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At one time or another Washington College and Chestertown have been home to most of our readers. Per- haps because WC is such a unique experience and Chestertown such an extraordinary spot, our readers have a very proprietary interest in the ways thing change and in the ways they stay the same. In this issue we try to illuminate a few of the chang- ing aspects.

Professor Richard Striner reminds us in his article on historic preserva- tion, that seemingly mundane arti- facts are nevertheless significant be- cause they reflect the everyday lives of our people. He makes an excellent case for appreciating what is around us, even that which seems common- place.

Though unremarkable as a struc- ture, the demolition of a campus landmark sparked fond remem- brances from many in the WC com- munity. The water tower's long watch is over. By way of farewell, Marshall Williams offers a few fam- ily recollections.

The article on community theatre shows us once again how, happily, traditions can be revived. WC alumni, students, and faculty have joined with local theatre enthusiasts to bring the performing arts to town. Actors Community Theatre has made quality theatre happen in Chester- town and the Church Hill Theatre project has transformed a defunct movie house into an important cul- tural center.

But the most-asked question of the summer of '90 was, "What is the new president like?" I hope Sue De Pasquale's piece will begin to pro- vide some answers for those inquisi-

tive alumni, students, friends, and Chestertonians who view the Trouts as critical entities in the future of a two hundred-and-eight-year old in- stitution. I think our readers will feel the contagion of excitement that we on the home front feel. In a remark- ably short time Chuck and Katherine Trout seem to belong here at Wash- ington College. As these first days of the fall unfold, we welcome them home.

-MBD

Correction

Thomas K. George '73 was misidentified in the Class Notes section of the Spring 1990 issue. He is vice president of First American Bank in Baltimore.

WASHINGTON COLLEGE MAGAZINE

VOLUME XXXVIX NO. 1 FALL 1990 USPS 667-260

STAFF

Editor, Mereditli B. Davies

Managing Editor, Murcia Lnndskrocncr

Editorial Assistant, joaiiiw Fnircliild '84

Editorial Consultant, Kroin O'Keefe 74

Contributing Writers, Susaiinnli CImse '90

Gary Brown, Pat Trams 75 (Class Notes).

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FEATURES

Should These Buildings Be Saved? 10

WC's resident preservation activist defends "everyday" culture and architecture from demolition.

Dr. Richard Striner

WC Talent Takes Center Stage in Community Theater 15 Alumni, students and faculty join local forces to keep community theatre alive and well.

Marcia Laiidskroener

WC's Water Tower Comes A'Tumhlin' Down 21

Chestertown and Washington College bid fond farewell to a local landmark.

Marshall Williams

DEPARTMENTS

The Reporter 2

Senator Wirth looks to the future with the Class of '90 and the Caters are honored; the poetry of Sophie Kerr Winner "Mike" Hammer; WC's championship seasons.

Alumni Reporter 24

Dr. John A. Conkling '65 and John Hall '70 join WC's Board of Visitors and Governors.

Class Notes 25

Gina Oliva leads fitness program for the deaf.

About the Cover: Washington College's twenty-fourth president. Dr. Charles Hathaway Trout. Photograph byRobert C. Burke.

Currents

Dr. J. David Newell writes a letter from West Point.

ANNUAL REPORT 1989-90

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The Reporter

Welcome To The Future

Commencement ceremonies are always filled with mixed emo- tions, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. This year's ceremony, however, was more bittersweet than most, for not only was the Class of 1990 making its formal rite of passage into adulthood, saying good-bye to friends and teach- ers and a way of life, but President Douglass Cater and his wife, Libby, were getting their send-off as well.

The Caters were surprised with hon- orary degrees — he a doctor of letters, she a doctor of public service — for their eight years of service to the Col- lege. After the ceremony, they were guests of honor at a reception on the new College Plaza in front of the Gibson Fine Arts Center and the nearly complete Casey Academic Center. The brick-paved, street-lamped and land- scaped pedestrian walkway from Gibson to Washington Avenue was of- ficially christened the "Cater Walk;" Mayor Elmer Horsey presented Cater with the key to the town, and the Board of Visitors and Governors and the senior class presented the Caters with gifts.

It was a day of congratulations and well-wishing for the Class of 1990 as well. According to commencement speaker. United States Senator Timo- thy E. Wirth (D., Col.), they'll need all the luck they can get on their collision course with the future.

"[I cannot] pretend to be confident that all of your work has now pre- pared you to take on the world," he told the graduating class. "Proud as we all are of your training, your

ability, your common sense and your decency, we can't pretend anything like the same confidence in the world that is heading towards you."

Wirth discussed what he believes are the three issues that will dominate the national agenda for at least the next decade: the national debt, educa- tion, and the environment. He also outlined straightforward solutions. "The challenge is to act," he said. "Will we have the political courage and the sense of urgency to do so?"

The national debt, now at $300 bil- lion and growing, is destroying our national future, he said. The solution is clear: reduce the deficit by $50 bil- lion this year, by cutting entitlement programs and generating new rev- enues. Read, new taxes. For legisla- tors, that act is tantamount to "locking arms and charging into the valley of political death," but it's also "abso-

Soiator Wirth told graduates today's issues call for political courage to act.

lutely imperative for our national solvency, and for all our other hopes for the future."

On education, Wirth said the United States is falling behind, creating severe problems at home and abroad — illit- eracy, unemployment, poverty, and the danger that America's national spirit of compassion and understand- ing will sink into mean-spirited anti- semitism, racist chic and bigoted cen- sorship.

"Yeats' evil, ignorant beast is slouch- ing towards us," he said. "Real educa- tion is the only way to prevent his prophecy of a world where 'the best lack all conviction, and the worst are filled with passionate intensity.'"

In fair competition with defense

projects for federal dollars, "education's going to win every time." Time-proven programs such as Head Start, drug education and teacher training must be embraced by the citi- zenship and supported by the federal government, he said.

One of the Senate's most outspoken environmental advocates, Wirth said we are seeing the warning signs that "something is dreadfully wrong" with the earth. Deforestation leading to flooding, climate changes, the destruc- tion of biological diversity, and the hole in the ozone spreading over both the Artie and Antarctic are all indica- tions that the health of the environ- ment is in decline.

To alter this course, Wirth outlined four courses of action: energy conser- vation and alternative energy pro- grams, international cooperation, a full research agenda and population con- trol. "These are all investments we ought to make anyway," he said. "Even if there were no threat of global warming, they're all investments that will yield enormous benefits, strengthen our nation, and help stabi- lize the global situation."

The current presidential administra- tion must make some courageous deci- sions to get the United States back on track with the future. These decisions may be bitter medicine to the Ameri- can public, he said, but the alternatives are even more unpleasant. "If we do not change our way of doing business, if we do not recycle our thinking — not just our paper, our cans, and our bottles — that collision can be disas-

Dean and Provost Elizabeth R. Bacr preseuts psi/chology professor Gcorf;e ]. Spilich with the Lindbnck Azvnrd for Distinguished Teaching.

trous for all."

Wirth was presented with an honor- ary Doctor of Laws degree for his leg- islative efforts on behalf of the envi- ronment.

Alumni citations were presented to two alumni dedicated to responsible citizenship — educator and commu- nity volunteer Rodgers T. Smith '55, and John W. Williams, Jr. '43, presi- dent of the National Rural Electric Co- operative Association.

Smith, Provost for the San Diego Community College District in Califor- nia, entered the field of education after a 20-year career in the United States Marine Corps. As an educator, he es- tablished several new programs re- sponsive to special education needs within the communitv.

Williams, a retired cooperative in- surance executive from Prince Frederick, Maryland, has had a long association with the nation's rural elec- tric cooperative organizations. Former president of the rural electric coopera- tive association serving Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, Williams was elected president of the national orga- nization last year.

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College Honors Prize Students

In his remarks to the graduating Class of 1990, outgoing Student Government Association president Steven B. Attias urgeei his classmates to "continue to learn, change with di- rection, and keep a broad vision" while pursuing their dreams. Quoting from Henry David Thoreau, he said: "'If one advances confidently in the di- rection of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.'"

Attias, who guided the SGA with a sure and thoughtful hand and served on the Presidential Search Committee, was later awarded the Clark-Porter Medal in recognition of his contribu- tions to his fellow students. The Medal is awarded annually to the stu- dent whose character and personal in- tegrity, in the opinon of the faculty, have most clearly enhanced the quality of campus life.

Attias was graduated with depart- mental honors in psychology and was inducted to both Psy Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa in recognition of his scho- lastic and leadership abilities. He and College Trustee Betty Brown Casey '47 were presented with Gold Pentagon Awards in recognition of meritorious service to the College. Attias has

joined Black and Decker Corporation as a sales representative.

Michael C. McGinniss, an English major with aspirations to be a lawyer, took Washington College's top honor during commencement ceremonies. The George Washington Medal and Award is presented annually to the se- nior who shows the "greatest promise of understanding and realizing both in life and work the ideals of a liberal arts education." McGinniss, who gradu- ated siiiinua cum Inudc, first in his class of 187, was also awarded the Emil J. C. Hildenbrand Memorial Medal, given to the student who attains the highest average in English study. He begins law studies this fall.

The College's most lucrative prize, worth $27,781 this year, was pre- sented to Harvey Roland "Mike" Hammer. The Sophie Kerr Prize, awarded for ability and promise for future fulfillment in the field of literary endeavor, is America's largest under- graduate prize. Hammer, an English major who completed his undergradu- ate coursework in December and was enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts pro- gram at the University of Maryland last spring, won the prize for his sub- mission of poetry.

Chemistry major Mark Richard Stenger and biology major Sharon Annette Orser received the Jane Huston Goodfellow Memorial Prize, given to graduating science seniors who have an abiding appreciation of the arts and humanities and have shown scholastic excellence. Stenger begins graduate studies in anthropol- ogy at the University of New Mexico this fall. Orser begins studies this fall at the University of Delaware School of Physical Therapy.

The Eugene B. Casey Medal, pre- sented to a senior woman voted by the faculty to be outstanding in the quali- ties of scholarship, character, leader- ship and campus citizenship, went this year to Wendy Lee Kloiber. She was graduated magna cum laudc, fifth in her class, with a degree in humanities. Kloiber also was inducted to Omicron Delta Kappa in recognition of exem- plary character and scholastic en- deavor.

The Henry W. C. Catlin '94 Medal, presented to a senior man voted by the faculty to be outstanding in the quali- ties of scholarship, character, leader- ship and campus citizenship, was pre- sented to drama major Mark Ryder

Daniels. Daniels also received the Stewart Drama Award for outstanding contributions to the College through dramatic and speaking ability. Daniels begins work this fall at the University of Baltimore Law School.

Sophie Kerr Winner Launches Poetry Magazine

Harvey Roland "Mike" Hammer is passionate about poetry. Win- ning the Sophie Kerr Prize for the six taut poems he submitted to the Sophie Kerr Committee last May was simplv confirmation that his passion was in the right place.

By the time he picked up his degree that Sunday morning in May, he had completed his first year in the Univer- sity of Maryland's Master of Fine Arts program and was already making plans to publish a 100-page poetry magazine. (Completion of a visual art and design course had delayed Hammer's graduation.) Hammer in- tends that his new journal. The Plum Reviezv, will fill a void that will be left when TIw Gargoyle, a widely-respected literary magazine, folds soon.

Mike Hammer worki for an architectural firm while completing his MFA.

He and a University of Maryland classmate, Christina Daub, have formed an editorial alliance with Phyllis Leaven, the senior editor of New York literary magazine Boulevard, to attract the best established poets and the most promising emerging po- ets to grace the pages of The Plum Re-

The Winning Poems of	The ceiling fan stirs the air, A sustained and beautiful violence.
Harvey Roland Hammer
	The rhododendrun presses its palms
To A Brown Boy Washing Buses	To the wall. I turn towards The window's expressionless view.
So long Seville,	The clouds that come to say
and to you brown boy	Perfection is the absence of everything.
scrubbing buses at the station.
My bus shudders to a start	The Indifferent Trees
and floats out on fat tires.
1 stretch to see your hands.	You said nothing's strong as sex or the smell of just-cut juniper.
sweet with the rind of oranges.	and to make love under the pines
and all Spain stalls	must be too much for the senses.
in the luxury of your youth.	So we found some indifferent trees and settled into the mossy earth. The trees gathered around us
The Tragedy of Open Spaces	raising their sap-heavy limbs, peppering the sky with finches.
1 sit in this room every week	The fall crawled over us leaf by leaf.
Admiring the magazines.	and the moon spread across the river's
The months slip across their faces	brown back and came so close
Like lies, whole seasons	we thought we could touch her.
Without the drama of days.	the one pale dream that always evades us.
Nothing to say I lived
And tried to die.

view in its January 1991 debut. Leaven, a professor at the University of Mary- land and editorial consultant on the project, has introduced the two editors and their notion for a new magazine to widely published poets such as Jean Valentine and Molly Peacock.

"We went to readings at the Hirschorn Gallery and other museums, universities, and bookstores looking for poets," says Hammer. "We've lined up poets from India, London, New York — more than 1 antici- pated."

The Plum Review will contain strictly poetry — no fiction, no photographs — and its poetry will be "the best of what's out there," Hammer promises. "There's definitely a need for this type of magazine in the area," he says. "The Washitigton Revieic and The Guardian are decent magazines, but the quality of work is not what I'd like to see."

In reviewing submissions for The Plum Review, Hammer says he's look- ing for strong imagery and a fresh ap- proach. Some writers tend to over- write or use cliches, he says. He de- scribes his own lyrical poetry as "a cel- ebration of the ordinary."

As this year's Sophie Kerr Prize- winner, Hammer realizes he was the dark horse candidate. He had com-

muted to campus from his Kent Island home, had spent his junior year study- ing romantic Victorian poetry in Ox- ford, England, and had already begun graduate work. Nor was he highly visible in campus literary circles. He quietly pursued his writing, finding inspiration in Bennett Lamond's Forms of Literature class, taking his first workshop with visiting professor Calvin Forbes, and immersing himself in the poetic art during his year at Ox- ford.

"It was the first time I had come across people who were poets — who went to readings and had the same kind of passion about it that I did," he says. "I knew I would be a poet, and that conviction increased over time."

Hammer has no immediate plans for his windfall, and hopes he won't have to use any of the prize money to sup- port his poetry magazine. Contribu- tions, low-key advertising and sub- scriptions should cover production costs, even the additional expense of using recyled paper, he says. And he is gaining a tremendous amount of ex- perience handling the editorial tasks as well as all the production details.

For Hammer, this magazine will be a real plum — the culmination of the desire to create and a lot of hard work.

Three Seniors Pursue Their Dreams

by Susannah Chase '90

What can two English majors and a drama major do with their lives? Three recent graduates explore the options afforded them by a liberal education.

During her years at Washington College, Michele Volansky developed a "love for Shakespeare and the the- ater." An English major with a concen- tration in drama, she learned how to interpret literary texts and to work with those interpretations in order to derive different meanings. Michele points out that "Professor Rick Davis picked up on my interest in literature and theater, and strongly encouraged me to explore the field of dramaturgy. Dramaturgy, a relatively young field in the United States, involves intense research and analytical study of a dramatical composition. 1 find it fasci- nating and exciting because it allows me to incorporate my two areas of in- terest into one discipline." Michele gave her first official try at dramaturgy this spring with Emily Lott's senior production of Christopher Durang's

The Apartments	of living between walls	He edges off the azaleas
	and wooden floors.	and looks away, lost
Television hues	They filter through	in thought as the mower scatters
wash the walls.	windows, pale images	petals across the lawn.
and the whole building	of the places	From this distance, he is small.
swims by dark.	they inhabit.	a boy on his tractor
On the other side	They sleep in	cutting between the crabapples.
of windows, people	their own shapes	skirting the pyracantha, all along
pass like fish.	and stir each day	trusting the thing that carries him.
making strange	to the sound
and silent gestures.	of their waking.
A man behind blue
curtains stretches		A Study In Light
to watch a boy	The Mower
cross the street.		Your skin is honey colored.
A naked woman	I unfold like morning	rich as banister wood
holds her body.	to the smells of cut grass and wild	when the sun reaches
human in the humble light.	onion	through an open window
Eight stories up.	caught in the curtains of my room.	and eases down the rail.
a couple seeks	My father's mower passes
the ordinary	along the wall. 1 see him now	Naked as sky, you stand
in the act of hanging	in white shorts, shirtless.	by the window, brushing back
clothes across chairs.	straddling the bare machine.	your hair in measured move-
They return to the same	squaring off the lawn in one long turn.	ments, and I am audience
spaces, the safety
of couch and bed.
the common act

Bnhf with the Bath Wntcr.

Michele was awarded a full scholar- ship and annual stipend to study dra- maturgy at Villanova University. In addition to her studies, Michele will be working on Villanova's dramatic pro- ductions as a research assistant.

"The strong guidance and support of professors Nancy Tatum, Timothy Maloney and Rick Davis have really helped to prepare me for this program and whatever comes next," remarks Michele. "After graduating from Villanova I hope to continue on to a Ph.D. program, perhaps at Yale Uni-

Michele Volansh/

versity." And from there . . . well, just look for her name in lights.

Commencement may be the end of a student's academic career with Wash- ington College, but that does not nec- essarily mean that all students must leave Chestertown. Many grow fond of the town and stay on after gradua- tion to become part of the community. Lisa Peterson is one from the class of 1990 who has done exactly that.

As an English major, Lisa had a strong background in writing, but it was not until the spring semester of her senior year that she decided she wanted to write professionally. " The catalyst for my decision was a spring semester course calledWomen's Litera- ture," says Lisa. "It was this class and Dean [Elizabeth R.j Baer who helped me to see the importance of a woman's contribution to the literary and journalistic worlds," she says.

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Lisa Peterson

Dean Baer's course examined novels and autobiographies of Anglo-Ameri- can women froml830 to the present. While emphasizing tradition in women's literature. Dean Baer also concentrated on feminist literary criti- cism and the insights it gives to a reader of women's literature. Among the works used in the class were Char- lotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Kate Chopin's The Azvnkeiiiiig, and Toni Morrison's Sida.

Like Michele, Lisa was fortunate in that her post-graduation life has al- lowed her to combine two parts of her life for which she has a passion. A member of the varsity women's la- crosse team and a sports fan, Lisa was "thrilled to hear that Hurtt Deringer, the editor of the Kent County News, was looking for a sports reporter. I have al- ways loved sports so this seemed like the ideal way for me to start out in the world of journalism." Backed by strong recommendations from assis- tant women's lacrosse coach Beth Armstrong, Lisa talked with Deringer and landed the job.

"My responsibilities for the paper so far have been covering and reporting on community sporting events, which is a lot of fun. I have gotten to meet some great people and really have be- gun to feel a part of Chestertown," Lisa remarks. Her work demands that she attend an assortment of local sporting activities, ranging from little league baseball and softball to summer league men's lacrosse. "When the Col- lege and local high schools are back in session, I will be responsible for cover- ing those sporting events as v^^ell."

The old saying that the apple does not fall far from the tree has held true in the case of Emily Lott. With a father who is Dean at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, and a mother who teaches high school geometry, al-

gebra and trigonometry, Emily's deci- sion to pursue her teaching certifica- tion does not come as a surprise.

Majoring in drama at Washington College, Emily chose not to pursue a life on the stage. Commenting on her decision, Emily says, "I realized how much I enjoyed acting and I did not want it to become business. If it be- comes business I am afraid I will lose the desire to perform, and I love acting too much to let that happen. I will al- ways act on the side, just not profes- sionally."

For the past two summers Emily has held a dress rehearsal for her class- room performance by tutoring kinder- garten through sixth grade students in reading and math for an educational enrichment program called SEEK in her home town. "The program gave me great hands-on experience work- ing with children. It is through this involvement that I realized how fulfill- ing a career in teaching can be and how theatrical it is," Emily says.

This fall Emily will return to the classroom to get her official teaching certification from Mary Baldwin Col- lege. "The program is really an under- graduate adult degree program. It seems strange to be going back to do undergraduate work after I already have my diploma," Emily says with a laugh. "Someday I do want to go to graduate school, but when I do that I would like to get my master's in drama," she says.

When Emily completes this program in about a year and a half she will have her certification to teach kindergarten through eighth grade. She does not plan on staying in Staunton, Virginia, but intends on heading north to the Baltimore-Annapolis area to teach in a public school system there.

Emily Lott

New Teaching! Leadership Award Goes To Dr. An

Dr. Tai Sung An, long-time profes- sor of political science and inter- national studies, was presented with The Sears-Roebuck Foundation's 1989- 90 Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award during commence- ment ceremonies last May.

Dr. An received $1,000, and the Col- lege received an institutional grant of $1,000 to be used for faculty enrich- ment.

