Maine Gov. John Baldacci's Dirigo health reform bill includes the appointment of a nine-member committee to examine the way hospitals in Maine are run. Chaired by William E. Haggett '56, the committee will attempt to rein in health care expenditures * The University of Miami threw a paella party in October to salute Phillip and Patricia Orr Frost '59's $33-million gift, the largest in the university's history, to the School of Music.

Deaths: Robert C. Burkhart '50, May 11, 2001, in Greensboro, N.C., at 74 * Ellis T. Carpenter Sr. '50, July 31, 2003, in Valhalla, N.Y., at 76 * Homer D. Achorn Jr. '51, September 6, 2003, in Rockport, Maine, at 77 * John S. Lawton '51, October 11, 2003, in Danbury, N.H., at 73 * Paul A. Cote Sr. '52, October 12, 2003, in Lewiston, Maine, at 73 * Elizabeth "Kit" Kistler Wallace '53, September 17, 2003, in San Francisco, Calif., at 72 * John H. Megquier '54, October 10, 2003, in Dallas, Texas, at 71 * David F. Mills '54, October 28, 1999, in Pennsylvania, at 66 * Bernard L. Wexler '54, August 20, 2003, in Livingston, Pa., at 71 * Scott D. Ferguson Jr. '55, December 29, 2002, in Pueblo, Colo., at 73 * John S. Dulany '56, September 8, 2002, in Connecticut, at 68 * Charlotte Wood Scully '56, October 10, 2003, in Waterbury, Conn., at 68.