Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 1)

DEPARTMENTS 2 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK A time of transformation at Lehigh MAILBOX Linderman article ‘adds joy to my life” … Non-players made a “L” of a difference … Thank a marine 4 ON CAMPUS Dalai Lama’s visit inspires year of Tibetan learning … Sasso named dean of College of Education … Ten minutes with John Ashcroft … Sally Ride’s visit inspires future pioneers … Lehigh ranks with nation’s best … Dean: Nixon abuses pale compared to Bush … Levy examines sexuality and feminism 10 12 RESEARCH Komen funds cancer research … Finding community online ARTS & CULTURE For Joel Grey, life is still a Cabaret … Lights, Cameras, Costumes! … The world comes to Zoellner in 2008-09 14 SPORTS Nearly ﬂawless Diamond sparkles on ﬁeld … Serwo rewrites Lehigh record book … Santoro named head wrestling coach • THE LAST WORD Finding balance at the edge of the world FEATURES 16 PHOTO COURTESY OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS COVER STORY IN GALILEO’S WAKE John Delaney ’64, professor of oceanography at the University of Washington, is performing groundbreaking research that could change the way we view the ocean—research that is in line to receive $331 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. PHOTO ON COVER BY MIKE HIPPLE 24 TECHNICALLY FUNNY Don McMillan ’81 has carved out a unique niche for himself in the comedy world by incorporating jokes about engineering, math, computers, and other high-tech topics into his act. 30 THE HEALING GAME Magaly Spector ’85G, ’93G has overcome hardship, poverty, and devastating personal tragedy to become a chess champion, a distinguished scientist, and one of the nation’s most respected Hispanic women. From left, Donald B. Stabler ’30, Samuel Harleman 1901, and E.T. Forstall ’20, tip their hats to the 1964 Summer All Class Reunion. Stabler had just been elected president of the Lehigh University Alumni Association (LUAA) by the 3,500 alumni who attended the reunion. Harleman was the oldest alumnus attending the reunion that year, and Forstall was the former LUAA president. 34 LOOKING FOR AMERICA Cody Smart ’06 hitchhiked across country, with just a backpack and a camera. His images capture an America most of us will never see.   

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Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 Contents From the President's Desk Mailbox On Campus Research Arts & Culture Sports Alumni News Cover Story: In Galileo's Wake Technically Funny The Healing Game Looking for America The Last Word

Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008

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