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EDITOR

NOTE

Remembering John F. Kennedy Jr.

One day ten years ago, the District Attorney for the County of New York, Rohert Morgenthau, called me in and said, "You're going to be busy. John Kennedy is joining the office with the Class of 1989."

"Name" assistants in the Manhattan DA's office are not a novelty. The son of New York's governor and the son of a former Secretary of State had toiled side by side in the dingy prosecutor's suite in the Criminal Courts Building. John's cousin, Rob- ert Kennedy, preceded him as an assistant district attorney. The DA himself is the son of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Sec- retary of the Treasury.

John Kennedy was differ- ent, however, and differently perceived.

I was blocking a Players' production in the old theater in Bill Smith Hall on that terrible afternoon in Novem- ber of 1963 when the news flashed from Dallas. A few days later, some of us drove to Washington and stood along Constitution Avenue as the caisson rolled by, grap- pling with an enormity of history that still has an im- mediate and awful presence.

So, a quarter century later, I prepared myself to meet John, to whom — in the popular imagination, if not mine — the torch had been passed directly.

John's first order of busi- ness in reporting for work

was to be sworn in with his classmates. I went to the of- fice early. There was a herd of reporters, photographers and camera crews camped out on the front doorstep. I went around to the back door and saw no one.

I called John at home. His mother answered. 1 asked her to advise him that there was a crowd of media waiting for him and that he should feel free to avoid the swarm by coming in the back door. She thanked me in her typi- cally gracious manner.

A short while later, there was an explosion of lights as the media stampeded toward him, microphones bristling, when he came through the front door of the office.

Later in the day, he told them, "Thanks for the heads- up, but they'd have stayed out there all day. This is where 1 work and 1 want to come in the front door."

1 quickly learned what those who met him at com- mencement this year and throughout his life did: No special care or feeding was necessary. He was very com- fortable being John Kennedy and in living a life mindful of, but not swayed by, the ex- pectations heaped on him by others.

— Gerald McKelvey '65, senior vice president of Rubenstein Associates , Inc., New York City; former press secretary to Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau

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hen we students at Washington Col lege learned John F. Kennedy Jr. would be our commencement speaker, each of us marveled that this charismatic and emblematic man would be visiting our historic campus. More excit- ing was the fact that this would be his first commence- ment address. Little did we know it was to be his only commencement speech and his last public appearance. Somehow it was appro- priate for JFK Jr.'s path to cross ours. His father had spoken at our campus nearly 40 years ago before becoming President. Like Kennedy's political magazine, George, Washington College is named for George Washing- ton, who is our founding pa- tron. But most importantly, we students found that JFK Jr.'s vision mirrored our own. Washington College instilled in each of us the importance of serving others, and taught us that each of us has a re- sponsibility to give back to our communities.

When he arrived on cam- pus, I knew we were in the presence of greatness — and not because of his celebrity status or the huge media turnout. No, we were graced by the presence of a man of great character. Even with- out uttering a word, he con- veyed humility, simplicity and integrity. The value of his obvious strength of char- acter far exceeded that of his

celebrity status. This was a genuine, real person.

He stressed the impor- tance of serving others. He reminded us that "education can only be open-ended if we are to remain open-minded." How true, the idea that edu- cation is not a destination, but a lifelong journey. His speech was brief, yet monu- mental. Following com- mencement, he departed our campus leaving each of us proud of our own accom- plishments and inspired to emulate his example.

Most people never re- member who spoke at their college graduation. The Class of 1999 will never for- get the name of their Com- mencement speaker nor, I hope, his message.

— Eric B. Johnson '99, Stu- dent Goi'emment Association President, Senior Class Speaker

Corrections

In the announcement of the CASE award to Washington College, CASE was misidentified. CASE is the acronym for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

In the Goldstein Hall story, we were mistaken in assert- ing that Ferguson Hall was originally built to house GIs. In fact, Ferguson Hall was erected in the mid-1970s on the site of the old "Gl Hall."

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VOLUME XLVIII NO.l

WINTER 1999-00

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ABOUT THE COVER: The work and ex- pertise of wildlife artist John W. Taylor are mtegrai to Professor Donald A. Munson's honors course in environmental studies. Birds of the Chesapeake Bay. Taylor's painting "Old Squaws: Race in the Mist" is included in his book of the same name and is from the collection of Donald A. Murison. Painting photographed by James G. Martinez.

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FEATURES

To Stretch Their Wings Aiul Fly

A new honors course combines environmental field studies with an artist's perspective of birds in their Chesapeake Bay habitats.

Carol Casey

Remembering Dr. Peter Tapke

The late professor of philosophy left an Indelible mark on WC through his teaching and his interests beyond the classroom. P.J. Wingate 33

One Last Night In Havana

A history major finds music and poetry in the streets of Havana during the College's Summer Seminar in Cuba. Dennis Wilson 01

DEPARTMENTS

The Reporter

James Billington applauds the dreamkeepers; Update on the Campaign; Prof. Harvey offers "Nuts and Bolts" online.

Faculty/Staff Achievements Portfolio

The many faces of George Washington.

Alumni Update

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WC Zoo Tour brings alumni and families together in eight cities; Alumni Board nominations; Five athletes inducted to Hall of Fame.

Class Notes 25

Currents 36

David Healey *88 on the publication of St\\arp^\\ooter , his Civil War thriller.

BIRDLIFE, p. 12

TAPKE, p. 16

HAVANA, p. IB

PORTFOLIO, p. 11

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THE

REPORTER

Librarian Of Congress Salutes The "Dreamkeepers"

WITH THE vast profu- sion of knowledge in the Information Age, modern librarians are navigators and gatekeepers to knowledge. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, in his Fall Con- vocation address, suggested they are also "dreamkeepers" who hold the essence ot cul- tural memory.

"Dreams are embedded in written and spoken language laid out in ordered sequences and still largely preserved in books," Billington said. "Electronic technology must be integrated into the world of books — new technology linked with old memories and old values; and there must always be human inter- mediaries on the spot, teach- ers and librarians, local dreamkeepers who can direct users back to books as they seek answers to the questions raised by electronic materi- als."

Under his direction, the Library of Congress has launched major educational initiatives that use new tech- nology to preserve the memory of our national past. Through the American Memory program, the Li- brary is bringing the nation's cultural heritage directly into the Internet. "We must pre-

"... there must always be human

intermediaries on the spot, teachers and

librarians , local dreamkeepers who can direct

users back to hooks as they seek answers to

the questions raised by electronic materials."

serve the dreams of all our yesterdays," Billington said, "even as we seek to under- stand the dreams of others today."

Similarly, The National Digital Library distributes free electronic versions of the most important and in- teresting primary documents of American history and cul- ture to elementary and sec- ondary schools across the country.

By the year 2000, the Li- brary hopes to have more than five million items of

American history and culture produced online. With a computer and an Internet connection, students can see sketches of George Washing- ton, Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad- dress, Brady's Civil War pho- tographs and Edison's earliest movies.

"By making special mate- rials hitherto available only to a few freely accessible to all," Billington noted, "we hope to encourage broader and fuller participation both in the citizenship and the entrepreneurship which free,

dynamic and self-governing societies require."

Not only will online documentation of historical records encourage new gen- erations of students to read and to think critically, Billington says, these mea- sures preserve books and pa- per-based records that are fast disintegrating.

Another Library initiative is promoting better interna- tional understanding. Through a program called Meeting of the Frontiers, Billington said, the Library of Congress is collaborating with the libraries of Russia to produce a package of digi- tized materials tracing the development of the Russian movement east and the American expansion west, beginning with Lewis and Clark. This project, which adds a comparative dimen-

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sion to history, will be pro-	While continuing to seek	William Smith Hall and the	ments to the College brought
vided free to schools in both	leadership gifts of $100,000	construction ot Goldstein	about by this campaign are
countries. Joint projects with	jr more. Campaign leaders	Hall, and endowment for	to be sustained into the next
other countries — England,	are organizing regional efforts	faculty incentives and stu-	millennium, we must involve
Spain and China among	to reach alumni, parents and	dent scholarships.	alumni and parents who can
them — are also in the works.	riends in Baltimore, Wash-	"We are delighted with	make gifts at all levels. Only
"One cannot build a	ngton and Wilmington/	our progress to date," Cam-	by expanding alumni and
bridge to another culture un-	Philadelphia. Future plans	paign Chair Jack S. Griswold	parent ownership in the
less one has first sunk a cais-	may include campaigns in	and Vice Chair of the Board	College's future will Wash-
son deeply and securely into	Niew York and Boston, as	of Visitors and Governors	ington College move into
one's own native soil,"	well as the southern and	said. "More than 55 do-	the next century on firm
Billington remarked. "If oth-	western regions of the	nors — alumni, parents.	footing."
ers do the same, there can	Jnited States.	friends, corporations and	The work of the Balti-
be solid bridges of under-	In September, major	foundations — have made	more Campaign Cabinet is
standing, and creativity will	grants from the Eugene B.	commitments of $100,000 or	well underway. Craig Lewis,
be stimulated in new and un-	Casey Foundation and the	more. The number of active	a member of the Board of
expected ways."	Seraph Foundation pushed	members of the 1782 Society,	Visitors and Governors and a
While the Library of Con-	the campaign totals to $52	donors of $1,000 or more an-	parent, and Douglas
gress deftly adopts new tech-	million. Commitments from	nually, has topped 500.	Hoffberger, a 1994 graduate.
nology, Billington remains	trustees reached $17 million.	Membership in the George	are serving as co-chairs. Also
first and foremost a cham-	Funds raised to date are	Washington Society, granted	serving on the Baltimore
pion of books. "Books are	supporting many aspects ot	to those whose planned gift	Cabinet are Kathy
and will remain our principal	the academic program, in-	provisions for the College	Wurzbacher Corrigan '83,
guardians of memory: of the	cluding the new C.V. Starr	exceed $25,000, has grown	Robert Hopkins '83, Board of
anguish and the aspirations	Center for the Study of the	to 106. The new 50 Guinea	Visitors and Governors mem-
as well as the achievements	American Experience and	Club, honoring those making	ber Charles L. Lea Jr, Secre-
of those who have gone be-	the Center for Environment	contributions of $50,000 or	tary of the Board of Visitors
fore," he said. "Books are is-	and Society, independent	more beyond previous com-	and Governors John Moag
lands of coherence. What-	study and honors programs.	mitments, attracted eight	'77, Carl Nordberg '98,
ever the confusion of our	advanced technology and in-	members in its first year.	Thomas Sutton '76, Board of
minds and the profusion of	ternational programs. Cam-	"But we have not yet	Visitors and Governors mem-
our information, things can	paign funds are also support-	reached out in any kind ot	ber Bonnie A. Travieso '66,
still come together in a	ing campus improvements	broad-based appeal," he con-	Board ot Visitors and Gover-
book— just as the left and	such as the renovation of	tinued. "If the improve-	nors member Peter Van Dyke
right halves of the brain come together in one human
CAMPAIGN FOF	1 WASHINGTON'	S COLLEGE
mind, and the hemi-
spheres— East and West, North and South — in a	Progress Towarc	Goals*		i
single, fragile planet." ►
Campaign	G	oal Results	Remaining
	To Date	Challenge
Expands to	I. Programs $	18,000,000 $14,300,000	$3,700,000
Include				i
Regional	11. Faculty $	20,000,000 $13,000,000	$7,000,000
Efforts
	III. Scholarships $	22,000,000 $15,600,000	$6,400,000	I
^% NE YEAR AFTER the				>
1 1 public announcement				t
^0 of the Campaign for	IV. Facilities i	12.000.000 $9,100,000	$2,900,000	■
Washington's College, na-	$	72,000,000 $52,000,000	$20,000,000
tional campaign leaders are				„
reaching out through an ex-
panded fundraising effort fo-
cused on smaller, regional	* As of October 29, H	)99
campaigns.	1 1 1

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and Albert "Jay" Younj; '81.

Donald C. Tomasso, a par- ent, and Matthew Weir '90, a member ot the Board ot Visitors and Governors, con- vened the first planning ses- sion ot the Greater Washing- ton Area Cabinet in late Oc- tober. At this time, serving with Tomasso and Weir are Thomas C. Grouse, Jr. '59, Michael Farnum, Richard V. Fitzgerald '60, former Wash- ington Gollege First Lady and Board of Visitors and Governors member Libby Gater Halaby, Elizabeth A. Likens '96, Edward P. Nordberg '82 and Eric Wentworth.

"The early successes in the Gampaign represent a great vote of confidence in the College," Craig Lewis said. "Most donors give to institutions that have a clear sense of mission, are excep- tionally well managed, and know where they want to go and what it will take to get there. The challenge now is to avoid complacency and to recognize that the next $20 million will require all alumni, friends and parents to participate." t

Schottland Founds Business Award

Citing the need to foster innovation and excel- lence in American business, Stanley A. Schottland, retired GEO and Chairman of American Packaging Corporation, has established the Schottland Business Leadership Award at Washington College. The award grants one graduating senior $5,000 in cash. Award winners must accept a position within an

The Casey Academic Center is one of five buildings on campus ttiat bear witness to tlie generosity of Eugene B. and Betty Brown Casey '47.

American corpL'tation tor at least two years, after which they will be eligible for a $10,000 graduate program tuition grant toward ex- penses at an accredited busi- ness school. Second and third place awardees receive grants of $1,000. The initial commitment of $75,000 funds the program for five years, a trial period during which the success of the pro- gram will be evaluated. If the Schottland Business Leader- ship Award program is deemed a success, Schottland intends to create an endow- ment tor continuing support.

The Schottland Business Leadership Award competi- tion is open to any WC stu- dent who meets the aca- demic, moral and leadership criteria. Applicants are judged by a three-member panel comprising a member of the business management department, Mr. Schottland and a representative of an American corporation.

The first Schottland Busi- ness Leadership Awards will be granted this spring. >

Casey Foundation Supports Endowment, Scholarships

The Eugene B. Casey Foundation ot Wash- ington, D.C., has an- nounced two grants to Wash- ington College totaling $1,350,000. The first in- creases an established en- dowment that is used to maintain the five buildings the Casey family has funded — Casey Academic Center, Casey Swim Center, Brown Cottage, Nussbaum House and O'Neill Literary House.

"This is a truly enlight- ened gift," College President John Toll said. "We greatly appreciate the Casey Foundation's understanding of the importance of not only building facilities but of maintaining them well. Betty Brown Casey '47, who has served as a member and emeritus member on our Board of Visitors and Gover- nors since 1973, knows how hard it is to find funds for

maintenance. She has long been an advocate for a beau- tiful campus and, with her help, we want our buildings and grounds to match the other goals ot excellence of our college."

The second grant adds $100,000 to a $200,000 scholarship Mrs. Casey en- dowed earlier this year in memory of Clark V. Clifford, Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson and a presidential adviser to three others. Jack S. Griswold, Chair of the Cam- paign for Washington's Gol- lege, emphasized that half of the $72 million goal of the Gampaign is designated for endowment. "Not only do we have to meet current needs, we must constantly strive to increase our endow- ment to support future needs of students and of the Gol- lege. The Clark V. Clifford scholarships support students

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with a commitment to excel- lence in legal studies. We hope others will follow the splendid example set hy Mrs. Casey and the Casey Foun- dation." ►

Harvey's Students Log On For Good Writing

M

ichael Harvey, assis- tant professor of business manage- ment, supports student writ- ing however he can. It that includes giving students in- stant, interactive access to his writing advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so be it. But Harvey doesn't lose a wink of sleep. When his stu- dents want his advice, they turn on their computers, open their Internet browsers and type <http:// nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu. > Up on their ^creens pops The

Nuts and Bolts Guide to Col- lege Writing, a Web-based handbook Harvey created this summer. Students like what they see, calling it "truly a Washington College asset."

