After running into each other at the start of their rafting trip (The Bates sweatshirt was the dead giveaway), Victoria Wagman ’88 of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Herbert Knight ’46 of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, enjoyed telling tales of Bates during the 280-mile adventure down the Grand Canyon last June. “It was fun listening to a fellow Batesie,” wrote Wagman.

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Alumni Profiles

• William Worthy ’42 Journalist, civil-rights activist, remains as vigilant as ever
• Barbara Chick ’50 Doctor’s gift helps medical students communicate
• John Strassburger ’64 Encouraged to “aim high”, he hits mark as new Ursinus president
• Jim Mulholland ’84 Internet entrepreneur hits the mother lode
• David Chokachi ’90 World’s most popular TV series lands a Batesie