Spring 1998
Volume 74, Number 1

P R E L U D E

Class Notes

Speaking Out
President William M. Chace hopes Emory's new Presidential Distinguished Professors will revive the role of the public intellectual
By John D. Thomas, Allison O. Adams, and Rhonda Mullen Watts

Across an Ocean of Words
Assistant Professor of English Xuefei Jin's stories of China during the Cultural Revolution have won praise for their simple style and understated beauty
By John D. Thomas

The Education of Michael Lomax
The former Fulton County Commission chairman is the new president of Dillard University
By John D. Thomas

 

D E P A R T M E N T S

In Brief

Healthcare on the Air--Randy Martin '65C-'69M

Laying Hold of the Truth--Barbara Brown Taylor '73C

The Law in Georgia--Thurbert Baker '79L

 

The Road Ahead

The summer of the Steinway: music's enduring magic

 

From the President

Afoot in the academic village

 

Enigma

A ring around Oxford

 

ALUMNI NEWS

Raising the roof

 

A forensic odyssey

David A. Lockmiller '27C-'28G'54H

 

The Rope Warrior
David Fisher '85B

 

 

The Cover: Photography by Annemarie Poyo

Copyright © 1998, Emory University

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