What’s the news? We are always eager to receive your news at the Magazine, care of the Class News Editor, University of Chicago Magazine, 1313 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, or by e-mail: uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. No engagements, please. Items may be edited for space. As news is published in the order in which it arrives, it may not appear immediately. Please specify the year under which you would like your news to appear. Otherwise, we will list: (1) all former undergraduates (including those who later received graduate degrees) by the year of their undergraduate degree, and (2) all former students who received only graduate degrees by the year of their final degree. .

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60 Stephen C. Maxson, SB'60, PhD'66, received the 1998 research excellence award from the University of Connecticut's AAUP and the 1998 Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association for his lifetime contributions to the field. He researches the genetics of aggression in mice and sex differences in mammalian brain and behavior.

62 College alumni-Mike Einisman, AB'62, MBA'63, and Judith E. Stein, AB'62, AM'64, write: Hi, classmates. After your flurry of cards, letters, and e-mails, space limitations forced us to condense; we tried to keep the essence. Roberta Kahane Garner, AB'62, AM'63, PhD'66, is a professor of sociology at DePaul University in Chicago and has recently published two books about social movements: Contemporary Movements and Ideologies (McGraw Hill, 1996) and Social Movements: A Bibliographical Guide (Salem Press, 1997). Her husband, Larry, is an actor; her son, Michael, is completing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of California, Berkeley; and her daughter, Julia, has concluded her freshman year at Bowdoin College. Alanne L. Baerson, AB'62, writes that she is "intrigued at the unusual efficiency of a bureaucracy" that acknowledged her new Ph.D. in clinical psychology within a month of her graduation. It's comforting to know that our alma mater can function with such speed. Congratulations, Alanne. We learn from Herbert L. Meiselman, SB'62, that he is the U.S. Army's senior research scientist in behavior and performance, conducting consumer research at the Army lab in Natick, MA. Herb also finds time to be a professor at Bournemouth University in England; edit a book, Food Choice, Acceptance and Consumption; and serve as an editor of the international journal Food Quality and Preference. He is working on a new book titled The Meal, and in his spare time, travels and collects antiques. You can send a hello to Herb at hmeiselm@natick-emh2.army.mil. Herbert L. Kessler, AB'61, after chairing the art department at Chicago, left in 1976 for Johns Hopkins, where this year he was appointed dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. The Charlotte Bloomberg professor and a student of medieval, Jewish, and Byzantine art, Herbert had chaired the art-history department for all but two of his 22 years at Hopkins. He is a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His wife, Johanna Zacharias, is director of communications for the Krieger School, and their daughter, Morisa, has completed her sophomore year at Barnard College. From North York, Ontario, John T. Hart, X'62, writes that, after 30 years, he has retired from practicing cardiac surgery at the University of Toronto. He is now studying physics at the university. It seems that the U of C was responsible for planting the seeds of his long-continuing interest in physics. Our final news comes from Roberta F. Reeder, AB'63, who was the student chair of the weeklong Festival of the Arts (FOTA) when we were students. She spent the past several years in Germany, where she produced her dance-drama adaptation of Anna Akhmatova's "Poem without Hero." In 1995, the New York Times selected her book Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet as one of the year's best. Since her return to Boston, Roberta has taught at Harvard's Institute for English Language and presented her melodrama, Alma Mahler-Muse and Musician. She has a grant for a performance piece based on Russian cabarets at the turn of the last century. And, to keep the FOTA tradition, Roberta organizes Slavic festivals with art, concerts, poetry, and symposia. It's enough to make a body tired. We hope your summer has been sufficiently slothful for you to begin the fall with renewed energy.

College alumni, please send your news to: Mike Einisman, AB'62, MBA'63, 477 Green Bay Road, Highland Park, IL 60035. Phone: 800/438-3901 (w). Fax: 847/433-5411. Or e-mail Judith E. Stein, AB'62, AM'64, at: JEStein62@aol.com.

