the country
Congratulations are in order
for Glen Milstein and his
wife. Andrea Casson '82.
and their son, Luca Casson
Milstem. and for David
Muller. his wife. Joyce, and
children, Jacob, Rachel,
Rebecca, and Izy on the
arrival of their newest family
members (see "Births and
Adoptions" in this section)

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MarciaBookAdirim,
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480 Valley Road. #83. Upper
Montclair.NJ 07043
1984notes<aialumni,brandeis,edu

Robert F.Barsky IS the

author of two new books, a
translation of Michel Meyer's
Philosophy and the Passions
(2000) and The Chomsl<y
/Ippraach (2001 ) Robert IS
also writing a biography
of Zellig Harris Steven E.
Bizar(MA "87, History)
resigned as a partner at
the Philadelphia law hrm
of Montgomery McCraken
Walker & Rhoads in March
2001 to accept a position as
a shareholder at Buchanan
Ingersoll Professional
Corporation"s Philadelphia
office Steven continues to
concentrate his practice in
complex commercial trials,
including trials in securities,
intellectual property, antitrust,
and class action cases
Anthony "Tony " Buchsbaum
is head of the creative group
at Gillespie, a large New
Jersey advertising agency
From 1991 to 2001 Bruce
A. Levy served as a federal
prosecutor at the United
States Attorney's Office for
the District of New Jersey.
For six years he also served
as New Jersey's criminal
health care fraud coordinator
and the leader of the Justice

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Marriages and Unions

Class

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Dale

1974
1981
1988

1989

1990

1992

1993

1994
1995

1996

1997

1998
1999

Julie Stetes to Jack Connella

Bruce Zamost to Donna Cross

Julie Brenman to Irwin Schreiman

Robert Todd Fleisher to

Gietchen Camille Stover

Eilal Larlsa Gubbay to Jerald Abrams

Jeanne Korenberg to Allen Shapiro

Ellen Seidman to David Smokier

TerrenceGargiulo.MMHS '90.

to Cindy Jo Brodsky

Jonathan Lass to Kan Schlessinger

Meredith Adams to Michael Garrah

Gregory B. Bland to Stephanie Weiss

Robert S. Lebowitz to Yael Federbush

Karen Chambers to Timothy Farrell

Beth J. Kaulman to Rick Snyder

Bradley Foster Rolhenberg to

Zdenka Klimtova

Heidi A. Osgood to An Kaufman

Allyson Allano to Aaron See '93

Daniela Gil to Avi Rosenblatt '96

Tamara Wainer to Victor Pontes

Melissa Dion to Flliot Frame

Elaine Baron to Brett Garver

Megan Healy to Ronald James Raye

Jinmei Xuto David Kircheis

Bar! Kleiner to Eytan Ellas

Jeflrey R. Rosenleld to Mindy Charski

Amy M. Goss to Dave Smalarz

Laura D. Hacker to Adam Greenwald

Bethany Welnstein to Joel Friedlander '98

Apnl14, 2001
September 17. 2000
August 12. 2001
April 30. 2000

July 1.2001
February 24. 2001
January 14. 2001
January 14, 2001

July 1,2001
September/, 1997
November 1 1 , 2000
March 25. 2001
June 16, 2001
December 3, 2000
June 6. 1999

November 25, 2000
August 13, 1995
July 4, 2001
August 5, 2000
June 4. 2000
March 31. 2001
July 29, 2001
May 1,1999
March 1 1 , 2000
June 10, 2001
May 6, 2001
August 12, 2001
June 17.2001

Aron Weber '90, Judy Libhaber Weber '90,
Jonathan Lass '90, Karl Schlessinger,
Steven Simmons '89, and Barbara
"Barbie" Scharf-Zeldes '90

Hedy Cardozo '89,
Ellen Seidman '89, and
Wendy Reimer '89

(standing) Aaron Milchman '88,
Maccabee Levine '00, Estelle
Milchman Davis '86, Matthias
Mitra '98, Jodi Eichler '00,
Seth Spergel '99, Adam M.
Greenwald '98 and Laura D.
Hacker Greenwald '99,
Brian Irwin '98, Melissa Bank '99,

Reuben Liber '98, Elizabeth Herr '99,
Tammie Min '99, Amy Lipton '98,
Cindi Eckstein Menasof '98, Cheryl
Greenwald '01, Erica Lowenfels '98;
(seated! John Serra '98, Kerri
Berney '97, Adam Lieb '01, Dan
Tllton '02, Daniella Tobin '98

Department's Health Care
Fraud Task Force for New
Jersey. In 2001 he entered
private practice and is now
Of Counsel at Gibbons Del
Deo Dolan Gntfinger &
Vecchione m Newark, where
he will concentrate on health
care fraud and compliance
matters as wiell as health
care litigation Bruce lives in
New/ Jersey with his wife.
Leslie Antin Levy, and their
two sons. Jacob and Aaron
Robert A. Strickland is chief
executive officer of Xperts.
a technology consulting and
stafting provider based in
Richmond. VA. with several
offices around the country
Joel Waldlogel lives in
Philadelphia, where he is a
professor of business and
public policy at the Wharton
School Hayley Wiseman
Arone is a critical care unit
registered nurse at a Boston
hospital Sheenioys her days
oft with her husband and two
beautiful children

'85

James R. Felton.
Class Correspondent.
26956 Helmond Drive,
Calabasas,CA 91301
1985nofes(g'alumni brandeis edu

Mark E. Beeman moved
lo Philadelphia, where he
spends as much time as
possible with his wife
daughter, and son When he
IS not with them he does
research and teaches at the
University of Pennsylvania
in the Center for Cognitive
Neuroscience He writes,
"Finally gave up trying to race,
but I still run, okay |og, a
little " Steven A. Bercu lives
in Cambndge, MA, with his
wife, Leslie, and their three
children. Julian. Toby, and
Chiara. He works as legal
counsel for Infogrames
Interactive. Inc a Beverly
MA, publisher of interactive
computer and video games

He writes "Kids, profession,
and maintaining a strong
marriage make for a fulfilling,
if rather consuming, life I
also like to write children's
books and, for tun, play
acoustic guitar Classmates
and acquaintances are
welcome to contact me at
sbercu'Sus infogrames com,"
Daphne Blulinger Carmell
IS chief executive officer of
Metreo (www metreo com), a
high-tech company that
delivers e-busmess software
that enables suppliers to
evaluate customer sales
requests and recommend
profitable responses, Metreo
IS based in Palo Alto. CA
Daphne is married and has
two sons Cerise Cameron-
Grice IS an attorney living in
Northern California with her
husband and two children
Sharon Sue Kleinman is an
assistant professor in the
School of Communications
atOuinnipiac University in
Hamden. CT Her research
and teaching locus on the
social implications of old
and new communicahons
technologies and on
anthropology in cyberspace
Her hobbies include hiking
and mountain biking in the
parks near the university
She has the proverbial
skinned knees to prove if
Janice Rovner Feldman
hosted a New-Student Send-
Off in her home in Potomac.
MD. on August 5, 2001

'86

Beth Jacobowitz Zive,
Class Correspondent.
16 Furlong Drive.
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
1 986notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

Jaime Ezrattyand his wife,
Stacey, hosted a New-
Student Send-Off in their
home in East Rockaway, NY,
on August 16, 2001 Charles
R. Fox was appointed a
visiting associate professor
at Franklin S Marshall
College in Lancaster, PA,
During his three-year
appointment, Charles will
teach in the Department of
Psychology as well as in
two interdisciplinary
programs, the Biological
Basis of Behavior, and the
Scientific and Philosophical
Study of the Mind Charles,
who IS also an optometrist,
closed his Baltimore practice
in July but continues his
consulting work as a medical
advisor to the Social Secunty
Administration and Prevent
Blindness Ameiica Shah
Beth Gersten resides in
Woodside, CA. with her
husband. David, and twins.
Zeke and Allelic Shan works
lor Realnames Corporation, a
global infrastructure provider

of Keywords, which replaces
complicated URLs with
simple names and brands,
and works in the consumer's
native language, making the
Internet easier to use Robert
"Bob" Kamanitz lives with
his wife and daughter in
Southbotough, MA,

'87

15th Reunion —
June 7-9, 2002

Vanessa B Newman,
Class Correspondent,
1 53 East 57th Street. #2G.
New York. NY 10022
1 987notes@alumni,btandeis.edu

AdamD. Shames is a

facilitator, songwriter, and
founder of the MultiArts
Kreativity Network
(vimw kreativity.net) He gives
creativity workshops primarily
in the San Francisco Bay
Area, where he has lived
since graduation Gustavo
Gelpi was selected to become
a United States Magistrate-
Judge on March 14, 2001
Michael Klvort was the high
bidder m an online charity
auction and won tickets and
backstage passes to see the
GoGos in concert He was
also the recipient of an

Michael Kivort '87,
a friend, and all five
members of the GoGos

autographed copy of the
Belinda Carlisle P/aytoy issue,
given to him by a
representative of the GoGos
record label. Michael is also
busy as president to the
Alumni Club of Houston and
Program Committee chair for
the upcoming Class of '37's
15th Reunion, to be held June
7-9, 2002 Karen Weinberg
Drogin and Phillip Drogin
live in Purchase, NY. with
their two daughters Phillip
IS president and owner of
Park Lane Foods, a
supermarket chain, in Astoria
Karen has given up practicing
law and is now an award-

Waldenbooks best-selling
author for Harlequin Books.
St Martins Press, and Warner
Books. Stie writes under
the pen name Carly Phillips,
and information on her
releases can be found at
www.carlyphillips.com.

'88

Karen Rubenstein Wyle.
61 Maine Avenue. #814,
Rockville Centre. NY 11570
1988notesisalumni,brandeis.edu

Where does the time go' It's
the end of 2001 already, the
Class of 2005 has entered
their first year, and 2002
is quickly approaching Much
has occurred in the personal
and professional lives of
1988 alumni, and they
wanted to let their Brandeis
friends knov; Susan
Steinberg Bornstein was
married to Douglas Bornstein
shortly after graduation
(October 1988) They live
in Canton, MA, and have a
9-month-old daughter, Emily
Brooke, who was born
August 27, 2000 Julie
Brenman was married in
August 2001 Adding more
good news to that, she will
graduate in December 2001
with an MB A from Boston
University Neil Bromberg
was elected partner in his
law firm, Spriggs &
Hollingsworth, in February
2001, where he specializes in
toxic tort and pharmaceutical
products liability litigation
Neil was also appointed to
the Continuing Legal
Education Committee of the
Washington, DC. Bar Board
of Governors. Peter D.
Carmen is a partner and
member of the executive
committee of Mackenzie
Hughes LLP. one of the
largest and oldest law hrms
in Syracuse. I^Y. where he
specializes in litigation and
labor law. He was recently
honored as a 'rounder
40" recipient by the Central
New York Business Journal.
a recognition awarded to
40 top business and

community leaders under the
age of 40 whose leadership
and contributions make the
Central New York community
a better place to live and
work He and his wife. Mary
Beth, have a daughter,
named Maggie, who turned 2
years old in May 2001 Kevin
Coslello obtained the largest
|ury verdict ever in Cape May
County. I\IJ, when his client
was awarded $7.8 million
The law firm also expanded
with a new partner and
is now called Lutz. Levow.
Costello & Mullen, in Cherry
Hill, NJ. Susan Feliman
has had a big 2001 so
far' Her daughter, Gabrielle
Liana Witkowski, was born
on January 10 On May
5. she graduated from The
University of Nebraska's
medical school (not bad for
an English maiorwhohad
to go back for premed
five years after graduation
from Brandeis!). She intends
to begin a residency in
pediatrics, but has
postponed it for a year in
order to stay home with
her baby girl for her first
year Kenneths. Fink and
Jacqueline H. Simons reside
in North Woodmere, NY, with
their two children, Jacob (4),
and Harry (1) Kenny is a
partner in the Manhattan law
firm of Cheritf, Cheriff & Fink,
P C, where he specializes in
civil litigation Jacqui is an
orthodontist with practices in
Floral Park, Oceanside, and
Woodmere, NY. and is a
director of the Joseph and
Esther Mandel Foundation.
Inc . a charitable organization
Robert T. Fleisher married
Gretchen Camille Stover on
April 30, 2000 Douglas
Blecher. Paul "G " Goldberg.
and Dauid Hollander served
aschuppah holders Other
Brandeis friends in
attendance were Jill
Schnurmacher Blecher,
Matt and Allyson Abrams
Bergman. Jonathan
Rosenthal, Peter and
Abigail Aloni JVIoroh, and
Adam Dubowand Bonnie
Guth MichaelJ. Ramer
(MA '89. International
Economics and Finance),
who was graduated in the
first class of Brandeis's
GSIEF. is now a national
trainer for the search and
placement industry Mike's
firm. Ramer Search
Consultants, is located in
West Orange. NJ.and is in its
third year He married Amy
Brothman on September 14,
1997. and they have two
sons. Ethan Alexander and
Max Joseph.

'89

Karen Gitten Gobler,
Class Correspondent.
92 Morrill Street.
Newton. MA 02465
1 989notesealumni brandeis edu

Micki Barnett Jacobs, her

husband. Ron. and their
daughter. Madison, have left
the East Coast and now reside
in Bell Canyon, CA Micki
owns 4 Bucks Media, Inc Eric
Haber lives on Long Island
with his wife, Stacey, and their
2-year-old daughter, Ashley
Brooke Jeanne Korenberg
was married to Allen Shapiro on
Febmary 24, 2001 Celebrating
at the wpdding were Janet
Weinberg Lisa Goldstein,
Jennifer Sacon Catherine
Rothman-Brous, and Adam
Saltier Daniel Levin lives
in Takoma Park, MD, with
his wile Gemma, and son,
Noah He teaches high school
biology and chemistry while
pursuing a PhD in science
education curriculum and
instruction Stephen Krause
IS a technical wnter for a
software company in Georgia
He and his wife, Allyson Guy
Krause '91, have a beautiful
1-year-old son named Conor
Geoffrey Schnirman began
his postdoctoral fellowship
m clinical neurospychology
at IVlassachusetts Mental
Health Center/Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center/
Harvard Medical School
Michelle Weisberg Cohen
was promoted to Of Counsel
status at Paul, Hastings,
Janofsy & Walker in
Washington, DC , where
she practices
telecommunications law
Michelle lives outside
Washington with her husband,
Robert R. Cohen '88, and
sons, Mikey and David
SienhoYee iscoeditorof
the International Law In the
Post-Cold War World Essays
in Memorial of Li Haoper
published by Routledge in
2001,

'90

Judith Libhaber Weber,

Class Correspondent,

4 Augusta Court,

New City, NY 10956

1 990notesigalumni.brandeis.edu

TerrenceGargiulo(M M H.S
'93)andCindy JoBrodsky
were married on January 14,
2001 , at the Lyman Estate
in Waltham, MA Terrence's
Heller School classmate,
Alan Piccin (M M H S '93.
Human Services Management)
made the night "hop and bop"
with his lazz combo Terrence
and Cindy live and work
in San Francisco, Terrence
IS a facilitator and
organizational development
consultant. His book. Making
Stones: A Practical Guide for
Organizational Leaders and
HR Managers was published
in November 2001, by
Greenwood Press/Quorum
Jon Lass married Kari
Schlessingeron July 1, 2001,
in Tarrytown. NY, with
several Brandeis graduates
in attendance Jon teaches
tilth grade at Harbor Hill
Elementary School in Roslyn,
NY Kevin Neuschatzisa
principal at Avis Capital
Partners, a Swiss-based
merchant bank, in New York
City Alex Paley lives with
his wife, Beth Gordon Paley
'91, and their 5-year-old twins,
Hannah and David, in Wayne,
NJ Alex took a new |ob as
director of strategic project
management with
Schwartzberg Associates, a
national owner and manager
of long-term healthcare
facilihes. He did this after
leaving his role as vice
president of the medical
software company that he
and Beth founded and sold
three years ago Adrienne
RostonGreenhearts first
novel. Making Scenes, was
published in 2001 She
writes under the pen name
Adrienne Eisen and resides
in Brooklyn. Adrienne won a
t^ew Media magazine award
for her writing and was
nominated for a Henheld
Award ,4rteyre magazine
called Adrienne'swrihng
"erotic and at hmes hilarious."
Sharon L. Roth relocated to
Phoenix. A2. where she is
the director of Temple Beth
Israel's Chanen Preschool in
Scottsdale Michelle Oelin
Salinas lives in Aushn. TX.
and loves being a stay-at-
home mom to her daughter,
Emma Lucia Previously, she
was an English as a Second
Language teacher in New
York, and before that, in
Madrid. Spain, where she
met her husband, Carlos.

'91

Andrea C. Kramer,
Class Correspondent.
1740 Liberty Street. #8.
El Cerrito, CA 94530
1991 notes@alumni.brandeis.edu

Wayne E. Cousin and his

wife. Laura, purchased their
hrsthomein Manalapan. NJ.
Wayne is an associate at the
New York City law firm of
Marshall, Conway and Wright
(unfortunately for him. it
looks as it the music career
was put on the back-burner).
Allyson Guy Krause was
graduated from Emory Law
School in Atlanta in 1994
and has lived there since
After working as an assistant
district attorney and then in
private practice, she now
serves as assistant attorney
general for the State of
Georgia She and her
husband, Steve Krause '89
have a beautiful 1 -year-old
son, Conor Jonathan C.
Hamilton is an attorney with
the international lawhrm of
White & Case He relocated
from the New York City office
to the Mexico City office
of the firm in 2000 He
remains active in politics and
is the chair ol a Democrahc
political action committee
Ariel Kahn Wallenwas
graduated from Boston
University in 1994 with an
MS W and spent seven
years working with families
and children Ariel married
Adam Wallen in December
1999; they moved to Buffalo,
NY, and adopted a Siberian
Husky, Kayla Ariel is an
elementary school social
worker at a new charter
school in Buffalo Bethany
Josepti, happily living in
Brooklyn, returned to school
to pursue a master's of social
work at New York University,
liana Manspeizer was
graduated from Columbia
Business School in 1997,
She IS a vice president at
Citigroup Private Bank in
New York City, where she
manages a team of customer
service officers Lisa Stein
Fybusli left employment at
the Genesee Country Village
& Museum and returned to
her journalism roots as a
copy editor at the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. She
continues to live in the
Rochester, NY, suburbs with
husband, Scott Fybush '92,

and their "baby." Freckles,
a 5-year-old Brittany pooch,
Samantlia Supernaw reports

that she works as a clinical
specialist at an emergency
shelter tor abused and
neglected children She also
passed the Texas state
advanced clinical licensure
exam for social workers,
and now has an LMSW-ACP.
allowing her to open a
private therapy practice if she
chooses She does freelance
writing in her spare hme,
which she says "is great
for my self-esteem and the
spare change ain't bad either."
She was able to attend our
10th Reunion and had such a
great time that she can't wait
for our 15th!

92

lOtli Reunion —
June 7-9, 2002

Beth C. Manes,
Class Correspondent,
69 Highlands Avenue,
Springfield, NJ 07081
1992notesnalumni brandeis edu

Meredith Adams Garrah lives

with her husband, Michael,
and daughter, Kayliegh, in
Columbia, MD, Vanessa S.
Cahn is the chief occupational
therapist at Cabnni Medical
Center in New York City She
completed a master's degree
in occupational therapy at
New York University in 1994.
She resides in New York
City and "enjoys random
and periodic Brandeis alumni
sightings'" Robert Lebowitz
is the vice president of
operahons for America To
Go, an Internet company that
does online food ordering He
lives with his wife in New York
City Jeffrey Peters lives and
works in Washington, DC He
IS an attorney at the firm
of Arent Fox, specializing in
health care regulatory issues.
He was married in March
2001, and his groomsmen
included Jin-Wook "Jay"
Kim and William Friedman
Eve Rudin Weiner received
rabbinic ordination from the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion and now
serves as the director of the
North American Federation
of Temple Youth She and
her family live in Katonah,
NY Charles and Ellen
RappaportTanowitzare
Program Committee cochairs
and Adam Sheer, YaronDori,
Erica Dominitz and Scott
Kessler are Gift Committee
cochairs lor the upcoming
Class of '92's 10th Reunion,
scheduled for June 7-9, 2002,

73 Brandeis Review

'93

Joshua Blumenthal,
Class Correspondent,
11 Leonard Road,
Sharon, MA 02067
1993notesia>alumni.brandeis edu

Armando "Ari " J. Ackerman
and Elise Senler Ackerman

are new parents and live
in Hollywood. FL, where Arl
is global sen/Ices marketing
manager, Lahn America, for
IBM,andElise is a college
advisor and history teacher
at North Broward Prep
School Karen L. Chambers
married Timothy Farrell in
Sterling, MA, in June 2001
Bethany Joseph '91 and
Jenniler Neuman '92, were
bridesmaids Other
Brandeisians m attendance
were Lauren Perlmutter and
Iris Golus Women's Softball
coach, Mary Sullivan, was
also present for the
ceremony and celebration
Brian Feldman completed
a combined M.D/PhD at
Stanford Medical School and
returned to Boston for a
position at Harvard/Children's
Hospital Boston Brian would
en|oy reconnecting with
Brandeisians in the area;
especially tennis players
(brianfeldmanatch harvardedu)
Betsy B. Goldkrand
celebrated her first wedding
anniversary in April 2001 and
reports, "Marneil life is great!"
She lives in Manhattan on
the Upper East Side and
is a fourth-year associate
at a hrm specializing in
workers' compensation law
Paul J. Greene (MA 94,
History of American
Civilization) v^as honored as
Maine's Sportscastet of the
Year for 2000 by the
Associated Press It's the
second time Paul has received
the award, which he also won
in 1998 Paul IS the sports
director at WPXT-TV, the Fox
affiliate in Portland. Lawrence
"Larry" Hilzenrath completed
an M B A at Emory University
in Atlanta He works for an
investment fund in Atlanta,

where he lives with his wife.
Amy Douglas S. Kaplan
lives in Tokyo and is vice
president of Concord Movado
Japan Co , Ltd . the Japan
office of Movado Group,
distributing Concord. Movado.
and Coach Watches Douglas
writes: "It anyone is interested
in learning aliout working
in Japan, contact meat
dkapiamgimovadogroup com "
Beth J. Kaufmannisan
attorney with the law firm
of Baft. Kaufman & Gross
m Philadelphia She was
married in December of 2000
Keren Ophir Gilbert is an
associate in the executive
compensation department at
Brobeck Phleger & Harrison
in Palo Alto, CA She and
her husband, Matthew, have
a daughter, Sophie Leah
Jason Pachman completed
a four-year residency in
internal medicine at New
York's Beth Israel Medical
Center, where he IS now an
attending physician in the
Department of Occupational
Medicine and Faculty
Practice Bradley Foster
Rolhenberg married his wife,
Zdenka, in her hometown
of Plzen, Czech Republic,
in 1999 The wedding took
place in the Grand
Synagogue of Plzen, the
second largest synagogue in
Europe It was the first
wedding held in the
synagogue since the
Holocaust, Bradley practices
securities law in Palm Beach.
FL, and specializes in taking
small companies public
Melissa Saunders Kalz and
her husband. Brad, moved
from Antwerp, Belgium, in
March 2001, to Bucks
County, PA, in time for the
birth of their first child
Melissa isdirector of public
relations for Johnson &
Johnson Aaron See '93
works for McNeil Consumer
Healthcare, a division of
Johnson & Johnson, in Fort
Washington. PA. and lives
with his wife. Allyson Alfano
See '94, in Flourtown, PA
Ania B. Slwek received a
doctorate in school clinical
child psychology from
Yeshiva University in New
York City and works at the
Jewish Board of Family and
Children's Services Caria
C. Smith was graduated
from Emerson College with
a master's degree in visual
and media arts. She moved
to New York City to pursue
a career in television

production Michael Stanger

was ordained as a rabbi
from the Jewish Theological
Seminary on May 17, 2001.
and IS the assistant rabbi
at the Westchester Jewish
Center, a conservative
synagogue in Mamaroneck.
NY

Sandy Kirschen Solof.
Class Correspondent.
6131 Avalon Valley Drive,
Danbury.CT 06810
1 994notesiS'alumni.brandeis.edu

Hi Everyone' Hope all is well
Just a guick note, if you sent
me some information over
the past few months and if
has not made its way to the
Review, please feel tree to
send If to me again There
have been many changes,
including a recent move to
Danbury. CT. that may have
caused the information to
be misplaced Hope to hear
from you soon! Allsa S.
Albert lives in Philadelphia
where her husband. Nelson
FIgueroa '98, is a pitcher
for the Philadelphia Phillies
baseball team Allyson
Allano See works for
PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Philadelphia and lives with
her husband, Aaron See '93
in Flourtown, PA Jerrad
Bloome and Sara Castle
Bloome hosted a New-
Student Send-Off m their
home in Houston on August
12, 2001, for the Alumni Club
of Houston Adam Jonathan
Falk clerked last year on
the Arizona Court of Appeals
He returned to Boston to
complete a master's degree
in public health at Boston
University and then moved to
Washington, DC, to begin
work as an attorney in the
Antitrust Division's Health
Care Task Force at the
U,S Department of Justice
Bryan A. Stetzer was
graduated with a master's
degree in anthropology from
the University of Memphis
in August 2000 He was
promoted to lab director at
Weaver and Associates, a
cultural resource
management hrm in
Memphis, TN

95

Suzanne Lavin
Class Correspondent,
160 Bleecker Street, #4HE,
NewYork, NY 10012
1 995notesi8'alumni,brandeis edu

Danlela Gil lives in
Washington, D C , wrth her
husband, Avi Rosenblatt '96

Daniela teaches high school
English at the Charles E
Smith Jewish Day School

'96

Janet J Lipman,
Class Correspondent,
3520 Lebon Drive, Apt 5204
San Diego, CA 92122
1996notes'aalumni brandeis edu

Megan Healy married
Ronald James Rayon July
29, 2001, at the Harding-
Allen Estate in Barre, MA
Fellow Brandeisians in
attendance were maid of
honor Suzanne Casey
Steven '90 and Julie
Susman '91 Lichtman
Jonathan Rothberg '92
Raphael Levavy '94,
Adam Levin '94 Melissa
Morrow '94 Cynthia So
Myers '95 Matthew Tilem
Laura Nell Hodo Amelia
McKinney, Brian Eisenstein
'97, Elana Memberg '97
Deborah Melkin 97 Isaac
Slepner '99, and Dalia
Kalan '00 Avi Rosenblatt
lives in Washington, D C
vjith his wife, Daniela Gil
'95 Avi is a student in
Georgetown University's
MBA program, where he
received the MBA, scholar
award.

5

Q7

5th Reunion-
June 7-9, 2002

Joshua Firstenberg,
Co-class Correspondent.
96 29th Street. #2.
San Francisco, CA 94110
1997notesi9alumni,brandeis edu

Pegah Hendizadeh Schiftman,
Co-class Correspondent.
50 Columbus Avenue. #319.
Tuckahoe, NY, 10707
1 997notes@alumni.brandeis edu

Plans are underway for the
Class of '97's 5th [Reunion,
the weekend of June 7-9.
2002 Make sure your
contact information is up-to-
date with Brandeis so we
can make sure you don't
miss out See your friends,
walk your old halls, and hang
out in Usdan Ruth Jacobs.
Michael Saivetz and Adam
Rilkln arecochairs lot the

Gift Committee Contact
Program Committee cochairs
Stacy Norden

(stacydana4hotmail com) or
Leigh Kessler

(leigh'g'moiadesign.com) for
more information or to
volunteer Yevgeny
Bendersky works for Conflict
Management Group a
Harvard Law School-based
think tank that assists young
leaders and organizations
around the world in acquiring
leadership and negobation
skills necessary in
transforming their countries
to more democratic and open
societies He currently works
with the countries of the
former Soviet Union Ellse
Block was graduated from
the Boston University School
of Social Work with an
M S W She plans to remain
in Boston Heather Chalelzky
Cole IS a senior technical
recruiter at Summit Systems
Consulting in the Greater
Boston area. She and her
husband. Jason, are living in
Newton Ruben Cohen spent
the past summer interning
at the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, MD,
focusing on craniofacial
biology Rachel Grandberg
IS a second-year student at
the Boston University School
of Social Work Bari Kleiner
Ellas lives m Netanya, Israel,
and works as a technical/
marketing writer for
SAP-OFEK Ltd. in Herzilia,
Israel She is finishing an
M A in Jewish education
from Hebrew University
Allsa Nell Zelman was
accepted as a dean's scholar
in the master's of public
administration program at
the Wagner School at New
York University, where she
will concentrate on public
and nonprofit management
and policy Alisa also serves
as a graduate assistant tor
the finance program, where
she provides administrative
support to members of the
faculty. She also works part-
time as a youth group
advisor for middle schoolers
at a synagogue in
Westchester

'98

Alexis Hirst, Class
Correspondent. 502 East
79th Street. #5D. New York.
NY 10021
l998notesisbrandeis.edu

Shana E. Brickman is

working on her master's
degree in the ocean policy
program at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa She works
as a graduate assistant at
the University of Hawaii's
Institute of Marine Biology
Shana also works for the
State of Hawaii's Department
of Aquatic Resources in their
marine parks department.
Stephanie A. Bruce is a
student at Harvard Law
School, She is interested
in pursuing a career in
labor and employment law
and was awarded the Peggy
Browning Fund Scholarship,
which allowed her to work at
the National Labor Relations
Board in Washington, DC,
during the summer of 2001.
Samantha Elster Ratner is
a student at the Scholl
College of Pediatric Medicine
in Chicago, She was awarded
a Schweitzer Fellowship for
a project to research the
use of movement with music
to help children who are
in rehabilitative therapy After
having three big league starts
as a pitcher for the Arizona
Diamondbacks baseball team,
Nelson Figueroa was traded
to the Philadelphia Phillies
in July 2000 He and his
wife, Alisa S. Albert '94,
live in Philadelphia Joel
Frledlanderand Bethany
Weinslein '99 were married
in West Hills, CA, on June
17, 2001, in the presence
of Dan Stux Leo Eliezer
Fuchs Gabriella L Soble
Beniamin Kantor Matthew
Kirschen '00 Joshua Turnof
Joshua Helman Brian
Messinger 00 Elissa
Abrams 00 Amy Liplon,
Alayne Manas '00, and
Daniel Birnhak 00 Nell
C. Gallegos-Rodriguezand
his wile, Melissa Reedy '01
returned lo Alaska, where
Neil works as a research
analyst for the Alaska
Division of International
Trade and Market
Development KImberly
Gazes was graduated from
Hofstra University School of
Law in May 2001 and is
working in Manhattan Amy
M. Goss was married on
May 6, 2001, to Dave
Smalarz, whom she met
in Waltham while attending

74 Brandeis Review

in Memoriam

Brandeis. She was married
in Stage Fort Park in
Gloucester. MA She writes,
"We surprised our family by
inviting them to a picnic' and
we showed up, me in my
wedding gown and Dave
in his tuxedo. We were
happily married on a
beautiful spring day by the
oceani" Jennifer A. Gruda
was graduated from the
Georgetown University Law
Center, magna cum laude. in
May 2001, and was elected
to the Order of the Coif,
She IS an associate with
the Washington, DC law
firm Crowell & Moring,
Shana Levinson completed
a master's degree in social
work from New York
University and then received
a license in social work.
While living in New York, she
ran the 1999 New York City
Marathon and raised S4,000
for the Leukemia Society
Shana Is now a crisis
counselor and substance
awareness coordinator for
five elementary schools in
Livingston. NJ, She also
volunteers as a family
support counselor lor The
Mental Health Association
of Essex County Sam A.
Merabl enioyed the past two
years as a mental health
specialist working with
abused and neglected
children In a residential unit
of Franciscan Children's
Hospital in Brighton, MA, He
began his first year at Tufts
University School of Dental
Medicine in the fall of 2001
Audrey N. Rosenberg is a
copy writer for CNN Headline
News. Marina Sokolinslcy Is
pursuing an MA degree
in international relations af
American University in
Washington, DC She works
as a pro bono coordinator
at the law firm of Shearman
& Sterling Katarina Stern
attends business school at
Cornell University and is
studying for an MBA
degree After traveling
through Asia and the South
Pacific with Aaron Cohn,
Nicolas Currier began an

M.D,/Ph D program at
Boston University in the fall
of 2001 RinaA. Zelen
works as a marketing
communications specialist in
the areas of Web and
multimedia for the Internet
telephony firm, IBasis,
located in Burlington, MA
Her work was seen on ABC's
Business/Voiv news program
and at a number of venues
worldwide.

'99

David Nurenberg.

Class Correspondent, 231

Elsinore St , Apt #8,

Concord, MA 01 742

1999notesi5ialumni,brandeis,edu

More than two years have
now passed since graduation,
and already our college lives
may seem like fading
memories. Change Is
inevitable for growth, but
grovrth also comes from
keeping alive the best parts
of our past. That's why we
have to keep sending in
our Class Notes and sharing
them with friends across
the country and around the
world. Who else is going
to remember Hector and
Jerry Cohen'' If we need
to remember Jennifer Braun
all we may have to do is
turn on the television: she
is currently living In New
York City, pursuing her acting
career, and just recently got
the lead role in Concrete
Jungle, a TV pilot, which
began filming this fall and
will be pitched to HBO and
Showtime, Let's hope it gets
picked up! Jennifer Is also
part of The Absolute Theater
Company with which she |ust
finished performing in the
play. Pirates. One of Ttiese
Days " Behind the scenes is
Dani Adterman, at BSMG
Worldwide Public Relations
in Manhattan, in the
Consumer Division BSMG
has worked with Maybeline
and the Special Olympics Ivy
IVIichelle Brown finished her
master's degree in political
management at George
Washington University and
is now an associate af
Winning Strategies
Washington, a lobbying and
government affairs hrm in
downtov^n Washington. DC
Allyson L. Zyl(orie received
her master's degree In
human resource
management In May 2001,
from Texas A&M University,
Allyson currently works as
a human resource analyst

at Enron Corporation in
Houston My old suitemate,
Renee Becker, writes, "Well
after two long, long years
of enough finance, math,
statistics, and business
processes, I'm an M B A !
Technically I have my
Information Age MBA
(lAMBA) withafocusin
operations and technology,
but that's the long version
Now I've been graduated
from Bentley and Brandeisi"
Oui old friends on the path
through law school include
Yehuda Buchweitz, who
completed his second year
at Fordham Law and worked
this past summer as a
summer associate at the law
firm of Weil, GotshalS
Manges LLP in New York
Robert Lang also finished his
second year at Tulane School
of Law, and worked as a
summer associate for Smith
Gambrell, 8, Russell, LLP
in Atlanta, Samara Taher
worked for a year as a
research assistant at the
Boston Children's Hospital
and lust finished year one
of medical school af
Northwestern University in
Chicago I ran into Hazel
Lema back in my hometown,
who told me she plans to
pursue optometry school In
Puerto Rico, Also working
and degree seeking is
IVIatthevK Hugger, a software
architect and engineer for
a defense contracting firm
(General Dynamics Defense
Systems) in Pittsheld, MA
Matt IS in the process of
completing a master's
program in computer science
atRPIinTroy, NY Also
working on his master's is
Carlos Pires-SalvestrinI a
graduate student in Milan,
Italy, pursuing a degree m
small business
administration Speaking of
Milan, I had the good fortune
to be traveling through Rome
back in July, when I stopped
into a synagogue only to find
David GSalama '00 We
reminisced about old times
on the Justice and wondered
just how the world could
be so darned small Working
to save that world is Sal

Joan Carroll Scurlock '64

died on August 19, 2001, at
Anne Arundel Medical Center
in Maryland after a four-
month battle with cancer.
During her professional
career, Joan worked for
several agencies of the
federal government and
formed the firm Scurlock and
Scurlock with her husband.
Herbert, and had contracts
with the Departments of
Navy. Transportation, and
Interior, as well as the Library
of Congress, as management
consultants. She was a
historical researcher,
concentrating on the study
of slaves and free African-
Americans in colonial
Annapolis, MD She wrote
the book, The Bishops of
Annapolis, and did
groundbreaking research for
the Annapolis Maritime
Museum and the Banneker-
Douglas Museum of African-
American Life and History,
Joan is survived by her
husband. Herbert, a son,
David Anthony Durham, a
daughter, Jocelyn Olmstead,
her mother, Helen "Daphne"
Carroll, a sister, Madeline
Carroll, and two
grandchildren

Jlwan Khalsa, a membership
and marketing intern at the
Center for a New American
Dream, "helping people
consume responsibly to
Improve our quality of life
and protect the environment "
Sat also worked as a camp
counselor on Cape Cod for
two months, and is currently
living in Washington, DC
Sometimes the world
changes |usf because of
meeting that one special
person Bethany Welnslein
and Joel Friedlander '98
were married in West Hills,
CA, on June 17, 2001, in
the presence of Dan Slux
'98 Leo Ellezer Fuchs '93,
GabrlellaL, Soble'98,
Benjamin Kanlor '98
Matthew Klrschen 00
Joshua Turnof Joshua
Helman '98 Brian
Messlnger 00, Ellssa

Sara Ann
Grayson '00

Sara Ann Grayson 00 23

of Shelburne.VT, died after
a struggle with depression
on September 24. 2001
Sara is survived by her
loving parents, Jane and
Reid Grayson; her younger
sister and best friend. Erica,
and her grandmother, Shirley
Grayson Sara was captain
of the ski team af Brandeis
and best female racer in her
league She enjoyed the a
capella group, Up the Octave,
which released a CD in
her senior year Acting,
singing, and dancing were
perhaps her greatest joys.
After college, Sara worked
at the law firm of MIntz
Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky
and Popeo PC in Boston with
plans to attend law school
Sara left a mark on everyone
she met- She was a beautiful
person To learn more about
Sara and share your thoughts
with others, please visit
www,Saragrayson,com,
Eric Pedersen '87 died on
June30, 2001,Hewas
a broker tor Mortgage
Resource, Inc , In Rochelle
Park, NJ Wyalt S.
Plllsbury '99, a Peace Corps
volunteer in Tanzania, died
of accidental causes on July
11,2001, while vacationing
on the Tanzanian island of
Zanzibar Wyatt was seven
months into his first year
as an environmental

Abrams 00 Amy Llpton
'98 Alayne Manas '00, and
Daniel Birnhali '00 My old

colleague at Feldberg, Deena
Zhelezov, is a senior
consultant for Casewise
Systems in Waltham, MA,
Rhiannon Thompson
relocated to Washington,
DC, and Is currently
working as the corporate
relationscoordinafor of the
National Capital Chapter of
the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society Finally,
there's me, David Nurenberg
I survived my first year
teaching high school English
in Concord, MA From
advising the student

volunteer. He was involved
in organic gardening,
household nutrition, a school
community library, and a
series of seminars lor
farmers on effective
agricultural techniques He
also worked with children
at a primary school on
environmental education. His
home and gardens had
become a focal point for
village youth and farmers
to visit to learn agricultural
techniques Rosalie S. Woll
(PhD, '76, Social Policy)
passed away on June 26,
2001, after an illness.
She was an active researcher
and worker in the helds of
elder abuse and prevention
and gerontology. Since 1990,
Rosalie was executive
director of the Institute on
Aging at UMass Memorial
Medical Center, and assistant
professor of family medicine,
community health, and
psychiatry at the University
of Massachusetts Medical
School

newspaper to chaperoning
the junior prom, and (after a
summer which included two
weeks in England, France,
and Italy), I am heading back
for more I'm still writing
a monthly column for my
hometown newspaper (you
can check out my last four
at any given time by surfing
over to wwwgazettenetcom/
columns/nurenberg/
Index html), still frying to
get my novels published,
and always awaiting class
notes submissions. Write,
call, email, or send carrier
pigeons, I want to hear from
you, and share all the old
'Deis memories, good and
bad. that only you and I will
understand Yes. Brandeis
creates a common language
between all students and
graduates, but let us never
forget the special dialect that
only we share.

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'01

Matthew Salloway.
Class Correspondent,
Sansom Place East, Box
968. 3600 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 91404
2000notes(3ialumni brandeis edu

Ksenia Babich moved to
Tokyo. Japan, in August 2000
She then moved to rural
Japan and teaches English at
a public junior high school
It is with sadness that I
report the news that Sara
Ann Grayson passed away
in September Please read
more about her in the "In
Memoriam" section of these
"Class Notes." If you would
like to learn more about Sara
or share your memories of
her with her family, please
visit the Website dedicated to
her. www saragrayson com
The Class of 2000 would
like to express its utmost
condolescences to Sara's
family She was a true
contributor to the Brandeis
community as an athlete,
scholar, and performer She
will be missed by all ot
us Scott A. Josephson,
artishc director and founder
of SOM Productions, Inc
directed a new drama.
Desolate METROPOLISAtns
past summer in New York
City METROPOLIS, which
was also penned by Scott,
mocks the fashion industry,
set in 2005 Greenwich
Village The show was
performed in front of the
Arch in Washington Square
Park, July 5-27. 2001 Sarah
B. Kahn moved back to
her home state of Vermont
a year ago and works at
Annie's Naturals She writes.
"I would love to get email
from people I've lost touch
with My address IS
sbkahn'Saol com " Richard
Prenetta is director of
marketing and sales in
athletics at the University of
Hartford. After a stint at Lake
Snell Perry & Associates,
a Democratic polling firm
Stephen Rabin has loined
the national staff of Common
Cause, a nonprofit public
interest lobby in Washington.
D.C.

WenLin Soh.

Class Correspondent.

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Greetings from your class
correspondent, WenLin Soli,
in sunny Singapore, evidence
that Internet technology is
here to stay! Josh Hill and I
have moved to the equatorial
island state after graduation,
I'm currently writing tor the
"Money" section of The Straits
Times, the national news
daily here, while Josh is
developing the open source
community for a small and
aggressive software
company called Extropia
While the heat after this long
Singapore winter is welcome.
Josh and I envy those who
experienced another lovely
New England fall this year,
Beth Schatzel is researching
the dynamics of creativity
at Harvard Business School
AaronShimotI, who, aftera
lovely vacation in Japan, is
settling down and running
his own company selling
software solutions to
financial companies
Catherine Bernard, got to
meet Sister Wendy in the
fall while doing development
at WGBH, the PBS station in
Boston Joanna Nadler had
a six-month stint in swinging
London Andrew Urbaneiti is
cooking up a storm at a
downtown Boston restaurant.
Icarus Emily Silver IS
currently on the campaign
trail for Steve Grossman,
gubernatorial candidate for
Massachusetts and former
Brandeis Board of Trustees
chair Andres Garzon is
pursuing an accelerated
master's degree in
accounting at Northeastern
University in Boston Meera
Bhaloira recently got to put
a Viper to the test and
is a consultant at Lexecon
in Cambridge. MA Ben
Schllfrin is a student at
Harvard Law School Beth
Botliand Matt Argersinger
shil grace the Brandeis
campus with their presence
while completing the
Lemberg Program Of course,
we also miss those who
are lucky enough to get
to navigate the glorious
urban jungle of New York
City Jesse Friedman is
learning how to manage
assets at CIBC, LyonelJean-
Pierre began studies at
Cardozo Law School this fall;

and Dan Fisheris providing
tech support at Kaplan Jake
Axel will hopefully stop by
Singapore on his way to
Melbourne, Australia But the
ones I miss most are the
ones I haven't heard from.
The last time I saw you
was when we filed out
of Gosman m our caps
and gowns Where are you
and what are you doing
now'' I, and the rest of
our cohorts, can't wait to
find out' Drop me a note at
2001 notesffalumni.brandeis edu
so I can include you in the
next issue of the Brandeis
Review! Cheers! —WenLin

Grad

Susan E. Bell (M A '80,
Sociology, Ph D '81
Sociology) was named the
first A Myrick Freeman
Professor in Social Sciences
at Bowdom College in
Brunswick, ME Susan
specializes in sociology of
health and illness, and her
research involves the
experience of illness,
women's health, and visual
and performative
representations of the
politics of cancer, medicine,
and women's bodies Steven
E. Bizar '84 (M A '87.
History) resigned as a
partner at the Philadelphia
law firm of Montgomery
McCraken Walker 8, Rhoads
in March 2001 to accept a
position as a shareholder at
Buchanan Ingersoll
Professional Corporation's
Philadelphia office Steven
continues to concentrate his
practice in complex
commercial trials, including
trials in securities
intellectual property, antitrust,
and class action cases
TerrenceGargiulo '90
(MMHS '93, Human
Services Management) and
Cindy Jo Brodsky were
married on January 14, 2001.
at the Lyman Estate in
Waltham, MA, Terrence's
Heller School classmate.
Alan Piccin (MMHS, '93,
Human Services
Management) made the night
"hop and bop" with his lazz
combo Terrenceand Cindy

live and work in San
Francisco Terrenceisa
facilitator and organizational
development consultant His
book, liJIaking Stones: A
Practical Guide for
Organizational Leaders and
HR Managers, was published
in November 2001 by
Greenwood Press/Quorum
Nancy Susan Goldstein (M A
'91, English and American
Literature, PhD '95, English
and American Literature)
began a new posihon as
the manager of educational
resources for a nonprofit
organizahon called GLSEN
(Gay, Lesbian, and Straight
Education Network), the
fourth largest LGBT rights
organization in the country
(www gisen org) She
develops educational
resources and manages
initiatives that support the
inclusion of LGBT themes
in school practice and
programming, including
some much-needed
materials for school-based
anti-bias trainings. Paol J.
Greene '93 (MA '94.
History of American
Civilization) was honored as
Maine's Sporlscaster of the
Year for 2000 by the
Associated Press It's the
second time Paul has
received the award, which he
also won in 1998 Paul is the
sports director at WPXT-TV;
the Fox affiliate in Portland
Louise Kaplan (PhD '92.
Health Care) was elected
as president ot Washington
State Nurses Association
(WSNA) She brings with her
over 20 years of nursing and
WSNA experience. Louise is
a family nurse practitioner
at The Clinic at Elma and
a nurse consultant with the
Washington State
Department of Social and
Health Services Damir
Mirkovic (MA 68,
Sociology) retired as
professor of sociology in
September 2000, after
teaching at Brandon
University in Manitoba.
Canada, for 31 years He
received the title professor
emeritus in February 2001
In 2000 Damir wrote articles
published in Journal of
Genocide Research and The
South Slav Journal Michael
J.Ramer'88(MA 89.
International Economics and
Finance), who was graduated
in the first class of Brandeis's
GSIEF, is now a national
trainer for the search and
placement industry Mike's
firm, Ramer Search
Consultants, is located in
West Orange, NJ,and is in its
third year He married Amy
Brothman on September 14.
1997, and they have two
sons, Ethan Alexander and

Max Joseph Patricia
DeBerry Siplon (PhD 97.
Politics) was selected by the
graduating class of 2001 at
Saint Michael's College to
receive a Reverend Gerald E.
Dupont Award The award,
named for a former president
of the college, is given
for dedication to the ideals
of courage, vision, devohon,
and faith upon which Saint
Michael's was founded. A
resident of Burlington. VT,
Patricia has been on the
faculty of Saint Michael's for
three years Former United
States Assistant Secretary for
Aging, Jeanette C. Takamura
(PhD '85, Heller) was
appointed to the Edward
R Roybal Endowed Chair
in Gerentology and Public
Service at California State
University, Los Angeles.
During Jeanette s tenure as
assistant secretary. Congress
reauthorized the Older
Americans Act and
established the National
Family Caregiver Support
Program Under her
leadership. federal Older
Amercians Act programs and
services also received the
largest funding increases
since 1972 Ronald Robert
Thomas (MA '78, English
and American Literature,
PhD '83, English and
American Literature) was
appointed to serve as Trinity
College's interim president
Ronald is a former chair
of the English department
and presently serves as vice
president and chief of staff.

Patricia DeBerry Siplon,
Ph.D. '97

76 Brandeis Review

coHORTs for Brancleis
Anne Reilly Hort "^67
and Robert Hort '67

of 1 laslings-ou-lluilsuii. New York

Vital Dimensions: Anne, director of the Annual
Fund at Riverdale Country School in the
Bronx, and Robert, CEO of Enterprise Press, a
Manhattan commercial graphics communication
and printing firm, are the parents of three,
Benjamin '91, Daniel '93, and law student
Katie. Anne and Robert, after receiving their
bachelor's degrees in history, further pursued
their educations. Anne holds a master's degree
in library sciences from Queens College. Robert,
just two years ago, earned a J.D. from Cardozo
School of Law.

On Their Enduring Commitment to Brandels:

"We met at Brandeis during our sophomore
year, dated in our junior year, married in our
senior year.. .Brandeis has been a real focal
point in our lives. It has given us common
experiences, common associations. Several of
our closest friends are Brandesians...lt is a
physical reference point. When our two boys
went off to Brandeis, we could picture where
they were. It was comfortable, like family, like
our neighborhood. It was the right place for
both of our kids, one very different from the
other.They, too, have developed lasting Brandeis
friendships."

Favorite Brandeis Diversion; The Hort-Acultural
Society was established by Robert in 1965
as the antidote to the cerebral business of
Brandeis. By 1967, the Society claimed 25
members, its own logo emblazoned on specially
commissioned sweatshirts, and a repertoire of
weekend activities spanning circus-going to
Cape Cod excursions!

Reasons for Embracing Brandeis in Their Estate
Plans: "We believe education is the best way
we can spend our money.. .We hope our gift
will help ensure that Brandeis, which has been
our family's home, will have the resources it
needs to become for others what it has been for
us. Small classes, faculty accessibility, and the
intellectual value placed on inquiry and social
action are principles we wish to perpetuate."

Won't you consider joining
the Horts and others in
our philanthropic family?
Our Planned Giving officers,
who may be reached at
800-333-1948 x64069, are
prepared and pleased to explore
gift opportunities thoughtfully
tailored to your wishes.

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The movie A Beautiful Mind, which won
four of the eight Academy Awards
for which it was nominated, depicts
the story of mathematician and Nobel
Laureate John Nash and his Ufelong
battle with paranoid schizophrenia.
Unfortunately, Nash's time at Brandeis
was metaphorically left on the cutting
room floor.

From 1965 to 1967 Nash was invited by
the Brandeis math department to spend
some time here in the unusual position
(for Brandeis) of a researcher without
teaching responsibilities. Fortuitously, I
was also at Brandeis during those years
as a student without any responsibilities.
In the movie, that period, as near as
I can figure, coincided with the stretch
during which Nash spends most of his
time sitting on his porch in his Mr. Rogers
cardigan, dutifully sedating himself with
prescribed medications.

According to Richard S. Palais, professor
emeritus of mathematics at Brandeis, who
still keeps in touch with Nash, "At first
it looked like he was making excellent
progress towards recovery during his year
at Brandeis... In fact he wrote an excellent
paper that appeared in the Annals
of Mathematics, usually considered the
most prestigious of all mathematics
journals. Unfortunately, towards the end
of the academic year he decided that
he did not want to continue taking the

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medicines that had been prescribed to
ameliorate his mental problems, and after
that he rapidly went downhill."

I wonder if I ever saw him. You would
think that if I had, I would remember
a man obsessively working out endless
fenestral calculations and railing at
imagined oppressors. Yet... how shall I
put this ^,. there were, during those years,
so many Brandeisians displaying... ah...
unique behaviors.

There was the fellow who was never seen,
in or out of class, without his seven-foot
staff; the young woman who routinely
frolicked barefoot about campus dressed
in a diaphanous gown, scattering rose
petals in her wake; the young man
who each day crumbled a package of
crackers into a glass of milk, added several
teaspoons of sugar, covered the concoction
with a napkin and cached it in the back
of a cubby to be consumed when it had
attained the proper ripeness; the student
who obsessively rescued earthworms from
puddles (although now that I think of
it, he may have been the same guy
with the milk); the diabetic student who
periodically allowed himself to go into
insulin shock as recreation; the student
who raised a flock of chickens in his
suite in East until the health department
cooked his goose; and the two roommates
who spontaneously launched into bizarre
psychodramas while passing to class, one
lying in the snow while the other stood

over him barking, "Get up, soldier! Get
up, soldier!" Those are among the ones I
personally encountered on a regular basis.

In addition, a quick and imprecise survey
of other alumni/staff members at Brandeis
revealed that eccentrics populated the
campus during most decades of the
University's existence. There was the
fellow who wore only shorts and a T-shirt,
indoors and out, with no regard to the
brutality of the weather; he even gave
admissions tours of the campus dressed
that way in the dead of winter. There was
the young man who was often seen at
night, reading under a tree in near-total
darkness. Some may recall the student who
would use only one particular bathroom on
campus, no matter what. Another student
specialized m balancing umbrellas on
his face. Many alumni will remember
the fellow who, having lost the use of
his window shade, meticulously covered
every square-inch of his panes with black
marker, thereby rendering the entire dorm
nearly uninhabitable for a week, due to the
overpowering stench of marker fumes.

There were no doubt others, including
faculty, and it might be fun to share
your memories of other beautiful minds at
Brandeis. I would prefer emails, but if you
must submit your recollection written on
a window, please make it a small one.

Cliff

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Social Justice

Peace Scholars:
What is Their Role in a
Culture of Conflict?

New report on the science
of early childhood development
provides potent persuasion
of national policy
by Cristin Carr

Arab and Jewish Israeli
students whose commitment to
coexistence provides hope
for the Middle East
by Ellen Freeman Roth '80

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Interdisciplinary scholarly
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by Patricia A. Johnston

The Course of Tragedy

HIS

September 1 1 Attacks,
Aftermath Are Focus of
New Course

Kanan Makiya, the Iraqi
dissident whose
denunciation of Saddam
Hussein reverberated
around the world in the
19iS0sand 1990s, is
coteaching a course at the
University this spring on
the terrorist attacks and
aftermath of September 11,
2001. The new course,
September 11: Roots and
Aftermath, unveiled by the
University four months to
the day after the attacks,
is believed to be one of
the first of its kind to be
officially incorporated into a
university curriculum in the
United States.

President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. 72, said the
University hopes the course
will provide a detailed
contextual base for studying

the tragedy. "Future
generations will ponder
these cold-blooded attacks
much m the same way
people have examined
earlier world-altering
calamities," said Reinharz.
"This course and others can
play an important role as
we attempt to more fully
comprehend the horror of
that tragic day."

The course was created after
students expressed interest
in having an academic
means of addressing myriad
questions and concerns left
in the wake of September 1 1.

Makiya, adjunct professor
of Middle Eastern Studies,
brings his own distinct
perspective to the course.
He was born in Baghdad and
is the author most recently
of The Rock: A Seventh
Century Tale of lerusalem
|See "Books" section).
Published in November, the
book examines the roots
of the relationship between

Arabs and Jews. It is
centered on the building
of the Dome of the Rock,
one of the world's most
bitterly contested pieces of
real estate and the locus
of the common ancestry of
ludaism, Christianity, and
Islam.

Makiya also wrote Republic
of Fear: The Politics of
Modern Iraq [1990] and
Cruelty and Silence: War.
Tyranny, Uprising and the
Arab WorM (1983). The
latter, highly critical of
Hussein's regime, brought
Makiya international
acclaim.

Makiya is coteaching the
new course with Daniel
Terris, director of the
International Center for
Ethics, lustice and Public
Life. According to Terris,
the course is an exploration
of the antecedents, meaning,

and possible future
repercussions of what
happened on September 1 1,
through the perspectives of
politics, history, literature,
the arts, religion, regional
studies, and other
disciplines.

The course is a combination
of lectures and discussions,
with guest speakers from
the Brandeis faculty and
from outside the University.

Topics include September 1 1
and its aftermath, loyalty
and dissent in wartime
America, the terrorist
mindset: perspectives from
literature, Islam and its
radical variants, civil
liberties and homeland
security, and artistic
responses to catastrophe.

Digitizing Daumier

Libraries Receive Grant

The Brandeis University
Libraries have received one
of 18 prestigious 2001
National Leadership Grants
awarded by the Institute
of Museum and Library

Services for Preservation or
Digitization projects.

The Brandeis Libraries
proicct will create a digital
image collection of nearly
4,000 lithographs originally
created by Honore Daumier
(1808-79). The images will
be fully cataloged and

searchable via the Brandeis
online catalog.

A related Website will put
the lithographs into their
historical and sociological
context for students and
scholars throughout the
world.

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Live from Brandeis

CNN's William Schneider
Named Visiting Professor;
Teaching Course on
American Politics

William Schneider '66,
senior political analyst for
CNN, is at Brandeis this
semester as the newest Fred
and Rita Richman
Distinguished Visiting
Professor.

Schneider is teaching
undergraduates in The
American Voter, which will
examine changes in the
nation's electorate since
1960, particularly the
sources of unity and division
in the country.

"I want to try and
communicate a sense of
excitement about politics,"
said Schneider, "the same
excitement I felt at Brandeis
as an undergraduate in the
sixties."

Topics scheduled for
discussion are; taxes,
spending and the deficit;
race and affirmative action;
religion, abortion and single-
issue politics; the gender
gap; foreign policy; and the
2000 election (how divided
is America?); the war on
terrorism (how united is
America-).

Students will prepare issue
briefs, evaluate campaigns,
and analyze elections.

Schneider is one of the
country's leading political
commentators. He joined
CNN in 1991 and is
regularly featured on the
network's Inside Politics
program. He coauthored The
Confidence Gap: Business,
Labor and Government in
the Pubhc Mind with
Seymour Martin Lipset. He
has written on politics for
some of the country's major
periodicals, including The
New RepubUc and The
Atlantic Monthlv, and is

William Schneider '66

a resident fellow at the
American Enterprise
Institute in Washington,
D.C. He IS also a
contributing editor to the
Los Angeles Times,
National fournal, and The
Atlantic Monthly.

In addition to his bachelor
of arts degree from Brandeis,
Schneider has a Ph.D. in
political science from
Harvard University, where
he taught in the Department
of Government. He held
an International Affairs
Fellowship from the
Council on Foreign
Relations and a National
Fellowship from the Hoover
Institution at Stanford
University. From 1 990 to
1995 he was the Speaker
Thomas P O'Neill Ir.

Visiting Professor of
American Politics at Boston
College.

Others to hold the Fred
and Rita Richman
Distinguished Visiting
Professorship at Brandeis are
Ann Lewis, the former
director of communications
and counselor to President
Bill Clinton; Boston Globe
columnist David Shribmau;
former New York Mayor
Edward Koch; and former
Texas Governor Ann
Richards. Each has spent
a semester teaching in the
Department of Politics.

A Sound Decision

Chasalow Receives
Fromm Commission

Eric Chasalow has been
awarded a Fromm Music
Foundation commission for
2001.

The chair of Brandeis's
music department was
selected among a pool of
more than 200 applicants
nationwide. A total of 13
composers were chosen. The
commission is designed to
"strengthen composition and
to bring contemporary
concert music closer to
the public," according to
the Foundation at Harvard
University.

Chasalow, who teaches
composition and also directs
BEAMS (Brandeis Electro-
Acoustic Music Studio), says
he will use the award to
write an orchestra piece
for the Boston Modern
Orchestra Project. Best

known for his compositions
that combine live soloist
with electronic sounds, his
work has previously been
recognized by the lohn
Simon Guggenheim
Foundation, the National
Endowment for the Arts,
and the American Academy
of Arts and Letters, among
others.

— Donna Desrochers

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Rising to tlie Occasion

Petsko Elected to lOM

Gregory Petsko, the Gyula
and Katica Tauber Professor
of Biochemistry and
Chemistry, and director,
Rosenstiel Basic Medical
Sciences Research Center, is

one of 60 newly elected
members of the National
Academy of Sciences,
Institute of Medicine |IOM|.
The lOM was created in
1970 under the
congressional charter of the
National Academy of
Sciences.

This is a distinguished
honor for Petsko, who was
also elected to the NAS
in 1995. As an associated
organization of the NAS,
the lOM identifies concerns
in medical care, research,
and education and secures
the services of members
of appropriate professions
to examine policy matters
relating to public health.
New members are elected
by active members and are
chosen for their major
contributions to health and
medicine or to related fields

Gregory Petsko

such as social and
behavioral sciences, law,
administration, and
economics.

Petsko, whose research
involves three-dimensional
structures of proteins and
their biochemical function,
is currently working on
a collaborative project
studying the evolution of
enzymes, proteins made of
chains of building blocks
called amino acids, which
harness the power of
chemical reactions. They
accelerate and facilitate
tasks that would otherwise
require an enormous
amount of energy.

By using yeast genetics and
biochemical techniques,
Petsko has helped to
discover that most related
enzymes catalyze similar
chemical reactions.

"Yeast has a system which
is similar in most higher

organisms and it evolves
faster," said Petsko. "What
takes nature to evolve in
2,000 years in higher
organisms like mammals,
we can accomplish with
yeast in two months."

Petsko's research offers
insight into how enzymes
evolve and provides a better
understanding of how an
organism adapts to natural
variations. Researchers
involved in the project
include Dagmar Ringe, the
Lucille P. Markey Professor
of Biochemistry and
Chemistry; Patricia C.
Babbitt, an associate
professor of pharmaceutical
chemistry at the University
of California at San
Francisco; and lohn A. Gerlt,
an enzymologist at the
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.

— Crist m Carr

Nouvelle Vague

Scientists Discover New
Wave Pattern, Opening
New Realm in Non-Linear
Chemistry

Brandeis scientists have
discovered new wave
patterns when the Belousov-
Zhabotinsky |BZ) reaction,
one of the most studied
oscillating systems, is
introduced into a "reverse
microemulsion," a mixture
of oil, water, and a
surfactant. Research by

Irving Epstein, professor of
chemistry and Voien
National Center for
Complex Systems, and
Postdoctoral Research
Associate Vladimir K. Vanag,
published in the October 26
issue of Science, reveals
an inwardly rotating spiral
wave in this modification of
the BZ reaction.

These phenomena provide
insights into periodic waves
of chemical activity, which
parallel biological
phenomena such as nerve

impulse transmission,
cireadian rhythms, or the
beating heart. Since periodic
phenomena in living
systems are chemical in
nature, studying these
reactions provides a better
understanding of the
chemical and neural
oscillators in organisms.
Previous research found
only outwardly rotating
spiral waves.

By studying variants of the
BZ reaction, Epstein and
Vanag have opened a new
realm in non-linear chemistry
that may lead to a better
understanding of patterns in
physical, chemical, and
biological systems. "It's been
about 30 years since the
discovery of spiral patterns
in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky
reaction," said Epstein. ".Since
then rotating spirals and
waves have been observed
in a variety of physical,
chemical, and biological
reaction-diffusion systems."

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Honor of a Lifetime

Shonkoff Appointed as
Prestigious National
Associate of the National
Academies

lack P. Shonkoff, M.D., dean
of The Heller School for
Social Policy and
Management and Gingold
Professor of Human
Development and Social
Policy, has recently been
named to a lifetime
appomtment as a National
Associate of the National
Academies. This prestigious
honor was created by the
National Research Council
and Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy
of Sciences to recognize
individuals whose

contributions to the work
of the Academies are
considered "truly
extraordinary." Shonkoff is
one of the 325 selected
for the inaugural group of
honorees from among
thousands of distinguished
scholars and public leaders
who have served on the
boards, committees, and
studies of the National
Academies.

At its meeting on
February 7, 2001, the
Council of the National
Academy of Sciences
initiated a new "National
Associates" program to
recognize extraordinary
contributions to the
National Academies
through pro bono service to
National Research Council
and Institute of Medicine
programs.

Many dedicated individuals
serve without compensation
on committees of the
National Academies. The
work of the Academies in
advising government and
the public would not be
possible without this
dedicated commitment of
experts. The purpose of the
National Associates
designation is formally to
recognize the extraordinary
service of some of these
individuals.

Shonkoff served as chair
of the Board on Children,
Youth, and Families at the
Institute of Medicine and
the National Research
Council/National Academy

of Sciences from 1997 to
2000. He also has served
as a member of the Panel
on Child Care Policy, the
Steering Group for the
National Forum on the
Future of Children and
Families, the Committee on
the Assessment of Family
Violence Interventions, and
the Roundtable on Head
Start Research. Most
recently, he chaired the
Committee on Integrating
the Science of Early
Childhood Development,
which produced the widely
acclaimed, landmark report,
From Neurons to
Neighborhoods.

— Cristin Carr

An antispiral in the BZ
reaction

"By creating a variation of
the BZ reaction we have
been able to produce
stationary patterns called
Turing structures as well
as several kinds of patterns
and waves not previously
observed in simpler

chemical systems," stated
Epstein. "Several of these
patterns are thought to play
a role in biological
development."

The "Turing structures"
involve a form of
"nanotechnology," whereby
droplets of water smaller
than biological cells and

containing the components
of the BZ system including
only a handful of catalyst
molecules, were dispersed
into the oil and stabilized hy
the surfactant to form the
microemulsion. Epstein and
Vanag were able to control
the variety of patterns by
tweaking the concentration
and size of the water

droplets. Epstein explains
that the water droplets
enclosing the BZ reactants
diffuse much more slowly
than molecules in the oil,
which provides a
mechanism for making
these patterns. The
interaction between the
nanodroplets plays an
important part in the
behavior of the reaction
and results in the inwardly
rotating spiral waves.

— Cristin Carr

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Feverish Search

Donald S. Shepard

Researchers' Vietnam Trip
May Lead to Development
of a Pediatric Vaccine for
Deadly Tropical Virus

Brandeis University health
economists Donald S.
Shepard and Jose Suaya
traveled to Vietnam during
the first week of December
m an effort to accelerate the
development of a pediatric
vaccine for dengue fever, a
sometimes deadly tropical
virus.

Each year tens of millions
of new cases of dengue
mfect people living in
tropical developing
countries. Once known as
"break bone fever," dengue
is an excruciatingly painful
and sometimes fatal
mosquito-born virus.
Although new research is
encouraging, there is no
vaccine. In addition, current
vaccine research is not
aimed at the billion-plus,
at-risk children worldwide.

"One of the challenges in
making policy around the
disease is that some
countries have the
substantial burden of an
imperfect health care
system," said Professor
Shepard, director of the

cost-effectiveness group in
the Schneider Institute for
Health Policy at The Heller
School for Social Policy and
Management. "Many cases
are not treated or reported,
which makes it even more
difficult to estimate the
worldwide burden of this
disease."

Shepard and Suaya, a Ph.D.
candidate at The Heller
School, traveled to Ho Chi
Minh City as part of an
international conference.
Convened by The
Rockefeller Foundation and
the International Vaccine
Institute, the conference
was hosted by the Children's
Hospital number one in
Vietnam and the Pasteur
Institute of Ho Chi Minh
City.

Another challenge involves
the ever-increasing costs of
developing and licensing
pharmaceutical products.
This demands that
private companies focus
their efforts on markets
that provide commercial
returns. Yet, with private
and public support, research
efforts may be harnessed to
develop vaccines for poor
children.

"Yes, it takes money to
develop a vaccine, but our
analysis suggests the return
would be a reasonable
investment," said Shepard.

Shepard, chair of the
pharmacoeconomics group
for the conference,
presented the estimated

costs and potential social
and economic returns of
developing a pediatric
dengue vaccine for
Southeast Asia at the
meeting. Other members
of the pharmacoeconomics
group included Suaya and
officials of the World Health
Organization, Rockefeller
Foundation, and the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control.

This year certain regions
in Asia have experienced
high incidences of dengue
fever that may be caused by
optimum mosquito breeding
conditions. The need for
a vaccine has never been
greater.

"Dengue infection can
progress from a mild fever
to dengue hemorrhagic fever
(DHF) or dengue shock
syndrome (DSSl, conditions
that may be fatal," said
Shepard. Southeast Asia, a
region with twice the
population of the United
States, is particularly
affected. "Each year, within
Southeast Asia 350,000
children develop DHF and
20,000 die."

— Crist in Can

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Success by Design

Karl Eigsti Relies on
Power of Passion to
Produce Successful
Theater Design

Karl Eigsti is putting a
key in the door and turning
it. There is no key. There
is no door. Eigsti, the
Charles Bloom Adjunct
Professor of the Arts ot
Design and director of
Brandeis's Theater Design
Program, wants you to
imagine for a moment how
audiences see.

"In film, you can direct
the audience's attention to
whatever you want to show
them. You want to show
the hand turning the key in
the door — you focus on the
keyhole, the hand, the key,
the door opening. On the
stage, you have to do it by

shifting the focus visually,
with light, actors, and with
movement and shape."

The point he's making about
film's ability to control an
audience's focus is something
many theater professionals
struggle with. Theater, with
its sets made of cardboard,
plywood, and steel, can seem
less real to audiences who
grew up watching TV and
movies. Eigsti says it means
theater has to be "that
much more engrossing and
compelling in order to
compete with the more
polished fictional experience
offered by the movies."

Despite film's allure, the
theater still holds a great
deal of magic for people.
Enough to keep dozens of
theater programs across the

Eigsti, second from left,
surrounded by second-
year M.F.A. design
students Carrie
Mossman, Gian Downs,
and Maggie Lee-Burdorff

country in business,
including Brandeis's
program, which was rated
one of the "best graduate
programs" by U.S. News
and World Report.

Over 90 percent of Brandeis's
set, costume, and lighting
design graduates are working
successfully on- and off-
Broadway, a statistic that
continues to delight Eigsti.
"When I first came here, I
really thought I'd be training
designers who would work
in regional theater. It's been
a big surprise to me they've
almost all ended up in New
York."

The Brandeis design program
is a conservatory program.
Principal designers on the
faculty are all working
professionals, including
fennifer von Mayrhauser,
adjunct professor of costume
design, who has worked
in film and theater and
is the costume designer
for TV's Law and Order.
Classes are small, with
students receiving
personalized attention. All
graduate design students
have a chance to be involved
in production work as
assistants or designers
during the course of the
program.

Eigsti became director of
theater design at Brandeis
in 1989, during a successful
career in New York designing
10 to 15 plays a year. He
IS one of the country's most
revered theater professionals
and educators. His scenic
design work, which spans
four decades, is described
in Arnold Aronson's book,
American Set Desji;n. For 19
years, he taught part-time
in NYU's design program,
where he formed his ideas
about design education.
Eigsti's approach focuses less
on art skills than it does
on training students to
collaborate with a stage
director.

It's not that we diminish art,
he says. "It's very important.

It has to be skillfully done,
but we recognize that if
you can just paint a pretty
picture and you can design
a beautiful set, that's not
a guarantee you're going
to be a successful designer.
Designers don't work for
themselves. They work to
serve the director's idea of
what a play should look like."
He admits you need to love
the theater to be able to have
a passion for someone else's
vision. "That's one of the
first things I look for when I
interview students," he says.

Eigsti's "passion first, art
second" approach makes
him something of a
renegade in the world of
design education. Most
programs, if not all, focus
on the portfolio. Not
surprisingly, Brandeis, has
become a kind of haven
for students (often former
actors I whose love and
aptitude for the theater went
unrecognized during a
portfolio interview.

A walk through the design
studios of the Spingold
Theater Center reveals
Eigsti's philosophy at work.
Small sketches taped on the
walls of individual studios
reveal a range of drawing
skills, from basic to more
advanced. Models of sets
resting on stands are lovingly
detailed, yet fragile — tiny
works of art designed to
serve a larger vision.

— Donna Desrochers

Karl Eigsti

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Lucy Steinitz, MA. '74

She Dreamed
of Africa

Lucy Steinitz, MA. '74,
Battles "Midlife Crisis"
with Move to Africa, Work
to Stop AIDS Epidemic in
Namibia

Slides show wide-open
spaces, no pollution, clear
skies, seals tumbling over
one another, strolling
elephants, clusters of zebras
looking surreal. Amid this
gorgeous, abundant, wild
nature is an AIDS epidemic
of horrifying proportions.
On December 4, Lucy
Steinitz, M.A. 74, Ph.D.,
held the audience rapt as
she talked about the AIDS
epidemic in Africa.

Steinitz speaks from
firsthand experience — she
has worked for the past

three years for Catholic
AIDS Action in Namibia,
Africa, which ranks as one
(if the most HIV/ AIDS-
affected countries in the
world. Steinitz received a
master's degree from the
Brandeis Hornstein Program
m fewish Communal
Service and a Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.

How did a nice fewish
girl from New York end
up in Namibia, Africa?
"Namibia was a solution
for my midlife crisis,"
explains Steinitz with
earnest exuberance,
gesturing in front of a
packed Napoli Room in
Gosman, her confidence
suffused with warmth. "I
was turning 45; I had
worked for 1 5 years as
executive director of Jewish
Family Services in central
Maryland. It was a great life,
a great job. I had a wonderful
family. But two cars, a dog,
and a house in the suburbs
just didn't do the same thing
for me anymore. Moving to
Africa was always a dream of
mine."

Steinitz took an opportunity
to go to Africa with her
family, first for three
months, then hack for a
year that became two, then
three, and she is now a
permanent resident. Her job
at Catholic AIDS Action—
since its founding in 1998,

the first national church-
based response to HIV/AIDS
in Namibia — gives her the
opportunity to live in a
country twice the size of
California that is home
to 1.8 million people.
Catholic AIDS Action has
grown to become Namibia's
largest and most effective
nongovernmental
organization in the AIDS
field.

Southern Africa is the most
AIDS-infected, Steinitz
explains, and in Namibia,
HIV spreads rapidly. In fact,
one out of four or five
pregnant women who test
in the first prenatal visit
are HIV positive. That
translates into a huge
number of future oi-phans.

Her boss, a nun and a
physician for 20 years, came
to Namibia in 1972 and
realized there was a growing
problem of HIV infection.
She felt that the ubiquitous
churches could have an
impact in the communities,
because people trusted them.
In 1998 she convinced the
bishops to undertake a
Catholic response to the
AIDS problem, and Steinitz,
in town working on a
UNICEF study, asked to
volunteer. Catholic AIDS
Action was born.

They started with two
volunteers in a complete
vacuum — "The desert is a

metaphor that goes much
deeper than the landscape,"
says Steinitz. Now Catholic
AIDS Action has recruited
and trained over 600
volunteers who provide
assistance to over 2,500
clients monthly in their
homes. Catholic AIDS
Action incorporates AIDS-
education and prevention
into all of its work, running
behavioral-change courses
across the country in
schools, community centers,
and churches, teaching in
English although about 1 1
languages are spoken. An
84-hour training course over
six months includes
classroom training plus
experience in the field.
Volunteers visit people who
are ill, providing home-
based family care and
counseling.

Although Steinitz and her
colleagues are making
headway, there is much to
be done. "The challenge
is not to establish other
NGOs but to get for-profit
organizations, government
ministers, and businesses to
take on the HIV issue as part
of their agendas," Steinitz
emphasizes.

— Marjorie Lyon

The Catholic AIDS Action
organization in Namibia

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In the Best of Health

Council on the Economic
Impact of Health System
Change Receives
SI. 7 Million Grant

The Council on the
Economic Impact of Heahh
System Change received a
three-year, $1.7 million
renewal grant from The
Rohert Wood lohnson
Foundation.

"We are pleased that The
Robert Wood lohnson
Foundation has again
showed its confidence in
the value of our work,"
said Council Chair Stuart H.
Altman, the Sol C. Chaikin
Professor of National Health

Space Program

Policy. "With this grant,
we intend to expand our
unique role of identifying
emerging health policy
concerns and providing
policymakers and the public
with authoritative political
and economic analysis of
developments in this area."

The Council, based at the
Schneider Institute for
Health Policy at The Heller
School for Social Policy
and Management, is an
independent, nonpartisan
body of experts in
economics and health policy.
It focuses on the economic
impact of changes occurring
in the U.S. health care
system. Council members

include nationally
recognized health
economists as well as
leaders in business and the
health care industry.

The Council sponsors
original research on health
policy, conducts seminars
and conferences on health-
related policy issues,
including the annual
Princeton Conference, and
disseminates its work
through books, journal
articles, testimony, and
reports. Further information
on the Council may be
obtained at
sihp.brandeis.edu/council.

The Robert Wood lohnson
Foundation, based in
Princeton, New fersey, is the
nation's largest philanthropy
devoted exclusively to
health and health care. It
concentrates its
grant-making in four goal
areas: to assure that all
Americans have access to
basic health care at
reasonable cost; to improve
care and support for people
with chronic health
conditions; to promote
healthy communities and
lifestyles; and to reduce
the personal, social, and
economic harm caused by
substance abuse — tobacco,
alcohol, and illicit drugs.

— Ciistin Can

New Dorm to be Built

University officials expect
to break ground this
summer for a new, 220-bed
residence hall for
undergraduates.

This facility, to be located
nearby the Ziv Residence
Halls in the Ridgcwood
Cottage area, will help the
University realize its goal
of housing 90 percent of
Brandeis undergraduates on
campus and reduce the need
for off-campus travel.

"The new residence hall
will better accommodate
our student body," said
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer

Peter French. "I believe
this building will enhance
the undergraduate living
experience."

According to Jean Eddy,
senior vice president for
students and enrollment,
the hall will also help
to alleviate the burden on
the city of Waltham's
housing stock. "New
campus housing is also a
community-building tool,"
she added, "which can help
to bring people together and
facilitate the creation of
a feeling of belonging on
campus."

The architect for the project
is Kyu Sung Woo, whom
French described as one
of the premier designers
working today. He has
worked on residence halls
for several colleges and
universities recently.

