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DIED. JOSEPH HELLER, 76, darkly comic novelist and World War II veteran whose classic Catch-22 detailed the madness of war; in East Hampton, N.Y. The famous catch he created in 1961: "If [a pilot] flew [missions] he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and he had to" (see Eulogy...
...JOSEPH HELLER used to say he'd rather have a big meal than a good one. His friends were used to him grabbing the waiter to demand two large spoons and digging in first. One evening, when a huge bowl of soup was placed on the table, Joe announced, "Gentlemen, I'll serve." We watched in awe as he filled a bowl, wondering what had come over him. Then, instead of passing the soup to anyone, he just said, "Now you serve." We were relieved. We wanted him just the way he was--irascible and incorrigible. His passions were books...
...Jenny E. Heller...
Eric Fleisig-Greene '01 was elected as campus liaison, Libby Shani '02 as treasurer, Jamie E. Smith '02 as publicity coordinator, Sara B. Heller '02 as technical liaison and Cary P. McClelland '02 as club coordinator...
...Kishlansky: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller...