January/February 2006.

Robert H. Bell, the William R. Keenan, Jr., Professor of English at Williams College, recently joined with William 
Dowling ’66, of Rutgers University, to write the Reader’s Companion to ‘Infinite Jest.’  The book is designed 
to accompany D.F. Wallace’s 1996 novel.  Both Bob and Bill received doctorates in English from Harvard.  Bob is 
the Director of the Center for Effective Teaching at Williams, and has won several national awards for outstanding 
teaching.  He publishes regularly in Commonweal and is host of The Book Show on Northeast Public Radio.  

Jonathan Feltner of Boston, Massachusetts is the First Assistant General Counsel, Trials Section for the 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Law Dept.  Jon earned his JD from Boston Univ. Law School in 1979.  A 
recent story described Jonathan’s experiences in Vietnam and how he met Carol Glackin (who became his wife).

Earl Winters “Wynn” Mabry was inducted into the Enid, Oklahoma Public School Foundation Hall of Fame.  Wynn 
is director of Mecklenburg County Health Department in Charlotte, North Carolina and the county’s homeland 
security director.  He made a career in the Air Force, retiring as a major general and commander of Wilford 
Hall Medical Center.  He then served as medical director at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab 
Emirates before going to Charlotte.

In August I went to Washington, D.C. to chair a symposium at the American Psychological Association. Got together 
with Wayne C. Beyer, who is an administrative appeals judge for the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.  
In addition to his legal work, Wayne remains active writing.  We talked about our classmate, James Van Amburg, 
with whom we studied English literature at Oxford University during 1966.  In July, Jim died of a cerebral
hemorrhage. Jim graduated with honors in English and was a Rufus Choate Scholar at College. He received his
Doctorate in Education from Stanford University.  He served as the previous alumni class secretary.  Jack Harris, 
Bill Yaggy, and Sam Ostrow attended the memorial service in White Plains, New York. Over 400 people came to
celebrate Jim's remarkable career as an educator, most recently as Head at the Windward School, a specialized
school for children with learning disabilities. Jim's son, Nick '99 gave a wonderful, funny touching
reminiscence of Jim.  Jim's wife, Penny, expressed her appreciation to the Class for how much Jim was always
a part of us, and Jim's colleagues at the school all observed how he made sure that every room in the school
was in some way painted in Dartmouth Green.  Jim was well loved.  Our sympathies to the Van Amburg family.

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