Paper Girl
Paper! Paper?
The Visitation
“Carl, you have been with ghosts.”
Disaster Control
The best way to help in natural disasters.
Scoreboard
From Oct. 7 to Dec. 8.
Alumni Awards of Merit
Alumni Award of Merit citations.
Singing Lorca Back to Life
Ainadamar, Osvaldo Golijov Gr’91’s “fountain of tears” for García Lorca, will be performed at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music from February 7 to 16.
Coming Home, Changing Course
“American Modern” William H. Johnson at Arthur Ross Gallery.
Betting on Vegas
Oscar Goodman L’64 and the Mob (Museum).
Train Time
It was a stone gas, honey. Love, Peace, and Soul.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2014
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2014
The Art of Rightful Recovery
Howard Spiegler C’69 pioneered the legal fight to recover Nazi-looted art.
Literary License
Shivani Tibrewala C’00 runs a theater company in Mumbai and writes (a lot).
The Voice of Sports
Brian Seltzer C’07 is the voice of Penn sports—and some others, too.
Coming Full Circle in University City
USciences presidency latest first for Helen Giles-Gee CW’72 GEd’73 Gr’83.
Events
Jan|Feb 2014
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2014
Obituaries
Jan|Feb 2014 1934 Roscoe A. Bolton W’34, Alexandria, La., former chair of the old Alexander & Bolton, Inc., his family’s insurance agency; Sept. 26, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and the men’s rowing team. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. Jackson G. Denton W’34, Haverford, Pa., retired associate manager of the mortgage and real-estate department of Provident Mutual Life Insurance;July 20. Mark Willcox C’34 L’37, Glen Mills, Pa., a retired partner of the Philadelphia law firm of Hepburn, Willcox, Hamilton & Putnam; Feb. 18. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. 1935 Dr. Norman M. Wall C’35 M’39, Heathrow, Fla., a retired cardiologist who had served as medical director of the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa.; Sept. 3. During World War II, he served with the US Army in the Middle East. He later helped establish the Sheba Medical Center in Israel. 1936 Monroe Geller C’36, New York, Nov. 16, 2011. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. His son is Thomas Geller C’69, one of whose sons is Timothy Geller C’99. George E. Speake ME’36, Oxnard, Calif., Dec. 7, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s varsity rowing team. 1937 Helen Keffer Battista Ed’37 GEd’38, Ft. Worth, Tex., May 16. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and the women’s tennis and swimming teams. James S. B. Beerer W’37, Audubon, Pa., a real estate and insurance broker; June 12, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of the rowing team. During World War II, he served with the US Army in Europe. Margaret M. Gerhart CW’37, Philadelphia, Aug. 1. William O. Spiess W’37, Lake Park, N.C., Feb. 18. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s rowing team. 1938 Alfred J. Dann W’38, Doylestown, Pa., former senior contract negotiator for the US Defense Logistics Department; Aug. 30. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s volleyball team. During World War II, he served with the US Army in Europe, including Omaha Beach and the Ardennes, and later in a provincial military government in Germany. His daughter is Andrea Dann Urban GNu’93 and his grandson is Brett A. McCurdy C’09. Marcus M. Fisher W’38, Pittsburgh, retired financial vice president for U.S. Steel; Aug.... Read More
House Proud
Window, Jan|Feb 2014
Nov|Dec 2013
Volume 112, No. 2
Philo Phorever
As it enters its third century, America’s oldest continuously existing college literary society still has a role to fill on campus, in keeping with its unofficial motto: “Raise hell with your brain.”
Letters
Nov|Dec 2013: Some Praise, But Mostly Corrections.
A Room of One’s Own
Notes From the Undergrad | “As a former foster child I rarely forget that having a home is a privilege.”
Finding Mrs. D
Alumni Voices | Discovering a long lost recipe, a flavor of childhood, and a culinary influence hidden for 30 years.




















