Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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The Provost’s Office From Sol Gittlemen: By the time you read these words, the class of 1983 shouldn’t need anymore from me. Whatever you’ve been able to get, you’ve got. But, maybe I can try to recapitulate: 1) Now begins the growing. If we did our job right, you will spend the next twenty years reading, thinking, absorbing, writing, expan¬ ding and getting better. When you are forty, then first will we know if we have done a good job of educating you. By then you will know what has stuck. 2) Start your own motor. Don’t wait for anyone to tell you what to do. 3) Believe that your tank is always half filled, not half empty. 4) Work hard for what you believe in, harder than anyone else could imagine. 5) You can accomplish what you want to accomplish without ever having to hurt someone else. Be competitive, but never lose sight of the other person. 6) Find pleasure in what you do. 7) Keep your memos short, watch your grammar, and spell correctly. 8) Remember the past, keep look¬ ing backwards, so that looking forward makes some sense. 9) Be good to your parents and to your children. 10) Figure out what is important to you, and what is not. Audrey Hale Assistant Provost Liz Canney Assistant to the Provost Academics 25

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The President’s Office From Jean Mayer The first word that comes to my mind in thinking about the four very pleasant years we have spent with the Class of ‘83 and how I would characterize you as a class is “serious.” Please do not misunderstand, for to my mind that is a high compliment. You have in¬ deed been serious people, with a sense of purpose and an approach to your goals that is both balanced and mature. You have been good students, good athletes, good neighbors in the Tufts community. Your representatives on the various planning committees and the trustee committees have made thoughtful and useful contributions. As a class, you have been faced even more directly than your predecessors with the perceived conflict between a general education and the necessity of getting and holding a job, and you have attacked that problem with common sense, but without neglecting the liberal arts. In all these serious matters, you have not lost your sense of humor or your pleasure in life, and you have added greatly to the pleasure the rest of us have felt in the day-to-day life of the Hill campus. As you may have gathered, we shall miss you. But we know that you are going to do well in the world, and we are proud to be sen¬ ding you into it. Arlene Ratner Assistant to the President Mason Fernald Executive Assistant to the President 24 Academics

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Administration Russell C. DeBurlo Treasurer John A. Dunn, Jr. Vice-President of Planning Joseph Lambert Secretary of the Corporation Steven S. Manos Executive Vice-President Dave Moffit Vice-President of Physical Plant Thomas Murnane Vice-President for University Development 26 Academics