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t.olaf<br />
spring 2013<br />
the future is now elephant man oles in south africa<br />
ON THE COVER:<br />
Microbiologist and<br />
virologist Paul Ling '84,<br />
with Baylor the elephant,<br />
at the Houston Zoo.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL<br />
STRAVATO/POLARIS<br />
S T. O L A F M A G A Z I N E<br />
SPRING 2013<br />
Volume 60 · No. 2<br />
Carole Leigh Engblom<br />
EDITOR<br />
Don Bratland '87,<br />
Holmes Design<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
Laura Hamilton Waxman<br />
COPY EDITOR<br />
Suzy Frisch, David Gonnerman '90,<br />
Marla Hill Holt '88, J. Trout<br />
Lowen, Lära Palmquist '13,<br />
Erin Peterson, Jeff Sauve<br />
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br />
Claire DeWind '15, David<br />
Gonnerman '90, Bill Kelley, Mike<br />
Ludwig '01, Tom Roster, Mike<br />
Sofronski (NYC), Mike Stravato<br />
(Houston), Evelyn Hockstein (D.C.)<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
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