1983
1983 content overview
Glenn Dryfoos ’83 Just Released Jazz Great Benny Carter’s Princeton Recordings
‘Benny … is the Joyce Carol Oates, the Arthur Lewis, the John Nash of jazz,’ Dryfoos says
Douglas Rushkoff ’83 Explains the Post-Apocalyptic Plans of the Rich
Rushkoff’s new book details how the ultra-wealthy plan to escape from the rest of us
Lost in the Democracy
Walter Kirn ’83’s long search for America
Experiments in Economics
Why a pioneering approach by Princeton researchers was honored with a Nobel
Watching the War
‘You feel helpless that these people you spent 30 years of your life with are facing the abyss,’ Earle says
Nathan Myhrvold *83 Wrote 1,708 Pages About Pizza
‘I’d encourage everyone to step a little outside their comfort zone,’ says Myhrvold
Lives: Lawrence Otis Graham ’83
He Wrote About Racism And Living in Two Worlds
After 50 Years Fencing, Paul Epply-Schmidt ’83 Is Still Winning
Epply-Schmidt won gold at the U.S. Fencing’s Veteran National Championships in August
Kevin Wilkes ’83 is Restoring the Home of Activist Paul Robeson
The house will serve as a gallery, a meeting space for nonprofits, and temporary housing
Chronicler of the Natural World
Richard Preston *83 writes about nature’s power, from viruses to the tallest trees
Bill Brown ’83 Raises Funds for Parkinson’s Research Through Skiing
People think a Parkinson’s diagnosis is ‘the end of life.’ On the slopes, Brown shows that’s not true
Picture Book by Jan Lettes Zauzmer ’83 Fosters Excitement about Voting
‘My hope is that kids will be inspired to grow up to be voters themselves,’ Zauzmer says
For Evan Harrel ’83, Compassion Is About Action
“We are truly all connected,” Harrel says