1957

'Round the girdled earth we roamed, in our lives and in our careers. Some of our brothers still live outside the USA. This col- umn is devoted to the internationals among us.

"Godt Nytt Ar, Howie," Bob Baehr writes from scenic Grimstad, Norway. After graduate work at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Bob went to Maui, Hawaii, then on to Pago Pago, American Samoa, to teach Polynesian history to Polynesians (via multi-island educational TV). In his career as an American studies professor, Bob says that although he has left the USA physically, he has never left it emotionally. In recent years Bob has lived in Norway. He ended classroom work six years ago after a heart transplant, but has continued American studies efforts. He and his wife, Inger, make frequent Transatlantic trips plus occasional Black Sea cruises, Orient Express and Trans Siberian railroad journeys. "Tusen takk," Bob.

The letter that I sent to Jim Howe in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, last June arrived in De- cember, which, he says, "gives you some idea of the immediacy of outside communications here." Jim and Diane have lived for eightyears in a small fishing village across the road from the sea, where they spend a lot of time sailing as well as repair- ing both boat and house. It didn't take long after retirement for them to figure out that they both needed to go back to work. Bob now teaches online part-time at the University of Vermont and Diane telecommutes to a small Burlington college. The island is home from October to May "more or less" and they summer in Vermont.

After nearly 30 years as a lawyer in San Fran- cisco, Dave Sandborg developed a problem with his vocal chords and was advised to take a medical break from trial practice. He accepted an offer to teach in Hong Kong and to direct a masters de- gree program in arbitration and dispute resolu- tion. Dave soon found he enjoyed the academic life. For the past eightyears he has been living in Hong Kong, teaching, doing research and serv- ing as an arbitrator. He's also had the opportunity to be a visiting professor at a number of universities in mainland China, Southeast Asia, Australia and the USA. In 2004 he will be teaching in India, Croatia, Australia and Beijing as well as Hong Kong. Dave says, "One of the nice things about being an international arbitrator is that aging is often seen as a benefit—there seems to be a perception (not always correct) that a few gray hairs and long experience means that one has more wisdom and better judgment."

Kwan Ha Yim, a native of North Korea who fought as an officer in the South Korean Army during the Korean War, received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Dr. Yim has served as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, chaired the Columbia University seminar on Korea and for 20 years was active in bringing democratic reform to the South Korean government. He is currently professor of political science at Manhattanville College.

Any discussion of the internationals among us should include Wendell Smith (Bermuda) and Al Escalante (Costa Rica), who maintain residences in the USA, and Tony Williamson (New-foundland/Canada). Each has hosted a successful '57 mini-reunion in their country.

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