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28 After 69 years, Oscar Z. Fasman, PhB'28, has retired from the rabbinate at age 90. A July 1998 profile in JUF News notes that he was a pulpit rabbi for 16 years, headed the Hebrew Theological College for 18 years, and was the rabbi of Congregation Yehuda Moshe in Lincoln- wood, IL, for nearly 35 years. During his career, he moved the college to Skokie, IL, and founded the affiliated Yeshiva High School, which in 1981 was named in his honor. At the request of families in Lincolnwood, he became the founding rabbi of Congregation Yehuda Moshe in 1964.

29 The Class of 1929 celebrates its 70th reunion June 4-6, 1999. Melanie Loewenthal Pflaum, PhB'29, continues to live in Javea, Spain, walking and swimming daily. She takes a particular interest in the archaeological digs in the area, including the Roman port found below the present beach. During the summer, her three sons, their wives, and her six grandchildren visit. In the winter, friends from New Zealand, Australia, France, and Holland make her home their stopover on their professional travels.