Henry Binder, M.D., has been on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine since 1965 and is now professor emeritus. “I am continuing teaching and clinical activities but at a reduced pace,” Henry said. “My research on diarrheal diseases has continued at an accelerated level, now supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Recently I returned to India and Bangladesh to work on our current project.”


Last April New York University honored Henry with a Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in Clinical Sciences. Henry added, “My wife and I recently established the Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professorship in Gastroenterology at Yale School of Medicine to support continuation of basic scientific research.”


Charles Tseckares returned from the Middle East, where he is working on several architectural projects. In Saudi Arabia he is designing a 4,000-room hotel in Mecca for a private client. Charles said, “During the holy week of Hadj the hotel can accommodate five people per room, equivalent to a population of 20,000 people, all of whom will want to eat and pray at the same time—a unique architectural problem.” Because only Muslims are allowed to enter Mecca, Charles is working with a Jordanian architect who visits the site and sends him photographic updates.” 


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Howie Howland was honored and commended as Newsletter Editor of the Year during our combined Homecoming mini-reunion and Class Officers Weekend. Both Howie and wife Wendie were cited for their many years of service to the College in numerous roles and positions. 


I’m sorry to report that classmates Larry Gardner, Bill Allison and Larry Karacki have died recently. 


—Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net