Bob Lande is planning a move next year to the New York area from his current home in Columbia, Maryland, in order to be closer to family. His younger daughter, an editor of a website devoted to Jewish studies, lives with her family in Brooklyn. Bob’s older daughter works for Royal Dutch Shell and lives in the Netherlands. Bob has two granddaughters and one grandson. Sadly, Bob lost his wife of 33 years in 2010. Bob has spent most of his career as a writer and editor in reproductive health, mainly family planning. He is currently working for the International Partnership for Microbicides, which is creating HIV prevention products for women in developing countries. His group recently launched phase three trials of its most advanced product, a vaginal ring that releases an antiretroviral drug. They hope to have results by 2015. If the trials show that the ring is effective, it should be on the market by 2017, providing millions of women who are at risk of HIV infection with a method to protect themselves.


As always, be safe.


—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com