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FEATURES The newly renovated Swem Library was recently dedicated on 32 THE PLACE TO BE Charter Day Feb.5. Students Study, Socialize in Renovated Swem BY SYLVIA CORNELIUSSEN

38 OKTOBERFEST HOMECOMING 2004 SCRAPBOOK

44 THE MARYS OF WILLIAM & MARY How Coeducation Reshaped the College BY SARA F. PICCINI

52 FIRE AND ICE Remembering the Jefferson Dorm Fire of 1983 BY JAMES BUSBEE ’90

56 THE PROFESSORS Recipients of the 2004 Alumni Fellowship Award BY JOHN T. WALLACE DEPARTMENTS 32 4 PUBLISHER’S NOTE 5 MAILBOX

.; BOTTOM PHOTO: RANDY SEARLE .; BOTTOM PHOTO: RANDY 23 ARTS & HUMANITIES 7 AROUND THE WREN Brannon , INC 27 TRIBE SPORTS Thomas ’04 13 ALUMNI SPIRIT 27 30 PHILANTHROPY 19 VIEWPOINT Myths About Illegal Immigration 65 CLASS NOTES BY GEORGE W. GRAYSON J.D. ’76 113 VITAL STATISTICS 20 JUST OFF DOG STREET 125 WHO, WHAT, WHERE A Mogul’s Mogul BY MELISSA V. PINARD 128 CIRCA

TOP PHOTO: LEE BRAUER PHOTOGRAPHY TOP PHOTO: LEE BRAUER ON THE COVER: W&M women through the years, see story page 44. ILLUSTRATION BY KATHY OSBORN

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Walter W. Stout III ’64, President Henry H. George ’65, Vice President Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, Treasurer views with the committee, the staff and Russell E. Brown Jr. ’74, Secretary members of the William and Mary commu- James E. Ukrop ’60, L.H.D. ’99, Immediate Past President nity. While these applicants were very well Betsy Calvo Anderson ’70 qualified, the committee did not feel any William J. Barnes ’82 Linda Beerbower Burke ’70 were a fit for the Alumni Association. The Elizabeth A. Galloway ’79 committee is presently approaching candi- Kimberlee DeSamper Goldsmith ’78 dates whom it feels would be strong lead- Sally Swoope Horner ’62 David C. Larson ’75 ers for our Association. It is my feeling that Sharon E. Pandak ’75, J.D. ’78 the search should not be governed by a Martin D. Walsh ’66, J.D. ’73 time frame, but rather by insuring that we Julian L. White ’83 Earl L. Young ’59 get the right person. The search for a new College president STAFF is also underway. Please turn to page 7 for Editor: Melissa V. Pinard Associate Editor: John T. Wallace What a Fall! the latest information. Assistant Editor: Sylvia Corneliussen I mentioned the three extra games for Art Director: Jessica S. Grimes Design Consultants: B&G Design Studios which we had to be prepared and that is a Student Interns: Daniella Grossman ’06, all is a time of preparation for perfect lead-in to the efforts of Coach Jimmye Sandra K. Jackson ’05, Erin Zimmerman ’05 Proofreader: Pat N. Burdette winter. In a college community it Laycock’s ’70 25th-edition football team. I Printer: The Lane Press is a time of renewed activity as know many of you saw the final game Contributing Writers: Jennifer Blanchard, because it was sold out. And I hope those of James Busbee ’90, Melvin Patrick Ely, George students come back or come W. Grayson J.D. ’76, Sara Thomas Hunt ’74, Fanew and professors and admin- you who couldn’t attend saw the nationally Sara F. Piccini, William T. Walker Jr. istrators prepare for new challenges in shap- televised and under-the-lights game against Contributing Photographers: Lee Brauer, Bill Burton, Jeff Clarke, Pete Clawson, Tim Clay- ing the intellects of their charges. James Madison University (JMU), and could ton, Libby Covairt, Ray Crowell, Gene W. King, A recount of this busy fall is worthwhile for experience the electricity of the event. Matt Levinthal, Karen H. McCluney, Mark Mitchell, Steve Morrisette, Stephen Salpukas, many reasons. I would be remiss if I did not We have finished well before in football Randy Searle, William T. Walker Jr., Drew start with the staff of this organization. From under Coach Laycock, but the more impor- Webb ’06, David Williard tant result of this year was the galvanizing Contributing Illustrators: Robert Maganck, planning and executing the Fall Board meet- Kathy Osborn ing, Alumni Leadership Assembly and, of effect it had on students and alumni alike. Interim Executive Vice President and Director of course, Homecoming, they have done a mag- This was a school, as one Daily Press writer Alumni Records and Information Systems: John S. Kane nificent job. Add three extra home football said, that “did it the right way.” This season Director of Alumni Products and Services: games to deal with, and you see why the staff the Sports Network ranked the team third in Cindy B. Gillman Director of Alumni Travel: should receive plaudits. John Kane as interim Division I-AA. The lasting impression I’ll Elizabeth G. MacLeish executive vice president has really settled have — and I think it shows the true value of Director of Business and Budget Management: Elaine Campbell into the job and deserves the thanks of the the event — is of the students forming a Director of Special Events and Interim alumni for his work. pathway as the players went to the locker Director of Alumni Programs: In other good news, your Alumni Magazine room after the loss to JMU. As the players Jennifer E. Hayes M.Ed. ’04 Associate Director of Alumni Products has received much attention for its redesign, came through, the students cheered all of and Services: Betty Vining including two Awards of Excellence from the them for a job well done. Quarterback Lang Associate Director of Alumni Programs: Cindy J. Garrett Council for the Advancement and Support of Campbell ’05 stayed back to talk with oppos- Associate Director of Alumni Programs: UT ’64 Education (CASE) District III. ing players and friends, perhaps wishing not Kristin L. Tarrant Associate Director of Alumni Records and In addition, I’m pleased to report that the to leave the field after his last collegiate Information Systems: Alumni Association has surpassed the $4 game. The students remained in their forma- Elizabeth Dolan Quinzio ’84 million mark of our $5 million goal for the tion and awaited the Payton Award winner, Assistant Director of Alumni Products and Services: Scott Crabbs Campaign for William and Mary. greeting him with a chant of “Campbell! William and Mary Alumni Magazine is published STO TER “PETE” W. This fall also saw the start of two search- Campbell! Campbell!” until he left the field. AL quarterly by the William and Mary Alumni Associ- es to fill key positions at the College. The There was enthusiasm, pride, a feeling of ation through the generosity of alumni and friends. Voluntary subscriptions of $25 per year are wel- search for the executive vice president of spirit, which galvanizes people to a place. come. Checks payable to the William and Mary Alumni Association can be sent to Alumni Com- the Alumni Association has gone forward Wow! What a fall! munications, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA URTESY OF W URTESY

and had 116 responses. After in-depth eval- — WALTER “PETE” W. STOUT III ’64 23187-2100. For advertising information call Cindy O Gillman at 757.221.1168. To change an address, call uations by the committee, four candidates President, Board of Directors 757.221.1178 or e-mail [email protected].

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STUDENT-ATHLETES Arts and Humanities section (I was an art SHOCKED BY I have been enjoying the William and Mary major). The updates on the impressive fac- STEWART’S SPEECH Alumni Magazine for years. As the parent of ulty and staff, the successful athletic pro- I recently saw on C-Span the commence- a college athlete, I read with great interest grams, the challenges of working with the ment address delivered by Jon Stewart ’84, the cover story of your Spring/Summer state, and the achievements of the students D.A. ’04 at the 2004 [W&M] graduation. 2004 issue, “Overtime: At William and all make me realize what a wise investment I was thrilled at first to see a figure from Mary, Coaches Invest in Their Players On my W&M education has been (especially popular culture and an alumnus such as Jon and Off the Field.” since Rector Susan Aheron Magill ’72 con- Stewart giving the address. The speech Coach-player relationships such as those firmed what we older graduates have sus- started off in a positive light and had mo- cited in Jay Busbee’s ’90 article are “the pected, that under President Tim Sullivan’s ments of inspiration, but at the very end I stuff dreams are made of” and reinforce my ’66 tenure the College has enjoyed “signifi- was horrified and extremely upset. He men- pride as a W&M alum. Athletic Director cant enhancement of the intellectual quality tioned Sept. 11 and reflected on his interpre- Terry Driscoll’s remark that “we look at our of the student body”). tation of normalcy after the tragedy by coaches as our faculty” is highly significant, I recently had the opportunity to read the telling a story of a homeless man who per- especially given that on too many campuses Alumni Magazine from cover-to-cover on a formed a lewd act in the public streets of there is a disconnect between a school’s plane. Not only was I entertained during the New York. I was shocked and embarrassed. coaching staff and its academic faculty. tribulations of flying, the Magazine attracted I felt the stellar reputation of the university An overlapping theme of the article is the attention of several William and Mary had been tarnished. It was so very upset- “holding athletic recruits to the College’s people (employees and grads). It was fun ting. I wish Jon Stewart had never been the high academic standards” and the resultant meeting new W&M friends. one chosen to deliver the address. challenges that confront recruiting AND Congratulations Melissa, John, Sylvia, Jes- As an alumna one often looks to her uni- coaching. These challenges are further mag- sica and the entire Alumni Magazine team. versity to make her proud. Yet the 2004 nified by an athletic conference whose mem- CONNIE WARREN DESAULNIERS ’75 commencement address by Jon Stewart ber institutions do not necessarily have the Williamsburg did not do that. Instead, I was saddened same perspective, as pointed out by Mr. that the university had been associated Busbee. Given this reality, the potential is What a superb issue! I can’t remember a with this event. always present to cave in to the pressures of better looking production of the Alumni STACY BASIS PAPPAS ’97 competition and lower the academic bar for Magazine. Layout, style and many other Greensboro, N.C. athletes to a level that is contrary to the aca- unnamed characteristics. demic mission of the College. Both our aca- Many join me in congratulating you for demic and athletic administration must an outstanding job. FROM THE DEAN remain ever vigilant. … JACK GARRETT ’40 I appreciate the responses [to my Viewpoint Continued success in the classroom and Richmond, Va. about the USA PATRIOT Act, Spring/Sum- on the playing fields and courts to our mer 2004], particularly the legal perspec- Tribe student-athletes! As a Class Reporter, I am especially excited tives that writers shared. I remain commit- CAROLYN TESTA RYE ’77 to see the new Alumni Magazine. It’s ted to patron confidentiality and I remain Virginia Beach, Va. absolutely gorgeous, and I’m a hard critic, skeptical about the possibilities of intrusions having worked in magazine production! into library records. The headline for the Kudos to all! column was made without my knowledge NEW LOOK DORI KOSER PITZNER ’90 and I would not have chosen such an inflam- The new look of the Alumni Magazine is Stamford, Conn. matory lead. dynamic, eye-catching and easy to read. I CONNIE KEARNS MCCARTHY was very impressed with the photography, Dean of University Libraries especially the portraits of the Alumni REUNITED THROUGH Medallion winners. The Marketplace sec- THE ARTISTS GALLERY The William and Mary Alumni Magazine tion is a great idea, and undoubtedly will I greatly enjoy the Arts and Humanities welcomes letters from its readers. The editor attract the attention of potential customers section of the Alumni Magazine. Indeed, to reserves the right to select representative letters and more advertisers. my delight the last issue allowed me to get and to edit for style and available space. Brevity And beyond the new look, the writing is in touch with one of my former students, is encouraged. Please send letters to Editor engaging and informative. The special Kate Ashby Chiles ’01 [Fall 2004, page 25]. Melissa Pinard, William and Mary Alumni interest stories show how diverse our grad- LOUIS E. CATRON Magazine, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA uates are, and I particularly appreciate the Professor of Theatre Emeritus 23187 or [email protected].

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ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT MAGANCK AROUNDWREN THE W & spiritual qualit William andMaryneedssomeonewho understands “theambiguous alumnus ThomasJefferson andCollege founder James Blair, said member Micha the historyandtradition ofWilliam and Mary. Board ofVisitors could selltheCollege toprospective donors andwho could embrace ty already here. support for themulticultural organizations that celebrate thediversi- wanted astronger drive for diversity on campusandmore personal But duringthesession,constructive criticismwas offered —they tered underSullivan, mostofthemreferring tohimas“Timmy J.” of William andMary. not want tosee:anyone oranything that would change thecharacter there seemedtobemore ofaconsensus onwhat staffmembers did who was more ofa“politician,” a“fundraiser” anda“diplomat.” Yet hoped thenew president would have. Calls were made for someone an opensearch was critical. find “ er aclosedsear to c and r ion aboutw r dent Timoth The successor’s anticipated startdate would beJuly 1,2005. Presi- offer inMarch, according toMichael J. Fox, assistanttothepresident. b with proposing no fewer thantwo andnomore thanthree candidates T Presidential inMarch Candidate Committee Hopes toAnnounce IsThe Search On ber eported by y Feb. 21,andRectorSusanAheron Magill ’72 hopestomake an Follow thesearch process at www.wm.edu/presidentialsearch. I Students stressed theimportance ofthesensecommunity fos- Staff members voiced differing opinionsonthebackground they A The following isasummaryofinputgivenbytheCollege communityas I , thesear nput from theCollege’s Board ofVisitors calledfor aperson who n aseriesofforums heldf M onsult withthecommittee, theirsug though somefaculty members expressed awillingnesstoconsid- a person ofgr epr esenta W ho shouldbetheCollege’s next leader. According toMagill ch c y J. Sullivan ’66willretire June 30. &M News. lege’s 26thpresident by sometimeearly thisspring. tial search committee isexpected tohave found theCol- the campuscommunity, William andMary’s presiden- aking intoconsideration suggestions they received from y oftheplace.” el Powell ’85, referring tothestrengths ofcharacter of tives ofI ch pr ommittee rec The Board ofVisitors hascharged thecommittee eat quality” —amajority who spoke insistedthat oc ess —iftha saa cson, Miller, thefirmthat hasbeenhired or f ALUMNI MA eiv a ed br cult t w y oa - , staffandstudentsinSeptem g ould meantheColleg d dosesofimpassionedopin- G estions willbeheard. ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE e could 7

AROUND THE WREN Convocation 2004 Brady Stresses College’s Role in “Preparation for Life”

s arguably the best-known gun con- number of appointments with Republican trol advocate in the United States, party representatives as well as the Repub- A Sarah Kemp Brady ’64 has deliv- lican National Committee, and today ered numerous speeches. But, upon serves as a public health advocate. She also "Hit those books and choose your courses wise- returning to her alma mater to deliver the was elected in 1990 to serve on the Alumni ly," Brady told students. "Take the chances to broaden your horizons." Convocation address at the Wren Yard on Association’s Board of Directors. A pivotal Aug. 27, she told the incoming freshmen moment in Brady’s life came when her hus- talking to students about the far-reaching class, “All of them were a piece of cake band, James Brady, former press secretary effects of difficult decisions. compared to today.” of President Ronald Reagan, was shot and “Among the billions who inhabit the Brady explained the immense pride she paralyzed during the assassination attempt earth, you — and I mean every one of you — feels to be counted among alumni of the Col- on Reagan in 1981. are among a miniscule number who have lege. “How good it is to say, ‘William and Brady has since been a leader in the gun been given gifts so abundant and so potent Mary,’ when asked where you went to control movement, serving as chair of that through your whole life you will lead school,” she told the students. Handgun Control, Inc., and chair for the and you will make choices that touch in Brady’s affinity for William and Mary Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. In countless ways the lives of countless others,” stems from the preparation the university 1993, her efforts resulted in passage of the said Sullivan. instilled in her for facing an uncertain Brady Bill, a law named after her husband During the Convocation ceremony, two world. She spoke about significant life that requires a five-day waiting period and a members of the campus community were events while she was in school — like the background check on individuals who pur- recognized with President’s Awards for Ser- assassination of President John F. Kennedy chase firearms. vice to the Community. Jennifer Bickham — as well as the tumultuous years of the “Your first act of public service will come Mendez, assistant professor of sociology, Vietnam era that followed. this fall,” Brady told the freshmen, referring was presented the staff award and Marcia “We did watch as our innocent lives to the Nov. 2 election. She encouraged all Sharp ’05 received the student award. changed,” she said. Brady told the students students to “study and agonize” over infor- Following the ceremony, freshmen they live in an unpredictable world as well. mation about each candidate before casting walked through the Wren Building, exiting “This university will prepare you,” she said. their votes. in the College Yard where they were wel- “You’ll be prepared to actually live your life.” President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 fol- comed by fellow students and faculty as offi- Following graduation, Brady worked as lowed Brady at the podium and recounted cial members of the College. a public school teacher before holding a Rudyard Kipling’s The Eye of Allah while – John T. Wallace CE ALLA . W OHN T

On Nov. 30, 1993, Sarah Kemp Brady ’64 (l) watched President Clinton sign into law the “Brady Bill.” PHOTOS: J PHOTOS:

