November 2002			The Days of the Dolphins Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bear? Annual Report 2001-2002 Annual Donor Report 2001-2002	E Line Sports Alumni Passages Books From the Field Classes First-Person Huskiana
		1960s Peter Soltz, E’63, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, was honored in May as Volunteer of the Year by the Home for Little Wanderers at its annual recognition reception held at Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel. The owner of Penny Pincher Kitchen Cabinets in Walpole, Soltz has supported that town’s Longview Farm program, which offers a group home for emotionally disturbed boys, and the Clifford School, a Chapter 766–approved special-education school. “I thank the home for the recognition and urge others to get involved in volunteering, because the real reward is the progress you see some of the kids make,” writes Soltz. George S. Katsarakes, E’65, of St. Petersburg, Florida, writes, “A quick update on our new adventures begins with our twins, H. Alexandra and G. Perry, born February 25, 2001. Candy is a new mom and loving it; I am still with Network Technologies as chief operating officer, traveling every week to Long Island, and looking forward to the economic turnaround if and when it comes.” Despite his schedule, he reports he averages sixteen to twenty-four diaper changes per weekend, “depending on the twins’ diet.” John DeWitt, LA’66, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, is the author of Cool Cars, High Art: The Rise of Kustom Kulture, which was published last year by the University of Mississippi Press. DeWitt is an English professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Richard Rudman, LA’66, of Hollywood, California, received a plaque of appreciation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Alert System (EAS) Primary Entry Point Program at a meeting of the Partnership for Public Warning’s board of directors, for the years he’s devoted to the art and science of alert and warning. He has contributed to the Emergency Broadcast System, the EAS, the Primary Early Point Advisory Committee, state and local EAS plans, and the Missing and Abused Children Program (also known as Amber Alerts). Art Gelven, BA’68, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has established a supply-management consulting company, AEG Associates. Gelven spent thirty years as a procurement and contracts professional working for multibillion-dollar corporations and start-ups. The company’s website is at <www.aegassociates.com>. Contact Gelven via e-mail at <art@aegassociates.com>. Larry Altersitz, LA’69, of Westville, New Jersey, writes to say he “still works, is active in the Lions Club (president), 82nd Airborne Division Association chapter (secretary/treasurer), JWV (several state/county offices), writes online at <www.g2mil.com> regularly, and filed a patent application for nuclear-waste disposal.” He is, he goes on to say, “still not taking [my] medicine with any regularity, as people will note.” E-mail him at <rgrlarry@aol.com>.