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W A T T H S RIG O LB N FU Inside Cover story: DEPARTMENTS Pathways to success 22 Between the Lines 2 A political science professor explores why Convergence 3 Wheaton students are winning so many national and international awards. Around the Dimple 4 By Jay Goodman Panorama 12 A change of course 28 Field Report 14 Deborah Haigh Dluhy ’62 is stepping Wheaton in the News 17 down as chair of the Wheaton Board Alumnae/i News 32 of Trustees and retiring as dean of the From the Alumnae/i Association School of the Museum of Fine Arts. On this page Class Notes 36 By Sandy Coleman Divers climb the ladders onto the Linda Mandolini ’85, executive director Millawanda at the end of their of Eden Housing, a nonprofit affordable 20-minute dive (and 15-minute housing developer. decompression). End Page 64 Photo by Susannah H. Snowden ’95 Rediscovering a lost brother, Wheaton connection Cover design by Jill Hunting ’72 By David Laferriere Deep blue dream come true Photographer Susannah H. Snowden ’95 receives the assignment of a lifetime, shooting an archeological site 150 feet beneath the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey. Page 18 By Sandy Coleman

WHEATON QUARTERLY Vo l . XCVIII, No. 3

Editor Sandy Coleman Assistant Editor/Class Notes Karen Mateer Senior Writer Hannah Benoit Art Director Barbara Dill P’92 Designer David Laferriere Staff Writers Scott Dietz, Josh Kessler, Lisa Nelson Assistant Vice President for Communications Michael Graca

The Quarterly (ISSN 1068-1558) is published four times a year (summer, fall, winter and spring) by Wheaton College and printed by Lane Press of Burlington, Vermont. Periodicals postage paid at Norton, Mass., and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766. Wheaton College © 2010 Between THE Lines BY SANDY COLEMAN, EDITOR So what do you think?

I have gained a whole new respect for No worries. Most of the feedback on In the category of academic and intel- “American Idol” contestants who are able the Quarterly was good. “Nice cover,” one lectual life, the topics that respondents to subject themselves to instant judgment. I judge said. “Strong images,” said another. “I said are most popular, ranked in order, are: got a taste of that in March when I attended don’t know if you needed two more photos individual faculty profiles, student research the Editors Forum, a conference for alumni of this person,” said the Simon look-alike. and academic experiences, faculty research, magazine editors presented by the Council I tell you this to let you know just how ea- faculty awards, faculty selection, promotions for Advancement and Support of Education ger we are to keep finding ways to improve and retirements, curriculum, and stories (CASE). our award-winning magazine. about individual courses. I signed up for “Magazine Idol,” a work- In the category of alumni life and activities, Readership survey shop in which editors brought three copies the most popular topics, in order, are: class of their magazine to a panel of judges. Each In a more serious effort, this fall and winter notes, alumni in their professions, individual scanned it and then the Wheaton Quarterly participated in the alumni profiles, alumni in their personal lives, gave their opinion—in CASE Member Magazine Readership Survey. alumni chapter activities and regional program- five minutes! One judge The survey was launched in 2009 for maga- ming, obituaries, and alumni volunteers for the actually looked like zine editors at colleges, universities and K–12 institution. Simon (short dark hair, institutions that are CASE members. We most enjoyed reading your answers to thick eyebrows), and It was designed to help us all evaluate how the survey’s open-ended questions, both the she was just as blunt. readers view our campus magazine and com- praise as well as the criticism. Well, OK, we “I don’t hate this de- pare the results to those of other institutions. didn’t enjoy the criticism, but we need it. sign, but I don’t love it,” More than 35,000 alumni magazine readers Many respondents expressed an over- she told one editor—not nationwide responded to the survey sent by whelming love for the class notes as a way me, thank goodness—as the rest of us sat more than 135 member institutions in the to keep the connection to Wheaton long wondering why the hell we had signed up United States. We sent the survey to a random after graduation. for this workshop. sampling of our readers for whom we have Several people wrote that they enjoy reading e-mail addresses. stories about collaborations between students Of the 2,055 surveys sent out, we re- and faculty members. However, readers would Letters ceived 366 responses back. (So our results like to see more stories about community ser- have a +/- 5 percent margin of error.) Thank vice involving students. And they not only want Good to know you so much to those who participated. to hear about the scholars, but also about the I want to tell you that I read your article on wonderful variety of students who are talented The survey says Wheaton’s archives in the spring Quarterly, in so many different ways. and I am quite impressed that they exist. There are too many findings to share here, This apparently is not something that was We’re listening available to students in the 1960s or so. I but here are some key ones: would have known about it, as I am somewhat Seventy percent of respondents said they We want to hear from you. E-mail (quar- of a “collector.” I have an admittedly small love reading the magazine in print form. [email protected]) or write and tell assemblage of old articles, including one newspaper report Fifty-four percent said they read most of the us what you like about the magazine, what about the first What’s on magazine, which is great, given the competi- you want to see more of, or suggest story landing on the your mind tion for attention. Thirty-one percent said the ideas. Tell us about an amazing alum doing moon, in 1969. The Quarterly welcomes? quality of the magazine content is excellent. work that we should know about. Q At some point letters to the editor on topics within the next you’ve read in these pages or few years, I hope on other topics concerning to organize this the Wheaton community. collection in Please address your letters to: some way. And In the spring issue of the Quarterly, we gave you a trivia quiz and asked you to go to then, hoping that Sandy Coleman, editor the web to answer three bonus questions for a chance to win a Wheaton T-shirt. A ques- there is some (al- Wheaton Quarterly tion about the number of cupolas on campus proved to be more challenging than the final beit small) value Wheaton College question on ”Jeopardy.” No one got it right. So we took the names of those who correctly 26 E. Main St. to it, I may pass answered the other two questions and came closest on the cupolas to enter into the raffle. Norton, MA 02766 the collection Here are the questions, the answers and the name of the winner. Congrats! on to Wheaton. I You can also e-mail us: know that some- [email protected] 1. How many Wheaton buildings have cupolas? 3. Which Wheaton graduate appears on CBS’ one may enjoy it. Six: Everett, Emerson, Knapton, Mary Lyon, the “60 Minutes”? As you can see, your article definitely presidents’ carriage house, the presidents’ barn. Lesley Stahl W1963. resonated. 2. Did Wheaton ever hold classes on Saturday? And the winner is… Sheila Kunian Vernick ’61 Yes, until 1961. Frances Hayes Rogovin ’51. 2 Wheaton Quarterly CONVERGENCE By Ronald A. Crutcher, President Taking a new path

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood right answer, the question does encourage us to And looked down one as far as I could consider the ways in which culture influences the use To where it bent in the undergrowth. and abuse of alcohol. In Europe, for example, where young adults learn to enjoy wine at dinner with their The opening stanza of Robert Frost’s famous poem, families, the rate of alcohol abuse and binge drink- “The Road Not Taken,” speaks of an intersection ing remains far lower than in the U.S. Clearly, social and a choice to be made between two paths. norms play a large role in how we approach the use When it comes to alcohol and education, college of alcohol. students and colleges themselves stand at a critical Wheaton may not be able to shift society on its juncture: continuing to address the issue through own, but we can affect our campus culture and there policies and practices that restrict behavior and is good reason for us to try. In addition to reasons punish transgressions or seeking to address the root of public health, safety and legality, we know that causes of irresponsible and illegal use of alcohol. alcohol abuse undermines our efforts to create a vi- This situation is neither new nor is the position brant learning community. National studies show that entirely unique to higher education. The issue of alcohol abuse correlates with poor academic perfor- alcohol abuse transcends colleges and universi- mance, even the failure to complete a degree. Acting ties. Irresponsible and illegal on existing policies and procedures that respond to drinking begins well before the problems of alcohol abuse many students matriculate at a is necessary but insufficient. So, Wheaton may not be college and continues long after Wheaton is taking a new path. able to shift society graduation day. Nevertheless, Our effort to address this issue on its own, but we the consumption of alcohol and takes its name from the open- can affect our campus alcohol abuse plays too great a ing lines in Robert Frost’s poem. role in the lives of some college The college’s Yellow Wood culture and there is good students. Commission, a representative com- reason for us to try. National studies offer an mittee that was formed at the start alarming picture. The use of of the spring semester, seeks to change the campus alcohol contributes to about culture through collaborative discussion and engage- 1,700 deaths, nearly 600,000 ment. Students are joining with faculty and administra- injuries and 97,000 cases of sexual assault each tors to study the issues that underlie irresponsible and year. And in recent years, the problem appears to illegal alcohol use. have been growing in severity. The most recent data In keeping with Wheaton’s commitment to rigorous suggest that students’ binge drinking has been on liberal arts study, the members of the Yellow Wood the rise since the early 1990s. Commission are conducting a comprehensive critical Wheaton possesses no immunity from these trends, review of practices that effectively promote responsi- either. Our public safety and campus life staff spend a ble use of alcohol. They will engage the entire campus fair amount of time each week responding to under- in discussing their findings and determining how our age or irresponsible alcohol use and the problems that community will work together to promote a healthier arise from these situations. Often, violations of the culture. college’s honor code and community standards can The initiatives that will arise from the work of the be traced back to alcohol or drug use. Yellow Wood Commission could take many forms. I On this issue, college campuses reflect the prob- will avoid suggesting possible projects here, because I lems of the larger society. Two years ago, former am most interested in encouraging creative ideas that Middlebury College President John McCardell and arise from the group’s work and outreach with the other college presidents (myself included) began entire campus. a national conversation about alcohol and young In this way, Wheaton will generate original and adults through the Amethyst Initiative, which asked effective strategies that can serve as a model for the provocative question of whether the drinking others. We will also demonstrate the power that our age should be changed. distinctive approach to the liberal arts can have in While changing the drinking age may not be the promoting positive changes in the world. Q

SUMMER 2010 3 AROUND THE DIMPLE Helping Haiti

In January, within hours of the devastating Student groups sing in the finale (above), and the earthquake in Haiti, the Wheaton commu- Wheaton dance troupe takes center stage (left) during the Haiti benefit concert. View the concert at nity began to do one of the things that its wheatoncollege.edu/go/haiti. Kuszaj Jessica members do best—respond to need. The Student Government Association, under raised $1,000 in three days. “This event meant the direction of Gabriel Amo ’10, worked with a lot to me, not only because I reached my students to mobilize fundraising efforts that goal, but also because I am able to help my ran the gamut from collecting money in jars at country in desperate need,” said Fenelon. various events to performing a benefit concert The Wheaton chapter of the Roosevelt that featured a finale that was reminiscent of Institute Campus Network, a national student Michael Jackson’s celebrity-filled “We Are the think tank with branches at 85 colleges, spon- World” recording. Dorwart ’11) that was sponsored by the sored an evening of discussion titled “Haiti Along with Amo, Paul Roell ’11, YMCA Hall Staff and the Office of Student 101.” Aaron Bos-Lun ’12, co-president of the Christopher Romilly ’10 and Laura Peters ’10 Life. The thrift shop proceeds benefited the Wheaton chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, were the chief planners. Also, the leaders Haiti Relief Fund and unsold items went to a said the three professors who participated— of eight Wheaton performing groups each local charity. Donations also were collected Darlene Boroviak (political science), Gerard played a distinct role in the event, which at a women’s basketball game in January. Huiskamp (political science) and John Bezis- raised more than $1,000. Anthonina Fenelon ’12, a Renaissance Selfa (history)—helped provide a deeper “The evening was special because it House resident, organized a bake sale for understanding of Haiti’s history. reflected all that’s good about the Wheaton Haiti. “I am Haitian and I have family and “A big part of our goal in “Haiti 101” was community—collaboration, concern for oth- friends affected by the earthquake,” she said. showing that Haiti is much more than a ers, connectedness with one another,” said “It was important for me to take the initiative sound bite and more than a series of tragic Amo. “As an institution that places service in raising money for Haiti because that is my images on the news,” said Bos-Lun. and civic responsibility in our college’s community away from Wheaton College.” A vigil held in Cole Memorial Chapel be- ethos, it was a natural transition to put those Various baked goods were made by her fore any of the events began set the tone for sentiments into action.” housemates, as well as by faculty, staff and remembering the tens of thousands killed in Other efforts included: Hearts for Haiti, a members of clubs and other theme houses Haiti and for keeping in mind the survivors. sale of Valentine’s Day hearts, sponsored by on campus. The Office of Service, Spirituality Vereene Parnell, the associate dean of the Education Club; a Hope for Haiti Silent and Social Responsibility (SSSR) and the the Office of SSSR, who worked with stu- Art Auction, sponsored by the House of the Intercultural Board sponsored the sale, which dents to organize the vigil and other events, Living Arts; a third annual iSpeak! showcase noted that the outpouring to help Haiti is in which iSpeak! T-shirts, sweaters and a classic Wheaton. new performance CD were sold to benefit “I was very moved when our students Haiti; a collection of school supplies, spon- reached out to me and to others on cam- sored by the Intercultural Theatre Group; pus in the first hours after the earthquake and a thrift shop (the brainchild of Kelsey to begin to plan a myriad of fundraisers,” she said. “I expected no less, but I am still Shania Mason ’11 makes a point during a spoken inspired by the compassion and creativity word performance at the Haiti benefit concert. evident in their responses.” Q

