The University of Chicago Magazine
August 1996
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE
AUGUST 1996
Table of Contents
VOLUME 88, NUMBER 6 AUGUST 1996
Cover: Alumni Medalist Abner Mikva, JD'51. Photo by Dan Dry.
Would you buy a used guitar from this man?Eric Clapton and Hank Williams, Jr., have. Buying and selling vintage instruments is more than a business for George Gruhn, AB'67.
JEFF MAKOS
Scenes from a reunionAlumni returned to campus the first weekend in June to quads as green as they used to be.
DRAWINGS BY MARK McMAHON
Dissenting opinionFrom Watergate to Whitewater, Alumni Medalist Abner Mikva, JD'51, hasn't lost his faith in government's ability to do good.
R. BRUCE DOLD
DEPARTMENTS
- Letters
- Events
Ben Nicholson's dreamhouses stand at the Renaissance Society. - Chicago journal
Task forces look to thefuture; fund raising soarspast original goals; and the case of the missing portrait. - Investigations
A cloudy forecast for theSun, and financial forecasters with clouded vision. - Class news
Read news for graduating classes in - Deaths
- Books by alumni
- In the clubs
- Chicagophile
Jessica Abel, AB'91, chronicles hot times in the second city.