Table of Contents

FEATURES

48 Our Man in Egypt

In a wide-ranging interview, Ambassador Francis Ricciardone Jr. '73 makes sense of the Middle East. BY DIRK OLIN '81

52 History Detective

When Phil Cantelon '62 left academia to write about the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, he pioneered a new industry. BY MATTHEW MOSK '92

56 Not Your Mother's Bible

Professor Susan Ackerman '80 has a cult following among biblical scholars because of her scrutiny of what's not in the Bible—including topics such as ritual sexuality. BY CATHERINE FAUROT, MALS'05

DEPARTMENTS

10 Letters

Notebook

24 CAMPUS

News and notes from around the Green.

28 OFF CAMPUS

The alum behind Animal House strikes again. BY CHRISTOPHER KELLY '96

32 SPORTS

Dartmouth coaches talk about leadership and the rules of BY COURTNEY BANGHART 'OO

36 ALUMNI OPINION

Standardized testing and No Child Left Behind legislation do not address inequalities in our education system. BY JOHN MERROW '63

40 TRIBUTE

The waters of the Connecticut River link a daughter to her rowing father. BY SARA E. QUAY

42 FACULTY OPINION

Investing retirement funds should require a license—just as driving does. BY ANNAMARIA LUSARDI & ALBERTO ALESINA

Alumni News

64 SEEN & HEARD

70 THE CLASSES

102 CLUBS

103 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 112

John C. Topping Jr. '64, an advocate for the planet BY LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, courtesy of U.S.Embassy, Cairo. Digital effects: Lia Rothstein

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Historian Phil Cantelon '62 on the business of history.