63 The following reunion roundup was compiled by Sue Ketola Reamer, SB'63; Kit S. Kollenberg, AB'63, AM'68; Pearl Bloom Taback, AB'63; Larry Lowenthal, AB'64; Joseph D. Brisben, AB'69; Meryl S. Dann, AB'63, AM'65, and Susan R. Freis, AB'63: June 1998 was a reunion of firsts, in keeping with the class's creative style and the great energy of reunion chair Meryl Dann. We generated the first class home page (http://www.geocities.com/collegepark/library/1563), had a neighborhood bus tour, and held a Festival of the Arts (FOTA). Efforts are afoot to try to repeat FOTA and the tour each year and maintain the homepage on an ongoing basis. Other firsts included a screen saver (photos by Glenda Hawley Kapsalis, AB'63, and Ed Campbell; download instructions from creator Jay F. Mulbery, AB'63, MAT'71, jamulberry@aol.com). FOTA featured paintings, photos, crafts, writings, and music by class members. Eliot A. Landau, AB'63, organized the exhibition, demonstrating Northwest Coast native-style carving and selling the impressive FOTA poster by Vicky I. Chaet, BFA'63. We came away with a memory book and syllabus by Alan M. Levy, AB'63, JD'65; totes and T's by Marva Eller Watkins, AB'63, and Mary E. Movshin, AB'63; and mini flashlights thanks to James P. Griffin, AB'68. Friday evening brought News, Views & Noshes at the Gleacher Center. Nepal trekker Grazina ("Chris") Abramavicius Keeley, AB'63, MAT'75, MBA'79, showed photos of "peak experiences" and talked about the yearly reunions she holds with Grace Baliunas Austin, SB'63; Karen Tencate Cogbill, AB'63; and Andrea Pontecorvo Martonffy, AB'62, MAT'65, PhD'80. Jane M. Whitehill, AB'63, discussed her dissertation research and showed slides of a thermogenic philodendron from Puerto Rico. The next morning, Bernardine R. Dohrn, AB'63, JD'67, led an Uncommon Core session-a forum for reflection on social activism then and now. Saturday evening, a spontaneous chorus of "We Shall Not Be Moved" on the grand staircase of Ida Noyes Hall delayed the class photo-shoot until latecomers could catch up. Then, we welcomed participants from the 20th, 30th, and 50th reunions to our class hootenanny. We belted out a protest song by Leroy B. Schwarz, AB'63, MBA'67, PhD'71, on early 1960s U of C bookstore prices; Susan Freis sang her satirical "Send in the Grounds"; Barry Schlessinger led us in "Those Were the Days"; and Fran and Dan B. Landt, AM'62, sang and played. Keyboarding by Robert S. Applebaum, SB'63, MAT'66, anchored and enlivened the performances. Glenda Hawley Kapsalis, AB'63; William R. Sloan, SB'63, MD'67; and hootmeister/songbook compiler Joseph D. Brisben, AB'69, played a violin trio. A rendition of "We Shall Overcome" closed the evening. On Sunday, Joel M. Snyder, SB'61, and Jean Maclean Snyder, AB'63, JD'79, opened their home for a brunch and discussion on the core curriculum with professors Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr., AB'39, AM'46, PhD'53, and Herman L. Sinaiko, AB'47, PhD'61.

65 Chauncey J. ("Jeff") Mellor III, AB'65, AM'67, PhD'72, was promoted to professor of German at the University of Tennessee. His work on the CD-based language course "Learn to Speak German" has been favorably reviewed in two German journals. He recently completed content work on another CD-based language course, "German for Everyone." Kenneth H. Nealson, SB'65, SM'66, PhD'69, has joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at the California Institute of Technology as a researcher in astrobiology. He will study rock samples from Mars to determine whether the samples are safe to study in the first place and whether they contain any living matter.

67 College alumni-Deanna Dragunas Bennett, AB'67, writes: E-mail or snail-mail me updates on what you're doing so I can share your news with our classmates! When not putting together this column, I continue to manage acquisition programs for the military special-operations community. I recently published "A Program Manager Talks" in the Acquisition Review Quarterly and am shopping around travel articles based on the 1997 pre-Christmas trip my husband and I took to the Christmas markets of Germany and the Alsace.

Steven H. Eisinger, AB'67, provides this catch-up: "1967, started med school; 1969, married; 1971, finished med school and started ob/gyn residency; 1973, daughter born; 1975, finished residency and went into Army; 1977, assistant professor at University of Rochester (NY) family medical program, son born; 1987, back surgery; 1997, professor. Run, ski, golf, mountain climb, collect gems, pro-choice, pro-arts, pro-environment, still married, nice kids. No contact with anyone from U of C. That's life!" In mid-1966, Judith Feinberg, AB'67, moved to Cincinnati from the Washington, DC, area. At the University of Cincinnati, she teaches, sees patients, and does AIDS research-the same things she was previously doing at Johns Hopkins. Son Ben is in 9th grade and deep into the turbulence of adolescence. Her dog, Jean-Luc (for Picard, not Godard), survived a major medical crisis and continues to charm everyone. Better Half Dead, a play by Andrew B. Harris, AB'67, at andy@ txcc.net, will be published as an acting edition by Samuel French, largest of the play publishers. He and his writing partner are writing a play titled The Last Ballad of Ruby Rose for the 150th anniversary of Fort Worth. Andy's wife, Ann, recently received a national sales award from Phoenix Life Insurance. Afterward they flew to Venice for a second honeymoon. Naomi R. Goring, AB'66, is working on a contract with the U.S. Department of Education to perform Year 2000 conversion on its student-loan systems. She enjoys spending time with her husband and five cats and belongs to a doll collector's club.

College alumni, please send your news to: Deanna Dragunas Bennett, AB'67, 1622 El Tair Trail, Clearwater, FL 33765. Phone: 813/796-8807 (h). E-mail: vcdr72b@prodigy.com.

68 College alumni, please send your news to: Michael Nemeroff, AB'68, Sidley & Austin, 1722 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006. Phone: 202/736-8235 (w). E-mail: mnemerof@ sidley.com.