20 Large as Life

26 So To Speak

28 Forever Young

2 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

4 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

7 First Word
The editor’s turn

8 Jayhawk Walk
Dorm darling, station static, bug buzz and
more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Graduate fellowships for
scholars, a new dean for pharmacy and more

16 Sports
Men’s basketball finishes strong and women’s
basketball lands a new coach

36 Association News
The 2004 Distinguished Service Citations

40 Class Notes
Profiles of animal rescuers, a Seuss collector
and a college president

54 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

56 Rock Chalk Review
A mapmaker with an eye for history, a band of
Brothers’, a basketball memoir and more

60 Oread Encore
Al Oerter’s Olympic return