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TOP LEFT: RAY CROWELL; BOTTOM LEFT:WILLIAM T. WALKER JR.; TOP RIGHT: CO URTESY OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS BOTTOM RIGHT: CO URTESY OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS O PBK Hall Buchanan Speaks at and Mary. appreciation for theirconnection toWilliam tribute toPresident Sullivan andexpressed humanitarian crisisinSudan.Bothpaid China, andtrans-Atlantic relations tothe audience ontopics ranging from Iraq, answered questionssubmittedfrom the term. Kissinger andEagleburger also Bush A their experienc ter), Kissing Reiss (onlea ment Policy PlanningDir Washington area, includingState Depart- ber elections. foreign policyimplications oftheNovem- Office for aSpecialConversation onthe in W ’01 joinedPresident Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 of policyoptionsa tions, r the N W&M D.C. Office Eagleburger Visit and Kissinger Joined by 75 alumniandfriendsfrom the illiam andMary'sWashington, D.C. ix espectively, anddiscussedtherange ber Lawrence Eagleburger D.P.S. inger andBoard ofVisitors Mem- n Dec. 9, Chancellor HenryKiss- on/F dministr er andEagleburger reflected on or v d andfir e asdeanoftheRe es asS a tion asitbeginsanew v e and Republican hous- both theDemocratic nouncing aplagueon perilously close to pro- Pat Buchanancame Phi BetaKappa Hallin ailable tothecurr s duringaspeech in ecr st Bushadministra- dmAnthony ’87 – Adam etaries ofSta ector Mitchell v es Cen- te in ent downs of last fall’s political campaign in led theaudienc were uncharacteristically balanced ashe Buchanan’s remarks cal pronouncements, winner of theNovember election. dicted President Bushasthe George W. f his remarks to more than500students and Butshortlybefore heconcluded October. clymmes Buchananaccurately pre- aculty members, Although filledwithman [ W The Best 357 Colleges e Princeton Review c For theseventh seems to agree. 1. is No. W America’s BestColleges — theC zine Many readers of the Among “America’sBest” The C and “Best intheMid-Atlantic.”The amongpublic universities Bargain” (public andpriv 31st amongnational universities public univ W for 48th. pr 50 best undergraduate business is listed amongthenation’s Top TheSchool of Business the nation. best smallpublicuniversities in ye funding, 35 among otherinstitutions inthe t tion t terms of financialresources. sit financial r r ank s aguide ons illiam andMaryninthasa illiam andMaryassixthamong illiam andMaryfir gas witharanking thatties ograms, ..News U.S. U.S News ar to 12 y o theCollege was listed lowest for , NEWS ed f lik ctv er thepublication’s ecutive year, o is f ollege Retains Rankings V ely shar ir ollege of William andMary rfnig listed as49thin or funding, ..News & WorldReport U.S. u olg akns The sue college rankings. sliding fr ginia was thenext lo 4th thisy sucs o 22Univer- No. esources. thisacademic year titled , e through theups and er is nottheonlypublica- also continues to list sities andcolleges and e thesame opinion at om 12 annually publish- e .Ho ). ear interms of st among y pointed politi- Alumni Maga- whichlisted , 0th las wev ranked er “Best , west t op BRIEFS ’66 named remaining intheeffort. dent isinoffice. replace Cross after thenew presi- to conduct anationwide search to TheCollege plans leadership roles. serving inavariety of fundraising been withtheCollege since 1990, She has as interim vice president. ’95(bottom) to serve tyjohn M.Ed. dent of Development Susan Pet- million g W whojoined Dennis Cross (top), Cross Leaves Development Job institutions asa “Best Buy.” mor and Mary tions programs. alumni relations andcommunica- le W r on to give hisown analysis of America’s cur- Nixon and Vice went President Spiro Agnew, mer speech thefor- Buchanan, being thefront-runner. which thecandidates each took turnsat b terized asan “empire indecline.” Fisk or ent world position —onethathecharac- y theUniversity Center Activities Board. ad theuniversity’s development, illiam andMaryamong20 public illiam andMaryasvic g Pre A The program was sponsored andfunded aniz t theColleg ALUMNI MA e Guidet e than$295millionof it sident Timoth e theCampaign f o whichhasalready raised , al, RUDTHE AROUND writer for President Richard As with thr o C G sociate VicePresi- ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE e oiin hewill new position, Inhis September. in L and Lee University ment at Washington versity advance- president for uni- position of vice accepted the 2000, for development in e, olleges 2005 Cr xntn a,in Va., exington, os y ila .Walker– William T. Jr. ee y J. s helped e president Sullivan ears or William s $500 lis ted ] WREN 9

AROUND THE WREN William and Mary’s Great Emancipator An Early Southern Experiment in Black Freedom ~ MELVIN PATRICK ELY Thomas Jefferson doubted that whites and emancipated blacks could live together in harmony. But essential factor in the day of the riderless Jefferson’s young cousin Richard Randolph and 90 African-Americans proved him wrong. When horses was Syphax, the Afro-Virginian valet. Randolph, a former student at William and Mary, died in 1796, he called for his slaves to go free and Sy’s presence or absence at that receive part of his land. Two generations before the Civil War, those liberated people established a moment, and at others during the war, lit- community they called Israel Hill near Farmville, Va. erally embodied the difference between life Free blacks and whites did business with one another, sued each other, worked and navigated the and death to young Randolph; fears about Appomattox River side by side for equal wages, joined forces to found a Baptist congregation, moved Tucker’s fate could be instantly “dispell’d West together, and occasionally settled down as man and wife. Still, human bondage darkened the by a Grin” from the black man. Syphax landscape: one free black man had to watch as his enslaved children were carried off to Missouri, and exuded dignity and ability. He eventually white propagandists falsely depicted Israel Hill as a failed experiment proving that blacks should be became Randolph’s personal servant, and kept in slavery. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at nearby Appomattox finally signaled the end of Richard’s famous brother John described bondage — and of an Old South where ties of culture, faith, affection and economic interest had some- Sy as the ultimate measure of young Ran- times crossed racial barriers. dolph himself. “You might see in the old The following is an adapted excerpt from Ely’s recent book, Israel on the Appomattox: A South- Attendant Syphax ... that his master was a ern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War. gentleman,” John recalled. Syphax and other remarkable African-American fig- ichard “Dickey” Randolph took a panied him to war, should now be astride ures affected Randolph in deep and abid- fright one summer day in 1781 when that second horse, returning home to bring ing ways. R he saw a man leading two horses up the sad news. Syphax had apparently Finally, Randolph’s character was the lane toward his parents’ plantation remained in camp — something he would shaped profoundly by St. George Tucker house. The boy was only 11, but he knew have done, Dickey concluded to his great and by his own studies at William and what a riderless horse could mean in time of relief, only if Tucker were still alive. Tuck- Mary. There Randolph met the great battle, and one of this pair belonged to his er, it turned out, had simply sent the two teacher of his life, George Wythe. No man stepfather, St. George Tucker, who had gone horses home. The family still had a father. in Virginia except George Washington had off to fight in the Revolutionary War. Young The incident crystallized in one anxious a name as lustrous as Wythe’s; Randolph Randolph concluded a British bullet had moment three elements that molded young himself called Wythe “that best of Men!” — taken his “Papa.” Randolph’s view of the world. The American “the brightest ornament of human nature.” But if Tucker were dead, then Syphax, crusade for human liberty formed many of Wythe and Randolph believed that all the black personal servant who had accom- his indelible childhood memories. A second people are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. But slavery underlay Virginia’s social and economic structure; most whites doubted that a bira- cial society of free people could safely exist. Randolph’s stepfather, Tucker — later a distinguished jurist and professor at the College — published a detailed plan in 1796 for gradual emancipation. Even as he and other white Americans made their Revolu- tion, Tucker proclaimed, “we were imposing VER: PETER MENDELSUND

upon our fellow men, who differ in complex- O ion from us, a slavery, ten thousand times

more cruel than the utmost extremity of CKET C A those grievances and oppressions, of which we complained.” Tucker considered blacks the “equals” of those who held them in bondage — yet he believed the two races could never live together in freedom. Tucker Above: Professor Melvin Patrick Ely. Right: Ely’s therefore would cause freedpeople to emi- book, Israel on the Appomattox, copyright 2004 grate “voluntarily” by denying them the by Melvin Patrick Ely, published by Alfred A.

Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. basic rights of citizens. KING; BOOK J PHOTO: GENE W.

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Left: A number of Richard Randolph's TION A former slaves poled cargo boats

UND between Farmville and Petersburg, O Va., on the Appomattox River. A travel- er painted this unique picture show- ing one of these batteaux at the lower right. Above: George Wythe, Ran- dolph’s mentor. No known portrait of Randolph exists.

Wythe, Randolph’s mentor, acted on the which in truth was a confession and a with- members of the very society that had held principle of racial equality that Tucker ering indictment of his society. them in bondage. espoused in theory. Wythe rejected the idea In it, he castigated his fellow Americans Slavery and white supremacy, in Ran- , that freed blacks must be deported; a for- for having “exercised the most lawless and dolph’s view, made hypocrites of the nation’s URTESY OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG OF COLONIAL URTESY TION O A mer student of his recalled: “Mr. Wythe, to monstrous tyranny” over blacks. He founders, stirred base impulses to tyrannize

UND the day of his death, was for simple aboli- responded “with an indignation too great for other human beings, and put “manly inde- O tion, considering the objection to color as utterance at the tyrants of the Earth — pendance” beyond the reach of the innocent founded in prejudice.” from the throned Despot of a whole nation, black victims and their indolent masters Wythe reared a boy of mixed race named to the more despicable [and] not less infa- alike. American patriots had won the war Michael Brown almost as a son, though mous petty tormentor of single wretched against the British and the Tories — only to there was probably no blood relationship Slaves, whose torture constitutes his wealth become Tories themselves. between the two. He taught young Brown and enjoyment.” No Yankee abolitionist Randolph had chosen as his icon William and Mary’s great George Wythe, whom he TheAmerican crusade for human liberty formed many called in his will “the most virtuous & incorruptible of mankind.” He resolved to of Randolph’s indelible childhood memories. become one of the few true Wythians of his day. Latin and Greek, and wrote a will in which would ever put the point more powerfully. In order to repay years of labor per- he left the young man a large part of his Randolph wanted to “make retribution ... formed by enslaved men and women, Ran- estate. Wythe eventually paid for his racial to an unfortunate race of bondmen.” Here dolph offered them the means to sustain open-mindedness with his own life: He and he parted company with his wealthy peers their liberty in their own native land rather Brown were poisoned to death by Wythe’s — including his stepfather, Tucker — who than on some foreign shore. In the end, the grandnephew, who apparently resented the conditioned emancipation on black emigra- success of that experiment in black freedom old man’s love for and legacy to Brown. tion. Instead, Randolph called for his ex- would lie in the hands of the Afro-Virginians Upon turning 21 in 1791, Randolph re- slaves to receive 400 acres of his land as Richard Randolph believed were as deserv- ceived a share of his long-dead father’s land their own property. ing of liberty and happiness as he himself. and slaves. A short time later, he found him- Randolph’s will thus became a statement self fighting allegations that he had impreg- not only about slavery and freedom, but Melvin Patrick Ely is a professor of history and black nated his wife’s live-in sister and helped her also about race. He insisted that African- studies at William and Mary. The Washington Post A, GIFT OF DR. AND MRS. RICHARD M. KAIN IN MEMORY OF GEORGE HAY KAIN; RIGHT PHOTO C KAIN; HAY OF GEORGE RICHARD M. KAIN IN MEMORY A, GIFT OF DR. AND MRS. URTESY OF ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUM, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG MUSEUM, COLONIAL ART FOLK ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER OF ABBY URTESY , V kill their newborn child. Randolph avoided Americans were “our fellow creatures, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both named Israel O G prosecution, but his reputation never com- equally entituled with ourselves to the on the Appomattox among the best books of the pletely recovered. enjoyment of Liberty and happiness.” year for 2004. He is also the author of The Adven- Randolph wrestled with other internal When he ordained the land grant, he envi- tures of Amos ’n’ Andy: A Social History of An WILLIAMSBUR LEFT PHOTO C demons when, at age 25, he wrote a will — sioned his former slaves as self-sustaining American Phenomenon.

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The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa will be the host hotel for the second biennial West Coast Auction,May 19-22. A Going Once, Going Twice Sonoma is Site for Second Biennial West Coast Auction ~ SYLVIA CORNELIUSSEN ay friendship, like wine, improve as time advances. And may we always have old wine, old friends and young cares.” – Author Unknown ~ This commonly used toast may not be the official theme for the Alumni Association’s Second Bien- “ nial West Coast Auction, but it expresses what many alumni will be feeling when they gather for this year’s event, May 19- 22. The beautiful wine country of Sonoma, Calif., will be the setting for the long weekend, which will be filled with activi- ties for the wine connoisseur, foodie and outdoor enthusiast alike. ~ “The first West Coast Auction in 2003 was quite a success. We’re looking forward to an even bigger success this year,” says Jennifer E. Hayes M.Ed. ’04, director of Special MEvents. “We’re really excited about getting more of our West Coast alumni involved.” An opening reception will kick ~ off the event on Thursday evening at the Sonoma home of Chip ’85, M.S. ’89 and Terri Roberson. Events on Friday will include a Sherpa hike and tour of Hanzell Vineyards with a picnic lunch. The private hike will be led by authentic Sherpa guides who have climbed Mount Everest more than URTESY OF THE FAIRMONT SONOMA MISSION INN AND SP OF THE FAIRMONT URTESY

O a dozen times. Guests interested in visiting a winery without hiking can tour two Sonoma Valley wineries before lunch. Friday will conclude with a reception at the St. Francis Winery and Vineyards, the gateway to the Sonoma Valley wine country. ~ On Saturday, guests are invited to an

PHOTO C interactive cooking class where private chefs will teach them to prepare — and allow them to sample — delicious recipes. A sit-down lunch will fol-

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low the lesson. Also on Saturday, guests can paddle a kayak through the Napa/Sonoma Wildlife Refuge with guides to point out and explain some of the flora, wildlife and histo- ry along the way. If nature allows, paddlers will have the opportunity to see snowy egrets, blue heron, red-tailed hawks, golden eagles and bald eagles. The highlight of the weekend will be Sat- urday evening’s dinner and auction at the private estate of Emery Ranch. Auction pro- ceeds will benefit the Alumni Association’s Out-of-State Student Scholarship Endow- ment and student leadership initiatives. Anytime during the weekend, guests may play golf at Sonoma National Golf Club, considered one of the most beautiful and challenging courses in the nation. Also throughout the four-day event, guests are invited to sign up for treatments in the world-renowned spa of this year’s host hotel, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa. To learn more, visit www.wmalumni.com Guests at this year’s West Coast Auction will have ample opportunity to explore the beautiful wine country of Sonoma, Calif., on their own or in pre-arranged group tours of some of the area’s most or contact Hayes at 757.221.1183 or renowned wineries. [email protected].

Charter Initiative, Campus Master Plan Discussed at Leadership Assembly

Approximately 160 alumni volunteers joined interim vice president of Development, dis- Martin explained the College's Master Plan to William and Mary leaders, faculty and staff for cussed the Campaign for William and Mary, develop and beautify the campus and its sur- Alumni Leadership Assembly, Sept. 24-25. outlining what had happened so far, and rounding areas. Director of Athletics Terry Y The biennial conference began Friday after- emphasizing the importance of seeing the Driscoll led a panel of current and former Tribe noon with workshops for Class Reporters and Campaign through to a successful conclusion. athletes who discussed the importance of chapter and club presidents, followed by a W.Samuel Sadler '64, M.Ed. '71, vice president their experiences at William and Mary and the candle-lit dinner located between the Wren for Student Affairs, moderated a panel of stu- impact sports here had on their lives. Building and the Sunken Garden. dents who discussed the College from their Following the sessions, a luncheon was held “Leadership Assembly is a great time for perspective. Another panel, led by Dean Carl J. at the Alumni Center prior to the Tribe’s 42-6 the Alumni Association and the College to Strikwerda, was comprised of faculty mem- victory over Virginia Military Institute. have a dialogue between our faculty, staff and bers who shared their research and experi- — John T.Wallace URTESY OF ST. FRANCIS WINER OF ST. URTESY

volunteers and coordinate efforts in support ences at William and Mary. O of William and Mary,”says Jennifer E. Hayes The second group of sessions M.Ed. '04, director of Special Events and included “Restructuring our interim director of Alumni Programs. Relationship with Richmond,” At Friday evening's dinner President Timo- presented by Vice President of

thy J. Sullivan '66, the keynote speaker, dis- Public Affairs Stewart Gamage ARD; TOP PHOTO C

cussed the University Restructuring Initiative, '72 and Director of Government . PIN which the College is launching with the Uni- Relations Fran Bradford. They versity of Virginia and Virginia Tech in an effort discussed the University to more directly control university operations Restructuring Initiative and how and promote cost savings. organizations and individuals A number of breakout sessions for volun- alike can make a difference in teers were held Saturday morning. In the first shaping state policy. Vice Presi-

group of sessions, Susan Pettyjohn M.Ed. '95, dent for Administration Anna BOTTOM PHOTO: MELISSA V

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[ALUMNI AND YOUNG ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS]