A native of Seoul, Korea, Dr. An at- tended undergraduate school there, re- ceived his master's degree in interna- tional relations from Yale University, and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. During his 26-year career at Washington College, he has written extensively on contemporary Asian affairs.

Washington College was selected last spring to participate in the Sears- Roebuck Foundation's new teacher recognition program. The Foundation made awards to more than 700 of the nation's private liberal arts colleges and universities to recognize top edu- cators on each campus.

In announcing the award. Provost and Dean of the College Elizabeth R. Baer said that this new program had focused on the central issue of educa- tion: quality teaching. "These awards support private undergraduate educa- tion by recognizing the fundamental importance of the quality of teaching

Tom All, the first recipient of the Senrs Award, is congrntiihited by his collengues.

to the value of the education process; supporting faculty in their pursuit of excellence in teaching and leadership in the campus community; assisting institutions in nurturing the academic climate that fosters teaching at its best; and enhancing teaching as a profes- sion."

Kresge Foundation Awards $400,000 Challenge Grant

A $400,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan, provides a powerful incen- tive to bring the Benjamin A. Johnson Lifetime Fitness Center fundraising drive to a close before the end of the calendar year. The terms of the grant call for the foundation payment before January 1, 1991, and this in turn makes it imperative for the College to raise an additional $1.6 million from other sources to fund the project's comple- tion. The facility named in memory of the noted Sahsbury jurist and 1911 graduate carries an estimated cost of $5 million.

"The Kresge grant will have major impact on the campaign for the new field house," says Vice President for Development and College Relations F. David Wheelan. "Alumni have rallied to this project unlike any other in the history of the $41.1 million Campaign

for Excellence. With the added incen- tive of the Kresge grant, we are certain we'll raise the rest of the needed fund- ing before the end of the year." The College also hopes to attract additional corporate and foundation commit- ments to the project with the help of the Kresge challenge, noted Wheelan.

W. James Price, co-chairman of the campaign for the Lifetime Fitness Cen- ter, extolls the benefits of an expanded athletic facilitv that will put student fitness, health and counseling centers and varsity and recreational sports un- der one roof. "This building will give room for the athletic department to support its tradition of intercollegiate excellence and continue the growth of its recreational sports program. At the same time, it will allow for the integra- tion of physical fitness, health, and mental health programs, and encour- age students to develop lifetime fitness habits," he said.

The plans call for construction of a 55,000 square foot sports complex ad- jacent to Cain Gymnasium housing three basketball courts, two squash courts with spectator galleries, a fit- ness center, an aerobic dance workout room, a multi-lane jogging track, and convertible practice space for volley- ball, tennis, baseball, Softball, soccer and field hockey. It will also include office, storage, and equipment space; men's and women's locker facilities; and a student health and counseling center.

John T. Detuviler, President of Man/land National Bank of the Eastern Shore, and Rand}) Cnpel '89, Commercial Banking Representative for MNB, present a $23,000 check to College President Charles H. Trout and Vice President for Development and College Relations F. David Wlieelan. The gift represents the fifth installment of a $150,000 pledge made to the Campaign for Excellence in 1986.

College Introduces Anthropology Minor

Students asked for it, and the soci- ology department considered — why not offer anthropology as a mi- nor?

Dr. Jeannette Sherbondy, the sole anthropologist on the faculty, says stu- dents are "very much interested" in dealing with differences in human be- ings, in discovering a wide variety of cultures and behaviors. It is this dis- covery, she says, that helps them come to terms with their own individuality and gives them a better understanding of differences among people, whether it's between cultures or genders.

The study of anthropology breeds tolerance and understanding. "An- thropology doesn't pass judgments. Each culture is valid on its own terms, and offers some important lessons. Cultures with simpler technologies, for instance, have a vast knowledge of plants and animals and know how to manage their environment without de- grading it." She cited as an example agricultural systems used for millenia in tropical areas that employ conserva- tion practices and maintain an envi- ronmental balance. "Applying tem- perate zone technologies just doesn't work."

Sherbondy says the anthropology minor is an interdisciplinary approach to learning and an excellent comple- ment to majors such as international studies, psychology, education, hu- manities, history, languages, literature, philosophy and business. The minor requires four anthropology courses and two courses from a list of other de- partmental offerings that includes Lin- guistics, Comparative Religion, Inter- national Politics, History of Latin America and Comparative Economic Systems.

Sports Supremacy Highlights Year- Long Campaign

Perhaps the greatest story in sports is when a David overcomes a Goliath. There may be no better ex- ample of this than in 1989-90 when tiny Washington College knocked off countless Goliaths en route to an amazing athletic campaign that in-

cluded a Division HI national cham- pion, three national runner-ups, a third place finisher and a sixth place finisher.

"It was certainly an exceptional year for our department," said Geoffrey Miller, Washington's Director of Ath- letics. "Quite frankly, none of us here were really surprised by our success, given the talented senior class we were blessed with. However, when you look back on the season as a whole, you re- alize just how remarkable it all is."

The Shoremen pinnacle was capped in the span of two days in May when less than 24 hours after the men's la- crosse st]uad participated in the Divi- sion III championship bout for the fifth time in the 11 -year history of the tour- nament, Washington's Larry Gewer captured the school's first-ever na- tional title by besting teammate and doubles partner Scott Read 6-4, 6-3 for the Division III singles tennis crown. It was the first time in the tournament's 15-year history that teammates had squared off for the title. Read helped open the door for Gewer by knocking off top-seeded John Morris of Washington & Lee in the semifinals. The pair then teamed up and took fourth in the doubles competition.

Earlier, Washington sophomore Tracy Peel became the first female ath- lete at the College to reach the national finals in women's tennis singles, where she dropped a tense decision to top- seeded senior Christine Behrens of UC-San Diego. Peel was a standout on a squad that captured its first Middle Atlantic Conference Southwest Section title. She and senior Monica Blanco reached the national quarterfinals in doubles.

"I don't think we realized at the time what a tremendous accomplishment it was for Larry, Scott, Tracy and Monica to perform so well in the champion- ships," said men's coach Fred Wyman, who in the last five years has guided his Shoremen netters to five top-six finishes in the Division III national tournaments. "Not only was it a sweet way to wrap up 1990, but this year we'll have the two top-ranked players in men's and women's tennis because Scott and Tracy both return. To be able to make that claim is a real boost in recruiting."

Recruiting was a plus for lacrosse coach Terry Corcoran in 1990. With only four seniors dotting the roster, his

Shoremen parlayed balanced scoring and eight wins over top ten Division III teams to a second place finish in Di- vision III behind 11 -year national champion Hobart. Washington reached the finals by ousting last year's runner-up Ohio Wesleyan in a rematch of the '89 semifinals. Wash- ington and Hobart are the only teams in Division III to have participated in the tournament all 11 years.

The spring success was only part of a magical season highlighted by Tom Finnegan's 25-6 eager corps who streaked to the NCAA Division III Fi- nal Four behind a barrage of last-sec- ond thrillers that electrified regional and national audiences alike. With a 13-0 record in games decided by five points or fewer, Washington brought a healthy contingency of frenzied fans to Springfield, Ohio, to witness Charles Duckett's last gasp pass to a wide open Chris Brandt for the winning points with but 0.4 seconds remaining. The Sho'men erased a 17-point second-half deficit to win the third place game.

"I'm sure people wondered how we got to the Final Four," Finnegan said after the 87-86 win over 2nd-ranked Calvin College. "Well, that game was typical of how we got there."

"The entire year was a continuance of another chapter in the strong tradi- tion of our sports here at the College," Miller said. "And it was an especially big boost for basketball, which had worked so hard every year and had

Graduating senior Tim Keelian marked the end of his basketball career with an appearance in the NCAA Final Four.

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been on the fringe of national exposure during the last decade."

To be sure, exposure came fre- quently to Chestertown during '89-'90. Swimmer Kasey Carroll continued her record-breaking trek through the Shorewomen history books by finish- ing eighth nationally in the 1,650 freestyle event at the Division III women's swimming championships. Carroll's efforts helped the team, in only its fifth season, compile an 11-2 regular season record and finish 35th in the national meet.

Coach Diane Guinan guided two teams to record regional and national rankings. Her field hockey squad de- feated regional power Western Mary- land for the first time ever and achieved a regional ranking of sixth. Guinan's lacrosse team won its first seven games of the season and soared to a national ranking of tenth before losing a heartbreaker to Johns Hopkins that decided the MAC West crown.

Behind a talented senior foursome, coach Penny Fall's volleyball team en- joyed its highest level of success in years. The squad successfully de- fended its 1988 Chesapeake Collegiate Athletic Conference title with an emo- tional conquest over perennial power Gallaudet. The team's 24-14 record was highlighted by regular season wins over Gallaudet, Widener, Johns Hopkins, and Swarthmore.

Individual honors were of similar magnitude for Washington's athletes. Fifteen were recognized as Ail-Ameri- cans, ten as All-MAC performers, and six were named to national post-sea- son AU-Star teams. Larry Gewer not only was named to the prestigious 1990 Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team, but was the recipient of the 1990 Arthur Ashe award, the national Divi- sion III sportsmanship award pre- sented annually in tennis. Basketball star Tim Keehan was one of four Divi- sion III players across the country to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Schol- arship, making him only the second Washington College senior to receive this distinction in the history of the NCAA Scholarship program. Donna White, a junior field hockey and la- crosse player, was named to the United States Field Hockey Association's Academic All- American Team, and senior Tim Hormes was named as a U. S. Intercollegiate La- crosse Association Scholar Athlete, one of only three selected out of the 120 eli-

Seiiior Tim Honnes, sliouni liere in a regular season game against Nazareth, capped his career with a USILA Scholarship.

gible to be chosen, the other two being from Princeton and Washington & Lee.

In all, 62 student athletes at the col- lege were named to the Fall 1989 Ath- letic Honor Roll, and 14 were named to the Middle Atlantic Conference Honor Roll for the 89-90 season.

"Any athletic program has to be kept in a reasonable balance," said newly arrived Washington College President Dr. Charles H. Trout. "It's supposed to be an atmosphere where both the athlete and the non-athlete will feel comfortable. It seems to me that Washington College has it just about right."

Two Join Development Efforts

Susannah Chase '90 and Thomas O'Handley recently joined the Development Office as assistant directors to help generate new interest and support among friends and alumni of the College.

Chase, who came aboard right after graduation, has a bachelor's degree in humanities and a minor in sociology. Her responsibilities include the Parents Fund, the Class Agents program, the Development Commit- tee, the Matching Gifts program and the Senior Fund. "I think the interdis-

ciplinary approach of my education will help me meet the various objec- tives of my job," she says.

O'Handley graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988 with a degree in history and East Asian studies. After working a year with the University's Telefund, he returned home toVermont to substi- tute teach at a local high school and do freelance writing. He made the move to WC because he wanted to work in higher education again. "I missed the excitement of fundraising at the collegiate level," he says.

O'Handley is responsible for the Phonathon, Washington College Fund Direct Mail, Sho'men solicitation and the Community Campaign.

Last year gifts from the community totaled $25,000; student gifts exceeded $2,000, and parent giving set new records for the College with 40 percent of current parents solicited contribut- ing.

FACULTY PERSPECTIVES

Should These Buildings Be Saved? A Cultural Historian s View

by Dr. Richard Striner

Mention the words "historic preservation" and a great many people will smile with approval. Their thoughts will turn to the places we regard as significant beyond question: places we decide to preserve because of their patriotic associations, or because of their link to historical events on the grand scale, or because of their antiquity, or because we believe that they have artistic importance. It is not at all difficult for us to identify such places.

Chestertown, Maryland, for instance, is clearly a preservation showplace according to most of these criteria. A place of considerable antiquity (by American standards), it is also imbued with significant historical associations. Many of us regard it as a place of extraordinary beauty. It does not surprise us that the entire town has been declared a National Historic Landmark, as well it should be.

But what of the preservation efforts that do strike people as surprising — preservation efforts that raise people's eyebrows and cause them to ask one another, "Why on earth would anyone try to save that?"

Before I came to Washington Col- lege to teach American history, I did a stint as a preservation activist in Wash- ington, D.C. I had better confess that in the course of this activism / led one or two of the preservation campaigns that have raised eyebrows. So I sup- pose that I'm as good a person as any to explain the reasoning behind such efforts.

Many preservation campaigns result from a partnership between commu- nity leaders and historians. Historians naturally want to preserve the materi- als from which we can learn about the past. From paper documents to every- day artifacts to buildings and even en- tire towns — like Chestertown — the things produced by our ancestors have significance to one degree or another. When sufficient numbers of people want to preserve a place, and when historians have made a sufficiently compelling case that the place has his- toric significance, the result can be a preservation success.

The controversies may begin if the objective of the campaign is unortho- dox — if the place that the preserva- tionists are trying to save is very dif- ferent from the sorts of places we are used to regarding as historic land- marks. If the preservationists have sal- lied forth to rescue, say, a 1950s diner — or in my case, a 1940s bus station or a 1930s shopping center — the nega- tive reactions can vary all the way from bemused ("How can it be historic when I can remember when it was built?") to the vehement ("The build- ing is trash").

But the fact remains that all kinds of places can teach us important things about the past. Such places need not necessarily be centuries old, nor do they need be architectural master- works.

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But the fact remains that nil kinds of places can teach us important things about the past. Such places need not necessarily he centuries old, nor do they need he architectural masterworks. Relatively recent buildings may well possess major historic significance. Wliy should this not be the case? History, after all, did not come to an abrupt halt 100 years ago, or 50 years ago, or 20 years ago.

This 1938 White Tower hamburger stand in Silver Spring lasted only 12 years before it was demolished. ADSW tried to save the 1950 building that replaced it, but this, too, urns demolished in 1985.

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Relatively recent buildings may well possess major historic significance. Why should this not be the case? His- tory, after all, did not come to an abrupt halt 100 years ago, or 50 years ago, or 20 years ago. Historians are busily and properly interpreting such recent topics as the Cold War and the civil rights movement. We have no hesitation in regarding the events un- folding at this very instant in eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union as his- toric events. It does not surprise us to learn that the launch tower used in the 1969 Apollo moon mission is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Neither does it surprise us to enter a museum and see automobiles from the 1950s on display with Model A Fords. We seem to have little diffi- culty in accepting these various facets of recent or contemporary history as being — well, historical. And yet as soon as preservationists try to save a building from the 1950s, the eyebrows begin to be raised.

My point is that the widespread skepticism toward the preservation of buildings from the relatively recent past is to a large extent arbitrary, a mere habit of thinking that begins to fall apart if we examine its premises. So is the notion that only architectural masterworks can possess historic sig- nificance.

Far be it from me to question the im- portance of buildings we regard as works of art, from the Parthenon to the houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. My quarrel is with the propo- sition that oiih/ artistic masterworks can have historic significance that mer- its preservation. It is easy enough to get a laugh at the expense of a 1950s diner by comparing it to something like Versailles — but what would be the point of such comparisons? We know full well that the lives of com- mon people can be of great interest to the student of history. We would hardly be inclined to tear down a log cabin from the early 1800s because it lacks international stature as a work of high art. Log cabins (and diners) have significance for other reasons; conse- quently, the judgment of the art critic may not be appropriate in evaluating what the architectural historians call vernacular — that is, common — forms of design. What is more, aes- thetic judgments can be largely subjec- tive and prone to change. It may sound convincing to say that preserva-

tion should be limited to "first-rate" examples of architecture and that "me- diocre" buildings and "bad" buildings should be demolished. Yet whole classes of buildings that we treasure today were once reviled as aesthetic failures. Think of the abuse that was heaped upon Victorian houses for de- cades on end. They were almost uni- versally scorned as extravagantly gaudy, misproportioned, vulgar, and even spooky. Today, we regard them as charming.

A number of these issues surfaced in one of Washington's particularly memorable preservation cases of the mid-1980s. The case began with a neighborhood effort to create a historic district encompassing the well-to-do

The Washington Grei/hound Terminal in 1940 (top left), covered over in 1988 (above), and in an artist's conception of the current preservation project (right).

uptown precinct known as Cleveland Park. There was no controversy what- soever regarding the residential por- tion of the proposed historic district. The broad and woodsy streets of Cleveland Park are a fantasyland of American Victorian and post- Victorian design. The rambling and fanciful compositions of the Cleveland Park houses are adorned with the decora- tive "gingerbread" and ornamental bric-a-brac which — today — give Americans instant delight. It was the

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commercial portion of the district that made people's tempers flare. For the preservationists had insisted that a se- ries of commercial blocks containing a theatre, a firehouse, and stores con- structed from the 1910s through the 1940s should be designated for protec- tion along with the residential portions of the district. And though most of the commercial buildings were in rela- tively good repair, a number of them were encumbered by loud plastic signs and similar accretions. In short, the commercial blocks had a major "image problem." This problem would gener-

A shopping center! A would-be his- toric shopping center, the skeptics chuckled. Immediately the eyebrows were raised and people asked one an- other, "Why on earth would anyone want to save that?"

There would be no end of reasons why the Park-and-Shop's detractors believed that the building deserved obliteration. The Park-and-Shop was hardly a major monument, its detrac- tors pointed out; consequently, it was hardly an example of Great Architec- ture. Indeed, the detractors denied that the Park-and-Shop was even good

ate a heated debate when the owners of one of the commercial buildings in Cleveland Park — a small colonial-re- vival shopping center called the "Park- and-Shop" — attempted to have the building removed from the district as a prelude to demolition.

architecture; they called it a "medio- cre" design and a "lousy" building. They pointed out that the Park-and- Shop was designed in the mode of co- lonial revival; consequently, they said, the building was a cultural fake, a phony rendition of authentic 18th-cen-

tury design. Above all, the Park-and- Shop was a shopping center, and ev- erybody knows that shopping centers are a blight upon the land. Surely the preservationists are putting us on, the skeptics suggested.

But then the letters from distin- guished architectural historians began to pour in — letters in support of pres- ervation. It turned out that the lowly Park-and-Shop was something of a milestone in the development of its building type. When the Park-and- Shop was constructed in 1930, archi- tects and planners were keenly inter- ested in design strategies responding to the new demands of the motor age. Specifically, architects hoped that new approaches to site-planning and layout might alleviate the chaos created by the presence of thousands of cars in street systems designed for earlier modes of transportation. With a park- ing forecourt recessed from the main thoroughfare, the Park-and-Shop was greeted as a major innovation in the 1930s, and the building was featured in international journals of architecture and planning. The Park-and-Shop was a pioneering building, fully as impor- tant to the 20th-century motor age as the 19th-century architecture built in response to the railroad.

When the developers' lawyers sneered that the only "historic" feature of the Park-and-Shop appeared to be its "historic parking lot," the historians replied that if such logic were rou- tinely applied, the C & O Canal could be slighted as little more than a his- toric ditch.

As for the Park-and-Shop's colonial- revival ornamentation, architects have long made use of the design languages of previous generations. The architects of Renaissance Italy adapted the classi- cism of antiquity for new purposes. So did some of the most celebrated archi- tects who worked in the early years of the United States. The architects of the Victorian period made use of spires, turrets, and building forms that re- called the Middle Ages. The greatest of the turn-of-the-century railroad ter- minals — Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central — were partially in- spired by the ancient Roman baths. Those who attempted to denigrate the Park-and-Shop's colonial-revival orna- mentation as a case of culture-fraud — "phony-coloney," they called it — were attacking an entire realm of work from the 1 870s onward in which archi-

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tects chose to salute the aesthetics oi the 18th century, just as architects for hundreds of years have saluted the work of their forebears.

In any case, the Park-and-Shop was finally saved; the local historic preser- vation review board unanimouslv voted to include the building in the Cleveland Park Historic District and then went on to designate all of the commercial buildings surveyed by the preservationists as well.

The credit for the Cleveland Park victory belongs to dozens of citizen- volunteers. It belongs to people like Tersh Boasberg, the public-interest at- torney who has since gone on to play a leading role in the fight to preserve our Civil War battlefields from inap- propriate forms of commercial en- croachment; to Kathleen Sinclair Wood, the architectural historian and Cleveland Park resident who surveyed the historic district; to Richard Longstreth, the professor of architec- tural history who did the principal re- search on the Park-and-Shop's signifi- cance. My own involvement in the Cleveland Park case was one of sup- port and encouragement. For while the Cleveland Park controversy raged for the better part of two years, I had my own battles to fight. My destiny had called me to lead the fight to save the Greyhound bus terminal.