The online Nuts arid Bolts Guide to College Writing ex- tends into cyberspace a manual Harvey has devel- oped over the past three years to deal with common problems in student writing. Over time the material grew, and the Web seemed like a logical next step. "The Web is the main way today's col- lege students study, the main way they interact with the world at large," Harvey says. "For a writing guide, the Web format works perfectly." The site's strong, clear pre- sentation keeps busy Web surfers visually satisfied, Harvey says, and its content "cuts through the clutter and delivers value."

Nuts and Bolts delivers value so well that Yahoo!, an Internet search engine that screens and categorizes sites

to facilitate searches, has designated it as one of the best sites on the Web in the category devoted to composi- tion, writing and research papers.

Yahoo! isn't the only one impressed with Harvey's writ- ing guide. It is being praised by his students. Seth Gabriel, a junior political science ma- jor from Ithaca, NY, calls Nuts aivi Bolts "the best orga- nized and user-friendly guide on the Web." Within a month of the guide's appear- ance online in August, three publishers had contacted Harvey about a printed ver- sion. Grateful users from around the world laud Nuts and Bolts every day — "Love your web site," wrote one user. "My teacher even loves your site."

Harvey's colleagues also appreciate the site's clarity and ease of use. Richard Gillin, professor of English and chair of the department at Washington College, says, "It is a well-thought-out guide. The examples are lu- cid, and the visual links, m regard to active voice, tor ex- ample, are easy to follow and sensible."

Gabriel would like to see Nuts and Bolts integrated into the college academic core curriculum.

A writer himself with more than 20 years' experi- ence teaching writing, Harvey sees the process of becoming a good writer as a lifetime commitment. "No one can become a good writer overnight," he says. "1 created the Nuts and Bolts Guide to give students some handy tools that they can start using right away."

Professor Michael Harvey, shown at left with business management students, devised the Nuts and Bolts Guide to College Writing to help students of all disciplines master this critical skill.

But It's more than just a tool kit. "Above all," Harvey says, "1 encourage students to see writing as a vital intellec- tual activity, not as some- thing you do after you've thought things out, but as something you do to help you think better." &

College Focuses on Housing

ighty percent of today's —' students have never ZJ shared a bedroom. Only halt have ever shared a bathroom. And nearly all of them come to college with an SUV-load of electronic equipment, from alarm clocks and boomboxes to computers and television sets.

Despite their taste for retro music and vintage clothing, today's students draw the line at aging furni- ture and decaying pink-tiled group showers that were cut- ting edge in college housing 40 years ago.

That's why Washington College, like hundreds of colleges and universities around the country, is paying close attention to its housing facilities, striving to provide the privacy and the ameni- ties that make students feel more at home. Within the next five years, the College intends either to renovate or to replace every residential facility on campus. The new- est housing addition will be a complex of garden apart- ments, being planned to re- place the aging Cardinal Dorms.

"On a national average, college students living on a residential campus spend ap- proximately 75 percent of their time in a residence hall," notes Maureen

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Mclntire, vice president for student affairs. "It's where they sleep and study and so- cialize. The College is com- mitted to providing campus housing that is conducive to learning while offering a safe, comfortable environment."

The housing initiative be- gan with the 1997 opening of Harford Hall, a facility built to accommodate a growing student body. Now students vie tor the opportu- nity to live in one ot Harford's suites. Each suite has two doubles and three single rooms, two bathrooms and a common living space. Each floor, too, has common lounge space with two small study rooms.

Last summer, the Hill Dorms were refurbished. This summer, the College com- pleted interior renovations of Cecil, Dorchester and Talbot houses, homes of the three fraternity chapters. Reid Hall is slated for renovations next summer, and Queen Anne's will be closed tor a major overhaul in Fall 2001. Caroline and Kent House

will be taken offline in suc- cessive years for extensive renovations.

It's all part of WC's strate- gic plan to make the campus environment more appealing to students. The College is committed to keeping 80% of the student body living on campus.

And it's quite a financial undertaking. The College administration hopes to raise the funds for renovation and construction projects from private sources. Current ef- forts are aimed at securing funds for Harford Hall and Talbot, Cecil and Dorchester, the "new dorms" of the past 30 years and home to the campus's fraternities.

"We hope that fraternity alumni of the Kappa Alpha, Theta Chi or Phi Delta Theta organizations will want to participate in this important project by provid- ing adequate housing tor their current brothers," says Susannah Chase Wittich '90, the College's special projects coordinator tor this tund- raising effort.

A gift ot $2 million will allow an individual to name Harford Hall. A commit- ment of $300,000 will enable a donor to name Talbot, Dorchester or Cecil House. Naming opportunities exist within the fraternity build- ings from $100,000 to $10,000. A contribution to one of the CciUege's housing projects is considered part of the Campaign for Washington's College, t

Business Students Nail Direct Mail Award

A little creativity and a knack for appealing to consumers paid off for 12 business ad\'ertising stu- dents last spring when they garnered the 1999 Guy Yolton Award for Creative Direct Mail.

The award, given by the

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Direct Market Association of Washington Educational Foundation during its Colle- giate Maxi Competition, rec- ognizes teams of students who submit outstanding mar- keting plans and direct mail packages to the annual con- test.

Three teams ot four stu- dents each created marketing campaign packages aimed at college students — complete with full explanations of the projects' development — for Bank One, a banking service.

"The contest material clearly states that there's only one Yolton award win- ner each year," Professor Terry Scout explained. "When I learned that there was a three-way tie for first and that all three teams were from Washington College, I was flabbergasted. All three teams did a great job, but given the number of entries submitted, and competing against such large schools, I just hoped that one team would win something. 1 never dreamed that all three would be number one."

"1 was very proud of the award," said senior Becca Corbin, who admitted she thought fellow teammate Brian McNew '00 was play- ing a practical joke when he informed her of the achieve- ment.

"Brian kept telling me that we had won, and 1 didn't believe him," said Corbin. "But then I heard a rumor that Dr. Scout said we

Talbot Hall, shown in this early 1970s photograph, is now home of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. All three national fraternities are housed in Cecil, Dorchester and Talbot Halls, which are undergoing renovations. The Interiors were refurbished last summer and landscaping improvements will be made In the coming months to enhance the quad area as a social center.

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had won the award, and then the confirmation finally came in the mail. It was very rewarding because we were competing against a lot of big schools with huge business programs, and ad- vertising is an elective here."

Corbin said that while re- ceiving the Yolton award was thrilling, preparmg entries for the contest gave students an up-close look at the ad- vertising world.

"The contest really let us practice what we had learned in class as far as conducting research and identifying de- mographics and a target mar- ket," she said.

Scout said that while his classes previously practiced their skills by creating on- campus projects for the Cove, the bookstore and the admissions office, this year marked Washington College's debut into a re- gional advertising contest — an element that makes the receipt of the Yolton award all the more significant.

"This year was the first time we entered an off-cam- pus competition," Scout said. "It won't be the last time." >

College Website Gets Makeover

There is a new face on Washington College OnUne, the result of the College's initiatives to maintain a technological edge and to respond to new demands for electronic infor- mation and instant commu- nication.

The website has been re- vamped to include, among other things, a new virtual tour of campus, an athletics schedule and game summary section, a search engine, new photographs and graphics, new admissions information request forms and faculty bi- ography pages.

With input from alumni and college administrators, the site was designed by webmaster Ted Knight '97, who joined the College Rela- tions team in April 1999. Brooke Frank '92 acted as a consultant for the redesign.

"The philosophy behind

Terry Scout (tar right) congratu- lates Yolton Award winners (from left) Brian McNew, Becca Corbin and Cliristyl Jotinson-Arrabal.

the new site was that the main college pages could no longer attempt to be 'every- thing to everyone,' " Knight said. "To target relevant in- formation to the right audi- ence, we needed to divide the information by audience category, so that ptospective students would no longer have to sort through alumni links, and vice versa. Users should find that information is laid out in a more direct and organized fashion, and that the new search engine will make finding what you are looking for much easier." The alumni section of the site has been enhanced as well. The events and calen- dar sections show the next featured alumni event, while the news link on the primary pages takes viewers to the latest news and happenings. There is also a link to a page

that shows weekly progress on the construction i>f Louis L. Goldstein Hall, the new academic building replacing Ferguson Hall.

Alumni are encouraged to .send recent photos for the Photo Album page, as well as class notes entries, by using the e-mail links on the web or by e-mailing ted.knight@washcoll.edu.

The redesign is only a he- ginning; Knight promises the site will continue to develop and will become more inter- active in the coming months.

One important project in the works is the development of an in-house alumni e-mail directory to replace the one maintained by Harris Pub- lishing. College officials ex- pect the new directory will be more convenient to use.

Alumni and friends are encouraged to send ques- tions, comments and sugges- tions as the face of Washing- ton College Online, found at www.washcoll.edu, continues to evolve. -'

HEARD AROUND CAMPUS

Reasons.

"Reasons are not answers. Rea- sons are recipes for making sense of the world's arrangements and accidents. They are explanations of why things are, how they work, what they mean, where they came from, how they began. We need reasons when we feel dislocated, when ordinary things

seem unfamiliar and contingent, when there are no easy answers. Why is that tree there, who invented the nail, how large is the universe, what happens after death."

— John Vernon, A Book of Reasons

Novelist John Vernon visited Washington College to read from his latest book on November 16, In A Book of Reasons, Vernon attempts to understand the cluttered life of his reclusive brother as he explores the history of ordinary things. ^

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Her internship at Kennedy Krieger Institute helped Mariah Stump 00 understand how different health professions treat developmental disorders in children.

Senior Explores Medical Field

As last spring semester wound to a close, Mariah Stump '00 de- cided that she wanted her summer internship to he more than just a summer job. She wanted a challenge — a rewarding, eye-opening expe- rience that would make her more aware of the medical field. Her internship at the Kennedy Kneger Institute in Baltimore turned out to fit the bill.

"I wanted something in the biology field, but I'm not a lab-oriented person," said Stump, a double major in bi- ology and humanities. "I wanted to work with people."

Stump approached her ad- viser, Dr. Kate Verville, about an on-campus intern- ship, but those opportunities were available only tor labo- ratory work. Verville recom- mended Kennedy Krieger, which combines a school, re- search unit and hospital for children with all types of de- velopmental disabilities.

"The College doesn't have an established program with Kennedy Krieger, so I set up everything myself," said Stump. Within three weeks, she had procured both an in-

ternship and tuntling through her membership in the Soci- ety oi Junior Fellc-iws.

Soon, Stump found her- self working three days per week in the outpatient clinic of the psychiatry unit. Work- ing closely with the clinic's director, she helped to cull research articles and, in the process, learned about the occurrence of obsessive-com- pulsive disorders in children.

Stump also sat in on be- havioral testing and attended department meetings to ob- serve teams of psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers and nurses collaborate on meth- ods for treating their young patients.

Aside from providing practical experience, the in- ternship allowed Stump to examine her post-graduation options.

"1 was planning to go to medical school," she said. "But at the time 1 wasn't sure if 1 wanted to proceed with that plan. With the exposure to psychiatry and clinical psychology, I saw how many

IN MEMORIAM

CuUen M. Lally '01 1979-1999

wo weeks before he was to begin his

junior year at Washington College, CuUen M. Lally passed away in his sleep. y He was 20.

Lally had declared an English major. He was a member of the men's varsity basketball team and the Theta Chi fraternity. He was a graduate of Bowie High School, Bowie, MD.

He is survived by his parents, John and Joan Lally of Bowie; a brother, Sean, who is also a member of the junior class; and several other siblings.

employment opportunities are available with different degrees. The internship re- ally opened my eyes to jobs available within the medical profession and let me know what my options are."

Stump said she was sad- dened by seeing young chil- dren with serious mental dif- ficulties, but she also found learning abciut the effects disorders have on children and their parents — as well as witnessing treatments and progress — incredibly reward- ing.

"Kennedy Kneger was a great place to have an in- ternship." So great, in fact, that she hopes to establish a program between Kennedy Krieger and the College.

"1 had such a good experi- ence there," she added. "I re- ally want to share that with other students." •

Locker Named To White Professorship

Chemistry professor James R. Locker has been named Clarence C. White Professor oi Chem-

Professor Rick Locker was awarded the first new endowed chair of the Campaign for Washington's College.

istry. This professorship is en- dowed by a bequest from the late Mary Ivolue Jammer White, whose husband, Clarence, graduated from Washington College in 1916 with a degree in chemistry. Mr. White went on to be- come a successful corporate executive in Cumberland, MD. A metallurgist for U.S. Steel until his retirement, he died in 1964.

A professor at Washing- ton College since 1985, Locker received his B.S. in chemistry from Middle Ten- nessee State University and his Ph.D. from Indiana Uni- versity. Prior to coming to Chestertown, he served as a visiting assistant professor at Texas Tech University, as a consultant to Taylor Chemi- cal Company, Inc. and as an assistant professor at Goucher College.

Professor Locker's teach- ing interests include general chemistry, physical chemis- try, analytical chemistry, in- strumental analysis and con- temporary chemistry. Consid- ered a solid teacher, demand- ing yet caring, he supervises students' summer research projects involving chemical analysis of water, sediment and tissue samples taken from the Chester River, t

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Tiehel Takes Top Honors In Tinseltown

SINCE HER DAYS AS A LACROSSE player in Chestertown, Tammy Tiehel '86 has worked in advertising, as a real estate agent and as a flight attendant. It was only after her sister Amy '91 secured Tammy a job with a small video production company that the Philadelphia native found her true calling.

"I first discovered my in- terest in film when I took a class taught by Dr. Marty Kabat," she says. "That was back in 1985. Ever since that class, I had been intrigued by film making but didn't be- lieve 1 could make a living at it." That changed in 1992.

Dabbling first as a script editor and then as a script writer of educational docu- mentaries, Tammy eventually moved into a job as a unit production manager for several cable televi- sion shows. It was while attending the American Film Institute (AFI), from which she earned a master of fine arts degree in 1998, that Tammy produced a 30- minute comedic film titled M^ Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York. The film was directed by AFI classmate Barbara Schock.

"Barbara lived in Manhat- tan for several years across the street from the Hell's Angels' clubhouse," said Tiehel. "When her mother visited her from the Mid- west, she was afraid to leave the apartment. After about a week, though, she worked up her courage and went over to

the clubhouse and talked with them. She told them she was from South Dakota and asked if they would keep an eye on her daughter.

"They said, 'Sure, lady, this is the safest block in the city,' " laughs Tiehel, adding, "we changed the name from Hell's Angels to y

Satan's • .'

Disciples for the tilin be- cause, believe it or not, the Hell's Angels have trade- marked their name."

Tiehel said the film had the audience (including members of the Hell's Angels who were cast in the film) laughing and applauding at premieres in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Rex Pickett wrote the script and Chris Manley, another Philadel- phia native, was the cinema- tographer.

The film has made the rounds on the film festival circuit and in 1998 was awarded "Best Short Film" at the Naples, Italy, Interna- tional Film Festival and at the AFI International Film Festival. The Directors' Guild of America named the film "Best Female-Directed Student Short" of 1998. Per- haps the most prestigious award to date came in 1 999 when the film won first place in its

The Tiehel sisters (letl to right)— Tammy Tiehel Stedman '86, Amy Tiehel '91, and Tricia Tiehel Sanborn '92— are a talented trio. Tammy is a filmmaker, Amy is a producer in New York and Tricia is an award- winning writer.

category at the Palm Springs Inter- national Short Film Festival, the largest short film festival in North America.

Winning first place quali- fied the film for an Academy Award nomination. "It doesn't mean it will be nomi- nated," says Tiehel. "It just means that it's one of about

200 short films worldwide which are eligible to even be considered."