John Kane, interim ty Development office as well. Included until 2004, during ARD executive vice pres- in her involvements across campus, which time he or- . PIN ident of the Alumni Schaubach has been active with the ganized a team of Association, pre- Tribe Club and along with her husband, officers and added sented Hunt Brown Elliott ’59, established the Schaubach many new events ’54 with the 2004 Athletic Endowment. Schaubach was to the chapter's Alumni Service elected to two terms on the Alumni agenda, all while Award at the Order Association Board of Directors, during maintaining a de- of the White Jacket’s (OWJ) annual which time she also served the board as manding personal work schedule. In 2002, reception and banquet at the University an officer, first as secretary and next as the Philadelphia Chapter was recognized Center on Oct. 14. A member of OWJ for treasurer. A member of the Alumni Cen- as the Outstanding Chapter of the Year by 30 years, Brown held a variety of offices ter Circle of Friends and the President’s the Alumni Association. Fine is also a and chairmanships, including president. Council, Schaubach served on the Class member of the Association of 1775 and In addition to hosting OWJ’s graduating of 1959’s 45th Reunion gift committee. was formerly active with the Washington, senior recognition reception for the past D.C. Alumni Chapter. two years, Brown initiated a letter writ- Cindy Garrett, asso- ing campaign to former OWJ scholar- ciate director of John Kane, interim executive vice presi- ship recipients, resulting in many new Alumni Programs, dent of the Alumni Association, presented members of OWJ. Under his leadership, presented Bonnie Clenise Platt ’94 the 2003 Young Alumni the organization has also promoted Joblin Crews ’92 the Service Award during the Hulon Willis involvement with members of Students 2003 Young Alumni Association (HWA) Awards Ceremony on Order of the White Jacket and increased Service Award at a Oct. 16 at the Hospitality House’s the funds available for scholarships special dinner held Williamsburg Ballroom. Platt became annually. During his undergraduate in her honor on Aug. 17 in Connecticut. active with the Alumni Admission Net- years at William and Mary, Brown Currently president of the Southern Con- work in 1995, interviewing and advising played football and, in addition to work- necticut Alumni Chapter and formerly students interested in attending William ing in food service, was a fireman. He president of the San Diego Alumni Chap- and Mary. In 1996, she became a board was active in Pi Lambda Phi, the Varsity ter, Crews has volunteered as an Alumni member of the HWA and organized the Club and W&M Theatre. Brown, who Admission Network representative in HWA’s first awards ceremony in 2002. passed away on Oct. 31, will be missed by Houston, Texas, and later as the net- Platt, who is also a member of the South OWJ, the Alumni Association and the work’s regional coordinator in San Diego, Hampton Roads Alumni Chapter, wrote College community. Calif. When the Gentlemen of the College an article about the ceremony for the Fall visited San Diego in March 2003, she not 2002 William and Walter “Pete” W. only organized a reception and perform- Mary Alumni Maga- Stout III ’64, presi- ance by the group, but found housing for zine, as well as a fea- dent of the Alumni all 15 members as well. She has also ture story, “All of Association, pre- served as a member of the National Us,” about the sented Carolyn Todd Campaign Committee, the 10th Reunion African-American Schaubach ’59 the Gift Committee, the West Coast Auction experience on cam- 2003 Alumni Ser- Committee and the Young Guarde Coun- pus, which was pub- vice Award at the cil. Crews was also a member of the lished in the Winter 1959 Class Reunion during Homecoming Washington, D.C. Alumni Chapter. 2003/2004 issue of the magazine. In 2003, weekend on Oct. 16. Active with the she joined a panel of William and Mary

ALLACE; BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: JESSICA S. GRIMES; MIDDLE PHOTO: CINDY J. GARRETT; TOP RIGHT PHOTO: JOHN S. KANE; BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: MELISSA V S. GARRETT; TOP RIGHT PHOTO: JOHN J. GRIMES; MIDDLE PHOTO: CINDY S. BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: JESSICA ALLACE; South Hampton Roads Alumni Chapter John Kane, interim vice president of the alumni and current students at the Vir- . W for many years, Schaubach has held Alumni Association, presented Matt Fine ginia Contemporary Art Center to discuss

OHN T leadership positions and helped the '94 with the Young Alumni Service Award her experiences as an undergraduate with chapter plan and host alumni events in during the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter's a group of students interested in attending her area. She has volunteered and holiday party on Dec. 8. A board member the College. Platt received the Benjamin planned receptions for prospective stu- of the Philadelphia Chapter since 2000, Stoddart Ewell Award upon graduation dents and hosted events for the Universi- Fine served as its president from 2001 from William and Mary. TOP LEFT PHOTO: J

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Tree Guardian Election Results Are In Honored n November 2004, the results of an important election were The Alumni Association selected determined. However, this election wasn’t decided by the Matthew Trowbridge,the College's uni- IElectoral College, but rather by active alumni of the College versity arborist,as the 2004 recipient of of William and Mary who cast their votes for new members of the Faculty/Staff Service Award,given the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors. annually to one to three members of the Carl “Cheeko” Wayne Cheek ’61 (top) and Dorothy “Dottie” College faculty or staff who have provid- Nowland Gabig ’61 (bottom) were elected to serve three-year ed significant service to the Association. terms on the Alumni Association Board of Directors beginning He was presented with the award,includ- in March 2005. Incumbents Elizabeth A. Galloway ’79, David C. ing a $500 honorarium,at the Fall Larson ’75 and Julian L. White ’83 were each re-elected for addi- Awards Banquet on Sept.23. tional three-year terms, also beginning in March. A College employee for more than 15 The CEO of Specialty Industries and Specialty Finance & years,Trowbridge was selected because Consulting, Carl Cheek is formerly a member of the Bank of his dedicated work in maintaining the Board of Corestate Bank in Red Lion, Pa. Following graduation trees and plants that adorn the Alumni from William and Mary, he served in the U.S. Army, attaining Center's grounds,noting the importance the rank of captain. of having the area appeal to the entire Cheek is a member of the William and Mary Endowment

campus community. Association Board, the Tribe Club, the Chancellor’s Circle, Presi- GABIG ’61 “DOTTIE” NOWLAND OF DOROTHY URTESY O “He always anticipates times when dent’s Council and Order of the White Jacket. He endowed the we need our grounds to look their best – Hubert Cheek Athletic Scholarship in honor of his father, and he usually does a tune-up before Home- was actively involved in establishing scholarships in the names of coming or 50th Reunion Weekend,”said Jim Seu ’53 and Jeff Cohen ’61, both members, along with Cheek, Barry Adams,former executive vice of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He and his wife, Sylvia, recently endowed the Carl “Cheeko” and Sylvia president of the Alumni Association. Cheek Athletic Endowment to support an academic counseling position at the College. When Hurricane Isabel toppled hun- As a student, Cheek was active on both the track and football teams, receiving the William dreds of trees across campus in 2003, and Mary Athlete of the Year Intramural Award in 1961. He served as vice president of Sigma Trowbridge headed clean up efforts. Nu Fraternity and as a member of Scabbard and Blade. Despite the severe damage his own Honored by the Alumni Association in October 2004 with the Alumni Medallion, Cheek YNE CHEEK ’61; BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO C

home suffered during the storm,he and received the Alumni Service Award in 2001, was inducted into the William and Mary Athletic A his crew worked as many as 15 hours Hall of Fame in 1988, and was chosen as an Athletic Educational Foundation honoree in 1987. O” W each day for several weeks in initial Cheek has three children. He and Sylvia live in Longboat Key, Fla. efforts to restore campus. Currently serving a second term on the Friends of the Library Board at William and Mary, Agraduate of Virginia Tech and a certi- Dorothy Gabig recently established the Dorothy Nowland Gabig Acquisitions Endowment for fied arborist,Trowbridge and his wife, Swem Library with her husband, Jack. She is actively involved with the Lord Botetourt Auc- Lois Ann,are the parents of four children. tion Committee, the Williamsburg Alumni Chapter, the Tribe Club and the College’s National Their oldest daughter,Kristin '05,is a stu- Steering Committee.

dent at William and Mary. Gabig, who has served as a class agent, co-chaired the Class of 1961’s 35th Reunion Commit- “CHEEK OF CARL URTESY O — Sylvia Corneliussen tee in 1996. Other affiliations with the College include membership with the Sir Francis Nichol- son Society, the Sir Robert Boyle Legacy Society, the President’s Club, the Fund for William and Mary and the Fourth Century Club. A native of Arlington, Va., Gabig was a member of the Northern Virginia Alumni Chapter and the Northern Virginia chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Formerly an elementary school teacher in Fairfax County, Va., she was active in various community organizations and served as a mentor for Young Life. She and Jack are active at Gettysburg College and mem- bers of the Cupola Society. An elementary education major at the College, Gabig was a cheerleader and a member of VID WILLIARD; TOP RIGHT PHOTO C

Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Student Education Association. She and Jack live in A Williamsburg. They have two daughters. The Board of Directors meets twice a year to review College and Alumni Association pro- grams, identify objectives, establish board policy, and recommend initiatives to advance the institution through alumni involvement. Nominees for election to the board are selected by the Alumni Association based on a record of service and professional achievement.

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Grimes Named [FALL2004BOARDREPORT] Alumni Magazine’s

he Alumni Association Board of Directors held its biannual meeting Sept. 23-24. Art Director Several members of the College community addressed the Board during the Tmeeting, including Rector Susan Aheron Magill ’72, who is leading the presiden- essica S. Grimes, who previously tial search committee. Howard Busbee ’65, J.D. ’67, M.L.T. ’68, assistant dean for the served as graphic design specialist in school of business and chair of the executive vice president search committee, updated Jthe Alumni Programs office, was the Board on the search for a new executive vice president of the Association. named the Alumni Communications office Susan Pettyjohn M.Ed. ’95, interim vice president for Development, reviewed the art director in June 2004. In this new role, progress of the Alumni Association’s $5 million goal for the Campaign for William and she will be responsible for designing the Mary with the executive committee. Karen Cottrell ’66, M.Ed. ’69, associate provost for William and Mary Alumni Magazine. Admission/Enrollment, gave an update on the incoming class. Chon Glover, director of A member of the Alumni Association multicultural affairs, discussed programs and activities on campus that help support staff since 2001, Grimes has been instru- and retain minority students. mental in the development of the Alumni Mitch Bean ’77, an auditor with Goodman and Co., reviewed results of the annual Association’s Web site, www.wmalumni.com, external audit to the Board’s approval. Jim Rosenbaum ’58 presented a proposal for an which she continues to maintain and affinity partnership with Power Net Global Communications. update. Additionally, One resolution was passed in appreciation of W. Barry Adams (Honorary Alumnus), she designs a number former executive vice president, for his 17 years of service to the Alumni Association. of Alumni Association In further action the Board: communication pieces, including the annual Named the Annual Giving Award recipients: the Class of 1925 Trophy for the Homecoming guide most outstanding increase in giving went to the Class of 1964; the Class of 1954 and logo, and the New Trophy for the best class percentage of participation went to the Class of 1941; the York and West Coast Baltimore/Annapolis Trophy for outstanding individual efforts in support of the Jessica S. Grimes Auction invitations Fund for William and Mary went to James Brinkley ’59; and the Board of Direc- and marketing pieces. tors Trophy for best all-around support of the Fund for William and Mary went to Grimes earned her bachelor of arts in his- Jeff Lund ’69. tory and art with an emphasis in graphic Selected the Alumni Service Award recipients: E. Huntington Brown ’54, John design from Virginia Tech in 2001. After Hopke ’80, Elaine Elias Kappel ’55, Cynthia Bennett Satterwhite ’77, Robert A. Sheer- graduation, she worked with Letton Gooch an Jr. ’67, Stuart D. Spirn ’67, J.D. ’70, Winfred O. Ward ’54 and Henry Wilde ’53. Printers in Norfolk, Va., before joining the Alumni Association. Chose the Young Alumni Service Award recipients: Michael Cummings ’93 and Matthew Fine ’94. Selected Chapter Awards — Tier 1: Richmond was named Outstanding Chapter; Call for Nominations South Hampton Roads received an Honorable Mention. Tier 2: Lower Northern Neck was named Outstanding Chapter; South of the James received an Honorable Do you know of a dedicated alumnus or alum- Mention. The Most Improved Chapter was Northern New Jersey. na who might be interested in serving on the Alumni Board? March 1 is the deadline to Reported on the record-breaking New York Auction, where $50,000 was raised for nominate candidates to be considered for an endowment for the Arts and Sciences department. placement on the Alumni Board of Directors Announced the newly elected Board of Directors members: Dorothy Nowland ballot. The Bylaws require all Board members Gabig ’61 and Carl Wayne Cheek ’61. to be alumni and active donors to any recog- nized fund of the Alumni Association or the Approved the list of retiring faculty and staff to receive Associate Alumni mem- College of William and Mary. Members serve bership status. as the corporate board for the Alumni Asso-

CE Granted Honorary Alumni status to Charles Augustus Banks, Jack Gabig, John ciation. By board policy members must be Kauffman and his wife, the late Ann Moore Kauffman; Mike Kokolis, and Anne willing to attend semiannual meetings. The ALLA election process runs from May through . W Steuart Gannt Wilson. September. Nomination forms can be

OHN T In 2005, the biannual Board meetings will take place March 17-18 and Sept. 22-23. obtained from the Alumni Association Web — Melissa V. Pinard site at www.wmalumni.com or by calling

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Myths About Illegal Immigration ~ GEORGE W. GRAYSON J.D. ’76

lthough immigration received Americans and Chicanos, who suffer the scant attention during the highest rates of joblessness. A permeable 2004 presidential campaign, border also militates against continuing to both candidates promised to reform the U.S. welfare system; specifically, Amake the status of Mexican closing the gap between effort and reward illegal aliens a high priority of their adminis- that has discredited public assistance pro- trations. Democratic candidate John Kerry grams. In fact, Census Bureau data indi- took a slightly harder line by urging a crack- cates that more than half of legal Mexican immigration laws in Nebraska’s meat pack- down on employers who hire unlawful work- immigrants who have resided in the coun- ing industry, it sparked local opposition. ers. Yet he and President George W. Bush try for more than 20 years and their U.S.- Again, special interests that benefit from both backed some form of amnesty for men born children live in or near poverty. cheap labor went screaming to their repre- and women who have broken the law to 3. Because they pay taxes, contribute to sentatives in Washington, D.C., who pres- enter this country; both also agreed on the social security, and don’t apply for welfare, ille- sured the agency to back down. need for an expanded guest-worker pro- gal aliens put in more than they take from gov- 5. It is only a matter of time before oil-rich gram for Mexicans. Before moving on ernment coffers. Officials in Arizona find this Mexico creates the jobs that will put its people to work at home. Oil-endowed countries have Should the United States throw open its doors? a poor track record in generating jobs, as evidenced by the experience of Iran, these fronts, the White House should con- proposition nonsensical: illegal immigrants Venezuela and Ecuador. Mexico, of course, sider eight half-truths — or, in some cases, cost their state for education, health care, has a diversity of riches, including gold, sil- myths — that have suffused the immigra- and prisons approximately $1.3 billion more ver, spectacular beaches, incomparable tion debate. annually than they pay in taxes. Research museums, historical treasures and mar- 1. Mexicans and other illegals perform by the Center for Immigration Studies velous people. What the country lacks are menial work spurned by Americans. In some (CIS) found that the burden of such unlaw- responsible politicians who will use these instances this is true; however, in March ful residents on the 2002 federal budget was resources to spur sustained growth. A small 2003, there were 8.8 million Americans $10.4 billion — with Medicaid, health care pampered elite who lives like princes will fail working full time without a high school edu- and prisons constituting the high-ticket to enact critically needed energy, labor and cation; 1.3 million school dropouts unem- items. CIS calculates that the figure would fiscal reforms as long as the border serves ployed; and a further 6.8 million not even in soar to $29 billion if illegal aliens were legal- as an escape valve for the highly motivated the workforce. ized, used services and paid taxes at the in search of a better life. “There is a good deal of evidence that same rate of legal aliens at their same edu- 6. As is the case with most problems in a these workers are in direct competition with cational levels. democracy, pressures will eventually compel Mexican immigrants — i.e. these are jobs 4. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the gov- American politicians to limit the flow of illegal that Americans will do or are doing already,” ernment has expanded the Border Patrol, aliens. Such may not be the case. In their according to immigration expert Mark which has captured more people trying to sneak quest for political clout as the nation’s Krikorian. The National Academy of Sci- across the U.S.-Mexican frontier. This is true; largest minority, many Hispanic-American ences reached the same conclusion; namely, however, efforts to stop illegal entries at the leaders welcome the influx of Spanish- that unskilled Americans and immigrants frontier must be twinned with workplace speaking people. As seen in the 2004 presi- tend to compete with one another for the enforcement of the law against hiring dential contest, the Electoral College magni-

CE same jobs. unlawful workers. When immigration fies the influence of ethnic groups viewed as 2. Illegal aliens are younger than the U.S. authorities attempted a crackdown on onion power brokers in pivotal states like Califor- ALLA population as a whole and are, therefore, an growers in Vidalia, Ga., the affluent farm nia, Texas, Illinois, Florida and New York. . W economic asset. While there is an element of owners pressured Georgia’s congressional Postponing action on unlawful immigration

OHN T truth to this proposition, it overlooks the delegation to stop the field raids. When the will strengthen those forces opposed to competition that immigrants pose to Immigration and Naturalization Service sound border management.

