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A. JAY BLOCK, MD (Med) '62, of Gainesville, Fla., has retired from the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is the new editor-in-chief of CHEST. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for 37 years. Their daughter Margo is a certified public accountant; daughter Allison is an English teacher. He writes: "Each of them have grandchildren for Linda and me to play with." BRUCE M. LLOYD, of Mountain Lakes, N.J., reports his promotion to principal engineer/construction official with the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, with the responsibility for the review and approval of all electrical plans for construction and alterations for all health care facilities in the state. He also reports his 100 percent recovery from successful brain surgery in the mid-'80s to repair a ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

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GEORGE BASS, MSEE Pennsylvania State University '77, of Vienna, Va., writes: "I have been a hands-on engineer from the space race era to the present. My interests include golf, bowling, sailing, guitar, photography, and my musical interest, which is continued by having children who are studying piano, guitar, and percussion."
   PHIL BERGER, of New York, has had his book, Larry Holmes: Against the Odds, published by St. Martin's Press. The autobiography of the former heavyweight champion was written in collaboration with the famous pugilist.
   DEWITT C. BROWN III, MD George Washington University '68, of Winthrop, Mass., writes: "My son, Seamus, graduates from Hopkins in 1999--Thank God!"
   STEVEN J. GITOMER, PhD University of Wisconsin '69, of Santa Fe, N.M., is senior scientific advisor to the U.S. Department of State for science centers in Russia and the Ukraine. He is a U.S. member of the International Science and Technology Center's scientific advisory committee.
   STANLEY R. IFSHIN, of McLean, Va., is retired from the U.S. Foreign Service, and works part time for the U.S. State Department, helping to prepare the annual survey of human rights practices.
   "I cashed out," writes CLAYTON KALLMAN, MS (PH) '76, of Gainesville, Fla. "Now, I'm sitting on my assets and helping my kids with their homework!"
   RICHARD M. SATAVA JR., MD Hahnemann Medical University, MS Mayo Clinic, of Branford, Conn., is the director of NASA Space Center's Medical Informatics & Technology Applications. He is a member of numerous committees in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and is program manager of DARPA Biomedical Technologies (DARPA is the military's Star Wars research office--where the Internet came from). He is the author of Cyber Surgery: Surgical Application of Advanced Technology and is a proponent for robotics, virtual reality, microsensors, telemedicine, surgical simulator, and other medical technologies. THOMAS H. TROPP, JD Georgetown University '68, of Philadelphia writes: "I am traveling a lot--I'm off to Nepal with my wife, Joan, in October--and I'm reading good books, and practicing my French and Kung Fu."

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