In the last issue I handed over the quill to Karen Forslund Falb but was notified that there was to be another deadline before June, so here goes. Dan Traister e-mailed (this is now a verb !) from North Hills, Pa. Dan is the curator of the department of special collections in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library at the University of Pennsylvania. He also teaches English literature at Penn and at UVA. Dan and his wife, Barbara (Howard '65), recently traveled to the California deserts and parts of western Europe and this year or next will travel to Australia. . . . Ed Winkler continues to "scratch out a living" in the venture business in Vermont and New Hampshire. Ed continues his interest in sculpting and reports that the remodeling of his indoor pool into a place of residence appears to be turning into a lifetime project. Last summer Ed traveled around the Northwest, exploring the California desert, white-water rafting on the middle fork of the Flathead River in Idaho and touring the Calgary Stampede and the Canadian Rockies. Ed was one of the prime movers on the reunion committee. . . . Susan Ferries Moore recently became a vice president at Georgia Pacific and spends three days a week in Atlanta and two in D.C. She and her husband, Jack, spend weekends at their real home on the western shore of the Chesapeake. Recent leisure travel took them to New Zealand in March. Susan, who delights in grandmotherhood, defines success as spending time with family and friends, laughing a lot, telling the truth and continuing to learn by trying new things. . . . David F. Westgate was named to the board of directors of Slade's Ferry Bancorp, the parent company of Slades's Ferry Bank in Somerset, Mass. Dave is the president of the Quequechan Management Corporation, and he and his wife, Sally, live in Mattapoisett. . . . Roger B. Jeans recently published a book, Democracy and Socialism in Republican China: The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941. Roger has been a professor at Washington and Lee University since 1974 and is the author of numerous articles and conference papers on Zhang Junmai and his political parties. . . . Pen Williamson and his wife, Bev, a reading recovery teacher, live in Warren, Maine, where Penn is a VP with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. He wishes he were doing more adventuring--ocean passages, rock climbing and skiing--but he writes that he enjoys his job and helping others, especially young people. . . . Jean Elliott Thomason and her husband, Mel, have lived in Asheville, N.C., for more than 20 years, on four acres where they garden and cut their own wood. Jean and Mel spent 2-1/2 years in Kenya in '72-'74. For more than 20 years she has been teaching behaviorally and emotionally handicapped adolescents and is now lead teacher at the Cooperative Learning Center. Jean and Mel have thoughts of living overseas, visiting India, Nepal and South Africa or maybe retiring. . . . Charley Stokes is a designer and builder of large contemporary homes, previously in Virginia and now in northern California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. He and his wife, Rosemary, a jeweler, live in Nevada City atop a windy mountain, where he also designs and makes wind sculptures. Charley defines success as being happy and appreciative of what we are and can become. . . . Marsha Palmer Reynolds and her husband, John, happily divide their time between N.Y.C., where they both teach, and Maine, where they have a "getaway" place. Travel grants have taken them to Alaska and to Africa (Cote d'Ivoire). Marsha and John continue to volunteer time with their dogs at nursing homes doing pet therapy. They strive for a successful life by maintaining an optimistic outlook, enjoying everything they do, no matter how menial, and continuing close and loving relationships with friends and family. . . . My fellow bio major Fran Jones Vitaglione has stayed with our field as discovery room coordinator at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. She delights in teaching a love of nature to preschoolers and their educators and caretakers but wishes she could spend more time in the wilderness. Being at peace with self, loved ones and what one has in life define success for Fran. . . . Still residing in southeastern Pennsylvania, Tom Thomas owns a growing and profitable travel agency. As of this printing he and his wife, Patricia (Raymond '65), will be grandparents of two. . . . Betsy Doe Norwat, a Spanish teacher, and her husband, Donald, a wildlife biologist, live in Lake Winnebago, Mo. In the late spring Betsy planned to take a group of her students to Spain, and in June she and her husband were to join Betty Johnston Rayle and her husband, Frank, on a cruise to Alaska. . . . Cynthia Smith Whitaker and her husband, Stephen, became grandparents, and in the same month she survived a heart attack. Continued good health, Cindy. . . . I hope to be a certified EMT by mid May. Bill and I planned to celebrate this and our 35th wedding anniversary with a trip to Ireland at the end of the month. Thanks for all the mail and for all of your support. --Barbara Haines Chase A. Marshall Lawton '62 has been elected president of Dublin School, a New Hampshire coeducational college preparatory, day and boarding school. . . . Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin '64 gave commencement addresses at Bates and Dartmouth colleges. "The richest lives," she said, "are filled with work, love and play." . . . Colleen A. Khoury '64 was recently named the fifth--and first woman--dean of the University of Maine School of Law. . . . Superior Coffee, a division of Sara Lee, has named Peter F. Winstanley '66 president of its new Eastern Division. . . . Rocco Landesman '69, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, was the subject of a New York Times story on the opening of Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Jujamcyn-owned Walter Kerr Theater. Deaths: Wilson W. Doyle '61, Mar. 18, 1998, in Port Washington, N.Y., at 62.