Woo's plans include
carefully situated common
spaces that will support
many kinds of activities,
from quiet and group study
to social halls. Single- and
double-room configurations
will be arranged in suites for
small numbers of students.
Each floor will have lounges,
as well as common areas
and study rooms for each
cluster of bedrooms.

An extensive planning
process allowed for input
from students, student life
and residence life staff, and
faculty and administrators.
The facility is being
designed to promote a high
level of social interaction
and will provide
cocurricular spaces for
students m other residence
halls.

The building will parallel
South Street and conform
to the slope of the hill
descending from the
Slosberg Music Center.
Construction will require
the relocation of offices in
three cottages that house the
Lydian String Quartet, the
Center for Ethics, Justice
and Public Life, and
Publications, Photography,
Media Relations, and Web
Services. Those offices will
be relocated to other campus
buildings, most likely the
Usdan Student Center after
the Shapiro Campus Center
is complete by late summer
2002.

According to Ed Adelman,
associate vice president for
capital projects, the current
project schedule calls for a
construction start in early
summer, and occupancy in
the fall of 2003.

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Waltham's Finest

2001 Stroum Scholars
Start First Year at Brandeis

Every year, through the
generosity of Althea and
the late Samuel Stroum,
Waltham High School
students are awarded
scholarships to attend
Brandeis. This year's
winners were Bryan S.
Rautenberg and Duojm
Wang.

Bryan Rautenberg '05
applied early decision to
Brandeis. A pianist since the
age of 5, Bryan performed
in the Show Band and the
Jazz Band at Waltham High
School, and accompanied
the Kennedy Middle School
Chorus for six years.
Captain of the tennis team,
he worked at the Waltham
Athletic Club, stringing

Duojin Wang 05 and
Bryan Rautenberg '05

tennis racquets. During the
summer of 2000, he worked
for the City of Waltham/
Wires Department doing
electrical repairs.

This National Honor
Society member also worked
in public relations for
Guardent, an Internet
security company. Bryan
intends to major in
computer science at
Brandeis. He produced a
commercial Website for one
of the teachers at Waltham
High School, and has been
a technical resource for
another teacher's students.
He is the son of Aiiene and
Thomas Rautenberg.

Duojin Wang '05 intends to
study international business
and computer science at
Brandeis. A member of the
National Honor Society,
Duojin's many
extracurricular activities at
Waltham High School
included participation in

Academic Decathlon, the
Bio-Chem Club,
Environmental Club, and
French Club. In addition,
she sat on the Tufts Teen
Advisory Council, served as
a math tutor, and was
a member of the Asian
Culture Club.

Duojin received honorable
mention in the 199H Boston
Globe photography contest,
was commended in the
National Merit Scholarship
program and earned a
Daughters of American
Revolution Award. Duojin
also held a part-time job at
the Waltham Public Library
and did a food project for
community service.

Born in Bejing, China,
Duojin is the daughter of
Xiaoping Ding and Chienru
Wang, M.A. '93, Ph.D. '97.

Pioneer Endowment

Stoll Gift Establishes First
Chair in Israel Studies in
the United States

The Stoll tamily has
established the first chair in
Israel studies in the United
States at Brandeis.

The Karl, Harry, and Helen
Stoll Chair in Israel Studies
is being created to develop

an accurate historical
understanding of the origin
and development of the
state of Israel. According
to Harry Stoll this chair
is "even more critical after
the terrorist attacks of
September 1 1 and the
continued violence in Israel
and the Middle East."

President (ehuda Reinharz
said the Stoll Chair will
enable the University to
take a leading role in "an
unbiased academic study

10 Brandeis Review

Purging Poverty

Oxfam Challenge Clicks
with Students

Andy Warhol once said,
"They say that time changes
everything, but really you
have to change things
yourself." This statement
could well be the philosophy
ot Ben Brandzel '03, who
is crusading agamst global
poverty.

He came up with the idea
for the Collegiate Click
Drive, and, with the help
of many others, wrote
proposals and facilitated
negotiations that led to
acceptance of the idea. He
is coordinating a group of
over 50 volunteer Brandeis
students to support and
administrate the contest.
The pilot run launched
March II, 2002, and the
first full run will take off
m the fall. The primary
sponsor is Oxfam America,
arguably America's best-

respcctcd and most effective
international development
organization. It is also
cosponsored by almost a
dozen of the nation's largest
and most respected college
level activist organizations.

Here is how it works: the
Oxfam Collegiate Click
Drive is a national
competition hosted on
PovertyFighters.com, a click-
to-donate site that sends
all proceeds to support
Micro Credit-based
anti-poverty efforts around
the world. The competition
will last several months,
challenging students to
generate as many donations
as possible on behalf of
their schools. The donation
totals are ranked by school
and displayed daily, and
participants communicate
through bulletin boards and
newsletters. At the end
of the year the contest
winner will get one of a
number of possible rewards,
including a big-name-band
benefit concert and speakers

event, celebrity appearance,
or a featured spot in a
popular media venue.

Oxfam also has a collegiate
leadership program called
the CHANGE Initiative.
Participating students,
called CHANGE Leaders,
serve as Oxfam ambassadors
on their respective
campuses. Brandzel is one of
two at Brandeis.

No one who knows Brandzel
is surprised at his zeal.
"My consuming passion in
life IS the elimination of
global poverty, and I have a
profound belief in the ability
of college students to change
the world," he says. "My
time at Brandeis has made
me believe in that power."

Growing up in Berkeley,
California, the Brandeis
junior is a Simpsons fan,
plays the harmonica, loves
good vegetarian food and

enjoys playing squash. A
major influence in his life
is his mother, "for her
tireless devotion to simple
goodness," he says, as well
as Mohamad Yunnus,
founder of the Grameen
Bank and Micro Credit, "for
exemplifying how one idea
and a devotion to justice can
change the world."

Brandzel emphasizes that
this is a collective effort
and more volunteer help
is needed to make this
a success. "If you would
like to help out, or have
connections to an
intercollegiate association,
media outlet or notable
individual who might be
interested, please email
clickdrive@hrandeis.edu to
lend a hand," he says.

— Mcnjone Lyon

Ben Brandzel 03

and understanding of Israel
and Its place in the world."
He added that Brandeis is
well suited for such a chair
with Its expertise in Near
Eastern and Judaic Studies
as well as its strength in
international politics.

The endowed chair is also a
tribute to the StoU family.
Harry and Karl Stoll came

from Bavaria, attended
school in Berlin, lived on
a kibbutz in Palestine, and
eventually came to America,
where they established
successful businesses in
metal displays. Harry and
Helen StoH's grandson is
currently a student at
Brandeis University.

Harry Stoll said he is
pleased to be able to
establish this chair at
Brandeis, a University "that

was founded 53 years ago
by the American Jewish
community in the same year
that the State of Israel was
established and with the
motto 'truth even unto its
innermost parts.'"

— Donna Desiocheis

11 Brandeis Review

Centerpiece

Mandel Gift to Establish
Center for Studies in
Jewish Education

Brandeis is establishing a
Center for Studies in Jewish
Education, thanks to a gift
from the Mandel Supporting
Foundations of Cleveland,
Ohio. The center is
dedicated to advancing

knowledge, improving
practice and developing
outstanding professionals
for Jewish education.

"Drawing on the
considerable expertise of
Brandeis University in
Judaic studies and education,
this innovative new venture
will become a leading center
for research and professional
development by combining
systematic study of Jewish
education with model
programs for lewish
educators," said President
Jehuda Remharz. "The
Mandel brothers. Jack, Joe,
and Mort, have once again
demonstrated their profound
vision and hope for Jewish
education in North

Sharon Feiman-Nemser

America." The center will
build on the Mandel Chair
in Jewish Education,
currently held by Sharon
Feiman-Nemser. The chair
was established at Brandeis
and is the first of its kind
at a nonsectarian institution
of higher education in
America.

"The field of Jewish
education needs a place
where scholars and
practitioners, researchers
and educational leaders can
come together to study,
invent, and assess powerful
educational programs and
practices linked to
compelling visions of Jewish
education and informed by
new understandings of
teaching and learning. This
is my vision for the center,"
said Feiman-Nemser.

The establishment of the
center comes at a critical

time for Jewish education.
Besides a nationwide
shortage of qualified Jewish
educators at all levels, there
is a pressing need for basic
knowledge about the
character, quality, and
impact of Jewish education
and the professional
development of Jewish
educators.

The center will, among
other things, conduct
studies of teaching and
learning in Jewish
education; develop model
programs for Jewish
educators, and stimulate
discussion and debate about
the purposes, processes, and
outcomes of Jewish
education broadly defined.

— Doima Desrochers

Letter to the Editor

I very much enjoyed reading
about Dr. Cunningham's bus
trip in the recent issue of
the Brandeis Review.

In 1965 about 20 Brandeis
undergraduates spent the
summer working m a
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference voter
registration project in the
deep south. We took
commercial buses south to

Atlanta for a two-week
orientation (where we met
Dr. King) before spreading
out to rural counties
throughout South Carolina
for the rest of the summer, a
12- week period.

Four of us were assigned
to Kershaw County, a rural
area about an hour east
of Columbia. We stayed
in homes of local people,
supported indirectly by a
black church in the county
seat of Camden. Aside from
registering voters, we

integrated a theater and a
restaurant in Camden, were
run out of two small towns
by county sheriffs, ended up
in jail a few times, were shot
at by a car full of white folks,
and learned a tremendous
amount about community
and racism. During that
summer — the first year in
which the Voting Rights
Act was in effect — more
than 1,000 county residents

registered to vote for the
first time. We went door
to door working to promote
this effort.

For most of us this was
our first direct interaction
with racism and poverty
and a pivotal experience
in our lives. I would be
interested to hear from
anyone who participated in
that summer's events.

Sincerely,

Bill Kornrich '67
akclinch@naxs.com

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Rashad Williams '02

Scoreboard Roundup

Men's Basketball

Forward Rashad Williams '02
has been selected as a
first team member of the
ECAC Division 111 New
England team. He was also
named as a D3Hoops.com
All-Northeast Region Team
first team member.

Williams, an American
studies major, is the all-time
leading scorer in Brandeis
basketball history with
1,928 career points,
shattering a mark that had
stood since 1958. He was
named as a first team All-
Association selection for the
fourth consecutive season
by the head coaches in the
University Athletic
Association. He averaged
21.9 points and 6.1 rebounds.

He was also one of 10
national finalists for The
Jostens Trophy, which
honors the Division III
men's basketball player of
the year. The lostens Trophy
recognizes outstanding
players who exemplify the
Division III philosophy of
the well-rounded student-
athlete. Players are chosen
not only for their athletic
ability but also for their
excellence in academic and
community service.

Baseball

Brandeis used a seven-run
second inning to power by
Emory University, 9-3, in
Sanford, Florida. In doing
so, the Judges won the
University Athletic
Association (UAAI outri.ght.
It is the first time Brandeis
has been champions of the
conference since 1997.
Brandeis was cochampions
oftheUAAin 1999 and
1994.

Centerfielder Jim Freethey '02
was honored as the UAA
MVP and was a first team
AU-Association selection,
loining him on the first
team were starter Tom
McShane '03, third baseman
Mike Dowdy '02, and first
baseman Dan Macintosh '04.

Cross Country

The women's cross country
team capped off an exciting
season earning entry to the
NCAA Division III National
Cross Country
Championships at
Augustana College in Rock
Island, Illinois, in
November. It was only the
third time in the
University's history that the
women's cross country team
qualified for nationals, and
the first since 1992.

Leading the team to its
13th-place finish were
Mariko Tansey Holbrook '03
and Heather Davidson '02.
The two outstanding
athletes earned
Ail-American honors for
their efforts. Tansey
Holbrook finished 17th
overall, while just one
second later Davidson
crossed the finish line,
finishing in 20th place.

Rounding out the team's
finishers were Amanda
Keyes '02, Caitlm Malloy '03,
Katrina Managan '03,
Gretchen Chick '04, and
Samantha Miller '04.

Twenty-four teams and 213
runners competed at the
meet.

On the men's side, Matthew
Griego '05 finished a
respectable 54th out of 2 1 1
runners. During the
previous week, at the
University Athletic
Association (UAAI Men's
Cross Country

Championships at Emory,
Griego was the individual
medalist. He covered the 8K
course in a time of 25:08,
besting the second place
finisher by 21 seconds in
a 78-man field. Griego was
only the second Brandeis
runner in the 15-year
history of the UAA Cross
Country championships to
win the race.

Women's IndoorTrack

At the NCAA Division III
Indoor Track
Championships at Ohio
Northern University,
Manko Tansey Holbrook '03
finished runner-up in the
5,000 meters and K'ssica
Curlew '03 was sixth in the
400 meters.

Both won AU-American
honors. It was the first Ail-
American honor for Curlew
and the fourth Ail-American
honor for Tansey Holbrook,
but her first in indoor track.

Swimming and Diving

Hannah Johnson '02 earned
All-American honors in the
one- and three-meter diving
events and Maya Marx '04
earned All-American honors
in the 100 breaststroke at
the NCAA Division III
Swimming and Diving
Championships hosted by
Wooster College.

Marx, in her first appearance
at the NCAAs, swam a
time of 1:07.20 in the

preliminaries to qualify for
the finals. She placed fifth
in her consolation final to
earn a 1 3th place overall
finish and garner her first
All-American honor.

Johnson, a three-time All-
American, placed I Ith in
the one-meter dive and I3th
in the three-meter dive. The
school record holder in both
events and the top UAA
finisher at the NCAAs, she
earned All-American honors
in the three-meter dive last

On the men's side, Nick
Pai '05 qualified for the
NCAA Championships in
the 200-meter backstroke,
but was unable to compete
due to an illness. At the
UAA championships, Pai
was second in the 100 back
and third in the 200 back.
Pai led Brandeis to the New
England Championship.

Volleyball

The volleyhall team won
its first ECAC tournament
on December 10. The team
advanced to the semi-finals
by defeating MIT, but lost
to eventual championship
victor Elmira College.

It was the first ever ECAC
win for Brandeis in their
third straight appearance in
the post-season. The
performances of graduate
student Natalia Zubko and
Theresa Ceriello '03 earned
UAA honorable mention
honors.

13 Brandeis Review

Susan Lanser

A Wealth of Feminist
Schoiarsliip

New Chair of Women's
Studies Lool<s to
Deepen Program's
Interdisciplinary Roots

"Women's Studies has a
special mission to change
the world. If the field is
to work, It's because it
makes change — not only for
women, but for all people."

Meet Susan Lanser;
professor of English and
comparative literature,
affiliate member of the
Department of Romance
and Comparative Literature,
and Brandeis's new chair of
women's studies.

Lanser replaces sociology
professor Shula Reinharz,
Ph.D. '77, who headed the
program for nine years and
is the founding director
of the Women's Studies
Research Center |WSRC),

which houses the Women's
Studies Scholars Program
and the Hadassah
International Research
Center on Jewish Women.
The Program and the Center
are distinct entities, says
Lanser, but share a common
mission. "The program is
the degree-granting unit,
while the Center does more
outreach. But we're both
committed to inclusive and
transformative scholarship."

At the moment, the program
offers joint master's degrees
with nine different
departments as well as an
undergraduate certificate.
Last year, a graduate
colloquium series was
launched, and the Hewlett
Foundation issued a grant
to create a faculty seminar
that will shape the women's
studies core curriculum.

In the months ahead, Lanser
hopes to lay the groundwork
for strengthening the

program's interdisciplinary
roots. "Brandeis has a superb
faculty with extraordinary
strengths in feminist
scholarship. I hope to bring
people together from all
disciplines, so we can have
sustained conversation, and
sustained curriculum and
research," she says.

Lanser was one of the first
scholars to teach women's
studies at the University
of Wisconsin. She helped
establish the field at
Georgetown University, and
was on the women's studies
faculty at the University of
Maryland while she directed
that school's Comparative
Literature Program.

Lanser's publications
include The Narrative Act,
which applies feminist
theory to the analysis of
narrative form, and Fictions
of Authority: Women
Writers and Narrative Voice,
an exploration of the
strategies in women's novels
across three centuries. She's
edited three other volumes,
including a special journal
issue on Disciphning
Feminism' The Future of
Women 's Studies and an
edition of Helen Maria
Williams 's 1 790 letters on
the French Revolution. Her
latest work examines female
intimacies in the 18th
century.

— Donna Desrochers

Subscription Drive

NWC Supports Research
with "Year of the Journal"

The National Women's
Committee, which has
raised more than $70
million for Brandeis and
its Libraries since the
University's founding, has
mounted a special drive
to support research journal
subscriptions for the
libraries this year. "The Year

of the lournal" campaign
will raise operating funds
for this purpose and
augment a $2 million
endowment the organization
has established through its
fournal Guarantor Fund.

Journals are the primary
method of communication
among researchers. The
Brandeis Libraries subscribe
to 4,000 print titles and
16,000 electronic journals.
"I very often read an article
in a scientific journal that
gives me a new idea about

how a brain process might
work," explains John
Lisman, professor of biology
and member of the Volen
National Center for
Complex Systems. "To
follow up on this idea,
there will inevitably be 10
key articles that I have
to read. With luck, these
might provide the key clue
that will tell me whether
I am on the right track.
At times such as these, it

14 Brandeis Review

Look Me in the IQ

Are You As Smart As You
Look Or Do You Look
SmarterThan You Are?

Can you ludgc how
intelligent someone is from
his or her appearance? The
surprising answer is "yes"
according to a study
reported in the February
issue ot Personality and
Social Psychology BiiUetm,
published at the University
of Iowa, conducted in part
by Leslie Zebrowitz, the
Manuel Yellen Professor of
Social Relations.

Using a data archive that
had photographs of people
at several ages across the
life span as well as their
IQ test scores, psychologists
Zebrowitz, Judith Hall and
Nora Murphy of
Northeastern University,

and Gillian Rhodes of the
University of Western
Australia, found that people
were able to judge the
relative intelligence of
strangers. Although
accuracy was far from
perfect, it was above chance
when judging individuals
in childhood, puberty, and
their 30s.

How did this happen' The
judges were cued by
attractiveness, which was
positively related not only
to how intelligent
individuals were perceived
to be, but also to their actual
IQ scores.

The positive relationship
between attractiveness and
perceived intelligence is
consistent with the well-
known "attractiveness halo
effect," which concludes
that humans assign positive
traits to attractive people.

How can the more surprising
positive relationship
between attractiveness and

actual IQ scores be
explained' For individuals
in puberty or their 30s,
the relationship was partly
explained by socioeconomic
status (SES). Those from
lower SES backgrounds were
less attractive and had lower
IQ test scores, which could
he the result of factors such
as poor nutrition and health
care. Biological factors also
seemed to play a role in
puberty. Those with tacial
qualities that have been
theorized to signal "good
genes" — faces that are more
symmetrical or more similar
to the typical face — were
more attractive and had
higher IQ test scores.

Finally, a self-fulfilling
prophecy effect played a
role for adolescent boys
and women in their 50s.

Males considered highly
attractive as children
showed a positive change in
IQ at adolescence. Similarly,
females considered highly
attractive as adolescents
showed a positive change
in IQ when they reached
their 50s. These results
suggest that, over time, the
positive expectations held
for attractive boys and
adolescent girls are self-
fulfilling.

But caution is advised when
judging if the person before
you is an Einstein or an
idiot. Although people were
able to judge intelligence
more accurately when they
used attractiveness as a
guide, the method is not
exact. Attractiveness is only
modestly related to
intelligence, and the process
failed with judging 18-year-
olds. This may be due to the
fact that many adolescents
artificially enhance their
attractiveness.

is wonderful to go to the
library and find exactly the
articles one is looking for."

The National Women's
Committee has recognized
the importance of journals
to the faculty from the
University's earliest days,
but rapidly rising costs have
made it difficult for the
libraries to keep up with
the need. Science journal
prices increase about 10
to 12 percent per year.

for instance, while the
acquisition budgets of
academic libraries rarely
increase more than five to
eight percent. The growing
number of print journals
and explosion of electronic
journals further stretches
the budget.

Journal Guarantor and
Learned Research Journals
(LRJ) are the National
Women's Committee's
primary vehicles for journal
support. The latter arc
particularly popular because
a modest gift to LRJ ($25-501
is recognized with a small,
handsome folio bearing a
personalized inscription of
the donor's or honorec's
name. Thousands of LRJs
are presented yearly to

program speakers and to
friends and loved ones to
mark a birthday, anniversary,
memorial, or other occasion.

For information on how to
make a gift to Journal
Guarantor or Learned
Research Journals, contact
Bonnie Lieberman
(781-736-4163;
blicherinan@brandeis.edu I.

15 Brandeis Review

Tree House

Alumna Sculptor Chosen
to Create Ornament for
White House Tree

When Maine artist Deborah
Klotz Paris '84 received an
envelope from the White
House in November, she
set off on a brief, but intense
research experience that
culminated in the creation
of a very special Christmas
ornament. The envelope
contained an invitation for
Klotz Paris to share her
artistic talents with the
country by designing an
ornament that would hang
from the White House
Christmas tree.

The catch? Klotz Paris
would have to produce her
work of art in less than
two weeks in order for it
to be in the mail by the

White House's Thanksgiving
deadline. Other artists had
received their notices as
early as September.

This year's White House
Christmas tree theme was
"A Home for the Holidays,"
selected by First Lady Laura
Bush. Klotz Paris scoured
the Maine Historical Society
and the Portland Landmarks
Society to find an historic
Maine home to portray in
miniature, and found the
perfect choice in a small
pamphlet.

Located on Munjoy Hill in
Portland, an area in which
Klotz Pans herself had lived
in the 1990s, the house
was built in 1845 by a
mariner named, ironically
enough, George Bush. What
struck Klotz Pans more than

David Paris '85, Laura Bush, and
Deborah Klotz Paris '84

Top right: Klotz Paris's
ornament that is now part of
the White House's permanent
art collection

the name, however, was
learning his race — that Bush
was a prc-Civil War, African
American landowner. She
also enjoyed learning that
the later owner of the
house, John Curtis, made
and sold spruce gum in
a successful business,- the
popular history surrounding
the home gave it extra
appeal.

With the aptly named
Bush-Curtis house as her
model, Klotz Paris went
about creating a miniature.
Her ornament features the
house front in three images,
transferred onto fabric
which was then sewn and
stuffed into a tiny house-
shaped pillow. She formed
an outer shell by using
salvaged pressed tin to
"house" the pillow on three
sides and the top, leaving
the bottom open so that
viewers could look up to see
the suspended pillow.

Klotz Paris's final touches
included small magnets on
the tin shell featuring the
house's trademark spruce
nee and a depiction of
lohn Curtis. Perhaps the
most important addition to
the ornament is the secret
note written by Klotz Paris's
8-year-old daughter, rolled
up and stuffed into the
house pillow hefore it was
sewn shut.

On December 3, when the
Christmas tree was unveiled,
Klotz Pans attended a
reception at the White
House with her husband.
Following Its display on the
White House Christmas tree,
Klotz Paris's meaningful
ornament has now become
part of the White House's
permanent art collection.

Klotz Paris teaches at the
Maine College of Art and
spends one day a week
teaching at the
Massachusetts College of
Art, where she received her
B.F.A. in sculpture and her
M.F.A in three dimensional
fine arts. She says her
experience in researching
historic homes for her
ornament made her fondly
recall her days developing
critical thinking skills and
revisionist research
attitudes at Brandeis. Says
Klotz Pans, "When I
received the White House
invitation to depict a
'historically prominent'
bouse, my seemingly
dormant research
inclinations woke up; the
results are in Washington."

—Emilv Dahl V4

16 Brandeis Review

Art Beat

Brandeis Celebrates 50th
Anniversary of Creative
Arts Festival

Each spring Brandeis holds
an arts festival full of drama,
comedy, dance, art
exhibitions, poetry readings,
and music. But this year's
celebration is different. It
lasts all year long and
honors Brandeis's 50-year
legacy of support for the arts.

The logo, with its stylized
Brandeis owl mascot
signifying strength, wisdom,
and flight of imagination,
will highlight events already

planned across campus,
including student-sponsored
performances. Rose Art
Museum exhibitions,
Spingold Theater
productions, and Slosberg
concerts. Anyone interested
in listing their events as
part of the .SOth anniversary
festival should contact
Barbara Cassidy, arts project
coordinator, Office of the
Dean of Arts and Sciences.
For more information, visit
www.hrandeis.edu/arts50.

Brandeis was only four years
old when it launched its
first creative arts festival.
Leonard Bernstein lent his
creative genius to organizing
the program, which turned
out to be an enormous
success, featuring two world
premieres: the Brecht-WeiU
Three-Penny Opera and

Bernstein's own Trouble m
Tahiti. Other performances
included Stravinsky's Les
Noces, choreographed and
danced by Mercc
Cunningham, poetry
readings by Karl Shapiro and
William Carlos Williams, a
jazz festival, art films, and
an exhibition of Rose Art
Museum acquisitions.

A committee, established
under the guidance of the
Dean of Arts and Sciences,
is working on the final
details of a special SOth
anniversary program of
events planned for
September 2002. It will

include the art of film,
electroacoustic and popular
music, dance, poetry, and
fiction. Lisa Long, library
archivist, is planning a
photo exhibit of those early,
heady days when Brandeis
established itself as a school
committed to the creative
arts. In organizing the event,
she said, "I wanted the
students to feel the same
'Wow!' feeling that I do when
I look at the photos of
Leonard Bernstein
rehearsing for Trouble m
Tahiti. And to be inspired
to think about the legacy of
creative energy that we have
at Brandeis."

— Donna Desrochers

A Ray of Brilliance

Ray Jackendoff , himself

Ray Jackendoff, professor of
linguistics and the Volen
National Center for
Complex Systems, was
recently elected vice
president/president-elect of
the Linguistic Society of
America, founded in 1924
for the advancement of the
scientific study of language.
The Society serves its nearly
7,000 members through
scholarly meetings and
publications, and seeks to

acquaint the general public
with linguistic perspectives
on matters of language.

fackendoff's newest book is
Foundations of Language:
Brain. Meaning. Grammar
Evohition, published by
Oxford University Press in
early 2002 (See "Books"
section). The psychologist
Steven Pinker calls it "the
most important book in the
sciences of language to have
appeared in many years... a
compelling new view of
language and its place in the
natural world." lackendoff
wrote this book, his lOth,
while a Fellow at the
Wissenschaftskolleg

jinstitute for Advanced
Study) in Berlin during
1999-2000.

lackendoff is also the author
of Patterns in the Mind
(Basic Books, 1994),
Consciousness and the
Computational Mind (MIT
Press, 1987), Semantics and
Cognition (MIT Press, 1983),
and, with composer Fred
Lerdahl, A Generative
Theory of Tonal Music (MIT
Press, 1982). He was elected
a Fellow of the American
Association for the
Advancement of Science in

1999 and a Fellow ot the
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences in 2000.

lackendoff has also been
known to the Brandeis
community over the years
as a classical clarinetist.
While at the

Wissenschaftskolleg he met
and performed with the
Romanian pianist Valentina
Sandu-Dediu. Last summer
the duo recorded a CD
of Romanian clarinet music
in Bucharest. Its release is
eagerly awaited.

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Tom Wingfield '88, Professor of
Politics Don Hindley, and Nicole
Umemoto '93

A Marriage Made
in Golding

when Nicolt Umemoto '9?,
wrote in her chatty 1997
New Year's letter that given
the and landscape of her
current love life, she was
"taking applications" for a
boyfriend, she was making a
joke. Well, sort of.

Not one to advertise, or
to accept a blind date for
that matter, she was
intrigued when Don
Hindley, professor of politics
ja.k.a. Cupid) who taught
her Southeast Asian politics
some 10 years ago,
responded to her request.
He described Tom Wingfield
'88 as "one of my best
students, and one of the
best human beings I know.
Was she interested^' Talk

about safe — Wingfield lived
in England and Umemoto
Hvcd in Burma/Myanmar.

"So I agreed because, after all,
you never know," she says
with an infectious laugh.

".Because it was Professor
Hindley, I was tickled. I was
simultaneously curious and
cautious."

According to Hindley, Tom
Wingfield really stood out —
"his elegance, his interests,
and his iconoclasm." After
graduation, he went to
London University, School
of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS| to earn a
master's degree.
Coincidentally, after five
years working as a iournalist
in Southeast Asia, Wingfield
went on to accept a position
lecturing at the University
of Leeds in northern
England, the same place

that Hindley earned a
bachelor's degree and a
graduate teaching diploma.
Wingfield's dad is Art
Wingfield, Brandeis
professor of psychology and
Volen National Center for
Complex Systems, and his
stepmother is Brandeis
professor Eve Marder, Victor
and Gwendolyn Beinfield
Professor of Neuroscience
and Volen National Center
for Complex Systems.

When Umemoto fired up
her laptop one evening in
Yangon, she found an email
with the subject line:
"Hindley the
matchmaker?'?!!!"
Wingfield at the time was
teaching Southeast Asian
politics at the University
of Leeds, surrounded by the

hills and dales of northern
England. That might be
hopelessly far away, except
that he was running a
distance-learning master's
program for students in
Singapore, which brought
him to Asia every three
months.

From the first email
moment they got along very
well. "It got to the point
where we were writing
almost every day, but at the
same time I was hesitant,"
says Umemoto. (Who is this
guy?) After about a month,
Wingfield mentioned that he
was traveling to Southeast
Asia, and could make a
small detour to Burma.

Extra Credit

Giddon Scholars at
Brandeis

Two Newton students are
enrolled at Brandeis
University this semester as
recipients of the 2000-01
Ruth, Franklin and William
Giddon Scholarships. The
scholarships, which allow
exceptional high school
students to take a course
in the field of choice at

Michael Zaplin, Dr. Donald
Giddon, Robert Gondola, Jr.

Brandeis, are given annually
to up to two students each
from Newton and Wellesley
high schools.

This year's recipients are
Robert Gondola, |r. and
Michael Zaplin of Newton.
Robert is taking Beginning
Sculpture, and Michael is
enrolled in Introduction to
Afro- American History.

The Giddon Scholarships
were established at Brandeis
by Donald Giddon, Ph.D. '61,

who received his second
doctorate, in psychology,
from the University, and
his wife, Phoebe Rotiiman '.S6
Giddon. He is currently a
professor at Harvard and
in private practice in
Wellesley. The Scholarship
honors Giddon's mother, a
national vice president and
honorary board member of
the Brandeis University
National Women's
Committee; his father,

William; and his brother,
Franklin, who also attended
Brandeis.

In addition to this
scholarship, Donald and
Phoebe Giddon have been
generous supporters of the
Women's Studies Program
at Brandeis and of the
Giddon Women and Heahh
Initiative.

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No, thcv diJ not exchange
photographs. What should
she look for? He painted a
neutral picture of himself:
he would be pale and jet-
lagged, the one that doesn't
look like a backpacker or
businessman. She explained
that despite her family
name, she doesn't look very
Asian. An American born
and raised in Southeast Asia
while her father worked
for UNICEF, Umemoto has
only one family member
who is ethnically Japanese —
her Hawaiian-born
grandfather.

When she went to pick
Wingfield up at the airport,
Umemoto managed to stay
cool as a cucumber. Well,
not quite. "First I locked
myself out of the house.
I wasn't sure if I got the
time right. I rushed over
and hastily parked the car,
noticing some street kids
who wanted to watch it
for a tip. Tom and I were
walking back to my car, and
I fumbled for the car keys.
They were not in my bag, or
my pockets — I was horrified
that I couldn't find them.
Until we arrived at the car.
The car door was locked, the
keys were in the ignition
and the engine was

humming. The kids were
miraculously able to use a
twig to pop up the lock.
That was our introduction,"
explains Umemoto, abashed
but undaunted. "On the one
hand 1 felt like I knew him,
hut face to face, he was
a stranger." Wingfield had
joked with his friends that
he was looking forward to
meeting Nicole — if he didn't
have a coronary first before
he got off the plane. Despite
his last unanswered email
question (are you as nervous
as I am') he figured he
would be there for four days,
and maybe something might
work out.

Meanwhile, back at
Brandeis is Hindley. "I don't
know how many months
later I got a postcard from
Nicole from a beach in
northern Malaysia, saying
'I've been to a conference,
and I really need some
relaxation.' Two days later
I got a postcard from Tom
saying, 'Oh, boy, I need
some relaxation.' Same
beach."

Cupid's pair subsequently
met in Thailand, London,
Ireland, France, and the
romantic English village
where Wingfield lived,
Saltaire. "Having been
raised as a tropical Asian
girl, it's things like English
cobblestones and the green,
rolling dales that I find
really exotic," says
Umemoto. "Life is too short
not to take risks," Wingfield
counseled her, and in
December 1999, they moved
to the United States to
live together in Washington,
D.C. Umemoto is in the
field of international health;
Wingfield continues to write

on Southeast Asian politics
and international
development. After some
time to find jobs and settle
into a new city, a marriage
proposal — she asked him —
was accepted. Of course,
they asked Hindley to
officiate.

Aaah, the wedding, on
August 18, 2001. A little
town called Frisco nestled
at 9,100 feet in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado, an
open-air ceremony in the
woods on a gorgeous day,
guests from Brandeis,
Britain, Burma, and literally
from around the globe. And
there is Hindley, officiating
with a script that he wrote,
with suggestions from the
bride and groom. "This was
a real high point in my
life," he says, beaming. "It
was gorgeous. They rented
a huge house for 50 or 60
guests for three days. They
put us up in a little inn.
The ceremony drew from
various influences in their
lives: Nicole's mother made
her dress from Burmese
fabric, the groomsmen
dressed in Hawaiian shirts
in honor of Nicole's late
grandfather, and Tom's
brother-in-law read the
Jewish wedding prayers in
Hebrew. It turns out Nicole
and Tom have some Jewish
heritage. "People said they
had been to many weddings
but they had never been to
one like this," adds Hindley,
delighted. His ceremony

was appropriately
irreverent — lots of political
jokes but also very profound
on the meaning of love and
marriage.

And the bride and groom'
"The event truly was the
happiest day of our lives."
They will also forever be
grateful for the intervention
of their unlikely cupid. Says
Wingfield, "Donald has
introduced me to the two
great loves of my life:
Southeast Asia and Nicole."

— Maijoiie Lyon

Tom Wingfield '88 and Nicole
Umemoto Wingfield '93

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In Memoriam

Jack S. Goldstein Former Faculty Dean

Jack S. Goldstein Dies at 76

Jack S. Goldstein, professor
emeritus of astrophysics,
died on December 3, after a
long illness. He was 76 years
old.

In a letter to the Brandeis
community. President
lehuda Remharz, Ph.D. 72,
stated, "lack was a towering
figure at this University
for almost four decades... He
was not only an outstanding
scientist hut the
quintessential good citizen."

A resident of Newton,
Massachusetts, Goldstein
joined Brandeis University
in 1956 as a visiting
assistant professor, and in

1966, was appointed full
professor. He served as dean
of the Graduate School from
1972 to 1974, when he
became dean of faculty, the
chief academic officer of
the University. He remained
in that position for seven
years. Goldstein also served
as chair of the Department
of Physics twice,- from 1967
to 1969 and again from
1983 to 1985. He retired
from the University in 1992
hut continued to teach as
a visiting professor through
late 1999, creating courses
that included "science for
non-scientists" and the
management of
technological risk.

A native of New York
City, Goldstein did his
undergraduate work at the
City College of New York
and earned his master's
degree in physics from the
University of Oklahoma. He
was awarded a Ph.D. from
Cornell University in 1953.

Prior to his Brandeis
appointment, he worked at
a number of institutions,
including the Cornell
Aeronautical Laboratory in
Ithaca, New York; the
Institute for Advanced
Study in Princeton, New
lersey,- the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in
Boston; and Baird-Atomic in
Cambridge.

For 10 years, starting in
1964, he traveled
extensively throughout
Africa as cochair of the
African Primary Science
Program, an international
group of scientists and
educators devoted to
improving the standards of
teaching science in public

school systems for 10
African countries. From
1967 to 1974 he was a
consultant to the UNESCO
Division of Scientific
Education in Israel, Brazil,
Senegal, Ivory Coast, and
Togo.

Other work outside of
Brandeis included two
Fulbnght Grant
scholarships, first at the
Weizmann Institute in
Rehovoth, Israel, in 1960-61,
and at the Laboratorio di
Astrofisica, University of
Rome, Italy, in 1966-67; for
this latter appointment he
also received a Guggenheim
Fellowship. He was also
a visiting professor at the
University of Nairobi in
Kenya m 1969, a guest
scholar at the University of
Kyoto in Japan, 1982, and
a visiting scientist at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1988-89. He
lectured at a number of
institutions in Europe, lapan,
Africa, and India.

Goldstein was a member of
several professional
organizations, including the
American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
He served a three-year term
on the Advisory Board of the
National Science Resource
Center. He also served as
a governor of the Brandeis
University Press, as chair of
the Faculty Senate, and as a
faculty representative to the
Board of Trustees.

In addition to being
published in many
professional journals, in
1992 he wrote A Different
Sort of Time, a biography
of lerrold R. Zachanas, a
seminal organizing figure
in the development of
20th-century science. An
avid photographer,
Goldstein's work was the
subject of several gallery
exhibitions, and hangs as
part of the permanent
displays in the Gerontology
Institute at the University
of Massachusetts, Boston;
the Women's Studies
Research Center at Brandeis
University; and the women's
health associates office at
the Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston.

He leaves his wife of over
50 years, Nita, and children
Philip (a.k.a. Max Maven],
Sara, and Naomi, plus a half-
dozen grandchildren and
many, many friends. In lieu
of flowers, the family has
requested that donations be
made to the Brandeis
University Libraries. A
memorial service will be
held at Brandeis at a later
date.

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John-Edward Hill,
Dies at 54

lohn-Edward Hill, 54,
general manager of Spingold
Theater, died at his home in
Millis on [anuary 18 after
a year-and-a-half struggle
with hepatitis C. Since 1974
Hill managed almost 200
departmental and outside
productions at Spingold's
three theaters.

"Few people have had such
a significant effect on a
program at Brandeis as
John-Edward Hill did on
our theater," said President
Jehuda Reinharz. "His skill
at managing and producing
shows was extraordinary,
and his thoughtful relations
with his colleagues and
students will be long
remembered."

Hill was a coproducer of
the off-Broadway musical,
Peisonals, created by Marta
Kauffman 78 and David
Crane '79, who both went
on to later renown with the
television programs Dream
On and Friends. Personals,
which started as a Brandeis
undergraduate production,
toured European military
bases under USO auspices.
The New York production,
starring [ason Alexander,
received the Outer Critics
Circle award and a Drama
Desk nomination. Personals
was also produced in
London.

In 1977 and 1978 Hill
was involved in summer
productions that brought
acclaimed actresses Jean
Marsh and Irene Worth to
"Broadway at Brandeis."

At Brandeis, Hill could be
called upon by students and
others to find the most
obscure prop, script, or any
other need almost
instantaneously. Hill was
also known by his resonant
telephone voice, which
could be heard on the
University voice mail
system.

While an iVl.F.A. student at
Yale, he served as assistant
managing director for Yale
Repertory Theatre and was
general manager for Yale
Cabaret Theatre working
with the generation of actors
then coming out of Yale
Drama School such as
Christopher Durang and
Sigourney Weaver. As an
undergraduate at
Northwestern University,
he served as general
manager for the
Northwestern University's
Gilbert and Sullivan players.

As an actor, he played major
roles with The People's
Theater in Cambridge, with
the Northwestern
University Players, the
Evanston Children's Theatre,
Northwestern Opera
Workshop, Cheektowaga
Civic Theatre, and the
Lackawanna Civic Theatre,
among others. He was a
news director and radio
personality at WXRL in
Buffalo. At Brandeis he
played the role of the
Mikado.

Hill was active with the
American College Theatre
Festival (ACTF) and with
Eastern Massachusetts
Association of Community
Theatres (EMACTI, and
Paulette's Dance Studio,

facilitating their
productions on and off of
the Brandeis campus.

Hill received a B.S. from
Northwestern University in
1970, andanM.F.A. in
administration from Yale
University in 1974.

A memorial service was
held on January 21 in
Spingold Theater. Among
the tributes were loving
remembrances by Arthur
MacKenzie, concert pianist
and theatrical, television,
and concert producer,-
former Brandeis colleagues
Rabbi Al Alexrad, John Bush
Jones, and Theodore
Kazanoff; and Hill's father
and sister.

In his eulogy, Michael
Murray, the Blanche,
Barbara, and Irving Laurie
Adjunct Professor of Theater
Arts and director of the
Theater Arts Program, said
"|John-Edward's| sense of the
priorities for theater arts
went much deeper than
the typical manager because
of his background of
training at Northwestern
and Yale, his extensive
entrepreneurial ventures in
New York, and at Brandeis
his deep attachment to this
University, his firm personal
belief that we were doing
important work, and his
conviction that there was
always an answer, whatever
the challenge might be.

"There is no question that
theater has survived and
grown at Brandeis through
many challenges over 25

years, in large measure
because of his skill and
commitment. We will miss
him."

He is survived by his son
David, a junior at the Rivers
School, his father John Vernon
Hill, sisters Linda Hill and
Cindyann Hill and brother-
in-law Jed Harris. John-
Edward's wife, Barbara Harris,
died in November 2000.
Contributions can be made to
the John-Edward Hill Theater
Fund at Brandeis University,
415 South Street, Waltham,
MA 02453-2728.

John-Edward Hill

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Making the Grade

Recent Faculty Promotions
to Full Professor

Creative Arts
Music

Professor of Music Eric
Chasalow fias made his
principal mark as an
electronic composer; much
of his work combines
computer-generated sound
with live performers. He
is equally sophisticated in
the technological and the
musical aspects of computer
composition. His work is
eclectic, showing an ability
to make use of popular
music and a deep knowledge
of the western classical
music tradition. In
combining acoustical
instruments with computer
generated sounds, he has
been able to create an
authentic musical language
that also integrates the
nature of the sounds each
is capable of creating. His
work is performed
somewhere almost every
month, including venues in
Italy, Germany, France,
Sweden, Canada, China, and
Korea. Others in the field of
composition, and especially
electro-acoustic music, view
Chasalow as an innovator
and leader, calling him one
of the top composers of
electro-acoustic music in
the country. Chasalow has
completed, with Barbara
Cassidy, a compilation of
digitally recorded video
interviews with some of the
most prominent composers
and researchers in the field.
The Video Archive of
Electro-Acoustic Musicians.
This proiect is likely to
have an important and long-
lasting impact in the area of
electronic music.

He IS a founding member
of the CyberArts Festival.
As chair of the music
department, he has been
active in development,
staffing, and student
recruitment, focusing much
of his attention on the
undergraduate population
and on improving the
department's facilities.

Professor of Music David
Rakowski is regarded as
one of the most gifted and
productive composers of our
time. In the last two years,
he has been a finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize in music,
and received the American
Academy of Arts and Letters
Award. He writes m a wide
variety of media, from voice
and intimate chamber
ensembles to band and full
orchestra. His work is
widely and frequently
performed to great acclaim.
Senior colleagues call him
"brilliant," "truly inspired,"
"fantastically productive."
His work is original, made
with the highest levels of
craftsmanship and invention,
and always superbly scored.
His technique is mature,
sophisticated, and
resourceful, and his music
is strongly expressive and
satisfyingly varied,
characterized by elegant
counterpoint, a long-term
linear structure, complexity,
intellectual depth, and
abundant imagination.
Recent recordings include
Attitude Problem and
Hyperblue, three songs on
Poems of Louise Bogan, and
Nocturnal. He has received
two substantial
commissions from the
Network for New Music and
the U.S. Marine Band, and
has served as composer in
residence at the Bowdoin
Summer Festival and the
Composers Conference at
Wellesley College.

Rakowski is a charismatic
teacher who engages and
inspires his students. He
teaches the core course for
undergraduate concentrators,
an undergraduate
composition course, and the
graduate seminar in
composition, as well as
independent studies for
graduate and undergraduate
students and senior honors
courses. Rakowski's
contributions include
administration of the
Brandeis Contemporary
Chamber Players, and
service as undergraduate
advising head and as a
member of the Concert
Committee. He has also
participated in the
Committee to Review the
Cluster Requirement and
m the Interdisciplinary
Consilience Seminar.

Theater Arts

Professor Robert Moody is

recognized as one of the
major scenic artists in the
theater profession. He has
been praised for his
wide-ranging knowledge of
graphic and historical styles
and for his mastery of all
aspects of scenic painting
from the old school to
the most current techniques.
One senior colleague has
said that he "draws like
Raphael, drafts with the
finesse of a Canaletto, and
paints with the vigor of a
Caravaggio." His pen and
ink drawings of complicated
subjects are technically
excellent, and his
watercolors demonstrate a
gift for quickly expressing
color. His technical
proficiency is all the more
impressive when viewed on
the scale of stage drops
measuring 18 by 20 feet.

His artistic peers consider
him to be at the top of his
profession, describing him
as a "custodian of standards
and traditions" and "an
acknowledged master of the
scenic arts," who "ranks
with the very few great
scenic artists." Moody also
enjoys an excellent
reputation among directors
and designers. Since 1979,
he has served as scenic
artist on over 80 theatrical
productions at Brandeis and
on nearly 70 productions
outside the University. He is
invited to present teaching
and lecture demonstrations
on scene painting across the
nation.

Moody teaches courses in
drawing, set rendering,
scene painting and scenic
crafts. Several students have
said that he is the best
teacher they have had at
Brandeis, and many use
the word "mentor" to
describe his role in their
educational growth. He has
also participated m the
Brandeis University
Education Program's
Secondary School Visiting
Program for many years.

Social Science
Anthropology

Suice receiving tenure,
Professor of Anthropology
David lacobson has
published two books and
1 7 refereed articles. Reading
Ethnography, published in
1991, was the first book
to engage the postmodernist
critique of traditional
ethnography — a task that
few anthropologists were
willing to undertake at the
time. It is widely read in
anthropology courses, which
testifies to its importance
and contribution to the field.
Jacobson's second book,
Spying withtmt Spies
(coauthored with Charles

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Ziegler and published in
1995), draws upon recently
declassified documents of
the U.S. Government to
narrate the "origins of
America's secret nuclear
surveillance system." Most
recently, (acobson has
addressed a ubiquitous
phenomenon in modern
life — cyberspace, by seeking
to explore hovv' users
represent others and how
these conceptions are
structured.

Jacobson has offered a wide
array of courses on 18
different subjects over the
past two decades; these
courses vary from
mandatory courses for
graduate students to large
courses for a diverse
undergraduate audience. He
has served as departmental
chair and undergraduate
advising head, and
participated on more than
20 committees, many of
critical importance to the
planning and operation of
the University.

Sociology

A sociologist. Professor
Catmen Sirianni's research
focuses on organizational
studies and participatory
democracy. His latest book.
Civic Innovation m
America, coauthored with
Lewis Friedland was
published by the University
of California Press, and is
a major contribution to the
current social scientific
discussion of democratic
participation in
contemporary American life,
a central issue in modern
political sociology. Other
books published since his
tenure at Brandeis include
Working in the Service

Society, edited with
Cameron Macdonald (one of
his Ph.D. students, now on
the faculty at the University
of Connecticut); a revised
and expanded version of
his earlier work, Critical
Studies in Organization and
Bureaucracy, edited with
Frank Fischer; and a
coedited volume. Working
Time in Transition: the
Pohtical Economy of
Working Hours m Industrial
Nations. Sirianni also serves
as editor for the Civic
Practices Network and
coeditor of an influential
series of 43 monographs on

"Labor and Social Change"
for the Temple University
Press. His next project on

"Leadership Networks for
Civic Renewal," sponsored
by the Pew Charitable Trust,
will use network analysis to
identify emergent leadership
and action models in highly
diversified community and
institutional settings.

Sirianni teaches Order and
Change, as well as the
introductory course for
Heller School doctoral
students and courses
including Community
Empowerment and Civic
Democracy, Organizations
and Social Change, Political
Sociology, and The Work
of Citizens. He has served
on the Educational Policy
Committee, and chaired his
department's Graduate
Committee, Graduate
Curriculum Revision
Subcommittee, and
Graduate Admissions
Committee. He has also
served as an advisor to
or on the advisory board
of many institutions related
to civic innovation, such
as the Kettering Foundation
Board of Trustees and the
National Commission on
Civic Renewal.

Science
IVIathematics
Bong Lian has been
piomoted to a full professor
of mathematics. His early
work in mathematic
conformal field theory is
still held in high regard,
but his recent proof, with
K. Liu and Shing-Tung Yau,
of the mirror conjecture
is considered one of the
milestones of contemporary
mathematics. Using an
array of tools from algebraic
geometry, complex analysis,
and topology, Lian's work
has resulted in an
impressive series of papers
on the foundations of mirror
symmetry, a mathematical
distillation of a fundamental
principle of duality in
mathematical physics. Lian
also publishes papers in
vertex operator algebras. His
accomplishments since
tenure are viewed as highly
innovative and as
establishing him as a
mathematician of the first
rank. His research is at the
interface of mathematics
and theoretical high-energy
physics, and physicists and
mathematicians speak of
Lian with the same respect
and appreciation for his
accomplishments. Lian has
been invited to lecture at
30 or more conferences,
workshops, colloquia, and
seminars in the last few
years; his work has been
supported by a National
Science Foundation grant for
the last five years.

Lian's teaching assignments
have included undergraduate
and graduate courses in
many topics. He authored
an advising handbook for
undergraduates, has served
the department as
colloquium chair, and will
serve as graduate advisor in
the coming year.

Physics

Bulbul Chakraborty,

professor of physics, research
interests concern two
theoretical subjects: glass
transitions and kinetics of
ordering in metal alloys. Her
scholarship, which reflects a
high level of expertise in
the analytic and numerical
methods of statistical
physics, IS motivated by
a desire to understand
experimentally observed
phenomena, an important
aspect of research in
condensed matter physics.
Her work encompasses basic
theory and computer
simulations. Chakraborty's
work provides new insight
into the origin of glassy
behavior in physical systems
without quenched disorder.
She has also pioneered the
use of sophisticated energy
calculations based on
quantum mechanics to
develop effective free energy
functionals.

Chakraborty has published
extensively and has a
continuous record of grant
support from the National
Science Foundation and the
Department of Energy. She
has taught courses in
statistical mechanics and
condensed matter physics,
at the undergraduate and
graduate level. She has
served on a number of
University and departmental
committees, participated in
the Summer Odyssey
Program, and advised first
year students. She currently
serves as the graduate
advisor to her department
and a member of the
interdisciplinary Consilience
Seminar. She has also been
instrumental in leading
several local seminars on
statistical physics for faculty
in the Boston area.

23 Brandeis Review

Knowledge Adva n/c i ry g

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by Cristm Carr

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Documenting the newest scientific
knowledge on early childhood development.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods is
being universally hailed as the most potent
ammunition of the past quarter-century
to influence national policy that promotes
the well being of children.

I he

I he very morning of the September 1 1
attacks, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.,
dean of Brandeis's Heller School for
Social Policy and Management, was
headed to the United States Senate
to deliver testimony addressing early
childhood policy. Although his message
wfas not heard by the Senate that
day, the urgency to ensure a promismg
future for all children echoed
throughout our nation as it lifted itself
from the terror — a future Shonkoff
continues to advocate.

Shonkoff's commitment to the health
and development of our youngest
children is reflected in his work as
chair of the National Research Council
and Institute of Medicine (lOM)
Committee on Integrating the Science
of Early Childhood Development at the
National Academies.

Recognized recently by the Academies
with a lifetime appointment as a
national associate, he was honored
for his extraordinary contributions in
advising the government on advancing
the well-being of our nation's children.

"The time has come to stop blaming
parents, communities, business, and
government — and to shape a shared
agenda to ensure a rewarding childhood
and a promising future for all our
children," said Shonkoff, who is also
the Rose B. Gingold Professor of
Human Development and Social Policy
at Brandeis. "When our public policies

dismiss or ignore the science of early
childhood development," Shonkoff
notes, "our children pay the price and
we miss an opportunity to address the
underlying roots of many important
national concerns."

As chair of a committee of
distinguished scientists who conducted
a critical analysis of current knowledge
about development in the first five
years of life, he coedited the widely
acclaimed report, Fron2 Neurons to
Neighborhoods: The Science of Early
Childhood Development, which was
cited by the outgoing president of the
lOM as one of the most important
reports issued by the Institute in the
last decade.

"From Neurons to Neighborhoods is a
significant breakthrough," said Senator
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.| "This
report translates the science of early
childhood development into a clear and
understandable vision for the nation's
youngest children."

The report calls for a new national
dialogue focused on rethinking the
meaning of shared responsibility for
children and strategic investment in
their future. All of the committee's
conclusions and recommendations
were subjected to the rigorous review
standards of the National Academies.

"The fact that all of this comes out
under the auspices of the National
Academy of Sciences cannot be
underestimated," said Deborah A.
Phillips, chair of the Department of

Psychology at Georgetown University
and coeditor of the report. "This is
the first major report to look so
comprehensively at the earliest years
of life, to integrate basic and applied
science, to ask what develops and what
influences development, and to direct
this science towards a set of very
clear recommendations for policy and
research."

Edward Zigler, one of the nation's most
respected senior child policy experts
and the founding director of Head
Start in 1965, further emphasized the
report's significance in rediscovering
the integration of emotional, social,
and intellectual development.

"This is the most significant report
in the area of child development in
the last 25 years," stated Zigler, the
Sterling Professor of Psychology and
director of the Bush Center in Child

"When our
public policies
dismiss or
ignore the
science of early
childhood
development,
our children
pay the price."

Jack Shonkoff,
M.D.

25 Brandeis Review

Development and Social Policy at Yale
University. "It rediscovers the 'whole
child approach' instead of looking at
a child as a disembodied, cognitive
computer that we're supposed to
program with instructions."

From Neurons to Neighborhoods
documents the extraordinary burst of
scientific knowledge that has been
produced about development from
birth to age 5, notes the dramatic
social and economic changes that have
affected family life in recent decades,
and comments on the extent to which
current policies do not fully capitalize
on the available knowledge base.

"There is a compelling need for more
constructive dialogue between those
who support massive public
investments in early childhood services
and those who question their cost
and ask whether they really make a
difference," said Shonkoff. "Advocates
of earlier and more intervention have
an obligation to measure their impacts
and costs. Skeptics, in turn, must
acknowledge the massive scientific
evidence that early childhood
development is influenced by the
environments in which children live."

Shonkoff cites four major conclusions
from the report that set a context for a
series of recommendations for policies
and services to address the needs of
young children.

The first major conclusion mdicates
that human development is determined
by nature and nurture.

"Molecular biologists at the forefront
of the Human Genome Project and
leading behavioral scientists agree that
each of us is the product of a
unie^ue genetic endowment and the
influence of our personal life
experiences," said Shonkoff. "For
young children, beginning at birth,
the question is not whether early
experience matters but rather how
early experiences shape individual
development."

According to Samuel J. Meisels,
president of the Erikson Institute,
an independent, academic institution
that prepares child development
professionals for leadership roles. From
Neurons to Neighborhoods sends an
important message about the multiple
forces that influence development.

"This report takes the issue of nature vs.
nurture and asks us to question genetic
endowment and examine how it is
expressed," said Meisels. "It also asks
us to consider intellectual and social
development, which is very relevant
when designing policies that can have
an impact on children's development."

A second major conclusion reached
by the committee is that human
relationships are the "active ingredient"
of environmental influence on child
development.

"Children's early development is
influenced most significantly by the
health and well being of their parents,"
said Shonkoff. "It is also affected by the
quality of their relationships with the
other important people in their lives,
who increasingly include non-family
providers of early care and education."

He notes further that these
relationships define the cultural
context within which core values are
transmitted from one generation to
the next.

A third core conclusion of the report
indicates that the early emergence of
intelligence, emotional regulation, and
social skills are highly interrelated and
that the development of competence
in each is closely intertwined with
the others. According to Shonkoff,
before their first birthday, children can
feel the exhilaration of mastering a
challenging task as well as the deep
and lasting sadness that results from
serious trauma, loss, or early personal
rejection. As their brains mature, their
ability to master new skills grows,
and these emerging learning abilities
are linked closely to their capacity to
regulate their feelings and control their
own behavior.

The fourth key conclusion is that
early childhood programs that deliver
carefully designed services by well-
trained staff can have significant
positive impacts on young children
with a wide range of developmental
difficulties. Interventions that work
are rarely simple, inexpensive, or easy
to implement, however, and poorly

"This is the
most significant
report
in the area
of child
development
in the
last 25 years."

Edward Zigler

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designed programs with inadequate
funding are unlikely to produce
significant benefits.

"There are no magic bullets or quick
fixes for addressing the complexities
of human development," said Shonkoff.

"However, state-of-the-art services that
are funded sufficiently are a wise public
investment that is likely to return
short-term developmental dividends
and long-term human capital gains."

The committee's findings emphasize
that in order to secure the economic
and political future of our nation
we must invest wisely in the health
and development of all our children,
well before the start of school. In
addition, we must learn from rigorous
evaluations of those investments, and
focus on the return in long-term
growth rather than short-term savings.

"The gap between what we know and
what we do to promote the well being
of children is unacceptably wide," said
Shonkoff.

In his dual roles at Brandeis, Shonkoff
illustrates leadership through his
passionate commitment to beneficial
social change — a core value of The
Heller School.

"Many of our public policies and human
services are markedly inconsistent with
state-of-the-art science," said Shonkoff.

"lust like the incredibly talented and
hard-working committee that produced
From Neurons to Neighborhoods, The
Heller School is dedicated to closing
that gap."

A board-certified pediatrician with two
decades of practical experience in the
delivery of health care and early
childhood intervention services,
Shonkoff brings a longstanding,
personalized approach to addressing the
physical, emotional, and social needs of
children.

"lack's interested in making an impact,"
said Zigler. "As a pediatrician he has
taken his knowledge about children
and applied it to social policy."

Through his writings and presentations
at numerous public forums, Shonkoff
continues to be influential as he
communicates the need for a sense
of shared public responsibility for
our youngest children. This is also
exemplified by his contributions to
many professional and public interest
advisory boards, including recent
service on the Governing Council of
the Society for Research in Child
Development and membership in the
scientific core group of the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Research Network on Early Experience
and Brain Development.

An author of more than 120
publications, Shonkoff also was the
principal investigator of the Early
Intervention Collaborative Study, the

"From Neurons to
Neighborhoods is a
significant breakthrough.
This report translates
the science of early
childhood development
into a clear and
understandable vision
for the nation's youngest
children."

Senator Edward M.
Kennedy

largest and longest-running
longitudinal study of developmentally
vulnerable children and their families
in the United States. The time and
expertise he has invested in the future
of our nation's children provides a
model of how we can close the gap
between what we know and what
we do. "Bridging that gap — mobilizing
knowledge to advance social justice,"
says Shonkoff, "is what The Heller
School at Brandeis is all about."

"As editor of the report and chair of the
Committee on Integrating the Science
of Early Childhood Development, Jack
Shonkoff, dean of The Heller School
at Brandeis, has done an outstanding
job in helping to shape more effective
national policy for America's children,"
said Senator Kennedy.

For more information about Neurons
to Neighborhoods or The Heller School
for Social Policy and Management,
please call 800-379-410S. ■

Cristin Can is a media relations
specialist at Brandeis University.

27 Hrandcis Review

Peace Scholars:

What is Their Role in a

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"No one ever became tolerant :

because they were told to do so.
Tolerance comes from
shared activities, shared failures, and

shared successes. The appreciation
of diversity springs from sharing."

— Peter Cool<son Jr., President, Teachers College
Innovations, Columbia University

by Ellen Freeman Roth '80

The steady spirit in the Peace
Scholars's passionate voices at Brandeis
offers a reprieve from the staccato
gunfire and explosions in their native
Israel. They speak of coexistence,
commonalities, and understanding pain
rather than the intransigence and
enmity that many others view as
defining features of current Israeli-Arab
relationships. The four Peace Fellows
on four-year scholarships at Brandeis —
two Palestinian Israelis, one Jewish
Israeli, and one Jordanian — and two
Brandeis graduates who were Peace
Fellows — a Palestinian and Jewish
Israeli — have different heritages and
often divergent political perspectives.
But all uphold the singular vision
of finding a peaceful solution to the
conflict in the Middle East.

These expressions of a handful of
people hardly register through the din
of war. Their message and strategies
aren't heard by political leaders or
detailed on editorial pages. Yet even as
the violence in Israel has escalated,
the Peace Scholars have remained
resolute. "It's important now that
people hear our voices," says Maisa
Khshaibon '03, a Palestinian Israeli
in her junior year as a Peace Fellow.
Khshaibon's family has lived in the
village Kfar Kana near Haifa since
before Israel's statehood. "We need to
show people that after living in
a region where violence is accepted, we
still believe there's a better solution.
Others need to see that those of
us from Israel believe in peace even
though the situation isn't promising."

The opportunity for Peace Scholars
to have an impact increases when
conditions between Jews and Arabs
are poor, says Alan B. Slifka, New
York-based investment manager and
philanthropist whose family funded
the scholarships. The scholarships

are named for his parents, Joseph
and Sylvia Slifka. "Newspaper
headlines and tensions engender fear.
There's much stereotyping and
dehumanization during these times,
so it's dramatic when those involved
break down initial barriers to discover
that the people they were demonizing
are human beings."

Being a Slifka Peace Scholar dismantled
stereotypes for Taher Baderkhan '03, a
Brandeis junior from Amman, Jordan:
"Before I came to Brandeis I'd never
met a Jew or an Israeli. Coming here
was a big adventure. I'd heard stories
from people in the community that
prompted me to create a different view
than the reality. Now I've had a lot
of opportunity to talk with Jews and
hear their points of view, and that has
changed my ideas about Israelis and
Jews.

"In the same way, many people I meet
have crazy ideas about Arabs from the
media or from other people, but they've
never met an Arab. I hear those views
and offer my perspective. I encourage
those people not to create their images
from one source but to investigate, to
look for other sides of the story."

The two-way street that Baderkhan
describes is part of the infrastructure
the Slifka Peace Scholarship Program
aims to build. The scholarship program
has two facets: it enlightens Israeli
students about coexistence and informs
American students about the nature
and depth of Israeli society. Slifka
explains, "Because Israel is the
homeland to the Jewish people, it
is essential that the state retain its
character. At the same time it's
imperative that Israel conducts its
affairs so that its 20 percent Arab
minority — which was a majority prior
to Israel's creation in 1948 — feels
that its members are equal, respected
citizens treated by the state with
dignity and civility.

"In order to create a culture of
coexistence, you have to create
leadership of young people who know
and respect each other," Slifka

continues. "Bringing an Arab and Jew
from Israel to Brandeis every four years
will, in time, produce a cadre of
people with shared experience that will
enable them to inform and empower
others. It's also important that Jewish
students at Brandeis meet Israeli Jews
and Arabs. Meeting Israeli Jews fosters
identification with Israel and interest
in visiting the Jewish homeland.
Getting to know Israeli Arabs helps
American Jews recognize that part of
their responsibility in supporting Israel
is ensuring they don't foster an Arab
underclass by ignoring Israel's Arab
citizens."

Applicants for Slifka Peace Scholarships
go through a selection process in Israel
that considers their high school grades,
recommendations, English exam, and
interviews. Political views are not a
consideration in the selection process.
While most Peace Scholars don't enroll
at Brandeis as emissaries of
Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, their
involvement in Arab-Jewish dialogue
groups and coalition-building retreats
fuels their advocacy of a peaceful
solution in their homeland.

Maisa Khshaibon '03 says that when
she began her fellowship at Brandeis,
she knew she would be working
with students. "But I never knew I'd
become so involved. My coexistence
work has become a major part of my
life at Brandeis. It's what I work for
and believe in. When you realize the
resources Brandeis makes available to
help you, you develop more courage."

"We have open doors to support
our efforts," notes Peace Scholar
Marina Pevzner '04, a Jewish Israeli
who emigrated from Estonia to Israel
at 10 years old. "The directors of
the campus Coexistence Center, the
Women's Studies Center, the Ethics
Center — they encourage us and provide
funding and guidance for programs we
develop."

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"The dialogue isn't about

convincing others about right or wrong
but about understanding and listening.
You have to step away from the

ping-pong of mutual blame."

One such program is the Arab-Israeli
Dialogue Group, started by former
Peace Scholar Forsan Hussein '00 and
his close friend at Brandeis Michael
Bavly '00, a Jewish Israeli. Hussein
came to Brandeis from Sha'ab, a small
Arab Israeli village in the Galilee,
and now works as a communications
associate at The Abraham Fund in
New York, a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to promoting coexistence
between Jewish and Arab Israeli
citizens. Alan Slifka is cofounder of
The Abraham Fund.

Hussein explains the Dialogue Group's
inception: "Michael and I realized early
in our friendship that I had to learn the
Jewish narrative and his perception of
me and of the confhct, and he needed
to understand mine. As an Arab, I
have different stories of heritage and
different views than he does. These
stereotypes and opposing views make
the conflict so huge.

"Through dialogue we could begin
walking on the right path because
listening is the beginning of peace,
to quote world peace scholar Elise
Boulding. It's only when you listen
to every word and try to relate to
someone's narrative that you decide
not to dehumanize the other, to look at
him in the eye as an equal partner who
wants to make peace with you."

Hussein continues, "When we started,
we wanted to know more about each
other, to know each other's stories. And
we had fun. Initially there were several
men and we talked about girls and
food, then we talked about the conflict.
We weren't interested in reshaping the
Middle East and resolving issues of
borders and refugees but rather why, for

instance, most people haven't heard of
the Al-Naqba Palestinian catastrophe
in 1948."

Dialogue Group cofounder Bavly, not a
Peace Scholar but highly involved in
conflict resolution, talks of the group's
commitment. "What made it last was
the realization that no matter how
strong the disagreements, we would
stick with the effort. Even when people
called Zionism a disease, we would not
leave the room but would listen to
their reasoning and then explain why
that attitude is hurtful. The dialogue
isn't about convincing others about
right or wrong but about understanding
and listening. You have to step away
from the ping-pong of mutual blame.

"The debates were amazing. We shouted,
argued, and explained. And we always
had food on the table, our native
foods like hummus and labene (Middle
Eastern yogurt). When you have food in
your mouth you can't talk. You have to
listen."

Palestinians, Israeli Jews, Jordanians,
Lebanese, Syrians, and American Jews
compose the current Dialogue Group.
"It's one of the most important things
we do," notes current Peace Scholar
Khshaibon. "People from the Middle
East and the United States come
together and believe in change. We
discuss explosive topics from the safety
of our group. After a heated discussion,
someone can say, 'Although I don't agree
with you, I understand your point.'"

"We don't agree on many things," says
Pevzner, "but we're able to trust each
other so we try to understand and learn
from each other. Sometimes you have
this 'wow' feeling that's created in a
setting where so many different people
come together. It's a microcosm — by
seeing it in our group, we see that it is
possible on a larger scale.

"This work needs to occur on two
levels — a grassroots level and a political
level. I think it's more rewarding to
work at the grassroots level but more
effective on the political level. Maybe if
you put Arafat and Sharon through the
process we're starting, have them play
silly games, smile at each other, and be
nice to each other, they will establish
trust through which they can see each
other not as enemies with a winner
and loser but as people who can gain
from finding common ground. It's not
necessary to reach political agreement
on everything but it is possible to come
to a place where both parties' most
important needs are satisfied."

Pevzner's perspective on conflict
resolution grew not only out of her
involvement in the Dialogue Group but
from her civil service work after high
school with Arab and Israeli youths. "I
came from a background of work in
coexistence. Since the intifadas started,
I've struggled between my desire for
personal growth and my need to be in
Israel working for change in a peaceful
way."

This summer Pevzner returned to Israel
to conduct research on women's role
in the peace process. Peace Scholar
Khshaibon also spent time in Israel as

Maisa Khshaibon '03 and Marina Pevzner '04

30 Brandeis Review

part of her study to promote coexistenee.
Pevzner and Khshaibon, best friends,
buoyed each other back home as both
were shaken by the violence and
transformation they witnessed in Israel.

"Haifa used to be a place where people
wouldn't look at you differently if you
were an Arab," Khshaibon describes.

"But this summer when I traveled by
bus and spoke Arabic, people stared.
In lerusalem I didn't feel safe speaking
Arabic on the street. Many of my
Jewish Israeli friends made me feel
suddenly less welcome. And my views
were strikingly different from those of
my Arab friends as well."

As a Jew with left-wing politics,
Pevzner faced a different brand of
antagonism. "I was working in a
women's peace organization and
wearing a shirt that says in Hebrew
'Daughter of Peace.' I went to buy a
falafel and the vendor said, 'You're not
ashamed of yourself wearing this shirt?'
Another day I was standing in a silent
demonstration and was called every
curse you could hear.

"Women in Israel play an important
role in trying to mobilize objection
to the one-sided consensus. We engage
in peaceful activities like going to
checkpoints. Our presence influences
soldiers to be more sensitive.

"In my work this summer, I found
that it's the Palestinian and Jev/ish
women working together, not the
men, engaged in peace work. While
women were giving speeches in peace
demonstrations, you heard bombs
dropping in the background. Maybe it's
because in Israeli society the men focus
on the army.

"But my views still are different
from those of the average Jewish
Israeli woman," Pevzner continues.

"Maisa has an easier situation. Society
allows her views because of her Arab
background. I'm more alone with my
politics in Israeli Jewish society. Now,
though, with the country resorting to

violence, it's easier for me to make my
argument. Every day there is suffering
on both sides, the hatred and gap
between Palestinians and Jews has
grown. So I argue, 'Show me how your
way has made things better. You can't.'
People can not live with this approach
of not negotiating."

Coexistence is the drumbeat sounded
by Peace Scholars, supporters, and
many academics in the field.
"Coexistence work frees leaders to
move through conversations at all
levels of society," according to Mari
Fitzduff, professor of conflict studies
and director of the Initiative on
Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity of
the University of Ulster and the United
Nations University. "Coexistence
efforts give people space to deal with
each others' fears and anger."

"Peacebuilding is about duality, about
Arab and Jew brainstorming, doing
the work together based on mutual
interests," says former Peace Scholar
Hussein. "While the Israeli Declaration
of Independence guarantees me full
equality, the mindset of the people
perpetuates ignorance, superficiality,
and arrogance. Arab friends back home
see discrimination every day. It makes
them bitter. The only way for us to be
equal citizens in Israel is to reach out to
the other side, to destroy what we've all
created through decades of intolerance.

Khshaibon relates, "Much of the world
tells Marina and me that we're
supposed to be enemies. But if I'm
upset about what's going on in Israel,
Marina is the first one I talk to. She
understands what I'm going through,
and vice versa. We may disagree on
specific issues but we always find
common ground."

"We connect because of our
commonalities," Pevzner adds. "And
the fact that we're best friends is a
mirror of our message," a message that
Pevzner and Khshaibon communicate
in speeches about coexistence through
the year. Former Peace Scholars
Hussein and his close friend Yoav
Borowitz '00, originally from Tel Aviv

Taher Baderkhan '03

and now working in New York,
also remain involved in coexistence
initiatives.

Pevzner says, "Much of the coexistence
work done during the years of the Oslo
peace negotiations stopped. The system
created to support the work wasn't
strong enough to withstand more
serious challenges. When we create
new coexistence educational programs,
we need to consider how to enable
them to withstand moments where the
relationship between Arabs and Jews
is not good. If you come from a basic
attitude that violence is wrong, you can
sustain a commitment to coexistence
efforts."

Scholarship benefactor Alan Slifka
holds that every child in Israel should
receive a coexistence education,
"which along with government policies
furthering socioeconomic equality can
go a long way to promote tolerance
and respect." He explains, "Terrorism
arises in part from people feeling
impotent, humiliated, disrespected,
and unseen. Enhancing coexistence
programs like the Peace Scholarships
is part of the solution to creating
a society where there is respect for
difference. "■

Ellen Freeman Roth '80. is a freelance
writer in Weston. Massachusetts.

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Ihink "detective" and the first
image that comes to mind may be
a tightly wound character in a trench
coat, crouching, face obscured by his
hat brim shadow, sneal<ing around
barricades brandishing a gun. But not
so fast. In today's Internet-dominated,
complex arena of commerce, crime
follows the marketplace, and detection
of that crime demands a whole new
mindset.

by Marjorie Lyon

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secrets, Internet-launched smears and
sexual harassment, cyber-extortions,
anonymous postings of inside
information on Internet chat boards,
and electronic fabrication of evidence
in litigations. The firm also consults to
detect and prevent the risk conditions
that lead to such incidents, and
forensically examines hard drives
and media in criminal and civil
investigations.

Pandemic viruses
that rage across the
Internet make
the headlines, but
a constant rash
of nameless, more
parochial crimes
are committed
daily throughout
the ether, crimes
corporate and
personal, leaving
new kinds of
evidence for a new
kind of private eye.

source of an attack, and then actually
putting a person at that keyboard. For
example, as a prosecutor I had a
case where the evidence leading to a
search warrant indicated the dad was
launching an attack from his home
computer, and as we started to put
cuffs on the dad, the son confessed to
launching the attack. It was the dad's
computer, and the dad's account, but
the son was getting on during the day."

Enter Eric Friedberg '78. A former
lead computer crimes prosecutor in
the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn,
Friedberg and his partner Edward M.
Stroz (the founder and former head
of the FBI's computer crimes squad
in New York) have brought their law
enforcement orientation, investigative
expertise, and dedication to truth-
finding to a consulting practice, Stroz
Associates, LLC, that is focused on
responding to live incidents of
computer crime. Most of these
incidents are perpetrated by corporate
insiders, and involve data sabotage,
computer-enabled theft of trade

"You can't address computer crime
just with technical solutions. You
have to have a multidisciplinary
approach — employing gum shoe
investigative techniques, forming
trusted relationships in the community,
utilizing behavioral scientists to assess
the level of threat, using psychology
to profile the perpetrator's personality,"
explains Friedberg.

"Most computer crime is a 'whodunit?'"
he adds. "You know what is happening
to your system or your email account
or your data, but you don't know
who is doing it. Generally speaking,
there are two challenges: identifying
an actual computer as the originating

A more complex case: an introverted,
asocial, very smart man develops a
crush on a pretty secretary at his firm
and is rebuffed. He starts harassing
her in minor ways at the company.
As a result, he is fired. And that is
when the trouble really starts. As an IT
employee, he has access to the names
and passwords of all the users in the
company. Using extensive knowledge
of the company's network, he breaks
into its computer system from the
outside. Assuming the identity of
four people, he makes veiled threats
against the company and against the
secretary via the Internet.

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"You can't address
computer crime just with
technical solutions.
You have to have a
multidisciplinary approach.

He breaks into an email account
she has at Columbia University (she
used the same password), and starts
rummaging through her email looking
for embarrassing material. Then he
sets up phony Yahoo and Hotmail
accounts to look as though they are
her accounts. He takes her stolen
emails from Columbia, transfers them
to the fake accounts and then sends
them back to her bosses at the
company, making it look as though
she is engaged in inappropriate
behavior.

But he slips up when he sends
an email to the company's Website,
lodging a complaint against his victim.
The firewall at the Website captures the
originating address — the IP address of
his new place of employment. But
that still only leads the detectives to a
building. Now the Issue Is: how do you
get from the building to the person?
"This is where the issue of trust comes
up, and how trusted relationships are
critical to solving computer crimes,"
says Friedberg.

To narrow the hunt from the building
to the person, Friedberg cold calls the
CIO of the perpetrator's new employer,
explaining, "I believe there is an
attack coming from your system." He
persuades the CIO to agree to meet in
person, rather than talk about it on the
phone. "I'm taking a certain amount
of risk in giving him my information.
Because if he goes off half-cocked
and confronts the perpetrator right
away, since there is potential violence
involved, I've put my client at risk. So
there is a huge amount of trust and
interpersonal relationships that go into
it. If I give you this information, do I
trust you enough that we can work it
out in a way that protects both of us?"
explains Friedberg.

They meet in person, discovering that
the company's deputy of security and
Friedberg have many mutual friends,
and a basis of trust is established.
At night, when the perpetrator isn't
there, Friedberg forensically images
his hard drive. He finds imprints
of the perpetrator uploading stolen
Information from his A drive, and

1,800 emails that he has stolen from
the victim's Columbia account, which
is very incriminating.

Through interviews Friedberg
establishes a motive — the perpetrator
was rebuffed by the victim. In tandem
with the technical evidence,
circumstantial evidence starts to build
up. "He also slips up by using a stolen
two-way pager during the night to
threaten her, and during the day to
apply for jobs, sending his real name
to prospective employers," Friedberg
explains. "In that case we did a
criminal referral so we were able
to leverage our investigative power;
through the subpoena power of law
enforcement, we obtained the paging
company's logs, which revealed the
job applications. That put the
perpetrator 'at the keyboard'"

Often a company does not want
to get law enforcement involved
because law enforcement has a
slightly different agenda. Tremendous
leverage is gained, but the price

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'Trusted relationships are critical

to solving computer crimes.

to the corporation can be a degree
of loss of control. Friedberg helps
ameliorate that loss of control,
through a solid understanding of
how the process works and through
personal relationships with people
involved. When a client refers the
case to law enforcement, Friedberg
works with either the FBI, the NYPD's
computer crimes squad, or the U.S.
Secret Service Electronic CrimesTask
Force in New York, a multidisciplinary
and technically sophisticated local,
state, and federal corporate task
force that is based on widespread
information sharing.