4 Wheaton Quarterly Professor wins NEH grant to focus on women’s roles in anti-apartheid fight

If women are restored to their rightful place in the history of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid, Kim Miller’s scholarship may be part of the reason why. The assistant professor of women’s studies and art history is researching a book that will examine visual representations of women political activists in South Africa during and after the struggle against apartheid. Miller’s project received a big boost from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has awarded her an NEH Fellowship for University Teachers to finish researching and writing the book. The $50,000 grant will allow Miller to take a yearlong sabbati- cal to complete her research in South Africa, as well as finish writing the book. “I am so excited about the grant,” said Miller. “They are nearly impossible to get, and I never anticipated a positive response. Senator (John) Kerry’s office called me to congratulate me on the award and to wish me luck on my project.” NEH university teaching fellowships are Katie Hall ‘06 particularly noteworthy due to the difficulty ages have been largely removed from the of winning one. In fact, fewer than one in Who: Kim Miller, assistant professor of history of the anti-apartheid movement, 10 scholars who applied for the awards this women’s studies and art history Miller said. “I argue that the rich visual year received a positive response. Grant title: Selective Silencing and the rhetoric that once helped create political Professor Miller’s scholarship focuses Shaping of Memory in Post-Apartheid South identities and recognition for women has African Visual Culture on the relationship between visual culture, now largely disappeared.” gender, and power in African arts. Project field: Art history and criticism The fruits of Miller’s scholarship have “At its core, my book argues that the Program: Fellowships for College Teachers resulted in a number of articles in scholarly memory of women’s actions in the past is and Independent Scholars journals in recent years, including the article changing in favor of a more narrow vision, Division: Research programs “Moms with Guns: Women’s Political Agency and that women’s experiences are gener- Total awarded: $50,400 in Anti-Apartheid Visual Culture” in African ally neglected in the context of the new Grant period: 7/1/2010–6/30/2011 Arts. The South African Historical Journal will national identity,” Miller said. soon be publishing one of her papers, which Source: National Endowment for the Humanities In some ways, the current state of affairs will eventually be a section in her book. reflects the reassertion of apartheid-era She also learned in February that she patriarchal culture. While women played a roles, including cooking and catering for won the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for prominent and visible role during the anti- the men. It was even longer before women Research on Women and Politics, from apartheid movement, their activities were were welcomed to serve on the executive the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at greatly restricted by the government as leadership committee.” Iowa State University. well as by many of the resistance organiza- Despite those barriers, women were ac- With support from the NEH fellowship, tions, she said. tive in the movement, some quite promi- Miller plans to return to South Africa for ar- “In fact, women were not formally admit- nently. At the same time, visual representa- chival research as well as interviews, largely ted as members into the African National tions of women, specific individuals and in Johannesburg, but also in Durban, Cape Congress (ANC) until 1943, and even then iconic images were common. Town, and surrounding townships. Q they were assigned primarily supportive Today, however, women’s roles and im- —Michael Graca

SUMMER 2010 5 AROUND THE DIMPLE Tim Morse Tim

A Minute with …

Christopher MacDonald, a double Christopher MacDonald ’10 major in English literature and music, is a man of many talents. He has found a way to showcase an amazing array of them. A unique voice: “My voice is different from that of most other men. I am a male mezzo-soprano, which means that I have a vocal range that lies about an octave or so higher than that of an average baritone. Not only is this something rare and exciting, but it also allows me to perform repertoire that has been inaccessible to the male voice for years and to make new statements with other repertoire.” Talent show: “I write a political commentary col- umn for the Wheaton Wire, sing in and conduct the Wheaton Chorale, play and take lessons for organ, and study conducting. I am the vice chair of the Appellate Board, and a member of the nonpartisan think tank the Roosevelt Institute, for which I am writing a federal transportation policy proposal. I am a senator in the Student Government Association, as well as the Dean of Senate. This semester, I am working with Public Safety and Student Life to reform Wheaton’s sanctioning system into something more comprehensible. I represent Cragin Hall. I work in the li- brary and as the music department assistant. I have also worked for U.S. Senator Susan Collins since last May. I will move to Washington, D.C., after graduation to work in her office before going to law school.” Harmony between music and politics: “For centuries, music has been inextricably associated with culture—expressing or represent- ing it, or, in some cases, defining it altogether. Historically, musical and political happenings have always shared a reciprocal relationship. There are countless examples of how music and politics intersect. Both are interests that Wheaton has allowed me to develop concurrently. For example, in my music senior seminar, we are examining the role of music in the formation of English national identity. And in a political science class in fall 2009, when we cre- ated political campaign ads for ourselves, I was able to experiment with the influence of music in such settings.” Q

6 Wheaton Quarterly Musical collaboration a hit

The catchy tunes. The flashy costumes. The over-the-top performances. Musicals are so easy to love. But they can be pricey and labor intensive to produce. Luckily, before they gradu- ated, Wheaton alums Austin Simko ’09 and Alexander Grover ’09 worked to ensure that Wheaton students could be involved in a musical every year. Previously, musicals were produced at Wheaton every three or four years, with the support of an endowed fund. Katie Hall ’06 Teaming up with students, faculty and staff Katherine Anderson ’10 and Ted Nesi ’07 perform in the musical Curtains. members, Simko (the 2008–2009 Student Anderson, a music major who is the liai- him because it was the first time he got to Government Association president) and son between Wheaton and Triboro theatre, perform on stage at Wheaton. Grover (former leader of The Gentlemen said she has enjoyed the collaboration. She “Triboro Youth Theatre is one of the Callers) helped to forge a partnership between starred as Niki Harris, a young ingénue who small number of institutions that shaped Wheaton and the local Triboro Musical falls in love with a detective played by Nesi. who I am—Wheaton being another,” said Theatre last year. This January for the second “Working with the Triboro theatre, you Nesi, a reporter for consecutive year, college students and the are inundated with the most rich and fulfill- Providence Business “It would have Attleboro, Mass.–based theatre troupe pre- ing musical theatre experience possible,” she News. “It’s a treat been difficult for sented a musical and continued to strengthen said. “On top of that, you are guaranteed the that I can continue to either side to the partnership in which both sides benefit. company of interesting, responsible, caring be a part of it. Plus, put on Curtains This year’s musical, Curtains, was per- and all-around wonderful people.” let’s be honest—I’m a formed at the Weber Theatre. It featured Vivian Humphrey, the artistic/adminis- ham and I’ll take any alone, but by eight Wheaton students, as well as four trative director of both the Triboro Youth excuse to perform. coming together alums—Katherine Anderson ’10, Shannon Theatre and the Triboro Musical Theatre, “What was wonder- we were able to Coco ’11, Hilary Emerson ’10, Raul Gil ’12, directed and produced Curtains. She said ful about this collabo- David Lopes ’10, Allison McMaster ’10, Ted that she has welcomed the opportunity to tap ration was the way do something Nesi ’07, Amanda Nelson ’07, Laura Norton into the skills of students who, in addition to both sides could bring great for the ’12, Tom Norton ’09 (in the orchestra), Laura acting, have also filled roles as costume de- different things to the audience and the Peters ’10 and Jen Valentino ’09. signer, stage manager and orchestra member. partnership to create actors.” “For some Wheaton students this is something bigger,” he the second Triboro Musical Theatre show said. “It would have Ted Nesi ’07 they have participated in, and I have seen been difficult for either their growth and their understanding be- side to put on Curtains alone, but by coming ing brought to their performances,” said together we were able to do something great Humphrey. “They accepted any challenge for the audience and the actors. we threw at them, and met and surpassed “Triboro brought its years of experience, these challenges with enthusiasm.” professional staff and its company of actors. Several Wheaton students and alums had Wheaton provided the theatre, rehearsal space been involved with the Triboro theatre long and other support, and showed once again before the partnership was created, including how committed it is to collaborating with and Nesi, who was the male lead in Curtains. supporting the community it calls home.” Q He had been acting with the Triboro Youth Theatre since he was in sixth grade. For more information Playing the raincoat-wearing singing detec- Triboro Youth Theatre, triboroyouththeatre.org tive in Curtains was a dream come true for Triboro Musical Theatre, triboromusicaltheatre.org

SUMMER 2010 7 AROUND THE DIMPLE Leaving a permanent impression

When Ann Murray, art history professor and a $5,000 grant for conservation from the director of Beard and Weil Galleries, arrived Cricket Foundation, which was matched by on campus in the fall of 1974 she immedi- the Friends of Art. ately took on one of her biggest challeng- The majority of paintings in the collection es—organizing, documenting and protecting have undergone conservation, but the work is Wheaton’s art collection. ongoing, notes Murray. Much of that has been That scattered collection of items, in done by painting conservator Susan Werner Murray’s hands, has become the college’s very O’Day ’77, one of Murray’s early students. cohesive Permanent Collection. As she retires For many years, students worked with in May, the collection—along with the many Murray on the collection, gathering data and gallery exhibitions she curated—stands as a cataloging information. Gradually, they com- testament to her many accomplishments at piled a database that eliminated the need for Wheaton. accession cards. Wheaton’s eclectic collection consists of Applauding Murray paintings, drawings and prints, as well as sculptures, antiquities, textiles, artists’ books, College Archivist Zephorene Stickney Native American baskets and decorative arts. praises Murray for her dedicated efforts: Original prints by Dali, Goya, Miró, Picasso, “Ann is to be applauded not only for bring- Rembrandt and Whistler are among the items. ing together the Permanent Collection, but And it is an accessible collection. As go on what she calls a “treasure hunt.” also for realizing that there was a collection Murray points out: There are not many “We would go on expeditions around scattered about the campus, and convincing places where a student can hold (in a gloved campus looking for paintings, because we those of us who had artworks to have them hand) an original etching by Rembrandt. had found lists of works that were supposed accessioned as part of the collection and to be here. But we didn’t know where they moved to Watson.” Hunting for treasure were,” she says. “Administrative offices Now Leah Niederstadt, assistant professor Surprisingly, the effort to gather together sometimes had paintings, and when people of museum studies, is in charge of the collec- all of the works comprising the Permanent would leave, they would just put the paint- tion. Before she began in 2008, there was no Collection (which was not even in Murray’s ing that had been hanging on the wall in a designated collections curator. Murray did the job description) began like a game of hide- closet. And then the next person who came job, along with all of her other responsibilities. and-seek, because many of them were all might or might not think to bring it back. It Niederstadt recently worked with Kayla over campus. Shortly after she arrived at might just stay in the closet for a long time.” Malouin ’10, who curated Collection/ Wheaton, armed with a list and accompanied Reflection: A History of Wheaton’s by her part-time gallery assistant, she would Surprising “finds” Permanent Collection. The exhibition, on Some works were found in a former barn display in March and April in Beard Gallery, behind a campus house located across the highlighted the vital role that individuals and street from Murray’s Watson Fine Arts office. families have played in building the collec- Some were found stored in a crawl space tion through their donations of art. under a heating duct in Watson, several more in the attic of the library, and elsewhere. Not unsurprisingly, many of the found works were not in good condition. So Murray has spent a great deal of time having pieces restored, with the support of grants and gifts. The college has received several grants from what is now the Massachusetts Cultural Council on the Arts, as well as from The Bay and Paul Foundations in New York. The Wheaton College Friends of Art has Autumn by Régis François Gignoux, circa 1860–1862. provided generous funding for conservation Gift of Mrs. Thomas (Mary Rich) Richardson. The Prodigal Son (top) by Albrecht Dürer, 1496. Gift of Mrs. over the past several years and continues to Newton G. Loud (Helen Lewis, Class of 1921). do so. Most recently the college received

8 Wheaton Quarterly Above, Le Placeur by Honoré Victorin Daumier, 1842, purchased with Shippee Memorial Fund; Bottom left, candlestick, Wedgwood company, 1925. Gift of Dr. Victoria Cass, Class of 1934.