The Greyhound case would be a five-year struggle for the preservation group over which I had presided since its founding in 1982; the Art Deco So- ciety of Washington. Named in honor of the jazzv and flambovant mode of design that affected buildings around the world from the 1920s through the 1940s — it left its unmistakable signa- ture upon such American landmarks as the Chrysler Building, Radio City Music Hall, and the Golden Gate Bridge — the Art Deco Society of Washington was dedicated to defend- ing buildings that were just beginning to achieve recognition. Our job was to stave off the wreckers. Responding to our first emergency in 1983, we helped to stop the demolition of Greenbelt Center School, the architectural center- piece of the New Deal model town that was constructed in Washington's Maryland suburbs in 1936. We then turned our attention to the task of identifying other buildings that were (1) imminently threatened, and (2) es- pecially significant. As it turned out, none of the large and ornate examples

of Art Deco architecture, such as the palatial apartment buildings, appeared to be threatened when we did our sur- vey. Instead, we discovered that rela- tively small but significant buildings — buildings like the Greyhound Termi- nal — deserved attention.

Washington's Greyhound Terminal was yet another milestone of early mo- tor-age architecture. Hailed in the trade publications as the "Grand Cen- tral of the Motor Bus World" when it opened in 1940, the terminal continued to be praised for years as a premier ex- ample of its building type. In 1952 it was called "a brilliant solution of the city bus terminal" in Form and Func- tions of Tuv}itietli Century Architecture, a study prepared under the auspices of Columbia University's architecture school. The graceful and sweeping lines of the building exemplified the streamlining impulse that was one of the major hallmarks of 1930s design.

The terminal was richly endowed with American social history. It linked over 40,000 communities without easy access to railroads to Washington through a regular system of motor transportation. During World War II the terminal served as a major link in the system of military transport, and thousands of G.I.s passed through the building on their way to military desti- nations. At the same time the terminal was something of a "little Ellis Island" for thousands of Blacks who were leaving the deep South.

Though the Greyhound Terminal appeared to be in pretty sorry shape by the 1980s, our preservation cam- paign elicited strong public support. Perhaps because so many lives had been touched by the terminal at one point or another, a reservoir of affec- tion for the building had developed over the decades. As a result, the con- troversies in this preservation case were mercifully free of the ridicule and the vituperation that had characterized the battle over the Park-and-Shop.

But controversies there were in the Greyhound case, and they proved to be quite spectacular. For in 1976, Greyhound Lines had decided to "up- date" its Washington terminal by cov- ering almost the entire building in a dumpy new facade, much as one would put a slipcover over a piece of furniture. Much of the controversy in the case revolved around the question of whether it was proper for a city to confer protection upon a historic building that could not, in fact, be seen. By acquiring copies of the archi- tectural blueprints used in the cover- up job, the Art Deco Society was able to demonstrate that the original termi- nal survived intact underneath the covering. With the utmost seriousness (leavened with a touch of humor) we likened the covered Greyhound station to a man-made archaeological site.

Our fight to save the covered termi- nal elicited high-level support: from National Trust President J. Jackson

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Walter, from National Museum of American History director Roger G. Kennedy, and from historians and ar- chitects from coast to coast, including the resident architect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

But even after the terminal was fi- nally declared a historic landmark in 1987 — thus setting a national prece- dent in preservation law — our struggles continued. For the site of the Greyhound Terminal was zoned for maximum development. Greyhound accordingly sold the land for a colossal sum and then vacated the building.

was. Even Greyhound finally saw the light and sent a fully restored 1937 Su- per Coach to help us celebrate.

Though the terminal will now serve a new purpose (as a portal to the office project behind it), the interior as well as the exterior will be restored to a high standard. People will still be able to perceive the building for what it was originally. Other generations will thus be able to encounter at first hand a small but important piece of Ameri- can social and cultural history.

The Greyhound Terminal case was hard-fought but happily resolved.

Tioo vieius of the Silver Theatre: an interior shot from 1938 (aboi'e) and a 1950s zueiv of the entrance (left). The theatre was the anchor to a larger shopping complex.

What followed was a series of devel- opment proposals that would have saved only a tiny sliver of the terminal as a motif to be pasted onto the front of a large office building.

In short, all of our efforts appeared to be headed toward nothing better than another example of "facadism," a practice that obliterates historic build- ings except for the front wall. One by one we defeated a series of such pro- posals. At last, in 1988, we arrived at a compromise that saves the entire ter- minal while permitting the construc- tion of a handsome new building to the rear. As work on the project com- menced, construction crews lifted off the first of the cover-up panels to re- veal the original Greyhound Terminal perfectly intact — just as we had said it

Concurrently, however, the Art Deco Society embarked upon another pres- ervation campaign that continues as a raging battle. In 1984, the society took the first steps to preserve a 1938 com- mercial complex in suburban Mary- land that brought the Park-and-Shop idea to the zenith of its pre-World War II development. This complex, consist- ing of a streamlined cinema and — yes — a shopping center, was built by Wil- liam Alexander Julian, the Treasurer of the United States in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was de- signed by New York architect John Eberson, known in his day as the "dean of American theatre architects." The complex is formally known as the Silver Theatre and Silver Spring Shop- ping Center.

No sooner had the Art Deco Society proposed preservation than the own- ers of the complex sent a crew of sledge-hammer artists to smash the decorative trim on almost every princi- pal exterior surface of the buildings.

The Art Deco Society responded to this onslaught by tracking down a set of blueprints for the entire complex. This meant that all of the deliberate damage could eventually be repaired. Mean- while, however, the theatre and the shopping center looked terrible.

With renewed determination, we continued to press our case for preser- vation. J. Rodney Little, the State His- toric Preservation Officer, declared that even in its marred condition the complex was one of the most impor- tant resources of its type in the state of Maryland. The complex was formally determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Commentators such as Benjamin Forgey, the architecture critic of the Washington Post, have pleaded elo- quently for a thoughtful redevelop- ment plan that would save the com- plex. A major feasibility study that was partially funded by Maryland Historical Trust suggested that a pres- ervation-development compromise might well be possible. Two different development firms have publicly ex- pressed their interest in this idea.

But the theatre and shopping center complex remains threatened. It would be wiped out by a massive develop- ment project that has triggered unprec- edented controversy and opposition for almost four years. Though dozens of civic associations have supported the preservation and restoration of Sil- ver Spring's historic centerpiece, the outcome of this case remains conjec- tural. And a vocal minority continue to hector the defenders of the theatre and shopping center with the charge that they are simply crazy — or worse.

Whatever the outcome, the leaders of the Art Deco Society have not taken leave of their senses. No less than the advocates of Victoriana who braved the torrents of ridicule decades earlier, my colleagues are carrying on a coura- geous and prescient tradition. I am proud to have helped them to raise a few eyebrows, stimulate some needed thought, and above all to save some significant buildings. It will all be worthwhile when some of the people who may have asked themselves why on earth we would fight for such things can enter the Greyhound Terminal's restored rotunda and real- ize — "This is why they did it."

Dr. Richard Striner is assistant professor of history at Washington College.

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ABOUT TOWN

College Talent Takes Center Stage In Community Theater

by Marcta C. Landskroener

There is something very special about community theater — here resides the creative spirit of a community where young and old, locals and newcomers, come together to weave a bit of magic on stage.

In this age of television and video cassette movies, Chestertown remarkably has not just one, but two local theater groups that bring drama and music to local residents who might otherwise miss the experience of live productions. And interestingly enough, so many of those involved with these two groups, both behind the scenes and on stage, have been Washington College students, faculty and alumni. Actors Community Theatre (ACT), the brainchild of Vincent and Leslie Raimond '63, has been drawing upon the talents of Washington College since 1984 for its quarterly productions in Norman James Theatre. Church Hill Theatre, operating from the Art Deco-styled former movie house eight miles from Chestertown, evolved from a community's efforts to save the building from demolition and this summer made its summer stock debut.

Actors Community Theatre has overcome the odds that force most community theater groups to disband after a few years. An influx of new tal- ent has kept the non-profit organiza- tion vital. "ACT is possible today only because the founding people were willing to make a commitment to bring theater to Chestertown," says Vincent M. Raimond, president of the Kent County Arts Council and producer for all ACT productions. "They accepted the philosophy that you work hard, and then step aside if you need to."

Over its six-year history, ACT has staged 22 productions, with more than 300 community people involved. Ranging in age from seven to 70, they have included children from Leslie Raimond's dance classes, high school and college students, teachers, mail- men, nurses and farmers. Some ACT actors and technical people come from families with deep roots here; others are new to the Eastern Shore. ACT is a microcosm of the community in which it dwells — people come and go.

There are a few constants — Vince, as artistic director, picks the play. Butch Clark is technical director (using his own equipment and lights), Leslie Raimond and Marilee Schumann '71 design and stitch the costumes, and the shows are always scheduled dur- ing student breaks in Washington College's Norman James Theatre.

One frequent actor/director is John McDanolds '85, a music teacher at The Kent School near Chestertown. John, who directed A Streetcar Named Desire this summer, considers the community acting group an extension of Washing- ton College. While the philosophies of the College drama department and ACT differ, their relationship is symbi- otic. ACT draws upon the talent of alumni who have been educated in the

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Diane D' Aquino Landskroener '77 is beguiled by John McDanolds '85 in ACT's production of The Red Shoes.

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music and drama departments and students looking for a chance to do theatre outside the realm of their stud- ies. The College's drama faculty — Tim Maloney, Dale Daigle, Rick Davis, and Jason Rubin — contribute their skills and expertise also.

While the College's drama depart- ment is educating its students in theory and technique, ACT's primary purpose is to entertain, says McDanolds. He would like to see ACT's mission broadened to bring contemporary works to the local stage, to challenge audiences to think about

what they see on stage, as the College often does. "That challenge is an im- portant part of the lively arts, particu- larly theater. You can't let the audi- ence feel at ease all the time.

"ACT has done a great job of bring- ing the plays of the 1940s and 1950s to the community, and you tend to ex- pect that of community theater," he continues, "but we have the talent to push our actors further than that."

ACT has expanded its activities be- yond its four-show season. Last sum- mer, the group estabUshed the Children's Festival Theatre that took improvisational fairy tales to several Kent County towns. A group of ACT actors has also begun to produce stu- dio productions of new works, or clas- sics with fresh interpretations, in the ACT 1 Studio on Cross Street. These productions provide a forum for actors and directors to experiment and stretch, McDanolds says, without con- centrating so much on sets and cos- tumes. Both the children's theater and the studio productions are open to the public free of charge.

This summer's children's theater piece was adapted from an Irish folk tale. The Mermaid's Cape. Washington College senior drama major Felicia Shakman had the leading role.

There were few lines spoken in this sweet love story. Instead, there was music — an original score composed by local musician Kate Bennett '90 —

colorful costumes created by Marilee Schumann, dance choreographed by director Paula Knowles (a newcomer who with her husband, Pat Diaz, has embraced local theater), a simple can- vas set, and honest acting that ap- pealed to the parents as well as the children in the audiences.

For Kate Schroeder, who has been involved in every ACT production "since day one" in 1984, when she di- rected A Tlwiisand Churns, children are her most important audience, and her most important actors. She herself started acting in high school, and she

For another of Washington College's Jessie Scholars, Susan Loweree of Easton, acting and music are a way of life. The recent graduate of Chesa- peake College has lived in New York, New Orleans, and the Bahamas, finally settling in Oxford, Maryland, where she raised her children, played music with The Sunshine Bluegrass Express, hosted her own radio show, and joined the Tred Avon Players in Easton. And when Easton's Avalon Theatre evolved from a movie house to a dinner the- ater, Susan Loweree was there.

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says it changed her life.

"I was incredibly withdrawn and shy in high school," says the produc- tion manager for a local advertising firm. "One day the drama teacher saw me in the hall and said: 'You're going to be at auditions this afternoon.' Get- ting up on stage and creating charac- ters gave me incredible self-confidence and poise. It's great therapy."

Schroeder, who is attending Wash- ington College this fall as a Jessie Ball du Pont Scholar under the auspices of the Non-Traditional Degree Program for Women and Ethnic Minorities, is teaching children's acting classes and directing studio productions for kids at ACT I Studio, where Leslie Raimond also gives children lessons in dance and creative movement. "I enjoy in- troducing people to the wonders of the theatre, and I love working with teen- agers," Schroeder says. "It's great to see them blossom on stage."

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Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menag- erie for Chesapeake College, Loweree was cast as Blanche in Streetcar.

Shakman played Blanche's sister, Stella. It was a strong performance by a young woman who has devoted

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countless hours to creating on stage for both the College and ACT.

Shakman has been active in the drama department since her freshman year. She played Eve in The Apple Tree, a gypsy in Camino Real, and lead roles in The Dianj of Anne Frank and Hedda Gabler. In her senior year, she will col- laborate with classmate Jeannette Smith on a play Smith wrote that is based loosely on the life of Vincent van Gogh.

Just when ACT began its fledgling season. Church Hill Theatre was threatened with extinction. The

"Showcase of the Eastern Shore" and Queen Anne's County's only indoor theater nearly had its curtains closed forever when someone proposed the building be torn down to make room for a parking lot. Today, the brocade walls, the deco lights and the lush vel- vet curtains of the theater are intact.

Friends of the Church Hill Theatre salvaged the theater a second time — raising the money to purchase the the- ater with the hope of turning the town's white elephant into a commu- nity asset. With grants from HUD and Queen Anne's County, and the help of countless volunteers, they have scraped petrified chewing gum from the floors and seats of the movie house, scrubbed and painted the inte- rior, cleaned and waterproofed the basement, fixed a leaky roof, and in- stalled a new furnace. A thrust was added to the stage, and theatrical light- ing installed.

Mary Wood '68, former trustee of Washington College, was part of this community effort to preserve the old Church Hill Theatre. The poet and playwright from nearby Centreville says she "couldn't bear to think of the building being torn down." She joined the effort led by Sue Gutting and Jan Burns of Church Hill to help collect pe- titions and raise the money needed to purchase and fix up the old theater, and when a board of directors was formed. Wood was elected president.

The group envisioned the theater could be put to several good uses as a community and cultural center for the showing of quality films, live stage performances, concerts, children's matinees, and community meetings. The non-profit group vowed to put on at least one event a month, says Wood, who serves as publicity director.

Over the past six years, the tiny community has seen all that happen, and more. Church Hill Theater hosted local band The Walls of Bluegrass in a benefit concert, premiered a documen- tary film about the Chesapeake Bay that later aired on PBS television, staged its first in-house production — an historical farce written by Wood and Washington College political sci- ence professor Ed Weissman, and put on a dramatization of George Bernard Shaw's letters to stage actress Stella Campbell, with English professor Bennett Lamond as Shaw. Later there were puppet shows and theater for children and teens, fashion shows, mu-

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sic and dance, and productions staged by the newly formed Church Hill Play- ers (directed by Washington College education lecturer Sylvia Maloney) as well as outside acting companies.

But who would have thought a town of 315 people could support, or even cast, summer stock theater, the ambi- tious production of three plays over the course of two months?

Wood explains the idea grew from a standing room only performance by the Maryland Traveling Repertory Theater (MTRT), an established acting company owned and operated by Spike Parrish. "He simply loved the theater, and wondered why we weren't operating during the summer months," says Wood. "The Church Hill Players put on three productions a year, and generally take the summer months off. So we decided to give summer stock a try."

Parrish, who directed Neil Simon's California Suite and Bernard Slade's Ro- tnaiitic Comedy, says he was intrigued by "a beautiful facility that was not be- ing used to its potential. It seemed to me this would attract summer folks who would drive to the theater for an evening or weekend in the country." A third play, Ray Cooney and John Chapman's Move Over Mrs. Markham, was directed by Mark Hunter from the Colonial Players of Annapolis. Katrina Hegge '91 played a part in this rolicking comedy.

Drawing sizable audiences from the Chestertown and surrounding areas, as well as Kent Island, Easton, An- napolis and Wilmington, Church Hill

Theater's first summer stock season gained a vote of confidence.

Community actors turned out for auditions and Parrish recruited two from MTRT. Parrish, as producer, earned a percentage of the ticket sales, and the actors were paid scale wages. More importantly. Church Hill's sum- mer stock gave local actors a chance to shine.

For Steven Mumford, a graduate of Tarkio College who returned to his hometown six years ago, summer stock in Church Hill opened up acting options closer to home. Mumford, a

self-described "professional student," took drama and dance classes at Wash- ington College after earning a degree in drama in Missouri.

"The emphasis at Tarkio was on mu- sicals and spectacle, the Midwest style of show biz," Mumford says. "Wash- ington College gave me the literary perspective of theater, the total the- ater." He enjoyed classes in playwrighting and dramaturgy, per- formance, and dance.

All the while, he pursued creative outlets. He's been a mime and a clown for city department stores; he's worked with ACT in Chestertown and the State Theatre in Annapolis; he's done local radio and video and film work, as well as makeup artistry for Rainbow Cosmetics in Washington, DC. This summer, he started his own business (New Yarmouth Tours) giv- ing tourists guided walking tours of

Behind the scenes in local theater projects are Mary Wood '68 (left) and Leslie '63 and Viuce Raimond (above).

Chestertown.

Cast as the antiques dealer from London in California Suite, Mumford was grateful for the chance to act on a hometown stage, and to be paid for it. "It's frustrating doing community the- ater because you don't really get the respect and recognition you deserve," he says. "Most of the actors are of a professional caliber, and the average person doesn't realize how much work it is to give a performance. He likens a performance to running the New York marathon: "It takes that much energy and concentration."

It takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes as well. Tracy Wehr '89 was assistant director for California Suite. She followed the blocking and the lines during rehearsals and controlled the lighting.

She got a strong foundation in the production end of theater at Severna Park High School, where she says people were serious about the art form. The president of her high school stage crew is now writing for the tele- vision series Alien Nation. At WC, she says she "hung out" with the drama crowd and worked on stage crews. She took some acting classes, but is drawn to directing.

She got the job with Church Hill Theatre's summer stock by accident, she says. She responded to an ad for actors and crew, and tried out for a part. "I didn't get a part, but they were impressed with my resume, and asked me to help out with directing."

She talks in technical terms about the drawbacks of the small theater: there are no catwalks for lighting, no "teasers" to hide the stage lighting, no front lights. She admires the directing style of Spike Parrish: "He's patient in all respects. Some directors jump on actors' mistakes right away to stop them from forming bad habits. Others let people discover through develop- ing their character roles what to do. Spike is like that — he lets everyone take the initiative."

The small salary she received "just about covers your gasoline expenses, running back and forth to rehearsals three nights a week" from her home on Kent Island. "You don't do it for the money. You do it out of love." She knows she'd make more money joining the Peace Corps, a step she's seriously considering, "but being here makes me wonder — I'm willing to give it [theater] a shot."

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CAMPUS LORE

Washington College's Water Tower Conies ATumhlin' Down

by Marshall Williams

A water tower marks almost every town on the Eastern Shore. In this flat and lakeless landscape each town's water comes from a deep well, with the water pumped into a tower to give the necessary pressure. The towers that have sprung up have become cherished landmarks. Centreville decorates its water tower every Christmas; towers in waterfront towns guide sailors into port. Invariably, towns paint their names on their towers and the blue, green or grey o voids become part of the town's history.

Chestertown's water tower has been more closely associated with Washing- ton College than with the town. Built in 1915, the handsome 80- foot tall tower was erected on College Hill to take advantage of its situation as the highest point in town. In 1915 the tower was a lonely structure hovering over farmhouses and cornfields. In later years it was crowded by an ex- panding campus — Hodson Hall, Kent House, Somerset House (now CuIIen), and eventually Talbot, Cecil and Dorchester dormitories surrounded the water tower. Finally, with the re- moval of Gibson Avenue and con- struction of the new Eugene B. Casey Academic Center, the water tower was squeezed out of existence.

In its 75 years the water tower was a friendly and helpful neighbor for townspeople and college students alike. For local citizens returning from a trip, the water tower was the first sign that Chestertown was near, and many families would make a game of who would be the first to see the tower. Now, the cupola of the Casey Academic Center, almost as tall as the old tower, will serve the same purpose for a new generation.

For college students, the tower served as a billboard to advertise ath- letic scores, fraternity symbols and all manner of friendly and not-so-friendly messages. An important rite of passage for many students was to climb the tower's ladder to the platform encir- cling the tank. The reward was an un- paralleled view of the college, the town and the Chester's sweep from Henderson's Wharf to Devil's Reach.

The very brave student would climb two additional ladders straddling the tank to reach the tower's highest point. Few if any would stand on the silver ball at the very top, but sitting was not

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impossible. Silk parachutes, water bombs, hats and chickens are just some of the things that have been launched from the tower. Banners have been draped from the top, and deer have been hung from its lower girders by student hunters.

