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Alumni  Monthly 


Brown 


April  1993 


Alumni  Monthly 


8     Under  the  Elms 

Graduate  School  Dean  Phil  Stiles  becomes  provost  at 
North  Carohna  State  .  .  .  Anne  Diffily  '73  is  the  BAM's 
new  editor  and  Brucie  Harvey  '78,  managing  editor  . .  . 
the  Brown  Band  orders  -  gasp!  -  uniforms  . . .  Pembroke 
Library  packs  up  its  books  ...  a  conference  on  race  in 
America  ,  . .  and  vast  chains  of  volcanoes  are  discovered 
under  the  South  Pacific. 


18  Community  Medicine 

To  bring  Brown's  medical  school  into  the  top- 
most ranks,  new  dean  Donald  Marsh  will  have 
to  navigate  the  changing  eddies  of  local  and 
national  politics.  B\f  Irene  Wielnwski 


24  Savage  Humor 

Playwright  Paula  Vogel  will  make  you  laugh.  She  may 
even  make  you  cry.  She  will  definitely  make  you  face 
some  tough  questions.  By  Ronn  Smith 


30  No  Longer  New 

The  curriculum  is  a  far  cry  from  that  imple- 
mented in  1969,  but  students  still  say  it's  what 
brings  them  to  Brown.  By  Jonuim  Norland 


34  Zoe,  Kimba,  and  You 


How  well  does  the  United  States  care  for  its  kids?  Not 
very,  says  Barbara  Reisman  '71.  She  heads  the  Child 
Care  Action  Campaign.  By  Ann  Cohen 


Departments 

Carrying  the  Mail 

2 

Books 

7 

Sports 

16 

The  Classes 

36 

Alumni  Calendar 

45 

Obituaries 

54 

Finally 

56 

Cover:  Dean  of  Medicine  Donald  Marsh, 
photographed  on  the  roof  of  the  Sciences 
Library  by  John  Foraste. 


Volume  93,  Number  7 


BroiAnti 

Aluiiuii  Moiilhli/ 

April  -1993 
Volume  93,  No.  7 


Carrying  the  Mail 


Editor 
Anne  Hinniiin  Diffily  '73 

Managing  Editor 
Charlotte  Bruce  I  lorvey  '78 

Art  Director 
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Editorial  Associate 

Jiimes  Reinhiilci  '74  A.M. 

Photography 

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Design 

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Editorial  Intern 

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Board  of  Editors 

Chairman 

Peter  W,  Bernstein  '73 

Vice  Chairman 

Stacy  E.  Palmer  '82 

Ralph  J.  Begleiter  '71 

Philip  J.  Bray  '48 

Douglas  O.  Gumming  '80  A.M. 

Rose  E.  Engelland  '78 

Lisa  W.  Foderaro  '85 

Annette  Grant  '63 

Martha  K.  Matzke  '66 

Gail  E.  McCann  'y^ 

Cathleen  M.  McGuigan  '71 

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"The  Price  of  Admission" 

Editor:  1  rend  witli  great  interest  Betsy 
White's  article,  "Tlie  Price  of  Admission" 
(BAM,  Winter).  1  have  been  involved 
with  Brown  from  nasp  activities  to  cit 
fundraising.  Currently,  I  am  a  cochair 
for  Brown's  campaign.  I  couldn't  agree 
more  with  President  Gregorian's  state- 
ment, "What  are  ijoii  doing?"  I  am  dis- 
appointed with  fundraising  levels  from 
the  recent  classes.  Their  levels  are  far  be- 
hind their  counterparts  from  Dartmouth 
and  Princeton.  When  these  students 
graduate  they  will  have  an  opportunity, 
by  raising  and  contributing  funds,  to 
eliminate  financial-aid  constraints  as 
an  issue. 

Peter  Lycurgus  '78 

Saratoga,  Calif. 

Editor:  Three  missing  factors  struck  me 
as  I  read  "The  Price  of  Admission." 

1.  Any  significant  expression  of  grat- 
itude on  the  part  of  students  who  bene- 
fit or  have  benefited  from  financial  aid, 

2.  any  discussion  of  how  past  recip- 
ients of  aid  have  benefited  the  Univer- 
sity through  their  actions  of  support  after 
graduation,  and 

3.  any  strong  commitment  on  the 
part  of  critics  to  support  the  University's 
needs  in  the  future. 

No  one  should  feel  entitled  to  finan- 
cial aid.  Its  existence  reflects  something 
universities  must  do  as  they  compete 
to  excel.  Faculty,  physical  plant,  and  the 
opportunity  for  social  and  athletic 
development  are  other  important  ingre- 
dients and  consumers  of  capital. 

At  the  time  I  applied  to  Brown,  schol- 
arship aid  was  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant factors  to  me,  because  I  couldn't 
attend  without  it.  However,  it  was  all  the 
other  tjualities  that  made  me  want 
Brown  in  the  first  place. 

It's  hard  to  express  how  grateful  I 
have  always  been  that  Brown  thought 


enough  of  me  to  help  me  then.  Despite 
occasional  disagreement  over  the  direc- 
tion of  student/faculty/administration 
trends,  I  have  trieci  to  be  "opinion-blind" 
in  my  financial  support  and  would 
recommend  the  same  to  others.  After 
all,  the  particular  aspect  each  of  us  feels 
is  most  important  will  surely  suffer  if 
the  University  falls  short  in  any  sector. 

William  W.  Dyer,  jr.  '56 

Boston 


Cost  vs.  worth 

Editor:  While  everybody  is  worrying 
about  the  cost  of  a  college  education,  few 
seem  to  be  asking:  Just  how  many 
courses  do  we  really  need? 

History  tells  us,  for  example,  that  in 
1775,  when  3  million  largely  home- 
schooled  adults  (in  the  United  States) 
were  20  percent  slaves  and  50  percent 
indentured  servants,  Tom  Paine's 
Common  Sense,  now  a  college  text,  sold 
600,000  copies.  In  1900,  a  time  of  impres- 
sive intellectual,  industrial,  and  scien- 
tific growth,  a  mere  6  percent  of  all 
Americans  graduated  from  high  school. 

Before  World  War  II,  30  percent  fin- 
ished high  school.  The  nation  was  run 
by  millions  of  productive  dropouts. 
We  learned  on  the  job.  As  the  not-yet-pc 
dean  of  Harvard  Law  once  said,  "I 
wouldn't  let  the  valedictorian  of  the 
senior  class  draw  up  a  simple  contract 
for  my  personal  use  on  the  day  he 
graduates." 

Now  we've  become  the  credential 
society.  Arbitrary  requirements,  testing, 
and  diplomas,  while  sometimes  neces- 
sary, control  almost  all  the  gateways  to 
adulthood. 

What  do  we  really  need  to  make  it 
in  the  real  world?  Most  of  the  answer  is 
in  the  basic  skills,  i.e.  to  speak,  hsten, 
think,  question,  analyze,  explore,  know 
how  and  when  to  disagree,  read,  write. 


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calculate,  push  buttons,  work,  and 
cooperate  -  all  of  which  are  learned  best 
in  a  supportive  home  or  on  the  job, 
though  it  may  happen  occasionally  in 
school. 

Remember  Bill  Clinton  announcing 
that  he  learned  more  from  his  grand- 
father than  from  all  his  professors  at 
Oxford  and  Yale?  And  we're  now  send- 
ing twice  as  many  kids  to  college  as  any 
other  nation  in  the  world  -  while  some 
of  us  reckon  we're  doing  'bout  half 
as  well. 

Brown,  whose  popularity  would 
increase,  could  decide  that  a  B.A.  can  be 
earned  by  taking  twenty  "courses"  over 
732  days.  Basic  skills  should  be  empha- 
sized; independent,  student-centered, 
and  curiosity-based  learning  would  also 
be  encouraged.  The  response  of  busi- 
nesses and  graduate  schools  remains  to 
be  seen,  although  a  six-year  combined 
undergraduate-graduate  program  has 
been  successful  on  a  number  of  occasions. 

Moreover,  since  studies  have  shown 
that  85  percent  of  our  success  in  life  is  a 
function  of  the  socioeconomic/educa- 
tional  background  of  one's  family,  let's 
start  thinking  about  what  we  and  the 
nation  realh/  need  as  opposed  to  the  many 
artificial  requirements  of  a  credentializ- 
ing  game. 

Robert  E.  Kay  '53 

Paoli,  Pa. 


Carberry  been  here,  mon 

Editor:  Josiah  S.  Carberry  is  not  a  Brit  at 
all;  he's  been  languishing  in  the  former 
British  colony  of  Jamaica  . . .  specifically 
in  the  area  known  as  the  Maroon  Coun- 
try as  well  as  the  cockpit  country. 
Recent  sightings  and  encounters  with 
him  have  occurred  in  Nanny  Town, 
Danks,  Mosquito  Cove,  Devils  Race 
Course,  Shooters  Hill,  Anchovy,  Angels, 
Auchtembeddie,  Axe  and  Adze,  Banana 
Ground,  Barbeque  Bottom,  Bog  Walk, 
Breastworks,  Brokenbank,  Burnt  Ground, 
Cashew,  Cheapside,  Dump,  Fairy  Hill, 
Fruitful  Vale,  Giddy  Hill,  Gut  River, 
Gutters,  Ham  Walk,  Harry  Watch,  Man- 
nings Hill  (mistook  this  one  for  Man- 
ning Hall),  Nine  Turns,  Nonsuch  (his 
very  favorite  town),  Maggotty,  Quick 
Step,  Paradise,  Pembroke  Hall  (he  really 
was  lost  here).  Poor  Man's  Corner,  Rat 
Trap,  Salt  Gut,  Sevens,  Sherwood  For- 
est, Skull  Point,  Soho,  Stonehenge,  The 
Alps,  Time  and  Patience,  Wait-A-Bit, 
Windsor  Castle,  and  Ythanside! 


As  anyone  who's  been  to  Jamaica 
knows,  the  Maroons  have  a  saying,  Mc 
no  sen  you  cum,  which  has  been 
attributed  to  Josiah's  initial  slogan-writ- 
ing attempt  in  1738,  some  twenty-six 
years  before  his  formal  education 
started  at  Brown. 

Robert  H.  Mnrencck  '46 

Kingston,  Jamaica 


Welles  Hangen 

Editor:  Today,  January  30, 1  opened  The 
Neiu  York  Times  and  was  startled  to  see 
a  1964  picture  of  Welles  Hangen  '49; 
underneath,  in  large  print,  "Welles 
Hangen  Buried";  and  below  that,  "Welles 
Hangen,  a  reporter  for  nbc  when  he 
was  killed  after  being  captured  by  Com- 
munist guerrillas  twenty  three  years 
ago  in  Cambodia,  was  buried  yesterday 
at  Arlington  National  Cemetery."  For 
those  who  knew  him,  perhaps  nothing 
more  was  necessary;  he  deserved  more. 

Welles  transfered  to  Brown  from 
Virginia  as  a  sophomore  when  he  was 
sixteen.  We  became  acquainted  when  he 
pledged  Beta  Theta  Pi.  He  was  a  vigor- 
ous, strapping,  mature  individual  with 
a  keen  intellect  and  great  sense  of 
humor  whom  we  all  came  to  respect 
and  like.  At  meal  times  there  was  always 
lively  discussion  at  his  table,  and  at  par- 
ties he  could  turn  any  conversation  into 
hilarity.  He  was  one  of  the  finest  per- 
sons I  would  meet  in  my  life. 

After  graduation  I  joined  The  New 
York  Times,  where  Welles  and  1  ran  into 
each  other  later.  The  summer  after  his 
junior  year  he  had  gone  to  Paris  and 
while  there  started  to  work  for  the  Her- 
ahi  Tribune.  There  he  contiected  with  the 
Times  and  came  to  New  York.  He  sel- 
dom discussed  his  accomplishments, 
but  I  remember  his  telling  me  he  was 
sandwiching  in  some  courses  at 
Columbia  to  satisfy  the  requirements  to 
get  his  degree  from  Brown,  which  he 
did.  He  was  a  bolt  of  lightning.  It  wasn't 
long  before  he  had  front-page  bylines. 

Several  years  later,  about  the  time 
I  left  the  paper  to  go  to  New  York  Uni- 
versity Law  School,  he  left  to  join  nbc. 
That  was  the  last  time  I  saw  him.  He 
wrote  to  me  while  I  was  in  law  school 
and  later  I  saw  him  on  television  report- 
ing from  India  or  wherever  for  nbc. 
One  day  I  picked  up  Tiw  New  Yorker  and 
came  across  an  article  he  had  written 
on  Kuwait.  Like  all  of  his  other  work,  it 
was  superlative.  Then  came  Vietnam. 


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S*.>me\vluMi'  1  ri'ad  that  llie  loop  lio  vwis 
riding  in  with  i)thor  roporlors  vwis  am- 
bushed going  into  Cambodia  twenty- 
three  years  ago.  I  heard  nothing  more 
imtil  today. 

I  have  thought  ot  him  often  t)ver  tlio 
years  with  jov  and  sadness.  Joy  because 
knowing  him  enriched  my  Hfe,  saddened 
because  of  the  way  he  died  so  young. 
He  was  brilhant  and  talented,  vet  gra- 
cious and  amsiderate.  He  was  a  man  of 
honor  and  good  will  who  walked  the 
earth  with  humility.  He  was  my  friend. 
1  miss  him. 

Eiirl  M.  Biicci  '48 

Schenectady,  N.Y. 
Welles  Hansen's  obituan/  appears  on  page 
^^.  -  Editor 


More  Mother  Hubbard 

Editor:  York  King  '34  (Carrying  the  Mail, 
Winter)  brought  back  happy  memories 
of  sitting  with  the  Brown  Band  in  the 
late  sixties  and  hearing  their  many  rous- 
ing songs.  Regarding  "Old  Mother  Hub- 
bard," 1  recall  it  with  an  introduction 
and  first  verse  as  follows: 

"Don't  send  my  son  to  Harvard," 
A  dying  mother  said. 
"Don't  send  my  son  to  Princeton, 
I'd  rather  see  him  dead. 
But  send  him  to  Brunonia, 
'Tis  better  than  Cornell. 
Before  he'd  see  New  Haven, 
I'd  see  my  son 

Singing  bye-low  my  baby 
Bye-low  my  bouncing  baby  boy. 
Bye-low  my  baby 
B-R-O-W-N,  Brown,  Brown, 
B-R-O-W-N." 

Harvard  is  a  college  for  men, 

B-R-O-W-N 

We  all  know  where  the  campus  is 

But  where  the  hell  are  the  men? 

fanet  Corson  Koski  '71 

Temecula,  Calif. 


Athletic  clubs? 

Editor:  In  your  April  1989  issue  you  pub- 
lished a  letter  from  me  in  which,  per- 
haps rashly,  I  suggested  that  show-busi- 
ness sports  performances  produced  by 
colleges  and  universities  are  tantamount 
to  an  intellectual  cancer  compromising 
the  health  of  all  educational  institutions. 
I  suggested  that  a  possible  remedy 
would  be  to  set  up  athletic  clubs  off 


campus  and  lot  thorn  oporalo  oiilsielo  ot 
the  budget  aiul  horico  tiio  main  business 
ol  the  institution. 

In  rebuttal,  a  professor  at  a  Southern 
college  wrote  to  the  BAM,  arguing  that 
it  was  appropriate  to  teach  football  and 
other  team  sports  in  schools  and  col- 
leges -  carrying  on,  as  it  were,  the  mens 
Sana  in  corpore  sano  traditions  of  ancient 
times  and  realizing  for  society  the  val- 
ues of  teamwork.  A  few  weeks  later  The 
Neu'  York  Times  on  its  OpEd  page  car- 
ried an  article  by  the  coach  of  the  Penn 
State  Nittany  Lions  IJoe  Paterno  '50I 
to  the  effect  that  football  belongs  on 
campus. 

About  a  year  later  The  Neiv  York  Times 
carried  an  editorial  entitled  "The  Cancer 
in  College  Sports."  I  was  relieveci  to  see 
cooler  heads  than  mine  couch  the  sub- 
ject in  a  clinically  graphic  turn  of  phrase. 
The  substance  of  the  piece  dealt  with 
the  findings  of  the  Knight  Foundation 
Commission  charged  with  investigating 
"excesses  in  intercollegiate  athletics 
that  are  seriously  eroding  the  integrity 
of  colleges  and  universities."  The  Times, 
lamenting  a  pronuuciamento  from  a  col- 
lege coach  to  the  effect  that  there  is 
nothing  wrong  with  admitting  illiterate 
athletes  to  college  in  the  expectation 
that  they  may  never  graduate,  welcomed 
the  commission's  main  recommenda- 
tion that  "college  presidents  seize  con- 
trol of  their  athletic  departments  and  . . . 
make  sure  that  the  terms  under  which 
athletics  will  be  conducted  in  the  univer- 
sity's name  are  set  by  academic  admin- 
istrators, not  coaches." 

I  noted  also  a  letter  to  the  BAM  from 
a  sentimental  alumnus  who  pointed 
out  that  his  heartstrings  are  plucked  by 
Brown  victories  on  the  playing  fields, 
and  nothing  else  seems  to  make  much 
difference  as  far  as  his  alma  mater  is 
concernecl. 

With  all  of  this  competing  with  the 
impending  bankruptcy  of  the  United 
States  in  1995  -  if  a  recent  best-seller  is 
to  be  taken  seriously  -  I  still  found  it 
worth  my  dwindling  time  in  this  mortal 
coil  to  write  to  the  president  of  Boston 
College  to  offer  condolences  on  the  fail- 
ure of  that  institution  to  acquit  itself 
at  "The  Hall  of  Fame  Bowl." 

Robert  A.  di  Curcio  '54 

Nantucket,  Mass. 
Mr.  di  Curcio  encloses  a  copy  of  his  letter  to 
the  Rev.  S.  Donald  Monan,  president  of 
Boston  College,  in  ivliich  he  suggests  estab- 
lishing competitive  athletics  as  an  enterprise 
separate  from  the  academic  institution. 


"  There  lire  no  hulls  of  janir  in  jiipmi  and 
German}/,"  di  Curcio  writes.  " Instead  of 
lionizing  stars,  they  learn  up  and  threaten  to 
beat  the  pants  off  us  where  it  counts:  in 
design,  manufacturing,  trade,  innovation, 
and  negotiation."  -  Editor 


Seeking  Navy  V-12  vets 

Editor:  I  may  have  missed  it,  but  I  don't 
think  I've  seen  any  mention  in  the  mag- 
azine of  the  fiftieth-anniversary  Navy 
V-12  reunion  to  be  held  in  Norfolk,  Vir- 
ginia, on  November  3-7,  1993. 

Those  who  were  in  the  Navy  V-12 
Unit  at  Brown  during  1943-46  and  who 
would  like  more  information  on  the 
reunion  should  write  to: 

Navy  V-12  Registration 

c/o  U.S.  Navy  Memorial  Foundation 

701  Pennsylvania  Avenue  NW 

Suite  123 

Washington,  D.C.  20004-2608 
for  further  information  and  registration 
materials. 

Russell  L.  Sears  '46 

Perrysburg,  Ohio 


Albatross  aweigh? 

Editor:  Apropos  the  letter  from  Karen 
Arms  concerning  the  sailing  team  at 
Brown  (Carrying  the  Mail,  Winter): 
How  can  it  be  that  an  otherwise  rational 
individual  would  request  that  scarce 
University  funds  be  allocated  to  help 
support  her  child's  sailing  activity? 
After  all,  skill  in  sailing,  an  activity  of 
either  a  single,  or  two  individuals  work- 
ing together,  not  ordinarily  providing 
interest  to  spectators,  is  a  skill  usually 
able  to  be  acquired  only  by  those  of 
middle  class  and  more  affluent  groups. 

It  is  hard  to  believe  that  "sailors  at 
Parents  Weekend  were  heard  advising 
their  parents  not  to  support  the  Brown 
campaign."  In  other  words,  no  other 
activity  at  Brown,  albeit  possibly  more 
worthwhile  in  terms  of  the  mission  of 
the  University,  that  is,  education  and  all 
its  ramifications,  is  worthy  of  support  if 
the  tastes  of  the  well-to-do  are  not  pro- 
vided for  as  well. 

Certainly,  Brown  University  could 
do  just  as  well  or  even  better  without 
the  albatross  of  a  sailing  team  dragging 
it  down  and  bad-mouthing  it. 

Lawrence  R.  Ross,  M.D.  '52 

New  York  City 


4  /  APRIL  1993 


Eastward,  hike 

Editor:  I  watched  with  glee  as  the  Ivy 
League  all-stars  played  the  Japanese  all- 
stars  in  the  Epson  Ivy  Bowl,  and  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  Ivies  should 
combine  all  light  football  programs  and 
play  all  their  games  in  Japan. 

They  might  become  the  Michigan  or 
Miami  of  the  Oriental  League. 

They  obviously  can't  compete  in  this 
country  outside  of  their  own  league. 

Stewart  Y.  Fish  '58 

Norwalk,  Conn. 


The  University  has  a  legacy  in  space 
that  goes  beyond  this,  however,  for  the 
Viking  1  lander  on  Mars  was  officially 
renamed  the  "Thomas  A.  Mutch  Memo- 
rial Station."  On  display  in  the  Smith- 
sonian National  Air  and  Space  Museum 
in  Washington,  D.C.,  next  to  the  Viking 
proof  test  article,  is  the  plaque  signify- 
ing this.  Above  it  is  the  statement  that 
futiire  NASA  administrators  are 
charged  with  "the  task  of  identifying  an 
appropriate  return  mission  to  Mars  for 
the  permanent  installation  of  the  plaque 


on  the  actual  lander."  This  can  be 
achieved  through  the  work  of  Byron 
Lichtenberg  '69,  Charles  McKeon  '49, 
Jim  Head,  myself  (I'm  volunteering  to 
do  the  installation),  others  affiliated 
with  Brown,  and,  oh  yes,  the  editors  of 
the  BAM. 

Michael  G.  McDonald  '78 

San  Diego 
The  writer  is  an  engineering  specialist  in 
General  Dynamics'  Space  Systems  Divi- 
sion. -  Editor 


Alas,  ATLAS,  not  Atlas 

Editor:  Enough  already!  No  wonder  the 
U.S.  space  program  is  in  the  state  it  is. 
It's  you  editors.  First  we're  launching 
space  shuttles  from  Atlases  {BAM, 
June/July  1992);  now  we've  got  "expand- 
able" launch  vehicles  (Carrying  the 
Mail,  February). 

To  further  clarify  [Byron]  Lichten- 
berg's  comment,  what  should  have  been 
referenced  in  the  earlier  issue  was  the 
ATLAS-01,  for  ATmospheric  Laboratory 
for  Application  and  Science,  a  shuttle 
payload.  The  Atlas  i,  as  Mr.  McKeon 
points  out  in  his  February  letter,  is 
a  launch  system  unto  itself.  It  is  named 
after  the  giant  from  Greek  mythology 
who  held  up  the  heavens.  The  rocket, 
however,  is  not  quite  that  strong  and 
can't  launch  or  hold  up  a  shuttle.  While 
one  could  argue  that  the  Atlas  i  is  an 
expandable  launch  vehicle,  the  February 
issue  should  have  read  expendable 
launch  vehicle.  Expendable  launch  vehi- 
cles are  those  that  are  not  reusable  after 
launch,  unlike  the  shuttle  system  that 
reuses  the  orbiter  and  solid  rocket 
motors. 

There  have  been  more  than  500  Atlas 
launches,  more  than  any  other  launch 
vehicle,  many  with  a  Centaur  upper 
stage.  Also  built  by  General  Dynamics 
Space  Systems  division.  Centaur  has 
been  used  on  Titan  and  Atlas  boosters 
(a  shuttle  version  was  canceled  after  the 
Challenger  accident)  since  1962  to  propel 
large  satellites  and  deep-space  and  plan- 
etary probes.  This  includes  the  Viking 
missions  to  Mars  in  which  the  late  Pro- 
fessor Tim  Mutch  (geological  sciences) 
was  imaging-team  leader.  Past  and 
planned  Centaur  missions  continue  to 
have  a  direct  connection  to  Brown 
through  the  work  of  Professor  Jim  Head 
and  others  in  geological  sciences. 


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Advice  for  the  President 

Editor:  I'm  i.1iScippointi'd,  but  nut  sur- 
prised, that  the  best  advice  our  learned 
faculty  members  can  offer  I'resident 
Clinton  (HAM,  February)  includes  two 
recommendations  suggesting  that  we 
should  spend  more  of  our  already  over- 
taxed citizens'  money  on  new  and 
expanded  handout  programs.  When  are 
we  going  to  admit  that  the  well  is  dry? 

Robert  Kates's  advice  is  mostly  laud- 
able; in  fact,  the  second  of  the  two-step 
effort  to  abolish  hunger,  that  of  creating 
economic  self-reliance  through  volun- 
teer means,  is  right  on.  Step  one,  which 
calls  for  "fully  utilizing  existing  public 
programs,"  howe\'er,  is  simply  not 
affordable. 

I  must  disagree  with  Ted  Sizer's 
advice  on  investing  in  the  public  school 
system  as  well.  By  any  reasonable  mea- 
sure, America's  monopolistic,  bureau- 
cratic, over-regulated  system  of  public 
schools  is  woefully  unprepared  to  meet 
today's  challenges,  and  is  getting  worse. 
Political,  business,  and,  unfortunately, 
education  leaders  continue  to  talk  about 
"reforming"  the  current  public  educa- 


tion system.  Thev  should,  however,  be 
discussing  how  to  replace  it.  The  only 
solution  to  the  "education  crisis"  is 
privntiziitioii. 

It  has  been  noted  that  there  is  always 
more  demand  for  government  money 
tiian  there  is  money  available  to  meet 
the  demand.  Perhaps  our  eciucators 
could  be  talking  about  that  truth,  rather 
than  promoting  new  or  expanded  gov- 
ernment programs  which  add  to  the 
deficit. 

Walter  T.  Cederkolin  '64 

Granby,  Conn. 


A  bias  against  religion 

Editor:  in  response  to  Martha  Dwight 
Trowbridge's  letter  in  the  February 
BAM,  I  feel  compelled  to  offer  an  "alter- 
native perspective"  to  her  remarks  on 
the  Quincentenary  of  Columbus's  first 
voyage.  I  agree  that  Professor  Skidmore 
wrote  an  admirable  article  in  the  Octo- 
ber BAM  on  the  historical  treatment  of 
the  Quincentenary;  his  description  of 
our  secular  age  was  quite  apt.  Brown 
certainly  reflects  that  secular,  sometimes 


hostile,  aproach  to  religion. 

Ms.  Trowbridgi'  eloquently  argues 
against  intt)lerance,  and  I  wholeheart- 
edly agree,  so  long  as  Brown  is  also  tol- 
erant of  sincere  religious  perspectives. 
Unfortunately,  Ms.  Trowbridge  pro- 
motes "tolerance"  while  she  attacks  the 
Catholic  Church  for  its  past  and  present 
stands  on  contraceptives,  abortion,  for- 
eign policy,  and  heresy,  not  to  mention 
tolerance.  She  implies  that  the  benighted 
folk  of  Poland  and  Ireland  have  been 
tricked  by  an  oppressive  church  into 
passing  rigorous  anti-abortion  laws.  The 
letter  carries  the  same  tone  of  indigna- 
tion and  disbelief  as  the  Washington 
Post's  recent  characterization  of  the  reli- 
gious right  as  "poor,  uneducated,  and 
easily  led";  such  thoughtless  statements 
are  also  a  danger  to  Brown  students.  No 
one  benefits  if  bigotry  committed  by 
religious  people  is  replaced  by  bigotry 
against  religious  people.  Religion  is 
indeed  an  "alternative  perspective" 
which  deserves  to  be  studied  as  though 
its  proponents  are  sincere  and  capable 
members  of  society. 

Scholars  often  neglect  the  possibility 
that  popular  religion  is  more  than  super- 
stition, fraud,  or  an  unwilhng  imposi- 
tion. That  the  Mayans  remembered  their 
culture  does  not  necessarily  mean  that 
the  sincerity  or  completeness  of  their 
conversion  needs  be  questioned.  We 
must  not  deny  the  real  consolations  of 
religion  any  more  than  we  should  deny 
the  sins  of  its  practitioners. 

Certainly,  there  is  plenty  to  disagree 
about  even  if  we  take  religion  seriously, 
but  to  ignore  it  destroys  our  claims  to 
neutrality  and  tolerance.  I  have  spoken 
primarily  of  Christianity  because  of  Ms. 
Trowbridge's  emphasis,  but  the  other 
major  religions  are  also  consigned  to  the 
category  of  "Other  Cultural  Factors." 
Surely  we  should  wonder  how  any 
beliefs  practiced  by  so  many  different 
and  flawed  people  can  survive  so  long; 
the  Communists  failed  to  consider 
religion  seriously  and  grossly  underesti- 
mated the  vibrancy  of  Orthodoxy  and 
Judaism.  Brown  can  remain  educated 
and  informed  without  making  a  similar 
mistake. 

Elizabeth  Vaugliu  '90  A.M. 

Arlington,  Va.  E] 


6  /  APRIL  1993 


Books 


Bv  lames  Reinbold 


The  eternal  outsider 

WJwre  to  Go,  Wlmt  to  Do,  Wlicn  You  Are 
Bent  Porter:  A  Persoiml  Biogrnplnj  by 
James  Schevill  (Tilbury  House  Publish- 
ers, Gardiner,  Maine,  1992);  $27.50, 
cloth;  $16.93,  paper. 

Soimds  That  Arouse  Me  by  Bern  Porter 
'32  Sc.M.,  edited  and  with  an  introduc- 
tion by  Mark  Melincove  (Tilbury  House 
Publishers,  Gardiner,  Maine,  1993),  $9-95- 

Bern  Porter  was  born  in  1911  in  Porter 
Settlement,  Maine,  near  the  Canadian 
border,  an  area  known  for  timber,  pota- 
toes, and  rugged  individuals. 

Porter's  individualism  has  served 
him  well  through  a  long  life  that  reads 
like  a  biography  of  the  twentieth  century. 
After  receiving  his  master's  in  physics 
from  Brown  in  1932,  Porter  went  to 
work  for  Acheson  Colloids  Corporation, 
where  he  was  involved  in  the  early 
development  of  television  technology. 
He  then  worked  on  the  Manhattan  Pro- 
ject and  with  the  Saturn  V  rocket  project. 

But  Porter  always  had  another  cre- 
ative side.  In  the  1930s  he  was  part  of 
the  Surrealist  movement,  and  in  the 
1940s  he  began  publishing  avant-garde 
writers  such  as  Henry  Miller,  Robert 
Duncan,  and  Kenneth  Patchen.  In  1947 
he  opened  a  gallery  in  Sausalito,  Cali- 
fornia, that  exhibited  abstract  and  surreal 
art  and  also  served  as  a  space  for  poetry 
readings  and  performance  art.  Since  the 
1950s  he  has  published  his  own  books. 
He  returned  to  Maine  in  the  1960s  and 
continues  to  live  in  Belfast. 

James  Schevill,  professor  emeritus  of 
English,  poet,  playwright,  and  novelist, 
has  known  Porter  since  1947,  when 
Porter  published  Schevill's  first  book  of 
poems.  "He's  like  Marcel  Duchamp," 
Schevill  says,  "always  moving  from  one 
project  to  the  next."  But  Porter's  life  and 
work  are  driven  by  a  single  goal,  his 
belief  that  the  union  of  art  and  science  is 
essential  to  the  survival  of  the  planet. 
He  is  an  environmentalist  and  an  ecolo- 
gist.  In  an  essay  written  in  1954,  long 
before  the  oil  embargo.  Porter  ques- 
tioned Detroit's  fleet  of  gas-guzzling 
automobiles. 


Porter  is  well-known  in 
Belfast.  "People  see  him 
walking  all  around;  he 
doesn't  have  a  car,"  Schevill 
says.  "He  has  lunch  with 
the  senior  citizens."  Porter 
has  established  a  room  in 
the  town  library  in  mem- 
ory of  his  second  wife, 
Margaret,  and  he  is  a 
tireless  encourager 
of  local  artists.  "He's 
the  eternal  outsider. 
But  people  come  to 
respect  the  outsider." 

Schevill  writes:  "Never  have  I 
known  a  person  who  more  clearly 
reflects  an  American  contradiction,  the 
widely  traveled  cosmopolitan,  sophisti- 
cated and  well-educated,  with  the  con- 
fined personality  of  a  longtime  rural 
resident  struggling  to  integrate  his  fam- 
ily's conflicting  immigrant  beliefs. 
Throughout  his  long,  adventurous  life, 
one  clear  strength  emerges:  in  spite  of 
his  constant  lack  of  money,  after  many 
years  of  struggle.  Porter  has  become  one 
of  America's  foremost  artistic  experi- 
mentalists, creating  a  rare  fusion  of  sci- 
entific experience  and  artistic  vision." 

Sowuis  That  Arouse  Me,  edited  by 
Mark  Melincove,  is  an  excellent  intro- 
duction to  Porter's  writing.  There  are 
essays  about  particle  physics;  reminis- 
cences about  his  days  as  a  publisher 
in  the  1940s;  recollections  of  fellow  sci- 
entists Einstein  and  Oppenheimer,  and 
literary  figures  such  as  Gertrude  Stein 
and  Henry  Miller;  his  found  poetry 
and  his  concrete  poetry;  and  his  literary 
manifestos.  In  selecting  from  Porter's 
voluminous  writings  which  span 
five  decades,  Melincove  succeeds  in 
showing  Porter's  versatihty  and  his 
astounding  complexity. 

"Oh,  say!  Can  you  see . . ." 

Rockets  and  Rodeos  and  Other  American 
Spectacles  by  Thomas  Mallon  '73 
(Ticknor  &  Fields,  New  York  City, 
1993),  $19.95. 

Rockets  and  Rodeos  is  Thomas  Mallon's 
contribution  to  the  "on  the  road"  genre. 
A  Charles  Kuralt  armed  with  a  pen 
instead  of  a  camera  and  microphone, 
Mallon  traveled  the  length  and  breadth 
of  the  country  seeking  events  and  peo- 


So^^ 


6^ 


me 


pie  that  define  America:  rocket  launches 
at  Cape  Canaveral  and  the  Arctic 
Circle,  a  rodeo,  political  campaigning,  a 
small-town  film  festival,  a  county  fair, 
a  bank-robbery  trial,  a  San  Quentin  pre- 
execution  vigil,  and  the  fiftieth-anniver- 
sary commemoration  at  Pearl  Harbor. 

Mallon  approaches  each  subject  with 
what  he  calls  "an  attitude  of  active  pas- 
sivity -  not  so  much  busy-bee  reporter 
as  fly  on  the  wall."  In  the  book's  intro- 
duction, he  writes  that  he  sought  to  be, 
in  the  words  of  the  nineteenth-century 
English  critic  and  essayist  William 
Hazlitt,  "a  silent  spectator  of  the  mighty 
scene  of  things."  Much  as  Victorian 
parents  instructed  their  offspring  to  do, 
Mallon  became  the  least  important 
person  in  the  room. 

In  one  essay,  Mallon  suggests  that 
the  rodeo  may  not  define  America  so 
much  as  it  represents  the  legacy  of  the 
Wild  West.  We  seem  as  violent  a  coun- 
try as  we  were  a  century  ago.  As  the 
announcer  at  the  rodeo  intones:  "Good 
night,  God  bless  you,  and  remember, 
as  long  as  there's  a  sunset,  there'll  be 
a  West." 

In  another  essay  -  one  of  two  on 
the  criminal  justice  system  -  Mallon 
addresses  the  controversy  surrounding 
the  death  penalty.  One  wishes  that  he 
also  had  written  about  the  abortion 
issue,  which  seems  to  say  a  lot  more 
about  this  country  today. 

We  also  learn,  should  we  ever 
wish  to  return,  that  there  is  a  town  - 
Owosso,  Michigan  -  that  looks  like 
the  set  of  an  Andy  Hardy  movie. 

Mallon  has  written  two  novels  and 
three  previous  works  of  nonfiction: 
Edmund  Bluudeu;  A  Book  of  One's  Ozon; 
and  Stolen  Words.  He  is  literary  editor 
of  Gentleman's  Quarterly  magazine.  ED 


3ROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  7 


Graduate  School  Dean  Phillip  Stiles 
leaves  to  become  provost  at  N.C.  State 


Phillip  J.  Stiles, 
dean  of  the 
Graduate  School  and 
dean  of  research,  will 
become  provost  and 
vice-chancellor  of 
North  Carolina  State 
University  on  July  i. 

Preparing  to  leave 
Brown,  where  for 
twenty-three  years  he 
has  taught  physics 
and  served  in  the 
administration.  Stiles 
reflects  on  the  differ- 
ent challenges  that 
face  the  two  schools 
as  a  result  of  their  ages 
and  histories.  "It's 
extremely  difficult 
for  a  place  as  old  and 
advanced  as  Brown 
to  get  better,"  he  says, 
easier  for  a  place  like  N.C. 
State,  which  is  only  loo 
years  old  -  the  same  age  as 
our  Graduate  School." 

At  Brown,  he  says,  the 
major  difficulty  is  not  lack 
of  desire  or  leadership,  "but 
the  inability  of  the  Univer- 
sity to  acquire  sufficient 
resources." 

Arguing  that  Brown 
should  not  expand.  Stiles 
nevertheless  observes  that 
small  graduate  programs 
are  less  likely  to  attract 
ftrnding.  As  a  result,  he 
notes.  Brown's  programs 


'It's 


Phillip  Stiles:  Looking  forward  to  working  at  a 
land-grant  university. 


may  never  rank  high  when 
compared  to  those  of  larger 
schools.  Rather  than  worry 
about  rankings.  Brown 
should  continue  to  focus  on 
the  quality  of  its  programs, 
he  says. 

"The  intellectual  arena 
for  the  humanities  and 
much  of  the  social  sciences 
is  our  library,"  Stiles  says, 
"and  we  must  make  infor- 
mation available  -  either  by 
acquiring  it  or  by  improving 


access  to  other  library 
sources." 

In  addition,  Stiles  says, 
"we  need  to  train  people 
to  be  broad  professionals." 
For  graduate  students,  he 
says,  that  means  giving  them 
experience  not  just  in  the 
library  and  the  classroom, 
but  also  in  academic  admin- 
istration so  that  they  under- 
stand the  entire  enterprise. 

Stiles  is  pleased  to  be 
joining  a  land-grant  school 


that  is  historically  tied 
to  the  society  around 
it.  N.C.  State's  agricul- 
ture school,  he  points 
out,  has  an  agent  in 
each  of  the  state's  lOO 
counties.  "My  parents 
were  farmers  in 
upstate  New  York," 
he  says,  "and  for  them 
Mecca  was  Cornell." 

Stiles  joined 
Brown's  physics  de- 
partment in  1970  after 
'    seven  years  at  ibm. 
There,  he  and  two  col- 
leagues had  begun 
research  on  electron 
movement  in  a  two- 
dimensional  field, 
which  eventually  led 
to  the  development  of  a  new 
field  in  physics  and  earned 
him  the  1988  Oliver  E.  Buck- 
ley Condensed  Matter  Prize, 
the  highest  honor  bestowed 
bv  the  American  Physical 
Society.  He  chaired  the 
physics  department  in  the 
seventies  and  took  over  the 
Graduate  School  in  1986.  As 
dean  of  research,  he  has 
overseen  Brown's  $53-mil- 
lion  research  enterprise. 

A  search  committee  has 
been  appointed  to  name  his 
successor.  -  C.B.H. 


8  /  APRIL  1993 


T 


hroughout  its  ninety- 
three-year  history,  the 
Bnnon  Aluiiini  Monthly  has 
placed  a  premium  on  staff 
writing.  A  former  editor  once 
remarked,  "Good  writing  is 
second  only  to  godliness,  and 
just  ahead  of  cleanliness." 
Another  editor  viewed  the 
magazine's  many  gold 
medals  for  staff  writing  on  a 
par  with  the  national  best- 
magazine  honor,  which  the 
BAM  has  won  four  times 
since  1969. 