PHOTO: J younger workers in the U.S., notably African- launched “Operation Vanguard” to enforce (Continued on page 112)

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two M.S. degrees were awarded. dents and interns in field tech- (Viewpoint, continued from page 19) Janet Nestlerode M.A. ’96, Ph.D. niques used in the NERR water ’04 and Chris Hager M.S. ’02, quality monitoring. 7. Diversity has enriched the United States, which — as a “nation of Ph.D. ’04 finished doctorates. Jim Lanier M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’81 Janet is working as a hazard miti- retired from his position as direc- immigrants”— has a moral obligation to extend a helping hand to the less gation planner with the Middle tor of the North Carolina Aquari- fortunate of other lands. Times have changed. Exploding populations Peninsula Planning District Com- um at Fort Fisher, outside of Wilm- in poor countries and advances in transportation and communication mission. She is developing an all ington, N.C. have made America a promised land for millions upon millions of hazard mitigation plan for a six Dave Niebuhr ’82, M.A. ’93, county, three town area. Ph.D. ’99 has taken a position as have-nots. The U.S. has responded with the world’s most liberal Elizabeth Amy Lewis M.S. ’04 vice president of the education immigration policies. Still, limited natural resources, over-crowded and Andrew Walker M.S. ’04 division at Mote Marine Lab and schools and health care facilities, and uncomfortably high domestic received M.S. degrees. Elizabeth is Aquarium in Sarasota, Fla. working as a biological science Another VIMS grad, Aaron unemployment mean only a small fraction of those clamoring for technician with the Smithsonian Adams M.A. ’93, is on the staff at admission can be accommodated without greatly sacrificing the qual- Institute’s Environmental Research the Mote Laboratory. Aaron ity of life for Americans, especially the poor. Center in Edgewater, Md. received a doctorate in environ- 8. The bracero or guest worker plan that operated between 1942 and Linda Schaffner M.A. ’81, mental biology from the University Ph.D. ’87 testified this summer of Massachusetts-Boston in 2001, 1964 — along with the 1986 amnesty — proved successful in reducing ille- before the House Committee on the same year he joined the Mote gal immigration and fostering bilateral cooperation. In fact, a robust Government Reform of the U.S. Lab. He is now the program man- stream of unlawful immigration paralleled the legal guest worker Congress. The committee held ager for Mote’s Fisheries Habitat program. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act granted field hearings at Fort Monroe, Va., Ecology program. Aaron had a on apparent inconsistencies book published earlier this year, amnesty to millions of these illegal workers. Rather than end unlaw- between model projections and Fisherman’s Coast: An Angler’s ful entries as promised, the 1986 legislation was followed by a snow- monitoring data about progress in Guide to Marine Warm-Water balling of the number of illegal newcomers, who believed the first the Chesapeake Bay program. In Gamefish and their Habitats amnesty would beget a second amnesty and so forth. her testimony Linda pointed out (Stackpole Press). The book is that modeling versus monitoring getting some attention, the Balti- Continuing a porous border will (1.) diminish the pressure on Mexi- CE is not an either-or question, and more Sun gave it a good write-up, co’s leaders to make reforms to improve the quality of life for their 103 that both are needed to under- and three Amazon.com customers million citizens; (2.) see the current flood of illegals become a tidal stand what is happening in a sys- gave it five stars. wave; and (3.) possibly spark an anti-foreign backlash in view of the tem as complex as the Bay. She Another grad, John D.Boon also got in a good pitch for M.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’73, has a book two-thirds of Americans who oppose amnesty. After all, the Statue of increased funding of estuarine coming out in 2004. The title is Liberty may hold the torch of freedom in one hand, but she has a systems. In addition to her teach- Secrets of the Tide: Tide and Tidal book of laws in the other. ing and research duties at VIMS, Current Analysis and Predictions, Linda is also serving as president Storm Surges and Sea Level of the Estuarine Research Foun- Trends (Horwood Publishing, George W. Grayson J.D. ’76, who has written 20 books and monographs on dation. Donald F. Boesch Ph.D. Chichester). Latin American politics, is the Class of 1938 Professor of Government. He is ’71, president of the Center for After coming across two books

MARINE SCIEN also a board member of the Center for Immigration Studies. E-mail him at Environmental Science at the Uni- by VIMS grads, I started wonder- versity of Maryland, also testified ing how many books our alums [email protected]. at the hearings. have written. I think I’ll suggest Judy Haner M.A. ’93 has left that the library start a collection of Editor’s Note: Viewpoint does not necessarily represent the opinions of the the Rookery Bay National Estuar- alumni publications. (Any interest College, the William and Mary Alumni Association or the editorial staff. ine Research Reserve (NERR) in in making a few donations to Naples, Fla., where she has been accomplish this?) I think that the stewardship coordinator would be a good addition to the responsible for major mangrove VIMS library. It already has most restoration projects to become of the stuff we produced as stu- Voluntary the manager of the Kachemak dents and as faculty and staff for Bay NERR, Homer, Alaska. Noth- the many of us that stayed on at Subscriptions ing like going from one end of the VIMS for various lengths of time. country to another to work. Judy How about letting me know of any A William and Mary Alumni joins two other VIMS grads, Mike books written by you or any other Magazine voluntary subscrip- DeLuca M.A. ’86 and Willy Reay VIMS alums. I’ll try to list as many tion helps us produce the M.A. ’90, as NERR system man- titles as I can in this column. insightful, informative maga- agers. That’s not a bad record for zine you’ve come to expect. one graduate program consider- Suggested voluntary subscrip- ing that there are only 26 NERRs What’s the perfect way to tion levels: $25, $50, $100, in the system. remember a loved one $1,000. Checks payable to the Eric Wooden M.S. ’99 is leaving or a special day? William and Mary Alumni the stewardship coordinator posi- Order a personally inscribed Association can be sent to tion at Chesapeake Bay NERR in brick to be placed in the Alumni Communications, P.O. Virginia to take a position at his T.C. ’22 and Elizabeth J. Clarke Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA undergraduate alma mater, Plaza at the Alumni Center. See page 59 for an order form. 23187-2100. Hampton University. A major part See page 59 for details. of Eric’s job will be training stu-

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A Mogul’s Mogul Hudson “Tucker” Holland III ’89 ~ MELISSA V. PINARD hen there’s a snowstorm in Vir- ing wife Michelle, the more snow, the better L.L.Bean. Trak Sports also builds snow- ginia, the state usually shuts the business. boards for a very well-known company that W down for a few days. But when it That’s because their revenue depends on cannot be named here. Big companies are snows in Vermont there are a lot of happy winter sports. Trak Sports has several divi- not their only clients, the British Royal business owners who trudge through the sions within the snowboard, ski and winter Marines have focused in on the innovative dense white mass in their four-wheel drives sports industry. In fact one ski division, “Sweepers” from Karhu, which are a hybrid to get to work. For Tucker Holland ’89 and Karhu, supplies the number one seller of ski/snowshoe.

his co-workers at Trak Sports USA, includ- cross country skis in North America — Trak Sports is not your typical business LEVINTHAL PHOTO: MATT

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either. No one is wearing a suit and tie in the described, straight converted old chocolate factory that now skis won’t be the serves as Trak Sports United States head- only thing occupy- quarters in Burlington, Vt. ing landfills.’” Holland met the owner and president of He says the com- Trak Sports, Doug Barbor, in 1997, when pany hopes to Barbor was looking for a younger business greatly reduce the partner. Holland realized he could combine occurrence of ACL his passion for the outdoors with his career. knee injuries with “I have been a life-long outdoor enthusiast this binding be- and love wintertime,” he says. cause of its propri- Holland, who received a bachelor’s in phi- etary dual pivot losophy from the College and a master’s of technology (Pivo- business administration from the University gy™), which offers of Michigan (U-M), is executive vice presi- an additional mode dent and treasurer and focuses on strategic of release over tra- planning for Trak Sports. Michelle, an engi- ditional bindings neering graduate of U-M who spent seven depending where years at Toyota, is now Trak Sport’s direc- the force is hitting tor of research and development. Holland the ski. This fea- notes, “We’ve enjoyed the opportunity to ture will be very attractive to people of all work together a great deal — even though it ages concerned with protecting their knees. really was our president’s idea!” Another feature — the Quickmount™ sys- “A lot of people think, ‘You own a ski com- tem — lets skiers easily switch the binding pany — how awesome!’ It certainly is great to a different pair of skis, so customers can when it snows. But there are many chal- buy multiple skis for various conditions, but lenges,” says Holland. “One of the things I they only need one pair of bindings. like in a small company is that you can make Holland, a native of Grosse Pointe Farms, decisions quickly and take action. We are Mich., a town made famous (or perhaps infa- much less bureaucratic than a large compa- mous) by the movie Grosse Pointe Blank, ny. But, you also don’t have all of the same came to William and Mary in 1984. Family resources available at a large company. You friends and William and Mary alumni, the Top: Tucker Holland ’89 and wife Michelle. Above: The new Reactor binding from need to wear many hats and do more with Ottaways and the Dows, raved about the Trak Sports. less most days.” College all during his years growing up. Hol- This year at Trak Sports, the snow is land’s family eventually moved to Nantucket, by reading his Vermont license plate — even more highly anticipated because of the Mass. It just so happened that a dormmate FLYFYSH. new ski binding which Line, another ski divi- at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts had “My brother and I have fly-fished all over a William and Mary application on his desk the world — Argentina, New Zealand, the “A lot of people think, ‘You that he wasn’t going to use so Holland asked West, the Caribbean,” he says. “In 2001, my if he could have it. After he was accepted brother organized a trip to float the Canning own a ski company – how Holland visited the school, loved it and knew River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge awesome!’ It certainly is it was the place for him. in Alaska for my bachelor party. Fellow great when it snows. But Of relationships he had while at the Col- W&M alumnus Lee Weber ’87 joined us for lege, Holland says, “Friends made at William that trip, as well as our recent excursion to there are many challenges.” and Mary have been among my very closest Mongolia in 2003 to fly-fish for taimen [the throughout my life. Jim Franklin ’88, M.B.A. largest fish in the salmon family].” sion of the company, launched this year. Line ’92, Bruce Carton ’88 and Bob Weintraub ’88 At Trak Sports, Holland feels like he is in produced 5,000 of the new Reactor bindings and I, while having scattered to locations as a good position to market skis because he ; BOTTOM PHOTO: JEFF CLARKE and they are waiting to see the results on far from Williamsburg as Seattle, Wash., enjoys skiing, but it’s not his passion, which TON Y the slopes this winter. So far the media has Boulder, Colo., and Burlington, Vt., have helps him remain objective when evaluating given them a lot of attention. remained in good touch .” business opportunities. “All in all, it’s hard “There have been a number of good Although he grew up skiing in Michigan not to love being in this business.” quotes put forward by the industry’s maga- and even made trips to Snowshoe in West To learn more about Trak Sports visit the zines,” says Holland. “My favorite goes Virginia while at William and Mary, Hol- following Web sites: www.karhu.com and

TOP PHOTO: TIM CLA something like ‘if this binding performs as land has another interest, which is evident www.lineskis.com.

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Working in mediums of digital photography, enjoy taking close-ups of beautiful elements Bonelli admits he earns most of his painting and printmaking, Monica Drew I find in nature — sometimes to the point of income working in the field of developmen- Kauppi ’95 uses art to create a record of abstraction — and like to stress the simplic- tal disabilities, but he continues to make and what strikes her as beautiful and curious in ity of line in my compositions,” she says. exhibit his art frequently. His artwork has her daily life. Since 1998, her work has been Drawings from early in her career are of been featured in more than 100 shows and is featured and sold in a number of restau- gestures and dancers — solitary figures rep- also displayed in a number of public and pri- rants, coffee shops and events in the Boston, resented by very few lines. “They convey vate collections, including the President’s Mass., area. movement in a minimalist style,” Kauppi Kauppi says she is a primarily self- explains. “The smooth blue and black lines taught artist, but has supplemented her on an equally smooth surface were intended skills by taking courses in printmaking, to bring out the feeling of fluidity and grace clay sculpture and oil painting at the Cam- in the figures. I often took inspiration from bridge Center for Adult Education. She has modern and international dance, yoga and taken particular interest in printmaking striking poses through which the human from that coursework. “While I don’t body conveyed passion or tranquility.” always have access to a printing press, I Although she does sell her artwork, Kaup- regularly use a heavy marble rolling pin to pi keeps a day job; she’s currently a Germanic transfer image to paper,” she explains. cataloger at the Harvard University College With the purchase of a new digital cam- Library. To view images of Kauppi’s work or era in 2001, Kauppi began to explore new to find out where you can see her art dis- avenues for her creative expression. “I played, visit www.monicakauppi.com.

After graduating from William and Mary, Paul Bonelli ’89 continued his education, earning a master of arts from New Jersey’s Montclair State University and a master of fine arts in printmaking from Southern Illi- nois University-Carbondale. When he fin- ished, he decided it was time to establish Collection at William and Mary, the Fogg himself as an artist. Art Museum at Harvard University and the For more than 14 years, Bonelli has been New York Public Library. UL BONELLI ’89 A creating woodcut prints. “I work in the Currently an adjunct professor of art at medium of woodcut because I enjoy the Kean University in Union, N.J., Bonelli has process,” says Bonelli. “And because some of also demonstrated his art and techniques at its inherent qualities, such as simplicity of several other colleges, including William UPPI ’95 AND P UPPI ’95 message and availability to the masses, well and Mary. To view more of his work or to suit my approach to art.” find out where you can see his woodcut Most of Bonelli’s woodcuts are done in prints in person, visit www.paulbonelli.com. black-and-white — although some are col- ored in by hand — and are largely inspired Are you a creative genius? The Alumni Magazine by comic books, mid-20th century anima- is seeking painters, sculptors, musicians, jewelers tion and the German Expressionists. “If and the like for possible review in the Arts and there is a common aspect to all my work, it’s Humanities section. To be considered, please send URTESY OF MONICA DREW KA OF MONICA URTESY O that it is all about stuff that interests me — information about yourself to Sylvia Corneliussen, everything from biology to history, religion assistant editor, at [email protected] or

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CHILDREN’S FICTION project, and Internet addresses directing ily. He realizes the Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Factory the reader where to find out more, Leeper behavior is driven by (Littleton, Colo.: Snowbound Press, 2003), explores the holiday’s origins as well as early fear and knows he an award-winning picture book written and and current ways of celebration. An educa- must summon all his illustrated by Ravay Snow-Renner ’86, tional consultant and author of children’s strength to stand up speaks to both children and adults alike books, Leeper lives in Wake Forest, N.C. to his father and pro- with its tale of individuality, courage and tect his siblings and creativity. Complemented by lush watercol- Solomon. Erskine or images, the book tells the story of Hilde- COLLECTOR’S GUIDEBOOK grew up living around garde, an ewe working in a factory where she James R. Melchor ’65 joined forces with fel- the world, including is required to low furniture scholar Thomas R.J. New- South Africa, and draws on those childhood sew one green bern to write Classical Norfolk Furniture: experiences in her writing. She currently shirt after anoth- 1810-1840 (Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing resides in Charlottesville, Va. er — each one Company, 2004), the culmination of 20 made to look years of research by both authors. The In The Irish Connection (Bloomington, Ind.: exactly like the book features more than 420 full-color Authorhouse, 2004), George Feild ’59 relays last. Hildegarde photographs and offers a groundbreaking, a chilling tale of terrorism. Through mes- doesn’t enjoy in-depth study of this major group of sages imbedded in radio communications making the same Southern furniture. Except where noted, all out of Ireland, a plot to assassinate the thing over and photographs included in the publication Queen of England is detected. When the over again; she were taken by Melchor and Newbern. In British prime minister asks for help from wants things to conducting their research, the authors the U.S. State Department, a meeting be unique, and she thinks the other sheep examined hundreds of pieces of furni- between England’s Sir Timothy Sutherland would like it, too. But her boss disagrees — ture and gathered and American Mason Novak is scheduled. “You’re just a ewe,” he says. Not letting him information from But when the meeting’s secret location discourage her, Hildegarde comes up with a across the coun- becomes compromised, ex-CIA agent Alec solution, delighting readers along the way. try. Most of the Caldwell is brought in to provide security to Snow-Renner, who lives in Littleton, Colo., is pieces featured both men. As the novel progresses, ques- also the co-founder of Snowbound Press. are part of pri- tions are raised as to whether or not the vate collections. Queen is the real tar- Melchor lives in get or if the threats CHILDREN’S NONFICTION Norfolk, Va. are merely a ruse to Angela Leeper ’93 has written Juneteenth: A pull the British Securi- Day to Celebrate Freedom From Slavery ty Services off balance. (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, FICTION The plot takes the Inc., 2004) as a part of the publisher’s Find- Kathryn D. Erskine ’80, known to readers as reader from the moun- ing Out About Holidays series. The book D.K. Erskine, recently published her first tains of Montana, explains that, on June 19, 1865, slaves in novel, Ibhubesi: The Lion (Baltimore, Md.: Pub- through South African Texas were formally notified that they had lish America, 2004). Set in the spring of 1968, deserts, to the Euro- been emancipated. The day became known a time of turmoil in the United States and the pean continent and, ultimately, to Scotland. as “Juneteenth” and is celebrated annually world, the book tells of John Pedersen, the Feild is retired from the banking and trans- with food, fire- son of a tyrannical American diplomat, stuck portation industries and resides with his works, and com- in apartheid South Africa. John secretly wife in New Castle, Va. munity and family defies apartheid, as well as the orders of his parties commemo- father, and becomes friends with the family’s rating the end of black servant, Solomon, who teaches John MYSTERY slavery in the Unit- the language and plight of the Zulu people. Killer Heels (New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s ed States. Packed Through Solomon, John comes to under- Minotaur, 2004), the debut novel by Sheryl with full-color pho- stand how apartheid destroys a society and J. Anderson ’80, is a wickedly funny and tographs, a craft how his own father’s racism destroys his fam- suspenseful novel about a young woman