In the '30s, '40s and '50s, football and baseball scores dominated the wa- ter tower, and everyone knew they could get the latest news of WC's ex- ploits on the field — both home and away — by checking the tower. Dur- ing World War II the prevailing mes- sage was, "Kilroy Was Here." Later, tower decorations ran to fraternity ad- vertisements, and the Sigs most adventurously made a habit of climb- ing to the very top of the tower and painting a message that could be seen only by airplane.

The water tower held 120,000 gal- lons, or nearly 500 tons of water. It was a necessary part of the town's water system, maintaining adequate pressure as well as enough water to fight fires and provide for other emergencies. Ac- cording to Medford Capel, superinten- dent of the town's water system, when the steam-operated canneries were ac- tive they depended on the tower's ca- pacity to produce the canned fruits and vegetables for which the region was famous. The town had the tower painted by hand every ten years or so. The tower's replacement is a million- gallon tank near the Uppershore Com- munity Health Center off Scheeler Lane north of Chestertown.

Asked if the water tower was ever blocked or unable to supply water, Capel laughed and said, "The water supply's never been interrupted, but there was a baseball game interrupted once because of the water tower. A man named Bob Penn — a 'local yo- kel,' he had a hell of a lot of nerve and was ornery as hell, he went up the tower during a ball game, climbed right to the top — there was a large ball on top of the tower at that time — and he stood on his head right on top of the ball on the tower. Stopped the baseball game. That was sixty years ago."

Bob Penn's stunt hasn't been matched in sixty years, but others have pulled clever pranks. One WC student in the '50s taped a walkie-talkie at the top of the tower and frightened passers-by with threats of "I'm going to jump, I'm going to jump." The po- lice and fire department arrived and

eventually discovered the hoax; the prankster was never caught.

Perhaps the most provocative writ- ing on the tower was in the turbulent years of desegregation in the early '60s. Volunteer Freedom Riders, col- lege students canvassing Southern towns promoting desegregation, based themselves at the college when they arrived on the Eastern Shore. Dis- gruntled protesters climbed the tower with additional ladders and diligently printed "Booker T. Washington Col- lege" in perfect lettering over one side of the tower.

"They'd pump up the tower from the pump down on Kent Street," Bill re- members, "and the tower had an over- flow pipe. When it was full, the water would start running over, and we'd have to call up the town and say 'the watertower's running over.' Every Christmas, they'd send us a box of candy for calling to say the water tower was running over."

How vital was the water tower to the academic life of Washington Col- lege? Alumni Director Pat Trams '75 remembers a science professor asking students to determine the circumfer-

Retired buildings and grounds su- pervisor Bill Coleman grew up in the shadow of the water tower. His grand- father built McAlpin House (until re- cently the college's art studio, now de- molished), and Bill's family moved there when he was a young boy.

ence of the water tower as a physics problem. After puzzling over the seemingly impossible task. Trams came up with what she thought was a perfect solution — she climbed the tower and measured the tank with a tape.

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The water tower has inspired budding writers as well. Nicholas Nappo '81 recently wrote to the Washington College Magazine describing a poem he wrote as a freshman: "To a star-struck freshman like myself... the already imposing water tower took on mythic proportions. On the flat campus it caught first sun and last light; like a great Oscar it seemed to symbolize all that my friends and I hoped for in the way of literary excellence; its sky-scraping graffiti spoke of daring feats achieved long before 1 had put sharpened pencil to S.A.T."

Nappo's poem, a parody of James Dickey's poem "The Man-Child," in- cludes the fantasy of the writer falling from the tower's height;

I who fell swiftly From the silver structure in Kent House Yard

Where it stood mute in the pale moon- light

Waiting for dumb jokers like myself Who, in a moment of macho Madness seized the ladder cold In both hands and pulled Myself up the iron spire. Craning

Down, where the far jewels hung

Below and meshed with boxes

Of light, 1 saw her

Crossing the square. Leaning

My hat my gloves then too late,

Looking back up

Through the steam of my last

Breath, I saw the tower stretching

Higher and swiftly higher.

The water tower has played an ac- tive role in the romantic life of WC stu- dents as well. Mike Travieso '66 de- scribes a scene with his girlfriend, classmate Bonnie Abrams, following a college dance. "We had a fight," Mike remembers, "and Bonnie and 1 were real mad with each other. So to protest, 1 climbed up the tower — I'd never climbed it before. 1 went all the way up, to the ball on top, and started yell- ing Bonnie's name over the campus. I guess her friends went to get her, and she came out and got me to come down, and we made up." Mike and Bonnie have been married now for 22 years. Both are attorneys with a Balti- more law firm.

Chas. Foster '89 climbed the water tower many times making experiments with graffiti, posters and banners hung from the side. He would gallantly of- fer to paint women's names up on the tower, and after seeing the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," which fea- tured the line "Ferris Bueller is a Righ- teous Dude," Chas undertook to write "Cathy Jewell is a Righteous Babe" as a token of affection for his girlfriend.

To paint this message above all the other graffiti covering the side of the tank, Chas fashioned a spray-paint holder out of a broom handle with lengths of string carefully attached to activate the paint can. He made it as far as "Cathy Jewell is a Righteous B..." when the string broke. Rather than embarrass or anger his girlfriend with this questionable, unfinished state-

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ment, Chas climbed up and stood on the top of the railing that encircles the tower to complete his message. "1 guess that was pretty stupid," he says looking back on this foolish bravery. "And anyway, Cathy said the whole thing was pretty stupid. She would deny that it was about her. She'd tell people, "that's not me; that's another Cathy Jewell that's written up there."

Three current seniors claim to be the last to climb the water tower. On Wednesday night, April 11, 1990, Don Steele, Jeff Heubeck and Mike Gauchet climbed the tower ladder up to the tank, which had already lost its roof. They fondly touched the belly of the tank and climbed back down. "It was one of the best," says Don Steele. "When we got down we saw a win- dow open in the new Academic Cen- ter. We went inside and climbed up to the cupola, where the view is almost as good as from the tower. We thought maybe we'd started a new tradition." By the end of the next day the water tower had been dismantled.

The Chestertown water tower is re- membered with fondness by many. Recently, the organizing committee for the 70th reunion of Chestertown High School's class of 1920 asked the Kent County News to provide some photo- graphs of the water tower to display during reunion. "They simply wanted the photos as remembrances of an old friend," said Neius editor H. Hurtt Deringer '59, who climbed the water tower many times and often used it in college sports photographs to frame la- crosse and soccer action. When the tower came down, young Francis Ciganek, son of Eric Ciganek '74, wrote to the Neivs, "My dad climbed up it when he went to college there and tells me stories about it. I won't ever be able to climb up it. Washington College won't be the same without it."

Somehow, no one was ever hurt climbing the water tower. Perhaps one reason its dismantling caused the out- cry it did among students, alumni and neighbors was that the tower was al- ways a friendly accomplice to the ex- ploits and shenanigans of tower-climb- ers and self-described artists. For many, the tower was a lucky charm watching benignly and knowingly over the college campus and Chestertown for more than 75 years.

Marshall Williams is now a little sorry that he never climbed the water tower.

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Alumni Reporter

Two Alumni Elected To College Board

Washington College alumni elected Dr. John A. Conkling '65 and John Hall '70 to serve six-year terms on the College's Board of Visitors and Gover- nors.

Conkling is executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association and adjunct professor of chemistry at the College, where he has been teach- ing since 1969. He was awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1982. His work with the American Pyrotechnics Association has earned him recognition as the nation's foremost authority on fire- works.

"The first and foremost mission of the college is to provide the best edu- cation that we can for our students," commented Conkling. "The faculty, and close student-faculty interaction.

are the heart and soul of Washington College. We must provide our faculty with the support they need in their ef- forts and provide a physical plant that supports a "learning" environment on campus. Athletics and other extracur- ricular activities have traditionally been an important part of the college, and we must continue to encourage these activities within the context of a well-rounded education."

Hall, of Alexandria, Virginia, is president and chief operating officer for Time-Life Entertainment. He was formerly senior vice president of TIME, Inc. and senior vice president of

Alumni who attended the pre-Preakness Parti/ during Reunion Weekend dressed in funnif liats and Haivaiian shirts were treated to Washington College Coladas. Cliff Case '49, his wife, Florence, and Mackey Metcalfe Streit '51 were just three ivho showed up in silly chapeaus.

President Charles H. Trout and his wife, Katherine (second from left) were intro- duced to Maryland crabs and Kent and Queen Anne's alumni at the Chapter's annual crab feast. Here they posed with Chapter President Doris Brooks Reedt '83, Alumni Director Pat Trams '75 and Associate Director Mackey Streit '51 .

Book-of-the-Month Club. A member of the College's Visiting Committee, he has served on the communications subcommittee and an informal advi- sory committee on publications.

Elected to special one-year terms were Michael Macielag '73, president and chief executive officer of Chesa- peake Bank & Trust Company in Chestertown, and William B. Johnson '40, chairman emeritus of IC Industries in Chicago, Illinois. The 1984 Chicago Executive of the Year holds an honor- ary doctorate from Washington Col- lege.

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Class Notes

^O The Johns Hopkins University Press has printed Gilbert Byron's sequel to his popular The Lord's Oysters, which was first printed in 1957. The book, released in April, is titled Done Crabbin': Noah Leaves The River. The book takes Noah Marlin, protagonist of The Lord's Oysters, through his adolescent years up to the time he enters Washington College.

v3vy Howard F. "Buck" Griffin is helping coach baseball at Catonsville (MD) Community College.

OO The University of Maryland Sigma Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, initiated Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein as honorary member at its spring initiation meeting in College Park.

\Jy Robert L. Adamson is retired from Montgomery County (MD) Health Dept. and living in Florida half of the year.

Leon D. Horowitz still directs his summer camp for boys in Maine, and where there are boys, there is basketball. "The youngest campers want no instruction," he writes, "preferring to settle the issue: "Can 1 be Captain?"

Marylil Knotts Humphreys is a wellness trainer, lecturer and consultant in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her book. Staying Alive, The Complete Guide To Energy Renewal, was released in June.

i v7 Peggy Spry Cadell admits it was a "shock and a thrill" to return to campus for the first time in two years. "The new additions to the physical plant are incredible and a real tribute to alumni, administration and friends of the College."

Joshua Lewis Horner is still raising beef cattle and horses on his farm at Sparks, MD, and is teaching his seven grandchildren to ride. He foxhunts in Sparks and in Ireland.

William "Mickey" Jones and his wife

attended the 50th class reunion, traveling by motorhome from their home in Boise. They traveled 11,200 miles and covered 26 states. "It was great to meet again after 50 years and to see the wonderful additions to Washington College."

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Mortimer Garrison Jr. received the award for leadership from the American Association on Mental Retardation at its Chicago meeting last spring. His wife, Jean Wood Garrison '43, received letters from the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert and the Imperial War Museum, thanking her for depositing her dissertation on children's literature. They became great- grandparents in April.

John Kirwan has three tree farms — two on Maryland's Eastern Shore and one along Skyline Drive in Virginia. He enjoys vacationing in the national parks out west.

t:0 Raymond B. Clark, Jr. has published 52 source books on Maryland and Delaware. His quarterly magazine. The Maryland and Delaivare Genealogist , is in its 31st year.

\D\J Frank H. Kuhn, retired from Eastern Airlines, is working part-time in real estate and enjoying golf and sailing.

sD 1 It's a pretty big deal for a woman to be the only Delaware member of the national board of directors of the 42,000- member National Association of Secondary School Principals. For Dr. Rita M. Ryan, it's just as big a deal to be assistant principal at Ceasar Rodney High School. That's because she gets a "big thrill" from working with students and having them tell her that something she did or said made a differ- ence in their lives.

•DJ Severn School's Board of Trustees has elected George T. Cromwell to serve a three-year term commencing 1990. He is involved in developing commercial and industrial real estate near Baltimore/ Washington International Airport.

\J\J Gary J. Dunton retired in June after 20 years as principal of Northside School in Fairport, NY.

CD Jennifer Dobbs Shaalan is a senior international training specialist at the Federal Express Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. In her work, which includes creating training manuals that are used worldwide, she speaks Italian, German and is brushing up on the Chinese that she spoke as a child.

•D/ Thurman H. "Al" Albertson moved back to his home state of North Carolina in 1989 after living for 24 years in Newport News, VA. He's building a new home on a wooded site near Faison.

Donna M. Thompson is looking forward to the expansion and renovation of the high school library where she works.

30 Robert N. Cleaver recently retired as general manager of Aetna Life & Casualty's commercial insurance division in Grand Rapids. He has since joined InsurAmeri Corp — Aetna's largest commercial agency in Michigan, as executive vice president for commercial operations.

\J\J Kathie Rayne Gregory teaches English in Unionville High School. She and her husband, Ed, enjoy sports, travel, and family.

K)\D Roberta P. Kutlik is a buyer with Maryland Brush Company, which became an employee-owned company last February.

O^ David Truitt has been named general auditor of Farmers National Bank of Maryland. David joins Farmers from Annapolis Bank and Trust Co. where his 26-year career included responsibilities in branch administration, lending, operations and general accounting.

DO Susan Achorn Burgess has been

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appointed instructor of Children's Literature at Dean Junior College in Franklin, MA. Susan has written various articles for the "Society of Children's Book Writer's Bulletin" and was the Society's Member of the Year in 1985.

O/ Deidre "Dede" Brewer Wilson teaches English as a Foreign and Second Language at the Royal Society of Arts in London.

DO Peter J. Rosen M.D. was selected to compete in the Budweiser "Ironman Canada" triathlon in August 1990. The race in British Columbia consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike race and a 26.2 mile run, all to be completed within 17 hours.

O Z/ Virgmia Ann Vassar was selected to participate in a two-year fellowship sponsored by the California Agricultural Leadership Program. She visited Africa as part of the program, studying social, political and economic problems in Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

/ U William O. Leonard, Jr. has been elected assistant secretary of field opera- tions for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company in Baltimore. He returns to Baltimore after five years as manager of the Company's Phoenix office.

/ i H. Samuel Hopper graduated from Pepperdine University with a Master's of Psychology in August. He owns and works in his import transmission shop in Lawndale, CA.

Lt. Col. Stephen Mires has assumed command of the 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force. Steve and his family enjoy living on a farm in Upper Heyford, England, with their horses.

After 12 years as an assistant U.S. Attornev in Washington, DC, David Howard Saffern entered private practice with Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane, a firm well-knov\m for its local real estate law practice.

/ Z- Carole A. Geronimo was recently appointed a trustee on the Waldwick (NJ) Board of Education.

Charles Johnson is farming in Kentucky, using some new low-cost input techniques and soil conservation procedures. "It's a tough way to make a living, but a fine way to Uve."

Deborah Veystrk is renovating an old house in Baltimore City near Lake Montebello. She earned an MSW in 1982 and is now supervising programs in Baltimore County that provide housing for disabled adults.

the frail elderly and HlV-i- people.

/ J) Susanne Hayman is running for election to the state's attorney's office in Kent County. The Republican deputy state's attorney will be running against Democratic candidate Robert H. Strong Jr. '81.

After graduating with honors from the National Center for Paralegal Training in October 1989, Elizabeth Barrow Harper joined the firm of Alston and Bird in Atlanta, GA, as a legal assistant in the htigation dept. She is active in the Georgia Assoc, of Legal Assistants and the League of Women Voters, and now goes by Gail — "it's more dignified that Wizzy," she says.

Nancy Wagner has been appointed Director of Safety and Government Affairs for the Gypsum Association in Washington DC. Nancy will be responsible for health, environmental, safety and legislative issues as they impact the gypsum industry.

/ TC After nine years in West Germany, Barbara Daly Gnaidig moved to Rye, NY, where she is the mother of a 5-year-old girl and 1 -year-old boy. Her husband, Gerhard, is an attorney practicmg in Manhattan.

Michael R. Harper is vice president for Cotton States Life Insurance Co. in Atlanta.

Elizabeth Osbom graduated from Southern College of Optometry in May 1988. In September 1989, Dr. Osborn and her husband, William Crowley, opened West Carteret Optometry Clinic in Cedar Point, where she is in solo practice.

Leslie Tice White is vice president of underwriting for Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington, DC. She and her husband, Dick, live in Severna Park, MD.

/ C? David S. Hoffman of Brewster, NY, is assistant vice president of Dorman and Wilson Inc. Prior to joining the firm in 1982, David was an appraiser and commer- cial loan underwriter at Bowery Savings Bank in Manhattan.

Barbara Lewis was promoted to associate professor of music at the U. of North Dakota. Her most recent research presenta- tion was given last March at the MENC National Convention in Washington, DC, and was titled "Individual Differences in Listeners' Response to Music."

Nancy Penn Skinner Riley, mother of three, is working at home with a word processing business, and is active in volunteer and PTA work.

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Susan Duffin is a management

analyst for the Dept. of Labor in Atlanta, GA. She is active in a variety of volunteer activities, including dolphin research. She recently vacationed on Kauai, HI.

/ / Roderick Adibe is dean of student affairs at Anambra State Polytechnic in Nigeria. He reports that his U.S. education helped prepare him for the strenuous tasks of working in a developing country.

Sheri Robinson Hubbard has been teaching EngUsh at the secondary level for 13 years for Dorchester Co. (MD) Board of Educa- tion, and taking great pleasure in teaching American hterature. She has an eight-year- old son, Adam.

April Lindevald, after seven years with the Gregg Smith Singers, is now a regular chorister in the New York City Opera. She was a semifinalist in the New York Oratoria Society's solo competition this year, and recently performed a duet recital with tenor Drew Martin at Lycoming College in PA. She reports happy reunions with Kat Johnston and Thomas Goode, and would love to hear from other old friends.

Paul Noto, a practicing attorney and mayor of Mamaroneck on Long Island, NY, is running in the November election for a seat in the state senate.

/ O Scott R. Ayers has been promoted to vice president of Signet Bank, and joined the International Trust Business Develop- ment Department in Columbia, MD.

Jane R. Dhue, certified as a pediatric nurse, works as a registered nurse and instructor of Family Centered Nursing at the MacQueen Gibhs Willis School of Nursing at the Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD.

Mary Ellen Aikin Lyman is head of the language arts department at the junior high where she has taught for ten years. She also coaches volleyball and track, and is working on her master's degree in school counsehng. She and husband. Randy, have a 10-year-old son, Jarrod, and enjoy bass fishing.

Colleen O'Neill Slade and her husband. Gene, are living and ministering at the Providence House, Denver, CO, a group home for persons coming out of crisis centers.

J. Christopher Wiegard is interim director for Meherrin Regional Library in southern Virginia. He and Laurel Snode '79 have a three-year-old daughter, Hannah.

/ y William "Gunther" Barrows and his wife, Laurie, are busy renovating their newly-purchased 1840 Federal style house

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Aerobics Instructor Signs For Fitness

Vjina Oliva '72 packs a bundle of energy in her slight frame. An aerobics instruc- tor of Greek descent, she's bright, funny and enthusiastic. She's also deaf, and as director of the Aerobics and Fitness Training Institute at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, she's a pioneer in the field of fitness.

By devising sign, or visual cues for aerobic exercise and by team teaching aerobics with a hearing partner, Oliva is integrating sign language into the hearing community. Oliva's aerobic visual cues are based on principles of visual-gestural communication or actual American Sign Language (ASL) sign.

Illustrating the point that the hearing community can easily learn sign, Oliva and her hearing partner Rena Castagnaro came to Chestertown in mid-May to conduct an aerobics class at Kent Athletic Club. Oliva faced the group, calling out and gesturing for the next routine; Castagnaro, with her back to the group, faced Oliva so Oliva could see her calling out the count and keeping the beat. A workout room-full of hearing women easily — if somewhat breathlessly — followed Oliva's visual cues to the beat of

music Oliva could only feel.

Hearing impaired most of her life, Oliva attended public schools. From the front row of classes in elementary school, she learned to read lips. Things got tougher in high school and college, where she had a different teacher for each class. And as she got older, her hearing impairment worsened. "Of four classes a semester," Oliva says of her three years at Washington College, "I could understand one teacher lecturing. For the rest, I had to depend on someone else's notes, and I studied a lot." She studied well, maintaining a 3.5 g.p.a.

She had come to Washington College from Greenwich, CT, a shy and naive girl. Although she enjoyed dancing and sports, she had made few close friends and knew no others with hearing impairment. She says, laughing at her own naivete, that she applied to Washington College because she thought it was in Washington, DC. "It was my first choice. I wanted a small college with a strong liberal arts program. And as hearing impaired, I didn't want to be lost on a big campus. I was just surprised to find out where it was."

Why not Gallaudet University? "I really didn't think of myself as a deaf person," she says. "I grew up not knowing what my options were, because my parents believed that sign language was for someone who couldn't learn to speak English."

