Cover: Jake Eberts, BEng'62, DLitt'98, backstage at Place des Arts in Montreal, after receiving an honorary degree at Fall convocation. Photo by Claudio Calligaris.
ALUMNI QUARTERLY
FALL 1998



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A Word with the Principal
Principal Bernard Shapiro shares some thoughts on McGill's present and future.
BY DIANA GRIER AYTON
The Reel Deal
What's a nice guy like this doing in show business? Film producer Jake Eberts receives an honorary degree.
BY DANIEL McCABE
McGill a pignon sur rue au Japon
Depuis juillet dernier, environ 40 étudiants ont entamé le programme de MBA de McGill à Tokyo.
PAR PIERRE THÉROUX
Fighting for the Right
On the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we look at McGill graduates and faculty who have helped defend the downtrodden.
BY HÉLÈNA KATZ, BA'94
Rebuilding for the Future
We invited graduates from three eras to share their memories of a unique campus, but one in need of repair.
BY VIVIAN LEWIN
Happy Anniversary
The McGill Alma Mater Fund turns 50 and welcomes a new Chair.
BY ANDREW MULLINS AND JENNIFER TOWELL
The Year of Living Differently
A McGill doctoral student recalls a trip to Indonesia -- a land of superlatives.
BY MICHAEL WOOD, MA'96


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