May/June 2004.
Over the summer, Jerry Zaks directed "A Bad Friend" at the Mitzi E. Newhouse
Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York city.  Jerry's theater credits include:
"Six Degrees of Separation," "Anything Goes," "The Front Page," "The House of
Blue Leaves," "Guys and Dolls," "Lend me a Tenor," "A Funny Thing Happened 
on the Way to the Forum," and "Smokey Joe's Cafe." He has received four Tony 
awards for Best Director, four Drama Desks, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, 
an Obie, and in 1994 the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theater. 
After earning the MFA at Smith College, he started acting in New York with 
the Ensemble Studio Theater.  He met his wife Jill Rose a former dancer 
while doing a national tour of Grease; they have two daughters.
Jerry received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the College in 1999.

David T. Houston, Jr., president of Colliers Houston in Teaneck, NJ has been elected
president of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.  He holds an MBA in
finance and accounting from Columbia University.  During his career, Dave has 
worked with some of the largest corporate developers as an appraiser, consultant, and 
licensed real estate broker. He has served as the chairman of the board and as a 
director of Colliers USA.

Am sorry to report that Robert E. Wood of London, KY died in May 2003.  John Isaacs 
provided these details. Bob was an exceptionally nice and soft-spoken person with a 
passion for family, faith, travel, and serving others. After majoring in international 
relations at College, he went into the Peace corps, and worked in Thailand.  Bob earned 
an MA in Southeast Asian studies at Yale in 1971.  He taught in Vientiane, Laos from 
1971 to 1973. In Laos, he married Mary Lou Gething with whom he had three children: 
Patricia, Robert, and Timothy.  After time in Pottstown, PA, they moved to Eastern 
Kentucky in 1985 to work at the United Methodist Church's Red Bird Missionary
Conference.  Bob served as business manager of Red Bird's Mission and then treasurer
of the Conference before helping to establish the Bennett Center of London, KY.  In
2000, Bob was honored as Community Leader of the Year for his work in establishing the
center.  A few months before Bob became ill, he and Mary Lou returned to SE Asia to
celebrate their 30th anniversary and find the church where they were married. Bob and
Mary Lou's Christian faith has been passed on to their children: Robert serves as a
youth minister in North Carolina, Timothy ministers in Illinois, and Patricia and her
husband are in Indiana preparing to serve overseas.  Our sincerest sympathies to 
the Wood family.

Dave Mangelsdorff (3410 Turtle Village Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78230-3918)
e-mail to dmangels@txdirect.net  210-344-0942