Upon hanging up his retinoscope after 48 years in optometry practice in Fort Fairfield, Maine, Dr. Robert S. George '50 was spotlighted in the local newspaper for "his character, integrity and compassion." Said the Fort Fairfield Review, "he was a man who cared about each person who entered his office" * "If every Sunday The New York Times . . . can present the flavor of an entire book in a single sentence," mused Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Allan van Gestel '57 in the Boston Bar Journal, "why is it that experienced lawyers cannot write a convincing brief in fewer than twenty pages?" The article, "Oral Advocacy at the Motion Stage: Some Thoughts from the Audience," counseled lawyers to be brief and creative in presenting the oral side of motions for summary judgment.

Deaths: Richard Lyon Jr. '50, June 27, 2003, in Mount Vernon, Maine, at 74 * Barbara Ann Dean '53, May 6, 2002, in Doylestown, Pa., at 70 * Richard B. Ullman '54, May 20, 1998, in Boca Raton, Fla., at 66 * Geraldine St. Amand Emmons '57, July 12, 2002, in New York, at 68 * John P. Goolgasian Jr. '57, April 27, 2003, in Fredericksburg, Va., at 67.