Another case in point: one of the
largest independent Internet securities
trading firms has been targeted for
two days by denial-of-service attacks.
This form of sabotage involves the
sending of huge packets of data from
a remote location that cause the
firm's servers to crash for hours at
a time. A prolonged denial-of-service
cripples a firm. The target company
suspects a database programmer who
is disgruntled by his severance
negotiations. Friedberg is called in.
The attack is traced to a PC at a
Kinko's copy shop in Manhattan. The
IP address of the attacking computer
isn't transmitted in a form that can
be captured, but is visible during the
attack, allowing the company to locate
the Kinko's machine in real time.

Then the perpetrator slips up. The IP
address is linked to a computer in
the library of his college. Friedberg
has by this time worked with the
trading firm to make a criminal
referral to his former colleagues at the
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern
District of New York and the U.S.
Secret Service. Within a half hour of
the attack, a Secret Service Agent
arrives in the library. The perpetrator is
gone. But the agent learns the identity

of the former student from a librarian
who recognized him. "What was he
doing while he was launching his
attack?" explains Friedberg. "Stupidly,
he was reading his emails from his
personal email account. So when
agents seized the computer from the
library and did the forensics, they
could recreate his sessions, in which
he was checking his email. That
proved his identity." The suspect was
arrested, detained without bail, and
later indicted. He pleaded guilty to
launching the attacks in violation of
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
and was sentenced to eight months in
prison.

A philosophy major who played
varsity soccer for three years at
Brandeis, Friedberg earned a law
degree at Brooklyn Law School and
worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom in New York for six
years, growing increasingly interested
in public service in the form of
criminal prosecutions. Friedberg, who
writes poetry, remembers that when
he left private practice, taking a
$90,000 pay cut, he was happy to
make decisions based on the right
thing. "I went from shopping at
Barneys to shopping at the Gap. And
it was totally worth it. They were the
best years of my life," he says of
his 12-year career beginning in 1989
as a prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's
Office for the Eastern District of
NewYork. Focusing on South
American drug trafficking and
narco-terrorism, investigating and
prosecuting importation, hostage-
taking. Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations (RICO), and
murder-for-hire cases, Friedberg
investigated and tried the case against
six conspirators responsible for the
Cali-Cartel-ordered assassination of
Manuel de Dios Unanue, the former
editor in chief of El-Diario, New
York's largest Spanish-language daily
newspaper. He began investigating

'Before, he was dealing
with secretaries and
middle managers, and now
he is dealing with guys
with raid jackets, guns,
and battering rams. That
usually causes people
to be a little more candid."

computer crimes cases, becoming
the computer and telecommunications
coordinator at the office. He
investigated and prosecuted cases
involving computer intrusions,
denial-of-service attacks, criminal
trademark and copyright infringement,
computer hardware and software
counterfeiting, e-commerce fraud,
telecommunications billing fraud,
illegal electronic surveillance, and
Internet-related trade secret theft.

A third case: an outnumbered voice in
a boardroom doesn't like a particular
corporate decision and decides to get
even with the company. He leaks news
about a stock the company is about to
issue by posting sensitive information
onYahoo Finance. The company comes
to Friedberg to ask; "Can you find out
who is making these postings?" They
don't want a prosecution, they want to
keep it low profile.

"Since 80 percent of computer crime
comes from the inside," explains
Friedberg, "your first thought is
maybe the person is sloppy enough
to be making his postings from
work." Friedberg can set up search
parameters, "sniffer" programs, or
other kinds of investigative tools
that allow him to actually see the
information going out of the client's
network on an ongoing basis. If the
client stores email — let's say they have
10,000 employees — a huge amount of
Web traffic is going out to the Internet
during the day. Friedberg has tools
(such as Silent Runner developed by
Raytheon) that will search through
50,000 emails in five minutes looking
for thatYahoo Finance address. "What
if that guy uses the same screen name

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in a searchable Internet chat room? Or
we have had cases where somebody
uses that same screen name while
engaging in other activity on the
Internet, and then we can search the
Internet for that screen name," says
Friedberg. Sometimes he can lure the
suspect from a chat room into making
certain technical decisions that make
it easier to identify him. For example,
Friedberg establishes an undercover
dialogue and sends the suspect a
piece of HTML mail that he asks him
to open. The protocol will send back a
record of the suspect's IP address.

But a sophisticated person is probably
not going to chat with somebody he
doesn't know. If he does, he is not
going to open up anything he doesn't
have control over. If he does have
control over it, he is not going to open
it up from an IP address that is actually
associated with where he really is. In
other words, he may access his mail
from someplace like Kinkos. But let's
say the suspect is sloppy, and he
has a cable modem. Cable modems
have fixed IP addresses that actually
correspond to the owner's house. If he
identifies himself in that fashion, he
has basically led somebody right back
to his house.

Luckily for corporations, many internal
crimes are committed by people who
are simply aggravated and frustrated
by workplace situations. Their level of
frustration is so high that it clouds
whatever ability they might have to
technically cover their tracks. And
when law enforcement is called in,
they are ill equipped to cope. "When
the basic IT guy gets a bunch of people
busting down his door, he realizes
he has just dropped into a different
league," says Friedberg. "Before, he

was dealing with secretaries and
middle managers, and now he is
dealing with guys with raid jackets,
guns, and battering rams. That usually
causes people to be a little more
candid."

There are ways to monitor network
use. Friedberg lets the network itself
define what is normal. "Let's say you
are in a hospital, and surgery begins
between 7:00 and 9:00 am," suggests
Friedberg. "There's a lot of activity at a
certain time that includes similar data.
We can cluster that data and segregate
it on one side of the screen. If at 2:00
in the morning there is a 20-meg file
transfer to Thailand, that pops up as
aberrant behavior. We let the network
define what is aberrant, and then drill
down into the aberration. We may find
that once a month a report goes to
the parent company inThailand, and
then we reprogram the interface to call
that normal. And we can also use it
in reverse. What if 20 people in your
company are operating an Amway
distributorship during company time?
(A true story.) All of that data is going
to look similar, but not like anything
else."

In hot pursuit of those who are
technically savvy, just plain mad, or
both, Friedberg loves his job. ("What
boy doesn't grow up wanting to play
cops and robbers?") "I like it because
I left civil practice to do public service,
and to be on the right side of issues,
not just on the side of issues that a
client wanted me to be on. Forensics
allows me to continue that because
forensics isn't a question of advocacy.
When I prosecuted, I was trying to
achieve justice, not achieve a particular
result. I'm still basically searching for

the truth. And then let the chips
fall where they may. I still feel
people need the information in a clear
objective fashion, whether it's good
news, bad, or inconclusive. We leave
it to the advocates or the lawyers
to make whatever arguments or take
whatever position they want based on
that data," explains Friedberg.

Advice? Give IT managers of a global
company, who essentially have the
keys to the kingdom, a top-of-the-line
thorough background check. And if
sensitive information is stored on a
computer, keep an "air gap" between
it and the Internet — don't hook it
up. Take care choosing and guarding
passwords. Not only do people often
use one password in more than one
place, but a little casual information
goes a long way in terms of discovery.
"If I get to know your anniversary, if I
get to know your kids' names, if I know
what their birthdays are, I now have
all the data necessary to try to crack
your password by trial and error," says
Friedberg.

Then there are the kids, called script
kiddies. "The serious hackers post
all their exploits on the Internet,"
explains Friedberg, "and 14-year-old
script kiddies who couldn't write the
code if their lives depended on it,
download that code and use those
tools to launch attacks. Now instead
of one person having this exploit,
thousands of people have it." There
is a race for corporations to make
sure their systems are patched in a
way that as soon as an exploit is
discovered and disseminated within
the hacker community, patches are
written and distributed within
corporations that defeat that exploit. If
not, and things get unpleasant, they
call Eric Friedberg. ■

Marjorie Lyon is a staff writer.

If I get to know your anniversary,

if I get to know your kids' names, if I know

what their birthdays are, I now have

all the data necessary to try to

crack your password by trial and error."

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Where better to probe themes

of antiquity — volcanoes, viticulture,

Vergil — than in an Italian villa
built upon the site of an ancient

temple within site of the legendary Vesuvius?

by Patricia A. Johnston

When you reach
the city of Cumae,
its sacred lakes
and wooded
Avernus, you
will behold the
mad priestess,
who reveals
the fates beneath
a high cliff, but
entrusts the
details to leaves.
Aeneid II. 441-444

The first time I visited
the Sibyl's vast
trapezoidal cave, I had
difficulty believing this
was really the place
where Vergil's Aeneas
and his fellow Trojans
landed in Italy, after the
fall of Troy, and from
where the Sibyl then led
Aeneas down into the
Underworld to consult
the spirit of his dead
father.

The Sibyl's cave is
located at Cumae, on the
western coast of Italy
near modern Naples. It
is visited year round by
countless Italians as well
as foreign visitors.
Nearby, on the site of
an ancient temple of

Mercury, the Villa
Vergiliana, built early in
the 20th century, is the
European base of the
Vergilian Society of
America, which sponsors
regular tours of the area
for teachers, scholars,
and persons interested
in ancient historical and
archaeological sites of
southern Italy. It is also
the annual site of an
international
interdisciplinary
symposium that has been
regularly cosponsored by
Brandeis.

In the distance towers
Mt. Vesuvius, looming
over the Bay of Naples
and surrounding cities,
including Pompeii and
Herculaneum, which it
simultaneously destroyed
and preserved when it
erupted in 79 A.D.

In 1995, as president of
the Vergilian Society, I
organized the first of
the interdisciplinary
scholarly symposia now
held annually at the Villa
Vergiliana. The topic of
the first symposium was
"The Cultural Response
to the Volcanic
Landscape," and was
concerned with the way
societies have adapted to
life in that environment.
Since then, topics have
spanned a wide range
of subjects relevant to
the classical, medieval,
and modern world, with
particular emphasis on

Left; Entrance to the Sybil's
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The Ancient Marketplace in Pozzuoli has risen
several feet since 1960 (right! when it was covered
with water. By 2000 (left), it was completely dry.

The Bay of Naples
itself is a gigantic
volcanic crater,
formed in an
eruption millions of
years ago, and the
islands and
peninsulas that
surround the Bay
are the remnant of
the rim of that
crater.

antiquity. In each case
the volcanic landscape
has been an inescapable
factor.

Southern Italy, especially
the area around the Bay of
Naples, is geographically
defined by its volcanic
landscape. The numerous
lakes that dot the
landscape are essentially
the craters of inactive
volcanoes. The Bay of
Naples itself is a gigantic
volcanic crater, formed
in an eruption millions
of years ago, and the
islands and peninsulas
that surround the Bay are
the remnant of the rim
of that crater. The area
continues to be knov/n
by its ancient name, the
"Campi Flegraei" ("the
fields of fire" or "the
Flegraean Fields"). It is
part of a larger nested
caldera that includes the
city of Naples, the
volcanic islands of
Procida and Ischia, and
the northwestern part of
the Gulf of Naples. Here
was said to be the

entrance to the
Underworld, and thus
Vergil's Aeneas descended
here, at Lake Avernus,
as did the Italian poet
Dante, many centuries
later, guided by his
mentor, Vergil, mto the
Inferno.

The Campi Flegraei
caldera is inhabited by
about 1.5 million people.
Over the past 30 years,
it has shown frequent
signs of unrest, with two
bradyseismic events
that have generated a
maximum net uplift of
3.5 meters around the
town of Pozzuoli, which
lies between Cumae and
Naples. "Bradyseism"
refers to the movement
of individual plates of
the Earth as they rise or
fall in response to the
pressure building in the
caldera. Consequently,
fishermen in the town
of Pozzuoli began to
notice that they could no
longer tie their boats to
the docks, which were
rising above sea level,
and ferryboats could no
longer unload their
passengers on these
docks (the former hooks
are still visible today,

at eye level and higher).
New docks had to be
built, houses in Pozzuoli
began to crumble, and
whole populations had
to be moved inland for
their safety. The intense
urbanization and the very
active short-term
deformations have
therefore made the
volcanic risk very high.

Volcanism and the
manner in which local
populations have dealt
with its risks and benefits
over the centuries were a
suitable topic for the first
of our symposia, "The
Cultural Response to the
Volcanic Landscape,"
held in October 1995.
Discussion of the long-
overdue eruption in the
Flegraean Fields was a
major topic of discussion
in this gathering of
volcanologists, geologists,
engineers, archaeologists,
art historians, and
classicists.

Before Vesuvius's
eruption in 79 B.C., it
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discipline, reaching into a wide range of fields.

an active volcano, and
consequently its famous
eruption came as a
surprise and caused
considerable loss of life
and destruction to the
surrounding area. Today
a much larger population
occupies the area
surrounding the volcano.
Emergency planning is
now underway for
removing people from the
path of the next great
eruption. Neapolitans
have tended to repress
anxiety about this
impending eruption,
although an article in the
local newspaper about
emergency planning at
the time of our
symposium generated a
flurry of anxious
telephone calls,
interrupting Luisa
Civetta, the director of
emergency planning,
while she was giving her
presentation about the
current situation.

Mt. Vesuvius, and the
surrounding Flegracan
Fields, however, is but
one of many volcanic
regions whose impact we
considered. Mt. Etna, in
Sicily, has been

continuously active over
most of the past 400
years. Evidence from field
investigations and early
historic records indicate
that Etna has been active
as far back as the fifth
century B.C. Records
suggest that the city of
Catania was partly
destroyed by lava in
about 693 B.C., and again
in 425 B.C.

The Sikels, early
inhabitants of Sicily,
worshipped the goddess,
Hybla, whose temple has
been found at Paterno, at
the southwest margin of
Etna, and there was a
temple to the fire god,
Hadranus, near Adrano.
Water, which in itself
is very important in
prehistoric ritual, when
taking on an "abnormal"
condition such as
bubbling or being gaseous,
enhanced the holiness
of some of these sites,
such as the boiling
Napthia Lake, which was
sacred to the Sikel
divinities, the "Palikoi."
Recent excavations have
confirmed a monumental
cult-center to the Palikoi
here from the seventh
century B.C., and have
demonstrated that the
site was continuously
occupied from the
Neolithic Period through
the Roman Empire.

The Sikel legends became
incorporated into
subsequent Greek, and
then Roman mythology.
In Greek mythology, the
giant Typhoeus rebelled
against the rule of Zeus,
was defeated, and was
placed in the Underworld
with Mt. Etna on top of
him to pin him down.
The rumbling
earthquakes that precede
eruptions were attributed
to an uncomfortable
Typhoeus shifting about
underground, while the
violent eruptions
themselves were
interpreted as an angry
reaction by the same
giant. Another myth held
that the noise and activity
were the output from
the forge of the god of
fire; the giant, one-eyed
Cyclopes worked the
forge, creating the
lightning bolts with
which Zeus (Roman
Jupiter) ruled the
universe. The volcanic
island Vulcano, iust off
the coast of Sicily, was
one of the sites identified
as the location of Vulcan's
forge.

The philosophers
Empedocles (c. 473-433
B.C.) and Lucretius (94-55
B.C.) sought "scientific"
explanations for
volcanism. Their ideas
about its causes, however,
were highly speculative
since they were based
on limited observation
and little documentation.
Empedocles, according to
one tradition, was said
to have committed
suicide by jumping into
Etna, intending that his
followers would believe,
when they could not find
his body, that he had
been taken up to join
the gods. But the volcano,
the story goes, spewed
out one of his sandals,
thereby revealing his true
fate. The natural
phenomena of Etna's
activity were not
systematically observed
and recorded until the
16th century.

In Mexico, the volcano
Popocatepetl has long
been active. At least
twice in the last 2,000
years it has had major
eruptions that devastated
the settlements on its
slopes, and there is fear
that it may soon do
so again, having renewed
activity in 1994. In the
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that they could no longer tie their boats to the

village at Tetimpa,
Puebla, was buried under
one to two meters of
pumice. Although the
inhabitants of Tetimpa
had time to flee, they
left many of their
belongings behind as
their houses collapsed
under the weight of the
accumulating tephra. The
excavators of Tetimpa
presented various items,
along with a number
of altars and shrines,
shedding light on
Prehispanic life there in
the shadow of the
volcano.

In Turkey, the mushroom-
shaped, so-called "Fairy
Chimneys" of
Cappadocia now house

a variety of underground
settlements that have
probably been in use
since the early centuries
of the Christian era. Here
the most important
buildmgs are the many
Byzantine rock-hewn
churches, which
originally numbered
several hundred and are
notable for their
iconoclastic and
Christian mural
decorations. Other
underground structures
include cliff dwellings,
cone settlements, and
underground towns and
villages. A major concern
at this session was the
damage to these
structures, which has
been accelerating due to
a combination of tourism
and geological/
environmental factors,
and measures being
considered to reverse
these destructive trends.

Volcanoes, however,
bring more than danger.
The lava breaks down
into rich soil, yielding
precious crops, such as
grapes. Geothermal
springs give rise to health
spas that rely on the
healthful minerals and
heated waters. On Ischia

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Solfatara, a continuously
active volcano

today, a visitor to
approved spas will even
receive medical receipts
for income tax purposes.
The unique springs of
Paterno, near Catania in
Sicily, at the base of
Mt. Etna, yield precious
mineral waters with
natural effervescence.
Here, a huge Neolithic
wall was discovered,
revealing efforts in
prehistoric times to
channel the flow of lava
from Etna. Such attempts
during the historic period
have resulted in a
200-year-old law in Italy
that forbids the
redirecting of lava flows,
since lava diverted from
one town would merely
destroy another town in
its new path. At Paterno
an ancient spa, with
health bar included, has
now been discovered.

The discovery of volcanic
stone or tufa as a building
material had a major
impact on the
development of the shape
of cities, from the
bedrock that provides the
infrastructure of the city,
to the curious dwellings
on Sardinia known as
Nuraghi, to Rome's city
walls and monuments.
The volcanic materials,
whose chemical structure
makes it possible to
identify the eruption that
produced them, provide
additional historical
information about the

evolution of human
technology at a number
of sites, including those
in Sicily, Naples, Sardinia,
and Rome.

Pozzolana, the tufa from
the region of Pozzuoli,
was found in antiquity
to have special properties
enabling it to be used
in underwater structures
or formed into previously
unavailable architectural
shapes, such as domes.
That opened the way to
major new architectural
designs. Thus, at Baiae
(outside Pozzuoli) early
domed buildings are
found that appear to have
been experimental
predecessors of such
structures as the domed
Pantheon at Rome. One
of these structures at
Baiae was too steep, and
consequently broke in
half, while another, the
Baths of Mercury, which
has the same proportions
as the Pantheon, is still
intact.

This fertile topic of
volcanoes, which
occupied our premiere
session of the Vergilian

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The Villa

Vergiliana. as
seen from the
Cumae
Amphitheater

docks, which were rising above sea level.

Society, was followed in
subsequent symposia by
a wide range of related
topics. The rich volcanic
soil was good for
agriculture, including the
cultivation of the vine,
and the growing of grapes
and the production of
wine in antiquity was a
natural subject for the
1998 symposium.
Scholars from across
Europe, America, and
Australia gathered to
pursue the archaeological,
epigraphical, and literary
evidence of viticulture's
origins, development, and
influence in ancient
cultures, and to sample
the increasmgly prized
wines of southern Italy.

In July 2000, the volcanic
landscape again
influenced the
symposium topic,
"Philodemus and Vergil,"
since it focused on the
decipherment of a large
collection of papyrus
rolls discovered at
Herculaneum. In
particular, the
symposium focused on
the newly recovered lost
works of the Epicurean
philosopher Philodemus
of Gadara (in ancient
Palestine). The
decipherment of these
works made it possible
to reevaluate the impact
on Vergil of the Epicurean
school at Naples, and

the Herculaneum papyri
have confirmed
numerous connections
between the school of
Philodemus and the
circle of poets that
included Vergil. In a
keynote address to the
symposium, the now-late
Professor Marcello
Gigante, director of the
Philodemus Library at
Naples, traced the history
of efforts to decipher the
papyri, and summarized
recent scholarly research
on the complicated
question of Vergil's
relationships with the
Epicurean circle at
Naples and new theories
about the impact of
Epicureanism on the
poet's life and work.

Ancient and modern spas,
the symposium topic in
2001, are and were
dependent on the
volcanic processes that
provided the healthful
waters. Roman baths can
be linked to the art
of healing because they
were frequented not only
for purposes of
maintaining health and
hygiene, but also for their
therapeutic and
medicinal virtues.

Every year I have had the
privilege to be involved
with another group of
specialists on topics that
are similarly relevant to
the understanding of the
classical world. Classics,
after all, is really a
comparative discipline,
reaching into a wide
range of fields, and is
basic to subsequent
literatures, arts, and
sciences. In modern
science, fundamental
concepts (including those
no longer accepted) are
reflected in the formation
of new concepts, at the
very least in its
terminology. In history,
philosophy, and religion
early concepts have a
way of recurring, and
these have emerged in
a number of ways. One
symposium dealt with
the development of the
Ruler Cult, particularly
under the early Roman
Empire. The tribes of
early Italy have been
another symposium topic,
and in 2002 the topic will
deal with the mystery
cults of Southern Italy,
including Sicily.

Each of these symposia,
particularly because of
their interdisciplinary
nature, has brought
together specialists in
ordinarily disparate fields,
with rich results for the
participants and for me.
Interested observers, as
well as those presenting
papers, participate in
these symposia. Future
topics will include the
cults of Magna Graecia
(2002), Greco-Roman
Myths and the Native
Cultures of Magna
Graecia (2003),
underwater archaeology
in the Bay of Naples,
and ancient architects
and their creations. The
Villa Vergiliana provides
the perfect setting for
interactions and
discussions that persist
long after the symposia
have ended. ■

Patricia A. Johnston
is a professor of classics.

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u e y e 1 0 p m n I ivi a 1 1 n s

Brandeis University
Visits Palm Beacli in
January 2002

Brandeis University held
what has come to be known
as a weekend of events
for benefactors, friends, and
alumni January 12-13.
Participating in the
activities from campus were
President lehuda Reinharz
and Professor Shulamit
Reinharz, Senior Vice
President for Institutional
Advancement Nancy K.
Winship, and Provost and
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs Mel
Bernstein.

On Saturday evening, major
supporters of the University
enjoyed the black-tie dinner
at the Palm Beach Country
Club, where Ambassador
Milton A. Wolf, Ph.D., was
hooded as a Fellow of the
University.

Renowned author and
professor Deborah E.
Lipstadt, M.A. 72, Ph.D. 76,
was the featured speaker at
the ninth annual Norman S.
and Eleanor E. Rabb Seminar
held at Temple Emanu-El in
Palm Beach on Sunday.

Trustee Art and Annie Sandler

Trustee Sylvia Hassenfeld and
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Stephen Kay

Trustee Henry, Fellow Lois, and
John Foster

Fellow Milton Gralla and Rabb
Seminar Speaker Deborah
Lipstadt, MA. '72, Ph.D. '76

Gerald and Sandra Fineberg

Fellow Irma Mann and Norman Stearns, Trustee Lois Trustee Stanley and Teddy
and Norman Silverman Feldberg

Fellows Thelma Linsey and Marilyn Cohen, with
Stephen and Roberta Weiner

42 Brandeis Rcviev

Newly Hooded Fellow Milton Wolf and family: Steve and Karen
Wechsler, Wolf, Sherri Wolf, Nancy Wolf, Eric Greenfield

Mort and Barbara Mandel

Mel Nessel, Gail Abraham, Fellow Herb Lee, and President Robert and Ellen Jaffe, Palm Beach Daily News Society Editor Shannon
Jehuda Reinharz Donnelly, Nancy K. Winship, Ruth and Trustee Carl Shapiro

Fellows Gladys and Sy Ziv with President Reinharz Howard and Michele Kessler with

President Reinharz

Shula Reinharz, Harry and Helen
Stoll

43 Brandcis Review

Brandeis Night
2002 in Florida

On January 15, Richard and
Colleen Fain, parents of
Sara Fain '98, generously
hosted a reception with
President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. '72, in their home
in Coral Gahles, Florida.
Brandeis Nights allow
President Reinharz to bring
greetings from campus to
alumni, parents, Fellows,
and friends in various cities
around the country. His

talk, "Brandeis University-
A Jewel in the Crown of
American Higher
Education," gave examples
of the innovative and
exciting program of learning
at Brandeis that emphasizes
an interdisciplinary
approach to knowledge and
the solution of real-life
problems.

President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. '72, Sara Fain '98, and
Colleen and Richard Fain

Newly Elected Fellows

In October 2001, the Board
of Trustees voted to elect
Ambassador Milton A. Wolf,
Ph.D. (Cleveland), Charles B.
Housen (Boston), and Anna
Cheskis Gelman (New York)
as members of the Board
of Fellows. Each of these
new Fellows will serve a
three-year term through
Commencement 2004.

Ambassador Milton A. Wolf
has been the chair of Milton
A. Wolf Investors, a private
investment group, since

1980. He had been the chair
of Zehman-Wolf
Management Inc., a real
estate management and
development firm, from
1948 to 1976, before serving
as the U.S. Ambassador
to Austria from 1977 to
1980. Ambassador Wolf was
an early supporter of the
University's Cleveland
campaigns and has been a
member of the GSIEF Board
of Overseers since 1998.

Charles B. Housen is chair
and CEO of Erving
Industries, Inc., a
Massachusetts firm that
manufactures paper

products from recycled
waste paper. At Brandeis,
Housen has been a
President's Councilor since
1976 and is the immediate
past chair of the GSIEF
Board of Overseers. He and
his wife, Marjorie Grodner
Housen '56, a Brandeis
Trustee, have two named
designations: Housen
Neurobiology Suite in the
Volen National Center for
Complex Systems and the
Housen Foundation
Endowed Scholarship.

Anna Cheskis Gelman is the
cousin of the late Joseph
Cheskis, a professor at
Middlesex University in the
late 1930s and 1940s who
became a Brandeis professor
of romance languages and
eventually chair of the
School of Humanities until
his retirement in 1967.
Gelman retired from
Columbia University in
1980 as assistant professor of
public health/epidemiology
after 40 years as a faculty
member. Gelman has
written a memoir of Joseph
Cheskis for the Robert D.
Farber University Archives.

44 Brandeis Review

Board of
Fellows Events

Second Annual Fellows
Breakfast

Florida Fellows, Trustees,
and their guests gathered for
a hreakfast at the Temple
Emanu-El in Palm Beach,
Florida, on lanuary 12.
Fellows Cochairs
Richard '57 and Rosalind
Fuchsberg '59 Kaufman
warmly welcomed Fellows
and introduced Provost and
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs Mel
Bernstein, who discussed
"Brandeis University:
Looking Towards the
Future." This was the
second time a Fellows
breakfast preceded the
annual Norman S. and

Eleanor E. Rabb Seminar.
This year's Rabb Seminar
speaker was Deborah E.
Lipstadt, M.A. '72, Ph.D. '76,
Dorot Professor of Modern
Jewish and Holocaust
Studies and Director,
Institute for Jewish Studies
at Emory University.

New York

On October 22, 2001,
Fellows Cochairs
Richard '57 and Rosalind
Fuchsberg '59 Kaufman
organized a luncheon
meeting at Brandeis House
for New York Fellows.
Participants discussed the
future role and programs
for the group, and met
Mel Bernstein, provost and
senior vice president for
academic affairs.

Richard '57 and Rosalind
Fuchsberg '59 Kaufman with
Provost Mel Bernstein

Florida

Fellow (udith Yohay
Glaser '59, parent of Risa
Beth Glaser '85 and fodi
Glaser Rutstein '88,
graciously opened her home
in Defray Beach, Fkinda,
for a Fellows reception on
February 13. This informal
gathering offered an
opportunity for South
Florida Fellows to meet
and share thoughts for
further enhancing the role
of Brandeis Fellows and to
listen to Professor Emeritus
of Biblical Studies Nahum
M. Sarna, who spoke about

his recent researeli I" ii li
and educated in England,
Sarna joined the
Department of Near Eastern
and Judaic Studies in 1965
as the Dora Golding
Professor of Biblical Studies,
and served for si.x years
as department chair. He
retired in 1985. Sarna has
recently been named the
Gimelstob Eminent Scholar
and Professor of Judaica at
Florida Atlantic University.

New York Cocktail
Reception

A cocktail reception was
held at Brandeis House on
October 22, 2001, to
introduce Provost and
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs Mel
Bernstein to Brandeis
supporters in the New York
City area. Trustee Robert

Rifkind chaired the event
and introduced the provost
to alumni and friends of
the University. Bernstein
described his vision for
Brandeis and answered
questions from the
audience.

Rosalind Chaikin and
Betty Heller

45 Brandeis Review

Brandeis Night
2001 Chicago

Brandeis Night 2001 m
Chicago was held on
October 30 at the Park
Hyatt Hotel. More than
1 10 alumni, parents, friends
of the University, and
members of BUNWC were
treated to the political
insights and commentary
of William Schneider '66.
President Reinharz
addressed the gathering,
bringing greetings and a

campus update. Thomas and
Margot Pritzker, P'02,
sponsored Brandeis Night.
Club president David
Desser '90 and members of
the Alumni Club of Chicago
steering committee served
as greeters and hosts for the
evening.

President Reinharz, Margot
Pritzker, William Schneider

66

Other Events

Joan and Mark Warshaw receive the Sachar Legacy Society
certificate from Provost Mel Bernstein and Senior Vice President for
Institutional Advancement Nancy K. Winship on October 11, 2001 .
The Sachar Legacy Society recognizes individuals who have included
Brandeis in their estate plans.

President Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72, with Ruth '80 and
Jonathan Fain at their Rhode Island home where they held <
reception for alumni, parents, and friends.

46 Brandeis Review

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Faculty

Marc Brettler '78, MA. '78,
Ph.D. '87,

Dora Golding Professor of
Biblical Studies, has been
named chair of the
Department of Near Eastern
and Judaic Studies.

Stanley Deser

Enid and Nate Ancell
Professor of Physics, had his
three-year grant from the
National Science
Foundation extended by two
years. This "special
creativity extension" is
based on outstanding
scientific progress achieved
under the grant to date,
and this amounts to a
total award of five years.
Also, he was elected to
the editorial board of the
Journal of Mathematical
Physics, of the American
Physical Society.

Gordon Fellman

professor of sociology, co-led
a workshop on social
transformation, based on the
work of musician and
cultural worker Jane Sapp,
at the University of Haifa.
He has been added to the
boards of Neve Shalom/
Wahat as Salaam, an Arab-
Jewish peace village in Israel
and the Peace Abbey in
Sherborn, Massachusetts.

Jacqueline Jones

Truman Professor of
American Civilization,
delivered the winter
commencement address at
her alma mater, the
University of Delaware, in
January. She is the author
of, most recently, Creek
Walking: Growing up in
Delaware in the 1950s
(University of Delaware
Press, 2001).

Edward K. Kaplan

professor of French and
comparative literature and
chair. Program in Religious
Studies, published two
articles, "La Religion
ecologiste de Michelet:
catechisme, hagiographie,
communion," in Cahiers
romantiques (University of
Clermont-Ferrand);
■'Heschel as Philosopher:
Phenomenology and the
Rhetoric of Revelation," in
Modern ludaisni; and during
a trip to Paris, he was
interviewed by Victor Malka
for a radio broadcast. He
presented two papers: "From
Bachelard to Barthes:
Phenomenological Readings
of the Feminine in Michelet
and Marceline Desbordes-
Valmore," at the Annual
19th-century French Studies
Conference, University of
Wisconsin, and "Garments
of Insight: Abraham J.
Heschel's Poetic Rhetoric,"
at the annual meeting of
the American Academy of
Religion, Denver. He also
organized a conference of
Thomas Merton and
Judaism, held in Louisville,
Kentucky.

Sarah Mead

artist-in-residence m music
and concert coordinator,
taught classes at Trinity
College of Music in its new
home at the Royal Naval
College in Greenwich. Also,
this spring she is coteaching
a graduate seminar. Topics
in Performance Practice:
Applied Renaissance Theory,
at the Longy School of
Music in Cambridge, in
conjunction with Timothy
Aarset.

Shula Relnharz, Ph.D. '77

Jacob S. Potofsky Professor
of Sociology, has been
elected as one of two public
directors of the Boston
Society of Architects. The

HIRIJW, which she directs,
held a symposium, "Jewish
Women in Muslim Societies
Analyze 9/1 1 and its
Aftermath" with women
from Turkey, Morocco, Iran,
Egypt, and Lebanon. The
WSRC, which she also
directs, put on two major
art exhibits: Helene Avion:
My Notebooks and The
Intimate Lives of Trees.
featuring work by Associate
Professor Emerita of English
Karen Klein and Resident
Scholar Marguerite Bouvard.

Aurora M. Sherman

assistant professor of
psychology, had her paper
"Social Relations and
Depressive Symptoms m
Older Adults with
Osteoarthritis" accepted for
publication m the journal
Social Science and Medicine.

CaldwellTitcomb

professor of music emeritus,
has written the foreword
to the recently published
new edition of Lucien Price's
Dialogues of Alfred North
Whitehead. He is the author
of "The Earliest Black
Members of Phi Beta Kappa,"
which appeared in the
autumn 2001 issue of The
fournal of Blacks m Higher
Education. His interview
with drama critic Elliot
Norton, founding president
of the New England Theatre
Conference, leads off the
just-pubhshed NETC 50
Years: A Commemorative
History (this interview was
excerpted in the fall 2001
issue of New England
Theatre fournal}. He has
also written 45 biographical
articles for the two-volume
Oxford Encyclopedia of
Theatre, to be published
in 2003 by the Oxford
University Press.

Leslie Zebrowitz

Manuel Yellen Professor
of Social Relations, has
published and edited an
interdisciplinary book with
Gillian Rhodes: Facial
Attractiveness: Evolutionary,
Cognitive, and Social
Perspectives. This book is
the first volume in the
Advances in Visual
Cognition series published
by Ablex.

Staff
Susan Kahn

senior research director of
the Hadassah International
Research Institute on Jewish
Women, has won the 2001
Eileen Basker Memorial
Award for her book,
Reproducing lews: A
Cultural Account of
Assisted Conception in
Israel. The award is made
annually by the Society for
Medical Anthropology. The
book has received two
previous awards: the
prestigious National Jewish
Book award and the Musher
Prize by the National
Foundation for Jewish
Culture.

Ora Gladstone

associate director of Brandeis
Hillel, was named one of
eight Exemplars of
Excellence by Hillel: The
Foundation for Jewish
Campus Life. The award,
which is the organization's
highest honor, was presented
at the Schusterman Hillel
International Professional
Staff Conference in
Princeton, New Jersey, in
December. Gladstone joined
Brandeis Hillel in 1981. A
graduate of Brooklyn College
and Northeastern University,
she is a licensed music
therapist.

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Faculty

Silvia Marina Arrom

Associate Professor of Latin
American History on fane's
Cfiair and Director, Latin
American Studies Program

Containing the Poor: The

Mexico City Poor House.

1774-1871

Dul<e University Press

In 1774 Mexico City feaders
created tlie Mexico City
Poor House — an experiment
to eliminate poverty and
impose a new wor!< etliic
on former beggars liy
estahlisfiing a forcible
internment policy for some
and putting others to work.
In this book the author tells
the saga of this ill-fated plan.
Arrom also links the Poor
House's transformation with
other societal factors as well,
such as Mexican women's
increasing impact on social
welfare policies.

Rafael Campo

Fannie Hurst Poet in
Residence

landscape with human

figure

Duke University Press

Campo writes candid poems
from outside the academy,
poems that arise from a
bleak Boston tenement or
a moonlit Spanish plaza,
poems that remain unafraid
to explore and celebrate his
identity as a doctor and
Cuban-American, gay man.
Campo's poetry reminds us
of the necessity of poetry
in our increasingly fractured
society; his writing brings
us together into the warm
circle of community and
connectedness.

Ray Jackendoff

Professor of Linguistics and
Volen National Center for
Complex Systems

Foundations of Language:

Brain. Meaning. Grammar,

Evolution

Oxford University Press

Foundations of Language
opens up new perspectives
on every major aspect of
language and

communication: grammar,
vocabulary, learning, origins
of language, and the
relationship of language and
thought to the real world.
It puts linguistics at the
center of the search for
understanding human
nature and human cognition.
This book makes
connections with
psychology, neuroscience,
biology, philosophy, and
evolutionary theory.

Kanan Makiya

Adjunct Professor of Middle
Eastern Studies

The Rock: A Talc of Seventh-
Century Jerusalem
Pantheon Books

Whose rock is enshrined
inside the golden Dome
of lerusalem' The rock of
Moses or the rock of
Muhammad- The author
gathers together the stories,
legends, and beliefs that
define the Rock — and
transforms them into a
narrative of novelistic depth
and drama. Makiya gives
us a meditation on the
common terrain of the
world's three great
monotheistic religions and
a remarkable investigation
into what the Rock
symbolizes — beyond its
various stories and names,
beyond even the three faiths
at whose heart it sits.

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Alumni

Antony Polonsky, ed.

Albert Abramson Prok-ssiir
of Holocaust Studies

Polin: Studies in Polish

fewiy. Volume 14 — Focusing

on lews in the Polish

Borderlands

The Littman Library of

Jewish Civilization

The partition of Poland at
the end of the KSth century
and the subsequent struggle
to regain Polish
independence raised the
question of what the
boundaries of a future state
should be, and who qualified
as a Pole- When Poland
became independent after
World War I more than
a third of its population
were Ukrainians, Germans,
Belarussians, Jews, and
Lithuanians. The core
articles in the volume focus
especially on the triangular
relationship among Poles,
Jews, and Germans in
western Poland, and among
the different national groups
in what are today Lithuania,
Belarus, and Ukraine.

Nicholas Dagen Bloom,
Ph.D. '99

Bloom is a visiting assistant
professor of history at
Tulane.

Suburban Alchemy: 1960s
New Towns and the
Transformation of the
American Dream
Ohio State University Press

Suburban Alchemy
examines the "new town"
movement of the 1960s,
which sought to transform
American suburbs by
showing that idealism could
be profitable. Case studies
of three of the more famous
examples illustrate how
innovative planners mixed
land uses and housing types;
refined various aspects of
design; offered well-defined
town centers; and pioneered
institutional planning.
Though efforts were not
always successful, residents
have kept the new town
ideals alive and produced
a vital form of suburban
community that is far more
complicated and interesting
than the early vision.

Edmund Case, MA. '99,
M.M.H.S. '99

and Ronnie Fnedland, eds.

The Guide to fewish

Interfaith Family Life: An

InterfaithFamily.com

Handbook

Jewish Lights Publishing

Issues such as which
holidays to observe and
how, locating an officiant
for a wedding, or celebrating
the birth of a child take
on additional meaning, and
potentially more
divisiveness, when one
partner is Jewish and the
other is of a different
religious tradition. The
Guide to Jewish Interfaith
Family Life is the first of its
kind resource where Jewish
and non-Jewish members of
interfaith families — as well
as the professionals who
work with them — offer their
own personal experience
and advice on these issues.

Edward Dolnick '74

Dolnick IS the former chief
science writer for
The Boston Globe.

Down the Great Unknown:
A Reckless Ride through the
Grand Canyon

Dolnick's book is the latest
one to recount the
adventures of John Wesley
Powell's endeavor to map
the Green and Colorado
Rivers, along with the
canyons that cradle them.
Powell's group included six
other Civil War veterans,
one of them his brother.
Five of the group were
hunters and trappers, but
none were expert boatmen.
Their 99-day trip was filled
with enormously dangerous
rapids. This is a book about
the exploration of two rivers,
not why they were explored.

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COMMUNITY
MATTERS

An ExploTtUion of Theory- and Practice

MARGOT KEMPERS

Kama Einhorn '91

Emhorn is an editor at
Scholastic, developing
materials for use in early
literacy programs.

A Niip for Zap

Take a Trip to Planet Blip

Scholastic/Word Family

Tales"'

Word Family Tales™ are
humorous, read-aloud
stories created to build early
phonics skills by teaching
children to recognize
"families" of words that
share the same spelling
pattern. This key reading
strategy helps kids decode
new words with ease — and
become stronger readers,
writers, and spellers.

/ Can Write My ABCs
Quick &) Creative Activities
Scholastic

Help kids of all learning
styles write their ABCs with
these super-creative,
hands-on activities for every
letter of the alphabet. Kids
will love learning to write
letters with activities such
as Apple As, Fingerprint Fs,
Jumping Jacks Js, and many
more.

/ Can Write My ABCs Mini-
Books
Scholastic

Help every kid proudly say
"I can write my ABCs" with
26 terrific interactive mini-
books — one for each letter of
the alphabet.

ESL Activities and
Mini-Books for Every
Classroom
Scholastic

Looking for helpful ways
to teach students who are
learning English as a second
language — and welcome
them into your classroom?
This easy-to-use guide
contains helpful tips for
preparing for your new
students, assessing their
needs and abilities, and
communicating with the
students' families.

Sue Pekarsky Gary '60

Gary has been a garment
manufacturer for eight years
and is a teacher of fashion
studies curricula at
California colleges.

Cover Yourself:
Adventures in the Rag Trade
from Start-Ups to Stars
GarmentoSpeak

This trade book incorporates
the stories, from interviews,
of 45 people involved in
all aspects of the clothing
industry, from fashion
illustrator to space suit
designer for NASA. Most

books about the garment
industry are case studies,
how-to stories, or surveys in
industry information. This
book IS different. It tells the
stones of the people who
get the goods from idea to
hanger.

Frederick E. Greenspahn,
Ph.D. '77

Greenspahn is professor
of religious studies at the
University of Denver.

An Introduction to Aramaic
Society of Biblical Literature

This book IS a basic
introduction to biblical
Aramaic for beginning
students who are already
familiar with Hebrew. All
Aramaic passages in the
Old Testament are included,
along with an introduction
to other Aramaic texts, such
as ancient inscriptions,
Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic
literature, and quotations
in the New Testament.
There are also paradigms,
a complete glossary, and a
list of resources for further
study.

Daniel J. Guhr, M.A. '95

Access to Higher Education
in Germany and California
Peter Lang

In his comparison of access
to higher education patterns
m Germany and California
between the 1970s and
1990s, the author
demonstrates that upward
educational mobility was
rather limited in Germany
despite marked changes in
general socioeconomic
composition. Conversely,
strong participation shifts
occurred in California based
on changing ethnic
composition. He also
analyzes the at times drastic
impact of educational policy-
making tools such as
affirmative action and need-
based funding.

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Margot Kempers '74,
M.A. '83, Ph.D. '86

Kcmpcis IS an assistant
professor of sociology at
Fitchburg State College,
Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Community Matters:
An Exploration of Theory
and Practice
Burnham, Inc.

This book responds to the
question, what is
community- It is also a
response to what the author
perceives to be
contradictions between
recent academic thinking
about community and
communities as they are
lived. Debates have
challenged the likelihood
of genuine community life
vs. numerous examples of
contemporary

communities — dynamic and
providing the desired
qualities of shared existence.

David I. Kertzer, Ph.D. '74

Kertzer is Paul Dupec, |r.
University Professor of
Social Science and a
professor of anthropology
and Italian studies at Brown
University.

The Popes against the lews:
The Vatican's Role in the
Rise of Modern Anti-
Semitism
Alfred A. Knopf

This historical study based
on documents previously
locked in the Vatican's
secret archives graphically

shows how the Catholic
Church helped make the
Holocaust possible. The
author shows why all the
recent attention given to
Pope Pius XII's failure to
publicly protest the
slaughter of Europe's lews
in the war misses a far
more important point. What
made the Holocaust possible
was groundwork laid over a
period of decades. This book
seeks a balanced judgment
and an understanding of the
historical forces that led the
Church along the path it
took.

Neil J. Kressel '78,
IVl.A. '78

and Dorit F. Kressel. Neil
Kressel, a social
psychologist at William
Paterson University of New
lersey, has taught at Harvard,
New York University, and
elsewhere.

Stack and Sway: The New
Science of fury Consulting
Westview Press

A new and largely hidden
profession has emerged
during the past three
decades. Drawing on the
techniques of modern social
science, psychology, and
market research, its
practitioners seek to remake
the way we pursue justice
in the United States. Trial
consultants help lawyers to

pick juries predisposed to
render the "right" verdict.
What are we to make of
this new industry? Is this
a new form of high-tech
jury-ngging, not much more
acceptable than cruder
forms of jury tampering'
This hook will reveal the
"tricks of the trade."

Lance Lee '64

Lee is a dramatist, novelist,
and writer.

Becoming Human
Authors Choice Press

Becoming Human is Lee's
second book of poetry. His
work covers various topics,
including childhood,
wildlife, and the self. Martin
Bax, editor of Ambit,
England's leading arts
quarterly, calls it, "[a|
splendid new collection.
Lance Lee knows what it
takes and proves it
skillfully..."

Roberta IVIaisel '55

Maiscl trained as a
sociologist and is now a
mediator specializing in
community conflict
resolution and peacemaking
within families.

All Grown Up: Living
Happily Ever After with
Yiiur Adult Children
New Society Publishers

For the baby boom
generation, the joy of

becoming grandparents is
often tempered by ongoing
uncertainty about how to be
parents to their grown up
children — especially since
increased health and
longevity means they could
share as much as 40 years
together as adults. All
Grown Up shows how mid-
life parents and their grown
children can celebrate this
new lease on life together.

Ross Martin '95

Martin is the poetry editor
for Nerve Magazine and
nerve.com.

The Cop Who Rides Alone
and other poems
Zoo Press

This is the first collection
of Martin's poems. The
volume offers mature
wisdom and a lively,
confident playfulness rarely
seen in many first books.
At once urbane and sad,
funny and erotic, the
poetry's prosody is deftly
handled and apropos, its
themes uniquely fondled by
Martin's agile, creative, and
often apparently off-handed
though frighteningly precise
wit.

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The Cop Who
Rides Alone

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If My Mom Were
A Platypus

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Dia L. Michels '80

Michels IS a writer of books
for adults and children. She
makes her home in
Washington, D.C., with her
husband and their three
children.

Look What I See! Where
Can I Be! In the
Neighborhood
Platypus Media

In photographs and simple
words, young readers share a
guessing game with a baby.
Accompanied by her family,
Baby finds herself waking
up in seven neighborhood
situations. At first, she
focuses on a detail, but then,
as the page turns, an entire
scene is revealed.

// My Mom Were a Platypus:
Animal Babies and their
Mothers
Platypus Media

Mothers and babies. Babies
and mothers. They are
everywhere — in caves,
burrows, dens, fields,
kitchens, and bedrooms. All

babies have to eat, learn,
grow, and mature. Each one
must embark on the journey
to maturity, but the path
varies depending on the
young mammal.

Zack in the Middle
Platypus Media

Any 7-year-old boy — like
Zack — can tell you that
having one sister is plenty.
So what IS a boy to do
when he is surrounded by
Sisters' With a busy and
bossy big sister ahead of
him, and a mischievous and
messy little sister behind
him, Zack learns to love
being surrounded.

Dia L. Michels '80, ed.

Breastfeeding Annual
International 2001
Platypus Media

Anyone can change a baby's
diaper, rock a baby to sleep,
and take a baby for a
walk, but only a woman
can provide that child with
the perfect food: breast milk.
Breastfeeding is a perfectly
natural act, but like other
natural events, it may prove
more difficult for some
women that others.
Nevertheless, it is always
worth the effort because of
its overwhelming benefits to
both mother and haby.

Dia L. Michels '80

and Cynthia Good Mojab,
with Naomi Bromberg
Ba-Yan

Breastfeeding at a Glance:
Facts. Figures, and Trivia
about Lactation
Platypus Media

In today's day and age,
a breastfeeding mother in
America can sometimes —
and even often — feel quite
isolated. She might be the
first woman in her family
to nurse a child in several
generations. But throughout
history and around the
world, breastfeeding is and
has been a source of
connection and community
as women share their
knowledge and experience
with each other.

Paul Monaco, Ph.D. '74

Monaco is professor of
cinema/video and the head
of media and theater arts
at Montana State University,
Bozeman.

History of the American
Cinema: Volume 8
The Sixties, 1960-1969
Charles Scribner's Sons

An ever-diminishing
audience led to a post-World
War II low in production
of feature films in 1963.
The studio system that
controlled the careers of
major stars and theater
chains finally gave way to
a new business environment.
The Production Code that
had monitored the content
of American film for decades
was overwhelmed and
replaced by a ratings system.
Nonfiction film in the 1960s
did not engage the social
dynamic of the decade to the
extent that might have been
expected.

52 Brandeis Review

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THE
SIXTIES

ATLANTIS

■ I A Y N I ■ -S S » A 1 : M

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Nancy Nager '73

and Edna K. Shapiro,
coeditors. Nager is a
developmental psychologist
on the graduate faculty of
the Bank Street College of
Education.

Revisiting a Progressive

Pedagogy: The

Developmental Interaction

Approach

State University of New

York Press

This book reviews the
history of the
developmental-interactive
approach, a formulation
rooted in developmental
psychology and educational
practice. The
conceptualization is
identified with — but not
restricted to — Bank Street
College of Education. The
book describes and analyzes
key assumptions, and
assesses the compatibility of
new theoretical approaches,
and examines teacher
education, giving close
attention to the personal
and professional
development of teachers.

Jay Nussbaum '82

Nussbaum is a lifelong
martial artist who has
trained and taught all over
the world.

Blue Road to Atlantis
Warner Books

With a vision about living
courageously, this story is as
wise as it is compelling. In
It, a huge marlin, called the
Old Fish, has long escaped
capture by the fishermen
of the Caribbean. He is a
samurai of the deep; amid
deadly sharks and viperfish,
a warrior grown wise m
the ways of survival. Now
the Old Fish is traveling
to Atlantis just ahead of
a murderous Red Tide. Fiis
desperate hope is to save the
sea, yet awaiting him is his
ultimate opponent, who is
to be his greatest teacher or
his doom.

Eric Kline Silverman '84

Silverman is an associate
professor of anthropology at
DePauw University,
Greencastle, Indiana.

Masculinity. Motherhood,
and Mockery:
Psychoanalyzing Culture
and the latmul Naven Rite
in New Guinea
University of Michigan
Press

Silverman's latest work is
an ethnographic analysis of
motherhood in one
Melanesian society,
examining the relationship
between masculinity and
motherhood in an Eastern
latmul village along the
Sepik River in Papua, New
Guinea. It focuses on a
metaphorical dialogue
between two countervailing
images of the body, the
"moral" and the "grotesque."

Lynn Stephen, Ph.D. '87

Stephen is professor of
anthropology at the
University of Oregon.

Zapata Lives! Histories and
Cultural Politics in
Southern Mexico
University of California
Press

This book is the first study
to examine contemporary
Mexican Zapatismo
comparatively, with an eye
to regionally varying
histories of peasant and
indigenous relations to the
national state. Analyzing
the mosaic experiences of

agrarian reform in the
heartland of the Zapatista
rebellion in eastern Chiapas
and central Oaxaca, the
author clarifies how Zapata
arose and lives on as a
powerful symbol for the
equity and social justice
that men and women of
Mexico's rural south
demand of their government.

Miriam Weinstein '67

Weinstein is a freelance
journalist whose features
have won several awards
from the New England Press
Association.

Yiddish: A Nation of Words
Steerforth Press

This history of Yiddish reads
like a biography of the
language. Once upon a time
Yiddish was the glue that
held a people together.
Impoverished and
disenfranchised in the eyes
of the world, Yiddish
speakers created their own
alternate reality. They were
a people's home. The tale,
which has never before been
told, is nothing short of
miraculous — the saving of a
people through speech. This
book requires no previous
knowledge of Yiddish or
of Jewish history — just a
curious mind and an open
heart.

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Making a Difference

Arlene Goldsmith '59:
Changing the
Prospects for Children
with Disabilities

Arlene Goldsmith '59 sits
poised behind her desk,
tanned from a recent
vacation to the Galapagos
Islands and smiling warmly,
without a trace of the
anxiety that one might
suspect from an agency
director who is juggling
several emergencies at once.

Goldsmith is executive
director of New Alternatives
for Children (NAG), New
York City's only social
service agency whose
exclusive mission is to serve
children with severe
disabilities and chronic
illnesses. NAG was founded
in 1982 to find homes for
disabled "boarder
babies" — children who were
residing in New York-area

hospitals long after they
were medically ready for
discharge because their
biological families were
unable to care for them.
NAG and Goldsmith are
widely thought to have
revolutionized the prospects
for hospitalized children
with disabilities — while
saving millions of dollars in
medical costs.

Since its founding, NAG has
provided services to more
than 1,,S00 children whose
diagnoses include cerebral
palsy, Down's syndrome,
spina bifida, severe asthma,
AIDS, cancer, and congenital
birth defects. The vast
majority of NAG's families
live below the poverty level
and often lack the resources
to negotiate the maze of
health and social services
their children require. Many
of these families have
devastating social problems.

Arlene Goldsmith '59 with one of the
hundreds of children she has helped

such as homelessness,
domestic violence, or
mental illness. By uniting
social work, health and
mental health services,
education, and recreation
under one roof, Goldsmith
has created a "one-stop-
shopping" atmosphere for
families who otherwise
would receive
extraordinarily fragmented
services in the community.

Today, Goldsmith has
learned that a major state
grant will he delayed — just
as she has hired three new
social workers. She sighs,
letting this news sink in.
Overcoming obstacles is her
specialty.

Goldsmith's interest in
social service began at 16,
when she worked at a
camp for children with
cerebral palsy. Her memory
of teaching a 12-year-old boy
how to tie his shoes — much
to his mother's disbelief —
remains fresh in her mind.
But her path was cemented
in her junior year at
Brandeis, when she took
a tutorial with Professor
of Sociology Maurice Stem,
which led her to work
with severely mentally ill
patients at Metropolitan
Hospital in Waltham. "The
medicines that we have
now were not available,"
she says, "so there were
many hospitalized mentally
ill people, and I would go
and talk with them. It was
then that I decided I wanted
to be a social worker."

At Brandeis, Goldsmith took
courses with Max Lerner,
Herbert Marcuse, Robert
Manners, Abe Maslow, and
Irving Howe. "I loved
Brandeis with a passion,"

she says. "The quality of
my education was amazing."
As a sociology and
anthropology major, she
developed the conviction
that an understanding of
culture IS critical to
providing quality services to
people. |The clients NAG
serves are predominantly
African-American and
Latino, and NAG has strived
to employ a staff that
reflects the ethnic diversity
of these families.)

Between her education at
Brandeis and the founding
of NAG, Goldsmith received
a master's degree from
Columbia University and
began work on a Ph.D.
at Fordham University — all
while raising twins. Her
Ph.D. research focused on
the qualities of people who
become foster parents to
children with disabilities. In
the course of her research,
she joined with several
colleagues who recognized
that children with
disabilities were languishing
in hospitals and little effort
was being made to identify
foster (and eventually
adoptive) parents for them.
With Goldsmith at its helm,
NAG was founded to find
homes for these children.

According to Catherine
Dunham, director of The
Access Project, a national
health advocacy center
based at The Heller School
for Social Policy and
Management at Brandeis,
"Part of what distinguishes

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Goldsmith
and friends

Ark-ne is that she left a
very secure and responsible
position at the Council on
Social Work Education to
undertake what appeared
to be an impossible task.
Taking on a system that
was abandoning children to
institutions could only be
accomplished by someone
with her seniority and
sophistication. This is
exactly the way that these
problems should be
championed, but it's almost
never done."

NAC was started on a
shoestring but soon became
a driving force in moving
children out of the hospital.
Goldsmith's approach was,
and remains, deceptively
simple: she believes that
every child is adoptable — if,
of course, a reunion with
the biological family is not
possible. In addition to
having placed hundreds of
children in permanent
adoptive homes. Goldsmith
has developed
comprehensive services for
biological families
recognizing that, with the
right kind of support, most
families who thought they
could not bring their
children home can care for
them with great success.

She is an especially
hands-on manager, who is
often stopped in the hallway
by children visiting the
agency — indeed she knows
all of their names. Yet she
acknowledges that
fund-raising takes up an
inordinate amount of time.
NAC is able to provide
many services that other
agencies don't — from
helping to remodel a home
to accommodate a new
wheelchair to sending

disabled children to camp —
through private fund-raising.
NAC must raise about $2
million of its annual $8
million budget; the rest is
provided by city, state, and
federal contracts.

"We have to raise significant
private funds," says
Goldsmith, "but it's what
has enabled me to hire
only M.S.W.s who truly
understand how to help
families. These funds also
enable us to lower their
caseloads and to obtain
things that the children
really need but that
Medicaid won't pay for. Just
building ramps can mean
that kids can go outside and
really feel like they're part
of this world."

In 1994, Goldsmith was
among the second group of
recipients of the $100,000
Community Health
Leadership Award from the
Robert Woods [ohnson
Foundation — a program
administered by Catherine
Dunham. Says Dunham,
"What Arlene has done is
show that one of the most
difficult, dysfunctional
systems in the country can
be turned around to support
families and children with
very difficult and complex
problems. Having
demonstrated it in the most
complicated system in the
country should give hope
to other eominunities where
children are still trapped as
boarder babies."

Goldsmith's
accomplishments were
further acknowledged in
1998 by two highly
prestigious awards: the
Lewis Hine Award,
presented to her by the
National Child Labor
Committee, and the Hero's
Award from The Robin
Hood Foundation.

She is considered by her
own staff and others in the
child-welfare community to
have a special vision for
disabled children, seeing the
abilities of children with
disabilities, unhindered by
their physical or financial
constraints.

Goldsmith's philosophy is
personified in Tayo, an
18-year-old boy with
cerebral palsy. Tayo had
spent his first eight years
of life in a hospital because
his parents were unable to
care for him. The staff
at NAC believed that his
hospitalization was

medically unnecessary and
that he would be far better
off living outside of the
hospital. They initiated
proceedings to make him
eligible for foster care and
then recruited a wonderful,
caring woman to become
his foster, and eventually
adoptive, mother. Over the
years, NAC has provided
intensive medical support
and counseling, as well as
recreational activities, to
Tayo and his family. In
the spring of 2001, he
graduated as valedictorian
of his Long Island high
school and received $10,000
in scholarship funds to
attend Hofstra University,
where he has been accepted.
"That's what it's all about,"
says Goldsmith, beaming.

— Barbara Kancelbaiim

Barbara Kancelbaum is
a freelance writer living in
Brooklyn. New York.

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Alumni Clubs

Contact any of the club
leaders via the email
addresses below, or call the
Office of Development and
Alumni Relations for
information at
781-736-4100. Please
contact the Gay/Lesbian/
Bisexual/Transgender
Alumni Network or the
Minority Alumni Network
directly to be included on
their mailing lists.

Domestic
Arizona

Ronald "Ron" Lowe '69

arizonaig'alumm. brandeis.edu

Baltimore

Barbara Kirsner Berg '76

baltimorei5alumm.hrandeis.edu

Greater Boston

Ellen Beth Lande 73 and

Detlev Suderow 70

boston@alumni.brandeis.edu

Northern California

northcalifornia®
alumni.hrandeis.edu
Southern California

Albert B. Spevak 73

southcalifornia®

alumni.biandeis.edu

Charlotte

Ruth Abrams Goldberg '53

and Audrey Rogovin

Madans '53

charlotte@alumni.brandeis.edu

Chicago

David Desser '90

chicag()@alumni. brandeis.edu

Cincinnati

Charles "Chuck" and

Darlenc Green Kamine '74

crncinnatrgulumm.biiuideis.edu

Southern Florida

Gilbert "Gil" Drozdow '79

southtlorida®

alumni. brandeis.edu

West Coast Florida

Sylvia Haft Firschein '55

and Joan A. Greenberger

Gurgold '53

westflonda@alumni.brandeis.edu

Houston

Michael Kivort '87

houston@alumni.brandeis.edu

Long Island

Jaime D. Ezratty '86

longisland@;ilumni.br;mdeis.edu

Northern New Jersey

David Spiler '86

northnewjersey®

alumm.hrandcis.edu

Southern New Jersey

Stephen "Steve"

Scheinthal '87

southnew)ersey@

alumni.brandeis.edu

New York City

Victor "Vic" Ney '81

nyc@alumni.brandeis.edu

Philadelphia

Tamara "Tammy"

Chasan '91

Philadelphia®

alumni brandeis.edu

Washington, D.C.

Phyllis Brenner Coburn '75

washingtondc®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Westchester County

Susan Epstein Deutsch '62

Westchester®

alumm.brandeis.edu

International
England

Joan Givner Bovarnick,

Ph.D. '69

england@alumni.brandeis.edu

Israel

Rose Shirwindt

Weinberg '57

israel@alumni.brandeis.edu

Korea

Suk Won Kim '70

korea@alumni.brandeis.edu

Toronto

Mark A. Surchin '78

toronto®alumni. brandeis.edu

Affinity Groups
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/
Transgender Alumni
Network

Michael Hammerschmidt '72
glbti'^alumni, brandeis.edu
Minority Alumni Network
Joseph Perkins '66
man@alumni.brandeis.edu
Future Alumni of Brandeis
Maryanne V. Cullman '02
and Elida Kamine '03
fab@alumm.brandeis.edu

Upcoming Alumni Events

For a current calendar
of activities and all
details, visit http://
alumni.brandeis.edu, or
watch your mail for
invitations to the following
programs |subject to
change).

Alumni Club of Greater
Boston

Sunday, May 5
Alumni Matinee at Spingold
"City of Angels"

Wednesday, May 15
Downtown Lunch Series:
"The Science Behind Art:
Did van Eyck use lenses.and
Picasso neuroscience?" with
Michael Henchman,
Professor of Chemistry

Alumni Club of Chicago

Friday, May 10
Milwaukee Brewers vs.
Chicago Cubs Baseball
Outing

Alumni Club of Israel

Sunday, May 12
Reception with President
lehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72
in Jerusalem

Alumni Club of Arizona

Sunday, May 1^
Philadelphia Phillies vs.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Baseball Outing

Alumni Club of
Westchester County

Sunday, May 19
"Reflections on Aging: Our
mothers, fathers, ourselves"
with Irene Anderman
Gutheil '66, Professor,
Graduate School of Social
Service, Fordham
University, in White Plains

Alumni College

Fiid.iv, liuic 7

Alumni Reunion

Friday, June 7-Sunday, June 9

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Alumni Events

Watch your mailbox for
invitations to events
or for the most up-to-date
information, visit the
Website at http://
alumni.brandeis.edu. If you
are interested in becoming
involved in your area as
a committee member, host,
or speaker, contact your
club president directly (see
page 561 or call Autumn
Haynes, associate director
of alumni relations, at
800-333-1948,
ahaynes@brandeis.edu.

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

On November 8, Alumni
Night at Spingold hosted
alumni and guests for
Summerfolk, a Maxim
Gorky play. They enjoyed
a dessert reception with
members of the cast and
crew in the Dreitzer Gallery
before the show. The event
chairs were Barbara Cantor
Sherman '.54 and Melissa
Bank '99. The Downtown
Lunch Series kicked off
on November 14 with a
wonderful presentation by
David Cunningham,
assistant professor of
sociology, Ph.D. candidates
Barb Browning and Cheryl
Kingma-Keikhofer, and
Aaron Kagan '02. They
shared some of their
experiences and research
from the course that
culminated on a 32-day
bus trip around the east
and southeastern part of
the country: "Brandeis on
the Road; Possibilities for
Change in American
Communities." Learn more
at www.brandeis.edu/

Alumni Club of Northern
New Jersey President David
Spiler '86, hosts Sharon
and Kenneth '74 Fried, and
Professor Gordon Fellman

departments/sociology/bus
|See Brandeis Review, Fall/
Winter 2001/02). Larry
Uchill '69 hosts the program
at his firm Brown Rudnick
Berlack Israels LLP in Boston
and Barbara Cantor
Sherman '54 chairs the
series.

Alumni Club of
Southern California

Stephen and Laurie Slater '74
Albert hosted a "Sunday lazz
Brunch" that featured The
George Kahn '73 Quartet.
Local alumni enjoyed the
sounds and gathering at the
Alberts' home in Malibu on
September 9.

Alumni Club of Israel

The Club hosted a
Faculty-in-the-Field event
with Jonathan Sarna '75,
M.A. '75, Joseph H. and
Belle R. Braun Professor
of American Jewish History,
who was in Israel on
sabbatical. He discussed
"Jewish Lessons from the
2000 U.S. Presidential
Election" with alumni and
guests on November 3.

Alumni Club of
Long Island

On September 6, alumni
gathered to watch the
U.S. Open Tennis
Championships-Quarterfinal
Matches at Arthur Ashe
Stadium in Flushing, New
York. The event chair was
Risa Beth Glaser '85.

Alumni Club of
New York City

Alumni enjoyed a Multi-
Ethnic Eating Tour of the
Lower East Side, Chinatown,
and Little Italy on October
14. On October 16, Yonina
Weiss '79 chaired a program
with Michael Rosbash,
professor of biology, Howard

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Hughes Medical Institute
Investigator, and Volen
National Center for
Complex Systems, who
spoke on "Behavioral
Genetics: Our Bodies, Our
Cells" at Brandeis House.
Professor of Sociology
Gordon Fellman spoke with
alumni of the sixties and
seventies at Brandeis House
on October 29 about today's
students and activism.

On November 7, Victor R.
Ney '81, president of the
Alumni Club of New York
City, and Adam J. Sheer '92
cochaired "Conflict
Management in Family
Enterprises," at Brandeis
House. Local alumni
attended the seminar
featuring Mark Rubin,
founder, senior consultant.
The Metropolitan Group
LLC, a family business
consulting organization.
Rita Golden Gelman '58,
author of Tales of a Female
Nomad, gave a reading and
discussed her new book on
November 15 at Brandeis
House. Gelman is also the
author of more than 70
children's books. "Hedge
Funds: Do They Really
Protect Your Money?" was
the topic of a panel
discussion moderated by
Eric Weinstein '76 of Larch
Lane Advisors. The
November 27 event at
Brandeis House featured
panelists Martin Gross '72,
Sandlewood Securities,
Jason Mandel '96, Himelscin
Mandel Advisors, and
Jonathan Olesky '78,
Solstice Equity
Management.

Alumni Club of
Northern New Jersey

On October 28, Professor of
Sociology Gordon Fellman
spoke about his book,
Rambo and the Dalai Lama:
The Compulsion to Win
and Its Threat to Human
Survival, and the effects of
the September 1 1 terrorist
attack at the home of
Dr. Kenneth Fried '74 and
his wife, Sharon. On
November 4, Dan
Morgenstern '57, director of
the Institute of Jazz Studies
at Rutgers University,
welcomed local alumni to
the Institute in Newark.
The group visited the
research and archival stacks
and viewed personal items
of some of the greatest jazz
musicians in the world.

Alumni Club of
Southern New Jersey

The Club held its inaugural
event on November 5 in
Cherry Hill. Michael
Bogdanow '76 of Lexington,
Massachusetts, gave a talk
at Temple Beth Sholom,
where his Visions of Torah:
Contemporary Paintings
Inspired By Ancient Texts
were on exhibit. Bogdanow
discussed his inspiration for
the paintings and then took
the group through the
exhibit and explained each
piece in greater detail. The
local alumni enjoyed the
chance to get together at
the club's first event and are
planning more.

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Massachusetts State
Representative Jay Kaufman '68
speaks with students at the
World of Law and Politics event

Alumni Events

Alumni Club of
Washington, DC.

On Ndvcmbcr 4, the club
hosted a Faculty-in-the-
Field event with Judith
Tsipis, professor of biology
and director, Genetic
Counseling Program. Jan
Solomon '73 hosted the
event in her home in
Washington, D.C., for the
local alumni and their
guests.

Alumni Club of
Westchester County

Professor of Sociology
Gordon Fellman spoke
about his book, Rdinbu and
the Dalai Lama: The
Compulsion to Win and
Its Threat to Human
Survival, and the effects of
the September 1 1 terrorist
attack on October 28 at
the home of Susan Epstein
Deutsch '62, president of
the Alumni Club of
Westchester County, in
Hastings-on-Hudson.

Recent Graduates
Network

The Recent Graduates
Network of Boston
sponsored a Wine Tasting
Class on September 12 at
Best Cellars in Brookline.
Wendy Morris '95 organized
the event. On October 24
the Recent Graduates
Network of New York City
hosted a social gathering
and networking event at
Session 73 restaurant/
lounge on the Upper East
Side. Erica Lowenfels '98
and Bram Weber '97 serve as
cochairs for the committee.
If you would like to help
with the Network in your
city, contact your local club
president (see page 56) or
call Autumn Haynes,
associate director of alumni
relations, at 800-333-1948,
ahayncs@brandeis.edu.

Future Alumni of Brandeis

The World of Law and
Politics was held on
October 25. Massachusetts
State Representative Jay
Kaufman '68 gave the
keynote address. Other

alumni guests included
Susanna Chilnick '99,
student, Boston College Law
School; Mitchell Cohen '76,
attorney, Gordon Brothers
Partners, Inc.; Miniard
Culpepper '77, assistant
general counsel for New
England, Department of
Housing and Urban
Development; Gail Kleven
Gelb '69, partner/attorney,
Gelh & Gelb, LLP; Juan
Marcel Marcelino '78,
district administrator,
U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission;
Nancy Brunell Mitchell '75,
attorney, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Department
of Environmental
Management; Wendy
Morris '95, attorney,
Kirkpatrick &. Lockhart,
LLP; and Lawrence Uchill '69,
attorney. Brown Rudnick
Berlack Israels LLR The

alumni guests had dinner
with Elida Kamine '03,
Gregg Leppo '03, and Adam
Perlin '03, the members
of the Future Alumni of
Brandeis who helped
organize the event. After
the keynote address, the
invited alumni gave a brief
introduction about their
careers and areas of
expertise. They were then
seated so students could
speak with them and ask
questions.

Family Weekend Legacy
Reception

On November 3, the
Alumni Association and
Future Alumni of Brandeis
hosted a Legacy Reception
in the Faculty Center
recognizing current students
with family ties to Brandeis
alumni as part of Family
Weekend. David '73 and Phyllis

Reunion 2002

Remember... Return...
Reconnect...

1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972,
1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997

Calling all alumni who
graduated in a year ending in
2 or 71 The Brandeis campus
will once again be yours
to explore June 7-9, 2002."
From faculty presentations
to class parties and campus
tours, we've got it all! Bring

the family and enjoy a very
special Brandeis weekend.

Truly relive your college
experience by taking
advantage of our on-campus
housing option — now
available without parietal
hours. Or you may choose
to stay at one of the area
hotels. The Wcstin Hotel
(781-290-5600) and the
DoubleTree Guest Suites
(781-890-67671 are offering
special Brandeis Reunion
rates.

Registration materials will
be mailed in the spring, but
don't wait! Information is
now available on the Web at
http://alumni.hrandeis.edu/
web/reunions/2002.

•The Class of 1952 will
celebrate its 50th Reunion
on the weekend of May
24-26. See page 61 for
details.

58 Brandeis Review

Brenner 75 Coburn, parents
ot Avi Coburn '04, gave
a brief welcome to the
Brandeis tamilies in
attendance, and then opened
the reception up for guests
to meet and reunite with
one another.

Minority Alumni Network

The Mmority Alumni
Network |MANI promotes
unity and networkmg
among mmority alumni
through educational, career
development, community,
and social events. The
Network provides a link and
support mechanism to the
greater Brandeis community
of students, faculty, staff,
and fellow alumni clubs
and organizations. Chaired
by Joseph Perkins '66, the
Boston Network met on
campus on November 18
for a fall reception, with
Allan Keller, professor of
music. The group viewed
■O. Write My Name':
Ameiican Portrnits-Harlem

Louie-Net

The Alumni Association now
offers Its members new online
services through its Website
at http://alumni.brandeis.edu.
Alumni may register on this
secure site for a username
and password to access
Louie-mail' and an alumni
online directory. While you
are there you may also
update your contact
information with the
University, submit a Class
Note, view a schedule of
upcoming events, and more!

Heroes, a photographic
exhibit by Carl Van Vechten.
Keiler, author of Marian
Anderson: A Singer's
Journey, held a lively
discussion about Anderson's
life and work. The New
York City Network also
hosted Keiler in February.
The Washington, D.C.,
Network also plans for a
spring program. If you
would like to become

Louie-mail" is a special
Brandeis email address you
may keep forever! This
forwarding email address
will follow you as you
change Internet service
providers, jobs, etc.

Find and contact former
classmates through the
Online Directory! Only
Brandeis alumni who
register will be able to
access this information on
our secure Website. Alumni
will have the option to
show or hide their contact
information. A terms and
conditions agreement that
each registered user accepts
protects you from directory

involved or to be included
on the mailing list,
please email

man@alumni.brandeis.edu
or call 781-736-4100.

G/L/B/T Alumni Network

The Gay/Lesbian/
Bisexual/Transgender
(G/L/B/T) Alumni Network
is growing in number with
more than 3.50 self-
identified members. The
network is looking to
develop programming and
networking events in the
Boston, New York City, and
San Francisco areas, as well
as to foster a stronger
relationship with students
by working with student
organizations such as
Triskehon (The GLBTQSA
Alliance), BiSpace, Queers
United Against Defamation
(QUAD), and Shalem
(Jewish G/L/B/T Group). If
you are interested in joining

To register, just point your
Web browser to
http://alumni.brandeis.edu
and in the menu bar go
to Louie-Net and then
Registration. Complete the
fields with your first and
last names, the school from
which you received your
first Brandeis degree, your
class year, and the last
four digits of your social
security number, and you
are ready to go! Should
you have any questions,
please contact Autumn
Haynes, associate director
of alumni relations, at
781-736-4041 or email
louienet@alumni.brandeis.edu.

the G/L/B/T Alumni
Network and/or helping
with programming,
please email

gibtia'alumni. brandeis.edu,
or call Karen Cirrito,
assistant director of alumni
relations, at 781-736-4055.
Please indicate whether you
would like your name listed
on the "open mailing list,"
which will be distributed
only to other members of
the G/L/B/T Alumni
Network, as well as telling
us what, if any, G/L/B/T
groups you were affiliated
with while you were a
Brandeis student.

Minority Alumni Network
Chair Joseph Perkins '66
and Professor Allan Keiler
in the Dreitzer Gallery on
campus

59 Brandeis Review

Professor Shulamit Reinharz,
Ph.D. '77, and President
Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72

Travel
Opportunities

With the goal of providing
Ufclong learning
opportunities, the Alumni
Association has partnered
with Alumni Holidays'
Alumni Campus Abroad
program to offer an
educational experience in an
international environment
conducive to learning,
recreation, and fellowship.
Following a successful first
season with trips to
Provence and Tuscany, the
Brandeis University Alumni
Association is pleased to
announce trips to Greece
and Cuba in 2002.

Greece

On June 25-Iuly 4, 2002,
President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. '72, and Professor
Shulamit Reinharz,
Ph.D. '77, will host an
extraordinary, all-mclusive
trip to Greece. Based on

the beautiful island village
of Poros, located just off
the coast of Athens, you
need only unpack once as
all of your excursions and
activities begin and end
at the Hotel New Aegli.
This cultural immersion
will offer an unprecedented
opportunity to experience
the local culture and people
of Poros and the surrounding
region.

Cuba

Rediscover Cuba, a
culturally and historically
rich country that has been
closed to the U.S. traveler
for 40 years. Scheduled for
October 25-3 1,2002, this
seven-day, six-night cultural
exchange program features
accommodations at the
Parque Central, located in
the center of old Havana.
Our study program is
operated by Worldguest with
a license from the U.S.
Department of Treasury to
promote cultural exchange

and people-to-people
contact. Our trip to Cuba
will feature numerous
excursions, as well as
presentations on the
country's history and
culture. Don^t let this rare
educationaltravel
opportunity pass by.

Trips are open to all
members of the Brandeis
community and space is
extremely limited, so an
early reservation is
essential. To reserve your
place, call Alumni
Holidays at 800-323-7373.
For additional information,
cheek the Brandeis Website
at http://alumni.hrandeis.edu,
call the Office of Alumni
Relations at 781-746-4100,
or email travel@alumni.
brandeis.edu.

Be a Part of the
Connected University

Alumni Mentor Program

This program is a new
initiative intended to
provide interested first-year
students with an alumni
mentor who they can
contact for resource
information, perspective
about the University, and to
generally assist with their
overall adiustment to
university life. The mentor
program was conceived by
President Reinharz and is
intended to enhance the
development of the
"Connected University."

As an alumni mentor, you
will be asked to:

Participate in a training
program to receive
information about the
mentor role and the
expectations for the
relationship with your
Brandeis first-year student;

Provide a welcome to your
student through a note or
phone call;

Meet with your student on
campus at least once each
semester;

Consider inviting your
student off-campus to a
family gathering, meal,
community program, etc.;

Attend a special year-end
dinner on campus.

Some allowances may be
made for qualified mentors
who do not live in the
Greater Boston area.

