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Healing and discovered just how
good an allegory The Comedy offers
for modern healthcare. So, this
story could be a helpful example
of how the great books can inspire
and guide us in today’s world.”
1984
Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga (A) coauthored
the book Public Purpose
in International Law: Rethinking
Regulatory Sovereignty in the
Global Era (Cambridge University
Press, 2015). He notes that
the book “explores how the public
purpose doctrine reconciles the
often conflicting, but equally
binding, obligations that states
have to engage in regulatory
sovereignty while honoring hoststate
obligations to protect foreign
investment.” Martinez-Fraga has
published five books on public and
private international law; two of
his works have been translated
into Mandarin by the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences.
2002
NAVIGATING THE STARS
David Prosper (SF) writes, “Several years ago I escaped from working for a sim-racing startup
and now work full-time as an astronomy educator at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
My main projects are in support of the NASA Night Sky Network, a program devoted to helping
amateur astronomy clubs show the night skies to the public. I am also the program director
for the Eastbay Astronomical Society at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland,
California, and sometimes I even get paid to give tours of the night sky!” His new co-authored
book, The Total Sky-Watcher’s Manual, was published by Weldon-Owen Publishing in 2015.
Mark Niedermier (A) moved back to
Minnesota where he is now head
of school at Many Rivers Montessori
in Duluth. He also became a
trained civil mediator and is doing
alternative dispute resolution in
the county court system.
1986
Douglas Gentile’s (A) third book,
Media Violence and Children:
A Complete Guide for Parents
and Professionals (Praeger, 2nd
Edition, 2014) is now available on
Amazon and at www.abc-clio.com/
Praeger.aspx. Gentile is an associate
professor of psychology at Iowa
State University.
John Newell (A) has discovered
a new type of probability that is
based on directional similarity.
The probabilities provide a way
to understand quantum entanglement
and violations of Bell’s
inequality. Find out more at www.
hellos.com/physics.
1987
Charlotte Glover (SF) reports that
she survived her first year as a
business owner in fine style. Her
store, Parnassus Books and Gifts,
has thrived in downtown Ketchikan,
Alaska for 30 years thanks
to supportive locals and loads of
cruise ship passengers who want
books about all things Alaskan.
Visit her store on Facebook as
“Parnassus Books in Ketchikan.”
Several classmates have called
in book orders, which she says is
“much appreciated and a welcome
blast from the past.”
1988
After teaching for five years at
Title One middle schools, Claudia
(Probst) Stack (A) is currently
working full-time on her new film
about sharecropping.
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