She saw her first signers at a Washington College soccer match with Gallaudet University. "I immediately felt a sense of wanting to belong." She didn't learn to sign until the age of 20, when she went to Gallaudet in her senior year as a special student.

Originally intent on a career as a psychologist, Oliva was encouraged by professor Tom McHugh and others to explore a career in the area of the hearing impaired. "I realized I couldn't work as a psychologist if I couldn't hear what my clients were saying." At the end of that year, she returned to Washington College to graduate in May, but she had found her true home at Gallaudet. Although her career goals and jobs have changed over the years, she's never left.

Deciding "to join the world of the deaf," she joined the University staff in 1972, planning student recreational activities. Later she worked for the university president. It was while holding that

sedentary job that Oliva became commit- ted to personal fitness and exercise: first jogging, then racquctball (winning local club and deaf tournaments), then aerobics.

"I had always loved to dance and was a good athlete, so I picked up the move- ments easily," says Oliva, "even though I had no idea what the instructor was saying. A year and a half after my first aerobics class, I began teaching classes for the deaf at the community center." At first, she used English-sign (spelling) to convey her instructions, as well as vocalization. Soon she added visual cues for the slides, half jacks, and step-kicks in her routines.

With the retirement in 1982 of Gallaudet's president, Oliva's position was abolished and she transferred to the department of physical education and recreation. There she developed the "Gallaudet Workout" for employees and students, which evolved into the workout video "Sign 'n' Sweat." Co-produced by Oliva and the director of the Gallaudet Dance Company, it remains a one-of-a- kind workout video accessible by both the deaf and hearing — with deaf instructors, visual cues, voice cues, and open captions.

Oliva, who painfully recalls the "social deprivation" of her youth, revels now in a signing environment as she shares the language and culture of the deaf with the hearing world. She has effectively turned a liability into an asset — traveling extensively to offer workshops on visual cueing to hearing instructors and promoting exercise involvement in the deaf community. The 1989 winner of the Healthy American Fitness Leadership Award, presented annually to 10 individuals who have made significant contributions in promoting health and fitness, she has graced the pages of the Reebok Instructor News and Deiif Life magazine.

In coming to terms with herself, she has touched many lives. She wants to reach out now to deaf children, and the hearing parents of deaf children. "I was only shy because I couldn't hear what people were saying," she explains, "not because it was my nature to be shy. And somewhere out there are other deaf people and children who are shy for the same reason. I hope that they and/or their parents will read my story and take it to heart."

in Newburyport, MA. Gunther reports that all his free time is spent "playing in backgammon tournaments around the country."

Lisa J. Durbin received her Specialist in Microbiology certification through the American Society of Clinical Pathologists

and is the supervisor of the Hospital Epidemiology Lab at the University of Virginia.

OU Evelyn S. Felluca M.D. is joining her associate in private practice, speciahz- ing in obstetrics and gynecology. They have offices in Fairfax and Sterling, VA.

Steven P. Henke is a marketing manager with National Trade Productions in Alexandria, VA.

Rita McWilliams, a Washington, DC-based freelance writer, had an article critiquing the reporting on Nicaragua of human rights group "Americas Watch" published in the

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Making The Grade In Magazine Trade

1 iilbott Bryan's family is well-connected in the world of media. The news business her great-grandfather started with one paper in Virginia has grown into a media empire of television and radio stations, cable companies, newspapers, printing plants, and paper mills.

It would have been easy for her to take a job within the family business. Media General is the largest privately-owned media conglomerate on the East Coast. Yet the 1989 graduate has struck out on her own, hoping to prove her mettle.

She is in London, where the American magazine trade is exploring new frontiers. Bryan is working for Conde Nast as the retail editor for the young British edition of Gentlemen's Quarterly. While Brits have been flocking to New York to work on American magazines, she is the first American in the trade to apply for her Secondment Papers — a long-term visa that will allow her officially to join the London offices of Conde Nast.

"When I met the chairman of European Operations," says Bryan, "1 told him directly, in French, that I wanted to work in Europe. It meant a lot that 1 asked him in French, and that I was willing to leave behind my connections. Connections will only get you there. You have to work to keep yourself there."

For the humanities major who spent two summers working in Conde Nast's New York offices, London is an education itself. She got her first taste of the the city last fall, when she spent a semester abroad working in Conde Nast's London offices.

"The Common Market makes the business more exciting, and I like the mystique of working in another country," she says. "I see how a magazine runs in a different culture. The people, the attitudes, what's required of you are very different."

For instance, she says, the British edition of Gentlemen's Quarterly, just 18 months old, has to be very careful about choosing its cover personalities. "GQ is opening a new market for men's magazines, and British men just aren't used to picking up a men's fashion magazine — there are certain connotations associated with it. While GQ is a conservative magazine, we have to select people for the cover who will attract given markets" — whether it be the upper echelon of businessmen, the young and athletic set, or the artsy crowd.

GQ's method is apparently working. After just a year and a half, circulation has reached 57,000. In comparison, Bryan says Voi^ue, which has had a London edition for

75 years, has a circulation of 130,000.

As retail editor, Bryan is the link between the advertising and editorial departments. She organizes promotions and events. Promotions, she explains, are advertisements with an editorial look — retailers pay for a stylized shoot featuring their products. Events, too, are mutually beneficial projects that attract readers and consumers alike, such as the popular race sponsored by Louis Vuitton (featured in a recent GQ promotion) and to which GQ readers were admitted free. Bryan also compiles the regular feature "GQ Live," a one-page calendar listing of important happenings around town.

In addition to her responsibilities at GQ, Bryan roves within the Conde Nast family of publications, helping out with given projects for Vogue, the New Yorker, and Trai'eler. She is thriving on this fast- paced career track, and best of all, she is doing it her way.

Spring '90 edition of The National Interest, and an article on President Bush's clubs in the April edition of Washington Dossier. Her series on the ethnic history of the state continues in Maniland Magazine.

O 1 Ellen Beardsley finished her first collection of poems. She reviews books for The Irish Times and freelances elsewhere, while she works on her Ph.D. dissertation at University College Cork in Ireland. She lives with her daughter, Gisele, in Innishannon, County of Cork.

Glen Beebe has been promoted to Research Director of the Assembly Minority Office and appointed to the Washington Township Environmental Commission of Mercer County. Glen is president of the South Jersey Alumni Chapter.

Photographer Jim Graham received two top

awards and four others in the 43rd annual Southern Short Cross, oldest of the nation's major professional photography competi- tions. Jim was named Southern Press Photographer of the Year on the basis of a portfolio of photographs taken over the last year in the Wilmington, Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. He has been on the staff of the Ne-ivs Journal in Wilmington since 1986.

Susan Lynn Handy received her Ph.D. in computer science last May from Pennsylva- nia State University. She also holds a master of arts in mathematics and a master of science in computer science, and is employed by HRB Systems of State College, PA, She is the daughter of Dr. Merle '68 and Mary Handy of California.

Charlie Kinsey is an Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, and lives in Baltimore County with his wife, Kathy.

Sandra Evans Meyers moved from Green Bay to Chicago in March. She visits her parents and friends in Annapolis about every three months, and reports Sallie Everitt North had a baby boy in December.

David E. Mills is a senior research chemist with Eastman Chemical Company.

OZ. Scott B. Hansen is an assistant vice president at Crestar Bank in northern Virginia. He is president of the DC Alumni Chapter. His wife, Debby Flory Hansen '82, is a behavior counselor at the School for Contemporary Education in Springfield. Barbara Bush attended the dedication of the new school building in the fall of 1989. Debby received her M.S.W. from Virginia Commonwealth Univ. in May 1989.

Kenneth G. Menzies Jr. became a Certified Public Accountant last February, and is

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working in Croffon, MD.

William Mortimer earned an M.F.A. in film and television production from NYU in May. He's been working on film projects over the summer.

Lori Murphy, local programming manager for Adelphia Cable Communications in Vermont, took first place honors in the New England Cable Television Association Public Service Awards for the music video "Just Kidding: The U.S. and Soviet Partners of the Children's Art Exchange." The video was shot on location in the USSR while Murphy was traveling with the Children's Art Exchange, a non-profit organization that promotes global understanding through the exchange of schoolchildren's artwork and writing. She is now producing other programs on Soviet life.

Debbie Kole Schlette and her husband, Ted, had a baby girl, Abigail Kole Schlette, on

May 20, 1990. She died on June 1 of a congenital heart defect. "Although her life was short, it was full of love and we will cherish our memories of Abigail forever," writes Debbie. The Schlettes have an older daughter, 3-year-old Julie.

Peter Turchi's novel, T)ic Girls Next Door, is being published in paperback by Plume this September. He has accepted a position as associate professor of English at Appala- chian State U. in North Carolina, where he's establishing an undergraduate major in creative writing.

Cj\J Melanie Pullen Cues, as Director of State Government Affairs for the National Food Processors Association, is responsible for legislative programs in all 30 states. She and her husband are building a home on the water in Annapolis, MD.

Sarah Motycka teaches art and photogra- phy and is head of the Fine Arts Dept. at

Deaths

George A. Bratt, Jr. '21 of Baltimore, MD, died on May 21,1990 of cancer. Mr. Bratt was chairman of the board of Belt's Wharf Warehouses and former owner and president of the National Sporting Goods Co. While at WC he played on the football, basketball and baseball teams and after graduation played on and managed semi- professional baseball teams in the Baltimore area. He also scouted for the Detroit Tigers. Mr. Bratt is survived by two daughters, a stepdaughter, a brother, five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Joseph Bayard Dickerson '33, a retired clergyman of St. Louis, MO, died of pneumonia on Semptember 24, 1989. He is survived by his wife. Ruby Lewis Dickerson, who attended WC in 1932-33.

John Maxwell Chambers '36 of Preston, MD, died June 18, 1990 of complications from an automobile accident last October, when he swerved to avoid a dog. In 1937 he founded the Preston Neivs and Farmer, which he edited and published for nearly 43 years before retiring on his 80th birthday. Max was working on a book commemorating the Bicentennial of the Constitution at the time of his accident. The book was later printed and distributed. He is survived by a daughter, a brother, four granddaughters and 12 great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Clifton Hope '37 of Snow Hill, MD, died on July 17, 1990 of cardiac arrest. The Rev. Hope had been a minister in the Peninsula Conference for 30 years and had been affiliated with Asbury United

Methodist Church in Salisbury since 1979. He is survived by two sons, a sister and three grandchildren.

Robert L. Swain, Jr. '37 of New York City died March 29, 1990 of cardiac arrest. He was in the publishing, editorial cartoon and advertisement field for 41 years and was a tireless advocate for the deaf. He was a contributing writer for national publica- tions for the deaf and edited newsletters for the Alexander Bell Association and the Empire State Association for the Deaf. In 1989 he received the Francis Fox Award for outstanding editorialship. His lifelong hobby was painting seascapes, people and city life. Mr. Swain is survived by his wife, Beatrice, and a son and daughter.

Albert F. Herbst '39, a mathematics professor in La Verne, CA, died April 29, 1990. Retirmg in 1983 after teaching mathematics at La Verne College for 37 years, he was awarded an honorary doctorate and emeritus status. In addition to being active in his church, his special service project was reading math books for Recording for the Blind. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, two sons, and five grandchildren.

Parker W. Stone '39 of Denton, MD, died on June 29, 1990 of heart failure. Mr. Stone taught at North Carohne High School, Greensboro High School and at Caroline Elementary School, and owned Parker Plants in Denton for 42 years. He served in the Army during WWII and was a prisoner of war after the Battle of the Bulge.

Elizabeth Elliott Meynche '39 of Redlands, CA, died on May 8, 1990. Mrs Meynche was

East Catholic High School in Manchester, CT. The school was awarded Exemplary School Status by the U.S. Dept. of Educa- tion. She is also co-owner and artist for a business creating "wearable art."

Sarah McAlpine Robinson received her Master's in Education from Boston U. in 1988. Sarah and her husband live on the Cooper River and would love to feed the crew teams lunch the next time they row near Boston.

Ot: Daniel J. Baklev has moved to the Corporate Telecommunication Group with the Information Systems Division of Marriott Corporation in Bethesda. He relocated to McLean, VA.

Bill and Francie Burnet are organizing an alumni chapter in New York City.

Gregory M. Dargan was married in January and is managing vice president at

active in the American Association of University Women, and was on the boards of the Redlands Museum and the Profes- sional Women's Club. She is survived by two sons and a sister.

Joseph D. Palmer '41, retired chairman of the math department of Kennedy High School in Waterbury, CT, died on May 17, 1990 at the age of 72. He retired in 1978 from the Waterbury school system after 31 years of service. He was active in the Lodge and the Elks. He is survived by his wife, a sister, a nephew, a niece, and grandnieces and grandnephews.

Charles M. Betts Jr. '50, of Ambler, PA, died on April 9, 1990 at the age of 64. He was a production coordinator for Leeds and Northrup of North Wales prior to his retirement in 1980. He is survived by his wife, a son, two daughters, a brother, and three grandchildren.

Doris Schellinger Young '53 of Tuckhoe, NJ, died on May 4, 1990. Doris was a long-time employee of the Cape May County Welfare Board and an active volunteer for the Boy Scouts, the VFW Auxiliary and the Methodist Church. In 1980 she was named New Jersy Mother of the Year. She is survived by her husband, Raymond, two sons, her mother, a brother, two sisters and five grandchildren.

William Paul Murray, Jr. '69 of Princess Anne, MD died on May 9, 1990. He is a former school teacher and is survived by an uncle and three aunts.

Virginia Hicks Van Damm '69 died on November 9, 1989 of a brain tumor.

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Births

Doug Mayer '77 and Cathy Vincent Mayer '75, a daughter, Melissa Wright, February 21, 1990.

Katharine Waye '81, a daughter, Katharine Alexandra, Junes, 1990.

Charles W. Bell, Jr. '82, a daughter, Catherine Alice, June 22, 1990.

Kenneth G. Menzies Jr. '82, a son, Kenneth G. Menzies 111, November 1989.

Peter Turchi '82, a son. Reed Nicholas, May 26, 1990.

Suzanne DeRienzo Mannix '82, a daughter, Brittani Rose, July 3, 1989.

Tim Cloud '83, a daughter, Kaitlin Marie, July 4, 1990.

David W. Singer '83 and Anne Friedman Singer '85, a daughter, Ashley Kramer, May 17, 1989.

Kimberly Pendergast Delgado '85, a son, Timothy Alexander, June 30, 1990. He joins sister Malory, 2.

Monica Buehl Edwards '85, a son, Michael William, March 6, 1990.

Kim Herrmann Ruark '85, a son, William Keegan, March 1, 1990. He joins sister Kathryn, 3.

Kim M. Coulbourne '87, a daughter, Meghan Elizabeth, January 8, 1990.

Marriages

Charles E. Mills '58 to Sandra Miller Graffius, April 1990 m West Lawn, PA.

Eric F. Ciganek '73 to Pamela Sabatino, August 25, 1989.

Virginia (Ginger) Hansen '79 to Kenneth De Witt Reed on April 21, 1990 in Middletown, CT. Lisa Cole '79 was a bridesmaid. Other alumni present were Debby '82 and Scott

'82 Hansen and Toby Babcock '82.

Elizabeth Brooke Gunning '81 to Paul Wyland Gallagher Jr., March 3, 1990.

Deborah Susan Mohney '81 to Robert John Hoyes, February 10, 1990.

Charles (Chip) Mac Leod '86 to Elizabeth Donovan on November 18, 1989 in Chestertown, MD.

Lela C. Kempe '88 to Lee B. Ogden '86 on June 8, 1990 in Warwick, Bermuda. Brian Erwin '86 and Rita Brigman '88 were members of the wedding party.

Aina Carlsson '88 to Yiannis Neopheytou, February 16, 1990 in Konstanz, Germany. Melissa Harter '87 and Dan Gerstenfield '86 attended.

Julie Myers '88 to Randy Bisi, April 7, 1990. Attendants included classmates Cassie Hatfield, Erin Patterson and Kim Doran.

Brian Steven Kroll '89 to Kathryn Marie Dressel, March 31, 1990.

Rudolph Robinson Steel Co. in Philadel- phia.

Virginia Henkel graduated from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science in 1986, and is working as a circulation supervisor at Harvard University's Fine Arts Library in Boston.

Mary Madison spent the summer on the Navajo and Hopi Reservation in Arizona, doing legal work. She'll finish law school at Univ. of California, Davis, this Decem- ber, and is still pursuing a career in music.

C. James and Natalie Brown McKnight '84 are living in Boston. Jamie is a postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute at M.I.T., and Natalie is an assistant professor at Boston University in the Rhetoric Division.

03 Jill DelConte, a fourth-grade teacher, is working towards a master's degree in guidance counseling.

Captain Patrick J. LaMoure recently bought a home in Mt. Holly, NJ. He has served as the Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Fort Dix Federal Jurisdiction of New Jersey and attended the U.S. Army Assault School last spring.

William Thomas is a second-year student at New York Law School, and reports that Daniel Smith '85 was graduated from St. John's University Law School and is practicing with Pitney, Hardin, et. al. in New Jersey.

OO Victor S. DeSantis has joined the faculty of the University of North Texas in the political science department. He is finishing his doctorate from American University.

Laura Jean Paul has been living in the Boston area for the last three years. She is working toward her MBA at Babson College and working for General Electric as a senior information systems consultant. She reports that "Carolyn Ellis '85, Kathi Glenn and Erin Beck look Marvelous."

Kimberly M. Ward has started her own business — Bessette-Ward Associates — in Wilmington, DE, for promotions, public relations and advertising.

O / Judy Beckmann and her roommate. Amy Forest, are living in Boston, MA. Judy has been working as an administrative assistant to the director of product marketing and the director of standards. Strategic Marketing Department at ITT Sheraton. ITT Sheraton is Sheraton's world headquarters.

Jack Gilden has joined Cornerstone, a Baltimore advertising agency.

Jacqueline Loughman graduated from Washington & Lee University School of Law in May and joins the Wilmington firm of Richards, Layton & Finger this fall.

OO Ruth Davidson is working on her master's degree in English at WC.

William P. Jones spent the year after graduation with his wife in Denmark where he worked restoring antiques. He returned to the United States in November and flew with the Air Force Reserve as an aircrew member while he applied to law schools. He begins Franklin Pierce Law School in New Hampshire this semester.

Kelly A. Lamoree moved from Chestertown to New York, where she is assistant to the station manager at a New York television station. She is also working on her third novel. The Miranda Rites.

Laura Kerbin Silvia will begin her training at Eastern Virginia Medical School this fall. Her husband, Tony Silvia '87, received a master's degree in entomology from Virginia Tech. last spring. The two recently moved to Chesapeake, VA.

Oy Sandie Coulter recently moved to Washington, D.C., where she works for an importer of wine, bottled water and other specialty items from Italy.

Sarah Danowski moved to San Diego with Chris LaFontaine. She works as a labora- tory technician for the San Diego State Univ. Foundation, doing fetal cocaine syndrome research. She starts work on her master's degree this fall at SDSU. Within the year, she plans to publish her senior thesis, which she presented to the Eastern Psychological Association Conference with former Washington College psychology professor Dr. Marci Pelchat.

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Portrait Of An Architect

X^rom his earliest recollections, he wanted to become an architect. Paul W. T. Pippin '34, the son of a Chestertown architect and builder, studied with the best architectural masters in the world and became one of the most respected architects of his time.

Architecture is a harmonious balance of art and engineering — it is creativity and logic, void and mass, form and function. Pippin embraced it and was a partner for 27 vears with one of the largest architectural firms in the world — Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York City. During his career there, he was involved in the design and project management of all types of buildings, from schools to office buildings of 50 stories, as well as U.S. corporate headquarters for clients such as IBM, General Electric, Texaco, Libbey-Owens Ford and others.

His achievements have root in his youth, his education, and his travels.

Pippin in his youth was given great freedom to create and to watch creation in progress. During the summer months, he followed his father on different jobs "to see how things went up," he says. "My interest was mostly in design," says Pippin, "and through all of my training and my experience of 27 years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, I could not possibly have done the practical things that my father did." Still, as a boy, he created rock gardens, pools and landscape designs, recondi- tioned furniture, and drew.

Between graduating from Washing- ton College and entering Columbia University's School of Architecture, Pippin got a jump on his architectural training from Lawrence Fowler, "undoubtedly the most sophisticated

architect in Baltimore," he says. A graduate of Columbia University School of Architec- ture and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Fowler took Pippin under his wing.

While attending Columbia, he and his classmates visited buildings under construction, tile factories, the Metropolitan Opera and the city's museums and theatres. Columbia's School of Architecture also attracted prominent figures from the world of art and architecture to its halls — such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Lewis Mumford, and Sir Raymond Univin.

