Being a neuropsychologist with an interest in physiology, I can perhaps be forgiven for taking literally the following quote from an interview in the Springfield MA Sunday Republican: "I made part of the decision with my brain, part of the decision with my heart. I was ready to get back into some action." The source? Scott Creelman. Having retired three years ago after 25 years at Spalding Sports Worldwide, Scott has agreed to lead a new company, a division of the apparel company Russell Corp. This corporation acquired the Spalding name and its sporting goods division. Those of you who followed campus sports will remember Scott as a top baseball pitcher (10th on the individual pitching records list) and football receiver (24 catches for 435 yards and three touchdowns in 1963). After graduation Scott got a MBA at Columbia and eight years later he joined Spalding.

The Endocrine Society has a new President: E. Chester ("Chip") Ridgeway. In addition to teaching and research, Chip has an active clinical practice in thyroid and pituitary disorders. He hangs his shingle (do people still do that?) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

The May/June column announced Randy Beer's appointment to the National Security Council as special assistant to the president for combating terrorism. That was noteworthy, but what he did next merited front-page attention in the Washington Post. Five days before the war began in Iraq, Randy decided that the Bush administration's actions were making us less secure, not more, and he resigned. Feeling that the administration's focus was too narrow, all offense and no defense, and lacked teamwork and breadth of international support, Randy resigned and volunteered to be national security advisor for Sen. John F. Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts, who is interested in displacing Randy's former boss. The Post asks pointedly, "What does this intelligence insider know?"

There's a new Security Chief at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Raymond ("Ray") Neff has been chosen to be the new Chief Information Officer. I hear "computer security" in that title; I hope there aren't any scandalous hard disk disappearances during Ray's tenure. After graduation, Ray earned Master's and Sc.D. degrees at Harvard University in biostatistics and scientific computing. Most recently, Ray has been CIO at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport RI, where he strengthened their information security program. Before that, he spent 14 years as VP for Information Services and CIO at Case Western Reserve University. After his doctorate, he worked in computer services at the College and at Harvard Medical School, and as a biostatistics professor in Harvard's School of Public Health.

The plans for a memorable 40th Anniversary Reunion are moving forward under the capable stewardship of Class VP Ed Williams ( egwilliams@somlaw.com). Mark your calendars for Memorial Day Weekend in 2004 (May 28, 29, 30 & 31). See our Web site for the names of those who are already committed to coming (and add your name by contacting me as soon as you know).

Gus Buchtel, 2861 Gladstone Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104-6432; gusb@umich.edu or http://happy.dartmouth.org/classes/64/news.html.