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Washington, D.C.: This October, Deb Felix ’83 and Dave Hawver ’85 hosted an impromptu reunion for members of the Class of 1983.

The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) named Irving Dayton ’48 a fellow in August.

For her 90th birthday, Pat McGeer hit on the perfect gift for Edith “Edie” Graef McGeer ’44, his wife and neuroscience collaborator: He applied for a patent on a new compound she had suggested synthesizing.

Few things can reduce the typical stresses of college life like the wagging tail and friendly face of a dog. 

Social entrepreneurship could be defined as “doing good by doing well,” says Joy Charlton, executive director of the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. Swarthmore students are intensifying their exploration of this business model, in which the social rather than the financial value is the primary driver.

On a summer day in London during this centenary of the Great War, sadness salts the air where I stand. A remembrance garden of red poppies adorns the grounds of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, a symbol seen all over a country that lost a generation of young men from every walk of life.

Also worth remembering is Quaker nonviolence during wartime and revolution. The College—and its people—played an important role in the violent drama of World War I a century ago.

The face is a familiar one—the crown of white hair, wire-rim glasses, a touch of chin hair—a hirsute style he’s recently returned to after a few decades. Last time he sported that look, his hair was black.

Maurice Eldridge ’61 cuts a tall, straight-backed, dignified figure. As vice president for College and community relations and executive assistant to the president, he’s a staple at events on and off campus. He’s that friendly smile, calm voice during tense negotiations, whether between Swarthmore borough residents displeased with College upgrades to roads or with Mountain Justice students urging the College to divest its endowment from fossil fuel funds.

Martin “Marty” Fleisher ’80, an employee-benefits attorney in Manhattan, started playing bridge at age 8. 

Catherine Waters Raymond ’79 shares the secrets to mens sana in corpore sano.