As president of the board of directors for the Boston affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, I was extremely gratified to read about the extensive breast cancer research being carried out across so many disciplines at my alma mater [“The Good Fight,” January].

The foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of thirty-six. Its mission is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening, and treatment.

I am very proud to be affiliated with this wonderful, volunteer-driven group. If anyone would like to learn more or get involved, please e-mail us at info@komenboston.org, or call 617.746.9292.

— Philip Graceffa, E’83
Weymouth, Massachusetts

Encouraging words

Comments drawn from subscription forms received since September.

I enjoy reading the magazine very much, the best alumni magazine I have come across. Its wide variety of graduate success stories show Northeastern is an excellent institution of learning.
— John J. Barry, E’24
Springfield, Massachusetts

It’s been seventy-three years, but we still look forward to every issue. Keep up the good work.
— John A. Cullinan, E’30
Ridge, New York

I really enjoyed the 1903 Red Sox article [“It Was a Hundred Years Ago Today”] in the September 2003 issue.
— Joseph F. Willard, E’49
Hingham, Massachusetts

The magazine is getting better and better. Keep up the good work.
— Nicholas Efthim, LA’53
Dolores Pereira Efthim, LA’54
Walpole, Massachusetts

Excellent magazine. We have three Boston-area alma maters—and Yale—so we should be aware of quality standards. Also, we are delighted with Bill Fowler’s election, a real gain for the Alumni Association.
— Beryl H. Bunker, UC’62, MBA’67
John W. Bunker, MEd’72
Boston, Massachusetts

You do a very good job—far better than most alumni magazines.
— Margaret F. Hemmingsen, MEd’69
Winchester, Massachusetts