Rory Quirk, C'65, L'80, read from and discussed his book Wars and Peace: The Memoir of an American Family, based on his parents' correspondence during World War II and the Korean War and his own wartime experience in Vietnam.

Cerf's Up

Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, known as a "father of the Internet" and senior vice president of Internet architecture and technology for WorldCom, spoke to the Associates in Washington on "The Internet: A Twenty-First Century Tsunami." Those wanting to pursue some of the topics he discussed can visit his website at http://www.worldcom.com/about_the_company/cerfs_up.

David Lodge and the Booker


From left to right:
Martyn Goff: OBE, Administrator of the Booker Prize;
Fr. Alvaro Ribero, S.J., Professor of English
Georgetown College; author David Lodge;
Dr. Susan K. Martin, University Librarian

David Lodge, author of screenplays, stage plays and numerous works of literary criticism as well as several award-winning novels, discussed "Literary Fiction in the Age of Publicity: Personal Reflections on the Booker Phenomenon" at the Travellers Club in London. His talk was followed by a reception and book-signing of his just published new novel, Thinks.