The year 2013! May it be ever green! 


Doug Jabs is a professor and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He previously was the Alan C. Woods Professor of Ophthalmology and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the division of ocular immunology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He became chairman of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai in March 2007. In addition to his medical degree Doug received a master’s of science in business from Johns Hopkins in 1998 and master’s of business administration from Johns Hopkins in 2000. Doug has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, given several named lectures and frequently is an invited speaker at national and international meetings. He is a member of a variety of professional societies and currently is on a committee for the National Eye Institute as well as on the editorial boards of several ophthalmology journals.


In 2011 Hollins University recognized professor Caren Diefenderfer with three awards: the Roberta A. Stewart Service Award granted on Founder’s Day in February to an employee whose service demonstrates long-term service, loyalty to the university and commitment to its principles, effectiveness, wisdom and caring for students and colleagues; the Herta Freitag Faculty Legacy Award in May for scholarly and creative accomplishments reflecting the academic standards set by Freitag, professor of mathematics from 1947 to 1971; and a Cabell Fellowship for her 2011-12 sabbatical year. Each Cabell fellow delivers a lecture, open to the public, the following year. Caren’s October 2012 lecture was titled “A Tale of Two Passions: Mathematics and Fiber Arts.” Caren is a director of the Mathematical Association of America’s Tensor Grant for Women and currently is serving as president of the National Numeracy Network.


This past November the National Bar Association presented recently elected trustee Ben Wilson, managing principal of Beveridge & Diamond, with the Wiley A. Branton Award, named in honor of the attorney and civil rights activist. The annual award is presented to individuals who demonstrate leadership on the cutting edge of law for civil, social and economic justice. Ben’s litigation practice encompasses a wide range of activities in both state and federal courts, including commercial and environmental litigation matters. Among his projects he has served as lead environmental counsel to the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission on the new center for the Washington Wizards basketball team and the Washington Capitals hockey team and the proposed football stadium for the Washington Redskins. 


At Class Officers Weekend Mark Harty, Bob Barr, John Neff, Bill Nisen, Pat Kennedy and your scribe discussed preliminary plans for our 40th reunion, to be held June 2014 (the weekend after graduation) in conjunction with the classes of 1974 and 1975. If you would like to organize a local mini-reunion in 2013 or have any suggested 2014 reunion activities, notify a class officer.


—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; val.armento@alum.dartmouth.org