1968
The Dartmouth Medicine magazine had a recent cover story on Steve Atwood. He has lived in India for 12 years, where he now serves as chief of the health section for the India Country Office of UNICEF, based in New Delhi, assisting in the design of health-care projects. One recent effort was the immunization against polio of 127 million children under the age of 5, all in one day (no, he didn't do them all himself). Prior to his current position, he worked for CARE in India, traveling the breadth of the country working at the village level on children's nutrition and sanitation, as well as common conditions such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and skin diseases. His road to India from Dartmouth included two years at Dartmouth Medical School and two at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating in 1972. Steve worked at Bronx Municipal Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York before beginning to be drawn overseas. A trip to Vietnam in 1984 sealed his interest in a long-term assignment overseas, with family. Wife Carmen works for the Catholic Relief Service's Indian Offices, and their three children (Nicholas 15, and 13- year-old twins Thomas and Kelsey) go to the American Embassy School in New Delhi. Steve's on the board of the school, as well. They have getaway spots in the foothills of the Himalayas and in Vermont (does the foliage change in the Himalayas?)
Terry Dwyer is a columnist for the DailyRecord in Parsippany, N.J. In a recent column entitled "Even free enterprise has some warts," he was worrying that "some of the least appealing people in our country seem to be found in the palatial CEO suites of our largest corporations, with...even creepier types battling to succeed them." What we need more of, Terry writes, is "integrity, compassion, and sense of humor, which is really a sense of proportion and a willingness to recognize your own faults and mistakes." Bob Reich was the commencement speaker at Emory last May. Per the AtlantaConstitution, Bob told the 3,156 students to be alert for the life-altering choice. "You never know exactly when it will be coming at you. The most you can do is try to get in its way." Be wary of over-planning your life, or trying to satisfy the expectations of others. "Find a job that makes you happy, ideally one that also makes the world a slightly better place to live in. Find a mate whom you love and who will love you back, have children who will grow into decent men and women because you are a decent and loving parent, and make time for good friends." And write in news to your class secretary for our Alumni Magazine (note: your humble secretary added that part!). Keep the news coming.
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I none day, Steve Atwood helped immunize 127 million children against polio. DAVID PECK '68
Football's Sam Hawken '68, p. 24