In addition to the work on the collection, Murray by the end of this year will have curated 143 shows in the galleries (currently up to nine per year), which is what she was originally hired to do. Stickney points out that the professor also gave the collection an academic focus by using it to teach students. Murray has taught 19th- and 20th-century art history courses, senior seminars, and lectured in the team-taught art history survey. The last senior seminar she taught produced an exhibition called The Realist Impulse: Painting and Sculpture from the Wheaton College Collection, 1830–1940. Eleven students researched and wrote essays on 58 works of art that are now documented in a 132-page catalog. Another exhibition and catalog—An American Composer Looks at Egypt: Ruth Lynda Deyo and the Diadem of Stars (1999)—led to research that Murray plans to continue after she retires. Looking back, she says, one of the most Nicki Pardo Nicki rewarding experiences has been working on the catalogs with students and watching them gain valuable research skills as they dug for firsthand knowledge. “The joy of finding things out that you didn’t know before and finding out that, in fact, it was really quite important, and help- ing students to make those discoveries, has been great,” she says. “I’ve enjoyed it all.” Q

SUMMER 2010 9 AROUND THE DIMPLE Diving into technology

Whenever Brandon Waltz ’11 explores the Internet, he says he is always drawn to inter- active web sites that have visual special ef- fects and lots of “other bells and whistles.” “I always tell myself, ‘I want to do that. I want to be the one who produces something like this,’” he said. This winter the computer major sharpened his skills to do just that. He and several other students gave up part of their winter break to take the new January Technology Immersion Program, which offered two weeks of intensive, all-day study in graphic and web Keith Nordstrom Keith design. The brainchild of faculty technology liaison Jenni Lund, the class was taught by nal of skills, which I have gained through It was more than good enough, noted faculty technology liaisons Patrick Rashleigh my major, to get it done. Our group was Baron, who was delighted with the design. and Ken Davignon. constrained from the start because we “Brandon’s enthusiasm was evident from the Waltz dove into the web design class. knew that we were essentially constructing start, and he, too, has helped to give us a Working on a team of three, he helped a prototype/suggestion site that needed to window on the world of autism,” she said. design a web page for “clients” Professor fall within the recently redesigned Wheaton Kenya Bryant ’12, a sociology major, took of Psychology Grace Baron and College web site. We knew that Wheaton’s real web the graphic design class. She wanted to help Archivist Zephorene Stickney. (Another team might not want to use it. So design- broaden her choices for summer opportunities. team redesigned web pages for a local food wise we didn’t have much leeway. “This summer I’m applying for internships pantry.) The web page, which is located on “The biggest challenge that I had to work in advertising, magazine publishing and mar- Wheaton’s redesigned site, highlighted “The through was trying to use the template that keting,” she said. “Most of the programs I’ve Art and Life of Jessica Park: Windows on the was given to us, decipher all the professional looked into ask if you have experience with World of Autism” exhibit that was on display HTML and CSS code to make our changes, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Since I’ve at the library from March 1 to April 11. to make the site more or less the way we never been introduced to either, I thought “I was basically the chief engineer,” said wanted it to be. So my overall goal was to the class would be helpful.” Waltz. “I had a good understanding of make it as close to the Wheaton site as pos- The most valuable lesson she (and likely the what the client wanted, and a good arse- sible, and good enough.” other students) learned? “Patience,” she said. Q Web upgrade

Wheaton has launched a tice that the site’s design coordi- renovated web site, following an nates with the college’s graphic intensive, 10-month effort that identity standards, including involved extensive consultation its Wheaton blue wrapping on and feedback from the entire col- every page and the college’s seal lege community. in the banner at the top of the The launch of Wheaton’s new home page. Numerous enhance- web site represents the comple- ments will make the site easier to tion of the first (and most dramat- use for repeat users and first-time ic) phase of a longer-term effort visitors. to enhance the college’s web It also features a gallery of pro- presence and engage the entire files about students, alums and fac- community in telling Wheaton’s ulty members. And you are invited story as effectively as possible. to tell us your story. Check it out at On the surface, users will no- www.wheatoncollege.edu. Q

10 Wheaton Quarterly Science rising

The Wheaton College Board of Trustees has voted to said Tommy Ratliff, associate professor of move forward with construction of the new science mathematics and the faculty coordinator for the project. center project, despite the difficult economic forces “When this project is complete, our buffeting the nation’s colleges and universities. students are going to have the space they deserve for the outstanding work they do,” The 99,000-square-foot project, which in- strengthens students’ capacity to engage the he said. In addition, the new building will cludes the construction of a new three-story perspectives of multiple disciplines.” include classrooms outfitted for transforma- building and the renovation of the first floor The cost of the building is approximately tion into research labs, allowing the science of the existing science building, will expand $42 million. More than half the funding ($27 program room to evolve as students’ needs and improve facilities for scientific and inter- million) will come from gifts to the college for change. disciplinary scholarship as well as further the the project. Work will begin this spring; the Beyond its goals to provide new facilities college’s “Connections” curriculum. project will be completed in the fall of 2011. for the sciences, the new science center will In addition, the project has been designed The new building will contain classroom, also provide more community spaces such to enhance the college’s efforts in promoting lab and office space, as well as greatly as study lounges and a café. These features sustainability and environmental conserva- expanded common spaces for the college. will facilitate collaboration among students tion, from the installation of energy-efficient It will serve as the home and faculty, allowing for systems and a “green” roof to architectural fea- for biology, chemistry, formal learning and teach- tures that will control water runoff on the site. and cognitive and be- By the numbers ing as well as the informal “This project makes a bold statement about havioral neuroscience. interactions that build a sense $42 million Building’s Wheaton’s commitment to the sciences and Math, physics and com- of community. approximate cost to high-quality liberal arts education for all puter science will be Designed by Einhorn Yaffe students,” said President Ronald Crutcher. located in the renovated 99,000 square feet of Prescott, the new center will “This investment reflects our belief that scien- portion of the existing space in total project incorporate a host of features tific literacy and research are critical compo- facility. 2011 New building opens that will enable the building nents of a 21st-century liberal arts education. Among the laborato- in the fall to earn LEED certification “Our new science center builds on what ries that will be created (Leadership in Energy and 40 faculty offices makes Wheaton distinctive. The design will be multi-use labs Environmental Design), a for the project encourages active learning uniquely suited to col- 23 faculty/student research nationally recognized bench- and collaboration, and it will allow our laborative, interdisci- labs mark for sustainable buildings students and faculty to fully develop plinary research among 14 new teaching labs established by the U.S. Green the ‘Connections’ curriculum, which students and faculty, Building Council. Q 1 of each: green roof, greenhouse, observatory and café

SUMMER 2010 11 Panorama Professor examines reconciliation

Can there be reconciliation between a victim and an oppressor once the repression has ended? The First Year Seminar (FYS) “Truth, Reconciliation and Forgiveness” that Assistant Professor of History Dolita Cathcart has taught for the past two years explores the idea. In the course, she examines the his- tory of repression through the lens of slavery, genocide, the Holocaust and apartheid to consider how groups can move on to build a better world. Cathcart, who has a doc- toral degree in American history, mainly re- searches the political transformation of elite African American women at the turn of the 20th century. She most recently published Crossing Borders, Making Homes: Stories of Resilient Women. The Quarterly asked her about her FYS.

What led you to develop this FYS? One thing that has interested me is how we as a nation can bridge our differences, Katie Hall ‘06 specifically, the great racial divide. One of the many bridges we must cross at this stage same stage? Be given the same weight in victim get past the pain, the humiliation of our national development is the bridge to their arguments? This so-called “fair and and the legacy of the past? How does the reconciliation. But how do we as a people balanced” approach we see so frequently in oppressor come to understand his or her learn to trust and work together for the com- our news media that pairs policy wonks with role (or the role of ancestors), come to terms mon good, given our legacy? ideologues gets us nowhere. So the students with the actions, and cease to fear retribu- must learn to tease out the truth under the tion for the past so that reconciliation can Why is this a good subject for first-year weight of so much false commentary in take place? One step those who feel op- students? order to better understand not only what pressed must take in order to become active Well, first-year students, generally speak- happened, but also how the what has been change agents is the development of a group ing, are developmentally still more like high transformed, reacted to, contested and why. consciousness, or some form of nationalism. school students than college students. They While doing so, we also have the opportuni- In other words, they must depersonalize face and must negotiate many exciting and ty to talk on a more personal level. Because their oppression in order to constructively frustrating issues in their first year of college. whether we are discussing issues of truth, contest it. The much more difficult step, of They are frequently concrete thinkers, self- reconciliation and forgiveness from a macro course, is the transformation of those consid- referent and somewhat judgmental. In other level or a micro level—from a larger national ered to be the oppressor. There can be no words, they are still adolescent thinkers. level or from personal experience—the steps reconciliation without the transformation of Many also arrive on campus shouldering the we have to take to understand what has hap- the oppressor. Forgiveness can follow recon- baggage of past and ongoing trauma in their pened and how to deal with it are similar. ciliation, but it does not mean the transgres- lives, as well as coping methods that are of- sion is forgotten. Forgiveness is about the What are those steps? ten past their expiration dates. So, I thought victims of oppression moving on with their if students could focus on issues of slavery, The first is getting at the truth—exactly what lives and not getting stuck in their trauma. genocide, the Holocaust, and South African happened and why? For example, was the Why is reconciliation so important? apartheid, then they could put these issues, Atlantic slave trade an exercise in “civiliz- and their own issues, into perspective. As a ing” and “Christianizing” Africans? Or was We would have far fewer malpractice law- class, we practice critical thinking skills in it for economic gain and power? How then suits if doctors would simply apologize for our discussions. For example, we ask, what did racism develop and why? What was the their mistakes. World opinion of the U.S. has is truth? Is it so relative that the Holocaust purpose of “racing” populations of people? recently changed for the positive partly be- and Holocaust deniers should share the Then it gets more difficult. How does the cause President Obama has spoken honestly

