Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Gelbard '64 was the focus of a New York Times feature on deteriorating relations between Indonesia and the U.S. His strong criticism of the Indonesian government's slow pace of economic and social reform has earned him enmity in the country, but "Mr. Gelbard has the respect of the diplomatic corps here because he says the right things," said a Japanese diplomat * Kenneth C. Young Jr. '68 has been named Lewiston, Maine's downtown development director. An attorney by trade, with a law practice in Lewiston in the '70s, Young has served as commissioner of Maine's Department of Environmental Protection and as director in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. * Lee Woodman '69 served as a consultant for The Patriot, the Mel Gibson Revolutionary War film. As executive producer of Smithsonian Entertainment, where she produced and directed many award-winning exhibition films and television specials, Woodman was responsible for the Smithsonian's first-ever historical consultation on a major motion picture. She is currently vice president of media development for PremierSchool.com.

Deaths: Marcia Peterson Robinson '60, October 16, 2000, in Fishers, Ind., at 62 * Bruce W. Logan '68, October 3, 2000, in North Yarmouth, Maine, at 55 * Carl T. Rowan H. '68, September 23, 2000, in Washington, D.C., at 75.