al umn i u p d a t es Nancy M Williams (1950 AB) Honorary Reader, School of Social Science, University of Queensland. Co-editor journal OCEANIA; member Research Advisory Committee Kakadu National Park; expert witness for State in Federal Court Native Title Application. Joanna Kirkpatrick (1951 AB) Retired. Was tenured faculty at Bennington College, VT, 1967-1994. No academic titles at that college. Published article in Vaishanava Studies, 21/2, Spring 2013. "Krishna's Peaceable Kingdom: A Note on an Unusual Figure in a Dasavatara Miniature Painting, ca. 1730." Continue work on peaceable kingdoms, in Indian middle period literature. Martha M Bell [Martha March] (1958 BA) Retired. Looking forward to the possibility of educational visas for four of the orphans our son and daughter-in-law have been parenting in Guatemala the last 14 years. If all goes as planned, this fall they will be attending special ed, high school and junior college institutions in Sonoma county and living at our home place in Sebastopol. Joan Becker [Joan Cortelyou] (1955 BA) Retired.
1960 Lynda Lytle Holmstrom [Lynda Lytle] (1961 BA) Professor Emerita and also part-time faculty member, Boston College, Dept. of Sociology. At BC, I’ve been teaching my course, “Legal and Illegal Violence Against Women.” Also, I’ve worked with colleagues on the east coast to develop a group we call ESSORN, the Eastern Sociological Society Opportunities in Retirement Network. The idea is to create a network of sociologists who are retired or semi-retired but wish to continue their sociological work in this chapter of their lives. Susan C Seymour [Susan Seymour] (1962 BA) Jean M. Pitzer Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Pitzer College. I have completed a biography of
anthropologist Cora Du Bois entitled, Cora Du Bois: "First Woman," that is being published by the University of Nebraska Press as part of their Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology series. Du Bois was the first woman to have a tenured position at Harvard. She was also a high-ranking officer in the OSS during World War II and served in the State Dept. after the war. Don Mitchell (1964 BA) Retired. About 20 years ago I turned my attention to rendering the lives and culture of the people I worked with (the Nagovisi) not just in academic works, but in poetry and fiction. The journal Humanistic Anthropology published many of my pieces and gave me three prizes. But I was looking for a general literary audience, so I recently published a set of "ethnographic" short stories -- "A Red Woman Was Crying," (Saddle Road Press, 2013) based on my fieldwork on Bougainville. What's unusual about the collection is that although the stories involve the visiting anthropologist, all the narrators but one are the indigenous people themselves. The anthropologist -- their "other" -- doesn't get a voice until the last story. I'm pleased to report that many young Nagovisi are reading the book -- on Kindle. www.a-red-woman-was-crying.com. Susan F Burgenbauch (1965 BA) Life Coach; ESL tutor; Unity Chaplain. I currently work one-on-one with Japanese internationals tutoring English speaking, assisting with feelings and needs in their experience with American people and culture. Margaret A Covert [Margaret Bartz] (1967 MA) Retired. Was president of Capstone International, a firm that resources executive education faculty (including Stanford) to universities and corporations around the world. At 72, I thought it was time. Pell Fender (1967 MA) Part-time Development Director, Colorado International School. Michael Agar (1967 AB) Chief Paradigm Mechanic, Ethknoworks LLC. New book is out, The Lively Science: Remodeling Human Social Research, available in print and e-book form in most internet bookstores, suitVOLUME 7
able for birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, etc. Still working on water governance, some nonfiction articles on same in The New Mexico Mercury, an e-zine. See www.ethknoworks.com for more gory details. Douglas E Foley (1968 MA) Emeritus, University of Texas Austin. The George and Louise Spindler Life Time Achievement Award, Council of Education and Anthropology,American Anthropological Association, 2009. George Gmelch (1968 BA) Professor of anthropology, University of San Francisco, and Union College. A new book, "Irish Travellers: The Unsettled Life, co-authored with Sharon Gmelch, looks at culture change and the social consequences of settlement for former nomads. Available in fall 2014 from Indiana University Press. John P O'Grady (1969 MA, 1967 BA) Professor: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, and , Medical Director Family Life Center, & Perinatal Services, Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, Ma. Departmental Chairman (Obstetrics & Gynecology,, Mercy Medical Center) and Hospital Director, of Education & Director of Obs/Gyn/Peds Quality Assurance. Member: Admissions Committee, Tufts Univ School of Medicine, Boston, Ma; Medical Executive Committee,, and Committees on Pharmacy / Therapeutics & Surgery Utilization,Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, Ma. Jeremy H Baker (1969 AM) Affiliate Professor, ESCP Europe Business School. I teach consumer issues, in London, Grenoble and Shanghai. On TV, I discuss retail and Chinese brands. So, Anthro is still useful!
1970 Olga Haack [Olga Hajek] (1970 BA) Doing Bible studies! Retired along with my dear husband. In fact, he, retired from his NYC investment banking job only to morph into me... he now shops and does the cooking, allowing me to retire too!
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