Lincoln's own Elaine (Karl) McKeon S43, a Museum of Modern Art trustee, in the news while attending the Museum's annual fund-raising auction. The auction netted nearly $650,000.

        When Lincoln Wall of Fame recipient Fred Van Dyke S46 was asked by a San Francisco Examiner reporter how it felt to be going on Lincoln's Wall of Fame, he answered, "It's the biggest honor in my life. I've been featured in Sports Illustrated twice. I've been in Life magazine two times. I've been in every single surfing magazine. Being honored at Lincoln is the biggest honor of my life because when I went to Lincoln, I was so screwed up."

        We beg to differ with Fred's evaluation of his childhood. We feel he was simply a victim of misaligned priorities, a malady he has spent a lifetime correcting. His most recent book Once Upon Abundance: Coming of Age in California and Hawaii (Anoai Press) is, as Greg Ambrose of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "a splendid reminiscence of his boyhood in San Francisco during a time when area rivers teemed with salmon, and a trip down to Santa Cruz along Skyline Boulevard was an adventure of the highest order." He continues, "The book is filled with advice to youngsters about preserving what is precious in the world." Van Dyke was quoted in a recent interview, "Greed is one of the basic sins of the world. If you can see through the greed, you'll have much more of an open life to look forward to.... As we grow into our society, we become slaves to the system that is trying to sell us something every single moment."

        The awards just keep coming for Lincoln High Alumni Association Wall of Fame recipient Jack Martens S62 the 30 year veteran educator at Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Recently, Jack received the first Agnes Albert prize for Excellence in Music Education. The prize, $2,500, ³will be given annually to a Bay Area educator who exemplifies Albert's steadfast support of music education and access. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "The Band From Ben is a staple in the Bay Area music scene, as Martens holds 30 to 40 special concerts a year to showcase his students' talents".

        In the judicial news is the honorable Martin Jenkins S71, recipient of the Alumni Associationıs 1996 Wall of Fame honor. Judge Jenkins has made the transition from the Alameda County Superior Court to the federal level with aplomb. Appointed by the President in 1997 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District, Judge Jenkins takes with him the reputation as a premiere jurist. Not only has Judge Jenkins distinguished himself as a judge but also as a former Alameda County prosecutor and former professional football player.

        From a San Francisco Chronicle article of October 23, 1998 (timeliness is not one of our strongest virtues, obviously) by Jeannine Yeomans; "Surgeon Still Consults From Vine To Line". When Dr. Alfred de Lorimier (S49)was chief of pediatric surgery at the University of California at San Francisco, he was so well-known that children from throughout the Western Hemisphere were flown to him for lifesaving surgery.         After 32 years and more than 20,000 surgeries, de Lorimier retired to work at his vineyard and winery in Geyserville. Each day, he goes on the Internet to a website for pediatric surgeons. Doctors from Israel to Thailand describe their problem cases and he types in his advice.

        "When it gets too hot out in the vineyard, I come inside and get on the Net. Itıs fun because these are things I have a lot of experience with and you can tell the sender doesnıt have any idea what to do", said de Lorimier, who works on up to five cases a day this way.

        Some people never change. And he makes nice wine, too.

        Lincoln's students are in the news also. A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle tells of Lincoln students Emily Kaplan, a freshman, and senior Samia Hussein. Kaplan, who grew up in Israel, was shot in the foot by pro-Palestinian demonstrators and lost a friend who was killed in the conflict in her homeland, and Hussein, whose parents fled from Palestine as teenagers. The two have reconciled their differences by discussion in and out of the classroom. "Since their first meeting two weeks ago, the girls have spent hours in the class talking about the politics of the peace process, forging a new bond and personalizing the conflict for their classmates. They are asked pointed questions, compared philosophies and passionately argued their perspectives." Says Chronicle staff writer Anastasia Hendrix, "One of the points they agree on is that both sides are unlikely to compromise anytime soon, and neither holds out much hope for peace." Hussein says "It's just nonsense because everybody is losing on both sides."