If you are interested in
being considered for this
special role, please contact
Michele I. Rosenthal,
associate dean of
undergraduate academic
affans and first year services,
at 781-736-3470 or
mrosenthw'brandeis.edu, or
lennifer Lewis, coordinator
of the Women and Health
Initiative and health
professions advisor, at
78 1 -736-3470 or
jlcwis@brandeis.edu.

60 Brandeis Review

Alumni College 2002:
Shaping the Future

Friday, June 7, 2002

ExpL-ncnce once again the
excitement and challenge
of a Brandeis classroom
at Alumni College 2002:
Shapmg the Future. This
daylong academic adventure
for Brandeis alumni, their
families, and friends of the
University features Brandeis
faculty members and
alumni. The only
prerequisites for
participation are curiosity,
imagination, and a desire to
learn! [Please note: Classes
and speakers are subject to
change.]

Choose among classes in
which you can...

Discuss the future of
immigration, ethnicity, and
race in the United States
with Lawrence H. Fuchs,
Meyer and Walter )affe

Welcoming Back
the Pioneers...

This year we honor the
first graduating class from
Brandeis. We look forward
to welcoming back the
graduating Class of 1952.

During the weekend of
May 24-26, 2002, the Class
of 19.52 will return to
campus to re-live their
pioneering days on campus.
The first class to graduate
from Brandeis University
marched down the aisle,
into graduate schools all

Professor of American
Civilization and Politics,
who is retiring from
Brandeis after 30 years on
the faculty;

Examine perceptions of
America from home and
abroad with Wellington
Nyangoni, professor of
African and Afro-American
studies, Linda Scherzer '82,
senior partner, Scherzer,
Dubin and Associates,
former Middle East
correspondent for CNN and
Israel Television, and
Stephen Solarz '62, senior
counselor at APCO
Associates, former
congressman, and special
envoy to the Far East under
President Clinton;

Consider the reinvention of
the CIA with Ted Gup '72,
Shirley Wormser Professor of
Journalism at Case Western
Reserve University, former
investigative reporter, and

over America, and into the
world. They have proudly
represented Brandeis for the
last 50 years, and will
join the Class of 2002 to
celebrate with them their
entrance to the world
beyond Brandeis.

Don't forget to make your
hotel reservations now for
the Class of 1952 Reunion
weekend. May 24-26, 2002,
at the Westin Hotel
(781-290-5600).

author of The Book of Honor:
Covert Lives and Classified
Deaths at the CIA;

Delve into issues of privacy
with Mary Davis, adjunct
associate professor of
American studies, and
Margaret Salinger '82,
author of Dream Catcher, a
memoir about life with her
famous father, |.D. Salinger;

Tackle issues of the future
of wireless communication
with Jordan Pollack,
associate professor of
computer science and Volen
National Center for
Complex Systems, whose
GOLEM Project on
evolutionary robotics made
headlines in 2001;

Discuss the present state
and future direction of
media and the arts with
Michael Murray, the
Blanche, Barbara, and Irving

Laurie Adjunct Professor of
Theater Arts and director.
Theater Arts Program, film
director and producer Sam
Weisnian, M.F.A. '73, and
Arnie Reissman '64, writer/
producer/performer and
Brandeis lecturer;

Explore possibilities for
change in American
communities with David
Cunningham, assistant
professor of sociology, and
Brandeis students who will
share experiences from their
course that culminated in
a 32-day summer trip on a
sleeper bus.

For more information
about Alumni College 2002
or to register, please see the
Alumni Relations Website
at alumni.brandeis.edu, or
call Julie Smith-Bartoloni '90,
associate director of
university relations, at
781-736-4045.

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61 Brandeis Review

Informatior submitted to
Class Notes will appear no
sooner than six monttis after
Its receipt by the Office
of Development and Alumni
Relations Due to space
limitations, we usually are
unable to print lists of
classmates who attend each
other's weddings or other
functions News of marriages
and births are included in
separate listings by class.
Factual verification of every
class note is not possible
If an inaccurate submission
is published, the Brandeis
ReviewfiiW correct any errors
in the next possible issue, but
must disclaim responsibility
for any damage or loss.

'52

50th Reunion
May 24-26, 2002

June Goldman, Class
Correspondent, 15 Preston
Beach Road, Marblehead,
MA 01945
1 952notes(g'alumni,brandeis edu

Julian Koss, Class of '52
Reunion Program
Committee chair, writes,
"During the weekend of May
24-26, the Class of 1952
will celebrate its 50th
anniversary On June 16,
1952, the first class to
graduate from Brandeis
University marched down
the aisle, into graduate
schools all over America,
and into the world Of the
107 who matriculated in
1948,101 graduated We
have proudly represented
Brandeis for the last 50
years, and will proudly |Oin
the Class of 2002 to
celebrate with them their
entrance to the world
beyond Brandeis I would
like to urge all of my
fellow classmates to |Oin
in the celebration. Come
to Reunion weekend May
24-26, 2002 Welcome
backi" Visit our Website to
see who plans to attend at
alumni brandeis, edu

'53

Abraham Heller,
Class Correspondent,
1400 Runnymede Road
Dayton, OH 45419
1953notesi9alumni,brandeis,edu

'54

Sydney Rose Abend,
Class Correspondent,
304 Concord Road,
Wayland,MA01778
1 954notes@alumni,b[andeis.edu

'55

Judith Paull Aronson,
Class Correspondent,
838 N Doheny Drive, #906,
Los Angeles, CA 90069
1955notes'9alumni brandeisedu

Henry Braun (MA, '57.
English and American
literature) writes poetry in
the woods of Maine, Susan
Lackrilz Kaplan has been
consulting in organization

development since
retirement two years ago
She and her husband, Dick,
have enioyed traveling to
Africa, Australia, China.
England, and many US
spots over the last two
years Their grown children
bring them much joy and
they are looking forward to
being grandparents Susan
writes, "Dick and I very
much enioyed the last
Reunion and look forward to
the50thi"TwoofSondra
Siegel Cohen paintings
were exhibited at the
Sonoma Museum of Visual
Art The show was luried
by Kenneth Baker, &n
Francisco Chronicle art critic
The exhibition ran from
October to December 2001

'56

Leona Feldman Durban
Class Correspondent,
366 River Road, Carlisle,
MA 01741
1956notesi8'alumni brandeisedu

Alberta GotthardtStrage

hosted the 14th Annual
Thanksgiving Tea, on
November 25, 2001, in
London, for the Alumni Club
of England,

'57

45th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Wynne Wolkenberg Miller,
Class Correspondent,
14 Larkspur Road,
Waban, MA 02468
1 957notes(8'alumni,brandeis.edu

Hello classmates, I guess
the events of fall 2001
have reminded us that each
moment and person in our
lives IS more precious than
ever Well, the time is
coming soon when we can
revisit our Brandeis
experience and see those
more and less familiar faces
(none of which will have
changed since 19571), Are
you ready'' We are!
Meanwhile let's whet
everyone's appetite for
Reunion and send news
Joan Lapedos Braun is
a marriage and family
therapist with an office in
Farmington, ME IVIoriel
SchlesingerWeiselberg
enioys retirement She is
involved in book discussion
groups while writing book
reviews for local
publications She is the
chair of the Adult Education
Committee for Temple Beth
David, which creates special
events, such as the Annual
Scholar-in-Residence

weekend. She is very active
musically: singing in two
choruses, playing chamber
music and orchestra, and
is on the board of an arts
council She is promoting
the compositions of Simon
Sargon '59 in all her groups
Her four grandsons are the
frosting on the cake.

'62

66

58

Judith Brecher Borakove,
Class Correspondent,
10 East End Avenue, #2-F,
New York, NY 10021
1 958notes#alumni,brandeis,edu

The Alumni Club of New
York City held a book
signing and reception at
Brandeis House with Rita
Golden Gelman '58. author
of fates Ola female Nomad
Living Large in the World, in
November 2001, as part of
her national book tour

Sunny Sunshine Brownrout,
Class Correspondent,
87 Old Hill Road,
Westport, CT 06880
1959notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

Joan Silverman Wallack,
Class Correspondent,
28 Linden Shores.
#28, Branlord,CT 06405
1 960notes@alumni.brandeis,edu

'61

Judith Leavitt Schatz,
Class Correspondent,
139 Cumberland Road,
Leominster, MA 01453
1 961 notesttalumni brandeis edu

Robert IVIoullhrop has been
national director of
communications for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation (JDRF) in New
York City since 1 999, JDRF's
mission IS to find a cure
for diabetes and its
complications through the
support of research

40th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Ann Leder Sharon,
Class Correspondent,
13890 Ravenwood Drive,
Saratoga, CA 95070
1962notes8'alumni biandeis.edu

Ira Shoolman, Class of '62
Reunion Program
Committee cochair, writes.
"As the old saying goes, 'One
brand won't burn in an oven,
but two vjill burn in an
open field.' So make each
other happy by contributing
the spark of your presence
to the Class of '62 40th
Reunion The guality, as
well as quantity, of spiritual
warmth and chemistry we
generate will be increased
exponentially by each
additional one ol us who
conies backi" Susan
Epstein Deutsch hosted a
Faculty-in-the-Field event
featuring Professor of
Sociology Gordon Fellman
in October 2001 lor the
Alumni Club of Westchester
County She IS also serving
as the club president as
well as a member of both
Reunion committees Roger
Werthelmer vras appointed
distinguished chair in ethics
of the United States Naval
Academy, 2001.

'63

Miriam Osier Hyman,
Class Correspondent,
140 East 72nd Street,
#16B,NewYork. NY
1 963notesi9alumni,biandeis,edu

'64

Shelly A, Wolf,
Class Correspondent,
113 Naudain Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19147
1964notes'8'alumni brandeis,edu

'65

Joan Furber Kalafatas.
Class Correspondent,
3 Brandywyne,
Wayland, MA. 01778
1965nQtes@alumnl,brandeis.edu

Joel Perlmutler '65 and
his wife, Janet Slrassman-
Perlmutler '80, piactice
psychotherapy in Worcester,
MA, where they relocated
last year.

Kenneth E Davis.
Class Correspondent,
28 Mary Chilton Road,
Needham, MA 02492
1966notes4alumni brandeis,edu

Mark Kramer, formerly
writer-in-residence and
professor ol journalism at
Boston University, moved
to the Nieman Foundation
for Journalism at Harvard
University to start and direct
a "center for narrative
lournalism," where he will
teach an in-house weekly
seminar to the Niemans,
Barry Pomerantz appeared
in the Provincetown Fringe
Festival production ol The
Letters ol Ethel and Julius
Rosenberg in the summer
of 2001 During the winter
season Barry appears
regularly as a therapist in
Newton, MA Bill Schneider,
senior political analyst, CNN,
gave the address foi
Brandeis Night 2001, held
on October 30 in Chicago,

'67

35th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Anne Reilly Hort,
Class Correspondent,
4600 Livingston Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10471
1967notes4alumni brandeis,edu

Eve HIavaty CImmet, Class
of '67 Reunion Program
Committee chair, writes,
"Where else can you have
fun with a bunch of people,
all ol whom are guaranteed
to be smart, to know what
'parietal hours' means, and
to know how old you are?
Don't miss our 35th
Reunion!"

David Greenwald,
Class Correspondent.
3655 Aquetong Road.
Carversville, PA 18913
1968notesi8alumni.brandeis.edu

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69

72

Phoebe Epstein,

Class Correspondent,

205 West 89th Street, #10-S,

NewYork.l\IY 10024

1969notes<gaiumni.brandeis,edu

70

Charles S, Eisenberg,
Class Correspondent,
4 Ashford Road, Newton
Center, MA 021 59
1 970notes@alumni,brandels,edu

Roy L. DeBerry, Jr. (M A

78, politics, Ph.D. 79) IS
vice president for economic
development and
government affairs at
Jackson State University,
Jackson. MS. Lerner
Publications published Paul
Flelsher's book Ice Cream
Treats: The Inside Scoop.
The book is written for upper
elementary and middle
school aged readers and
follovKs the entire process
of manufacturing Good
Humor ice cream bars
Lerner Publications has also
just released Secrets of
the Universe 3 iwe-'jolume
re-issue of Paul's first book
Paul teaches gifted students
at Binford Middle School
in Richmond VA William
"Bill" Lebovich had his first
Internet article published in
the July 25. 2001 issue
ofArchitectureWeek.com
The article and his
accompanying photographs
detailed the restoration of
the Virginia Executive
Mansion, the oldest
residence for a governor
in the country dating to
the beginning of the 19lh
century Jaqueline
McDonald Martin lives and
v^orksasa registered nurse
in Wisconsin's Great
Northvtfoods.

71

30th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Dan Gartinkel,
Class Correspondent,
2420 Kings Lane,
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
1972notesigalumni brandeisedu

Michael Hammerschmidt

Class of '72 Reunion
Program Committee chair,
writes "Thirty years ago we
were part of the class that
didn't trust anyone over 30
Mow we're over 50! Let's
get together and see if
we can figure out who we
should trust now' Hope to
see you at Reunion "Nancy
Katzen Kaufman received
an honorary Doctor of
Public Service degree from
Northeastern University in
June 2001 She has gained
nahonal recognition for her
work in support of social
justice Nancy has served
as the execuhve director
of the Jewish Community
Relations Council (JCRC) of
Greater Boston for over 10
years Michal Regunburg,
vice president of public
affairs at Brandeis, is also
a Brandeis alumni mentor.
The mentor program was
created in order to enable
alumni to provide prachcal
guidance to hrst-year
students, thereby reinforcing
their own connechon to the
University,

73

Beth Posin Uchill,
Class Correspondent,
46 Malia Terrace.
Newton. MA 02467
1971notes@alumni.brandeis.edu

Djessan Philippe
Djangone-Bi is the new
permanent representative of
Cote d'lvoire to the United
Nahons. Prior to his current
appointment, Djessan
served from 2000 to 2001
as head of the International
Cooperation Division in his
country's Ministry for Higher
Education and Scientihc
Research, He is also a senior
lecturer in the Department
of English. University of
Cocody. Abidjan.

Janet Besso Becker, Class
Correspondent. 1556 Old
Orchard Street. West
Harrison, NY 10504
1 973notes'salumni brandeisedu

George Kahn took the
summer off from "gigging"
and has been focusing on
writing material for his next
CD, which he hopes to
record in early 2002. George
performed with the George
Kahn Quartet, at a jazz
brunch for Brandeis alumni
in Malibu. CA. on September
9,2001 Darlene Green
Kamine is serving as a
Brandeis alumni mentor to
a first-year student Charles
Klein received the Rabbi of
the Year Award from the
New York Board of Rabbis,
the oldest and largest board
of rabbis in the United

States. Of being chosen for
the award, he says. "They've
seen the work I've done
there over 24 years We
try to offer programs that
touch every person m our
congregahon and
community on a weekly
basis." Charles also
represents the Jewish point
of view on "Circle of Faith," a
Telecard religious
roundtable. For the past 10
years he has worked on
pastoral care in hospitals,
prisons, and developmental
centers throughout New
York State Jakki Kouflman
Sperber lives in Santa Fe,
NM She shows her
paintings in Santa Fe at
Ventanna Fine Art, in Taos
at Horizon Fine Art, and in
Anchorage, AK, at Artique
Ltd One of her paintings
was chosen by the New
Mexico Committee to be
included in the National
Museum of Women in the
Arts show at the Harwood
Museum in Taos The Studio
of Creative Movement,
owned and operated by
Joanne Peros SInerate,
celebrated 25 seasons of
dance education in Waltham.
MA. Joanne and five other
instructors see over 400
students weekly, pre-school
through adult, for jazz, tap,
ballet, lyrical swing, hip-hop.
and belly dance She also
contributes choreography to
local school productions,
choreographs and codirects
summer youth theater, and
presents movement
workshops She lives with
herhusband, John, and
two daughters, Jesse and
Dana. Joel Reich, senior
vice president for medical
affairs. Eastern Connechcut
Health Network, received the
Habitat Haverim Chapter
outstanding volunteer award,
given by Hartford Area
Habitatfor Humanity at a
ceremony in October 2001.
Joel volunteers regularly
with the nonprofit
organization as a
construchon crew leader He
IS an advocate for the
economical housing
program in the Jewish
community and was
selected as this year's
recipient for his
contributions to Habitat's
mission Jan Solomon
hosted a Facully-in-the-Field
event featuring Professor of
Biology and Director of the
Genetic Counseling Program
Judith Tsipis in November
2001 for the Alumni Club of
Washington. DC

74

Susan Goldberg Benjamin,
Class Correspondent.
10 Tram Road,
Bedford, NY 10506
t974notesiB.'alumni brandeis,edu

Michael J. Brooks was

appointed district court
ludgefortheNatick. MA,
District Court by former
Governor Paul Cellucci. He
writes. "I am basically riding
the circuit and mostly sit
in Worcester, Mailborough,
Frammgham, Woburn, and
occasionally even in Natick
The job is interesting and
exciting and I am thoroughly
enioyingit" Mike and his
family relocated to Concord.

Kathryn M. Dion

MA. m September of 2001
Kathryn M. Dion was
promoted to senior vice
president at Banknorth
Investment Management
Group, NA, in Portland, ME.
As senior investment
manager, she is responsible
for overseeing all
investment management
activities in Maine. Kathryn
joined Banknorth
Investment in 1977 and
has more than 15 years
in investment management
experience She previously
served as a vice president,
regional investment
manager, and portfolio
manager She is a certified
hnancial advisor and is a
member ot the Boston
Security Analysts Society
and the Association for
Investment Management
and Research Susan Kay
Feigenbaum was named by
the late Governor Mel
Carnahan to serve as a

trustee of the Missouri
Consolidated Health Care
Board, which makes
decisions about medical
insurance for state
employees She also
assumed the responsibilities
of chair of the economics
department at the University
of Missouri, St Louis,
Kenneth Fried and his wife,
Sharon, hosted a Faculty-
in-the-Field event featuring
Professor of Sociology
Gordon Fellman in October
2001 for the Alumni Club of
NoiThern New Jersey Heidi
Ravuen (M.A. '74, history
of Ideas, PhD '84, history
of ideas) was promoted
from associate professor
to full professor in the
religious studies department
at Hamilton College, Clinton,
NY Heidi, who joined the
Hamilton College faculty in
1983, teaches Jewish
studies, Hebrew Bible, and
the philosophy of religion.
Her fields of interest are
Jewish philosophy, feminist
ethics, and G W.F Hegel
Her edited volume, Jewish
Themes in Spinoza's
Philosophy, was published
bySUNYin2001 Steven
Ruby was elected to the
international board of
directorsof the Juvenile
Diabetes Research
Foudation (JDRF) JDRF
gives more money to
diabetes research than any
other nonprofit,
nongovernmental health
agency in the world Laurie
Slater Albert and her
husband, Stephen, hosted
a Sunday lazz brunch
featuring The George Kahn
'73 Quartet, on September 9
2001, for the Alumni Club of
Southern California.

75

Barbara Alpert,
Class Correspondent,
272 First Avenue, MG,
New York, NY 10009
1975notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

I, Barbara Alpert, joined the
2001 class of New York
City Teaching Fellows in May
2001, began work on my
master's degree at Lehman
College in June, and started
teaching summer school in
July AHer surviving and
passing two teacher
certification tests (the LSAT
and CSTj more than 25
years after I took the SATs(!),
I now teach elementary
school at PS 277 in the
South Bronx, After 20 years
as an editor and writer, I
decided to help "grow" the
next generation of readers,
writers, innovators, activists.

and caring individuals who
will shape the future Phyllis
Brenner Coburn gave the
welcoming remarks for the
Brandeis University Family
Weekend Legacy Reception
on November 3, 2001 . Many
legacy alumni and students
were in attendance including
her husband. David H.
Coburn '73. and their son,
Avi Coburn '04 Jay S.
Pepose (MA '75. biology),
director of the Pepose Vision
Institute in St. Louis, MO,
founded the Midwest Cornea
Reseaich Foundation, with
a goal of fostering new
innovations in the treatment
of corneal disease. His
institute was the first
nationwide to receive the
Bausch & Lomb Excellence
in Vision Correction Award
Jay was recently recognized
in the first edihon of
America's Top Doctors
While on sabbaWcal,
Brandeis Professor
Jonathan Sarna (MA '75,
Near Eastern and Judaic
Studies) was the guest
speaker at a Faculty-in-the-
Field event in November
2001 in Jerusalem for the
Alumni Club of Israel Terrie
Williams adds to her
resume as public relations
whiz, lecturer, and author
with her newest book. Stay
Strong Simple Life Lessons
for Teens (Scholastic), which
includes an introduction by
Queen Latifah She is also
the author of The Personal
Touch: What You Really
fleerl to Succeed in Today's
Fast-Paced Business World.

76

Beth Pearlman,
Class Correspondent,
1773 Diane Road, Mendota
Heights, MN 55118
1 976notes@alumni,brandeis,edu

Michael Bogdanow of

Lexington MA was the
featured artist at an exhibit,
talk, and reception in
November 2001, for the
Alumni Club of Southern
New Jersey Benjamin
Gomes-Casseres, associate
professor of internahonal
business in the Graduate
School of International
Economics and Finance at
Brandeis, received the
Decade Av;ard from the
Journal of Internahonal

63 Biandeis Review

Births and Adoptions

Class

Braniieis Parent(s)

Cliild's Name

Date

Business Studies for his
article concerning the

capacity. Marc founded and
operates a nonprofit called

pediatrics at the University of
Rochester, in New York. He

1973

Claylon M Austin

Brandon Laimer

June 21, 2001

dynamics ol bargaining

CAVNET (Communities

was appointed a member of

Salvatore Giavoni

between multinational

Against Violence Network),

the Public Health Service US.

1983

Caren Fierverker Boroshok

Tyler Matthew

June 21, 2001

enterprises and the

which addresses violence

Preventative Services Task

Amy Oshansky KnopI

Theodore Isaac

September 26, 2001

governments of the

against women He formerly

Force In June 2001. Evan

1984

Gil Anav

Deborah Guadalupe

July 20, 2001

countries in which they

served as special counsel

J. Kratne opened a new

1985

Christopher Bean

Alexander Charles
Jacob Bradbury

June 6, 2001

invest funds.

to the Violence Against
Women Office at the Justice

law firm, Altman & Krame,
in Rockville, MP. The firm's

Seth Harris Grae

Michael

March 23. 2001

77

Department. He can be

practice areas are estate

IVIarci D. IVlitkoll and

David Lawrence

January 3, 2000

reached at

planning probate, and

Eric N. Lutsky 84

mdubin'oipobox com

guardianships Evan works

1986

Robert Neil Gerstman

Adam Ethan

May 2, 2001

25th Reunion

Kenneth Paul Rosenberg

extensively on estate planning

Lisa R, Rynston-Lobel

Eric Matthew

October 6. 2000

June 6-9, 2002

won a Peabody Award for

for persons with disabilities.

Amy Schoenblum

Jordan Elana

October 26, 2000

Fred Berg,

his role as an executive

1987

Jennifer C. Braimon
IVIichelle A. Hollander and

Rebecca Susan
Miranda Geraldine

July 26, 2001
January 11, 2000

Class Correspondent,
150 East 83rd Street, #20,

producer of a cable
documentary health

.

'Qfl ^-J-tJ-

1988

John F, McCarthy
Cheryl Goren Robins

Nina Alexis

July 13, 2001

New York, NY 10028
1977notes'g'alumni brandeis edu

program He also presented
two papers at the American

OU

Lewis Brooks,

Deborah Rosen Fidel

Joshua Aaron

June 14, 2001

Psychiatric Association

Class Correspondent,

1989

Stephanie GruberRipps

Ethan Joel

January 26, 2001

Our 25th Reunion is almost

annual meeting on his

585 Glen Meadow Road,

David A. Klein

Samuel Joseph

July 27, 2001

upon usl We hope you

research on sexual

Richboro, PA 18954

Evan Paul

January 7, 1999

are able to come back to

disorders. Ken's daughter.

1 980notes alumni brandeis,edu

Robert Levy

Rena Bruk

September 17, 2001

campus, reconnect with old

Claire, is 6, his son.

1990

Laura Benalt Rabin and

Stephen Matthew

October 20, 2000

friends, and even meet new

Alexander, is 12, and they

Actress Stephanie dayman

Michael Rabin '91

friends you never knew were

are living in "that lovely

earned high praise from

Melissa Benenleldand

Matthew Ezra

June 12, 2001

your Brandeis classmates.

hamlet of Scarsdale, NY."

national critics for her comic

Jeltrey Merovitz '91

GaborGalambosisthe

He also writes, "No more

turn in MGM'sfilm, What's

1991

Lisa Brenner

Benjamin Owen

August 25. 2001

author of Stealing Pike's

hims or research proiects

the Worst that Could

Cheri Grossman Belkowltz

Samuel Joshua

May 4, 2001

Peak, a globe-hopping tale

for the time being, with

Happen'', starring Martin

and Harold Belkowltz '89

of kidnapping that revolves

two college tuitions on the

Lawrence and Danny DeVito,

Amy Meyerson Friedman and

Zachary Evan

March 24, 2000

around the abduction of all-

way, I'm working solely on

and directed by fellow

Saul Friedman '90

star football player, Zach

my psychiatric practice in

Brandeisian,SamWeisman

Tracy E. Love-Gellen and

Alyssa Leah

April 11, 2000

Pike, by Islamic terrorists

Manhattan ' David Segal

(MFA '73, theater arts)

Marc A. Gotten '39

The book holds an

(M M H S '83, human

Lila J, Felngold runs a

Andrea L. Pass and

Ansel

April 9, 2001

unexpected relevance in the

services management) was

resource and study center

Alvin Marcovici

Leighton

August 27, 1999

wake of the September 11

promoted to senior vice

for immigrant children at

Rachel Remler

Oliver Joseph

March 24, 2000

attacks on America Carol

president of operations at

Amherst Regional High

Audrey Sobel

Noah Jacob

November 20, 1999

Sarshik and Larry Backman

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

School in Massachusetts.

and Jeremy Pressman

celebrated their 23rd

in Massachusetts,

She works with kids from

Jonathan A. Tabachnikott

Zachary Micah

April 29, 2001

anniversary in August 2001

23 countries who speak

1992

Shira Linker Berger and
GarryA. Berger'91

Harri'^nn IVlitrhpll

May 31, 2001

Carol, Larry, their daughters,
Jenna(15)andAllie(12),

18 different languages She
writes "Arm-chair travel has

ndi 1 isup 1 ivmiIjIicii

'7Q

Debra IVIandel Johnson
Tracy MarkhotI Coe and

Aurora Caillia
Jason Andrew

May 16, 2001
July 17, 2001

and their dog. Shadow,
spend lots of time in

# «i

never been so much fun!"

Ruth Strauss Fleischmann,

Nancy Hochman, of

Brian J, Coe '91

Falmouth. MA, during the

Class Correspondent,

Portland, OR, visited

Ellen RappaportTanowitz

Beniamm Spencer

December 7, 2001

summer Please email

SAngierRoad,

Jennifer Roskies, who lives

and Charles Tanowitz

sarshic@polaroid com if

Lexington, MA 02420

in Jerusalem, in February

1993

Debra Bernstein Gertler

Michael

May 31, 2000

you're visiting Cape Cod

1979notes@alumni.brandeis,edu

2001. This was the first

Sara Chandros Hull

Samuel David

December 14, 2000

in the summer Donna

time they had seen each

Melissa Palat Murawsky and

Jessica Brooke

February 7, 2001

Splegelman, associate

EricR. Brauerman serves

other since 1980i Peggy

Nathan M. Murawsky '92

Samantha Michelle

Mays, 1999

professor of epidemiology

as the medical director of

Levitt, assistant professor

1994

Barbara F, Berwaldand

Beniamin Kiva

April 11, 2001

and biostatistics at Harvard

the Place for Achieving Total

in the sociology department

Andrew T. Dielz'92

School of Public Health,

Health (PATH) Medical Clinic

atWellesley College and

Jonathan Leiken

Caleigh

September 11, 2001

was named a fellow of the

in New York City He has

an associate at the

Shira IVIermelstein Rothschild

Alexa Rachel

July 11, 2001

American Statistical

published several articles in

Weatherhead Center tor

Robyn Welleld Hartman

Bailey Reese

January 5. 2001

Association (ASA) in a

tt\e Journal of Molecular

imernational Affairs at

Addison Matthew

presentation ceremony

PsycAaf/yand his newest

Harvard University, is the

Grad

Crystal Fleuty Isola '83

Sara Nell

February 27, 2001

during the ASA Presidential
Address at the lOint
statistical meetings in
August 2001 in Atlanta.

78 ^

Valerie Troyansky,

book on the topic of brain
health will be released in
2002 Jonathan Klein is

an associate professor of

author of a new book.
The Transnational Villagers.
published by the University
of California Press, Janet

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rights section of the Civil
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is responsible for enforcing
the Americans With

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Jennifer Roskies and

Disabilihes Act on behalf

Nancy Hochmann

of the US In his private

64 Biandc'is Review

News Notes

classnotes@alunini.brandels.edu

Strassman-Perlmuner has

published leature stones in
New England Travel and Lite
magazine including stories
on Nantucket, Boston's
North End, and biking New
Hampshire's White
Mountains Her travel
writing on river rafting with
a preschooler appeared m
the Christian Science
Monitor In addition to
traveling and writing, Janet
andher husband, Joel
Perlmulter '65, practice
psychotherapy in Worcester,
MA, where they relocated
last year.

'81

David J Allon,
Class Correspondent,
540 Weadley Road,
Wayne, PAl 9087
19B1notesiaalumnibiandeis.edu

Jeffrey Menkln ran the
Marine Corps Marathon in
Washington, DC. on
October28, 2001, raising
over S2,500 for the
Lombardi Cancer Center at
Georgetown Hospital, Jeff
is a senior trial attorney
with the Department of
Justice's Oflice of Special
Investigations, which
investigates and deports
Nazi war criminals living in
the United States He has
also been performing with
ComedySportz. a
professional improv troupe
in Washington, DC . since
1992,

20th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Ellen Cohen,
Class Correspondent.
1007 Euclid Street. #3.
Santa Monica, CA 90403
1 982notes.alumni.brandeis.edu

I know it's been (wow. I
can't even choke out the
number) it's been a long
time since that day in May
when we flung our hats high
in that rainy Waltham sky
But sometimes, it feels like
it was lUst a few years
ago. Some days I think
of all of you that I knew
in college, all my friends,
roommates, suitemates.
teammates, classmates, and
just plain old mates and I
can't believe that I haven't
spoken with most of you in
years. With all the troubles
in the world now. I think
of all the people I've spent
really great bmes with and
wish I could gather us all

together to make sure you're
doing great and |ust catch
up I am sure we all have
some wonderful news to
share I know that some of
you were promoted, some
got married, some had kids
and yes. even twins, some
of you may have gotten a
book or an article published,
some of you might have
traveled to interesting places
both near and far. and lam
sure that a few of you
have even learned some
really wonderful new things.
So please email me or
drop a card to let me/us
know Barry H. Bloch was
appointed general counsel
lor the North Carolina Board
of Mortuary Science on
September 7, 2001 The
board is responsible for the
administration and
regulation of the profession
of funeral service m North
Carolina It reviews license
applications, administers
examinations, licenses
qualified applicants, and
regulates the professional
practice of the licensees
throughout the state As
general counsel Barry will
supervise investigation of
complaints and prosecute
those requiring further
action Lisa Field, Class
of '82 Reunion Program
Committee chair, writes, "20
years It's time to revisit
the place where you grew
up I mean the place where
you learned to live on your
own, stay up all night, wash
when you wanted and study
or not study - where you
first became master of your
universe Brandeis was a
safe place to do that I'd
like to see how the campus
feels now, surrounded by
the same people from the
Class of '82, See you at
Usdan, I hope. Bring
picturesi" Mitchell
Friedman was named a
guest expert in public
relations by workz com, a
community and information
resource for small
ecommerce businesses. The
site has received top honors
from Forbescom. inc.com.
and Fortune Small Business
magazine. As a guest expert.
Mitchell contributes a
monthly column addressing
the challenges of practicing
public relations online
L. David Rubinowitz lives in
Houston. TX. and practices
bankruptcy law.

'83

Lori Berman Cans,
Class Correspondent,
46 Oak Vale Road.
Newton. MA 02468
igSSnotesiisalumni brandeisedu

I've heard from a few of you
and it's great to be able to
pass along this news from
the following classmates
Diane Cohen Nataf has lived
in Jerusalem, Israel, lor
the past SIX years where
she teaches at Midreshet
Rachel College of Jewish
Studies for Women and is
in-house editor for Feldheim
Publishers Her lour kids
and husband keep her very
busy, she writes, but she is
trying to enjoy her midlife
crisis as best she can Note
to Diane from all of her
40ish classmates' aren't we
all'i' Iris B. Kliman Bloom
is serving as a Brandeis
alumni mentor The mentor
program was created in
order to enable alumni to
provide practical guidance
to first-year students Alan
Heideman lives in Edison.
NJ.and is a radiologist
at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center where he
serves as director of the
Departments of Diagnostic
Imaging and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging. He and
his wife of 13 years have
just welcomed a fifth child to
the family Their son. Dorit.
joins his three brothers.
Matthew, Jason and Aaron,
and his sister, San Lance
A. Kawesch joined the
Boston oftice of Schnader
Harrison Goldstein &
Manello as a corporate
lawyer specializing inequity
financings, mergers and
acquisitions, and public
company securities law
Adam Field reports that
after five years teaching
social studies at the Melvin
J. Berman Hebrew Academy
in Rockville, MD. he now
teaches social studies for
the Montgomery County
Public Schools at Winston
Churchill High School in
Potomac, MD. David Lewis
is president of Manchester
Trade Ltd,, an internahonal
business advisory lirm in
Washington, DC, whose
work centers on trade and
investment advisory
services to companies,
governments, and
international organizations
in Latin America, the
Caribbean, Africa, and the
United States, He was
recently invited to Brandeis
to present a lecture on
"Hemispheric Integration and
Free Trade in the Americas:
A New Development

Paradigm? " cosponsored by
the Lahn American Studies
Program and the
Sustainable International
Development Program
Marc Rothenberg resides
in Cincinnati, OH, with his
wife Joy and their three
daughters Marc is director
of the allergy/immunology
division at Children's
Hospital Medical Center and
leads a maior research
program focused on allergy
problems He would love
to hear from classmates
at rothenbergig'echmcc org
Richard Grant has recently
signed on with the IT
strategy consulting and
systems integration hrm of
ADS Financial Services™
as senior vice president,
sales Exclusively serving
the financial services
industry, Richard will be
responsible for driving the
company's sales and
business development
strategy nationwide,
spearheading sales growth
efforts and managing ADS's
sales team and
administrative operations.
Penny Jean Culliton writes
in that she is teaching
English and American
literature at a regional high
school m New Ipswich. NH,
where she also advises
the school's human rights
and diversity clubs and
the Gay-Straight Alliance
She has been married to
Randy Wright since 1987,
Since receiving his 2001
Guggenheim Fellowship,
Leigli WItchel has
premiered four new ballets
including a new solo
performed by New York
City Ballet principal dancer
Peter Boat to traditional
Japanese Koto music played
by Masayo Ishigurefor his
dance company. Dance as
Ever Alon Kapen reports
that in October 2000 he
loinedthe Uniondale, NY,
law firm of Fariell Fritz,
PC, as a partner and
last March married Amal
Raad, Robert Bal<er is an
ophthalmologist and newly
elected president of the New
Rochelle Lions Club He
and his wife, Melissa, live
in Purchase, NY, with their
two American Eskimo dogs,
Shakespeare and Mozart,
and their Papillon, Ginger,
Shakespeare is the top
winning American Eskimo
dog in the history of the
American Kennel Club
Thanks for all the updates
everyone, and to the rest
of you, ..keep the news
coming!

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Marriages and Unions

Class Name Date

1966 Michael J. Gundle to Nina Schorr June 24, 2001

1 982 L. David Rabinowitz to Lena Yakubsfeld July 1 4, 2001

1986 Daniel C.Thomas to SusanneBoesch August 25. 2000

1983 AlonY.KapentoAmalRaad March 31. 2001

1987 Jessica Anne Schwartz to Michael Goodman June 25, 2000

1 990 Hope Berger Leuav to Melanie Kohler August 20, 2000

Lee Ryan Miller to Beth Au July 10, 2001

1992 Suzanne I, Cohen to David Goldstein October 21, 2001
Alison Felix to Mark Berger October 20, 2001
Dylan Kaufman to Dawn Paxson November 1 1 , 2000
Marlyssa A. Landesman to Mitchell Langberg September 23. 2001
Mikhal Stein to Ron Bouganim July 1 . 2001
Rebecca Tiichinsky to Brian Morris April 30. 2000
Stephanie Zarel to Antony Morales July 22, 2001

1 993 Beth Berman to Steven S. Wechsler September 3, 2000

1994 LeslieEflronto Jason Levin December 2, 2000
Tara M. Madden to Robert H. Hughes June 2, 2001
Tanya Malinsky to David Sitt June 25, 2000

1995 Julie Blasbalg to Andrew Manilow August 19, 2001
David Eslerman to Lori Marks May 20. 2001
Joshua Konigsberg to Danielle Haberman June 30, 2001
Jenifer Silver to Scott Madison September 30, 2001

1996 Eddie Bruckner to Debra Swotinsky December 29, 2001
Jessica Tamar Charish to Jay Lampert August 12. 2001
fliissa OuBrow to Jonathan Meltzer July 15. 2000
Rachel Marie Cans to Peter M. Boriskin '95 July 1 . 2001
Nathaniel Jason Goldberg to Mana del Rocio Chavez August 19. 2001
Jordana F. Grand to Andrevi H. Levine '98 June 9, 2001
Karine Shemel to Joshua David Rosenberg June 1 7. 2000

1997 Anna Kagan to Sean Isaac Savitz September 30. 2001
Miriam "Mimi" Ruth Sager to Marc Joel Yokowitz June 24. 2001

1998 Danielle E. Auslander to Christopher "Jed" Fluehr September 21. 2001
Deborah L. Bartell to Andrew A. Guillen, Jr. June 24. 2001
Jacqueline Braun to Justm Garrod March 1 7, 2001
Shana E. Brickman to Matthew Scott Dukette May 18. 2001
Mara Hope Guslman to Robert S. Sherman July 15. 2001

Irina Kofovskaya to Michael Fazio May 27. 2000

Wendy S. Stein to Scott Harsfield June 24. 2001

Randi E. Thayer to Douglas E. Norton October 20, 2001

Daniella Tobin to Reuben Liber October 21 , 2001

Robyn Whipple to Geoftrey Diaz July 27, 2001

1 999 Sara Schatz to Kenneth Goldstein August 5, 2001
(M FA '00, Theater Arts)

2000 Michael H. Conn (MA. '01 . International June 30. 2001
Economics and Finance) to Cara Ann Aisley

Grad Samuel Elihu Simon '94 (MA, Psychology) to June 2, 2001
Jill Robin Zimmet

'84

MarciaBookAdirim.
Class Correspondent,
480 Valley Road, #B3,
Upper Montclair.NJ 07043
1 984notes<8alumni brandeis edu

'85

James R Felton.
Class Correspondent.
26956 Helmond Drive.
Calabasas^CA 91301
1 985notese'alumni brandeis edu

You may be too busy too
read the newspaper or what
used to be your favorite
magazine, but you cannot
possibly be too busy to read
"Class Notes" in the Brandeis
Review We know that this
section is what you turn
tohrsltolmd out what
our friends are doing, where
they are living, and what
celebrities they are dating
(okay, that might be going
a little bit too far— you
can read Star Magazine
for that). Anyway, this
sechon only works with
your help. Inquiring minds
want to know With all
of these references to the
entertainment business, you
would think I live in
southern California lt|ust
takes a minute, and with
email even less Let me
know how you are so
that I can share it with
everybody else Here are the
most recent submissions
for your reading enioyment'
Ellen Joy Baker Awrich
IS a trademark attorney
at the US Patent and
Trademark Office and lives
in Gaithersburg, MD, with
her husband, 8-year-old son,
and 6-year-old daughter
Last spring, her family
traveled to the Beaches
Resort in Turks and Caicos
Mark Beeman teaches and
performs research at the
University of Pennsylvania
in the Center for Cognitive
Neuroscience. His wife,
3-year-old daughter, and
2-year-old son moved to
Philadelphia Cerise Lynn
Cameron Grice is an
attorney living in northern
California with her husband
and two children Daphne
BlulingerCarmeli received
her MBA and CM. U,
degrees, is married to Alon
Carmeli, and has two boys.
Ariel (9), and Oren (6).
Aaron Finkel is an executive
editoi in the newsletters
division of Institutional

/m/estor magazine. He and
his wife. Emily Alejos, have a
3-year-old daughter, Daniela,
and a 6-month-old son
Enrique Shira Sanders will
be living in Ithaca, NY.
from August 2001 to August
2002. while her husband,
Raphael, completes his
post-doctoral degree at
Cornell University Shira had
been living in Israel
KalherlneA. Schuman
after living in Europe for
almost seven years
(Germany and London),
moved back to New York
to become the artishc
administrator of Carnegie
Hall.

'86

The wedding of Leslie Effron '94
to Jason Levin

Beth Jacobowitz Zive.
Class Correspondent.
16 Furlong Drive,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
1 986notes!8'alumni brandeis edu

David Bergman celebrated
the first anniversary of the
opening of his law firm,
Frydman S Bergman David
concentrates in plaintiffs
commercial and securities
litigation David Brensilber
and Bonnie Giltleman
Brensilber '87 moved out of
New York City and bought
a house in Old Westbury,
Long Island. They have been
living there this past year
with their two daughters,
Jamie(6)andCarly(3)
Tamira A. Goodslein moved
to Fredricksbero, VA, in
August 2000 to'work as
director of student activities
and community services at
Mary Washington College.
She IS responsible for
leadership development,
programming, large campus
events, advising student
groups, and working on
community service
programs She writes:
"Mary Washington College
IS a small, liberal arts
institution outside of a major
metropolitan area In other
words, it has some
similarities to Brandeis. I
love the students, the staff,
and the college I also
really like the community
I have been involved with
the Maich ol Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation as a
volunteer and it is very
rewarding " Lisa
Rynslon-Lobel and her
husband. Scott Lobel. had
an eventful year in 2000,
They moved into a house
in Lisa's hometown of Port
Washington NY, and had
a son, Eric, in October,
Lisa left her |ob as a
social worker at Arms Acres
Outpatient Services where
she worked for five years
as a case manager, and is
staying at home with Eric
lor a while before returning

to work. Eric was born
into a family of Brandeis
alumni: in addition to his
mother, his aunt. Lori Label
Underberger'82. and his
uncle. Gregg Lobel '88. are
both Brandeisians' Daniel
C. Thomas is assistant
professor of political science
at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. During 1998-1999.
he was Jean Monnet Fellov/
at the European University
Inshtute in Florence. Italy,
He IS the author of Ttie
Helsinki Effect: International
Norms. Human Rights, and
the Demise of Communism.
Through this book. Daniel
shows that the norms
established by the Helsinki
Final Act undermined the
viability ol one-party
Communist rule and thereby
contributed signihcantly to
the largely peaceful and
democratic changes of 1989.
as well as the end of the
Cold War Drawing on both
governmental and
nongovernmental sources,
he offers a powerful
Constructivist alternative to
Realist theory's failure to
anhcipate or explain these
crucial events. Daniei was
married in Thun.
Switzeriand. in 2000.

'87

15th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Vanessa B Newman,
Class Correspondent
153 East 57th Street
#2G, New York, NY 10022
1 987notes®alumni.biandeis.edu

Bonnie Gittleman
Brensilber and David
Brensilber '86 moved out of
New York City and bought
a house in Old Westbury,
Long Island They have
been living there this past
year with their two
daughters, Jamie (6) and
Carly(3) Michael Kivort,
15th Reunion Program
Committee chair, writes:
"Wow, Fifteen years Do you
realize that's 105 in dog
years' Kinda puts things
in perspective, I think As
someone who. for various
reasons, was not able to

66 Brandeis Review

attend our 5th or 10th
Reunions. I am especially
excited about our 15th. I
and the rest of the Program
Committee are working hard
to make the weekend both
stimulahng and relaxing,
giving you plenty of time
to lusthang out with your
friends while at the same
time providing activities that
will hopefully remind you
why it was you chose to
attend Brandeis in the first
place I hope to see all
of you m June " Michael
J. Ramer{M.A 89.
International Economics and
Finance) is a national trainer
for the search and
placement industry. His firm.
Ramer Search Consultants.
In West Orange, NJ. is in its
third year In addition to his
undergraduate degree. Mike
was graduated in the first
class of Brandeis's Graduate
School of Economics and
Finance (GSIEF).

88

Karen Rubenstein Wyle, 61
lyiaine Avenue. #814.
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
1988notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

Apparently GOOD things do
come in threes .Both Roger
and Sue Feldstein Frankel
and Deborah Rosen Fidel
welcome their families third
child Cheryl Goren Robins
and Aaron Greenberg also
announce the births of their
newborns Look for their
news in the "Birth and
Adoptions Section" of this
Review In other news.
Adam Brauer is still in
California where he is now
senior producer on the
daytime talk show. The
Other Half (If you work, you
probably will never see it.)
He's been nominated for two
Emmys When not working,
he spends his time in New
York with his children. Josh,
who hits a baseball further
than he admits he ever
could, and Sarah, who has
him wrapped around her
finger. Anyone who would
like to chat can reach him
at ajbraueri^ix netcomcom
When Cheryl Goren Robins
is not taking care of
newborn. Nina, and 2-year-
old Kimberly. she practices
periodontics and implant
dentistry in IVIillburn. NJ.
where she is a partner
of Suburban Periodontics
and Implants. LLC, In her
spare time, she teaches
part-time as an assistant
clinical professor at New
York University College of
Dentistry in the Department
of Implant Dentistry Rex
Soloman is the executive

vice president of Houston
Jewelry Inc, Houston's
largest independent lewelry
and fine gift store. Over
the last four years, the
company has developed its
e-commerce division.
www.tWeddingBand com.
into one of the leading
online providers of wedding
bands This division is now
30% of the business and it
continues to grow Rex has
also |ust completed serving
a two-year term on the
board of trustees of the JCC
of Greater Houston Franco
Uccelli IS a Latin American
economist at Bear. Stearns
& Company in New York,
where he is a member
of the firm's global high
yield sovereign research
group Having spent the
last 11 years in Dublin
and London. Joshua Van
Raalte-Kaufman has moved
to Oxford He is director
of a large public relations
consultancy based in
London and Oxford and
spends most of his spare
time teaching his two boys
the core skills needed to
excel in rugby. As a full-time
mother to newborn Joshua.
Matthew (6). and Noah (4).
Deborah Rosen Fidel feels
she has the pertect |ob
Deborah, husband. Bobby,
and their sons live in
Pittsburgh, close to both
their extended families and
old friends and count their
blessings daily.

'89

Karen Gitten Gobler,
Class Correspondent,
92 Morrill Street, Newton,
MA 02465
1989notes@alumni.brandeis.edu

This seems to have been
a quiet fall for our class.
What's new? Let us know
about personal and
professional milestones It's
our best means of keeping
in touch with fellow
classmates. My own
personal news is that I
have secured a job
managing public relations
and advertising for Millipore
a biopharmaceutical and life
sciences company.
Transitioning from high tech
to the sciences is a bit of a
switch but a fun challenge
If any of you are gurus in
this field, drop me a line
with advice and suggestions.

Harry Grossman and llene
Fox Grossman reside in
Vooihees. NJ. with their
three children. Jacob. Molly,
and Isaac Harry is a general
ophthalmologist in Marlton.
and an attending physician
at Willis Eye Hospital llene
is enioying her stay-at-home
mom status but plans to
resume her career as an
optometrist in a few years
They live six houses down
the street from Jim Weiss
'88. who they see regularly
Congratulations to our Class
of '89 new parents.
Stephanie Gruber Ripps
David A. Klein. Robert Levy
and their families (see
"Births and Adoptions"
sechon). Keep those
updates coming!

90

Judith Llbhaber Weber.
Class Correspondent.
4 Augusta Court,
New City, NY 10956
1990notes@alumni,brandeis.edu

Hello 1990 Alums! Aron
and I and our now
3-year-old daughter. Jocelyn.
(time flies) send our best
wishes for a happy 2002
I was honored this past
year by the New York State
Psychological Association
with the Clinical Division
President's Early Career
Recognition Award. I also
received the "Love of a
Lifetime Award "from the
Lower New York State
Region of Hadassah What
has been going on in your
neckof the woods? Your
fellow classmates love
hearing about what you have
been doing. Please take a
quick moment to drop me
a line so I can pass on
your info to the rest of
our class Hope to hear
from you soon' Best wishes.
Judy Hope BergerLeuav
is living m Brooklyn. NY,
where she teaches middle
school humanities at the
Hannah Senesh Community
Day School (Yes, AMSTD
did payoff!) Last year
she was honored to have
Riql KosDvske '91 Daniel
Shapiro '91, Julie Fisher
Jolene Risch-Minsky. Julie
Smilh'Bartoloni Melinda
Panken Andy Vogel Abby
Relken '92, Wendy Rapport
(MA, '97, Jewish Communal
Service), and Stephanie
Rotsky (MA. '88, Jewish
communal service)
participate in and celebrate
at her wedding. Elise
Golden, whose plans
changed at the last minute,
v»as sorely missed, Hope
and her partner, Melanie,
legally changed their last
names to Levav, which
means heart in Hebrew,
ReneeEdelmanisarabbi

and was featured in an
article in the August 2001
issue of Glamour Magazine.
speaking about optimism
Saul Friedman is currently
living in Atlanta with his
wife. Amy Meyerson
Friedman '91. and their
son. Zachary. where they
have started their own real
estate development
company Since receiving
his PhD m political science
from UCLA m 1996. Lee
Miller has taught at a
number of colleges m
California. Nevada, and
Japan In August 2001 he
began his second yeai as
assistant professor of
political science at Cypress
College, in Cypress. CA
After a courtship stretching
over many years, he and
Beth Au decided to elope
in July 2001 The ceremony
took place at sunset on
Butterfly Beach in Santa
Barbara. CA He and Beth
live in Redondo Beach. CA
In August 2001. Mike Podol
married Tracy Lang of
Boston at the Bradley Estate
in Canton They live in
Boston's South End The
ceremony was attended by
many close Brandeis
friends David LIss. Daniel
Korschun Beth Kaufman
Sarah Lindsey Rogovin
Peter Rogovin '88 Arlene
Selmonosky Miller
Michelle Minoff Eileen
Weissmann Simon. Eva
Lefkowitz Neil Jacobson.
Lisa Drate Jacobson and
Heidi Osgood Kaufman '93

'91

Benjamin, Lisa has been
working as a staff
psychologist at the Denver
VA Medical Center and was
recently promoted to serve
as the psychology training
director for the Denver
VAMC Amy Meyerson
Friedman lives in Atlanta.
GA. with her husband. Saul
Friedman '90. and their son.
Zachary. where they have
started their own real estate
development company

'HO

Andrea C. Kramer.
Class Correspondent.
PO. Box 5496
Tacoma Park. MD 20913
1 991 notes@alumni.brandeis.edu

After a somber fall, it seems
our alumni opted for a
quiet winter With the
coming arrival of spring
the season of hope and
new life, let's take the
opportunity to reconnect
with our classmates Many
of you are able to get
together at our regional
alumni club events or
through personal visits with
one another Let's include
everyone in our good news
by passing along our
updates through the Class
Notes! Lisa Brenner and
her husband, Patrick Owen
Brenner, live in Denver with
their newborn son.

10th Reunion
June 7-9, 2002

Beth C Manes,
Class Correspondent,
69 Highlands Avenue,
Sprmgheld, NJ 07081
1992notesi9alumni.btandeis edu

Lara Alper was graduated
from the Law School at
Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario, She
writes the Bar admission
exams and articles for a law
firm in Toronto Aaron D,
Bennahum is a fourth-year
English teacher and lives
in Los Angeles Dawn L.
Cohen was graduated from
Case Western Reserve
Univeisity School of
Medicine m 2000 and is a
second-year family practice
resident at Good Samaritan
Regional Medical Center in
Phoenix, AZ Alison Felix
IS a transportation planner
for the city of Boston, She
was married in October
2001 Lisa Davidson Flore
is an assistant professor
in the education department
at Curry College in Milton,
MA Dylan Kaufman is a
principal consultant for
Extensity, Inc., in Emeiyville,
CA, designing and
implementing JAVA
customizations tor their
workforce optimization
software (expense reports,
time sheets, etc.). The
company is very busy, which
is great given the recent
market conditions He was
married in 2000 David
Keleti is pursuing a PhD
at University of Pennsylvania
after over five years working
at Human Genome Sciences,

a biotechnology company
Benjamin Morse is married
and lives in Japan Leo
DIper IS with the Leo Burnett
advertising agency. He has
worked in their Mexico
office and is currently in
Chicago, doing advertising
and marketing for clients
who direct their efforts to
the Hispanic market in the
United States Deborah
Schneider moved to London
to pursue travel writing and
communications She had
been living in New York
for eight years, completing
herM.A, in modern Jewish
studies and working as a
lournalistandan educator.
Mikhal Stein Bouganim
started her own financial
communications business
over a year ago. and works
primarily with foreign public
companies. She lives in
Miami Beach, with her
husband. Ron Rebecca
Tuchlnsky Morris relocated
to Dallas. TX. with her
husband and works for
Fidelity Investments doing
project management for IT
systems development
Abigail Weiner was
graduated from the Harvard
University Extension School
with a certificate m museum
studies One of the course
requirements was an
internship, which she
fulfilled at the Museum of
Fine Arts. Boston, in the
Art of the Ancient World
(Classical) department
Stephanie Zaref Morales is
teaching sixth grade math,
science and social studies
in Clifton, NJ,

93

Joshua Blumenthal,
Class Correspondent,
11 Leonard Road,
Sharon, MA 02067
1993notesa'alumni brandeis edu

Beth Berman Wechsler and
Steven Wechsler were
married m September 2000.
Helping celebrate at their
wedding were Richard
Belkin Joel Bloch Marcy
Felsenfeld Jodi Bell
Gorelick '94 Steven
Gorelick Michelle
Blasbalg Scott Hammer.
Stephanie Lehman Sara
Meyers '92 Josh Savitz
Jeremy Schulman
Jonathan Schulman llan
Simon Sandi Arnowitz
Stern Alex Stern, and
Deborah Wechsler '91
Steven v/as promoted at
Rabobankandheand Beth
moved from New York City
to London in September

67 Brandeis Review

2001 Douglass. Kaplan

lives in Tokyo. Japan, and
is vice president of Concord
Movado Japan, In this
position he is responsible
for ttie sales and marketing
for Concord, Movado, and
Coacfi watches, Hlldy S.
Karp left the reproductive
rights community and is
nov< the senior associate
at Cause Effective, a
management consulting firm
for nonprofits She would
love to connect with other
Brandeis alumni who are
doing progressive nonprofit
work. You can email her at
hildykealumni brandeis, edu
(If you would like an
©alumni brandeis edu
forwarding email address,
visit http://

alumni brandeis edu and
register tor Louie-Net
services) Sydra L. IVIaliery
is happy to report that she
is safe and lives in Brooklyn,
NY She teaches second
grade at PS 230 Annex in
Kensington, Brooklyn, Sydra
would like to reconnect
with Brandeis friends and
asks that you "please send
her some emaiP" David
Salomon joined IVlicrosoft's
consulting division in
Kansas City, MO

'94

Sandy Kirschen Solof,
Class Correspondent,
1906 Mclntyre Drive,
Ann Arbor. Ml 48105
1994notes(aalumni,brandeis,edu

To all my classmates: I hope
that this note finds you
andyour family and friends
safe and well I know that
many alumni are anxious
to hear of their classmates'
whereabouts, especially with
the recent events in the
country, so I encourage each
and every one of you to
send me a quick note as
to what you have been
up to Over the past few
months. I have received a
record number of updates.
Congratulations on all the
wonderful accomplishments,
thanks for all the great
notes and I look forward to
receiving many more emails
(hint, hint). Please all keep

safe and I hope to hear from
you soon Urmlla Bajpai

was graduated from Tufts
University's Sackler School
of Graduate Biomedical
Sciences with a Ph D in
immunology m 2000 She
is a second-year medical
student at the University
of Massachusetts Medical
School and she spent this
past summer in India
working with the
Impactlndia Foundation,
which provides free
healthcare in rural parts
of the country Bari Nan
Cohen Rolhchild moved to
Park City, UT.aftei living
in New York City for eight
years and is enjoying the
ad|ustmentto a "mountain
lifestyle " She left her post
as entertainment editor at
Seff magazine and now has a
freelance writing/
editing/consulting business
while also continuing to
spend time working for Self
as editor-at-large She is
working on a variety of
special proiects for Sell.
some related to the
entertainment industry, and
some related to the 2002
Winter Olympic Games
Mark Crowley is working
with Verizon as a senior
staff consultant in their
eBusiness group. The office
is located in Waltham, so
he might just head over
to Sherman for lunch one
day Lauren Erica Darilick
was graduated from the
Yale School of Management,
where she received her
M B A, and is now working
at American Express as a
marketing manager Leslie
Ellron married Jason Levin
on December 2, 2000 In
attendance at the wedding
were Jennifer Haaz '97
Laura Gllman Stephanie
Lehman '93 Michelle

Effron Levine '99 David
Altman '92 David Levine
'98. and Mark Lehman (see
picture in "Marriages and
Unions" section) Michael J.
Frey is the chief resident
in the OB/GYN program at
North Shore Hospital on
Long Island He is also
working hard to produce
his original play. The Return
of Sherlock Holmes, on
Broadway for the Fall 2002
season Jonathan Leiken,
currently an associate with
Skadden Arps in New York
City, accepted an offer from
Manhattan U S Attorney
Mary Jo White to serve as
an assistant United States
attorney in the criminal
division for the Southern
District of New York Daniel
Levine appeared in Andrew
Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ
Superstar lisl season and
pertormed on the 2000
Tony Awards (being
nominated for best revival
of a musical) Since then,
Daniel pertormed in Mamma
Mia', a new musical based
on the music of ABBA
in Los Angeles Daniel is
now back on Broadway in
the Rocky Horror Show
with Anna Gasteyer. Luke
Perry, and Dick Cavett
playing "Phantom" as well
as understudying the part
of "Rifl-Raff" Mark Tyler
Nolileman is a freelance
cartoonist

(wwwmtncartoons com)
and writer His single-panel
cartoons have appeared in
over 70 publications
including Wall Street
Journal. Forbes. Barron's.
and Good Housekeeping.
He's still trying for The
New Yorker He has also
written children's books for
publishers including
Scholastic and Dutton, as
well as for magazines
including Hickelodeon After
a five-year career as a rock
and roll photographer, Lisa
E. Pollack decided to put
down the camera and get
a "real |ob" (whatever that
IS) and IS now doing spin
control (not that it is ever
very necessary) in the press
office of the Mayor of
Boston, Michelle Shelter
completed two years of
teaching English as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Etorie
Sud, Romania, and returned
to Washington, DC
Dominic Thomas is in
Georgia working on a PhD,
in MIS after SIX years In Asia.
He was in Japan for three
years teaching English and
coordinahng international

relations activities, and in
Nepal for two years as
a Peace Corps teacher
trainer Michael Vlllanueva
IS working at The Women's
Center m Fullerton. CA,
providing OB/GYN services
along with routine pediatric
care to underprivileged
families Betsy Wakefield
who left Brandeis the fall of
her senior year, returned to
Brandeis after many years
of working in the catalog
industry as a product
manager and graduated in
2001 with a bachelor's
degree in history She is
now living in Portland. ME,
working as a group
underwriter for
UnumProvident, and after
the events of September
11, has been increasingly
thinking of her old
classmates, Jill Weinslein
Dokson was graduated from
the University of Florida
College of Law in 1998 and
University of Florida School
of Mass Communications
also in 1998 (This|0int-
degree program allowed her
to receive an MA and a
J,D ) She is working as
a litigation associate with
the law firm of Broad and
Cassel, which has seven
offices throughout Florida,
She and her husband
currently reside in
Hollywood, FL Carolyn
Weisel lives in New York
City and works as a
registered dietitian.

'95

Suzanne Lavin.
Class Correspondent,
160 Bleecker Street. #4HE.
NewYork, NY 10012
1 995notesiaalumni,brandeis,edu

Warren Bloom lives in
Lenox Hill in Manhattan
and IS studying Web
development at The New
School and musical theater
composition with the BMI
Lehman Engel Musical
Theater Workshop
Alejandro Caminos is a

financial advisor to public
agencies in California A
board member ot the Latino
Film Festival of the San
Francisco Bay Area, he
chaired a youth in video
program at the festival
Manuel Comras is a
practicing attorney with the
law firm of Verms & Bowling
doing commercial and
insurance defense litigation
in West Palm Beach, FL
David Eslerman married
Lori Marks in May 2001
The couple owns a co-op
in Forest Hills, NY David
works as an associate in
real estate litigation at
Rosenberg & Estis. PC, in
New York City Sarah Fine
lives in New York and
works as a technical writer
for a software company
William Hurley loined the
senior management team
of YottaYotta. the Yottabyte
NetStorage company,
YottaYotta is a well-funded
storage system start-up,
which integrates storage,
optical networking,
massively parallel
computing, and intelligent
caching into one, three-
dimensionally scalable
system William was
appointed information
architect and his
responsibilities are to define
and develop key messaging
for customers and investors
William relocated to Seattle
from Boston, where he had
been a program manager
with the analyst fiim The
Yankee Gioup Joshua
Konigsberg married Danielle
HabermanonJune20. 2001
Brandeis alumni in
attendance were Joshua
Keler, Jennifer YelinKeler
'94, Stacy Barrow, David
Schwartz Beth Lorell
Hillary Wells Joshua
Blumen Jonathan Borg
Steven Ostrower '94
Melissa Kollow Ostrower
Eric Richman '94 Brad
Adier '94 Nancy Duke
Harris '96 Lauren Sloane
'96. and Wayne Mandel '97
Yalta Landis lives and works
in Jerusalem as the quality
assurance manager for the
Atomica Corporation Zoo
Press (www zoopressorg)
published The Cop Who
Rides Alone. Ross Martin's
tirst book of poems Ross
is also executive producer of
/Verve, a special, which aired
on HBO in January 2002 He
lives in New York with his
wife, Jordana Munk Martin
'94 Wendy Morris vjas the
event chair of a wine-tasting
class tor the Alumni Club
of Greater Boston Recent
Graduates Network in
September, She also was
a guest on campus at the

Future Alumni of Brandeis
Wortd of Law and Politics
event in October Wendy is
an associate at the Boston
law offices of Kirkpatrick
& Lockhart LLP Lauren
Osnornio has done some
play directing at the
community level in the
Concord-Acton area She
founded the Bacchanal
Players, a Concord-area
troupe of adult actors, and
directed a children's play
for the First Parish church
in Concord, MA, She is
enrolled ma master's
program tor the teaching
of Spanish, that is located
in Morelia, Mexico, where
she spent two months
during the summer of 2001
Gregory J. Solof was
graduated from the
University of Michigan
School of Dentistry in May
2001 He and his wife,
Sandy Kirschen Solof '94,
and then daughter, Lindsey
(future Brandeis Class of
2022 grad) moved to
Danhury. CT. where he is
a general practice resident
at Danbup/ Hospital Amy
Rosenfeld attended the
Sackler School of Medicine
at Tel Aviv University in
Israel from 1998 to 2001
and received an M D degree
She IS in a pediatric
residency at Children's
Mercy Hospital in Kansas
City. MO David Twombly
has lived in the Boston
area since graduation (with
a short hiatus in New
York City) He worked for
four years as an account
manager for Forrester
Research He writes.
"Currently. I live in the
People's Republik of
Cambridge and am working
towards opening a fair trade
cotfeeshop here That's all
the news that's fit to print,"
Rachel Zimmerman works
at The Planetary Society in
Pasadena, CA She is the
education projects
coordinator and
international development
coordinator lor the society

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'96

Janet J, Lipman,
Class Correspondent,
3520 Lebon Drive, Apt
5204, San Diego, CA 921 22
1 996notes@aiumni.brandeiS-edu

Olir Baruk received his
D.D.S, degree from
Columbia University School
of Dental and Oral Surgery
in June 2001 He is nov»
a resident at Montefiore
Medical Center in New York
Eddie Bruckner married
Debra Swotinsky on
December29, 2001.atthe
Four Seasons Hotel in
Boston, Fellow Brandesians
in attendance were brother
Marc Bruckner '90 Debbie
Rabitz '95 Jennifer Farber
Wind'95 SherriCulp'95,
Galitand Roil Raz Robyn
Friedman, and Roger
Khazan The couple
celebrated their honeymoon
traveling throughout
Australia, Eddie recently
launched his new Website
devoted to fine art,
www EBFineArt com
Jordana Grand writes
Andrew Levine '98 and
wanted to let Brandeis know
that we got married on
JuneO, 2001,inthe
Berkshires (a good reason
to have missed Reunion!),"
There were many
Brandeisians in attendance,
including nine alumni in the
wedding party alone Best
man was Daniel Levine
'94, Andy's brother. His
groomsmen included Shall
Mehta '93 David Jo '98
Aaron Lipskar '98. and Jeb
Chard '98 The bride's party
included Jennifer Muhlrad,
Karine Shemel Jill Van
Denberg '97. and Allison
Levine '01, Andy's sister
Others in attendance
included Melissa Federman,
Julie Broude. Joshua

Kaplan Philip Schanzer
llya Brand Jonathan Ross,
Leah Benson Lipskar '97
Leigh Graham '97 Adam
Gerson '97 Thanos
Karaindros '97 Jonathan
Berg '95 Gauri Ponappa
00 Bonnie Berrela '98
Eric Richman '94, and
Jennifer Kleeman '97
(M M H S , Heller) Jessica
TamarCharish Lamport
received a master's in social
work in 2000 and works
in a psychiatric rehabilitation
program Erika Karnell left
her positions as executive
assistant and office manager
for The Gage Group Talent
Agency and as secretary
of the National Association
of Talent Representatives
(NATR), in order to pursue
a master's degree in cinema
studies at New York
University's Tisch School of
the Arts She is working
at Metropolitan Research
Associates, a clinical
research organization, as
office manager and business
development associate,
Martin Liebermanisa
managing editor at Pohly
& Partners, a custom
magazine publishing
company in Boston, He
works on publications for
Continental Airlines and
Western Union Martin also
created a Website of photos
from the Class of '96
Reunion last June
(www geocities com/
brandeis1996),andhe
invites all his classmates
to visit the site and say
hello! Gregory LItt left Texas
toworkforaiudgein
New York City He lives in
the "Brandeis section" of
Manhattan, but spent his
first three weeks in the city
living on the couch of his
Brandeis roommate, Jeremy
MarkoiMltz Matthew Ohison
IS the technology director at
the Patrick Lyndon School in
West Roxbury. MA He also
completed a master's degree
in instructional technology,
Joshua Rosenberg IS a
medical student at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine
His wife, Karine Shemel, is
completing her master's in
speech pathology at New
York University Paul
Shipper writes, "After
working as a guitar tech for
Everclear. I decided that I
didn't like the direction my
life had taken, so i quit and
took the LSATS, I'm now a
first year law student at the
State University of New York
at Buffalo Law School "

5th Reunion

June 7-9, 2002

Joshua Firstenberg,
Coclass Correspondent,
96 29th Street, #2.
San Francisco. CA94t 10
f 997notes@alumni.brandeis,edu

Pegah Hendizadeh

Schiffman. Coclass

Correspondent.

57 Thornbridge Drive.

Stamford. CT 06903

1997notesi8aiumni,brandeis edu

Reunion is |ust around the
corner, so we hope that all
of you reading this will be
able to |Oin your classmates
the weekend of June 7-9
for what promises to be
an incredible weekend. In
the wake of the tragedy
and uncertainty our country
faced on September 11. we
hope that you can come
reconnect and experience
something comforting and
familiar —Josh and Pegah
Leigh Kessler and Stacy
BessNorden, Class of '97
Reunion Program
Committee cochairs, write;
"Class of '97, you've given
the real world a try. Now
it's time to come back
to college! (At least for
a weekend) Eat with your
friends m the Boulevard
Hang out by Massell Pond,
Have a beer at Stem fJight,
Play Softball on Chapels
Field. Join the friends you
see and the ones you don't
at Reunion on June 7-9.
2002 Log on to http://
alumni brandeis, edu to fill
out the Class of '97
questionnaire and see the
schedule of events Ellse
Block was graduated from
the Boston University
School of Social Work with
an M SW Her focus is
working with Latino children
and families in the Boston
area NIeta Michelle Green
received a doctor of
medicine degree from
Thomas Jefferson
University's Jefferson

Medical College,
Philadelphia, in June 2001
Jean Hllaire is a system
engineer in New York City,
working for Macgregor, an
order management system
software maker and
consulting group catering
to the financial world Lisa
Jukelevlcs became a full-
time student at Pepperdine's
Graziadio Business School
m the tall of 2001 Ariel
YehudahMargolls started
his second year teaching
at the South Area Solomon
Schechter Day School in
Stoughton. MA. teaching
grades six through eight
in science, math, and Bible
studies His wife, Elana
Horoviltz Margolls. who
passed the bar. is the special
assistant to the director
of the Oflice of Consumer
Affairs of Massachusetts
Caryn Mark was graduated
from Brooklyn Law School
in May 2000 She moved
to Washington. DC, where
she is employed by the
Department of Justice as
a federal prosecutor She
works in the tax division,
prosecuting cnminal tax
cases Joshua Henry
Namlas received a doctor
of medicine degree from
Thomas Jefferson
University's Jefferson
Medical College,
Philadelphia, in June 2001
Kristine Quinto is enjoying
her first year as a dental
student at Temple University
School of Denhstry in
Philadelphia, PA Olga
Rodshteyn Rodstein is a
litigation attorney at Heller
Ehrman White & McAuliffe
in Palo Alto, CA Jared
Rose is the senior vice
president of the Opal
Financial Group, Inc , a
company that produces
educational conferences for
the institutional investment
community. He lives in
Gramercy Park in
Manhattan, and is also
nourishing an amateur
exhibiting photographic
career Ron Sandel
relocated from San
Francisco to Washington
DC. where he will work
at Ciena Corporation as
a market research analyst
Meredith Harman Steivart
was admitted to the
California bar. Bram Weber
is a cochair of the Alumni
Club of New York City
Recent Graduates Network.

'98

Alexis Hirst,

Class Correspondent.

502 East 79th Street.

#5D. New York, NY 10021

1998notes'a'brandeisedu

Jocelyn Auerbach

completed her hrslyear at
Northeastern School of Law.
Boston, She worked in the
held of immigration law for
two years after graduating
from Brandeis and spent
the summer of 2001
working for a civil rights
firm that handles race
discrimination class action
suits Danielle E. Auslander
and Christopher "Jed"
Fluehr were married on
September 21. 2001, in
Providence, Rl Brandeisians
in aftendance included
Matthew Levin Philip Meer
'99, and Tiffany CIccarelli
Speaking of Tiffany, she is
a Brandeis alumni mentor.
The mentor program was
created in order to enable
alumni to provide practical
guidance to first-year
students Deborah Bartell
completed a master's degree
in counseling and works
as a guidance counselor
in Falls Church, VA She
married Andrew Guillen in
June 2001 Jacqueline
Braun was married in March
2001 and graduated from
Fordham Law School in May
2001 She is a first year
associate at Rosenman &
Colin LLP llena Ginzburg
was graduated from
Fordham University with a
master's degree in
education She moved to
Maine, lives with her
boyfriend, and is a fourth
grade teacher After working
at Brandeis University for
more than three years.
Adam Greenwald changed
lobsand is director of
alumni aftairs for the
Furkaut Graduate School of
Psychology and Worzweiler
School of Social Work at
Yeshiva University in New
York City Mara Hope
Gustman and Robert Scoft
Sherman were married on
JulylS, 2001 Mara is
a sales manager for a
Boston-area hotel, and Rob
is a computer network
architect The couple live
in Framingham, MA Irina
Kotovskaya works for
Transkaryotic Therapies,
Inc., a biotechnology
company in Cambridge, MA
Alex Greenberg (M A 01,
international economics and
finance) is enjoying London
while working for Lehman
Brothers in their investment

banking division Andrew
Levine and Jordana Grand
'96 got married on June
9. 2001, in the Berkshires.
There were many
Brandeisians in attendance,
including nine alumni in
the wedding party alone
Best man was Daniel
Levine '94, Andy's brother.
His groomsmen included
Shall Mehta David Jo,
Aaron Lipskar, and Jeb
Chard The bride's party
included Jennifer IVIuhlrad
'96 Karine Shemel '96,
Jill Van Denberg '97. and
Allison Levine '01, Andy's
sister Others in attendance
included Melissa Federman
'96, Julie Broude '96
Joshua Kaplan '96 Philip
Schanzer '96 llya Brand
'96 Jonathan Ross '96
Leah Benson Lipskar '97
Leigh Graham '97 Adam
Gerson '97 Thanos
Karaindros '97 Jonathan
Borg '95 Gauri Ponappa
00 Bonnie Berreta. Eric
Richman '94, and Jennifer
Kleeman '97 (M M , Heller).
Erica Lowenlels is a cochair
of the Alumni Club of New
York City Recent Graduates
Network Eric Pressman
works at Macromedia's
Boston oftice. where he is a
usability engineer
concentrahng on improving
the product usability and
initial user experience for
Flash, Dreamweaver, and
ColdFusion Nell Raphael
was graduated from New
York University School of
Law in May 2001, He is
a first-year associate at
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
in Boston Daniella Rubin
was graduated from New
York University School of
Law and is a lawyer at
Sidley Austin Brown &
Wood Wendy S. Stein
married Scott Harsfield on
June 24. 2001 Members
of the bridal party included
Zachary Greene '96. Amy
Bernstein and Samantha
Inzelbuch '99 Katarlna
Stern is an M B,A student

69 Brandeis Review

at Cornell University- She
will gfaduate in May 2003
Jessica Temkin lives in
Brookline, MA. and is an
investment research analyst
at the mutual lund company
State Street Research
DanleilaTobinand Reuben
Liber were married in
Northampton, MA, on
October 21, 2001. In
attendance were Adam
Greenwald and Laura
Hacl<er Greenwald '99
Erica Lowenlels John
Serra Brian Irwin Randy
Levitt IVIarina Mazor, Jell
Fishman '97, Adam Rilkin
'97, and Todd '96 and
Tiltany '96 Kaplan. The
couple resides in Los
Angeles, CA, where Daniella
works as a special education
teacher and Reuben is a
development and production
executive at an independent
motion picture production
and distribution company
Dmitry Troyanovsky was
graduated with an M. FA in
directing trom the American
Repertory Theater/Moscow
Art Theater Inshtutefor
Higher Theater Training
Since then he has directed
the Russian language
premier of Shepard's Fool
for Love al {he legendary
Pushkin Repertory in
Moscow and several new
plays in New York Most
recently Dmitry finished
working on The Goldberg
Varialions 3l the American
Theater of Actors. He is also
a visiting professor at Bard
College, teaching theater.