He was graduated from Columbia in 1946 and spent the next four years in the U.S. Navy. Upon his discharge, the editor of Pencil Points Mngazinc (now Progressive Arcliitectiirc) suggested he do graduate work at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan with Eliel Saarinen, one of the world's most renowned architects.

That summer. Pippin stayed in Chicago to fake a job with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill — a job that brought him close to another architectural genius. "1 met several architects who had studied with Mies van der Rohe at the Bauhaus in Europe. By this time the Bauhaus had been dissolved by the Nazis, and Mies had come to the United States and joined Armour Institute [in Chicago], which later became the Illinois Institute of Technology."

"Everyone thought Mies was an inaccessible genius, and to hear about him firsthand was fascinating," says Pippin. He asked for an introduction to Mies, and the two men struck up a friendship that led to Pippin leaving Cranbrook to study at the Illinois Institute.

What new methods did Mies teach him?

"Mies' great stock in trade was free flowing space. Instead of developing little boxes for a house of rooms, Mies defined space by free-standing walls. There would be a wall here and a detached wall perpendicular to it, and the space would flow all around. 1 caught on pretty well, frankly, and Mies gave me great encourage- ment.

Pippin u'ith Finnish master nrclutect Eliel Saarinen in 1946.

"Then from there, we went to the skyscraper. 1 learned so much about developing the characteristics of the steel building versus the concrete building. For Mies, a building had to express the materials and the function."

From under the tutelage of Mies, Pippin went to the office of Harrison and Abramovitz in New York City, where he was assigned to the United Nations design staff. Pippin did 20 studies for the facade of the Secretariat Building. This work was the basis for the present design.

In 1951 Pippm joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. His first project took him to Germany for four years, where he worked on a foreign buildings program for the State Department.

His first, and most challenging project in management was for the State University of New York, Oswego. Pippin was project manager for the expansion of a 2,000-shjdent teachers college into a 6,000-student university. The project involved 12 buildings, 15 site work contracts, four government agencies, seven general contractors and 800 workmen. He negotiated and wrote all the contracts and, during the course of the six-year project, developed a project manual that was emulated as a model of productivity and efficiency.

His project management skills had made an impression in architectural circles, and since his retirement in 1978 Pippin has shared his knowledge and experience with students at Yale and Columbia and with several corporate organizations.

As for teaching design. Pippin says "that's impossible. You can't learn design, you've got to have it in your blood. It's like a piano prodigy who plays before he's been taught. Education can develop that talent, and give you technical information, but you've either got it or you don't."

Pippin (seconii from rigiit) u'ltli Mies van der Rohe (center) and class at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1947.

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Currents

The Beat Of A Different Drum

by /. David NcuvU

One day in July 1988 I was out in the backyard getting my sailboat ready to go back into the water when the phone rang. It was Col. Anthony Hartle, director of the philosophy program at West Point. "Would you be interested in spending a year as Visiting Professor of Philoso- phy at the United States Military Academy?" he asked. That was the beginning of one of the most unusual experiences of my professional life. During the past 12 months I have indeed been "marching" to the beat of a different drum. On visits home I am often asked to compare West Point and Washington College.

The United States Military Academy (known to football fans as "Army" and to most others as "West Point") was founded in 1802 as the premiere training ground for army officers. Its mission is "to provide the nation with leaders of character who serve the common defense." Located on the most beautiful reach of the majestic Hudson River, the academy is rich in history and steeped in tradition. Through its halls the footsteps of Custer, Grant, Lee, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Patton and other famed warriors have been heard. In spite of its military prowess, the academy has been recognized primarily for its academic excellence, first as an engineering school and now also as a liberal arts and sciences institution.

Unlike the Naval Academy in Annapolis and the Air Force Academy

in Colorado Springs, nearly all the USMA faculty are army officers on active duty. They hold masters' and doctorates in their fields from gradu- ate programs in the best universities. One such faculty member coming to West Point this fall is Captain Arthur Bilodeau '78. Arthur, a Sophie Kerr Prize winner, was once a student of mine. I am sure neither of us imagined that we would end up as colleagues in the same department (English and philosophy are one department here).

There are 13 academic departments at USMA, each entitled to invite one civilian visiting professor each year. Visiting professors do not wear uniforms and need not have any active duty military experience. In the English Department the policy has been to alternate visiting appointments from year to year between English and philosophy. To my surprise, the department suspended this policy and appointed me for another year.

Last year I taught one upper level seminar in philosophy each term and a non-credit seminar for the 14 faculty members in philosophy. My seminar for cadets in the fall semester was entitled "Knowledge and Belief" and in the spring 1 did "Man, Medicine and Morals." I also volunteered to do a seminar on Ethics in the spring term. Visiting professors are expected to spend the rest of the time engaged in research and writing, and I have taken full advantage of this feature of the contract. But, like Washington College, USMA emphasizes classroom teaching as its top priority.

I had to get accustomed to certain things. The students all wear the same outfit. I am called "Sir." And I do not see my students between classes. Cadets are on a tight schedule and do not have time to "hang out" on the

quad, in the halls or in faculty offices.

Before arriving at West Point, I worried that every cadet in my classes would think alike — especially since I would be teaching upperclass cadets who had been at the academy for two or three years. Much to my delight, I found the full spectrum of views and perspectives on philosophical issues. My guess is that, given the regulations about dress and conduct that govern their daily lives, cadets appreciate the freedom of thought and expression more so than most college students.

As future officers, they use their leadership abilities in the classroom as much as on the playing field or in military training exercises. One day I arrived five minutes late for class to find the cadets discussing the material. In another class, I posed a difficult question about "justifying induction" and every student had a hand up ready to answer. These cadets are bright, hard-working, competitive students — a delight to have in class!

But, alas, there are students at Washington College who are every bit as bright and motivated as West Point cadets. I miss them very much. I miss, too, the sound of the Canada geese, the beauties of the Chester River, and the historic charm of the Chestertown streets. I miss the many good people who work as faculty and staff at Washington College, and the colorful array of bright, interesting and variously appareled students who study there. What an embarrassment of riches to have two years here while looking forward to returning to the Eastern Shore.

Professor Newell, chair of the philosophy department, promises to return to Washington College classrooms next year.

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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

ANNUAL REPORT 1989-1990

The Trouts: At Home At Hynson-Ringgold House

REPORTS FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE REPORT OF GIFTS

PROFILE

The Trouts Are Right At Home At Hynson-Ringgold House

by Sue Dc Pat^qiialc 'S7 Photogmpin/ by Robcif C. Burke

Chuck Trout finished up his last bit of work as Provost and Dean of tl"ie Faculty at Colgate University on June 30 at 5:30 p.n^. Just two days later at 7:30 a.m., he and wife Katherine stood outside Hynson Lounge, greeting each Washington College groundsperson before breakfast. At noon, the couple hosted a luncheon for the College's secretarial and clerical staff.

"I wanted to niake it very clear that 1 was going to be visible — that 1 was going to be around," explains the twenty-fourth President of Washington College, "and that we are a community of many components, and all those components are important."

Trout's penchant for hands-on leadership, his approachable nature, and his thirty-plus years of experience in academia are what made him the first choice among two hundred and fifty candidates reviewed by the College's Presidential Search Conimittee.

"Chuck Trout fit exactly what we were looking for," says Sandy Jones, a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors who has served on four presidential search committees. "We wanted someone whose academic credentials were outstanding, whose reputation as a scholar was well-established, and who had administrative experience in the acadeniic world."

At 34, llie hither of two grown sons exudes the energy of someone half his age. He's a die-hard ice hockey fan, an avid gardener, a lover of the arts, and a skillful cook, who, together with his wife of six years, has been known to create sitdown dinners for thirty-five.

Trout begins his tenure at Washing- ton College with strong support from members of the College community, in large part because he's worked his way up through the academic ranks. A 1957 graduate of Amherst College, he taught history at Phillips Exeter Acad- emy in New Hampshire for nine years, while earning his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He started at Mt. Holvoke College in 1%9 as a history instructor, and within three years re- ceived tenure and was named Chair- man of the History Department.

Geoff Miller, today Director of Ath- letics at Washington College, took a course from Trout at Mt. Holyoke in 1974. "He was a dynamic professor — very alive, personable and engaging," Miller recalls. "He used Holyoke, Mas- sachusetts, as an example in studying the social geography and political de- velopment of immigrant cities during the Industrial Revolution. We took field trips to old mills and buildings and canals.

"He really got everybody involved," Miller continues. "It wasn't the type of class where you would just punch in and punch out."

During his years at Mt. Holyoke, Trout published his first book, Boston, The Great Depression, niid the Nezv Deal (Oxford University Press) and served as a consultant to the John F. Kennedy Library, to several television programs dealing with Boston's history, and to Forum 350 — a series of historical projects in connection with Boston's 350th anniversary. He was also named

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m think you should arrive ivitJi a million JL. ideas and a million questions. But to arrive with a fixed vision is to imply that there's an exoskeleton into which the community is going to he stuffed. That's just not going to work."

Chuck and Kaiherine Trout take a respite from tlicir busy sdiediilcs and relax over iced tea on the Hi/nson-Ringgold House porch with their cocker spmniel, Barky.

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Senior Fellow by the National Endow- ment for the Humanities and a Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University.

Trout left New England for upstate New York in 1981, when he was named i'rovost and Dean of the Fac- ulty at Colgate University, a liberal arts school of 2,700 students. It has not been purely by accident that each new chapter in his career has coincided with the start of a new decade, he says. "I'm an historian, and decades have meaning for me. Throughout my ca- reer, they've been a time to stand back and say, 'Wake up.' It's as if an alarm clock goes off," he explains, breaking into an easy laugh.

The bell went off loudly a year or so ago, prompting him to assess his fu- ture. Under his academic leadership at Colgate, the University's core curricu- lum had been substantially revised, faculty research grants had risen mark- edly, and several new interdisciplinary programs had been established, in- cluding Women's Studies, Africana/ Hispanic Studies, and Neuroscience.

The way Trout saw it, he had three choices. He could remain as Provost and Dean and launch a new series of initiatives. He could return to being a full-time history professor. Or, he could take the "logical next step" — a college presidency. When the offer came through from Washington Col- lege, he says, the right choice became obvious.

"There are a lot of presidential ad- vice manuals out there that say you should arrive at your college with a vi- sion. 1 think that is a mistake," says Trout, comfortably situated on the sofa in his Bunting Hall office.

"1 think you should arrive with a million ideas and a million questions. But to arrive with a fixed \'ision is to imply that there's an exoskeleton into which the community is going to be stuffed. That's just not going to work."

The new president has been on the job for a month, now, on this early Au- gust morning. It's the kind of day that comes only once or twice a summer: the sky is a vivid blue, and sunlight bathes the freshlv mown campus lawns. The smothering humidity that normally holds Chestertonians captive to lethargy is, thankfully, absent. An outdoorsman. Trout is clearly capti- vated by his new Eastern Shore envi- rons. "Staggeringly beautiful" is the description he offers.

Though he insists that he arrived at

Washington College without a rigid agenda or "exoskeleton," it's clear that he has a few priorities in mind. Num- ber one among them, forging a good working relationship with the faculty. "I believe in allowing people to work without the boss breathing down their necks," he explains. "1 guess my phi- losophy is that things that grow or- ganically work better than those foisted down from on high."

He acknowledges that relationships between college presidents and their faculties can turn prickly, even down- right hostile. But, he says, "I am also a

look at an academic program to find out whether the curriculum in place is "coherent and up-to-date," he ex- plains. "Departments can get in a rut," Trout says. External review encour- ages "a department to look at itself, to determine what's essential and what's not. It tends to scrape off a number of barnacles that inevitably attach them- selves to the curricular ship." At Colgate, for example, the English De- partment decided to cut seventeen courses, add seven new ones, and re- structure the requirements to the ma- jor. "These weren't headline-grabbing

Professor of History. I'm of the laculty. I've always worked very successfully with faculty." (At Colgate, he received prolonged ovations on three separate occasions in the weeks before he left.) "I can't believe that I won't be able to work with this faculty."

He plans to encourage scholarly re- search among the faculty. Outstanding teaching, he believes, cannot compen- sate for "mediocre" scholarship. "I'm not talking about converting Washing- ton College into a 'publish or perish' institution," he says, "but I do think that if you're going to demonstrate that the College is a place where excit- ing intellectual things are happening, one of the sure signs of vitality is the scholarly achievements of those who teach here."

Trout says he's a strong advocate of external review and would like each academic department to go through the process during the next few years. External review brings to campus an independent team, which takes a fresh

Top, Chuck Trout chats until ueighbor Btll Crenger while supervising the move into Hxjnson-Ringgold House; above, Katherine Trout works at her loom.

changes, but they were truly impor- tant," he says.

Looking ahead to the mid-1990s. Trout believes that recruiting new fac- ulty will pose a difficult challenge. Na- tionwide, the wave of faculty who earned their degrees in the 60s will be retiring. At the same time, fewer

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young Ph.D.s than ever will be avail- able to replace those retiring. "Wash- ington College is going to have to think very hard about how it is going to be competitive," predicts the new president. "That involves not only the quality of our facilities and the excel- lence of our students, but, quite frankly, hours, wages and working conditions."

One working condition he'd like very much to improve is Ferguson Hall, in which many faculty members have their offices. Instead of being a fa- cility in which offices and classrooms

are interspersed, Ferguson Hall, he points out, does not provide the op- portunity for students and faculty to mix. Moreover, the quarters are cramped and stuffy. Rather than carry out current plans to renovate Ferguson, he would like to see faculty offices integrated with classrooms in William Smith Hall, also slated for ma- jor renovation. "I obviously need to find out how the faculty view the mat- ter," he commented.

That said, he has nothing but praise for the current state of the rest of the College's buildings and grounds. After touring every building on campus, in- cluding at least half the dormitory rooms and bathrooms, he has con- cluded that deferred maintenance is much less of a problem at Washington College than it is on most campuses. The "bricks and mortar" projects launched during President Douglass Cater's Administration have paid off. Trout says. "The College has essen- tially been rebuilt over the last decade. If you were to bring back blindfolded alums and removed the blinders, they very well might not recognize their

alma mater," he quipped.

Katherine Trout arrives at the cioor of his office around 11:30 a.m., ready to attend the noon meeting of the Kent County Chamber of Commerce. When she discovers that her husband hasn't readied his remarks, she urges him to shut his door and take advantage of the minutes that remain. Even though he is comfortable speaking off-the-cuff, she says with a laugh, "I like him to prepare, because it makes me nervous when he doesn't."

A small-boned woman with finely chiseled features and a flair for fash-

" Washington College is going to have to think very hard about how it is going to he competitive . . . That involves not only the quality of our facilities and the excellence of our students, hut, quite frankly, hours, wages and working conditions."

ion, Katherine Trout is quietly self-ef- facing (see sidebar). She met her hus- band in 1982 through mutual friends in New Hampshire, when he was in town for a Colgate /Dartmouth foot- ball game, and she was buying a house. After a long-distance courtship, the couple was married on October 6, 1984. Katherine resigned from The Winsor School in Boston, an indepen- dent school for girls where she had taught sixth grade for eleven years, and made the move to Hamilton.

They held on to the home in New Hampshire, which they've continued to use for getaway weekends when- ever they can find the time. "We don't mind the drive up there, because we have a chance to talk and catch up with each other," says the College's newest First Lady. Once there, she says, "The one thing we don't do is put our feet up. We put on our grungy clothes and go out in the garden and work until we can hardly stand up. That's what we enjoy doing," she adds, smiling.

When they aren't gardening or cook- ing ("Katherine does the breads and

desserts, 1 do the main course, and we split the hors d'ouevres," explains the president) they can spend time with his sons, who live just ninety minutes away. Twenty-seven-year old Nicholas works for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Portland, and Benjamin, 24, a re- storer of old homes, attends the Uni- versity of Southern Maine. Katherine's daughter, Kady, also lives in New En- gland. The 21 -year-old is a senior at Brown University in Rhocie Island. She spent her junior year studying in In- dia, Nepal, and Tibet and is very inter- ested in women's issues and the prob- lem of the homeless. "A really idealis- tic young woman," her stepfather says.

Six years spent as the wife of a pro- vost have given Katherine Trout ample experience in hosting parties for fac- ulty and students, and mixing with Board members and community lead- ers at various receptions. Her role as First Lady of Washington College will undoubtedly involve an even heavier social schedule, but, her husband says, "\ think it's critically important that she preserve some life of her own. The day when the President's wife was ex- pected to bake cookies for 300 belongs in the past."

At noon, the Trouts arrive at Hynson Lounge for the Chamber of Commerce luncheon, mixing easily with the community leaders who fill the room. The president jokes about the boxes of linens, clothing, books and other personal items that are piled in the Hynson-Ringgold House, wait- ing to be opened and unpacked. The first night in their new home, unused to air-conditioning, and unfamiliar with the House's thermostat, he con- fides that he slept wrapped in his son's high school ice hockey jacket. (Trout's avid love for the sport — and the con- spicuous absence of an ice hockey team at Washington College — have prompted some to speculate jokingly that he might just freeze over the pool in the Casey Swim Center.)

After lunch. Trout gives a short talk about his early plans for the College. Calhng the Eastern Shore a "fascinat- ing region," he says the idea of an in- terdisciplinary program to study the Chesapeake Bay Region "intrigues" him. He envisions calling on the soci- ology, political science, history, biol- ogy, chemistry, and creative writing departments to create a "showcase re- gional studies program that would provide a model for other regional

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programs, and demonstrate how you can make use of your own locale as an extraordinary laboratory."

He continues on. "And what about having an institvite of Early American History at Washington College?" Pointing out the College's close ties to its founder, George Washington, he says such an institute could focus on the Early National Period and could become a counterpart to Williamsburg's emphasis on colonial America or Gettysburg's emphasis upon the Civil War. A dream? Per- haps, he acknowledges with a grin.

South Hadley, Mass., Youth Hockey Association."

He continues, "The kids took awful beatings initially, and I thought to my- self, if they're going to lose, they at least ought to look good." After mak- ing some calculations, he figured out that it would cost a local business about $600 to sponsor and outfit an en- tire team. Trout got on the phone, and within twenty-four hours, he had sold sponsorships for all six teams in the Association. Not long after, he notes, the boys began winning games.

"That experience told me," says

For every college president, raising money is a vital part of the job. In the afternoon, Trout and his wife meet with Dave Wheelan, vice president for development, and Pat Trams, alumni director, to go over plans for the au- tumn "Trout Tour." The schedule is a grueling one that takes them to cities like Boston, New York, and Chicago for several-day stays throughout Sep- tember and October. In each city the couple will host an evening reception for members of local alumni chapters and then pay personal visits the fol- lowing day to seek out further support for Washington College. Trout says he doesn't find asking for money at all "onerous." In fact, he rather enjoys it. He provides a personal anecdote that explains why.

When his two sons were young, they belonged to a fledgling ice hockey association that was poorly managed. After he complained repeatedly, he re- calls ruefully, "They said, 'If you think you're so hot, why don't you lead it?' So for five years I was Czar of the

Top: The Trotits bring a relaxed st\/le to Hi/nson-Ringgold House: above, Trout feels at home in the kitchen — they both enjoy preparing meals for friends.

Trout, "that if you really believe in something, you've got to have the re- sources to make it work, and that you shouldn't be embarrassed about ask- ing. If you're excited about an institution's mission, it's a pleasure to talk to people about it." Moreover, writing grant proposals is a "terrific creative exercise," he says. "I'd like to think that some of my best prose has gone into getting large, institutional grants."

Meeting and greeting members of local alumni chapters is important, for more than pecuniary reasons, notes the

"If you're excited about an institution's mission, it's a pleasure to talk to people about it."

new president. "There are so many ways that alumni can help the school," he says. "Money, for sure, but in addi- tion, helping us to create an admis- sions network, where alumni attend college nights for us and where they stay informed about the life of the Col- lege. It's a terribly important role to play."

Trout's avid interest in sports should make relating to many alumni easier, predicts Karen Price, past presi- dent of the Alumni Council. "In Chuck Trout, we're going to see that vim and vigor and love of sports which bind alumni back to the College," she says. During his first visit to campus last winter, she remembers, he was eager to finish dinner so that he could get over to the Cain Gymnasium and root for the Sho'men hoopsters in their game against Stockton State.

Trout says he "wants to preserve, if not enhance," the College's "glorious athletic tradition." But he is quick to conclude that the primary "mission of Washington College is, in the end, an academic mission devoted to the life of the mind."

"The critical examination of evi- dence; knowing the questions to pose of the material you're studying; know- ing how to find the answers to those questions; knowing how to communi- cate those findings to others. That," says the twenty-fourth President, "is the heart of what Washington College is all about."

