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In loving memory of William Douglas Hooker, my dad. I loved to study the way my father wrote. There was a rhythm to his writing. Sometimes I would catch him deep in thought, pen and legal pad in his lap. I imagined him auditioning words in his mind. I imagined British vernacular dancing leisurely in his head with American didactic terminology, Each word tranquilly searching for its place in his…

War Story World War II adventures of a former Southwestern professor are published in a new book Fifty-six years after World War II ended, the wartime story of a Southwestern University professor is finally being published. Douglas Hooker served as a psychology professor at Southwestern from 1961 to 2004. Among his former students was Jake B. Schrum, who is now president of Southwestern. Before Hooker died in 2006, Schrum encouraged…