Working primarily for the Discovery Channel and its subsidiary. The Learning Channel, over the past two years. Tammy has produced several documentaries, in- cluding Super Racers, a two- hour special featuring inter- views with notable race car drivers and team owners such as Mario Andretti and Paul Newman.

After a May i, 1999 wed- ding in Chestertown, Tammy moved from Los Angeles to Guadalajara, Mexico, to live with her husband. Bill Stedman. "It's been a bit of a change from L.A.," Tiehel said via e-mail, "but it's a beautiful, quiet place that has given me the opportunity to finally finish writing a feature film script 1 started two years ago." The .script is a romantic comedy titled A Wedclinfi Date, which Tammy hopes to sell or prodtice herself She and her husband will move hack to the United States next May.

The creative arts seem to run in the Tiehel family.

Tammy's sister Amy

worked for HBO for sev- eral years and now works as a freelance producer based in New York City. Most recently. Amy was the associate producer of, and had a small act-

'.. ing role in, a feature film entitled Diar;y of a City Priest, which will air on PBS next fall. She is currently developing several projects that she has written and is also exploring the world of acting. Tammy's other sister Tricia, who attended Wash- ington College, is a novelist and award-winning short story writer. Tricia received a master of tine arts degree from West Chester University in 1997 and is working to complete a novel. >

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Faculty/Staff Achievements

MARTIN CONNAUGHTON, assistant professor of biology, reviewed a scientific manu- script on fish bioacoustics for the journal Copeia.

TOM COUSINEAU, professor of English, gave a talk titled "Borrowed Desire in Ford Madox Ford's The Good Sol- dier, at the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society at the Uni- versity of Kent at Canterbury. He also spoke about "Sacrific- ing Ritual in Beckett's Fic- tion" at The Capital of Ruins Conference, at South Bank University in London. At the University of Paris at St. Denis, Professor Cousineau read a paper titled "The Fu- ture of an Illusion: Melville's Deconstruction of Gilles Deleuze."

LISA DANIELS, assistant pro- fessor of economics, published a paper titled "Alternatives for Measuring Profits and Net Worth of Microenterprises." She presented a paper titled "The Role of the Nonfarm Sector in the Rural Economy of Kenya" before the Ameri- can Agricultural Eccinomics Association in August.

LISA GRAHAM, instructor of German and linguistics, pre- sented a paper, "American In- genuity in Grammar, 21" Century Irreverence, or Typi- cal Typology? An Examina- tion of Comparability of Ad-

jectives in Tum-of-the-Cen- tury American English," at the 34'"' Colloquium of Lin- guistics in Germersheim, Ger- many, in September.

MICHAEL HARVEY, assistant professor of business manage- ment, presented a paper titled "The Humanities and Man- agement Education" before the American Political Sci- ence Association in Atlanta. He presented "Moses the Manager; The Pentateuch m Management Education" at the Sixth International Orga- nizational Behavior Teaching Conference in Milan. He also wrote "Lost in the Wilder- ness: Love and Longing in Machiavelli's 'L'Asino' " that will be published in The Com- edy and Tragedy ofMachiavelli: Essays on the Literary Works.

CLAIRE KATZ, assistant pro- fessor of philosophy, read "The Responsibility of Irre- sponsibility: Taking Another Look at the Akedah" at the Addressing Levinas Confer- ence hosted by Emory Uni- versity. She has been invited by the Penn State University Jewish Studies Program to present a paper, "Loving the Torah More Than God: Reading Abraham Through Levinas and Kierkegaard." Her paper "How To Be A Du- tiful Granddaughter: Living and Teaching in the Shadow of the Second Sex" has been accepted by the Legacies of

Simone de Beauvoir Confer- ence, hosted by Penn State. She also participated in the Jesse Ball Dupont Scholars program at the National Hu- manities Center in June.

JACQUELINE JONES, assis- tant professor of English and American Studies, partici- pated in the Jesse Ball Dupont Scholars program at the National Humanities Center in June.

VALERIE LOICHOT, assistant professor of French, presented a paper titled "Survie et cre- ation: la nouniture dans les contes louisianais et martm- quais" at the International Congress of Francophone Studies in Lafayette, LA. She had two papers accepted for publication in Francographies: "Survie et Creation dans les contes louisianais et martin- quais in 'La Revue Francaise' " of South Africa and "Enfances croisees: I'ecnture des Antilles par Samt-John Perse et Raphael Confiant."

DONALD McCOLL, assistant professor of art history, re- viewed The Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Me- dieval and Renaissance Europe, by Mitchell B. Merback, for the College Art Association. He presented a paper titled "Eons et Origo: Robert Scrihner as Historian of Art," in a session of the Sixteenth- Century Studies Conference in St. Louis in October. He organized an exhibition, "George Washington and the Currency of Fame: Coins, Medals, and Paper Money from the National Numis- matic Collection, National Museum of American His- tory, Smithsonian Institu- tion."

TOM PABON, professor of Spanish, had an article titled "Ansias De Amor: Tomas de

Avendano En La Ilustre Fregona" published in the Proceedings of the Eighth Collxj- quy of the Association of Cervantes Scholars.

CHRISTINE PABON, associ- ate professor of Spanish, had an article published in the same Proceedings titled "El simbolismo animal en 'la Gitanilla': el entierro de la mula con sus alhajas." She participated in three round tables at the International Camus Conference in May: Camus et la revoke; Camus et Part; Camus et Dieu.

KLAUS PLONIEN, assistant professor of German, was in- terviewed for Bavarian Radio on the current situation of American higher education.

ELIZABETH SEIDEL, staff ar- chaeologist, gave a lecture and workshop with John Seidel on "19th Century Ce- ramics: Identification and So- cial History" at the Furnace Town Historic Site in Snow HiU, MD.

JOHN SEIDEL, assistant pro- fessor of anthropology and environmental studies, spoke before the Maryland State Forestry Board, giving "An Environmental Perspective on the Archaeology of Mary- land." He presented "An Overview of History and Ar- chaeology of the Eastern Shore" to the Shore Leader- ship Conference. He gave a presentation on "Searching tor Freedom: History, Ar- chaeology, and the Search for the Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass Birth Sites" at the 1999 Maryland Preservation & Revitaliza- tion Conference in Easton. He also lectured to the Ar- chaeological Society of Maryland on "Archaeologi- cal recovery of the wreck of the Civil War steamboat Kentucky." I

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The hAany Faces of GEORGE WASHINGTON

AN 18-MONTH-LONG COMMEMORATION OF GEORGE Washington's lite promoted greater understanding ot his true character. Well-known historians, writers and national figures helped put his remarkable achievements in context. Exhibits ot Washingtonian treasures from Mount Vernon and the Smithsonian's National Museum ot American History and lectures on image, history, and architecture helped explain Washington as symbol. The celebrations, which encompassed music, dance, art and literature, will culminate on December 14, the anniversary ot Washington's death, with a bell-ringing and the ceremonial laying ot a wreath at the base ot the George Washington statue, b

(Clockwise from top right) Doris Kearns Goodwin told a Wasliinglon's Birthday crowd that the nation's first president was "above politics yet intensely political." George Bush (shown with President John Toll at last year's Winter Convocation) remarked that his presidential inauguration fell on the bicentennial of Washington's own. A bronze bust of Washington, a gift of the senior class, debuted during the Family Day parade in October. John F. Kennedy Jr told graduates in May 1999 that "a man named Washington loomed large" in his life, too. The Washington Temperance Society Medal was part of an exhibition ot material from the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American hiistory, organized by Washington College art history professor Donald McColl.

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TO SAFELY HOLD A LIVING BIRD IN ONE'S HAND

may not seem like an exalted goal. To be able to identity a

Red-Eyed Vireo calling outside one's apartment window might seem

like an insignificant talent. But those who have held

a tiny bird and have observed animals in their natural state

will be the ones who speak for the natural world and

the importance of protecting it from destruction.

DONALD A. MUNSON, Jo- seph H. McLain Professor of Environmental Stud- ies, director of the environmental studies program, and biology professor, thinks there should be more people with those capabilities. In his new honors course Birds of the Chesapeake, he's doing something about it.

Over his 24-year career at Washington College, Munson has scooped up tiny parasites that freqtient polluted waters.

He's covered blackboards with the words "zooplankton" and "algae." While mess- ing around in boats, he's netted frighten- ing-looking creatures from the briny deep. Then, last year, he heeded an urge to take a new direction, to get out into the fields and look closely at other life forms. Being a professor, he decided to take a few students with him.

As a result, this tall he and tour envi- ronmental studies honors students have shared birding adventures all over the Delmarva Peninsula as part of their

course. "Dr. Munson has brought us to places I think tew Washington College students have ever been," says sophomore Vanessa A. Makarewicz. One of those places is a bird banding operation in nearby Queen Anne's County. To get there, the class piles into Munson's car and heads south on Rt. 213. A few turns later, they enter a property marked "Pri- vate" and travel on lanes barely distin- guishable from the meadows and hills they're carved out of At the end of one, Munson parks the car and he and the

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stLidents head tor a tiny white uutlxiikl- ing where hird hander James Gruher and his gradiiate student assistant greet them. Tied around their waists are white mesh bags that occasionally flop and wiggle.

Gruber is one of only a few thousand people in the country authorized hy the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory to hand birds. He's a busy man, having captured, identified, mea- sured, weighed and released more than 300 birds the day before the class's visit. Fall is especially hectic because birds are flocking and migrating.

Gruber sits down at a long bench and reaches into a wriggling pouch. "Hermit Thrush," he calls out, holding a bright- eyed bird cradled in the palm of his hand. "HY — hatching year." He quickly points out the identifying marks to the class: "Rusty tail. Warm brown back. Dark spots on the breast." He blows three times on the bird's underside, "Zero," he says and explains that by blowing the feathers, he exposes the skin to find deposits of fat. "Yellow, like chicken fat," he says. Then Gruber measures the wings and

sets the bird down in a red, cylindrical Pringles potato chip can sitting on a scale. After calling out the weight, he tips the cylinder toward the open side of the building and pops off the top. The bird flies to freedom. The whole process takes about 34 seconds per bird.

Gruber and other banders around the country send the information they gather to the Patuxent National Wildlife Re- search Center in Laurel, MD. The Center uses the information to study where birds live and migrate, their behavior and social structure, how long they live, how success- fully they reproduce and whether or not the population is growing. Using banding information, for instance, the Center has determined that the Arctic Tern makes an annual round trip flight of 25,000 miles, the longest migration flight of any living species, and that one banded humming- bird lived 12 years, very unusual in the dangerous life of a songbird.

On this second and final bird banding trip, the class follows Gruber as he gath- ers banded birds from the "mist nets" they've been caught in. At the last net, he shows senior John Wetzel the proper way to hold a Carolina Chickadee. Wetzel's expression as he wraps his hand around the tiny black-capped bird is equal parts incredulity and awe. Then he opens his hand and smiles as his chicka- dee takes wing.

Munson designed Birds of the Chesapeake so that students could experience hirding rather than study birds clinically.

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After gently retrieving a Tufted Titmouse from a mist net, bird bander Jim Gruber demonstrates the proper technique for safely holding its legs. Mist nets, of fine nylon, are stretched along the edges of fields to capture birds for banding and identification.

"1 didn't want this to be your standard course in ornithology," he says. After the first two classes covering the birds' ori- gins and taxonomy, Munson says, "we got to the real meat of the course, going in the field, identifying the birds, keeping field journals and getting to where the birds live."

By the end of the term, Munson and his class will have spent six Satur- days, two weekday mornings and one evening learning about birds in the field. They will have hiked trails in Kent County, listened in the night for "Whoo- whoo cooks for you?" and watched for the silent silhouette of a low-flying owl, trav- eled the breadth and width of the Delmarva Peninsula in search of the elu- sive ibis. To the class's delight, Munson invites fellow birders to share these field experiences. In addition to seeing Gruber in action, the group has spent time hirding with Munson's friend and fellow birder, wildlife illustrator John W "Bud" Taylor. Taylor happily accepted Munson's invitation to join the group. "It always excites me to meet other people who follow birds and ornithology, particularly young people," he says. The fledgling birders enjoyed having him around. "Mr. Taylor is such an great addition to our group," says Makarewicz. "Being a profes- sional wildlife artist, he brings another dimension to our field studies." His book, Birds of the Chesapeake Bay (The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, 1992) IS one of the primary textbooks for the course.

Taylor strongly supports Munson's birding course at Washington College. "The more young people get interested in birds and nature, the more they will appreciate the natural world and protect the environment," says Taylor. Munson's course has succeeded well in achieving those goals, opening students' eyes and minds to the world around them. Alison Dorosz, a junior, says that despite having no experience with hird watching before this course, "now, everywhere 1 go, 1 pay attention to all sorts of birds 1 have never noticed." Wetzel adds, "I'm glad to be able to appreciate and understand how birds work and their incredible diversity."

The class agrees that a birding course is an excellent addition to the environmen- tal studies curriculum. "I've never consid- ered myself a birder, but I've always been interested in birds in the same way as any other life form that I don't quite under-

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stand," says Wetzel, "but I feel that the study of birds has been over- looked. There are no other courses that come close to studying birds." Senior Jessica Prockup says, "1 have never learned about birds before; they always seem to be forgotten."

Munson enjoys the course as much as the students do. An avid duck hunter, one evening in class Munson stops a slide presentation at a picture of two Black Ducks resting on the edge of a marsh. "Smartest ducks there are," he says appreciatively. Clicking to the next slide, he shakes his head. "These ducks. Ruddy Ducks, are not so smart." His students smile and they write. Who knew that ducks could be smarter or dumber?

The course, however, isn't just a walk across an open field looking at birds. Its official title is "Biodiversity and Natural History of Birds of the Chesapeake Watershed," and Munson's goals for the class are evi- dent from his syllabus. The class must study birds from ecological and environ- mental perspectives that include their roles in the Chesapeake Bay region and globally. Students must look at birds as bio-indicators of human disturbance and learn to appreciate the importance of avian conservation. In his instructions on term papers, Munson makes certain the group will look beyond the birds they see every day, admonishing them, "No papers on Canada geese!"

The class is up to the challenge. "1 knew that this course wasn't going to be easy," says Makarewicz, "but I opted to take it because my ultimate goal was to look up in the sky and say, 'Oh, a Red- tailed Hawk!'" Dorosz says, "The material we've covered has sometimes been hard, but I've learned so much."

From the field trips to the classes, every- one involved in the birding course has enjoyed the experience. Trying to describe her favorite part of Birds of the Chesa- peake, Prockup says, "My favorite part?

Top: A Tufted Titmouse gives students tlie eye. At right: A class of four witli frequent field trips is quintessential Wasliington College. Professor Don Munson poses with his students Alison Dorosz, Jessica Prockup, Vanessa Makarewicz and John Wetzel.

"The first time I held a bird in the pahn of my hand, I could not believe it."

-Vanessa Makarewicz '02

Everything. I love this class, more than any other class I have taken." Makarewicz says, "Dr. Munson's enthusiasm and love for birds gets the whole class excited. The first time 1 held a bird in the palm of my hand, 1 could not believe it."

As for Munson, he's glad to be offering the course he'd been thinking about for

so long. "I have had a great time in this course," he says. "The students were ex- cited. 1 was excited. We've had fun creat- ing this course together." ►

Carol Casey is the media relations associate in the College Relations Office.

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The field ot scholarship

and philosophy was

sharply diminished on

June 11, 1999, when

Dr. Peter F. Tapke died

after serving Washington

College tor 35 years as

professor of philosophy.

HL. Mencken, who had been called "The Balti- more Philosopher," declined that honor on the grounds that philosophers were a gloomy group, and said: "If you want to find out how ♦ a philosopher feels when engaged in the prac- tice of his profession, go to the nearest zoo and watch a chim- panzee at the weary and hopeless job of chasing fleas. Both suf- fer damnably and neither can win."

