Comments on: Multimedia: President Spencer’s event in New York City with Bryant Gumbel ’70 and Michael Chu ’80

By: Ruth Haskins Bass '55

Ruth Haskins Bass '55 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:43:20 +0000

Loved hearing from Richard Hillman, class of 1965. After years in the newspaper world, where facts are supposed to prevail, I also published my first novel at the age of 72. And I still, 60 years out, write a weekly opinion column. The influence of Prof. Robert Berkelman, scary as he was at the time, hangs in there. �ֲ��ý lasts a long time.

By: Richard S. Hillman

Richard S. Hillman — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:11:36 +0000

As a grad, class of 1965, I attribute my success as an author, and the publication my first novel at the age of seventy-two, in no small part to the liberal arts education I received at �ֲ��ý.

Although not an English major, one of my favorite profs, the late John Tagliabue, inspired me to write fiction. The motivation stayed with me and expressed itself after retiring from a career as a political scientist with many non-fiction publications!