12 Wheaton Quarterly Publications, Honors and creative works

Faculty Associate Professor of (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2010). Philosophy Stephen Susan Elwell ’75 inspires young readers to learn Assistant Professor of Political Science Marcus Allen Mathis published the es- about nature and Monarch butterflies in The Magic of co-authored the article “Teaching Introduction to American say “What Really Offends Transformation, her first title in the Madigan’s Discoveries Government/Politics: What We Learn from the Visual Fans about Red Sox book series (Global Partnership, 2009). Images in Textbooks” in the Journal of Political Science Ticket Resellers” in The Education (January 2010). He also delivered the keynote Red Sox and Philosophy. Suzanne Findlen Hood ’97, who is associate cura- address, “From Du Bois to Obama: The Continued Quest (Open Court, 2010). tor of ceramics and glass for the Colonial Williamsburg for Universal Freedom,” via digital videoconferencing, Foundation, has co-authored Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Assistant Professor of Early America (University Press of New England, 2009). at the international conference “The Role of African Women’s Studies Kim Americans in Bringing Equality and Social Justice to All” Miller received a yearlong Sue Smith Johnson ’61 is co-author of the fifth edition held at Moldova State University in February. fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities of Grandloving, an Keiter Professor of to work on a book, Selective Silencing and the Shaping of expanded edition of this award-winning History Alexander Memory in Post-Apartheid South African Visual Culture. title (Heartstrings Press, Bloom published the She also received the 2009 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for essay “New York: Research on Women and Politics from Iowa State University. 2010). An Age of Lead to She is the first art historian ever to win this award. Alexa-Sascha Lewin an Age of Gold,” in Assistant Professor of English James Mulholland ’97 directed the film The The Great Cities in published the article “Neither a Trap Nor a Lie” in The Honeysting, a narrative History (Thames and Chronicle of Higher Education (March 12, 2010). short film released in Hudson, 2009). He also April 2009. She also was presented the paper Professor of Sociology A. Javier Treviño wrote the one of only eight women “Abraham Lincoln, the introduction for The Institutions of Private Law and Their out of hundreds of ap- 1960s, and Barack Social Functions by Karl Renner (Transaction Publishers, plicants to be awarded Obama: Restoring the 2010). He also wrote the entry “George C. Homans, the a place at the 2009 Lost Connection” at Human Group, and Elementary Social Behavior” in The American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. Encyclopedia of Informal Education (2009). the conference “Between History and Myth: Politics and Karen “Mal” Malme ’88 co-wrote and performed in We Political Uses of Abraham Lincoln,” Università degli Studi Professor of Political Science David Vogler published All Will Be Received, a multimedia theatre piece exploring di Milano, Milan, Italy, in November 2009. the article “Piazza con tre viste” in the spring 2010 is- gender and body image, which played in March at the sue of the Italian sociological review Città in controluce Professor of English Samuel Coale published the essay Boston Center for the Arts. (Piacenza). “The Entangled Web: Heaven’s Prisoners in Manichean Tommye-K. Mayer ’80 tells her inspiring story in an Prisons” in A Violent Conscience: Essays on the Fiction of expanded edition of Teaching Me to Run (Prince Gallison James Lee Burke (McFarland, 2010). Alumnae/i Press, 2010). Associate Professor of Geology Geoffrey Collins co- Joanne Kourepinos Adams ’82 was honored as Garden Toby Rowe ’09 published the article “‘Whether You Like authored the book City (N.Y.) “Citizen of the Year” for 2010 in April. The award It Or Not:’ California’s Proposition 8 and the Rhetoric of chapter “Chaotic recognizes volunteerism and outstanding service to the Monitory Democracy” in Young Scholars in Writing, a peer- Terrain on Europa” in Village of Garden City and beyond. reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate writing and Europa (University of Betsy Smith Bergquist ’55 has published Up the Hill rhetoric (Spring 2010). Arizona Press, 2009). to Baker River School, a memoir of self-discovery and Carolyn Samuels-Botts ’74 was named one of Prentice Professor educational activism (Dog Ear Publishing, 2010). Washington, D.C.’s “Top Doctors” by Washingtonian of English Michael Executive Elaine Brown ’77 co-authored The Little Black magazine (March 2010). Drout published the Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women essay “Survival of Jo Ann Simons ’75 has published The Down Syndrome (Random House, 2010). the Most Pleasing: Transition Handbook: Charting Your Child’s Course to A Meme-Based Ann Burkhardt ’76, clinical associate professor of oc- Adulthood. Simons is the president and CEO of Cardinal Approach to Aesthetic cupational therapy at Quinnipiac University, received the Cushing Centers Selection” in On the President’s Award from the New York State Occupational (Woodbine House, 2010). Aesthetics of Beowulf Therapy Association, which recognizes an individual who Nicole Tadgell ’91 and Other Old English Poems. (University of Toronto Press, has made an outstanding contribution to the occupational provided illustrations 2010). therapy profession. for Lucky Beans, a Jennings Professor of French Studies Edward Gallagher Heather Day ’07 has co-authored The Mythic Warrior’s Depression-era children’s has published a new translation, with introduction and Handbook: Outsmart Athena, Slay Medusa, Impress Zeus, story by Becky Birtha commentary, of The Lays of Marie de France (Hackett and Claim Your Place in the Pantheon of the Gods (Adams (Albert Whitman & Publishing Company, 2010). Media, 2010). Company, 2010). Professor of English Paula Krebs co-edited A Longman Charlotte Dennett ’69 has published The People v. Cultural Edition of Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (Longman, 2010). Bush, recounting her effort to prosecute George W. Bush

of our nation’s past mistakes. Reconciliation with one another. It is a mature response to our differences with one another, then we is important because it forces both sides to dealing with the aftermath of conflict and are doomed to ride a roller coaster of our recognize and face the truth of their conflicts is necessary for the very evolution of our past traumas indefinitely, and that will surely and their relationships and interrelationships species. If we do not endeavor to reconcile make us sick. Q

SUMMER 2010 13 FIELD REPORT The comeback coach Miller survives heart attack, leads team to national tournament

Lynn Miller has been coaching tennis at Wheaton for 30 years. In that time, she has taught many players many lessons. But one of the most important ones she has taught recently—through her own actions—is how to overcome obstacles. The 57-year-old athlete suffered a heart attack in the spring of 2009. But by year’s end, she had guided the women’s team to a league tournament title for the first time and earned one accolade for her on-court athletic prowess and another for her work within the coaching profession. “Part of being an athlete is your ability to recover from setbacks,” says Miller, who is head coach for both the men’s and women’s tennis teams. “The doctor told me, ‘You’re not doing anything for the “Part of being an rest of the year, including coaching, athlete is your including skiing.’ And I said, ‘You ability to recover don’t know me.’” During her three decades at from setbacks.” Wheaton, Miller’s charges have Lynn Miller earned more than 500 triumphs, but a victory in the league tourna- ment title match remained elusive during her teams’ five previous attempts. That changed in October 2009, thanks to a dramatic 5–4 victory over Wellesley College in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship match. The Lyons will com- pete in May at the NCAA Tournament, the first appear- ance for a team coached by Miller. Miller’s team reached the pinnacle of success after her frightening start to the year. She vividly recalls the details leading to her February heart attack, which likely occurred on Friday the 13th—a week after she had com- peted in a national tennis tournament in Florida and two ski races. That day, Miller experienced chest discomfort and became concerned during the following days. Heart disease is prominent in her family, but she is an athlete, and the flu was going around campus. So she dismissed her symptoms. “I talked to my sister,” Miller recalls. “And her hus- band, who’s a little older than me and is in very good shape, grabbed the phone and said, ‘Get your butt to an emergency room. You don’t mess around with

14 Wheaton Quarterly SCOREBOARD

Men’s basketball Synchronized swimming Wheaton (10–15, 6–6) won four of its final five regular season Wheaton completed games to place fourth in the NEWMAC standings and hosted a play- the U.S. Collegiate off game for the fourth time in the last six seasons. Anthony Coppola Championship with its 22nd ’11 and Brendan Degnan ’12 were voted to the all-league second consecutive top-10 finish, team, with Coppola becoming the second three-time honoree in as the Lyons’ seventh-place program history. standing was their high- est placement since taking Women’s basketball seventh in 2005. Wheaton The Lyons (16–11, 12–6) advanced to their fourth straight finished as the top Division NEWMAC Tournament semifinal round before falling to even- III school. Christiana Butera tual NCAA Tournament Elite Eight team Babson. Andrea Bailey ’12 took part in three finals ’10 and Jennifer Champney ’10 played in the NEWBA Senior routines, finishing eighth in All-Star Classic, while Bailey was selected to the NEWMAC solo, ninth in team and 11th All-Conference team for the first time. Bailey broke the school’s in trio. Laura Montes ’10 career and season assists records, while Champney finished her placed 10th in solo. The Lyons recorded top-two placements during career first in blocks and fifth in points. six meets, including finishing first twice. Men’s and women’s swimming & diving Men’s and women’s indoor track & field The women (8–5) took third place among 10 teams for the third The men posted their best finish at an NCAA Championship in six straight year at the NEWMAC Championship, matching the highest years, tying for ninth while earning their seventh top-10 finish in 13 placement in program history. Dania Piscetta ’11 broke the school visits to the indoor NCAA meet. Merzudin Ibric ’10 and Cailean mark of 10 career all-conference showings, as she now has 11, while Robinson ’12 each earned two All-America accolades. Robinson Nicole Zais ’11 has 10. Julia Wright ’12 became the first diver in was third in the 55M and Ibric fourth in the 400M, while joining school history to compete at the NCAA Championship. The men Mark Williamson ’11 and Benjamin Miklovich ’13 during a fifth- (1–13) took fourth place at their NEWMAC Championship, matching place finish in the 4x400M relay. The women sent five athletes to the highest placement in program history while hosting the event for the national championship. The squads combined to notch seven the fourth time in five years. top-10 team finishes.

this kind of stuff.’ So, of course, I waited Suddenly, a fierce athlete The tables had turned, with pupil now another two days.” who lived for the thrill of serving as coach. “She said, ‘I’m giving back Finally, after work that Monday, she drove all the advice you gave me,’” Miller recounts. competition seemed vulnerable. herself to Memorial Hospital of Rhode Miller and her partner nearly knocked off Island, where tests revealed damage. Miller the second seed in that championship. She received blood thinners during her sleepless hours and taking medication—she incre- competed in five more tournaments after overnight stay. On Tuesday, her angioplasty mentally began rebuilding her endurance. A that, and won a national doubles crown at Miriam Hospital in Providence revealed nationally ranked skier, Miller hit the slopes at a December 2009 event in Florida. To one artery being 99 percent blocked and again for the first time in April 2009. cap the year, she was named the United another 30 percent clogged. Doctors took “I’m a competitor; that’s what makes me States Professional Tennis Association New care of one clot and implanted a stent. happy,” says Miller. “My identity is not that England Player of the Year for her age group, Suddenly, a fierce athlete who lived for I’m a heart attack victim, it’s that I’m Lynn while earning a special recognition award the thrill of competition seemed vulnerable, Miller, athlete.” for her contributions to coaching. especially to her charges, notes team captain Her tennis goal was to return for a Wheaton’s only All-America men’s player, Katherine Knies ’10. “To see her suffer such national championship in Philadelphia, Payum Payman ’07, who helped Miller during a life-threatening episode really scared us.” which began on July 13, 2009—exactly five that championship match with Wellesley and Miller’s own concern over never coaching months after her heart attack. is now an assistant tennis coach at Brandeis or competing again was fleeting. She heard Competing in doubles, she was paired University, said he is not surprised that Miller too many stories about older athletes recover- with a woman she had never met. And has forged ahead since her setback. ing from such ordeals and knew she would there to provide encouragement was “Coach Miller is a warrior. She would tell do the same. one of the first players Miller coached at us to battle, to fight hard. I could never see While implementing lifestyle changes— Wheaton, LynAnn Mastaj ’84, a 1982 NCAA anything slowing her down.” Q including modifying her diet, altering work Tournament qualifier. —Josh Kessler

