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reed magazine logoAutumn 2007

Reed Mag Autumn 2007

On the cover
World War II memorial (detail), Eliot Hall; Orin Bassoff Photography

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Editor
Mitchell Hartman

Associate Editor
Aimée Sisco

Assistant Editor
Tara Wilkinson

Class Notes &
copy editor

Laurie Lindquist

Production Manager
Amy H. Taylor

Alumni News Editor
Robin Tovey '97

Development news editor
Matt Kelly

Graphic Designer
Chris Michel

Web Designer
Grapheon Design

 

Features

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Reed at War

The “Greatest Generation” came to college, then went off to save the world. They came back energized and traumatized, wounded and liberated. When they were done, the college would never be the same.
By Will Swarts '92

     
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Ripped from the Archives: Reedites Remember the War

Excerpts from Reed’s Oral History Project—from the date which will live in infamy, to the day the troops came home.
Research by Lisa Silverman

     
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It Takes {At Least} a Village

At the edge of a pristine tropical rain forest in Borneo, Dr. Kinari Webb ’95 is pushing a novel approach to conservation. Instead of giving away health care at the rural clinic she has established, the locals pay for treatment by working to restore the forest.
By Oakley Brooks

     
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The Race

Political scientist Paul Gronke parses the
2008 presidential election: a Q&A with
Reed editor Mitchell Hartman.


Departments

 

From the Editor

For seven days in September, our home entertainment center (such as it is) was a jumble of VCR tapes with episode numbers scribbled hastily on the labels: The War–1, The War–2. Although it wasn’t easy to catch all 15 hours of Ken Burns’ epic PBS series about the Greatest Generation, I sure did try... Read more.

Letters

Read letters from:
Giselle Lundy-Ponce ’93
Brewster Smith ’39
Joseph F. Bunnett ’42
Mark Paglin ’82
Mike Munk ’56
Tom Forstenzer ’65
David Friedlander ’73
Paul Shaw ’76
Steven Falk ’83
Morgan O’Toole-Smith ’94
Lloyd Gordon ’53
Lisa Davidson ’71
Erin Perlow ’87
Patty Williams ’02

Class Notes

Class notes are available on the alumni pages. You can also update your address, submit a class note, make a contribution to the college, and add your email address to the new on-line email directory from our web site. This is a protected web site, and you will be asked to enter your last name and Reed ID. Your ID number can be found on your alumni association membership card or on your address label from a Reed mailing.

Reediana

Read about books by Reedies. You can purchase these and other books through Reed's bookstore.

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Endpaper

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Why I serve
By Daniel Voorhies ’03

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Sociology professor John Pock in 1974. Special Collections, Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library.

Class notes are available on the alumni pages. You can also update your address, submit a class note, make a contribution to the college, and add your email address to the new on-line email directory from our web site. This is a protected web site, and you will be asked to enter your last name and Reed ID. Your ID number can be found on your alumni association membership card or on your address label from a Reed mailing.


reed magazine logoAutumn 2007