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tackling a killer in Manhattan, N.Y. The POETRY staff, including Ben novel’s heroine, Molly Forrester, is a In his fifth collection of poetry, Middle Earth Karlin and Dave sex/relationship columnist for Zeitgeist mag- (New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Javerbaum, both for- azine (which is “wedged on the newsstand 2003), Henri Cole ’78 has written in an open merly of The Onion; somewhere between Marie Claire and style described as both erotic and visionary. as well as the show’s Cosmo”). She longs for a big story to launch The winner of the 2004 well-known corre- her career into more serious journalism, but Kingsley Tufts Poetry spondents. Con- she certainly didn’t expect her big opportu- Award and a finalist for structed like a text- nity to come while tripping over the bloody the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, book you might body of a co-worker, especially not in her the collection of poetry have seen in high school, America enlightens brand new pair of falls most formally into and instructs readers with such articles as Jimmy Choo shoes! the aura of the sonnet. “Meet Your Lobbyists” and “How to Fili- Enlisting the help of her Cole, who was born in buster.” Its crowning achievement, however, girlfriends, Molly sets Japan, draws on the is the “Shadow Government” pullout that out to solve the murder images from the art and landscape of that neatly diagrams the relationships between mystery and write a country in his writing. He currently lives in our three branches of government and career-making story. Boston, Mass. everyone from Halliburton to the Olsen She even gains some twins. Also, if you turn the pull-out over, it insight from the homi- offers a surprise boxing match themed cam- cide detective with those gorgeous blue RELIGION/SELF-HELP paign poster. With their usual wit and can- eyes, but worries he may just be paying In a lifetime the average American will dor, Stewart and the Daily Show writers pro- attention to her because he thinks she is the spend more than 88,000 hours working for vide an analysis of our present government killer. Anderson, a television writer/produc- a living. Considering that, Work with Mean- and media state that is surprisingly in depth er whose credits include Parker Lewis Can’t ing, Work with Joy: Bring- and disturbingly accurate. Stewart resides in Lose and Charmed, lives in Los Angeles, ing Your Spirit to Any Job New York City with his wife and son. Calif., with her husband and two children. (Lanham, Md.: Sheed & Ward, 2003), published by Pat McHenry Sullivan YOUNG ADULT FICTION PARENTING/PSYCHOLOGY ’64, may provide the William and Mary doctoral student Suzanna A drug and alcohol counselor, recovering answer for finding E. Henshon’s first book, Mildew on the Wall alcoholic and concerned parent, Frank greater fulfillment from (Unionville, N.Y.: Royal Fireworks Press, Simonelli Jr. ’78 has written Drugproof Kids: that time. Respecting 2004), tells the tale of Millie, an 11-year-old The Ultimate Prevention Handbook for Parents and drawing from many different religious with a very messy bed- to Protect Children from Addictions (Los traditions, this book guides readers to find room. Despite her moth- Angeles, Calif.: Tre Publishing, 2004). their true vocation, bringing faith and er’s wishes that she clean Emphasizing that parents are the single integrity into the workplace. Insights pro- her room, Millie thought most important influence on a child’s deci- vided within the book are relevant to her identity was defined sion to smoke, drink or use drugs, the book employees at all levels — from top-level by her mess. Before long, provides 77 principles to help maximize that executives to those in entry-level positions. the world seems to agree influence. The easy-to-use handbook fea- Sullivan is president of Visionary Resources with her and she becomes tures quick and practical parenting tips that in Oakland, Calif. famous for the mess! Her combine many different prevention and newfound fame, however, is not without its recovery programs, specifically relating problems — particularly because she is defy- them to parenting and child development. SATIRE ing her mother’s wishes. Henshon, who is Prevention psychology, self-esteem, emotion- As host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, currently pursuing her doctorate in educa- al management, role Jon Stewart ’84, D.A. ’04 delivers biting tion at the College, is from Wilbraham, Mass. modeling, family sys- nightly satire on the news of the day and the tems, peer pressure, media’s interpretation. His latest comedic The William and Mary Alumni Magazine regu- special situations, and effort, America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to larly reviews books by alumni and faculty. Books the development of a Democracy Inaction (New York, N.Y.: Warner to be considered for review can be sent with any positive spirit all are Books, 2004), marks his second foray into publicity materials to: Sylvia Corneliussen, Assis- addressed in this book the publishing world, and this time, he comes tant Editor, William and Mary Alumni Maga- of valuable guidance. with friends. America, which was named zine, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA 23187. Due Simonelli lives in Los 2004 Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, to limited space, it may be several issues before Angeles, Calif. features the talents of the Daily Show writing your review is published.

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PHOTO: RANDY SEARLE W TRIBE SPORTS & Head Games and Marylo team. Iliked how they pla w burg Soccer League. r through former Tribemen’s coach AlAlbert’69, M.Ed.’71andcur- introduced totheWilliam andMarysoccer program indirectly c father alsogave himthenickname“Z,” which iswhat mostofhissoc- W one Old DominionUniversity (ODU). “Idon’t thinkanything could have months aftersur cal ability.” “but Iw cer practice. “Iwas notparticipating in my active skills,” hesays, w period toonlylastfive tosixmonths.” years afterwards,” hesays. “ButIwas determinedfor my recovery for himtoreturn tosoccer. “All ofthetimescaleswere ayear totwo research ontheInternet totryandfigure outhow longitwould take and Marycommunity asawhole.” wishing meluck,” Zsays. “Iguessthat’s atestamenttotheWilliam from former William andMarysoccer players I’d never even heard of remove thebenignobstruction. was quicklydiagnosed asabrain tumorandZunderwent surgery to seizure duringa summerleague game inRaleigh, N.C. Theproblem on campus. ar ~ Stronger Ever Than “Z”Brannon Thomas’04Returns ent coach ChrisNorris ’95, who were bothinvolved intheWilliams- er buddiesknow himas.Growing upinVirginia Beach, Va., Zwas as chompingat thebittoget back tosoccer.” as v ound,” says Norris. Hefitright inbothwiththesoccer program and S “I’d actually beentraining withAlAlbertandknew ofhimsince I playing started Thomas soccer at age 5. Around thistime, his True tohisword, Zmade afullreturn totheteamaboutsix Z returned toschoolonschedulethat fall andeven attended soc- “In hismind,hewas finealongtimebefore that,” says Norris. “He With thisoverwhelming support,Zandhisfriendsbegan doing “When Ihad my seizure andsurgery Igot upwards of100letters But e M . “ o thedecisionfor Ztoenr ONT WALLACE JOHN T. ery young Z isoneofthemosteasyg v as outthere around soccer. Ididn’t losetoomuch intechni- ery player Brannon Thomas’04. for ittotake onthesamemeaningitnow doesfor Tribe hoever saidsoccer isahead game probably didn’t intend thing changed inthesummerof2003when hesuffered a , ” Zexplains. “Ialsoknew nearly e ved what Isaw.” gery duringaNovember 2003 game against No. 6 y ed andIendeduptakingatour AL oll a UMNI MA oing andfriendlypeopleI'v t W illiam andMarywas aneasy G ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE v ery player onthe t William e been 27

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dampened my mood,” Z says about the “The game itself wasn’t remarkable, but game, adding that he played on “complete the finish of the game will be one of my fond- adrenaline.” est memories,” says Z. “He was definitely ready,” adds Norris. “That win will be something we’ll cherish “Literally his first play was a header against for a long time,” adds Norris. ODU he almost scored on.” Z graduated in December, but another While Z didn’t score during that game, he memory is that of his teammates. “The was William and Mary’s leading scorer dur- closeness and almost family like atmosphere ing the 2004 season. And in one game in of the team” are what he enjoyed the most particular, his performance made history for at the College. Z’s immediate plans for the the Tribe. future include training with a soccer com- That moment came while competing bine program in Florida. against No. 1 ranked University of Maryland But his long-term goals are something on Sept. 22. The score was tied at zero in else. “I plan to go to medical school,” he says. double overtime and then the unbelievable While his initial goal was to specialize in happened. Brannon Thomas, the soccer sports medicine and orthopedic surgery, Z player who had brain surgery a little over a says that since his seizure he has become year ago, headed in the game-winning goal more interested in neurology. to clinch William and Mary’s first victory His injury may have influenced his career against a No. 1 ranked men’s soccer team. path, but it didn’t change his game. Brannon Thomas ’04 [2005SPORTSCAMPS]

PEAK PERFORMANCE AND Web site for more information on our pro- For more information or to register, call DEVELOPMENTAL TENNIS CAMP gram and summer camps. 757.221.3492 or check out the Web site: Junior resident tennis camp www.tribeathletics.com. for boys and girls (ages 9-18) 12TH ANNUAL COLONIAL ALL-PRO FOOTBALL CAMP Session I: June 19-23 JOHN DALYWOMEN'S SOCCER CAMP Session II: July 5-9 Specialized instruction from the W&M For more information or to register, coaching staff and four NFL superstars. Session I: June 26-30 please check out our Web site: (ages 8 through rising seniors) Session II: July 17-21 www.ppanddtenniscamp.com/ June 26-29 Session III: July 24-28 registration.asp. To register or for more information contact For more information or to register Contact: Coach Marcos Asse at Coach Bob Solderitch at W&M Football, e-mail: [email protected] or 757.221.7375 or e-mail [email protected] P.O. Box 399, Williamsburg, VA 23187 or check out the Web site: 757.221.3337. WILLIAMSBURG/COLLEGE OF www.johndalysoccercamp.com W&M GOLF CAMP SPORTS MEDICINE CAMP Junior resident camps Designed for high school students interested 31ST ANNUAL BOYS’ TIDEWATER for boys and girls (ages 10-18) in sports medicine and athletic training. SOCCER CAMP Session I: July 11-15 July 9-12 July 10-14 Session II: July 18-22 For more information and an application, go Contact: Tidewater Soccer Camp, Resident camp fee: $965 to www.wm.edu/sportsmedicine/ Extended day (9 a.m-9 p.m.): $865 sportsmedcamp.htm. P.O. Box 399, Williamsburg, VA 23187; Contact: Coach Jay Albaugh at 757.221.3385 or e-mail [email protected] William & Mary Golf, P.O. Box 399, JIM FARR'S SUMMER SHOWCASE Williamsburg, VA 23187 or 757.221.3046 BASEBALL CAMP GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP or e-mail [email protected] Session I: June 19-23 For session dates contact Coach Youth day camp, all positions (ages 7-13) Waynetta Veney at 757.221.1595, e-mail: COLONIAL FIELD HOCKEY CAMP 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day [email protected], or check out our Web Beginner/Intermediate/Elite + Session II: June 24-25 Specialized Goalkeeping Youth specialty, pitchers and catchers site: www.tribeathletics.com. Overnight camp, commuters welcomed (ages 7-13) 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day

(ages 12-18) Session III: June 26-30 COLONIAL VOLLEYBALL CAMP SON Session I: June 18-21 High school specialty showcase camp, W For session dates contact Coach Session II: June 22-25 all positions (ages 14-18) Applications for downloading and links Session IV: June 30-July 2 Debbie Hill at 757.221.3395, e-mail: for online registration are available at High school showcase, pitchers and [email protected], or check out our Web www.tribeathletics.com. Please visit our catchers (ages 14-18) site: www.tribeathletics.com. PHOTO: PETE CLA

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PHOTO: SPORTS INFORMATION a fir U intense inthequarterfinalg the Tribeansw the NCAA semifinals. winning seasonandthefirst appearance in school history pair offirst-ever seasonaccomplishments in 25th seasonat the helmoftheTribewitha Coa that reached anall-timehigh. ous teamachievements andfan support 2004 football seasonwas definedby numer- mately fell shorttotheJMUDukes, the cally for thegame. Although theTribeulti- under lights, which were brought inspecifi- 69-year historythat football was played game was thefirst timeinZableStadium’s burg. Televised by ESPN-2,theFriday night onship semifinalsonDec (JMU) intheNCAA I-AA Football Champi- time winagainst Delaware. cheer um w b A Tribe Football Advances toSemifinals A Season ofFirstsA Season y early inthefourth quarter. ZableStadi- niversity ofDelaware onDec. 4.Following The football a This fall was alsoamilestonefor Head The Delaware game was atestamentto men's b former head coach of Bruce Parkhill, director of fieldhockey andlacrosse; and b football; will each behonored duringthe football;M.P.P. and Tom '95, Walters '94, P lacrosse andfield hockey; Jane Fanestil women's swimming; Karin Brower '92, Williamsburg Hospitality House. and MaryHallof Fame on April 9atthe coaches willbeinducted into the William Five former student-athletes andtwo W&M HallofF ch Jimmye Laycock ’70, who marked his st halfthat Dela nut swl efeBrhl,former aswillFeffie Barnhill, anquet, tro 8,volleyball; Craig Staub'93,eterson '86, as pa ed theTribeontoa44-38doubleo Athletes Kathe Kelley Briggs '79, on James Madison University W cross thecountry, eyes were on illiam andMaryastheTribetook cked toits12,300 capa asketball. , achieving thefirst 11-game er ed back, erasing the deficit ction w w ar e dominated 31- as arguably most . 10inWilliams- ame a ame Honors Athletes andCoaches cit g ainst the y asfans v er- 10 , teams following theseason.Joining Camp- Associated Press (AP)I-AA All-America Mary football pla er tor He isthefirst Tribepla standing offensive pla annually tothemostout Pay pliment intheform ofthe mate DivisionI-AA com- the Year, earnedtheulti- 2004 Off named theAtlantic 10 2004. Campbell, who was total off total passingand4,305 touchdown passes, 3,988 season records with30 bell ’04,who set single- quarterback LangCamp- fearless offense was situation.” for notgivingupinthat a whole bunchofcredit I thinkourguysdeserv the way we cameback. … said, “I’m very proud of giv team that would never pmcla Director Pete Clawson eitherby e-mailat the C es must have endedtheirassociation with while coach- 10 years prior to nomination, mus Athletesletes and coaches are eligible. Allformer ath- 2005. 1, nominees is Aug. mail [email protected]. at757.221.1599special events, orby e- athletics directorcontact of Alycia Libby, C Leading theTribe’s Contact Tribe Sports Information The deadline for 2006 Hallof Fame For more information abouttheevent, e up. Coach Laycock ton A ampbell andthree otherWilliam and t have completed theircareers atleast ollege atleast five years ago. [email protected] orby fax at757.221.3412. eceive thisprestigious distinction. ensive Player of w ense yards in ar d, presented y ers were selectedfor the y er y- e - . Spider The T ribe r s. When the etained theI-64 s e two riv on totribea on Campbell toseewhere hegoes next. Log Laycock assemblesnext year, keep aneye letes receiving aidgraduate. sion I-AA, only54percent offootball ath- of gr players who receive athletic aidintheform 100 percent graduation rate amongfootball grams inDivisionIandI-AA witha with Duke University, are theonlytwo pro- ed thisseasonthat William andMary, along Association announced inareport complet- classroom. TheNational Collegiate Athletic were alsorecognized for distinctioninthe was definedby stellarperformance, they '06, alsoselectedfor thethird team. honoree; anddefensive endAdam O'Connor place kicker Greg Keuhn '06, athird team Thompson ' team, w bell, w I While thefootball squad’s play onthefield n addition towatching theteamCoach Tr als meet ALUMNI MA ants andscholarships. OfteamsinDivi- oph ho was selected by theAPfor thefirst y f er ollo thletics.com for thelatest news. , e widerec the trophy goes tothewinner. 05 wing a victory overwing avictory theRichmond G , asec ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE ond teamselection; TRIBE SPORTS eiv — John T. Wallace er Dominique 29

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the classroom and in scholarship. For the Investing in World-Class Faculty 2004–2005 academic year, 71 William and Mary professors hold endowed chairs and 12 Private Support Helps Keep College Competitive hold mid-career term professorships (see “A Vote of Confidence,” page 31). Through the efore she graduates in May, Krystal competitive academic marketplace, the Col- Campaign for William and Mary, the College Clark ’05 will finish a sociology cap- lege must work harder than ever to attract intends to raise more than $52 million to Bstone project on African-Americans, and keep its world-class faculty. increase the total number of professorships retirement and Social Security. She says it Indeed, William and Mary competes for by at least 53. has been hard work, but credits her advisers, professors with the best colleges and uni- Professorships allow students to work sociology professors Deirdre Royster and versities in the United States. “When we with some of the world’s leading scholars, Kathleen Slevin, with making the project offer a talented and promising candidate a from Tamara Sonn, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Humanities, whose expertise in Islamic studies has been in great demand in recent years; to Joyce VanTassel-Baska, the Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Education, who has built the College’s Center for Gifted Education into one of the best in the country; to William Starnes, the Floyd Dewey Gottwald Sr. Pro- fessor of Chemistry, whose recently patent- ed organic stabilizers for PVC could help save lives. In addition to establishing professor- ships, the College must support faculty with everything from research leaves to teach- ing awards. “Research support is essential,” says Feiss. “In order for a faculty member to be an outstanding teacher, he or she must remain at the top of his or her field of study. When professors go on leave to write a new book, they often return with ideas for new classes to teach — and new energy with which to teach them.” William and Mary has therefore dedicated $30 million of its Campaign goal to support faculty teaching, research and professional development. Annual gifts to the Fund for Associate Professor of Physics Shiwei Zhang tenure-track position, he or she is almost William and Mary and the College’s graduate has held the Sally Gertrude Smoot Spears Term always weighing William and Mary’s offer and professional schools also help meet the Professorship since 2002. against those of three or four other leading College’s most pressing needs in these areas, exciting and pleasurable, as well. “The fac- institutions,” says Provost Geoffrey Feiss. including providing funds for faculty salaries ulty here do such interesting research “To be competitive, we must not only offer and equipment purchases. themselves,” Clark says. “Hearing them a good salary and the promise of research Over the long term, private funding will discuss their research sparks students’ support, we must convince a candidate be critical in maintaining William and own ideas — they treat us like fellow that the College will invest in him or her for Mary’s exceptional faculty. “We expect the researchers, and always have time to dis- the long term.” members of our faculty to be first-class cuss topics and arguments with us.” One key indicator of long-term invest- scholars,” Feiss says. “But our College also William and Mary professors are true ment is the number of professorships the values quality teaching — demands it — teacher-scholars, inspiring students in the College supports. These endowed, named and rewards it. There’s no harder place to classroom and leading their respective positions are among the highest awards a be a faculty member — and there’s no better fields in advanced — and often ground- university can bestow upon its faculty mem- place to be a faculty member.”

breaking — research. But in the increasingly bers, recognizing superior achievement in — Jennifer Blanchard PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL

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Students Rally for Faculty Honoring the Sullivans n the autumn of 2003, students around the country organized to loudly protest fee increases at their colleges and universities. At William and Mary, students were organiz- In an unprecedented joint endeavor, Iing, too — but instead of protesting a fee increase, they were trying to initiate one. Their the College’s Board of Visitors, Endow- aim? To support their faculty. ment Association and Campaign for With the College facing state budget cuts that would severely curtail faculty salaries, William and Mary Steering Committee William and Mary students voted — by an overwhelming margin — to increase student fees by have united in an effort to reach $5, with the additional funds going $400 million of the Campaign for toward faculty support. Proceeds William and Mary’s $500 million goal from the student fee increase have by June 2005 in honor of Anne Sulli- created three new term professor- van ’66 and President Timothy J. ships. A 10-person student and fac- Sullivan ’66. In a letter to members of ulty committee recently selected the William and Mary family, Rector the first three recipients: Margaret Susan Aheron Magill ’72, Endowment Saha, the Class of 2005 Professor Association President Thomas P. of Biology; LuAnn Homza, the Hollowell ’65, J.D. ’68, M.L.T.’69 and Class of 2006 Professor of History; Campaign Chair James B. Murray Jr. and Barbara King, the Class of J.D. ’74, LL.D. ’00 noted,“Anne and 2007 Professor of Anthropology. In Tim have together brought a new subsequent years, the award will measure of greatness to our College be given to one faculty member and a new measure of grace to its each year for a non-renewable, campus.”The three alumni leaders three-year term. then invited the William and Mary Associate Professor of Biology Margaret Saha (r), seen Provost Geoff Feiss could hardly community to celebrate the Sullivans’ here with Vijay Dondeti ’04, was recently awarded the believe the initiative and generosity inimitable leadership and passion for Class of 2005 Professorship. of the William and Mary students. the College by dedicating this year of “When the faculty members were asked what the College needs most, they thought first of the the Campaign to them both. If you students. When the students saw the state of funding at the College, they thought first of the would like to join in this effort to honor faculty,” he says. “I often have to pinch myself — William and Mary students are such earnest, the Sullivans in their last year at motivated, good people.” William and Mary, please call — Jennifer Blanchard 757.221.1001.