All  but  two  of  the  top 
writing  honors  for  the  BAM 
in  the  last  quarter-century 
were  won  by  women  mem- 
bers of  the  staff.  One  of  those 
women  was  named  last 
month  to  be  the  magazine's 
new  editor,  only  the  fifth 
person  -  and  the  first  woman 
-  to  hold  that  title  since  its 
founding  in  1900. 

Anne  Hinman  Diffily  '7^, 
the  BAM's  managing  editor 
since  1981,  has  succeeded 
Robert  M.  "Dusty"  Rhodes, 
who  retired  last  month  after 
twenty-two  years  as  editor. 
The  decision  to  promote 
Diffily  was  influenced  in  no 
small  part  by  her  insight 


Anne  Diffily  is  named 
BAM  editor 


and  knowledge  of  Brown 
and  her  superb  writing  skills. 

"Anne  has  the  unani- 
mous support  of  the  board 
of  editors,"  says  Peter  W. 
Bernstein  '73,  executive  edi- 
tor of  U.S.  News  &  World 
Report  and  chairman  of  the 
fifteen-member  alumni 
board  charged  with  editorial 
oversight  of  the  magazine. 

"She  will  continue  the 
magazine's  many  years  of 
excellence  and  bring  new 
ideas  and  energy  to  it,"  Bern- 
stein says.  "She  writes  well, 
has  a  good  story  sense, 
and  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
editorial  independence  of 
the  BAlM.  There  are  only  a 
few  alumni  magazines  in  the 
country  with  as  solid  a  tra- 
dition of  objectivity  and 
reader  loyalty  as  the  BAM's. 

"As  Anne  and  I  reach 
our  twentieth  reunion  this 
spring,"  Bernstein  adds, 
"we  both  realize  how  impor- 
tant the  magazine  is  in  keep- 
ing readers  up  to  date  not 


only  on  Brown,  but  also  on 
issues  in  higher  education." 

Diffily  joined  the  Uni- 
versity's news  bureau  upon 
her  graduation  in  1973,  and 
three  years  later  moved 
to  the  BAM  staff.  Her  writing 
was  recognized  a  year  later 
by  a  national  jury  of  profes- 
sional journalists. 

In  1978  Diffily  left  Brown 
for  a  three-year  stint  during 
which  she  was  assistant 
director  of  public  relations 
at  Southeastern  Massachu- 
setts University  (now  U. 
Mass.-Dartmouth),  and,  for 
a  year,  director  of  communi- 
cations at  Wheaton  College. 
When  the  BAM  managing- 
editor  position  opened  in 
1981,  Editor  Rhodes  decided 
he  had  endured  long  enough 
without  her. 

"Frankly,  when  the 
search  produced  no  one  who 
met  our  high  standards,"  he 
recalls,  "\  went  after  Anne 
Diffily.  I  wanted  to  bring 
back  strength  to  our  writing. 


Since  its  founding  in  1900, 

the  BAM  has  had  five 

editors.  Four  aie  alive  and 

well  and  living  in  Rhode 

Island.  From  left: 

Chet  Worthington  '23  (1931- 

68),  Robert  A.  Reichley 
(1968-71),  new  editor  Anne 

Hinman  Diffily  '73,  and 

Robert  M.  "Dusty"  Rhodes 

(1971-93). 

I  also  thought  I  saw  in  her 
another  editor,  or  at  least 
the  kind  of  person  we  would 
want  as  editor  in  the  future. 

"1  was  not  disappointed. 
I  found  her  to  be  a  fine  editor 
and  one  of  the  best  writers 
I  have  ever  known.  I  always 
hoped  she  would  succeed 
me,  and  1  could  not  be  more 
pleased  that  she  has." 

From  1981  on.  Managing 
Editor  Diffily's  articles 
became  the  tough,  block- 
buster stories  readers  long 
remember,  among  them 
pieces  on  why  college  costs 
so  much,  a  definitive  expla- 
nation of  the  importance  of 
a  university's  endowment, 
and  telling  profiles  of  fac- 
ulty, alumni,  and  students. 

She  received  medals  for 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  9 


"best  articles  of  the  year" 
from  the  Council  for  the 
Advancement  and  Support 
of  Education  for  an  article 
entitled  "The  M\  sterv  of 
Memory,"  alxnit  research  in 
the  neurosciences  at  Brown; 
and  for  a  profile  of  educa- 
tion professor  Ted  Sizer,  who 
has  becmne  the  nation's  lead- 
ing secondary-education 
reformer.  She  also  collected 
awards  for  stories  on  "Bat- 
tling  AIDS  in  San  Francisco," 
about  two  alumni  physicians; 
"Taking  a  Stand  on  the 
Right,"  examining  the  resur- 
gent mo\'ement  of  conserva- 
tive students  on  campus; 
and  "Weighty  Matters,"  a 
profile  of  an  alumnus  who 
is  a  national  authority  on 
obesity  and  diet. 

Diffily's  success  as  a 
writer  and  editor  has  come 
honestly  enough.  When  she 
was  ten,  she  created  a  news- 
paper for  her  grandparents, 
aunts,  uncles,  and  friends 
and  called  it  Tlie  Fainih/  NezL's. 
She  continued  to  produce 
the  little  tabloid  well  into  her 
teens,  when  she  graduated 
to  the  coeditorship  of  her 
high-school  newspaper. 

"It  strikes  me  now,  thirty 
years  later,  that  1  am  again 
editing,  in  effect,  The  Famili/ 
Neu's,"  says  Diffily.  "Only 
now  the  'family'  comprises 
nearly  70,000  readers  all  over 
the  world,  and  I've  traded 
my  photocopied  newsletter 
for  a  magazine  -  one  of  the 
very  best  in  the  business." 

Anne  Hinman  left  her 
hometown  of  Mattapoisett, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  fall 
of  1969  and  enrolled  in 
Pembroke  College,  soon  to 
be  merged  with  Brown.  She 
concentrated  in  American 
civilization  and  played  on 
the  Pandas  ice  hockey  team 
in  the  pre-varsity  days  when 
blue  jeans  were  part  of  the 
women's  uniforms.  Except 
for  her  three  years  of  employ- 
ment elsewhere,  Diffily  has 
remained  at  the  University 
she  says  has  fascinated  and 


engaged  her  since  she  first 
mo\ed  into  Emery  Hall 
nearly  twenty-four  years  ago. 

The  new  editor  is  mar- 
ried to  Michael  Diffily  '67, 
associate  dean  of  the  Gradu- 
ate School.  They  live  on 
Providence's  East  Side  with 
their  foiu'  young  children, 
who  range  in  age  from  seven 
months  to  ten  years.  Diffily 
also  helped  raise  two  now- 
grown  stepchildren,  one 


of  whom  is  Leslie  Diffily  '93. 

"I  have  been  uncom- 
monly fortunate  to  learn  the 
alumni-magazine  business 
from  its  wisest  and  kindliest 
practitioner.  Dusty  Rhodes," 
says  Diffily.  "Dusty  once 
described  this  as  'the  best 
alumni  editing  job  in  the 
country.'  Given  the  BAM's 
long  history  of  unusual 
editorial  independence  and 
excellence,  and  the  stature  of 


the  institution  we  cover,  1  am 
sure  his  words  still  pertain. 
"I'm  honored  to  follow 
in  the  footsteps  of  my  dis- 
tinguished predecessors.  I 
intend  to  uphold  their  high 
standards  and  to  explore 
new  ways  of  better  serving 
our  readers  and  the  Univer- 
sity." -  Robert  A.  Reicliley 
(Robert  Reichley  is  executive 
vice  president  for  alumni,  public 
affairs,  and  external  relations.) 


Brucie  Harvey 
is  BAM's  new  managing  editor 


I  harlotte  Bruce 

^-,    -<  "Brucie"  Harvey  '78, 
assistant  editor  of  the  BAM 
since  1988,  has  been  pro- 
moted to  the  position  of  man- 
aging editor,  making  her 
the  magazine's  number-two 
editorial  staff  member  and 
its  principal  writer  and  fea- 
tures editor. 

Harvey  served  as  acting 
editor  of  the  Alumni  Monthly 
for  six  months  beginning 
last  August,  when  then-Edi- 
tor Robert  M.  Rhodes  was 
taken  ill  and  went  on  medi- 
cal leave  and  then-Manag- 
ing Editor  Anne  Diffily  was 
on  maternity  leave.  Her 
hard  work,  the  experience 
in  editing  and  management 
she  gained  during  that  diffi- 
cult time,  and  her  excellent 
writing  skills  made  her  the 
obvious  choice  for  the  man- 
aging editor's  spot  when 
it  opened  in  March. 

"I  consider  myself  fortu- 
nate," says  Diffily,  "to  have 
someone  with  Brucie's 
exceptional  experience  and 
dedication  as  my  right  hand 
at  the  BAM.  She  always 
has  been  a  fine  writer,  and  in 
recent  years  she  also  has 
showed  a  real  flair  for  edit- 
ing and  working  with  the 
designers  on  layouts.  We 
will  rely  on  her  to  continue 


the  magazine's  tradition 
of  comprehensive  report- 
ing on  major  issues 
affecting  Brown,  and  to 
maintain  the  high  quality 
of  our  features  section." 

Among  Harvey's  fea- 
tures for  the  BAM  that 
have  won  "best  articles" 
medals  from  the  Council 
for  the  Advancement  and 
Support  of  Education 
(case)  in  recent  years  are 
"To  Be  Asian- American," 
about  stereotypes  that 
challenge  and  frustrate 
Asian-American  students; 
"The  Death  of  Charity," 
a  historical  consideration 
of  epidemics  in  light  of 
aids;  and  "For  Love  and 
Country,"  a  profile  of  Civil- 
War  major  and  alumnus 
SulUvan  Ballou,  whose  touch- 
ing letter  to  his  wife  was  fea- 
tured in  the  pbs  series  on 
the  Civil  War.  In  addition, 
Harvey's  articles  have  been 
part  of  the  BAM's  prize- 
winning  entries  in  the  case 
staff-writing  category  each 
year. 

Harvey  came  to  Brown 
from  Maryland  and  concen- 
trated in  religious  studies. 
After  graduation,  she  worked 
for  a  year  in  Baltimore  and 
then  returned  to  Brown  as 
assistant  director  of  the  Col- 


lege Venture  Program.  Later 
she  was  the  editorial  asso- 
ciate in  the  Brown  News 
Bureau,  where  she  wrote 
news  releases  and  articles 
for  the  University's  tabloid, 
the  George  St.  journal.  She 
was  named  staff  writer  at 
Emory  Magazine  in  1985  and 
wrote  for  that  nationally- 
honored  magazine  during 
the  next  two  years,  before 
returning  to  New  England  as 
a  freelance  writer  and  then 
joining  the  BAM. 

Harvey  lives  with  her 
husband,  Ray  Bahr,  in  West- 
wood,  Massachusetts. 


10  /  APRIL  1993 


The  last  frontier: 
Geologists  discover  huge 

chains  of  volcanoes 
under  the  South  Pacific 


Mapping  the  ocean 
floor  in  an  area  of 
the  South  Pacific  about  the 
size  of  New  York  State,  geol- 
ogists have  discovered  what 
may  be  the  largest  concen- 
tration of  active  volcanoes  on 
Earth  -  more  than  1,000  sea- 
mounts  and  volcanoes,  many 
of  them  young,  geologically 
speaking.  "That  means  they 
were  active  within  the  last 
10,000  years,"  says  Professor 
of  Geology  Donald  Forsyth 
with  a  grin. 

Last  fall  Forsyth  was 
chief  scientist  on  one  leg  of 
an  expedition  aboard  the 
research  vessel  Melville, 
which  used  sonar  devices  to 
explore  the  ocean  floor  about 
600  miles  -  "two  days  steam- 
ing distance,"  he  says  - 
northwest  of  Easter  Island. 
The  boat  mapped  successive 
six-mile  swaths  of  sea  floor 
parallel  to  the  East  Pacific 
Rise,  the  ridge  where  the 
Pacific  and  Nazca  plates  are 
separating. 

Originally,  Forsyth  says, 
the  project's  goal  was  to 
explore  a  series  of  east-west 
lines  that  appeared  on  re- 
cently declassified  gravita- 
tional-pull maps  of  the  South 
Pacific.  Those  maps  are 
based  on  measurements  of 
the  distance  between  a  satel- 
lite and  the  water's  surface: 
over  seamounts,  which 
exert  a  strong  gravitational 
pull,  water  wells  up  a  few 
centimeters,  vaguely  echoing 
the  shape  of  the  sea  floor 
beneath  it.  But  it's  like  look- 
ing at  a  shadow,  rather 
than  at  the  object  itself.  The 
National  Science  Foundation 
provided  funding  to  deter- 
mine just  what  was  causing 
those  lines  on  the  gravita- 


tional-pull maps  by  study- 
ing the  ocean  floor  direcfly. 

To  do  so,  the  scientists 
used  side-scan  sonar,  which 
transmits  beams  of  sound 
from  the  ship  down  to  the 
ocean  floor  ("like  fingers," 
Forsyth  says,  fanning  his 


DAN  SCHEIRER 


hands  out  in  front  of  him  to 
demonstrate)  and  then 
receives  them  as  they  are 
bounced  back.  The  length  of 
time  the  sound  takes  to 
bounce  back  tells  the  scien- 
tists how  far  down  the  sea 
floor  is. 

Using  echoing  devices, 
they  can  measure  the  strength 
of  the  returning  signal  to  see 
what  the  bottom  is  like.  A 
smooth,  hard  surface  will 
reflect  sound  away  from  the 
ship  as  a  mirror  would, 
Forsyth  explains.  But  a  rough 
surface  such  as  lava  will 
scatter  the  soundwaves  back 
to  the  ship. 

The  scientists  found  that 
the  east-west  lines  that  ini- 
tially attracted  them  were 
actually  chains  of  volcanoes 


and  seamounts  that  radiate 
from  the  East  Pacific  Rise 
toward  the  west.  The  tallest, 
about  1,500  meters  beneath 
the  water's  surface,  are  up 
to  2.1  kilometers  tall  and  15 
kilometers  wide.  Some  of 
the  chains  extend  as  far 
as  250  kilometers,  forming 
underwater  mountain  ranges 
and  volcanic  chains  such 
as  Hawaii. 

Lowering  seismometers 
to  the  sea  floor,  the  research- 
ers discerned  hundreds  of 
earthquakes  in  a  two-week 
period,  indicating  that  the 
volcanoes  may  be  active  now. 

The  ocean  floor,  Forsyth 
points  out,  is  one  of  the  last 
unexplored  frontiers.  Along 
the  East  Pacific  Rise,  tectonic 
plates  are  moving  apart 


Geologist  Don  Forsyth  (above, 

left)  and  his  colleague 

Crispin  Hollinshead  from 

Scripps  College,  off  the  coast 

of  Easter  Island.  The  map 

at  left  was  generated  by 

computer  from  sonar 
readings  of  the  sea  floor. 


rapidly,  and  new  material  is 
constantly  being  thrust 
upward.  "This  is  where  it's 
happening,"  he  says.  "This 
is  where  the  Earth's  crust  is 
being  created." 

Since  three  of  the  scien- 
tists aboard  were  from 
Brown  -  graduate  student 
Yang  Shen  and  Brian  West 
'92  accompanied  Forsyth  - 
one  of  the  ranges  was  named 
after  Providence.  In  mem- 
ory of  the  late  Brown  geolo- 
gist and  plate-tectonics 
expert  William  M.  Chappie, 
Forsyth  named  the  Chappie 
Seamounts.  And  a  quirky 
seamount  that  could  only  be 
seen  obliquely  using  side- 
scan  sonar  was  named  after 
the  mythical  professor  of 
psychoceramics,  Josiah  S. 
Carberry.  The  Carberry  Sea- 
mount,  Forsyth  notes,  "may 
be  very  young,"  and  it 
marks  one  end  of  a  cracked 
line  that  travels  east  toward 
the  East  Pacific  Rise.  "Appro- 
priate for  a  professor  of 
cracked  pots,"  Forsyth  ob- 
serves wryly.  -  C.B.H. 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  11 


The  "war  for  the  soul  of  America" 

Excerpts  from  the  thirteenth  ainiiial  Providence  Journal/Brozi^ii 
Public  Affairs  Conference  on  "Race  in  America,"  March  2-11 


Henry  Louis  Gates,  Jr. 

Professor  of  English  and 
Afro- American  Studies  and 
Director  of  the  W.E.  DuBois 
histitute  for  Afro-American 
Research,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity 

Gates,  who  delivered  the  eou- 
ferenee's  Metenlf-Szivarer 
Meitwriiil  Leeture,  focused  on 
hate  speech,  political  correct- 
ness, and  the  Ri<;ht's  neio 
rhetoric. 

"Banning  hate  speech 
turns  a  garden-variety  bigot 
into  a  constitutional  mar- 
tyr." Regarding  multicultural- 
ism:  "Anything  that  makes 
Pat  Buchanan  foam  at  the 
mouth  can't  be  all  bad.  .  .  . 
The  debate  over  the  canon  is 
like  an  argument  over  inte- 
rior decorating  for  a  home- 
less person. . . .  There  is  a 
cultural  war  going  on.  It  has 
always  been  going  on.  But 
this  war  is  not  for  the  soul  of 
America  -  it  /s  the  soul  of 
America." 


Tom  Wicker 

Former  columnist.  The  New 
York  Times;  fellow,  Kennedy 
School  of  Government,  Har- 
vard University 

Wicker  noted  that  he  had  lived 
through  the  civil-rights  move- 
ment. 

Today  he  sees  "more  hos- 
tility, more  animosity,  and 
more  suspicion  between 
blacks  and  whites  than  there 
was  in  1954.  .  .  .  What  went 


wrong ( 


,  White  and  black 


liberals  underestimated  the 
strength  of  racial  barriers. . . . 
White  liberals  thought  that 
all  that  had  to  be  done  was 
to  remove  segregation,  and 
then  blacks  would  move 
into  the  white  middle  class. 


Whites  had  no  concept  of 
black  history  or  black  expe- 
rience. Later,  whites  could 
not  deal  with  the  absence  of 
the  old  black  deference.  . . . 

"Black  expectations 
became  black  demands,  and 
that  added  to  white  resent- 
ment. And  that  began  a 
cyclical  effect  of  resentment 
and  distrust. . . .  Racism  is 
the  original  sin  of  American 
society." 


Janet  E.  Helms 

Professor  of  psychology. 
University  of  Maryland; 
president  of  Cultural  Com- 
munications, a  race-relations 
and  psychological  consul- 
tation firm 

Helms  suggested  that  whites, 
whether  conscious  of  it  or  not, 
are  born  the  beneficiaries  of 
racism. 

"In  this  society,  we  tend 
to  believe  there  is  only  one 


dominant  culture.  .  .  .  We 
don't  quite  have  a  critical 
mass  yet  of  whites  who  see 
a  need  to  address  racial 
issues.  ...  If  whites  don't 
change  how  they  think 
about  themselves  and  race, 
the  Los  Angeles  situation 
will  be  repeated. 

Asked  to  give  an  example 
of  a  white  person  who  fit  her 
model  of  most-evolved  ego  status 
vis-a-vis  race,  she  answered, 
"Eleanor  Roosevelt.  (She)  put 
herself  on  the  line  for  peo- 
ple of  color.  She  was  ostra- 
cized by  whites. . . .  They 
called  her  awful  names,"  but 
she  didn't  back  down  from 
her  stand. 


Roger  Wilkins 

Clarence  J.  Robinson  Profes- 
sor of  History  and  Ameri- 
can Culture,  George  Mason 
University;  former  U.S. 
Assistant  Attorney  General 

Wilkins  addressed  economic 
factors  that  continue  to  hinder 
the  advanconent  of  blacks. 

"President  Clinton  . . . 
told  us  over  and  over  and 
over  again  that  we  had  to  be 
responsible  in  order  to  qual- 
ify for  the  compassion  of  the 
nation.  My  own  view  is  that 
blacks  have  been  responsi- 
ble and  full  of  self-help  since 
slavery  times  and  that,  in 
fact,  one  of  the  most  appeal- 
ing and  powerful  stories  in 
America  is  how  blacks  have 
helped  themselves.  But  we 
need  to  do  more. .  . . 

"We  will  not  have  a 
decent  society  until  white 
Americans  face  up  to  the  fact 
that  this  is  still  a  profoundly 
racist  society  and  that  all 
the  tasks  of  remedying  it  do 
not  rest  on  the  backs  of  black 
people.  We  will  do  our 


12   /  APRIL  1993 


share. .  .  .  [But]  we  cannot 
do  it  by  ourselves." 


Other  conference  speakers 
were:  Ronald  Takaki,  profes- 
sor of  ethnic  studies.  Univer- 
sity of  California,  Berkeley; 
Bill  Richardson,  represen- 
tative to  U.S.  Congress  ID- 
New  Mexico);  Thomas 
B.  Edsall,  Washington  Post 
political  reporter;  Mary  D. 
Edsall,  author;  Raul  Yza- 
guirre,  president.  National 
Council  of  La  Raza;  and 
Kenneth  Starr  '69  A.M.,  for- 
mer U.S.  SoUcitor  General. 


Rem 
defende 


i^ing  a 
trees 


I     he  Department  of 
^-   American  Civilization 
will  hold  an  Arbor-Day 
memorial  for  the  late  Profes- 
sor William  G.  McLoughlin 
on  Friday,  April  30.  Friends 
and  colleagues  plan  to  gather 
at  4  P.M.  in  the  Mary  E. 
Sharpe  Park  next  to  the  Am 
Civ  building,  82  Watennan 
Street,  to  share  memories  of 
the  historian  and  activist, 
whose  efforts  resulted  in  the 
sparing  and  planting  of 
many  trees  on  campus  over 
the  last  several  decades. 

Rumor  has  it  that  a  build- 
ing will  be  dedicated  in 
McLoughUn's  memory  .  . . 
a  small  building,  but  an 
extremely  useful  one.  To  be 
precise:  A  birdhouse  will  be 
installed  on  the  large  maple 
McLoughlin  helped  save 
about  ten  years  ago. 

Anyone  interested  in  join- 
ing the  gathering,  or  in  saying 
a  few  words,  may  call  Rheta 
Martin  in  the  American  civi- 
lization office,  (401)  863-2896. 


Studentside 

"  I  Love  a  Band  in  Uniform 
by  Joanna  Norland  '94 


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I     he  Brown  University  Band  has  always 
JL   enjoyed  a  reputation  for  irreverence, 
ingenuity,  spontaneity,  and  plain  old  know- 
ing how  to  have  a  good  time.  While  other 
Ivy  League  bands  wear  uniforms.  Brown's 
band  has  sported  a  casual  look  to  go  with 
that  image  -  brown-striped  rugby  shirts 
and  white  pants  at  games,  black  and  white 
for  Commencement,  and  anything  goes  for 
less  formal  occasions. 

Alumni  have  suggested  numerous  times 
that  the  band  invest  in  more  formal  uni- 
forms, an  idea  the  band  has  rejected  in  the 
past.  But  this  year,  partly  in  an  effort  to 
boost  campus  spirit,  90  percent  of  the  play- 
ers voted  to  accept  an  anonymous  donor's 
offer  to  foot  the  bill  for  uniforms. 

The  musicians  are  hoping  to  wear  their 
new  brown  blazers  applitjueed  with  cartoon 
mascot  Elrod  T.  Snidley,  red  polo  shirts,  and 
chinos  at  the  Commencement  week  concert 
on  May  30.  In  addition  to  donning  a  new 
look,  the  band  is  working  on  a  compact  disc, 
which  it  wUl  release  at  the  concert,  and  is 
polishing  up  its  field  show  for  next  season. 

The  band  numbers  about  eighty  musi- 
cians, whose  abilities  range  from  rank 
beginner  to  accomplished  ensemblist,  says 
president  and  alto  saxophone  player  Jona- 
than Kane  '95.  Participation  is  voluntary 
and  a  core  of  thirty  diehards  shows  up  at 
almost  every  function.  They  play  for  foot- 
ball, basketball,  and  hockey  games;  orienta- 
tion and  Commencement  events;  Brown 
Community  Outreach  events  for  neighbor- 
hood children;  and  all  sorts  of  special  occa- 
sions. At  holiday  time  they  like  to  "carol" 
through  the  Science  Library,  where  they  are 
mostly  well  received  by  madly  cramming 
students.  The  day  after  the  takeover  of  Uni- 
versity Hall  last  spring,  relates  vice  president 
and  trumpet  player  Thomas  Chestna  '94, 
as  a  campus  stress  reliever  the  group  staged 
its  own  march  through  administrators' 
offices,  with  the  tuba  player  hanging  out  a 
window. 

People  tend  to  associate  the  Brown  band 
with  goofy  halftime  shows  and  political 
satire,  Kane  says,  rather  tiian  musical  virtuos- 
ity or  precision  marcliing  formations.  "We're 
no  longer  allowed  back  at  West  Point," 
Chestna  adds,  "because  the  band  made  fun 


of  basic  training  in  a  halftime  show"  in  the 
early  eighties. 

For  many,  the  band's  informality  is  part 
of  its  attraction.  "Someone  told  me  whOe 
1  was  in  high  school  that  the  Brown  band 
does  a  skating  show  at  hockey  games,  and 
that's  why  I  decided  to  come  to  Brown," 
says  recording  secretary  and  percussionist 
Alaina  Schroeder  '96. 

Yet  at  the  same  time  it  promotes  a  fun- 
loving  spirit,  the  band  is  also  a  keeper  of 
tradition.  "We're  the  people  who  know  all 
the  songs  and  the  Brown  history  and  the 
superstition,"  Chestna  says.  "When  band 
members  use  the  Pembroke  steps,  we  never 
step  on  the  seal,  because  it's  bad  luck." 

In  that  spirit,  the  new  uniforms  will  be 
phased  in  slowly,  starting  with  football 
games  and  concerts,  Kane  says.  One  reason 
is  that  band  alumni,  who  were  polled  in  a 
questionnaire,  seem  to  be  divided  on  the 
issue.  Some  of  the  more  radical  ex-band 
members  from  the  sixties  and  seventies  are 
reluctant  to  see  the  informality  go,  he  says. 

"No  matter  what  we  wear  and  where 
we  are  and  how  we  act,  we  will  always  be 
the  Brown  band,"  promises  Chestna, 
quoting  his  father,  Thomas  C. 
Chestna  Jr.  '69.  "You'll  know  us 
because  we'll  be  com- 
ing at  you  playing 
'Ever  True  to 
Brown.' " 


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Angioplasty's  threat 
to  women 

Molecular  biologist  Kailash  Agarwal 
has  isolated  a  pituitary  hormone  that 
could  help  to  explain  the  higher  risk 
women  face  following  angioplasty,  the 
increasingly  common  technique  for 
clearing  clogged  arteries.  His  findings 
appear  in  the  May  issue  of  the  journal 
of  Cnniiovasciilar  Pharmacology. 

Last  month  the  American  Heart 
Association's  journal  Circulation  re- 
ported that  women  may  face  as  much 
as  a  tenfold  higher  risk  of  dying  than 
men  do  following  angioplasty.  After 
adjusting  the  death  rate  for  age  (women 
tend  to  develop  heart  disease  later  in 
life  than  men)  and  other  related  factors, 
the  researchers  found  women's  death 
rate  was  still  4.5  percent  higher. 

In  angioplasty,  a  surgeon  inserts  a 
balloonlike  catheter  into  the  clogged 
artery  and  inflates  it  to  flatten  the  fatty 
blockages  against  the  walls  of  the 
artery  -  a  much  less  invasive  procedure 
than  bypass  surgery. 

Studying  the  hormone  vasopressin, 
which  is  produced  by  the  pituitary 
gland,  Agarwal  has  found  it  causes  plate- 
lets to  clump  more  in  women's  blood 
samples  than  in  men's.  He  suspects 
vasopressin  may  play  a  significant  role 
in  women's  higher  mortality  after 
angioplasty. 

In  addition,  Agarwal's  research 
suggests  that  vasopressin's  clumping 
action  can  be  blocked  by  adenosine,  a 
common  metabolite.  Adenosine  is  pro- 
duced by  body  tissues,  including  the 
vascular  system,  and  it  can  be  adminis- 
tered in  other  forms.  Agarwal  recom- 
mends that  women  undergoing  angio- 
plasty be  treated  in  advance  with 
drugs  that  increase  adenosine  levels  in 
the  blood.  He  al^o  recommends  that 
prior  to  surgery,  jutients  avoid  foods 
and  drugs  containing  methylxanthines, 
which  further  stimulate  th'?  hormonal 
activity.  Coffee,  tea,  and  f  oiTit-  asthma 
medications  are  to  be  avoided. 


Anne  Fausto-Sterling 

'70  Ph.D.:  A  new  look 

at  hermaphTodites. 


Beyond  male  and  female 

Is  it  a  girl  or  a  boy?  It's  almost  always 
the  first  question  people  ask  about  a 
newborn.  In  the  March/April  issue  of 
The  Sciences,  Brown  developmental 
geneticist  Anne  Fausto-Sterling  argues 
that  in  our  zeal  for  uniformity  we  are 
using  medicine  to  eliminate  a  range  of 
sexes  that  exist  between  mere  male 
and  female. 

Fausto-Sterling  cites  Johns  Hopkins 
University  sex  researcher  John  Money, 
who  estimates  that  as  many  as  4  per- 
cent of  newborns  exhibit  both  male 
and  female  sexual  characteristics.  They 
are,  in  medical  terminology,  intersex- 
uals  and  are  divided  into  three  sub- 
categories: true  hermaphrodites,  who 
have  one  testis  and  one  ovary;  and  two 
categories  of  pseudohermaphrodites, 
whose  sexual  characteristics  and  chro- 
mosomes don't  match.  But  within 
these  groups,  she  notes,  there  is  much 
variation. 

"Intersexuality  itself  is  old  news," 
Fausto-Sterling  writes,  citing  sources  as 
old  as  the  Bible,  the  Talmud,  and  Plato, 
who  held  that  originally  there  were 
three  sexes  -  male,  female,  and  her- 
maphrodite. By  the  end  of  the  Middle 
Ages,  Europeans  had  settled  on  an 
approach  that  has  not  changed  since. 
"Hermaphrodites  were  compelled 
to  pick  an  established  gender  role  and 


stick  with  it,"  she  writes,  observing 
that  in  the  United  States,  state  laws  now 
govern  sex  determination. 

Where  the  law  leaves  off,  modern 
medicine  has  taken  over,  enabling  doc- 
tors and  parents  to  pick  a  sex  for  an 
intersexual  infant.  "Scientific  dogma  has 
held  fast  to  the  assumption  that  with- 
out medical  care  hermaphrodites  are 
doomed  to  a  life  of  misery,"  Fausto- 
SterUng  writes.  "Yet  there  are  few  empir- 
ical studies  to  back  up  that  assumption." 

However  well-intentioned,  "these 
medical  accomplishments  can  be  read 
not  as  progress  but  as  a  mode  of  disci- 
pline," she  writes.  "Inasmuch  as  her- 
maphrodites literally  embody  both 
sexes,  they  challenge  traditional  beliefs 
about  sexual  difference:  they  possess 
the  irritating  ability  to  live  sometimes  as 
one  sex  and  sometimes  the  other,  and 
they  raise  the  specter  of  homosexuality." 

In  Fausto-Sterling's  Utopia,  only 
rarely  would  medical  intervention 
determine  a  child's  sex  "before  the  age 
of  reason."  She  acknowledges  that  on 
the  surface  that  approach  seems 
fraught  with  peril:  "What  would  hap- 
pen to  the  intersexual  child  amid  the 
unrelenting  cruelty  of  the  schoolyard?" 
she  asks.  But  generations  from  now, 
"the  prize  might  be  a  society  in  which 
sexuality  is  something  to  be  celebrated 
for  its  subtleties  and  not  something  to 
be  feared  or  ridiculed." 


14  /  APRIL  1993 


Pembroke 

Library  to 

close 

One  noonday  last 
summer  a  Brown 
employee,  craving  novels, 
hauled  herself  up  the  sixty- 
seven  stairs  to  the  third- 
floor  library  in  Pembroke 
Hall  to  browse  in  the  new- 
books  stacks.  Perspiring 
from  the  climb  and  the  heat, 
she  riffled  through  book 
after  book,  choosing  four  or 
five  to  take  home.  A  breeze 
came  through  the  big,  open 
window  and  she  glanced 
out  to  see  a  student  loung- 
ing on  the  fire  escape.  Pony- 
tailed  and  shirtless,  heedless 
of  the  height,  he  leaned 
against  the  railing  and  read 
a  magazine. 

The  scene  seemed  typi- 
cal of  the  Pembroke  Library; 
unhurried,  comfortable,  and 
definitely  not  hermetically 
sealed.  Even  with  a  com- 
puter terminal  at  the  check- 
out desk,  the  little  library 
with  its  open  stacks  of  gen- 
eral-interest books,  racks  of 
magazines  and  newspapers, 
heavy  wooden  tables,  and 
upholstered  wing  chairs 
was  charmingly  out  of  step 
with  its  high-tech  campus 
cousins. 

So  the  news  early  this 
winter  was  poignant,  if  not 
surprising;  the  Pembroke 
Library,  announced  Univer- 
sity Librarian  Merrily  Taylor, 
will  close  forever  this 
summer. 

The  room  itself  will 
remain  open  as  an  evening 
study  space.  But  all  of  the 
books  and  other  materials 
in  the  library's  collections 
will  move  to  the  Rockefeller 
Library,  said  Taylor,  as  will 
staffer  Lois  D' Alfonso.  The 
move  is  part  of  the  Univer- 
sity Library's  efforts  to  lower 
operating  costs. 


"Consolidation  made 
the  most  sense,"  Taylor 
explained.  "The  resources 
and  services  which  were 
offered  at  Pembroke  will  be 
offered  at  other  sites." 

Taylor  added  that  donors 
to  the  Pembroke  Collection 
will  be  encouraged  to  con- 
tinue their  support.  The  funds 
will  be  used  to  purchase 
general  reading  material  and 
textbooks  similar  to  those 
that  currently  occupy  the 
Pembroke  Library's  shelves. 

Many  on  campus  who 
liked  the  library  well  enough 
to  climb  all  those  stairs  and 
forgo  carrels  and  air-condi- 
tioning wonder  where  they 
will  now  browse  bestsellers, 
study  in  peace  at  an  old 
oak  table,  or  read  the  latest 
magazines  on  a  fire  escape. 
-A.D. 


Coming  to  Campus  Dance? 

Leave  your  bottles  and  cans 

at  home,  please 

I     he  Associated  Alumni  will  implement  its  new 
^.    policy  on  beverages  at  this  year's  Campus 
Dance  on  May  28.  Those  attending  the  outdoor  reunion- 
weekend  soiree  may  no  longer  bring  in  their  own 
wine,  champagne,  beer,  soda,  or  any  other  beverage. 

The  change,  according  to  Assistant  Director  of 
Alumni  Relations  James  Rooney  '8g,  reflects  a  concern 
for  potential  liabilities  and  also  brings  the  dance  into 
line  with  Brown's  beverage  policy  at  other  campus 
events,  such  as  concerts  and  athletic  contests. 

Professionally-staffed  bars  will  sell  alcoholic  and 
nonalcoholic  drinks  at  the  dance.  Those  buying  alco- 
holic beverages  must  be  able  to  show  positive  identifi- 
cation to  verify  that  they  are  of  legal  age. 

For  more  information,  please  see  the  advertisement 
on  page  41. 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  15 


Sports 

By  James  Reinbold 


"The  no-name  team 

that  works  hard"  goes  to 

the  nationals 


Perhaps  it  was  fitting 
that  the  so-called  storm 
of  the  century  blew  into 
Providence  the  weekend  of 
the  first  round  of  the  ecac 
hockey  playoffs  March  13.  It 
helped  to  keep  Brown  fans 
focused  on  men's  hockey 
and  not  on  the  more  season- 
ally-appropriate spring 
sports  such  as  lacrosse  and 
tennis.  Brown  eliminated 
Yale  during  that  blizzardy 
weekend  and  then  traveled 
to  Lake  Placid,  New  York, 
for  a  semifinal  matchup  with 
top-seeded  Harvard.  There, 
"the  no-name  team  that 
works  hard,"  as  the  Bears 
have  dubbed  themselves, 
defeated  the  Crimson,  3-1. 
The  win  put  Brown  in  the 
ECAC  finals  against  Clarkson. 

Two  second-period 
goals  by  Chris  Kaban  '94  and 
a  third-period  goal  by  Eric 
Trach  '95  gave  Brown  its  first 
win  over  Harvard  in  two 
years. 

In  the  final.  Brown  was 
defeated  by  Clarkson,  3-1. 
"We  did  our  best,"  said  Head 
Coach  Bob  Gaudet  after  the 
game.  "Clarkson  has  an  out- 
standing hockey  team.  We 
worked  hard  and  tried  to 
get  it  done,  but  we  couldn't 
pull  it  off." 

Nevertheless,  Brown 
was  one  of  twelve  teams  to 
receive  an  invitation  to  the 
NCAA  tournament,  having 
impressed  the  selection 
committee  with  a  January 


Hard  worker:  Forward  Scott  Hanley  '93 
ended  his  career  with  a  bang.  He  scored  a  hat 

trick  against  Princeton  on  February  12, 

then  had  two-goal  games  against  Dartmouth 

and  Cornell,  the  gamewinner  against 

Yale  in  the  ECAC  playoffs,  and  a  finish  as  the  Bears 

leading  scorer  (19  goals,  23  assists). 

After  injuring  his  shoulder  in  the  Yale  playoff 

game,  a  determined,  patched-together  Hanley 

saw  ice  time  in  the  ECAC  semifinal  and 

final  games,  and  the  opening  round  of 

the  NCAA  championships. 


win  over  last  year's  ncaa 
champion  Lake  Superior 
State  at  the  Dexter  Classic  in 
Orono,  Maine;  the  ecac  win 
over  Harvard;  and  a  9-1-1 
record  in  the  last  eleven 
games  of  the  regular  season. 

Brown  met  Minnesota- 
Duluth  on  March  26  in  the 
opening  round  of  the  West- 
ern regionals  at  Joe  Louis 
Arena  in  Detroit.  The  Bull- 
dogs prevailed,  y-^,  ending 
Brown's  season. 

Still,  it  was  difficult  to  be 
despondent  after  the  loss. 
Reflecting  back  on  what  was 
possibly  Brown's  best  sea- 
son since  1976  -  when  the 
team  last  went  to  the  NCAA 
tournament  -  Coach  Gaudet 
said,  "When  you  look  at  the 
big  picture,  these  guys 
accomplished  an  awful  lot." 


Women's  basketball  repeats 
as  Ivy  champs 


Women's  basketball  won 
the  Ivy  League  champion- 
ship for  the  second  year  in  a 
row.  Their  attempt  to 
become  the  first  team  to  fin- 
ish undefeated  in  the  league 
was  thwarted  by  Pennsylva- 
nia, which  beat  Brown  in 
overtime  in  the  last  game  of 
the  season.  The  Bears's  13-1 
Ivy  record  matched  last 
year's  effort. 

League-leading  scorer 
Martina  Jerant  '95  was 
selected  first-team  All-Ivy 
and  Ivy  League  player  of 
the  year.  Kathy  Hill  '94  was 
a  second-team  selection. 


and  Shelly  Weaver  '93  was 
honorable  mention. 

Jerant,  who  was  Ivy 
League  rookie  of  the  year 
last  season,  averaged  19.5 
points  per  game  and  was 
fourth  in  the  league  in 
rebounding  with  a  9.6  per- 
game  average.  She  was 
named  player  of  the  week 
four  times  during  the  seven- 
week  Ivy  season. 


Ivy  Player  of  the  Year 
Martina  Jerant  '95  (right). 


