Managing Editor
Tim Andrew Obermiller
Associate Editor
Andrew Campbell
Art Director
Allen Carroll
Editorial Assistant
Kimberly Sweet
Student Assistant
Qiana Johnson, '98
Contributing Editors
Jamie Kalven, Joe Levine
Editorial office: The University of Chicago Magazine, Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Telephone (312) 702-2163; fax (312) 702-2166. Internet: uchicago-agazine@uchicago.edu. The Magazine is sent to all University of Chicago alumni. The University of Chicago Alumni Association has its offices at Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Telephone (312) 702-2150; fax (312) 702-2166.
Officers: Linda Thoren Neal, AB'64, JD'67, president; Bob Levey, AB'66, vice president; Gregory G. Wrobel, AB'75, JD'78, MBA'79, treasurer; Michael J. Klingensmith, AB'75, MBA'76, secretary; Jeanne Buiter, MBA'86, *executive director.
Andrew M. Alper, AB'80, MBA'81; Dennis M. Barden, *Assistant Vice President for Development; Richard L. Bechtolt, PhB'46, AM'50; Jack J. Carlson, AB'40; N. Gwyn Cready, AB'83, MBA'86; Trina N. Frankel, AB'64; Caroline Heck, AB'71; Le Roy J. Hines, AM'78; Randy Holgate, *Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations; Susan Carlson Hull, AB'82; Patricia Klowden, AB'67; Michael C. Krauss, AB'75, MBA'76; Joseph D. La Rue, AM'59; Katherine Dusak Miller, AB'65, MBA'68, PhD'71; William C. Naumann, MBA'75; Theodore A. O'Neill, AM'70, *Dean of College Admissions; Susan W. Parker, AB'65; Frederick O. Paulsell, Jr., AB'62, MBA'63; Harvey B. Plotnick, AB'63; Louise E. Rehling, AM'70, SM'74; Jean Maclean Snyder, AB'63, JD'79; David M. Terman, AB'55, SB'56, MD'59; Mary B. Van Meerendonk, AB'64; Peter O. Vandervoort, AB'54, SB'55, SM'56, PhD'60; Mary Ruth Yoe, *Editor, University of Chicago Magazine.
* Ex Officio
Magazine Advisory Committee: Michael J. Klingensmith, AB'75, MBA'76, chair; Richard L. Bechtolt, PhB'46, AM'50; Mary Lou Gorno, MBA'76; Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor in History; Susan Carlson Hull, AB'82; Michael C. Krauss, AB'75, MBA'76; Bob Levey, AB'66; Katherine Dusak Miller, AB'65, MBA'68, PhD'71; Peter O. Vandervoort, AB'54, SB'55, SM'56, PhD'60; Marva Watkins, AB'63.
The University of Chicago Magazine (ISSN-0041-9508) is published bimonthly (October, December, February, April, June, and August) by the University of Chicago in cooperation with the Alumni Association, Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago IL 60637. Published continuously since 1907. Second-class postage paid at Chicago and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the University of Chicago Magazine, Alumni Records, Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. © 1995 University of Chicago.