99

David Nurenberg.
Class Correspondent,
231 Elsinore St , Apt. #8.
Concord. MA 01 742
1 999notesi8alumni.brandeis.edu

Even two months later, it
all still seems so unreal.
I remember how I walked
slowly into my classroom at
10:25 to find my students
shifting uneasily in their
seats, uncharacteristically
quiet I took attendance,
then vjrote the date on the
whiteboard in a thinning

blue marker "Today is
Tuesday, Septenjtjer 11,
2001," I said softly "Today,
the world changed You
will remember this day for
the restof your lives,"
Finally, after years of aimless
frustration, our generation
suddenly found some great
historical moment to claim
as our own Be careful
what you wish for My best
wishes and hopes go out to
you all in this time olfear
and unease, in our country
and around the world May
we all find support in our
own pain, and some active
role in helping to ease the
pain of others. Now, more
than ever, we need all the
connection we can get, so
please send in class notes
updates to help strengthen
our alumni community In a
continuing affirmation of life,
our class keeps on reporting
weddings Elana Rosenleld
became Elana Ben-Tor on
August 26, marrying Barak
Ben-Tor in Los Angeles The
two now live in Queens.
NY Rhiannon Thompson
has relocated to Washington.
DC, and works as the
corporate relations
coordinator of the National
Capital Chapter of the
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society Diana Mellser and
Aaron Waxier, are both
living in Westchester, NY
Diana attends a graduate
physician assistant program,
while Aaron works as a
patent agent lor Philips
Electronics and attends his
third year of law school
at night Speaking of law
school, several '99 alums
conhnue the "Louis Brandeis
tradition" of pursuing
careers in law, Daniel
Yunger is a second-year law
student at the University
of Pennsylvania, and Matt
Sugarman is a hrst-year
student at University of
Southern California Law
School, studying
enterlainment law Bijan
Arman All VIvek Pingiii
completed a summer
associate internship at the
Boston law lirm of Foley
Hoag LLP, and accepted
an offer of full-time
employment following
graduation from
Northeastern University
School of Law, Boston, in
May 2002 Michael
Feinherg writes, "I am
currently at Northwestern
University School ol Law,
Chicago, where in addition
to the standard coursework
I will soon be conducting
research on the
constitutional framers'
intentions and the law of
contracts. This summer I
will be in Washington, D,C,,
working for the Institute

for Justice, a libertarian
think tank and legal clinic "
From the courtroom to the
stage, my old freshman
hallmateTaraWasserman
received her master's degree
in theater management from
Wayne State University Tara
worked for the Williamstown
Theater Festival before
accepting a position in the
marketing department of
Alvin Alley American Dance
Theater in New York Glenn
Etlman finished his self-
described "brief stint in the
New York Theater scene,"
and has gone back to
pursue his original intention,
studying to be rabbi at
Hebrew Union College
Hazel Lema moved all the
way to Puerto Rico to enroll
in optometry school Closer
to Brandeis, Dan Berlin
works in Maynard, MA, for
SeaChange International,
which makes video servers
for cable companies.
"Currently," he writes, "I
am connecting hundreds of
servers across the country
via satellite Hopefully, grad
school will ensue soon."
After working for two years
for the County of San
Diego enforcing
environmental legulations,
Kalla Hirschbein has also
decided to go to graduate
school. Kalla moved to
Baltimore with her cat. Indie,
to pursue a master's in
public policy at Johns
Hopkins University Lindsay
Goldwert completed grad
school at New York
University, earning her
master's in journalism She
works at Mane Claire
magazine Finally. Amy
Schacler lives in Atlanta
and works for the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention, a |0b that has
taken on drastically renewed
importance in this day and
age

Matthew Salloway,
Class Correspondent,
Sanson Place East, Box
968, 3600 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 91494
2000notes'g'alumni biandeis.edu

Arudra Surra Is glad to be
back in the United States
after a year home in India.
She began the J D program
at Yale Law School, and is
hoping to combine it with

a Ph D in philosophy along
the way Ariel Chester is
a second year law student
at Brooklyn Law School
He IS on the Journal of
Internalional Law Amy
Fisher received her MA. in
student personnel
administration from
Teachers College, Columbia
University, and is pursuing
an Ed M in higher education
administration She is also
working part-time in
residence life at Barnard
College Alex Greenberg
(MA '01, international
economics and finance) is
enioying London while
working for Lehman
Brothers in their investment
banking division Lynne
Feibelmann was graduated
from Boston University with
a master's in lournalism in
the spring of 2001 She
IS a reporter for a weekly
Boston newspaper Mathew
S. Helman lives in Arlington
VA, where he is a few
months away from receiving
his master's degree in public
administration from George
Washington University. Mat
has also held positions with
the United States Senate
Committee on Small
Business and the NAACP
Kaukab "Koki' Jhumra left
her dotcom |0b in Boston
in May 2001 and moved
back to her native Karachi.
Pakistan, in June She
teaches English literature
and language to seventh,
eighth, and ninth graders
at Karachi Grammar School,
and is in charge of its
Dramatics Club Emily
Kargauer is a second-year
law student at Boston
College Ahu Karan is a
student at New York
University's Graduate School
of Arts and Science to
pursue an M A in
economics Vamsi Koneru
spent the last year in Quito,
Ecuador, as a Peace Corps
volunteer, working at a
daycare center Edie Molol
spent the summei of 2001
traveling in Western Canada,
Israel, Germany, and
Belgium. During the fall
ol 2001 she worked in
the Environmental
Programmes Division of
Transport Canada Sherrle
Neuslein moved back to
Boston after working for
NBC in New York City
and IS a first-year medical
student at Tufts University
School of Medicine After
completing a year of service
for the AmenCorps VISTA
program, Tywanna L.Taylor
is a graduate student at

the University of Delaware,
Admitted as one of five
presidential scholars, she's
working on a master's in
public administration with a
specialization in community
development and nonprofit
leadership David Salama is
a second-year student at the
University of New England
College of Qsteopathic
Medicine (UNECOM) in
Biddeford, ME, where he
was recently elected
president of the medical
school's student
government, and thus
serves as a representative to
the Council of Osteopathic
Student Government
Presidents Sara Shapley is
acting in Los Angeles and
works as a graphic designer
Maltheur Noah Sugarman is
a student at the University
of Southern California Law
School studying
entertainment law Madhavi
"Maddy "Tandon is a
business analyst for Capital
One in Washington, D C
She IS soaking in the culture
of the nation's Capital Alaric
Toyiscoteaching three
theater college courses at
two community college
campuses, Diablo Valley
College, Pleasant Hill, and
Contra Costa College, San
Pablo, all in California He
played "Murphy," the lead
character in the premiere
of the new Asian American
Play Achievers, by Michael
Golamco He also starred
as "Bishop " in Cold Nine.
an independent Him
Rebekah Wright completed
her first year in the
University of Southern
California's graduate film
production program.

01

WenLin Soh. Class
Correspondent. 5000 C
Marine Parade Road,
#12-11, Singapore 449286,

Class of 2001, Brandeis
University, MS 124,
P 0,80x5491 10,
Waltham, MA 02454-91 10
2001 nofesigialumnibrandeis.edu

Catherine Bernard is an

administiator at New
England Financial in
Waltham, MA Meera

Bhalotra is serving as a
Brandeis alumni mentor. The
mentor program was
created in order to enable
alumni to provide practical
guidance to first-year
students Joshua Bob is
a part-time coordinator at
USY in Massachusetts
Shana Ratafia-Brown a law
student at Emory University.
Paolo Cova is a
programmer at Randomwalk
Computing in New York City.
Mark Harrison is in medical
school at Harvard University.
Jonathan Brickmanisan
analyst with Lehman
Brothers in New York.
Mar|orie Bunch is a student
at Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School Jamie
Cohen is a marketing
analyst at Gilco Sports.
Martha Flumenbaum is a
student at Brooklyn Law
School JessieGlasserisa
student at Tufts University
School of Medicine
Kristophe Karami is a
research associate at Aphios
Corp in Woburn. MA.
Kirsten Kucharik is a
student at Harvard Law
School Aaron Miller IS a
student at Tufts University
School of Medicine Michael
Parras is in law school al
Boston University Jaime K.
Shapiro, a resident of Culver
City. CA. has begun studies
at Southwestern University
School of Law. She is
enrolled in the school's
day program, a three-year
course of study leading to
the Juris Doctor degree
Matthew Sieger and Andrea
Sorokin are students at
Mount Sinai Medical School,
Amy Posner is in law school
at Northwestern University
in Chicago,

Grad

Barbara Bamberger (MA,

01, sustainable international
development), a Ph D.
candidate in School of
Forestry and Environmental
Studies at Yale University
and former environmental
resource manager for the
city of Chula Vista,
California, is among 20
outstanding young
environmental leaders
recognized with the 14lh
annual Switzer
Enviionmental Fellowships,
Barbara is among the 2001
winneis which include 13
women and seven men
chosen trom universities
throughout New England
and Calilornia to receive
the fellowships, one ol the

70 Brandeis Review

In Memoriam

nation's most prestigious
awards for early career
environnnental leaders-
Barbara has worked in the
Held of environmental policy
for many years. She has
consulted internationally
with the United Nations
Development program and
completed a graduate
fellowship at the Woods
Hole Research Center Henry
Braun '55 (MA '57. English
and American literature)
writes poetry in the woods
of Maine Ross Brown
(MSF '00. finance) joined
SAS. a business-intelligence
software and services
company, enabling
customers to turn raw data
into usable knowledge, as
a senior account executive
Ross and his family returned
to Brooklyn after four years
in Massachusetts and
reports, "Being back home
in Brooklyn is even better
than we'd hoped." Roy L.
DeBerry, Jr. 70 (MA '78,
politics, Ph D '79) is vice
president for economic
development and
government affairs at
Jackson State University,
Jackson, MS Ruth L. Deech
(M A '66, contemporary
Jewish studies) was
appointed a pro-vice-
chancellor (vice president)
of Oxford University, She
recently completed her third
term as chair of the Human
Fertilization and Embryology
Authority of the United
Kingdom This body
regulates all embryo
research and IVF treatment
in the country and gives
advice to the government
on new issues arising
therefrom Ashok Kumar
Gangadean (Ph,D, '7t,
philosophy) IS the host of
Philly LIVE: Your
International Connection, an
award-winning live call-in
television talk show that
gives a forum to people in
the forefront of internahonal
news, events, and issues.
An accomplished author,
lecturer, and philosopher,
Ashok has worked with
numerous organizations
suchasUNICEFandthe
United Nations, He was the
first director of the fVlargaret
Gest Center for Cross-
Cultural Study of Religion

at Haverford College He
has appeared on NBC News,
and CNN Headline News in
addition to being a guest
on the national series.
Thinking Allowed. Philly
i./1/f is broadcast on public
television in Philadelphia,
and also airs on most
cable systems throughout
Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Delaware AzizS. Giga
(Ph.D. '75, chemistry) was
elected vice president of
strategic planning at PPG
Industries in Pittsburgh, PA,
aglobalsupplier of coatings,
glass, fiberglass, and
chemicals, Aziz became
director of corporate
planning at PPG in 1988
and assistant treasurer,
global finance, in 1992 He
was named controller and
director of new business
development, chemicals, in
1995, and became strategic
planning director in 1997
Alex Greenberg '00 (M A
'01, international economics
and finance) is enjoying
London while working for
Lehman Brothers in their
investment banking division
James Michael Lurie
(H/IMHS '82, human
services management. Ph D
'86, human services
management) is the author
of chapters in two recent
books "Children's Rights
in Child Protection after
Passage of the Law on
Child Protection Services:
Is Today's Practice in
Conformance with the Law's
Intentions?" in Social Work
- Relleclions and Recent
Research: and "Child
Protection Services Work
with Cases for the Regional
Council" in Child Protection
and the Regional Council.
Both books are Norwegian
publications Edward Prince
Morgan (MA "73. politics,
PhD '76, politics) IS
professor of political science
and a 25-year faculty
member at Lehigh University
in Bethlehem, PA, He is
also the author of numerous
articles written for
professional journals in
political science, history,
sociology, and education
Edward has taught 20
different courses in the
political science department,
has developed a number
of in-class simulations and
other educational
innovations, and has been
actively involved in local
political issues. Jay S.
Repose 75 (MA "75,
biology), director of the
Pepose Vision Institute in
St, Louis. MO. founded the
D/lidwest Cornea Research

Foundation, with a goal of
fostering new innovations
in the treatment of corneal
disease His institute was
the first nationwide to
receive the Bausch & Lomb
Excellence in Vision
Correction Award Jay was
recently recognized in the
first edition of America's Top
Doctors Michael J. Ramer
'88 (MA '89, international
economics and finance) is
a national trainer for the
search and placement
industry His firm, Ramer
Search Consultants, in West
Orange, t\IJ, is in its third
year Mike was graduated
in the first class of
Brandeis's Graduate School
of Economics and Finance
(GSIEF) Heidi Ravven 74
(MA '74, history of ideas,
PhD '84, history of ideas),
was promoted from
associate professor to full
professor in the religious
studies department at
Hamilton (iollege, Clinton.
NY, Heidi, who joined the
Hamilton College faculty in
1983. teaches Jewish
studies, Hebrew Bible, and
the philosophy of religion
Her fields of interest are
Jewish philosophy, feminist
ethics, and GWF Hegel,
Her edited volume. Jewish
Themes in Spinoza's
PA/tosop/iK was published
by SUNY in 2001 David
Segal'78(MM,H,S, '83,
human services
management) was promoted
to senior vice president
of operations at Harvard
Pilgrim Health Care in
Massachusetts Following
many years of university-
level teaching and
academic-administration,
including a position as
provost at fiider University
in Lawrenceville, NJ, Helen
L. Stewart (PhD '80,
sociology) has founded the
University for Metaphysical
Studies (UMS) in Santa Fe,
NIVI An online as well as
onsite university, UMS is
a pioneer institution with a
vision to become the finest
source of metaphysical
education and research in
the world For UMS, reason
and intuition are equal
partners in the learning
process, which will
ultimately be anchored in
world class metaphysical
library for scholarly research
in consciousness studies.

Susan Krassner Abusch '63

passed avray from cancer
onSeptember9, 2001 She
is survived by her husband,
Tzvi Tamsey K. Andrews
(MA '72, Mediterranean
studies. Ph D, '94, classical
and Oriental studies) died
September 21, 2001, after
a brief illness Tamsey was
an expert in the use of
technology in higher
education and a scholar in
the held of classical
archaeology. At the time of
her death, she was director of
proposal development at the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte, Previously,
Tamsey had served as
director of grants at Ferris
State University in Michigan
She also worked at Harvard
University in Widener and
other libraries for 15 years.
She was a long-time resident
of the Boston area. She
is survived by her sister,
Sydney Andrews, Marc D.
Braunstein '81 died on
November 8, 2000, of an
aneurysm Marc was a
physician who maintained a
general practice in Laguna
Beach, CA He had always
wanted to be a doctor and
worked in hospitals as an
orderly and served on a
volunteer rescue squad
during summers while
attending Brandeis, Marc is
survived by his wife, Lynette;
and two daughters, Aliza
and Cassandra Paul J.
Clancey(MMH.S, '83,
human services
management) died of cancer
September 25. 2001. at age
54. Paul was an advisor
to Boston mayors Raymond
Flynn and Thomas M.
Menino He previously was
an advisor to the mayor
of Erie, PA, and executive
director of the Peninsula
Consortium of six local
governments in southern
Virginia He served in the
Department of Labor during
the Carter administration,
Paul was most recently
manager of workforce
training for the Boston
Private Industry Council An
avid sailor affectionately
known as Pablo, he raced
sailboats out of Marblehead,
MA, for many years. He
leaves his wife, Sarah Smyth-
Clancey, and two brothers,
Richard W Clancey and
Timothy J Clancey of Erie,
PA Donald J. Cohen 61
passed away from ocular
melanoma, a rare form of
cancer, on October 2, 2001,
Donald was a psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst who, as the
director of Yale University's
renowned Child Study Center.
reshaped the field of child
psychiatry. He was known for

his scientihc work, including
fundamental contributions to
the understanding of autism,
Tourette's syndrome, and
other illnesses, and for his
leadership in bringing
together the biological and
the psychological approaches
to understanding psychiatric
disorders in childhood
Donald wrote more than
400 books and professional
articles. Among many other
posihons he was president of
the International Association
of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied
Professions and vice
president of Yale's board of
governors He is survived
by his wife, Phyllis, four
children. Matthew, Rebecca
Martin, Rachel Goldstein, and
Joseph: his mother. Rose
Cohen: and five
grandchildren Robert T.
Griffin '54 passed away
Septembers, 2001, at
Wesley Long Community
Hospital, Greensboro, NC, He
began his IBM career at
their corporate ottices in
New York City. After 31
years of dedicated service
he retired as a corporate
executive. Later he taught
business administration at
Catholic University,
Washington, DC , and
Bennett College, Greensboro,
As a member of Memorial
United Methodist Church he
served as a trustee, lay
leader, and was a member
of the United Methodist Men,
Chancel choir, and the adult
Sunday school class. He
entered the ministry and
served on the Ramseur
Circuit which included Coxs
and McCrarys Chapels and
Shady Grove United
Methodist Church. For the
past three years he has
pastored at Raleigh's Cross
Road United Methodist
Church in Greensboro. He is
survived by his wife, Shirley
M. Grittin, two sons, Michael
Griftin of Greensboro and
Norvel (Shelley) McDonald of
Los Angeles, a daughter. Julie
Griffin of High Point. NC:
three granddaughters and a
sister Leslie Weinerman
Parl<er 72 died at her West
Hartford, CT, home on June
3, 2001, from a brain tumor
Leslie had a 23-year career
atCIGNAinBloomfield.CT,
where her last position was
assistant vice president in
the underwriting department,
Leslie IS survived by her
husband, Donald Parker, her
son, David Parker, her father,
Robert A, Weinerman, as
well as a sister and a
brother Debra Cohen De
Rothschild '81 passed away
onNovember 13, 2001 A
dedicated attorney in public
and private practice, fJebra
pioneered the defense of
battered women and was
universally respected by

colleagues, adversaries, and
jurists Debra was an adjunct
professor of law at Emory,
Pace, and Cardozo law
schools and was a trustee
of IVIiss Hall's School, She
IS survived by her husband,
Robert de Rothschild, son,
Jacob Alain de Rothschild,
parents, Leonard and lleen
Cohen, and brother, Joel M
Cohen L. Anthony Sutin '81
diedonJanuary 16, 2002,
after a shooting on the
campus of the Appalachian
School of Law in Grundy,
VA, where he was dean
He was praised by faculty
and students as a dedicated
pioneer at the school, a
cum /aude graduate of
Harvard Law School who
had served as acting counsel
for the Democratic Party,
was a lawyer for the 1992
presidential campaign of Bill
Clinton, and specialized in
legislative affairs for former
Attorney General Janet Reno
before turning to the school
as a fresh adventure. He
IS survived by his wife,
Margaret and two children
Sandra Emily Tishman
(MMHS '81, human
services management)
passed away at her home in
Boston of gastric cancer on
Novembers, 2001 Sandra
was a retired administrator
with the state Department of
Public Welfare, Shefoined
the welfare department as a
caseworker in 1970. She
was the agency's assistant
director for education and
training for 12 years before
retiring in 1995, She was
devoted to Boston and its
cultural institutions. She was
the former president of the
Neighborhood Associahon of
the Back Bay She leaves
her husband, Maynard: two
daughters, Shan and Andrea,
two brothers, and four
grandchildren Robert
Waxman '66 passed away
onNovember2, 2000, at
Shands Jacksonville Hospital
in Florida, Robert was a
professor of humanities at
Jacksonville University,
Jacksonville, FL. He was
a dedicated and creative
teacher who was deeply
committed to the humanities
and to interdisciplinary
learning For many of his
students, his courses were
a transforming experience,
giving them an appreciahon
and understanding of the
humanities that would last a
lifetime He is survived by
his sister, Eugenie Parker; a
brother-in-law, Patrick; and
two nephews, Mark and
Keith The Robert Waxman '66
Humanities Scholarship was
funded by a gift he left to the
University

71 Brandeis Review

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1. The architect who designed the
Brandeis Chapels also designed what
major international building?

2. Which professional basketball team
used to practice at Brandeis?

3. In which sport docs Brandeis have
more Ail-Americans than any other
school in New England?

4. Which member of the Brandeis
faculty was a key member of President's
Clinton's cabinet?

5. Which member of the Brandeis
faculty served on the Presidential
Advisory Commission on Holocaust
Assets in the United States?

6. Who are the two Brandeis alumni
who are the producers of the television
show friends?

7. Name five other members of the
University Athletic Association (UAA)
to which Brandeis belongs.

8. Which "First Lady" was a rnember of
the Brandeis Board of Trustees?

9. Name the three Brandeis professors

who are recent recipients of the
MacArthur Fellowship.

10. Which was the first dormitory built
at Brandeis?

11. Which of Leonard Bernstein's operas
held its world premiere at the first
Brandeis Creative Arts Festival in 1952?

12. Name the Brandeis mascot.

13. Who was the first official Brandeis
photographer?

14. What on-campus building is named
for the inventor of the Q-tip?

15. Which Brandeis faculty member
founded the American studies
department?

16. What school was located previously
on the present-day Brandeis campus?

17. What is the title of Abram Sachar's
book about the founding of Brandeis?

18. For whom was the Brandeis
coffeehouse named?

19. What springtime celebration named
for a professor of fine arts is held on
campus annually?

20. Which scientist lent his name to the
original development plan for Brandeis?

21. What remarkable feat did the
Brandeis library accomplish in 1996?

22. Which popular student club was
founded m 1966?

23. In 1993, an archives was established
for the personal papers of which late
Nobel laureate?

24. Name the seven presidents of
Brandeis.

25. What academic achievement did
Brandeis attain in 1 96 1?

26. What was the University's tribute to
Louis D. Brandeis on the occasion of the
1 00th anniversary of his birth?

27. What Hollywood director played
varsity basketball during his Brandeis
undergraduate days in the sixties?

28. Which former member of the Boston
Celtics was recruited to coach varsity
basketball at Brandeis in 1966?

29. What Brandeis alum known for
prominent involvement in the Black
Nationalist movement ran for U.S. Vice
President in 1980 on the American
Communist Party ticket?

30. The 2000 release of Steal This
Movie recounts the life of what Brandeis
alum?

31. What Brandeis alum is currently
starring in the NBC sitcom Will and
Graced

32. What is a unique characteristic
about the architecture of the three
chapels at Brandeis?

33. What is the Brandeis motto that is
incorporated into the University seal?

34. Where was the inauguration of
Brandeis University held?

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I recently enjoyed the peculiar pleasure
of accompanying my daughter to her first
college interview, which just happened to
be here at Brandeis. It occurred during a
spring deluge so symmetrically analogous
to my own 1965 visit in a late-fall blizzard
that I could not help but be delighted.
Most poignant, though, was that she was
mterviewed by a man who, by the time
you read this, will have left the University
after 35 years of service — not counting
his four as an undergraduate — and
whose intellect and heart have been so
assiduously devoted to Brandeis and the
recruitment of exceptional imdergraduates
that I will be forever honored by his
resolve to interview my offspring as
one of his final official tasks before his
retirement from the University.

Michael Kalafatas '65 came to campus
in the fall of 1962, received a bachelor's
degree, went off for two years to earn
an advanced degree in education at the
H place in Cambridge only because the
program was not available here, and
quickly returned to Brandeis to take a

position as an admissions counselor,
never to stray again. Twenty-three years
ago, in 1979, he became director of
admissions, and that is the whole story,
except for this;

To have heard Mike speak about Brandeis
is to have been transformed. Of course,
not every prospective student to whom
Mike has spoken came to Brandeis. But
thousands have, often, there is no doubt,
because of Mike's infectious passion for
this place and the unmatched eloquence
with which he communicates that
passion. Only the most recalcitrant
mouth-breather, dragged to Brandeis
under extreme duress by a perversely
determined parent, could return home
entirely unswayed by an information
session given by so fervent and
compelling an orator.

The inexhaustible reserve of facts
obscure and fascinating, apt quotations,
anecdotes, and bon mots, and the beauty,
brilliance, and delight with which he
wove his erudition and eloquence into
a tapestry embodying the University's
essential character are going to be deeply
missed. So will his boundless joy for his
task. Attracting remarkable students
to Brandeis gave Mike such continual
pleasure that he often prematurely

interrupted a relaxing and enjoyable lunch
by bounding out of the restaurant booth
and exclaiming, "Gotta get back and
admit some more great kids."

Michael Kalafatas, paradoxically, is one
whom the University will not see the
likes of again, yet is a perfect example of
the kind of alumnus Brandeis produces
with regularity.

I wish him the very best.

Cliff

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Commencement 2002

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Unlimited Posse-bllities

Tlie First Fiftieth

^A Reclaiming a Birthright:
Studying the Impact of
Travel to Israel

Farewell, Larry Fuchs

57

Reunion 2002

Celebrating the graduation of the
first Brandeis Posse
by Maijoiie Lyon

Honoring Brandeis's first class on the
occasion of its 50th Reunion
Excerpted from essays by David Van
Praagh '52 and Marilyn Bentov '52

Researching the efficacy of a trip

to the homeland

by Leonard Saxe and Mark Rosen

Bidding adieu to a beloved

professor on the occasion of his

retirement

by Stephen J. Whitfield. Ph.D. '12

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The Innermost Parts

Development Matters

Books

Alumni

Faculty Notes

Class Notes

n iiioeimost rans

Academy Awards

American Academy of
Arts and Sciences elects
two Brandeis University
scholars

lacqucline Jones, the
Truman Professor of
American Civilization
at Brandeis, and Gregory
A. Petsko, the Gyula and
Katica Tauber Professor of
Biochemistry and Molecular
Pharmacodynamics, and
director of the Rosenstiel
Basic Medical Sciences
Research Center at Brandeis,
have been named to the
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences. A full list of
new members is available
on the Academy Website at
www.amacad.org.

With the selection of these
newest members, Brandeis
has 23 fellows in the
academy.

This year's class also
includes novelist Milan
Kundera; Nobel Prize
winning author Kenzaburo
Oe; Lord Anthony P.
Lester, president of the
International Centre for the
Legal Protection of Human
Rights; and Fritz W. Scharpf,

director of the Max Planck
Institute for the Study of
Societies.

"The academy is pleased to
welcome these outstanding
and influential individuals
to the nation's most
illustrious learned society.
Election to the American
Academy is the result
of a highly competitive
process that recognizes
those who have made
preeminent contributions
to all scholarly fields and
professions," said Academy
President Patricia Meyer
Spacks. Leslie C. Berlowitz,
the Academy's executive
officer, added, "The
American Academy is
unique among America's
academies for its breadth
and scope. Throughout
its history, the Academy
has gathered individuals
with diverse perspectives
to participate in studies
and projects focusing on
advancing intellectual
thought and constructive
action in American society."

New fellows and foreign
honorary members are
nominated and elected by
current members of the
academy. Members are
divided into five distinct
classes; mathematics and
physics; biological sciences;
social sciences; humanities
and arts; and public affairs
and business.

Jacqueline Jones

The unique structure of
the American Academy
allows Members to conduct
interdisciplinary studies
that draw on the range of
academic and intellectual
disciplines.

The Academy was founded
in 1 780 by John Adams,
James Bowdoin, John
Hancock, and other scholar-
patriots "to cultivate every
art and science which
may tend to advance the
interest, honor, dignity,
and happiness of a free,
independent, and virtuous
people." The current
membership includes more
than 150 Nobel laureates
and 50 Pulitzer Prize

Gregory Petsko

winners. Drawing on the
wide-ranging expertise of its
membership, the American
Academy conducts
thoughtful, innovative,
nonpartisan studies on
international security, social
policy, education, and the
humanities.

This year's new Fellows
and Foreign Honorary
Members will be inducted
at the annual ceremony in
October.

Board Feat

Board of

Trustees Approves
FY03 Budget

The FY03 budget approved
by the Board of Trustees at
its March meeting includes a
4.4 percent increase in billed
charges, which includes a

This is generally at or below
the range of published
tuition increases at peer
institutions, according to
Peter French, executive vice
president and chief operating
officer.

4 percent tuition increase.

The budget also includes a
3 percent merit-based
faculty and staff salary pool

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Flight Attendance

Ph.D. candidate
'majors' in the United
States Air Force

Call htr Student Maior. Lori
Davis Perry is an oddity
at Brandeis. A U.S. Air
Force major, she believes
she is the first active-duty
military officer to study at
the University. And while
it would be difficult to say
unequivocally that she is
the first, she certainly is
not the average Brandeis
student.

Davis Perry's academic
focus is unusual as well.
She's researching the life's
work of the English poet
Elizabeth Singer Rowe |1674-
1737], who wrote poetry and
epistolary fiction in a wide
range of styles, but who was
particularly famous for her
religious verse, according to
Davis Perry.

"She appeals to mc because
she's an important woman
writer who has been
relatively neglected by

Lori Davis
Perry

modem critics, partly
because she does not fit
easily into popular literary
categories. As a result, she
can be difficult to account
for," she says.

Davis Perry's long-term
goal is to publish an
authoritative edition of
Rowe's poetry. But first the
Ph.D. candidate must fulfill
her part of a deal with the
USAF. The Air Force paid
for Davis Perry's degree at
Brandeis so that she could
return to teach literature
at the Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs. Her
previous education includes
an M.A. in literature from
Iowa State University and a
B.A. from Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma,
Washington. She has already
spent four years teaching at
the Air Force Academy as an
assistant professor.

Davis Perry chose Brandeis
because of the quality of its
program and the chance to
work with her dissertation
advisor, Susan Staves, the
Paul Prosswimmer Professor
of Humanities.

In 2006 her 20-year stint
with the Air Force will be
complete and Davis Perry
will retire, ready to begin
her second career in the
teaching profession.

The Air Force trained Davis
Perry as an intelligence
officer. And judging by
her impressive rank, she
has done well thus far.
Her first assignment was
m search and rescue and
special operations, where
she flew as an intelligence
crewmember, and attended
the special operations
Combat Aircrew Training
School in Las Vegas. She
then spent two years in
the Republic of Korea
conducting theater-level
analysis of North Korean
military capabilities and
working as the command
briefer for the air
component commander |a
three-star general] and his
staff. Her last intelligence
assignment was at Hanscom
Air Force Base, where she
was the operations officer
and a division chief for
acquisition intelligence.

Davis Perry describes herself
as someone who prefers the
challenges and surprises
offered by the "road less
traveled," such as joining
the Air Force. Her family
has no history of military
careers. The Air Force
attracted her because it
would give her educational
opportunities and allow her
to travel. Today she says
she wouldn't change a thing
about her career.

"It has been great for me
and I have absolutely great
things to say about the
military." She said she
would highly recommend
It, particularly for women
and minorities who
otherwise might not get
the opportunities she has
enjoyed, for education,
training, management, and
leadership.

— Dennis Nealon

and a I percent market
and equity pool for faculty,
French said. The budget
makes progress at reducing
the endowment draw
percentage and includes
funding to open and
operate the Carl and Ruth
Shapiro Campus Center.

The budget also provides
additional funds for deferred
maintenance spending.

"This was a challenging
budget year," French said.
"We developed the FYO.?

budget mindful of risks
related to the economy and
considered choices involving
faculty size and costs,
number of students and
billed charges, endowment
draw, and deferred
maintenance spending," he
said. "Operating expense

reductions initiated in FY02
in response to the changes
in the economy have
reduced the University's
base budget helping to keep
the FY03 billed charges
increase as low as possible
and provide funding to
continue to improve faculty
salaries," French said.

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A Wealth of Scholars

Jonathan Sclarsic

Sclarsic '03 awarded
Truman Scholarship;
Fourth consecutive year
that a Brandeis student is
honored

Before he was even
eligible to vote, Jonathan
Sclarsic '03 began working
on a number of political
campaigns in the Boston
area. In fact, he was only
1 S years old when he began
A (irking in Congressman Joe
Vloakley's (D-Mass.| office
as a summer intern. Sclarsic,
' a political science major,
I list received another career
boost as the recipient of this
year's prestigious Truman
Scholarship.

This is the fourth
consecutive year that
a Brandeis student has
won the distinguished
award. The scholarship,
a $30,000 merit-based
grant for graduate study,
is awarded to college
juniors with exceptional
leadership potential who
are committed to careers in
government, the nonprofit
sector, or elsewhere in
public service. As a Truman
Scholar, Sclarsic will
participate in leadership
development programs and
receive special internship
opportunities with the
federal government.

Sclarsic has interned
at Senator |ohn Kerry's
(D-Mass.) Boston and
Washington D.C. offices
and managed a successful
campaign for State
Representative Frank
I. Smizik (D-Mass.). He
founded the Lincoln-
Sudbury Young Democrats
Club, a grass roots
organization that encourages
democratic involvement
and organizes state and

local party activism. At
Brandeis, Sclarsic has
been especially active. He
was vice president of the
Brandeis University student
body, served as a senator
for the class of 2003 for two
years, and was a resident
advisor. He balanced these
duties while serving as a
Board of Directors member
for the Young Democrats of
Massachusetts, the official
umbrella organization
for young democrats in
Massachusetts.

Sclarsic plans to pursue a
master's degree in public
policy and would like to
run for elected office. He
recently was elected in
Sudbury, Massachusetts, as
a delegate for the democratic
convention.

"My education at Brandeis
has had a strong emphasis
on social justice and policy,"
stated Sclarsic. "I have a
better understanding about
how government|...|can
help people and it has
inspired me to become
more involved in public
policy and encourage more
people to become active in
government."

Brandeis's second
Churchill Scholar makes a
memorable connection

Within less than a millionth
of a second, a computer can
search through millions of
bytes of data and accurately
respond to a query. It can
also be used to simulate
the elaborate patterns of
biochemical and electrical
activity in the brain.

Just ask Daniel Abadi '02,
who has been awarded
the prestigious Churchill
Scholarship. With a double
major in computer science
and neuroscience, he is
conducting groundbreaking
research that has led to a
computer simulation of
biological memory storage
and a new debugger for a
programming language
used in data retrieval in
databases. It also led to
the scholarship, which
will enable him to pursue
a M.Phil, in engineering
at Churchill College,
Cambridge University,
England. He is only the
second student to receive
the award at Brandeis.

Junior year, Abadi became
fascinated by the molecular
basis of memory, during
the course Introduction to
Neuroscience, taught by
Professor of Biology John
Lisman. After Lisman
described evidence for the
involvement of the protein
CaMKII in memory, Abadi
had the insight to make
a computer program that
helps people visualize the
biochemical reactions
involved in the formation of
a memory switch.

Abadi's work in creating a
computer model for memory
has contributed to his
success using a different kind
of network of recall in the
field of computer science.

Working with Mitch
Cherniack, assistant
professor of computer
science, his research has
helped create a new tool to
assist with the development
of database software. The
tool was constructed within

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Margaret Pawlowski '03 and
Shiomo Meislin '04

the context of the COKO-
KOLA project, whose
purpose is to assist database
system developers in
building a query optimizer;
that part of the database that
efficiently retrieves data in
response to a user request.

This lune Abadi and
Chemiack will present
their research at SIGMOD:
the Special Internet Group
for Management of Data
Conference, the most
prestigious forum for
database researchers.

"Dan's work on the
COKO-KOLA project is
an important contribution
demonstrating that formal
methods tools can indeed
be used to develop "real"
software systems," said
Chemiack. "It is an
extremely impressive
feat for an undergraduate
to present work at this
conference."

A ferome A. Schiff Fellow,
Abadi's research with query
optimizers was supported in
part by Brandeis. As part of
the fellowship, he instructed
a course with Chemiack,
which introduced students
to techniques used to build
modem database systems.

Abadi is one of 10 to receive
the Churchill Scholarship,
awarded to outstanding
American students, to

pursue one year of graduate
work at Cambridge
University within
engineering, mathematics,
and the physical and natural
sciences. The Winston
Churchill Foundation of
the United States was
established in 1959 as an
expression of American
admiration for one of the
great leaders of the free
world. It was founded to
encourage the exchange of
knowledge and the sharing
of ideas in science and
technology between the
United States and Great
Britain.

— Cristin Can

Double the concentration:
Two undergrads win
Goldwater Scholarships

Margaret E. Pawlowski '03
knew she wanted to
major m biochemistry
long before enrolling at
Brandeis University. As an
undergraduate researcher
in the lab of Chandler
Fulton, professor of
biology, and Elaine Lai,
research associate, her
work determining the
mechanisms of a particular
enzyme may lead to
the development of a
chemotherapy drug.

For Shiomo H. Meislin '04,
interest in research also
began at an early age,
far before becoming an
undergraduate at Brandeis.
His work within the lab of
Melissa Moore, associate
professor of biochemistry
and Howard Hughes
Associate Investigator,
has exposed him to
groundbreaking research
involving RNA splicing,
a crucial step in gene
expression.

Pawlowski, a double
major in biochemistry and
chemistry, and Meislin, a
double major in biology
and biochemistry, have
proven that focus and
determination can lead
to opportunity. They are
recipients of this year's
prestigious Barry M.
Goldwater Scholarship
Awards. The two students
were among 309 students
chosen from 50 states and
Puerto Rico to receive the
scholarship, which covers
the cost of tuition, fees,
books, and room and board
up to a maximum of $7,500.

Pawlowski's career at
Brandeis has been a
delicate balancing act of
coursework and other
responsibilities. Also a
recipient of the ferome A.
Schiff fellowship, she is a
teacher's assistant for an
introductory biology course.
As the undergraduate
department representative
for the biochemistry
department, she serves as
a liaison between students
and faculty. She is also
a member of the varsity
Softball team.

Pawlowski will continue
her work with Fulton and
Lai this summer with
support from a Howard
Hughes fellowship. Her
work is also being sponsored
by Pfizer, a leading research-
based global pharmaceutical
company.

Meislin threw himself into
a research environment
freshman year, starting
work m Moore's lab. By the
end of second semester he
was offered the opportunity
to continue working in
Moore's lab as a Howard
Hughes summer intern.
This summer his work will
again be funded by The
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute but as a sophomore
he has been awarded a
research fellowship.

Meislin, a fustice Brandeis
Scholar, who is also
working towards a degree in
mathematics, is a member
of the Swing Club and
enjoys classical music,
ultimate Frisbee, swimming,
and playing squash.

Both scholars plan to pursue
Ph.D. programs and although
they have not decided
whether they will continue
research careers m industry
or academia, judging
from their impressive
achievements determination
will lead the way.

— Cristin Can

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Polly Want a
Thesaurus?

"Bird brains" may not be
complete featherheads
after all Brandeis
researcher reveals
remarkable intellectual
capabilities of Grey
parrots

Being a "birdbrain" isn't
so bad after ail-especially
if you're a bird brain in
Brandeis researcher Irene
Pepperberg's lab. Pepperberg,
research associate professor
of psychology and
avian expert at Brandeis
University, has proven
that birds have remarkable
cognitive abilities that
surpass mimicry.

Her work provides evidence
that Grey parrots have the
ability to combine objects
and sounds in specific
orders. The phenomenon
indicates that the avian
brain, although considerably

different from that of
mammals, can process
information in similar ways.

"We have shown that despite
having a walnut-sized brain,
and one that is organized
very differently from that of
a human, parrots are capable
of learning very simple
syntactic patterns," said
Pepperberg. "Our research,
furthermore, shows that
learning such elements
proceeds in ways similar to
those of humans."

Internationally recognized
for groundbreaking research
on communicative and
cognitive functions in
parrots, Pepperberg released
her most recent findings at
The American Association
for the Advancement of
Science's annual meeting.
At the conference she
introduced the extraordinary
behavior of Griffin, a
7-year-old Grey parrot who

recently began linking
words in a specific order
to express a particular
thought, combinatorial acts
paralleled by young children
first learning language.

"Griffin is combining
labels in very simple ways,
something that children do
at an early stage of language
acquisition, usually at about
22 months of age," said
Pepperberg. "At this stage a
child not only says 'mommy'
or 'cookie' but also begins
expressing that they 'want
more cookie.'"

Griffin demonstrates this
ability by forming simple
sentence structures to
communicate his desires.
For example, he will
say, "want a green grape"
or "want yellow corn" to

specify what he would like
to eat. Other examples
of Griffin's cognitive and
communicative abilities
include his ability to identify
obiects and materials. He
is also learning to identify
shapes and colors.

"Griffin has a clear
understanding of what
his labels represent," said
Pepperberg. "It's not a
stimulus response."

Griffin has also begun
to manipulate and stack
different-sized bottle caps
in the correct sequence,
placing the smaller bottle
cap inside the larger bottle
cap.

"This pattern of development
or stacking usually occurs
in children around the
same time that they begin
to combine labels," said
Pepperberg.

Achievement and
Promise

Two receive
Guggenheims

Mary Campbell, professor
of English, and Jennifer
Nuss, artist-in-residence
in fine arts, have been
awarded Guggenheim
Fellowship Awards for
2002. Campbell and Nuss
were selected from over
2,800 applicants — artists,
scholars, and scientists.

Guggenheim Fellows are
appointed on the basis of
distinguished achievement

m the past and exceptional
promise for future
accomplishment. Campbell
was honored for her work in
dream and metaphor in early
modern literature, science,
and personal life. Her
latest book, Wonder and
Science: Imagining Worlds
in Early Modern Europe,
received two awards: the
James Russell Lowell
Prize from the Modern
Languages Association and
the Suzanne M. Glasscock
Humanities Book Prize
for Interdisciplinary
Scholarship from the
Center for Humanities
Research at Texas A&M.

Her forthcoming works
include essays in the
Cambridge Companion
to Travel Writing and in
the Cambridge History of
Science, vol. 3, and a new
book of poems. Trouble.

Jennifer Nuss, who has
been teaching printmaking
and drawing at Brandeis
since 1 994, has had several
exhibitions of her work
at galleries in the United

States, Austria, and Japan.
A past recipient of the Joan
Mitchell Memorial Award
and of the Mazer Research
Award, Nuss says her work
"deals with mythical female
figures. They are characters
who often fall between
human and animal. They
are witches, acrobats, circus
freaks. They entertain
the possibility of ritual
and rebirth." I New York
Foundation for the Arts]
Nuss is currently on leave
from teaching at Brandeis
and is living and working in
New York City.

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According to Pepperberg,
this type of behavior is a
precursor to serialization
knowledge, a trait that
was once believed to be
exclusive to primates and a
precursor of syntax.

"The fact that we have shown
the simultaneous emergence
of vocal and physical
combinatorial behavior in
animals so far removed from
primates is extraordinary,"
said Pepperberg.

Because the avian brain
lacks a Broca area, the
region of the brain in
humans where language
develops, Pepperberg's

research raises some
interesting questions. Given
the structure of the avian
brain, does combinatorial
behavior evolve separately
in birds and primates or
was it inherited from a
distant common ancestor?
Although this question
remains a mystery, her
research with the Congo
African parrot has provided
important insights to how
such behavior has evolved.

In 1977, she began her
research with Alex, a 25-
year-old parrot who shares
Pepperberg's lab with Griffin
and a younger clan member,
Arthur (a.k.a.. Wart), 3
1/2 years old. Alex, the
oldest, has a more advanced
understanding of object
labels and can identify
concepts about 50 different

object labels-matter, color,
size, and shape. He also
has concepts of bigger and
smaller, same and different,
category, absence, and
concepts of numbers.

Wart, whose name was
carefully chosen to match
Merlin's nickname for
young Arthur in The
Sword and the Stone,
is just beginning his
apprenticeship and is just
beginning to grasp the
concept of labels.

The training methods she
uses facilitate the Grey
parrots' ability to learn
from each other and from
humans in the laboratory.

Irene Pepperberg with Alex,
Wart, and Griffin

teaching them to acquire
simple vocal syntactic
patterns and referential
elements of human
communication through
social interaction. These
techniques have begun to
lead to special programs
for teaching language to
disabled, autistic, and
developmentally delayed
children.

Pepperberg coauthored
the study on Griffin
with Heather R. Shive,
University of Arizona
and North Carolina
State University College
of Veterinary Medicine,
"Simultaneous Development
of Vocal and Physical
Object Combinations by a
Grey Parrot," which was
published in December of
2001. Twenty years of work
with Alex is also chronicled
in the critically acclaimed
book. The Alex Studies.

— Ciistin Can

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An Excellent
Prognosis

Four Brandeis seniors
accepted to Mount Sinai
School of Medicine

Four Brandeis students have
bypassed the decision
making process that usually
defines senior year. Long
before graduation, they were
selected by Mount Sinai's
Medical School as part of an
early acceptance program.
The highly selective program
allows undergrads to pursue
a diverse study m humanities
and social sciences and
assures matriculation into
Mount Sinai's medical
school upon graduation.

Among 13 students chosen
from 80 applicants, they
were admitted into the
university's exclusive
Humanities and Medicine
Program, designed for
liberal arts students who
demonstrate the promise of
becoming compassionate,
humanistic physicians.
The program, originally
open to students from
six northeastern schools.

including Brandeis
University, Amherst College,
Princeton University, and
Williams College, expanded
Its application pool in
November 2001 to include
all universities nationwide.

During sophomore year,
Stephen Berns '02, biological
anthropology major,
fonathan Dworkin '02,
a European cultural studies
major, and Rachel
Goldstein '02, a sociology
major, received admission
into the program. Karina
Gritsenko '03, a European
cultural studies major,
gained acceptance during
her junior year.

Students accepted into the
program are not required
to take physics and organic
chemistry as part of
undergraduate curriculum.
Instead, as juniors, they are
required to participate in an
on-campus summer program
at Mount Sinai consisting of
classroom study in physics

Jonathan Dworkin 02, Stephen
Berns '02, Karina Gritsenko '03,
and Rachel Goldstein '02

and organic chemistry along
with an introduction to
various clinical disciplines
through weekly rotations.

"This program has allowed
me to look at medicine
holistically," said Bems.

"My education at Brandeis
has paved the way to
a career as a doctor — a
career that will uniquely
combine the science of
medicine with the science
of people." Berns created an
independent concentration
while at Brandeis, devising
the major of biological
anthropology. During
freshman and sophomore
year Berns was a member
of the crew team until he
sustained a knee injury.
He also was a member of
the core committee for
freshman orientation, a
student representative to
the University curriculum
committee, and chair of the
senior class gift committee.

"A lot of what you learn
outside of the classroom is
just as important as what
you learn in the classroom,"
stated Dworkin. "My
experiences at Brandeis have
molded me as an individual
.ind have provided me
with qualities that have
better prepared me to be
a well-rounded individual
and doctor." Dworkin was
cofounder of Students for a
lust Society, an organization
created to raise awareness
.ibout the extent and
impact of social injustice
worldwide.

"Mt. Sinai's program allowed
me to take a different route
to medical school," said
Goldstein. "It enabled me
to look at medicine as a
social science — to look at
a patient as a whole, not

just as a set of symptoms."
Goldstein's ability to
balance school work with a
rigorous training schedule
as captain of Brandeis's
swim team and work as a
writer for the Justice have
prepared her well for the
demands of medical school.
As a volunteer for Brandeis's
freshman Orientation
program, Goldstein has also
helped introduce incoming
students to college life,
making the transition easier
for newcomers.

"Often doctors live in a
technocratic bubble where
sociological aspects don't
exist," said Gritsenko. "I
want my career as a doctor
to be more than just the
science of medicine, I want
to include more humanistic
aspects as well." While
at Brandeis Gritsenko
was manager of Starving
Artists, a Brandeis a cappella
performance group, and
founded "Swingers," the
first swing dance group
at Brandeis. She also
helped to organize Science
on Saturdays, a mentor
program with Brandeis
students and the Boys &
Girls Club of Waltham, and
was president of the KaBH,
a club at Brandeis that
brings students together in
an international theatrical
competition deeply rooted
in Russian culture.

— Cristin Can

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Drug Story

Pharmaceutical research
gains speed from Chemist
Li Deng's catalyst
discoveries

According to Thomas
Pochapsky, Ph.D., professor
of chemistry and chair of
the chemistr>' department,
"the work that Li Deng
and his group are doing is
absolutely groundbreaking.
He has changed the way
that people approach this
area of research."

Deng and researchers at
Brandeis have developed
several new catalytic
asymmetric reactions that
will help the development
and production of drugs.

It is a well-known
phenomenon that most
drugs possess two forms
that are "handed" or chiral,
similar to our two hands
that mirror each other.
Over the last several years,
however, making molecules
with only one desired
shape or "handedness"
has become a challenge
and a necessity for the
pharmaceutical industry.

"Since the two mirror image
forms of a chiral drug
molecule interact with
the drug targets differently,
right- or left-handed
versions of the molecules
can have vastly different
effects," stated Deng,
Ph.D., assistant professor
of chemistry. "One hand,
called an enantiomer,
might interact with a cell
to produce a beneficial
therapeutic effect, while
the other might have

no effect or may even
produce a harmful effect.
Therefore it is crucial for
drug development and
manufacturing to develop
new and practical methods
to produce only the desired
mirror image form of the
molecule."

The newly developed
catalytic asymmetric
reactions, which use a
catalyst to selectively
produce one of the two
enantiomers in excess over
the other, provide access to
a wide variety of versatile
chiral building blocks that
can be further assembled
to form a drug or a drug
candidate of the correct
mirror image form, which
will interact with its target
to give the desired biological
activity.

"The most important feature
of these new reactions is
that it only takes a small
quantity of the catalysts to
direct a reaction to create
large amounts of a desired
product with minimum
or no waste," said Deng.

"Prior technologies involved
in creating these chiral
molecules were expensive,
wasteful, and time
consuming."

The new catalytic reactions
developed by Deng's
group are also potentially
important for commercial

manufacturing of drugs,
because the catalysts, made
from abundant natural
products, are highly
accessible, inexpensive, and
fully recyclable.

Last year the National
Institutes for Health
awarded Deng a $ 1 . 1 5
million grant in support
of his research of catalytic
asymmetric synthesis.
The latest new reaction
developed by Deng and a
graduate student, Liang
Tang, was published as
a communication in the
March issue of the Journal
of the American Chemical
Society. This is the fifth
communication published
in the last two years by
Deng's group in the journal,
which chronicles his
groundbreaking work with
asymmetric catalysis.

"To fully capture the
potential of the post-
genomic era, we must
dramatically enhance our
ability to rapidly make
chiral molecules to match
the increasing pace of
drug-target identification"
said Deng. "Catalytic
asymmetric catalysis
allows us to meet this
challenge and accelerates
the discovery of new, small-
molecule drugs — a necessity
in the pharmaceutical
industry."

Adds Pochapsky, "We are
pleased and excited that this
work is taking place here at
Brandeis."

— Cristin Can

Li Deng

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Motion Detectors

Brandeis scientists
pinpoint how a cell's tiny
motor runs

Three Brandeis scientists
have pinpointed the crucial
mechanism of kinesin, a
motor protein that powers
the world's tiniest engines
of life-cells.

The controversial findmg,
reported m the Feh. 1 issue
of Science hy Brandeis
researchers, Wei Hua,
lohnson Chung, and Jeff
Gelles, provides a new
model of motion for kinesin,
as it propels enzymes and
other chemicals along
pathways known as
microtubules.

The three scientists
discovered a new inchworm
mechanism used by
kinesin's two leg-like
"heads," which crawl along
the microtubule pathway
pulling the precious cargo
needed to keep the cell's
metabolism running.

"Our finding upsets the
widely accepted 'hand
over hand theory,' which
proposed that kinesin's
two heads moved
symmetrically," said Gelles,

professor of biochemistry
and Volen National Center
for Complex Systems
at Brandeis University.
"Previously, it was believed
that kinesin's two heads
or two identical protein
subunits functioned
identically, alternately
moving past each other
like the feet of a person
walking."

By using single molecule
light microscopy, a unique
technique that allowed them
to look at single enzyme
molecules individually, the
scientists were able to track
the motion of each kinesin
molecule measuring 70
nanometers in length.

"We conclude that these two
identical subunits actually
perform different tasks,"
said Gelles. "While one of
the two heads functions as
an active motor, the other
serves as a crutch for the
active head to push against
as it is moving forward."

Understanding how the
motor protein kinesin
functions is essential to
gaining a full understanding
of how nerve cells keep
their distant parts alive
and functioning. This
knowledge may ultimately
be helpful for treating
a large class of motor
neuron diseases including
Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS).

"ALS and other motor
neuron diseases seem to be
associated with defects in
transport-down neurons"
said Gelles. "By studying
kinesin, a key component of
transport, we hope to learn
more about what causes
these diseases and how they
might be prevented."

— Crist in Car:

New Prez in Paradise

Carol Kern Elected
25th President of
National Women's
Committee

Carol Kern of Paradise
Valley, Arizona, the
newly elected president
of the 45,000-member
Brandeis University
National Women's
Committee (NWC),
joined the organization in
Westchester County, New
York, in 1975. She and her

friend Carole Elias '64
were looking for the
intellectual stimulation for
which NWC was renowned,
so they hired babysitters
and ioined a study group.
The National Women's
Committee offers its
members 80 study groups
based on syllabi written by
Brandeis faculty. A partner
with Brandeis University
since its founding in 1948,
the National Women's
Committee has raised more
than $77 million for the
University and its Libraries.

Kern and her family moved
to Arizona in 1983 where
she became a leading force
in the Phoenix Chapter, one
of the founding chapters
of the National Women's
Committee.

During her first year in
Phoenix she led a book
discussion group and soon
became study group vice
president. When she was

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Dorothee Kern

Track Stars

Researchers unveil inner
workings of key protein
essential in HIV

Three Brandeis researchers
have mapped out the
dynamic processes of a key
protein required for the
human immunodeficiency
virus type- 1 HIV to enter
into human cells.

The research, published in
the Feb. 21 issue of Science
by Brandeis scientists Elan
Zohar Eisenmesser, Darly
A. Bosco, Mikael Akke, and
Dorothee Kern, tracks the
chemical mechanisms of
human cyclophilin A, an
enzyme that accelerates HIV
virus replication in human
cells.

"Our research characterizes
the motions of cyclophilin A
(CypAl during catalysis and

provides insight into how
HIV uses this host enzyme
to replicate itself," says
Kcm, assistant professor of
biochemistry. "Although
the three-dimensional
structure of CypA, an
enzyme that is highly
abundant in all cells, is
known. Its biological
functions and mechanisms
of action are not well
understood."

By using nuclear magnetic
resonance, an innovative
spectroscopy technique
that allows researchers to
observe proteins in their
natural state, they were able
to pinpoint the motion of
CypA at many atomic sites
simultaneously. Tracking
the motions of an enzyme
in its working state is novel
because it goes beyond the
current understanding of
enzymes, which has been
based on static pictures.

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force dimension of CypA,
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understand how proteins
change over time," said
Kem. "We are not just
looking at the three-
dimensional figure but we're
looking at the kinetics of
the protein — how fast the
atoms on the protein are
moving while it's working."

Tracking these dimensions
has enabled the researchers
to reveal exactly which
areas of the protein are
moving during catalysis.

Characterizing these
motions may help scientists
better understand CypA's
interaction with the
virus capsid protein, a key
protein that binds with
CypA and enables the
virus to release its genetic
contents.

Identifying the role of
CypA in promoting the
assembly of viral proteins
into infectious HIV particles
could ultimately lead to the
development of drug targets
that interfere with CypA's
function. This may prevent
the HIV virus from infecting
new cells.

— Cristin Can

chapter president in 1990,
this once-sleepy chapter
was awarded the prestigious
NWC Chapter of the Year
Award for the first time in
its long history. Kern also
started the Phoenix Book
and Author Luncheon, now
in its 12th year. This event
attracts top authors and an
audience of almost 1,000
people each spring and has
raised as much as $60,000
per year. The Chapter has
grown from 350 to 1200
members, including three
satellite groups.

In addition to her effective
fund raising for Brandeis
and the National Women's
Committee, Kern and a
partner established an
endowed hospice fund
in memory of her sister,
Barbara Moss, and a very
good friend, Ellen Woodnick,
who was her mentor in
the National Women's
Committee. Through garage
sales that mushroomed
into a small business and
an annual art auction Kern

and Woodnick's sister raised
$2,S0,000 over a nine-year
period.

Kern is also active in
the Jewish Federation of
Greater Phoenix for which
she established Women's
Education Day... Women's
Works, an education day
involving most of the Jewish
women's organizations in
the area.

Kern studied at Brooklyn
College, City College, the
New School of Social

Research, and the New
York School of Interior
Design, but her heart is
with Brandeis. As the 25th
president of the National
Women's Committee, she
wants members to be
engaged in the National
Women's Committee's
mission. "I want our
members to feel connected
to Brandeis University and
the part it plays in preparing
students to take their
place in creating a more
understanding, peaceful, and
tolerant world," she says.

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Computer Program

Leaving a lifetime of
subsistence labor in
Uganda, freshman studies
at Brandeis and lobbies
hard for poor back home
By his own cstimatum,
Jeremiah K. Kasigwa '05
could be "fishing his Ufe
away" back home with
thousands if not millions of
others in his native Uganda.
He would be leading an
acceptable, normal life that
way.

But instead, the 19-year-old
freshman is being classically
educated at Brandeis, which
doubles for him as a base
to help promote learning
for the children and young
adults in villages of his
home.

Poised and articulate,
Kasigwa recently got
Brandeis to give him eight
used computers, which he
shipped to Uganda for use in
village schools. He initiated
the project by himself
and took three months
shepherding it through
stages ranging from working
with supportive University
administrators to getting the

Student Senate to allocate
$2,100 to transport the
equipment to Uganda.

Kasigwa, who is majoring
in economics, said he
had three goals: to show
villagers what a computer
really looks like, what it is
like to use one, and by doing
so, to inspire them to pursue
learning as an alternative to
a life of farming and fishing,
devoid of formal education.

"Through that, I hoped, they
will go back home and
encourage their parents to
send them to school," said
Kasigwa.

During December break,
Kasigwa returned home
to ensure the computers
arrived safely and to plan
their distribution. He said
one or two will be used for
administration while the
remaining ones are housed,
one each, in separate
schools. That way, villagers
young and adult alike will
be able to share them.

There's Always
Room for Cello

Joshua Gordon

The Lydian String Quartet
announces new cellist

After a six-month
international search,
Brandeis resident
artists, the Lydian String
Quartet, have announced
the selection of Joshua
Gordon as the group's
new cellist.

Considered one of New
York's most versatile
cellists, Gordon was among
80 musicians to apply
for the coveted position
following the resignation
last year of Rhonda Rider,
a founding member of the
critically acclaimed quartet.

A graduate of The Juilliard
School, Gordon has
performed around the

world and worked with
many of America's leading
composers, including John
Cage, Ronald Caltabiano,
Elliott Carter, and Chen
Yi. In New York, he has
played with the New York
Chamber Soloists and
the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, among other
groups.

Quartet member Mary Ruth
Ray said his submitted
recordings made "it
immediately evident he is
an excellent player with
all the technical skill and
musical sophistication
required for the position."
And in each subsequent
audition, "his sound was
always beautiful, with a
great range of color, and
dynamic."

Gordon officially joins Mary
Ruth Ray (viola), Daniel
Stepner |violin), and Judith

Eissenberg (violin), in
the fall 2002 semester at
Brandeis, where the Lydian
String Quartet has been in
residence since 1980. His
first public appearance as a
member of the group took
place at Brandeis on June IS
during the group's summer
Chamber Music Festival.

Applicants from around
the world applied tor the
position, including Finland,
Mexico, Japan, and Canada,
offering experience in a
variety of professional
musician situations,
including symphony
orchestras and chamber
music groups.

— Donna Desrocheis

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Unlike a great many others
in his country, Kasigwa
went to some of the best
schools in Uganda and
received a terrific education,
thanks to his parents' hard
work and persistence. "I've
been lucky in life," he
says. His father is a printer
and his mother works as
an assistant in the prime
minister's office. The couple
has five children, three of
whom are going to college.

Jeremiah
Kasigwa '05

But while his intellect is
engaged here, Kasigwa says
his heart is back home, and
he is hoping to do much
more there than send a few
computers to schools.

With other volunteers in
Uganda, Kasigwa has drafted
the proposal "Educating
the Disadvantaged Poor
in Bugungu Region," that
aims to raise $25,000 in
one year. The group is
looking for donors in the
United States and abroad.
The project is based in the
Hoima District, in the
sub-county of Kigorobya
in Western Uganda.

According to Kasigwa, that
is an area that is particularly
lacking in education
programs, infrastructure, and
socioeconomic development
because it is isolated by
natural geographic features.

Kasigwa said the group he
is working with in Uganda
is hoping for sustained

tundraising over the next
five years, with a goal of
ultimately raising $250,000.

He hopes that others might
have the opportunity he has
had to learn at institutions
like Brandeis, one of two
schools recommended
to him by an education
councilor at the U.S.
Embassy in Uganda.

— Dennis Nealon

Righteous Gift

Steven Spielberg's Righteous
Persons Foundation has
donated $500,000 to Genesis,
Brandeis's summer program
for teenagers. The program
integrates lewish studies,
the arts, humanities, and
social action.

The gift completes a three-
to-one challenge grant made
by the foundation. Under
terms of the agreement,
the Spielberg organization
promised to award $500,000
if the University raised $1.5
million. Brandeis met the

challenge, thanks to the
generous contributions of
friends of the University.

The gift brings the
foundation's total giving to
Genesis to more than
$2 million.

"This gift is gratifying on
two levels. On the one
hand, it demonstrates a
strong show of support for
Genesis from friends of
the program. On the other,
the generosity of Steven
Spielberg and the Righteous
Persons Foundation will
ensure the future of Genesis
as a renowned program
of Jewish education and
help educate and train the
next generation of Jewish
leaders," said President
Jehuda Reinharz.

The Genesis Program
received its initial funding
from the Righteous Persons
Foundation, an organization
the filmmaker established
after completing Schindler's
List. The foundation
provides funding for special
nonprofit organizations to
pursue distinctive proposals.

A nationally recognized
model for Jewish adolescent
education. Genesis has been
a leader in educating and
training a new generation
of Jewish leaders. Founded
in 1997, the program serves
approximately 75 students
each year. To date, 350

Jewish high school students
have participated in
Genesis.

During the four-week
program, students attend
challenging classes created
and taught by a team of
experienced faculty. In
addition to their coursework,
participants investigate the
meaning and implications
of living in a diverse Jewish
community. They design
and lead weekly Shabbat
observances, and participate
in two weekly community
projects that exemplify
the value of Tikun Olam
(repairing the world].
Genesis has a powerful and
long-lasting impact on its
students.

— Donna Desrocheis

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Senior Class

Waltham Group
volunteers form deep
bonds with elders

Every Wednesday, Aarti
Daswani '03, a psychology
and economics maior, gets
together with Phyllis. Like
most good friends they sit
around and talk, share a
few laughs, maybe a meal.
Daswani, a native of India

who grew up in Thailand,
says Phyllis has become
a great companion away
from home. "She looks
out for me. She gives good
advice."

Phyllis is 75 years old
and lives in a nursing
home. Daswani says their
relationship is one of the

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best things to happen to her
since arriving at Brandeis
and volunteering for the
Waltham Group.

"Both of my grandparents
lived in India, so I never got
to make that connection
with them,' adds Daswani.

"With Phyllis, I talk about
my problems. I learn
through her life experience."

The Waltham Group has
a number of community
service programs, including
Big Siblings, Afternoon
Enrichment (a program
for middle school kids)

and other opportunities
to work With children.
These are the big draw for
college volunteers, says
Brandeis Community
Services Director Diane
Hannan. But for years,
the organization has also
had a small, dedicated
group of volunteers for
Companions to Elders, a
program that works through
local agencies and nursing
homes, matching students
as weekly visitors and
companions with seniors.

Liz Kurs '02 joined shortly
after arriving at Brandeis.
She says she understands
why students might
overlook seniors. "It's
hard to be in a nursing
home setting" because
volunteering in that
capacity can be more
demanding and isn't always
easy.

"It's also hard to establish a
relationship with someone
and not know what will
happen," she adds, recalling
Eugene, a 77-year-old
resident of the Leland Home
in Waltham who died last
winter break. He was a jazz
musician who'd played
with some of the greats,
including John Coltrane,
and he was full of stories,
says Kurs, a sociology
student. "The knowledge
that the friendship won't
last — that's tough."

But Kurs adds she wouldn't
have It any other way. "I've
always loved seniors," she
says.

It is a sentiment that many
program volunteers share.
They relish the chance to
be with people outside their
age group. They enjoy the
wisdom and experience
of elders and understand
the value of friendship at

any age. Hannan says all
volunteers receive basic
training to help get past
common problems, such
as communicating with
someone who might be
vision or hearing impaired.
"I tell them, just because
there's a hearing problem,
you don't need to talk loud.
Annunciate well, that's
helpful." The first meeting
is critical. It should be brief,
says Hannan. "Talk about
yourself, relate yourself as
part of your life story, who
your family is. Ask general
questions."

It takes courage to begin
a friendship you know
may be brief. But the
rewards seem well worth
the risk, according to
Danielle Breslow '02. She
was matched with two
companions at Leland,
including Sybil, a career
librarian who never married
and traveled the world. "I
very much respected Sybil
and looked up to her. She
taught me a lot about being
an independent woman."
Sybil died this past February
and the nursing home asked
Breslow to deliver the
eulogy, an experience she
says was therapeutic. "It
allowed me to tell people
about the woman I knew."

Breslow graduated in May — a
year early, with a major in
psychology and English.
She plans to work with a
community program for kids.
But she expects to volunteer
again with seniors. "I fee! a
connection to the elderly I
can't really explain. I think
that some things about
myself and my values are old
fashioned. In that sense 1 can
relate to them. I also think
they have a lot to offer."

— Donna Desrochers

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Reich hosts First Annual
Teaching Award Teach-in

Rohcit Reich, renowned
nationwide tor his pohtical
insight and charismatic
personahty, recently
received proof of just how
highly Brandeis students
value him as a professor.

Reich, University Professor
and the Maurice B. Hexter
Professor of Social and
Economic Policy, is the
recipient of the Teacher of
the Year Award, presented
by the Student Union to the
teacher whom students have

Robert Reich and
Joshua Peck 02

And the Winner is...

voted the most dedicated
and enthusiasticallv
involved in the profession.
On March 5, along with
a plaque and a check for
$500, he was given the
opportunity to host the First
Annual Teaching Award
Teaeh-In.

Yoselin Bugallo '03, student
union coordinator of
community resources
and planner of the event,
introduced Reich to a crowd
of students, faculty, and
members of the Brandeis
community who had
gathered in the International
Lounge to hear him speak
on a subject of his choice.

"I love to teach," Reich
began, leaving the podium
empty in favor of strolling

the aisles next to the seated
audience. He informally
discussed the feelings of

"powerlessness" he feels are
prevalent throughout the
nation regarding citizens'

"alienation from the
democratic process." Using
several anecdotes from his
time as secretary of labor
under President Clinton,
Reich explained the ways
in which the government
tends to be "out of touch"
with the people. He noted
how the government's

interpretations of laws
sometimes neglect
community values, thereby
inflaming people's views of
the government as a distant,
unfeeling entity.

At the conclusion of the
teach-in, Student Union
President Joshua Peck '02
expressed the student body's
appreciation for Reich's work
at Brandeis. Reich replied,
"I have absolutely loved
and will continue to love
teaching here. It is an honor
and a privilege for me."

—Emilv Dahl '04

A Program Reborn

Brandeis planning to
offer master's degree in
coexistence

With a gift of SS million,
Brandeis University will
establish The Alan B. Slifka
Program in Intercommunal
Coexistence. When fully
implemented, the program
will offer the master's
degree in coexistence,
according to Daniel Terris,
director of Brandeis's
International Center for
Ethics, justice and Public
Life (EJPL), under whose
auspices the new program
will be run.

Named for the foundation
that provided the funding,
the program is the successor
to the three-year Brandeis

Initiative in Intercommunal
Coexistence. Its goal is
to create understanding,
acceptance, and cooperation
among individuals and
groups who historically
have opposed each other in
conflict regions around the
world.

The University will begin
an international search
later this year for a senior
scholar-practitioner to
design, win faculty approval
for, and lead the new
program. The program will
be targeted to experienced
coexistence practitioners
who, perhaps for reasons
of historical circumstance,
find themselves engaged
in strengthening
intercommunal relations
as part of their lives as
professionals, activists, and
citizens.

More immediately, the
funds will be used to
enhance Brandeis's
undergraduate offerings
in coexistence, and for
continuing the global
outreach work of the EJPL.
Outreach programs will
develop the partnerships
the center has been
establishing with grassroots
organizations around
the world, particularly in
Sri Lanka, South Africa,
Northern Ireland, the
Middle East, Guatemala,
and in the United States.
That component of the
program will be directed
by Cynthia Cohen, Ph.D.,

the Ethics Center staff
member who has directed
the Brandeis Initiative in
Intercommunal Coexistence
for the last three years.

All three components
of the Slifka Program in
Intercommunal Coexistence
will emphasize the ethical
dimension of coexistence
work, and will highlight
the particular contributions
of the arts and humanities
to peace-building practice.
Through collaborations
between scholars and
practitioners, in and out
of the classroom, Brandeis
University will become a
focal point for generating
and disseminating
knowledge in these two
areas.

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Undercover Student

Pakistan's mysterious
religious schools

To enter the madaris of
Pakistan, the schools
where the TaUban studied,
Muhammad Anjum must
have a solid reference from
someone connected to the
religious leaders who run
them. That assurance is
the only thing that will
get him in to speak to the
students upon whom his
research for the Sustainable
International Development
program |SID| at The Heller
School for Social Policy
and Management depends
completely.

The one thing he must not
do IS let the heads of the
madaris know that he is
after information as part of
fieldwork for a U.S. -based
university. That would most
certainly kill any chance
of speaking to the students.
The privacy and autonomy
of the schools are zealously
shielded from outside
interference, government, or
otherwise.

Such is the world into
which Anjum, a 36-year-
old former commercial
bank worker in Pakistan
has immersed himself.
The father of four young
children in Pakistan, where
he was born and grew up, is
completing his two years of
study in SID and finalizing
a report based on visits
he made to 41 madaris

(plural for madrasah)
and interviews with 241
students m them. In that
report Anjum says that
the "madaris of Pakistan
are widely considered (by
the West) the hatcheries
of extremists, especially
after the Taliban regime's
controversial role in
Afghanistan."

Although one should not
confuse the madaris of
Pakistan with the military-
like al-Qaeda training camps
of Afghanistan, there is one
main similarity, according
to Anjum. Both thrive on
anti-Western sentiment
if not outright hatred for
anything resembling English
or British imperialists.

And that most certainly
includes the United States,
Anjum says. And for the
madaris and training
camps, religion — that is,
one religion, Islam — is
the center of the universe.
Further, the Taliban that
stood accused of harboring
Osama bin Laden's legions
has had a major presence
in the religious schools
of Pakistan. According
to Anjum's research, 64
percent of the madaris
belong to Pakistan's
Deobandi sect, to which the
Taliban all belong.

Unabashedly, Anjum says
the madaris, with their
"narrow and rigid approach,"
are "damaging the face
of Islam" by stressing
intolerance and teaching

Faculty on
the Move

Caren Irr (English) was
recently promoted to
associate professor
with tenure. Irr's ample
publication record and
work-in-progress indicate a
wide range of intellectual
concerns. Her first book.
The Suburb of Dissent:
Cultural Politics in the
United States and Canada
During the 1 930s, combines
a broad sense of cultural
history with detailed and
persuasive readings of an
impressive array of literary
texts. Her published essay
on Leslie Marmon Silko's
Almanac of the Dead is
an example of Irr's work

at Its best. Irr's current
book project. Women's
Infringements: Gender and
American Property in the
Global Economy, continues
her tendency to take risks
by arguing that there has
been a specifically gendered
component to intellectual
property law in the United
States and, consequently,
around the globe.

Irr has participated
energetically in her
department, serving as
Undergraduate Advising
Head and taking an active
role in the restructuring
of the English major. She
has designed and taught an
unusually large number of
courses since arriving at
Brandeis in fall 1999.

Timothy Hickey (computer
science) has been promoted
to full professor. Hickey's
post-tenure research focuses
on interval arithmetic and
its applications to constraint
logic programming. He
has also worked on the
development of declarative
languages for internet
programming. Hickey
has published two papers
in the flagship journal of
computer science, and has
also published in top-level
conference proceedings,
an esteemed form of
publication that those
in computer science rely

heavily upon to share new
ideas quickly. Additionally,
he has a prestigious and
highly competitive ITR
award from the National
Science Foundation.

An effective and committed

teacher, Hickey's strong
mathematics background
and interest in the practical
aspects of building systems
make him an invaluable
resource for many students.
He interacts with a wide
variety of students, from
those he teaches in large
introductory courses to
seniors working on their
theses, and volunteers for
many departmental duties.

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a form of tfie religion that
is not "the true," more
tolerant Islam.

Ironically, Anjum undertook
his fieldwork 10 days before
September 11. He conducted
his fieldwork planning and
interviews until December,
after which he returned
to campus to write his
report and look forward to
receiving his master's degree
in May.

Anium plans to stay in the
United States for practical
training for 18 months after
graduation. Then he will
return home to Pakistan

and his family. But before
he does that, he will put his
findings into a report for
the SID Program, which he
hopes to publish, as well.

What he discovered
about the madaris can't
exactly be characterized as
overwhelmingly positive,
Anjum says. He said the
students, who spend as
much as eight years in
the schools, leave with no
skills or knowledge to help
them find work or sustain
themselves. Rather, many
stay tied to the madaris
themselves. Some teach in
them and others work for
the mosques that run the
schools. Anjum says that
the madaris teach strictly

sectarian thoughts and
are a way to keep millions
functionally illiterate and
religiously zealous. The
typical student is between
17 and 27 years old, comes
to the madaris with no
education, and is fed a
steady diet of what Anjum
says is a twisted version of
Islam. The schools use the
same texts that were used
in the mid- 18th century,
and Anium describes the
curriculum as "ancient."

According to Anjum in
Pakistan there are about
1.4 million students in
45,000 madaris, which
are supported by private
money. Each mosque has at

least one. The schools are
not subject to government
oversight or any rule of law.

So what has Anjum
concluded? "These madaris
are not serving Islamic
society," he says. He
would like Pakistan to
provide a more mainstream,
quality education. He
said the country is in an
ongoing crisis of education
because the public schools
are grossly inadequate.
Private schools are too
costly. That drives more
and more youths into
the madaris, which offer
free education, food, and
shelter — somewhere to
go for millions who have
nowhere else to turn.

— Dennis Nealon

Ricardo Godoy (The Heller
School of Social Policy and
Management I has been
appointed as a full professor
(nontenuredl. Godoy
will teach in the M.A./
Sustainable International
Development Program (SID),
where he has shown himself
to be successful and uniquely
prepared to instruct, through
his well-organized courses
and emphasis on pedagogy
and group participation.

The author of three books
and more than .SO articles in
refereed journals, Godoy has
received 23 grants. He is a
productive and sophisticated
researcher who has had an
impact on policy in the
international arena.

Throughout The Heller
School, Godoy is known
as a supportive and helpful
colleague and collaborator.
He has demonstrated
enthusiasm for serving
at Heller, particularly in
helping students from
around the world adjust to a
new cultural and academic
environment, enabling them
to feel comfortable and able
to participate in a classroom
setting.

Mel Bernstein, Provost
and Senior Vice President
for Academic Affairs, has
been appointed as a full
professor in the Department

of Chemistry. Bernstein is
a leading authority in the
field of materials science,
recognized nationally and
internationally as a superb
scholar with an impressive
record of funding,
publications, and awards.
He has contributed
significantly to the
understanding of how
hydrogen affects structures
and mechanical properties of
several classes of materials.
Bernstein's work is
frequently cited because he
has used his extraordinary
analytical and modeling
skills to understand
problems with widely
recognized relevance.

As the author of over 150
scientific and technical
papers and coeditor of
four books, he will be a
distinguished addition to the
Department of Chemistry.
Bernstein is well known for
his generosity as a mentor
of graduate students, many
of whom are now successful
in the field of materials
science. For close to 25
years, Bernstein has held
administrative positions in
which he has strengthened
departments and research
programs. His extensive
and comprehensive service
makes him a unique
resource for any department.

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In Memoriam

Ernest Grunwald

Ernest Grunwald, professor
emeritus of chemistry, died
on March 28, 2002. Known
as "Ernie" by faculty and
friends, he was a nationally
and internationally famous
scientist. A member of
the National Academy of
Sciences, his pioneering
work involving NMR
techniques enormously
influenced physical organic
chemistry.

According to Colin Steel,
professor emeritus of
chemistry, Grunwald was
one of the most unassuming
men. "What drove him was
the fun of doing research
and finding out something
new," said Steel.

Although Grunwald was
a versatile scientist with
accomplishments in many
different fields, there was
an underlying unity to his
intellectual endeavors. As
an undergraduate at the
University of California,
Los Angeles, he first
studied physics, but soon
became attracted to the
study of how organic
chemical reactions occur.
He remained at UCLA

for his doctoral studies
in chemistry, which were
completed in 1947. His
doctoral thesis, when
published, and his early
research at Florida State
University established
him as one of the leaders
of a new field of chemistry,
called physical-organic
chemistry, which deals with
the physics and chemistiy
of organic molecules,
mainly in solution. His
peers recognized this early
achievement as being
exemplary, and in 1939
Grunwald received the
Pure Chemistry Award of
the American Chemical
Society, at the time the
highest honor that could
be presented to a young
chemist in the United
States.

In the 19.S0s, a new
technique, called Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
became available. Grunwald
realized that this technique
could do more than convey a
static picture of a molecule
in solution; he realized it
could show scientists how
that picture changed as a
molecule reacted. In 1961
he resigned from Florida
State University, where
he had been distinguished
professor of chemistry and
an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow,
and joined Bell Labs in
Murray Hill, New Jersey,
one of the few places with
the necessary resources
to carry out such studies.
There he helped develop the
fundamentals of dynamic
NMR in collaboration with
world-renowned physicist
Saul Meiboom.

In 1964 Saul Cohen
persuaded Grunwald to loin
the Brandeis Department
of Chemistry, where
he became the Henry F.
Fischbach Professor of

Chemistry. "Already well
established in his current
area of applying NMR
techniques to physical
organic chemistry, most
people would have simply
chosen to coast along
on the strength of such
a reputation; but not
Ernie," said Steel. "He had
read of an experiment in
which a Russian physicist
had been able to isolate
an isotopically pure
version of a compound by
irradiating a mixture with
a powerful carbon dioxide
laser. Soon we had such a
laser at Brandeis and Ernie
began to see if organic
chemists could carry out
very selective synthesis
using such tools. This was
pioneering work at the time,
and caused great interest."

From 1977 to 1981
Grunwald was associate
editor of The lournal of the
American Chemical Society.
Retiring from Brandeis in
1989 allowed him to start
work on a new book, which
examined thermodynamic
techniques of solvents and
the behavior of organic
molecules in solution.
Grunwald wrote several
influential books including
Rates and Equihbna of
Organic Reactions and
Thermodynamics of
Molecular Species.

"He was particularly
fascinated by that most
anomalous of solvents,
water, and its structure in
the liquid phase," stated
Steel. "As usual, he brought
his unique perspective to a
subject, and it will doubtless
take the rest of us some
years to catch up with him."

