Volunteering has become an important part of life for many of us. For the past 12 years Joel Mitchell has been a board member with nonprofit Volunteer New York, the only volunteer connector in the lower Hudson Valley. Prospective volunteers connect with organizations looking for volunteers via a website that maintains the database. 


“We match these names and their skills to the organizations that are looking for volunteers,” said Joel. “Our list of volunteering opportunities is long and everyone has a skill set or passion that can be used to make our communities stronger! We also coordinate not-for-profit-related programs with area companies that encourage their employees to volunteer.” Joel also takes some time out “for just regular volunteering.”


Some people are so impassioned with their life’s work that it is hard to let go. After 50 years teaching at Harvard Law School, Lloyd Weinreb has retired to become the Dane Professor of Law, Emeritus. Before coming to Harvard Lloyd served as clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan and was a prosecutor for the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C. At Harvard Lloyd has taught numerous courses and has an extensive bibliography, including several casebooks on criminal law and law review articles. He is perhaps best known for the semi-popular book, Oedipus at Fenway Park: What Rights Are and Why There are Any. 


“Dartmouth was a paradise for me,” writes Steve Zaslow, “and I treasure every minute spent there and every relationship.” A Dartmouth Med School graduate and psychiatrist, Steve has recently retired to Florida, where he manages “to survive in unfriendly territory.” Steve, I sincerely hope that your roller-coaster life smooths itself out to a more friendly existence.


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I’m sorry to report the death of Bob Goodman. 


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