About the cover: Zack Dixon '07, who has worked in advertising for The Baltimore Sun since graduation, has seen his company successfully adapt to remain competitive with other forms of media even as newspaper circulations decline across the nation. Photo by Markswisher.com
Volume LVII No. 1
Spring 2009
Editor
Marcia C. Landskroener M'02
Art Director
Diane D'Aquino Landskroener '76 M'81
Assistant Editor
Sarah Snyder '04 M'08
Class Notes Editor
Lorraine Kenton Polvinale '69 P'98
Web Editor
Shane Brill '03
Editorial Consultants
Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96
Kevin O'Keefe '74
Design Assistant/Photographer
Ray Noll
Contributing Writers
Justine Hendricks '07
Eric Mills
Ray Noll
Brenna Nan Schneider '06
Printing and Mailing
United Litho, Inc.
Original Design by
Wilbert Gutierrez
Reclaiming the Heart of Carolina
Jim Blount '92 is building an eco-flooring business out of antique lumber. Marcia C. Landskroener M'02
New Money
A revolutionary approach to expanding money supply could fund our nation's economic recovery. Professor Richard Striner
The Next Big Thing
Students are meeting the growing demand for GIS technology. Ray Noll
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