SUMMER 2010 15 SNAP SHOTS

Game plan Happy Lunar New Year! Elaine Brown ’77, P’07 was on campus in Homemade pork dumplings, spring rolls, February to lead a panel discussion titled scallion pancakes. Mmm. What a great way “When the Game Changes: Opportunities to start a new year! The Asian American and Challenges for People of Color in the Coalition of Wheaton College organized Workplace.” Brown is the co-author of a celebration of the Lunar New Year this The Little Black Book February in Balfour-Hood Center. The after- Chalk it up to talent of Success: Laws of noon’s worth of food and activities came near Events at Wheaton get special treatment, Leadership for Black the peak of the nine-day holiday that marks courtesy of Johanna Beck ’11. What could Women (Random House, the start of the new year on the Chinese lunar be just a simple listing of events on the March 2010). She won calendar. “The best thing from this year’s chalkboard in Balfour-Hood becomes a two Emmy awards in her celebration was the participation and cultural work of art in her hands. And her talent work as a vice president pride shown by the members of the Asian extends well beyond the chalkboard. As the for HBO. Her best piece American Coalition,” said Daniel Han ’12, winner of two Wheaton competitions, she of advice for anyone co-president. “People were excited about this has a mural installed in Meneely Hall and who wants to succeed in event from the end of November and did not one in the Student Government Association business? “Surround yourself with the right hesitate in the planning process. The event office. Also, a painting that was published people, and learn as much as you can about shows how much people enjoy sharing their in Rushlight will be republished in a na- your industry.” (Photo by Katie Hall ’06) culture.” (Photos by Gabriela Trevino ’13) tional literary anthology. (Photo by Lisa Nelson)

16 Wheaton Quarterly Wheaton in the News

Baker comments on war widows The special burden borne by the families of U.S. military personnel killed in the line of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan was the subject of a news article published in a chain of California newspapers. An article by John Simerman addresses how war widows struggle, often in isolation, with special grief. He quotes Wheaton Professor of History Anni Baker, who writes about the experiences of U.S. service people and their families. “For wives it’s completely different, because the spouse experiences the loss as a complete loss of your home, and of your community, and of your place in the world. You’re out of the military then,” said Baker. The article was published by the San Jose Mercury News, as well as a half-dozen other publications in California, including the Contra Costa Times and the Pasadena Star-News. Baker’s most recent book is Life in the U.S. Armed Forces: (Not) Just Another Job, published by Praeger Security International. Her previous scholarship examined the interaction between the U.S. armed forces and a host city in Germany; the social, cultural and political impact of military bases in Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East; and the role of family members in military society. Metro World News focuses on alum Metro World News, which is published in 18 countries, profiled Kelly Maby ’09 for her work studying trash picking in Egypt, Brazil, Guatemala and Ecuador. Last spring, Maby won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship (a $28,000 award) to support her research of the informal waste- collection systems that have developed in several countries. Many people have turned to scavenging to survive or to rebel against consumerism— sometimes even creating elaborate networks that compete Show and tell with formal waste-management systems. Talent was on parade this March as the Filene Center The Metro story noted that scavenging has been a long- launched its first annual Wheaton College Internship time interest for Maby. Showcase to celebrate the broad array of experiences “When I was around eight years old, my family wasn’t in which students participated last summer. In 2009 doing so well, so my brother and I collected beer cans and alone, students interned on six continents. Griffin Patria bottles,” she told the newspaper. “We actually thought it ’12, a Shouse Fellow, was one of them. Inspired by his was fun.” First Year Seminar “Fit for a Queen,” taught by Assistant She added that while most people think of picking Professor of Theatre Design Clinton O’Dell, he re- through trash as a sign of desperate poverty, scavenging in searched powerful women and their fashion statements, these countries “often is well organized.” made dresses based on what he learned, and pre- “It is dirty,” said Maby, a double major in Hispanic stud- sented the pieces in a fashion show. Take that, “Project ies and sociology. “But without scavengers many cities Runway.” (Photos by Veronica Rogers ’10) would have no waste management at all.”

SUMMER 2010 17 Deep blue dream come true

18 Wheaton Quarterly Snowden scores underwater archeology photography adventure Eric Kemp

If you happen to stumble upon photogra- raphy. There was a chapter on underwater travels the world shooting in Greece, Peru, pher Susannah H. Snowden ’95 on assign- explorers, including underwater archeologists. Bolivia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Nepal, ment, look down. I declared then and there that I was going to be Cambodia, Thailand, England, Ireland, “In my pursuit of the unique angle, I find an underwater archeologist! My goal has been Turkey, Morocco and elsewhere. This year myself on the ground constantly,” she says. unwavering since then. This excavation repre- alone, she likely will be traveling for nearly “It’s not uncommon for me to be lying in sents years of studying, training, researching five months. the middle of the street for a photojournal- and networking,” says Snowden, who majored “When I’m traveling, the world opens up ism assignment. When I’m looking through in anthropology, with a focus on archeology. and my senses are heightened,” she says. that lens, nothing else intrudes. I block out In fact, within the first few days of arriving “I’m addicted to travel photography— the world and sensation. I am concentrating at Wheaton, she pronounced her plans to her when I haven’t had it for a while I need, so hard that I can hold a position like that art history professor, adding: “I’m going to find need it. I thrive on the adrenaline that my without it bothering me.” the rest of the Riace Bronzes” (5th century solo travel provides.” That’s a good thing because one of her B.C. Greek statues that were recovered off the Interestingly, her first time on a plane was on recent photo assignments had her 150 feet coast of Italy, presumably from a shipwreck). a flight to Athens, Greece, for her Junior Year under the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey, “Finding the rest of those bronzes is still Abroad at Wheaton. That trip to Greece was where she had to concentrate on shooting one of my goals,” she notes. also her first travel photography experience. while avoiding poisonous scorpion fish. The In the meantime, the windsurfing fanatic “Wheaton was a major stepping stone on shoot was the fulfillment of a lifelong this journey,” says Snowden, who owns dream that combined all of her pas- Omnia Photographics. “I chose Wheaton sions—archeology, photography, scuba because I felt the college would foster diving and travel—into one adventure. my learning and be supportive of my Last summer, she shot the underwater aspirations. I was right. Enthusiastic and excavation of a 1st-century B.C. Roman involved professors helped steer me in shipwreck at Kizilburun, Turkey. The the direction of my goals. The challeng- excavation was through the Institute ing curriculum imbued me with a thor- of Nautical Archaeology, based out of ough background in classics, art history, Texas A&M University, under archeologi- archeology and photography. cal director Deborah Carlson. Snowden’s “Wheaton fostered my growth as a images will provide a valuable historical person, both academically and personally. record for use in research and publica- Wheaton demanded academic excel- tions for archeology scholars. lence, which in turn instilled in me a great Since she was 11 years old, she has work ethic. That work ethic is what drives wanted to be an underwater archeologist. me to excel in my career today.” “In sixth grade, we studied oceanog- Here are some photos from Snowden’s excavation adventure in Turkey. View the Left, the long, beautiful swim to the surface. gallery of all of her work at omniaphoto- Right, a self-portrait at the decompression stop graphics.com. on the way up. —Sandy Coleman

Photos by Susannah H. Snowden ’95 SUMMER 2010 19 Top, the women’s dorm. Note the mosquito nets. Top right, view of camp at Kizilburun. Right, if you’re gonna hang laundry, it might as well have an amazing view!

An underwater archeologist excavates the approximately 2,100-year-old wooden Roman shipwreck hull.

A crew member, standing on a platform that lowers into the water, is getting ready to receive a crate of artifacts brought up by divers. Above left is an amphora next to an overhang before it is lit with strobes. Everything looks blue when you dive. On the right is the same scene after being lit with strobes.

20 Wheaton Quarterly More photos by Susannah H. Snowden ’95 can be found on omniaphotographics.com. Her underwater photos from Turkey can be found at omniaphotographics.mycapture.com; look under the category for “underwater photography in Turkey.” Photos by Susannah H. Snowden ’95

Above, underwater ar- cheologists excavate the approximately 2,100-year- old Roman shipwreck. This photo was taken by floating about 25 feet above a 150-foot-deep site. Left, a diver is in the process of placing a fragile ancient Top, balloons do the heavy lifting to the surface. wood fragment in a crate for lifting to the surface. Middle, a moray eel peers out of its hideout. Bottom, with straps attached, divers move a slab of marble across the site. SUMMER 2010 21 Pathways to success

By Jay Goodman In the winter of 2009, political Political science science major Gabriel (“Gabe”) Felix Kofi Amo ’10 won a professor prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which supports graduate study at any university in the United explores why Kingdom. In the spring of that same year he also won a Truman Wheaton Scholarship in public service, becoming one of only 60 college students are student winners nationwide to earn the honor.

Amo exemplifies the stellar students who are racking up major academic honors. In the past decade, Wheaton stu- winning dents have won more than 121 highly competitive nation- al scholarships and fellowships, including Marshalls, the so many awards Rhodes, Watsons and Fulbrights. In fact, The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks us in the top 10 of Fulbright win- ners among baccalaureate colleges, with six awards, for watched several of my political science students earn some of 2009. (We’ve won 52 total Fulbrights since 1998.) these awards over the past decade, I’ve seen the transformation The natural questions that arise are: Why is Wheaton in Wheaton’s approach to these competitions, and I know the winning so many national scholarship awards, answers. and what do these achievements The foundation of our success rests on three key elements. mean for our students and First, as an institution, we began to see ourselves as winners. alums? Having taught at Second, we began to strategically focus and commit to preparing Wheaton since 1965 our students to win. And third, our faculty members poured on and having the personal support that has long been a Wheaton hallmark. The result has propelled Wheaton to an international stage, where the college’s goals and values are reflected, and has broadened our networks. However, we deserve more attention

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than we’ve gotten, even internally. I’ve been thinking about all of this analytically since last Top liberal arts colleges in Rhodes winners summer, after reading Malcolm R from 1994 to 2010 Gladwell’s article “How David H Swarthmore 5 Beats Goliath: When Underdogs Break the Rules” in the May 11, 2009, O St. Olaf 4 issue of The New Yorker. D What’s the story of our journey as the under- Wellesley 4 dog who became top dog? Underdogs must over- E come conventional ways of acting and thinking. Williams 4 What have we done? S Amherst 3 Winning these awards obviously starts with students who have the potential to perform WHEATON 3 exceptionally. They need extremely high grades, the kinds of experiences that show initiative and leadership (increasingly in the Third World), and writing skills, because the first stage in every con- test is an excellent original essay or set of essays. And, oh yes, they need the ability to concisely and good-naturedly carry on a 30-minute conver- sation with a distinguished panel of five to seven middle-aged adult achievers who can make your life with their decision. But this is only the start. The Marshall and the Rhodes scholarships are the most famous and competitive awards that any college senior or recent graduate can win, and they provide arguably the best graduate education in Top liberal arts colleges in Marshall winners the world. In the past decade, Wheaton surged into from 1994 to 2010 the top tier of small private colleges in the country in winning Rhodes awards and Marshall scholar- Wellesley 6 ships—three Rhodes awards and four Marshalls. Williams 6 Take a look at the numbers in comparison to other colleges [all data are from the Rhodes and Occidental 5 the Marshall official web sites]: Oberlin 4