Mencken never met Peter Tapke. This great scholar and deep thinker also had a keen sense of humor and sometimes passed on to his students Mark Twain's famous advice: "Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Dr. Tapke made a habit of astonishing those who thought that phi- losophy was a dull subject.

Peter F. Tapke graduated from Haverford College and later earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. He also studied and did research at Oxford in England and at the Uni- versity of Louvain in Belgium. He was widely known around

the world tor his scholarship and deep understanding ot phi- losophy, hut the Washington College community knew him also for his sense of humor and his eagerness to give credit to others.

He headed the faculty group which insisted that the then- new tine arts building be named in honor ot Dr Daniel Z. Gibson, longtime President ot Washington College. He also urged that the theater in William Smith Hall be named for Professor Norman James.

Dr. Tapke had a remarkable ability to tie the past, present and future together — something he demonstrated when he was chairman of the faculty committee which planned, in 1982, the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Washington College. He brought to Chestertown a remarkable collection of scholars from around the world — scientists, writ- ers, artists and philosophers — but he was not awed by any one or all of them. Privately he told his co-chairman that his big- gest disappointment was failure to be able to display George

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Washington's false teeth. "These teeth," he said, "would have interested the audience more than the two Nohel Prize winners and the officials of the American Chemical Society and the American Philosophical Society combined." He said it was too bad that the Dean of the University of Maryland's College of Dentistry canceled his request for a loan of Washington's teeth after somebody stole one set a couple of months earlier.

Another example of Dr. Tapke's ability to tie the past and fu- ture is the silver chain, showing all past presidents of the Col- lege, that all Presidents of the College now wear on ceremonial occasions. Dr. Tapke conceived and designed it for the inaugu- ration in 1971 of the 21st President of the College, Dr. Charles J. Merdinger.

In typical Tapke fashion, he never publicized any of the above things but was content to let his actions speak tor them- selves.

In academic circles, hurricanes hardly ever happen, but tor nearly half a century Peter Tapke has caused the warm winds of sound philosophy to blow around Haverford, Harvard and Hodson Hall so steadily that they have, in effect, become trade winds which may last for a millennium. 6

P. ]. Wingate '33, a former College trustee, was co-chairman with Peter Tapke on the College's Bict;n- tennial Committee . He is a frequent contributor to the Washington College Magazine.

Professor Peter F. Tapke (opposite page) is remembered for liis direction of tlie William James Forum (top riglit), a student organization he established in 1963 to perpetuate philosopher William James' interest In the value of ideas; for dedicated teaching in the classroom (center); and for the development of the College's rou/ing program. In the early 1970s photograph at right, Tapke (far right) prepares for a roviring outing VKith other faculty and students.

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HAVANA

During Washington College's Summer Seminar in Cuba, one undergraduate experienced an island dreamscape defined by the spirit and music of its people-

SPEND ONE SUMMER'S NIGHT WALKING ALONG HAVANA'S MALECON and, chances are, you will get a feeling for the essence and spirit of the Cuban people.

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he Malecon is the five-foot wall that separates the city of Havana from the Bay of Havana and the Atlantic Ocean. It winds along for three or four miles. In some places the wall is eroding under the repeated pounding ot the bay's salty waves. In most areas, though, the Malecon is still intact, and on hot June and July nights it beckons the city's inhabitants to perch on the edge of the island and to enjoy the cool, dark breeze that whispers in off the ocean.

During my visit to Cuba this past summer, 1 had the opportunity to stroll down the entire length ot the Malecon one final evening, starting as the sun set over the bay and finishing after mid- night. Thinking back on it now, it's an experience that seems to possess a dreamlike quality; then again, one could argue that (to an American guest at least) all of Cuba maintains a dreamlike hold — a dream not without depth or complexity, but a dream just the same.

As soon as the silent, beautiful frenzy of the pink, purple and orange sunset had receded into night, 1 was tilled with the strange sense that 1 was skirting the bor- der between Eatth and Infinity, Beyond the sea wall, there was no distinctive line between the inky darknesses of the night sky and the ocean's horizon, making it look as though only the wall stood be- tween myself and an expanse ot empty space and night. By looking in the oppo- site direction, however, I could see the city itself Even from a distance it seemed alive; the echoes of distant Latin music, whether real or imagined, seemed to pulse out from unseen alleyways and roof- tops. It was between these two extremes that the people of Havana came each night.

One of the tirst things 1 noticed as 1 proceeded down the Malecon was the constant presence of music. In some places, groups of young men and women had gathered together with a tew guitars and perhaps some bongos or a pair of claves. As 1 passed by these groups, many of them, seeing that 1 was not from Cuba, approached me with enthusiasm. Speak-

Dennis Wilson catches a cool afternoon breeze atop the Malecon in ttavana. He celebrated his 20th birthday during this, his first trip abroad.

ing English, rhey would ask iiic to sit tor awhile and listen to their songs.

"Do you know this one?" they u'oukl .Miiiietimes ask. "In Cuba, this is a traditional song. We Cubans are very proud of this song. If you know it, sing with us!"

Following this, they would play songs such as "Hasta Siempre, Commandante," a ballad about the national revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevera, or "Siboney," or the ever-popular "Guan- tanamera." 1 had heard them before, but, truly, they were beautiful each time.

Other Cubans, however, wanted to leatn new songs as well as to share old ones. Playing a tew bars of a very familiar song, one local named Enrique said, "I heard a song on the radio yesterday, and I like it very much. But 1 don't know the lyrics. Can you help me?"

"Sure," 1 told him, and we smiled to- gether. He was playing "Hotel Califor- nia." I began to sing to his playing: "On a dark desert highway ..." After going through it a few times, it seemed he had a pretty good grasp of the song. He left his address as we parted company.

Other figures along the wall, also sens- ing that I was not from the island, would approach me with guitar in hand. Their motivation, however, was slightly differ- ent from those who wished to share old songs or learn new ones. Aggressively or passively, eagerly or sullenly, they would ask for dollars. Many of them would politely move away when I told them I could give them nothing. Some of them, however, would begin to play anyway, hoping that I, feeling remorseful or wish- ing to avoid a scene, would dig into my pockets and give them some loo.se change or a few bills. After awhile, though, they would give up, disappearing back into the night in search of another out-of-towner. I felt awkward and sympathetic, but in a way it was not unlike the situation in every American city. Only in Cuba, I was easily identifiable as the 'ugly American,' and thus an easy target for Havana's musically-talented hustlers.

Some musicians whom I passed, how- ever, seemed not to notice my presence, or the presence of anyone around them. At many points along the wall, old dark men were sitting in the shadows thrown

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streetlights, folded over their guitars, pulhng sad S p a n i s h songs out ot their strings. T li e s e people played only for them- selves; their music filled the air with a kind ot sad- ness, a feel- ing ot loneliness. It was a fitting comple- ment to the beautiful emptiness of the sea and the sky that stood oil the other side of the wall.

In a way, the constant presence of music along the Malecon did not surprise me. If 1 had learned one thing during my trip to Cuba, it was that most Cubans seem to feel a close connection with all varieties of music, whether it he tradi- tional folk ballads or modern dance rhythms. At the end of our first full day in the city, in tact, we had found our- selves on a rooftop ui the middle ot Old Havana. It was a rooftop owned by Dulce Maria, a warm, cheerful Atro-Cuban woman who, along with her band, had introduced us to the basics ot Cuban music and dancing. It was a lesson we found ourselves putting to extensive use in the following days.

It seemed that wherever we went, whether it was the University Students Union at Cienfuegos, or the neighbor- hood "block party" in Havana, the music

followed, ottered up as a sign of friendship and cultural exchange. Crystallized in my mind was the night we visited a Commit- tee tor the Defense ot the Revolution in one of the island provinces and, after they presented us with red carnations, a girl no older than eleven or twelve played tor us on her guitar, accompanying her instrument with her quiet voice.

OTHER INFREQUENT yet notice- able presences along the wall were prostitutes, referred to as jiniterias among the Cuban population. By the end ot the night, I had been solicited by one or two of the young women, discreetly approaching me, ask- ing me if I would enjoy some company for the night. I was surprised, because they weren't dressed in the stereotypical fash- ion associated with the profession. They were wearing shorts and T-shirts, hardly distinguishable from the other girls along the Malecon.

In Cuba, I learned that prostitution is a multi-dimensional issue. Before the Revolution of 1959, prostitution in Cuba, and especially in Havana, had been widespread. It was generally associ- ated with the culture that arose from the foreign- (and primarily mob-) owned ca- sino industry; its main patrons were the wealthy Europeans and Americans who had come to Cuba to gamble, to drink rum and, in many cases, to purchase companionship for the night. One of the first reforms the new revolutionary estab- lishment tried to accomplish was the eradication of prostitution. Eventually, by shutting down the casinos and clean- ing up the culture ot corruption that was analogous to the marketing of sex, the

plan succeeded; prostitution became a peripheral issue in Cuban society.

Now, however, prostitution is resurfac- ing in the streets of Havana. Yet this time its presence is associated with the legal- ization of the American dollar in Cuba that occurred a few years ago. Because the dollar is valued much more than the Cuban peso, many Cubans have tried to exploit the tourist industry any way they can to gain access to American currency. This is represented not only in the re- emergence of prostitution, but in diverse aspects of the Cuban society, as seen in the existence of dollar stores, and in the tact that, m some regular restaurants and shops, there are now two lines — one for those who hold pesos, and one for those who hold dollars. Many are worried that the legalization of the dollar is pulling Cuba further away from its principles of equality and socialism. They claim that a new economic division has been created in Cuba, a division that favors those who have access to dollars. In a statement that is becoming cliche in Cuba, people are complaining that there is an obvious problem with the dual system, when it is a given fact that taxi drivers can earn more than doctors.

Because of this, the government has had to renew and, in some cases, revise its efforts to limit those things associated with the negative impact of the dollar economy, such as drug use and petty crime. As for prostitution, the practice itself has not been completely illegalized. What was made illegal, however, are those things that organize and help to spread the practice, such as pimps, or houses of ill repute. I was tcild on numer- ous occasions that, within Cuban society,

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prostitutes are not viewed with the same hostility they tend to be viewed with in America; their position is understood, rather then looked down upon. Also in contrast to American society, the inci- dence of drug use and crime are compara- bly rare. This was a reality that 1, an American guest, could feel in quite a tangible way; 1 felt far safer walking through the streets of Havana at night then I did walking through the streets of Philadelphia or Baltimore.

Despite the potentially stratifying ef- fects of the dual economy, however, it was obvious to me that the Cubans 1 had talked to during my visit, both on my own and through the seminar, still held on to the revolutionary ideals of social equality and holistic welfare. I could see these values in very real forms when I visited a mental health clinic, tor ex- ample, and observed the way it was not set aside from the surrounding commu- nity but closely intertwined with it. It was embodied in the buildings of Ha- vana, constructed by urban planners who had taken into account not efficiency or profit, but the human and communal experience. Thus, the Cuban social struc- ture still seemed to maintain the founda- tion of humane ideals that had been built in 1959, despite the changes that were taking place at all levels.

ABOVE ALL ELSE, few could deny that Cuba was a country experi- encing great change. As I walked down the Malecon, 1 met a pho- tographer from California who had come to Cuba illegally, via Mexico. He had done so about ten years ago as well, and as 1 sat down on the wall next to him, he described the changes he saw around him.

Pointing to the road running parallel to the Malecon, he asked, "You see all those Japanese cars over there?"

I nodded. Interspersed between the usual pre-revolution-era Chevrolets and squat-looking Soviet model vans and mo-

OpposJte page, from left: A storekeeper in a rations station explains ttiat because of sliortages a month's rations of basic foods lasts only 15 days. Other foodstuffs are purchased at bodegas, or outdoor markets. Through the Ingenuity of the Cuban people, 1950's vintage cars still operate on the streets of Havana. A man In Trinidad offers his mule for rent for 50 cents an hour.

torcycles 1 could see modern-looking Mitsubishis and Toyotas.

"Hardly any of those were there ten years ago," he informed me. "Nobody had new cars like that. Now people are telling me it's even dangerous to ride a bicycle in some areas." This was a big concern in Cuba, where bicycles constitute one of the main modes of transportation. Or they used to, at least.

"I'm also noticing a lot more Nike and Reebok T-shirts." He laughed. "The other day, I saw a bunch of young guys walking around with their shorts pulled halfway down their backsides, like you see kids doing in America."

"But what can you do?" he asked. "Places change." He smiled at me. "I'm just here to take pictures."

After conversing tor awhile longer, we parted company. It was always strange to come across another American in Cuba. It was as if you shared some wonderful yet tragic secret, the knowledge of a place that was beautiful but forbidden, that was dying to be heard but was deeply misun- derstood. It was hard to believe that America was only 90 miles away, across a small swath of ocean. So close, yet so distant.

It was getting late. As I continued to walk, cars passing by would slow down and pull over to the side ot the road.

"Hey," a shadowy cab driver would call out, "you need a ride?"

"No, gracias," I would reply, and the taxi, obviously illegal and unregistered, would quickly drive away.

As 1 approached the end of my walk, I

Urban planners are striving to create traditional communities within the changing city to maintain a sense of unity among its Inhabitants. Vedado Is shown In the foreground.

tiiok one last look at the figures lining the Malecon: the men with sleepy eyes who were smoking cheap cigars and dan- gling fishing poles out, out, into the dark waters; the group of university students engaged in quiet discussion, their ex- change of words punctuated with quiet laughter; the pairs of young couples, lov- ing each other closely, intimately, whis- pering to each other on the wall, silently beautiful in the way they held each other; the lonely men with their small dogs resting at their sides; and two old gentle- men, sharing a bottle of Havana Club, talking to each other in the smooth tones of the Spanish language. Maybe they, too, were talking about the changes hap- pening around them. Or they could have been discussing, perhaps, the timelessness of the Malecon — how, despite the changes, people kept coming back, night after night, to share with each other the strange splendor of being human. D

Dennis Wilson is a history major. He was among 1 2 students taking part in Washing- ton College's Summer Seminar in Cuba pro- gram, led by political science professor Daniel Premo, last June. He will spend next semester on academic exchange at Rhodes University in South Africa, where he will begin work on his senior thesis — a compara- tive study of civil rights movements.

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ALUMNI

UPDATE

Four Nominated for Alumni Election to Board

In accordance with the charter of Washington College, 12 ot 37 College trustees are elected hy alumni. Nominations are submitted hy alumni-at-large to the Alumni Council's Nominating Committee and presented to the general Council which votes to de- termine the annual slate of candidates.

In accordance with Article VI, Section 3, of the Alumni Association By-laws, addi- tional nominations may be made through December 31, 1999, by petition ot 50 mem- bers of the Alumni Associa- tion. Petitions can be for- warded to the Nominating Committee in care of the Alumni Office.

An official election ballot will be mailed to all alumni in early 2000. Two candidates will be elected to serve six- year terms on the Board of Visitors and Governors. The Alumni Council's candidates for the next election of alumni Board members are profiled below:

Douglas M. Hoffberger '94 is President, CEO and Chief Compliance Officer of KRC Investment Advisers; Presi- dent of Keystone Realty Company; and Treasurer of Hoffberger Foundation, Inc., a private charitable founda- tion in Towson, MD. He serves as co-chair of the College's Baltimore Cam- paign Cabinet and as a member of the national

Campaign Cabinet.

David Litrenta '58 is the Pennsylvania Regional Medi- cal Director for Concentra Medical Centers, the largest occupational and environ- mental health care provider in the United States. He has served the College as a mem- ber of the Premed Commit- tee and the Visiting Com- mittee, and with his wife, Shirley, provided for the renovations of the Litrenta Lecture Hall in the Dunning Decker Science Center.

