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The sixth novel by Ward Jones ’61, The Way Up, has recently been published. The novel “reveals an almost microscopic intimacy of the life of a salesman, and as minutely, what it’s like to be an associate of a law firm. The hours of work, the personal sacrifices, the pressure of showing your worth, day after day, have rarely in a novel been shown with this kind of clarity and honesty.” (PR News Channel) Alex Zautra ’65 teaches intently and up close in Uganda.
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Robert G. Kaiser’s new book, Act of Congress: How America’s Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn’t, has received a great deal of publicity and excellent reviews. Bob was interviewed about the book by Judy Woodruff on the PBS NewsHour on May 27. Barry O’Neal reports: “A good year so far. Many good concerts (heard the Boston Symphony twice last week) and a busy, satisfying Holy Week singing and reading at St. Michael’s Church. Sad news: I had to put my beloved cat to sleep. Tigger was 16! Both of my kids are fine and gainfully employed.”
1962
Barbara J. Brown writes: “I enjoyed the 50th Reunion. I’m retired in Rushland, Pa., but still doing seasonal tax work. Last fall, I did a week-long cruise up the Columbia and Snake rivers starting from Portland, Ore.” From David Cane: “This has been a happy and fulfilling year for all our family. I am completing my 40th year on the faculty at Brown University, where I teach chemistry and biochemistry and where my research group studies the biological formation of naturally occurring organic substances, from antibiotics to vitamins to the
compounds that are responsible for the characteristic smell of the earth. In April I received the Alfred Bader Award of the American Chemical Society for research on the interface of chemistry and biology and was also elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. My wife, Suzanne Sherwood Cane ’64, and her colleague Janet Chapple, have just published Yellowstone, Land of Wonders: Promenade in North America’s National Park. (See Suzanne’s newsnote). Our daughter Rachel, who received her doctorate in anthropology from Berkeley last year for studies of Mayan archaeology, graduated at the end of May with an M.D. from the University of Chicago Medical School and begins her residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago Hospitals this summer. She and her husband, Josh, have two children, Micah, nearing 6, and Tayvah, 1, both of whom are our continuous delight. Our son Eli lives in Brooklyn, where for the last four years he has been producing films with his independent company, Normal Life Pictures. Their most recent film, Land Rush, which focuses on agricultural land use in Africa and has been screened in more than 70 countries by the BBC and PBS as part of the eight-part Why Poverty series, has been recognized by
a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Eli’s fiancée, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, is a writer who recently published an already widely-cited essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books entitled “When the Lights Shut Off: Kendrick Lamar and the Decline of the Black Blues Narrative.” Cynthia Knox writes that she is still in private practice as a marriage and family therapist. “Looking forward to less work, more play by 2014. Traveling with husband, Bill, and riding my already-retired Arabian endurance horses in dressage. Really enjoyed our 50th Reunion.” David Wilbern is the author of the recently-published book The American Popular Novel After World War II: A Study of 25 Best Sellers, 1947–2000 (McFarland, 2013).
1964
Robert Anderson writes: “We’ve recently moved from Connecticut to South Dartmouth, Mass. Looking forward to moving into a new, though downsized, studio as part of our renovation. Enjoying grandfatherhood and a more rural life on the Massachusetts south coast.” From the University of Denver website: “Founders of Lacrosse, 1961–68 — Charles W. Dean and
Harry C. Beaver III will take their rightful place in Denver athletics history as co-founders of the men’s lacrosse program at the University of Denver over 40 years ago. Together the duo brought the sport of lacrosse to the intramural fields and helped develop it into a recognized club sport, only to hope it would evolve into what it is today, a nationally renowned Division I program. … Known to his close friends, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers and teammates as ‘Beav,’ Harry Beaver III was a driving force in gaining recognition for lacrosse as both a club and varsity sport. Serving as co-captain during the 1966 and 1967 seasons, Beaver served the team off the field as much as he did on the field. To insure that the team was properly equipped, like Dean, Beaver continued to raise funds, procure equipment and uniforms, and even had helmet paint sessions in the basement of the SAE house. Likewise, he organized game schedules, coordinated with ground crews to get the field lined and ready for games, contracted officials, and even made sure that his teammates had oranges on the sidelines on game day. In the team’s three seasons as a recognized club sport, Beaver helped lead DU to a 17-11-1 overall record. In 1968, DU went 8-1-1, with the Pioneers’ only loss coming in loomischaffee.org | 51