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Thank you to all the readers who responded to our recent survey about DePauw Magazine. To clear up a few matters: • Several respondents said they wanted more Class Notes. We depend on your submissions to populate Class Notes. Submit a note about a new job, marriage, baby, award or any life event to

Donna Grooms at dgrooms@ depauw.edu. • A few respondents lamented that they weren’t included in issues that touched on their professions or activities. Submit a Class Note about your accomplishments and activities to Donna Grooms at dgrooms@ depauw.edu and keep Alumni

Engagement informed, as well.

Send news tips and book notices to communicate@depauw.edu. • Several said they want to read the magazine digitally. You can! Go here – www.depauw. edu/offices/communicationsmarketing/depauw-magazine/ – and click on the magazine for the current issue or on “past issues” to read older ones.

DePauw M AGAZINE

Summer 2022

IN THIS ISSUE:

Adventure! / Bold & Gold 2027 / Posse at 25 / and more

Adventure!

Searching for Shackleton

Send letters to the editor to communicate@depauw.edu. We love to hear from our readers!

TO THE EDITOR:

I just have to tell you how marvelous the (summer) edition of the magazine is! … From the excitement of the adventure stories (25 pages of them!) through the description of the new Bold & Gold program to the Posse testimonials, it all adds up to an excellent (shall I guess awardwinning?) publication. I was engaged from front to back. In addition to providing more insights into DePauw “then and now,” the variety of inspirational tales therein should be useful in inspiring present and future students to follow their dreams. To the many folks involved: the concept, layout, photography: Everything is topnotch. – Dave Gilbert ’65

Early in 1963, I transferred to DePauw University. When I arrived on campus it was still Christmas vacation and the campus was deserted. … but I found an unlocked door in the biology building … I soon noticed that the office at the far end of hallway was open and the light was on. I started to turn back so as not to disturb the person in that room, but before I could do so the person called out to ask if he could help me. That was how I met Dr. Jim Gammon. … He stopped what he was doing and for the next couple of hours we developed, course by course, the academic program I would complete to earn my bachelor’s degree. … He also graciously sent a letter of recommendation to the graduate school of my choice – which must have been a good one because I was accepted. Dr. Gammon and I were occasionally in touch over the years, and he never seemed to age. Always enthusiastic, always busy. Even in 2021, when he was 90, we had an exchange of emails that indicated that he was still very active and his memory was sharp as ever. But now he is gone. I mourn his passing. – Steve Zimmerman ’65

Is a recent read occupying your thoughts? Has a book indelibly imprinted your life? We want to hear from you. Send your recommendation to communicate@depauw.edu.

What We’re Reading

By Laurie Hooton Hamilton ’58 and Don Hamilton ’57

“The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray is the remarkable story of J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, a Black American woman who passed as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation. The book tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style and wit. She must preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

The author, Marie Benedict, in order to do justice to the book, collaborated with Victoria Christopher, a Black woman, who has more than a million books in print. A compelling read! From the back cover of “The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen 83 ¼ Years Old”: “Technically speaking, Hendrik is elderly, but at 83 ¼, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly.” He has decided to rebel – on his own terms. Charming, inspiring, laugh-out-loud funny with a deep and poignant core, it is a page-turner, a delight for readers of any age. For the Class of 1957, this is required reading.

The Book Nook features notable, professionally published books written by DePauw alumni and faculty. Self-published books will be included in the Gold Nuggets section.

Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams and Kevin Howley “Money Talks: Alan Greenspan’s Free Market Rhetoric and the Tragic Legacy of Reaganomics” Wallace J. Nichols ‘89 “Dear Wild Child” Jamie Berglund Siebrase ’06 “Mythbusting the Great Outdoors: What’s True and What’s Not” Amy Kossack Sorrells ’94 “Miracle at the Sideshow: An Astounding Novel of the First Infant Incubators” Seth Friedman, associate professor of communication and theatre (co-editor) “Prestige Television: Cultural and Artistic Value in Twenty-First-Century America”