Holt "Jay" Marchant '63, recently retired principal at William M. Mercer, Inc., continues as an independent consultant to large corpora- tions on the use of interactive commtinications technolo- gies. Marchant, former chair- man ot the College Annual Fund and former member of the Visiting Committee, cur- rently serves as an alumni representative on the Board.

Dr. Ralph Snyderman '61 is Chancellor for Health Af- fairs, Dean of the School of Medicine and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical School in Durham, NC. He is the 1996 recipient ot the Alumni Association's Cita- tion for outstanding career achievement. Snyderman is an outspoken advocate for the liberal arts, and has used his influence to help the College's premedical students get into the graduate schools of their choice. ►

The "Wild About WC" Zoo Tour is making stops in eight U.S. cities. Chicago-area alumni Beth Kahn Leaman '73, Natalie Smith '98, Richard Splnelll. Mary McNulty '75. Charles Scarlett '75, Dale Eberlein Scarlett '78, and Will Scarlett (In mask) met at the Lincoln Park Zoo In October.

Alumni Are Wild About WC

It's a jungle out there," says Trams HoUingsworth, director of alumni. "As work weeks get longer, time with family and friends be- comes more precious. The 'Wild About WC Zoo Tour' was conceived as a way to in- clude families in alumni re- unions around the country."

The Zoo Tour, which started in September and runs through January 23rd, includes stops in Washing- ton, Baltimore, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego and Orlando.

From Luther Bergdall '38 to Lauren Litsinger, the in- fant daughter ot Bill Litsinger '83 and grand- daughter of Bill '58 and Ellen Sterling Litsinger '59,

the College's extended fam- ily is responding with en- thusiasm.

Here's how it works. On Sunday afternoons alumni bring their own picnics and meet at the zoo. Everyone, small or extra-large, wears an easy-to-identify, very yellow, "Wild About WC" tee shirt. Even Dr. and and Mrs. Toll. Nongraduates wandering the zoo who ask "Hey, how can I get one of those cool shirts?" get history lessons about George Washington's legacy and geography lessons about Maryland's Eastern Shore.

"Send us your applica- tion," Jo Wrzesinski '98, a former admissions recruiter for the College, said to shirt- seekers at the National Zoo.

Adjacent to the picnic site, Wild-shirted, tow- headed, young sons of Scott '82 and Debby Flory Hansen '82 and Tom Roof '83 posed atop the sculpture of a scor- pion. Tom Lacher '67 rode

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the puma around and around on the carousel ride at the Atlanta Zoo while Gee Gee Buschman Voith's '47 grand- son made friends with Scott Behm's '85 children.

The Baltimore crowd of 150 yellow shirts was the big- gest gathering. Nancy McCloy M'74, David Quinn '87, Susan Bennett '81 M '87, Diana Hastings '81 M'86 and Paula Wordtt '68 brought a busload of their students from the St. Benedictine's School in Ridgley, MD. Numbers also grew thanks to Wendy Clarke Baldwin '87 who brought her twins and Sandy Green DeVan '78 who brought her triplets.

Charlotte Post Chase '88 and her three young daugh- ters found coordinating ac- cessories and came to both the National and Baltimore Zoo picnics. In Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, graduate students Natalie Smith '98 and Melissa Christine '99 were astounded by the colony of naked mole rats. Charlie '75 and Dale Eberlein Scarlett '78 and their young sons listened pa- tiently while the zookeeper

explained the mating ritual ot the solitary dwart African crocodile.

Assistant alumni director and Zoo Tour guide Kristma Tatusko Henry '88 reported, "Lying like a harmless log, the croc's milky blue eyes were fixed on all ot us in our bright butter-yellow shirts." Gibbons were howling, lions were growling and alumni and gorilla families alike were lolling in the fall sun- shine. Four warm, cloudless Sundays into the tour HoUingsworth beams, "The Zoo idea is easy and fun for families, too." >

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lumni kicked off a perfect fall weekend in October with the Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament. The weather was sunny and warm and the winning foursome, repeating last year's feat, was Ed Athey

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Local Chapter Foots Bookstore Bill

With each passing year, the College's best all-time athletes make their way into the Athletic Hall of Fame. (From left) Bob Pritzlaff. Geoff Kurtzman and Charlie Hoffman are this year's inductees.

'67, Hurrt Deringer '59, Barry Drew '70 and Neil Brayton. Fifteen foursomes participated in the tourney.

On Saturday morning Patrick Jones '84 and Jimmy Young '99 each hit a home run in the annual Alumni vs. Sho'men baseball game. Akimni were ahead 4 to 2 when the game was called for lunch. The alumni lacrosse team had more than 30 play- ers but lost 12-6 to the varsity.

ason Gibson '02 of Cfiester and senior Christine Lincoln '00 of Cfiestertown are tliis year's area recipients of tfie Kent & Queen Anne's Alumni Chapter Bookstore Scholarships. They are pictured here with Chapter presidents Don Derham '48 (left) and Bob Cleaver '58.

Jason comes from a long line of Washington College scholars, including his grandmother Dora Sewell Gibson '31, his uncles Mordecai Gibson '36 and Sidney Bradley '36 and his sister Kirsten Gibson '01. Christine Lincoln, with the highest grade point average of her class, is also the recipient of the Alumni Medal and the Board of Visitors and Governors Medal.

They both received awards of $250.

The games culminated that evening as the athletes gathered to honor of the 1999 Hall of Fame induct- ees— Frederick Wallace '17 (deceased). Howard Dobson '30 (deceased), Charles Hoffman '50, Robert Prit:laff '65 and Geoffrey Kurtzman '77.

Hoffman was cited for his role in the resurrecting la- crosse on campus. The sport had been on hiatus for four- teen seasons when, in 1948, Charlie Hoffman, Cliff Case '49 and Eddie Leonard '51 appealed to the Athletic Council. The students got the green light to establish lacrosse as a club sport with Charlie Clark '34, professor and dean of men, serving as coach. It was up to Hoffman and his fellow students, mostly freshmen and World War II veterans, to field a team and finance its opera- tion.

Hoffman assisted in ar- ranging a schedule of eight collegiate games and two games with the Annapolis Lacrosse Club, which was made up of former college stars. The team demon- strated their determination and skill that first season.

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winning every collegiate contest. In the second year the team lost a game to An- napolis and another to Loyola, before winning twelve consecutive contests. The Athletic Council ac- knowledged the team's skill and determination hy grant- ing the sport varsity status in 1950.

Pritzlaft was also honored for his contributions to la- crosse. "Statistics cannot show just how much this defenseman contributed," teammate Bruce Jaeger '66 explained, "or why Pritzlaft was chosen to defend against some ot the most outstanding attackmen in the country. But those who know about lacrosse recognize him as a 'coach' on the field."

During his four years, Washington College won three division championships and the 1964 team was ranked tenth in the United States among all institutions playing lacrosse. Pritzlaff was elected captain his junior year and was co-captain his senior year. As a junior he was selected to the All- Maryland Team and was a

third-team AU-American. During his last year ot col- lege competition he was cho- sen to the Strobhar All-Divi- sion first team and was a sec- ond-team Ail-American.

Kurtzman was recognized as one ot the College's most outstanding basketball play- ers. Kurtzman was largely re- sponsible for the Shoremen's success in basketball trom 1973 to 1977. Although he scored 1,296 points during those four years, his 941 re- bounds, the second-highest mark in Washington College history, are what contributed so much. He averaged 14-7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game over four years. His personal highest-scoring game of 36 points came against UMBC during the 1973-74 season.

Kurtzman was selected to the Middle Atlantic South- east Division all-conference team in 1976. In 1977 he was named an All-American Jewish Athlete. Kurtzman played professionally in Israel for Elitzur Tel Aviv in 1977- 78.

The 1948, 1949 and 1967 men's lacrosse teams were

The 1967 lacrosse team was honored during Hall of Fame ceremonies. Pictured in front (from left) are Tom Heald, Bob Pritzlaft, Jim Chaltant, Carl Ortman, Brian Griffin, Dick Louck. Back row: Ty Wilde, Ford Schumann, Pat Gray, Mark Madden, Barry Drew and Bob Lehman.

also recog- nized tor their out- standing seasons. Also hon- ored was Mabel Mumford- Pautz, who recently retired after 39 years as athletics secretary, t

Alumni Team Raises Goals

Washington College is already recognized as a champion of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association Division III. Now the Alumni Office wants to challenge peer insti- tutions listed in VS. News and World Report on another front.

One of the standards used in this magazine's annual ranking of national liberal arts colleges is the percent- age of their alumni who offer annual support. "It's a hot issue in which our alumni, at 32 percent, ap- pear lukewarm," says Alumni Director P. Trams HoUingsworth.

Raising alumni participa- tion levels to 50 percent is one goal of the $72 million Campaign for Washington's College. Mike Stafford '99 has joined the development team as assistant director of development for alumni an- nual giving to help the Col- lege reach that goal. "Our success will depend to a great degree on my fellow young alumni. It's important to re- member that gifts large and small make a difference."

Stafford, a political science major and recipient of the Louis L. Goldstein '35

Mike Stattord '99 is learning some team tactics for alumni annual giving from Coach Ed Athey '47, Chair ol the Washington College Fund.

Award, has teamed up with Washington College Fund Chair Ed Athey '47, to raise this year's alumni participa- tion levels by eight percent. "We're hoping to get 3,000 alumni donors oft the bench and into the game before the season ends on June 30th." >

Alumni Talent is Showcased

Washington College has always had its share of literary types and performing artists, from James M. Cain, author of The Posrmarx Always Rings Twice, to Ghostbox, a stu- dent band with two compact discs to their credit.

Now the Alumni Office wants to compile all that tal- ent into a library ot books, screenplays, scripts, films, po- etry, records and CDs writ- ten, recorded, published or produced by alumni.

Contributions of alumni publications and recordings sent to the Alumni Office will be greatly appreciated. ►

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CLASS

NOTES

1925

REBECCA BROWN OWENS

was chosen as one of The Eckercl 100 (by Eckerd Corpora- tion) for her work with the eld- erly. Becky founded Dial-A- Ride for senior citizens and was one of the creators ot the Coun- cil on Aging in Port Charlotte, FL. More than 2,750 citizens were nominated, 100 honored.

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ADRIENNE RICHARDS DAHLKE

visited friends and tamiliar places in England last October.

1930

E. G. REES

sends "Greetings to all, especially members of the class of '30!"

1931

SARAH LINTHICUM RICHARDSON

was featured m the Ddih Ban- ner as the proprietor ot a bed and breakfast in Cambridge, MD. After World War II she and her husband bought Lodgecliffe Farm which she described as a rundown 50- acre farm. In the 1980s they converted it to a bed and breakfast.

1936

CHARLIE BERRY

was featured in T/ic Daily Tunes (Salisbury, MD) tor his work as a Wicomico High School teacher and coach for more than 40 years and was honored at a dinner at Salisbury State Uni- versity. Charlie is also a popular resident carver at the Ward Mu- seum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury.

1937

MARY WOODLAND GOULD

was honored tor her service to the Kent County Democratic party during the annual Demo- cratic picnic at Turners Creek Pavilion in September.

The Honorable George B. Rasin was honored for his service to

the Kent County Democratic party during the annual Demo- cratic picnic at Turners Creek Pavilion in September.

DR. HENRY MAGUIRE

writes that his son. Dr. Michael Maguire, was part ot the Mercy Outreach Surgical Team (ot Scripps Mercy Hospital) that re- cently traveled to Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico.

WILLIAM NAGLER

and Betty Lohmuller VanAllen- Nagler '44 had a delightful visit with Dr Toll on Ted Kurze's '43 boat in Newport Beach, CA.

1943

DR. TED KURZE

and his wite, Joan, hosted President Toll and California alumni for lunch at the New- port Beach Yacht Club in June.

1947

NANCY SUTHERLAND MORRISON

completed her 13di year as a teacher and tutor at the Rectory School in Pomfret, CT Living in the "quiet comer" of Connecti- cut, she says, is the greatest.

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REV. JOHN G. SHOEMAKER

of Salem, OR, is gardening and landscaping his two-and-a-halt acres, compiling poems for publi- cation, and guest-speaking throughout the Pacific North- west. He is the cruise ship chap- lain for the Holland America Line and Crystal Line.

HOWARD TILLEY

and his wife, JoAnn '51, are en- joying retirement in Mount Dora, FL — golfing, biking and traveling most of the time, in addition to visiting families in Atlanta and Columbus, OH. TTiey are looking forward to their 50th anniversary.

1953

HERB BROWN

IS retired and li\-ing on the

Dan Hall '50, Don Derham '48, and Fred Schroeter '47 "hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil " at the Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony in October.

southwest coast ot Flcirida.

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JIM METCALF

mo\'ed to Maryland's Eastern Shore with his wife, Colette. They built a house on the water near St. Michaels.

1955

DAVID HUMPHRIES

and his wite, Janice Lethbridge Humphries '56, visited campus in June. They are both retired and have moved to a seven-acre waterfront lot in Townsend, DE.

JUNE WALLS TASSELL

and her husband, Harold, lett Topsail Beach, NC, after nine years and moved to Lady Lake, FL, 60 miles north of Orlando. They are building in Harbor Hills, a golf community. Their e- mail address is tassell@gate.net.

19S9

MEL HUNTER

took a tour of the campus in September and writes, "the new

buildings are on the cutting edge of today's education. It's time we all open our wallets and partici- pate in the continuing growth of WC. It's incredible!"

VIRGINIA (BINNIE) BONHAGE BAILEY

is in her 40th year as administra- tor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University and helping to plan the class of 1960's 40th reunion. She will volunteer to work for the Baltimore/Annapolis entry, "Chessie Two," in the 2001 - 2002 Volvo Round the World Ocean Race.

JAMES HAND

was featured in the Metrowest Daily News, a Massachusetts newspaper, for his efforts in the space program. Thirty years ago, adjacent to NASA's Mission Control, the optics enginee*- ii^ tened over phone lines - the Apollo 1 1 space capsule he helped design touched down on the surface ot the moon. The op- tics systems he worked on helped

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William 0. Baker '35. R. Reece Corey Jr. '48 and Miriam Perkins- Cronshaw '42 were named 'Graduates of Distinction " by the Kent County Board ol Education in June. Clare "Pat" Ingersoll '71 (far left) accepted on betialf of Dr. Baker. College President Jotin Toll (far right) attended the ceremony honoring the three Chestertown High School graduates who continued their education at Washington College.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin navigate man's first lunar land- ing. He helped develop the tele- scope used to set the ship's guid- ance system and the critical shade that shiekled the telescope from sunllt;ht bouncing off the shuttle. After Apollo 1 1 , he worked on other moon flights and then went on to refine his guidance and optics systems as an engineer at Draper Lahs, a re- search group spun off from MIT. His work refined steering systems for the space shuttle, a.s well as the MX, Minuteman and Tri- dent guided missiles.

1961

HENRI MARINDIN

• ind Ills w itc, L\'bonih Sherin Marindm 'bO, enjoy their tour grandchildren when they have the opportunity to see them. Deb will probably retire this coming year and is looking for- ward to working with her herbs and flowers.

1963

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is srill Ic.irning .md enjoying her role of assistant to the Speaker of the House in Vermont.

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1964

BARBARA BUTZ COLES

IS leaving New Hamp.shire Pub- lic Television after 1 7 years as host of "NH Roundtable."

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DAVE MORGAN

is semi-retired and does some volunteer work. With great sad- ness he reports the death of his son, Brett Morgan, who died on April 10, 1999, of an accidental head wound. His daughter, Car- rie Morgan, is doing great things in New Orleans, LA. Dave would love to hear from the Kent House gang. Call him at (781 ) 893-0466 or e-mail him at d_morgan_1999@yahoo.com.

