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Michael Hillegass spoke at the Cliosophic Society in Lancaster on Feb. 2. His topic was “Holland’s Hexagram,” which is a six-sided geometric figure that allows for the graphic depiction of six basic personality types relating to working behavior. He and his wife, Mary, have returned to the Lancaster area.

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Burt Kaufman recently announced his retirement. He began his career as a teacher in Baltimore and became one of the nation’s leading mathematics curriculum developers, directing national research projects targeting America’s most talented young mathematicians. He moved to South Florida, first in 1963 to design the mathematics courses at the experimental Nova schools in Broward County, and again in 1981 when he established the county’s Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students Program. In 1993 he created the Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, a teaching and research institute based in Plantation, Fla., which teaches more than a thousand mathematically talented students in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. It also has centers in Connecticut, Philadelphia, Raleigh, and St. Louis.

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From Boynton Beach, Fla., Nathan Dorman, M.D., writes that he retired from the practice of dermatology in New Jersey after 42 years. He and his wife, Blanche, have two children and four grandchildren.” • Morton Feldman, M.D., writes: “I retired from surgical practice three years ago. I recently returned from Yangzhou, China, where I taught for six months at the medical school and Peoples Hospital #1 as a visiting professor. Also, I am attempting to establish a camp in Gaoyou, China, for children with cancer.”

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Roy Scheider received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Sun Deis Film Festival at Brandeis University in March.

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Art Magilner, M.D., writes in to report that he is a semi-retired radiologist, not a cardiologist, as was incorrectly reported in the Winter issue.