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enjoyed by dogs and owners alike. My
PAW assignment was to bring Butter
to sample a few of those creations in
Feldman’s kitchen on Philadelphia’s
Main Line. She and I reached an
understanding. She would provide butter.
I would provide Butter.
Actually, Eileen Watkin provided
butter. Watkin is the executive chef at
the Inn at Penn, a block from the
University of Pennsylvania campus,
and she was the one whose recipes we
would be sampling. She whipped up
salmon rice balls — excuse me, brown
rice arancini with sweet potato,
spinach, Parmesan cheese, and ground
salmon — and also brought mini
chicken meatloafs. Watkin described
our repast as “Italian comfort food.”
Italian comfort food is best enjoyed
in a group, so Feldman included her
own three dogs — two golden retrievers
named Phoebe and Sam, and
Amos, a collie. Would Butter like
Italian comfort food? I was not worried.
The culinary bar here, I have to
tell you, is very low. Butter happily eats
the two cups of kibble I feed her each
day, but she will vacuum up a greasy
napkin with the same enthusiasm.
Hers is not a sophisticated palate.
Feldman credits the idea for The
Culinary Canine to Sabina Louise
Pierce, her co-author and the book’s
photographer. The two were having
lunch in 2007 shortly after a national
pet-food recall was announced because
it had been discovered that some forcontinues
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chamber orchestra in New York City,
Salomé, which helps raise money and
awareness for other nonprofits — are
collaborating with LAUREN BUSH LAUREN
’06’s FEED Foundation to organize
the Clarins Million Meals Concert,
May 30 in Lincoln Center’s Alice
Tully Hall. ... Three companies
founded by Princeton alumni made
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founder, president, and chief technology
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Brig. Gen. Creighton W. Abrams Jr. ’62
Head of the Army Historical Foundation
PRESERVING MILITARY HISTORY As head of the Army Historical Foundation,
Brig. Gen. Creighton W. Abrams Jr. ’62 is charged with building support for the
National Museum of the United States Army. Expected to open in 2016 at Fort
Belvoir, Va., the museum would fill a major gap in the Army’s historical presence:
All other service branches have their own national museums. “As the largest and
oldest service, the Army needs the support of the American people, and this museum
will help connect and reconnect Americans with their Army,” says Abrams, the
son of the late Gen. Creighton Abrams, who was the U.S. commander in Vietnam
after Gen. William Westmoreland and later Army
chief of staff. The Army will operate the building,
which the foundation will fund through a $200
million capital campaign. In addition to raising
money — the campaign has brought in $65 million
from 95,000 donors to date — Abrams keeps
in touch with the Army Corps of Engineers on the
construction plans.
Brig. Gen. Creighton Abrams Jr.
’62 and Jamie Hubans, director
of publications/marketing services
for the Army Historical
Foundation, look at plans for
the Army’s national museum.
Résumé: Executive director of the
Army Historical Foundation since 2000.
Retired Army brigadier general. Served
31 years, including deployments to
Korea, Vietnam, Germany, Southwest
Asia, and Italy. Site manager for
General Dynamics in Saudi Arabia.
English major at Princeton.
A NEW DIRECTION “Other museums are mostly
about battles,” says Abrams. The Army museum’s
three major galleries will explore other facets of the Army since its 1775 founding.
“Soldiers’ Stories” will feature personal accounts told in pictures and text, plus
videos. “Fighting for the Nation” will tell the stories of major wars, from the
American Revolution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fight against
terrorism. “Army and Society” will look at interactions of the military and civilians
by exploring technology, the tradition of civilian control of the military, the
Army’s role in public-works projects and as a societal “melting pot,” and public
support of the troops.
COLLECTIVE MEMORY The museum expects to attract some 750,000 visitors a
year. “It will remind those who have served — and their families and friends —
that their collective stories and deeds will not be forgotten,” Abrams says. π
By Van Wallach ’80
Alumni scene
paw.princeton.edu • May 16, 2012 Princeton Alumni Weekly
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