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SUMMER 2010 23 we won several early Trumans and some T N Watsons. We had a Rhodes semifinalist in RUMA 1980, 1991, 1992 and 1993. However, the big and astonishing jump began around 2000. The dramatic shift came in 2000 when we began to overcome our negative thinking Top liberal arts colleges in Truman winners and our poor self-image. I know that many Thus, with the Rhodes awards, Wheaton from 1993 to 2009 people don’t want to hear that. It is not the is among the country’s top six private liberal diplomatic thing to say about one’s col- arts colleges. With the Marshalls, we are Swarthmore 14 lege, but anyone who knows me knows that among the top five private liberal arts col- diplomacy is not my thing. Besides, it is the leges. Williams 10 truth, as I see it. Now, these other schools are all wonder- Wellesley 9 Winning these awards requires institu- ful places and it is an honor to be in the tional self-confidence and self-confidence list with them on these important student Lewis & Clark 9 from the students. As in any competitive en- academic and leadership achievements. But deavor, putting one’s school or self out there as we all know, in the U.S. News & World Willamette 7 takes nerve. For a long time some college Report rankings, these schools are in the top officials did not have that positive attitude. 10 and we are currently 58th. Occidental 7 Let me share a painful story. I do so to il- Looking at our achievements reveals how WHEATON 7 lustrate the depth from which we needed to far Wheaton has come, but also how unfair climb to reach our current heights. the usual rankings are to us, which I don’t So we are among the top seven schools in In the mid-1970s, my late colleague think most people understand. The national the country of our type for Trumans. What I Political Science Professor Jeremiah Murphy panels that make these awards are very fair: have discussed so far is not the whole post- wanted to nominate one of his seniors they reward merit and achievement. The 2000 story: we have also won two Borens, for a Rhodes Scholarship. Then, as now, magazine rankings are not. five international Rotaries, three Udalls, all candidates for these awards had to go Continuing to look at the awards, let’s seven Watsons and one Mitchell, among through our administrative committee. Our consider, in addition to the famous Fulbright other awards. committee refused to put forth a candidate, Fellowship (sponsored by the U.S. govern- And winning did not begin in 2000. Thanks on the grounds that it was presumptuous ment through the State Department for to the hard work of then Dean Tom Brooks, to consider that anyone from Wheaton was American graduates to teach English, study and do research abroad) there are also the

so-called “French Fulbrights.” These are ad- ministered by the American government, but Scholars applaud Wheaton’s awards process: chosen by the French government for winners to teach English in France. Eleven Wheaton “Dean Trayford’s biggest contribution was getting to know us as graduates have won these since 2000. candidates, for one secret to winning these awards is learning how to talk For non-seniors, the most important and write about yourself, in other words, ‘to market’ yourself…. Faculty national competition is for the Truman and staff like Dean Trayford help you ‘advertise’ yourself by way of knowing Scholarships. Set up by an act of Congress you…. I can think of many great examples of in 1975 and in operation since 1978–1979, memorable one-to-one conversations. He used these awards reward leadership and require a commitment to future public service. They this knowledge to help me think about how to provide a cash stipend primarily for graduate present myself. He and other faculty members school, plus various leadership conferences, also put a lot of time and energy into prepping institutes and internships. me with tough interview questions.” The annual number awarded varies, but is —Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga ’99, an between 75 and 90 awards. Wheaton won its first Truman in 1983 and its second in 1991. International Rotary and a 2001 Marshall scholar, We have won seven since 1993. And in 2005, now finishing her Ph.D. in anthropology at the London the Truman Foundation named us a “Truman School of Economics. Honor Institution.” Here is the comparison:

24 Wheaton Quarterly “The Rhodes Scholarships were established after the death of Cecil Rhodes, who dreamed of improving the world through the diffusion of leaders motivated to serve their contemporaries, trained in the contemplative life of the mind, and broadened by their acquaintance with one another and by their exposure to cultures different from their own. Mr. Rhodes hoped that his plan of bringing able students from throughout the English-speaking world and beyond to study at Oxford University would Before students actually apply for aid in the promotion of international understanding and peace. Each year, a contest, Trayford’s process involves finding them strong summer experiences. 32 U.S. citizens are among more than 80 Rhodes Scholars worldwide who Oftentimes, these experiences are more take up degree courses at Oxford University. The first American Rhodes like being in the Peace Corps than the old Scholars entered Oxford in 1904.” (Source: rhodesscholar.org) way of clerking in a law firm or bringing coffee to the boss in an advertising agency. good enough to win the prestigious Rhodes, cessful, students needed to be identified and Students make these experiences work and that the process could only end in hu- helped to bolster confidence. because presidents Alice F. Emerson and miliation for the institution and the student. Enter Alex Trayford, a special academic Dale Rogers Marshall, plus the faculty and Around 1990, I wanted to nominate two stu- dean who made all the difference. trustees, brought us the concept of “global dents for the Truman Scholarship. This same Trayford began working at Wheaton dur- citizenship.” Then, the Davis Foundation internal committee administered its own ing the 1998–1999 academic year, arriving provided the funds. quiz on politics and, for whatever obscure with an academic background in archeology But students also must be willing to take reasons, found them wanting. and classical studies. He brought the passion real risks. I won’t go into the complicated causes of of a great athletic coach to focus on each of As a junior, Alex Dewar, our 2006 Rhodes the inferiority complex. But it was a factor. our contenders. winner, thought he would go back to Also, our students often suffered from a He belongs to the National Association Oregon to work at a city planning agency. lack of confidence when dropped into these of Fellowships Advisors (NAFA), recently Under the dean’s pushing hand, he went to competitions with Ivy Leaguers, who then completing a four-year term on its board. rural Uganda, heard of the village’s need for and now win the lion’s share of prizes. In NAFA members are acutely attuned to the a preschool, got the support of the moth- the final interview phases, in the same room national scholarship awards process. Dean ers’ council for one, raised the money in with students who were ahead of them Trayford knows the most important quality the U.S., bought the construction materials, in high schools in their states and facing for students is self-confidence. oversaw the building of the school, and panels of adults who had won, they faltered. During the high scholarship season that hired the teacher. He also lived in a polyga- Comments, such as, “I was honored just is the fall semester, it is not unusual for him mous society, was the only white person for to be in the to give more than a dozen appointments miles, and be- room,” sig- to scholarship competitors per day, and his came friends naled doom. days can end around 9 p.m. The process with the chief, To be suc- often goes into weekends. with one of

“Of course, Dean Trayford was quite helpful “Dean Trayford put during the application process. He is, for sure, so much time and ‘the fellowship guru.’ I must point out, though, effort in, above and that Dean Trayford was not the only one who beyond the call of offered me support during the application duty. I remember process. [Associate Dean] Alex Vasquez was the him ordering Chinese one who convinced me that I needed to apply for a Marshall. If not for him, I food for delivery after the dining halls had closed would have never even looked at the application. I am now, and will always and we were still up in his office in the Doll’s be, grateful for the consistent, high-quality mentorship Wheaton faculty and House, trying to put the finishing touches on staff provide. For me, the ‘pushing’ and ‘dreaming’ started during advising applications. More than a scholarship advisor, sessions with them. They assisted me in identifying my academic interests, he was a personal and career advisor. He helped encouraged me to apply for Wheaton and Davis fellowships, helped me reflect give me confidence and he certainly improved my on my international service experiences, and then challenged me to compete applications, from their content to their style.” for national awards. Every so often, I am reminded that I would not be where I —Jared Duval ’05, a 2005 Truman scholar, winner of am without the support of Wheaton faculty and staff.” two Udalls, and a Rhodes semifinalist, now finishing a —Derron (“J.R.”) Wallace ’07, a Watson and 2008 Marshall scholar, now in the MPhil book and applying to graduate school. program of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.

SUMMER 2010 25 “Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at a UK institution in any field of study. Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament, and named in honour of U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the Scholarships commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan and they express the continuing tion. Every Wheaton student who goes to gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts.” an interview in a national competition first (Source: marshallscholarship.org) participates in a series of mock interviews on campus, and the faculty plus Dean whose families he resided. through anywhere from six to a dozen drafts Trayford and several other deans (and previ- Myles Matteson, our 2006 Marshall win- in on average three meetings per week ously Filene Center Director Dan Golden) ner, went to Rwanda with the help of alum- per student on the writing part alone. It’s conduct the sessions. The goal is at least five na (now trustee) Alison Grant Small ’66 and arduous, painful, aggravating and absolutely sessions for each student. Since we cannot former Wheaton president Alice F. Emerson, necessary. use the same interviewer more than once, who both used their contacts there to get After a national award board reviews a if we have six faculty members on each him an internship in the Rwandan Attorney student’s written application and chooses panel, we use 30 different faculty members General’s office. There he became extradi- that student, then, for many competitions, grilling each student! Faculty members sit on tion counsel and successfully extradited a an “interview” follows. It is really an panels involving students who are not their number of those accused of genocide, who audition against peers. A Marshall regional departmental majors, and often whom they were brought back to Rwanda for trial. Our committee with four scholarships to award do not know at all. No one gets paid and ap- 2005 Rhodes winner, Carolyn Wills April, may interview 15 or more finalists; a Rhodes parently almost no one ever says “no.” Dean assisted in a rural medical clinic in a danger- regional committee with two awards may Trayford calls this help “vital.” ous part of South Africa. This year’s Marshall interview 12; a Truman committee with After each 30-minute session, the students winner, Amo, spent the summer of 2008 perhaps two or three, but at least one, may get critical feedback, usually very frank. working with Liberian refugees in Ghana interview as many as seven or eight. How to Session to session, they get sharper, clearer, and the summer of 2009 helping to improve get ready for this crucial showdown? quicker, better. We are often tougher than education in Uganda. Wheaton faculty participate at various the real panels. This contribution of time and After adventurous summers, students have stages, beginning with identifying students support by the faculty is collegiality at its something to say and they have clarified with potential, calling them in to talk, best. Students report back that, while some their life goals. However, they need to tell and sending them off to Dean Trayford. other schools offer faculty help, most do not. their stories efficiently. The next stage is the Professors write the essential, very persua- I interviewed several award winners by personal essay. sive recommendations. Conducting e-mail and they say that The dean puts mock interviews constitutes the the extensive support each student most unselfish faculty contribu- was crucial.

“I have vivid memories of the “Dean Trayford interview preparation process. I was involved in came out of my first mock interview my application flustered and humbled after being process from the challenged and questioned pointedly very beginning, for an hour and a half. Dean Trayford which was said, ‘Well, your real interview shouldn’t be worse than that.’ extremely helpful. I wrote over ten drafts of my After being exposed to that first aggressive interview experience, application essay, which I received notes on I went through a series of mock interviews with panels of not only from Dean Trayford, but also some of professors to polish my arguments and communication skills, and my professors. Because we met at least once learn to be myself even amidst the tumble of a fiercely inquisitive a week, I felt prepared for my interview and interview. I learned how to tell my story and vision accurately and felt that the final product of my application was succinctly.” absolutely worthy of submitting.” — Myles Matteson ’06, a Truman and a 2006 Marshall scholar, now —Zoe Lees ’06, a 2006 Fulbright scholar to Malaysia working for a New Hampshire law firm. now applying to law school.

26 Wheaton Quarterly The mission of the Truman Scholarship Foundation is: to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service; and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to Wheaton’s winners are a making a difference through public service. (Source: truman.gov) reflection of the college’s world. It’s a network explosion—broader interns in the Admission Office. goals and values. They come and broader circles of which Wheaton is a And we need more national recognition. from every region, race, part. It’s a stage-by-stage transformation of Getting it is not easy because the U.S. News gender, sexual orientation, and our place in the world, and it’s growing. & World Report system, which many look undergraduate major. And each of these awards advances to as a guide to judge schools, does not take Wheaton values by encouraging and under- into account student achievement. writing international academic achievement It is as if a baseball team would be ranked “The internal process at Wheaton was ab- and national and international leadership; by the quality of its stadium or the taste of solutely essential to my being awarded both supporting national leadership development its concessions rather than by the games the Truman and Marshall scholarships, and it and potential; sponsoring global research, it wins. And part of the ranking system is was also very formative for me as a person,” service and understanding in the multi- “reputational,” in which competitors (labeled Myles Matteson told me. He won a Truman cultural world; recognizing environmental as “peers”) rank you. That’s really how it’s and a 2006 Marshall. contributions and potential; training students done! Students’ performance in national So what does all of this winning mean to to contribute to regional and world peace; academic competitions is not counted at all. Wheaton, the students and the alums? advancing American national security; and Since Wheaton hasn’t been able to rise in Wheaton’s winners are a reflection of stressing global communication among the rankings under this system, we will have the college’s goals and values. They come people. to spread the word ourselves, which is one from every region, race, gender, sexual Wheaton’s transformation has not been reason I wrote this article. orientation, and undergraduate major. fully appreciated. I believe that there should The other reason I composed this essay Every competition sends our students out be a wall of achievement on campus with for the magazine is because I’m not sure into the bigger world to meet other bright pictures and biographies of these national how aware alums are of what has happened students, committees of high-achieving winners, just as there are pictures of our regarding our wins and why. adults, and faculties and administrators of sports stars in the athletic center, our trust- Wheaton’s alums are a vital part of the the finest graduate schools on the planet. ees in the college community. The ones I know are And Watsons and Fulbrights take them library, and our strong supporters and best friends. They to students and communities all over the even our always root for us to be better and do better. Over the past decade, that has happened. I hope that they will now feel even bet- ter about their school and support us even “The support I received from the Wheaton faculty more, with their good words, their time and their money. For myself, being a part of this was absolutely essential. Professor Goodman and award competition process and knowing so Professor Pastra-Landis approached me very early many of these students has been a thrill. The in my academic career and as a result, I had three students’ triumphs gladden my heart. Q years to consider whether I wanted to apply for the national scholarships. Once I decided to apply, Author’s note: I want to thank students Court- ney Connors ’10 and Mark Anderson ’12 for the support I received from my professors and from the scholarship their research help and my political science advisors was overwhelming. Professors Goodman, Pastra-Landis, colleagues Gerard Huiskamp and Darlene Partridge, Kendrick, McCafferty and Relihan generously agreed to Boroviak for their editorial suggestions. All opinions are completely mine. write letters of recommendation for me, as did Athletic Director Chad Yowell…. Dozens of other faculty members from several different departments assisted in the mock interviews and spent hours coming up with questions and giving me feedback on how to improve. These faculty members and a large group of fellow students even conspired to conduct a mock cocktail party for me!” —Carolyn Wills April ’05, 2005 Rhodes Scholar, now at Harvard Medical School.

