The Union Bookshelf regularly calls special
attention to books written by alumni and other members of
the Union community. If you're an author and would
like to be featured, please send us a copy of the book or
the jacket as well as your publisher's news release.
Our address is Public Relations Office, Union College,
Schenectady, N.Y. 12308-3169.
David Butenhof
'78
A practical textbook, Programming
with POSIX Threads, (Addison-Wesley), teaches a
method of multitasking programming which allows faster,
easier, and more responsive results. The book addresses
debugging, the major problem with thread programming, and
gives a look at future standardization. The book also
includes annotated examples illustrating real-world
concepts as well as a Pthreads mini-reference.
Butenhof '78, an engineer with
Digital Equipment Corporation, is the lead architect and
developer of Digital's threading architecture and
designer of the Pthreads interfaces on Digital UNIX 4.0
and is a recognized Pthreads authority.
Robert O'Hara
'79
A Handheld PC, or M/PC, a miniaturized
version of a desktop PC or a laptop PC, is small enough
to fit in the palm of your hand. Robert O'Hara, who
was part of a highly specialized team at Microsoft,
worked to create this PC as well as Microsoft CE, the
software program which connects a computer the size of a
pocket calculator to the Internet using operating systems
which are already familiar. Windows CE for the Handheld
PC, produced by Microsoft Press is s comprehensive guide
for running Windows CE.
William Maynard, Jr.
'50
In the children's corner are two
new books by Bill Maynard. Incredible Ned is the
story of a boy who speaks things into existence. When he
says “gorilla” a gorilla appears, and so on,
until his classroom is turned into a zoo. The teacher and
the whole school become involved in solving this
not-so-funny problem.
Santa's Time Off is a
picture book illustrated by Tom Browning whose paintings
of Santa have been popular for many years.The book is a
collection of poems by Santa as told to Bill Maynard
about what the rest of the year is like for the Christmas
Elf.
Maynard lives in Westchester County,
N.Y., and Martha's Vineyard. These two books,
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons are available now.
Also in the works for 1998 release are Quiet, Wyatt,
another picture book, and The River, a novel for readers
eleven and up.
Aaron Feingold, M.D.
'72
Three Jewish Physicians of the
Renaissance: The Marriage of Science and Ethics is an
inspirational essay detailing the lives of three Jewish
physicians. Persecuted for their faith, these three found
in Judaism a deeper belief in medicine and a closer bond
between medical ethics and science which is as relevant
today as it was then.
The hard cover book by Aaron Feingold,
M.D. '72 is available from the American Friends of
Beth Hatefutsoth in New York City.