16  /  APRIL  1993 


Winter  wrap-up 


Wrestling  finished  second  to 
Cornell  at  the  Eastern  hiter- 
collegiate  Wrestling  Associ- 
ation tournament  at  Lehigh, 
and  six  members  of  the 
team  qualified  for  the  ncaa 
championships  held  March 
18-20  at  Iowa  State  Univer- 
sity in  Ames.  Earlier  in  the 
season  Head  Coach  David 
Amato  notched  his  200th 
career  win,  making  him  the 
winningest  coach  in  Brown 
wrestling  history  with  vic- 
tories in  nearly  Tj  percent  of 
dual-meet  competition.  He 
was  EiwA  coach  of  the  year 
in  1992. 

Women's  hockey  was 
eliminated  by  Dartmouth, 
8-5,  in  round  one  of  the  ecac 
tournament. 

Men's  basketball  lost  to 
Princeton  and  Pennsylvania 
to  end  the  season  with  a 
7-19  record.  Freshman  Eric 


Blackiston  was  named  hon- 
orable mention  All-Ivy. 

Women's  indoor  track 
won  its  second  indoor  Hep- 
tagonal  championship,  after 
its  first-ever  last  year,  amass- 
ing a  record  156  points.  The 
team  was  undefeated  this 
season.  Men's  indoor  track 
finished  fifth  among  the  ten 
teams,  which  include  the 
eight  Ivy  League  colleges. 
Army,  and  Navy,  where  this 
year's  competition  was  held. 

Women's  squash  fin- 
ished seventh  at  the  Howe 
Cup  competition  held  annu- 
ally at  Yale,  and  at  the  isa 
men's  squash  scored  vic- 
tories over  MIT  and  Franklin 
&  Marshall  before  falling 
to  Cornell.  Women's  swim- 
ming finished  fifth  at  the 
EiwsL  tournament,  and 
men's  swimming  finished 
seventh  at  the  eisl. 


SCOREBOARD 


} 


(Fehniari/  ig-Mnrch  21) 


Men's  Hockey  (16-11-3) 

Brown  s,  Colgate  2 

Brown  4,  Cornell  2 

Brown  3,  Vermont  1 

Brown  6,  Dartmouth  2 

Brown  3,  St.  Lawrence  2 

Clarkson  8,  Brown  6 

Brown  3,  Yale  3* 

Brown  5,  Yale  3* 

Brown  3,  Harvard  1* 

Clarkson  3,  Brown  1* 

*ECAC  Tournament 

Women's  Hockey  (15-8-1) 

Brown  5,  Cornell  o 
Dartmouth  8,  Brown  5* 

*ECAC  Tournament 

Wrestling  (17-7) 

Brown  41,  Harvard  o 
Brown  27,  Central  Connecti- 
cut 5 
Brown  27,  Seton  Hall  8 
2nd,  EIWA  at  Lehigh 

Men's  Tennis  (2-1) 

Brown  8,  Central  Connecti- 
cut o 
Boston  University  6,  Brown  1 
Brown  4,  Providence  2 


Women's  Teimis  (1-1) 

Brown  5,  Rutgers  4 
Boston  University  5,  Brown  4 

Men's  Basketball  (7-19) 

Columbia  72,  Brown  69 

Cornell  79,  Brown  72 

Harvard  yy.  Brown  74 

Dartmouth  65,  Brown  64 

Princeton  60,  Brown  56 

Pennsylvania  70,  Brown  60 

Women's  Basketball  (19-7) 

Brown  79,  Columbia  6(1 

Brown  70,  Cornell  66 

Brown  87,  Harvard  81 

Brown  62,  Dartmouth  57 

Brown  57,  Princeton  s6 

Pennsylvania  78,  Brown  68 

Men's  Squash  (8-7) 

Brown  5,  mit  4 

Brown  9,  Babson  o 

10th,  ISA  at  Princeton 

Men's  Lacrosse  (2-0) 

Brown  21,  Boston  College  5 
Brown  12,  Adelphi  6 

Women's  Lacrosse  (1-0) 

Brown  12,  Lafayette  7 


Spring  begins 


Four  spring  sports  have  new 
head  coaches  for  1993:  Peter 
Lasagna  '82  takes  over  men's 
lacrosse  after  the  departure 
of  Dom  Starsia  '74  to  Vir- 
ginia; former  assistant  Caro- 
lan  Norris  is  at  the  helm  for 
women's  lacrosse;  Bill  Almon 
'75,  who  was  arguably 

Brown's 
best  base- 
ball player 
and  who 
spent 
twelve 
seasons  in 
the  pros, 
returns  as 
head  coach  of  baseball;  and 
Deb  Carreiro,  a  two-time 
AU-American  at  Bridge- 
water  State  College  and  for- 
mer head  coach  there,  is  the 


new  head  coach  of  Softball, 
taking  over  after  Phil  Pinc- 
ince  resigned  to  concentrate 
on  women's  soccer. 

Men's  lacrosse  opened 
the  season  with  a  lopsided 
21-5  win  over  Boston  Col- 
lege on  Warner  RooL  Andy 
Towers  '93,  who  didn't  play 
last  season,  scored  six  goals 
and  assisted  on  two  others; 
Oliver  Marti  '93  had  four 
goals  and  two  assists.  After 
beating  Adelphi,  the  Bears 
vaulted  into  fifth  place  in 
the  national  poll  with  a  thrill- 
ing 13-12  win  over  Loyola. 
David  Evans  was  named 
Ivy  League  rookie  player-of- 
the-week  for  his  four-goal 
and  two-assist  performance. 

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Coramunity 
Medicine 


BY    IRENE    WIELAWSKI 


Not  long  ago,  the  phone  rang  in 
Frank  Dietz's  turret  office  over- 
looking the  gritty  triple  deckers  of 
Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island.  On  the  line  was  Brown's 
new  dean  of  medicine,  Donald  Marsh  -  a  rather 
troubling  figure  in  Dietz's  neck  of  the  medical- 
school  woods. 

Dietz  is  president  of  Memorial  Hospital  of 
Rhode  Island,  one  of  Brown's  seven  affiliated 
teaching  hospitals  and  seat  of  its  nationally  recog- 
nized family-medicine  program.  Marsh's  back- 
ground is  about  as  far  removed  from  family 
medicine  as  Pawtucket  is  from  the  glitter  and 
sprawl  of  Los  Angeles,  the  dean's  last  academic 
stomping  ground. 

Marsh's  career  has  been  made  in  the  laboratory 
and  in  specialized  research,  not  in  the  treatment  of 
patients  -  the  focus  of  the  family-medicine  depart- 
ment at  Memorial.  Dietz  admits  that  as  a  member 
of  the  University  search  committee  that  reviewed 
more  than  loo  applicants  for  the  medical-school 
post,  he  initially  put  Marsh's  resume  at  the  bottom 
of  the  pile,  seeing  in  it  no  advantage  to  Memorial. 

But  Marsh  got  the  job,  and  now  he  was  on  the 
phone. 

"Can  you  meet  me  in  ten  minutes?"  he  asked 
Dietz.  "Sure,"  the  hospital  president  replied  e\'enly 
-  after  mentally  rejiggering  his  calendar,  calculat- 
ing the  drive  time  to  College  Hill,  and  estimating 
the  $15  parking  ticket  he  would  surely  get  thanks 
to  this  last-minute  summons  to  campus. 

"Then  I'll  be  right  over  as  soon  as  I  grab  my 
coat,"  replied  the  dean. 

"I  couldn't  believe  it!"  Dietz  recalled  a  few 
weeks  later.  "He  actually  was  coming  to  my  place. 
There  was  none  of  this  come-to-the-throne-and- 
wait-on-me  stuff.  I  had  the  feeling  this  was  a  guy 
I  could  work  with." 


It's  a  feeling  reported  by  others  who  share 
Dietz's  anxiety  about  new  directions  at  the  School 
of  Medicine  -  good  news  for  Marsh,  who  has  a 
ton  of  work  ahead  of  him  and  could  certainly  use 
some  help. 

Brown  has  handed  him  a  formidable  task:  to 
take  a  fledgling  medical  school,  just  twenty  years 
old,  and  make  it  competitive  with  the  top  schools 
in  the  nation.  And  he  is  being  asked  to  do  so  in  a 
turbulent  time,  as  a  deepening  crisis  in  health-care 
access  has  intensified  public  clamor  for  reform. 

What  shape  health  reform  will  take  is  any- 
one's guess.  Managed  competition  and  other  catch 
phrases  emanate  from  the  White  House  health 
reform  task  force  with  regularity.  Not  to  be  out- 
done. Congress  last  month  began  considering  new 
legislation  that  would  establish  a  single,  tax- 
financed,  universal-access  health  plan,  replacing 
most  private  insurance  as  well  as  the  government's 
Medicare  and  Medicaid  programs.  It's  a  different 
concept  from  the  one  favored  by  the  White  House, 
yet  the  bill's  authors  are  of  President  Bill  CHnton's 
own  Democratic  party.  A  battle  royal  among 
the  politicians  seems  certain. 

All  of  which  furnishes  a  distracting  backdrop 
for  anyone  in  medical  education  today.  Around 
the  Brown  campus  and  in  the  School  of  Medicine's 
teaching  hospitals,  anxiety  about  the  future  is 
a  constant  part  of  the  conversational  buzz.  Enter 
a  new  boss  -  Marsh  -  carrying  a  mandate  to  re- 
structure the  medical  school's  operations  and 
emphasis,  and  that  buzz  approaches  a  roar. 

"It's  clear  there's  some  apprehension  about 
me  and  where  I  came  from  and  what  I'm  going  to 

A  former  medical  reporter  for  the  Providence 
Journal,  Irene  Wielnwski  uozc  covers  health  care 
for  the  Los  Angeles  Times. 


18  /  APRIL  1993 


In  tiny  Rhode  Island, 
the  new  medical- 
school  dean  can 
profoundly  shape 
health  care  -  but 
first  he  must  navigate 
the  shifting  currents 
of  national  and  local 
health  policy 


do,"  acknowledges  Marsh,  sitting,  jacket  off  and 
shirtsleeves  rolled,  in  his  office  on  the  first  floor  of 
the  seventy-seven-year-old  Arnold  Laboratory 
Building  on  Waterman  Street. 

Outside  it  is  a  crisp  seventeen  degrees  with 
steely  February  skies  threatening  a  few  more  inches 
of  snow.  If  Marsh's  task  is  to  engineer  change  at 
the  medical  school,  he's  also  adjusting  to  some 
changes  himself.  The  fifty-seven-year-old  New  York 
City  native  comes  to  Brown  after  twenty  years  at 
the  University  of  Southern  California  in  balmy  Los 
Angeles.  There  he  rose  to  chair  USC's  Department 
of  Physiology  and  Biophysics,  establishing  along 
the  way  an  international  reputation  for  research 
on  the  kidney  and  regulation  of  blood  pressure. 
He  also  got  his  feet  wet  in  the  business  of  running 
a  medical  school:  When  USC's  dean  of  medicine 
resigned  abruptly  in  1990,  Marsh  was  one  of  sev- 
eral senior  faculty  members  tapped  for  a  manage- 
ment task  force  that  helped  run  the  school  until  a 
new  dean  was  appointed  this  year. 


Now  he  finds  himself  in  Rhode  Island,  a  state 
with  one-fourth  the  population  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  a  place  of  startling  intimacy  compared  with 
the  big  cities  Marsh  previously  called  home.  After 
only  six  months.  Marsh  and  his  wife.  Dr.  Wendy 
G.  Clough,  an  infectious-disease  specialist,  have 
discovered,  for  example,  that  it  is  impossible  to 
go  to  a  local  restaurant  without  running  into  some- 
one they  know,  and  that  intermission  at  Provi- 
dence's Trinity  Repertory  Company  is  a  social 
event  in  itself. 

The  intimacy.  Marsh  has  found,  extends  to 
professional  interactions  as  well.  In  a  city  such  as 
Los  Angeles  or  New  York,  with  several  medical 
schools  and  numerous  hospitals,  a  dean  of  medi- 
cine could  steer  an  academic  program  unfettered 
by  the  broader  community's  health  needs.  But  in 
tiny  Rhode  Island,  with  one  medical  school  and  all 
of  the  major  hospitals  in  its  orbit,  the  fortunes  of 
Brown  and  the  health  of  Rhode  Islanders  are  in- 
extricably linked. 


5ROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /   19 


The  blueprint  for  tomorrow's 
primary  care  is  being  dra\A/n 
by  today's  researchers. 
Primary-care  doctors  must  be 
schooled  in  the  interplay 
between  primary  care,  acute 
care,  and  research 


Indeed,  fruni  the  time  Brown  linmched  its 
medical  scluKil  two  deciides  ago,  a  iiuman- 
istic  orientation  to  public  service  has  per- 
meated the  curriculum.  Under  the  leadership  of 
Marsh's  predecessors,  former  Dean  of  Medicine 
Da\id  Greer  and  former  Vice  President  tor  Biology 
and  Medicine  I'ierre  Galletti,  the  medical  program 
came  to  be  nationally  recognized  for  its  emphasis 
on  the  compassionate  use  of  scientific  knowledge. 
In  iqgi  and  1942  U.S.  Nnvs  &  World  Report  ranked 
Brown  number  one  among  the  sixty-six  medical 
schools  that  consider  their  chief  mission  to  be  the 
education  of  primary-care  physicians. 

"By  steering  its  top 
students  toward  general 
medicine.  Brown  not 
only  is  helping  to  rem- 
edy a  glaring  national 
shortage  |of  primary- 
care  doctors]  but  has 
placed  itself  at  the  fore- 
front of  the  movement 
to  reform  metiical  edu- 
cation," the  magazine's 
surveyors  wrote  in  1991. 
Marsh,  a  veteran  of 
medical  schools  that 
staked  their  reputation 
in  more  prestigious  high-tech  fields,  says  Brown's 
orientation  has  been  an  eye-opener  for  him  and  one 
that  has  left  him  "deeply  impressed."  But  without  a 
tandem  emphasis  on  scientific  excellence,  he  adds, 
the  medical  school  will  shortchange  its  students  and 
the  community  it  seeks  to  serve. 

"We  have  to  be  strong  in  primary  care,"  says 
Marsh.  "But  we  have  to  build  other  strengths  as 
well."  Surgery,  medicine,  and  the  subspecialties 
of  those  traditional  stronghold  departments  need 
shoring  up  and  a  higher  level  of  scholarship  for 
Brown  to  climb  into  the  top  ranks  of  U.S.  medical 
schools,  he  believes. 

Marsh  is  not  alone  in  that  opinion.  Resources 
for  medical  education  are  dwindling,  and  compe- 
tition for  federal  research  money  has  intensified 
during  the  past  decade.  The  trend  is  expected 
to  continue  as  the  nation  attacks  runaway  health 
costs  -  now  14  percent  of  the  gross  national  product 
-  and  attempts  to  solve  the  problem  of  36  million 
Americans  without  health  insurance. 

In  such  a  climate,  many  observers  give  poor 
odds  for  survival  to  medical  schools  that  cannot 
demonstrate  a  continuum  of  excellence  that 
extends  from  basic  research  in  the  laboratory  to 
hospital-based  care  of  the  critically  ill  to  preven- 
tive medicine  in  the  community.  Though  health 
reformers  emphasize  the  need  to  improve  access 
to  primary  care,  no  one  is  suggesting  a  retreat 
from  the  research  and  cutting-edge  therapies  that 
have  earned  U.S.  medicine  international  acclaim. 
The  blueprint  for  tomorrow's  primary  care  is 


being  drawn  by  today's  researchers.  Primary-care 
doctors  no  less  than  their  specialist  counterparts 
need  to  be  well  schooled  in  the  interplay  between 
primary  care,  acute  care,  and  research. 

Consider  the  diabetic  patient.  At  the  community 
level,  she  needs  instruction  on  diet  and  careful 
monitoring  of  insulin  levels  to  control  the  disease 
and  prevent  damage  to  vital  organs.  But  such  basic 
care  has  to  be  backed  by  hospital-based  clinicians 
expert  in  managing  diabetic  crises  as  well  as  by 
laboratory  biologists  contributing  precise  knowl- 
edge about  the  role  insulin  plays  in  regulating 
blood  sugar.  As  one  step  toward  better  integrating 
Brown's  program.  Marsh  has  been  charged  with 
improving  links  between  basic  scientific  research 
on  campus  and  patient-oriented  research  at  the 
hospitals.  University  officials  also  believe  that 
pooling  multidisciplinary  campus-  and  hospital- 
based  talent  will  make  Brown's  relatively  small 
medical  faculty  (there  are  about  350  full-time  fac- 
ulty members,  bolstered  by  some  850  community- 
based  physicians  with  clinical  faculty  appointments) 
more  competitive  in  the  national  scramble  for  gov- 
ernment grants. 

The  Association  of  American  Medical  Colleges 
uses  federal  grant  totals  to  measure  achievement 
by  individual  medical  schools.  In  1990-91,  the 
most  recent  year  for  which  the  AAMC  has  figures. 
Harvard  Medical  School  was  number  one.  Of  the 
roughly  $4  billion  the  government  gave  U.S.  medi- 
cal schools.  Harvard  garnered  $350  million  -  more 
than  ten  times  the  per-school  average  of  $32  mil- 
lion. Brown  fell  just  shy  of  that  average  with  $30 
million,  ranking  forty-fifth  among  the  nation's  126 
accredited  medical  schools. 

To  demonstrate  the  potential  of  pooling  faculty 
talent.  University  Provost  Frank  Rothman,  a  former 
dean  of  biology,  cites  the  successful  pairing  of  Dr. 
Paul  Calabresi's  hospital-based  work  in  experi- 
mental cancer  treatment  with  Dr.  Robert  Parks's 
campus-based  pharmacology  research  in  winning 
major  grants  from  the  National  Cancer  Institute. 
"But  there  are  forty  or  fifty  or  sixty  other  areas 
where  it  is  not  working  well,  and  this  sort  of  col- 
laboration should  be  routine,"  Rothman  adds. 


Part  of  the  problem  has  been  structural. 
In  the  medical  school's  start-up  years. 
Brown  needed  the  community  hospitals 
as  a  training  base  for  students  and  residents  more 
than  the  hospitals  needed  the  University.  The  hos- 
pitals also  paid  the  salaries  of  faculty  stationed 
in  them,  further  blurring  the  lines  of  authority. 
Could  the  dean  of  medicine  really  insist  that  a  fac- 
ulty member  be  allowed  to  fulfill  research  or  teach- 
ing duties  when  the  hospital  administrator  wanted 
that  physician  in  the  operating  room  or  helping 


20  /  APRIL  1993 


Using  state-of-the-art 
technology  at  Roger  Williams 
Medical  Center,  researchers 
can  measure  bone  density 
to  test  new  treatments  for 
osteoporosis,  and  physicicins 
can  diagnose  the  disease  and 
evaluate  patients'  progress. 
To  check  the  machine's  accu- 
racy, medical  students  such 
as  Evelina  Perepelyuk  are 
evaJuated  periodically.  Since 
they  are  young  and  healthy, 
their  bone  composition 
remains  steady. 


out  with  a  patient  backlog  in  the  emergency  room? 

Tensions  flared  in  the  late  1980s,  when  a  few 
faculty  members  actually  were  fired  by  their  host 
hospitals,  and  the  University  was  powerless  to 
protect  them.  At  Rhode  Island  Hospital,  Brown's 
largest  clinical  center,  a  destructive  town-gown 
schism  arose  between  commimity-based  physicians 
on  the  hospital  staff  and  full-time  faculty  assigned 
there  in  departmental  leadersWp  positions. 

The  Brown  Corporation  responded  by  conven- 
ing a  committee  to  examine  the  structure  question. 
In  an  interim  report  issued  in  May  1991,  commit- 
tee chairman  and  Brown  Fellow  Charles  C.  Tilling- 
hast  '32  described  the  situation  this  way:  "The 
greatest  problems  of  the  Medical  Program  today 
appear  to  lie  at  the  interface  between  the  University 
and  the  hospitals.  From  the  University  side,  one 
hears  numerous  complaints  about  the  arbitrary 
treatment  by  hospital  management  of  full-time 
professors  who  hold  University  appointments  but 
are  on  the  payroll  of  one  of  the  participating  hos- 
pitals, and  about  the  lack  of  University  control 
over  residency  programs.  From  the  part-time  [clin- 
ical] faculty  in  the  hospitals  comes  the  complaint 
that  they  are  disregarded  and  demeaned  by  the 
full-time  medical  faculty.  From  the  hospitals'  side, 
one  hears  complaints  of  the  failure  of  University 
authorities  to  make  needed  decisions  promptly,  a 
failure  sometimes  attributed  to  a  perceived  lack  of 
authority  on  the  part  of  the  senior  officials  of  the 
Medical  Program." 

The  Tillinghast  report  went  on  to  note  that 
none  of  these  problems  was  unique  to  Brown.  They 
are  present  to  some  degree  in  every  medical  school 
that  relies  on  community  hospitals  as  opposed  to  a 
single  university-controlled  teaching  hospital.  But 
clearer  definition  of  faculty  roles  and  University/ 
hospital  relationships  would  help  the  situation  at 


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Brown,  the  report  concluded. 

Work  toward  those  goals  began  immediately. 
Brown's  bargaining  position  was  aided  by  wide 
recognition  of  the  value  to  hospitals  of  affiliation 
with  the  medical  school.  A  hospital  advertising 
itself  as  a  teaching  center  with  expert  faculty  over- 
seeing the  quality  of  care  found  the  message  to  be 
a  powerful  magnet  for  patients.  And  attracting 
patients  -  those  with  insurance,  that  is,  to  pay  for 
the  care  -  is  how  hospitals  stay  in  business. 

"There  has  been  a  change  in  climate,"  says 
Rothman  about  the  deals  Brown  had  to  cut  to 
launch  its  medical  school  twenty  years  ago  and 
the  deals  it  can  command  today.  "There  is  agree- 
ment now  that  in  order  for  hospitals  to  flourish 
in  Rhode  Island,  they  must  come  to  an  accom- 
modation with  the  University." 

Besides  enabling  Brown  to  strengthen  its  con- 
trol over  hospital-based  programs,  the  power  shift 
also  paves  the  way  for  the  medical  school  to  achieve 
greater  financial  independence  from  the  hospitals. 
The  chief  vehicle  is  the  faculty  practice  plan.  Under 
such  schemes  -  already  in  place  at  most  of  the 
nation's  medical  schools  -  a  percentage  of  patient 
fees  earned  by  faculty  physicians  at  affiliated  hos- 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  21 


As  the  population  ages,  it's  increasingly  critical  that  doctors  are  familiar  with  the  special  medical  problems  that 
face  the  elderly,  says  Dr.  Herb  Constantine.  He  and  geriatric  nurse  practitioner  Clarisse  Morisseau  examine  Rosemary 
DeTuccio,  who  is  recovering  from  surgery  at  Steere  House,  a  nursing  facility  on  Rhode  Island  Hospital's  campus. 


Health  reformers  suggest 
a  shift  toward  funding 
primary  care.  Should  that 
trend  take  hold.  Brown's 
School  of  Medicine  could 
hold  a  distinct  advantage 


pitals  flows  to  the  medical  school  to  underwrite 
research  and  faculty  salaries.  By  wresting  salary 
control  from  the  hospitals.  Brown  positions  itself 
to  protect  hospital-based  faculty  -  and  to  insist 
they  meet  their  teaching  and  research  obligations. 

Discussions  are  still  ongoing  with  faculty, 
department  chairs,  and  host  hospitals  on  the  con- 
figuration of  those  practice 
plans.  The  department  of 
psychiatry,  however,  is 
already  operating  one.  Its 
chief.  Dr.  Martin  Keller,  is 
the  first  medical-school 
department  chair  to  be  an 
employee  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity -  not  of  the  newly 
merged  Bradley-Butler  Hos- 
pital, where  he  is  based. 

Keller  is  enthusiastic 
about  the  arrangement.  He 
is  able  to  direct  psychiatric  research  by  faculty  at 
all  seven  affiliated  hospitals  without  having  to 
negotiate  that  authority  with  each  hospital's 
administration.  The  improved  coordination  has 
also  resulted  in  more  nationally  competitive  schol- 
arship. Keller  says  research  grants  to  the  depart- 
ment exceed  $10  million  this  year,  up  from  $1.3 
million  when  he  became  chairman  in  1989. 

A  new  surgery  chairman  has  just  been  named 
and  a  search  is  under  way  for  a  chairman  of  medi- 
cine, each  of  whom  will  be  charged  with  organizing 
their  faculty  into  practice  plans. 

Within  the  University,  the  authority  of  the 
medical-school  dean  also  has  been  strengthened 


and  clarified.  Marsh's  powers  once  were  shared  by 
three  people:  a  dean  of  medicine,  a  dean  of  biol- 
ogy, and  a  vice  president  for  medicine  and  biologi- 
cal sciences.  In  the  new  position  of  dean  of  medicine 
and  biological  sciences.  Marsh  supervises  not  only 
the  medical  school  and  hospital-based  programs, 
but  also  basic  biology  research  on  campus.  He 
reports  directly  to  the  provost,  giving  the  medical 
school  a  stronger  voice  in  University  affairs. 

But  as  the  medical  school's  position  strengthens, 
will  biology  faculty  on  the  campus  lose  ground? 
Douglass  Morse,  an  ecologist  who  served  as  interim 
dean  of  biology  from  1990  until  Marsh  arrived  last 
summer,  says  the  fears  of  campus-based  biologists 
mirror  those  of  primary-care  faculty  who  anticipate 
losing  stature  in  the  medical  school's  restructuring. 
Among  those  with  the  greatest  misgivings  are  sci- 
entists whose  investigations  have  no  application 
to  clinical  medicine. 

"Although  everyone  thinks  we're  fine  now  in 
what  we  are  doing,  it  could  all  get  forgotten  in  the 
midst  of  these  other  priorities,"  Morse  says,  noting 
that  the  comparatively  "gargantuan"  hospital- 
based  faculty  vastly  outnumbers  the  sixty  biologists 
on  campus. 

There  are  also  worries  among  administrators 
of  the  teaching  hospitals.  Affiliation  with  Brown 
may  enhance  their  competitive  position  vis-a-vis 
unaffiliated  hospitals,  but  it  does  not  save  them 
from  patient  grabs  by  their  fellow  affiliates.  Brown 
ties  notwithstanding,  each  hospital  is  beholden 
to  its  own  board  of  directors.  And  these  are  tough 
economic  times  for  hospitals,  no  less  than  for 
medical  schools. 


22  /  APRIL  1993 


Health  policy  analysts  predict  a  winnowing 
of  hospitals  during  the  1990s  as  a  consequence  of 
shortened  hospital  stays,  more  outpatient  treat- 
ment, and  tighter  money.  Such  market  forces  have 
already  led  to  the  merger  of  the  Emma  Pendleton 
Bradley  Hospital,  a  children's  psychiatric  facility 
in  East  Providence,  and  Providence's  Butler  Hos- 
pital, which  specializes  in  adult  psychiatric  cases. 
None  of  the  remaining  teaching  hospitals  can 


"It's  not  only  our 
science,  but  also 
our  humanity  that 
influences  patients' 
outcomes, "  says 
Dr.  Alicia  Patterson 
Monroe  '73.  In 
addition  to  seeing 
patients  in  the  clinic 
at  Memorial  Hospital 
(above),  she  teaches 
family  medicine  and 
heads  the  family- 
practice  residency 
program. 


claim  a  fat  profit  margin.  So  while  their  adminis- 
trators concede  the  theoretical  value  of  a  Brown 
affiliation,  all  want  tangible  proof.  As  they  did 
his  predecessors,  those  administrators  are  lobby- 
ing Marsh  intensely  for  the  assignment  of  faculty 
capable  of  drawing  research  grants  to  their  labs 
and  paying  patients  to  their  beds. 

It  has  already  been  decided,  for  example,  that 
the  new  chairman  of  surgery.  Dr.  Kirby  Bland,  will 
be  based  at  Rhode  Island  Hospital.  Memorial  Hos- 
pital's president,  Frank  Dietz,  says  he  will  watch 
closely  to  see  if  the  chief  spends  all  his  time  at 
Rhode  Island,  ignoring  the  programmatic  needs  of 
smaller  surgery  departments  at  Memorial,  Roger 
Williams  Medical  Center,  Miriam  Hospital,  and 
the  Veterans  Administration  Medical  Center.  "If 
he  comes  and  says,  'Oh,  by  the  way,  Miriam, 


Roger  Williams,  Memorial,  and  the  VA,  I'll  see 
you  in  five  years  because  I'm  focusing  all  my 
attention  on  Rhode  Island,  that  will  destroy  all  the 
cooperation,'  "  Dietz  says.  "The  University  has 
said  in  a  lot  of  ways,  'We  are  going  to  be  in  com- 
mand.' I  hear  it,  but  1  hope  it  is  still  going  to  be  a 
partnership." 

And  where  will  the  new  chairman  of  medicine 
be  assigned?  William  Kreykus,  Rhode  Island  Hos- 
pital's blunt-spoken  president,  has  no  doubt  it 
should  be  at  his  place.  "The  majority  of  Brown's 
[clinical]  departments  are  based  here,"  he  says, 
noting  also  that  the  University  has  recognized  the 
importance  of  Rhode  Island  Hospital  by  desig- 
nating it  the  "principal"  teaching  institution. 
Rhode  Island  Hospital,  by  far  the  largest  hospital 
in  the  state,  shares  its  campus  with  another  Brown 
affiliate.  Women  &  Infants  Hospital  of  Rliode 
Island.  It  is  also  building  the  state's  first  pediatric 
hospital.  In  fact,  the  size  of  the  complex  could  satisfy 
all  of  Brown's  teaching  and  research  needs,  Kreykus 
contends,  if  the  University  would  only  agree  to 
transfer  some  key  programs  from  the  other  gen- 
eral affiliates.  "They  are  all  fine  hospitals,  but  the 
depth  is  not  the  same,"  Kreykus  says  -  though 
his  counterparts  at  the  other  hospitals  don't  quite 
see  it  that  way. 


M 


arsh  has  no  illusions  about  the 
enormity  of  the  task  Brown  has 
handed  him.  Impressive  as  his 
scientific  credentials  are,  his  political  acumen  will 
also  come  into  play  as  dean.  And  the  entire  enter- 
prise will  have  to  stay  nimble  enough  to  adjust  its 
long-range  goals  to  changing  signals  from  Wash- 
ington. Though  grant  support  for  medical  schools 
historically  has  been  concentrated  on  the  acute- 
care  specialties,  such  as  cancer  research  or  high- 
tech  surgical  procedures,  much  of  the  discussion 
among  health  reformers  suggests  a  shift  in  fund- 
ing priorities  to  primary  care.  Should  that  trend 
take  hold.  Brown's  School  of  Medicine  could  hold 
a  distinct  advantage. 

In  the  meantime.  Brown  medical  faculty  are 
examining  how  their  areas  of  specialty  can  benefit 
from  closer  collaboration  with  campus  scientists 
and  researchers  at  sister  hospitals.  Dr.  Vincent 
Hunt,  the  chairman  of  family  medicine,  finds  that 
prospect  exciting. 

"We  do  need  a  more  thorough  research-oriented 
and  scholarly  approach,"  Hunt  says.  "We  can  all 
benefit  from  central  oversight  at  the  medical  school 
that  can  see  a  bigger  picture  than  each  of  us  in  our 
own  department.  The  challenge  is  not  to  lose  some 
of  the  unique  strengths  of  the  school  that  have 
come  through  the  vitality  of  the  affiliated  hospitals 
and  their  deep  community  roots."  Q 


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Savage 
Humor 


Paula  Vogel's  plays 
are  funny.  Very  funny. 
And  very,  very  scary 

BY  RONN   SMITH 


The  day  I  decided  to  fight  for  my  vision 
was  the  day  I  called  myself  a  playwright," 
says  Paula  Vogel.  That  was  in  1980.  She 
had  mailed  The  Oldest  Profession,  a  com- 
edy about  five  geriatric  prostitutes,  to 
theaters  across  the  country.  In  response, 
she  says,  "respectable  theater  professionals  wrote 
to  say  how  much  it  offended  them,  really  offended 
them.  Some  of  them  -  and  these  were  people 
whose  job  it  was  to  mentor  emerging  playwrights 
-  actually  told  me  to  stop  writing.  They  didn't 
mean  to  be  harsh  or  cruel,  but  they  hurt." 

Now  an  associate  professor  of  English  and 
director  of  the  Creative  Writing  Program's  Play- 


Ronn  Smith  has  been  following  Paula  Vogel's  career 
since  1982.  He  senvd  as  dramaturg  for  the  Circle  Reper- 
tory Compani/  production  o/The  Baltimore  Waltz  and 
is  the  author  0/ American  Set  Design  2.  He  currently 
works  for  the  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design's  develop- 
ment office. 


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Paula  Vogel  brings  to  her  comedies  concerns  about 
the  most  troubling  questions  of  human  existence: 
sexuality,  loss,  and  death. 


writing  Workshop,  Vogel  pauses  for  a  moment  and 
reaches  for  her  coffee  cup.  "I  became  a  playwright 
the  day  1  said,  '1  don't  care  what  you  think  about 
this  play;  1  think  it's  talented.'  This  isn't  to  say  that 
one  should  ignore  constructive  criticism,  of  course, 
but  the  responses  I  got  to  The  Oldest  Profession  did 
suggest  that  something  else  was  going  on,  that 
the  play  was  pushing  some  very  personal  buttons." 

In  fact,  Vogel's  plays  never  fail  to  push  but- 
tons, and  that  may  be  the  source  of  their  strength. 
She  quickly  gains  empathy  for  her  characters  with 
witty  dialogue  and  belly-laugh  humor,  but  then 
reveals  a  more  serious  agenda  that  often  revolves 
around  issues  of  sexuality,  gender,  loss,  or  aging. 

The  same  production  may  spark  wildly  dispa- 
rate responses.  Witness  The  Baltimore  Waltz,  which 
last  year  had  its  world  premiere  at  Circle  Reper- 
tory Company,  one  of  New  York  City's  best  known 
Off-Broadway  theaters.  On  one  level  the  play  is  an 
absurd  comedy  about  Anna,  a  single,  elementary- 
school  teacher  from  Baltimore  who  receives  the 
devastating  news  that  she  is  terminally  ill  with  the 
incurable  atd  -  Acquired  Toilet  Disease.  With  her 
brother,  Carl,  a  children's  librarian,  Anna  embarks 
on  a  whirlwind  tour  of  Europe  in  pursuit  of  unin- 
hibited sexual  pleasure,  black-market  drugs,  and  a 
miracle  cure  that  involves  drinking  urine.  But  the 
comedy  is  only  fantasy.  At  the  end  of  the  play, 
it  emerges  that  Anna  is  perfectly  healthy;  Carl  is 
dying  of  aids.  The  program  notes  include  a  copy 
of  a  letter  Paula  Vogel  received  from  her  own 
brother,  Carl,  who  died  of  aids  in  Baltimore;  they 
planned  but  never  took  a  trip  to  Europe. 

Circle  Rep's  seven-week  run  sold  out  in  days, 
and  people  Uned  up  at  the  box  office  before  each 
performance  on  the  off-chance  that  a  ticket  might 
become  available.  Vogel  won  an  Obie  Award 
for  the  play,  as  did  director  Anne  Bogart  and  Cherry 
Jones,  who  played  Anna. 

The  critics,  however,  were  split.  Writing  in  the 
New  York  Times,  Frank  Rich  called  The  Baltimore 
Waltz  dazzling:  "the  rare  aids  play  that  rides  com- 
pletely off  the  rails  of  documentary  reality,  trying 
to  rise  above  and  even  remake  the  world  in  which 
the  disease  exists."  Michael  Feingold  of  the  Village 
Voice,  called  it  brilliant.  John  Simon,  in  Nezv  York 
magazine,  called  it  "downright  repellent." 

Vogel  takes  the  different  responses  in  stride. 
"I'm  not  happy  unless  I'm  writing,"  she  says,  "but 
the  day  everyone  agrees  that  I've  written  a  'nice' 
play  is  the  day  I'll  consider  getting  out  of  the  field." 


For  the  forseeable  future,  "niceness"  does 
not  appear  to  threaten  Vogel's  career. 
Nor  does  obscurity.  The  sudden  success 
of  The  Baltimore  Waltz  thrust  her  into  the 
limelight,  leading  new  admirers  to  pro- 
ject on  her  that  most  beloved  of  theater 
cliches  -  the  overnight  sensation.  Since  closing 
at  Circle  Rep,  The  Baltimore  Waltz  has  had  more  than 
fifteen  professional  productions,  including  those 
at  Center  Stage  in  Baltimore,  the  Goodman  Theater 
in  Chicago,  and  Yale  Repertory  Theater  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  A  limited  run  at  Brown's 
Summer  Theatre  is  under  consideration. 

Vogel  is  philosophical,  even  sanguine,  about 
her  recent  good  fortune.  "The  safest,  wisest  choice 
is  to  respond  with  humor,"  she  says.  "A  lot  of  peo- 
ple thought  The  Baltimore  Waltz  was  my  first  play 
because  it  was  the  first  play  of  mine  they'd  seen. 
For  them.  And  Baby  Makes  Seven  [which  opens 
at  Circle  Rep  in  mid-April]  will  be  my  second  play. 
In  actuality,  I've  written  more  than  twenty  plays, 
and  Baby  Makes  Seven  was  written  ten  years  before 
The  Baltimore  Waltz." 

And  Baby  Makes  Seven  is  expected  to  rival  The 
Baltimore  Waltz's  popularity.  The  play  is  scheduled 
last  on  the  season's  lineup  so  if  demand  warrants, 
it  can  run  through  the  summer.  It's  the  story  of 
a  lesbian  couple,  Anna  and  Ruth,  who  persuade 
their  gay  roommate,  Peter,  to  father  a  child  for 
them.  The  hitch  is  that  he  won't  collaborate  unless 
they  agree  to  kill  off  the  existing  members  of  their 
offbeat  family:  three  imaginary  children.  It  won't 
be  a  hit  with  the  religious  right. 

Vogel  is  now  a  company  member  at  Circle 
Repertory,  which  has  scheduled  another  of  her 
works,  Desdemona,  for  next  season.  She  wrote  Des- 
demona  in  1977,  when  she  was  twenty-six.  Although 
it  placed  second  in  the  1979  new  plays  festival 
held  annually  by  the  Actors  Theatre  of  Louisville, 
Desdemona  was  eclipsed  by  the  first-prize  winner  - 
Beth  Henley's  black  comedy  Crimes  of  the  Heart, 
which  went  on  to  a  very  successful  run  on  Broad- 
way and  then  was  filmed  as  a  movie.  Producers 
weren't  interested  in  a  retelling  of  Othello  from 
the  female  characters'  point  of  view.  "So  I  put  it 
away,"  Vogel  explains.  Then  this  February  the 
script  was  given  a  staged  reading  at  Circle  Rep, 
and  "during  the  post-performance  discussion,  the 
general  consensus  seemed  to  be  that  the  play  is 
very  timely,"  she  says. 

Her  newest  script  was  picked  for  production 
even  before  it  was  completed.  Next  year  the  Amer- 
ican Repertory  Theatre  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, will  premiere  the  provocatively  titled  Hot 
'n  Throbbing.  "Success,"  Vogel  admits  with  a  grin, 
"is  not  having  to  wait  ten  years  to  see  one  of  my 
scripts  get  produced." 


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Some  people  who  lia\e  followed  Paula 
X'ogel's  career  over  the  years  believe  she 
is  writing  ahead  of  her  time.  She  is  not  so 
sure.  "1  would  point  out,"  she  says,  "that 
il  takes  longer  for  women  and  playwrights 
of  color  to  break  through  the  resistance 
and  make  it  their  time.  Let's  say  that  a  good  play  is 
defined  as  a  four-legged  animal,  but  in  walks  this 
dazzling,  beautifullv  colored,  six-legged  animal. 
Most  people  would  say  that  it  isn't  a  good  play.  If 
the  world  is  looking  for  another  Sam  Shepard,  it's 
not  going  to  recognize  an  Adrienne  Kennedy." 