SUMMER 2010 27 A change of course

Deborah Haigh Dluhy ’62 heads in a new direction

By Sandy Coleman

In Deborah Dluhy’s corner office at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), nearly every inch of her desk is covered in work. Papers, reports and binders line the floor-to-ceiling shelves— evidence of work in progress and work past. She will address each and every one of them in the meticulous and caring way that she has done for many years as dean of the school. And then she will leave and tackle even more work as chair of Wheaton’s Board of Trustees. Piles of work come with the territory when you have devoted your career and life to supporting arts education and helping to guide two major institutions of higher learn- ing. But all of that is about to change. Dluhy, who is 70, plans to step down from her position as chair of the Wheaton Board of Trustees in May and retire as SMFA dean in June. She has worked at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for 32 years, 17 as dean of the School of Museum of Fine Arts. She also has

28 Wheaton Quarterly been chair of the Wheaton Board of Trustees for five years and served as a member since 1988. Taking on responsibilities and com- mitments that would be challenging enough for two or three people to handle, she has single-handedly excelled in each. She will continue to be a member of Wheaton’s board. But the paper she plans to focus on will be for watercolors, not fi- nancial projections and proposed policies. She has painted on and off since childhood and dabbled in watercolors for the past few years, but she never had the time to explore it deeply. She also plans to sell the Belmont, Mass., home she and her husband have lived in for 30 years and get an apartment in the Boston area, where her husband will continue to work for the next few years. And she plans to renovate a family home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. “I look forward to having more time to read,” she says during an interview in her office one morning. “I’d also like to travel and spend part of a year in France studying cook- ing. I decided to retire from work at a point where I could be energetic and full of life. So I’m hoping that I have caught that right. like to do that. I don’t feel ready to quit. But Dluhy looks at works on exhibit at the School “You never know. I could walk out of here I feel ready to change. There is a difference.” of the Museum of Fine Arts, where she has been dean for 17 years. and be hit by a truck, and there goes that as- Those who have worked with her both at piration,” she jokes. “I feel that I am in good the SMFA and at Wheaton say they hate to health, and I am a curious person. I’d also see their thoughtful, collaborative, even- hope to do some consulting in higher educa- handed leader go. tion and the arts. We face some challenging “I will miss Debby,” says Patricia Jacoby, times today. This is work that I enjoy. I love who is the deputy director of external rela- seeing people get excited by their discover- tions at the Museum of Fine Arts and was ies and the contributions they can make to vice president for resources at Wheaton other people’s lives. So if I can be part of years ago. “She has been an excellent col- Photos by Jonas Kahn ’93 helping people access that experience, I’d league on the museum’s management team,

SUMMER 2010 29 an advocate for the School of the Museum strengths of the college and the board that director of development, associate dean for of Fine Arts, a link to the community of art it is not about egos or personal agendas, administration at the SMFA, and dean for school leaders, and a kind, thoughtful and but instead, always about working together academic programs and administration at the wonderful friend to so many. for the greater good of Wheaton. Under school. In 1993, she was appointed dean of Wheaton Trustee Thomas Hollister, who Debby’s leadership in the last five years, the the school, becoming the first woman to hold has worked on the board with her for 12 Wheaton board has never been stronger in the position at one of the oldest and most years, notes that “consistent with Wheaton’s terms of talent, expertise and diversity.” distinguished professional art schools in the culture and traditions, Debby has a consen- Wheaton has held a special place in country. She is also the deputy director of the sus leadership style. It is one of the great Dluhy’s life since she arrived as a freshman Museum of Fine Arts. It is an interesting journey from where she thought her career would lead. As she entered Wheaton, she considered becoming a nurse because she liked taking care of people and thought that would be a good way of doing it. Her career in art history and art educa- tion, and her many years of dedicated service to Wheaton, have done that, just in a different way. At the SMFA, she has successfully pushed to increase the number of full-time female faculty members; bolstered the support that student artists receive as they navigate through the school’s elec- tive program toward art careers; and improved the relationship between the SMFA and the museum. Dluhy talks with Board of Trustees member Patricia King ’63 (center) and former member Katherine Malone Hesser ’01. “Debby has been a “Our responsibility is to in 1958. It was here during her first art class leader who cares deeply about students and Keith Nordstrom Keith that she discovered the type of approach to faculty,” Jacoby says. “She has brought sig- ensure that the college and learning that best suited her. It was here that nificant changes to the governance structure its resources are enhanced, she was inspired to pursue a budding inter- and way of doing business at the SMFA.” supported and maintained est in art history. And it was here, she says, As evidence of the esteem in which she so that the college’s that the seeds were planted for her desire is held, the museum school’s Board of to be as good an art educator as those who Governors (with the support of many others) mission can be delivered had supported her through her Wheaton has established an endowed scholarship now and for the future.” journey and well beyond. fund of $600,000 in her name. Dluhy majored in art history at Wheaton At Wheaton, Dluhy was class vice Deborah Haigh Dluhy ’62 and has a doctorate in art history from president and reunion chair from 1972 to Harvard University. She has worked at the 1977; taught art history at Wheaton from Museum of Fine Arts since 1978, holding 1975 to 1976; served as class president positions as development officer, assistant from 1981 to 1987; was a volunteer for the

30 Wheaton Quarterly Sesquicentennial Campaign; engaged together on behalf and served as a member of of a shared vision for the the President’s Commission college. Our role is to sup- for Coeducation. She was port the president, share our president of the Alumnae/i expertise, but not execute Association and member ideas we may individually ex officio of the Board of hold dear,” she says. “In a Trustees from 1994 to 2000. way, as chair you’re like the Dluhy also was vice chair of orchestra leader, a conduc- the search committee that tor. You want all the voices selected President Ronald to be heard. You hope to Crutcher. She was elected have people express their to the board in 2000 and opinions and be part of a became chair in 2005. greater whole as individuals All of that experi- working as a team.” ence has helped Dluhy Ask her whether there as board chair, says is a favorite memory that Wheaton Trustee Debra she takes with her and she Kent Glidden ’68, who has rattles off many: “Coming worked with her on the on to that board in the mo- board for 10 years. ment after the decision to “As past president of the become coeducational and Alumnae/i Association, watching members gener- she brings that viewpoint ously commit to projects of intimately knowing the like the new athletic center alumnae/i organization, that Wheaton would have which drives so much of to have for becoming a re- what we do. She also has ally vibrant coeducational tremendous academic institution; watching new experience and manage- dormitories being built; ment experience as head watching Dale [Rogers of the museum school,” Marshall] supporting the Glidden says. importance of the liberal Dluhy’s first experience with the board Dluhy walks out of the School of the Museum of Fine arts in really important ways; seeing the be- was as an alumna trustee from 1988 to 1993. Arts in Boston on a crisp fall day. ginnings of the college produce the highest That was enough to hook her. level of accomplished graduates who were “I found it very interesting work because Being a board member is not for the going on to careers or graduate school and I was looking at a place that I cared about a faint-hearted—especially during tough valuing the education; and seeing Wheaton great deal at a macro level,” she says. “It’s all economic times. The role is one of great become more global and engaged with well and good to say I value what Wheaton power and great responsibility that requires students of diverse backgrounds, all carried did for me and how people got behind me members to always keep their eyes on the forward with Ron’s arrival. when I needed them, that I loved teaching big picture and make tough, sometimes “I have watched Wheaton transform and here, that I care about the place, but I want- unpopular decisions. hope that I have played a role in that. I’ve ed to give back by working on its behalf. “Our responsibility is to ensure that the seen Wheaton become a place that I would “And the board was an interesting group college and its resources are enhanced, sup- enjoy greatly if I were a student today.” of people, so it was fun to work with them. ported and maintained so that the college’s As she steps down as chair, she adds one They cared deeply about the college. I mission can be delivered now and for the more gift on top of the countless hours of found them serious. I knew they cared about future,” says Dluhy. work here: She and her husband have left an the big picture. And I knew that together we Being chair is even harder. endowment gift in their estate plan. would get a lot done. So I thought, this is “As chair you have to help keep this “We are not wealthy,” she says, “but it’s a going to be very good.” orchestra of trustees clear about roles and priority because the college is a gem.” Q

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FIRST PERSON The talker who almost cried In January I almost lost it in front of a room full of sophomores. I spoke at Wheaton’s Sophomore Symposium, and it was a rather amazing day in several respects—from the thoughtful programming aimed at inspiring sopho- mores to avoid the traditional slump and ex- plore life options; to the fact that some 100 or so sophomores opted in to this weekend programming; to the honor of being invited to tell the story of my linear then divergent paths; to the pleasure of interacting with a remarkably thoughtful, smart and mature group of students. To take a few steps back: Wheaton was where my passion for studying music and psychology bloomed. And as I later progressed through my M.A., Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellowship, the notion that I had evolved into something of an academic poster child for the college was not lost on me. Let’s be frank: I photograph and speak well, was pursuing an interesting interdis- ciplinary research trajectory, and was an active alum. The stars were aligned. So when I left academia in 2006, I felt like a black sheep for jumping ship. Part of me Kristin Chalmers fretted that my professors were disappointed By Christine Koh ’95 collection of mentors were instrumental in in me, and part of me was disappointed helping me rule out various careers (said in myself for not achieving my dream of academic career. And I soon realized two lawyer and politician) and carve out my teaching at Wheaton alongside my mentors. things. First, my father was clearly on my path as a music and brain scientist, and However, while guilt used to be an effective mind—I referenced his desire for me to be many of them were in the room, spending catalyst to propel me into action, more press- a lawyer then politician then talk-show host their hard-earned Saturday guiding students ing was the fact that I needed to exit my post- (because I’m a talker), as well as his lack of forward in their journeys. doc immediately. I was drowning creatively, support when I opted against the Ivy League So why did I nearly lose it in front of emotionally and nearly physically. for my Ph.D. (as in, when I told him, he a group of kids some 15 or so years my My talk at Wheaton signaled the first time hung up the phone on me and didn’t speak junior? I was at the point in my story where I have been asked back to the college to to me for a long time). Second, at Wheaton I was talking about Ph.D. acceptances. This speak through the lens of my second, non- a remarkably thoughtful and generous phase of my life was very loaded: I was