1966

GERALDINE MAIATICO

retired to the Philippines in 1995 where she had once served (1966-69) with the U.S. Peace Corps. Her activities include consultant work tor the Peace Corps (Manila) and volunteer work with Operation Smile and Habitat tor Humanity. She re- mains challenged on many fronts in a life of service, much of which she attributes to her years at Washington College.

1967

TOM LACHER

and his wite, Susan, attended the Atlanta Zoo Tour on Sep- tember 26th and were enter- tained by Kristina Tatusko Henry '88. "It was a perfect day and a good time was had by all!"

1968

HENRY BIDDLE

and his wife, Kathleen Agnew Biddle '70, are proud to report that their daughter, Erin, fin- ished her freshman year at Bos- ton College with a GPA of 3.8 for the second semester.

JIM HOGGINS

and his wife, Pam, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on August 2, 1999. They have three daughters — Sally, age 29, Kathryn, age 20, and Jamie, age 16. They also have a new grand- daughter, Aimee Kathryn, who is 10 months old.

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BEN WHITMAN

and his family moved from Cooperstown, NY to Orange, VA, where he is the headmaster of the Grymes Memorial School.

1969

ROBERT COOKE

is the owner of Cooke Com- munications, an advertising/ marketing firm. He is a hoard member of the Society for Preservation of Fell's Point and Federal Hill.

1971

CHARLES E.ANDREWS JR.

is nephrologist and director of a kidney transplant center in Texas. He credits his success in the medical field to his liberal arts education. "My choice of colleges came down to WC vs. Johns Hopkins," he wrote. "While medicine was always my goal and many told me the path would be easier through jHU, 1 took the path less traveled and found, like Frost, a beauty and adventure less shared. Washing- ton College taught me to think and to believe in my intellect. I look back with pride at the di- versity of careers my classmates and friends have pursued. The common thread is success. The success, though, is one that is of- ten founded in independent and creative thought. While our fra- ternity of alumni may be small, the quality speaks for itself"

DR. BARBARA MADDUX HERRINGTCN

says "Hello to my cohorts of half-a-century survivors — re- member when we thought 50 was old? Special greetings to my Alpha Chi Omega sisters and my Psych Dept. cronies."

1972

GLENN DRYDEN

and his wife, Judy, reside in West Frankfurt, IL, where Glenn is pastor of the Ezra Church of God and administra- tor of Ezra Christian School. Glenn writes, "Our sons, Tom and Matthew, are such a special blessing to Judy and me. Tom graduated with honors from Southern Illinois University last May and Matthew made the dean's list both semesters this past year at the University of Il-

linois, where he was a freshman midfielder on the lacrosse team. Both are involved with us in the work of the Lord."

JANET STIDMAN EVELETH

antl her husbani.1 celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in May with a trip to Bermuda.

1Q7^.

ANDREW WILLIAMS III

has been working at District Service Printers (despite his de- gree in chemistry) since 1975 and became its president in 1980. "If you work for someone or know someone who does direct mail work in the D.C. metro area, let us know. Men- tion Washington College and get 10% off your first order!

Charles "Chick" Darrell '69. John "JD " Hall '70 and Peter Boggs '72 reminisce following the tenth annual Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament in October. Chick is a real estate appraiser in Sudlersville, MD. JD Is president otTlme Life International, headquartered in Alexandria, VA. Peter is chairman of Direct Europe Advertising, Grey International. Peter was awarded "longest drive " (again) for traveling from London for the tourney. The team of Ed Athey '67, Neil Brayton, Hurtt Deringer '59 and Barry Drew '70 won first place (again).

Ask for Andy by phone (301 )

779-3040orfax(301)779-

4426."

MARY RUTH YOE

traveled to Ireland for three weeks this summer — one week to staft a University of Chicago alumni trip and two weeks spent relaxing (and watching "The Big Breakfast" on channel 4) with daughters Mairead, age 1 5, and Hanna, age 13.

LINDA PELKE FENWICK

says, "The dream is finally real- ized. We moved to our new home in the Florida Keys. The move was delayed slightly by Hurricane George. Thankfully

Jim ChalfonI '67, national accounts manager with Georgia Gulf Corp. in Mediana. OH. and Carl Ortman '67, dean of students at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH, golfed together and then posed in front of their yearbook photos plastered around the Leiia Hynson Pavilion by their pal Ty Wilde '70. The 1967 lacrosse team on which they played was honored at the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet In October.

our house sustained only minor damage. My husband is semi-re- tired and I am a literacy volun- teer for the local English as a second language program. I also spend a lot of time trying to learn how to garden in this tropical climate. We'd be happy to see any alumni who might be vacationing here in paradise."

AL GRZECH JR.

is a dentist practicing both in Chestertown and Pasadena, MD, where he lives. He still plays keyboard in a band (just like Oracle Days at WC). He shoots sporting clays and runs fast cars and fast boats. "You never grow old if you never grow up."

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CHRIS LUHN

and GearFah Records of Or- lando, FL, announced the re- release of "The Original Wizard" on compact disc. Wizard was a three-piece, hard rock trio out of Tampa and Atlanta in 1970-71, and Chris was the group's drum- mer. Their 1971 LP saw limited release in the Southeast and Midwest, and followed the group's first national tour, during which Wizard opened for such luminaries as Van Morrison, Jethro Till, Ten Years After, Chicago, Mountain and Iron Butterfly. GearFah contacted Chris last year, seeking permis- sion to re-master the LP and re- lease it on CD, informing him that the original LP had achieved "highly sought-after" status among collectors in the U.S. and in Europe. Reportedly, a "mint" condition original LP fetches up to $ 500 among col- lectors. Chris says that he now wishes he had kept a few hun- dred copies. A contract has also been signed to re-release a vinyl LP version through an Italian record lahel. Tlie CD is avail- able through, among others, Amazon.com.

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ROBERT HICKMAN

and his family always look for- ward to returning to campus. His daughter, a junior in high school, IS very interested in at- tending WC. "Wow! Are we getting old. Hello and best wishes to all friends and frater- nity brothers."

When President Toll traveled to Portland, OR, In June, Martin Anderson '74 liosted an alumni lunch with David Hardlman '61, Liz Mangano '97 and Julie Snyder '68 at Jake's Famous Crauitish Restaurant. A few days later, Marty fleu/ his family to the East Coast for tours of the nation's capitol and Washington College. Here Marty's children— Eric, Sarah and Heather — join "Bullet" Bob Larson's '75 daughter Jessica in a laugh their dads' yearbook photos.

KEVIN NOBLET,

deputy international editor for the Associated Press, has ac- cepted a year's position as visit- ing professor of journalism at the EW Scripps School of Journal- ism, Ohio University in Athens, OH.

LYNN VIRGILIO OGILIVY

is still unpacking boxes after moving to a house across from Fairfield University in Con- necticut. While visiting Boston with her husband and three children in April, she slipped

away to visit Vicky Lazzell '74- They had a great time reminisc- i ing about WC!

SUSAN BRETT SLAUGHTER

and her husband, Steve Slaugh- ter '73, have moved to Middletown, MD. Steve teaches social studies at Middletown High School and Susan is a loan originator with Crestar Mort- gage Bank in Frederick.

1976

KEVIN COOMER

and his wife, Michelle, have re- located to the Pittsburgh area. Kevin is the regional business manager for Crum & Forster, which IS a career change with the same company since he now works with human re- sources, operations and as re- gional CEO.

Raymond F. Sutton '50 has written a book about the lives of two Washington College graduates. I Can, Koi/ Cantells the story ot Sutton and Dr. Harry M. Walsh '48, Chestertown natives and lifelong friends who face the challenges of a changing world and find success In their chosen fields. Walsh became a surgeon; Sutton became a representative of an International pharmaceutical company. Alumni of the 1940s and 1950s will recognize many characters in this book, which is available through the Washington College Bookstore. To order your copy, call 800-422-1782, ext. 7751.

1977

JODY DUDDERAR

is the director of International Education at SUNY Rockland Community College.

1981

CHARLENE RINKERIVIAN CONOLLY

received her master's of science in administration degree from Central Michigan University in October.

1982

JESSICA FOWLER VAUGHAN

has fled Washington, D.C., with her husband and three children (ages 5, 4 and 21 months) for a much quieter and traffic-free existence in Randolph, VT She is director of Foundation Relations at Ver- mont Law School (part-time) and works as a consultant to the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C.

LEE IVIcCOLLOUGH

will be producing 12 Angry Men for the Tred Avon Play- ers in February and will be di- recting Neil Simon's Rumors in the spring.

SALLY WAGAIVIAN

was elected \ice president of op- erations for Alpha Omicron Pi women's fraternity at its interna- tional convention, held in June 1999 m Orlando, FL.

1985 JEREMY SMITH

of the State Unn'ersity of New York, College at Fredonia, along with Philip Brett (University of California, Riverside) and David Mateer (Open University), was awarded a nvo-year NEH Col- laborative Research Grant for the collation and editing of the final two volumes of the Wil- liam Byrd Edition. TTie culminat- ing volumes will contain the composer's first two published songbooks, Psalmes, Sonets and Songi (1588) and Songs of Sundne Natures (1589).

1986

TOM HOPKINS

and wife, Valarie Williams '90, live on a 24-acre farm on Codorus Creek in Glen Rock PA, with their 15 cats. They grow organic garlic which they

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are planning to expand into a	small organization that recruits	KIM CAVOLO LEVENDUSKY	VEDA GRESSER MITCHELL
nursery business.	and trains volunteers to take their pets with them on visits to	is marketing x'lntage costume jewelry on e-hay.com.	lives in i^Xvings Mills, MD, with her husband, William, and their
ANN C. MAWHINNEY has hcen li\int; in Chicago since	nursing homes and chiklren's hospitals.	Antiquemommas oflers 1 2 auc- tions a week.	two children — Sierra, age 3, and Alexandra, age 2. After eight
1990 and is working as an ad- ministrative specialist tor an in- vestment hank. She successftilly heat cancer in 1992 and is happy and well!	1989 WILL EDWARDS and wite, Julie Eldridge Edwards '89, purchased an	JOHN MACIELAG was promoted to full vice presi- dent, Merrill Lynch Private Cli- ent Group, and has relocated his	years of teaching tor Baltimore City Public Schools and receiv- ing her master's degree in publi- cations design from the Univer- sity of Baltimore, Veda has
PETER SHARER has relocated to Nebraska, where he is the director ot mar- keting tor The Gallup Organiza- tion. His division handles all	apartment in Burlington, VT, with a \iew of Lake Champlain.	office to Chestcrtowm.	given it all up to he a full-time mom. She sends wishes to all her Zeta sisters and welcomes them to visit her.
major trade associations and	BIRTHS	August 11, 1999. Jack joins big	To John Rickloff '90 and Alix
high-tech and telecommunica- tions companies. Pete is a ref- eree for college football and is the new '80s decade representa-	To Andy Hundertmark '70 and wife, Carol Kaiser, a son, Mar-	brother Sean, age 3. To Chris Doherty '87 and wife.	Goode Rickloff '91, a daughter, Georgia Margaret Isabelle Rickloff, on July 8, 1998.
tive on the College's Alumni	tin, on August 15, 1999. Mar-	Marjorie, a daughter, Sabrina
Council.	tin joins big brother AJ.	Catherine, on April 23, 1999.	To Carolyn Athey Harms '93
1987			and Kevin Harms '97 a daugh-
DAVE MILLIARD	To Chappy Bowie '75 and wife,	To Skip Middleton '87 and wife,	ter, Logan Catherine Harms, on
mo\'ed with his wife, Helen, and their children — Charley, Vir- ginia and Grace — ^from San Francisco, CA, to Richmond,	Irena, a son, Peter Smoluchowski Bowie, on Octo- ber 8, 1999. Peter i.s the grand-	Christa, a son, Conor Ryan, on May 19, 1999.	July 27, 1999.
B:?-^^^^BhMS1F® ^^"
VA. Dave is a securities trader at First Union Bank.	son of Theodosia Chapman Bowie '33.	To Claire Yaniga Ricci '87 and husband, Greg, a son, Anthony	ifiP^^
SHAFFER REESE is the new Baltimore Alumni	To Georgeanna Linthicum	Michael, on June 5, 1999.
Chapter president. He hopes to see old friends at future events.	Bishop '84 and husband, Tim, a daughter, Christianna	To Sherri Duffield Brown '88 and husband, Jonathan, a son.
CLAIRE YANIGA RICCI	Langenfelder Bishop, on Febru-	Alexander Jonathan, on Decem-
li\-es with her husband, Greg, and son, Anthony, in Towson,	ary 2, 1999.	ber 11, 1998.
MD. Claire completed her master's degree at the College ot Notre Dame ot Mar^'land and is	To Scott Behm '85 and wife, Mary, a daughter, Norah, on	To Anne Johnson Endy '88 and husband, Michael, a daughter,	(Above) Eve Zartman-Ball '94 and Bill Ball '93 show off their
working there as the Director ot Human Resources. Her e-mail address is cricci@ndm.edu.	January 28, 1999. To Max Conover '86 and	Melissa Cromer Endy, on May 7th, 1999.	new daughter, Alexandra Jordon Zartman Ball, to Laura Heidel '95. Alexandra was born on
1988	Jeannine Albert Conover '91a	To Chad Bentley '89 and wife.	April 21, 1999.
ANNE JOHNSON ENDY and husband, Michael, pur- chased a hoLise in Westtield, NJ.	daughter, Isabelle LeRoux, on August 26, 1999.	Shelly, a daughter, Sarah, on De- cember 29, 1998. Sarah joins big sister Shannon, age 4 1/2.	To James Carver '95 and wife, Lisa, a son, Corey Matthew
DEBORAH KIRKPATRICK	To Mark Darwin '86 and		Carver, on July 19, 1999.
McMENAMIN has been promoted to manager of life administration for The Harleysville Life Insurance	Kristen Kosack Darwin '88, a daughter, Rebecca Ann, on March 28, 1999. Rebecca joins	To Sean Guinness '90 and wife, Christine, a daughter, Eliza Grace Lee Guinness, on October 5,	To Chris Eaton '96 a daughter, Emily Nicole, on July 6, 1999.
Company, where she oversees the licensing/appointing of agents and agencies. Her depart- ment acts as an operations cen- ter for the company.	big sister Caroline, age 2. To Brian Erwin '86 and wife, Lori, a son, Jack Morgan, on	1999. To Georgia Shafer Hudson '90 and husband, John, a son. Miles	To Paula Link Newsome '97 and husband, Andrew, a son, Noah Thomas, on October 5th,	i'
ERICA MUNSKE WILEMAN works for People Animals Love (PAL) in Washington, D.C., a		Eaton Hudson, on August 20, 1999.	1999.

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MOLLY McMAHON SIEGMUND

is an executive assistant at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her husband, Roger, is a freelance artist in Washington, D.C.

GEORGE SMALL

moved to Easton from Odenton, MD, and is working at Avon- Dixon Insurance.

JOHN UPTON

returned from England and is living in Carmel, CA.

JENNIFER EISBERG

is teaching French and Spanish at The Park School in Balti- more. She also directs a summer outdoor program in which she leads camping, backpacking, climbing, cycling and white- water canoeing trips for kids.