Vogel  is  clearly  neither  another  Sam  Shepard 
nor  another  Acirienne  Kennedy,  but  her  plays  luwe 
been  compared  to  those  of  the  British  playwrights 
Caryl  Churchill  (.Cloud  Nine  and  Top  Girl)  and 
Peter  Barnes  {The  Riding  Class),  and  to  Americans 
John  Guare  (The  House  of  Blue  Leaves)  and  Christo- 
pher Durang  (Sister  Mary  Ignatius  Explains  It  All 
for  You)  -  even  to  Tennessee  Williams  and  George 
Bernard  Shaw. 


Paula  Vogel's  And  Baby  Makes  Seven  opens 
Off-Broadway  in  mid-April  at  Circle  Repertory 
Company's  Lucille  Lortel  Theatre. 

David  Savran,  who  teaches  dramatic  literature 
in  Brown's  English  department,  considers  Vogel  a 
true  original.  He  has  known  her  since  the  mid- 
1970s  when  they  were  both  graduate  students  at 
Comell.  "She's  extraordinarily  literate  and  literary," 
Savran  says,  sitting  in  his  office  in  Horace  Mann. 
"Although  she  works  'in  the  tradition  of  certain 
playwrights,  it's  difficult  to  compare  her  to  other 
playwrights  without  extensive  qualifications.  Lan- 
guage in  a  Paula  Vogel  play  does  more  work,  it 
carries  more  freight,  it's  more  richly  textured.  Her 
writing  also  displays  a  wittiness  and  a  certain 


peculiar  elegance  that  1  think  is  in  very  short  sup- 
ply in  contemporary  theater." 

M.  Elizabeth  Osborn,  who  writes  about  theater 
and  opera  for  various  New  York  City  publications, 
concurs.  "I'm  not  a  comedy  person,"  Csborn  states 
during  a  telephone  interview  from  her  apartment 
in  Brooklyn.  "I  find  most  comedy  obvious;  it  beats 
you  over  the  head.  But  Paula  makes  comedy  out 
of  the  most  serious  subjects.  It's  clear  that  she  works 
from  the  assumption  that  audiences  are  smart 
and  that  they're  interested  in  figuring  things  out. 
What  fascinates  me  about  Paula's  work  is  the  gap 
between  what  the  play  appears  to  be  about  and 
what  the  play  is  really  about.  In  other  words,  be- 
tween the  surface  of  the  play  and  what  Paula  is 
actually  writing  about." 

For  example,  in  the  third  scene  of  And  Baby 
Makes  Seven,  father-to-be  Peter  is  being  given  a  les- 
son in  how  to  bathe  a  baby.  "Looking  grim"  (accord- 
ing to  the  stage  direction),  he  stands  over  a  large 
rubber  tub  and  a  life-size  baby  doll.  As  Ruth  reads 
step-by-step  instructions  from  a 
book,  he  repeatedly  fumbles  his 
plastic  ward  until  finally,  hope- 
lessly, the  lesson  deteriorates 
into  a  raucous  game  of  football, 
with  the  "baby"  as  football. 

Audiences  unfailingly  find 
the  scene  hysterically  funny, 
especially  when,  shortly  before 
the  football  game  begins,  Peter 
holds  the  doll's  face  underwater 
and  then  tosses  it  into  the  air. 
On  one  level  the  scene  is  juve- 
nile, but  it  taps  into  shared  anxi- 
eties about  children,  about 
handling  newborns,  and  about 
raising  children.  The  laughter 
is  nearly  always  nervous. 

That  ability  to  marry  the 
comic  with  darker  issues  is  a 
hallmark  of  all  great  comedy,  but 
the  precision  with  which  Vogel 
balances  the  two  elements  within 
a  single  play  is  particularly  deft.  In  The  Baltimore 
Waltz,  And  Baby  Makes  Seven,  and  The  Oldest  Profes- 
sion, death,  or  the  possibility  of  dying,  occupies  a 
surprisingly  pivotal  role  in  what  are  unequivoca- 
bly  comedies.  Vogel's  humor  can  veer  from  the 
sophomoric  to  the  ribald  to  the  highly  sophisticated 
(and  does  so  even  v^thin  a  single  short  scene),  but 
it  seldom  operates  merely  as  comic  relief.  Rather, 
the  comedy  provides  a  mechanism  by  which  Vogel 
pries  open  serious  issues  surrounding  parenthood, 
aging,  and  death  and  dying. 

"Paula  has  a  keen  sense  of  observation,  so  I 
tend  to  think  of  her  plays  as  savagely  funny,"  says 
Molly  Smith,  the  artistic  director  of  Perseverance 
Theater,  in  Juneau,  Alaska,  which  presented  an 
early  workshop  of  The  Baltimore  Waltz.  "But 


26  /  APRIL  1993 


I 


Paula  Vogel  on  Death  and  Dying 


n  The  Baltimore  Waltz,  Anna,  a  school 
teacher  from  Baltimore,  learns  that  she 
is  dying  of  atd  -  Acquired  Toilet  Dis- 
ease. With  her  brother,  Carl,  she  tours 
Europe,  living  wild  and  seeking  a  Vien- 
nese miracle  cure  that  involves  drinking 
urine.  Scene  Fourteen  finds  Anna 
wrestling  with  her  impending  death, 
acting  out  psychologist  Elizabeth 
Kiibler-Ross's  six  stages  of  death. 


The  Third  Man     Anna  has  a  difficult 
time  sleeping.  She  is  afflicted  with  night 
thoughts.  According  to  Elizabeth  Kiibler- 
Ross,  there  are  six  stages  the  terminal 
patient  travels  in  the  course  of  her  illness. 
The  first  stage;  Denial  and  Isolation. 
{The  Third  Man  sta\/s  in  tJie  hotel  room  and 
ivatches  Carl  and  Anna  in  the  bed.  They  are 
sleeping,  when  Anna  sits  upright.) 

Anna     I  feel  so  alone.  The  ceiling  is 
pressing  down  on  me.  I  can't  believe  I 
am  dying.  Only  at  night.  Only  at  night. 
In  the  morning,  when  I  open  my  eyes,  1 
feel  absolutely  well  -  without  a  body. 
And  then  the  thought  comes  crashing  in 
my  mind.  This  is  the  last  spring  I  may 
see.  This  is  the  last  summer.  It  can't  be. 
There  must  be  a  mistake.  They  mixed 
the  specimens  up  in  the  hospital.  Some 
poor  person  is  walking  around,  dying, 
with  the  false  confidence  of  my  progno- 
sis, thinking  themselves  well.  It's  a  cleri- 
cal error.  Carl!  I  can't  sleep.  Do  you 
think  they  made  a  mistake? 

Carl  Come  back  to  sleep  -  {Carl  pnlls 
Anna  dozmi  on  the  bed  to  him,  and  strokes 
her  brow.  They  change  positions  on  the  bed.) 

The  Third  flAan     The  second  stage: 
Anger. 

Anna      {Anna  sits  bolt  upright  in  bed, 
angry.)  How  could  this  happen  to  me!  1 
did  my  lesson  plans  faithfully  for  the 
past  ten  years!  I've  taught  in  classrooms 
without  walls  -  kept  up  on  new  audio- 
visual aids  -  1  read  Snminerhill!  And  I 


believed  it!  When  the  principal  assigned 
me  the  job  of  the  talent  show  -  1  pleaded 
for  cafeteria  duty,  bus  duty  -  but  no, 
I  got  stuck  with  the  talent  show.  And 
those  kids  put  on  the  best  darn  show 
that  school  has  ever  seen!  Which  one  of 
them  did  this  to  me?  Emily  Barker?  For 
slugging  Johnnie  Macintosh?  Because 
I  sent  him  home  for  exposing  himself  to 
Susy  Higgins?  Susy  Higgins?  Because 
1  called  her  out  on  her  nosepicking?  Or 
those  Nader  twins?  I've  spent  the  best 
years  of  my  life  giving  to  those  kids  - 
it's  not- 

Carl      Calm  down,  sweetie.  You're 
angry.  It's  only  natural  to  be  angry.  Eliz- 
abeth Kiibler-Ross  says  that  - 

Anna     What  does  she  know  about 
what  it  feels  like  to  die?!  Elizabeth 
Kiibler-Ross  can  sit  on  my  face!  {Carl 
and  Anna  change  positions  on  the  bed.) 

The  Third  Man      The  third  stage:  Bar- 
gaining. 

Anna      Do  you  think  if  I  let  Elizabeth 
Kiibler-Ross  sit  on  my  face  I'll  get  well? 
{Carl  and  Anna  change  positions  on  the  bed.) 

The  Third  Man     The  fourth  stage: 
Depression.  (G7/7  sits  on  the  side  of  the  bed 
beside  Anna.) 

Carl      Anna  -  honey  -  come  on,  wake 
up. 

Anna     Leave  me  alone. 

Carl     Come  on,  sweetie  . . .  you've 
been  sleeping  all  day  now,  and  you 
slept  all  day  yesterday.  Do  you  want  to 
sleep  away  our  last  day  in  France? 

Anna     Why  bother? 

Carl     You've  got  to  eat  something. 
You've  got  to  fight  this.  For  me. 

Anna      Leave  me  alone.  {Carl  lies  doion 
beside  Anna.  They  change  positions.) 

The  Third  Man     The  fifth  stage:  Accep- 
tance. {Anna  and  Carl  are  lying  in  bed, 
awake.  They  hold  hands.) 

Anna     When  I'm  gone,  I  want  you  to 
find  someone. 


Carl      Let's  not  talk  about  me. 

Anna      No  1  want  to.  It's  important  to 
me  to  know  that  you'll  be  happy  and 
taken  care  of  after  . .  .  when  I'm  gone. 

Carl      Please. 

Anna     I've  got  to  talk  about  it.  We've 
shared  everything  else.  1  want  you  to 
know  how  it  feels  . . .  what  I'm  thinking 
. . .  when  I  hold  your  hand,  and  1  kiss  it 
...  1  try  to  memorize  what  it  looks  like, 
your  hand  ...  I  wonder  if  there's  any 
memory  in  the  grave? 

The  Third  Man      And  then  there's  the 
sixth  stage:  Hope.  {Aiuia  and  Carl  rise 
from  the  bed.) 

Carl      How  are  you  feeling? 

Anna     1  feel  good  today. 

Carl      Do  you  feel  like  traveling? 

Anna     Yes.  It  would  be  so  nice  to  see 
Amsterdam.  Together.  We  might  as  well 
see  as  much  as  we  can  while  I'm  well  - 

Carl     That's  right,  sweetie.  And  maybe 
you  can  eat  something  - 

Anna      I'm  hungry.  That's  a  good  sign, 
don't  you  think? 

Carl      That's  a  wonderful  sign.  You'll 
see.  You'll  feel  better  when  you  eat. 

Anna     Maybe  the  doctor  in  Vienna  can 
help. 

Carl     That's  right. 

Anna     What's  drinking  a  little  piss?  It 
can't  hurt  you. 

Carl      Right.  Who  knows?  We've  got  to 
try. 

Anna      I'll  think  of  it  as  . .  .  European 
lager. 

Carl      Golden  Heidelberg.  {Carl  and 
Anna  hum/sing  a  song  such  as  the  drinking 
song  fivm  The  Student  Prince.) 


From  The  Baltimore  Waltz 
©  1992,  Paula  Vogel 


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because  she's  willing  to  carry  the  seed  of  an  idea 
all  the  way  through  to  its  logical  conclusion,  I  have 
to  admit  that  I  also  find  her  plays  very  scary.  Very 
funny,  and  very,  very  scary." 

Gordon  Edelstein,  who  directs  the  Off-Broad- 
way production  of  Ami  Bain/  Makes  Seven  that 
opens  at  Circle  Rep's  Lucille  Lortel  Theatre  this 
month,  has  his  own  idea  about  what  distinguishes 
a  Paula  Vogel  play.  "It's  what  I  call  the  'of  course' 
element  of  Paula's  plays,"  he  says  over  the  tele- 
phone from  New  York  City.  "It's  true  for  much  of 
her  work,  but  it  is  especially  true  of  And  Baby 
Makes  Seven.  The  play  is  about  a  lesbian  couple  and 
a  gay  man  who  live  together  as  a  kind  of  family. 
Of  course  it's  an  unconventional  family  arrangement. 
If  you  can't  get  beyond  that,  you're  not  going  to 
get  the  play." 


Although  reactions  to  Vogel's  plays  vary, 
her  skill  as  a  teacher  of  playwriting 
consistently  garners  rave  reviews  from 
both  graduate  and  undergraduate  stu- 
dents. Since  she  took  over  the  playwrit- 
ing workshop  in  1985,  applications 
have  increased  about  500  percent  she  estimates. 

"When  1  accepted  Brown's  offer,  I  thought 
about  all  the  needs  I  had  as  a  playwright  that  were 
never  addressed,"  Vogel  says.  "I  wanted  to  create 
a  program  that  would  have  been  the  ideal  pro- 
gram for  me  as  a  playwright."  Asked  what  was 
missing  from  her  own  training,  she  replies  without 
hesitation:  "The  freedom  to  take  risks  and  fail." 

Vogel's  students  can  fail  over  and  over  again  - 
not  only  as  playwrights,  but  as  actors  and  direc- 
tors. Students  are  expected  to  read  their  works-in- 
progress  in  weekly  sessions,  and  they  also  partici- 
pate in  a  series  of  events  that  pressure-cook  new 
plays,  all  within  guidelines  designed  to  encourage 
spontaneity  and  creativity  rather  than  perfection- 
ism and  nail-biting.  For  the  Great  American  Play 
Bake-off,  graduate  students  are  asked  to  arrive 
on  campus  in  the  fall  with  a  completed  full-length 
script,  written  in  forty-eight  hours  according  to 
guidelines  mailed  to  them  over  the  summer.  In 
Once  Upon  a  Weekend,  graduate  and  undergrad- 
uate students  write,  cast,  rehearse,  and  then  pre- 
sent before  an  audience  -  all  within  the  span  of 
one  week  -  very  short  plays  with  specific  themes 
or  devices,  such  as  the  dreams  of  Darwin,  Victorian 
parlor  games,  or  fetishes  and  taboos.  Over  winter 
break,  both  undergraduate  and  graduate  students 


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can  stay  on  campus  to  rehearse  for  The  New  Play 
Festival,  which  each  year  premieres  between 
seven  and  ten  scripts  -  each  on  a  $25  budget. 

"By  giving  me  so  many  opportunities  to  see  my 
plays  on  stage,  as  well  as  by  insisting  that  1  direct 
and  act,  [Paula  taught  me]  to  value  the  collabo- 
rative process,"  says  Donna  di  Novelli  '89  A.M. 
Reached  in  New  York  City  during  a  break  in 
rehearsal  for  her  own  new  play,  di  Novelli  laughs 
when  asked  where  her  own  career  would  be  if  it 
hadn't  been  for  Vogel.  "It's  impossible  to  imag- 
ine," she  says.  "I'd  be  ten  years  behind  where  I  am 
now."  She  points  out  that  Vogel's  extensive  net- 
work of  professional  contacts  benefits  many  work- 
shop graduates  as  they  begin  sending  their  own 
scripts  to  theaters  across  the  country.  "I  act  like  an 
agent,"  savs  Vogel.  "Nothing  is  easier  to  make 
than  a  phone  call." 

She  reads  between  300  and  400  scripts  a  year. 
Finding  a  new  playwright  produces  a  distinct 
physical  response,  she  says.  "It  may  be  only  one 
line  that  does  it,  but  the  hair  on  the  back  of  my 
neck  will  stand  up.  Somehow,  the  writer  has  trans- 
formed the  whole  world  for  me.  Regardless  of  all 
the  other  weaknesses  in  the  script,  when  this  occurs, 
I  know  I  have  a  playwright." 

In  recent  years  Brown  playwrights  have  been 
winning  national  awards  at  a  rate  that  is  surpris- 
ing, given  the  size  of  the  program  (it  enrolls  eight 
to  ten  students  a  year,  though  other  creative  writ- 
ing students  and  advanced  undergraduates  can 
take  graduate  play  writing  classes).  Plays  by  Eliza 
Anderson  M.F.A.  '90  and  Robert  Shin  '91  have 
taken  first  place  in  the  American  College  Theater 


Festival,  which  last  year  awarded  the  Lorraine 
Hansberry  Award  to  second-year  student  Shay 
Youngblood  for  Shakin'  the  Mess  out  of  Misery. 
Youngblood  is  also  under  contract  to  Columbia  to 
write  a  screenplay  based  on  it.  Her  last  play.  Movie 
Music,  won  the  Bay  Area  Theater  Festival,  as  did 
Even  Among  These  Rocks  by  Claire  Chafee,  also  in 
her  second  year.  The  National  Endowment  for 
the  Arts  nameci  first-year-student  Debbie  Bailey 
one  of  the  first  ten  Americans  to  participate  in  a 
new  exchange  with  Mexico,  and  gave  Honor  Mal- 
loy  M.F.A.  '91  an  nea  playwriting  grant.  This  year, 
plays  by  Aurorae  Khoo  and  Joanna  Norland,  both 
'94,  won  in  the  National  Young  Playwrights  Fes- 
tival. The  list  goes  on. 

In  critiquing  students'  work,  Vogel  falls  back 
on  the  lesson  she  learned  from  the  rejection  letters 
she  received  with  The  OUest  Profession  in  1980. 
"Those  letters  taught  me  that  when  1  don't  under- 
stand a  student's  play,  I  simply  have  to  say,  'I 
don't  understand  this,'  "  she  says.  "I  can  only  offer 
my  own  personal  response  to  a  play.  Therefore  I 
always  assume  that  the  shortcoming  is  in  me,  not 
necessarily  in  the  play.  It  may  be  that  as  a  reader 
I'm  blind.  For  me  the  play  doesn't 
work  in  this  time  or 
at  this  moment.  So 
I  ask  students, 
'Teach  me,  train 
me  how  to  read 
so  that  I  can 
understand  it; 
write  another 
play-'"  (3 


■'■*«i*>. 


No  Longer 
New 


BY  Joanna  Norland  '94 


Brown's  curriculum  has  changed  a  lot  over 
the  years,  but  students  seem  happier  than  ever. 
A  conversation  with  some  who  use  it 


When  Pearce  McCarty  '93  entered 
Brown  as  an  engineer,  he  was 
nervous  about  writing  papers.  "If  taking  courses 
for  grades  was  mandatory,"  he  says,  "I  don't  know 
if  1  would  have  signed  up  for  EngHsh." 

It  would  have  been  a  loss.  Since  then,  McCarty 
has  overcome  his  paper  paranoia.  He  switched  his 
concentration  to  English  and  began  tutoring  other 
students  as  a  Rose  Writing  Fellow. 

The  curriculum's  flexibility  enables  McCarty 
and  others  like  him  to  take  risks  and  to  discover 
their  own  academic  directions.  That  was  one  of  the 
goals  of  the  1969  "New  Curriculum,"  and  it  seems 
to  have  held.  But  in  the  twenty-four  years  since, 
much  has  changed.  In  theory,  the  curriculum  still 
allows  students  to  forge  their  own  education  in 
close  collaboration  with  faculty  and  to  focus  on 
methodology  and  inter-disciplinary  study.  In  prac- 
tice, however,  students  are  selective  about  using 
the  opportunities  Brown  offers. 

For  instance,  only  one  percent  of  under- 
graduates pursue  independent  concentrations, 
according  to  the  1990  "Report  on  the  Status  of  the 
Brown  Curriculum,"  compiled  and  issued  under 
the  direction  of  Dean  of  the  College  Sheila  Blum- 
stein.  The  interdisciplinary  seminars  called  Modes 
of  Thought  Courses  -  intended  to  constitute  the 
hub  of  the  freshman  and  sophomore  curriculum  - 
are  virtvially  extinct:  In  1991-92,  only  two  were 
offered;  the  listing  was  discontinued  altogether  this 
year.  Group  and  individual  independent  study 
projects  (gisps  and  isps)  remain  on  the  periphery 
of  the  educational  spectrum.  Today's  students  reg- 
ister for  only  about  one-quarter  of  their  classes  s/nc 
(satisfactory/no  credit). 

"I  think  grades  are  a  reflection  of  career  anxiety," 
said  Maria  McManus  '92  last  spring,  observing 
that  the  previous  semester,  when  she  talked  to 
friends  about  taking  all  her  courses  s/nc,  she  had 
"detected  a  note  of  jealousy  in  their  voices.  Maybe 
they  wished  that  they  dared." 

Students  of  the  seventies  seemed  more  inclined 


to  experiment.  Six  percent  of  undergraduates 
designed  independent  concentrations  in  1977,  and 
the  year  before  that,  a  record  425  set  up  gisps,  find- 
ing faculty  sponsors  and  developing  reading  lists 
on  their  own. 

Yet  accortiing  to  the  1976  "Report  on  Educa- 
tion," only  a  quarter  of  those  students  were  fully 
satisfied  with  the  curriculum,  while  many  voiced 
strong  disappointment.  Today  student  opinion 
seems  decidedly  favorable. 

Nineteen-seventy-six  was  a  time  of  dis- 
illusionment," explains  Ira  Magaziner 
'69,  who  with  Elliot  Maxwell  '68  wrote  the  original 
report,  "A  Draft  of  a  Working  Paper  for  Education 
at  Brown  University,"  on  which  the  1969  New 
■Curriculum  was  based.  Seven  years  later  Magaziner 
helped  a  small  group  of  Brown  students  draft  a 
second  report  evaluating  the  curriculum's  success. 

"The  curriculum  promised  a  great  deal  more 
than  it  was  able  to  deliver,"  agrees  University 
Professor  Emeritus  George  Morgan,  who  taught 
both  Magaziner  and  Maxwell  as  undergraduates. 
Thousands  of  students  had  participated  in  the 
debate  about  curricular  reform  in  the  late  1960s, 
and  expectations  ran  high.  But  the  faculty  voted 
against  implementing  several  of  Maxwell's  and 
Magaziner's  recommendations  -  a  required  senior 
thesis,  for  instance,  as  well  as  mandatory  s/nc 
grading  and  mandatory  Modes  of  Thought  courses 
for  freshmen  and  sophomores.  These  reforms  were 
adopted  as  options  rather  than  requirements. 

Which,  says  Morgan,  limited  their  impact.  Fac- 
ulty were  given  little  incentive  to  develop  Modes 
of  Thought  courses,  and  e\'en  the  record  high  of 
seventy-one  choices  offered  in  the  curriculum's 
first  year,  1970,  was  insufficient  to  fulfill  the  ambi- 
tious objectives  articulated  in  the  report.  Modes 
of  Thought  courses  were  often  underenrolled,  per- 
haps due  to  student  skepticism. 


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Students  endorsed  the  s/nc  option  warily,  as 
well,  recalls  Bob  Flanders  '70,  because  "it  didn't 
seem  prudent  at  the  time  to  go  in  whole  hog."  s/nc 
registration  quickly  stabilized,  with  students  tak- 
ing roughly  30  percent  of  their  courses  ungraded. 

Even  though  the  intentions  of  the  curriculum's 
creators  seemed  to  take  a  beating  in  the  mid  -to 
late  1970s,  a  kernel  of  their  student-centered  philos- 
ophy lives  on  at  Brown  -  and  is  a  major  part  of 
the  University's  appeal  to  the  current  generation 
of  students. 

"The  Brown  curriculum  has  a  lot  to  do  with 
why  I  came  here,"  says  Maria  McManus  '93,  who 
transferred  from  Mount  Holyoke  as  a  junior,  "all 
those  choices  you  can  make  for  yourself." 

c 

^^^  ome  of  the  enthusiasm  may  be  owed  to 
^^^  recent  institutional  improvements.  "1 
see  Dean  Blumstein  and  Vartan  Gregorian  breath- 
ing more  life  into  the  curriculum,"  Magaziner  says. 
"More  emphasis  is  being  put  on  independent 
concentrations,  better  evaluation  methods,  better 


In  theory,  the  curriculum 
still  allows  students 
to  forge  their  own 
education.  In  practice, 
they  are  selective  about 
using  the  opportunities 
Brown  offers 


counseling,  and  small  classes." 

Professor  of  Religious  Studies  Giles 
Milhaven  points  approvingly  to  pro- 
grams geared  toward  giving  students 
more  input  into  the  curriculum.  "Stu- 
dents have  helped  me  research  courses 
through  the  Odyssey  project,"  he  says, 
"and  I've  had  students  work  with 
me  through  the  Undergraduate  Teaching 
and  Research  Assistantship  program." 

But  despite  those  programs,  says 
biology  professor  Ken  Miller  '70,  "the 
Brown  curriculum  still  hasn't  revolu- 
tionized student-faculty  relationships. 
The  essential  elements  of  those  haven't  changed." 

Today's  students  may  be  contented  because 
they've  toned  down  their  expectations.  They  tend 
to  think  of  Brown  as  liberal  rather  than  radical. 
"Students  are  definitely  less  confrontational  than 
they  used  to  be,"  says  Edward  Beiser,  associate 
dean  of  medicine  and  professor  of  political  science. 
Students  who  come  to  Brown  looking  for  inno- 
vation rather  than  revolution,  and  flexibility  rather 
than  anarchy,  find  plenty  to  fit  the  bill.  They 
encounter  a  community  of  like-minded  students 
who  value  innovation  and  flexibility.  "A  different 
kind  of  student  started  coming  to  Brown  after  the 
New  Curriculum,"  says  Professor  Morgan.  "I  still 
get  a  terrific  student  bodv  enrolling  in  my  classes." 

"I  am  overwhelmed  by  the  number  of  things 
people  do,  the  depth  of  projects  they  undertake," 
says  Pearce  McCarty,  the  engineer-turned-English- 
concentrator.  "Friends  of  mine  organized  a  national 
writing  fellows  conference,  and  the  amount  of 
planning  that  went  into  it  was  amazing." 

"When  I  visited  Brown,"says  Darcy  Leach  '93, 
"I  listened  to  people  in  the  Blue  Room  talk  about 
their  classes,  and  I  saw  the  activism  in  the  Mail 


iROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  31 


Room,  and  I  thought.  This  is  where  I  want  to  go." 
She  worked  with  a  sociology  professor  for  months 
to  draft  a  proposal  for  her  independent  concentra- 
tion, "Comparative  Strategies  for  Social  Change: 
Toward  an  Ideological  Transformation." 

"I  don't  like  doing  what  other  people  tell  me  to 
do,"  she  says.  "My  concentration  loosely  jibes  with 
an  obscure  branch  of  sociology,  but  there  isn't  a 
department  for  this  kind  of  thing  anywhere.  My 
coursework  involves  pulling  together  what  1  need 
from  different  departments  -  political  science, 
environmental  science,  sociology." 

Last  year  Leach  organized  a  group  indepen- 
dent study  investigating  the  possibiUties  for  part- 
nership between  feminism  and  the  men's  move- 
ment. She  expects  to  complete  two  independent- 
study  courses  and  a  thesis  as  well. 

In  stretching  the  potential  of  the  Brown  cur- 
riculum to  its  limits,  however.  Leach  is  an  exce{>- 
tion.  For  one  thing,  she  suggests,  few  students 
design  their  own  fields  of  study  because  "it's  a  lot 
of  legwork.  You  have  to  put  your  ideas  on  the  line 
and  demand  feedback." 


Today's  students  may  be 
contented  because 
they've  toned  down  their 
expectations.  They  tend 
to  thinic  of  Brown  as 
liberal  rather  than  radical 


^3k^  B; 


ut  the  payoff  is  worth  the  effort. 
Leach  says:  "The  Brown  curricu- 
lum also  gave  me  the  confidence  to  go  out 
and  take  charge  in  other  areas  of  my  life." 
Last  year  she  applied  for  a  president's 
grant  to  spend  the  summer  interviewing 
homeless  women  for  a  research  project. 

Self-determination  is  a  key  motivator, 
many  students  say.  They  may  settle  on 
a  range  of  classes  that  loosely  corresponds 
to  a  core  distribution,  but  they  claim  the 
power  of  choice  is  inherently  self-affirming. 
"When  1  got  here  freshman  year,"  recalls 
Patricia  Smith  '92,  "1  had  no  idea  what  I 
was  going  to  take,  and  1  panicked.  But  by 
the  end  of  the  week  I  had  four  classes. 
1  called  home  and  saiti,  'Mom,  I  figured  it 
out,  and  1  did  it  all  by  myself.'  It  was  such 
a  great  feeling." 
"1  never  took  my  science  requirements  at 
Mount  Holyoke,"  says  transfer  student  McManus, 
"because  1  knew  I  would  never  maintain  the  inter- 
est even  to  attend  lectures.  But  last  semester  1 
did  take  a  statistics  course  here.  I'd  been  reading  a 
lot  of  abstracts,  and  I  wanted  to  know  where  the 
numbers  came  from.  1  was  pleased  to  be  using  for- 
mulas to  solve  problems  in  a  way  that  made  sense 
to  me." 

Likewise  the  freedom  to  take  courses  s/nc  has 
given  her  a  new  take  on  grades:  "Fall  semester, 
I  took  all  of  my  five  classes  s/nc  because  I  didn't 
want  to  work  for  grades.  But  the  next  semester 
I  thought.  If  1  don't  care  about  marks,  why  should 
I  care  if  I'm  graded?  So  I  took  most  of  them  graded." 

Not  everyone  supports  the  grading  system, 
though.  Beiser  disparages  what  he  perceives  as 
"students  angling  for  grades.  They  say.  If  I  can  get 
an  A,  I'll  take  it  for  a  grade;  if  I'll  get  a  C,  I  won't. 
That  runs  against  the  spirit  of  the  system."  He 
points  out  that  the  s/nc  option  was  designed  to 
give  students  more  feedback  through  faculty- 
written  performance  reports  -  not  less. 


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Last  year's  seniors  were  the  last  Brown  class 
to  graduate  with  as  few  as  twenty-eight 
course  credits.  Now  the  minimum  is  thirty.  "The 
twenty-eight-course  limit  was  supposed  to  give 
the  student  four  risk-free  chances  to  experiment," 
says  Dean  Blumstein.  "But  too  many  students  were 
taking  just  twenty-eight  or  not  putting  the  effort 
into  the  courses  they  were  taking.  As  a  faculty 
member,  it  was  annoying  to  put  in  time  with  a  stu- 
dent and  then  hear  him  say,  T  just  don't  want  to 
write  the  paper,'  and  disappear." 

Patricia  Smith  challenges  the  idea  that  increas- 
ing the  requirement  will  improve  educational 
standards.  "1  think  most  people  take  three  real 
classes  and  one  blow  off,"  she  says,  noting  that  her 
final  semester  she  signed  up  for  just  three.  "I  fig- 
ured I  might  as  well  take  the  three  real  classes  and 


Students  may  settle  on 
classes  that  correspond  to  a 
core  distribution,  but  the 
power  of  choice  is  inherently 
self-affirming,  they  say 


focus  on  them.  Very  few  people  can  put  everything 
into  four  classes.  There  isn't  enough  time." 

"I  would  argue  the  notion  that  you  can  gauge 
the  amount  you  learn  by  the  number  of  courses 
you  take,"  says  Professor  Milhaven.  He  also  ques- 
tions what  he  perceives  as  a  movement  toward 
"parentalizing  the  institution." 

But  students  themselves  appear  to  be  looking 
for  an  advising  structure  that  sometimes  seems 
elusive.  "Shopping  period  my  first  semester  was 
rough,"  says  liana  Berenbaum  '95.  "I  felt  the  courses 
I  was  taking  were  a  little  random. ...  In  a  way, 
1  don't  think  1  wouki  have  minded  having  a  core. 
Then  1  would  feel  obligated  to  take  courses  in  a 
range  of  fields  instead  of  feeling  like  I'm  unfocused 
because  that's  what  I'm  doing." 

Dean  Blumstein  opposes  the  idea  of  a  core  but 
agrees  that  "Brown  does  need 
to  provide  more  structure  and 
potential  advising.  We  need  to 
find  more  creative  ways  to 
provide  it  without  burning  out 
the  faculty."  Last  year  the  Col- 
lege pulled  together  a  list  of 
"University  Courses,"  250  rig- 
orous general-education 
courses.  "We  organized  the 
courses  under  broad  categories 
-  the  study  of  science  and  sci- 
entific ways  of  thinking,  world 
civilizations  and  cultures,  and 
so  on  -  as  an  advising  tool 
for  students  and  faculty  advi- 
sors," Blumstein  says. 

In  the  end,  whether  Brown 
mandates  thirty  credits  or 
twenty-eight,  and  whether 
the  University  appends  a 
booklet  of  general-education 
listings  to  the  course-announce- 
ment bulletin,  learning  re- 
mains the  responsibility  of 
Brown's  students.  "Brown 
treats  eighteen-,  nineteen-,  and 
twenty-year-olds  like  adults," 
says  Eric  Pitchal  '94.  That 
much  has  not  changed  since  1969. 

Biologist  Miller  thinks  that's  how  it  should 
be  because  the  curriculum  focuses  the  school's 
resources  on  the  students  who  stand  to  benefit  the 
most  -  those  who  want  to  learn.  He  used  to  teach 
a  biology  course  specifically  aimed  at  nonscientists, 
and  it  unclerscored  for  him  the  value  of  Brown's 
curriculum.  "The  beauty  of  it  was  that  when  I 
walked  in,  I  knew  that  everyone  in  there  wanted 
to  learn  biology.  No  one  was  there  to  get  their 
ticket  punched."  (D 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  33 


PORTRAIT 


Zoe,  Kimba,  and  You 


When  Zoe  Bairci  and  her  hus- 
band resorted  to  illegal  child 
care,  she  lost  an  opportunity 
to  become  U.S.  Attorney  General.  "But 
when  low-income  parents  in  Queens 
were  forced  into  that  situation,  they  lost 
their  kids,"  says  Barbara  Reisman,  refer- 
ring to  the  deaths  of  two  children  in  a 
February  fire  at  an  unlicensed  day-care 
center  where  they  had  been  playing  with 
matches. 

"In  the  United  States,  we  still  don't 
ha\'e  agreement  that  we  should  have  any 
kind  of  public  support  for  child  care," 
says  Reisman,  executive  director  of  the 
New  York-based  Child  Care  Action 
Campaign,  a  nonprofit  research  and 
advocacy  organization.  "No  one  is  say- 
ing every  kid  should  be  in  child  care,  or 
that  there  should  be  a  federal  system. 
But  there  should  be  universal  access: 
child  care  should  be  there  and  be  good. 
Kids  shouldn't  die  in  a  basement  in 
Queens  in  a  fire,  where  one  eighty-two- 
vear-old  grandmother  was  watching 
eight  kids.  That  is  unacceptable." 

Reisman  believes  the  trouble  Zoe 
Baird  and  Kimba  Wood  had  finding  child 
care  is  illustrative  of  the  problems  most 
families  face.  The  difference  is  that  Baird 
and  Wood  had  the  resources  to  pay.  "But 
even  so,"  Reisman  observes,  "they  faced 
difficulties  trying  to  make  the  best  of 
their  arrangements  for  their  children,  and 
to  balance  their  work  and  their  families." 

And  while  there  were  differences 
between  the  Baird  and  Wood  situations 
-  Wood,  a  judge  who  was  removed  from 
consideration  for  Attorney  General 
because  of  previously  employing  a  for- 
eign household  worker,  did  nothing 
illegal  -  Reisman  said  their  cases  proved 
that  child  care  "is  still  thought  of  as  a 
gender  issue.  Men  were  never  asked 
those  questions.  .  .  .  Watching  [Senator] 
Joe  Biden  grill  Anita  Hiil,  and  then  Zoe 
Baird,  I  thought.  Well,  vou  don't  really 
get  it,  do  you?  He's  been  lionized  as  a 
wonderful  father  because  he  goes  home 
every  night  to  his  family.  Well,  some- 


Child  care  is  no  luxury, 

says  Barbara  Reisman  '71. 

It's  as  critical  as  higher 

education  and  needs 

to  be  taken  -  and 
funded  -  as  seriously 


BY  Ann  Cohen 


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body  takes  care  of  his  kids,  but  nobody 
asked  him  how  many  hours  he  spends 
with  them. 

"We  are  basically  saying  to  mothers, 
and  increasingly  to  fathers  in  this  coun- 
try, that  if  you  want  to  work  and  you 
want  to  have  kids,  you're  on  your  own. 
In  other  countries,  there's  a  recognition 
that  everyone  ought  to  be  concerned 
about  what's  happening  to  children, 
because  they  are  the  future.  Here,  we 
say  that,  but  we  don't  mean  it.  We  have 
to  understand  the  cost  of  failure  to  pro- 
vide for  children." 

The  phone  on  her  desk  rings;  her 
daughter  is  on  the  line.  "Part  of  the 
national  decline  in  productivity  -  the 
after-school,  check-in  call,"  Reisman 
jokes  as  she  excuses  herself.  She  spends 
a  few  minutes  laughing  and  catching  up 
with  her  daughter. 

Reisman,  who  is  married  to  union 
organizer  Eric  Scherzer  '72  and  also  has 
a  son,  has  been  involved  vwth  child-care 
issues  for  twenty  years  -  ever  since  she 
became  the  first  woman  at  Brown  to  win 
an  Arnold  Fellowship  for  post-graduate 
international  study  and  travel.  "They 
gave  four  Arnolds  rather  than  three  the 
year  I  won,  so  none  of  the  boys  would 
lose  out,"  she  recalls,  laughing.  "I 
thought  it  was  important  to  make  my 
Arnold  subject  something  that  affected 
women.  Child  care  isn't  a  'woman's' 
issue,  but  guess  what  -  women  are  the 
ones  who  deal  with  it."  Reisman  spent  a 
year  studying  child-care  policies  -  espe- 


cially funding  of  programs  -  in  France, 
Sweden,  the  Soviet  Union,  and  Israel. 

In  most  other  countries,  child-care 
programs  are  viewed  not  only  as  a  neces- 
sity for  working  parents,  but  as  a  distinct 
and  significant  element  of  a  child's  social 
and  educational  development,  Reisman 
says.  "Here,  upper-  and  middle-class 
parents  send  their  kids  to  nursery  school 
because  they  think  it's  good  for  the  kids, 
regardless  of  whether  the  parents  need 
day-care.  But  we  deny  that  to  working- 
class  parents,  unless  they  can  pay  on 
their  own,  and  then  wonder  why  kids 
are  falling  by  the  wayside  when  they 
get  to  school. 

"One  could  argue  that  the  education 
and  care  a  child  receives  in  the  first  five 
years  are  as  important  as  a  Brown  or 
Harvard  degree,  and  require  the  same 
kind  of  investment,"  she  says.  "We  need 
to  look  at  funding  child  care  as  we  do 
higher  education,  with  a  combination  of 
parent  fees,  federal  and  state  grants,  pri- 
vate and  corporate  donations.  But  fami- 
lies with  young  children  have  even  less 
money  and  need  even  more  help.  Expe- 
rience in  other  countries  demonstrates 
the  investment  is  worth  making." 

Reisman,  who  frequently  testifies  at 
Congressional  hearings,  says  her  orga- 
nization is  among  dozens  of  children's 
advocacy  groups  calling  for  President 
Clinton  to  appoint  a  task  force  on  the 
economics  of  child  care,  similar  to  the 
health-care  task  force  headed  by  Hillary 
Rodham  Clinton.  "The  business  com- 
munity, which  has  begun  to  invest  a  lot 
more  in  child  care,  has  to  speak  up,  and 
members  of  Congress  have  to  take  the 
issue  seriously,"  she  says.  "I  don't  think 
the  federal  government  can  be  expected 
to  solve  the  problems,  but  it  can  provide 
significant  leadership  and  vision."  El 

Ann  Cohen  'yj  is  a  freelance  writer  in 
Stnten  Island,  Neio  York.  Her  most  recent 
contribution  to  the  BAM  was  the  profile  of 
National  Public  Radio's  Mara  Liasson  '-jj 
which  ran  in  September. 