A Vote of Confidence

Term professorships are awarded to William and Mary’s best mid-career faculty at a time when they are most vulnerable to recruitment by other universities.“Shortly after our faculty mem- bers get tenure, our competitors come calling,”says Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Carl Strikwerda. Term professorships therefore reward faculty who are building respected teaching and scholarly reputations, but who are not yet senior enough to qualify for full professorships. Selected faculty members are given a three-year named appointment accompanied by a salary supplement and research and teaching support. This appointment often serves as a vote of confidence from the College, and positions the recipient for a full professorship following the term award. The term pro- fessorship may then benefit another promising member of the faculty. “Term professorships really speak to our ability to retain faculty,”says Strikwerda.“They help us attract candidates we’d like to hire, and they also help us keep the people we want to keep — they prevent us from becoming a ‘farm’ for other universities that would like to hire our people away.” Associate Professor of Physics Shiwei Zhang, who holds the Sally Gertrude Smoot Spears Term Professorship, finds both practical and symbolic benefits in the appointment.“It’s an honor,”he says.“And the flexibility of the funds is key — the funds from my term professorship allowed my graduate students to attend an international school in our research area that proved highly valu- able to their professional development.”

LEFT PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL; RIGHT STEPHEN SALPUKAS — Jennifer Blanchard

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The Place to Be

Students Study, Socialize in Renovated Swem BY SYLVIA CORNELIUSSEN

hen you think of studying in a college library, you might imagine yourself crammed into a dark corner, seated on a W hard wooden chair, wedged on the top floor of an old build-

ing, buried behind stacks and stacks of dusty books. ~ If that's the 06 case, you're not imagining yourself in William and Mary's newly reno- vated Earl Gregg Swem Library, which was recently dedicated during the College's Charter Day celebration on Feb. 5. PHOTO: DREW WEBB '

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“The new library is really intended to be an open, inviting and col- incorporation of new technology and additional space for print and laborative learning space for students and faculty,” says Connie electronic acquisitions and Special Collections (see sidebar), as well as Kearns McCarthy, the College’s dean of university libraries. "We real- the inclusion of more than twice as much comfortable seating and lots ly tried to carry that out by creating a pleasing, attractive, well-lit of individual and group study space were key elements included in the space where students want to come to study, interact, work on proj- renovation process. ects and even meet socially, and by making it a state of the art, techno- Among the hallmarks of the new library is its Information Commons, logically adept building." which McCarthy calls the “hub” of library activity. Occupying the cen- Open and inviting it is. “The new layout of the library is more con- tral portion of the first floor, the area is home to more than 100 computer ducive to socialization, especially since there are so many people that workstations and a learning center equipped with a networked presen- come to study there,” says College junior Ahsan Iqbal. True to point, tation room and four small seminar rooms. "Nearly every computer ter- statistics from 2004 show that 33,000 more users walked through the minal in the Commons has been in use since the space opened last library doors during the last quarter of the 2003-2004 academic year spring. The Commons has become the place to meet, and you can feel — after the reopening of the first floor — compared to the same time that energy the moment you walk into the building," notes McCarthy. period the year before. The new area also consists of numerous collaborative and independent In his 1992 inaugural address, President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 study areas and the Verizon Reference Center. said he planned to “find the means … somehow, someway … to create a “The Information Commons is not only a place, but a concept in the library worthy of a great university in the technological age.” Shortly new Swem,” says McCarthy. Library patrons can log in to the World thereafter, serious planning for the 100,000 gross square foot addition Wide Web and a variety of research databases and search for infor- really began, culminating in March 1998 when Virginia’s General mation available beyond the walls of Swem. New technology makes Assembly approved approximately $24.1 million for the project. the building both wired and wireless, meaning users can plug their Designed to redefine the library for the 21st century, the $36.2 mil- laptop computer into data ports available in multiple locations or lion renovation plans included the addition of two attached pavilions on access the Web from any spot in the building if their machine is the east side of Swem’s existing building, which originally opened in equipped with a wireless network card. If they don’t own a laptop, stu- 1966 and underwent major renovations in the mid-to-late 1980s. The dents can borrow one for up to four hours from the library.

Right: The renovation of Swem Library, which increased the existing space by 60 percent, includes the addition of two three-story pavilions. All of the environmental systems within the library have been significantly upgraded to preserve valuable materials and add to the general comfort levels of users and staff. Below: Even eating and drinking have a place at Swem. A new library café offers students a place to grab an energizing meal, take a study break, socialize with friends and even get a caffeine boost from Starbucks. Students have named the new café The Mews, which is Swem spelled back- wards. But don’t be fooled; food is still not allowed throughout the rest of the building. . , INC PHOTOS: LEE BRAUER PHOTOGRAPHY LEE BRAUER PHOTOS:

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PHOTO CO URTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Plumeri Hous now renamed the allowed for therenovations to thebuilding, agiftfrom Joseph Plumeri’66 Inrecent years, faculty housing. g —ahaven for henamedhisnew house “Spadehaven” gardener, Anavid his own homenotfar from campus onChandlerCourt. work withtheir1963decisionto namethelibrary inhishonor. TheCollege’s Board of Visitors recognizedand papers. Swem’s library bec William Quarterly andMary Healso edited the established avariety of specialcollections. gathered archives andmanuscripts and library’s collections, catalogued the helped acquire more than200,000 volumes, Swem During his24 years intheposition, only 20,000 volumes. That manwas Earl Gregg Swem. “a first rate man…Iwould rather have himthanany manIknow.” described by authorandhistorian Douglas Southall Freeman as I W f 22,500 square With theadditionof thethree-story, to campus. was creating anew space to bringtheSpecialCollections back the 21st centuries.” world-class research materials thatspan from the15ththrough Univ are notonlyunusuallylarge explains for aschool of oursize,” “TheSpecialCollections lies andanengraving by Paul Revere. these collections includedocuments from Virginia’s early fami- Otherprize featuresCourt andtheCollege’s in 20th chancellor. Supreme former chief justice of theU.S. Burger, late Warren E. the professional andpersonal papers andmemorabilia of the whichiscomprised of Burger Collection, well asthe Warren E. as themanuscripts andrare booksversity collections, Archives, on campus impossible. construction andlimited space madekeeping these materials Swem Library have beenhoused off campus because constant theSpecialCollections of Since 1998, to doso. Va., ing Toano, Thomas oot pavilion located farthest to theeast of the originalbuilding, rees TheCollege purchased Spadehaven in1963to useardeners. as wm h idi 95 was perhaps best known for his whodiedin1965, Swem, Hebuilt The library was nottheonlyplace Swem left hismark. hnSe eaelbainta er thelibrary contained When Swem became librarian thatyear, W William andMary’s SpecialCollections ismadeupof theUni- t h xaso n eoaint wm atop priority ith theexpansion andrenovation to Swem, riyAciitSayB ol,“they are also richwith Gould, ersity Archivist Stacy B. the world’s lar r n r esearchers whowanted theopportunity to view oneof ec Je ome known asaplace for valuable historical materials The Man Name: Behindthe EarlGreggSwem ff ent y erson hadto make theshort trek outto neighbor- e andused astheCollege’s guest house. Special CollectionsMoves toCampus Back z h olg’ irr n12,hefoundize someone theCollege’s library in1920, 1892 wanted to hire alibrarian to revolution- M.A. Chandler1891, C. hen former President Julian A. e ar ,William andMarystudents and other s, ges t c ollections o apublication whichhelpedthe , f originalletters from named inhishonorhasbegunanew inning. thelibrary some 85years since Swem first came to theCollege, today, symbolically, the batter atplate beginsaninningnew;” with Bas Meander inMeditation hewrote apoemtitled “A 90th birthday, On theoccasion of his remembered for hislove of baseball. Butheisalso scholarly works inbibliography andhistory. sp the t research opportunities withprimarysource materials available “SpecialCollections prides itself onmaking says Gould. es,” w andwe are especially lookingfor- with specificclasses difficult, having thetimeandtravel constraints thatmadeourusualwork sit discovered findingtransportation to the off- many withoutcars, undergraduates, to theworld-class specialcollection materials, much difficulty makingthe25-minute drive to Toano for access sun’s rays. ture andhumidity changes andthedamagingeffects of the butalso from exposure to tempera- theft orphysical damage, caution was taken to protect thecollections —notjust from locked andsealed containers onsecured trucks andevery pre- Items were moved in handle theCollege’s materials properly. given furthertraining from William andMarystaff onhow to transporting library andmuseum collections were hired and Movers withextensive experience in reopened inlate January. cial Collections shutdo E o allourstudents.” r rg wmwt i ie ii,intheirlibrary atSpadehaven. Lilia, arl Gregg Swem withhiswife, ard to buildingourinteraction withtheundergraduate class- ace today asthey hadbefore theexpansion. oaint eacalnigts.“We are excitede location aboutnot to beachallengingtask. In or While most faculty andgraduate students may nothave had y’ll beableto dojust that—withmore thant der to mo bl vroe. nti omh pl rt,“Today Inthispoemheaptlywrote, eball Overtones.” v e thepric wn c ele ALUMNI MA – Office of University Development ompletely inmid-October and s s it m akt aps Spe- ems back to campus, G ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE wice asmuch 35

Right: The new Media Wall in Swem Library was made possible through a gift from Sharon Reeder McCarthy ’69 in memory of her father Charles W. Reeder, founder and director of Swem’s audio visu- al services from 1965 to 1978. Below: Well-lit and open spaces are key elements in the renovated Swem Library. Lighting and floor- ing throughout the building mimic the ring and spokes design of the Swem window.

On the ground floor a media center is being created. As this area was not a part of the original planning, fundraising efforts for its completion are still underway. "The Center will provide an array of equipment, trained staff, and collaborative and individual spaces to give students the opportunity to work on class projects that are rich in audio, video and digital resources,” explains McCarthy. Those familiar with the library of days long gone might be shocked to learn that the new media and technology in Swem even includes televi- sion. On the first floor to the side of the Information Commons, a wall composed of six large media screens provides library visitors a place to watch daily and breaking news and to see historic moments unfold. The second and third floors of the renovated library, which official- ly opened in late 2003, are now used primarily for collections, reader seating and study areas, all of which offer computer network access. Additionally, the second floor offers the relocated book stacks and a new campus copy center. The third floor is home to the library’s new Marilyn L. Brown Board Room, a gift from Doug Morton ’62 in honor of his wife who served for six years on the Friends of the Library Board. Administrative offices and approximately one-half of the cir- In recent years, student surveys at William and Mary marked the culating book collection also can be found on the third floor. old Swem Library as the worst place to study on campus. Thanks to Private group study rooms — 29 in total — have been added the many new environmentally inviting and technologically pleasing throughout the renovated building, giving students an opportunity to features, students recently voted the new Swem the best place to . work collaboratively with others. “It’s easier to do group work at study on campus. “They love the windows and light, the comfortable Swem, with all of the study rooms. Before you were worried about dis- furniture, and all the places they can find to study. The new area has , INC turbing other people but now there are lots of places to go,” notes been so popular that we’ve seen all the tables and carrels full and stu- William and Mary junior Margo Dey. Nineteen individual study dents actually claiming ‘rug’ space,” notes McCarthy. rooms are also available. “I want students to remember the new Swem Library as a very While incorporating new technology and exciting features into the wonderful place that provides an active, creative and social environ- renovated library, those involved in the planning did not forego previ- ment," says McCarthy. Given the constant hustle and bustle of traffic ous notions of what a library should be. “We respect traditions of the through its doors, it looks like the new Swem Library has won that past — the need for quiet study and reflection,” says McCarthy, point- place in the hearts of today's William and Mary students. ing out that the new building has countless places for students to set-

tle into comfortable seating in a quiet corner. Intern Daniella Grossman ’06 contributed to this story. PHOTOGRAPHY LEE BRAUER PHOTOS:

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TOP RIGHT PHOTO: LEE BRAUER PHOTOGRAPHY, INC.; BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: KAREN H. MCCLUNEY the buildingso itcould supportthemas s w w development andinstallation of thiswindow mately 800pounds, W a sterling silver pendanthasbeencreated by retired Colonial It’s even beenturnedinto jewelry; lightfixtures andmore. ture, ne isreflected throughout the ics thedesign of thelibrary’s logo, the impact of ourgiftduringlifetimes,” say theFosters. “We wanted to see ed inthenamingof thenew portalwindow. of theproperty went to Swem Library andwillbecommemorat- Proceeds from thesale Carolina vacation hometo theCollege. purchase of thewindow through thedonationof theirNorth is bothalinkto thepast andawindow to thefuture. versity libraries describing itasasymbol of how Swem Library dean of uni- explains Connie Kearnstoric McCarthy, campus,” the College’s otherfamiliar buildings. Similarwindows also can beseen inmany of lege’s first library. hometo theCol- William andMary’s historic Wren Building, int ne T we are also awindow to thefuture." you willfindthat whenyou visitthe newly remodeled Swem, er, "Howev- we remain amirror to notes ourpast,” McCarthy. tions, "With thelibrary’s richhistorical collec- as thelibrary’s slogan. dows have beeninstalled. two smallcomplementary rectangular win- centerpiece window, “ne anapid Additional structural steel also hadto beinstalled to tain applied. as noeasy task. ood frame andwas s illiamsburg master silversmith James Curtis. hr lo aiy .Brown Board Room of thepedestrian w third floorMarilynL. l eoae ulig—i a ese nteforn,furni- wly renovated building—itcan beseen intheflooring, esrn et 4inches indiameter andweighing approxi- Measuring 8feet, whichmim- The uniqueringandspoke design of thewindow, fundedthe Cliff and Ga., Janet Axford Foster ’49of Evans, his- “The window draws the’60scampus to ourtraditional, F o onietly Wno oteFtr”hasbeenpegged “Window to theFuture” Not coincidentally, er acing south w” s ection andsundialthatmarkthecent c mu.O h eodfor directly below theround On thesecond floor, ampus. the building—anadaptationof theround windows in is theenormouscircular window set into thefront of he showpiece of theSwem Library renovation project w ar The window initiallyarrived withanunfinished ,thewindow provides aview from thelibrary’sd, ent t o as econd company to have adark The Window FutureThe tothe sive c ent er o at 7 Development Office the Swem Library chase onecontact To pur- included). (necklace not being sold for $65 or asapinandis either onanecklace dant canbeworn Swem window pen- The sterling silver Mar visit the erpiec 57 y B f theColleg .221.3060 or ook W e. illiam and s tor e. e’s spac pc tpoetcmlto 252s.ft. 22,522sq. space atproject completion Collections andservices C COLLECTIONS SPECIAL Net g Special collections General collections 116,000 linear feet P Special collections General c Available capacity in1998 0 COLLECTION CAPACITY 19 Gr Group study rooms in 1998 Study rooms atcompletion Individual study r Net gain inseating At completion of project Report R SEA Private funds Stat T Size increase Total footage gross sq. Ne Existing structure SIZE OF SWEM LIBRARYRENOVATION QUICKFACTS otal project cost oetda rjc opein150,000 linear feet rojected atproject completion eported in1966 ollection andservic oup studies atc w c TING C e funds e in1998 ain inc onstruction ed in1992 PR ollections AP O ap JE ACITY acit CT osi 9829 ooms in1998 ompletion y e s ALUMNI MA G 24,500 linear feet 6,000 linear feet 1,545 125,500 linear feet 110,000 linear feet 792 $36.2 million 1,600 268,114 ft. 168,114 gross sq. ,8 q ft. 9,984 sq. 753 $6 million 59.17% 34,000 linear feet $30 29 1 00, ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE .2 million 0 rs q ft 000 gross sq. 37