When Thomas Pochapsky,
professor of chemistry
and chair of the chemistry
department was hired,
Grunwald had retired.
However, Pochapsky notes,
"Despite his retirement, he
was scientifically involved
in the department and very
interested in the things
going on in my laboratory.
A lot of our interests
overlapped, and I spent
many useful and interesting
hours talking about science
and life with Ernie in my
first years here. All of us
will miss him."

Carmine J. Cacciatore

Carmine |. Cacciatore, who
worked at the University
for 36 years, died suddenly
on May 7, at Beth Israel
Hospital in Boston. He was
66.

Cacciatore had the
distinction of serving
each of the Brandeis
presidents. From 1964 to
2000, he held a variety of
positions at the University
including Manager of
Audio-Visual Services,
Courtesy Transportation
Supervisor, Coordinator of
Transportation Services, and
Assistant Director of Public
Safety for Transportation.
He drove many famous
people including Leonard
Bernstein, Former Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance, John
Glenn, and Ann Richards.

A lifelong Waltham
resident, Cacciatore was
also well known throughout
Massachusetts for his love
of sports, especially baseball.
He served as president of
the Massachusetts Baseball
Umpires Association, the
College Baseball Umpire
Association, and the Eastern
New England Baseball
Umpires Association. At the
time of his death, he was

18 Brandeis Review

secretary of the Eastern New
England Baseball Umpires
Association.

Cacciatore also fought for
the United States, serving
with the U.S. Marine Corps
in the Vietnam War. He
was past commandant of
the Lt. Henr>' |. Kelly Jr.
Detachment.

"He had a heart of gold and
everyone who knew him
well knew that his bark was
worse than his bite," said
President Jehuda Reinharz.
"Carmine was widely known
and well-liked on campus,
and he will be missed by all
of us."

Donations may be made in
his memory to the Dana
Farber Cancer Research
Center, 75 Binney St.,
Boston, MA 02210 or to
the Beth Israel Hospital,
Medical I.C.U., 330
Brookline Ave., Boston, MA
02215.

Walter A. Rosenblith

Brandeis Trustee Walter A.
Rosenblith died on May 1
of prostate cancer at the
Miami Heart Institute. He
was 88.

Rosenblith's career included
significant accomplishments
in the sciences, technology,
education, international
cooperation, and public
policy. Born in Vienna,
Rosenblith was graduated
from the University of
Bordeaux in 1936 and
the Ecole Superieure
d'Elcctricite in Pans in
1937, receiving degrees
in communications
engineering. In 1939, he
came to the United States
as a research assistant
in physics at New York

University. When the
outbreak of World War II
prevented him from
returning to France,
Rosenblith remained in the
United States, teaching at
the University of California
at Los Angeles and the
South Dakota School of
Mines and Technology.

In 1947, Rosenblith joined
the Harvard University
Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory,
pursuing a long-standing
interest in how the body
responds to noise. While
a research fellow at
Harvard, he helped found
the Eaton Peabody Lab for
Auditory Physiology at the
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary.

Rosenblith began teaching
as an associate professor
of communications
biophysics at the
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1 95 1.
In 1937 he was elevated
to full professor, and was
named Institute Professor
in 1973. Rosenblith
was involved with MIT
for over three decades,
during which time he
established the Laboratory
of Communications
Biophysics, was elected
chair of the faculty,
followed by becoming
associate provost, and
ultimately served as provost
from 1 97 1 to 1980.

Not one to limit himself
to a single university,
Rosenblith became
involved with many while
maintaining his positions
at MIT. He was a research
associate in otology
(1957-69) then lecturer in
otology and otolaryngology
at the Harvard Medical
School. Lecturing widely
in the United States and
abroad, Rosenblith served

as the Inaugural Lecturer
at India's Tata Institute
for Fundamental Research
and Weizmann Lecturer at
the Weizmann Institute of
Science in Israel, in 1962.
During the summers of
1963 and 1966, he was a
visiting professor at the
Technical University, Berlin,
and later at the Institute of
Biophysics, University of
Rio de laneiro in 1971, 1973,
and 1976.

Rosenblith was made a
knight of the French Legion
of Honor by Francois
Mitterrand in 1982, in
recognition of his work
in fostering intellectual
and scientific exchanges
between MIT and France.
He served from 1977 to
1986 on the International
Committee on Scholarly
Communication with the
People's Republic of China,
and was named a consulting
professor at the University
of Electronic Science and
Technology of China in
1988. Rosenblith also served
on the Board of Governors
of the Weizmann Institute,
and was a member of the
President's Board on Foreign
Scholarships (Fulbright]
from 1978 to 1986, chairing
the Board from 1980 to
1981. Additionally, he
was a member of the
USIA Advisory Panel on
International Educational
Exchange from 1982 to
1986.

Upon hearing of
Rosenblith's death, U.S.
Senator John Kerry ID-
Mass.) said: "Walter
Rosenblith was one of the
most influential leaders
of the international
scientific community
during the last 50 years.

From his service as Foreign
Secretary of the National
Academy of Sciences and
his participation with the
World Bank in strengthening
Chinese universities after
the Cultural Revolution,
to his awards like the
French Legion of Honor,
the German Alexander von
Humboldt Medal, and the
esteemed Japanese Okawa
prize, Walter Rosenblith
built bridges to the world
through science. I am
grateful for his personal
support and friendship."

U.S. Senator Edward M.
Kennedy (D-Mass.l said,
"I am deeply saddened
to learn of the death of
Walter Rosenblith. He
was a brilliant scientist
who devoted his life to
developing groundbreaking
scientific research. He will
be missed."

Rosenblith received an
honorary Sc.D. degree from
Brandeis in 1988. He also
received honorary Sc.D.
degrees from the University
of Pennsylvania |1976),
the South Dakota School
of Mines and Technology
(1980), and the University
of Miami (1992). In 1976,
he was designated an
honorary alumnus by the
MIT Association of Alumni
and Alumnae, and was also
awarded the Doctor Honoris
Causa from the Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro.

Rosenblith leaves behind
his wife of 60 years, Judy
Francis, professor emerita
of psychology at Wheaton
College, of Marstons Mills,
MA, and Miami, FL; a
daughter, Sandy, of Chevy
Chase, MD; a son, Ron, of
McLean, VA; a brother, Eric,
of Newton, MA; and three
grandchildren.

19 Brandeis Review

Commencement lUl

Three milestones marked;
Koppel tells grads: honor
thy elders

Three major firsts went into
tiie history books at the
University's 51st
commencement May
26 — the first Posse
graduated (see story, page
XX|, the event marked the
50th anniversary of the first
graduation at Brandeis (see
story, page XX), and the
2002 exercises were the first
post-September 1 1.

While the September
terrorist attacks shocked
the nation and significantly
dimmed senior year for
members of the Class of
2002, the ceremony marking
their departure from
Brandeis stayed upbeat. It
was muted a bit to be sure,
but the joy was evident
nonetheless in the form of
smiles, hugs, cheers, and
happy tears.

Delivering his keynote
address, TV journalist and
Nigbtline host Ted Koppel
struck a theme that might
best be paraphrased as,
"Young people, honor your
elders, and elders, don't try
to be forever young."
Koppel told the 815

graduating seniors to avoid
the "traps" of previous
generations by talking to
older people before taking
over their roles in society.

"It IS your turn in the barrel,"
Koppel said. "Your chance to
break new ground; or, at the
very least, to remedy some
of the dreadful mistakes
that we committed in our
misbegotten efforts to
remake the cesspool we
inherited."

In an aside, Koppel drew
laughter when he assured
the audience that his hair
is real.

He warned of an obsession
with youth that, while not
"shocking" to him, could
prevent the young from
learning from the old.

"Society," said Koppel, is
"tilted too far in the direction
of impetuous youth."

"You can consult one another
and fall into the same traps
we did; or you can talk to
us."

President Jehuda Reinharz
offered well-earned
congratulations, but
cautioned the graduates,
telling them they are
entering "a strange world" of
"ambiguity, irrationality, and
disregard for human life."

An estimated 7,000
attended Commencement
in the Gosman Sports and
Convocation Center, where
the University awarded 371
master's degrees and 102
Ph.D.s.

Senior speaker Nakisha
Evans '02 told the audience
her class earned a reputation
for fearlessness. "If we are
to make this world a better
place," she said, "we must
be fearless and this class has
already proven it can be."

Honorary degrees were
presented to Koppel and to
Stephen Breyer, associate
justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court; Father Robert
E Drinan, the Catholic
priest, former five-term
Congressman, and public
advocate; Lawrence H.
Fuchs, the Meyer and Walter
Jaffe Professor of American
Civilization, an expert on
immigration history and
policy, and founder the
University's American
studies department; Frank
Gehry, the internationally
recognized architect;
Richard Goldman, the San
Francisco philanthropist
who has given millions of
dollars for environmental
causes; and Joan Steitz, the
acclaimed Yale University
biochemist.

— Dennis Nealon

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^ •V?'*''^

Undergraduate
speaker Nakisha
Evans '02

Graduate speaker
David 0. Greven,
Ph.D. 02

21 Brandcis Review

Stephen Breyer

Honorary Degree
Recipients

Stephen Breyer
Doctor of Laws

Stephen Breyer was
appointed the 108th
associate justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court in 1994 hy
President Clinton. Upon
graduating from Harvard
Law School, he clerked for
Associate Justice Arthur J.
Goldberg and helped draft
the Griswold v. Connecticut
opinion, which established
the right to privacy. Early
on, he became known for
his ability to apply bis
scholarly abilities to the
issues of federal regulatory
law. In 1973, he was named
as an assistant special
prosecutor in the Watergate
investigation and then
special counsel to the Senate
Judiciary Committee, where
he worked to deregulate the
airline industry. He was also
instrumental in establishing
federal sentencing
guidelines as part of the U.S.
Sentencing Commission in
1985. He was appointed by
President Jimmy Carter to

the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit, where
he served from 1980 until
1994. Since his appointment
to the Supreme Court,
Breyer has been known as
a consensus builder, and
has gained a reputation as
someone who can bridge the
ideological divide. He is also
thought of as a "dedicated
pragmatist" who looks for
common sense solutions.

Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters

The Reverend Robert
Drinan, S.J., is an ordained
Jesuit priest, a lawyer, and a
former member of Congress
from Massachusetts's
Fourth Congressional
District, serving five terms
before Pope John Paul II
decreed it inappropriate
for priests to hold elective
office. He is a member of the
faculty at the Georgetown
University Law Center and
the former dean of Boston
College Law School. While
in Congress, he chaired
the Subcommittee on
Criminal Justice of the
House Judiciary Committee.
Long an activist m the
cause of human rights, he
serves on the boards of
the International League
for Human Rights, the
NAACP Legal Defense
and Education Fund, the
Council tor a Livable
World Education Fund, and
Americans for Democratic
Action. His books include
The Mobilization of Shame:

A World View of Human
Rights, The Fractured
Dream, Stories From the
American Soul, Cry of the
Oppressed: The History
and Hope of the Human
Rights Revolution, Beyond
the Nuclear Freeze, and
America's Commitment
to Israel. He is one of the
founders of the Lawyers
Alliance for Nuclear Arms
Control and the National
Interreligious Task Force on
Soviet Jewry.

Lawrence H. Fuchs
Doctor of Humane Letters

Larry Fuchs is Meyer and
Walter Jaffe Professor of
American Civilization
and Politics at Brandeis
University and founder of
the University's American
studies department. A
member of the Brandeis
faculty since 1952, he is an
authority on immigration,
ethnicity, and race. His
eight books include The
American Kaleidoscope:
Race, Ethnicity, and the
Civic Culture, which won
three national awards, and
Beyond I^atriarchy: fewish
Fathers and Families, a
sequel to his Family
Matters. He was a speech

writer for President John F.
Kennedy, and a member of
JFK's civil rights advisory
commission. Kennedy also
chose him to be the first
director of the Peace Corps
m the Philippines. President
Jimmy Carter appointed
him executive director of
the Select Commission
on Immigration and
Refugee Policy. He
served as vice chair of
the U.S. Commission
on Immigration Reform
between 1991 and 1997. He
is a member of the boards
of the Mexican-American
Legal and Education Defense
Fund, the Massachusetts
Congress on Racial Equality,
and the Facing History
and Ourselves Foundation,
which awarded him for his
humanitarian activities.
Frank O. Gehry
Doctor of Humane Letters
Frank Gehry is design
principal for the
architectural firm of Frank
O. Gehry and Associates,
which he founded in 1962.
Born in Toronto, Canada,
he moved at an early age
with his family to Southern
California, where he was
strongly influenced by the
area's culture. His early
works introduced his collage
approach and the use of
unconventional exterior
materials. The Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao, Spain, is
among bis work, which is
recognized lor its originality
and impact, and has earned

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Robert F. Drinan, S.J.

Joan Argetsinger Steitz

Frank O. Gehry

him the most significant
awards in the field of
architecture, including the
Pritzker Architecture Prize,
considered the Nobel Prize
of architecture, the Arnold
W. Brunner Memorial
Prize in Architecture from
the Wolf Foundation, and
the Praemium Imperiale
Award of the Japan Art
Association. He is the first
recipient of the Dorothy
and Lillian Gish Award
for lifetime contribution
to the arts, a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts
and Letters, a trustee of
the American Academy in
Rome, and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences. He has held
professorships at Yale and
Harvard Universities.

Richard IM. Goldman
Doctor of Humane Letters

Richard Goldman is chair of
Goldman Insurance Services
and a philanthropist who
has donated millions to
support environmental
protection, enhance [ewish
life, and support health care
and educational institutions.
Together with his late wife,
Rhoda, he first established
the Richard and Rhoda
Goldman Environmental

Foundation in 1951 to
support environmental and
other causes. In 1990 the
Goldman family established
the Goldman Environmental
Prize, given annually to six
"environmental heroes." It
has become the largest prize
in the world for grassroots
environmentalists. He is a
leader in the San Francisco
community, serving as past
president of the Jewish
Community Federation of
San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin and Sonoma Counties,
as well as on the boards of
numerous organizations,
including the American-
Israel Friendship League,
the League to Save Lake
Tahoe, and the National
Institute for the Prevention
and Control of Violence and
Extremism. Recipient of an
honorary degree from San
Francisco State University
in 2001, he also was
honored with the National
Geographic Society's
Chairman's Award for his
generosity and commitment
to conservation.

Ted Koppel

Doctor of Humane Letters

Ted Koppel is the anchor
of ABC's late-night news
program Nishtline and
one of the most respected
iournalists in the world.
He has won every major
journalism award including
37 Emmys, six George
Foster Peabodys, 10
duPont-Columbia Awards,
two George Polk Awards,

and two Sigma Delta Chi
Awards. In 1994 he was
named a Chevalier de
I'Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres from the Republic
of France and in 1992 he
was inducted into the TV
Hall of Fame. He began his
career in radio and joined
ABC news in 1963 as one of
the youngest news reporters
to work for a network. He
quickly rose through the
ranks, covering the Vietnam
War, and becoming chief
diplomatic correspondent.
What began in 1979 as
The Iran Crisis: Amencci
Held Hostage soon became
Nightline with Koppel as
its anchor. His style of
hard-hitting interviews on
controversial subjects has
brought him to the heart of
world conflicts. He also has
a softer side, as witnessed by
millions in the interviews
he aired with Brandeis's late
Professor Emeritus Morrie
Schwartz, where the nation
and the world learned the
"Lessons of Morrie," or how
to die with dignity.

Joan Argetsinger Steitz
Doctor of Science

Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D., is
the Henry Ford 11 Professor
of Molecular Biophysics
and Biochemistry at Yale
University, where she has
been a faculty member for
more than 30 years. She
IS also a Howard Hughes
Medical Investigator. Her
studies have defined the
role of small RNA particles,
which play a key role in
some of the most basic
biological processes and may
help in the diagnosis and
treatment of autoimmune
diseases. As a graduate
student at Harvard, she
studied under James Watson,
who with Francis Crick
discovered the double helix
of DNA. Before joining the
Yale faculty, she spent three
years at the MRC Laboratory
of Molecular Biology in
Cambridge, England. She
is considered a pioneer for
pursuing the study of science
when there were very few
women in the field. Among
her numerous awards are the
National Medal of Science,
the Warren Triennial
Award, the Christopher
Columbus Discovery Award
in Biomedical Research,
and the UNESCO-L'Oreal
Women in Science Award.
She is a member of the
National Academy of
Sciences, the American
Academy of Arts and
Sciences, and the American
Philosophical Society.

23 Brandeis Review

Remember your
close friends in high
school — peers who
share a common
experience and have
nurtured a longstanding
mutual trust? Suppose
when you went
away to college, instead
of arriving on campus
alone and homesick after
saying goodbye to
those cherished
buddies, you brought
them with you.

by Marjorie Lyon

Now they are graduates. The first
Posse Scholars arrived on the Brandeis
campus from New York City four
years ago — talented, articulate,
ambitious, creative students with
varied backgrounds — chosen through
a rigorous process that focuses on
leadership potential. The Posse
Foundation uses an innovative
alternative testing process to identify
those that might be missed using
traditional admission policies.

Talk about competitive. Brandeis gets
its Posse Scholars from New York
City, and this year in New York City
alone there were 1,400 nominations
for 90 scholarship slots. Candidates
go through large group and individual
interviews over tliree months, enduring
a process of elimination. Posse
President and Founder Deborah Bial '87
designed an alternative to a paper and
pencil test, an assessment tool used by
evaluators who observe students in a
dynamic setting. Students participate
in activities while "raters" score
individuals in categories that include
such traits as leadership, teamwork,
problem-solving, and communication
skills.

How do you define leadership? Bial
defines it as someone who can answer
questions like: How do you promote
dialogue; How do you get people to
engage in conversations that they don't
normally engage in? How do you move
an agenda forward? How do you build
bridges between communities?

When Brandeis finally picks its 10
Posse Scholars, it is a very special
honor. Four years ago, that honor was
bestowed on these Posse Scholars
who graduated in May: Priscilla Araya,
Jenell S. Clarke, Sophia Moon, Natalee
N. Graham, Mareo Barreto, Kenroy G.
Granville, Kate Trambitskaya, Esther
M. Obuabang, and Abbas Qureshi.

hi the past 13 years the Posse Program
has placed ,531 students into top
colleges and universities. These
students have won over $44 million
in scholarships from Posse partner
universities and are persisting and
graduating at 90 percent, a rate
higher than the national averages at
institutions of higher education. This
year there were 172 Posse scholars
chosen nationally in Boston, Chicago,
and New York City.

Bial's vision was born out of her
anguish when she watched exceptional
students go off to top-notch schools
with scholarships and, within six
months, drop out. The impact of
culture shock for a New York City
student who finds himself on an
affluent, monochrome, rural campus
can be devastating. "'Posse' was a hip
word in the youth culture meaning
'my friends,' the people who back me
up. Why not send a posse together to
college so they could back each other
up?" explains Bial.

Posses arrive on campus with extensive
preparation. Students go through
34 weeks of training, meeting every
week for a two-hour workshop after
school during their senior year in high
school to prepare themselves not only
academically, but psychologically.
They bond with Posse peers who make
the leap into college together, and
when they get there, they have mentors
who meet with them on campus. Posse
scholars are trained to act as agents for
social change promoting dialogue in
the dorms, in the cafeteria, and in the
classrooms.

Does Posse work? "Absolutely," says
David Gould, associate vice president
for students and enrollment, "We have
a 90 percent graduation rate here with
this group, and that beats just about
any cohort of students that you can
name. And in addition to graduating,
they've made significant contributions
to the life of the campus — they've been
active, conscientious citizens, involved
in significant outreach to other
students."

The Posse Foundation budget in 2001
was $1.5 million, and Posse leveraged
$17 million in leadership scholarships
from their partner schools. This year
the budget has grown to $2.8 million
and Posse has 15 partner colleges and
universities. Posse just received a
$1 million grant from The Goldman
Sachs Foundation to open a program
in a fourth city, so they launched a
Los Angeles Posse program in May. "It
means we will be on the West Coast,"
exults Bial. "We're on the verge of a
national phenomenon. If we can recruit
powerful youth leaders from many
more urban, public school systems, we
can really make an impact in colleges
and universities all over the United
States. We have 15 colleges this year,
within the next five years there could
be 30," she adds. Brandeis president
Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72 has just
agreed to sign on for another five
posses.

Who are these students?

Red cap jammed on backwards, his
easy walk quickens and warm smile
widens as he approaches his posse,
assembled on this day for a photo.
Kenroy Granville '02 relishes the kind
of reception — hugs, exclamations — that,
would be nice after a year away. Truth-
is, they have probably seen him
yesterday.

A computer science major who
mentored Waltham High School
students, Granville has been
accepted for a Ph.D. at Brandeis i
computer science. ("My goal is to
professor.") From Harry S Truman High
School in Bronx, New York, Granville
is an only child whose parents, both
from huge families, are his inspiration.
"My parents are the hardest-working
people 1 know," he says. "When 1 think
about my homework I say it's nothing
compared to what my parents do just to
help me. When I was graduating from
high school, I was focused on going
to college, but thinking about money.

Getting a Posse scholarship changed
everything. I can't picture where I'd
be now without it. The thought of
my dropping out after getting a Posse
scholarship was just ludicrous. When
given an opportunity, you have to take
advantage of it," he says in a relaxed,
confident, soft-spoken compelling

"You'll always find a Posse student in
front of the class asking questions —
that's a given — you don't disappear
into the class. Making a difference
on campus, as Brandeis's first Posse,
we felt enormous pressure to do
something," he adds. "We organized
a Posse retreat that was wonderful.
Every year each Posse Scholar invites
other people (we had 60 or 70 people),
to participate in a Posse workshop
weekend. We talk about what's going
on on campus, and how we can change
things. Faculty come also, and we
get an understanding of what can be
accomplished, and make friends."

Wired, exuding a high-energy, upbeat
manner, fast-talking, enthusiastic,
confident. Abbas Qureshi '02 gives
new meaning to the word "outgoing."
Extremely well known on cainpus.

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he has claimed the limelight as an
emcee on the stage, running events
and, as he describes it, "making a fool
out of myself." He won an award for
community service for all four years
at Brandeis. A resident advisor and
disc jockey, he also has run the escort
safety service for the last three years
with his roommate Steven Phillips '02,
a time commitment of two or three
hours every day. Qureshi and a friend
started the Muslim student association
freshman year, and now it is fully
fledged.

Qureshi grew up speaking English,
Urdu, and Punjabi, and also speaks
Spanish, Hindi, and a little bit
of Arabic. Majoring in biological
anthropology and European cultural
studies, he stayed on a premed track,
planning to take more courses next
year in New York and apply to medical
schools with the goal of becoming a
pediatric surgeon, his dream since he
was a small child. "With kids, there's
never a dull moment."

Busy? Yes. "I had no choice but to
manage time, and I realized that is a
key in life. I wake up every day, and
run through the day in my head, and
see what has to be done. Classes are
always a priority — that's set in stone.
Then in whatever open time slots I
have, I do what needs to be done." He
attributes his success to his parents.
"My parents are my guiding light.
They always pushed my sister and
me to believe that we can accomplish
anything as long as we set our minds to
it. Getting an education is the key to
opening any door in the world."

Posse One in New York, on their way to Brandeis in
1999: IVIimi Arnstein (mentor), Sophia IVIoon, Natalee
Graham, Esther Obuabang, Jane!! Clarlte, Emroid
Nicholas, IVIarco Barreto, Kenroy Granville, Priscilla
Arraya, Kate Trambitskaya, and Abbas Qureshi

Energetic, vocal, focused, a
disciplinarian with a sense of humor,
warm, confident Posse Scholar Priscilla
Araya '02 has a contagious laugh. A
time manager who sets priorities, one
of four guls whose parents came here
from Costa Rica, Araya majored in
sociology and minored in Spanish and
Latm American studies. "Posse made
Brandeis so much easier — I could
discuss social, personal, and academic
things with them," she says. A McNair
Scholar junior year, working with
abused teenage girls as a counselor part-
time senior year, Araya is planning
to work in New York and then go to
graduate school for a master's degree,
possibly in counseling.

Janell Clarke '02, a deliberate,
thoughtful, ambitious perfectionist
("I'm really driven — if I set my mind
on something I can't quit, I've got
to do it.") holds her faith in God as
her anchor and cherishes the values
her parents have instilled in her.
She describes herself as a cautious
introvert, who yet enjoys spending
time and having fun with her friends.
Clarke majored in psychology and
sociology, and minored in African and
Afro- American studies. Accepted by
the University of Michigan doctoral
joint program in social work and social
science, she credits Posse with "easy
access to an awesome group of people I
have grown so familiar with. My fellow
Posse Scholars are a part of my family,
and this is especially important to me
as an only child."

Sophia Moon '02 makes a decision
with utmost confidence and puts all
her eggs in one basket. Indeed, even
with the enormous competition for the
few Posse slots, she decided that it was
what she wanted and applied only to
Brandeis as a Posse Scholar. It worked.
"At that time I said to myself, 'I think I
have what it takes to be a Posse leader,
and I didn't want to expend my energy
in many different ways. I don't want to
be another face or another number, I
want my experience to be distinct.' It
was a leap of faith."

She describes the first Posse meeting as
a group of very independent students.
"Somewhere along the lines of training
we realized we were individuals,
yes, but also a team. A lot of our
training dealt with team building and
communication — how to support each
other. A Posse that doesn't support
each other is not a Posse, it's just a
group of 10 leaders who don't know
how to follow. We all needed to learn
to work as a dynamic group, and create
one entity that we call our Posse.
We all had to adjust to not being the
superstar." They did just that, and
when each is asked about the others,
the reply is identical: "I love them."

A sociology major who loves to
sing. Moon is competing for Miss
Massachusetts this year. She competed
for Miss Teen New York State in high
school, and won. She went on to the
international pageant and placed fourth.
("I love being in the spotlight, I love
to perform.") She is now Miss Eastern
Massachusetts. Moon wants to earn
a Ph.D. and teach eventually. As a
McNair Scholar junior year. Moon did
research on Cambodian refugees and is
now hoping to land a job in community
organizing, youth development, or teen
empowerment.

Esther M. Obuabang talks fast, infused
with passion. Growing up in Ghana,
West Africa, she slammed into a huge
culture change when she arrived in
New York in 1995, at the age of 15,

to live with her mother who had been
here for four years. In Ghana she was
born and raised on an estate, because her
grandfather worked with Ghana's first
president. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. She
contrasted a communal atmosphere filled
with friendly, fun-loving cousins in a
huge house to her little apartment in New
York City, by herself behind a locked door
while her mother worked long hours.

The senator for racial minority students
on campus, Obuabang is passionate about
her mission. "We are here to increase
diversity and leadership among the
student body and one way of fulfilling that
among others is my position as senator,"
she says. "I'm trying to accomplish my
platform: to increase students and faculty
of color; to increase the number of classes
in the African and Afro-American studies
and Latin American studies departments;
to establish an Asian-American studies
department; and to establish a diverse
curriculum across the board. I hope
to include workshops to deal with
stereotypes. I want you to see that I'm
black, but not the first thing you see, or
the last thing you see."

An intern with Brigham and
Women's Hospital and Boston
Medical, a volunteer at Deaconess
Waltham Hospital last spring,
Obuabang wants to be a pediatrician.
She is spending the summer in a
special program at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham School of
Medicine, and applying to medical
school in a year. "My aim is to go
back to Ghana and open a clinic. I'm
very much a planner. I demand so
much of myself, it's hard at times
for me to divert away from my
plan."

Think about it: 1,400 nominations
for 90 slots. That is 94 percent
rejected. A mere six percent
accepted — considered not because
of answers to test questions, but
because of the way they interact
with the world around them. Talk
to all of the Posse Scholars, and the
impression is indelible: they are
charismatic young people, armed
with a Brandeis education, destined
for extraordinary accomplishments
and meaningful contributions. ■

Marjoiie Lyon is a staff writer.

Among the Posse One graduates are Kenroy
Granville, Priscilla Arraya, Marco Barreto, Sophia
Moon, Esther Obuabang, Janell Clarke, Natalee
Graham, and Kate Trambitskaya

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Excerpted trom essays by
David Van Praagh '52 and
Marilyn Bentov '52

Members of the Class of 1952
rehearse Lysistrata

Five years ago, when the Class
of 1952 became the first at Brandeis
to celebrate a 45th Reunion, the
Class of 1999 interviewed the
nnembers of that pioneer class.
The result was a booklet. New
Worlds to Create: The First Brandeis
Graduates. Here, in celebration of
the historic 50th anniversary of
that first class' Connnnencennent,
are the conflated excerpts of two
essays from that work.

i

When Brandeis was
founded on October 16,
1948, on a spartan
campus outside Waltham,
Massachusetts, as the
first Jewish-sponsored,
nonsectarian university
in the United States,
World War II and the
Holocaust were not long
in the past for young
and old alike. But just
three years after the end
of the bloodiest human
conflict in the world's
history and the most
savage atrocity, the
Cold War was getting
underway with the
Berlin Airlift in 1948,
followed by creation
of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in
1949 against the threat
of Soviet aggression.
Establishment of the
State of Israel coincided,
emotionally, with the
founding of Brandeis
University.

As the distance since
1952 has lengthened,
the independent,
nonconformist spirit
of the first Brandeis
graduates has served
them well in often

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remarkable careers in
the professions, the arts,
education, and business.
Over nearly 50 turbulent
years they have made an
impact individually, as
the University has made
an impact as a growing
but still small, unique,
important institution.

Who were the students
who came to this
nonaccredited institution
(a fact of which many
were unaware)' And why
did we come to Brandeis?
We had chosen Brandeis
for a variety of reasons,
some confused, some
sensible, some idealistic
or even naive.

Why We Came

Eugene and Joan Saklad
have retired to Cape Cod
where they are leaders
in a Havurah (informal
Jewish congregation).
Am Ha Yam, The Sea
People. Their perspective
on Brandeis's beginning
year is unromantic.
"Most of us were there
because it was a school
that accepted us. Some
people were paid good
scholarship money
because the University
needed a class to begin.
We knew nothing about
the programs, or the
professors, or what kind
of education we were
going to get there."

Judith Marks Kass,
Diana Laskin Siegal, and
others had been active
in Zionist youth groups
that emphasized ideals
of social justice. Diana

sought a college at which
Hebrew was taught.
Brandeis's mission gave
such students hope that
its creation was a strong
statement that the status
quo could not survive.

Sanders Acker was
already enrolled at the
University of Indiana.
His father, however, after
hearing a talk by his
friend, George Alpert,
suggested Brandeis for
his son's consideration.
Sandy came because "it
sounded exciting and
demanding. I liked the
idea of taking a chance,
pioneering."

Marvin March, a
Hollywood set decorator
nominated for five
Academy Awards,
"trusted Brandeis because
it was Jewish." But,
although "I had other
options," Marvin chose
Brandeis because of the
novelty. "We were going
to be in the first class of
a new university. It was
kind of nice getting in
on the ground floor. My
family expected me to go
to college. I think if I'd
had enough conviction,
I'd have joined the
Merchant Marines for
two years. But I was
frightened that then

{

I'd never go to school.
That's another reason I
went to Brandeis."

Eleanor Baron
Timberman selected
Brandeis for its liberal
arts program, hoping
to find a major in
her special interest,
theater. She would later
move from theater to
publishing to television
directing to executive
positions at three major
networks, including that
of vice president. She
also became a social
worker and trained
in psychoanalysis.
Originally, Eleanor had
hoped to study law, but
law schools also had a
quota for women. The
idea of legally banning
sex discrimination had
yet to be born. Ahead
in line were a series of
critical upheavals and
innovations in American
society.

To Change the World

At the first

Commencement in 1952,
in his address as class
valedictorian, Gustav
Ranis lamented what
seemed to him the
world's having quickly
forgotten the horrors
of World War II as it
headed again toward
global confrontation.
The tone he set was so
despairing that Eleanor
Roosevelt departed from
her prepared text as
Commencement speaker
to express confidence

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Students pose in
front of the original
Library, May 1951

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that those who deplored
the state of the world
would end up changing
it for the better. She
declared: "The world is
hungry for freedom... this
struggle (for freedom)
depends very largely on
what we in the United
States do."

What Gus as one
Brandeis graduate
did was to become a
renowned professor of
international economics
at Yale University and
a consultant to poor
countries struggling to
bring their economies
|up to date]. He sees the
transformation of many
non-Western nations as
the most signal change
of the second half of
the century. Yet, he is
concerned about people
spending less and less
time interacting with
each other, about "what
interests the average
American — sex, scandal,
and local crime," and

about the United States
not living up to its full
potential at a time of
growing globalization.

Jack Barber, a successful
businessman, regards
globalization of the
American economy as a
necessity, especially in
manufacturing. He also
notes that computers
and the Internet have
given businessmen more
leisure time and mobility.
But Jack cautions that
the growing disparity
between haves and have-
nots "plagues America's
prosperity," and he
suggests that better
urban education is "the
key to narrowing the
gap that has created an
underprivileged class."

For "large pockets" of
the world, emphasizes
Stanley Chyet, "life
remains a shipwreck."
A Reform rabbi and
professor of Jewish
history and literature at
Hebrew Union College,
Stan identifies disturbing
problems; "A truly
peaceful world is still a
Utopian dream... Race
remains a serious

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malaise in American
society though at least
it no longer has the legal
backing it had 50 years
ago. Religion has tended
in recent decades to shift
to the right everywhere
in the world, and liberal
religion increasingly finds
itself under challenge."

Lora Levy Heller recalls
that when fighting
broke out after Israel
was created in 1948 and
she was a student in the
first class at Brandeis,
"We never could have
imagined it happening,
that anyone would
challenge the State of
Israel after the terrors of
World War II. At the time
we all thought the land
was ours, and so we were
very vengeful toward the
Palestinians."

A continuing link
between the meaning
of Brandeis since its
inception and "self-
actualization" of
individuals as students
and as citizens is

described by Robert
Shapiro, a businessman
and family therapist
whose father, Abraham
Shapiro, was a member
of the original Brandeis
Board of Trustees.

Robert remembers
Dr. Abram Sachar,
the first President
of Brandeis, as "an
extraordinary man of
courage, imagination,
and determination who
shared a vision with
many Jewish immigrants
of giving something
back to the community:
an institution of higher
education." At the time,
as other members of
the Class of 1952 also
point out, quota systems
kept many Jews out of
established universities.
Together with academic
freedom, Robert stresses,
Brandeis stands for
religious freedom. He
cites the example of
Valya Shapiro, who came
to Brandeis from the
predominantly Muslim
country of Turkey,
received a degree in 1961,
and later became his
wife: "Brandeis provided
a safe haven where she
and everyone around her
did not have to apologize
for who they were."

As a student, Paul
Levcnson probed much
deeper into the work
and words of (Oliver
Wendell] Holmes than
the justice's advice
on sharing "passion
and action." With the
guidance of Professors
Lcrner and Leonard Levy,
he wrote a senior honors

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paper tracing some of
the opinions of Holmes
as a member of the U.S.
Supreme Court from his
earher decisions on the
Massachusetts Supreme
Court.

As a successful hiwyer —
and, hke Gus Ranis
and Robert Shapiro, a
member of the Class
of 1952 who has been
appointed to the Brandeis
Board of Trustees — Paul
recalls his having
helped start the student
newspaper, the Justice,
and student government.
He also remembers his
acceptance by several
prestigious law schools
when he, like many of
the first students, feared
rejection by graduate
schools because Brandeis
was not yet accredited.

"The one thing I am
really proud about,"
observes Paul, "is that
despite its success, the
values are still there. The
one thing that I learned
to appreciate about
Brandeis is the fact that
it has a social conscience.
We have stuck to
equalized admissions, we
have scholarships, we try
to have a diverse student
body, we stand by social
values that are attached
to intellectualism...We
need to remember who
we were when deciding
what we are to become."

"Growing up at
Brandeis"

Helene Dembitzer
Lambert, following her
career as a librarian, has
vivid recollections of
growing up at Brandeis.
For one thing, "There
was no sense of
permanency. Everything
was in flux. Now that
gives you a mind set,
which IS very American,
of change. All things were
possible. . .1 had grown
up in Brooklyn, where I
used to long for some sort
of change in the family.
When I got to this school,
we wished there had been
a path for us to follow.
But there wasn't, so we
had to make some of our
own traditions, and our
own excitement, and our
own celebrations."

Many of the first
Brandeis students, Judith
Marks Kass recalls,
"felt powerless in the
political realm" But by
the mid-fifties, Judith
notes, "The silence of
the silent generation
was changing... Political
activism and change
became the norm." She
joined the anti-nuclear
movement, worked to
strengthen social justice,
and in the sixties fought
for civil rights in the
South and took part in an
Arab-Jewish dialogue.

Max Perlitsh compares
development of Brandeis
with Israel and, before
he became a dentist, his
experience in Antarctica
as a member of a
military unit: "During
the first years of Brandeis,

there was instability and
uncertainty as to what the
future would be. However,
so many obstacles have
been overcome and today
Brandeis is considered
an excellent university.
While there has been great
progress in Israel as well,
many of the problems that
plagued the country at its
start were never resolved,
and the conflicts that
exist today still threaten
the existence of a stable
nation."

Peter Kessner, a successful
businessman, felt lucky to
be a member of the first
class: "Brandeis gave me
a sense of who I am and
who we were."

The first Brandeis years
had several impacts on
Marvin March: "It was
kind of nice getting in on
the ground floor... Most
of the people were
Jewish and you felt very
comfortable... I was very
proud when Israel was
created: on the American
calendar, Israel 'started'
on my birthday, May 8."
When he participated in
the first Brandeis Creative
Arts Festival during
graduation week and
met people from the Yale
School of Drama, Marv
was launched on a career
that led to his becoming
a noted Hollywood set
decorator.

Herbert Bloom, a retired
literary editor whose
specialty is the early

modernist author Marcel
Proust, views the second
half of the 20th century
as much more positive
than the first half. He
observes that the civil
rights movement against
racial inequality in the
United States created

"more participatory
democracy" and widened
recognition of the
country's diversity. He
says protests against
the Vietnam War forced
the government to

"recognize the authority
of public opinion."

Personal Meanings

In a special way, the first
Brandeis years produced
lasting personal meaning
for many members of
the Class of 1952. They
led to the marriages
of Sanders and Phylis
Levins Acker, Larry
Nigrosh and Anne Addis
Nigrosh, Eugene and Joan
Feldman Saklad, and
Carl and the late Audrey
Wine Werner. Moreover,
many members of
the class chose brides
from the Class of 1953:
Alexander Banks and
Ruth Shiller; Eh Factor
and Rhoda Lemelman;
Paul Goldstein and
Diane Rafael; Donald
Gordon and June Caplan.
Larry Shotz married
Judith Butman, a
member of the Class of
1954. Gus Ranis married
Ray Lee Finkelstein, a
member of the Class
of 1956. Robert Shapiro
married Valya Kazes, a
member of the Class of
19fil. In 1996 Marvin
March married Rita Jean

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Sacks, a member of the
Class of 1964. Leonard
van Gaasbeck met
his wife, Christine, at
Brandeis. Also, the late
Pearl Finstein married
Brandeis Assistant
Professor Paul Firestone.

As the first Brandeis
student to have been
accepted at medical
school — Boston
University, his first

choice — Carl Werner
is still mindful of the
advice of his favorite
Brandeis professor, Saul
Cohen: "Don't screw
up at medical school
or you might ruin
Brandeis's reputation."
As an obstetrician, he has
delivered 11,000 babies.

Gene Saklad, a
biochemist, and Joan,
a librarian, who were

The Class of 1952 as students,
top, and at their 50th Reunion,
bottom

wed m their senior year,
recall: "Brandeis was
really a dream situation
but we did not realize
It at the time. We did
not know how Brandeis
would be accepted when
we were graduated. As it
turned out, more or less
everyone who wanted to
go on to graduate school
was able to go on to the
schools of their choice.
The graduate schools
really thought more of us
than we thought of some
of us."

Paul Goldstein, a
dentist, emphasizes with
his wife, Diane, that
Brandeis was "a small
and serious place" where
the first students worked
very closely with their
professors and could help
set goals and shape the
University. Theirs is a
"true Brandeis family":
their daughter Lee '76,
was the first child of
two alumni to attend
Brandeis.

Alan Sterman is one of
the 1952 graduates who
developed at Brandeis
not only intellectual
curiosity but also his
desire to live life to the
fullest. He did this for
l.S years with Outward
Bound, working on
lifeboats off the coasts
of Florida and Maine,
teaching teenagers
academic and life skills.
Since then, Al has lived
in a lakeside home on
Cape Cod, staying fit by
kayaking and working
out, and exploring
spirituality through
Buddhism.

Leonard Van Gaasbeek
also established a strong
individual image at
Brandeis — as, in his
words, a "token non-
Jew." He received the
first varsity letter from
the University, in soccer.
After graduation, Lenny
served for 12 years in the
U.S. Marine Corps.

As a Brandeis student, I,
David van Praagh, was
a "Maxist" — one of the
devotees of Max Lerner —
and the first editor of the
Justice as a weekly. My
closest associate on the
student newspaper was
the late Burton Berinsky,
a photographer who
was caught up in timely
issues as long as he lived.

As a journalist for more
than 40 years, I've been
engaged with actions and
passions, particularly
those that have exploded
in Asia, where I've
spent 10 years as a
correspondent.

Creating Pathfinders,
Pathbreal<ers, and
Thinkers

Many of us had entered
into the Brandeis
experiment with
questioning, adventurous,
pioneering attitudes.
Those attitudes were
ingrained and reinforced
during our student
years by the faculty,
which guided us with
exceptional expectations
and learning experiences.
And, importantly, we

32 Brandeis Review

were the oldest siblings,
always the senior class,
always the pathfinders
and pathbreakers.

"Since Brandeis, I've been
a pioneer in almost every
job I had, everything I
undertook in my life,"
says Diana Laskin
Siegal, who coanthored
the landmark book,
Ourselves. Growing
Older. "At Brandeis, I
became adept at writing
bylaws and have
continued to found new
organizations wherever
I've lived."

Indeed, the first-time-
ever, building-from-
scratch skills that the
first class at Brandeis
inevitably learned were
especially invaluable
for young people whose
adult lives would span
the second half of the
20th century. Nearly five
decades of accelerating
change — in the economy,
politics, technology,
popular culture, social
structures, and social
relations — would
demand that we rethink
and even remake
ourselves, again and
again.

Helene Dembitzer
Lambert felt that the
Brandeis environment
engendered that mind-set
in students. "All through
the 20th century there's
been an expectation
that change means
progress... going uphill to
something better. It was
in the air, in the whole
20th century. And we
were living in this place

where it was changing
right before us all the
time."

"Thinking for yourself"
was stated, in interviews,
repeatedly, as a major
value of having attended
Brandeis. Paul Goldstein,
now a dentist, and his
wife, Diane '53, "liked
the fact that Brandeis
was a small place
where we could help
set goals and shape the
University." Phylis
Acker says, "Going to
Brandeis made me take
chances and have faith in
myself."

"The faculty treated the
students as thinking
human beings," says
Bernice Spector Duhl,
who became a family
therapist, earning her
doctorate in 1982, in
part "to fill the holes
in my head." Brandeis's
legacy to Eugene and
Joan Saklad was "mature
thinking; don't believe
everything that you
read in print or what
people tell you. That's
something we learned
at Brandeis. That was a
lasting value. Question
the sources. We came
away with a healthy
disrespect. Nothing is as
simple as it seems."

Many people, like Diana
Laskin Siegal and Inge
Fleischman Fowlie, value
Brandeis for personal
friendships that have
lasted a lifetime. Sandy
and Phylis Acker feel

that those tncndsliips
"have sustained us.
You can't let go of
people with whom you
shared such unique
experiences."

Eleanor Baron
Timberman recalls
that, "Whatever the
students wanted to learn,
the University would
provide a teacher for
the subject. There were
marvelous individuals in
the faculty, which made
Brandeis an exciting
place to be. Teachers
were like friends,- and
you could speak your
mind."

Members of our class
repeatedly refer to
General Education S,
organized in our senior
year by Max Lerner,
as one of the most
influential experiences of
their education. General
Education S was a course
with penetrating power.
It gave us young people
an opportunity to meet
some of the greatest
thinkers, innovators,
artists, and leaders of

the 2Utli ccntiuy. 1 liey
spoke about their careers,
their passions, their
successes and failures,
their intellectual and
moral struggles — and we
listened. And questioned,
questioned, questioned
long into the evenings of
their talks (in the Castle
Commons Room). The
following morning, the
speakers would meet
with students who
wanted to continue the
questions and discussion.
It was positively heady
to have this exchange
with such luminaries
as Leonard Bernstein,
Margaret Mead, Lewis
Mum ford, Sydney Hook,
Alexander Meiklejohn,
and many others of their
stature. ■

The Brandeis Review

congratulates the Class
of 1 952 on the occasion
of this landmark
celebration and thanks
its members for their
pioneering spirits and
enduring support of our
University.

An outdoor
class, circa
1950

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Reclaiming

a Birthright

Applying cutting-
edge social science
research methodology
to an interest in 21st-
century American
Judaism, the Cohen
Center at Brandeis
has taken on one of
the most fundamental
questions concerning
the development of
Jewish identity in
young adults: Does a
visit to Israel make
any lasting difference?

Sunrise from the top of Mt.
Masada

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Could a 10-day trip
really have an impact
on how they felt about
being Jewish?

The Israeli sunset over the GaHlean
hills was the perfect backdrop for the
rendezvous of our research group at
a restaurant in Tiberias, an ancient
city on the western shore of the Sea
of Galilee. It was January 2000, and
there were six of us from Brandeis,
each traveling around Israel with a
busload of American college students.
These young adults, part of a group of
almost 6,000, were participating in a
newly launched educational program
called birthright Israel (see box next
page). They had elected to spend
their wmter break in Israel, acceptmg
a "gift" from philanthropists and
Jewish organizations who initiated the
1 0-day program out of a concern that
young Jews were not embracing their
tradition.

We were there as social scientists, in
the role of participant-observers, to
study these students. Four of our group
were Brandeis graduate students — from
The Heller School for Social Policy and
Management, the Hornstem Program,
and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies —
and two were faculty researchers
from the Marilyn and Maurice Cohen
Center for Modern Jewish Studies.
Over hummus and schnitzel, as the
sky filled with stars, we compared
notes. We were trying to understand
how participants were reacting to their
experiences, and we wanted to get a
better sense of how immersion in the
program was affecting their ethnic

Rapelling at Mitzpe Ramon, above
At the top of Mt. Masada, below

identities. Could a 10-day trip really
have an impact on how they felt about
being Jewish?

Earlier in the day, several of the
researchers had traveled throughout
the Galilee and the Golan Heights.
Their day had been filled with natural
beauty, science, ancient and modern
history, culture, and geopolitics.
First, the groups visited Har Rental,
an extinct volcano and strategic
promontory overlooking the deserted
city of Kunetra. Then there was a
debate with kibbutzniks about whether
residents of the Golan Heights should
give up the homes and farms they had
worked so hard to create in exchange
for a peace agreement with Syria.
En route to Tiberias, the buses had
skirted the border with Jordan along
a steep, perilous road with agonizing
switchbacks, passing bunkers and
rusted artillery from the 1967 war.

Finally, there was a stop at a cemetery
overlooking the Sea of Galilee, where a
tour guide read dramatically from the
writings of a Zionist pioneer known as
Rachel the poetess (see accompanying
essay on page il).

Our research team shared questions
and observations. To what extent
were participants engaged? Which
experiences seemed to be generating
the greatest impact? Gradually, it

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About the birthright
israei Program

The initial idea for birthright israei
came from Yossi Beilin, Israel's former
minister of justice. He wanted to
restructure how Diaspora Jews and
Israelis related and proposed that
young Jewish adults be brought to
Israel to reclaim their "birthright."
Philanthropists Michael Steinhardt,
a Brandeis Trustee, and Charles R.
Bronfman, gave the idea structure
and start-up capital. It is now a
S250 million project, supported by a
consortium of philanthropists, the
State of Israel, and worldwide Jewish
communities, birthright israei hopes
to engage 100,000 young adults.
The trip is a gift to participants and
targets anyone who identifies herself
or himself as Jewish and has not
previously been on an educational
trip to Israel. The largest trip organizer
is the Hillel Foundation, and most
students, including those from
Brandeis, go with others from their
campus. But there are dozens of other
trip organizers.

Extensive information about the 40'f
different trip organizers, variety of
emphasis and philosophy among
available trips, registration, and a
great deal more can be found at
www.birthrightisrael.com.

dawned on us that we too had
been drawn into this dramatic
trip, the desire for "objectivity"
notwithstanding. The goal of birthright
israei, to connect young Jews to their
past and to one another, seemed
to be working so well that we had
become part of the process. Like the
participants we were studying, we
saw and touched our own history.
In reflecting on the debate with
kibbutznflts, we noted that we had also
just heard over the radio that President
Clinton was meeting with Prime
Minister Barak and representatives of
Syria's President Assad. History was
being made and it felt as if we were
part of It.

Dinner discussion shifted toward how
to gain perspective. We talked about
how to "bottle" what we had just
seen, and to capture our observations
using laptop computers and tape
recorders. What we were doing, from
a social science perspective, was
called ethnography. While it has a
distinguished tradition, it is very
different from research that tests
a priori hypotheses. Ethnography
is inductive, not deductive, and it
requires the researcher to take the
perspective of those being observed.
Our job was to shed our expertise as
Jewish graduate students and scholars
in order to better understand what it
felt like to be a participant. Unlike
us, most of the young adults we were
studying were visiting Israel for the

Overlooking Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus

first time, and had not come on the
trip with a strong connection to their
tradition. The fact that the trip was a
free gift seemed to have drawn many of
them.

Long-Term Research Strategy

This ethnographic aspect of our
research strategy was fascinating, but
it was only one component. Although
essential for providing in-depth
understanding, it was not a practical
way to acquire systematic insights into
the overall impact of the program or to
determine if the program had a lasting
effect. For these research aims, we
collected survey data. Prior to coming
on the trip, we had asked the students
to answer a series of questions via the
Internet. Our plan was to track them
over time by inquiring about attitudes
and behaviors before and after the trip.

Changes in attitudes and behaviors
could only be assessed meaningfully
if there was a comparison group —
students of similar ages and
backgrounds who had not gone on the
trip. Fortunately, such a group existed

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The Cemetery
at Galilee

It was approaching sunset as we
pulled up to the cemetery overlooking
the Sea of Galilee, which Israelis
call the Kinneret. As we filed off the
bus and into the courtyard of the
cemetery, we were awestruck by the
beauty of the scenery. Below us was
the Kinneret. Sunlight was playing off
its gentle waves in a series of blues,
greens, and purples. Surrounding us
were palm trees with giant green
fronds, and in the distance we could
see the neat rows of crops belonging
to the kibbutzim that dot the Galilean
hillsides. One of the participants
turned to me and said, "I can see why
you would want to build a cemetery
here. It's like spending eternity in
paradise."

We gathered in a semi-circle in the
cemetery courtyard to hear the
stories of the people who were
buried in this place. What we heard
were not the stories of great ancient
rabbis or talmudic scholars, but the
stories of the first Zionist pioneers,
many of them younger than the trip
participants, and how they risked their
lives to turn the marshes and swamps
of the Galilee into the luscious

farmland around us. The stories we
heard had little to do with religion
and everything to do with ethnic
identity, culture, and the miracle of
the transformation of Israel into such
a fertile land.

The pioneers' dreams of a Jewish
state and their deep attachment to
the land, concepts that today are
the subject of tremendous conflict,
were the aspect of the trip that truly
captivated the group. Hearing about
sisters who vowed never to speak to
each other until they could speak in
Hebrew, hearing about young people
who preferred to die from malaria
rejuvenating this land than to stay
in Europe or go to America — it was
this kind of Zionism and patriotism
that brought tears to our eyes. We
were told that if we remembered
nothing else from these stories, we
should remember the words of the
poet Rachel: "I came to this land to
transform the landscape and in doing
this I transformed my soul." Sitting
there we knew that being in Israel,
being in the midst of the transformed
landscape these pioneers had worked
so hard for, had also transformed our
souls.

cemetery toward the Kinneret below.
He seemed to have tears in his eyes as
he spoke. "My father fled the Nazis in
Poland and came here to fight in the
War of Independence. I never really
understood what he was fighting for
until now."

This man later shared this story with
the rest of our group, and others
shared their own. Tear-filled moments
at the Western Wall, saying a last
good-bye to a grandparent who had
passed without the time to say good-
bye, friends who had dropped out of
school and joined the Israeli army — all
of these stories, and so many more,
had the effect of weaving our group
together. Each person's individual
experience added to the experience
of the whole. The group's experiences
linked us to the Biblical land, to
Zionist dreams, and to the State of
Israel, but also to the pain of the
current, seemingly insoluble dilemma.

— Isabel de Koninck '04, participant-
observer

As the sun set, we walked among
the graves of the pioneers. I looked
around and saw one of the men
from our trip looking away from the

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The goal of birthright
israel seemed to be
working so well that
we had become part of
the process.

without our having to create it. Not
everyone who appUed for the launch
trip actually went to Israel, enahling
us to employ these non-participants as
a control group. Thus, we were able to
use a quasi-experimental design for our
longitudinal study.

When the trips were over and students
had returned to school, we began
to examine the hundreds of pages
of ethnographic field notes we had
generated. Then, three months after
the trip, we administered a second
survey. We could now draw some early
conclusions, with the ethnographic
data enriching and informing the
survey data.

What we found can be summarized by
the most frequently used participant
adjective, "amazing." However, even
though these preliminary findings were
extremely positive, we were cautious —

would the results be replicated after
more time had passed? Was the
experience just a good time that would
eventually be forgotten, or did it have
an enduring effect on ethnic identity?

To answer these questions we needed
to gather data yet again, so more than
a year after the trip, we contacted
participants and non-participants and
asked questions that were similar to
those they had answered earlier. We
were now ready to draw some more
definitive conclusions. The resulting
report, A Megci-Expeiiment m Jewish
Education: The Impact of birthright
israel, was published in January 2002,
approximately two years after the first
planeload of students had landed at Ben
Gurion Airport.

The consistency of reactions, and
their stability over time, surprised us.
Educational interventions, even good
ones, often have a relatively short
"half-life." Yet from the perspective
of more than 15 months after the
trip, participants continued to view
the experience as meaningful and it
appeared to have affected their Jewish
identities and their attitudes toward
Israel, Judaism, and the Jewish people.
It is rare in social science research to
find interventions where attitudinal
change is sustained over time.

I

The vast majority of participants
described their experience in
extraordinarily positive terms^as
meaningful, as educational, and as
fun. Even after a year, the memories
seemed surprisingly fresh. They tallied
about their time at the Western Wall
(see accompanying story on the next
page) as if it had just taken place. The
Temple Mount, adjoining the Western
Wall, is the traditional site of the
biblical story of the binding of Isaac
by his father Abraham. This image
was used intentionally by program
educators as a metaphor for the
connection between the participants
and the generations that had preceded
them, generations that could only,
with great difficulty, make the
pilgrimage they were now on.

Our research revealed striking
differences between participants
and non-participants. Participants
developed a stronger sense of Jewish
identity than those who did not go on
the trip. They felt more connected to
the Jewish people and to Israel, and
were more likely to indicate they
had begun to explore Judaism upon
returning home. Participants were also
more likely to feel it was important
to remember the Holocaust, to care
about Israel and to support Jewish
organizations.

For some, apparently, a single visit was
not enough. Several hundred returned
to Israel after their initial trip. And
nearly 100 percent of those who went
encouraged friends and relatives to
apply for a subsequent trip.

Even though our survey data has
measured the impact of the trip,
personal stories and anecdotes still
punctuate and enhance our insights.

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The Western Wail

It was late at night when our
birthright israel group first arrived
in Jerusalem. Instead of sending
us to bed, our tour guides brought
us directly to the Old City to see
the Kotel, the Hebrew term for the
Western Wall. But we weren't told that
this was our destination — they were
very secretive about where we were
going. It added to the mystery.

We walked quietly and anxiously
through the Old City, passing many
religious men and women. The city
was silent, and none of the shops or
restaurants was open. All the street
merchants had gone home, and there
was tension in the air. Everyone on
the trip was aware of the ongoing
violence, and many times we felt as
though there was a very large, black
cloud hovering over the country. At
any point, a terrorist attack could
happen without warning.

We walked until we reached a set
of stairs leading into the darkness.
Jerusalem stone surrounded us, and
we were all hesitant to move on. Our
tour guides told us to get into a single
line, place our hands on the shoulders
of the person in front of us, and close
our eyes. Once we had done this, the
line slowly began to trudge forward.
I could feel my roommate, Beth,
grab my shoulders as we marched
ahead. Suddenly, the train of students
stopped, and everyone bumped into
one another. A nervous but relieved
laugh swept through the crowded
group. Then, our guides arranged us
into a configuration we could not yet
see and instructed us all to face in
one direction. We appreciated what it
was like to be lost and disoriented in a
foreign country.

At the top of Mt. Masada

We were instructed to keep our
eyes closed and to be patient. Once
everyone was lined up appropriately,
we were allowed to open our eyes and
turn around. I saw the by now familiar
and comforting sight of the Kotel. I
had been there before, but many of
the students were seeing it for the
first time. It was, for them, perhaps the
single most important symbol of the
Jewish people and the Jewish religion.
I heard a slight gasp of awe as those
around me took in the view. It seemed
as though their eyes were working
twice as hard in order to take it all in.
We looked at each stone and plant,
trying to absorb every inch.

Minutes went by, but time seemed to
stand still. Finally, one by one, students
began to walk down to the Kotel and
get their chance to touch thousands
of years of history. Overcome with
emotion, a few students did not step
forward. They squinted through their
tears. An inexplicable connection to
Israel and Judaism had just come into
being for them, and they simply could
not yet understand it.

never been touched before. They cried
because they felt a new calm inside.
They also told me that they were
starting to recognize their spiritual
side and to get in closer touch with
a faith that they reluctantly were
learning to trust. This was especially
meaningful for those who had
not grown up in a Jewish setting
and had not been surrounded by
Jewish culture. For them, seeing the
Kotel gave them the opportunity to
experience Judaism in its "natural"
setting, in a city that is 3,000 years
old in the Jewish homeland. Just a
few minutes at the holiest site of the
Jewish religion entirely changed their
perspective on a religion that had
previously not been very meaningful
or important to them. ■

— Eszter Lengyel '04, participant-
observer

Later, some of them told me that
seeing the Kotel and being in Israel
had touched a place within that had

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We have learned

that bonds forged
through tradition
are very powerful.

For example, one Brandeis participant,
in a conversation with a faculty
researcher several months after his
trip, related that he was experiencing
"withdrawal" and was having trouble
doing his schoolwork. Each time he sat
at his computer, his email and Instant
Messaging programs kept beeping
with messages from his birthright
Israel group. It became clear that the
program was providing a powerful
group bonding experience. The effects
of the trip were not just individual, but
collective, and the experience of being
in a group with other Jews turned out
to be very meaningful. In a culture that
emphasizes individuality, and whose
common elements are hip-hop music,
sports teams, and clothing labels, it
was a profound experience to bond with
others in the land of, and in the context
of, a 4,000-year-old tradition.

Another Rendezvous

This year, also in January, another
rendezvous took place in Israel. This
time, our Brandeis research group,
which included two faculty members,
a graduate student, and several
undergraduates, met at Jerusalem's
Convention Center. The climax
of a birthright israel trip is a huge
gathering — a "mega-event" — where
thousands of participants hear from
dignitaries and celebrate with music
and song. At that night's "mega," they
heard from Prime Minister Sharon
and saw performances from top Israeli
singers and dancers.

The setting and the circumstances were
quite different from those in Tiberias
two years earlier. Instead of a quiet
traditional Middle Eastern restaurant,
we were in a modern, security-
scrubbed facility surrounded by the
noise of thousands of young people,
amplified by an Israeli rock band. And,
in contrast to the discussion we had
then about the possibility of a peace
agreement between Israel and Syria, the
Prime Minister's talk we had just heard
reminded us of the dark clouds that
were obscuring hopes for peace.

Nonetheless, our research experiences
were very much the same as they had
been at the earlier meeting. In our
roles as participant-researchers, we
were just as caught up in the power
of the experience as we had been
in 2000 and were again striving to
maintain objectivity. Even though
security concerns and the political
situation were an ever-present reality,
participants, who had chosen to come
despite the current Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, still used the word "amazing"
to describe their trip experiences. The
conflict did not seem to diminish the
experience and birthright israel had
implemented extraordinary safety
efforts to alleviate their concerns.

Since the start of the program, more
than 25,000 young adults from all
over the world have participated m
birthright israel. The Cohen Center
has now gathered data from more
than 10,000 of them, and more than
20 Brandeis participant-observers
have accompanied trips. Studying
the impact of birthright israel has
become one of the Cohen Center's
most visible research projects, and we
will continue to track birthright israel
participants over the next few years. It
is an unprecedented opportunity for
researchers to learn about the evolution
of Jewish identity and the lives of
young adults.

Phke Avot, a Jewish book of wisdom,
asks, "Who is wise?" and answers
"One who learns from everyone." By
following thousands of young people
involved in birthright israel, we are
becoming wiser, learning from each
of them. We have learned that they
yearn to be part of a community and
to feel a connection to others, and
that bonds forged through tradition
are very powerful. These lessons are
important for all of us who work
with college students, as we give
thought to the ways we socialize and
educate a generation that will soon be
responsible for shaping history.

For more information about the
Cohen Center, and to obtain the
reports described in this article, visit
www.brandeis.edu/cmjs. ■

Leonard Saxe. a social psychologist,
is director of the Cohen Center for
Modern Jewish Studies and professor
at The Heller School. Mark Rosen has
a doctorate in organizational behavior
and is a senior research associate at
the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish
Studies.

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Was the experience just a good time that
would eventually be forgotten, or did it
have an enduring effect on ethnic identity?

Brandeis Students, Alumni,
Faculty, and Staff
Participant-Observers for
birthright Israel Research

Matthew Boxer

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Rachel Canar '00

Hornstein Program in Jewish

Communal Service

Beth Cousens

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Isabel de Koninck

Class of 2004

Sylvia Fishman,

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish

Studies

Charles Kadushin

Cohen Center for Modern

Jewish Studies

Shaul Kelner

Cohen Center for Modern

Jewish Studies

Eszter Lengyel

Class of 2004

Hal Ossman '01

Hornstein Program in Jewish

Communal Service

Jennifer Perloff

The Heller School for Social Policy

and Management

Benjamin Phillips

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Diane Purvin

The Heller School for Social Policy

and Management

Mark Rosen

Cohen Center for Modern

Jewish Studies

Leonard Saxe

Cohen Center for Modern Jewish

Studies and The Heller School for

Social Policy and Management

Craig Schneider

The Heller School for Social Policy

and Management

Laura Shaz

Class of 2004

Rishona Teres

The Heller School for Social Policy

and Management

Meredith Woocher

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Camel riding, top

Posing at the Knesset Menorah, above

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m

r^*-

Henry Kissinger, left, and
Eleanor Roosevelt with Fuchs
at Brandeis in 1960, prior
to the broadcast of "Prospects
of Mankind"

42 Brandeis Review

by Stephen J. Whitfield, Ph.D. 72

Only four classes in
the history of Brandeis
University have been
without the option to
experience the passion
of his teaching and
the influence of his
acquaintance. Now, on
his retirement, tribute
is paid by a colleague
in the department he
founded.

After exactly half a century, Lawrence
H. Fuchs, the Meyer and Walter Jaffe
Professor of American Civilization
and Politics, retired from Brandeis
University at its Commencement
exercises in May. For five decades
the University was his sole employer,
except for interruptions in public
service and a visiting professorship in

Hawaii. His participati^^l virtually
all phases and levels of ^^Bf'^i'^
life — teaching, administratitm, and
community service — is al|ffitt|arly
continuous with the eiMailHItory of
Brandeis University itself. Tmis his
absence from the campus .i^ especially
poignant. ^^V "^^f

$ Y *

Four sorts of achievements— four
^iJeatures of the legacy of Larry Fuchs —
^»4;an be ^Jpntified.

Teaching

Fuchs was exceptionally devoted to
pedagogy. Thousands of students could
testify to the curiosity and seriousness
that he could awaken, to the loyalty
and love that he inspired, and to the
excellent papers and projects that
his own imagination and example
brought to life. His classes were usually
seminars, which was the right size for

>^

43 Brandeis Review

the sort of instruction
in which Brandeis
University has always
taken special pride.
The opportunities for
intellectual engagement
and personal interaction
were thus maximized. At
a farewell banquet for
him on May 1, a number
of former students
testified with heart-felt
gratitude to Fuchs for the
influence he has exerted
in their lives.

His career began m the
Department of Politics,
with a focus on electoral
behavior and on public
institutions (such as
a famous seminar
that he cotaught with
Eleanor Roosevelt
on international

organization). But in
1970 Fuchs founded the
Department of American
Studies, because his
own interests shifted
to the pressures
upon the American
family, as traditional
structures clashed
with individualist
ideals of emancipation,
and to questions of
national character, as
reflected in e pluribus
unum, which drove his
teaching more toward
immigration history
and policy. At Brandeis
he had introduced
the first course on
the black experience
in America; the last

course he inserted into
the curriculum was on
Asian-American life. As
the questions animating
him pushed him from
political scientist to
Americanist (but always
with a grounding in the
social sciences, making
him something marginal
to American studies),
he brought his Brandeis
students — and some
faculty colleagues — along
with him.

Scholarship

Fuchs's first hook. The
Political Behavior of
American Jews (1956),
has endured as the
standard work in Jewish
political studies, the
starting point for anyone
wishing to grasp the
enduring appeal that

progressive beliefs have
exerted upon American
Jewry. His revised
dissertation made
culture rather than class
decisive in explaining
the voting patterns that
have shown persistent
allegiance to the
Democratic Party. Fuchs
realized that Jews tended
to entwine their ideals
with their interests, in
a way that sensibility
has mattered more than
status and ethical ideals
more than expediency. In
this emphasis, he may
have been under the
influence of Yogi Berra's
dictum that "90 percent
of this game is half-
mental."

Fuchs in seminar, 1971

when Fuchs came to
Brandeis, the puhlic
culture exalted "the
American way of life"
(in the singular). When
he retired last month,
homogeneity was hardly
celebrated; and a tectonic
shift in the nation's very
structure and ethos had
occurred. A recognition
of plurality — and its
value as a source of
cohesion — are what
Fuchs devoted his
scholarly vocation to

fathoming. At least
as powerful as his
determination to trace
the implications of
diversity was a yearning
to vindicate it, to see
differences not in
terms of the risks of
divisiveness but as a
way of strengthening
and improving our
society, indeed as a
way of enriching life
itself. Six of his eight
books are studies in the
persistence of all sorts of
distinctive ethnic habits
and religious impulses.
The most important was

an ambitious synthesis
published in 1990; The
American Kaleidoscope
won three national
awards, including the
most important book
prize awarded by the
American Studies
Association.

Had the author only
recorded the eclipse of
the melting-pot ideal,
it would have been
achievement enough.
But he has also insisted

upon the allure of the
civic culture itself, the
autonomous ideals and
the public institutions
that have attracted
so many millions
of immigrants and
refugees. The American
Kaleidoscope made the
case as persuasively as
anyone has on why the
United States faces no
threat of disintegration
or fragmentation. Its
author thus helped
shape the conversation
over American identity
itself. But he has done

No one served
longer as
chairperson of
the Department
of American
Studies, and no
department was
more immune to
personal friction.

\

A recognition of
plurality — and
its value as a source
of cohesion — are
what Fuchs devoted
his scholarly vocation
to fathoming.

much more than write
about the evolution of
democracy, or teach it.
He has also practiced it,
and he has promoted it.

Community

It is nnpossible to
tabulate how frequently
Fuchs exercised
initiative and leadership
at Brandeis, whether
in formal service —
such as committee
work — or in informal
ways, because his
judgment was so often
sought by presidents.
Trustees, deans, and
other professors. Under
President Abram Sachar,
Fuchs served as dean of
faculty; and he fulfilled
four terms as the
faculty's representative
to the Board of Trustees.
He chaired the 50th
Anniversary Committee,
persuaded a family in
Florida to establish a

chair m environmental
history, originated
the program of study
groups of the National
Women's Committee,
promoted expansion of
the library, and was an
enthusiastic friend of
the athletic program.
No future historian will
succeed in retracing
Fuchs's operating
methods, however, since
he was especially adept
at coming in under
radar. When a proposed
business school was
under consideration,
he orchestrated the
opposition that scuttled
this ill-advised distortion
of the University's
liberal arts mission. His
judgments of people
were especially keen,
and many members of
the community have
owed their livelihoods
to Fuchs's sense of
their suitability for the
positions that they have
occupied. No one served
longer as chairperson
of the Department of
American Studies than
its founder; and largely
because of the personnel
decisions he helped to
make, no department
was more immune to
personal friction.

Public Service

To the wider world,
he was Citizen Fuchs,
though space permits the
highlighting of only a
tiny few of the causes and
organizations that tapped
his exceptional talents.

In 1956, among the readers
of The Political Behavior
of American Jews was
Senator John F. Kennedy,
who had his own reasons
for assessing the viability
of religious identity in
a society that was then
officially committed to
the goal of amalgamation.
On Capitol Hill and
then in the White House,
Kennedy enlisted Fuchs
in several liberal causes,
ensuring that he would
be not only a scholar of
Jewish liberalism but an
active exemplar of it as
well. He drafted a version
of Senator Kennedy's

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book, A Nation of
Immigrants, and did
speech-writing for him as
well, most importantly
in 1961 m preparing
the Presidential address
to the United Nations
urging arms control,
under the shadow of
the "nuclear sword of
Damocles." Holding
ambassadorial rank,
Fuchs became the first
director of the Peace
Corps program — then
its largest — in the
Philippines. Immediately
after November 22,
1963, Fuchs proposed
the memorial of a
domestic peace corps for
Massachusetts, an idea
that was realized as the
Commonwealth Service
Corps.

In 1979 he was appointed
the executive director of
President Jimmy Carter's
Select Commission
on Immigration and
Refugee Policy, which
entailed relocation to
Washington until 1981.
The recommendations
of the Commission
became the origins of
the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986
and the Immigration
Act of 1990. When the
U.S. Commission on
Immigration Reform was
in business, from 1991
until 1997, Fuchs served

as its vice chairperson.
In 1972 he also managed
to find time to chair
the Massachusetts
Democratic primary
campaign of Senator
George McGovern, who
went down to resounding
defeat that November.
Nevertheless the only
state that the party's
candidate did carry was
the one where Fuchs
had laid such careful
groundwork.

In such manifold
activities, whether as
academic or as citizen,
he proved himself to
exhibit uncommon
skill and savvy — yet
without ever paying
the price in a loss of
humane and decent
instincts. His catholicity
and his tolerance, his
attentiveness and
sensitivity exemplified
what the religious
thinker Martin Buber
had formulated as the
I-thou relationship.
Throughout that vacuum-
packed half-century of
working at Brandeis,
Fuchs remained a liberal
and a Democrat; he has
been a democrat as well.
The result has been an
amazing intimacy and
range in the character
of his friendships. With
abiding caring and
conscientiousness, Fuchs
has kept up with hordes
of former students
as well as scholarly
colleagues in his own
various professional sub-
fields, plus vast swaths
of humanity in general.

Having pursued so rich
a career as a volunteer
and an activist, he
has known just about
everybody; and they have
testified to feelings of
admiration and affection
for him that are genuine.
I have a vision of him
showing up one day
on the Vatican balcony
overlooking its huge
piazza, accompanied
by the Pope. But among
the crowd can be heard
voices saying: "I see
Larry up there. But who's
the guy next to him?" ■

Stephen /. Whitfield,
Ph.D. 12. is Max Richter
Professor of American
Civilization.

Fuchs, right, with Eleanor
Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, and
Adiai Stevenson at Brandeis,
1960

With abiding
caring and
conscientiousness,
Fuchs has kept
up with hordes of
former students.

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u n y 1 0 y III ni I I a 1 1 e I ^

Commencement 2002
Festivities

In conjunction with
Commencement 2002, a
reception was held on
May 24 for the graduates
of the class of 2002, the
members of the Board
of Trustees, and the
class of 1952, who were
celebrating their 50th
Reunion. At that event,
members of the senior class
presented President lehuda

Reinharz, Ph.D. 72, with
the senior class gift. The
next evening, more than
,W0 people attended the
Commencement Dinner,
a black-tie gala held on
campus. On the morning of
May 26, Honorary Degree
Recipient Associate Justice
Stephen Brcyer was the
featured speaker at the
Fellows Breakfast. This
was followed by Robing for
the Academic Procession
and the Commencement
Ceremonies.

Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Kay, Sandra Farris,
and Trustee Barbara Rosenberg

Sharyn T. Sooho '69 is
hooded as a Fellow

Brandeis University
Board of Fellows

South Florida Fellows
Reception

Fellow Judith Yohay
Glaser '59 and her husband,
Allan, graciously opened
their home in Delray Beach,
Florida, on February 13 for
a Fellows reception. This
informal gathering gave
Fellows in South Florida an
opportunity to meet each
other socially and discuss
plans for the Board of
Fellows. Fellows Cochairs
Richard '57 and Rosalind
Fuchsberg '59 Kaufman
hosted the event. As an
added feature, the Fellows
also had the opportunity to
listen to Professor Emeritus

Nahum M. Sarna speak
about his latest research,
which delves into the return
of the Jews from Babylonian
exile under King Cyrus of
Persia. Sarna is the Brandeis
parent of David Sarna '70
and lonathan Sarna '75,
M.A. '75, the Joseph H. and
Belle R. Braun Professor of
American Jewish History at
Brandeis.

Sharyn Sooho '69
Hooded as a Fellow

President Jehuda Reinharz
inducted Sharyn T Sooho '69
as a member of the Fellows

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Lois Foster, Trustee Henry Foster, and Jacob S.
Potofsky Professor of Sociology Shula Reinharz,
Ph.D. '77

Honorary Degree Recipient Richard Robert Kraft, Trustee Myra Kraft '64, and Executive

Goldman and President Jehuda Reinharz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Ph.D. '72 Peter French

Thomas Pritzker, Margot Pritzker, University
Professor and the Maurice B. Hexter Professor
of Social and Economic Policy Robert Reich, and
Honorary Degree Recipient Frank Gehry

Trustee Rena Joy Olshansky '56, Honorary Degree
Recipient Ted Koppel, Trustee Henry Foster, and Sol
C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy and
former Dean of The Heller School Stuart Altman

at the March 16 meeting
of the National Alumni
Association Board. Lauding
the spirit of carmg and
compassion that Sooho
brings to everything she
does, Reinharz presented
her with a commemorative
plaque as current Alumni
Association President
Paul Zlotoff '72 placed
the Fellows hood around
her shoulders. A Fellow
smce May 2001, Sooho is
an attorney specializing
in family/divorce law
with Sooho & Frolm, LLP
of Newton. A member

of the National Alumni
Association Board since
1995, Sooho stepped in
to assume the presidency
followmg the death of
Richard Saivetz '69 m 2000.

Stephen G. Breyer
Speaks at the Fellows
Breakfast

As the University prepared
for Commencement
festivities, Fellows,
Trustees, and their guests
gathered for the third
annual Fellows breakfast

on May 26. This event
provides a venue for Fellows
to come together with
President Jehuda Reinharz
and other Inner Family
members before marching
in the Commencement
processional. A highlight of
the Fellows breakfast is the
opportunity to meet several
of the honorary degree
recipients who are invited
as special guests of the
Fellows.

Fellows Cochairs Richard '.S7
and Rosalind Fuchsberg '59
Kaufman welcomed the

gathering and recognized
the honorary degree
recipients. President
Reinharz introduced the
keynote speaker, Stephen
G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme
Court associate justice and
Brandeis 2002 honorary
degree recipient.

Following Justice Breyer's
presentation, the Fellows
and Trustees were robed
in their ceremonial
caps and gowns for
the Commencement
processional.

49 Brandeis Review

0 Hecflioiiifls

Faculty

Alumni

Thomas Doherty

Associate Professor of Film
Studies (on the Sam Spiegel
Fund)

Teenagers and Teenpics: The
fuvenilization of American
Movies in the 1950s
Temple Press

Teenagers and Teenpics
tells the story of two
signature developments in
the 1950s: the decline of
classical FloUywood cinema
and the emergence of the
American teenager. In this
edition the author argues
that Hollywood's discovery
of the teenage moviegoer
initiated a progressive
"juvemlization" of film
content that is today the
operative reality of the
American motion picture
industry. Also included
is an expanded treatment
of teenpics, especially the
teenpics produced during
the age of AIDS.

Paul E. JankowskI

Associate Professor of
History

Stavisky: A Confidence Man
m the Rcpuhhc of Virtue
Cornell University Press

Stavisky, a confidence man
with a long police record —
who had escaped trial
because of the influence of
his powerful friends — saw
his final get-rich scheme
collapse in 1933. The
author's investigation
of these events includes
research in police and
judicial archives that were
opened for the first time.
Stavisky was a man who
instigated a crisis that lay
bare the strains and tensions
in France's democratic
institutions.