34  /  APRIL  1993 


BROWN  A 


RCHlVES 


Rites  of  spring:  Joan  Roderick,  Manorie  Reeh,  Nancy 
Goeigei,  Joyce  Miller,  and  Jean  O'Brien,  all  class  of  1952, 
were  the  highlight  of  the  1950  Sophomore  Masque.  They 
wore  aapper  dresses  and  danced  the  Charleston  to  bring 
back  the  1920s  in  a  skit  from  "A  Half -Century  Fashion 
Parade. "  Only  their  heels  gave  them  away. 


The  Classes 


By  James  Reinbold  and  Dave  Westreich 


I 


23 


Our  70th  reunion  is  only  weeks  away!  If 
you  have  not  done  so  already,  please  send  in 
your  registration  form  so  that  the  reunion 
committee  can  finalize  plans.  Please  contact 
reunion  headquarters  at  (401)  863-1947  if 
you  did  not  receive  a  registration  form.  We 
look  forward  to  a  wonderful  weekend  back 
at  Brown.  Please  join  us. 


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^.  Horace  S.  Mazet  recently  placed  three 
poems  in  Life  In  and  Of  The  Sea,  an  anthology 
of  Monterey  (Calif.)  County  poets.  During 
the  past  dozen  years,  he  has  appeared  in 
other  anthologies  issued  by  the  World  Poetry 
Society  and  by  poetry  groups  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Alameda.  His  work  frequently 
appears  in  the  Lateral  Line  of  the  Monterey 
Bay  Aquarium  and  the  Monteny  Daily  Herald. 
Currently  he  volunteers  as  a  guide  at  the 
aquarium  and  as  a  "watchstander"  at  the 
sparkling  new  Maritime  Museum  on  the  his- 
toric bayfront.  He  is  anticipating  a  popular 
gala  in  November  to  celebrate  his  90th  birth- 
day. 


28  ^najajsa^ 


M  The  class  of  1928  will  celebrate  its  65th 
reunion  on  Friday,  May  28,  and  Saturday, 
May  29.  Remember  to  save  the  dates. 

Please  return  all  65th  reunion  registration 
forms  as  soon  as  possible.  Alumni  Relations 
will  pay  all  costs  of  the  reunion  except  the 
Saturday  luncheon  to  be  held  off-campus.  If 
you  have  any  questions,  please  call  reunion 
headquarters  at  (401)  863-3380. 

Hazel  M.  Pease  writes:  "1  can't  believe  it's 
our  65th  reunion  this  year!  I  will  be  at  our 
mountain  retreat,  and  transportation  from 
there  is  nil  -  so  1  don't  think  I'll  make  it  to  the 
reunion.  Best  wishes  to  all  '28ers."  Hazel 
lives  at  407  Mermont  Plaza,  905  Montgomery 
Ave.,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa.  19010. 


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m  The  men  and  women  of  the  Class  of  1930 
will  meet  for  a  mini-reunion  at  noon  on 
Commencement  day,  Monday,  May  31,  at 


the  Sharpe  Refectory  luncheon  for  the  over- 
50  classes.  We  ask  class  members,  both  men 
and  women,  who  wish  to  attend  to  send  a 
postcard  to  Ermand  Watelet,  30  Lodi  Ct., 
Warwick,  R.l.  02886. 


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Dorothy  Budlong,  Katherine  Jackson, 
Evadne  Maynard  Lovett,  Katherine  Perkins, 
and  Mildred  Sheldon,  members  of  the 
reunion  committee  of  the  Pembroke  Class  of 
'32,  met  at  Kitty  Jackson's  house  on  Dec.  2,  to 
talk  about  our  fabulous  6oth  reunion  and  to 
make  modest  plans  for  a  mini-reunion  in 

1993- 

We  were  happy  to  see  our  classmate,  Ros- 
abelle  Winer  Edelstein,  last  May  when  she 
attended  her  first  reunion  ever.  We  were  sad- 
dened to  hear  of  the  death  of  her  husband, 
Mortimer. 

Our  financial  situation  at  the  present  time 
is  in  keeping  with  the  national  economy,  but 
we  do  not  regret  "going  for  broke"  by  giving 
the  John  Hay  Library  $600  for  a  state-of-the- 
art  book  cart. 

Our  plans  for  the  1993  Commencement 
mini-reunion  include  our  annual  luncheon, 
which  will  occur  on  Saturday,  May  29.  Reser- 
vations can  be  made  by  contacting  Dorothy 
Budlong,  8  Elmgrove  Ave.,  Providence,  R.I. 
02906-4144.  If  you  wish  to  stay  overnight  at 
Brown,  write  Residential  Life,  Brown  Univer- 
sity, Box  1864. 

Please  keep  in  touch  and  send  news. 
-  Helen  E.  Dejong,  Secrctari/ 

Jim  Turner,  Newport,  R.L,  writes:  "We 
regret  to  inform  the  Brown  community  and 
friends  and  classmates  of  Dr.  Fred  W.  Ripley 
Jr.  that  his  wife  and  our  dear  friend,  Miriam 
(more  familiarly  addressed  by  her  friends  as 
'Mimi'),  passed  away  on  Thursday,  Jan.  23. 
She  had  been  a  patient  at  the  Hattie  Ide 
Chafee  Nursing  Home,  Riverside,  R.I.  Fred, 
himself  a  patient  there  since  last  fall, 
returned  to  the  home  after  greeting  an  over- 
flowing congregation  at  the  Newman  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Rumford  on  Jan  25. 
The  class  of  '32  will  remember  that  Dr.  Fred 
was  '32  class  agent  for  years  and  did  an  out- 
standing job.  My  wife  and  1  drive  up  from 


What's  new? 

Please  send  the  latest  about  your  job, 
family,  travels,  or  other  news  to  The 
Classes,  Brown  Alumni  Moulhly,  Box 
1854,  Providence,  R.l.  02912;  fax  (401) 
751-9255;  e-mail  BAM@brownvm. 
brown.edu.  Or  you  may  send  a  note 
via  your  class  secretary.  Deadline  for 
the  September  issue:  May  15. 


Newport  every  couple  of  weeks  |to  see  Fred] 
and  we  have  seen  remarkable  progress.  Join 
us  in  a  prayer  that  Fred  will  continue  to 
make  progress." 


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The  class  of  1933  will  celebrate  its  6oth 
reunion  on  Friday,  May  28,  and  Saturday, 
May  29.  Remember  to  save  the  dates. 

Please  return  all  60th  reunion  registration 
forms  as  soon  as  possible.  If  you  have  any 
questions,  please  call  reunion  headquarters 
at  (401)  863-1947. 

G.  Kenneth  Eaton  and  Mary  Manley 
Eaton  report  that  their  grandson,  Peter 
Galea  '96,  son  of  Judith  Eaton  Galea  '60, 
earned  extremely  high  grades  in  his  first 
semester  as  the  thirteenth  member  of  the 
Eaton  family  of  Brunonians.  Kenneth  and 
Mary  live  in  Peterborough,  N.H. 

Charles  A.  Full  and  Ada  Aheam  Full 
have  a  grandson  graduating  from  Yale  this 
May.  They  live  in  Yarmouth,  Me. 


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. '  Dr.  Leroy  D.  Vandam  '68  A.M.,  West- 
wood,  Mass.,  was  sorry  to  hear  of  the  death 
of  his  classmate  and  roommate  at  Brown, 
Marvin  A.  Rothlein.  Leroy  is  an  emeritus 
professor  of  mathematics  at  Harvard  Medical 
School,  where  they  have  just  established  a 
professorship  in  his  name  and  that  of  his 
deceased  successor,  Benjamin  G.  Covino. 
Ruth  Hobby  Young,  Beaverton,  Oreg., 
hopes  to  make  the  6oth  reunion.  She  writes 
that  her  eight  grandchildren  range  in  age 
from  iVJ-year-old  Gabriel  Darling  Young  to 
Elizabeth  Detering,  who  is  in  the  Air  Force 
and  has  two  daughters. 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  37 


I 


35 


39 


Morton  Goldberg,  now  rotirod  trom  the 
rabbiii.ito,  ,ilso  h.is  rotircd  from  <i  decado  ot 
toacliing  ludaica  and  Cognate  anirses  at 
Loiirdes  College  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  where  he 
lives. 

Alice  Coen  Tone,  Coeonut  Grove,  Fla., 
recentlv  visited  her  daughter,  Judy  Croyle, 
granddaughter  Darragh,  and  grandson 
David  in  Carlsbad,  Calif.  Alice  also  went  to 
Honolulu  to  see  another  daughter,  Dr.  Signy 
Lee,  and  son-in-law. 


I 


36 


Whipped  to  a  frenzv  bv  our  new  presi- 
dent, Walter  Barney,  our  class  will  have  a 
mini-reunion  this  vear.  In  charge  of  the  event 
is  Alfred  J.  Owens,  our  \'eteran  reunion 
chairman  for  untold  years,  who  has,  as  usual, 
performed  with  grace  and  authority. 

Plans  are  simple  but  impressive.  By  the 
time  you  receive  this  issue  of  the  BAM  you 
will  have  received  all  reunion  details  and,  we 
hope,  have  signed  up.  There  will  be  a  i  p.m. 
luncheon  on  Sunday,  May  30,  in  the  Chancel- 
lor's Dining  Room  in  the  Sharpe  Refectory.  A 
representative  of  the  administration  will  then 
tell  us  something  about  Brown's  challenges, 
its  problems,  and  its  successes.  Following  the 
talk  we  shall  have  a  special  tour  of  the  new 
Thayer  Street  Quad,  a  short  stroll  from  the 
Refectory. 

There  is  still  time  to  sign  up.  Al  Owens 
lives  at  30  Meredith  Drive,  Cranston,  R.I. 
02920.  His  phone  number  is  (401)  942-9465, 
and  he  is  waiting  for  vour  call.  Brown's 
Commencement  is  on  Monday  morning, 
May  31.  Rides  are  available  for  both  down 
and  up  the  hill.  Please  don't  disappoint  Al 
and  the  rest  of  us.  We  hope  to  see  you  at  the 
refectory  on  May  30.  -  Mnrioii  Hall  Goffand 
Hozmrd  D.  Silvfrnmii 

Zelda  Fisher  Gourse  reports  that  her 
daughter,  Leslie,  of  New  York  City,  recently 
published  Sflsst/:  Tlw  Life  of  Sarah  Vaughn  to 
critical  accolades,  and  was  mentioned  in  Liz 
Smith's  Ntio  York  Daily  Nezrs  column.  Last 
year  Leslie,  who  had  previously  published 
Unforgettable:  The  Life  and  Mystique  of  Nat 
King  Cole,  received  the  ASCAP-Deems  Taylor 
award  for  outstanding  print  coverage  of 
music  and  was  cited  in  jazz  Times. 

Mildred  Cohen  Horvitz,  New  Bedford, 
Mass.,  reports  that  she  has  two  married 
grandsons  and  another  who  recently  earned 
his  airline  pilot's  license. 


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38 


The  class  of  1938  will  celebrate  its  55th 
reunion  next  month  on  Friday,  May  28,  and 
Saturday,  May  29.  Remember  to  save  the 
dates. 

Please  return  all  55  th  reunion  registration 
forms  as  soon  as  possible.  If  you  have  any 
questions,  please  call  reunion  headquarters 
at  (401)  863-1947. 


The  cununl  reunion  cocktail  party  tor  the 
men  of  the  Class  of  19"»9  will  be  held  on  Fri- 
day, May  2.S,  at  the  home  of  John  Barrett, 
s2t  Lloyd  Ave.,  Providence.  1  lope  to  see  you 
all  there.  -  Charles  E.  Cross 


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Robert  G.  Parr,  Chapel  1  lill,  N.C.,  has 
been  elected  a  Foreign  Fellow  of  the  Indian 
National  Science  Academy,  New  Delhi,  an 
honor  limited  to  six  people  a  year.  This  is  the 
fourth  acaciemy  for  Bob,  who  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences  of 
the  U.S.,  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences,  and  the  International  Academy  of 
Quantum  Molecular  Science  (of  which  he  is 
now  president).  Bob  is  professor  of  chemical 
physics  in  the  department  of  chemistry.  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill. 


43  5 


i*:   Reminder  -  register  for  reunion.  It's  next 
month  -  May  28,  29,  30,  31.  Registration 
packets  were  sent  in  February,  so  now  you 
know  all  about  the  events  that  will  add  up  to 
a  great  weekend  at  "dear  old  Brown."  The 
hardworking  commitees  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Jack  Hess,  Ruth  Webb  Thayer,  and 
Nancy  Hess  Spencer  have  shown  their  cre- 
ativity by  arranging  activities  of  interest  for 
everyone.  Those  who  indicated  last  fall  that 
they  were  planning  to  attend  our  50th 
reunion  are: 

Pembroke  women:  Helen  Armbrust 
Pfeifer,  Ruth  Bains  Hartmann,  Mary  A.  Bar- 
ney, Ruth  M.  Blcike,  Catharine  Butler  Gilbert, 
Flora  Carleton  Arnold,  Priscilla  Church 
Rockwell,  Edna  Coogan  Snow,  Leota  Cronin 
Hill,  Virginia  Crosby  Newman,  Roberta 
Daley  Mueller,  Mary  Easton  Spence,  Mary 
Grosse  Murray,  Marie  Halloran  Ryan,  Nancy 
Hess  Spencer,  Julianne  Hirshland  Hill,  Mar- 
jorie  Jackson  Adkins,  Marion  Jagolinzer 
Goldsmith,  Carol  Jenckes  Meyer,  Ruth  Just, 
Frances  Latson  Dineen,  Marie  Laudati 
D'Avanzo,  Lois  Lindblom  Buxton,  Dorothy 
J.  MacLennan,  June  Moss  Handler,  Lorena 
L.  Pacheco,  Bemice  Parvey  Solish,  Constance 
Pierre  Anderson,  Sybil  Pilshaw  Gladstone, 
Edith  Plofsky  Pearlman,  Evelyn  Reilly  Gun- 
ning, Marjorie  Roffee  Milroy,  N.  Sherrill  Fos- 
ter, Elizabeth  Short  Mclntyre,  Virginia 
Stevens  Hood,  Carol  Taylor  Carlisle, 
Dorothy  Vernon  Seabrooke,  Lucy  Volpigno 
Salvatore,  Ruth  Webb  Thayer,  Priscilla 
Woodbury  Watson,  and  Enid  Wilson 

Brown  men:  Raymond  H.  Abbott,  Robert 
C.  Achom,  Frederic  W.  Allen  Jr.,  Stanley 
Ward  Allen,  Paul  C.  Armor,  Robert  C.  Barn- 
ingham,  Lansford  Barrows,  Albert  E.  (Ben) 
Beachen,  Robert  William  Bell,  Russell  W. 
Browner,  Joseph  A.  Callahan,  L.  Robert 
Campbell,  C.  Robert  Carlisle,  Ernest  O. 
Colarullo,  Francis  S.  Cole,  James  A.  Cooke, 
David  B.  Cooper,  Stuart  F.  Crump,  Bruce  M. 
Donaldson,  Robert  W.  Drake,  Arthur  W. 
Drew,  Jay  W.  Fidler,  D.  Francis  Finn, 
Kendall  W.  Fisher,  William  C.  Frayer, 


Joseph  H.  Gainer,  Salvatore  P.  Gemmellaro, 
Seth  Kelley  Gifford,  William  H.  Heaviside, 
Norton  Hirsch,  Frederick  Irving,  Walter  E. 
Jansen,  George  J.  Joelson,  David  L.  Joseph, 
William  M.  Kaiser  Jr.,  Robert  Kramer, 
Dwight  R.  Ladd,  Robert  E.  Leadbetter,  Peter 
Laird  Leeb,  Jason  Z.  Levine,  Walter  Lister, 
Charles  Pierce  Littlefield,  Joseph 
Lombardo  Stuart  T.  MacNeill  Jr.,  William  J. 
McEdy,  Thomas  D.  McKone,  Walter  A.  Man- 
gel, Phil  Merdinyan,  Kingsley  N.  Meyer, 
Oscar  G.  Milner,  Rodman  Snow  Moeller, 
Earl  B.  Nichols,  H.  Robert  Nissley,  Eliot  F. 
Parkhurst,  William  H.  Parry,  John  B.  Price, 
Robert  W.  Radway,  Flint  Ricketson,  Irving 
C.  Rubin,  Robert  O.  Schmalz,  Robert  E.  Sea- 
man, Adolph  I.  Snow,  John  Davis  Spalding, 
Harry  F.  Stevens,  William  H.  Sullivan, 
Thomas  Nicola  Tamburri,  John  Tansey, 
David  W.  Towler,  Robert  W.  Walker,  Ralph 
S.  Washburn,  Edward  T.  Wilcox,  George  A. 
Winslow,  Norton  J.  Wolf,  Philip  S. 
Woodford,  and  Grey  H.  Wyman  Jr. 

Register  now  to  join  them  and  enjoy! 

Lois  and  Jay  remind  everyone  to  "answer 
the  call"  and  contribute  to  the  Brown  Annual 
Fund.  One-hundred-percent  participation  is 
our  goal. 

One  day  soon  every  member  of  '43  will 
receive  a  package  -  look  for  it  in  the  mail.  It's 
the  completed  1943-1993  yearbook.  You'll  be 
pleasantly  surprised  as  180  classmates  have 
sent  in  pictures  along  with  the  50-year  stories 
of  their  lives  since  college  days. 

One-hundred-and-ten  "bios"  and  reminis- 
cences came  from  the  men  and  seventy  were 
sent  by  the  women.  Bob  Radway  and  Nancy 
Hess  Spencer  have  shown  their  editorial 
know-how  by  organizing  and  assembling 
our  book.  All  names  and  addresses  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Class  of  1943  will  be  in  the  year- 
hook,  so  contact  your  friends  and  remind 
them  to  meet  you  at  the  big  50. 

Invitations  to  the  memorial  service  are 
being  sent  to  the  widows  and  widowers  of 
our  classmates.  This  comprehensive  cere- 
mony will  be  held  on  Sunday  morning  at  11 
o'clock  in  Manning  Chapel  after  the  "Hour 
with  the  President."  If  you  know  a  widow  or 
widower  who  did  not  receive  an  invitation, 
please  notify  Sue  Berry,  Alumni  Relations 
Office,  Brown  University,  Box  1859,  Provi- 
dence, RI  02912;  phone:  (401)  863-1886.  They 
are  being  invited  to  join  us  for  lunch  at  the 
Rhode  Island  Country  Club  after  the  service. 

Here's  to  the  end  of  May  when  we'll  be 
on  the  Brown  campus  and  renew  our  friend- 
ships and  relive  those  spirited  days  from  '39 
to  '43.  Return  to  reimion!  -  Carol  Taylor  Carlisle 


44 


:    Arline  Kotite  Bateman  (see  Doris 
Anthony  '80). 


46 


Re\ .  J.  Stanton  Conover  and  his  wife, 
Irene,  are  enjoying  things  they  ne\'er  had 
time  to  do  before  his  retirement.  In  the  sum- 
mer they  spend  four  months  running  a  small 
inn  on  the  Maine  coast.  During  the  remain- 


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der  of  the  year  they  travel  (to  Alaska  last 
June),  visit  their  children  and  six  grand- 
children, and  live  in  their  home  across  the 
river  from  St.  Louis  in  O' Fallon,  111. 

Thomas  J.  Munay,  after  retiring  from  the 
Navy  in  1964  with  21  years  of  active  service, 
went  into  the  financial  services  business. 
In  1978  he  formed  his  own  financial-planning 
company,  Thomas  Murray  Associates,  Inc., 
adding  a  securities  brokerage,  tjm  Securities, 
Inc.,  and  an  insurance  brokerage,  tjm  Insur- 
ance, in  1985.  In  addition,  Tom  publishes  Tlie 
Social  List  of  Washington,  D.C.  His  first  wife, 
Jean,  died,  and  he  has  since  remarried  and 
lives  in  Rockville,  Md.  "My  five  children 
have  presented  me  with  seven  grandchil- 
dren," he  writes. 


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Our  45th  reunion  is  only  weeks  away.  If 
you  have  not  done  so  already,  please  send  in 
your  registration  form  so  that  the  reunion 
committee  can  finalize  plans.  Please  contact 
reunion  headquarters  at  (401)  863-1947  if  you 
did  not  receive  a  registration  form.  We  look 
forward  to  a  wonderful  weekend  back  at 
Brown.  Please  join  us. 


50 


The  Class  of  1950  again  will  hold  an  off- 
year  reunion  cocktail  party  on  May  28  at  the 
Faculty  Club  Terrace,  on  the  comer  of  Magee 
and  Benevolent  streets.  Last  year's  party  was 
a  great  success;  we  look  forward  to  a  good 
turnout  this  year.  Call  a  friend  you've  not 
seen  in  a  while  and  come  share  in  the  excite- 
ment of  Commencement  Weekend. 

Jim  and  Phyllis  Towne  Cook  recently 
traveled  to  Los  Angeles  to  visit  their  newest 
grandchild,  Andrew  John  Keith,  born  May 
30,  1992.  He  is  the  second  son  of  Allison 
Cook  Keith  '76.  Allison  and  Barry's  older 
son,  J.B.,  is  3. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Hutton  retired  as  rector  of 
the  St.  Barnabas-on-the-Desert  Episcopal 
Church,  Scottsdale,  Ariz.,  in  December  1992 
after  39  years  in  the  clergy.  He  will  be  mov- 
ing to  Cape  Cod. 

John  L.  Moore,  Jr.'s  as-yet-untitled  book 
of  facts  about  U.S.  government  will  be  pub- 
lished in  1993  by  Congressional  Quarterly.  He 
lives  in  Severna  Park,  Md. 

Paul  Rittmaster  (see  Peter  Rittmaster  '87). 


51 


m  Daphne  Gilles  '96  received  the  Susan 
Wright/ Pembroke  Class  of  1951  Scholarship 
for  this  academic  year.  Daphne,  who  is 
from  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  graduated  from  Packer 
Collegiate  Institute  in  Brooklyn,  where  she 
earned  numerous  awards  for  her  scholastic 
achievements,  as  well  as  the  Governor's 
Voluntary  Service  Award.  She  hopes  to  pur- 
sue a  career  in  health  care  after  graduation. 
The  Class  of  1951's  generosity  makes  it  possi- 
ble for  Daphne  to  attend  Brown. 

Channing  W.  Deacon  Jr.,  East  Weymouth, 
Mass.,  retired  from  electrical  engineering 
sales  with  Boston  Gear  Wholesale,  Quincy,  in 


Risk  aversion 
brings  brisk 
return 


Though  the  fast-buck  1980s  are  over, 
flashy  computer-generated  logos  remain 
the  norm  for  investment  firms.  One  hold- 
out is  L.  Roy  Papp  &:  Associates  of 
Phoenix.  The  company's  L.  Roy  Papp 
Stock  Fund  share  certificates  and  prospec- 
tuses bear  a  LeRoy  Nieman  sketch  of  an 
avuncular-looking  L.  Roy  Papp  '50,  the 
firm's  manager,  in  lieu  of  a  logo. 

But  don't  let  the  folksy  image  per- 
suade you  that  this  is  a  small-town,  small- 
visioned  enterprise.  Papp's  fast-growing 
no-load  mutual  fund,  since  its  opening 
three-and-a-half  years  ago,  has  averaged 
a  return  of  18  percent  a  year,  compared  to 
the  overall  market  performance  of  13.7 
percent  -  impressive  enough  that  Papp 
merited  a  one-page  feature  profile  in  the 
Oct.  26,  1992,  issue  of  forhes  magazine. 

The  fund  is  made  up  primarily  of 
lesser-known  companies  which  dominate 
their  respective  specialties,  such  as  Mar- 
shall Industries,  a  California-based  elec- 
trical-component distributor;  and  Hart- 
ford Steam  Boiler  Inspection  &  Insurance, 
a  Connecticut  industrial  insurer  -  strong 
companies  in  unglamorous  fields.  Inter- 
est-rate predictions  and  market  cycles 
mean  little  to  Papp,  who  remains  99-per- 
cent invested  in  stocks  during  this  post- 
crash  era  of  diversity.  "I'm  nervous  in 
cash,"  he  told  Forbes. 

In  December  1991,  Papp  opened  a  sec- 
ond fund,  the  Papp  America-Abroad 
fund,  which  concentrates  on  the  inter- 
national scene  by  investing  mostly  in 
U.S.-based  companies  with  more  than  25 


1989  and  currently  sells  real  estate  for  Cen- 
tury 21  Homes  by  Heritage  in  North  Wey- 
mouth. He  keeps  active  with  travel,  grand- 
children, and  golf. 

Alan  F.  Rogers  is  retired  from  Union  Car- 
bide/First Brands  and  enjoys  sailing,  golf, 
and  travel.  He  li\'es  in  Glastonbury,  Conn. 

M.  Leonard  Snow  retired  from  the  Johns 
Hopkins  Applied  Physics  Laboratory,  Laurel, 
Md.  During  his  33  years  with  the  laboratory  he 
was  awarded  several  patents  and  worked  in 
the  Aeronautics  and  Strategic  Systems  Depart- 
ments, evaluating  ballistic  missile  systems  and 
studying  ocean  thermal-energy  conversion. 


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percent  of  their  sales,  earnings,  or  assets 
overseas.  During  the  first  ten  months  of 
1992,  the  fund  outperformed  Morgan 
Stanley  Capita!  International's  World 
Index  by  almost  7  percent. 

Relying  on  word-of-mouth  advertis- 
ing, Papp  &  Associates  has  remained  too 
small  (the  combined  assets  of  both  funds 
total  $25  million  dollars)  to  be  listed  in 
the  daily  mutual-fund  report  in  newspa- 
pers. But  they  have  performed  well 
enough  to  merit,  in  addition  to  the  Forbes 
article,  a  thumbs-up  review  from  the  Dai- 
Ins  Morning  Neu's  and  a  five-star  rating 
from  Moniingslar  Mutual  Funds,  a 
Chicago  research  publication. 

It  is  a  family  endeavor.  Son  Harry  '76 
is  the  firm's  president,  and  Roy's  daugh- 
ter and  daughter-in-law  also  are  involved 
with  the  company.  He  and  his  wife 
moved  to  Phoenix  sight  unseen  in  1975 
after  a  stint  in  the  Philippines  as  U.S. 
director  and  ambassador  to  the  Asian 
Development  Bank.  L.  Roy  Papp  &  Asso- 
ciates began  picking  stocks  for  individual 
investors  in  1978  and  currently  manages 
$600  million. 


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Celebrate  with  us  on  May  28-31  -  our 
40th  is  just  around  the  corner.  Edie  Biener, 
reunion  chair,  and  her  hard-working  commi- 
tee  have  planned  exciting  events,  from  Fri- 
day's cocktail  reception  to  Sunday's  clam- 
bake, with  time  for  everyone  to  enjoy  the 
company  of  old  friends.  You  won't  want  to 
miss  a  minute  of  the  camaraderie  and  nostal- 
gia. Return  your  registration  forms  as  soon 
as  you  receive  them. 


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54 


57 


Joan  Mandell  Goldberg  (set-  Ann  Gold- 
berg Glanz  S4V 

Harvey  J.  Goodfriend,  Sinisbury.  Conn., 
retirt'd  in  |.iniMr\'  11)92  after  ',4  vears  with 
United  Toclinoloi;it's  Corp.,  and  eight  years 
as  manager  of  environmental  control  systems 
in  the  1  lamilton  Standard  Division.  He  is 
enjoying  retirement  aboard  the  C^<iodfriend 
sloop  ("sailboat  to  vou  landlubbers"),  and 
doesn't  know  how  it  could  be  any  better. 

Roz  Waldron  Wadsworth  and  her  hus- 
band, Dave,  sold  their  house  on  Stimson 
Ave.,  Providence,  in  a  record-breaking  five 
days,  and  now  li\e  in  Westport  Point,  Mass. 
Thev  want  to  thank  all  the  classmates  and 
Brown  \'isitors  who  made  their  seven  years 
of  bed-and-breakfast  entertaining  in  Provi- 
dence so  enjoyable. 


55 


Susan  Livingston  Sickle  has  two  grand- 
sons living  in  Houston;  "Sorry  they  don't  li\e 
closer"  to  her  Highland  Park,  111.,  home. 
Since  husband  Stewart's  retirement,  the  cou- 
ple has  traveled  extensively,  including  a  trip 
to  Egypt  and  Israel. 


56 


.Another  mini-reunion  will  be  held  Sun- 
ciay  morning.  May  30,  from  8  a.m.  until  noon 
at  the  home  of  Hank  and  Phebe  ('96)  Van- 
dersip,  72  Sea  View  Avenue,  Cranston,  R.i. 
This  Commencement  weekend  "Dutch 
breakfast"  is  fast  becoming  a  tradition  with 
'56,  and  the  turnouts  keep  getting  larger.  By 
the  time  vou  read  this,  you  should  have 
received  a  class  notice  with  details  and  a 
request  for  clues.  If  you  have  replied  to  the 
letter,  thank  you.  If  not,  vou  are  welcome 
anyhow.  -  Hank  Vnin1ct:fip^ 

Claire  Femandes  Jarvinen  recei\'ed  a  J.D. 
degree  from  Franklin  Pierce  Law  Center  in 
May  1992.  Claire  was  formally  sworn  in  as 
an  attorney  to  the  Massachusetts  Bar  at  his- 
toric Faneuil  Hall  on  Dec.  15.  She  and  her 
husband,  Philip  'ss,  live  in  Amherst,  N.H. 

Frederick  F.  Trost,  Victor,  N.Y.,  attended 
the  Brown-William  &  Mary  football  game 
last  fall.  Even  though  Brown  lost,  he  enjoyed 
the  game  and  the  Brown  tent. 


COLLEGE  HILL 
POSTER 


24"x36''  Pen  and  Ink  Watercolor  Lithograph 
of  1 9  Buildings  of  RISD  md  Brown  U. 


Available  at  Brown  Bookitote  or  send  $14  50  plus 
$2  50  shipping  to.  James  P,  Templeton 
13  W  leffersonSt  -  Media.  PA   19063 


Arthur  Bierwirth  passed  his  2s-year  mile- 
stone at  Towers  Penin  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  is  a  partner  and  management  con- 
sultant in  the  international  division.  He  and 
his  wife,  Fran,  are  finally  "empty  nesters"  in 
their  Malvern,  Pa.,  home.  Their  son,  Arthur, 
is  a  freshman  at  Princeton  and  their  daugh- 
ter, Jennifer,  is  a  senior  at  Colby  College, 
majoring  in  government.  Arthur  writes, 
"Travel  and  community  service  fill  much  of 
our  spare  time,  plus  we  are  envying  the 
social  and  intellectual  awakening  of  our 
children." 

Michael  Geremia,  Minis,  Fla.,  writes: 
"Dave  Milot  's8  and  his  bride.  Marguerite, 
\isited  me  for  four  days  in  January.  We  went 
up  to  my  condo  in  St.  Augustine  as  well  as  to 
Canaveral  National  Seashore  to  bird-watch, 
since  Dave  belongs  to  the  Audubon  Society." 


58 


.  ■  Believe  it  or  not  -  the  time  has  come  to 
celebrate  our  isth.  May  28-31.  Pat  Patricelli 
and  Tom  Devlin  have  planned  a  wonderful 
weekend  -  return  your  registration  forms  as 
soon  as  possible  so  you  can  join  the  festivities. 


59 


The  officers  of  the  Class  of  1959  are 
recruiting  chairpersons  for  the  33th  reunion 
to  be  held  in  the  spring  of  1994.  Any  inter- 
ested persons  should  contact  Class  President 
Dr.  Clark  Sammartino  at  (401)  884-8650 
(home)  or  (401)  272-0260  (work),  or  call 
reunion  headquarters  at  (401)  863-1947. 

The  officers  also  remind  all  classmates  to 
send  in  their  class  dues  and  thank  those  who 
have  already  done  so.  If  you  did  not  receive  a 
winter  news/dues  letter,  please  call  reunion 
headquarters. 

Bill  Hodges,  Baldwin,  N.Y.,  reports 
that  his  five  children  are  all  doing  well.  Jim 
is  an  attorney  in  Washington,  D.C.,  Chris 
is  a  financial  planner,  and  Rob  is  a  resident 
physician  in  Baltimore.  Sue  is  a  freshman 
at  the  University  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  Bill's 
youngest,  Jonathan,  was  named  All-Nassau 
County  (N.>'.)  in  football.  Jonathan,  who  is 
also  a  \vrestler,  will  be  applying  to  Brown. 

Donald  M.  Jacobs,  Needhani,  Mass.,  will 
begin  his  twenty-fifth  year  of  teaching  at 
Northeastern  University  in  September.  In 
February,  Indiana  University  Press  pub- 
lished a  volume  of  original  essays  (including 
one  of  his  own)  edited  by  Donald:  Cournge 
and  Conscience:  Black  and  Wltite  Abolitionism  in 
Boston.  A  recently-completed  monograph, 
Wlule  the  Cntofs  Talked  to  God:  The  Black  Strug- 
gle for  Equality  in  Antebellum  Boston,  1S28- 
186-1,  will  be  published  later  this  year. 

Arlen  Mack,  professor  of  psychology  at 
the  New  School  for  Social  Research  (New 
York  City)  and  editor  of  the  journal  Social 
Research,  edited  a  book  of  essays.  In  Time  of 
Plague:  The  Histon/  and  Social  Consequences  of 
Lethal  Epidemic  Disease,  which  has  just  been 
released  in  its  first  paperback  edition. 

Dr.  Peter  A.  Mackie  li\'es  in  Lexington, 


Mass.,  where  his  daughter,  Fli/abeth,  will 
graduate  from  Lexington  1  ligh  School  in 
June.  She  will  attend  Wheaton  College 
next  year. 

Eugene  Nojek  is  the  Cultural  Affairs  Offi- 
cer at  the  American  Embassy  in  Beijing.  A 
Foreign  Service  officer  with  the  U.S.  Informa- 
tion Agency,  Eugene  formerly  served  in 
Saigon,  Taipei,  and  Tokyo.  Although  he  first 
studied  Chinese  in  the  late  1960s,  his  latest 
assignment  marked  his  first  posting  in 
China.  "1  find  it  fascinating  to  witness  a  soci- 
ety in  the  midst  of  rapid  change  from  the 
rigid  controls  of  communism  to  a  market 
economy,"  he  writes. 

Anne  Whitney  Norsworthy,  Concord, 
Mass.,  spent  two  weeks  in  Greece  last 
September  enjoying  a  bus  tour  of  archaeolog- 
ical sites.  She  continues  to  be  active  as  trea- 
surer of  Quota  Club,  a  team  leader  for  a  local 
widowed-persons  service,  and  a  novice  skier 
and  diver.  Her  grandchildren  range  in  age 
from  2  to  s,  and  her  youngest  daughter,  Kim- 
berly,  attends  graduate  school  in  art  history 
at  George  Washington  Uni\'ersity.  Anne 
had  a  reunion  with  Pat  Brady  McNeil  and 
Anne  Leuchs  Makuc  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
last  summer. 

Sandra  Giles  Perrault,  Methuen,  Mass., 
reports  that  her  youngest  son,  David,  gradu- 
ated from  Phillips  Andover  and  is  a  fresh- 
man at  Stanford.  His  last  term  at  Andover 
was  spent  as  a  Congressional  intern  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C.,  which  gave  Sandra  the  oppor- 
tunity to  visit  with  Marcia  Gallup  Anderson 

Lois  A.  Rappaport  works  as  a  full-time 
labor  arbitrator  and  is  an  active  member  of 
the  National  Academy  of  Arbitrators.  She 
and  her  husband,  Ray  Shanfield,  are  avid 
cyclists  and  spend  six  to  eight  weeks  a  year 
cycling  the  back  roads  of  the  U.S.  and  France. 
They  live  in  New  York  City. 

Jean  Sheridan,  Wickford,  R.I.,  is  on 
sabbatical  from  the  University  of  Rhocie 
Island  this  semester  to  study  the  relationship 
between  academic  libraries  and  writing- 
across-the-curriculum  programs.  Two  of  her 
children.  Sue  Langham  Timpson  and  Mark 
Langham,  hve  in  Maine.  Julie  is  studying  at 
Trinity  Repertory  Company,  and  Liz  works 
for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  in  Corval- 
lis,  Oreg. 


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Judith  Eaton  Galea  (see  G.  Kenneth 
Eaton  '33). 


61 


-   Elkan  Abramowitz  is  one  of  a  team  of 

lawyers  representing  Woody  Allen  in  his 
child  custody  battle  against  Mia  Farrow. 

Emily  Arnold  McCuUy,  one  of  the  three 
children's  authors  featured  in  the  Winter 
BAM,  won  the  1992  Caldecott  Award  for  the 
best  illustrated  children's  book  for  Mirette 
on  the  High  Wire. 

John  Sculley,  ceo  of  Apple  Computer, 
was  one  of  the  featured  speakers  at  then- 
President-elect  Bill  Clinton's  mid-December 
economic  summit.  John  was  also  recently 


40  /  APRIL  1993 


highlighted  on  page  one  of  the  Neiu  York 
Times  Sunday  business  section,  which 
reported  that  he  had  been  on  Clinton's  list 
last  spring  of  possible  vice-presidential  can- 
didates. 


62 


To  all  members  of  the  class  of  1962:  Look 
for  our  class  table  at  Campus  Dance  1993  - 
join  us  to  reprise  our  wonderful  30th  reunion. 

Kenneth  Blackman  (see  Susan 
Blackman  '89). 

Gene  Kopf  completed  an  mbo  of  selee 
Corporation,  an  international  high-tech 
ceramics  company.  He  will  continue  to  serve 
as  president  and  ceo  and  live  in  the  western 
North  Carolina  Blue  Ridge  Mountain  town  of 
Hendersonville.  Son  Curtis  '87  has  begun 
graduate  school  at  Johns  fiopkins  and  is 
writing  for  Time-Life  Books. 


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™  Hard  to  believe.  Our  30th  reunion  is  upon 

us  -  May  28-31  -  Memorial  Day  weekend. 
Come  meet  and  greet  old  friends  and  make 
some  new  ones.  You  should  have  received 
the  registration  mailing  with  all  the  exciting 
plans.  If  you  have  misplaced  it,  contact 
reunion  headquarters  at  (401)  863-1947. 

This  year  we  have  planned  a  special  event 
for  the  women  in  the  class  -  a  Saturday  lun- 
cheon and  discussion  of  the  topic,  "From 
Penny  Pembroker,  the  last  of  the  'straight 
arrows,'  to  ???"  It  will  be  facilitated  by 
Louise  Newman,  author  of  "From  Coordina- 
tion to  Coeducation:  Pembrokers'  Struggle 
for  Social  Equality."  Where  have  the  last  30 
years  taken  you?  Come  share  your  experi- 
ences with  us.  -  Brooke  Lipsitl 


64 


iii  Rhoda  Nagin  Cahan  married  Rubin 
Greenberg  in  New  York  City  at  a  small  wed- 
ding attended  bv  their  six  children,  including 
Rhoda's  son,  Adam  Cahan  '93. 

Susan  Rosenfeld  '65  A.M.  resigned  on 
Aug.  31  as  the  first  and  only  official  historian 
at  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation.  She 
moved  to  New  Orleans,  where  she  works 
independently  as  an  archival  and  historical 
consultant  and  is  writing  a  book.  She  no 
longer  uses  her  married  name,  Falb. 


65 


B'  Sam  Baumgarten  and  his  wife,  Deborah, 
are  pleased  to  announce  the  birth  of  a  second 
daughter,  Kelsey  Ruth,  on  January  11.  Sam, 
Deborah,  Alyssa,  and  Kelsey  continue  to  live 
in  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  where  Sam  is  an  asso- 
ciate professor  of  physical  education  at 
Bridgewater  State  College. 


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William  F.  Tomeny  recently  graduated 
with  distinction  from  the  Stonier  Graduate 
School  of  Banking,  and  currently  works  as 
senior  vice  president  for  commercial  lending 


First  Baptist 

Meeting 

House 


Meinories  nt  graduation  and  the 
First  Baptist  Meeting  House, 
where  Brown  University  com- 
mencement exercises  have 
been  held  since  1776. 