32 Wheaton Quarterly devastated when I didn’t get accepted to Ph.D. programs immediately after under- grad, and I was burnt out after my M.A.; I actually was very close to leaving the field. However, as soon as the acceptances started rolling in I forgot all of the reasons I was planning on leaving academia because someone wanted me. I narrowed my deci- sion to two schools: an Ivy League with a lunatic advisor (I was advised against working with her by graduate students and faculty alike) and a not-as-well-known (at the time to me) Canadian university with a well-respected advisor. My father and my M.A. advisor were concerned only with pedigree; they told me to head to the Ivy League and power through it. And they made it very clear that I would be disap- Keith Nordstrom pointing them (and the lab, the family, the world, etc.) if I made a different choice. But something felt wrong, so I called one of my key mentors in psychology from Wheaton, Applause! Derek Price. And it was this moment—dur- ing which I recalled Derek and my conver- On May 22 Wheaton will celebrate its 175th sation, and the rationalizations my father and M.A. advisor made about going to the Commencement. As part of the celebration, Ivy League, and Derek’s urging that I would honorary degrees and Alumnae/i Achievement be crazy to march into certain death; that an advisor dictates your quality of life and Awards will be presented to acknowledge the the clear choice was the Canadian universi- accomplishments of individuals who have ty—that I felt the tears well in my eyes, my throat tighten, and my voice start wobbling. had a major impact on Wheaton and their I couldn’t even make a joke about being communities, as well as on the nation. farklempt I was so farklempt. That phone call not only saved me from The honorary degree recipients istrator for the Madison Avenue several guaranteed years of hell, but it made are: Edward William Brooke III, Presbyterian Church; Andrea Pelkey clear that to Derek, I was a person, not a the first African American elected ’02, an Emmy Award–winning as- commodity. And as I told my story to those to the U.S. Senate by popular vote sociate producer at ESPN; Elizabeth sophomores—on the campus where I forged and winner of the Presidential Jenkins Weber ’60, president of the all of the skills that allowed me to leave Medal of Freedom; Ann Curry, NBC National Executive Service Corps; a decade-long career and start a new one “Today” show anchor and host of and Karyn Wheeler O’Neil ’86, successfully—it dawned on me that I wasn’t “Dateline NBC,” who is also the senior vice president and director being “welcomed back” per se, because my Commencement speaker; Diana of commercial banking at Citizens family at Wheaton never hung up the phone Davis Spencer ’60, a longtime Bank of New Hampshire. (Some of on me in the first place. Q Wheaton trustee and currently trust- the alumnae/i awards will be pre- ee emerita; and prominent allergist sented at Homecoming Weekend. Christine Koh is a music and brain scientist Dr. Gillian Shepherd Mestre ’70. Brooke will not be attending turned freelance writer, editor and designer. She The Alumnae/i Achievement Commencement. His degree will be is the founder and editor of BostonMamas.com, Award recipients are: Susan Cobean presented to him at a later date.) the designer behind PoshPeacock.com, and Cutillo ’74, vice president of the writes a personal blog at PopDiscourse.com. Friends of the Guilford Public Read more She lives in the Boston area with her husband Library; Josephine McFadden ’61, Honorary degree recipients and alumnae/i award winners can be found on wheaton- and 5-year-old daughter. She tweets about it all a full-time volunteer member- college.edu/commencement. at twitter.com/bostonmamas. ship secretary and church admin-

SUMMER 2010 33 ALUMNAE/I Association NEWS Rotary scholar reaches across boundaries

As a child, Rose Jackson ’06 saw the impact of poverty firsthand. Her father, a professor of com- parative religion, conducted his research in India, and the family lived among the local people. As a result, Jackson studied the cul- ture through the eyes of a child— playing in villages with local children, bathing in buckets and sleeping on straw-stuffed mats. The experience has had a lasting impact, influencing her studies at Wheaton and her work. Now she is heading off to Nairobi, having won a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship. The $30,000 award will allow her to pursue gradu- ate study and work to strengthen constitutional democracy in the region. Lisa Nelson Jackson first focused on Africa’s political and cultural struggles as an international relations major at Wheaton. “During my junior year, I trav- the Student Government Association, the “In doing the Rotary program, I am hoping eled to Durban, South Africa, for a study Wheatones, the Student Executive Board to enhance my understanding of the African abroad program focusing on reconciliation and the President’s Budget Committee. She political context, particularly how identity and development after apartheid. While also played lacrosse, and competed at the politics affects voting patterns. I am also there I conducted research for my honors National Collegiate Athletic Association excited to continue the work I was doing at thesis on how HIV and AIDS policy affects (NCAA) tournament. NDI, at a higher level, in the field, directly women in sub-Saharan Africa. I fell in love The Rotary scholarship will allow Jackson supporting political activists making a differ- with the country’s cultural and natural to enroll at the University of Nairobi or the ence in their own country. I believe strongly beauty, and I was entranced by its complex United States International University in in the role that good systems, institutions and history and politics,” she said. Nairobi and pursue a master’s degree in com- governance play in supporting sustainable The Indiana native’s undergraduate stud- parative politics. During her time in Nairobi, development and can think of no better way ies formed the foundation for her work with she plans to work with political parties and to improve my ability to support the better- political and nonprofit organizations follow- civil society organizations monitoring the ment of such institutions,” she said. ing graduation. Most recently, she served election. Until her departure, she serves as Jackson’s journey from a city in Indiana to as program officer for the Southern and East campaign manager for former Providence the vast continent of Africa seemed destined Africa team at the National Democratic city solicitor Joe Fernandez in his bid to be from the start. “My childhood was an educa- Institute (NDI) in Washington, D.C. Working elected attorney general of Rhode Island. tion in crossing boundaries and serving as with governments and grassroots organiza- The purpose of the Ambassadorial an ambassador between diverse groups and tions, she improved women’s political par- Scholarships program is to further interna- people. I have fallen in love with east Africa ticipation in Uganda, strengthened political tional understanding and friendly relations and am excited to immerse myself in the parties in Kenya, and provided leadership among people of different countries. While culture and community there. I look forward training to politically active youth across the abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of to sharing my passion for the region with east Africa region. goodwill to the people of the host country my Rotary supporters and providing a link While at Wheaton, Jackson was engaged and give presentations about their home- between two very different worlds.” Q in several student-led initiatives, including lands to Rotary clubs and other groups. —Lisa Nelson

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office at (212) 697-5300 or visit www.williamsclub.org. SUMMER 2010 35 wrock/stock.xchng End Page Rediscovering a lost brother, Wheaton connection

By Jill Hunting ’72 If we didn’t talk about it at home, In 1965, Jill Hunting’s brother Pete was who at Wheaton would? killed in Vietnam, becoming one of My roommate, for one. Ginger the first civilian casualties of the war. Witmer Miller ’72 and I probed The questions surrounding his death our family dynamics and the war. ultimately led her to write Finding Pete: We joined protest marches and Rediscovering the Brother I Lost in didn’t tell our parents. We also Vietnam (Wesleyan University Press, hitchhiked to Brown and drove October 2009). Here, she reflects on Pete, to Prince-Tiger Homecoming the war, and her Wheaton experience. Weekend, added blonder streaks Forty-five years ago this summer I saw my to our blonde hair, and tied white brother, Pete, for the last time. strips of cloth, symbolizing peace, He was home on leave from Vietnam, on the sleeves of our graduation where he worked with a Peace Corps–type gowns. I’m sorry to say I had little group called IVS. Two years earlier, in 1963, to give the Wheaton family in he had graduated from Wesleyan. Martin those years. Luther King and Pete Seeger came to cam- What finding Pete’s letters pus and he saw them both. John Kennedy meant to me, where they led me, was president. Combat troops had not yet and how they changed me is too been introduced in Vietnam. long a story for here. As what I Pete’s homecoming is as clear to me as discovered became a book, I met yesterday. I was crossing the lawn, carrying my brother’s friends and girlfriends a load of schoolbooks, when he stepped (including Mary Marsh Adams onto the porch. I ran and embraced him ’64). I reconnected with one with both arms. My father captured the mo- Wheaton friend, Leslie Sawyer ment on film. Bascom ’72, after she saw my ar- Thinking about Pete’s homecoming has ticle about Pete in the Washington led me to reflect on my coming home to was not reliable. Post Magazine, and made another, Charlotte Wheaton. (In 2004 I learned how unreliable. That Strick ’95, when my publisher chose her as We were a New England family trans- year, my sisters and I were packing up her my book designer. planted in Oklahoma City by Dad’s house when I saw my old camp footlocker Many of us who lived through the Vietnam career. He attended Wesleyan and Boston sitting in a corner. I raised the lid and parted War years feel that our country lost some- University. Mom (Mary Russell Hunting ’39) a layer of papers. Then I saw them—Pete’s thing there. I’m lucky. I found the connection started at Smith, then transferred to Wheaton lost letters from Vietnam. My mother had said with my brother again. And last fall, when I after the dean told her parents she needed to they were destroyed in a basement flood.) returned to Massachusetts on my book tour, learn to study. She loved Wheaton so much, I entered Wheaton in January 1970 so Wheaton warmly welcomed me back. When she didn’t return to Smith. When I followed unprepared; I didn’t even have snow boots. I say I’m ready, finally, to take my place in this her to Norton 30 years later, my senior-year Afraid I’d flunk out, family, you can imagine room, in Stanton, was next to what had I studied French like how far I’ve come. been her “salon.” Warmhearted and outgo- a fiend for a B. I was ing, Mom earned the nickname Madame de years from realizing that Writer Jill Hunting is the Rambouillet, after the 17th-century literary in my college years, founder of the Book of hostess. my brother’s death— Remembrance campaign She was once confined to the dorm—a which Walter Cronkite to create a sculpture in disciplinary action after she bolted from reported as a murder Washington, D.C., honor- class one day to wave at a pilot. He had by Vietcong agents— ing civilians killed in war. told her to listen for the sound of his engine was never far from my Her web site is www. and to watch when he dipped his wings. thoughts. But ironically, jillhunting.com. Last I could imagine her running out of Mary while the world knew November she spoke at a Lyon and into the Dimple. I could imagine my family’s story, Mom Wheaton alumnae/i event it, but I only half-believed it. Mom’s word treated it like a secret. in Boston.

64 Wheaton Quarterly My gift. My way. Nicole Crowder Wendy Blum Luke ’64 Human resources and organizational development consultant ArtTable national board member, supporting women’s leadership in the visual arts Mother of three, grandmother of five

“Each time I visit campus and meet students and professors, I come away with a feeling of renewal from Wheaton’s vitality and diversity. For me, nothing compares to the electricity and serenity at our small liberal arts college. My late husband was a big supporter of his alma mater, Brown, and encouraged me to give to Wheaton—both in time and money. I gave some highly appreciated stock to Wheaton for a charitable gift annuity. Twice a year when the annuity payment comes in, I’m reminded of all Wheaton means to me and how both the college and I have benefited. In addition, I support Wheaton by funding scholarships in honor of former Wheaton President Dale Rogers Marshall. In the six years I have done this, the three scholarship students have inspired me, helped me stay young, and kept me connected with the future. Also, I serve on the President’s Commission, which increases my knowledge and understanding of not just Wheaton, but also the world. It is personally thrilling to see all that Wheaton has become since I was a student there, and its continued growth under President Ron Crutcher.” Your gift. Your way. Learn how you can give for the future right now. Call the Office of Gift Planning at 508-286-3459. Wheaton College, 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 www.wheatoncollege.edu

Build a strong foundation. Deborah Goddard ’78 Chief counsel, Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development Suzanne King Public Service Award, New England Women in Real Estate, 2009 winner Wheaton Fund supporter 3Strives for level ground. “I have spearheaded and managed key initiatives, including the negotiation, drafting and passage of new housing preservation legislation, and the creation of a comprehensive fair housing and civil rights policy that is considered to be a national model.” 3Values preparation for the future. “At Wheaton I created my own government/economics major/minor with an emphasis on urban affairs. I had hoped to work in public service, likely government, because I believed then, and still do, that government exists to foster and ensure a civil society for all of its members, and that public service is the most direct means of working towards a fair and just housing policy.” 3Knows the importance of support. “Wheaton nurtured me, challenged me and helped me build confidence and leadership skills. My education was possible because of the financial aid I received. So I contribute to the Wheaton Fund because I owe the college so much and because I have great affection and respect for the school.” Support Wheaton Call 800-896-3145 (option 2) or visit

www.wheatoncollege.edu/giving Kahn ’93 Jonas