Abstract

Passings

The article presents obituaries for three people: William Reuben, David Dellinger, Sam Dash and Archibald Cox. "The Nation" lost a friend when William Reuben died at age 89. Reuben, whose books include "The Atom Spy Hoax" and "The Honorable Mr. Nixon and the Alger Hiss Case," made his reputation as an investigative reporter for the "National Guardian." In the hoopla about the "greatest generation", David Dellinger, who died on May 25, 2004, did not get his proper due. He was the author of six books, including "From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter." We note also the deaths of Sam Dash, the incorruptible chief counsel of the Senate Watergate committee, and Archibald Cox, special prosecutor in the same affair, whose relentless pursuit of the truth drove him to a head-on crash with the President Richard Nixon White House.