Every  Brown  alumni  will 
treasure  this  hrass  image 
mounted  on  a  solid  walnut 
plaque,  backed  with  telt.  It's  an 
elegant,  contemporary  desk  accessiiry  or 
wall  hanging.  An  excellent  gift  to  give  or  receive. 

Made  with  the  hne  craftsmanship  of  American  Traditions  Inc. 
Available  exclusively  to  Brown  alumni  tor  $24.*^5. 

To  order,  call  toll-free  1-800-342-5322,  Monday  to  Friday, 
9  AM  to  5  PM.  Please  have  your  Visa  or  Master  Card  handy. 


Campus  Dance  Beverage  Policy 

The  Campus  Dance  will  be  held  this  year  on  Friday,  May  28,  1993. 
This  year  marks  the  implementation  of  the  new  Campus  Dance 
Beverage  Policy  announced  last  spring. 

Due  to  potential  liabilities,  and  consistent  with  Brown's  prac- 
tices at  other  University  events  including  concerts  and  sporting 
contests,  security  officers  will  not  allow  patrons  to  bring  their  own 
beverage  containers  of  any  kind  into  the  1993  Campus  Dance. 

The  Associated  Alumni,  sponsors  of  the  Campus  Dance,  will 
provide  professionally-run  bars  where  both  alcoholic  and  non- 
alcoholic beverages  may  be  purchased  by  those  of  legal  age  with 
positive  identification.  These  bars  will  be  staffed  by  bartenders 
certified  in  the  legal  dispensing  of  alcoholic  beverages. 

All  Campus  Dance  patrons  are  urged  to  exercise  moderation 
and  those  who  drive  should  ensure  the  safety  of  themselves  and 
others  by  not  drinking  and  driving.  Thank  you  for  yotir  cooperation. 

For  Campus  Dance  ticket  and  table  information,  please  see 
the  Alumni  Calendar  on  page  45. 

THIS  ADVERTISEMENT  HAS  BEEN  PAID  FOR  BY 

THE  Associated  Alumni  of  Brown  University, 
SPONSORS  of  the  Campus  Dance. 


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Wendy  Strothman '72  \ 


A  beacon  for 
book-lovers 


Wendy  J.  Strothman  72,  director 
of  Boston's  Beacon  Press,  was  named 
hook  publishing's  "Woman  of  Ihe 
Year  "  for  her  revitalization  of  one 
oi  the  nation's  oldest  independent 
publisliing  houses.  Strothman 
received  the  award,  which  was  decided 
by  a  panel  of  more  than  fifty  industry 
leaders,  before  an  audience  of  400  in  New 
York  City  during  the  Book  PubWorld 
convention  in  February. 

Her  fellow  publishers  commended 
Strothman  for  her  courageous  stands  on 
several  comple.x  issues  in  1992,  among 
them  the  importance  of  the  National 
Endowment  for  the  Arts's  funding  of  con- 
troversial art.  Beacon's  difficulty  in  find- 
ing a  printer  for  a  book  with  gay  illustra- 
tions, and  the  printer  R.R.  Doitnelley's 
right  to  print  Madoruia's  book.  Sex,  after 
Donnelley  was  attacked  by  the  religious 
right.  Strothman  also  threw  Beacon  into 
the  Colorado  melee  when  she  sent  free 
copies  of  Beacon's  book.  Homophobia:  Hoiv 
We  All  Pay  the  Price,  to  public  Ubraries  in 
Colorado. 


at  Key  Bank  of  New  York  in  Syracuse.  He 
and  his  wife,  Maureen,  look  forward  to  the 
graduation  of  their  daughter,  Jennifer,  from 
SUNY-Geneseo  and  her  enrollment  in  law 
school.  They  live  at  3441  Stanford  Dr.,  Bald- 
winsville,  N.Y.  13027. 


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Laurie  Griffin  Broedling  is  an  associate 
administrator  of  NASA  and  lives  in  Spring- 
field, Va.,  with  her  husband,  Tim,  and 
daughters  Abigail  and  Emily. 

Kevin  Hanna  and  his  wife,  Mary,  had  a 
baby  boy.  Liam  John,  on  Oct.  16.  They  live  in 
Norwalk,  Conn. 

Carol  M.  Lemlein,  Santa  Monica,  Calif., 
has  almost  given  up  her  yen  to  move  back  to 
New  England  since  both  her  daughters  are 
now  in  Southern  California  with  her.  Sandra 
Hatchings  '90  is  a  graduate  student  of  archi- 
tecture at  Cal  Poly-Pomona  and  Karen  is  a 
marketing  communications  manager  with 
Hewlett-Packard.  Carol  manages  the  software 
development  organization  at  Teradyne's 
semiconductor  test  division  in  Agoura  Hills. 
She  is  serving  her  third  year  as  president  of 


"The  Unitarians  founded  us  in  1854, 
and  they've  never  shied  away  from  con- 
troversy," Strothman  said  recently.  "If 
you  look  at  our  list,  1  think  you  could  cat- 
egorize us  as  the  kind  of  publisher  Rush 
Limbaugh  loves  to  hate." 

Last  year  saw  Beacon  pubUsh  its  first 
bestseller  in  more  than  forty  years,  Mar- 
ian Wright  Edelman's  The  Meaaiire  of  Our 
Success.  Sales  of  Beacon  books  have 
tripled  since  1985,  and  during  1991  Bea- 
con's sales  grew  nearly  15  percent. 

A  former  chairman  of  the  BAM's 
board  of  editors,  Strothman  currently 
serves  as  a  trustee  of  the  University.  She 
joined  Beacon  Press  in  1983.  Previously 
she  was  assistant  director  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago  Press. 


the  Women's  Committee  of  the  Brown  Club 
of  Southern  California. 

Susan  Kantor  Zepeda,  FuUerton,  Calif., 
became  health  agency  director  for  San  Luis 
Obispo  County  in  January.  Since  1980  she 
had  held  various  administrative  posts  in 
public  health  and  finance  in  Orange  County, 
and  won  numerous  awards  for  her  work. 
She  and  her  husband,  Fernando,  have  si,\ 
children  and  two  grandchildren. 


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?*    Jerry  Batty,  Margaret  Gardner,  Dick  Trull, 

and  their  enthusiastic  committee  look  forward 
to  celebrating  our  milestone  25th  reunion  with 
a  record  crowd  of  classmates.  May  28-31.  The 
weekend  will  be  filled  with  a  variety  of  activ- 
ities, from  a  welcoming  reception  hosted 
by  President  and  Mrs.  Gregorian  to  a  family 
brunch  on  Sunday;  from  a  Saturday  class 
panel  on  "Idealism  into  Action"  to  Monday's 
traditional  march  down  College  Hill.  We've 
budgeted  ample  time  for  everyone  to  become 
reaquainted  with  old  friends.  Please  return 
your  registration  forms  as  soon  as  possible  - 
the  25th  is  our  once-in-a-lifetime  reunion. 


Sharon  Jamieson  Harris  started  a  new  job 

at  The  Vanguard  Croup  of  investment  com- 
panies in  November.  She  is  assistant  vice 
president  in  charge  ol  corporate  systems. 
Sharon  and  Ralph  live  in  Villanova,  Pa. 


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Robert  J.  Maden  and  Patricia  Regan 
Maden  live  in  Bloomfield,  Conn.  They 
repiirt  that  their  son,  Christopher  '94,  "has 
lots  of  tun  playing  the  trombone  in  that 
wonderful  Brown  band."  Son  Timothy  is  a 
freshman  at  Hampshire  College  in  Amherst, 
Mass.,  and  daughter  Becky  is  a  sophomore 
at  the  Loomis  Chafee  School  in  Connecticut. 


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Jack  Thacher-Renshaw  reports  that  the 
Maddock-Nicholson  connector,  which  he 
designed,  has  been  completed  at  the  Mad- 
dock  Alumni  Center.  He  enjoyed  working 
with  Chris  Sweck  Love,  director  of  alumni 
relations,  and  her  office  on  the  project.  Jack's 
wife,  Ann,  is  director  of  the  division  of  injury 
prevention  at  the  Rhode  Island  Department 
of  Health. 

Stephen  P.  Morse  has  been  the  Boston 
Globe's  rock  'n  roll  music  reviewer  for  the 
past  16  years.  He  also  covers  folk,  country, 
R&B,  reggae,  blues.  World  Beat,  "and  any- 
thing else  that  counters  a  9-10-5  job."  He 
traces  the  beginning  of  his  career  to  frequent 
trips  to  the  now-defimct  Ladd's  record  store 
on  Thayer  Street,  and  with  seeing  Janis  JopUn 
in  concert  during  a  Brown  Spring  Weekend 
in  the  late  sixties.  Stephen  lives  in  Hingham, 
Mass.,  with  his  wife  and  4-year-old  son, 
Nicholas. 


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ii  Kit  Fagan  Stinson  was  named  public 
relations  director  of  AT&T  Network  Systems 
in  Morristown,  N.J.  She  was  the  winner  of 
the  1992  Iris  Award  for  Excellence  in  Speech- 
writing  and  is  listed  in  the  1993-94  edition  of 
Wlio's  Wlw  in  Global  Business. 


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m  Steven  W.  Kraft  and  Margot  R.K.  Hillman 
(Swarthmore  '78)  announce  the  birth  of 
Benjamin  Jerome  Kraft  on  Oct.  4.  Steve  works 
in  the  MIS  department  of  the  Express-Times  in 
Easton,  Pa.  Margot  is  in  the  MIS  department 
for  the  Lehigh  Valley  chapter  of  the  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross.  Dad,  mom,  and  baby  are  all 
doing  fine. 

Robert  Mair  '79  Ph.D.  received  the  Out- 
standing Associate  Professor  Award  for  1992 
at  the  University  of  New  Hampshire.  His 
research  concerns  the  neurological  basis  of 
amnesia  and  has  been  supported  by  grants 
from  the  National  Institutes  of  Health  and 
the  Veterans  Administration.  He  lives  in 
Durham,  N.H.  with  his  wife,  Susan  Furber 
Mair,  and  their  two  children,  Christina  and 
Robert,  whom  Robert  coaches  on  the  Oyster 
River  Otters  Swimming  Team. 


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Our  20th  reunion  is  only  weeks  away.  If 
you  have  not  done  so  already,  please  send  in 
your  registration  form  so  that  the  reunion 
committee  can  finalize  plans.  Please  contact 
reunion  headquarters  at  (401)  863-1947  if  you 
did  not  receive  a  registration  form.  We  look 
forward  to  a  wonderful  weekend  back  at 
Brown.  Please  join  us. 

Bob  Thompson  is  the  chief  financial  offi- 
cer for  Special  Expeditions,  Inc.,  a  cruise  line 
with  voyages  to  such  places  as  the  Amazon, 
Arctic,  and  Alaska.  He  lives  in  Cortlandt 
Manor,  N.Y.,  with  his  wife,  Joan,  and  their 
three  children,  Matthew,  Alice,  and  Kathryn. 
Joan  is  the  assistant  superintendent  for  the 
Hendrick  Hudson  School  District. 


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Jeanne  Black,  Pittsburgh,  has  been 
appointed  president  of  the  University  Health 
Network,  a  preferred-provider  organization 
associated  with  the  University  of  Pittsburgh 
Medical  Center  and  Blue  Cross  of  Western 
Pennsylvania.  She  previously  served  as 
director  of  planning  and  marketing  for  the 
medical  center.  Jeanne  reports  that  she  has 
become  a  soprano  after  more  than  25  years  of 
singing  alto.  "E-mail  is  welcome  at 
blac@med.pitt.edu." 

John  Cullen,  Bowdoin  College  women's 
soccer  coach,  was  named  the  1992  Division 
III  Women's  Soccer  Coach  of  the  Year  by  the 
National  Soccer  Coaches  Association.  He 
led  the  Polar  Bears  to  a  14-2-1  record  and  the 
ECAC  championship  last  fall.  John  is  also 
assistant  athletic  director  and  women's  soft- 
ball  coach  at  Bowdoin. 

Jane  Heitman  Green  and  her  husband, 
Robert  M.  Green,  had  a  baby  boy,  Adam 
David,  on  June  5.  He  joins  Andrew,  4.  The 
family  spent  1992  amidst  the  dust  and  dis- 
ruption of  a  house  excavation,  but  they  are 
now  settled  and  enjoying  their  two  boys  and 
new  surroundings  in  Stamford,  Conn. 

Dr.  Andrew  Kaunitz  was  elected  chair  of 
the  Association  of  Reproductive  Health  Pro- 
fessionals, a  Washington,  D.C. -based  organi- 
zation of  1,700  physicians  and  nurses. 
Andrew  hves  in  Jacksonville,  Ra.,  with  his 
wife,  Karen,  a  hospital  attorney,  and  children 
Kate  and  David. 

Robert  Koch  and  his  wife,  Linda, 
announce  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Sarah  Jes- 
sica, on  October  20.  Sarah's  big  brother,  Sam, 
is  4.  The  family  Hves  in  White  Plains,  N.Y. 

Warren  Marcus,  Bethesda,  Md.,  was 
named  one  of  three  finalists  for  Social  Stud- 
ies Teacher  of  the  Year  and  was  a  nominee 
for  Teacher  of  the  Year  in  the  1992  American 
Teacher  Awards,  organized  by  the  Disney 
Channel  and  twenty  other  organizations. 
Warren  was  filmed  in  action  at  his  school,  St. 
Andrews,  in  Bethesda,  last  spring  and  a  short 
video  profile  was  shoviTi  during  the  Uve  broad- 
cast of  the  awards  ceremony  on  the  Disney 
Channel  on  Dec.  6.  Warren  writes,  "Besides 
the  excitement  of  the  show  and  meeting  so 
many  excellent  teachers,  the  highlight  of  the 
trip  to  L.A.  was  taking  our  2 '/2-year-old, 


AUyson,  to  Disneyland.  Lisa  and  1  are  expect- 
ing a  second  child  -  a  boy  -  in  April.  I  guess 
we'll  have  to  name  him  Goofy  or  Mickey." 

Dr.  William  R.  Reed  and  Mary  Hutchings 
Reed  '73,  '73  A.M.,  completed  a  double- 
handed  voyage  of  1,600  miles  in  their  West- 
sail  32  sailboat.  Their  21-day  sail  started  in 
Norfolk,  Va.,  and  took  them  through  the  U.S. 
and  British  Virgin  Islands  and  Bermuda. 
They  returned  to  their  home  in  Chicago, 
where  Mary  is  a  partner  at  Winston  &  Strawn, 
practicing  intellectual  property  law.  They 
plan  to  see  everyone  at  Mary's  20th  in  May. 


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Paul  H.  Boity  went  to  Washington  to 
work  as  a  "beltway  bandit,"  i.e.,  a  computer 
consultant  for  several  federal  government 
agencies.  His  new  address  is  801  N.  Pitt  St., 
#603,  Alexandria,  Va.  22314-1758. 

Rolf  J.  Goebel  '77  A.M.  is  associate  pro- 
fessor of  German  in  the  department  of  for- 
eign languages  and  literature  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Alabama  at  Huntsville. 

Marianne  Michael  and  Dusan  Culich 
announce  the  birth  of  their  son,  Jonathan,  on 
Oct.  31.  He  joins  sister  Caroline,  7.  The  family 
lives  in  Rockiord,  111. 


Gary  Newell  and  Maureen  Griffin  are 
delighted  to  announce  the  birth  of  their  first 
child,  Michael  Patrick,  on  Oct.  13.  Gary  and 
Maureen  live  in  Herndon,  Va.,  "where 
prospective  babysitters  may  feel  free  to  con- 
tact them." 

Lawrence  J.  Solin  '78  M.D.  (see  Leslie 
Belasco  '80). 

Ruth  Walters  was  appointed  director 
of  the  New  York  State  Office  of  Management 
and  Productivity  by  Gov.  Mario  Cuomo 
on  Jan.  14.  Her  appointment  is  in  addition 
to  her  responsibilities  as  the  Director  of 
the  Office  of  Business  Permits  and  Regula- 
tory Assistance.  The  two  offices  eventually 
will  be  merged  under  Ruth's  leadership. 
Ruth,  her  husband,  Michael  V.  Barrett,  and 
their  two  sons,  Michael  and  Sam,  hve  in 
Albany,  N.Y. 

Dina  Schwarz  Wenger  finally  made  good 
on  her  intention  to  attend  law  school.  In 
addition  to  working  part-time  as  director  of 
marketing  and  communications  at  cigna 
Corporation,  Dina  is  a  second-year  student  at 
the  University  of  Connecticut  School  of  Law, 
where  she  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Law 
RevieuK  She  lives  with  her  two  children.  Tali, 
12,  and  Etan,  11,  in  West  Hartford,  Conn. 


The  Rev.  Everett  Goodwin  '79  Ph.D. 


The  spiritual  leader  meets  the 
national  leader 


How  do  you  help  the  political  leader  of 
the  Western  world  to  keep  the  faith?  The 
Rev.  Everett  Goodwin  '79  Ph.D.  will  face 
that  question  for  many  Sundays  during 
the  next  four  years.  As  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  Washington,  D.C, 
Goodwin  is  pastor  to  the  President.  Bill 
Clinton's  reserved  seat,  in  the  sixth  row 
of  pews,  is  exactly  where  Jimmy  Carter 
sat  on  most  Sundays,  and  it  is  not  far 
from  where  Harry  Truman  worshipped 
in  the  beautiful  Gothic  edifice.  (Though 
ancient  in  look  and  feel,  the  building  was 
erected  only  forty  years  ago  to  the  specifi- 
cations of  Truman's  pastor,  Edward 
Hughes  Pruden.) 

As  of  March  7,  Clinton  had  been  to 
church  services  three  times.  Goodwin 
told  the  Associated  Press  that  day,  "We're 
very  conscious  that  the  President  is  like 
any  other  person  who  comes  in  search  of 
spiritual  guidance.  We  want  to  provide 
that,  but  we're  not  looking  for  attention." 
While  he  admits  to  an  intensified  pulpit 
stage  fright  when  the  President  attends. 


the  forty-eight-year-old  Goodwin  says  he 
is  energized  by  his  new  parishioner. 
"Realizing  that  the  President  is  my  age 
makes  me  feel  very  much  a  sense  of  iden- 
tity [as  well  as]  a  great  sense  of  awe,"  he 
says.  "I  want  to  do  everytJiing  I  can  to 
help  him  as  he  assumes  such  awesome 
responsibilities." 

Goodwin  has  been  at  First  Baptist 
since  1981.  Previously  he  served  at 
churches  in  Connecticut  and  Rhode 
Island.  In  addition  to  his  seminary  train- 
ing, he  holds  a  bachelor's  degree  in  politi- 
cal science  from  the  University  of  Chicago 
and  a  Ph.D.  in  history  from  Brown. 


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Allison  Cook  Keith  .iiul  hor  husb.ind, 
B.irrv,  onnounco  the  birth  i>f  their  second 
chilli  Andrew  John,  on  M.iy  10  M.itern.il 
gr.indp.irents  are  Jim  .ind  Phyllis  Towne 
Cook  so.  Andrew  joins  B.irry,  3.  AlU.son 
is  assistiint  vice-president  at  Glendale 
I'ederal  Savings  Hank.  The  Keiths  hve  in 
West  Hills,  Calif. 


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Dr  David  Evelyn,  and  his  wife.  Dr.  Jen- 
nifer VVeinraub,  ha\e  been  faniilv  physicians 
in  upstate  New  York  for  almost  three  years. 
Sarah,  4,  and  Jacob,  1';,  love  the  rural  life, 
although  David  and  Jennifer  miss  the  variety 
of  big-cit\  restaurants.  They  occasionally 
see  Steven  Zakon  78  when  he  comes  to  call 
at  the  local  contra  dances.  "We'd  love  to  have 
visitors,  and  we  serve  the  best  Thai  food  in 
Oneonta."  The  family  lives  at  50  Union  St., 
Oneonta,  N.Y.  13820. 

Amy  Printz  Winterfield,  Englewood, 
Colo.,  joins  many  other  'yyers  in  "pushing 
the  envelope"  by  welcoming  her  first  child, 
Michael  William  Winterfield,  on  Dec.  16. 
Michael's  aunt  is  Carrie  Printz  '85. 


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Get  ready  to  celebrate  our  13th,  May  28- 
11.  \ouT  reunion  chairs,  Kate  Barry  and 
Judy  Kaye,  and  their  great  committee  look 
forward  to  seeing  many  classmates  and  their 
families.  Don't  forget  to  register  as  soon 
as  possible  -  we  want  to  save  you  a  spot  - 
especially  at  our  Sunday  picnic  at  the 
Sakonnet  Vineyards. 

Dr.  Steven  L.  Blazar  and  his  wife,  Cheryl, 
announce  an  addition  to  the  family,  Jonathan 
David  Blazar,  on  April  5,  1992.  Jonathan  joins 
llyse,  2,  at  the  family's  home  in  Providence. 

Vivian  Comer  and  her  husband,  Glynn 
Mays  (Hamilton  '70)  announce  the  birth  of 
their  second  son,  Ellis  Nance  Mays,  on 
Sept.  10,  1991.  Ellis's  godmother  is  Vivian's 
senior-year  Buxton  House  neighbor,  Carolyn 
Jones  '78.  Ellis  joined  Owen,  4'/;,  whose  god- 
mother is  Vivian's  French  House  roommate 
Beth  Weinhouse  '79.  Vivian  would  love  to 
hear  from  friends  and  other  working-out- 
side-the-home  moms  at  803  North  Danville 
St.,  Arlington,  Va.  22201. 

Dr.  John  Paul  Grandy  practices  neonatol- 
ogy in  Wilmington,  Del. 

Nancy  Librett  and  Jeffrey  M.  Lindy 
(Cornell  '80)  welcomed  Alan  Lindy  into  the 
world  on  April  9,  1992.  Nancy  works  as 
vice  president  and  creative  director  at  Foote, 
Cone,  &  Belding  Advertising,  and  lives 
with  her  husband  and  baby  in  Philadelphia. 

Jessica  Solodar  Rozenson  and  David 
Rozenson  '79  announce  the  birth  of  their 
daughter,  Ahce  Laura,  on  Dec.  3.  Their  son, 
Daniel,  is  3.  Jessie  works  as  a  computer- 
industry  public  relations  consultant  with 
Rogers  Communications.  David  is  a  corpo- 
rate lawyer  in  the  Boston  office  of  Dechert, 
Price,  &  Rhoads.  They  have  a  new  address: 
9  Parker  St.  Newton,  Mass.  02159. 


Earl  Vamey,  Walllnglord,  I'a.,  and  his 
wite,  Mina,  enjoy  lite  with  Koger,  (1,  and 
1  lilary,  3.  Harl  writes,  "Roger  is  into  com- 
puter games,  space  studies,  dinosaurs;  Hilary 
is  just  into  everything.  Banking  is  still  a  risky 
career,  but  as  risk  manager  of  Wilmington 
Trust,  1  guess  I'm  managing  the  risk  okay." 

179 

1  Elizabeth  Behrman  is  assistant  professor 
of  physics  at  Wichita  State  University  in 
Kansas,  and  will  be  up  for  tenure  in  the  fall. 
She  is  a  single  mother  of  Joanna,  2,  who, 
Elizabeth  writes,  "is  the  most  brilliant,  beau- 
tiful, and  perfect  creature  there  ever  was." 
Elizabeth  also  displayed  "incredible  chutz- 
pah by  buying  a  house,  even  before  tenure  - 
so  there's  plenty  of  room  to  put  up  any  old 
friends  who  want  to  come  visit."  Elizabeth 
would  like  to  hear  from  classmates  at 
1316  N.  Fairmount,  Wichita,  Kans.  67208. 

Joyce  Cohen  Butlien  and  her  husband, 
Michael,  announce  the  birth  of  Robert  Harris 
on  June  14.  Robert  joins  Matthew,  3'/-. 
The  family  lives  in  University  Heights,  Ohio. 

Anne  Lewis  Drake  and  her  husband. 
Bill,  announce  the  birth  of  Theodore  William 
in  October.  Louisa  is  2.  They  live  in  River- 
side, Conn. 

Laurel  A.  EUson  married  George  O. 
Martinez  on  Sept.  13  in  Southport,  Conn. 
Laurel  is  a  sole  practitioner  specializing  in 
divorce  and  family  law  in  Milford,  Conn. 
George  is  assistant  vice  president  and  coun- 
sel at  Alliance  Capital  Management  in 
Manhattan.  Friends  can  contact  them  at  25 
Ostend  Ave.,  Westport,  Conn.  06880. 

Shepherd  Iverson  (formerly  Ken  Shep- 
herd) earned  a  Ph.D.  in  cultural  anthropol- 
ogy from  the  University  of  Florida  in  Decem- 
ber. Beginning  in  September  he  will  hold  a 
Mellon  Fellowship  postdoctoral  appointment 
at  Johns  Hopkins  University  in  the  depart- 
ment of  population  dynamics.  Shepherd  can 
be  reached  at  6757  Joy  Street,  Milton,  Fla. 
32583;  (904)  623-4305. 

Stephen  J.  Martin  earned  his  Ph.D.  in 
physics  from  the  University  of  Connecticut 
in  1989.  He  is  an  assistant  professor  in  the 
division  of  technology  at  Johnson  &  Wales 
University,  Providence. 

Eric  Roth,  Louisville,  Colo.,  announces 
the  birth  of  Emily  Nichole  on  May  29.  She 
joins  older  sister  Rachel  Michelle,  3.  Both 
were  bom  at  home.  Eric  still  works  at  AT&T 
Bell  Labs  in  Denver  doing  operating  systems 
development.  Visiting  skiers  or  hikers  are 
welcome  to  call  him  at  (303)  665-3629. 

Richard  Tyler,  professor  of  psychology 
at  the  University  of  Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 
has  been  named  consultant  on  multicultural 
affairs  for  Carleton  College,  Northfield, 
Minn.  He  will  advise  individual  students 
and  help  the  college  develop  multicultural 
student  support  services.  Previously  he 
had  served  Carleton  as  an  in-service  trainer 
on  race  relations  and,  in  1987-88,  as  acting 
director  of  multicultural  affairs. 

Bill  and  Danae  Cotsis  Wharton  live  in 
Needham,  Mass.  Danae  teaches  French  part- 
time  and  cares  for  their  daughter,  Rhea,  4'/4, 


anil  son,  Michael,  2''/.  Bill  is  enjoying  a  sab- 
batical from  teaching  as  a  National  lindow- 
menl  for  the  1  lunianities  Teacher-Scholar, 
studying  "The  Practice  and  Teaching  of  Phi- 
losophy in  Plato's  Dialogues."  When  he 
returns  to  the  Commonwealth  School  in  July, 
he  will  be  direchir  of  admissions  and  classics 
teacher. 

Stephen  Ziobrowski  lives  in  Sudbury, 
Mass.,  with  his  wife,  Anne;  daughters  Emily, 
4  and  1  lannah,  2;  and  a  dog,  Charlie.  Stephen 
is  a  partner  in  the  ta.v;  department  of  Peabody 
&  Arnold  in  Boston  and  is  "still  waiting  on 
the  Red  Sox." 


180 


M  Doris  Anthony  wed  Nicholas  Bastiampil- 
lai  on  June  20,  1992,  in  Bayville,  N.Y.  She  was 
given  away  by  her  father,  John  W.  Anthony 
'46,  and  Maryann  Camarda  '81  was  maid  of 
honor.  Among  tht)se  present  were  Doris's 
mother,  Arline  Kotite  Bateman  '44,  and 
brother  Ryan  Anthony  '79.  Doris  freelances 
in  photography  and  editorial  work.  Nicholas 
is  a  student  at  the  New  York  College  of 
Osteopathic  Medicine.  The  couple  lives  on 
Long  Island  at  28  McKinley  Place,  Glen 
Cove,  N.Y.  11542. 

Fred  Armstrong  and  his  wife,  Lisa,  of 
Randolph,  Mass.,  announce  the  birth  of 
their  son,  Alexander  Wells  Armstrong,  on 
Dec.  1 .  Fred  has  opened  his  own  law  practice 
in  Randolph  after  five  years  of  practicing 
in  Boston. 

Leslie  Belasco  and  Dr.  Lavinrence  J.  Solin 
'75,  '78  M.D.  were  married  on  Oct.  11  in 
Philadelphia.  Ellen  Rosen  Rogoff  '78 
attended  the  ceremony.  Leslie,  who  received 
her  J.D.  from  the  University  of  Chicago  in 
1984,  is  director  of  research  and  development 
at  the  American  Law  Institute.  Larry  is  an 
associate  professor  of  radiation  oncology 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  School  of 
Medicine.  They  live  in  Philadelphia  with 
Larry's  5-year-old  daughter,  Jennifer. 

Wendy  Cohen  Handler  and  her  husband, 
Dr.  Larry  Handler,  live  in  Chestnut  Hill, 
Mass.,  with  their  i-year-old  son  Jeffrey. 
Wendy  is  assistant  professor  of  management 
at  Babson  College,  specializing  in  family 
businesses.  Friends  are  welcome  to  get  in 
touch  with  them  at  60  Wachusett  Road, 
Chestnut  Hill  02167. 

Eric  and  Penelope  Dinneen  Hillemann 
announce  the  birth  of  Harriet  Jessica  on  Oct. 
3.  Harriet  joins  Phoebe,  age  4.  The  family 
moved  three  years  ago  to  Northfield,  Minn., 
where  Eric  is  the  college  archivist  for  Carle- 
ton College.  Penny  is  an  at-home  mother 
and  regards  herself  as  having  "got  a  life" 
when  she  left  lawyering.  Eric  put  in  his 
stint  as  at-home  father  for  the  eight  months 
following  Phoebe's  birth.  After  living  in 
Carleton  residence  halls  for  two  years,  they 
have  bought  a  house  and  would  love  to 
hear  from  friends  at  300  E.  Sixth  St.,  North- 
field,  Minn.  55057.  Eric's  Internet  account  is 
ehillema@carleton.edu. 

Mara  H.  Rogers  was  named  a  partner  in 
the  international  law  firm  of  Fulbright  & 
Jaworski,  Houston.  She  joined  the  office  ten 


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Alumni  Calendar 


April 


Providence 

April  20  and  21.  "A  Day  on  College  Hill"  for 
accepted  members  of  the  Class  of  1997,  spon- 
sored by  the  Bruin  Club  and  NASP.  Call  the 
NASP  office,  (401)  863-3306. 

New  York  City 

April  21.  The  Brown  University  Club  in  New 
York's  ninth  annual  Independent  Award 
Diiuier,  honoring  John  Sculley  '61,  chairman 
and  CEO  of  Apple  Computer.  Plaza  Hotel, 
6:30  P.M.  Call  Mimi  Harmon,  (212)  751-5847. 

Boston 

April  22.  Bid  for  Brown  Night,  a  silent  and 
hve  auction  to  increase  the  Edward  T.  Brack- 
ett  '14  Memorial  Scholarship  Fund,  sponsored 
by  the  Brown  Club  of  Boston.  International 
Place.  Call  Dave  Crimnun  '72,  (508)  263-5434. 

San  Francisco 

April  24.  Performance  of  "Raices"  to  benefit 
the  Brown  Book  Award,  sponsored  by  the  Bay 
Area  Third  World  Alumni  Network.  La  Pena 
Cultural  Center,  3105  Shattuck  Avenue,  Berke- 
ley. Call  Suzanne  Rivera  '91,  (510)  261-9085. 

Newport 

April  29.  "Computers  and  Fine  Art,"  Brown 
Club  of  Newport  County  Annual  Dinner 
with  Anne  Morgan  Spalter  '87,  adjunct  lec- 
turer in  the  Department  of  Visual  Arts.  Call 
Jo  Carson  '38,  (401)  847-0792. 

Providence 

April  30-May  1.  Club  Leadership  Weekend. 
An  on-campus  weekend  of  training  and 
enrichment  for  Brown  Club  volunteer  leaders. 
Call  Andy  Shaindlin  '86  or  Pam  Boylan  '84, 
(401)  863-3309. 


Dates  of  Interest 

Academic  Year  1992-93 

Spring  Semester  Classes  End 

May  11 

Final  Exam  Period 

May  12-21 

Reunion- Commencement  Weekend 

May  28-31 


May 


Cranston,  R.I. 

May  8.  Kent  County  Alumnae  Club  Annual 
Luncheon  Meeting.  11  a.m.,  Rhode  Island 
Yacht  Club,  Cranston.  Call  Pauline  Denning 
'50,  (401)  781-4794. 


May  28.  Campus  Dance.  College 
Green,  Lincoln  Field  and  the  Front 
Green,  9  p.M.-i  a.m.  Tickets  in 
advance:  $15;  at  the  gate:  $20.  Tickets 
may  be  purchased  by  mail  begirming 
April  I,  and  will  be  on  sale  May  3-27 
at  Maddock  Alumni  Center,  38  Brown 
Street,  from  9-12  a.m.  and  1-4  p.m.  For 
an  additional  fee  of  $50  each,  tables 
for  ten  persons  may  be  reserved  by 
mail  only  beginning  April  1;  they  may 
sellout  by  May  1. 

Checks  should  be  made  payable 
to:  CAMPUS  DANCE,  Brown  Univer- 
sity, Box  1859,  Providence,  RI  02912. 

No  refunds  can  be  given  in  the 
event  of  rain. 

Please  refer  to  the  Campus  Dance 
Beverage  Policy  on  page  41. 


Providence 

May  28-31.  Reunion-Commencement  Week- 
end. Members  of  reunion  classes  (those  end- 
ing in  3  and  8)  should  have  received  a  regis- 
tration mailing  with  a  complete  schedule  of 
events;  if  you  have  not,  please  call  the 
Reunion  Office,  (401)  863-1947  or  863-3380. 
All  others  call  the  Commencement  Hotline, 
(401)  863-7000. 

May  28.  Brown  Bear  Buffet.  6-8:30  p.m., 
Sharpe  Refectory. 

May  28.  It's  a  Party!  featuring  the  legendary 
DJ  Vincent  Thomas  '73,  sponsored  by  Third 
World  alumni  in  the  Class  of  1973.  Pembroke 
Field  House,  10  p.m.  For  ticket  information, 
call  Renee  Bolden,  (401)  863-2287. 

May  29.  Alumni  Field  Day,  sponsored  by  the 
Brown  Club  of  Rhode  Island  and  Alumni 
Relations  Office.  Erickson  Field,  12:30-4  p.m. 

May  29.  It's  a  Party!  sponsored  by  Third 
World  alumni  of  the  Class  of  1988.  Pembroke 
Field  House,  lo  p.m.  For  ticket  information, 
call  Renee  Bolden,  (401)  863-2287. 


May  29.  Third  World  Alumni  Activities 
Committee  Senior/ Alumni  Cookout. 
Machado  House,  87  Prospect  St.,  noon-3  p.m. 
Call  Jeanne  Adams  '78,  (401)  521-5759. 

May  29.  Pops  Concert  with  Michael  Feinstein 
and  the  Rhode  Island  Philharmonic,  spon- 
sored by  the  Brown  Club  of  Rhode  Island 
and  the  Pembroke  Club  of  Providence.  College 
Green,  9  p.m.  For  tickets  call  (401)  863-2768. 

May  30.  Breakfast  for  all  class  officers,  spon- 
sored by  the  Association  of  Class  Officers. 
Sharpe  Refectory,  8:30  a.m. 

May  30.  Hour  with  the  President.  Lincohi 
Field,  10  a.m. 

May  30.  Third  World  All-Class  Photograph. 
Faunce  House  stairs,  noon. 

May  31.  Fifty-Plus  Luncheon  for  classes  out 
fifty  years  or  more,  sponsored  by  the  Associ- 
ated Alumni.  Sharpe  Refectory,  noon. 


Brown  Travelers 


Join  Brown  alumni  and  friends  on  these  1993 
educational  travel  programs.  For  complete 
information,  call  Therese  Ciesrnski,  (401)  863- 
1946. 

July  7-21.  Dnieper  River  Cruise,  embarking 
at  Kiev  and  traversing  the  heartland  of 
Ukraine  to  Odessa  on  the  Black  Sea,  with 
stays  at  the  Metropol  in  Moscow  and  the 
Grand  Hotel  in  St.  Petersburg,  with  Associate 
Professor  of  History  Patricia  Herlihy. 

August  28-September  11.  Undiscovered 
Greek  Isles,  exploring  Patmos,  Chios,  Naxos, 
Leros  and  other  out-of-the-way  islands,  plus 
visits  to  Athens  and  Istanbul,  with  Associate 
Professor  of  Old  World  Archaeology  and  Art 
Martha  Sharp  Joukowsky  '58. 

September  6-21.  Australia  Air  Salari,  a  com- 
prehensive exploration  via  chartered  37-pas- 
senger  private  jet,  including  some  of  the 
country's  most  remote  natural  areas,  both 
interior  and  coastal,  with  Professor  of 
Anthropology  Richard  Gould. 

This  calendar  is  a  sampling  of  activities  of  inter- 
est to  alumni  reported  to  tlie  Brown  Alumni 
Monthly  at  p^ress  time.  For  the  most  up-to-date 
listing  or  more  details,  contact  the  Alumni  Rela- 
tions Office,  (401)  86j-}}oy. 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  45 


yenrs  dgo  after  receiving  her  J.D.  tnmi  Cor- 
nell, and  has  extensive  experience  in  corpo- 
rate and  securities  law. 

Steven  Salemi  is  carefaking  "a  very 
remote,  \-erv  beautiful  ranch  in  northern 
New  Mexico,  'io  miles  south  of  the  Colorado 
border  and  S7  miles  from  the  nearest  conve- 
nience store."  Old  fnends  are  invited  to  write 
to  him:  Bo\  i.(0,  Tres  Piedras,  N.M.  87577. 

Gina  F.  Sender  and  her  husband,  Lewis 
Daluen,  bought  a  house  in  .Arlington,  Mass., 
last  vear.  Gina  practices  architecture  in  the 
Boston  area  and,  after  specializing  in  shop- 
ping malls,  has  recentlv  begun  working  on  a 
non-retail  project. 

Sharon  Weiss  married  Elliot  Naluth  in 
Los  Angeles  in  February  1992.  Several  Brown 
graduates  attended  the  ceremonies,  includ- 
ing Wendy  Schomstein  Good  and  Barbara 
Jacobs  Aland,  Sharon  and  Elliot  live  in  Santa 
Monica,  Calif. 

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I  Larry  Carbone  and  his  wife,  Stacie,  had  a 
daughter,  Alexa  Lorraine,  on  Aug.  8.  Mother 
and  baby  are  doing  fine,  and  dad  is  loving 
the  new  arrival.  They  live  in  Grayslake,  111. 

David  Chalfin  '84  MA.  (see  Joy  Brown- 
stein  84). 

Anne  Gorfinkel  and  her  husband, 
Michael  Rice,  announce  the  birth  of  a  son, 
Adam  Benjamin  Rice,  on  Dec.  2.  They 
hve  in  Upper  Montclair,  N.J. 

Dr.  Cheryl  Gottesman  and  Dr.  Marc  Dia- 
mond, both  '84  M.D.,  had  a  baby  girl,  Ghana 
Rivka,  on  Dec.  23.  She  joins  sister  Elisheva,  8; 
brother  AvTaham,  5;  and  sister  Miriam,  2.  They 
v^rrite;  "We're  enjoying  controlled  chaos  -  a 
family  of  six  even  means  a  minivan!"  Marc 
practices  privately  with  Atwood  Pediatrics  in 
Johnston,  R.I.,  while  Cheryl  prac-tices  inter- 
nal medicine  in  Attleboro,  Mass.  They  look 
forward  to  hearing  from  classmates  at  293 
Doyle  Ave.,  Providence  02906;  (401)  272-4683. 

Joseph  and  Laura  Dombush  larocci 
moved  from  Scarsdale,  N.Y.,  to  Atlanta, 
where  Joe  is  a  partner  in  the  law  firm  of 
Lamar,  Archer  &  Cofrin.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren: Alexandra,  3/2;  and  Allison,  I'/z 

Aliza  Knox  married  Linton  Atlas  in  Syd- 
ney, Australia,  on  Nov.  2^.  Susan  Grimes 
Gemhard  '82  and  B.J.  Miller  '80  were  brides- 
maids. Aliza  says,  "We'd  be  pleased  to  hear 
from  friends  visiting  the  Antipodes."  She  can 
be  reached  at  24  Alt  St.,  Bondi  Junction  nsw 
2022,  Australia. 

Gina  Cohen  Moses  and  her  husband.  Bob, 
announce  the  birth  of  Abigail  Ruth  on  Sept. 
12.  Abby  joins  brother  Josh,  2.  Longtime  resi- 
dents of  Washington,  D.C.,  the  family  will 
relocate  to  Concord,  N.I-1.,  where  Bob  found 
a  new  job  and  Gina  will  be  looking  for  one. 

Ivan  Robbins  (see  Joy  Brownstein  '84). 

Sarah  Sharlot  married  Ered  Dietrich  on 
Sept.  9.  She  is  an  associate  with  the  law  firm 
of  Baker  &  Potts,  and  recently  transfered 
from  the  firm's  Wasfiington,  D.C.,  office  to 
Houston,  where  the  couple  now  lives.  "If 
anyone  gets  to  Houston,  give  me  a  call  at 
(713)  229-1899  or  (713)  663-4703." 

Andy  Tager  (see  Joy  Brownstein  '84). 


Jeffrey  Swartz  '82 


Giving  the  boot  to  racism 


Once  upon  a  time,  combating  racism 
through  advertising  was  the  domain  of 
avant-garde  clothing  companies  such  as 
Benetton,  Esprit,  and  Members  Only. 
Now  the  promotion  of  racial  harmony  is 
slowly  emerging  in  the  marketing  main- 
stream. One  of  the  first  of  the  more  tradi- 
tional companies  to  come  out  against 
racism  was  Timberland  Shoes,  whose 
chief  operating  officer,  Jeffrey  Swartz  '82, 
conceived  the  campaign. 

In  January,  the  New  Hampshire  boot 
manufacturer  began  running  a  print  ad 
campaign  with  a  large  headline  asking 
consumers  to  "Give  Racism  the  Boot." 
The  ad  is  nmning  in  England, 
France,  Switzerland,  and  Ger- 
many as  well.  Swartz  told  the 
Los  Angeles  Times  on  January 
19  that  he  was  struck  with  the 
idea  for  the  campaign  shortly 
after  hearing  an  anecdote  from 
one  of  Timberland's  senior 
executives  in  Germany.  The 
executive,  who  is  black,  told 


Swartz  that  his  six-year-old  son  came 
home  from  school  and  asked  why  other 
children  were  taunting  him  with  racial 
slurs.  Swartz  said,  "Timberland  wanted 
to  be  on  record  with  its  strong  opposition 
to  racism." 

The  aforemenfioned  ad  is  the  first  of 
five  that  will  appear  in  print  over  the 
next  year.  One  will  feature  the  headline, 
"This  boot  performs  best  when  marching 
against  hatred." 

"This  is  not  about  selling  boots," 
Swartz  said.  "It's  about  making  a  strong 
statement."  He  lives  in  Massachusetts 
with  his  wife,  Deborah  Cogen  Swartz  '82. 


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Ken  Dolbashian  and  Lisa  Pritchard 
announce  the  arrival  of  their  first  child, 
Lukaia  Cree  Edward  Dolbashian,  on  Jan.  7. 
They  live  in  Middletown,  R.I. 

Anne  Gorsuch  and  Dr.  Harold  Siden  '80 
announce  the  birth  of  Hannah  Gorsuch  Siden 
and  Eleanor  Gorsuch  Siden  on  Jan.  17.  They 
live  in  Chnton,  N.Y.,  where  Anne  is  an  assis- 
tant professor  at  Hamilton  College,  teaching 
Russian/Soviet  history.  Hal  is  on  the  pedi- 
atrics faculty  at  the  suny  Health  Science  Cen- 
ter in  Syracuse. 

Anne  Green  was  awarded  an  arts  admin- 
istration fellowship  by  the  Nafional  Endow- 
ment for  the  Arts  and  is  spending  three 
months  working  in  the  nea's  State  and 
Regional  Program  in  its  Washington,  D.C., 
office.  She  is  the  Art  in  Public  Places  Coordi- 
nator for  the  New  Mexico  Arts  Division, 
Santa  Fe. 

Jeff  Lesser  '84  A.M.  and  Eliana  Lesser 
(Universidade  de  Sao  Paolo  '84)  announce 
the  arrival  of  twin  boys,  Gabriel  Zev  Shavitt 
Lesser  and  Aron  Yossef  Shavitt  Lesser,  on 
Dec.  11. 

Julie  Flynn  Siler  received  a  fellowship 
from  the  Institute  of  International  Educafion 
to  teach  journalism  in  Prague  for  five  months 
this  spring.  After  that  she  and  her  husband, 
Charles,  will  move  to  London,  where  Julie 


will  be  a  correspondent  for  Business  Weel<.  In 
Prague  they  can  be  reached  c/o  The  Center 
for  Independent  Journalism,  Palac  Lucerna, 
Vodickova  3b,  2  Patro,  11602  Prahal,  Czech 
Republic.  In  London,  starting  July  4,  Julie  can 
be  reached  by  phone  at  Business  Week's  Lon- 
don Bureau,  44-71-409-1403. 


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S  The  class  of  1983  will  celebrate  its  10th 
reunion  next  month  on  Friday,  May  28, 
and  Saturday,  May  29.  Remember  to  save 
the  dates. 

Please  return  all  10th  Reunion  registration 
forms  as  soon  as  possible.  If  you  have  any 
questions,  please  call  reunion  headquarters 
at  (401)  863-1947, 

Jeremy  Cohen  and  his  wife.  Penny,  of 
Roswell,  Ga.,  announce  the  birth  of  Michelle 
Faye  on  Jan.  8. 

Dr.  Steven  T.  Coulter  and  Ellen  Dye 
announce  the  arrival  of  Charlotte  Coulter 
Dye  on  Nov.  27.  The  family  lives  at  4016 
Simms  Dr.,  Kensington,  Md.  20895. 

Dr.  Susan  Flanzman  has  joined  the  staff 
in  internal  medicine  at  the  Kaiser  Perma- 
nente  Health  Centers  in  Scarsdale  and  Tarry- 
town,  N.Y.  She  lives  in  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.Y., 
with  her  husband,  Daniel  Fishbein,  and  a  son. 

Peter  Kazanzides  '88  Ph.D.  is  a  founding 
member  of  Integrated  Surgical  Systems,  Inc., 


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which  has  developed  a  robot  for  total  hip 
replacement  surgery.  The  robot  was  first 
used  for  a  human  patient  on  Nov.  7  as  part 
of  a  ten-patient  trial  -  known  as  a  "Feasi- 
bility Investigational  Device  Exemption"  - 
authorized  by  the  Food  and  Drug  Adminis- 
tration. Peter  can  be  reached  at  P.O.  Box 
348352,  Sacramento,  Calif.  95834.  Phone: 
(916)  773-2169. 

Dr.  Suzy  Kim  finished  a  gastroenterology 
fellowship  at  Emory  University  and  will  be 
staying  as  assistant  professor  in  the  digestive 
disease  division.  Her  husband,  Walter  Ott, 
teaches  undergraduate  organic  chemistry  at 
Emory.  They  welcome  news  from  friends  at 
their  new  address:  2646  Danforth  Lane, 
Decatur,  Ga.  30033. 

Paul  Quick  writes:  "Tenth  reunion  will 
be  a  doubly  special  occasion  for  me,  since  I'll 
be  finishing  a  little  unfinished  business  by 
graduating.  I  came  back  in  fall  1991  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Resumed  Undergraduate 
Education  Program,  after  working  as  a 
paramedic  in  Northern  California  for  most  of 
the  preceding  decade.  I'm  living  on  campus, 
writing  a  thesis  to  finish  up  an  independent 
concentration,  and  applying  to  medical 
schools.  1  fly  back  to  San  Francisco  once  a 
month  to  work  as  a  paramedic,  keeping 
my  job  and  certification  intact  (just  in  case). 
I'm  looking  forward  to  seeing  old  friends  at 
the  Reunion.  Please  write  me  at  Box  6331, 
Brown  University,  Providence  02912.  Phone: 
(401)863-4549." 


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R  Joy  Brownstein  and  David  A.  Chalfin  '81, 
'84  A.M.  were  married  in  an  outdoor  cere- 
mony overlooking  the  Hudson  River  on  Sept. 
13.  The  wedding  party  included  Becca 
Mattliews,  Tara  Noonan  Amaral,  Pam 
Sheiber  Shapiro,  Susan  Goldberg  Gevertz 
'83,  Susan  Greenfield  '8^,  Ivan  Robbins  '81, 
and  Andy  Tager  '81.  Joy  and  David  have 
moved  back  to  New  York  City  from  Tokyo. 
They  can  be  reached  at  io6o  Park  Avenue, 
Apt.  13C,  New  York,  N.Y.  10128. 

John  and  Cathy  Cardan  Daniel 
announce  the  birth  of  their  daughter,  Cather- 
ine Midgley,  on  March  18,  1992. 

Jonathan  Ebinger  recently  left  a  Wash- 
ington law  firm,  where  he  performed 
research  and  served  as  the  firm's  pro-bono 
coordinator,  to  join  the  news  division  at  abc 
as  a  researcher  for  Niglilliite.  He  reports  that 
the  change  suits  him  well.  He  suggests  that 
members  of  the  Class  of  1984  contact  him  or 
fellow  class  officers  Cathy  Tiedmann,  Pam 
Supplee  Siraneti,  or  Jonathan  Speed  with 
regard  to  the  loth  reunion.  Jon's  address  is 
4415  Glenridge  St.,  Kensington,  Md.  20895. 
Phone:  (101)  897-3897. 

Ann  Goldberg  Glanz  and  her  husband, 
Michael,  announce  the  birth  of  their  second 
child,  Joanna  Michelle,  on  Aug.  29.  Rebecca 
turned  3  on  Jan.  5.  Joanna  was  named  in 
memory  of  her  grandmother,  Joan  Mandell 
Goldberg  '54,  who  died  last  June.  The 
Glanzes  live  in  Needham,  Mass. 

Dr.  David  Harrington  '89  M.D.  and  Jean 
Pappas  Harrington  announce  the  birth  of  a 


daughter,  Sarah  Ann,  on  Dec.  3.  David  is  fin- 
ishing his  obstetrics/gynecology  residency  in 
Hartford,  where  Jean  is  a  corporate  attorney 
with  the  law  firm  of  Robinson  &  Cole. 

John  A.  Nash,  St.  Louis,  and  his  wife,  Bar- 
bara, announce  the  birth  of  their  first  child, 
Matthew  Schafer,  on  Dec.  12. 


Nancy  Rosenbloom  and  her  husband, 
Stephen  Ellmann,  announce  the  birth  of 
David  Martin  Ellmann  on  August  28.  In 
anticipation  of  David's  arrival,  they  moved 
last  July  to  a  house  in  Montclair,  N.J.,  not  far 
from  their  friends  anci  jobs  in  New  York  City. 
Nancy  is  an  attorney  with  the  Homeless 


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Isn  I  It  about  tune  to  tome  back  to  campus  to  continue  these pursints''' 

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L AU  RE  LME  AD 

ON      BLACKSTONE      BOULEVARD 

AJi4ll  service  retirement  comtnunity 


I'aniily  Rights  I'lDJcct  dt  I.cg.il  Aid  In  New 
York.  Stephen  is  a  professor  of  Uiw  iit  New 
York  l..)w  School, 

Jefferey  Van  Auken  <ind  Elisa  Drumm 
('85  Risu)  iinnounee  the  birth  of  twins  on 
Dec.  22,  lyyi:  Addison,  .i  girl;  <ind  Cory,  <i 
boy.  They  are  all  living  in  Lincoln,  Mass. 


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Terri  Cohen  Alpert  has  launched  a  mail- 
order business.  Professional  Cutlery  Direct. 
She  writes,  "If  anyone  is  interested  in  superb 
quality  Swiss  kitchen  knives,  call  me  at  (203) 
288-1661.  I  do  miss  the  Big  Apple,  but  I  have 
no  regrets.  Motherhood  and  Morgan  Stanley 
just  do  not  mix."  Terrie  and  her  husband, 
Bruce  (Johns  Hopkins  '85)  live  with  their 
daughter,  Sarah  Anne  (born  April  29,  1992), 
at  9112  Town  Walk  Drive,  Hamden,  Conn. 
06518.  Phone:  (203)  288-7813. 

Sharon  Lackenbach  Burt  and  her  hus- 
band, Michael  Burt,  announce  the  birth  of 
their  son,  Cameron  Taylor,  on  April  29, 
1992.  The  family  hves  in  Derry,  N.H.,  where 
Michael  owns  a  "recovery"  bookstore. 
Sharon  recently  began  a  new  job  at  Wellfleet 
Communications  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  as  a 
reseller  account  manager.  They  would  love 
to  hear  from  friends  at  74  Frost  Rd.,  Derry, 
N.H.  03038;  (603)  432-6259. 

Suzanne  Goldberg  is  a  staff  attorney  with 
Lambda  Legal  Defense  and  Education  Fund, 
a  New  York  City-based  organization  that 
works  to  protect  the  civil  rights  of  lesbians,  gay 
men,  and  people  with  hiv/aids.  Suzanne 
graduated  from  Harvard  Law  School  in  1990. 

Michael  Grecky  married  Amanda  Polett  on 
Nov.  7  in  Tabernacle,  N.J.  Brad  McCauUey 
was  a  groomsman  and  Rob  Williford  attended. 
Mike  is  a  sports  marketing  director  on  the 
Miller  Brewing  Company  account  for  Wunder- 
man  Cato  Johnson,  based  out  of  Wilmington, 
Del.  Mike  and  Amanda  hve  in  Mantua,  N.J. 

Leslie  C.  Harris  has  been  promoted  to 
account  executive  in  the  Atlanta  office  of 
Heishmann-Hillard  Inc.,  a  public-relations 
agency.  Anheuser-Busch  and  the  Ohve  Gar- 
den restaurants  are  among  her  accounts. 
She  Hves  in  Atlanta. 

Dr.  Helen  Kim  married  Dr.  Ronald  Cohen 
(Harvard  '87)  at  Tappan  HUl  in  Tarrytown, 
N.Y.,  on  Sept.  6.  The  newly-weds  met  at  Cor- 
nell University  Medical  College  where  they 
both  studied.  Helen  is  an  obstetrics/gynecol- 
ogy  resident  at  the  Brigham  and  Women's 
Hospital,  and  Ron  is  specializing  in  Internal 
Medicine  at  the  Beth  Israel  Hospital  in 
Boston.  They  live  in  Brookline,  Mass. 

Robert  Massing  clerks  for  the  Honorable 
Jerold  Krieger,  Los  Angeles  County  Superior 
Court.  He  can  be  reached  at  (213)  974-8809. 

Sono  Motoycuna  recently  received  an 
M.A.  from  the  fiction-writing  program  at 
Johns  Hopkins  University.  She  is  a  writer 
and  associate  editor  at  Citi/Pafer,  Baltimore's 
alternative  weekly.  Friends  may  contact 
her  at  3501  St.  Paul  St.,  #916,  Baltimore,  Md. 
21218;  (410)  243-8624. 

Steven  Ritter  recently  received  his  Ph.D. 
in  cognitive  psychology  from  Carnegie  Mel- 
lon University  "in  better-than-expected  Pitts- 


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burgh."  His  dissertation  research  concerned 
the  way  that  experts  use  domain  knowledge 
to  assist  them  in  learning  new  categories. 
He  reports  that  Rick  Gilmore  started  his  doc- 
toral work  at  Carnegie  Mellon  this  year. 


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m  LaMont  Berger  recently  produced  and 
directed  an  outdoor/wildlife  series  for  Ted 
Turner's  Sports  Network.  His  work  has 
appeared  on  espn,  "nbc  Nightly  News,"  and 
the  "Today  Show,"  and  in  Field  ami  Stream 
magazine.  LaMont  currently  is  producing  a 
special  on  endangered  species.  He  recently 
married  Joan  Masters.  Two  Brown  alumni, 
Paul  Flores  and  David  Chaiken, 
participated  in  the  ceremony. 

Elizabeth  Hamburg  is  "turning  into  a 
real  Midwesterner."  She  went  to  Chicago  to 
attend  Northwestern's  Kellogg  School  of 
Business  and  never  left.  She  is  attempting  to 
start  a  company.  Maestro,  that  specializes  in 
developing  market  entry  strategies  for  com- 
panies looking  to  move  into  foreign  markets, 
particularly  Japan,  Russia,  and  Latin  Amer- 
ica. In  her  travels  she  has  seen  Shin  Takahashi 
and  Masa  Ishizaka  in  Japan  and  Genene 
Bebakian  in  Russia.  Elizabeth  was  in  Provi- 
dence last  May  to  attend  the  graduation 
of  her  brother,  John  '92. 

Katherine  Oxnard  is  in  her  second 
semester  of  New  York  University's  master's 
program  in  creative  writing.  She  will  have  a 
short  story  published  in  nyu's  literary  maga- 
zine. Ark  Angel,  this  spring.  She  still  loves 
New  York  City  and  would  like  to  hear  from 
friends  at  73  Warren  St.,  Apt.  4,  New  York, 
N.Y.  10007;  (212)  ^49-7729. 

Dr.  Vail  Reese  married  Clare  Willis  ('86 
University  of  California,  Santa  Cruz)  on 
Feb.  29,  1992,  in  Sausalito,  Calif.  The  couple 
moved  in  July  (with  their  cat,  Fritz)  to  the 
East  Side  of  Providence.  Vail,  who  earned  his 
M.D.  in  1991  from  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, San  Francisco,  has  begun  a  residency  in 
dermatology  at  Roger  Williams  Medical 
Center.  Clare  is  studying  for  a  master's  in 
education  at  Harvard.  Their  address  is 
158  Medway  St.,  #2,  Providence,  R.l.  02906. 

Dr.  Lawrence  Rifkin  '89  M.D.  has  been 
appointed  to  the  medical  group  at  Kaiser 
Permanente's  East  Hartford  and  West  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  health  centers.  He  will  practice 
pediatrics.  Lawrence  lives  in  Glastonbury, 
Conn.,  with  his  wife,  Elisa,  and  son,  Je.sse. 

Carolyn  M.  Robinson  and  Angela  Taylor, 
Providence,  will  celebrate  the  third  anniver- 
sary of  their  ceremony  on  April  7.  They  will 
hold  off  any  major  celebration  until  the 
weekend  of  the  23rd  when  their  two-week 
vacation  begins  with  the  1993  March  on 
Washington  for  Lesbian,  Gay,  and  Bisexual 
Rights  and  Liberation.  Derek  C.  Livingston 
'89  is  national  cochair  of  the  march. 


as  a  psychiatry  resident  in  Dallas.  She  will  be 
a  bridesmaid  in  the  wedding  of  Dr.  Eva 
Rorer  to  Dr.  Peter  Rossi  this  Memorial  Day. 

Curtis  Kopf  gave  up  his  Washington, 
DC,  reporter's  beat  to  begin  graduate  work 
at  Johns  Hopkins  University.  While  attend- 
ing school,  Curtis  writes  for  Time-Life  Books. 

Peter  Rittmaster  wed  Gillian  Goldsmith 
(University  of  Michigan  '87)  on  May  30,  1992. 
Attendees  included  Peter's  father  and  brother, 
Paul  '50  and  Steven  '89;  and  friends  Russ 
Sternlicht,  Kenny  Shapiro,  and  Andrea  Feld- 
man.  Peter  and  Gillian  live  in  New  York  City. 

Kirsten  Robinson  works  at  Electronic 
Book  Technologies  in  Providence  as  a 
publishing  consultant.  She  enjoys  her  new 
job,  her  new  house,  skiing  on  weekends, 
and  hanging  out  with  other  Brown  alums  in 
Providence. 


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Dr.  Zohra  Choudhry  and  her  husband. 
Dr.  Carlos  Macias,  bought  a  house  in  Dallas 
last  July  and  had  identical  twin  boys  -  Karl 
and  Eric  -  on  Sept.  24.  Zohra  is  back  at  work 


The  class  of  1988  will  celebrate  its  5th 
reunion  on  the  weekend  of  May  28-31. 
Remember  to  save  the  dates. 

Please  return  all  5th  Reunion  registration 
forms  as  soon  as  possible.  If  you  have 
any  questions,  call  reunion  headquarters 
at  (401)  863-3380. 

Paula  Abdalas  is  a  national  marketing 
representative  in  the  progressive  marketing 
department  of  Atlantic  Records  in  New 
York  City.  She  lives  in  Dover,  N,J. 

Leslie  Batchelor  will  graduate  from  the 
University  of  Virginia  Law  School  the  week- 
end before  the  reunion  and  will  be  moving 
back  to  Oklahoma,  so  she  cannot  attend  the 
5th.  She  will  take  the  Oklahoma  Bar  Exam 
and  clerk  for  a  federal  court  of  appeals  judge. 
Until  May  2S  she  can  be  reached  at  500 
Emmet  St.,  Apt.  F-9,  Charlottesville,  Va.  22903. 
After  May  28:  1217  Davinbrook  Dr.,  Okla- 
homa City  73118;  phone:  (405)  843-8313. 

Matt  Carpenter  married  Rebecca  Ham- 
mer (University  of  Pennsylvania  '90)  on  Nov. 
20  in  Philadelphia.  In  January  the  couple 
moved  to  Chile,  where  they  plan  to  live  until 
next  September,  when  Matt  will  enter  Yale 
Business  School. 

Michele  Cavataio  graduated  from  the 
Kennedy  School  of  Government  last  year  and 
works  for  the  U.S.  Department  of  Education 
in  Washington,  D.C. 

Roland  Dean  Jr.  married  Rita  Lynne 
Golden  last  June.  He  works  for  Shearson 
Lehman  Brothers  in  New  York  City,  and 
lives  at  4  Martine  Ave.,  Apt.  1412,  White 
Plains,  N.Y.  10606. 

Jim  Dodrill,  Coral  Gables,  Fla  ,  will  grad- 
uate from  the  University  of  Miami  School  of 
Law  on  May  9  and  will  work  in  New  York 
City  at  Latham  &  Watkins  starting  in  the  fall. 

Maggie  Farley  writes:  "After  living  in 
Japan  for  three  years,  I  returned  to  our  old 
neck  of  the  woods  and  earned  an  M.A. 
in  East  Asian  studies  from  Harvard.  Now 
I'm  living  in  Hong  Kong,  covering  a  wide 
swath  of  Asia  for  the  Boston  Globe,  and 
trying  to  learn  Chinese.  In  1990  I  entered  into 
an  arranged  marriage  with  a  man  1  met  in 
Tokyo.  Turns  out  Marcus  and  I  grew  up  45 
miles  apart  in  Colorado,  and  the  whole  thing 


was  a  conspiracy  by  our  parents  to  make 
sure  we  come  home  every  once  in  a  while. 
Now  we're  living  happily  ever  after,  no 
kids  yet.  We  do  get  back  to  ski,  but  probably 
won't  make  it  to  the  reunion.  We  invite  any- 
one passing  through  the  Eastern  Hemisphere 
to  look  us  up  in  Hong  Kong."  i/F,  A2  Merry 
Garden,  88  Kennedy  Rd.,  Hong  Kong.  Phone: 
(8s2)  591-6786. 

Dave  Franklin  will  earn  his  M.S.  in  elec- 
trical engineering  from  Boston  University 
this  spring.  He  enjoys  life  in  Boston. 

Beth  Goldman  Galer  and  her  husband, 
Greg,  returned  to  New  England  last  fall 
after  three  years  in  Richmond,  Va.  She  is 
now  director  of  development  at  the  Fuller 
Museum  of  Art  in  Boston,  while  Greg  does 
consulting  work  and  prepares  to  begin 
graduate  school  in  the  fall. 

Dan  Greenberg  dropped  out  of  law 
schocil,  only  to  find  himself  involved  in  Jay 
Dickey's  Arkansas  congressional  campaign. 
Jay  won  and  hired  Dan  to  work  for  him  in 
Washington,  D.C.  "I  love  it!"  Dan  says. 

Michele  Hangley  has  returned  from  three 
years  abroad  to  live  in  Philadelphia.  She 
spent  two  years  as  a  paralegal  in  London  and 
one  year  backpacking  solo  through  Kenya, 
Tanzania,  India,  Nepal,  Thailand,  Australia, 
and  New  Zealand.  She  hopes  to  take  another 
trip  someday,  but  for  the  moment,  she  says, 
she  is  "glad  to  be  back  in  a  country  with 
bagels  and  hot  running  wafer." 

Kimberly  Hughes  is  in  her  fifth  year  with 
the  Fleet  Financial  Group  in  Providence, 
working  as  an  associate  economist  and  asso- 
ciate vice  president.  She  is  also  a  part-time 
student  in  the  M.B.A.  program  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Rhode  Island  and,  by  reunion  time, 
will  only  have  three  classes  left  to  earn 
her  degree. 

Jacqueline  Jones,  Brooklyn,  NY.,  is  in 
her  first  year  of  law  school  at  New  York  Uni- 
versity and  is  engaged  to  be  married. 

Carolyn  Kahn  begins  work  this  month  in 
international  development  and  education  in 
Santiago,  Chile.  Please  write  c/o  Institute 
Chileno-Norteamericano  de  Cultura,  Mon- 
eda  1467,  Pasilla  9286,  Santiago,  Chile.  Visi- 
tors are  welcome. 

Dr.  Stavros  Maragos  graduated  from 
Penn  Medical  School  last  year  and  now  lives 
in  Chicago  with  Doug  Jackson. 

Denise  Noble,  Durham,  N.C.,  will  com- 
plete her  master's  in  environmental  manage- 
ment at  Duke  next  December. 

Dr.  Valerie  Parkas  '92  M.D.  is  doing  her 
internship  and  residency  at  New  York  Hos- 
pital-Cornell Medical  Center  in  Manhattan, 
where  she  lives. 

Danielle  Parks  completed  her  MA. 
in  Roman  archaeology  in  May  1991  and  is 
currently  studying  for  her  Ph.D.  at  the 
University  of  Missouri.  Her  address  is  109 
Pickard  Hall,  University  of  Missouri, 
Columbia,  Mo.  (314)  443-7480,  until  1994, 
when  she  will  move  to  Cyprus,  Danielle 
reports  that  Jackie  Bums  married  Rafael 
Chen  and  they  had  a  daughter,  Ani,  in  Jan- 
uary 1992.  Jackie  can  be  reached  at  No. 
27-s,  Fu-hsing  Tsun,  Ta-an  Village,  Taichung 
Hsien,  Taiwan  ROC. 


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Jon  Pliner  is  in  his  first  year  al  the  Kel- 
logg Business  School  at  Northwestern  Uni- 
versitN ,  E\  anston,  111. 

Joe  Polman.  F\anston,  111.,  recently  became 
engaged  to  Katie  Plax  '8t).  He  is  studying 
for  his  Ph-P.  in  learning  sciences  at  North- 
western L  ni\ersit\-s  School  of  Fdiication. 

Abbas  F.  Rahimtoola  is  still  based  in 
Karachi,  I'akistan,  looking  after  the  faniilv 
shipping  business.  Classmates  traxeling  to 
Pakistan  can  contact  him  at  F-4/1,  K.D.A. 
Scheme  \o.  1,  Karachi.  Phone:  4'?8-^3s/ 

Burke  Richmond  has  nio\ed  from  Ben- 
nington to  Burlington,  Vt.,  to  attend  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont  medical  school.  His  new 
address  is  2  Myrtle  St.,  Burlington,  Vt.  05401. 


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Doug  Robinson  recently  switched  jobs 
to  become  a  golf  footware  technician  for 
Titleist  and  Foot-Joy  Worldwide.  1  le  lives 
in  Pro\idence. 

Emma  Rosen  is  at  the  Haas  School  of 
Business  ,it  the  University  of  California, 
Berkeley.  Four  other  Brinmnians  are  class  of 
'94  there  as  well:  Mark  Toole,  Hilary  Feier, 
Craig  Raider,  and  Elaine  Walters.  Fmma 
welcomes  contai  t  trom  any  Brown  alums  at 
2140  Roosevelt  Ave.  #201,  Berkeley,  Calif. 
94703.  Phone:  (sio)  649-0810.  E-mail: 
rosen(i?haas. berkelev.edu - 

Patricia  Riskind  Salvadore  married  and 
recently  bought  a  house  in  Highland  Park, 
111.  She  is  director  of  operations  at  The  Sachs 
Group,  Inc.,  an  information-services  com- 
pany for  health-care  organizations. 

Dr.  Laura  Sherry  is  an  internal-medicine 
resident  at  New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 
in  Boston,  where  she  lives. 

Greg  Starkins  finished  law  school  in  May 
and  started  as  an  associate  at  Skadden,  Arps, 
Slate,  Meagher  &  Flom  in  New  York  City. 

Royce  Sussman  practices  media  finance 
(entertainment  and  corporate)  law  in  Los 
Angeles.  He  has  a  beachfront  apartment  in 
Santa  Monica,  Calif.,  and  invites  all  his 
Brown  friends  to  come  and  visit. 

Mark  Teitell  will  be  married  in  May  and 
with  his  wife,  Linda,  will  attend  the  reunion. 
In  June  he  will  graduate  from  the  Kellogg 
Business  School  at  Northwestern  University, 
Evanston,  111. 

Rose  Thomson,  Tim  Thomas,  and  Hanna 
Davidson  Fox  '87  live  in  Brooklyn  and  play 
in  a  band  called  Babe  the  blue  OX  (a.k.a.  box). 
Their  record  has  just  been  released  on  CD 
by  Homestead  Records.  All  may  be  reached 
at  P.O.  Box  170518,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  11217. 

Thomas  H.  Tobiason  married  Lisa  Ensign 
(ucLA  '89)  in  1991.  Since  graduating  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  Law  School  last  May, 
he  has  been  clerking  for  the  Hononorable 
Anthony  J.  Scirica  in  the  U.S.  Court 
of  Appeals  for  the  Third  Circuit.  He  lives  in 
Philadelphia. 

A.  Kelly  Turner  will  graduate  from  the 
Boston  University  School  of  Law  in  May, 
then  move  to  Chicago  to  fake  the  Illinois  Bar 
Exam,  and  begin  working  at  Lord,  Bissell, 
&  Brook  in  downtown  Chicago  in  Septem- 
ber. The  big  news,  however,  is  that  she 
and  Robert  Hauck  "finally  made  it  official  - 
engagement  after  five  years."  They  plan  a 
February  1994  wedding  in  Miami. 

Monique  Valcour  received  an  M.Ed, 
from  Harvard  last  year.  She  is  director  of 
volunteer  admission  programs  at  Hamilton 
College  in  Clinton,  N.Y.  Monique  married 
Daniel  Fenton  last  Thanksgiving  Day,  and 
they  can  be  reached  at  10  Pearl  St.,  New 
Hartford,  N.Y.  13413;  phone:  (31s)  7:52-6324. 

Stephanie  von  Stein,  New  York  City, 
reports  that  she  will  attend  the  reunion 
along  with  Steve  Dietz,  Kai  Lui,  Amanda 
Weintraub  Ratliff  and  her  husband  Marcus 
Ratliff,  Rob  Baron,  Eric  and  Laura  Kolodner, 
Jamie  Martin,  Rabum  Mallory,  Mark 
and  Kirsten  Blumberg  Feldman,  and  Gil 
Santamarino.  Look  for  their  table  at 
Campus  Dance. 


Kasia  Wehn-Grossman,  Santa  Barbara, 
Calif.,  married  her  sweetheart  of  six  years, 
Daniel  Grossman,  in  August  1991.  They 
have  no  kids  yet  but  they  own  a  calico  cat, 
Joy.  Kasia  works  for  a  miniaturized  video 
company  as  project  transition  manager. 
Friends  are  encouraged  to  contact  her  at 
(805)682-1261. 

Lauren  Westreich  lives  and  works  in 
Chicago  for  SjorAlUS  Chicago.  She  has 
been  involved  in  formulating  new  policies 
for  the  federal  government  with  the  National 
Minority  aips  Council  and  other  groups. 

Mike  Wittenburg  was  named  the  1992 
New  Associate  of  the  Year  with  the  Pruden- 
tial Insurance  Company  of  America,  Wash- 
ington, D.C. 

Katie  Woodruff  is  a  first-year  master's 
student  at  the  School  of  Public  Health,  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Berkeley,  specializing  in 
politics  and  advocacy  for  community  health. 


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;  Susan  Blackman  writes  that  she  and 
Whitney  Tilson  (Harvard  '89)  are  engaged. 
She  only  regrets  that  this  union  won't  add 
another  Brown  man  to  the  family  to  join 
brothers  Michael  '87  and  Kevin  '92,  and  dad 
Kenneth  '62.  Susan  is  counting  the  days  until 
her  graduation  in  June  from  Harvard  Law 
School,  while  Whitney  is  having  a  great  time 
at  Harvard  Business  School.  They'd  love  to 
hear  from  friends  at  24  Appleton  St.,  Water- 
town,  Mass.  02172. 

Lawrence  Bluth  and  Heidi  Wainman 
were  married  on  Jan.  9  in  Manning  Chapel. 
Elena  Niell  was  in  the  wedding  party. 
Lawrence  is  finishing  medical  school  at 
Harvard  and  is  applying  to  neurology 
residency  programs.  Heidi  is  finishing  her 
master's  degree  at  the  University  of 
California,  Berkeley. 

Rex  Chiu  will  earn  a  master's  in  public 
health  at  the  Harvard  School  of  Public 
Health  in  June.  He  will  return  to  Brown  after 
graduation  to  complete  his  fourth  year  of 
medical  school.  Rex  is  engaged  to  Madeline 
Hsiung  (Syracuse  '91),  and  they  plan  a  spring 
1994  wedding.  Fellow  Brunonians  at  Harvard 
Public  Health  include  Apurv  Gupta,  Ravi 
Srinivasan,  Anjali  Gupta  '90,  Navin  Singh 
'90,  and  Michi  Yukawa  '89  M.D.  Rex  would 
love  to  hear  from  friends  at  Vanderbilt  Hall, 
Box  244,  107  Ave.  Louis  Pasteur,  Boston, 
Mass.  021 15.  Phone:  (617)  432-9221. 

Kathleen  Coskren,  Montclair,  N.J.,  is 
busy  sewing  costumes  and  rehearsing  for  the 
fifth  annual  New  Jersey  Renaissance  Festival 
of  Somerset,  which  will  be  presented  in  June. 
"Stop  by  and  see  it  if  you're  in  the  area." 

Daniel  Israel  announces  his  upcoming 
marriage  to  Molly  McMahon  (Notre  Dame 
'90).  The  two  met  at  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan Law  School,  Ann  Arbor,  and  will  be 
married  on  May  22.  Following  graduation 
from  law  school  in  May,  Dan  will  be  working 
as  an  associate  for  the  law  firm  of  Baker  and 
Hosteller  in  Cleveland. 

Caren  J.  Snead  joined  the  law  firm  of 
Popham,  Haik,  Schnohrich  &  Kaufman,  Ltd., 
as  an  associate  in  their  Miami  office.  She 


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received  her  law  degree  last  year  from  the 
University  of  Florida  College  of  Law, 
Gainesville,  where  she  was  a  Virgil  Hawkins 
Scholarship  recipient. 

Lisa  Van  Allen  works  as  catering  and 
event  coordinator  for  Evergreen  Catering 
Company,  Santa  Fe.  Specializing  in  catering 
to  the  movie  industry.  Evergreen  handles 
on-location  food  and  craft  service  to  movie 
and  commercial  producers  filming  in  north- 
ern New  Mexico. 


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Laura  Flores-Herrera  has  worked  for  two 
years  at  the  Academy  for  Educational  Devel- 
opment in  Washington,  D.C.  She  recently 
returned  from  a  two-month  Asian  backpack- 
ing trip  that  took  her  through  India,  Thai- 
land, Hong  Kong,  China,  Mongolia,  and  Rus- 
sia. Laura  lives  with  Elizabeth  Brittner,  who 
works  for  the  Meridian  Corporation  and 
travels  back  and  forth  to  Guatemala,  leaving 
Laura  to  take  care  of  Canela,  the  cat.  Their 
address  is  4545  Connecticut  Ave.,  Apt.  713, 
Washington  D.C.  20008.  Phone:  (202)  363-6559. 

Liza  Herschel  is  the  education  coordina- 
tor for  the  Baltimore  Zoo  and  lives  in  down- 
town Baltimore.  She  is  engaged  to  marry 
David  Schiman  (University  of  Kentucky  '89), 
development  director  for  Chesapeake  Habi- 
tat for  Humanity  in  Baltimore.  If  friends  are 
in  the  area  and  would  like  a  little  "behind- 
the-scenes"  tour  of  the  zoo,  they  are  welcome 
to  call  Liza  at  (410)  396-6013. 

Sandra  Hutchings  (see  Carol  M. 
Lemlein  '67). 

Toni  Sciolto  married  Patrick  Morrissey 
on  Aug.  3  in  Shenandoah  National  Park, 
Virginia.  They  subsequently  traveled  in 
Utah  and  Arizona.  Both  attend  Johns  Hop- 
kins University  -  Toni  in  the  medical  school 
and  Patrick  in  the  graduate  program  in 
astrophysics.  They  would  love  to  hear  from 
old  friends  at  their  new  address:  3925  Beech 
Ave.  #420,  Baltimore,  Md.  21211.  Phone: 
(410)  467-0542. 

Michael  Torrens,  after  working  in  Harare, 
Zimbabwe  for  a  year  with  a  nonprofit  devel- 
opment bank,  is  in  the  Washington,  D.C, 
area  looking  for  work  and  living  with  Clau- 
dia Radel  '91.  He  encourages  old  friends  and 
classmates  to  write  him  at  Rt.  2,  110  Sydnor 
Hill  Ct.,  Leesburg,  Va.  22075. 

Rosalie  E.  Woolshlager  was  elected  gen- 
eral office  manager  of  vrca  Environmental 
Services,  Valdez,  Alaska.  Rosalie  continues 
as  lead  person  for  the  company  United  Way 
program  in  her  district. 


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Gregg  FoUmer,  Maple  Shade,  N.J.,  is  an 
international  specialist  in  commercial  mar- 
kets for  AT&T,  based  in  Mt.  Laurel,  N.J. 

Thomas  Hower  received  the  $2,200  Rut- 
gers Graduate  Scholars  Award  at  the  Rutgers 
University  School  of  Law  in  Camden,  N.J.  He 
is  in  his  first  year  of  legal  studies  and  lives  in 
Teaneck,  N.J. 

Courtenay  Myers  now  lives  in  New  York 
City  and  is  a  paralegal  for  Sotheby's. 


Jessica  Prentice  lives  and  works  in  the 
San  Francisco  Bay  area.  She  invites  friends 
to  contact  her  at  536  41st  St.,  #26,  Oakland, 
Calif.  94609.  Phone:  (510)  601-9476. 

Claudia  Radel  has  returned  from  doing 
research  in  Zimbabwe  as  a  1992  "Preserve 
Planet  Earth"  Rotary  Foundation  Scholar.  She 
will  be  entering  graduate  school  in  interna- 
tional relations  and  policy  this  fall.  For  the 
moment,  she  is  looking  for  work  in  the  D.C. 
area  and  living  with  Michael  Torrens  '90 
(her  traveling  partner).  She  can  be  reached 
at  Rt.  2,  no  Sydnor  Hill  Ct.,  Leesburg,  Va. 
22075.  Phone:  (703)  777-6495. 