OKTOBERFEST [SCRAPBOOK OF HOMECOMING 2004]

nother fall has come and gone in Williamsburg, and now, with winter here in earnest, it is a good time to reflect on the previous year, remembering the events and people who shaped its memory. With that purpose in mind, the Alumni Magazine presents a photo scrapbook of “Oktoberfest,” the 78th Homecoming celebration hosted by the Alumni Association, Oct. 14-17. Homecoming A 2004 will be remembered for Alumni Band leader Jim Anthony '52 (pictured above left), who served as Grand Marshal of the Parade, and Timothy J. Sullivan '66 (above right), who attended his last Home- coming as president of the College. It also will be remembered for great October weather, with just a bit of rain Friday morning that cleared in time for the Sunset Ceremony to be held by afternoon in the most appropriate spot on cam- pus, the Wren Yard, where names of the 360 alumni who passed away in the preceding year were read to the audience. Homecoming will be remembered for the 31-24 Tribe football win over Rhode Island and the friends we celebrated with after the victory. But most of all Oktoberfest in Williamsburg will be remembered for the 9,000-plus alumni, friends and students joined together by the common bond of William and Mary who, through their individual actions, collectively defined

Homecoming 2004. PHOTO: STEVE MORRISETTE

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PHOTOS: JESSICA S. GRIMES, MELISSA V. PINARD, RANDY SEARLE remarks, identifying the memory of deceased the memory identifying alumnias “the soul of theCollege.”remarks, GabrielPivarnik '89 giving R. TheQueens' Guarde joinedalumni attheSunset Ceremony withthe Rev. President Sullivan's Conversations with Alumni. Elissa Brown and culminatingwith beginning withalecture aboutgiftededucationwithDr. totalof 11 Academic Symposiums were heldonFriday, A Club. From top: The return of the Homecoming Golf Tournament was well received with74 competitors teeingoff Friday morningat Williamsburg NationalGolf GOLF TOURNAMENT [ SUNSET CEREMONY A FRIDAY CAD EMI C S YMPOSIU ] M ALUMNI MA G ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE

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Friday’s Homecoming Ball at the Williamsburg Lodge honored the 2004 Alumni Medallion winners (pictured top row, left to right): Donald C. Beck ’64, Howard J. Busbee ’65, J.D. ’67, M.L.T. ’68, Carl “Cheeko” W. Cheek ’61 and Patrick J. Walsh ’66. Bottom: Also on Friday, the Beer & Wine Garden at the Alumni Center offered traditional Oktoberfest fare. Top of page 41: The Williamsburg Alumni Chapter’s Annual 5K Memorial Run was held Saturday morning in honor of Deb Hodge Dunn ’80. Bottom of page 41: Saturday’s Homecoming Parade featured floats and marching bands as it made its way up DoG Street and Richmond Road then

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The Marys [of William and Mary]

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How Coeducation Reshaped the College

BY SARA F. PICCINI

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The Incoming of Mary The man largely responsible for this feat was College President College life here will without doubt be entirely altered, when MARY is Lyon G. Tyler LL.D. ’19, who had reopened William and Mary in 1888 allowed to enter with her brother WILLIAM. One result, which is almost and ceaselessly crusaded to ensure its survival and growth. It was bound to follow with the incoming of MARY, will be the addition of another Tyler who convinced the General Assembly to convert the College to social element in our student body. a public institution in 1906. ~ FLAT HAT, MARCH 18, 1918 America’s entry into World War I in 1917 brought the president both a crisis and an opportunity. With young men joining the military, fter many controversies and much worry this summer I the College’s enrollment in September 1917 had dropped to 149 stu- decided to come to William and Mary, this first year of dents, from 234 the previous year. A push for coeducation at William “A its coeducation. I do not now regret my choice.” and Mary would not only benefit women, but it would help to keep So wrote Martha Barksdale ’21 in her diary, which records the the College’s doors open. social hours and studies and basketball games that filled her fresh- Alumni opposition was loud but uncoordinated. Those who would man year — and which reveals the remarkably easy assimilation of be most affected — the students — were of two minds. women into a college that had been all-male for 225 years. “We deeply regret to imprint upon the pages of our history,” wrote Barksdale was among 24 women who made up the first coeduca- the anonymous class historian in the 1918 Colonial Echo, “the melan- tional class at William and Mary in the fall of 1918. The Virginia Gen- choly fact that we are the last class to graduate from this old college eral Assembly’s vote earlier that year to approve coeducation at the before it is defiled by coeducation.” Yet the yearbook also included a College ended the Commonwealth’s distinctive record as the only page “affectionately dedicated to the future Co-Eds.” state in the union that still barred women from attending its four-year Ready or not, the coeds were coming. public colleges. Blazing a Trail There was just so much change at that time that coeducation was a minor matter. Almost every family had some member involved in the armed forces. Automobile traffic was just really getting under way. ... Girls’ skirts were going up, of course; the flapper and jazz and types of dancing ... every- thing was changing. ~ ORAL HISTORY OF JANET COLEMAN KIMBROUGH ’21, L.H.D. ’90

he motto of the first women’s association at William and Mary, the Alpha Club, was apt: “The first, but looking to the Tfuture.” The College’s early women students indeed never looked back, moving ahead immediately to create a student govern- ment (with Barksdale as president), join athletic teams, and establish sororities, beginning with Chi Omega in 1921. They also were wel- comed as staff members of the Flat Hat and Colonial Echo. Perhaps surprisingly, they didn’t see themselves as revolutionary in any way. “We were always told that we were ‘pioneers’ — we got very tired of the word,” recalled Kimbrough, who went to medical school after graduating from William and Mary. “I don’t remember that the stu- dents were particularly interested in pioneering for women’s rights or anything else. ... But of course we had to start a number of things.” Some male students continued to grumble about the presence of women on campus. At a literary society debate on coeducation, one male student launched a vitriolic attack. Kimbrough wasn’t there, but she heard that “he drew a terrible picture of a flapper and ... [said] that the students weren’t able to keep their minds on their studies because of the horrible women who were parading around in these short skirts.” There was little chance of any real high jinks because of the strict “From the day the social rules enforced by the new president, J.A.C. Chandler 1891, M.A. 1892, who took over from Tyler in 1919. Chandler thought the first SBORN first woman put her dainty foot dean of women, Caroline Tupper (who held a Ph.D. from Radcliffe within our venerable precincts, College), was too lenient. Tupper soon submitted her resignation and [ ] Chandler hired Miss Bessie Porter Taylor, an English teacher in Rich- new forces were let loose,” mond, Va., to be social director of women. “And if she wasn’t an institution!” recalled Elizabeth Kent ’33. “She

wrote the College's 1921 class historian. O KATHY USTRATION:

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Thanks to the efforts of President Lyon G. Tyler LL.D. '19, William and Mary became the first four-year coeducational college in Virginia in 1918. Within just a few years, women students were fully assimilated into college life. Writing to Catherine Teackle Dennis '21, Tyler praised her and other early coeds as “pioneers of the new faith in women.”

office, but boy, everyone went and you signed in and you signed out oeducation was so successful at the College that women for every date you had.” made up a slight majority of the student body throughout By 1925, women made up 40 percent of the student body at the Cthe 1930s. As early as 1930, a Flat Hat “inquiring reporter” College. Their presence changed the institution permanently — and found some concern among men that William and Mary would even- few if any would have agreed with the doleful 1921 class historian that tually become a women’s college. the losses outweighed the gains. William and Mary’s future was In 1940, President John Stewart Bryan LL.D. ’42 appointed a com- secure, state appropriations had increased substantially, new build- mittee to study an Alumni Board proposal that the College should ings had been constructed, new faculty hired. enroll men and women in a 60/40 ratio respectively. (The dean of the From the start, women received equal treatment, with one glaring faculty, James Miller, couldn’t help pointing out that “the percentage of exception: the social rules. The Women’s Student Government Handbook men who fail is roughly three times as great as that of women who fail.”) for 1923-24, for example, listed pages of detailed rules, such as “Women In December 1941, the Board of Visitors officially approved the ratio. students having engagements for religious services, or movies and drug But world events intervened. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, store, must go and return by way of the Duke of Gloucester Street.” the United States entered World War II, and the male students began A decade later, things hadn’t changed much. “We weren’t allowed to leave William and Mary. At the beginning of the 1942 fall semester, to smoke downtown. We couldn’t leave campus without a permission 53 percent of College students were male. By the fall of 1943, that slip, and we weren’t allowed to ride in someone else’s car unless there number had dropped to 27 percent — primarily made up of men inel- was an approved adult driving,” recalls Virginia “Dinny” Forwood igible for the draft (4Fs) and those studying certain scientific disci- Wetter ’40. She remembered one custom that grew up at her sorori- plines such as physics. ty, Chi Omega, as a result of the rules. Because women were not “It seemed as if there only were about five male students left on allowed to date on Monday nights, “We always had hotdogs and campus — maybe a few 4Fs,” recalls Evelyn Cosby King ’43. “Most of onions for dinner on Mondays,” Wetter recalls with a laugh. the men were drafted right into the Army or went to Northwestern to earn their commissions.” College officials were deeply concerned. In his inaugural address in William Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 1943, President John Pomfret raised the possibility of temporary clo- In the midst of the Chownings farewell parties and the sorrowful goodbyes sure: “In all the sound and fury the College of William and Mary may, to parting beaux, we took a quick look in the crystal ball to discover the perchance, close its doors as it has done before, but rest assured, ultimate future for the College of William and Mary. The first distant scene there will always be some here to keep alive its venerable charter.” URTESY OF UNIVERSITYURTESY ARCHIVES O showed a convocation in which the name of the school was formally The solution was not to increase female enrollment because if the S C changed to Mary’s Seminary. William doesn’t live here anymore. College remained open it would need to accommodate returning vet-

PHOTO ~ FLAT HAT, FEB. 23, 1942 erans after the war ended. Pomfret and the Board of Visitors solved

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Today's students might find it hard to believe that only a generation [ ago dorm rooms were off-limits to persons of the opposite sex. ]

the enrollment dilemma by welcoming two military training units to Roberts, saying “You may now drive Miss Fowlkes to Richmond.” campus, the Navy Chaplains School and the Army Specialized The story ended happily: Jackie eventually married Jack Herod. Training Program. Although their opportunities were limited, women students were anxious to serve the war effort. Jackie Fowlkes ’43 organized a War A Quiet Revolution Council, and 525 women had signed up by the fall of 1943 to volunteer Students are not trying to turn William and Mary into the Playboy East their time as War Activities Members. They sold war bonds, collect- Club. They are merely trying to obtain recognition that in today’s world, at ed scrap metal, knit sweaters and rolled bandages. In February 1944 the ages of 18 to 21, they should control their social lives and make their they raised $1,165 in nine days for a Jeep Drive. own moral judgments on interpersonal relationships. The women students’ lives changed in many ways. Beloved activities ~ JOHN NORMAN ’68, J.D. ’70, ALUMNI GAZETTE, OCTOBER 1970 such as the Homecoming Parade and varsity football games were can- celed. Women took over leadership roles: the staff of the 1944 Colonial eginning with the return of veterans to campus after World Echo, for example, was entirely made up of women. There were plenty War II, students at William and Mary witnessed many of opportunities to date soldiers, but the successor to Bessie Porter, Bchanges over the next several decades — continued growth Marguerite Wynne-Roberts, kept an eagle eye on her girls. in enrollment, new graduate programs, the creation of the “New SBORN “If we wanted to ride in a car, she’d have to look into it,” King remem- Campus.” But the ferment that swept across the nation’s campuses in bers. “My sorority sister Jackie [Fowlkes] and her boyfriend Jack kept the late 1960s and early 1970s brought a real revolution — albeit a going to Miss Roberts to get her to write a letter granting Jack permis- quiet one — for William and Mary’s women. sion to drive Jackie somewhere — I think it was Richmond. The first dramatic change came in the area of social regulations. “I “Finally Jack was transferred and sent to the Pacific. One day don’t think the rules had changed at all when my daughters went to USTRATION: KATHY O KATHY USTRATION:

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PHOTOS: WMAA ARCHIVES C “Dorm-In” at themen’s dormsandfraternity houses.DeanofMen r whole were feeling abouttheway Americanculture was at the time,” was brought on by the general dissatisfaction young peopleasa r especially frustrated that therulesagainst coed visitation in dorms change underPresident Davis Y. Paschall ’32,M.A.’37, andwere is notapar editorials makingstatements suchas,“A university administration students began toasserttheirrights in the late 1960s, with middle ofthecontroversy.” appointed acting deanofmen.“And thenIfound myself right inthe Mary in1967 asassistantdeanofadmissions andin1970 was '64, M.Ed.'71ofhiscollege years. Sadler cameback toWilliam and rules, and say we were onourway toplay tennisafterclass.” da made thebestofit,Glacel says. “If we had an8o’clock classonSatur- had towear atrench coat over ourshortstowalk toclass.” Women sla men’s. Themenhad nodress code, nocurfew.” other schools, issue wasn’t that William andMaryhad stricterrulescompared to ecalls Sadler. emained firmlyinplace. “Thepushfor change at William andMary ar y morning, we’d sometimeswear atrench coat over ourpajamas On Saturday, Oct.25, 1969, theStudentAssociation staged a Like theircounterparts at otheruniversities, William andMary “Most ofusjustaccepted theway things were andlived withthe Glacel andherfellow women studentswere notallowed towear Wetter’s daughter Barbara Pate Glacel ’70 agrees. “Thebiggest cks orshortsinpublic, for example. “Whenwe had phys ed,we son Barnescr ” recalls Vice President for StudentAffairs W. SamuelSadler ent. ” shesays. “Itwas thewomen’s rulescompared tothe ” Studentsweren’t satisfied withtheslow pace of a cked down andsuspended10menw ho r efused to Flat Hat Hnrr lma.Nx,CollegePresident? Next, (Honorary Alumna). dent of Public Affairs Stewart Gamage ’72andformer Provost GillianCell Vice Presi- includingDean of Education Virginia ’71, McLaughlin tration, they have leaders tolookwithinthefaculty and adminis- increasingly, And successfully combined academic andextracurricular achievements. women students at haveWilliam andMary well asonthebasketball court, aleader instudent governmentFrom as thedays of MarthaBarksdale '21, bar tection. “Itwas clearthere was toomuch upon by many intheCollege administration asneedingspecialpro- w ’77, askey organizers ofthelobbying effort for self-determination. cr 18-year-olds therights ofadults, andtheCollege followed suit.Sadler houses from noontocurfew onFriday, Saturday andSunday nights. public opinionandannounced that inthefall, there could beopen office inJames BlairHall.In April1970, Paschall finallyyieldedto thr pensions were later changed toprobation). Protests continued comply withanorder toremove women from theirrooms (thesus- differ byhuge amountsofmoney. Women are almosttotallyexcludedfrom thescholarshipsystems;budgets pestered Dr. Paschall. Iwas always pesteringhimaboutsomething.” a marriedwoman. “Iwas furious,” says hermother, Dinny Wetter. “I reside oreven spendthenight inhersorority housebecauseshewas wed toahusbandfighting inVietnam —was nolonger allowed to ident oftheStudentAssociation. Yet that sameyear, Glacel —newly ... Ther omen students’equality intheclassroom, they were stilllooked edits two students,Peter Garland ’77, M.Ed.’79 andJeffrey Leppo ~ The struggle over socialruleshighlighted thefact that, despite Two years later, theVirginia General Assemblypassedalaw giving The next year, therulewas changed. In 1969, Nancy French Terrill ’71was electedthefirst woman pres- oughout that academic year, includingasit-ininfront ofBarnes’ a Gla R e isanevengreater disparityincollege anduniversityathletics. OBIN cel. S HA CKELFORD A BigSeaChange ’7 6 , F ALUMNI MA LA T H AT , S G EP ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE in locoparentis,” T . 20, 197 4 says Bar- 49

Fire andIce

Firefighters fought the blaze outside in frigid conditions.