Phil Brown, Ph.D. '79, ed.

Brown is a professor
of sociology and
environmental studies at
Brown University.

In the CatskiUs: A Century
of the fewish Experience in
"The Mountains"
Columbia University Press

Bringing together an
eclectic medley of fiction,
memoir, photography, art,
postcards, menus, song
lyrics, and travel brochures.
In the CatskiUs captures
over a century's worth of
vacationing in America's
famous "Borscht Belt." At
the height of its popularity
during the 19.S0s and 1960s,
the CatskiUs were one
of the nation's premier
summer destinations.
Whether describing the
history and landscape of
the Catskill region, the
culinary inventions, or the
legendary entertainment,
this anthology evokes all
the flavors and memories of
a bygone era.

Alyssa Dinega '90

Dinega is the Rev. Edmund
P. loyce, C.S.C. Assistant
Professor of Russian
Language and Literature
at the University of Notre
Dame.

A Russian Psyche: The

Poetic Mind of Marina

Tsvetaeva

The University of Wisconsin

Press

Russian poet Marina
Tsvetaeva's powerful poetic
voice and her tragic life
have often prompted literary
commentators to treat
her as either a martyr or
a monster. Dinega shows
that Tsvetaeva was troubled
from an early age by her de
facto exclusion from the
traditional, male-centered
myth of poetic inspiration.
The author argues that,
ultimately, Tsvetaeva rejects
poetic solutions suggested
by each of her interlocutors
and comes instead to define
her own mission as the
renunciation of all human
companionship in favor of a
leap of faith into the abyss.

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Adam J. Fein '89

Fein IS the founder and
president of Philadelpfiia-
based Pembroke Consulting.

Facing the Forces of Change:
Future Scenarios for
Wholesale Distribution
Distribution Research and
Education Foundation

This book comprises four
challenging scenarios, each
of which presents a distinct
and comprehensive forecast
across diverse lines of trade.
It offers strategies and
tactics that are intended
to be used to pinpoint
strategies for building
business among a company's
specific customer groups;
discover the power of
scenario planning to make
accurate guesses about the
future business climate;
and create scenarios and get
company-wide buy-in for
new thinking.

Richard Godbeer. Ph.D. '89

Godbeer is associate
professor of history at the
University of California,
Riverside.

Sexual Revolution in Early

America

The Johns Hopkins

University Press

Flistorian Richard Godbeer
reexamines the place that
sex occupied in the moral
and cultural architecture
of early American society.
His study encompasses
two centuries and a vast
territory stretching from
New England down to
the southern colonies
and outward to the West
Indies, and includes
discussions of marital and
premarital sexual activity,
homosexuality, and adultery,
as well as sexual coercion
and violence. The author
writes of the ongoing
struggle to define sexual
morality; and the interplay
of sexual and political
revolution in the late 18th
century.

Arlene Hirschfelder '65

Hirschfelder has spent
the past 30 years teaching
and writing about Native
American histories, cultures,
and contemporary issues.

Photo Odyssey: Solomon
Carvalho's Remarkable
Western Adventure 1853-54
Clarion Books

This biography of Solomon
Carvalho (1815-97), a
daguerreotype photographer
recruited by explorer
John Charles Fremont to
document a railroad survey
expedition, offers a true-life
survival adventure story
in the American West.
Carvalho was unprepared for
the hardships of the journey.
Not only was he challenged
by the physical strain, but
as an observant Jew he
also struggled to maintain
his commitment to his
religion. The author quotes
Carvalho's own words, from
his journal and from his
letters.

Karen L. Kilcup,
Ph.D. '86, ed.

Kilcup is professor of
American literature at
the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
Named U.S. National
Distinguished Teacher
in 1987, she was recently
the Davidson Eminent
Scholar Chair at Florida
International University.

From Beacon Hill to the
Crystal Palace: The 1851
Travel Diary of a Working-
Class Woman
University of Iowa Press

One of the very few
surviving working-class
travel diaries, Lorenza
Stevens Berbineau's diary
provides readers with the
perspective of a domestic
servant for a wealthy Lowell
family in Boston. Staying
in luxurious hotels and
caring for her young charge,
Eddie, during her six-month
grand tour, Berbineau wrote
detailed entries about the
people and places she saw.
Berbineau's narrative reveals
an outlook on her own life
and the activities, places,
and people she encountered.

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Jacob Meunier, Ph.D. '01

Meunier is a transportation
analyst at Cambridge
Systematics, Inc.

On the Fast Track: French
Railway Modernization
and the Origins of the TGV,
1944-1983
Praeger Publishers

This book traces the
history of French high
speed rail, situating it in
an economic and social
context that underscores
the role of contingency
in its development, while
addressing the following
questions: What conditions
made it possible for the
Societe Nationale des
Chemins de Fer Frangais
|SNCF) to pursue its
research into high speed
rail? What pressures, if
any, did the SNCF face to
move its program from the
drawing board to the real
world?

Millete Shamir, Ph.D. '96

and Jennifer Travis, eds.
Shamir is lecturer in
American literature at Tel
Aviv University.

Boys Don 't Cry! Rethinking
Narratives of Masculinity
and Emotion in the U.S.
Columbia University Press

We take for granted the
idea that white, middle-
class, straight masculinity
connotes total control
of emotions, emotional
inexpressivity, and
emotional isolation. This
collection challenges our
entrenched ideas about male
emotion. Through readings
of works by Thoreau,
Lowell, and W.E.B. Du
Bois, and of 20th-century
authors such as Hemingway
and Kerouac, this book
questions the persistence of
the emotionally alienated
male in narratives of white,
middle-class masculinity
and addresses the political
and social implications of
male emotional expression.

Alan N. Schwartz '73

with Richard [imenez,

Tracy Myers, and Andrew

Solomon

Schwartz specializes in

diagnostic cancer radiology

at Stevens Hospital in the

Seattle area.

Getting the Best from Your

Doctor: An Insider's Guide

to the Health Care You

Deserve

Chronimed Publishing

Each chapter in the book
represents a stage of the
medical journey. Beginning
with patient/doctor
communication, the
reader is taught how to
communicate effectively
with the doctor in order
to improve care. Next,
the reader learns how to
maximize the effectiveness
of appointments. From there,
managed care systems and
insurance coverage are
discussed. Also included
are over 40 exercises and
recordkeeping forms.

Rhona Silverbush '88
and Sami Plotkin '88

Silverbush is an acting
coach and adjunct faculty
member at Columbia
University. Plotkin is an
actor, playwright, and
screenwriter.

Speak the Speech!

Shakespeare's Monologues

Illuminated

Faber and Faber, Inc.

A guide to approaching
Shakespearean text. Speak
the Speech! contains
everything an actor needs
to select and prepare a
Shakespeare monologue
for classwork, auditions,
or performance. Included
are over 150 monologues;
each one placed in context
with a brief introduction,
punctuated in the manner

that best illustrates its
meaning, and annotated.
This book is also an
entertaining resource
that will help demystify
Shakespeare's language for
the student and theater
lover alike.

Rabbi Siml<ha Y.
Weintraub, C.S.W. '75

with Rabbi Aaron M. Lever
Weintraub is Rabbinic
Director of the National
Center for Jewish Healing

Guide Me Along the Way: A

Jewish Spiritual Companion

for Surgery

National Center for Jewish

Healing

This first book of its kind
integrates ancient and
contemporary prayer,
personal narratives,
guidance, poetry, folktales,
and more, for patients,
family members, friends,
clergy, and health care
professionals. It moves from
the time before surgery,
through surgery, recovery
after surgery, returning
home, returning to the
community, and integrating
surgical experience into life
stories.

52 Brandeis Review

POVERTY AND
LEADERSHIP
IN THE LATER
ROMAN EMPIRE

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Guide Me

Along the Way

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THE MEHAHCM STERN JERUSALEM LECruKE

Brandeis Series in
American Jewish History,
Culture, and Life
Jonathan Sarna: Editor
Syllvia Barack Fishman:
Associate Editor

Diaspora and Zionism m
Jewish American Literature
Ranen Omer-Sherman

This interdisciplinary
study explores the evolving
representations of Diaspora
and Zionism in [ewish
American writing from 1880
to the late 20th century.
Beginning with the proto-
Zionist verse of Emma
Lazarus, through the urban
and Holocaust-inflected
lyrics of Mane Syrkin and
Charles Reznikoff, to the
post-assimilationist novels
of PhihpRothin the 1990s,
Omer-Sherman analyzes
literary responses to the
competing claims on the
self experienced by people
who lived and wrote in the
United States but felt the
pull of Israel.

Omer-Sherman is assistant
professor of English and
Jewish studies at St. Louis
University.

lews of Brooklyn

liana Abramovitch and Sean

Galvin, eds.

Brooklyn and American
Jewry grew up together in
the 20th century. From the
first documented settlement
of Jews in Brooklyn in the
1830s to the present day,

Jewish presence — always
between a quarter to a
third or Brooklyn's entire
population — has been
key to the development
of the borough. In Jews of
Brooklyn, over 40 historians,
folklorists, museum
curators, musicians, and
ordinary Brooklyn Jews
present a living record of
this cultural heritage.

Abramovitch is manager
of curriculum in New
York's Museum of Jewish
Heritage. Sean Galvin
is project director of the
Liberty Partnership Program,
LaGuardia Community
College, CUNY.

Brandeis University Press

Poverty and Leadership in
the Later Roman Empire
Peter Brown

In these essays, one of
the world's scholars of
the society and culture of
late antiquity explores the
emergence in late Roman
society of "the poor" as a
distinct social class, one
for which the Christian
church claimed a special
responsibility. It is the story
of how a society came to
see itself as responsible for
the care of a particular class
of people — a class that had
not previously been cared
for — and of who benefited
from that shift m interests.

Brown is Rollins Professor
of History at Princeton
University.

The Roman Republic
m Political Thought
Fergus Millar

It is a fact that the very
long-lived Roman Republic
has consistently played
a surprisingly slight role
in political theory and
discussions about the
nature of democracy, forms
of government, and other
matters, particularly when
compared to the enormous
attention paid to fifth-
century BCE Athenian
democracy. The author
re-opens the issue of how
the Roman Republic was
understood and used by
political thinkers from
the Ancient World to the
present.

Millar is Camden Professor
of Ancient History at
Oxford.

Brandeis Series on Jewish
Women

Jewish Portraits, Indian
Frames: Women's
Narratives from a Diaspora
of Hope
Jael Silliman

This book IS a family
portrait of four generations
of Jewish Indian women. It
offers a personal and social
history of the author's great-
grandmother, grandmother,
and mother — Bathdadi Jews
who lived most of their lives
in the Jewish community in
Calcutta. The final sketch is
of Silliman herself growing

up in a cosmopolitan and
Indian world, rather than a
Baghdadi Jewish one.

Silliman is currently an
assistant professor in the
women's studies department
at the University of Iowa.

The Tauber Institute for

the Study of European

Jewry

Jehuda Reinharz: General

Director

Sylvia Fuks Fried:

Associate Director

lews in France during
World War II
Renee Poznanski

The author presents a
panorama of Jewish daily
life in occupied and Vichy
France, as well as of Jewish
life in French camps.
Poznanski relies on non-
published sources to build a
collective portrait of Jewish
suffering and survival. Even
more than this, she uses
these sources to illuminate
"the rhythm of French and
German persecution, the
reactions of Jewish and
non-Jewish opinion, and
the various strategies of the
Jewish victims."

Poznanski, born in France
to Holocaust survivors,
was graduated from the
Sorbonne and emigrated to
Israel where she is currently
Yaakov and Poria Avnon
Professor of Holocaust
Studies at Ben Gurion
University.

53 Brandeis Review

Alyno

Alumni Clubs Host
Faculty

Boston Downtown
Lunch Series Chair Barbara
Cantor Sherman '54 with
Provost Mel Bernstein

The Alumni Association
offers the Faculty-in-the-
Field program in order to
give Brandeis alumni the
opportunity to interact with
prominent faculty, meet
former professors, and sample
the intellectual teaching
atmosphere of the University
today. If you are interested
in becoming involved in
your area, contact your Club
president directly or call
Autumn Haynes, associate
director of alumni relations,
atSOO-333-1948.

Alumni Club of Arizona

On lanuary 9, the club
hosted Robert Art,
Christian A. Herter
Professor of International
Relations and director of
the Department of Politics
Graduate Program, for a
Faculty-in-the-Field program
on "America's Foreign
Policy since September 11."
David Tierney '62 hosted
alumni at his office in
Scottsdale.

a presentation on "Human
Cloning and Embryonic
Stem Cells" by Susan
Birren, associate professor
of neurobiology and
Volen National Center for
Complex Systems, and
Larry Wangh, associate
professor of biology. Mitch
Cohen '76 chairs the series.
On (anuary 16, the club
hosted a session of the
Dovv'ntown Lunch Series
with Robert Art, Christian
A. Herter Professor of
International Relations and
director of the Department
of Politics Graduate
Program. Art shared his
view on "America's Foreign
Policy since September 11."
The series continued on
March 13 with Provost Mel
Bernstein and "A Vision
of Brandeis's Future." The
series chair is Barbara
Cantor Sherman 'S4 and the
host is Lawrence Uchill '69
of Brown Rudnick Berlack
Israels in Boston.

Alumni Club of
Long Island

The Club hosted Robert
Art, the Christian A. Herter
Professor of International
Relations and director of
the Department of Politics
Graduate Program, at the
home of Roberta Weinstein-
Cohen and Mark Cohen '79.
Art spoke to Long Islanders
about "American Foreign
Policy since September 1 1 "
on December 9.

Alumni Club of Toronto

On April 14, "America's
Foreign Policy since
September 11" was
presented by Robert
Art, Christian A. Herter
Professor of International
Relations and director of
the Department of Politics
Graduate Program, as part
of the club's Faculty-in-the-
Field program this spring.
Anne Stilman '78 hosted
alumni and guests at her
home in Toronto.

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

The Club kicked off this
year's Brandeis Breakfast
Series on December 4,
with "Programming the
Web: A New Approach"
by Tim Hickey '77,
associate professor of
computer science and
director, Internet Studies
Program. The second
session welcomed Stephen
Whitfield, Ph.D. '72, Max
Richter Professor of
American Civilization. His
talk about "Broadway's
lewish Music-Makers"
enlivened this morning
group, which meets
on campus. The series
concluded on April 8, with

Professor Bob Art
and former student Leroy
Ashwood '71 at the Boston
Downtown Lunch Series

54 Brandeis Review

Alumni Share
Their Expertise

Regional clubs have recently
invited members to share
their expertise on a variety
of topics. These events
provide an opportunity
to engage alumni and
make them aware of each
other's accomplishments
and endeavors. If you are
interested in sharing your
expertise or opening up your
home to host a program,
please contact your Club
president directly or call
Autumn Haynes, associate
director of alumni relations,
at 800-333-1948.

Alumni Club of
Southern California

On March 25, the Club
hosted an Evening with Bill
Schneider '66, CNN senior
political analyst, at a local
restaurant. Schneider is
one of the country's leading
political commentators and
analysts and is regularly
featured on CNN's Inside
Politics. He was also
serving as the Fred and Rita
Richman Visiting Professor
at Brandeis during the spring
semester 2002.

Alumni Clubs of
Cincinnati and
West Coast Florida

The Clubs each hosted
an Alumni Author Book
Signing with Rita Golden
Gelman '58, author of
Tales of a Female Nomad,
as she makes her 50-state
book tour. The West Coast
Florida Club hosted an event
in Sarasota on February 3.
On March 3, the Cincinnati
Club copresidents Chuck
and Darlene Green Kamme '74
hosted an event in their
home.

Alumni Club of
New York City

On lanuary 18, lane Loebl
Adlin '68, exhibit curator.
Department of Modern Art,
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, hosted alumni for A
Century of Design. Part IV:
1975-2000 it the Met.
At Brandeis House on
January 24, the Club hosted
a reception and discussion
with Walter Mossberg '69,
creator and author of
the weekly Personal
Technology column in
The Wall Street Journal.
Mossberg's presentation
"Technology: The Internet
Beyond The PC" focused
on the future of personal
computers in light of
the Internet Age and the
wireless technologies that
are either here or right
around the corner. Barry
Kaplan '77, a member of

Ed Goldberg. Justin Goldstein '94,
Deborah Dragon '95, guest
speaker Bill Schneider '66, Laura
Gilman '94, Shana Aelony '94,
Gail Posner '57, Immediate Past
Club President Albert Spevak '73,
and Club President Laurie Slater
Albert '74 in Los Angeles

the board of overseers for
the Graduate School of
International Economics
and Finance (GSIEF), served
as the event host for the
evening while Ira Shapiro '69,
another GSIEF board
member and Mossberg's
roommate at Brandeis, made
the trip up from Maryland
to deliver a personal
introduction of his friend.

Alumni Club of
Westchester County

The Club sponsored "Lite on
the Frontlines: From Platoon
Commander to Ambassador"
with Ambassador Haile
Menkerios '70. This Wien
Scholar has worked directly
on the liberation of his
country, Eritrea, from
Ethiopia, served as its first
ambassador to Ethiopia,
and is now working for the
United Nations with recent
assignments in Zimbabwe

and Afghanistan. His talk,
which focused on the
liberation of Eritrea, was
threaded with the message
about the debilitating effects
of colonialism and how to
resolve the conflicts within
these countries today. Karen
and Lewis Porter, Ph.D. '83,
hosted the event at their
home in Larchmont, New
York, on December 9.

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston and
WIen Alumni Network

In conjunction with the
National Jewish Film
Center, local alumni
and citizens gathered on
campus on March 14 for
the Boston premiere of
the film Desperate Hours
and for remarks by Osman
Faruk Logoglu '63, Turkish
Ambassador to the United
States. The film recounts
the little known story
about Turkey and the
Holocaust. The sold-out
event was held in the
Edie and Lew Wasscrman
Cinematheque in the Sachar
International Center. (See
photo on page 60.)

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55 Brandeis Review

Annual Alumni
Events
Not to Miss

Members of the Alumni Club
of Greater Boston enjoy a
reception in the new Lois
Foster Wing of the Rose Art
Museum

Alumni Club of
Greater Boston

On DLCLinbL-i" 9, alumni
and jiucsts gathered for a
40th anniversary celebration
ot the Rose Art Museum.
President fehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. 72, and Rose Art
Museum Director Joseph
Kctner made remarks. It
was the final day of the
exciting exhibit A Defining
Geneiation: Then and
Now. 1961 and 2001. The
event chairs were club
copresidents Ellen Beth

Lande 73 and Detlev
Suderow 70 who hope that
this second annual event
remains a club tradition.
On January 27 the Club
hosted alumni and family
members for the reception
at the Brandeis vs. Emory
University men's and
women's basketball games
and a chance to visit with
our mascot, OUie the Owl.
The event chairs were
Leonard and Amy Greenberg
Bard 79.

Alumni Club of Chicago

On January 12, the Club
hosted Its Annual Alumni
and Student Broomball
Game tor alumni, students,
and their family members.
The event chair was Marci
Sperling Flynn '85.

Alumni Club of
New York City

Alumni, parents, students,
and friends enioyed the
annual Brandeis vs. NYU
basketball game on January 12.
Danny Lehrman '64 served
as host. The coaches, Carol
Simon and Chris Ford,
were excited to have the
opportunity to meet alumni
and provide a place for
players and family memliers
to gather after the games.

Online Developments

The Alumni Association
now offers its members
special access to Louie-Net
online services through its
Website at

http://alumni.brandeis.edu.
Alumni may register on this
secure site for a username
and password to access
Louie-mail" and an alumni
Online Directory. While
you are there you may
also update your contact
information with the
University, submit a class
note, view a schedule of
upcoming events, and more!

Besides Louie-mail®, a
special Brandeis email
forwarding address, the
Online Directory is an
invaluable resource to
help you stay in touch
with fellow Brandeisians.
Now, users may search
for classmates by name or
browse lists of alumni by
class year, home town/
state, or a combination!
Only Brandeis alumni who
register will be able to
access this information on
our secure Website. Alumni

will have the option to
show or hide their contact
information. A terms and
conditions agreement that
each registered user accepts
protects you from directory
misuse.

Be the first to learn about
the enhancements we make
to Louie-Net by signing up
today! To register, just point
your Web browser to
http://alumni.brandeis.edu
and in the menu bar go
to Louie-Net and then
Registration. Complete the
fields with your first and
last names, the Brandeis

school from which you
received your first Brandeis
degree, your class year, and
the last four digits of your
social security number, and
you are ready to go! Should
you have any questions,
please contact Autumn
Haynes, associate director of
alumni relations, at
781-736-4041 or email
louienet@alumni.brandeis.edu.

56 Brandeis Review

FAB Brings Alumni and
Students Togetlier

On February 5, the Future
Alumni ot Brandeis (FABI
hosted the World ot
Business and Technology
for students to talk with
alumni: Mark Crowley '94
of Verizon; Mark Eskandar '00
with IBM; Brian Moore '92
of Sauconv; Eric Pressman '98
with Macromedia; Peter
Schilling '87 with Authoria;
and Detlev Suderow '70 of
FLIR Systems, Inc.

Members of the Class
of 2002 enjoyed Beyond
Peripheral Road on
March 20. Brandeis alumni
and other professionals
were on campus to speak
with students and answer
questions about how to
survive life after college
including discussions on
finding a great apartment,
renting vs. buying, planning
a budget and investing
money in today's market,
and proper etiquette
in business and social
settings. Two Class of

2001 graduates also spoke
about what the transition
into the "real world"
has been like from the
professional and graduate
school perspectives. Guests
included: lessie Glasser '01,
student, Tufts Medical
School; Lee Goldstein '01,
assistant director of annual
giving, LascU College; Julian
Hyman '78, senior vice
president of investments,
Smith Barney; Sara
Rosenfeld '81, senior vice
president, Hunneman Co.
and Coldwell Banker Real
Estate; and Alec Riveros,
maitre 'd, Aujourd 'hui.
Four Seasons Hotel Boston.
Representatives from the
Brandeis University Alumni
Association, Fliatt Career
Center, Student Loans
Office, and Senior Class Gift
Committee were also on
hand to provide information
and answer questions about
their groups and services.

Together with the education
department and the Alumni
Club of Greater Boston, FAB
hosted alumnus Michele
Vickers Forman '67, who is
currently finishing up her
duties as National Teacher
of the Year 2001, on April 24.
Exactly one year prior,
Forman was presented
with the honor at the
White House by President
George W. Bush. Alumni,
students, faculty, staff, and

^n

1

1

Jessie Glasser 01, a graduate
student at Tufts Medical School
speaks with graduating seniors
about life after Brandeis

local educators learned
about Forman 's teaching
experiences and witnessed
the presentation of the
inaugural Harry S. Levitan
Remedial Reading and
Education Prize, awarded
to a deserving "alumnus
who during his/her career
has furthered the goals
of education through
involvement in research,
teaching, motivating, or
volunteerism." FAB is
pleased to be able to bring
alumni to campus for
students to meet.

Dr. Joseph S. Levitan, Michele
Vickers Forman '67, and Marya
Levenson '64 who holds
the Harry S. Levitan Chair in
Teaching Education at Brandeis

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Alumni Club of Southern
California President Albert
Spevak '73, Brandeis President
Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. '72, and
Alumni Association Member-at-
Large Jay Handlin '31

Other Special
Events for Alumni

Alumni Club of
Southern California

On February 12, the Club
welcomed local alumni,
President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. 72, and Professor
Shulamit Reinharz,
Ph.D. 77, to a reception
graciously hosted by Marta
Kauffman 78 in her home
in Los Angeles.

Alumni Club of England

On March 14, the Club
hosted Its members for
discussion of the first 10
years of the EBRD by
Gideon Schurr, member
of the European Bank for
Reconstruction Board of
Directors, as arranged by
Effy Ritter '99, M.A. '00.
Club President Joan Givner
Bovarnick, Ph.D. '69, hosted
the event with her husband
Arthur '.58 at their home
in London.

Alumni Club of
West Coast Florida

On January 1 7, the Club
hosted a "Get To Know
You" meeting for alumni
in Naples.

Alumni Club of
New York City

Alumm and their children
attended a brunch program
at Brandeis House on
January 1,^ with Michael
Kalafatas '65, Brandeis
director of admissions |who
recently retired]. Kalafatas
spoke candidly with the
group about the admissions
process, how the selective
schools narrow down
their field of prospective
applicants, and what parents
and children should be
thinking about when it
comes to college selection
and applications. Danny
Lehrman '64, NYC Alumni
Admissions Council chair
made introductions. On
January 29, alumni met
at Brandeis House for a
reception and discussion
with Lawrence J. Epstein,
professor of English at
Suffolk County Community
College and author of The
Haunted Smile: The Story
of Jewish Comedians in
America. Epstein provided
an overview of the
numerous contributions
Jewish comedians have
made to American life and
culture. He also discussed
the reasons why Jewish
humor was so readily
accepted by American
audiences. Epstein's
publisher, Peter L. Osnos '64,
made the evening possible.

Marta Kauffrnaii , 1 (seated on
sofa left) hosts fellow alumni in
her home for a reception with
President Reinharz

Alumni Club of
Northern New Jersey

On April 13, the Club
hosted a "Cholmondely's
Night" at the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center.
The group enjoyed the time
to meet each other in an
intimate setting at one of
the area's newest treasures.

Minority Alumni Network

The Minority Alumni
Network (MAN) promotes
unity and networking
among minority alumni
through educational, career
development, community,
and social events. The
Network provides a link and
support mechanism to the
greater Brandeis community
of students, faculty, staff,
and fellow alumni clubs
and organizations. Chaired
by Joseph Perkins '66, the
Network seeks to expand
Its programs to members
in New York City and
Washington, D.C. If you
would like to become
involved or to be included
on the mailing list,
please email

manffi'alumni. brandeis.edu
or call 7817.36-4100.
Members of the Network
were recently invited to the
10th anniversary celebration
of the Intercultural
Center on March 16-17.
The campus community
enjoyed the annual student
production of Culture X,
an international show of
music, dance, and culture
in the Spingold Theater
Center. They also celebrated
with an intercultural dinner
and Dance Party. Sunday
was the Interfaith Chapel
Celebration and a discussion
and lunch for alumni and
students before the Maggie
Cooks Gospel Extravaganza
in Sherman Function H.ill.

G/L/B/T Alumni Network

Students and alumni
gathered on a snov^ry
January 31 for a special
Alumni-Student
Networking Reception in
the Rapaporte Treasure
Hall of Goldfarb Library.
Jason Pierceson, doctoral
candidate in the politics
department at Brandeis
University and instructor of
political science at UMass
Boston, presented "Recent
Developments on the Same-
Sex Marriage Front" to the
attendees. The Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender
(G/L/B/T) Alumni Network
continues to grow and
is fostering a stronger
relationship student
organizations such as
Tnskelion (The GLBTQSA
Alliance), BiSpace, Queers
United Against Defamation
(QUAD), and Shalem
(Jewish GLBT Group). If you
are interested in joining the
G/L/B/T Alumni Network
and/or helping with
programming, email
glbt@alumni.brandeis.edu, or
call Karen Cirrito, assistant
director of alumni relations,
at 78 l-736-40,S5. Please
indicate whether you would
like your name listed on the
"open mailing list," which
will be distributed only
to other members of the
G/L/B/T Alumni Network,
as well as telling us what,
if any, G/L/B/T groups you
were affiliated with while
you were a Brandeis student.

58 Brandeis Review

Walter Mossberg '69, Jehuda
Reinharz, Ph.D. '72, and
Laurence Lipnick, P'01, '05

Brandeis Night
2002

Washington, D.C.

On March 1 1, Laurence
Lipnick, Brandeis parent of
Marnic '01 and Scott '05,
and the St. Gregory
Hotel graciously hosted a
reception with President
lehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. 72.
Alumni, parents, Fellows,
BUNWC members, and
supporters of Brandeis had
the opportunity to celebrate
the accomplishments of
the University and to hear
from distinguished alumnus
Walter Mossberg '69.

Mossberg is an author and
the creator of the weekly
Personal technology column
in The Wall Street fournal,
which has appeared every
Thursday since 1991. He
was awarded the 1999 Loeb
Award for Commentary, the
only technology writer to
be so honored. Multiple
publications have named
Mossberg as the most
influential iournalist
writing about computers.
His talk, "Beyond the PC:

The Internet Gets Real,"
provided firsthand insight
into several innovative,
emerging technologies and
their potential, exciting uses.
Mossberg was introduced by
his classmate, Ira Shapiro '69,
who is currently a
Democratic candidate for
Congress in Maryland's
hotly contested eighth
district.

Exactly six months earlier,
the Brandeis Night in
Washington, D.C, had been
cancelled due to the horrific
events of September 11,
2001. As he welcomed the
gathering, Lipnick asked
everyone present to join him
in observing a moment of
silence to honor those who
perished in the
September 1 1 attacks, to
those who died trying to
save them, and to those who
have now placed themselves
in harm's way in defense of
our country.

Philadelphia

Kenneth '60 and Susan
Kaiserman hosted Brandeis
Night 2002 in Philadelphia
on April 22. Alumni were
joined by parents and friends
of the University at a wine
and cheese reception at the
Pyramid Club. Members of
the Brandeis community
were welcomed by Tamara
Chasan '91, Alumni Club
of Philadelphia president.
Ken Kaiserman extended
greetings on behalf of his
family and introduced
President lehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. '72, who addressed
the participants.

Brandeis Nights offer
opportunities for President
Reinharz to bring greetings
from campus to alumni,
parents. Fellows, and friends
in various cities around the
country. Brandeis Night
2002 in Chicago is planned
for October 16, 2002.

President Reinharz, Ph.D. '72,
Senior Vice President for
Institutional Advancement
Nancy Winship, Tamara Chasan '91,
and Trustee Kenneth Kaiserman '60,
chair of the Brandeis University
Annual Fund

Baseball Diamond Dedicated
in Memory of Morry Stein '58

Under a bright, spring
sky, members of Morry
Stem's family and almost
20 baseball and football
teammates from the 1950s
dedicated the Brandeis
baseball diamond in loving
memory of Stein '58, who
died tragically in a 1994
plane crash.

Members of the Stein
family and several friends,
including Richard Bergel '57
and Sidney Boorstein '62,
contributed to the complete
renovation of the ballfield,
making it one of the finest
in New England, according
to Director of Athletics
Jeffrey Cohen '64. Stein's
son, Tony, threw the
ceremonial first ball in
the game against Babson
College.

George Stein, An
Horvitz '59, Tony Stem, Jeff
Cohen '64, athletic director,
Pete Varney, head baseball
coach, and senior baseball
captain Jeremy Taro '02

59 Brandeis Review

Wien International
Scholars Program

Wien alumni visit
with President Reinharz
and Turkish Ambassador
O. Faruli Logoglu '63
(far left!

Since Its founding hy
Lawrence A. and Mae
Wien in 1958, the Wien
International Scholars
Program (WISP| has provided
more than 730 international
students from over 100
countries with access to
a first-rate education at
Brandeis University. By
offering each Wien Scholar
the cultural and academic
advantages of foreign study
and the opportunity to
participate in all phases
of American campus life,
WISP has aimed to foster
mutual understanding
among nations. In turn, the
Program has promoted the
rich diversity of campus
life that is one of the true
hallmarks of a Brandeis
education.

On April 22, WISP alumni
and current scholars
gathered together in
the Faculty Center for a
reception coordinated by
the Wien Alumni Network.
This alumni group has been
established to keep WISP
alumni connected with
the University and each
other, to celebrate their
accomplishments, and to
continually rekindle the
founding spirit of the Wien
program. Chair fanet Akyuz
Mattel '65 welcomed the
large gathering, and Jane A.
Hale, faculty chair of the

Reception for

Alumni on Staff/Faculty

at Brandeis

Brandeis currently employs
more than 1,500 faculty
and staff members. Of that
group, more than 1 1 percent
are Brandeis alumni. On
March 16 the Office of
Alumni Relations held a
wine and cheese reception
to recognize these alumni
who have chosen to work at
their alma mater.

The reception offered an
opportunity for alumni
who work in various

departments and offices
across campus to meet
and share ideas. Paul S.
Rosenstein, assistant vice
president for alumni and
University relations and the
annual fund, encouraged the
alumni in attendance to get
as involved as possible in
alumni and campus life by
attending events, becoming
a mentor for undergraduates,
and by contributing to the
annual fund. A highlight
of the gathering was a
performance by the student
a cappella group Starving
Artists.

Faculty and staff alumni
reconnect at Brandeis

60 Brandeis Review

Wien Selection Committee
and associate professor of
Frencli and comparative
literature, encouraged the
group to get to know each
other more personally.

Highlights of the
evening were the moving
presentations by Wien
scholars and a recent Wien
graduate. Gila Ashtor '05
of Canada gave an eloquent
talk, "Where the Wien
Program is Taking Me," in
which she remarked on the
unique Brandeis culture of
truth into its innermost
parts, "Where everyone
teaches and everyone
learns." David Dagan de
Picciotto '02 of Germany
spoke about "What the Wien

Travel To Cuba

Program Has Meant to Me,"
remarking that although he
will he graduating this year,
he is certain that he will be
learning from his Brandeis
experience for the rest of
his life. In his remarks,
"Where the Wien Program
Has Taken Me," Manuel
Costescu '99 of Romania
encouraged Wien scholars to
worry less about their G.P.A.
and to enjoy their time at
Brandeis more. Continuing
a tradition begun in 2001,
David Elwell, director of the
international students and
scholars office, presented
the first-year students with

a copy of a video, Lawrence
Wien: His Life... His Legacy.

Another Wien alumni
program will be held on
campus on October 6, 2002
to welcome new students,
reconnect with continuing
Wien scholars, and maintain
the alumni connection. For
more information about
the Wien Alumni Network,
please email
wien@alumni.brandeis.edu.

Wilfred Chilangwa '91,
Provost Mel Bernstein, Bhaskar
Baneriee '88, and Maciej
Gadamski '92

A Cultural and Historical
Exchange

Cuba has been out of reach
for American travelers
for two generations. As
a result, its exhilarating
history, exotic landscapes,
and rich culture have been
accessible only through
movies and the media.
Experience Cuba firsthand
with Brandeis travelers on
our seven-day adventure,
scheduled for October
25-31, 2002. This program,
combining excursions with
commentary, will unravel

for you the mysteries and
contradictions of this
intriguing Caribbean nation.

Our home base for this
program is Havana, the
lively capital city where
Cuba's cultural and political
heritage is concentrated.
Expert lectures explore
Cuba's captivating history
and provide new insights
into present-day Cuba.
Professionally guided tours
give us access to an array
of landmarks from opulent
Spanish colonial palaces to
austere monuments that
salute the 1959 revolution.
Excursions into Cuba's
spectacular countryside
include a visit to Pinar
del Rio and its thriving
tobacco industry, and the
charming provincial village
of Cojimar, still haunted

by Hemingway who made
Cuba his home for 22 years.
In seven days, you will delve
deeply into the delights and
the struggles of Cuba and
her people.

Operated in accordance
with a special license issued
by the U.S. Department
of Treasury, this exclusive
program opens the door to a
neighbor country long closed
to American travelers. Every
measure has been taken to
ensure your comfort and
convenience throughout
your visit to Cuba. Be a
part of a pioneering cultural
discovery enriched by

informative lectures and
presentations.

The Brandeis Alumni Travel
program will offer two trips
in 2003: a cruise through the
Panama Canal (lanuary 21-
February 1,2003) and an
Alumni College in Spain
|July8-16, 2003). Trips are
open to all members of the
Brandeis community and
space is extremely limited,
so an early reservation
is essential. To reserve
your place, call Alumni
Holidays at 800-323-7373.
For additional information,
check the Brandeis Website
at http;//alunini. brandeis.edu,
or call the Office of Alumni
Relations at 781-736-4100.

61 Brandeis Review

Celebrate Brandeis!

Fall Fest 2002
Homecoming/
Family Weekend

what are you doing
Columbus Day Weekend?

Plan to return to campus for
Fall Fest 2002!
October 11-14, 2002

Two great weekends in
one! Come hack to campus
this fall to share in the
fun. Picture it...heautiful
fall colors on the trees, the
rustle of leaves beneath
your feet... a glorious time
to return to Brandeis for
an exciting weekend filled
with activities for alumni,
students, and their families.
Campus will be buzzing
with school spirit and a
general feeling of nostalgia.

Fall Fest 2002 Highlights
include an alumni/

student Stein Night,
faculty presentations, an
alumni legacy reception,
a networking event,
mini-Reunions, open
classes, student/alumni
performances, and an all-
campus BBQ and Street Fest!

Special Sunday evening
highlight: lazz Concert
and dancing with the Dick
Hyman Trio!

Fall Fest 2002 is
cosponsored by the Office
of Alumni Relations and the
Office of Student Activities.
For more information about
Fall Fest 2002, call the
Office of Alumni Relations
at 781-736-4100 or check
our Website at
http://alumni.brandeis.edu.

Fun for all ages at
Street Fest

Heller Alumni
Association

Bryna Sanger, Ph.D. '76,
introduces Frances Hesselbein,
at The Heller Alumni
Association's Annual New York
lecture at Brandeis House on
April 18. Hesselbein, executive
director of the Girl Scouts
for 14 years and chair of the
Peter Drucker Foundation for
12 years, spoke on Leadership
Imperatives in a Changing
World.

Natalie Austrian, M.M.H.S. '78.
with Frances Hesselbein at the
Heller Alumni Association's
annual lecture "Leadership
Imperatives in a Changing
World," that was held on
April lOat the Brandeis
University Faculty Club.

62 Brandeis Review

Alumni College 2002:
Shaping The Future

Enthusiastic alumni and
friends of tfie University
gathered on campus for the
Brandeis University Alumni
Association's annual
Alumni College, which
was held on lune 7, in
conjunction with Reunion
Weekend. Alumni College
is a daylong academic
adventure for Brandeis
graduates, their families,
and friends of the University.
This year's program. Shaping
the Future, featured classes
and panel discussions with
Brandeis faculty members
and prominent alumni
addressing important,
current-event issues such
as privacy, immigration,
wireless communication,
and America's place in
the world.

Well-attended morning
classes included a discussion
about contemporary
dilemmas around the issue
of privacy featuring Mary
Davis, adjunct associate
professor of American
studies, and Margaret A.
Salinger '82, author of
Dream Catcher: A Memoir
and daughter of J. D.
Salinger. Davis considered
issues centered on the

changing legal standards
and cases regarding privacy,
while Salinger focused
on the perpetration and
perpetuation of domestic
tyranny and abuse.
Lawrence H. Fuchs, Meyer
and Walter laffe professor
of American civilization
and politics, reflected
on the future of U.S.
immigration, ethnicity, and
race. The former vice chair
of the U.S. Commission
on Immigration Reform
(1992-97), Fuchs has
been a Brandeis faculty
member for 50 years and
received an honorary degree
from Brandeis during
Commencement 2002 (see
page 20).

Alumni College participants
had the opportunity to
explore the future of
wireless communication
and convergence with
Jordan Pollack, associate
professor of computer
science and Volen National
Center for Complex
Systems, who pondered
whether the end of

telephone tag threatens to
change humanity or merely
provide hot investment
areas. Ted Gup '72, a
professor of journalism
at Case Western Reserve
University and former
investigative reporter
for The Washington Post
and Time magazine, led
the session After the Cold
War: Reinventing the CIA.
Gup is author of The Book
of Honor: Covert Lives
and Classified Deaths at
the CIA.

After a relaxing picnic
lunch, attendees returned
for afternoon sessions.
Turbulent Times, Turbulent
Nations: Perceptions of
America from Home and
Abroad featured a panel
discussion with Wellington
Nyangoni, professor of
African and Afro- American
studies, Linda Scherzer '82,
senior partner at Scherzer,
Dubin &. Associates, and
former CNN correspondent
and reporter for Israeli
television, and Stephen
Solarz '62, senior counselor
at APCO associates,
former congressman, and
former chair of the House
Committee on Asian and

Pacific Affairs. Assistant
Professor of Sociology
David Cunningham and his
students shared experiences
from their yearlong course
about social activism that
included a 30-day odyssey
through 1 7 states aboard
a 40-foot sleeper bus m
Brandeis on the Road:
Possibilities for Change in
American Communities.

The day culminated in a
passionate discussion about
the present state and the
future direction of media
and the arts. Mass Appeal:
The Cultural Hypnosis of
Popular Culture. Featured
panelists were Michael
Murray, the Blanche,
Barbara, and Irving Laurie
adjunct professor of
theater arts and director,
theater arts program;
Arnie Reisman '64, a
writer/producer/performer
working in commercial
and public TV, corporate
video, journalism, and film;
and Steve Vineberg '72,
professor of theater at the
College of the Holy Cross.

Alumni Association

Board of Directors

Meeting

The spring business meeting

of the Shapiro Campus

President for Institutional

m

of the Alumni Association

Center, scheduled to

Advancement Nancy K.

Board of Directors was

open in August, a lecture

Winship. President Reinharz

held on campus on

and tour of the Rose Art

also hooded immediate

March 16. In addition

Museum and the new Lois

past Alumni Association

to a full meeting agenda

Foster Wing by director

president Sharyn Sooho '69

the board members were

)oe Ketner, and remarks

as a Fellow of the University

treated to a hardhat tour

by senior administrators
President Jehuda Reinharz,
Ph.D. '72, Provost Mel
Bernstein, and Senior Vice

(See page 48.).

63 Brandeis Review

Alumni

Association

Elections

In accordance with the
bylaws of the Alumni
Association one-half of the
Members-at-Large are to
be elected each year for a
two-year term. A committee
chaired by Sharyn Sooho '69,
immediate past national
Alumni Association
president, has nominated
the following individuals.

Paula Apsell '69

Newton, MA
Personal: Married to
Sheldon Apsell, Ph.D. 72
Professional: Director of the
WGBH-TV science unit and
executive producer of the
long-running science series
NOVA. Her honors include
eight Emmy Awards, a
Peabody Award, a Dupont-
Columbia Award, and an
Academy Award nomination
in 1996 for Special Effects
Education: B.A., psychology
Brandeis Activities: Alumni
Achievement Award
recipient, 1999, Alumni
College speaker, and
current member of the
Science Council

Stanley Brooks '79

Los Angeles, CA
Personal: Married to Tanya
Lopez Brooks, two children
Professional: Once Upon
A Time Productions, an
independent film production
company, member of Board
of Governors, Academy
of Television Arts and
Sciences, faculty member,
American Film Institute
Education: B.A., psychology
Brandeis Activities: Alumni
Admissions Council,
frequent lecturer in
film, ,SOth Anniversary
Film production

'W

Barbara Krasin Kravitz '57

Flampton, NH

Personal: Married to

S. Wendell Kravitz, one

child

Professional: Former

Governor, Societe

Bankhouse

Education: B.A., American

studies

Brandeis Activities: Fellow,

Greater Boston Alumni

Leadership and host of

numerous fBS events, 30th

Reunion Program chair,

35th Reunion Gift cochair,

member-at-large and

member of executive

committee National Alumni

Board 1965-1967,2002

yearbook chair for 45th

Reunion, Alumni Service to

Association Award 1973

Upcoming Alumni Events

For a current calendar
of activities or for
more details, visit http:
//alumm. brandeis.edu,
or watch your mail for
invitations to the following
programs (subject to
change).

Alumni Club of Long
Island

Thursday, August 15
New-Student Send-Off

Thursday, September 5
U.S. Open Tennis
Championships-Quarterfinal
Matches

Alumni Club of Houston

Sunday, August IS
New-Student Send-Off
Brunch

Alumni Club of Northern
New Jersey

Sunday, August 18
New-Student Send-Off
Barbecue

Alumni Club of Chicago

Sunday, August 18
New-Student Send-Off

Wednesday, October 16
Brandeis Night 2002
Reception with President
Jehuda Reinharz, Ph.D. 72,
and keynote address by
Christie Hefner 74

Alumni Club of Southern
California

Sunday, August 18
New-Student Send-Off
Barbecue

Alumni Club of Cincinnati

Tuesday, August 20
New-Student Send-Off

Alumni Club of Colorado

Wednesday, August 21
New-Student Send-Off

Alumni Club of Greater
Boston

Tuesday, August 20
Recent Graduates Network
Kick Off Happy Hour

Wednesday, September 1 1
Downtown Lunch Series

Tuesday, October 8
Brandeis Breakfast Series

Future Alumni of Brandeis

Tuesday, September 24
World of Education and
Public Service

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Lauren Small '78

Baltimore, MD

Personal: Married to Donald

Small 78, three children

Professional: Novelist/

Writer

Education: B.A.,

comparative literature;

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

University

Brandeis Activities: Alumni

Cluh of Baltimore past

president and national board

of directors member 1998-

2001

Clare Tully '80

Camden, ME

Personal: Married to Richard
Podolsky, three children
Professional: Former senior
vice president, marketing
and communications,
National Audubon Society
Education: B.A., politics and
sociology; I.D., University of
Michigan Law School
Brandeis Activities: Creator,
Brandeis entertainment
industry trade alumni group.
Reunion Gift committee
1990, Reunion Program
Committee 1995, current
member-at-large

Official Ballot

Brandeis University
Alumni Association
Board of Directors

For a term expiring
May 3 1,2004:

n I approve the slate
as nominated.

O I do not approve the slate.

Signed _

Class Year .

Mail to:

Brandeis University

Alumni Association Elections

Mailstop 124

RO. Box 5491 10

Waltham, MA 02454-9110

Or FAX to 781-736-4101

Fall Fest 2002

Homecoming/Family

Weekend

Friday, October 1 1 -Sunday,
October 13

Legacy Reception

Saturday, October 12

Alumni Club of
Westcfiester County

Sunday, October 20
Alumni Author Event
with Gil Schwartz '73, aka
Stanley Bing

Alumni Club of New York
City

Thursday, August 15
New-Student Send-Off

Thursday, August 22
Recent Graduates Network
Happy Hour on the Hudson

Wednesday, September 18
Young Lawyers Network
presents "Due Process
after 9/ 11 " with Michael
Ratner '66, Center for
Constitutional Rights, and
Eric Friedberg '77, former
lead computer crimes
prosecuter, U.S. Attorney's
Office, Brooklyn

Tuesday, September 24
Allied Health Professions
Network presents "Status
of Health Care in the
U.S." with Stuart Cook '57,
President, University of
Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey

Tuesday, October 8
"Bush, the War on Terrorism
and Israel" with Scott
Lasensky, Ph.D. '01,
Fellow, Council on Foreign
Relations and Assistant
Director, U.S. /Middle East
Project

Thursday, November 14
"Jewish Voices" with Daniel
A. Harris, Bildner Center
for the Study of Jewish Life

and Professor of English
and Jewish Studies, Rutgers
University

Wednesday, November 20
Young Lawyers Networking
Reception

Alumni Club of England

Sunday, November 24
15th Annual Thanksgiving
Tea with Ruth Deech,
M.A. '66, Principal, St.
Anne's College, University
of Oxford

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Alumni Clubs

Contact any of the club
leaders via the email
addresses below, or call
the Office of Development
and Alumni Relations for
information at 78 1- 736-
4100. Please contact the
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/
Transgender Alumni
Netvi'ork or the Minority
Alumni Network directly to
be mcluded on their mailing
lists.

Alumni Club of Southern
California News

Alumni Association
President Paul Zlotoff 72
has appointed Laurie Slater
Albert '74 as the new
president for the Alumni
Club of Southern California.
She took the helm from
Albert Spevak 73 on
April I. Thank you to
Albert and welcome
to Laurie. Should any
southern California
alumni be interested in
helping with the club
activities, please contact
Laurie at southcalifornia®
alumni.brandeis.edu.

Domestic
Arizona

Ronald "Ron" Lowe '69

arizona®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Baltimore

Barbara Kirsner Berg '76

baltimorcig'

alumni.biandeis.edu

Greater Boston

Ellen Beth Lande '73 and

Detlev Suderow '70

boston@alumni.hrandcis.edu

Northern California

northcalifornia®

alumni.brandcis.edu

Southern California

Laurie Slater Albert '74

southcalifornia®

alumni.brandcis.edu

Charlotte

Ruth Abrams Goldberg '53

and Audrey Rogovin

Madans '53

charlotte®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Chicago

David Desser '90

Chicago®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Cincinnati

Charles "Chuck" and

Darlene Green Kamine '74

Cincinnati®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Southern Florida

Gilbert "Gil" Drozdow '79

southtlonda®

alumni.brandeis.edu

West Coast Florida

Sylvia Haft Firschein '55

and loan A. Greenberger

Gurgold '53

westflorida®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Houston

Michael Kivort '87

houston®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Long Island

laime D. Ezratty '86

longisland®

alumni.hrandeis.edu

Northern New Jersey

David Spiler '86

northnewjersey®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Southern New Jersey

Stephen "Steve"

Schcinthal '87

southnewjersey®

alumni.brandeis.edu

New York City

Victor "Vic" Ney '81

nyc@alumni.brandeis.edu

Philadelphia

Tamara Chasan '91

Philadelphia®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Washington, DC.

Phyllis Brenner Coburn '75

washingtondc®

alumni.hrandcis.edu

Westchester County

Susan Epstein Deutsch '62

Westchester®

alumni.hrandeis.edu

International
England

Iiian Givner Bovarnick,

Ph.D. '69

england®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Israel

Rose Shirwindt Weinberg '57

israel@alumni.brandeis.edu

Korea

Suk Won Kim '70

korea@alumni.brandeis.edu

Toronto

Mark A. Surchin '78

toronto®

alumni.brandeis.edu

Affinity Groups
Alumni Admissions
Council

aac®alumm. brandcis.edu
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/
Transgender Alumni
Network

Michael Hammerschmidt '72
glbt@alumni.brandeis.edu
Minority Alumni Network
Joseph Perkins '66
manw'alumni. biandeis.edu
Future Alumni of Brandeis
Elida Kamine '03 and
Emily Meltzer '04
fab@alumni.brandeis.edu
Wien Alumni Network
Janet Akyuz Mattel '65
wien@alumni.brandeis.edu

Alumni Club of Chicago

On Saturday, January 12, the
club hosted its Annual Alumni
and Student Broomball Game
for approximately alumni,
students, and their family
members. The event chair was
Marci Sperling Flynn '85.

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Class Photos

Class of 1957

Class of 1962

Class of 1967

Class of 1972

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Class of 1977

Class of 1982

Class of 1987

Class of 1992

Class of 1997

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Class of 1952

Max Perlitsh and
Phylis Levins Acker
present President
Reinharz with the
Class of 1952 Reunion
Gift

The Class of
1952

JP 'W^,M

,Mk

Shulamit and Jehuda
Reinharz with
Arnold Schlager,
and June Saftel
Goldman

Leadership
Reception

B ^^'^^^.

\

Provost Mel Bernstein
presents Alumni
Achievement Awards to
Stephen J. Solarz '62,
far left, and Nancy
Katzen Kaufman '72, left.

Richard and Myrna (Mimi)
Kaplan Bergel '57 receive
the Alumni Service to
Association Award from
Nancy K. Winship, Senior Vice
President for Institutional
Advancement, right.

Richard Kaufman '57 proudly
presents a check on behalf
of all Reunion alumni donors
to Bernstein and Winship,
far right.

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Alumni Authors

and Artists Receptions

Alumni Art Appreciation

Alumni College 2002

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Faculty Presenters

Ralph Norman Barbecue

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Fnultf lutes

Faculty

Karl Eigsti

Charles Bloom Adjunct
Professor of the Arts of
Design, was awarded the
Distinguished Achievement
Award m Scenic Design by
the United States Institute
for Theater Technology
(USITT). The award was
presented at USITT's
Annual Conference and
Stage Expo, where a
retrospective of his work
was also on display. Eigsti
had previously received the
Los Angeles Dramalogue
Award and the Helen Hayes
Award for his work in the
resident professional theater.

Robert Greenberg

associate professor of
philosophy, delivered a
paper. The Role of Sensation
in Kant's Transcendental
Idealism, at the meeting of
the American Philosophical
Association, Central
Division, in Chicago. The
paper will receive a critical
comment. At the same
meeting he will also chair
an "Author Meets Critics"
session on a book about
Kant's theory of nature.

Jacqueline Jones

Truman Professor of
American Civilization, was
chosen for the University of
Delaware's Alumni Wall of
Fame this spring.

Edward K. Kaplan

professor of French and
comparative literature and
chair. Program in Religious
Studies, participated
m several events in
February 2002: the opening
plenary address, "Under
my Catholic Skin..."; a
paper on Revelation and
Commitment: Abraham
/. Heschel's Situational
Philosophy at an
International Conference
on Jewish Philosophy in
the 20th century at the
University of Naples, Italy;
presented a videotaped
interview with Reb
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi,
founder of Jewish Renewal
movement; and in March
"Thomas Merton's Opening
to Judaism and the World,"
and a workshop on Merton's
conversions at a conference
of the International Thomas
Merton Society, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.

Joan Maling

professor of linguistics,
was the featured speaker
at the Eighth Germanic
Linguistics Annual
Conference held at Indiana
University. In her plenary
address, "From passive to
active: a syntactic change in
progress," Maling discussed
the results of a nationwide
survey of 1,731 1 0th
graders, which represents
45 percent of all Icelandic
students born in 1984. The
study was conducted in
collaboration with Sign
ur Sigurjonssdottir at the
University of Iceland.

Amelle Oksenberg Rorty

professor of classical
studies and director,
humanities center and
the Program in the
History of Ideas, received
an Honorary Research
Fellowship at the Clark Art
Institute in Williamstown,
Massachusetts.

Staff

Charles Dunham

associate director of
publications and design
director, recently
received honors from the
New England Museum
Association. His design of
the Foster Wing Opening
Invitation earned him a
second place award in the
Invitations: Exhibitions
category.

Charles Fremault

a painter in facilities
services, was recently
honored with the Louise
and Helen Zirkel Award,
which IS given to a service
employee who has made
a significant contribution
and/or has demonstrated
consistent effort to improve
the services and operation
of his/her department and
of the University. Fremault,
who has worked at Brandeis
for 25 years, was selected
as the eighth annual award
recipient,

Ralph Szymczak

reference librarian in
government documents,
received the sixth annual
Lou Ennis Award, which
honors a member of the
administrative staff who
has demonstrated loyalty
and dedication to Brandeis
and to its mission, who is
professional, helpful, and
friendly, and who is known
to consistently treat all
members of the community
with respect and dignity.

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Uass iotes

Information submitted to
Class Notes will appear no
sooner than six monttis after
its receipt by the Office of
Development and Alumni
Relations, Due to space
limitations, we usually
are unable to print lists of
classmates who attend each
other's weddings or other
functions News of marriages
and births are included in
separate listings by class.
Factual verification of every
class note is not possible
If an inaccurate submission
is published, the Brandeis
Review mn correct any errors
in the next possible issue, but
must disclaim responsibility
for any damage or loss.

'52

June Goldman, Class
Correspondent, 15 Preston
Beach Road, Marblehead,
MA 01945
1952notes's
alumni. brandeis,edu

Those of us who were able
to attend had a wonderful
time at our 50th Reunion
during Commencement
weekend All of our planning
paid off and it was a treat
to reconnect with so many
friends Program Committee
chair Julian Koss, Gift
Committee cochairs Phylis
Levins Aclter and Max
Perlitsli and their many
committee members deserve
a heartfelt thanks for all of
their hard work which made
the weekend possible.

'53

50th Reunion
IVIay 16-18, 2003

Abraham Heller, Class
Correspondent, 1400
Runnymede Road, Dayton,
OH 45419
1953notes@
alumni brandeisedu

Joan Amy Greenberger
Gurgold is keeping very busy.
She is copresident of the
Brandeis University Alumni

Club of West Coast Florida,
president of the Temple
Beth Sholom Sisterhood,
and treasurer of her condo
association. She is also a
board member and facilitator
of Sarasota Study Circles to
Fight Racism, In her spare
time she enjoys tennis,
theater, lectures, and, of
course, being a mother and
grandmother.

'56

'54

Sydney Rose Abend, Class
Correspondent, 304 Concord
Road, Wayland, MA01778
1954notes'«
alumni, brandeis.edu

Attention Class of 1954! We
are lookingfor anyone who
is interested in serving as
the Class Correspondent
Do you like to keep in touch
with your classmates' This
is the perfect way to keep
your class together' For
more information, contact
Karen Cirrito, assistant
director of alumni relations,
at 800-333-1948, or email
cirrito@brandeis,edu.

Dtl

Judith Paull Aronson,
Class Correspondent, 838
N Doheny Drive, #906,
Los Angeles, CA 90069
1955notesfa)
alumni brandeis.edu

After decades of teaching
math, RIsa Hirsch Ehrllch

returned to art, a very old
interest Her recent ceramics
are shown at the Ute Stebich
Gallery in Lenox, MA. and
Mo-Tian Studio in Dobbs
Ferry, NY Two pieces were
included in the March
2002 "Vases" show at the
Peck Gallery in Providence,
Rl Ruth Saltzman Albert
organized a "get to know you"
meetingon January 17, 2002,
for alumni who live in the
Naples area for the Alumni
Club of West Coast Florida,

Leona Feldman Curhan,

Class Correspondent, 366

River Road, Carlisle, MA

01741

1956notes(ai

alumni, brandeis.edu

'57

Wynne Wolkenberg Miller.

Class Correspondent, 14

Larkspur Road, Waban, MA

02468

1957notes@

alumni btandeis,edu

We hope everyone who
was able to attend enioyed
coming back to the Brandeis
campus tor our 45th
Reunion A special thanks
goes out to Lawrence J.
Kane, Program Committee
chair, Richard Kaufman, Gift
Committee chair, and all of
their committee members for
all of their hard work making
the weekend so memorable.

'58

45th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Judith Brecher Borakove,
Class Correspondent, 10
East End Avenue, #2-F, New
York, NY 10021
1958notesia
alumni brandeis edu

Ruth Fink Grant hosted
an event at her home in
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
for the Alumni Club of
Westchester County, on
February 10, 2002.

'59

:?^r^?3E

Sunny Sunshine Brownrout.
Class Correspondent, 87
Old Hill Road, Westport, CT
06880 1959notes@
alumni.brandeis.edu

Jim Shapiro was elected
president of the Association
for Car and Truck Rental
Independents and
Franchisees (ACTIF), He
is the owner and operator
of Americarand Payless
operations in Central Florida
and has been in the car
rental industry for 20 years.
In addition, Jim received
two industry honors at the
Car Rental Show in Las
Vegas in April 2002: Auto
Rental News Executive of
the Year Award and ACTIF's
President's Award Philippa

Strum is director of the
Division of the United States
Studies at the Woodrow
Wilson International Center
for Scholars in Washington,
DC Her responsibilities
include bringing scholars
and policymakers together
for discussions to stimulate
research and reflection on
the problems of American
society, politics, and culture
The conferences held or
planned for her first year
include The Black Family in
the 19th and 20th Centuries,
Litigating for Gender Eguality.
American Arabs (Identity,
Demography. Religion, and
Gender), The Impact of
Migration on US Public
Policy, and The Workforce
of the 21st Century, Philippa
IS also an author whose
most recent books are When
the Nazis Came to Skokie:
freedom for the Speech We
Hate (1999) and Women in
the Barracks The VMI Case
and Equal Rights {2002).

'60

Joan Silverman Wallack,
Class Correspondent,
28 Linden Shores, #28,
Brantord, CT 06405
1960notes'§
alumni brandeis edu

Galia Greene Golan-Gild

retired as Darain Professor
of Soviet and East European
Studies after 35 years
in the political science
department of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, She
moved from Jerusalem to
Ra'anana and is professor
of government and dean of
the Recanati International
School, at the Interdiciplinary
Center, Hershi'a Galia still
lectures and writes books
about Russia, She reports
that her third grandchild
was born last year, and
her four children are all
doing well, Suzanne Modes
Linschitz completed a
painting commission for
the Federal Reserve Bank in
Boston, Visions ol Boston
Her work IS shown at the
Copley Society of Boston on
Newbury Street, the ARTANA
Gallery in Framingham,

MA, and can been seen at
wwwsuzannehodescom
Kenneth Kaiserinan and his

wife, Susan, hosted a wine
and cheese reception with
President Jehuda Reinharz
(PhD '72 NearEastem
and Judaic Studies) at the
Pyramid Club in Philadelphia
in April 2002

'61

Judith Leavitt Schatz
Class Correspondent,
139 Cumberland Road,
Leominster, MA CI 453
1961 notes®
alumni brandeisedu

Paul Zonderman was

sworn in as Town Justice,
Niskayuna, Schenectady
County, NY The town justice
presides over a night court
with civil and criminal
lurisdiction He continues his
day |ob as a full-time labor
arbitrator After graduating
from Brandeis, Paul was
graduated from Cornell Law
School and spent three years
m the US Marine Corps,
serving in Vietnam with the
third Marine Division He
practiced law in the Boston
area until relocating to
upstate New York in 1976
He IS married with two
grown children.

'62

Ann Leder Sharon, Class
Correspondent, 13890
Ravenwood Drive, Saratoga,
CA 95070
1962notes@
alumni brandeis,edu

Our 40th Reunion was
a great success, and
it wouldn't have been
possible without the hard
work and dedication of the
Program cochairs, Anne
Leder Sharon and Ira
Shoolman, Gift Committee
cochairs Sid Boorstein and
William Singer andalltheii
committee members We
hope everyone who was able
to come back to Brandeis
enjoyed reconnecting with
old friends and classmates.

Margo Lederer Howard

writes the "Dear Prudence"
advice column for Slate
magazine. She was recently
married and dropped the
announcement into her
response to a guestion about
people keeping secrets from
best friends Barbara Levine
Hassenfeld-Rutberg retired
from her full-time job as an
U.S. administrative law judge.
She lives with her husband.

Marty, in Florida and
Massachusetts, and mediates
for the Massachusetts Court
of Appeals when she is in
the state. Barbara writes. "I
just bought a young
registered Hanoverian horse
for showing in dressage.
Horses have been my
passion for over 30 years.
My granddaughter loves to
visit us in Florida and swim
in the pool and get rides on
the horse It's great to be
semiretiredi"DavidTierney
hosted a Faculty-in-the-Field
event featuring Professor
Robert An, at his law office,
Sacks Tierney P A , in
Scottsdale, for the Alumni
Club of Arizona on January
9, 2002.

'63

40th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Miriam Osier Hyman, Class
Correspondent, 140 East
72nd Street. #16B, New
York, NY
1963notes@
alumni brandeis edu

Rita Brickman Elfros

professor in the Department
of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine at the University of
California, Los Angeles, was
appointed to the Elizabeth
and Thomas Plott Chair
in Gerontology This is a
five-year term endowed
chair whose recipient
conducts research and
education activities related
to aging and longevity in
the fields of molecular
biology, neuroscience, and
immunology Rita has
received numerous awards
and honors, including
the 1998 UCLA Woman in
Science She is a member
of the Molecular Biology
Institute, the Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer
Center, and serves as
director of the Human Tissue
Research Center Osman
Faruk Logoglu. Turkish
ambassador to the United
States, gave remarks at
a screening of the film
Desperate Hours, for the
Alumni Club of Greater
Boston on March 14, 2002.

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'64

'67

Shelly A, Wolf, Class

Correspondent, HSNaudain

Street. Philadelphia. PA

19147

1964notes@

alumni.brandeis.edu

Lucy Kraus. who maiored in
music at Brandeis. joined the
New York Philharmonic as a
publications editor.

'65

Joan Furber Kalafatas.

Class Correspondent. 3

Brandywyne. Wayland. MA

01778

1965notes@

alumni.brandeis.edu

A Minor Planet 11 695 was
named "Mattel" in honor
of Janet Akyuz Mattel, an
astronomer and the director
of the American Association
of Variable Star Observers,
Melanie Rovner Cohen
hosted a Faculty-in-the-Fleld
event, featuring Professor
Robert Art. at her home in
Glencoe. IL. for the Alumni
Club of Chicago on February
24. 2002.

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35th Reunion
June 8-10, 2001

Kenneth E. Davis. Class

Correspondent. 28 Mary

Chilton Road. Needham. MA

02492

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Paul Bloom is the coeditor
of the book Language.
Logic, and Concepts, a wide-
ranging collection of essays
inspired by the memory of
the cognitive psychologist
John MacNamara, The
areas covered by the
essays include the
foundations of language
and thought, cognitive and
linguistic development, and
mathematical approaches
to cognition. Paul is
an associate professor
of psychology at Yale
University. Bill Schneider.
political analyst, CNN, spoke
to Brandeis students and
members of the Alumni Club
of Southern California in
March 2002,

Anne Reilly Hort, Class
Correspondent, 4600
Livingston Avenue, Bronx,
NY 10471
1967notes@
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A great time was had by
all who were able to travel
to Brandeis to attend our
45th Reunion A special
thanks goes out to Program
Committee chair Ewe HIavaty
Clmmet. Gift Committee
cochairs Robert and Anne
Reilly Hort. and their
committees lor their hard
work in making the weekend
such a success We hope
that those of you who
weren't able to |oin us will
write in and tell us what you
are up to!

Deborah Hannes Gordon s

first nontiction book. How to
Help Students with AD/HD
Succeed— In Scliool and
in Lite, was published in
November 2001, The book
was written with Linda L
Ramer, a speech pathologist
and mentor teacher, and is
based on Linda's middle-
school program Deborah
has published 28 novels
as Brooke Hastings and
Deborah Gordon Deborah's
husband, David W. Gordon,
has been the superintendent
of Elk Grove Unified School
District in Sacramento, CA,
since 1995 He was recently
appointed by President
George W Bush to the
President's Commission
on Excellence in Special
Education, Dave and Debbie
have a married daughter and
two granddaughters nearby,
and often visit New York
to see their newlywed son
Larry D. Gruenwald opened
a new pediatric practice in
Millburn, NJ. and was named
a "Top Doc " in a 2001 edition
of New Jersey IVIontlily
and the 2001 edition of the
Castle-Connolly Guide Yona
Nelson-Shulman reports
that while her older daughter
was accepted early decision
to Cornell, her younger
daughter would like to attend
Brandeis, Yona continues
to work as a training and
human resource consultant.
She lives with her husband
and family in Colts Neck,
NJ Howard D. Scherwas
appointed vice chair of
the Philadelphia office of
the law firm of Buchanan
Ingersoll's litigation and
healthcare sections, Howard
concentrates his practice
on complex litigation for
business clients and the

efficient resolution on
complex business problems
He IS admitted to practice
before the Supreme Court
of the United States and the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court,
as well as all subordinate
courts, Michele VIckers
Potman received the fust
Harry S Levitan Remedial
Reading and Education
Prize on April 24, 2002, at
a presentation at Brandeis
University Michele was the
National Teacher of the Year
2001, and spoke about her
experiences to the Brandeis
community

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35th Reunion
June 20-22. 2003

David Greenwald, Class
Correspondent, 3655
Aquetong Road, Carversville,
PA 18913
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Jane LoeblAdlln, exhibit

curator of the Department
of Modern Art at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
hosted the Alumni Club of
New York City at the museum
on January 18, 2002
Dorothy Rosenthal Bishop
IS celebrating the December
2001 release of Cello Dreams.
a one-hour CD of original,
unaccompanied cello music
for relaxation and healing
She IS a freelance cellist with
the Allegra String Quartet,
herbalist. Reiki master at
Wild Rose Wholistic Clinic
in Calgary, Canada, and
teacher of "Listening Hands "
healing Marquis Who's Who
selected Pisith Vorasingha s
biographical profile tor
inclusion in the sixth edition
of Who's Who in Science
and Engineering, which
chronicles the world's most
accomplished scientists
and engineers who will
be at the center of 21st
century innovation, Pisith
IS a physicist in Thailand
whose achievements include
research in the motion
picture model of physics
laws

Phoebe Epstein, Class
Correspondent, 205 West
89th Street, #10-S. New York.
NY 10024
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Jerry Green has been
named 2002's New England
Regional Boxing Champion,
for his age group, defeating
two-time winner Orlando
Perez with a knockout in
the fourth round, Walter
Mossberg, personal
technology columnist for The
Wall Street Journal, spoke
to the Alumni Club of New
York City at Brandeis House
on January 24, 2002 Dina
Tanners (Dale Nelson)
moved back to Seattle in
August 2001 and married
Howard Cockerham at
Congregation Beth Shalom in
December of the same year.

'70

Charles S, Eisenberg, Class

Correspondent, 4 Ashford

Road, Newton Center, MA

02159

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Jeffrey Alan FousI was given
the doctor of divinity degree,
honoris causa, during the
Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion's
annual Founder's Day
ceremonies in March 2002

Jeffrey Alan Foust, left

Jeffrey, a rabbi, was honored
for 25 years of distinguished
service to the Jewish
people Ambassador Haile
Menkerlos, immediate past
permanent representative
of the State of Eritrea to
the United Nations, spoke
to members of the Alumni
Club of Westchester County
on December 9, 2001,
Detlev Suderow, senior
vice president of human
resources at FLIP Systems,
Inc, in Billerica. MA. spoke
to current Brandeis students
at World of Business and
Technology, a Future Alumni
of Brandeis event, on
February 5, 2002.

Births and Adoptions

Class

Brandeis Parentis)

Child's Name

Date

1977

Mark Ford Pomerantz

Siena Rose

May 1,2001

1979

Lisa Levine Levheim

Max Reuven

October 23, 2001

1980

David S. Rapkin

Dayna Lauren

October 9, 2000

1981

Howard S, Wiseman

Shirley Marie

December 25. 2001

1982

Deborah Lewisohn Alkman

Ariana Belle

October 18, 2002

Janice D. Paul

Andrew Bailey

December 4, 2001

Mark Slade

Jakob Dylan

March 1,2002

1983

Howard Friedman

Julia Emily Gerson

September 10, 2000

1984

Lewis Michael Krata

Sydney Rae

May 21,2001

Michele Silber Kaish

Harrison

June 16, 2000

Alan Schlein

Madison Rose and
Max Franz

September 19, 2001

1985

Gail Glickman and Ken White '83

Elisha Gavriel

April 9, 2001

Susan Hurowitz Fink

Mira Nicole

July 20, 2001

Rachel Nemeth Cohen

Ruby Charlotte

March 22, 2000

Marci Sperling Flynn

Seth David

January 29, 2002

DebraJ Stogel-Walker

Brian William

December 1,2001

1986

Deborah Gordon Bernstein

Sarah Haley

November 25, 2001

Jon D. Lichtenstein

Jackson Henry

May 7, 2001

1987

Rachel Garshick Kleit

Miriam Leah

December 19, 2001

Andrew B Gelman

Yael Anna

January 6, 2002

Debbie Moeckler Berman

Louis Manny

December 27, 2001

Howard Moyes

Nicholas James

November 16, 2001

1988

Ellen Jawitz

Noah Oren

October 21, 2001

Naomi Lax Katz

Orii Yaffa

December

Yitzchak (Adam) Moskowitz

Sarah Avigayil

December 19, 2001

Erin Robinson-Lis and Craig Lis

Jordan Arnele
Marin Cait

January 21, 2002

Nancy Sender Linden

Haley Nicole

August 7, 2001

Harold Simansky

Aaron Jeremy

July 18, 2001

Carole Zelbow Flegel and

Dylan Zachary

May 25, 2001

Jason S Flegel

Brooke Zoe

1989

Micki Barnett Jacobs

Alexandra Taylor

February 19, 2002

Lisa Goldstein

Joshua Max

July 22, 2001

Elizabeth A, Hoffman

Olivia Rae Emerson

October 27, 2001

Michael Katz

Esther Ghana

August 25, 2001

Peter B Richman

Cara

November 20, 2001

Elisabeth C. Rosenberg

Jared Ezekiel
Draken Matan

April 30, 2001

1990

Darin Correll

Darin Jude II

August 27. 2001

Jodi S. Freedman

Matthew Alexander
Margil

January 9, 2002

Jay M, Green

Carly Rose

February 11. 2002

Marc Meisler

Shoshana Bracha

January 18, 2002

Victoria Pelcyger Segal

Julia Elizabeth

November 23. 2001

Debbie Pinnas Freidmanand

Max Elliot

Augusta. 2001

David Friedman

Hilary Shein Rothman

Daniella Kayla

September 15.2001

Kerith Stern Rudnicki

Jared Austin

March 9. 2001

1991

Michelle Delin Salinas

Matteo Andrew

August 4, 2001

Emma Lucia

December 19, 1999

Sharon Lerner

Shira Frances Grinker August 13, 2001

Bradley Pinsky

Ethan Jonah

November 13, 2001

1992

Nicole Apton Farber

Sarah Gabrielle

December 24, 2001

Benjamin Paul

December 28, 1998

Karen GeverKirschner and

Nathan Michael

October 19. 2001

Brian Kirschner

1993

Michael Bruckheim

Hannah Evelisse

July 28. 2000

Karen Beth Farkas Cohen

Shoshana Miriam

November 9, 2000

Lori Richmond-Gershon

Zachary Daniel

February 27. 2002

Michael Stanger

Arielle Mia

January 9. 2002

1994

Elizabeth Rachel Arnold Spevack

Eytan Yair

January 4. 2002

Wendy F. Becker

Jonah Samuel

October 26. 2001

Darin Correll

Darin Jude II

August 27. 2001

Cheryl Kaplan Stehle

Joshua Thane
Rebecca Ellie

October 14. 2001

Deborah Karmin Rose and

Sophie Liat

July 1,2001

Robert Rose '92

Abigail Jean

Marc Meisler

Shoshana Bracha

January 18, 2002

Victoria Pelcyger Segal

Julia Elizabeth

November 23, 2001

Hilary Shein-Rothman

Daniella Kayla

September 15, 2001

1995

Richard C. Benton

Kalista Marie

March 16,2002

Risa Soble Carp and Noah Carp

Ari Moses

January 29, 2002

Gladys Keren Delman Teitel

Sophia Adina

November 29, 2001

Beth Drapkin-Greeneand

Maya Alexa

January 1 1 , 2001

David Greene

Michelle Saar Weiss and

Gabriel

August 14, 2001

Amir Weiss

1996

Sara Benjamin

Sara Winkleman Greene and

Elisheva Yael

September 4, 2001

Avi Beniamin Greene. MA '97

1997

Lorie Barr Greenberg and
David Scott Greenberg

Samuel Alexander

September 11. 2001

Sarah Sernoff Abrams and

Ghana

February 28. 2001

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Judy Kaplan is a public
health editor in the Boston
area She isthecoeditor
of Red Diapers: Growing
Up in the Communist Left
(University of Illinois Press,
1998) Deborah Tellerman
Berkowilz was named
partner in the Ft Lauderdale
office of the firm Ruden
McClosky Smith Schuster &
Russell, PA as of January 1,
2002 Deborah concentrates
her prachce in intellectual
property, including its
development, acquisition,
registration, protection,
licensing, and enforcement in
the United States and abroad.