Danielle  Schleinitz  is  planning  a  June 
wedding  to  Christopher  E.  Hartmann 
(Union  College  '88).  They  both  teach  at  Kim- 
ball Union  Academy  in  Meriden,  N.H. 

Sandra  Steen  and  Kenneth  Bartholomew 
were  married  on  Oct.  31  in  Massachusetts. 
"A  Halloween  wedding,"  she  remarks. 


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John  Hamburg  (see  Elizabeth 
Hamburg  '86). 

D.  Devereux  Rollenhagen  won  third  prize 
for  poetry  in  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Literary 
Competition  for  his  work,  "Scribo  Ego  Sum: 
A  Collection  of  Verses." 

Jeremy  Rothfleisch  writes:  "Dave  Gordon 
moved  out  to  L.A.  to  live  with  me  and  Steve 
Florence  during  our  year  off  before  med 
school,  and  the  East  Coast  has  probably 
never  been  happier." 

Andrea  Shen  writes:  "Catalina  Hoyos 
has  found  love  in  the  Big  Apple  -  traveling 
to  'Arabia'  in  the  near  future.  Cristina 
Piedrahita  is  living  in  Boston  with  her  heart 
in  New  York  City.  Beatriz  Kravetz  is  head- 
ing toward  Mexico  City,  while  to  Anastasia 
Manias:  'Brussel  sprouts  a  la  Grec!'  1  am  the 
winner  of  the  yo-yo  contest  in  New  York 
City.  Meanwhile,  everybody  remains  faithful 
to  'Pedro!'  " 


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Charles  H.  Messina  '51  Sc.M.  moved  his 
publishing  offices  from  Manhattan  to  New 
Jersey.  He  can  be  reached  at  samico,  50 
Galesi  Dr.,  Wayne,  N.J.  07470. 

Arien  Mack  '59  A.M.  edited  a  book  of 
essays,  hi  Time  of  Plague:  Tlie  History  and 
Social  Consequences  of  Lethal  Epidemic  Disease, 
which  was  published  in  January  by  New 
York  University  Press.  Mack  is  professor  of 
psychology  at  the  New  School  for  Social 
Research  in  New  York  City,  and  editor  of  the 
journal  Social  Research.  The  new  book  "exam- 
ines the  many  ways  in  which  catastrophic 
infectious  and  contagious  diseases  are  both 
biologically  and  socially  defined,"  according 
to  the  publisher, 

Manfred  Seegall  '60  Sc.M.  retired  last 
year  after  five  vears  of  college  teaching  and 
research  in  two  countries;  fourteen  years  in 
industry  in  research,  development,  and 
design  work  in  several  fields  of  physical  sci- 
ence; and  thirteen  years  self-employed  as  an 
independent  contractor.  During  his  career,  in 
addition  to  writing  and  publishing  numer- 


ous classified  and  open  articles  in  his  field, 
Manfred  was  awarded  seven  U.S.  patents 
and  one  British  Letters  patent.  He  is 
listed  in  many  national  and  international 
Who's  Whos.  He  remains  active  as  a 
freelance  writer. 

Susan  Rosenfeld  '65  A.M.  (see  '64). 

Leroy  Vandam  '68  A.M.  (see  '34). 

Mary  Hutchings  Reed  '73  A.M.  (see 
William  R.  Reed  '74). 

Robert  G.  Mair  '79  Ph.D.  (see  '72). 

Alice  Goldberg  Lemos  '81  Ph.D.  and 
Carlos  Eduardo  Velasco  Lemos  became  the 
parents  of  Jesse  Julian  on  Dec.  g.  They  live 
at  47-55  44th  St.,  Woodside,  N.Y.  11377. 

James  Falzarano  '82  Ph.D.  lives  in  Mont- 
pelier,  Vt.,  and  is  eciitorial-page  editor  of  the 
Barre-Montpelier  Times  Argus,  P.O.  Box  707, 
Barre,  Vt.  05641. 

Betty  J.  Harris  '82  Ph.D.  wrote  The 
Political  Economy  of  the  Southern  African 
Periphery:  Cottage  Industries,  Factories,  and 
Female  Wage  Labor  in  Sxvaziland  Compared, 
published  this  year  by  Macmillan  Press 
in  London  and  St.  Martin's  Press  in  New 
York  City.  She  is  associate  professor 
of  anthropology  and  director  of  women's 
studies  at  the  University  of  Oklahoma. 

David  Chalfin  '84  A.M.  (see  Joy  Brown- 
stein  '84). 

Jeff  Lesser  '84  A.M.  (see  '82). 

Peter  Kazanzides  '85  Sc.M.,  '88  Ph.D. 
(see  '83). 

Michael  Flower  '87  Ph.D.,  associate 
professor  of  classics  at  Franklin  &  Marshall 
College,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  was  awarded 
tenure,  effective  July  1.  He  has  been  elected 
a  visiting  scholar  at  Wolfson  College,  Oxford 
University,  where  he  will  be  writing  a  book 
on  Isocrates  to  be  published  by  the  Oxford 
University  Press.  Flower  also  is  a  junior  fel- 
low at  the  Center  for  Hellenic  Studies, 
Washington,  D.C. 

Amy  Rakowsky  '89  Ph.D.,  associate 
professor  at  Johnson  &  Wales  University, 
has  been  named  the  university's  coordinator 
of  international  student  academic  affairs. 
She  lives  with  her  husband  and  daughter  in 
Providence. 


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-  Leroy  Vandam '38  M.D.  (see '34). 

Judith  Eaton  Galea  '64  M.D.  (see  G.  Ken- 
neth Eaton  '33). 

Lawrence  J.  Solin  '78  M.D.  (see  Leslie 
Belasco  '80). 

Susan  Flanzman  '87  M.D.  (see  '83). 

Laura  Anne  Gallup-Hotchkiss  '87  M.D.  is 
a  radiologist  in  the  U.S.  Air  Force.  She  will  be 
doing  an  mri  fellowship  next  year  at  Travis 
Air  Force  Base,  California.  Laura  and  her 
husband,  Bruce,  are  expecting  their  first  child 
in  May. 

David  Harrington  '89  M.D.  (see  '84). 

Lawrence  Rifkin  '89  M.D.  (see  '86). 

Michi  Yukawa  '89  M.D.  (see  Rex  Chiu  '89). 

Valerie  Parkas  '92  M.D.  (see  '88). 


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An  Idea  Born 
on  Brown  Street 

There  are  those  that  say  extending 
the  intellectual  life  to  alumni  was 
born  at  Brown  more  than  30  years 
ago.  One  thing  is  certain.  We  per- 
fected the  idea  when  we  created  the 
Continuing  College  in  1972.  Educa- 
tion is  the  heart  of  our  commitment 
to  a  lifelong  relationship  with  you 
...our  alumni,  parents  and  friends. 

Today,  more  than  20  years  and 
thousands  of  learning  experiences 
later,  the  Continuing  College  has 
grown  to  seven  different  programs, 
all  dedicated  to  the  late  President 
Henry  Wriston's  sage  advice:  talk 
education  first  to  the  Brown  family. 

We've  done  that  -  from 
the  Summer 
College  and  the 
Commencement 
Forums  on  the 
Brown  campus... 
to  seminars  across 
the  U.S. ..in  the 
Brown  Alumni 
Monthly. ..and  in 

places  like  Vietnam,  Antarctica  and 
Egypt,  where  you  travel  with  Brown 
faculty. 

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Saturday  May  29,  1993        9: 15  am  to  5  pm 


Reunions  are  a  time  for  fun  and 
renewing  friendships.  At  Brown, 
they  are  all  that  and  more.  They're 
a  time  to  return  to 
the  classroom  through 
our  traditional,  popu- 
lar Commencement 
Forums. 


Among  the  guest  lecturers  this 
Commencement: 

Tea  Turner  '60 

President  and  Chairman  of  the  Board, 
Turner  Broadcasting  Systems,  Inc. 
"Our  Common  Future" 
(a  special  presentation  on  the  Green) 

Boris  Biancneri 

Italian  Ambassador  to  the  U.S. 

(a  Stephen  A.  Ogden,  Jr.  Memorial 

Lecture) 


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More  guest  lecturers: 
Biographer  Ellen  Chesler 
Actress  Jane  Fonda  P'91 
Designer  Mark  Hampton  P'91  "93 
Former  Gov.  Richard  Lamm  P'93 
Comedian  Beth  Lapides  '78 
Editor  Ellen  Levine  P'95 
Author  Thomas  Mallon  '73 
Broadcaster  Morley  Safer  P'93 
Astronaut  Kathy  Sullivan 
Historian  Adam  Ulam  '43 
...and  a  host  of  distinguished 
Brown  faculty 


Some  topics: 

"Cuban  Missile  Crisis" 

"Jazz:  An  African-American  Gift" 

"Magic  in  the  Middle  Ages " 

"Skyscrapers  with  Atoms" 

"Scholar  as  Activist"  (In  Memory  of 

Professor  Bill  McLoughlin) 
"Oil  Tanker  Safety" 
"Mission  to  Planet  Earth" 
"Health  Care  Change" 
(Others  -  22  in  all!) 


Next  ^ar's  Graduate 
Courses 

(For  dates,  topics,  destijiations,  see  our  ad 
in  the  September  Brown  Alumni  Monthly) 

SEMINARS  ACROSS  THE  NATION 

We'll  be  in  10  to  12  cities  next  year  for 
day-long  seminars  with  Brown  faculty  in 
interesting  locations  . 

WRISTON   LECTURES 

An  evening  with  Brown's  most  senior 
faculty. 

SUMMER  COLLEGE 

Brown's  oldest  educational  program 
for  alumni  returns  to  campus  Friday, 
June  24  to  Tuesday,  June  28,  1994,  with 
exciting  morning  lectures  by  faculty 
and  helpful  workshops  in  the  afternoon. 

EDUCATIONAL  TRAVEL  ABROAD 

We  never  travel  without  Brown  faculty. 
Next  season  will  be  to  China,  Normandy 
and  four  or  five  other  stimulating  desti- 
nations. 


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Obituaries 


Dr  Armand  Laurier  Caron  uS,  Worcester, 
Mass.;  Jan.  i  "i,  1989.  He  was  a  former  chief  of 
the  department  of  otolaryngology  at  Memo- 
rial Hospital  in  Worcester  and  a  former  pres- 
ident of  the  American  Otorhinological  Soci- 
ety for  Plastic  Surgery.  He  was  a  veteran  of 
World  W.ir  I  and  a  1924  graduate  of  Harvard 
Medical  School.  He  is  survived  bv  three  chil- 
dren and  his  wife,  Adrienne,  7  Westwood 
Dr.,  Worcester  01609. 

Gertrude  Niven  Roberts  'z2,  Brooklyn, 
Conn.;  Jan.  31.  Before  her  marriage  in  1924, 
she  taught  at  Central  High  School  in  Provi- 
dence. She  did  graduate  work  in  France, 
including  study  at  the  Sorbonne.  She  was 
active  in  the  Girl  Scouts  and  was  a  former 
president  of  the  women's  board  of  Day 
Kimball  Hospital  in  Danielson,  Conn.  She  is 
survived  by  three  daughters,  including 
Joyce  Roberts  Harrison  '46,  630  Mix  Ave., 
#iM,  Hamden,  Conn.  06514. 

Elsie  Carlen  Booth  '23,  Rumford,  R.I.; 
Feb.  9.  She  was  a  former  treasurer  and  presi- 
dent of  the  League  of  Women  Voters  of  East 
Providence,  R.I.,  and  secretary  and  trustee 
of  the  Weaver  Memorial  Library,  East  Provi- 
dence. She  chaired  numerous  Pembroke 
Class  of  '23  reunions.  Survivors  include  three 
sons:  Carlen  '52,  50  Forge  Rd.,  Barrington, 
R.I.  02806;  Stephen  '55;  and  Anthony  '57. 

Charles  Edwin  Home  '23,  East  Greenwich, 
R.I.;  Feb.  6.  He  was  an  engineer  retired  from 
Tibbetts,  Abbott,  McCarthy  &  Stratton,  New 
York  City.  Survivors  include  a  son,  a  daugh- 
ter, and  a  sister,  Grace  Home  Higgins  '30,  22 
Woodbine  Ave.,  Larchmont,  N.Y.  10538. 

Ralph  Manning  Brown  '25,  Lake  Forest,  111.; 
Dec.  30.  He  was  retired  president  of  The  Del- 
phian Society,  Inc.,  Chicago,  and  executive 
partner  of  Brown  Real  Estate  Management 
Syndicate,  Chicago.  He  played  football  at 
Brown  and  was  an  amateur  boxer.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  a  daughter,  Daria,  1604  Virginia, 
Liberty\'ille,  111.  60048. 

Bertha  Peacock  Walter  '25,  South  Windsor, 
Conn.;  Feb.  23.  A  clinical  laboratory  technol- 
ogist in  Rhode  Island  for  forty  years,  she  was 
a  partner  at  the  Physicians  Laboratory  Ser- 
vice, Cranston,  R.I.,  and  later  Providence,  for 
thirty  years  before  retiring  in  1966.  She  is  sur- 
vived by  a  daughter,  Marion  Hall  Oliva  '51, 
72  Forbes  St.,  East  Hartford,  Conn.  06108;  a 
son,  Wesley  A.  Hall  '51;  and  two  sisters. 

Horace  Freund  Altman  '26,  Stuart,  Ra.;  Nov. 
1,  1992.  A  retired  Massachusetts  hospital 
administrator,  he  was  a  former  trustee  and 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
New  England  Arthritis  and  Rlieumatism 
Foundation,  and  was  active  with  the  United 
Fund  Campaign. 


M.  Edgar  Fain  '2(1,  Soulhamplon,  Bermuda; 
June  28.  1  le  was  the  retired  president  of 
Tower  Iron  Works,  Seekonk,  Mass.  1  le  was 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Bryant  College,  Smith- 
field,  R.l.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Libby, 
Southampton  Princess,  Southampton, 
Bermuda. 

Mary  McDonough  Ficfura  '29,  Pittsburgh. 
She  retired  in  1980  as  a  student  advisor  for 
the  Pittsburgh  Public  Schools. 

Frederick  Hall  Gould  '26,  Milford,  Mass.; 
July  30.  He  was  retired  from  the  Draper 
Corporation,  Hopedale,  Mass.  He  is  survived 
by  a  niece,  Karen  Jackson,  3  Gibbon  Ave., 
Milford  01757. 

Eleanor  Clarke  Johnson  '26,  Longmeadow, 
Mass.;  Nov.  5.  She  taught  English  at  North 
Kingstown  High  School,  Wickford,  R.L,  from 
1936  until  1941.  She  is  survived  by  her  sister- 
in-law,  Mrs.  H.R.  Johnson,  25  Taylor  St., 
Longmeadow  01028. 

Dorothy  Olevson  Schiff  '26,  Providence; 
March  1.  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  She  is  survived  by 
a  son.  Dr.  Michael  Schiff  of  Topsfield,  Mass.; 
and  by  her  sister,  Edythe  Olevson  Winslow 
'31,  ^5  Balton  Rd.,  Providence  02906. 

Ralph  Starrett  Stevens  '26,  Damariscotta, 
Maine;  July  18,  1991.  He  was  the  retired  prin- 
cipal of  the  Whittelsey  Avenue  School  in 
Wallingford,  Conn.  He  is  survived  by  a  step- 
son, Paul  Foucet,  865  Dogburn  Rd.,  Orange, 
Conn.  06477. 

Andrew  James  Rusbason  '26,  Torrington, 
Conn.;  Jan.  10,  1992.  He  retired  in  1963  as 
town  assessor  for  Torrington,  after  serving  in 
the  assessor's  office  for  many  years.  He  had 
also  served  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  tax 
review  since  1955.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Hartford  Area  Assessors  Association,  the 
Connecticut  Assessors  Association,  and  the 
International  Association  of  Assessing  Offi- 
cers. He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Tor- 
rington Historical  Society. 

Arnold  Henry  Wallack  '26,  Flushing,  NY.; 
April  1992.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  New 
York  Metropolitan  Council  of  B'nai  B'rith 
and  a  regional  director  for  the  National 
Arthritis  Research  Foundation. 

Harry  Lynch  '28,  Pompano  Beach,  Fla.;  Dec. 
29.  He  was  a  retired  supervisor  in  the  actuar- 
ial division  of  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance 
Company  in  New  York  City. 

Georgiana  Cameron  Robertson  '28,  Jensen 
Beach,  Fla.;  Jan.  1.  She  was  a  high  school 
teacher  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  and 
taught  elementary  school  in  Florida. 

John  Pearce  Child  '29,  Solano  Beach,  Calif.; 
Jan.  18.  He  was  a  retired  real  estate  broker. 
He  served  as  a  lieutenant  commander  in  the 
Navy  during  World  War  II.  He  is  survived 
by  a  niece  and  a  nephew. 


T.  Christine  McCaughey  '29,  New  York  City; 
Feb.  3.  She  was  a  retired  junior  high  school 
teacher.  She  is  survived  by  a  brother  and  a 
sister,  Margaret  1.  Bradshaw,  41  Park  Ave., 
New  York,  N.Y.  10016. 

Dorothy  Gray  O'Reilly  '33,  Tiverton,  R.L;  Feb. 
ig.  She  was  executive  director  of  the  Navy 
Relief  Society  for  twenty -seven  years  before 
retiring  in  1977.  Previously  she  was  a  social 
worker  for  the  American  Red  Cross  for  twelve 
years.  Survivors  include  a  son  and  her  hus- 
band, William,  6  Miles  Ave.,  Tiverton  02878. 

Maurice  George  Selby  '34,  Colts  Neck,  N.J.; 
Dec.  22.  He  worked  in  menswear  manufac- 
turing and  owned  the  Selby  Real  Estate 
Agency  in  Deal,  N.J.  He  was  a  captain  in  the 
Army  during  World  War  II.  At  Brown  he 
wrestled  and  played  baseball,  tennis,  and 
football.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Con- 
stance, 53  Glenwood  Rd.,  P.O.  Box  535,  Colts 
Neck  07722;  a  son;  and  a  daughter. 

Frances  Lenkowsky  Rosenberg  '34,  Tenafly, 
N.J.;  Jan.  1.  She  served  on  the  national  board, 
women's  division,  of  the  United  Jewish 
Appeal,  and  was  unicef  chairman  of  the 
United  Nations  Association,  New  Jersey 
branch.  Survivors  include  a  son,  Mark  '60; 
and  a  daughter,  Nancy  Reinish,  336  Central 
Park  West,  New  York,  N.Y.10025. 

David  Binney  Putnam  '16,  Fort  Pierce,  Fla.,  a 
retired  realtor;  June  1992.  At  one  time  he  was 
publisher  of  the  Fort  Pierce  Press.  As  a  boy  he 
traveled  extensively  and  wrote  a  series  of 
popular  travel-adventure  books  for  young 
people,  beginning  with  Dai'id  Goes  to  Green- 
land. He  was  a  stepson  of  Amelia  Earhart,  the 
aviator.  He  is  survived  by  a  daughter. 

Gilbert  Northrop  Morgan  '37,  West  Hartford, 
Conn.;  Feb.  3.  He  was  a  marketing  and  sales 
representative  for  Mobil  Oil  Company  until 
1972,  when  he  retired.  Survivors  include  two 
daughters  and  his  wife,  Jean,  87  Mountain 
Terrace  Rd.,  West  Hartford  06107. 

Erika  Schnurmann  '37,  Lincoln  Park,  N.J. 
She  was  a  library  administrator  for  forty 
years,  retiring  in  1984  as  director  of  the 
Kearny  Public  Library  in  Kearny,  N.J.  She 
then  served  on  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Lincoln  Park  Public  Library. 

Nicholas  Carifio  '39,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  Dec.  5. 
He  had  been  assistant  vice  president  of  Din- 
ers Club  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  a  corporal 
in  the  Army  Air  Force  during  World  War  II. 
He  is  survived  by  a  sister,  Anna  Giampa,  42 
South  Prospect,  Bradford  Station,  Haverhill 
01835. 

Bertram  Bence  Hardy  '40,  Little  Compton, 
R.L;  Feb.  17.  A  registered  professional  engi- 
neer and  a  civil  and  electrical  engineer,  he 
was  a  professor  of  electrical  engineering  for 
forty  years  at  Southeastern  Massachusetts 
University,  now  the  University  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, Dartmouth,  retiring  in  1988.  He 
had  been  chairman  of  the  electrical  engineer- 


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ing  department  at  the  former  Bradford 
Durgee  College  of  Technology  until  its 
merger  with  New  Bedford  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology in  1964.  A  registered  surveyor  in 
Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts,  he  helped 
design  many  of  the  roads  at  Providence  Col- 
lege, and  had  worked  as  an  electrical  engi- 
neer for  General  Electric,  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
designing  transformers.  He  was  a  consultant 
to  Kodak.  A  world  traveler  and  photogra- 
pher, he  gave  slide  presentations  on  his  trav- 
els. He  was  a  Scoutmaster  in  Fall  River, 
Mass.,  for  twenty  years.  During  World  War 
II  he  worked  on  the  design  and  construction 
of  gyroscope  instrumentation  at  General 
Electric,  West  Lynn,  Mass.  He  is  survived  by 
his  wife,  Dorothy,  P.O.  Box  512,  Little 
Compton  02837. 

Robert  Hathaway  Clarke  '42,  Cromwell, 
Conn.;  Nov.  11.  He  was  a  retired  manager  of 
Ernst  &  Whinney,  an  accounting  firm  in 
Hartford.  He  was  an  officer  in  charge  of  a 
U.S.  Army  Air  Force  weather  station  in  India 
and  spent  two  years  during  World  War  II 
in  the  China-Burma-India  theater.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  a  daughter. 

John  Williams  Anthony  '43,  El  Paso,  Texas; 
Nov.  9,  of  heart  failure.  He  was  professor 
emeritus  of  geosciences  at  the  University  of 
Arizona,  Tucson,  where  he  was  curator  of  the 
mineralogy  museum  for  twenty-five  years. 
He  was  senior  author  of  Mineralogy  of  Arizoim 
(1977)  and  with  colleagues  had  completed 
the  first  volume  of  a  projected  five-volume 
work,  Handhook  of  Mineralogy ,  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  discovered  and  Aamed  several 
minerals  during  his  career,  including  antho- 
nyite.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth;  a 
daughter,  Doris  Anthony  Bastiampillai  '80, 
4462  E  7th  St.,  Tucson  8S711;  two  sons, 
including  Ryan  '79;  a  sister;  and  his  former 
wife,  Arline  Kotite  Bateman  '44. 

James  Stansfleld  Heaton  '47,  Cumberland, 
R.I.;  Feb.  1.  He  was  sales  manager  of  the 
Bellingham,  Mass.,  office  of  the  Caron  Monu- 
mental Company,  Pawtucket,  R.I.,  for  many 
years.  He  was  an  Army  veteran  of  World 
War  II  and  served  in  the  headquarters  of  the 
Seventh  Infantry  Division.  Survivors  include 
his  sister,  Mildred  Elson,  of  Cumberland. 

Homer  George  Schopf  '48,  Clarence,  N.Y.; 

Feb.  3.  An  engineer,  he  worked  for  more  than 
twenty  years  with  Curbell,  Inc.,  subsequently 
becoming  vice  president  of  operations.  He 
was  then  associated  with  Hadley  Exhibits, 
Inc.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  First 
Church  of  Christ,  Scientist,  in  Harris  Hill, 
N.Y.,  and  taught  Sunday  School  for  many 
years.  He  was  active  in  Boy  Scouting.  He  was 
a  Navy  veteran  of  World  War  11.  Survivors 
include  his  wife,  Nancy,  4870  Schurr  Rd., 
Clarence  14031;  two  daughters;  a  son,  Paul 
'71;  and  two  stepchildren. 

Welles  Hangen  '49;  exact  date  of  death 
unknown.  He  was  a  reporter  for  NBC  News 
when  he  was  killed  in  Cambodia  after  being 
captured  by  Communist  guerrillas  twenty- 


three  years  ago.  His  remains  were  recovered 
and  identified  only  last  year,  and  he  was 
buried  on  Jan.  29  at  Arlington  National 
Cemetery.  Hangen  was  one  of  five  television 
journalists  who  disappeared  in  the  Cambo- 
dian jungle  on  May  31,  1970,  and  were  exe- 
cuted by  the  Khmer  Rouge.  He  was  forty 
years  old  at  the  time.  Before  joining  NBC,  he 
was  a  reporter  for  the  Nttc  York  Times  in 
the  1950s.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Pat,  of 
Alameda,  Calif.;  and  two  children. 

Allen  Gilmore  Shaw  Jr.  '49,  Westport,  Mass.; 
Feb.  7.  He  was  retired  from  Monroe  Calcula- 
tor Machine  Company,  Mattapoisett,  Mass. 
He  was  a  sergeant  in  the  Army  during  World 
War  II.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Barbara, 
Old  County  Rd.,  Box  N87,  Head  of  Westport, 
Westport  02790. 

Richard  E.  Rodman  '50,  North  Chatham, 
Mass.;  Feb.  3,  of  lung  cancer.  He  was  the 
owner,  with  his  children,  of  The  Swinging 
Basket  Shopping  Mall  in  Chatham,  and 
ran  an  antiques  and  gift  shop,  a  print  and 
framing  shop,  and  a  restaurant,  the  Garden 
Cafe.  Previously  he  owned  a  luxury-giftware 
importing  business  in  Boston  and  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  Survivors  include  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Perry  Audac,  330  Willow  St.,  West  Barnsta- 
ble, Mass.  02668. 

Jacob  Morris  Schoenberg  '50,  East  Palatka, 
Fla.;  Jan.  20,  of  complications  following  open- 
heart  surgery.  Before  retiring  he  worked  for 
the  Internal  Revenue  Service.  He  was  an 
Army  veteran  of  World  War  II.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  three  children  and  his  wife,  Jane,  Rt. 
2,  Box  81,  East  Palatka  32131. 

Daniel  Stanton  Stem  'so,  Pawtucket,  R.I.; 
Feb.  IS-  He  was  owner  of  Dan  Stern  Inc., 
Central  Falls,  R.I.,  wholesalers  of  business 
machines,  for  forty  years  before  retiring  in 
1990.  He  was  an  Army  veteran  of  World 
War  II  and  served  in  the  Pacific.  Survivors 
include  two  children  and  his  wife,  Gloria, 
120  Sayles  Ave.,  Pawtucket  02860. 

Patricia  Gorham  Blumenthal  'si,  Norwalk, 
Conn.;  Dec.  24.  She  was  executive  director 
of  the  Greater  Norwalk  Coalition  for  Chil- 
dren and  Youth  Inc.,  since  its  inception  in 
1977.  She  was  a  nurse  in  the  1950s  and 
early  1970s,  and  then  became  the  associate 
planner  of  the  Greater  Norwalk  Community 
Council  Inc.  and  technical  assistant  to  the 
Greater  Norwalk  Child  Protection  Planning 
Committee.  She  did  volunteer  work  on 
the  board  of  the  United  Way,  was  active  in 
Girl  Scouts,  and  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  and  chairman  of  volunteers  for 
the  Norwalk-Wilton  chapter  of  the  American 
Red  Cross.  She  was  recognized  in  1991  by  the 
State  of  Connecticut  for  her  many  years  of 
service  to  organizations  serving  children  and 
families  in  the  state.  She  is  survived  by  her 
husband,  William,  40  Field  St.,  Norwalk 
06851;  two  daughters;  and  a  son. 

Louise  Anderson  Fellows  '53,  Baytown, 
Texas.  She  was  an  elementary  school  teacher 


before  her  marriage.  She  was  active  in  the 
League  of  Women  Voters,  and  a  NASP 
volunteer.  She  is  survived  by  two  sons  and 
her  husband,  Albert,  5109  Inverness, 
Baytown  77521. 

Annadele  Horndahl  Haselton  '54,  Wood- 
stock Valley,  Conn.;  August  1989,  of  cancer. 
She  was  a  copywriter  and  editor  for  Wimco 
Printing  Inc.  in  Putnam,  Conn.  She  is  sur- 
vived by  her  husband,  Richard,  Bradford 
Corner,  Woodstock  Valley  06282. 

James  Milton  Stuart  '54,  Purchase,  N.Y.; 
Nov.  20.  He  was  an  investment  banker  for 
many  years  with  Stuart  Brothers,  an  invest- 
ment bank  in  New  York  City.  He  was  active 
in  Brown  affairs  and  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  John  Carter  Brown 
Library,  among  other  activities.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife.  Eve,  62  Lincoln  Ave.,  Pur- 
chase 10577;  'wo  sons,  James,  Jr.  '85  and 
John  '88;  two  daughters,  Mary  '93  and  Nina; 
four  stepchikiren;  and  a  brother,  Alan  '59. 

Nancy  Druding  Riley  '57,  Denver,  Colo.;  Feb. 
13,  after  choking  on  a  piece  of  meat.  She  was 
coordinator  of  volunteer  activities  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado  Health  Sciences  Center 
Hospital.  She  had  previously  taught  at  the 
Lenox  School,  New  York  City,  and  later  at 
the  University  of  Colorado.  She  was  active  in 
the  Brown  Club  of  Denver.  She  is  survived 
by  three  children  and  her  husband,  Conrad, 
590  Circle  Dr.,  Denver  S0206. 

John  William  Cronin  Jr.  '59,  Miami  Beach, 
Fla.;  Nov.  13.  He  worked  for  the  Clairol  divi- 
sion of  Bristol-Myers  in  the  ig6os  and  then 
was  self-employed  in  advertising  sales.  He 
played  hockey,  football,  and  baseball  at 
Brown.  He  is  survived  by  a  sister  and  three 
brothers,  including  Stephen,  150  Cumber- 
land Rd.,  Warwick,  R.I.  02886. 

Robert  Anthony  Fratangelo  '65  MAT., 
Rochester,  N.Y.;  Oct.  28,  of  liver  cancer.  He 
joined  the  faculty  of  Monroe  Community 
College,  Rochester,  as  a  member  of  the  origi- 
nal faculty  in  1962.  He  was  the  coauthor  of 
four  mathematics  textbooks  and  received  the 
Wesley  T.  Hanson  Award  for  teaching  excel- 
lence from  Monroe  in  1989.  Survivors 
include  four  children  and  his  wife,  Jo,  95 
Brooklawn  Dr.,  Rochester  14618. 

Gilbert  Soliz  Torres  '80,  Houston;  1990.  He 
was  an  account  manager  with  Digital  Equip- 
ment Corporation  in  Houston.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vivian  R. 
Torres,  7613  Avenue  L,  Houston  77012. 

Mitchell  Gratwick  Baker  '90,  Washington, 
D.C;  Jan.  24.  He  was  a  musician  and  a 
composer.  Survivors  include  a  brother,  Mal- 
colm '92;  and  his  parents,  Mr.  &  Mrs.  John 
Baker,  3610  Idaho  Ave.  NW,  Washington, 
D.C.  20016.  0 


BROWN  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  /  55 


Finally... 

By  George  T.  Giraud  42 

My  luxurious 
limousine 


I     he  Corliss  Mansion  stands  at  the 
JL    corner  of  Prospect  and  Angell 
streets  in  Providence  and  now  houses 
the  Brown  Admission  Office.  As  a  stu- 
dent more  than  fifty  years  ago  I  walked 
bv  this  intriguing  red-stone  pile  for  four 
years,  never  suspecting  that  in  its  depths 
my  future  limousine  lay  waiting  for  me. 

My  release  from  the  U.S.  Navy  came 
in  January  1946,  and  through  a  twist  of 
fate,  my  bride  and  1  moved  into  a  rear 
portion  of  the  vacant  Corliss  mansion 
that  in  its  glory  days  had  housed  the  ser- 
vants. It  pro\'ided  a  comfortable  apart- 
ment for  us  and  the  approaching  arrival 
of  our  first  contribution  to  the  postwar 
babv  boom. 

A  canvas  cover  in  the  cavernous 
garage  finallv  proved  irresistible.  Peel- 
ing it  back  one  day,  I  gazed  upon  a  huge 
Packard  limousine  in  mint  condition,  up 
on  blocks  for  the  war's  duration  because 
of  gas  rationing. 

That  day  a  car  buff  was  born.  I  ran 
mv  fingers  and  eyes  over  the  Packard. 
It  just  had  to  be  mine!  Feeling  like  a 
trespasser,  I  climbed  into  the  back.  My 
outstretched  legs  couldn't  reach  the 
glass  partition  to  the  chauffeur's  com- 
partment. Beside  me  on  the  seat  lay  a 
lovely  car  robe,  monogramed  ECB.  Deli- 
cate Lalique  crystal  flower-holders  were 


on  my  left  and  right.  I  picked  up  the 
intercom  microphone  and  whispereti, 
"Robert,  please  take  me  to  Tilden's."  I 
slipped  behind  the  wheel  and  looked  at 
the  multitude  of  instruments,  on  down 
the  long  hood  to  the  gleaming  chrome 
ornament,  and  was  dazzleci.  I  carefvilly 
lifted  the  hood  to  reveal  the  immaculate 
V-12  engine,  polished  like  a  jewel. 

Opportunity  knocked  a  few  weeks 
later.  The  mansion's  owner,  Elizabeth 
Corliss  Brackett,  was  married  to  the  Hol- 
Ivvvood  film  writer  and  producer  Charles 
Brackett,  who  in  collaboration  with  Billy 
Wilder  was  creating  some  of  the  great 
pictures  of  that  era  -  classics  such  as 
Titanic,  The  Lost  Week-End,  and  Sunset 
Boulevard.  After  a  business  trip  to  New 
York,  Mr.  Brackett  came  to  Providence 
to  check  on  the  house.  Over  cocktails  I 
brought  up  the  subject  of  the  Packard 
sleeping  in  the  garage.  Would  he  sell  it 
to  me? 

He  explained  that  it  belonged  to 
Mrs.  Brackett,  that  she  had  loved  it  when 
she  lived  in  Providence,  but  he  would  ask 
her  when  he  got  back  to  Beverly  Hills. 
Days  later  I  received  a  letter  advising  me 
that  yes,  Mrs.  Brackett  would  sell  the  car; 
please  make  an  offer.  The  figure  I  for- 
warded to  her  was  accepted.  The  car 
was  mine! 

Now  the  real  challenge  began.  1 
naively  believed  that  all  the  Packard 
needed  was  a  battery  charge  and  some 
gasoline.  I  administered  both,  but  the 
great  engine  refused  to  start.  Perhaps  all 
it  needed  was  a  tow?  My  brother-in-law 
was  enlisted,  a  chain  procured,  and  the 
trip  down  Waterman  Street  commenced. 
No  luck.  Several  runs  down  Blackstone 
Boulevard  .  .  .  still  no  luck.  Concluding 
that  the  engine  had  not  been  adequately 
prepared  for  long  storage,  we  towed  it 
to  the  Olive  Street  garage.  A  few  days 
and  a  substantial  bill  later,  it  purred  like 
a  kitten  and  moved  the  great  car  majes- 
tically down  the  road. 

Using  the  car  on  week- 
ends was  an  interest- 
ing psychological 
experience.  If  one 
were  driving, 
one  felt  like  a 
servant-chauf- 
feur for  the 
important  own- 
er riding  behind 


the  glass  partition.  If  one  rode  behind, 
one  had  a  temporary  rush  -  a  feeling  of 
power  and  grandeur. 

Betore  long,  however,  reality  intrud- 
eci.  Each  stop  on  Meeting  Street  at  "Slick" 
Straight's  for  a  fill-up  produced  a  bill  that 
could  feed  the  family  for  a  week.  My 
wife  was  unenchanted  about  holding 
conversations  over  the  intercom.  Reluc- 
tantly I  faced  the  fact  that  a  limousine 
was  not  the  ideal  vehicle  for  a  growing 
young  family.  So  we  placed  an  ad  in  the 
Providence  journal. 

No  one  who  called,  after  hearing  a 
description  of  the  car,  wanted  to  see  it. 
The  pent-up  demand  for  cars  following 
the  war  years  was  strong,  but  a  limou- 
sine was  at  the  bottom  of  everyone's  wish 
list.  Finally  a  caller  was  interested.  He 
test-drove  the  monster  and  announced 
that  in  a  few  days  his  wife  would  come 
to  see  it.  If  she  approved,  they  would 
buy  it.  The  reason  he  was  alone  that  day 
was  that  she  had  just  gotten  home  from 
the  hospital  with  a  new  baby. 

In  a  week,  the  wife  appeared  -  and 
a  less  likely  candidate  to  want  a  huge 
limousine  would  be  impossible  to  imag- 
ine. She  was  a  young  woman,  about  five- 
foot-two,  and  charming  -  but  could  she 
even  reach  the  pedals?  My  heart  sank. 
As  we  rounded  the  corner  onto  Prospect 
Street  with  the  gallant  little  lady  at  the 
wheel,  she  nearly  took  down  Mr.  Cong- 
don's  trim  white  fence. 

"It  is  a  big  car,"  she  exclaimed.  Not 
only  was  it  big,  but  without  modern 
power  steering  it  handled  like  a  Mack 
truck.  After  a  few  minutes  we  returned 
safely  to  Angell  Street  and  she  sat  back, 
exhausted.  "Well,  if  my  husband  wants 
us  to  have  it,"  she  said,  "I  guess  we'll 
buy  it."  The  next  day  she  and  her  hus- 
band came  to  take  the  Packard  away, 
and  it  was  with  mixed  emotions  that  I 
watched  the  car  roll  down  Angell  Street 
hill  -  the  pleased  husband  at  the  wheel 
and  the  diminutive  mother  barely  visi- 
ble on  the  great  back  seat.  Over  the  years 
I  have  imagined  many  possible  scenar- 
ios for  the  outcome  of  that  purchase. 
But  my  love  for  that  beautiful,  luxurious 
limousine  has  never  died.  [D 

George  T.  Giraud  of  North  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island,  is  a  retired  Investment  banker.  He  is 
married  to  titc  former  Anne  Freeman  '42  and 
is  the  father  of  Roger  Giraud  'yo. 


56  /  APRIL  1991 


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Richard  Newell  Silverman  '45 
Home:  Wnban,  Massachusetts 
Planned  Gift:  Unitrust 


In  September  1941  the  largest  freshman  class, 
at  that  point  in  Brown's  history,  entered  -  434 
students  strong.  My  first  three  months  as  part  of 
that  class  were  memorable.  Just  before  the  Brown 
versus  R.I.  State  (what  is  now  the  University  of 
Rhode  Island)  football  game  1  was  "captured"  by 
fans  of  the  opposition,  had  my  head  shaven  and 
ended  up  as  a  front  page  headline  in  the  Providence 
Journal.  As  a  prelude  to  a  Brown  versus  Yale 
game,  our  freshman  footbaO  squad  ran  Yale  plays 
against  the  varsity  team.  I  earned  three  broken 
ribs  as  a  trophy  of  that  experience. 

On  December  7  these  three  months  of  blissfully 
happy  college  life  were  interrupted  by  the  Japanese, 
and  within  a  year  most  of  our  class  were  serving  as 
members  of  active  or  reserve  military  units.  I 
returned  to  Brown  after  three  years  of  service  in 
the  Army,  no  longer  the  carefree  youth  from  the 
fall  of  '41. 

I  had  matured  and  developed  an  appreciation  of 
extraordinary  professors  such  as  Hastings  and 
Taft,  President  Wriston's  memorable  chapel  talks, 
stimulating  courses,  and  the  depth  and  balance  of 
the  total  Brown  experience. 

Every  year  since  my  graduation  in  1947  I  have 
supported  the  Brown  Annual  Fund.  Two  years  ago 
I  celebrated  my  45th  reunion  with  the  establishment 
of  a  Unitrust. 

It  pleases  me  to  see  the  high  esteem  in  which  my 
alma  mater  is  held.  I  intend  to  help  this  institution 
maintain  its  tradition  of  excellence  through  my 
commitment  of  time  and  financial  resources,  and 
hope  that  all  Brown  men  and  women  share  these 
sentiments. 


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lanes  and  sleepy 

shores  make  a 

Bermudian  holiday 

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