DAVID STEWART

is a paramedic at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

MICHELE VOLANSKY

was awarded the first LMDA Prize in Dramaturgy: The Elliott Hayes Award, for her work on Tina Landau's award-winning play Space. The play, named one of Time magazine's "10 Best" for 1998 and scheduled for produc- tion at The New York Shakespeare Festival/Tlie Public Theatre, marked the fifth col- laboraticin between Landau and Volansky. Volansky's own play. Whispering City, about Chicago's ghost stories, opened in October in Steppenwolf The- atre Company's Arts Exchange program. She and her husband

and dogs were recently visited by Emily Lott Miller '90 and her son, Sam. Emily, Michele and Sam saw Lincoln Park Zoo, Lake Michigan, the John Hancock Building (fcir Shirley Temples ...) and a Cubs game in three exhausting days. Sam looks (and let's say it, behaves ...) exactly like his father, Paul Miller '88. H^,^ ,

DAN DUTTON

would like to say hello to the original guys in Talbot '89. "I miss you all. Life is good!" Dan is the director of activities at the Ritz-Carlton in St. Thomas. Please feel free to visit. He hopes everyone is doing well.

KRISTIN CALLAZZO HODGSON

works tor a nonprofit profes- sional .society called the CPCU Society in Malvern, PA, as the membership marketing manager. She is trax'eling much more with this position and is really enjoy-

Carlton Cropper '72 (left) and Bob Ramsey '77 pose with the bust of George Washington at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA, last June. Alumni and friends were treated to an exclusive tour ot the exhibit "George Washington: American Symbol."

ing it. Her husband, Mark, is a business analyst/consultant in Wilmington, DE, at MBNA America Bank.

LAUREN MONTENEGRO LITTLEFIELD

mo\ed back to Chestertown tor a position as assistant professor of psychology at WC. In her spare time, she is restoring a 1900 Victorian cottage-style home with her husband, Tony. They are working hard but hav- ing fun! She'd love to hear from old WC friends. Contact her at lauren.Iittletield@washccill.edu.

TIM MADISON

nidved to Los Angeles in 1997 with his wife, Lisa Woodcock Madison '91, to pursue a career in tele\'ision writing. Tim has been accepted to the Warner Brothers Comedy Program and the Paramount Comedy Ap- prentice Program, the latter of which resulted in a writing internship at the NBC comedy FrcLsier. He has also written sev-

eral freelance epi.sodes of the animated program Fat Dog Mendoza. As of late, his parody website. The Official Kresky Home Page, was featured m the Internet supplement of Enter- tainment Weekly magazine, gar- nering a "TV Best of Breed" rat- ing and a grade of A. In his free time, Tim likes to write self- aggrandizing press releases. Lisa works at Soundelux Entertain- ment Group, a sound post-pro- duction for film and television, as the executive assistant to the Senior and Executive Vice Presidents. Soundelux has worked on such projects as Bravehean, Jerry Maguire, Mask ofZorro, Tarzan and Terminator 2: 3D attracticin at Universal Studios Hollywood, to name a few. Lisa recently coordinated Soundelux 's premiere party for the Terminator attraction.

HEATHER DONOVAN PHILLIPS

and her husband, Joe, have two children — Liam, 18 months, and Catalyn, age 3. They are buying a second home in Ches- tertown and are residing in Dublin, PA, where Heather is keeping busy with the children and various volunteer activities, including running a coed doubles and volleyball league.

CLIFF SCHROEDER

has returned to Richmond, VA, to work for the Vectre Corpora- tion as the manager of govern- ment affairs.

SUSAN STOBBART SHAPIRO

and her husband, Robert, moved into a home they built in west Annapolis, MD. Susan practices law in Annapolis with the firm Council, Baradel, Kosmerl and Nolar. She is also Vice President of the WC Alumni Council.

From left, Kerwin Stokes '87, John Buckey '92 and Steve LInhard '88 attended an Annapolis Alumni Chapter happy hour at the Ram's Head Tavern last May.

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DONALD F. STEELE III

is living m New 'i'ork Ciry. He works as the inventory manager for iTurf, the Internet division of Delia's catalog.

MICHAEL J. WINKELMAN

is a lawyer practicing with the firm of McCarthy & Costello, LLP in Lanham, MD.

1992

JENNY ALBERS

is a third year medical student at the Medical College of Virginia. She escaped to Chestertown for the month of October to com- plete an internal medicine rota- tion with local internist Dr. Helen Nohle.

MAnHIAS CONATY

lives in Brookline, MA. He graduated from the University of Arizona with an MFA in cre- ative writing, specializing in po- etry.

JOHNGRIEP

is the news editor of the Star Democrat newspaper in Easton, MD.

JEN HANNUM

has moved to Delaware and is now working as an en\ironmen- tal planner for the Delaware De- partment oi Transportation. Her home e-mail is seahag89@earthlink.net.

WILL BRANDENBURG

is working tor Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant. He lives in Kissimmee, H., with his wite, Chris.

CHRIS RASMUSSEN

graduated from the University of Maryland law school in 1996 and is practicing with RSI, in- vestigating product liability law- suits. He works in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and travels frequently on business.

ELEANOR SHRIVER

head women's soccer and la- crosse coach at WC, is two classes away from receiving her master's degree in education from Goucher College in Balti- more. She loves living on the Chester River and always wel- comes friends to stop by.

MARRIAGES

Stephen J. Hartley '70 to Lori A. Weaver on May 30, 1999, at the Hanover, PA, Country Club.

Jody Dudderar '77 to Bernardo Valdes on Au- gust 7, 1999, in Austurias, Spain. They reside in New York City.

Brian McLelland '86 to Jill Story on September 19, 1999, in Philadelphia.

Tammy Tiehel '86 to Bill Stedman on May 1, 1999, in Chestertown.

Kathleen Winter '88 to Aaron Eichenlauh on June 19, 1999, in Baltimore, MD. The couple honeymooned in Paris, Rome, Venice and Flo- rence. They reside in Santa Monica.

Mark Bradley '89 to Michelle Banks on July 25, 1998. Alumni in attendance were Eric Thompson '89, Don Diefendorf '90, Ian Clarridge '89 and Ben Hollinger '89.

Irene Nicolaidis '87 was married to John C. M. Angelos on August 30. 1998. on the Greek island of Rhodes. A celebration back home Included Sara Welch '87, Lisa Buckey '88, Paige Yates Baldwin '88, Rebecca Smith Rothenhoefer '86, Amy Boor Chase '88, Bryce Chase '88, Vicky Fuchs Geringswald '88, Eric Geringswald '85, Rene Jerome Amirata '88 and Paul Amirata '85.

More Marriages on page 36.

Stuart Warner '94 was married to Karin Karch on September 12, 1998, in South Bend, IN. Glenn Warner '92 was best man. Groomsmen Included Jamie Carver '94, Chris Jones '94, Dave Ratta '94 and Mike Ratta '94. Friends and alumni In attendance included Tim RIgglns '94, Julie Lippke Jones '94, and Lawson and Pat Smith. The couple reside in South Bend, IN.

Kathleen Robblns '92 and Christopher Nightingale were married on May 1, 1999, In Ojal, CA. Katrlna Beernink Cooke '92 and Karen Strltehoff Rider '92 were bridesmaids. Alumni attending the wedding were Anastasia Vendelis Klima '92, Catherine Cole Sarno '92, Doug Sarno '92 and Tracy Greenawalt Wilson '92. The couple honeymooned In the British Virgin Islands and reside In Solana Beach, CA.

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MARRIAGES

Molly McMahon '89 to Roger Siegmund on October 11, 1997, in Pinehurst, NC. They reside in Bethesda, MD. Kevin McMahon '86 was an usher.

Mary Jo Allison '90 to Don White Jr. on June 5, 1999. Susan Taylor '90, Cyndy Dingus '89 and Cathy Michel '89 were in at- tendance. They reside in Wilmington, NC.

Kristin Callazzo '9 1 to Mark Hodgson on April 23, 1999, in Wilmington, DE. The couple honeymooned in the south of Spain, Victoria Vahos Bell '91 was a bridesmaid. Alumni in attendance were Joan Colton '92, Whit Maroney '91, Vince Maximo '90 and Melanie Wentzell '95. The couple reside in Wilmington, DE.

Brett Lankford '91 to Sarah Brennan on July 31, 1999. Classmates in attendance were Lisa and Tim Madison, Jeff Vail, Cynthia Croot, Clay Eichelberger, Matt Conaty, Jim Sobczak, Elizabeth Rollins, Mike Cannon and Greg Boone.

Donald E Steele III '91 to Lynn Roland on March 20, 1999.

Kara Wiesenbaugh '93 M'95 was married to Steve Smart on June 27, 1998. Belinda McLeod-Quinn '93 and Lizzy O'Hara '93 were bridesmaids. Kevin Quinn '90 and Mary Ryan O'Hara '99 attended. The couple reside near Aspen, CO.

Margaret Doyle '92 to Andrew Bitz on August 7, 1999. The couple honeymooned in the Outer Banks, NC.

John Griep '92 to Julie Cummings on May 15, 1999, on Wye Island in Queenstown, MD. John Blakelock '92 was best man; Rod Benson '93 and his wife, Beth, were in attendance.

Jullen Gaudion '96 was married to Amy Clothier on November 28, 1998, In Philadelphia, PA. David Cola '95 and Perry Holland '98 were in the wedding party. Jennifer Schaefer Bershon '95, Matthew Bershon '94, John Wayne '73, Jenny Wayne '94, Ann Friedman Singer '85, David Singer '83, Jason Campbell '95, Tim Parent '98, Tim Whittler '95, Lisa Athey '96, Robert Cronin '98 and Kathy Wagner '79 were in attendance.

1994

IVEHE GORMAZ

is the new alumni chapter presi- dent tor Tlilhot County.

JEFF GRAFTON

enjoyed the annual Kappa Al- pha hull roast on April 25, 1999, coordinated hy Mike Bowman '94, Dan Jacohson '00 and Dave Knowies '72, held at Truslow Boathouse.

MICHAEL RAHA

IS working at Dige.x, Inc. as an Internet systems administrator.

1995

SHELLEY BROWN

works as community education director for the Domestic Vio- lence Center in Howard County.

ERIC OALESSIO

is a consultant for Logical De- sign Solutions, Inc., working in Weh site design.

scon DERVAES

passed the Calitomia Bar and is now an attorney in San Diego, CA. Scott has started a firm specializing in civil litigation with a signitigant f>ro bono com- mitment to children's advocacy. His wife, Michelle, is starting law school this fall; after gradu- ation she will join Scott at his firm. Scott invites alumni liv- ing in California to contact him with any legal matters. He can he reached at (619) 232- 5661 or sdervaes® aoI.com. Look for his new Web site wwvv.4LawHelp.com.

SHAWNTEL FITZGERALD-LAMBERT

IS earning her master's ot science degree in clinical psychology at Loyola College.

TONY HIGGINS

works with MicroStrategy, a Northern Virginia-based soft- ware company. His e-mail address:Tony_Higgins@ Yahoo.com.

MARCIA MOWBRAY

nioxcd back to Florida last win- ter from Washington, D.C. She is living in West Palm Beach and is working for Palm Beach Counry in public relations and intergovernmental affairs.

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JASON PAIGE

has been named head men's lacrosse coach at Keuka College in New York.

MARY PRICE WICK REATH

is a landscape designer for Homestead Gardens in DavidsonviUe, MD. Her hus- band, Tim Reath Jr. '96, is a shipping agent m the Port of Baltimore tor Gulf and Atlantic Maritime Services, Inc.

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JODIE CLARK

was named acting director of Hood College's Strasbourg Pro- gram at the University of Strasbourg, France.

CHRIS EATON

is studying to be an accountant. He is completing the required coursework at Howard Commu- nity College in Columbia, MD.

JULIEN GAUDION

works as a commerical real es-

tate analyst for Grubb & Ellis Corporation. His wite. Amy, works for KPMG LLP as an in- dustry manager for the fimi's health care consulting practice. The Gaudions live outside of Philadelphia in Lafayette Hill, PA.

KERRI HASKINS

IS engaged to Marc Schuster. She IS teaching 11 th- and I2th- grade English at Sacred Heart County Day School.

MARK MURPHY

is working tor the International Mission Board and plans to be in Sydney, Australia, for the next two years as a part of their Olympic Ministry Team.

ANDRE TAYLOR

is engaged to Curtia Arnold '95. They are planning to be married on June 25, 2000. Aaron Grayson '97 will be best man and Ctirtina Arnold '95 will be maid ot honor.

MARRIAGES

Dana Ttiurston Evans '93 to John C.L. Evans on October 3, 1998, in Old Lyme, CT. Julie Lippke Jones '94, Christopher Jones '94, Susan Daisley Doyle '94, Kevin Doyle '93, Lisa Pruett '93, Greg Lawler '94 and Kate Towery Yates '94 attended.

William R. Mace IV '93 to Laura Blythe Giorno on June 26, 1999, in Baltimore, MD. The couple honeymooned in the Bahamas and reside in Forest Hill.

Eric Dalessio '95 to Patti Ratliff on August 21, 1999, in Greenville, DE. The couple honeymooned in Maui and the Napa Valley.

Mary Price Wick '95 to Timothy Reath Jr. '96 on May 15, 1999, in Kilmarnock, VA. Alicia Carberry '95, Molly Blake and Catherine Rogers Reilly '95 were bridesmaids. Will Smiley '96, Matt MuUin '96, Matt Wilder and Carey Hargrove '96 were groomsmen. The couple reside in Annapolis, MD.

Shawntel Fitzgerald '96 to Paul Lambert on April 24, 1999. They re- side in Owings Mills, MD.

Jennifer Biondi '97 to Jacob Navarro on May 22, 1999.

Lindsay Taylor '97 to Craig Weedon M'97 on February 27, 1999, in Annapolis, MD.

1997

Classmates Scott '82 and Debby Flory Hansen '82 and Tom Roof '82 Introduced their sons to each other at Washington's National Zoo during a stop at the "Wild About WC" Zoo Tour.

JENNIFER BIONDI NAVARRO

is living in Kennett Square, PA. She works at the Stroud Water Research Center as a public re- lations associate, planning fund raising events and keeping track ot donors.

Former SGA president

Eric Johnson '99 was

married to Jamie Marie

Carter on June 12, 1999,

in Annapolis, MD.

President and Mrs. John

Toll, Dean Maureen

Mclntyre, Dean Edward

Maxcy, Diane Larrlmore,

Cecilia Acocella, Trustee

Dale Paterson Adams

'65, Linda Walls '88,

Robert Brown '96,

Christopher Eaton '96,

Carl-Johan Nordberg

'98, Margus Korgesaar '00, Kate Mahoney '00, Tara Leeson '01,

Danielle Williams '00, Soleras Pantazes '02, Leah Singleton '01 and

Ruwan Wickrema '99 attended the ceremony.

Denise Farina '98 to Jeffrey Lane on August 7, 1999, in Wilmington, DE.

Andrea A. Wall '98 to Keith Allen Whiteford '94 on September 10, 1999, at Swan Harbor Farm in Havre de Grace, MD. The couple reside in Chestertown.

CoUeena Wiseman '99 to Thomas R. Calhoun on January 19, 1999. The private ceremony was attended by Phyllis Oddoye '98 and Eric Johnson *99. The couple reside in Baltimore.

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Walk in Wordsworth's Footsteps

JULY 2 — 1

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Professor Richard Gillin will lead alumni and friends on a reading and hiking tour of Literary England. The esti- mated package price of $1,500 per person includes private transportation through the Lake District, nine night accommodations (dbl occupancy) in small, historic hotels and assigned books. Costs of roundtrip airfare ta^ j Manchester and most meals are not included. For information call the Alumni Office (800) 422-1782 x78to;

AMY RIZZITELLO

earncil her niiister's Je^ree in molecular biology from Prmceton University in June 1999 and is now pursLiinjJ her doctorate.

TARYN VENNER

is enj^aijed to he married to Frank Ashe, a math teacher she met while teachinfj English at her former high school in Jersey City, NJ. The two plan to marry in the summer of 2001 . Taryn is teaching at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Town- ship, NJ, and is studying for her master's degree in English at Rutgers University.