Dan Garfmkel, Class
Correspondent, 2420 Kings
Lane. Pittsburgh, PA 15241
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I hope everyone who was
able to join us for our 30th
Reunion had a great time
catching up with old friends
and seeing all the changes
on campus Michael
Hammerschmidt Program
Committee chair, Marty
Gross Meyer Koplow, and
Linda Yale ZIotoff Gift
Committee cochairs, and all
of their committee members
should be commended for a
|ob well done,

30th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Janet Besso Becker, Class
Correspondent. 1556
Old Orchard Street. West
Harrison. NY 10504
1973notese'
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Susan Goldberg Benjamin.
Class Correspondent. Ten
Train Band Road. Bedford.
IMY. 10506
1974notes©
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After 12 years as our class
correspondent, Betsy
Sarason Pfau has decided
to turn the position over to
me She remains devoted
to Brandeis, but at this hme,
obligations to her family,
including husband Dan Plau
'73 and their two teenage
sons, have to take priority

I can't wait to reconnect
with all of you. and I hope I
can do as well as Betsy has
done in keeping us updated
and generating enthusiasm
for Brandeis You haven't
heard too much about me
since college. After earning
my M B.A . I was primarily
a commercial banker
financing leveraged buyouts,
with short detours into
management consulting and
retailing For 12 years, I've
been raising two daughters
with my husband. Bob,
volunteering at our local
hospital and elementary
school and keeping my
computer and photography
skills sharp. I /el's getting
email, so please let me know
what you're doing these days,
and in particular, how you
are celebrahng turning 50
this year! Christie Hefner,
former Brandeis Trustee,
was featured in the January
21, 2002 issue of Forbes,
in an article about Playboy
Enterprises. "The Unhappy
Hawker." The reporter noted
that Christie "graduated
summa cum laude in English
and American Literature
from Brandeis University
Playboy was supposed to
be a pit stop on the way
to law school She never
left," The article describes
some of the tough issues
Christie faces at the helm
of the company, which has
a market capitalization of
nearly $300 million Hillel
Korin received a doctor of
Jewish communal service
degree honoris causa from
Hebrew Union College,
Jewish Institute of Religion in
New York in March 2002,
Ralph Martin II, a Brandeis
Alumni Term Trustee
since 2000, resigned as
Massachusetts's Suffolk
County District Attorney
after nearly 10 years, to
join the Boston-based
law firm Bingham Dana
LLP Ralph is a consultant
in Bingham Consulting
Group, which contains a
group ol former high-level
public officials He is also a
partner in the firm's litigation
department Appointed by
former Governor Weld in
1992, Ralph won reelection
in 1994 by a nearly 40
percent margin, becoming
the first African-American
and Republican District
Attorney ever elected to
that position, Ralph was
formerly an adjunct associate
professor ol legal studies
at Brandeis University and
was a lecturer in Civil Trial
Practice at Northeastern
University School of
Law In March 2002 the
Massachusetts Women's
Political Caucus honored
Ralph with a "Good Guy"
award tor his contributions
in the fight tor equal political,

economic, and social rights
for women Marcia Bowling,
M D , gynecological
oncologist in Cincinnati, is
being honored in 2002 by
the organization Speaking
of Women's Health lor her
commitment to "enhance the
quality of life for the women
of Cincinnati. "Marcia,
who was graduated from
University of Massachusetts
Medical School, did her
residency and fellowship at
Massachusetts General and
has lived in the Cincinnati
area for many years She
has a 7-year-old son In
February, I dropped
in to see Sam Brett in
Bloomingdale's (Town
Center, Boca Raton, FL)
He graciously interrupted
his busy schedule to meet
in the women's shoes
department! Sam's been with
Bloomingdale's for 26 years
and is an operating vice
president He and Jill moved
to Florida in 1984 to "beat
everyone else that may be
thinking of retiring'" He still
sees Alan Rosenberg, who
opened up a law prachce
with his wife, Priscilla, in
Melbourne, FL, and is doing
very well, he reports Alan
says Sam hasn't changed a
bit since college, although
I noticed he had shed his
glasses, mustache, and a lot
of weight' Sam reports that
Alan stopped playing golf
with him, because "he always
would lose" Sam and Alan
each have three daughters,
and both have promised
to be at our next Reunion
in 2004 Robert A. Creao,
arbitrator and mediator, gave
advanced meditation training
in Rome. Italy, in June
2001. a negotiation lecture
at the Donetsk National
University Economics and
Law facility in Ukraine and
at the National Schevchenko
University in August and
December 2001 Robert also
returned to Italy, but this
timetoMilanoand Palermo,
to conduct mediation
training in February 2002.
Susan Landau, who is
long overdue tor a vacation,
heads Thompson Street
Entertainment, a production/
management company that
represents writers, directors,
and actors, and has many
projects in development with
major studios and networks,
including Warner Brothers.
Showtime, and PBS She is
executive producer of "The
Great American Songbook."
a thiee-hour documentary
for Warnei Brothers detailing
America's love affair with

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Its songs and songwriters,
hosted and narrated by
Mictiael Feinstein She was
executive producer of All
Over The Guy {200\) ani
producer of The Perfect
you (2001) featuring Jenny
McCarthy, which screened
recently at the Santa Barbara
Film Festival Susan was
executive producer of
(yliramax's An Meal Husband
(1999) with CateBlanchett,
(\/linnie Driver, Julianne
Moore, and Rupert Everett,
which was nominated for two
Golden Globe awards She
was the executive producer
of Cu/fure (1998), nominated
for an Academy Award in
the Live Action Short Film
category and awarded first
prize at the Chicago Film
Festival, And I left out half
of the proiects she's worked
on in the last few years' I
love to read about people I
used to know and hope to
see again soon I encourage
you to drop me a line, even
if it's not something earlh
shattering or award-winning.
Don't be shy'

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75

Barbara Alpert, Class

Correspondent, 272 First

Avenue, #4G, New York, NY

10009

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Malka Alpeil Young was

appointed director of Healing
Partners, a program of
Jewish Family Service of
MetroWest in Framingham,
MA, She was on two panels
at the biennial national
conference of UAHC, the
Synagogue as a Center
for Healthy Aging and
Wellness and the Synagogue
as Healing Center, She
writes, "Yoga has become
my exercise of choice and
helps in parenting two
active teenage girls " Terrie
Epstein (MA '83, history
of American civilization),
assistant professor in the
Department of Curriculum
and Teaching at Hunter
College. City University of
New York, was the recipient
of the National Council lor
the Social Studies (NCSS)
2001 Exemplary Research in
Social Studies Award, This
award acknowledges and
encourages scholarly inquiry
into significant issues and
possibilities for social studies
education Paul E. Line!
announced his candidacy
representing the Democratic
party for Massachusetts
State Representative for
the 37th Middlesex District
including portions of Acton,
Lancaster, Boxborough.
Harvard. Lunenburg, and
Shirley,

Beth Pearlman, Class

Correspondent, 1773 Diane

Road, Mendota Heights, MN

55118

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Now that summer is about
over its time send us a note
or email about the latest
m your life. Your Brandeis
classmates want to know
how you are and what
you're doing! We're looking
forward to reading about you
in the next Class Notes

Mark Kornblatt is a

playwright, storyteller, and
children's book author
This past year he earned
a teaching certificate
from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and
now teaches fifth grade for
the Madison School District
The Association of Jewish
Libraries named his novel.
Understanding Buddy, a
notable children's book of
Jewish content for 2001,

77

Fred Berg, Class
Correspondent, 150 East
83rd Street, #2C, New York,
NY 10028
1977notes@
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Members of the Class of '77
who were able to return to
campus for Reunion 2002
in June had a wonderful
time reconnecting with old
friends and experiencing
a taste of campus life for
the weekend Thanks to
Program Committee cochairs
Fred Berg and Steven
London, Gift Committee
chair Lisa Field, and the
committee members for their
work in putting together a
great weekend of events. All
of you who were not able to
attend were missed and we
hope you will be able to join
us in five years for our 30lh
Reunion'

Lisa FInkel Bouchard lives
with her husband, Peter
Hollands, and sons, Sam
and Gray, in IVlelrose, MA,
She writes, "I retired from
community municipal
government to pursue

my dream and opened
an antiquarian bookstore
in Melrose, Bookmarkit
Books LLC, and an Internet
antiquarian book business,
www bookmark itbooks com.
My son. Gray, will be going
to college in 2003, 1 hope
he chooses Brandeis'"
Donald Forest, a computer
science major, invented
a computer interface for
severely disabled individuals
with cerebral palsy, enabling
these individuals to access
a computer. Since cerebral
palsy frequently results
in impaired speech, the
primary purpose of computer
access is to generate speech
using a speech synthesizer
controlled by the computer
Don has patented the
invention m the United States
and United Kingdom, and
has received grants from the
National Institutes of Health
to support further research
and development Rick Gold
has lived in Washington, D C ,
for three years with his wife,
Bouchra Chati, and children,
Sarah(9), andAdam(7), He
IS in his 22nd year with the
US Agency for International
Development After working
in the F'hilippmes, Mali,
Morocco, and Senegal, he
now oversees development
programs in the former
Soviet Union as well as
reconstruction activities
in Afghanistan Andrew
M. Gross IS a physician
and attorney and owns a
firm specializing in medical
negligence law in Dallas,
He has a wife. Ann Margot,
a 17-year-old daughter.
Rachel, and 11-year-old
twins. Michael and Dana
Tim Mickey, associate
professor of computer
science and director of the
Internet Studies Program
at Brandeis University, was
the faculty speaker at the
Brandeis Breakfast Series for
the Alumni Club of Greater
Boston in December 2001,
Lori H. Leikovltz published
a new collection. Shaping
Losses: Cultural Memory and
the Ho/ocausf (University
of Illinois Press), coedited
with Julia Epstein, She
was also appointed to the
newly established Sadie
Gottesman and Arlene
Gottesman Reft Kolot Chair
in Gender and Judaism
at the Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College, where
she also serves as academic
director of Kolot: The Center
for Jewish Women's and
Gender Studies, She has a
partner, Leonard Gordon,
and their daughters, Ronya
(14), and Samara (9),Ze\(a
Oelbaum announces the
publication of her fine art
photography book, Flowers
in Shadow: A Photographer
Rediscovers a Victorian
BotanicalJournal, by Rizzoli

International Publications,
Her photographs have
been published in many
sources, including The
Hew York Times Magazine.
Metropolitan Home, and
House Beautiful Her work is
in numerous museums and
private collections including
the Brooklyn Museum and
the Polaroid Collection, Her
photographs are represented
by Bonni Benrubi Gallery,
NYC Details about hei book
are available on her Website,
wwwzevaphotccom. She
lives with her husband and
children in Montclair, NJ
Robert Russman Halperin,
vice president and COO for
Harvard Business School
Interactive, was selected to
represent the New England
region as an Eisenhower
Fellow in 2002 Robert will
be looking at issues that are
critical for the successful
development of New England,
focusing on information
technology, particularly
on technology-enabled
executive education. He was
selected lor this fellowship
based upon proven
leadership and success in his
profession, his potential for
continued development, and
his long-term commitment
to the New England region
Jan B. Sandberg is a
contributing writer for The
Buffalo fl/eivs, writing mostly
movie reviews She was a
production assistant and
stills photographer for the
independent feature film.
Manna From Heaven, shot
in Buffalo by Five Sisters
Productions

•7R

25th Reunion
June 19-22, 2003

Valerie Troyansky, Class
Correspondent, 10 West
66th Street. #8J. New York.
NY 10023
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Mazelle Ablon writes, "On
my last day of being 44 years
old, I sold my cheesecake
and desserts business
and I retired' I began my
birthday and a whole new
life the next day!" MarkS.
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Marriages and Unions

Class Name Date

1962 Margo Lederer Howard to Ronald Wemtraub December 23, 2001

1969 Dina Tanners (Dale Nelson) to Howard Cockerham December 23, 2001

Allyn C. Shephard to Robert M, Peters October 20. 2001

1974 Judith Tolnick to Kermit Champa May 31, 2001

1 979 Lisa Levine Levheim to Deborah Feldheim Levheim March 2, 2001

1 986 Daniel Thomas to Susanne Boesch August 25, 2000

Jennifer Rosenberg to Dan Greenberg October 7, 2001

1988 Erica Bunwasser to Peter Thompson February 4, 2002

1 990 Darin Correll to Kaveri Klla November 1 1 , 2000
Victoria Pelcyger to Bruce Segal May 1 4, 1 998
Paul Ruggerio to Nina Bosch July 1 5. 2001
Elizabeth A, Sheehan to Joaquim Fernando Guedes November 1 1 , 2001

1991 liana Manspeizer to Joseph Englander November 11. 2001
Melissa Telzer to Alexander Milne-Pott January 2, 2002

1992 Adam Bernstein to Lisa Sugarman July 21, 2001
Miriam Livner to Matthew Askin August 19, 2001

1993 David J Schwartz to Paige M, Rothbard September 2, 2001
Etan D Spierer to Rivka Madhala June 27, 2001

1994 Rachel M Loonin to Joshua R. Steinerman December 9. 2001
Barbara Tarter to Michael Hirsch September 15. 2001

1995 Leah Blumenthal to David Boonin March 25. 2001
Shan B, Glazer to Mark Schweitzer October 21 , 2001
Nicole H Horberg to Jonahtan Decter September 1 7, 2000
Samara Robbins to Peter Bober November 1 7. 2001
Jessica R Sobczak to Sanjoy Mukheriee October 6, 2001

1996 ErikaL.Lovejoy to Robert J. Wharton September 29, 2001
Amanda Scampoli to Dennis Bray June 24, 2000

1997 Dawn Michelle Carter to Eric Michael Pasters August 11, 2001
Meredith D. Harman to David Steward September 2, 2001
Eryn Klenetsky to William Levis April 21 , 2001
Jennifer L. Rosenberg to Dan Greenberg October 7, 2001
Linda Ellen Rost to Gregory Friedman October 7, 2001

1998 Bonnie M Beretta to Jeb E.B. Chard January 12, 2002
Jennifer Lipman and Mark Shinners August 25, 2001
Audrey N, Rosenberg to Patrick Dulmage September 1 , 2001

1999 Leslie A. Coleman to Glenn Harrison February 10, 2002
Shelley Saber and David Lieberman October 13. 2001

The wedding of Jennifer
Lipman '98 and iVIarlt
Sfiinners '98
Back row, left to rigfit:
Brian Tockman '97, Michelle
Borrus '97, Matt Mitchell '97,
Jennifer Lipman '98, Mark
Shinners '98, Christine
Manavian '97; front, Jeff
Rice '97

The wedding of
Miriam Livner '92 and
Matthew Askin '92
(full list of alumni
pictured in '92 Notes
section)

Art in December 2001 for the
Alumni Club of Long Island
Julian Hyman, senior vice
president of investments at
Salomon Smith Barney in
Boston, spoke with students
at Beyond Peripheral Road,
a Future Alumni of Brandeis
event, in March 2002 Maria
Kaullman hosted a reception
with President Jehuda
ReinharzfPh.D 72. Near
Eastern and Judaic Studies)
at her home in Los Angeles
on February 12, 2002. for
the Alumni Club of Southern
California Anne Stilman
hosted a Faculty-m-the-Field
event, featuring Professor
Robert Art, at her home in
Toronto, for the Alumni Club
of Toronto, on April 14, 2002

79

Ruth Strauss Flelschmann,

Class Correspondent, 8

Angler Road, Lexington. MA

02420

1 979notes'8'

alumni brandeis edu

Leonard and Amy Greenberg
Bard served as event chairs
for Alumni Family Day. where
alumni came out to clieer on
the Brandeis Judges men's
and women's basketball
teams, for the Alumni Club of
Greater Boston on January
27, 2002 Cheryl Hashman
Sheinman and Steven
Sheinman celebrated the
bar mitzvah of their son,
Zachary. in North Miami
Beach, FL, on September
1,2001 In addition to the
Saturday morning service
and Kiddush luncheon,
the festivities included a
beachside barbecue, a late
night Brandeis alumni poker
game, brunch at the home
of Gil and Linda Moskowitz
'80 Drozdow, a reception at
Turnberry Isle Country Club
and a Labor Day poolside
brunch at Steve and Cheryl's
Golden Beach home. A
tun time was had by all!
Additional Brandeis alumni in
attendance included Alberto
Kriger Barry Margolls
Laura Moskowitz Judy
Rubman Ehrlich. Mark
Ehrlich Herb Lazarus David
Kessler Lori Klienhammer
Petchers '80, and Neil
Pelchers '80 Roberta S.
Weinslein-Cohen and her
husband, MarkS. Cohen '78.
hosted a Faculty-in-the Field
event with Professor Robert
Art in December 2001 for the
Alumni Club of Long Island

80

Lewis Brooks. Class
Correspondent. 585 Glen
Meadow Road. Richboro.
PA 18954

1980notes.alumni.brande
IS edu

Scott Corvi/in led AT

Kearney's recent study
with the New York City
Partnership to evaluate the
economic impact of the
September 1 1 tragedy on
key economic sectors in
l\lew York. The study was
prepared with the assistance
of seven ma|or consulting
firms and the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York,
The economicimpact study
has provided a baseline
of the economic impact
and defined private sector
requirements to accelerate
economic recovery. A copy
of the study can be obtained
atwwwnycp.org Deborah
Cummis Sandlaufer lives in
West Orange, NJ, with her
husband, Douglas, and her
son, Sam In addition to her
work for Grotta Glassman &
Hoffman, advising employers
on labor and employment
issues, and litigating those
issues on their behalf, she is
also teaching as an adjunct
professor of law in the legal
writing and research program
at Seton Hall University
Law School in Newark
Laura Duhan Kaplan,
professor at University of
North Carolina Charlotte
(UNCC), was named one of
four US. Professors of the
Year by two national higher
education associations The
annual award recognizes
outstanding teaching Laura
came to UNCC in 1989 from
graduate school, choosing
It because she knew it
emphasized students and
allowed professors to try new
things. She has taught more
than 20 different courses in
the last decade Often, she
has combined philosophy
with other disciplines and
created classes such as
Women in Judaism. Feminist
Philosophy, and Philosophy
of Body, which uses the
practice of Yoga to teach
philosophy Lauren Levy
Miller was appointed to
a newly created seat of
the Circuit Court of the

Classmates from

')79 and 1980 gather
in North Miami
Beach, FL

20th Judicial Circuit by
Governor Jeb Bush on
February 2. 2002. Lauren
has been serving as a senior
ludge on the 20th Circuit
since relocating to Naples,
Florida, in December 1998,
In addition to senior judge
responsibilities, Lauren was
the owner and operator of
Conflict Resolution, Inc., a
mediation and arbitration
business serving the Collier
and Lee County areas. Prior
to that, she had served
the citizens of Miami-Dade
County with distinction as
a circuit court ludge and a
county court ludge, Mark J.
Sack writes, "I had the honor
of representing the United
States at the 16th World
Maccabiah Games held in
Israel in July 2001. 1 was
a member of the masters
basketball team (over age
40) It was a very meaningful
experience because after
living in Israel from 1980
to 1989 I understood how
important having visitors/
tourism IS to Israel. It was
a wondertui trip because in
addition to competing in the
games. I was also able to
visit with family and friends."

'81

David J Allon. Class
Correspondent, 540 Weadley
Road, Wayne, PA 19087
1981 notes®
alumni brandeis.edu

David Allon and his wife,
Andrea, attended the last
four days of the 2002
Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City, including the
closing ceremonies They
have lived in Wayne, PA, tor
a decade, and enioy raising
two boys Selh Arenstein
continues to play trumpet
(he played in the original
Brandeis Jazz Ensemble) in
lazz and symphonic settings
in the Washington, D.C
area, where he works as a
lournalist writing about cable
television Sol W. Bernstein
loinedthe law firm of
Zeichner Ellman & Krause
LLP as a partner in May
2002 He practices
in the firm's transactional
banking, corporate, and

Sol W. Bernstein

80 Brandeis Review

real estate group Sol has
lectured extensively on loan
documentation issues before
the Business Law section of
the Artierican Bar Association
and other groups Rafael
DeLeon is the associate
general counsel. Civil
Rights Law Office, Office
of General Counsel for the
Environmental Protection
Agency in Washington,
D.C, In this capacity, he
supervises a staff of
attorneys who provide legal
and policy guidance and
advice to agency officials
Sharl Goodstein was elected
to partner at Shipman &
Goodwin LLP She practices
in the areas of employment
and intellectual property
litigation and employer
counseling, and is resident in
theStamford,CT, office. She
represents corporations in a
wide range of employment-
related litigations,
arbitrations, mediations, and
administrative proceedings
including discrimination,
wrongful discharge, breach
of employment contract,
non-competition, trade
secret, and business tort
cases Lauren Levy Miller
is a circuit court ludge in
Naples. FL She had her
investiture on February 2.
2002. with over 300 people
in attendance, including
many judges from all over
the country Jackie Gleasons
Ralph Cramden character
always threatened to send
his wife to the moon, and
Michael Lyon may do that,
too. He works in Washington.
D.C. for the company that
sent millionaire Dennis Tito
to the Russian Space Station
in 2001 Sara Rosenfeld.
senior vice president and
comanager of the Brookline.
MA, office of Coldwell
Banker Hunneman, spoke
with students at Beyond
Peripheral Road, a Future
Alumni of Brandeis event,
in March 2002 MarleneA.
Finn Ruberman acquired
a state license to practice
professional counseling in
Connecticut. She specializes
in grief and loss counseling
and education under the
auspices of her private
practice. Kadisha Flealing
Services in Wallingford
Jewish healing and Reiki
healing comprise other parts
of her practice. She and
her husband. Harris, enjoy

watching their son, Arthur,
cox on the crew team at
Choate Rosemary Hall Silvia
Tenembaum Schneider lives
in Kfar Adumim. Israel, with
her husband. Alan and their
fourchildren.Gilad(12).
Ynatan(10).Hadas(6), and
Moriah (1), She is a clinical
psychologist specializing
in learning disabilities and
doing psychotherapy with
adolescents. Anyone visiting
Israel is welcome to call
or visit

'82

Ellen Cohen, Class
Correspondent, 1007 Euclid
Street, #3. Santa Monica, CA
90403

1982notes.alumni.brande
is.edu

I hope everyone who
was able to attend our
20th Reunion celebration
in June had a great time
reconnecting with old
friends and classmates
Special thanks to Lisa Field,
Program Committee chair.
David Abelman and Gary
Edelson. Gift Committee
cochairs. and their
committees for their work
helping to prepare for the
weekend.

Pamela L. Scheinman is

the mother of three. Sam
(6), Jonathan (5), and Lauren
(3). She works part-time
in the Department of
Dermatology at New England
Medical Center, where she
IS the director of the Contact
Dermatitis and Occupational
Dermatology Unit Michael
Sisselman is president
of Wireless Associates,
a telecommunicahons
consulting firm He and his
wife. Karen Dahlman '84.
live in New York City with
their children Jeremy (16)
and Rebecca (11) Jeremy
|ust toured Brandeis and will
apply next yeari

'R3

20tli Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Lori Berman Cans. Class
Correspondent. 46 Oak Vale
Road. Newton. MA 02468
1983notes(a
alumni brandeis.edu

MarkE. Healywas

appointed chief technology
officer at Clark/Bardes
Consulting in Chicago, a
national firm focused on
helping companies keep their
best people by providing
a full array of executive
compensation and beneht
solutions. In this position
Mark will spearhead
company-wide technology
initiatives to institute a

common framework to
coordinate and support the
unique technology needs of
all Clarke/Bardes Consulting
operations and continue to
integrate new acquisitions
More Brandeis news from
the world of entertainment'
He did us all proud on
Jeopardy some years back,
now he's on to other things!
Aside from contributing
songs for the films The Tao
ol Sieve ana Happiness.
Eytan Mirsky has put out
three CDs of his own music,
including the most recent.
Was It Something I Said''
He encourages us all to look
out for his performance
in the upcoming HBO film
American Splendor Eytan
also works as a motion
picture sound editor Mark J.
Schlickman is the co-owner
and medical director of
Apogee Integrated Mental
Health Services Inc. with
offices in Worcester and
Sturbridge, MA. He is
also a certified instructor
and teaches aerobics at
theGreendaleVMCAin
Worcester Ken White and
Gail Glickman '85 announce
the birth of their fourth child,
Elisha Gavriel, who joins
brother, Avishai Ezra, and
sisters, AdinaShira and Liora
Sophie Ken and Gail live
in the gorgeous Jerusalem
suburb of Efrat where Ken
IS a freelance photographer.
They love guests and invite
any Brandeisians who are
interested in visiting to get
in touch

(kgwhitef§netvision.net il)
What else is new? Let
me hear from the rest of
you!— Lori

'84

MarciaBookAdirim, Class
Correspondent, 480 Valley
Road. #B3. Upper Montclair,
NJ 07043
1984notes@
alumni.brandeis.edu

Steven E. Bizar (MA '87.
History), a shareholder in the
Philadelphia office of the law
firm of Buchanan Ingersoll.
addressed a meeting of the
Chemical Industry Lawyers'
Round Table in Manchester.
England, in January 2002

He discussed the
fundamentals of US,
antitrust law. enforcement
practices and trends, and
antitrust compliance Steven
concentrates his practice
on complex commercial
litigation and trials, including
disputes arising under the
antitrust, securities and RICO
statutes, unfair competition
claims, and contract and
business tort matters Lauri
Croce SIreeter departed
her downtown law practice
to |Oin a suburban San
Diego firm that represents
community associations
as their general counsel.
She handles corporate and
real estate transactions in
addition to her specialty,
litigation Lauri lives with
her husband, Byron. in the
home they own located
|ust three miles from the
office Lauri and Byron, who
together enioy traveling and
music, will celebtate their
15th wedding anniversary
in August 2002. Karen
Dahlman is director of
neuropsychology and
assistant professor of
psychiatry at ML Sinai
School of Medicine She
and husband, Michael
Sisselman '82, live in
New York City with their
children Jeremy (16) and
Rebecca (11) Jeremy just
toured Brandeis and will
apply next year! William J.
Poulin-Deltour successfully
defended his thesis, "LeGai
Paris Gay? Making Sense
of American Influence on
French Gay Activism," on
December 3. 2001. for a
Ph D in French cultural
studies from New York
University He is European
legal studies coordinator
at Columbia Law School
Suzanne Waliler Slephan
was promoted to senior
vice president/management
supervisor at Yesawich.
Peppetdine & Brown, an
international advertising
and marketing agency
specializing in the hospitality
industry, Suzanne resides in
Orlando with her husband.
Tom, and 10-year-old
daughter, Alyssa

'85

Steven E. Bizar

James R. Felton. Class
Correspondent, 26956
Helmond Drive. Calabasas,
CA 91301
1985notes®
jiumni brandeisedu

Ellen Baker Weiss is

nviiketing director of The
Children's Heart Foundation
in Florida, a nonprofit
organization that supports
research toward discovering
the causes and improving
the methods of diagnosing,
treating, and preventing

Plan to return
to campus
for Fall Fest 2002
(Homecoming/
Family Weekend)

October 11 -14, 2002.

For full schedule
of events or
to register go to
http://alumni.brandeis.eclu
or coll
800-333-1948.

congenital heart defects.
She lives in the Tampa
Bay area with husband, L
H/Iichael Weiss, and theit
daughters. Lindsey, Danielle,
and Paige Keren Carrtiel
is newly single and keeping
very busy raising "beautiful,
4-year-old Benjamin
Jacob," while pursuing
her real estate business in
the Southeast Florida area.
She hopes to hear from
anyone who lives near or
far via her email address:
kikiloo<g>aol,com Marshall
Fisher is a freelance writer
living in the Berkshires with
his wife, Milela Roe '96
(M A , literary studies, Ph D.
'99. literary studies), and
sons Satchel (4) and Bram
(t) Gail Glickman and Ken
White '83 announce the
birth of their fourth child,
Elisha Gavriel, who joins
brother, Avishai Ezra, and
sisters, AdinaShira and Liora
Sophie. Ken and Gail live
in the gorgeous Jerusalem
suburb of Efrat where Gail
teaches singing and directs
an a cappella choir in her
spare time ("hahi") They
love guests and invite
any Brandeisians who are
interested in visiting to get
in touch

(kgwhiteiSnetvision net il).
Jeffrey A. Landau lives in
l\lew Rochelle, NY, and is
married with two daughters,
Eleana(7)and Danielle (5).
He IS a product development
manager for Digital Printing
Systems, a sfart-up venture,
which brings digital printing
to industrial markets Leslie
M, Pereira received a Ph.D.
m social work from Columbia
University in IVIay 2001 Her
dissertation research focused
on men's experience of risk
and relationship with regard
to HIV prevention She is
an assistant professor of
social work at Marist College,
and enjoys the country life
of upstate New York. Ted
Reinstein(MA '87. theater
arts) IS a producer and
reporter for the television
series. Chronicle, seen on
WCVB, Channel 5, Boston.
He recently played the part
of "Ricky Roma" in David
Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer-
winning hit. Glengarry Glen
Ross in a Boston production.
Mark Sperber became a New
York City teaching fellow in
June 2002, and was assigned
to an underserved school. He
writes, "I'm excited about

the career switch, and also
abitterrihed. I continue to
sail in the New York area and
was hoping to compete with
Team New York in the sailing
competition at the Gay
Games VI in Sydney this year,
but my classroom duties
precluded that. Living in New
York continues to be mostly
wonderful, sometimes
frustrating, and always
surprising "

'86

Beth Jacobowitz Zive, Class
Correspondent. 16 Furlong
Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
1986notes@
alumni. brandeisedu

Lisa Lee Freeman, former
features editor for Working
Woman magazine, spoke
to members of the Alumni
Club of Westchester County
at an event on February
10, 2002, After 11 years of
commuting to New York City
as a retirement plans lawyer,
Allison Potter Klausner
became counsel to the law
hrm of Stanton, Hughes, a
local New Jersey firm, in
February 2001 Allison
and her husband of 12
years. Michael, have three
children, David (9), Daniel
(7), and Sara (5) They live
one mile from her sister,
Hillary Potter LaChance
'89, and her family Jennifer
Rosenberg married Dan
Greenberg m October 2001
and they have since settled
in an apartment in Back Bay.
Boston Elizabeth Averch
Otten and Beth Kozinn
Barest were bridesmaids
Daniel Thomas was married
in Thun, Switzerland, in
August 2000 His latest
book. The Helsinki Effect
International Norms. Human
Rights, and the Demise ol
Communism, was published
by Princeton University
Press in 2001.

'87

"KTCiPSlvSSSt"

Vanessa B Newman, Class
Correspondent, 153 East
57th Street, #2G, New York.
NY 10022
1987notes@
alumni.brandeis.edu

Can you believe our 15th
Reunion has come and
gone? Everyone who was
able to make it back to
Brandeis had a great time
reconnecting with old
friends and discovering
how the campus has
changed. Thanks to Michael
Kivorl. Program Committee
chair, Debbie Berman, Gift
Committee chair, and all of
the committee members who
worked so hard to make the
weekend possible. We hope

everyone will beableto|oin
us in another five years for
our 15thi

Jay Gordon writes. "While
I continue to host my
syndicated radio program.
Elvis Only. I also went down
the career-change path in
2001 and joined Morgan
Stanley as a financial advisor,
based in their Wellesley,
MA, branch office Send
money!" Peter Schilling,
chief technology officer at
Authoria, in Waltham, MA,
spoke to current Brandeis
students at World of
Business and Technology, a
Future Alumni of Brandeis
event, on February 5. 2002
Jessica Shimberg LInd
continues to en|oy lite at
home as the mother of Ian
and Joshua She started a
Rosh Chodesh women's
group at her Columbus. OH,
synagogue and will serve
as copresident of the Beth
Tikvah Sisterhood with her
mother for the next several
years.

'88

15th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Karen Rubenstein Wyle. 1
Devonshire Place, #2912,
Boston, MA 02109
1988notesg'
alumni brandeisedu

Barbara I. Black is an

associate in the divorce and
family group of Burns &
Levinson. LLP. in Boston.
She focuses her practice in
all aspects of divorce and
separation, child custody
and support, prenuptial
agreements, and paternity
matters Her expertise
includes the negotiation and
drafting on comprehensive
divorce and family law
agreements as well as
representation in all areas
of family law through trial.
Adam J. Cheyer is vice
president ol engineering at
Dejima, Inc, a developer
of direct access software
solutions, in San Jose, CA
Adam has been an advisor
to Dejima on technology
and business issues since
1999 and has over 1 5 years

experience in research and
commercial environments in
the areas of applied artificial
intelligence, advanced
human computer interfaces,
and distributed compuhng.
Navy family physician Linda
Garuli Clark, was deployed
to Guantanamo Bay. Cuba,
in January 2002 with Fleet
Hospital Camp Lejeuneto
provide medical care to the
detainees being held there.
The six-month deployment
came at the end of Lindas
service; in the summer
of 2002 she transferred
to the US Public Health
Service Yitzchak (Adam)
Moskowilz writes. "I am
finishing up my third, and
hopefully last, year of a
gastroenterology fellowship
at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola. NY.""
He lives in Glen Oaks, NY,
with his wife Batya, and
children, Rachel. Eliyahu, and
Sarah. In 1999. JodyRubel
formed SisterMonk Harem,
a musical group combining
multicultural rhythms,
imaginative songs, and the
inventiveness of a Seattle
Symphony trombonist.
Travels in the Andes in his
early twenties led Jody to
become a guitarist For 10
years he has sounded this
devotion, keeping an open
mind with yoga and Zen
Jody draws on rhythms from
every culture of the world
Erin Robinson-Lls and Craig
Lis welcomed twin daughters
in January 2002, Craig is
senior director of marketing
and communications for
the Promotion Marketing
Association in New York
City Erin is director of
employee communications
for American Express. They
reside in Sleepy Hollow. NY
Karen Rubensiein Wyle
hosted an Alumni Club
of New York City event
featuring Musicians from
Marlboro at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art on February
22. 2002 Marc M. Tobin
resides in Beit Shemesh,
Israel, with his wife, Dodi,
and four children, Amiel (6).
Gidon (5), Matan (3), and
Moriah (1) Maic moved
to Israel with his family in
August of 1998 from Boca
Raton, FL, where he served
as deputy general counsel for
Slim-Fast Foods Company,
In September of t998. Marc
began his professional
career in Israel as general
counselofdeltathree.com. an
Internet telephony company,
which he helped take
public in November 1999.

In Memoriam

In September 2000. Marc
returned to tils consumer
product roots and cofounded
Back Bay Scientific, a
researcti-orlented company
engaged In the development
and commercialization
of proprietary products
that address mass-appeal
health issues, with a special
emphasis on women's health,
senior health, and quality of
life enhancement. Carole
Zelbow Flegel and Jason S.
Flegel are the proud parents
of twins who were born in
May 2001 , They moved from
New York City to San Diego
In February 2002, where
Jason works tor Source
Interlink Company.

'8ff

Karen Gitten Gobler. Class
Correspondent. 92 Morrill
Street. Newton. MA 02465
1 989notes@
alumni brandeisedu

Knowing many of you well.
I cannot believe you don't
have news to share. Did
anyone get married? Have
kids? Change |obs? Graduate
from schooP It's interesting
to us. as we haven't caught
up in a longtime. Please
forward your news — we're
curious! Felicia M. Epstein
studied Judaism at Pardes
Institute In Israel after
graduating from Brandeis
She remained in Israel for
nine years working in secular
and nonsecular positions,
organizing a women's prayer
group and working for Civil
Rights After meeting her
British husband in Israel,
they married in August of
2000. at the Mt. ZIon Hotel
In Jerusalem. After settling
in England, she decided to
attend law school at the Inns
of Court School of Law. She
completed her studies in
June 2002 and was honored
for her conversational
techniques in a national
"best client interviewer"
contest. Although she
wasn't able to attend, she
was selected to represent
England and Wales In the
student client Interviewing
championships in Tampa.
PL Jeffrey L. Gladstone
and his family relocated to
Ann Arbor. Ml, where he is
pursuing an MBA, from
the University of Michigan
Business School. He
returned to school after 12
years in the textiles industrv.
He remains a member of the
board of directors of Sequins
International Inc He and
his wife. Lauren, have two
daughters. Rebecca (8) and
Danielle (6). Jeffrey stays
Involved with Brandeis by
volunteering for the Alumni
Admissions Council and
interviewing prospective

students Lisa Goldstein

gave birth to Joshua Max
in July 2001, and works
for Moody's Investor's
Service In New York City
Dorianne A. Gould finished
her Ph D in environmental
dynamics at the University
of Arkansas, and wrote the
first Web-based dissertation,
which IS also the test-case
web-based dissertation for
the national consortium. UMI
(ht1p://www-cast uarkedu/
local/dagdiss). In November
2001. she moved and bought
a house in Sugertiese, NY,
to be closer to her parents
and brother, who all moved
to the New York area a few
years ago from Los Angeles
Michael Katz lives with
his wife. Meredith, and
newborn daughter. Esther, in
Manhattan, where Michael is
a principal court attorney in
the New York State Supreme
Court Brian Kelley IS a third
year medical student at the
University of New England
College of Osteopathic
Medicine He is married
with three children and lives
in Kennebunk, ME Peter
B. flichman is assistant
professor of emergency
medicine at the Mayo Clinic
Hospital in Scottsdale.
AZ He lives with his wife.
Joanne, and daughter. Cara
in the same city Mark A.
Saloman is counsel in the
law firm on Grotta. Glassman
& Hoffman. P.A. He handles
employment litigation and
advises clients throughout
the country on all aspects of
employment litigation and
labor relations He lives in
Bernards Township. NJ. with
his wife. Laurie Greenwald
Saloman '88. their daughter
Ariel, and son. Jonathan
Make sure to see the "Births
and Adoptions " section
for more exciting updates
from our class! Keep those
updates coming!

'90

Judith LIbhaber Weber. Class
Correspondent, 4 Augusta
Court. New City. NY 10956
1990notes'S
alumni brandeis.edu

Hello Class of 1990! I
hope that you are all doing
well- Just as much as you
en|oy reading everyone
else's news, your fellow
classmates would love
to hear what you've been
doing. Please send me a note
and share your news. Also,
the Brandeis Review noti

Gwendolyn K. Foley Alraslan

'65. a Natick. MA, middle
school teacher, died January
16, 2002. at the age of 58.
atherhomein Watertown.
She leaves her husband of
35 years. Peter; a daughter,
Lynn; and a son. Gregory.
Richard S. Ames '66. of
Westborough and formerly
of Framlngham, MA, died on
January 28. 2002, He earned
his M,B,A, at Babson College
and was a stockbroker
and real estate agent in
the early 1970s. He was a
management consultant with
ABT Associates in Cambridge
from 1975 to 1980 He
also worked at Maximus
Corporation in Wellesley and
was a self-employed private
management consultant. He
was a member of the Jewish
Workshop in Framlngham.
Richard is survived by
his wife. Nancy; children.
Jeremy and Jessica, his
father. Bernard; his brothers.
Leonard and Arthur; a sister.
Debra; and several nieces
and nephews David M.
Epstein (M. FA '54. music),
former professor of music
at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and director
of the MIT Symphony
Orchestra for 33 years,
died of complications of
lung and liver disease on
January 15. 2002. at the age
of 71. David dedicated the
early part of his career to
training young musicians.
He was a founder of the New
York Youth Symphony and
conducted its debut concert
at Carnegie Hall In 1963
He devoted the latter part
of his career to research
on music and the brain, an
Interest sparked by his belief
that there was a connection
between excellence In
science and excellence in
musicianship He also had a
lifetime commitment to civil
rights, and while at Antioch
College in the 1950s, helped
desegregate barber shops In
Ohio. David is survived by
his wife. Anne; daughters
Eve M. Epsteln-Burianand
Beth S. Epstem-Hounza;
sister. Carolyn Koistinen.
and two grandchildren.
Harold Gelston '53. a
25-year resident of Laguna
Beach, died at home on
June 22, 2001. at the age

of 70. Together with his
wife. Rosalie, he owned
Three Foxes' Trot, Hal was
a regular with the Cedar
Creek Inn lunch crowd and
was well-known for his daily
presence outside his store
In the heart of Laguna, Born
and raised In Boston, he
was an accomplished pianist
who could play virtually any
song by ear, Hal served two
years in the Army and then
worked in advertising In New
York City before moving
to Laguna Beach In 1975,
He is survived by his wife,
Rosalie, daughters Brianne
Howard, Nancy Fries, and
Jeanna MIngram, and five
grandchildren. Jack G.
Handler '56 died of cancer
at his home in Lee. MA.
on February 26. 2002, He
was a trial lawiyer for the
National Labor Relations
Board and counsel to the
Southeast region of the
International Ladles' Garment
Workers Union in Atlanta
He was a representative of
the American Council for
Nationalities Services In
Southeast Asia, and chief
deputy attorney general
for human services for the
state of Pennsylvania. He
taught law. social policy,
and ethics at Antioch New
England Graduate School in
Keene, N,H , Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts in
North Adams and Berkshire
Community College In
PIttsfield, He leaves his
wife, Rodelinde Albrecht;
a daughter. Jessica; and
a sister. Jane, Playwright
Todd Allen Irvine (M FA
'84. theater arts) died
at the age of 41. from
complications from diabetes.
In Minneapolis, on March 4.
2002. In January 2002 he
won a fellowship to polish
a play he completed while
on dialysis. He was a core
member of the Playwrights'
Center In Minneapolis, a
national service organization.
One of his best-known works,
ne Primitive, Inaugurated
the renovated Waring Jones
Theater in March 2001 His
last work-in-progress was
ne Quartering Act, set
during the Revolutionary
War He finished the first
draft days before a kidney
transplant in May 2001, and
filled out his application
for the Jerome Fellowship
from a nursing home. The
fellowship, sponsored by
the Playwrights' Center and
underwritten by a grant from
the Jerome Foundation, is
awarded annually to five
emerging US, playwrights.
He Is survived by his mother.
Fran; father. Frank; and
brother. Jock. Harry D.

Karpeles '67 (Ph.D. '67.
Heller School for Social
Policy) passed away on
September 19. 2001. He
loined the faculty of the two-
year-old Department of Heath
Administration in the School
of Business and Management
at Temple University as an
assistant professor in 1970.
and Immediately became
an integral part of that
fledgling department. Harry,
a World War II veteran,
had a special Interest in the
field of geriatric medicine,
and was also interested
in the interaction of the
legal and social aspects of
medicine. He stayed with
the department until his
official retirement in June
of 1984. and was a much
loved and respected teacher
and advisor for a generation
of graduate students. He
was consulting director for
the department's program
In Continuing Education
for Long Term Care
Administration until 1997,
after which he continued to
participate In the ongoing
continuing education
programs for long term care
administrators until just
a few months before his
death He created the first
comprehensive educational
program for nursing home
administrators that became
the basis for the current
requirement In Pennsylvania,
Harry was a lover of art.
music, and travel He is
survived by his daughter,
Ruth; and son, Ernie, Beth
N. Levine '73, beloved and
respected founding faculty
member of the Abraham
Joshua Heschel School
in New York City, passed
away in February 2002. She
Is survived by her family
including husband. Avi; and
children. Raya. Ell. and Oalia.
Mark N. Pollack (MA. '74.
comparative history), an
accomplished businessman,
died unexpectedly on
February 24, 2002. at
Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston. He was
51 . Mark was the chief
financial officer at Harvard
University Health Services
and Harvard University Group
Health Plan, He also taught
at the Harvard University

Extension School Previously,
he was the budget director at
Harvard Community Health
Plan. He was a member of
the board of directors, the
executive committee, and
chair of the education council
and Temple Emanu-EI in
Marblehead. MA. Mark is
survived by his wife. Miriam;
a son. Lee; a daughter. Julia;
his parents. Jack and Frieda;
and a brother. Howard. Neal
M.Sniilh'60. of Atlanta,
formerly of Framingham.
MA, passed away on March
5, 2002. He IS survived by
his wife. Marjorle; daughters,
Sharon and Michelle; mother,
Pauline Levy Pearlman: and
brother. Charles, Richard
H. Uhlig (Ph.D. '70. Heller)
passed away on March
11.2002, at the age of 78,
Raised in Shaker Heights,
OH, he served in the Army
Air Force during World War
II as a navigator. He served
as research director for the
Health and Welfare Council
In Louisville. KY. the Social
Planning Council of St. Louis,
and the Health and Welfare
Council of Philadelphia. He
was associate professor
of the School of Social
Work at University of North
Carolina. Chapel Hill, from
1973 to 1993, also serving
as associate dean or acting
dean at several times during
this period. He is survived by
his wife, Susanna; daughter,
Barbara Ostroth; son, David;
daughter, Jane Bourette;
step-daughter, Suzetle
Snyder; six grandchildren;
and his former wife, Dorothy
Green

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83 Brandeis Review

welcomes and encourages
wedding/event photos
with Brandeis alumni in
attendance. Hope to hear
from you soon!
Best wishes, Judy.

Stacy M. Borans is a

senior medical director with
Executive Health Resources
In Havertown. PA She
works as a physician liaison
between hospitals and
insurers Christopher Burney
writes, "After Brandeis, I
went to Columbia University
and received my M FA in
theater history and criticism.
I also worked at Lincoln
Center as assistant director
of musical theater for five
years I worked on shows
Including the Broadway
revival of Carousel. Stephen
Sondheim's Passion and
Hello, Again After leaving
Lincoln Center, I loined
Second Stage Theater
in New York City lam
associate artistic director
and have worked on
such shows as August
Wilson's Jitney. Edward
Aibee's Tiny Alice. Stephen
Sondheim's Saturday Night.
and Mary Zimmerman's
Metamorphoses After 1 0
years in New York City I
happily consider myself
a New Yorker" Adam S.
Grundfast is a corporate
attorney at the law firm of
Kudman.Trachten, Kessler,
Rich, and Strull, LLP,
located in the Empire State
Building in New York City.
Robert Klein was appointed
principal of Washington
Academy, a private special
education school in
Northern New Jersey for
students with emotional
and behavioral disabilities
Prior to his promotion, he
was a school social worker,
having received a master's
degree in clinical social
work in 1993. He is also a
doctoral student at New York
University in the department
of educational administration
and supervision After
spending a year in Boston,
Stella Levy Cohen and her
family returned to the New
York City area and now live
in New Canaan, CT Stella
also returned to the Hacklaey
School in Tarrytown, NY,
where she teaches fifth grade
English and serves as class
dean Marc Meisier Is a real
estate attorney practicing in
Baltimore, MD. Just like his
senior year in Ziv suite, he
now lives with all women,
including his wife. Sara, and
his four daughters, Devorah
(7), Esti(5).Nechama(2),
and Shoshana (newborn).
Victoria Pelcyger Segal lives
in Great Neck, NY, with her
husband, Bruce, and baby
daughter, Julia Elizabeth. She
has worked in sales for Pfizer
for the past three years.

'91

Andrea C Kramer, Class
Correspondent, P 0 Box
5496, Takoma Park, MD
20913-5496
1991 notes®
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Tammy Chasan made partner
at the law firm of Margolis
Edelstem in April 2002 She
specializes in general liability
defense, personal injury,
and mortgage foreclosure
Yisroel Markov is a financial
analyst at Massachusetts
Pension Reserves
Investment Management. He
lives in Brighton with his wife
of 11 years and four children.
ErIcM. Roth was promoted
to member of the Nevv York
office of the law firm MIntz,
Levin, Cohn. Ferns, Glovsky
and Popeo, PC , in April
2002 His practice area is
business and finance.

'92

Beth C Manes, Class

Correspondent, 69 Highlands

Avenue, Springfield, NJ

07081

1992notes@

alumni brandeis edu

Thanks to everyone who
traveled near and far to
come back to Brandeis and
celebrate our 10th Reunion.
A special thanks goes to
Chuck and Ellen Rappaport
Tanowltz, Program
Committee cochairs, Yaron
Dori and Erica Dominltz Gift
Committee cochairs, and
their committees for all their
work to make sure a great
weekend was had by all

StaceyBallls IS the director

of education and community
programs at The Goodman
Theater, Chicago's oldest and
largest not-for-profit theater,
best known for it's Tony
Award-winning production of
Death of a Salesman, starring
Brian Denehy. She serves on
advisory boards for several
small theater companies In
Chicago and New York, and
volunteers with Season of
Concern, the Chicago Theater
Community's fundraising
effort in the fight against
AIDS William I. Friedman
was graduated from law
school and clerks for a ludge
in New York City Miriam
LIvner and Matthew Askin

were married in August 2001
in Albuguergue, NM Many
Brandeis alumni were in
attendance, including Andrea
Katsenes '91 Brenda
Massanet Ringel '93
Debbie Shapiro (MA 97,
Near Eastern and Judaic
Studies), Rachel Stern Davis.
Debbie Geller Jennifer
Matzner Lisa Prochazka
'91 Dara Cleln Martin '91
Richard Sloane Matias
RIngal. Brian KIrshner.
Tobias DIenstfrey '93 Sabby
Mionls. and Jonathan Sadeh
Check out the picture in
the "Marriages and Unions"
section I Brian Moore,
vice president of product
marketing and design at
Saucony. Inc., in Peabody,
MA, spoke with current
Brandeis students at World
of Business and Technology
sponsored by the Future
Alumni of Brandeis on
February 5. 2002 Leila
Porter received a PhD in
physical anthropology in
December 2000 from the
State University of New York
at Stony Brook. She received
a Fulbright Scholarship and a
National Science Foundation
grant to conduct her thesis
research She works as a
post-doctoral fellow for the
Chicago Zoological Society,
studying primate behavior
and ecology in the tropical
forests of northern Bolivia
Sydnie Suskind resides
m Los Angeles with her
husband, Yonah Kliger She
is director of development
for TurtleBack Productions,
Inc , a film and television
production company Sydnie
has also written for various
half-hour television series
After three years of teaching
high school Spanish In
the South Bronx, David
Tolchin retired to practice
as a civil litigation attorney
in New York City Darren S.
White and his wile. Holly
S. Oehrlein '93. enioy
many trips to Home Depot
and proiects at their new
home in Chesterfield, VA
Darren practices combined
medicine/pediatrics at
Ironbridge Family Practice
and Pediatrics

'93

10th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Joshua Blumenthal. Class
Correspondent, 11 Leonard
Road, Sharon. MA 02067
1993notes@
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Michael Bruckheim is an

attorney practicing civil

litigation in the General
Litigation Division of the
Office of the Corporation
Counsel for the District of
Columbia He resides in
Bethesda, MD. with his
wife, Merideth, and their
daughter, Hannah Pearl
Gluck's debut documentary
film. Divan, previewed at
the Film Society at Lincoln
Center's New York Jewish
Film Festival in January 2002
For more information, log on
to www divan-thecouch com.
Abby Kasowitz-Scheer was
named head of instructional
programs in the Syracuse
University Library In this
position, she directs and
develops the library's
instructional and Information
literacy programs Abby was
also selected to participate
in the Association of College
and Research Libraries'
Institute for Information
Literacy Immersion '02, held
in July 2002 She resides
inManlius. NY Holly S.
Oehrlein, and her husband,
Darren S. While '92. enioy
many trips to Home Depot
and proiects at their new
home in Chesterfield, VA,
Holly is happily employed
by the Department of
Criminal Jushce Services
and works to enhance the
investigahon, prosecution,
and judicial handling of
child abuse cases Elana
RH Rivel moved to Dallas
to serve as the director of
education at Congregation
Shearith Israel Her child is 3
years old Lori Richmond-
Gershon is an assistant
district attorney specializing
in the prosecution of crimes
against children in Brooklyn
She resides in New York City
with her husband, Timothy,
and son, Zachary Etan D.
Spierer lives in Israel with
his wife, Rivka He works
as an executive in a small,
successful consulting firm
Deborah Waller Meyers
co-edited the book. Caught
in the Middle: Border
Communities in an Era of
Globalization (Carnegie
Endowment, 2001), She
is a policy analyst at the
Migration Policy Institute, a
new. Washington. D C. -based
think-tank, and she happily
resides in Arlington, VA, with
her husband, Bill, and two-
year-old daughter, Amanda.

'94

Sandy Kirschen Solof. Class
Correspondent, 8A Cottage
Street, New Hartford, CT
06057

1994notesg
alumni brandeis.edu

HI. Class of 1994. Ournotes
section IS short but be sure
to check out our "Births and
Adoptions" section, which
IS pretty full (two of our
classmates had twins)! It
doesn't take much time to
send a guick note to update
us about your life I am
sure your fellow classmates
would be glad to hear from
you> Aliza Caspe Mann
received her master's degree
in Jewish education (rom the
Jewish Theological Seminary
in 1996 She Is married and
lives with her husband and
two children InTeaneck,
NJ. Mark Crowley, senior
staff consultant at Verizon
in Waltham. MA, was a
guest at World of Business
and Technology, sponsored
by the Future Alumni of
Brandeis on February 5,
2002 Theodore E. Froum
IS an associate in the
taxation and estates practice
group of Dykema Gossett
PLLC He concentrates on
estate planning, probate
administration, and taxation
law matters He is a member
of the Chicago, Washtenaw
County, IL. Florida, and
American Bar Associations,
as well as the State Bar of
Michigan In addition,
Theodore is a member of the
Washtenavi' County Jewish
Federation YAD Steering

Theodore E. Froum

Committee and a cochair
of the Federation's Cardozo
Society He resides in Ann
Arbor Allan HIrt became
a consultant for Microsoft
Consulting Services in
the New England office
in March 2000 Besides
his daily duties, he has
authored or coauthored
four chapters of the book

SOL Server 2000 Resource
Kit. spoke at TechEd (2001
and 2002) and SQL PASS
(2002) conferences, and
has had a few whitepapers
published (as a solo writer
and a contributor) on
microsoft com. His jazz
ensemble's latest CD was
released in the spring of
2001, and the newest one. a
big band proiect, is due to be
recorded in the fall of 2002.
He IS also the cowebmaster
of StyxCollector.com, as
well as the webmaster
of BobMintzer com.
Avytal (Tally) Izaak
received a doctorate in
clinical psychology from
the Chicago School of
Professional Psychology
on July 9, 2001 She works
as a psychotherapist with
chronically mentally ill
adults at the Conhnuing
Day Treatment Program of
Pesach Tikvah, located in
the Williamsburg section of
Brooklyn. NY Rail Levavy
IS stage manager for the
national tour of Peter Pan
for Theaterworks USA,
and previously was stage
manager for Sundiata, The
Lion King of Mall. After
performing in the Broadway
national tour of Mamma Mia,
Daniel 0. Levine was back
on Broadway in the Rocky
Horror Picture Show. He is
on tour with Tommy (Los
Angeles. Las Vegas, and
Washington, D C.) playing
"Cousin Kevin." Steven Most
spent two months traveling
through New Zealand
In the summer of 2001,
researching and writing tor
the 2002 edition of Let's
Go fJew Zealand, vihich is
available in bookstores. He is
finishing a PhD. at Harvard
University and plans to take
a post-doctoral position
.It Vanderbilt University in
Nashville Robyn Welfeld
Hartman has a new tie
to Brandeis, as assistant
director of alumni relations.
She works out of Brandeis
House In New York City
and focuses on alumni club
management and New York
Regional Alumni Annual
Fund She and her husband.
Josh, are having fun raising
their twins, Bailey and
Addison, who celebrated
their first birthdays in
January 2002

'95

Suzanne Lavin, Class

Correspondent, 160 Bleecker

Street, #4HE, New York, NY

10012

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84 Brandeis Review

College Law School in May
2001. She is a Dorot Fellow
and lives in Jerusalem with
her husband, Jonathan,
She plans to begin her
legal career as the AFL-CIO
General Counsels Office
Legal Fellow in Washington,
D.C Jennifer Einstein
joined the Office of
Communications and Public
Affairs at The Rockefeller
University in New York City
Sheri B. Glazer is a general
dentist in New York City and
Long Island She is also an
attending dentist at Peninsula
Hospital Center She was
married in October 2001 at
Flowerfields in St James,
NY. and Dara Lifshultz was
her maid of honor, Sheri and
her husband. Mark, reside
on Long Island Andrea
Dobrick-Haney received an
M.A. in rabbinicsand was
ordained a conservative
rabbi in May 2002. Andrea is
working on another master's
degree in Jewish education
at the Hebrew University She
lives in Jerusalem with her
husband, Fitz Jill Mulchings
was recognized by Secretary
of State Colin Powell for her
work after the September
11 terrorist attacks She
was one of two individuals
selected to represent the
1.200 State Department
employees who worked on
taskforces after the tragic
events Jill has been special
assistant to the coordinator
for counterterrorism since
June 2000. and plans to join
the Foreign Service in the
fall of 2002 After completing
a one-year internship
in Baton Rouge. LA. in
August 2001. Alexis Kulick
received her Ph.D. in clinical
psychology from Bowling
Green State University.
She was awarded the only
post-doctoral fellowship in
behavioral medicine at Kaiser
Permanente in Oakland.
CA, where she resides. She
plans to take the national
licensing exam and to
reside in southern California
when she completes her
fellowship. After graduating
from Brandeis. Elisha Fara
Landman attended Cardozo
School of Law. during which
time she went to Moscow
with the American Theatrical
Exchange Initiative and
worked with the Russian
government to establish
an enforcement system
for dramatic copyright law.
She also worked in labor
relations for Walt Disney
Theatrical before and during

the Broadway premiere
of The Lion King Upon
graduating from Cardozo
in 1998, Elisha relocated
to Los Angeles to pursue
a career in entertainment
law Included among her
clients is pop-star Tiffany
("I Think We're Alone Now"),
who performed at Brandeis
during Bronstein Weekend
2001 Darlene Negbenebor
completed her final year of
internal medicine residency
at St Vincent's Hospital in
New York City She began a
gastroenterology fellowship
in July 2002 Antony "Ray"
Seluadurai receiveda J D
from St John's University
School of Law in 2001 He
IS professor of international
law and legal technology
at CUNY-Brooklyn, NYCTC
and IS a member of CUNY
Elder and Immigration
Law Clinic He also keeps
in touch with the game of
soccer as director of high
school coaching for the
Manhattan Soccer Club and
he IS also on the soccer staff
at Montclair State University
in New Jersey Ray resides
in Ridgewood, NJ Rachel
M. Schneider was graduated
from Hunter College School
of Social Work in 1999, lives
in New York City, and works
at Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center's Lung
Transplant Program.

'97

'96

Janet J. Lipman. Class
Correspondent. 3520 Lebon
Drive. Apt 5204. San Diego,
CA 92122
1996notesia
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Suzanne M. Casey writes,

"I am still working in the
development research office
at Brandeis, while also
doing some part-time work
at the Workmen's Circle
as the office manager I
started my own business as
an independent Mary Kay
consultant and I'm having
a blast' I enioyed luggling
lots of responsibilities while
in school and I definitely
still love variety'" After
receiving a master's degree
from Brandeis, Melissa Joy
Federman (MA '97, Near
Eastern and Judaic Studies)
IS pursuing a master's in
social work administration
from Columbia University
Lisa Sherrod was graduated
from Hastings Law School.
San Francisco, in May 2001,
She passed the California
Bar exam in November
2001. and is employed
as a biotechnology patent
attorney at Fish and Neave.
Palo Alto. CA,

Joshua Firstenberg, Coclass
Correspondent, 96 29th
Street, #2, San Francisco,
CA94110
1997notes@
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Pegah Hendizadeh Schiffman,
Coclass Correspondent, 57
Thornbridge Drive, Stamford,
CT 06903
1997notes@
alumni.brandeis.edu

Everyone who was able to
make it back to Brandeis for
our 5th Reunion had a great
time reconnecting with old
friends and spending time
on campus A special thanks
goes out to Leigh Harrison
Kessler and Stacy Norden
Program Committee cochaiis,
Ruth Jacobs Adam RIfkIn
and Michael Salvetz, Gift
Committee cochairs, and
their wonderful committee
for organizing the weekend
We missed all of you who
couldn't make it back to
campus, and hope you'll
fill us in with what's new in
your life!

LorieBarrGreenbergand
David Scott Greenberg are

the proud parents of Samuel,
born in September 2001
Lone was graduated from
SUNY Downstate Medical
School in May 2002, and
David was graduated from
Fordham Law School in the
same month In February
2002, Kerri L. Berney
wrote an episode of the
Scholastic Entertainment
animated television show,
/Spy, coming to an HBO
Family Channel in early
2003 After a lew years
in the corporate world as
a product manager and
some great times travelling
around the world, Melllssa
Capano now teaches
Spanish at a charter school
in Lawrence, MA, She is also
working towards an MA in
education at Tufts University
Steven Leigh DavldoH
was graduated Irom Tulane
School of Medicine and is
working on a residency in
internal medicine Meredith
D. Harman Stewart
married David Stewart in
September 2001, in Los
Angeles. Brandeis alumni in
attendance included Pegah
Hendizadeh Schiffman.

Selh Schillman '95. Alisa
Zelman Rachel Rosen.
Jason Edelman '95. and
Matthew Kirschen '00

Meredith and her new
husband reside in West Lcs
Angeles BrettJ. Horowitz
joined Nason Yeager as an
associate in the real estate
and litigation practice group
He received his law degree
from Florida State University.
Eryn Klenetsky Levis was
graduated from Loyola
University's Strich School
of Medicine in Chicago, in
2001, and is in a residency
program at Northwestern
University Medical Center,
She resides in Oak Park, IL,
with her husband, William
Thomas Alexander Peyton
lives in Chicago and is
pursuing an M FA m film
and video His experimental
electronic musical duo.
Vicycle, just finished their
hrst, self-produced album,
Cossacks on Horsebacks
He IS collaborating with
Jonathan "Swifty" Lange
'98, on a so tar untitled
musical protect Mark
Rosenleld writes, "After
Brandeis 1 spent one year
working in the family
business before returning
to school In May 2000
1 earned an MBA from
Bentley College and spent
the next year working in
Boston's online advertising
industry. 1 have since
rejoined my family as a real
estate developer in Boston's
suburbs Linda Ellen Host
was graduated from Stanford
Law School in May 2000
and works as a patent
attorney for Fish & Neave
She was married in October
2001. by Mauri Ann Ziff '92
(MA, psychology, PhD '95,
psychology)

'98

5th Reunion
June 20-22, 2003

Alexis Hirst, Class
Correspondent. 502 East
79thStreet,#5D. New York,
NY 10021
1998notes®
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A few weeks ago, while on
my way home from work,
1 ran into an old Brandeis
friend one whom 1 hadn't
seen since graduabon. It's
amazing to think about
what has happened since
we officially became alumni
almost four years ago. Share
your news and excitement
with everyone through Class
Notes, at least until you run
into some old friends This is
what is going on in the life of
some '98ers,

Bonnie M. Beretta and
JebE.B. Chard were
married in January 2002,

What are you doing
Columbus Day weekend?

Plan to return
to campus
for Fall Fest 2002
(Homecoming/
Family Weekend)

October 11-14, 2002.

For full schedule
of events or
to register go to
http://alumni.brandeis.edu
or call
800-333-1948.

Fall Fest 2002 is
geared towards severa
different groups of
people: alumni,
families, and students,
All events are open to
everyone.

October 11 -14, 2002.

Bonnie is enrolled in the
Yale University Ptiysicians
Assistant Program, wtiile
Jeb received a master's
from Rensselear Polytectinic
Institute Jennifer Gruda
worl<s as an associate at
CrowellS, Moring, LLP,
vuhere she practices labor
and employment la«/
She is a member of the
Virginia Bar In January
2002 Benjamin T. Kantor
became general manager
of RadioBoston com, a
live Internet broadcaster
dedicated to playing and
promoting the music ot
Boston and New England He
is also on the air five days
a week Benjamin writes, "I
never thought my years at
WBRS would lead to this,
but they did (thanl<s to
Jeffrey "J.J. " Berney '96
Ctiarles "Casey " Safron,
Brianna Campbell '97
Leana Lyons Ofer Inbar '93,
and JosliTurnof '99) Feel
free to call me to talk about
music and shows " Toni L.
Kelly IS attending the M.B.A,
program at Pepperdine
University in California and
will finish in December 2002
She works in the accounting
and finance department of
The Cheesecake Factory
Corporate Office in
Calabasas. CA Jennifer
LIpman and Mark Shlnners
were married at the Sebasco
Harbor Resort m Sebasco
Estates, ME, in August
2001 Fellow Brandeisians in
attendance were groomsman
Jeffrey Rice '97, Michelle
Borrus '97 Christine
Manavian '97 Brian
Tockman '97, and Matthew
Michell '97 Jennifer, who is
a fourth-year medical student
at the University of Vermont
College of IVIedicine, and
(Wark, reside in Portland, ME
Eric Pressman, a usability
engineer at Macromedia,
in fjewton, MA, spoke to
current Brandeis students
at World ol Business and
Technology, a Future Alumni
ot Brandeis event, on
February 5, 2002 Audrey
N. Flosenberg is a writer
for CNN Headline News
She lives in Atlanta, with
her husband, Patrick
Joshua Skarloff edited his

first commercial for AT&T
Broadband He is in the
process of writing his first
screenplay, directing a music
video, and editing atelevison
pilot episode Jonathan Stein
and Miriam Heller Stein
live in Berkeley, CA, where
Jonathan is a third-year
law student at Boalt Hall,
University of California
Berkeley, and Miriam is a
second-year doctoral student
in education at Stanford
University

David Nurenberg, Class

Correspondent, 231 Elsmore

St , Apt. #8, Concord, MA

01742

t999notes'S'

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As we entered the
palindromic year 2002 (we
won't see another until 2112),
we are reminded that nothing
lasts forever, not even those
"©brandeis edu" addresses
we all signed up for back in
'99 On the plus side, we now
get "igialumni. brandeis edu"
addresses, so be sure to
sign up for yours at http
//alumni brandeis.edu before
you fall out of touch Stay
on top of your email, and
keep sending it my way Eli
Lesser-Goldsmith wrote me
about his busy last couple
ol months as he opened the
first online grocery store
in Vermont, worked for
Subaru of North America
on their WRX rally Website,
and built commercial real
estate Websites for Ansonia
Realty and LeffertsFore
LLC in New York My old
freshman hallmate, Shelley
Saber, married David
Lieberman in October,
2001 in Chestnut Hill, MA,
while another treshman
hallmate, Tara Wasserman,
received a master's degree
in theater management from
Wayne State University in
Detroit Tara worked for
the Williamstown Theater
Festival before accepting a
position in the marketing
department of Alvin Alley
American Dance Theater
in New York Mechan
Slulzky IS pursuing an MA
in educational theater at
New York University, which
will lead to a teaching
certification in theater and
English Transitioning away
from the New York theater
scene. Matt Sugarman
quit his job in NYC as an
executive at a movie studio
back in September 2001,

and moved to Los Angeles
to start his studies at the
University of Southern
California Law School, Matt
joins a fine tradition of
Brandeis alumni pursuing
law, including Michael
Feinberg, who is "currently
at Northwestern University
School of Law, where, in
addition to the standard
coursework, I will soon be
conducting research on
the constitutional framers'
intentions and the law of
contracts This summer I
was in Washington, DC ,
working for the Institute for
Justice, a libertarian think
tank and legal clinic " After
working at Williams and
Connolly, LLP, a law firm
in Washington DC , Jesse
Wald returned to law school
at the University of Michigan,
which he describes as
an "incredible community
of sweet and brilliant law
students and professors "
Those who remember Jesse's
role at 'Deis as rep to the
Board of Trustees will find
it no surprise that he was
elected to serve a two-year
term at UMich as the student-
elected representative to
the Board of Governors
Jesse has also loined the
University Musical Society's
Choral Union Daniel Yunger
completed his second year of
law school at the University
of Pennsylvania He worked
in the New York office of
SkaddenArps during the
summer 012002 Not all
grad school is law school,
of course, and Nageeb
All started his Ph D in
economics (game theory)
at Stanford in September
2001 He writes, "It's been
wonderful to return to
school, and move to a place
with academics as good
as Brandeis, but better
weatheri I'll be around here
lor a few years, so I hope to
see some of you around "
Lindsay Goliiwert completed
her master's in journalism
program from New York
University in January 2002,
and works at Mane Claire
magazine Glenn Etlman
used to live nearby in New
York, trying the theater scene.

but has since "moved back
to his original intention" and
IS now studying to be a rabbi
at Hebrew Union College.
For reasons rabbinical
and secular alike. Israel is
never far from the minds of
many Brandeis alums, and
our class proves to be no
exception Matt Friedman
has been "gainfully employed
by the Jewish Federation
in Cleveland for over a
year now, promoting Israel
programs to teens It has
obviously been difficult,
but I love my work and I'm
enioymg lite on the North
Coast Brian Goldberg
qualified as a representative
of the State of Israel for the
2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City in the sport of Luge,
but did not compete, "due
to the current policies of the
Israeli Olympic Committee."
This summer I, David
Nurenberg, spent a lew
weeks in China, and spent
time before going practicing
my skills with chopsticks.
You can reach me via phone,
email, or letter, but please do
reach me, so I can help you
reach the hundreds of former
classmates you have out in
the world, waiting to hear
what you're up to "Once
more unto the breach," David
Nurenberg.

00

Matthew Salloway. Class
Correspondent, Sanson
Place East, Box 968, 3600
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 91494
2000notes(9
alumni, brandeis.edu

Mark Eskandar, a Domino
developer at IBM. was a
guest at World of Business
and Technology, sponsored
by the Future Alumni of
Brandeis, on Februarys,
2002 Richard Maletsky
completed his second year of
law school at the University
of Pennsylvania He split
his summer between the
New York and Chicago
offices of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom
Seth Politano completed
his first year of medical
school at Nova Southeastern
University College ol
Osteopathic Medicine in Ft.
Lauderdale. He was elected
student representative of the
Ml class and nominated by
his class for the "Student

Doctor of the Year" award,
competing against ottier
medical students across the
country Joshua Sunshine
completed a master ol arts
in teaching (MAT.) degree
at Johns Hopkins University
and was graduated with
highest honors in May 2002
He teaches social studies at
his former high school in
Potomac, l\/ID

'01

WenLin Soh, Class
Correspondent, 5000 C
Marine Parade Road, #12-11,
Singapore 449286, or Class
of 2001, Brandeis University,
MS 124, PO Box 549110,
Waltham, MA 02454-91 10
2001notese:'
alumni, brandeisedu

Catherine Bernard is

an administrator at New
England Financial in
Waltham, MA Meera
Bhalotra is serving as a
Brandeis alumni mentor. The
mentor program was created
in order to enable alumni to
provide practical guidance
to first-year students
Shana Ratafia-Brown is
a law student at Emory
University Paolo Cova is a
programmer at Randomwalk
Computing in New York
City. Mark Harrison IS in
medical school at Harvard
University, Jonathan
Brickman is an analyst with
Lehman Brothers in New
York Marjorie Bunch is a
student at Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School,
Jamie Cohen is a marketing
analyst at Gilco Sports,
Martha Flumenbaum Is a
student at Brooklyn Law
School Jessie Glasser and
Aaron Miller are students
at Tutts University School
of Medicine. Jessie loined
Lee Goldstein as guests at
Beyond Peripheral Road, a
Future Alumni of Brandeis
event in March 2002,
and spoke to graduating
seniors about life after
college. Krislophe Karami
is a research associate at
Aphios Corp in Woburn, MA
Kirsten Kucharik is a student
at Harvard Law School,
Michael Parras is in law
school at Boston University.
Jaime K. Shapiro, a resident

of Culver City, CA, has begun
studies at Southwestern
University School of Law
She is enrolled in the
school's day program, a
three-year course of study
leading to the Juris Doctor
degree Matthew Sieger and
Andrea Sorokin are students
at Mount Sinai Medical
School Amy Posner is in
law school at Northwestern
University in Chicago

'02

Hanna Johnson, Class
Correspondent, 68 California
Street, Watertown. MA 02472
2002notes(g
alumni.brandeis.edu

Greetings to the class of
20021 Our tour years at
Brandeis have flown by— but
keep those college memories
alive by updating us with
your current activities!
Some of us have opted to
continue our education on
the post-graduate level,
with many members of
our class attending top law
schools, medicine schools,
and other post-graduate
degree programs Good
luck to everyone who will be
venturing into new schools
and new programs this
fall! Other members of our
class have plunged headfirst
into what we call the Real
World It may not be as fun
or dramatic as MTV depicts
the Real World to be, but
at least we will be earning
some money and doing
things on our own, (Just so
we can start paying back all
those loans, of course , . .)
Whether you've successfully
completed your |ob search
or are just beginning, best of
luck in finding the right jobi
Please take a few minutes to
update our sources with your
whereabouts and activities
You can do so by going to

http://alumni. brandeis edu
The next issue of the Bisndeis
Reviewwll feature a much
more in-depth report on
the activities of the Class of
2002, so go to the Website
and update us!

Grad

Steven E. Bizar'84(M A

'87, history), a shareholder
in the Philadelphia office of
the law firm of Buchanan
Ingersoll, addressed a
meeting of the Chemical
Industry Lawyers' Round
Table in Manchester,
England, in January
2002. He discussed the
fundamentals of US.
antitrust law, enforcement
practices and trends, and
antitrust compliance Steven
concentrates his practice
on complex commercial
litigation and trials, including
disputes arising under the
antitrust, securities and RICO
statutes, unfair competition
claims, and contract and
business tort matters
Fran Lisa Buntman '90
(IW M H S , human services
management) will take up
an assistant professorship
in the sociology department
of George Washington
University, which will
begin in the fall of 2002.
Terrie Epstein '75 (MA.
'83. history of American
civilization), assistant
professor in the Department
of Curriculum and Teaching
at Hunter College, City
University of New York,
was the recipient of the
National Council for the
Social Studies (NCSS) 2001
Exemplary Research in
Social Studies Award This
award acknowledges and
encourages scholarly inquiry
into significant issues and
possibilities for social studies
education. Eric S. Furtine
'88(Ph D , biochemistry)
IS vice president of
preclinical development for
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,
Inc, a North Carolina
biopharmaceutical company
that discovers, develops, and
intends to commercialize
medicines for the treatment
of serious medical
conditions Mary Grant '00
(Ph D,, social policy) was
appointed president of the
Massachusetts College
of Liberal Arts on March
14, 2002 Prior to this
position, Mary was chief
academic officer and deputy
chief executive officer of

UMassOnline, a university
program that allows students
to take classes over the
Internet, She was also a
public affairs professor
at the Boston campus ol
UMass Carl S. Ledbetter
'75 (MA , mathematics) is
senior vice president lor
engineering/research and
developmental Novell, Inc ,
a provider of Net business
solutions, located in San
Jose, CA He also retains
his chief technology officer
role. Carl is responsible
for all Novell engineering
research and development,
and product management
worldwide, including
Novell's engineering in
Prove, Bangalore, India,
Massachusetts, and
California Daniel Liberzon
(Ph D '98, Math), assistant
professor of electrical and
computer engineering
at University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
received one of the National
Science Foundation's most
prestigious awards for
young faculty, A recipient of
the CAREER Award, Daniel
received an endowment
over five years to design
and develop hybrid control
algorithms for nonlinear
dynamical systems CAREER
Awards recognize and
support the early career-
development activities of
those teacher-scholars who
are most likely to become
academic leaders of the 21st
century. They are selected on
the basis of creative, career-
development plans that
effectively integrate research
and education within the
context of the mission of
their institution. Deborah
E. Lipstadt (M A '72. Near
Eastern and Judaic Studies;
Ph.D. '76, Near Eastern and
Judaic Studies) was awarded
an honorary doctorate at
the 2002 gala dinner of the
American Friends of Bar-llan

University, held at New York's
Pierre Hotel, Mileta Roe
(M.A, '96, literary studies,
Ph.D '99, literary studies)
lives in the Berkshires with
her husband, Marshall
Fisher '85, and sons Satchel
(4) and Bram(1) Claude
J. Sandroff (Ph D '82,
chemistry) was appointed
vice president of corporate
strategy at TeraBurst
Networks, Inc., a developer
of optical switching and
transport systems for
optical networks Lawrence
H.Suld(M FA '71, theater
arts) gave a presentation
at the Museum of Modern
Art in New York in June
2002, about the relationship
between the him industry
and the armed services. The
revised, expanded edition
of his first book. Guts and
Glory, was published by the
University ol Kentucky in
May 2002, First published
in 1978, the book remains
the definitive study of the
relationship between the
film industry and the United
States armed services The
new edition carries the story
up to the present and to
the recent military movies
Black Hawk Down and We
Were Soldiers. Lawrence
also organized a six-part
series on the Hollywood/
military relationship for the
Smithsonian Institution
in Washington. D,C. The
series ran for six weeks in
the summer of 2002 and
included appearances by
military, government, and
film people talking about
the symbiotic relationship
between the two institutions.
The Naval Institute selected
him as the 2001 Naval
History author of the year as
a result of three articles he
wrote for the organization in

2001 about the movie Pearl
Harbor Jennifer Zwilling
(M,A. '98. Jewish communal
service) received the Etz
Chayim Award, the NAA's
(North American Alliance for
Jewish Youth) newest award
of recognition, at the January

2002 conference in Florida.
The Etz Chayim Award

is presented to a young
professional in the field from
two to five years who has
made a unique contribuhon
to his or her organization
and/or the field of informal
education. Jennifer has
beenwiththeJCC of Greater
Boston since she was
graduated from Brandeis and
IS regional youth director and
director of the Teen Program
at the JCC.

87 Brandeis Review

Robert and Kathryn Preyer

Robert Preyer is no
stranger to Brandeis
University. He was a
member of the faculty
from 1954 to 1987,
serving as assistant
professor and professor
of English. In addition,
he was the first director
of the University Studies
Program, served as
chair of the English
department, served on
the University's Faculty
Senate (as chair for a
number of years), and
was a member of the

Rose Art Museum Board
of Overseers. Today,
Robert Preyer and his
wife Kathryn (Kitty)
Preyer continue their
long-term dedication to
Brandeis by generously
supporting the Preyer
Scholarship Endowment
and the Transitional
Year Program and Posse
Program. They are
members of the Sachar
Legacy Society, having
made the important
commitment to include
Brandeis in their estate
plans.

One of the highlights
of Preyer's tenure
at Brandeis was
helping to create the
Transitional Year

Program (TYP) in 1968.
TYP provides students
from disadvantaged
educational and
socioeconomic
backgrounds with the
skills and confidence
they need to succeed in
four-year colleges and
universities, including
Brandeis. Preyer has
positive memories about
teaching in the TYP.
"The students were
amazingly smart," he
says, teaching him and
the other instructors a
great deal during each
class.

Preyer was attracted to
the TYP because the
program exemplified his
long-held beliefs in social
justice and equality for
all people, regardless of
race or socioeconomic
background. He
learned from his family
the patience and
perseverance required
to introduce more
humane social attitudes
within an existing
community, and the
skills required to make
these long-term changes.
Preyer has upheld these
principles through his
work with the TYP and
with many other social
justice organizations,
including the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund and
the New England ACLU
Foundation.

Last year, Preyer
joined the President's
Advisory Council for
the Transitional Year
Program and Posse
Program. The Posse
Program, founded by a
Brandeis alumna in 1989,
recruits and trains urban
high school students to
become campus leaders
in promoting diversity,
tolerance, and cross-
cultural communication.

Preyer is deeply
gratified that, after
54 years, Brandeis is
still committed to its
founding principle of
social justice. Brandeis
University is fortunate
to count Bob and Kitty
Preyer as part of an
esteemed group of
alumni and friends who
support Brandeis and
believe in its future as
an influential academic
institution.

For more information
about gift opportunities
at Brandeis University,
please call the Office
of Development and
Alumni Relations at
800-333-1948, extension
64069

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