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First Lady Katherine Trout Adds Her Personal Touch

by Sue De Pasquale '87

Katherine Trout once spent two years as Chair of the Lower School at The Winsor School in Boston. As she agonized over how to effect change, a colleague urged her to "seize the power." The experience taught her something very important about her- self.

"I did not enjoy be- ing an administrator," she says today. "I sensed that I was living some- one else's life. I didn't want to seize the power."

The College's newest First Lady, a self-de- scribed "worker bee," tends to leave leader- ship to her husband while maintaining the role of vigilant adviser and critic. "I'm a do-it- yourselfer," she ex- plains. "I would prefer to do something myself than to organize the people to do it for me. I am interested in a wide range of community ac- tivities, but I would rather just get things done than talk about it."

A person of seem- ingly boundless energy, Katherine's involve- ments in Hamilton, New York, were nu- merous and diverse. Each day, she volun- teered at a local el- ementary school, help- ing second graders who " v^* had fallen behind.

Active in the local women's liter- ary club, the Executive Board of the Friends of the Colgate University Li- brary, and the Foothills Spinners and Weavers Guild, she also offered weaving classes both to children and adults. Both she and her husband did as much of the cooking as they could when they hosted faculty din- ners and receptions. And when the guest list grew too large to handle

singlehandedly, she says chuckling, she provided Colgate's Food Service with her own recipes and then kept her fingers crossed.

Having resided in Hynson-Ringgold House less than a week, with boxes waiting to be unpacked, Katherine Trout is already wondering how she can bring her personal touches to her new role as First Lady of Washington College. "Entertaining in a house that is not even ours, I couldn't have some- one else do the flowers, and someone else do all the food and serving and still feel that I was the hostess," she

says. "I just know we're going to want to do some of this ourselves."

Though she enjoys entertaining. Trout says experience has taught her to keep the social elements of her life in proper balance with her volunteer work and artistic efforts. "So much of what I did as Provost's and Dean's wife was like eating dessert," she says. "It was going and chatting with people and being pleasant. It was like eating

dessert over and over again, and I was beginning to feel that I wasn't nourishing myself."

Weaving is the primary outlet to which she turns for fulfillment. She has set up her loom in the back room of Hynson-Ringgold House, where nubby-textured coats, scarves and blankets hang, their vivid hues glowing against a brick backdrop. She began weaving twenty years ago as a young mother and has been cultivating her craft off and on ever since. Her work has been featured in a number of shows, and many of the garments she creates have been sold in New York and New Hamp- shire shops. She hopes to find and join a local weavers' guild and to offer weaving classes in Chestertown.

Even as a little girl, she was held in thrall by things "artistic and creative," she says. When it came time to choose a career, she opted for teaching, in large part because both her parents were educators. She began teaching sixth grade at The Winsor School in Boston immediately after graduating from Mt. Holyoke College. Unwittingly, she says, she brought her "vi- sual and creative" in- clinations to bear, or- ganizing Thursday af- ternoon excursions to local art museums and structuring the history curriculum around hands-on field trips into Boston.

Trout quit teaching six years ago when she moved to New York and became the wife of Colgate University's Provost and Dean of Fac- ulty. She doesn't regret the decision. "I'm not torn. I know I don't want to be a teacher right now," she says. Keeping up with the responsibilities of being First Lady of Washington Col- lege will require a full-time effort. "When I do something," says Kather- ine Trout, "I do it all out."

PHOTO ROBERT C BLRkE

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Annual Report

From The Office Of The Dean

hy Elizabeth R. Bacr, Pnwost mid Dean

Lvouglass Cater announced his intention to retire in late August 1989, and the transition to a new President was the focus of much of the activity at the College last year. A consultant from Academic Search Consultation Service guided all constituencies of the College through a self-study to determine what qualifications were most important in presidential candidates and what the priorities of that new president should be. The faculty elected four representatives — Professors Cades, Premo, Roat, and Tatum — to join a search committee composed of Board members, alumni, administrators, and students. Such transitions engender both optimism and uneasiness in institutions, and Washington College was no exception.

Yet, it was certainly not a "lame duck" year as work went forward on many fronts. We began with Fall

Convocation as the inauguration of a year-long Celebration of the Sciences. Erich Bloch, Director of the National Science Foundation, and Professor Creegan, Chair of the Chemistry Department, were the keynoters. The ensuing months brought the dedica- tion of a renovated Dunning Hall as well as a plethora of biologists, chemists, physicists, and psychologists to speak on topics ranging from cancer research to the Chesapeake Bay.

Planning, discussion, and fund- raising took place all year to prepare for the opening of the classroom and laboratory spaces in the Academic Resources Center. Members of the Modern Language Department tested and selected new equipment for a state-of-the-art Language Laboratory. A generous gift from the Casey Foundation enabled members of the Academic Computing Committee to go forward in their plans for an Advanced Computing Classroom, a much needed facility which will house 20 MacII computers and a large screen color projection system with inputs supporting laserdisc, VCR, and computer video. (This Committee also successfully negotiated a gift of equipment worth $135,000 from Apple Corporation.) Washington College's leadership in the area of Academic Computing continues to be recognized nationally, most recently with an invitation to present our success story at EDUCOM, a national conference of academic computer professionals.

Several initiatives were taken to strengthen both the curricular and co- curricular programs of the College. An anthropology minor was proposed and approved by the full faculty. Professor Dan Premo, chair of political science, was appointed Louis L. Goldstein Professor; in this role, he

will serve as curator of the Goldstein Program, which will sponsor lectures, symposia, visiting fellows, and travel on issues relating to public policy and international studies. A new position in international studies was approved and we have hired Professor Tahir Shad, educated in England and bringing with him many contacts abroad for student internships. Professor Don Munson, chair of the biology department, was appointed Joseph H. McLain Professor. The McLain Endowment funded a new faculty position in biology for which an environmental biologist has been hired. Under the auspices of the McLain Program, the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation will sponsor student interns at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. A new Junior Fellows Program will begin this fall under the direction of Professor Davy McCall, chair of the economics department; rising juniors will be eligible for nomination to the Society, which will provide collegiality and financial support for special projects.

One of the most successful endeav- ors last year was the opening of International House in newly reno- vated East Hall, with Reference Librarian Jeff Chaffin serving as Faculty Advisor. Who would have guessed, when students interested in things international took up residence in August, that the Berlin Wall would come tumbling down a scant three months later? And that Nelson Mandela would be released soon after that? The House became the center of "briefings" on international events, of presentations by faculty newly returned from Africa and Yugoslavia, of guest speakers, and even of gather- ings featuring international cuisine. The House will continue this year

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Uale Daigle, assistant professor of drama, was director of the world tour of "The Conversion." The play was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, the Los Ange- les Festival of the Arts, Georgetown University, and on an Hawaiian Is- land tour for Kumo Kahua Theatre.

Ixobert Fallaw, chair of the depart- ment of history, spent his sabbatical last spring semester at Erlangen Universitv in Germanv, and travel- ing in Eastern and Western Europe. He is gathering data on European attitudes towards American Puri- tanism and American intellectual history.

1 he National Council of Teachers of English appointed Richard Gillin, professor of English, a state judge for the 1990 program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines.

Daniel L. Premo, chair of the de- partment of political science and in- ternational studies, was appointed the Goldstein Professor for Public Affairs and curator of the Goldstein Program. Premo is engaged in re- search on guerrilla activities and narco-terrorism in Colombia. He was awarded a sabbatical leave for the spring 1991 semester for re- search and travel in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

Joachim J. Scholz, associate profes- sor of German, received a grant from the Federal Government of Germany to continue his archival

Faculty Achievements

and editorial work this summer on the German writer August Scholtis in West Germany. While in Germany, he presented a lecture to the West Ger- man Writers' Union about his re- search. The project will result in a four-volume edition of the letters and selected works cif the author.

rvaren Lynn Smith, associate profes- sor of physical education, was honored with the Merit Award in Physical Edu- cation from the Eastern District Asso- ciation of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. She also was awarded a grant from the Bingham Foundation for developing a hypercard program in nutrition. In the February '90 issue of The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Smith was editor of the "Dance Dynamics" feature, and is the author of "Dance Imagery: The Link Between Imagination & Move- ment."

Cjeorge R. Shivers, professor of Span- ish, was awarded a faculty enhance- ment grant for development of an Honors course to be taught this spring with Sociology Professor Jeanette Sherbondy on the Image of the Indian. Their summer travel included visits to Indian sites in Illinois and Ohio. Shiv- ers continues research and reading on the fiction of contemporary Spain, and last March, presented a paper at the American Comparative Literature As- sociation Meeting on "Translating Andean Culture: Jose Maria Arguedas and Deep Rwers."

(jeorge Spilich, chair of the depart-

ment of psychology, was coordinator and a presenter at an international conference on neurodevelopment, aging and cognition in Yugoslavia in May. He has published in profes- sional journals several articles and given talks dealing with memory performance. In his study of a neu- rotropic (pyritinol) upon cognitive processes in Alzheimer's disease, Spilich found that the drug normal- ized blood flow in the brain of indi- viduals suffering from Alzheimer's disease, thereby increasing in memory ability. His research on chronic and acute effects of organic solvent exposure upon cognition found that present day federal stan- dards are not adequate to prevent de- generation of the nervous system and consequent memory and behavior difficulties in workers exposed to common solvents.

Librarian William Tubbs completed his term as president of the Aca- demic and Research Libraries Divi- sion of the Maryland Library Asso- ciation.

JS-athleen M. Verville, assistant pro- fessor of biology, received faculty en- hancement funds to conduct research at the College with student Mary Claire Russell on the chlorination of bacteria in drinking water. The project specifically dealt with effects of chlorine on bacteria attached to surfaces. She was granted tenure.

t/dward J. Weissman, associate pro- fessor of political science, was granted tenure.

under the able leadership of Spanish professor George Shivers.

Other changes in the face of our campus benefited students as well. A newly renovated Health Center, with an expanded staff, took on an advo- cacy role for campus wellness. During the Fall 1990 Freshman Orientation, the Athletic Department and the Health Center will present joint programs on opportunities for fitness, including the REC Sports Program, a

recreational sports program gaining popularity on campus. Planning is well under way for yet more construc- tion, including the new Student Center, which will replace some of the space now utilized for other functions in the basement of Hodson Hall. In general, our students have weathered well the disruption of the campus by backhoes and scaffolding, although a larger number than usual sought quiet in off -campus Uving in 1989-1990.

Many of our faculty have used the summer months to get off campus, too, often with College support. Econom- ics professor Michael Malone was a consultant in Kenya, where he served two years ago as a Fulbright Scholar. Professor of German Joachim Scholz traveled to Germany to conduct archival work for a four-volume book. Other faculty attended conferences on topics as diverse as mathematics, student values, philosophy, Chaucer,

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protozoology, and critical thinking. Yet others worked on books on Plato, postmodernism, and 19th century Virginia women diarists. Science faculty conducted research on drink- ing water, revised introductory science courses, and created new laboratory manuals. About 30 faculty members attended a seminar devoted to new scholarship on women; another ten went to California to study videodisc technology under the sponsorship of the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education.

In this era of glasnost and high tech, we are mindful of the need both to nurture tradition and to seek change. Faculty and students hope alumni will return to experience both on this beautiful campus.

From The Office Of Admissions

by Kevin Coveney, Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Management

VV ashington College had another successful year of student recruitment. Of the 10,000+ high school seniors who identified themselves as prospec- tive candidates for admission to the Class of 1994, 1,100 became applicants, 800 were offered admission and 230 enrolled. Despite a nationwide de- cline in the number of college-bound students. The 1990 applicant pool was, in fact, the third largest in the history of Washington College. Consistent with the College's enroll-

ment profile throughout most of the '70s and '80s, the Class of 1994 is geo- graphically diverse. Twenty states and four foreign countries are repre- sented in the class, with 129 (56%) of this year's freshmen coming from Maryland. Other states with double digit student counts include Pennsyl- vania (16), New York (19), Delaware (12), New Jersey (17), and Virginia (11).

The Class of 1994 has thirteen more women than last year and thirteen fewer men. The number of ethnic mi- norities, 15, is comparable to last year's class. Enrolling freshmen who attended public secondary schools ac- count for 57%. of the Class. As a group, they attained a mean grade point average of 3.15 and a mean SAT score of 1,050. Freshmen who at- tended an independent secondary school had a mean GPA of 2.85 and a mean SAT of 1,000. Among the pro- grams most frequently cited as in- tended fields of study by members of the Class of 1994 were English, busi- ness management, biology and pre- medical studies, psychology, political science and pre-law, and history.

Demographic forecasts indicate a continued decline in the college- bound population over the next four years. In response to the challenges of a shrinking student market, the Ad- missions Office is seeking to involve a greater number of students, parents, and alumni in the recruitment process. Assistant Director of Admissions Nancy Nunn '79 will have news about the activities of the Alumni Admis- sions Network in a future edition of the Magazine. The College also has taken steps to expand its outreach to minority students. A minority recruit- ing program developed by Assistant Admissions Director Kathy Waye '81 will also be presented in a future edi- tion of the Magazine.

Despite the use of videos, four-color publications, tele-marketing, and di- rect mail, 1 have found nothing that surpasses the value of "word-of- mouth" publicity. To ensure enroll- ment stabilty throughout what is likely to be a very challenging decade, I encourage all alumni and friends of the College to actively seek out prom- ising college-bound students and to share with them the good news about Washington College. The students will be grateful and so will I.

From The Office Of Development And College Relations

by F. David Wlieelan 78, Vice President for Developynent and College Relations

ixecord year after record year, it becomes more difficult to find new words to express how remarkable the response has been for Washington College. We have had an extraordi- nary year for fundraising and it strikes me as such a unique example of a community of friends and alumni dedicated to moving this wonderful College into the future.

As the College prepares to complete the Phase II of the Campaign for Excellence, it is most gratifying to see the significant gifts for capital purposes in this year's tally. The teamwork of Alonzo Decker, Jim Price and now President Emeritus Douglass Cater, as well as other members of the Campaign Committee, resulted in over $3.6 million in gifts for endow- ment and building projects. When tallying the final results of their work over the last six years, the figure reaches the $42 million level!

Perhaps the most exciting news on the capital campaign front has been the progress on the Benjamin B. Johnson Lifetime Fitness Center. The cumulative effect of the teamwork under the leadership of Bill Johnson, Peter Boggs and Jim Price has yielded more than $1.5 million this year in gifts and pledges, with the most spectacular news coming from the

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Kresge Foundation, which offers a challenge grant of $400,000. Most pleasing to the Board has been the unique and unparalleled support from the alumni for this project, with the great volunteer support of Charlie Clark, Jay Elliott, Peter Jenkins and Larry Wescott. Over 80 alumni have agreed to donate at least $1,000, with total alumni support reaching the $2 million level. There will be additional news forthcoming through the LFC Status Report due out in September, but all committee members agree that we should have total funding by January 1,1991.

Another rewarding aspect of the Campaign this past year was the Washington College Fund, our annual giving program. The College reached another all-time high in annual commitments, reaching well over the $1.25 million goal. The 1782 Society, our principal donor club, had 265 members this year, thanks in part to Bill and Mary Lee Creager as co-chairs and support from Parent Fund volunteers Sydney Williams, Roy Hoffberger and Cliff Schroeder. And most reassuring was the phenomenal results from the alumni. Through the efforts of Tad and Margaret Jacks and the class agents, the alumni came in with a record 55% participation level, which will place us again among the top 25 colleges and universities in the country. A special thanks to the hundreds of volunteers for making this possible.

The most rewarding aspect for me personally this year was the tremen- dous response from alumni, faculty and friends for the Guy Fair Goodfellow Fund. Close to $20,000 was raised to provide a permanent lecture series in Guy's honor, bringing to campus some of the most prominent historians in the country. Perhaps most touching to the Goodfellow family was the sizable bequest left to the Fund by Duncan Adams '61, a former student and friend of Guy's. It would be hard not to imagine Guy, in his own modest way, being thrilled by it all.

The Office of College Relations also had some impressive results in 1989- 90. In early spring. The Washington College Magazine was named one of the top ten best small college publications in the country, and our own Meredith Davies was listed as one of the best

editors in the same survey. In addi- tion, the WCM was also cited in the Journal of Desktop Publishing as one of the best examples of non- commerical magazine design. While I think all these achievements indicate the level of professionalism that has been brought to the College, we still feel the key to the magazine's success has been the active involvement of alumni in developing and writing the stories we offer. It is, after all, the College's community bulletin board, and we hope as both audience and contributors you continue to relate to us your suggestions for improving this publication.

Last, but by no means least, is the growth of activities and programming through the Alumni Association. Under the leadership of outgoing President Chuck Waesche, the alumni held over 25 events off-campus and an increased schedule on-campus. Highlights included farewell events for Doug and Libby Cater in Baltimore and Washington, the first alumni chapter event in New York City and the dynamite Reunion weekend, complete with fireworks. As Bob Lipsitz starts his tenure, we will continue to expand alumni events and services.

It would be difficult to conclude without acknowledging the support and enthusiasm of Doug and Libby Cater over the past eight years. As you walk the campus, and 1 encourage you to do so, it is almost impossible to compare it with the College 1 entered in 1974. The Caters' contributions to Washington College will be felt for many years and I speak for alumni and friends alike when I say we are grateful for their interest and invest- ment in this wonderful college.

As a final note, the cost of operating Washington College's development program was just short of five cents on the dollar. In a time when many schools and other non-for-profits are averaging fifteen percent and with acceptable highs going up to thirty percent, I hope it is reassuring to the Washington College community that we have one of the lowest cost ratios for funds raised of any private college or university in the country. We are particularly proud of this fact, and I trust it will be yet another factor in making Washington College a wise investment for you next year.

From the Office of Finance

by Gene A. Hesscy, Senior Vice President for Management and Finance

Fiscal year 1989-90 continued the fa- vorable trend of the past two operating years with balanced operating costs and further expansion of reserves. A stable enrollment coupled with the continued growth in support from alumni, foundations and friends were significant factors in shaping a positive operational financial outcome.

The endowment fund, confronted by an environment of declining rates and a flat stock market, did not fare well in fiscal year '90. Although the year-end market value increased by 3.65 percent to $18.7 million, the total return after gift additions and market value losses was only 2.97 percent. The College did retain new endowment fund manage- ment and would anticipate improved performance in the future.

Gains were achieved in advancing faculty salary and total compensation levels above the goal level average of comparable independent colleges na- tionwide. We anticipate future im- provement in the current year based on increases placed in effect this aca- demic year.

The progress made on the Master Plan with the completion of the Larrabee Arts Center and the pedes- trian walkway, the scheduled comple- tion this fall of the Casey Academic Center, and new tennis court facilities promise to launch academic year 1990- 91 with new spirit and enthusiasm. Along with our new President, Charles H. Trout, we look forward to an out- standing new year.

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Report of Gifts

THE 1782 SOCIETY of WASHINGTON COLLEGE

William Smith Fellows 10,000 or more

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Boggs '72

Mrs. Eugene B. Casey '47

The Cater Family

The Hon. and Mrs. Henry E. Catto, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.

Miss Hazel Ann Fox

Mr. and Mrs Thomas H. Gale

Mr. John D Hall '70

Mr. Christian Havemeyer

Mr. and Mrs. Horace Havemeyer, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffberger

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Jenkins

Mrs. Grace N. Johnson '45

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Johnson '40

Mr. and Mrs. Irving L. Kidwell

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Maher

Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. W. James Price IV

Mr. and Mrs. L. CUfford Schroeder

Mrs. Ann S. Upchurch

Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Wells

Mrs. John Campbell White

Mr. and Mrs, Sydney M. Williams

President's Council $5,000 - $9,999

Estate of B. Dunkin Adams '60

Mrs. Ellen C. Adkins '49

Mr. Henry C. Beck, Jr.

Mr, and Mrs. Alva T. Blades

Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Brandt '43 '43

Hon.D and Mrs. Robert W. Duemling

Hon. and Mrs. Louis L. Goldstein '35

Mr. Peter W. Jenkins '82

Mr. Loren D. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Miller

Mr, and Mrs. John A, Moag, Jr. '77

Mr. Kevin M. O'Keefe '74

Mr. and Mrs. George D, Olds III

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Russell '53,'56

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shapiro '37

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sondheim

Mr. and Mrs. R. Raymond Tarrach

Mr. F, David Wheelan '78

Mr. Oswald Wilson, Jr.