PHOTO CO URTESY OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS Fire [J and trytorationalize skipping tomorrow’s 8a.m. econclass. switches off athumpingstereo. You stretch outonyourcollege-issue mattress mates are stumblinghomefrom thedelis.Onfloorabove, somebody wrapped upyourstudiesfor thenight. Outsideofyourroom, acoupleofhall- It’s pastmidnight, andactivityinyourdormisstartingtowinddown.You’ve freezing airoutside. w almost allofthestudents—many ofwhom were seethingabout v smoke. Kahlsteppedoutsideofhisroom toseesmoke pouringfrom a awakening tothesoundofhisroommate’s fire alarm andthesmellof building caught fire, and theflamesquicklyspread through theinteriorof rebuilt. Buttheinstitutionsuffered itsown kindoftragedy.” impact becausenoonewas seriouslyinjured andthedormwas Affairs W. SamuelSadler ’64,M.Ed.’71.“It’s easytounderestimate its ic events ofmy timeat theCollege,” says Vice President for Student events that tookplace there. the stately dormonJamestown Road have noideaofthecatastrophic and $2.81millionreconstruction effort. Today, mostwho drive past Dorm. Studentswere abletomove intothebuildingafteratwo-year community around it—willnever forget theevents ofJan. 20, 1983. of lif Hall caug e very parent’s —nightmare becamereality when historicJefferson ent down thehallashisresident assistantpoundedondoors. hat they thought was another fire drill— were huddledinthe a Then yousmellsmoke…andeverythingchang Kahl pulledthefire alarmat 1:12 a.m., and within a few minutes The blazebegan when wiringinanew first-floor refrigerator “The Jefferson fire standsside-by-side with9/11 asthemosttraumat- January 2005marked the20thanniversary oftherebuilt Jefferson e n. 20,’83~1:12a.m.] , butall185studentswithinJ . AndyKahl’86was afreshman that year, andherecalls ht fir e andburnedtoashell.Mir Remembering theBlaze of ’83 efferson —andanentire College a culously ev Tw ery student ent , there was noloss BY JAMES BUSBEE ’90 y -t w o years a ’ s —and and go, Ewell Hall.“Ourgreatest concern was for thesafety ofthe students,” water onthefire. men’s gloves totheirhosesasthey sprayed amilliongallons of R Barrett andsparks threatening thehousesacross Jamestown somebody crumpledupne sometime intheearly morning, thefire reached theroof. Itwas like says. “Thefire burnedaholestraight up through thedorm,and the flamesfrom outside. Williamsburg Fire Departmentconceded, leaving thebuildingtofight source ofthefire, buttheflamesoutran their efforts. By4a.m.,the dire. Firefighters broke through walls andfalse ceilings seekingthe the flamesagainst thecloudsinsky. Itwas that large already.” driving indown RichmondRoad, andIcould already seetheglow of ’73, thentheCollege’s director ofauxiliaryenterprises.“Iremember me,’” Whitehurst laughs. he thought I’d ha called m ’86 r time toha oad. Thetemperaturewas 14 outside degrees,freezing thefire- Sa The fire continued toworsen, withsmoke spillingintoadjacent “It was dramatic, watching thedormgo down inflames,” Kahl Within thedorm,situation quicklywent from troublesome to “I got thecallat about1:30inthemorning,” recalls David Charlton “I was about half ecalls. “We were moved over toBarrett, andlater toChandler. I dler, Charlton andotherCollege officialssetupa“war room” in y br v e afire drill, other es. d toomuchtodrink.Isaid,‘I’m quitesober, believe , w -asleep ho alsowas inschool[a Ice ’” f ormer Jefferson resident Mark Whitehurst wspaper andlititonfire.” , andIr ALUMNI MA emember thinking, ‘thisisaba G ZN WINTER 2004/2005 AZINE t W illiam andMary], d 53

Charlton says. “When the students left the dorm, they scattered over campus to bunk with friends. We eventually located everyone about 10 the next morning, but it was an anxious few hours until we did.” “At one point, we were pretty sure we’d gotten everyone out, and then we saw two images in the window right above the door on the street side,” Sadler recalls. “Two guys who had been partying that night had gone to bed in their loft, and when the RAs and firefighters looked in the door, they couldn’t see them. We got them both out just fine, but that only added to the anxiety.” Finally, more than 12 hours after the blaze began, firefighters declared it extinguished, and the College began the long process of rebuilding — literally and emotionally. The entire community, both College and town, rallied to the assistance of the displaced students. Colonial Williamsburg provided immediate shelter in hotel rooms for- tunately free of tourists, and the College arranged for permanent housing in the former Commonwealth Inn (now the Super 8 Motel) on Richmond Road. Merchants opened their doors to provide cloth- ing, prescriptions, eyeglasses, and other necessities to suddenly bereft students. The College received so many clothing donations that it had to send a truckload of excess garments to charity. And Williamsburg resident J.B. Hickman started a fund designed to provide financial assistance to students whose losses exceeded their insurance cover- age. The fund grew so large that the College continues to use it to this day to help cover sudden student emergencies. The College also cre-

ated the Phoenix Award, given each year to a student employee Top left: Firefighters arrived at Jefferson at approximately 1:25 a.m. Top TIONS demonstrating extraordinary service, to honor the resident assistants right: Residents of Jefferson escaped the inferno only to find themselves out A who literally risked their lives to account for their students. in the cold without shelter. The College and the Williamsburg community acted quickly to secure accommodations and clothing for the students with- “I continue to give money to the Red Cross to this day because of in 24 hours. Above: Some water and smoke damaged rooms like this one what they did for us,” Kahl says. “They were right there, and set us up escaped total destruction from the fire. in the Campus Center. They gave us money to go to Casey’s [a depart- ment store located in what is now the William and Mary Bookstore]; the fear that was generated had to be confronted and dealt with for a they didn’t have the money in the Williamsburg budget, but they long time.” decided to get us in clothes and figure out the budget later.” “Even now, when I hear fire engines, it takes me back a little bit,” With the students safely housed, the College turned its attention to Whitehurst says. “But the weirdest quirk of the whole thing was that URTESY OF UNIVERSITYURTESY PUBLIC the dormitory. Jefferson Hall’s roof had collapsed, and the west side of sometime later, my wallet was found. Somehow it was intact, but it O the building was utterly destroyed. “The challenges didn’t end when had that distinctive smell of smoke. If you’ve been in a fire, you don’t

we had people housed,” Sadler says. “The scarring that was left and ever forget that smell.” C PHOTOS

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56 P WINTER 2004/2 ~ L he The Beatles, who changed thesoundofmusicforever, released the award to each ofthefive professorsselected. 1993, theClassof1968 endowed a$1,000 honorarium, which ispresented alongwiththe members, theAlumniFellowshipAwards At were1968. in their25thReunionin established quet withAlumniF and Elizabeth A. Wiley were each recognized at Association’s Alumni the Fall Awards Ban- possibilities ne approaches toteaching and research, these professors have openedtheirstudents’eyes to dents today astheBeatles had ontheiraudience 35years ago. Through innovative of William andMary’ On Sept. 24,2004,Philip H.Daileader,On Sept. EricA.Kades,Sarah Stafford, L. John P. Swaddle ight oftheircareer in1969. WhiletheyFab knownmay the as widely as be not Four, five EADING ONT WALLACE JOHN T. ROFESSORS 0 WILLIAM & MARY 005 THE ver before imagined. S TUDENTS ellowship Awards. Presented annuallytofive outstandingyoung faculty s bestyoung professors have asprofound aninfluence ontheirstu- D W THE OWN A CADEMIC Abbey Road album at the R OAD

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History in the Making knowledge of land use and zoning, property law, real estate transac- tions and corporate structure. So, Kades returned to Yale and Philip H. Daileader Associate Professor of History obtained a law degree rather than pursuing a doctorate in economics, a track perhaps more conventional for someone with his undergradu- The study of history doesn’t have to be a ate background. boring recitation of facts and dates pieced But Kades also prefers a classroom to a law firm. “Students are together with past events. Philip Daileader, energizing,” he says. “You always get new questions and different per- associate professor of history, learned the spectives. Also, if you’re in practice, you don’t have the time to do in- importance of cultivating interesting sub- depth research.” And research in a school environment is not neces- ject matter early in life as a student at St. sarily restricted to supporting a single argument. “You have to come Anthony’s High School in South Hunting- out on one side if you’re in practice,” Kades adds. ton, N.Y. “It was largely due to a teacher I He teaches and researches in a variety of areas, including corpo- had in high school who oozed charisma,” says Daileader of Gary Cre- rate law, economic analysis of law, and land use. His primary interest, gan, a Franciscan Brother who taught history. however, is property law. “Property law is not as abstract — it has a By the time Daileader entered graduate school, he had become fas- tangibility that students find appealing,” Kades explains. “They have cinated with the Middle Ages era of Mediterranean Europe. “It a visceral connection with owning a home.” seemed like such a vastly different period from what I was living in,” In the classroom, Kades subscribes to traditional methods to he explains. engage students. “I certainly follow the law school tradition of making Today, Daileader sees many parallels between the ethnically com- the class conversational,” he says. plex Mediterranean Europe of that time period and the conflicts the Kades also values one-on-one time with his students as a signifi- world faces today. “I try to show students how events like the Cru- cant part of the learning process. “The most important thing is to sades are very specifically Medieval — rooted in a specific time and have an open door policy. You need to put things aside and make time place,” he says. “I try to get students to see that many views today are for students.” vastly oversimplified.” A native of Beloit, Wis., Kades spent six years teaching law at Daileader teaches by involving students in classroom discussion. Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., before moving to Williams- “History encourages throwing out big ideas,” he says. “I’m a firm burg, where he lives today with his wife, Leigh Ann, daughter Jennifer believer in the power of ideas to get students interested.” and son Theo. At William and Mary, Daileader found students who are motivated “The students in large part make it an enjoyable place to be,” he and eager to learn. “If you ask me what I like best about my job, it’s says. “They’re happy with us and we’re happy with them.” the students,” he says. “They’re able to do research at a pretty high level by the time they’re seniors. We’re able to recommend them whole-heartedly for the best graduate programs.” Environmental Economist Daileader’s own ability to do research is impressive as well. Hold- ing a bachelor’s from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate from Sarah L. Stafford Associate Professor of Economics Harvard University, he taught at the University of Alabama and the State University of New York at New Paltz before taking a position at Money doesn’t grow on trees, but it can William and Mary in 1998. affect how trees grow. With ever-increasing Daileader and his wife, Carol Sheriff, the University Professor for reliance on natural resources, the field of Teaching Excellence in the College’s history department, have two environmental economics is evolving as an children, Anna, 3, and Benjamin, 1. important means for identifying how these resources can be utilized most efficiently. Thanks to Sarah Stafford, associate pro- Legal Leader fessor of economics, William and Mary stu- dents are well-informed on this subject. Eric A. Kades Professor of Law “Lots of things are happening quickly on environmental policy issues,” says Stafford, who spent the 2003-2004 school year on a fel- How does an economics and mathematics lowship from Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C.-based major from Yale University end up in the think tank working to improve environmental and natural resource lecture halls of the Marshall-Wythe School policymaking internationally. of Law? After completing a bachelor’s in foreign service from George- “It’s the tale of a frustrated economist,” town University, she took a job in environmental consulting. She says Professor of Law Eric Kades, who feels enjoyed the research aspect of that position, but was frustrated there exists an overemphasis on mathemat- about not being able to fully explore information she uncovered. “I ics in the study of economics. Kades, who at didn’t like doing someone else’s research,” she explains, “I wanted one time considered pursuing a career as an economics professor, to do my own.” S: RANDY SEARLE S: RANDY found researching and teaching economics with real life applications The daughter of two high school teachers, Stafford learned to value education and realized a position at the college level would

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allow increased research opportunities. So she enrolled at Johns students from biology and math into this growing and exciting area Hopkins University and completed a master’s and doctorate in eco- of science,” says Swaddle. “We aim to reach 40-50 students each year nomics before signing on to teach at William and Mary in 1998. through these extra courses and mentored research experiences.” “I’m an environmental economist who doesn’t have formal training Swaddle’s fulfillment at William and Mary comes from students in environmental economics,” says Stafford. “But that gives me a dif- who possess a curiousity similar to his own. “I’ve definitely done proj- ferent perspective.” ects here with students that I would not have done by myself because Stafford also brings a different perspective to students. “I take of their interests — which I see as a good thing,” he says. them out to the Sunken Garden and we make paper airplanes,” she Despite all the time Swaddle spends with teaching and research, says. While that may not sound educational on the surface, Stafford he also maintains a schedule for sports as coach of the William and explains this excercise teaches students buying and selling principles. Mary men’s rugby team, which finished second in Division III in 2003. They need to factor in the cost of paper, a plan for marketing the Swaddle is married to Rowan Lockwood, an assistant professor of planes, flight regulations and countless other variables in order to geology at William and Mary. sustain a profit. Her interest and knowledge of economics also includes experimen- tal economics and the effects of law and policy concerning economics. Speaking From Experience According to Stafford, many students at William and Mary are inter- ested in classes with legal aspects, which makes her Economic Analy- Elizabeth A. Wiley Associate Professor of Theatre, sis of Law class a popular choice. Speech & Dance Stafford says, “I try to pick interesting or wacky [legal] cases” to engage students. “They get really excited when you can apply what Playwright Caridad Svich, author of Alche- we’re learning in class to cases.” my of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues, said, “I have As environmental policy evolves in the coming years, Stafford will always enjoyed exploring speech as a physi- be the first to know of changes and regulations as they are imple- cal and cognitive act by my characters.” mented. That is … she and her students at William and Mary will be These words are particularly poignant the first to know. to Elizabeth Wiley, associate professor of theatre, speech and dance at the College. “To speak your truth and trust yourself” is Curious Biologist one of the cornerstones she feels her students must cultivate as actors. “As a beginner, there’s a vulnerability tapping into yourself John P. Swaddle Associate Professor of Biology even if it’s with someone else’s words,” she adds. With so much revealed by idiomatic use of language in the play, it is As a young boy John Swaddle, the Robert no wonder one of Wiley’s favorites is Alchemy of Desire. In fact, she is and Sara Boyd Associate Professor of Biolo- directing the play this winter, with performances Feb. 24-27 in the gy, became fascinated with animals. A native College’s Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall. Wiley’s role as a teacher of England, he remembers being 6 or 7 years goes far beyond coaching her students to speak with their voices. old when he saw the movie Dr. Doolittle for “Acting has to be a holistic endeavor,” she says, “where the acting the first time. In the film, Dr. Doolittle learns goes past the mind and into the body.” how to speak to animals. After leaving the A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Wiley began acting at age 12. The theatre, Swaddle recalls, “I was convinced desire to teach, however, was not realized as early. After completing a there must be some way to communicate with animals.” master of fine arts at the University of Minnesota, she figured the Swaddle’s curiosity as a little boy eventually led him to the Uni- best way to keep learning her craft was to act. But Wiley was torn versity of Bristol UK, where he earned joint honors in psychology between the full-time career demands of an actor and her desire to and zoology prior to obtaining a doctorate in biological sciences. have a family. Today, his research here in Williamsburg has encompassed proj- Wiley’s desire to teach also began to manifest itself around this ects reaching across a wide spectrum of disciplines in the search time. She adapted to the classroom quickly and her real life experi- for answers to the evolution of species. ence as an actor translated well as an educator when she began At William and Mary, along with Associate Professor of Biology teaching at the University of Mississippi in 1994. Dan Cristol and Director of the College's Center of Conservation “I wanted to try my craft and get professional experience first,” Biology Bryan Watts, Swaddle is involved with the Institute for Wiley explains. “Fortunately, I found I just love teaching.” Integrative Bird Behavior Studies. Together, they are developing an A large part of the satisfaction Wiley finds in teaching comes from interdisciplinary partnership with Associate Professor of Mathe- the quality students she has encountered at William and Mary, matics Sebastian Schreiber, assistant professors Junping Shi and where she instructs beginning and intermediate acting, as well as Tim Killingback and several students to collaborate on a bluebird advanced acting and voice production. “It’s wonderful to have bright breeding ecology project, for which they have already been award- students — they’re able to grasp concepts quickly,” she says. “More ed a $647,000 National Science Foundation grant. than that, they have a drive to expand themselves.” “We will be developing new courses in ecological modeling and Wiley and her husband, David Doersch, have two daughters,

mathematical approaches to biological problems in order to recruit Caliska and Miranda. SEARLE RANDY PHOTOS:

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EDITOR’S NOTE ~ MELISSA V. PINARD

The air is cold in Williamsburg and students are studying huddled inside their dorm rooms or in the newly renovated Swem Library, which you can read about on page 32. The presidential search is well under way and we should be hearing an announcement sometime in March. This issue is dedicated to the “Marys” of William and Mary. So often when alumni of various ages get together at reunions and other events they discuss how different the rules at the College used to be. The story on page 44 highlights how coeducation reshaped William and Mary and how the social rules have changed along the way. The theme for Homecoming 2005 is Proud Past, Bright Future. During this time of transition we are recognizing the greatness of past generations while remaining hopeful for the days to come at William and Mary with all of our bright students entering the work force. Enjoy photos of Homecoming 2004 in this issue on page 38. We hope you like the new look of the Alumni Magazine. The redesign has garnered quite a bit of attention from alumni and fellow commu- nication professionals, including two CASE District III Awards of Excellence for Improvement in Design and Magazine Publishing Improvement and an honorable mention from the International Association of Business Communicators Best in Virginia Awards for Publi- cation Design. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is one of the most recognized professional organiza- tions for those of us who work in this field. We need Reporters for the classes of 1947 and 1958. If you are interested please contact Sylvia Corneliussen at 757.221.1742 or

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A GOOD NEIGHBOR ~ JOHN T. WALLACE Construction of Merchants Square, which encompasses the first block of Duke of Gloucester (DoG) Street, was completed in 1932, and with its proximity to the College, has since been a popular spot for students to spend an afternoon shopping, jogging or just taking a break from their studies. Stores have come and gone throughout the Square’s history, including the A&P located at the present-day Craft House building that moved in the early 1950s, the post office that relocated in the early 1990s, and Casey’s Department Store and the Williamsburg Drug Co. (pic- tured c. 1937) that both left only a few years ago. The corner drugstore is now Williams-Sonoma. Although many of the stores occupying the buildings in Merchants Square change, much of this small shopping district’s distinctive charm remains. Today, the Square’s connection to campus continues a strong relationship. The William and Mary Bookstore relocated to the former Casey’s location in April 2001. And the theatre (now the Kimball Theatre), which was renovated in September 2001, hosts movies, live performances and special College events. The Cheese Shop, for years a favorite spot to grab a sandwich for students, recently relocated to a new, larger loca- tion on DoG Street. As further evidence of this shared block of community, Merchants Square by Colonial Williamsburg is a sponsor of the annual Homecoming Parade, which takes place on both the campus as well as the portion of DoG Street passing through Merchants Square. PHOTO: WMAA ARCHIVES

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