LINDSAY TAYLOR WEEDON

and husband, Craig Weedon M'97, live in Annapolis, MD, where she teaches high school English and Craig works for the Department of Nattiral Re-

HEATHER WILDER

is a full-time graduate student at the University of Maryland at Baltimore, pursuing her master's degree in social work.

CHRIS WIMER

has accepted a job with BSC America, an automotive asset

management company based in Bel Air, MD. BSC is owned by Raymond Nichols, father of Michelle Nichols '95. Chris was intereviewed and hired by Ri- chard Gray '79. Chris will he working with automotive fleet management and appraisal. He's looking forward to work- ing with other alumni and hopes to see future graduates pursue careers in the automo- tive business.

1998

REBECCA PAUL

works as an information special- ist for Environmental Research Foundation in Annapolis, MD.

KURT SUMMER

is li\ mg m Washington, D.C., working in Web development and research for the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. He can be reached at ksommer@brookings.edu.

GREG TOMASSO

is a customer assistance accounts manager for MBNA in Hunt Valley, MD.

1999

PAUL T. BAYNE

is the 1999 winner of the Jack

Deacon Award, gi\ en annuall\' to the senior Phi Delt who best exemplifies the standards and principles of Phi Delta Theta and Maryland Gamma.

LIZ HOOGENBOOM

traveled across the U.S. this summer. At Mount Rushmore she thought of WC.

Tarln Towers '94 read Irom her newest book. Sorry. We're Close, at The Metro Cafe in Washington, D.C. This, her first collection of poetry, was published by Manic D Press. Tarin was on a national book tour this summer with a female review of writers, poets and singers called 'Sister Spit. "She continues to work as a freelance writer in San Francisco. Pay her a visit at www. tarin.com.

ALLISON MONTGOMERY

is tr.uning to be a financial con- sultant with Merrill Lynch in Washington, D.C.

JASON MYERS

is doing an internship with the M.U.S.E. Foundation, a com- pany that conducts ftindraisers for Cystic Fibrosis, t

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IN M E M 0 R 1 A	M	graduation, Twilley served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 as	ciples Washington College stands for today: a solid educational
Elizabeth Watson Hall '37 died	survived by his wife, three sons	a Lt.JG. After leaving the mili-	foundation, a mastery of new
on July 2, 1999, in Princess	and a daughter.	tary, he was a sales representative	ideas and technology, and a com-
Anne, MD. She was the grand-		for Steel & Tm Products, Co. He	passionate relationship with
daughter of the late Captain	Mary B. Wills '48 died on March	is survived by his wife, Ernestine,	people. He humanized in a per-
Leonard S. Tawes, who was the	31, 1999, in New Canaan, CT.	three children and seven grand-	sonal and loving way the com-
skipper of the schooner City of	Wills was a member of the Alpha	children.	plexities of state-mandated educa-
Baltimore and author of the book	Chi sorority and was a real estate		tional initiatives. He explored new
Coasting Captain. Hall was the	broker. She is survived by a	Franklin Steele Langford Sr. '52	ideas that blossomed into aca-
director of social services for	daughter, two sons and six grand-	died on June 4, 1999. Judge	demic innovations. He sought
Somerset County for more than	children.	Langford was a former chief mag-	funding and oversaw the installa-
30 years. Upon retirement, she		istrate in San Francisco and a	tion of current technology for stu-
opened an antiques business and	Edward Judson "Jay" Miller III	prosecutor of Sara Jane Moore,	dents and teachers. He worked
became a well-known expert in	'50 died on September 11, 1999,	who was convicted of attempting	tirelessly both to 'fill out the
American furniture and export	of heart failure. He was the direc-	to assassinate President Gerald	forms' and to create a more moti-
china. She is survived by two	tor of the Baltimore County Po-	Ford in 1975. Since 1979, he was	vating environment at his school.
cousins.	lice Department's Office of Public	involved in such high-profile	He inspired and challenged the lo-
	Information from 1977 until his	cases as the prosecution of Patty	cal community to take part in the
Martha Louise Stevens '37 died	retirement in 1995. He was a	Hearst for bank robbery and the	education of their youth. Yet as a
on June 15, 1999, in Centreville,	member of the Maryland Press	police-brutality suit filed by the	big kid himself, what he really did
MD. She was a teacher for more	Club, having been a former News	late gangster rapper Tupac	best was to encourage, correct.
than 43 years at Chestertown	American reporter. He is sur-	Shakur. He retired in 1996. He is	empower and love the many stu-
High School and Kent County	vived by Ruth, his wife of 45	survived by a son, a daughter and	dents who came into his world."
High School, specializing in busi-	years, three sons, a brother and	two grandchildren.	Henckel was listed in the Who's
ness subjects. She is survived by a	seven grandchildren.		Who of Outstanding Educators in
brother and his wife, and several		Roderic Beadle Ware '54 died on	1993 and 1996. He is survived by
nieces and nephews.	James D. Twilley '51 died on May	April 9, 1999, in Columbia, TN.	his mother, his stepfather, a son, a
	26, 1999, in Salisbury, MD.	He is survived by his wife,	brother and a granddaughter.
Carroll C. Woodrow, Ph.D. '39	While at WC, Twilley was a his-	Loretta, a son, a stepdaughter and
died on June 4, 1999, in	tory major, a member of the	two grandchildren.	Gertrude Ruth Gould, former
Wilmington, DE. Dr. Woodrow	Theta Chi fraternity and a soccer		First Lady of Washington Col-
was a chemist with DuPont Com-	and track and field star specializ-	William T. Archer '58 died on	lege, died August 11, 1999, in
pany for many years. In addition	ing in the quarter-mile. Twilley	May 13, 1999, in Sahsbury, MD.	Annapolis, MD, at the age of 99.
to his wife of 55 years, he is sur-	and his teammates won the Ma-	He was a minister for 46 years	Her husband, Clarence Gould,
vived by his mother, a son, a	son-Dixon Conference Champi-	with the Peninsula Conference of	was a college professor and acade-
daughter and three grandchildren.	onship and the Middle Atlantic	the United Methodist Church,	mician who served as President
	Conference Mile Relay Champi-	serving all over the Eastern	from 1919 to 1923. He died in
Lydia Mooney Bordley '41 died	onship. Twilley was captain of the	Shore. He is survived by his wife	1971. Mrs. Gould was an execu-
on June 5, 1999, in Church Hill,	track team his senior year. In ad-	of 53 years, Louise, and a son.	tive assistant and secretary of the
MD. She is survived by her hus-	dition to his contributions to the		Mahoning County Child Welfare
band, a daughter and three grand-	soccer team, he was a member of	George L. Henckel '7 1 , a teacher	Board in Youngstown, OH. She
children.	the Varsity Club for three years,	and principal at Sudlersville (MD)	also was employed as a secretary
	being elected to vice-president his	Middle School for 28 years, died	and assistant to the treasurer at
The Rev. Howard Miller '48 died	senior year. He also served as the	on August 21, 1999, in a drown-	Western Reserve University in
on May 10, 1999, in Gettysburg,	manager of varsity basketball for	ing accident in Ocean City, MD.	Cleveland. Mrs. Gould is sur-
PA. An English and drama	four years. For his outstanding	David Knowles '71, his former	vived by a daughter, Mary Gould
teacher before entering the semi-	contributions, Twilley was in-	roommate, Kappa Alpha brother.	Phillips of Stevensville, two
nary, he served as a Lutheran	ducted into the College's Athletic	and lifelong friend, wrote:	grandchildren and three great-
minister for many years. He is	Hall of Fame in 1996. After	"George's life reflected the prin-	grandchildren.
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CURRENTS

Civil War Novel Hits The Mark

by David Healey '88

Here's some advice to writers: get yourself a good answering machine. One with a remote message retrieval system. Then check your messages yourself.

Don't do like 1 did, and come home late on a Friday to be greeted hy a blinking red light and a wife who, al- though she's been home most of the day, says, "Oh, 1 didn't notice it."

Of course, there was my agent on the tape saying something cryptic about hav- ing news I'd like to hear. Monday morning was sud- denly very far away, espe- cially for my wife, who had to put up with me for the next two days.

When Monday finally came, I got the news that my novel was going to be pub- lished in paperback by Jove Books, part of the Penguin- Putnam-Berkley publishing group.

Sharpshooter falls into the category of historical thriller. In the waning days of 1864, the Confederacy is losing the Civil War, so a group of of- ficers sends the South's best sharpshooter to Washington to assassinate Union General Ulysses S. Grant. By killing Grant, the Confederacy hopes to turn the tide of the war.

Thinking back on my days at the Lit House, where 1 sat up late at the kitchen table, drinking coffee and talking about writing, it never oc-

curred to me that I would write a historical thriller someday. Like just about ev- eryone else who took Bob Day's creative writing classes and hung out at the Lit House, I planned on writing "The Great American Novel." Eventually, 1 discov- ered that writing a book that combined action, history and a twisting plot suited me just tine — and had a better chance of be- ing published.

Writing and selling the novel was one thing. Waiting for it to get into print is an- other. That weekend spent waiting after the answering machine episode was good training.

Since that phone call, an entire year will have passed before Sharpshooter finally hits the stores this Novem- ber.

Sharpshooter truly began to feel like a book in June, when 1 got the cover design from Berkley. Suddenly, I had something tangible to show people when they asked about my book.

In July, I got the copyedited manuscript back from Berkley. The editor wanted it back in a week. 1 buckled down and double- checked all the facts the copyeditor questioned — for

instance, does a full house beat four aces in a poker game or not.' The copyeditor also picked up on the fact that 1 used the word "zeal- ous" three times on one page (guess I was feeling, well, zealous that day) and changed my whiches to thats. I'm in good company on this

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one — James Michener once admitted he never did figure out the difference between "that" and "which," he just let the copyeditors take care of it.

Page proofs soon followed. The pages now looked just as they would in the book, and it was my last chance to make any changes. By the time 1 finished with the copyediting proofs, I was tired of hanging on my every word.

Before I got busy with the details of Sharpshooter, I kept busy wrapping up a second Civil War novel called Rebel

Train. I was so sick of work- ing on a computer at the newspaper, and then writing on one at home at night, that I wrote Rebel Tram out in longhand on 13 yellow le- gal pads. Then I typed the novel into my old Mac Clas- sic 11, making changes along the way, because I soon real- ized no typist would ever be able to read my handwriting. (Since then, I've moved on to a Macintosh Powerbook. A laptop computer is a won- derful thing.)

People always ask, "How do you find time to write?" The answer is that it's not easy, not with two young kids and a full-time job. Writing tends to get done by dragging myself out of bed and getting in an hour or two before work. Then, after dinner and getting the kids to bed and doing the dishes and getting some checks in the mail to pay the hills, around 10 p.m. I can slip off to the office, where I write until I start to fall asleep at the keyboard. Sometimes, that doesn't take long.

While I wait for Sharp- shooter to hit the shelves, I've got an idea for yet an- other book bouncing around. It's good to let an idea bounce for a while — some- times all the air goes out of it, like a deflated volleyball. And sometimes you find yourself sitting down at the keyboard, writing that first chapter, starting all over again. ►

David Healey, class of '88, is an editor at the daily Cecil Whig newspaper in Elkton, MD.

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COLLEGE	EVENTS
December 3 and 4	January 23
Renaissance Christmas	The current and alumni
Dinner, Hynson Lounge, 7 P.M. For ticket information	brothers of Beta Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha	Mardi Gras
please call Bette Lucas at	Order will hold a Convivium
410-778-7875.	2000 in Hynson Lounge.
December 4	Reception and program at 3 P.M. Buffet dinner at	Washington's Birthday Ball
Board of Visitors and Gover- nors on campus.	5 P.M. Call 410-778-7789 for details.	February 19, 2000
Theta Chi Fraternity's	Alumni at Sea World,	Johnson Lifetime Fitness Center
Alumni Christmas Formal, Black-Eyed Susan Restau-	Orlando, 12:00 noon.	9 p.m. ' 1 a.m.
rant, Chestertown. Time tha.	January 27 Washington College Concert
Decembers	Series presents Bonnie	General admission tickets are $40 per person.
Washington College Concert	Rideout. Tawes Theatre,
Band, Gibson Performing	Gibson Performing Arts	For more information call 410-778-7812.
Arts Center, Tawes Theatre, 4 p.m.	Center, 8 P.M.
The Riverside Players
December 9	presents the musical The
Annapolis Alumni Chapter	Fantasticks. Norman James
Holiday Happy Hour at	Theatre, 8 p.m. Play runs	around the country will be	Upcoming alumni events
Phillips Restaurant at City	through January 29.	posted on our alumni web.	and photos from recent
Dock, 5:00 p.m.			events are posted on our
	February 17	March 7	web site at
December 10	Alumni Council's symposia	The Goldstein Program in	www.washcoll.edu/
Kent &. Queen Anne's	series. There Is Life After	Public Affairs presents
Alumni Chapter Holiday	Liberal Arts, presents	Ambassador Anthony	Please mark your calendars
Party at Hynson Ringgold	"Beyond E-Mail: Alumni	Quainton, with a talk on	for Alumni Reunion/
House, 5 P.M.	Internet Entrepreneurs,"	"The Future of Diplomacy in	Commencement Weekend
	Hynson Lounge, 7:30 P.M.	the 21st Century."	Thursday, May 18 - Sunday,
December 11			May 21
Alumni Council Meeting,	February 19	March 25
10 a.m.	Board Meeting	Linda Ayres, former curator	Alumni Tour of Literary
	Alumni Council Meeting	of prints and manuscripts at	England: A Walk with
December 14	Washington's Birthday	the Library of Congress, will	Wordsworth — ^July 2-11
The 200th anniversary com-	Convocation, Tawes	give a talk on the manu-	(see ad on page 34)
memoration of the death of	Theatre, 2 P.M.	scripts and prints at Mount
George Washington. The		Vernon.
18-month-long celebration	Washington's Birthday Ball,
culminates with a bell ring-	Lifetime Fitness Center,
ing and ceremonial laying of	9 p.m.	For a monthly calendar of events, contact the
a wreath at the George		Special Events Coordinator at 1-800-422-1782, ext. 7849.
Washington statue, campus	February 22	For Athletic Info: Dial ext. 7238.
lawn, 12 noon.	Alumni Toasts to George Washington on his 268th	For Alumni Info: Dial ext. 7812.
	birthday. Sites and times for	Visit our website at www.washcoll.edu.
	alumni reunion celebrations

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the Campaign salutes

Brian '83 and Kathy Wurzbacher Corrigan '83

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Kathy and Brian met at WC in 1979 and were married on campus in June 1996.

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Towson, Maryland

VOCATIONS:

Brian is president of Corrigan &. Aburn (C&A) Sportswear in Baltimore. Kathy is president and owner of Personal Manage- ment Services, Inc., specializing in personal management for senior citizens. She also offers freelance estate and trust para- legal services.

AVOCATIONS:

Brian is a supporter of Sho'men Lacrosse. Kathy is former president of the College Alumni Association, former president of the Baltimore Alumni Chapter, and a current member of the Baltimore Campaign Cabinet.

GIVING HISTORY:

Since their college days, Brian and Kathy have been consistent members of The 1782 Society. They have pledged a generous commitment in support of the Campaign tor Washington's College.

ON GIVING:

"Brian and I are proud to continue family traditions of giving back both time and treasure. WC is an easy choice for us as we share strong ties to the College. It is exciting to be part of the Campaign and to know that in our own small way we are helping to ensure the future of a truly remarkable institution. The Campaign appeals to us on many levels — from the bricks and mortar projects to building an endowment that will provide scholarships for students and incentives for faculty. We are firmly committed to supporting excellence in education and we encourage fellow alumni to support the Campaign for Washington's College."

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