Mr. J. Compton Wilson

George Washington Club $2,500 - $4,999

Mrs. and Mrs. Edward M. Athey '67

Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Birkmire

Mr. and Mrs. John Bishton

Mrs. Grace S. Chaires '27

Dr. and Mrs. John A. Conkling '65

Mr. and Mrs. Bryson L. Cook

Mr. and Mrs. Guenther Drechsler

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Dudley '36 '36

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B, Goodall

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Goodall

Mr. C. Wolcott Henry

Mr. Wilham A. Hitchler and

Ms, Diane P. Cecala

Mr. Oswald W. Hodges '65

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Ingersoll '33 '71

Dr. TTieodore Kurze '43

Mr. and Mrs. Brit LeCompte

Mr. Harvey M. Meyerhoff

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Micari '38

Mr. and Mrs William C. Miller '59

Mr. Glenn Morton

Mrs, R, Gerald Myers '24

Mr. Carl S, Myrus

Mr. and Mrs. E. Roy Owens

Mr. and Mrs. BE. Saul II

Dr. and Mrs. Mark A, Schulman '67

Miss Shelley V. Sharp '78

Mr. and Mrs, Edmund A, Stanley

Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Steffens '43

Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Stobbart

Ms. Elizabeth R. Thibodeau '36

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Trowbridge

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Vinet

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Wescott '51

Mr. and Mrs, Latham E, Wheelan

Dr. and Mrs. Phillip J, Wingate '33

Mr. and Mrs, Howard Wood '68

Founder's Club $1,000 -$2,499

Anonymous

Mrs. bale P. Adams '65

Mrs. Myrtie M. Adkins '64

Mr, Owen R Anderson '40

Mr. & Mrs, Charles Arena

Mr. & Mrs. Sydney G. Ashley

Dr. Elizabeth & Mr, Clinton Baer

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Baker

Mr, &L Mrs. A. Stuart Baldwin

Dr. & Mrs, Monroe G. Baldwin

Mr, John E. Barnes, Jr, '47

Mrs, Rollison H. Baxter

Dr. & Mrs, Bernard Bennington

Drs. Maria Boria & James L. Berna

Mr. & Mrs, Peter Black

Mr. Paul L, Boertlein II '75

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bowie '33

Mr. & Mrs, Harrison C, Bnstoll, Jr,

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis F, Brockelman

Mr. William J. Brogan '52

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L, Bryan '38

Mr. D, Tennant Bryan

Mr. & Mrs. George L, Buckless, Jr. '69

Mrs. J, Taylor Buckley, Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. David G. Burton '83

Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Cafntz

Mr, & Mrs. Louis J, Callazzo III

Ms, Nancy T. Cann

Mr. & Mrs Charles Carroll III

Captain & Mrs, R, Lee Clark, Jr. '40

Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Clark '34

Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Cleaver '58

Mr. & Mrs. William J, Collins '40

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B, Congdon

Mr, & Mrs. Stephen N. Conner

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest S. Cookerly '49

Mr, & Mrs. Charles P. Covington Jr. '56

Mr, & Mrs. WiUiam F. Creager '89

Mr, & Mrs. George T. Cromwell '53'55

Mr, William B, Cronin '40

Dr. Ivon E, Culver '35

Mr. & Mrs, Kenneth H. Daly '38

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Davie, Jr. '58

Mr. & Mrs. T, Crawley Davis

Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Davis '35

Mr, & Mrs. Frederick T, DeKuyper

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond K, Denworth, Jr.

Mr, & Mrs. John H. Downs, Jr, '78

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B, Drew '70

Mrs, Harry Duffey

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Dunphy, Jr.'73

Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Earp '42

Lt. Col. Joe S.Elliott, Jr, '40

Mr. Richard R, Farrow '57

Ms. Charlotte Fletcher

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Flook

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Geitz, Jr. '50

Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Gillespie

Mr. Edward Giobbe

Mr. & Mrs. Ettore H. Grassi

Mr. Frank R. Gray '73

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Griffith '72 '72

Mr. Wilham E. Griffith '24

Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Hague, Jr. '38

Mr. Stephen G. Harper '65

Mr. & Mrs, Peter M. Hart

Dr. & Mrs, Stephen L. Hershey

Mr. & Mrs. Gene A. Hessey

Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Hewes

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes ID

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Hickman, Jr. '38

Mr. David S. Hilliard '87

Mr. Alfred S, Hodgson '34

Mrs, Arthur A, Houghton, Jr,

Mr. Frank M, Huggins, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William G. Hupfeldt

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M, James

Mr. Bradford F, Johnson '83

Ms. Kathleen M. Johnson

Mr. & Mrs, William R, Johnston

Mr. & Mrs, Alexander G, Jones '51

Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Kane

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Keer

Mr, Brien E, Kehoe '69

Dr, & Mrs, Arthur Kiendl '40

Mr. Maynard M, Kirpalani '75

Mrs. Arthur A, Knapp

Mr. & Mrs, Louis P. Knox III '60

Mr. & Mrs, Arthur H. Kudner

Mr, & Mrs. David H. LaMotte

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Landskroener

Mr, & Mrs. Richard A. Larkin

Mrs. Constance Larrabee

Mr, Gordon Lattu '73

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ledwin

Mr. Laurance A, Leonard '52

Mr. & Mrs. William O. Leonard, Jr. '70

Mrs. Anne M. Liles '80

Mr, &L Mrs. Winslow N, Long

Mr, & Mrs. John M, Lord '35

Mr. Michael Macielag '73

Mrs. Avis R. Maddox '27

Mr. Holt L. Marchant, Jr. '63

Mr. & Mrs, Albert Massoni

Mr. Edward E. Maxcy

Mr. & Mrs. Ellis C. Maxcy

Dr. Davy H. McCall

Mr. Bruce A, McFadden

Mrs. Joseph H. McLain '40

Mr. William E, Medford '40

Mr. & Mrs. W. Dukes Meeks, Jr. '79

Mr. & Mrs, Robert A, Moore '59

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Murphy

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	THE 1 782	SOCIETY
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Nelson	Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Sener, Jr.	Mr, & Mrs. Clifton A. Woodrum III	The Eastern Shore Society of
Mr. & Mrs. Zung T. Nguyen '17	Mr. Glen R. Shipway '65	Mrs. N. Page Worthington	Baltimore City
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Nielsen	Mr. & Mrs. Alfred P. Shockley '55	Dr. & Mrs. Frederick N. Wyman	Fleetwood, Athey, MacBeth &
Mrs. Barbara Brown Pace '46	Cap.n & Mrs. Norman W. Shorb '38	Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Yerkes, jr.	McCown, Insurance
Mr. John F, Panowicz, Jr. '38	Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Skipp '36		Gillespie & Son, Inc.
Lt. Col. W. Kennon Perrin '31	Ms. Thelma B. Smith '34		G.S.M. Industries, Inc.
Mr. & Mr. George G. Phillips, Jr.	Mr. & Mrs. Elwood F. Snyder '68	Corporate and	Kent County Arts Council, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Pilkinglon	Mr. & Mrs. John B. Spry 111	Kent Island American Legion
Dr. & Mrs. James M. Potter '59	Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stewart '52	Foundation Donors	Kent Printing
Mrs. Anne M. Preston '36	Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. Strong		Kent Research and Manufacturing
Mr. William E. Purnell	Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Sutherland	E.S. Adkins Company	Company
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Radice	Mr. & Mrs. John L. Tansey '73	Arena & Company	LaMotte Chemical Products Company
Mr. »Si Mrs. Vincent Raimond	Mrs. Eleanor H. Taylor '44	Alumni Chapter, Baltimore	Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
Mr. &Mrs. PhilipJ, Rauch	Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Terry 111	Alumni Chapter, Kent & Queen	Loyola Federal Savings & Loan
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. ReiUy '58	Mr. h Mrs. Robert H. Thawley '43	Anne's Counties	Association
Dr. & Mrs. Harry C. Rhodes '35	Mr. &L Mrs. Sprague Thresher	The William Bingham Foundation	Maryland National Bank
Mr. & Mrs. F. Spencer Robinson '43	Mr & Mrs. Howard S. Turner	C&P Telephone Company	Mercantile Safe-Deposit & Trust
Mr. & Mrs. H. Eugene Rook, Jr. '46	Mr. & Mrs. Walter Van Buren	Campbell Soup Company	Company
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Roy	Mr. & Mrs. Melvin W.Walker '64 '65	Chestertown Bank of Maryland	Peoples Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Sandebeck '73	Mr. Willis 1. Weldin II '59	Chesapeake Bank & Trust	Rogers & Skipp
Mr. John Sansing &	Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr.	Chevy Chase Savings & Loan	"The Schluderberg Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Lucille H. Sansing	Mr. & Mrs, Frederick J. Wick	Ernest S. Cookerly, Esq.	Signet Bank of Maryland
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E, Scarlett III '75	Mr. & Mrs, Martin E Williams '75	Delmarva Sash & Door	United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Dr. Nathan Schnaper '40	Mr. & Mrs. John E. Winkler '56	Dixie Container Corporation	Company
Dr. Edward S. Schulman '71	Mr. &L Mrs. Anthony S Wiseman '73	Dixon Valve & Coupling	White Swan Tavern
Mr & Mrs. William P Scully	Mr. & Mrs. Richard D Wood, Jr.	Company, Inc.	Frederick N. Wyman, DOS

Dean's Club

$500-$999

Mr. Michael Alteri '43

Dr. Roy P. Ans '63

Mr. George B. Baily, Jr. '68

Mr. Glen E. Beebe '81

Dr. William F. Bennett '49

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Biggar

Mr. & Mrs. Roger D, Brown

Mr, J, Stewart Bryan 111

Mrs, Eda H, Cabaniss

Ms. Margaret Carroll '38

Mr. cSi Mrs, James G, Chalfant '71 '67

Mr, Robert J, Cigala '73

Drs, Thomas & Virginia Collier

Mr. & Mrs. Henry V. Crawford '40

Mr. R. Paul Day

Mrs. Susan T. Denton '69

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dinker

Mr. George R. Elder, Jr. '48

Mr. David M. Eliason '49

Mr. Richard V. Fitzgerald '60

Mrs. Margaret W. Frailey '66

Mr. Charles M. Gebbert

Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Goedeke '72 '74

Mrs. Alice B. Goodfellow '57

Mr. William G. Greenly '50

Mr, & Mrs, Max T, Grumbacher

Mr, John B, Haines '52

Mr, & Mrs, Scott B, Hansen '82 '82

Mr, Bernard O, Hardesty, Jr, '62

Mr, & Mrs, Ogle W. Hess '42 '41

Mr, & Mrs, Grant L, Jacks '79 '79

Mrs, Nancy H. Jones '50

Ms, Lynn Keller '76

Mr, & Mrs, Harold B, Kennerly, Jr. '35

Mr. William E. Kight '36

Mr. & Mrs, Roland T, Larrimore '62 '86

Dr, Walter J, Lentz

Ms, Frances J, Lentz

Mrs, Sara M, Lilienthal '70

Mr, & Mrs. Oliver W. Littleton Jr.'45'42

Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCurdy, Jr. '52

Mr. & Mrs. Howard A. Medholdt

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Miller, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. George B. Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Mrstik '64 '64

Mr. William M. Nagler '42

The Honorable Shirley Williams &

Dr Richard Neustadt

Mrs. Molly A. Nicol '81

Mr, Donald S. Owings '55

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Pritzlaff '66 '65

Mr. Rov R. Schwartz '64

judge Marvin H, Smith '37

Mr, Oden L, Smith '51

Mr, & Mrs, Abraham D, Spinak

Mr, & Mrs, T, Allen Stradlcy '32

Mr, &: Mrs, Joseph Strong

Mr, & Mrs, Anthony C, Thurston

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Ward

Mr. & Mrs. H. William Warren

Mr. John G. Wharton, Jr. '80

Mr. & Mrs. Roslyn D, Young

Century Club

$100-$499

Mr. Lawrence J, Acchione '61

Mr. Richard D. Adelberg '80

Mrs. Margaret Jean Africa '49

Ms. Joanne T. Ahearn '79

Mr. "Thurman H. Albertson '57

Mrs. Adele M. Allison

Mr. Donald E. Alt '83

Mr. Robert F. Altmaier '55

Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Amick '69 '69

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson

Mrs, Elizabeth D, Andrew '28

Mr, Ormond L, Andrew, jr, '63

Dr & Mrs, Charles E, Andrews '71 '74

Mr, & Mrs, Clarence E, Andrews

Mr, & Mrs, J, R, Andrews

Mr, Thomas B. Andrews, Jr, '43

Mr, James T, Anthony III '34

Mr, Robert H, Appleby '54

Mr, John F, Armstrong, Jr, '17

Mrs. Virginia C. Arthur '70

Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Athey '47

Mr. Gary K. Atkinson '83

Mr. James M. Aycock '43

Dr. Frank Ayres, Jr. '21

Ms. Linda L. Ayres '69

Dr. Chester C. Babat '62

Mr. John Bacon, Jr. '52

Mr. Roland J. Bailey, Jr. '35

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Baker

Senator & Mrs. Walter M. Baker '60

Mrs. Patricia S. Barkdoll '66

Mr. Wilbur P. Barnes '49

Mr. Frank K. Barnhart '35

Ms. G, Jaia Barrett '69

Mr, & Mrs, James W, Barrett

Mr, Marvin D, Barrv

Mrs, Wendv B, Bartel '74

Mr, & Mrs, Charles Bartlett

Reverend Charles E, Barton, Jr, '56

Mr, George D, Bartram '49

Mrs, Nola H, Basil '35

Mrs, Nancy B, Bayne '72

Mr, & Mrs, Christopher Beach '82 '83

Mr, James G, Beach, Jr, '52

Ms, Sara H, Beaudry '64

Mr, James B. Beavan, Jr, '70

Mr, & Mrs, Robert D, Behr

Mr, CarlM, Behrens,Jr, '83

Ms, Laura E, Beider '69

Mr, Charles W, Bell, Jr. '82

Mr. Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Beneckson

Mr. Charles C. Benham '38

Mr. John E, Benjamin, Jr, '42

Mr, Russell M, Bennett '28

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin E. Benson '56 '55

Mr. John P. Bergen '55

Mrs. Elinore H. Bergner '43

Mrs. Susan Jo Berman '66

Mr. Charles W. Bernstein '58

Mr. Charles R. Berry '36

Dr. & Mrs. Edwin H. Besson '50 '51

Ms. Rebecca L. Besson '75

Mr. & Mrs, Terence Blackwood

Mrs, DeirdreG, Blain '69

Mrs. Lida L. Blake '26

Mr. Jeffrey S. Blitz '65

Mr. Marvin K. Blount

Mr. & Mrs. Winton Blount

Mr. & Mrs. Deles E. Boardman '71 '71

Mr. Paul L. Boertlein II '75

Mr. & Mrs, John L. Bond '30 '30

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Booth '39

Mr. & Mrs. Madison B.

Bordley, Jr. '38'41 Mr, Henry G, Bosz '50 Mr, & Mrs. George Bournazian Mr. & Mrs. K. Bournazian Mr. & Mrs. James R. Bowerman '76 '74 Mr. »Sc Mrs. Paul D. Bowman

Mr George Bovd, Jr. '60

Mr, Elmer W, Boyles '34

Mr, S, Russell Bozman '27

Mr, Franklin M, Bradley '62

Mr, Robert A, Bragg '59

Mr, & Mrs, David A. Bramble '41

Mr, & Mrs, Richard N, Bramble

Mrs, Ella B, Brandt '35

Lt, Col, John S, Brandt '51

Mr, Ronald D, Brannock '65

Dr, & Mrs, Neil W, Brayton

Ms, Sue Briggs '7'^

Mr, Joseph Bringhurst '33

Mrs, Kathryn S, Brmsfield '29

Mr, T, Sean Brooks '85

Mr, Douglas E, Brown '82

Mr, James P, Brown, Jr. '50

Mrs. Karen M, Brown '69

Mrs. Rene T, Brown '74

Mr, Ridgely T, Brown, Jr. '63

Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Brownell II

Colonel Paul E. Bruehl '37

Mrs. Cindy P. Bryant '71

Mr. David W. Bryden '69

Mr. & Mrs. John A, Buchanan '61

Mr, & Mrs, Art Buchwald

Mr, & Mrs, Malcolm A. Buckey, Jr.

Miss Clara M. Bullen '74

Ms. Barbara E, Burdette '79

Mr, & Mrs, William J, Burk '30 '30

Mr, William E. Burkhardt '34

Mr, George B, Burns '57

Ms, Anne E, Burris '48

Ms, Jennifer A, Butler '79

Mr, & Mrs, Douglas R, Byrne '79 '82

Captain B, Kimball Byron '78

Mr, Gilbert V, Byron '23

Mr, & Mrs, Willard E, Cadell

Dr, Wilham H, Caldwell '60

Mr, Richard B, Callahan '60

Mr, & Mrs, Anthony E, Cameron '61 '61

Mr, Edmund C, Cammack '87

Mr. James M. Campbell '50

Mr. J. Parker Cann '73

Ms. Sandra F. Cannon '87

Ms. Mary G. Caperton '75

Mr. & Mrs. Francis G. Caporoso '57

Mrs. Elise L. Caragine '74

Mr. George F. Carrington '29

Mrs. Beulah L. Carter '30

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Mr & Mrs. Claytor> C. Carter Mr Robert E. Carter '42 olonel Clifford S. Case '49 vir, & Mrs. Eugene S. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Micliael B. Casey Mr. Dana S, Chatellier 78 Ms. M. Lynne Cliristenson '77 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Christie '50 '50 Mr. & Mrs. George Churchill '73 '73 Mr. & Mrs. David D. Citrenbaum '79 Mr. Walter W. Claggett '40 Captain Charles M. Clark '33 Mr Howard E. Clark '37 Mr. & Mrs Garry E. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Michael F, Clarke '69 Mrs. Louise H. Clarke '44 Mr. & Mrs. Michael F, Clarke '88 Mr. Donald R, Clausen '59 Mr & Mrs. Kendall C Clement '67 '68 Mr. & Mrs. Aldav M. Clements '35 '37 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Clough '33 Mr. John B. Cocoziello '70 Mr. & Mrs. Hiram S. Codv, Jr. Dr. David Cohen Mr. & Mrs. James R. Colbeck Mr. Robert J. Colborn, Jr. '58 Miss Victoria J. Colgan '70 Mr. E. A. Colitti '54 Mrs. Susan B. Collins '63 Ms. Melissa N, Combes '85 Mr. William O. Cornelia '35 Mr. & Mrs. N. Commodore, Jr. '73 '74 Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Conner '72 Mrs Beverley B. Connolly '60 Mr. Timothy H. Connor '80 Mr. John P. Consaga '62 Mr. Robert L. Constantine '73 Ms. Linda B. Cooke '71 Reverend Raymond J. Cooke '41 Mr. & Mrs Jeffrey L. Coomer '77 '77 Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Cooper '41 '46 Dr. Harry D. Cooper '41 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cooper '49 Mr. William F. Copenhaver '60 Mr John A. Copple '40 Mr. Patrick Cosgrove '81 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy C. Coss Mr. & Mrs. Charles Costa Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cote, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Council Ms. Doris A. Crafton '66 Mrs. Marv R. Craggett '61 Ms. Judith B. Craine '63 Mr. Roger N. Craine, Jr. '62 Dr. Robert K. Crane '42 Ms. Alice T. Cranor '60 Dr. & Mrs. Frank Creegan, Sr. Mr. Richard Creighton '74 Dr. & Mrs. Tom Cronin Mr. John Cross, Jr. '76 Mrs. N. Elizabeth Crowell '74 Mrs. Virginia W. Culley '25 Mr. Edgar G. Cumor, Jr. '56 Mrs. Adrienne R. Dahike '28 Mr. & Mrs, George F. Daniels '54 '53 Mr. George L. Darley, Jr. '^7 Mr. Levin S. Dashiell, Jr. '39 Ms. Janice C. Daue '85 Miss Ruth F. Davidson '88 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Davis '40 Mr. James D. Davis III '34 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Davis '39 Mrs. Joyce M. Davis '74 Colonel William G. Davis '57 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Dejong '57 Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. DeSantis Mr. & Mrs. Michael DeSantis '74 '77 Mr. James N. Deaconson '42 Ms. Peggy Powell Dean Mr. Edward J. Deasy '71 Ms. Linda G. Deis '70

Mr. Douglass T. Delano '80

Mr. Hugh S. Delano '56

Mrs. Marie V. Delcher '76

Mr. & Mrs. George H. Deming

Mr. George H. Dengler '57

Mr. Richard C. Denison, Jr. '78

Mrs. Sandra L. Dennison-James '77

Mr. Donald L. Denton '70

Mr. Donald M. Derham '48

Mr. H. Hurtt Deringer '59

Mr. Paul A. Deysenroth, Jr. '60

Mr. Francis A. DiMondi, Jr. '85

Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Dick

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Dickerson

Miss Camille L. Dickerson '88

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