Table of Contents

November 1993 • Volume 85 • Number 10

14 Prophet of Limits

An environment professor struggles against media static, by Suzanne Spencer '93

18 The Old Man and KC

Aging placekicker Nick Lowery '78 gets his chance for immortality, by Brooks Clark '78

30 Chew Gum, See Dartmouth

A collection of Green sports cards is bigger than you might think, by Andrew Edison '91.

4 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

6 Letters

8 On the Hill

Football's cop • Clubs with a heart • Ski jump's demise • Plus: Bragging Rites

32 Syllabus

34 Presidential Range

54 Class Notes

68 Obituaries

80Dartmouth Undying

On the cover:

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop '37 is back on the health-care pulpit, this time at Dartmouth. The painting is by Paul Davis.

24 Can the FamilyDoctor Recover?

Last September, medical prophet G. Everett Koop '37 endorsed the Clinton health-care plan, which would encourage the growth of health-maintenance organizations that offer primary care. But Koop thinks that boosting family pratice is only part of the solution: first, lie says. America must reverse the decline in the number of family practitioners. Writer and public-policy analyst Charles Wheelan '88 looks at a plan by Dartmouth's new Koop Institute to combine medschool education and hightech innovation to transform and revive the family doctor. And Wheelan asks the question: Will we ever see house calls again?