I enjoyed reading the entertaining article about Vincent Canby in the November/December issue of the magazine. His quotes about movies are as timely and wise today as they were 50 years ago. Vincent was the chief movie critic for The New York Times from 1969 to 1993, and as the article said, “for 30 years no film reviewer at a daily paper was more influential or important than Canby.” William “Bill” Hardenstine passed away this year at the age of 101. Bill was in the Navy for 12 years, after entering the V-12 program. Known for his infectious smile, generosity, and kind words for all, he is survived by his two daughters and their families. Laurie Kreindler, daughter of Lee Kreindler,reached out to me with news of a book her mother, Ruth, wrote about her dad. According to The New York Times, Lee “played leading roles in the lawsuits after the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 off Long Island in 1996, the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, and scores of others.” After serving in World War II, Lee graduated from Harvard Law after Dartmouth. Lee led the law firm that he and his father founded in 1950 to advance the rights of victims of accidents and which soon became the leading plaintiffs’ firm in aviation accident law. He did so with ingenuity and steely determination both to modernize the legal rules applicable to wrongful death and aviation accidents and solve the causes of plane crashes to promote safety, excellence in the courtroom, and compassion for his clients. Lee became the most highly regarded aviation plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer in the world for more than five decades. Twenty-one years after his death in 2003, Ruth, has self-published The Fight for Justice, a book about her husband’s most challenging case and the deadliest terrorist attack on American civilians before 9/11—Pan Am Flight 103. She hopes it will help readers understand Lee’s passion and impact on aviation today. The Kreindler Conference Center in Haldeman, the building that houses the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, is named for Lee.

—Martha Johnson Beattie ’76, 6 North Balch St., Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 667-7611; mbeattie76@gmail.com