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FEATURES 37 2005 ALUMNI 42 MEDALLION RECIPIENTS BY MELISSA V. PINARD AND JOHN T. WALLACE

42 JUSTICE FOR ALL Kaign Christy J.D. ’83 Defends Children from Sex Slavery in Cambodia BY DAVID MCKAY WILSON

48 EGYPT TO INXS Nancy Gunn’s ’88 Career in Reality Television Y ’96 BY MELISSA V. PINARD

50 PROTESTS ... HERE? At William and Mary Civil Discourse Ultimately Prevails BY JAMES BUSBEE ’90 SEPH CAMPANELLA CLEAR SEPH CAMPANELLA O 54 WILLIAM AND MARY’S FAVORITE ARCHITECT Kaign Christy J.D. ’83, the Interna- tional Justice Mission’s director of Sir Christopher Wren Rebuilds overseas field presence in Cambodia, London for the Monarchs is at the forefront of the battle against child prostitution in Southeast Asia. BY CHILES T.A. LARSON ’53 These rescued victims’ eyes are blurred to protect their identities. DEPARTMENTS

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A HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 22 JUST OFF DOG STREET 25 ARTS & HUMANITIES ON THE COVER: A period drawing of the exterior Joseph Campanella 29 TRIBE SPORTS of London’s Chelsea Hospital, designed by Sir Cleary ’96 masters the art of mandolin making. Christopher Wren. IMAGE COURTESY OF COLONIAL 34 PHILANTHROPY TOP PHOTO: INTERN WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION

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ToBe Public and Great

or several weeks now, I have Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I have my own occupied what must be one of inclinations. The College of William and the most inspiring offices in the Mary will, of course, keep its foundational United States, facing, as it does, commitment to a small-scaled, life-changing Fthe most majestic structure in liberal arts program — where academic the American academy, the Sir Christopher rigor is the driving value and a unique sense Wren Building. In just my first few days, I of faculty-student engagement defines the have seen emerge from the Wren archaeolo- institution. Without putting too fine a point gists, tourists, parents, brides, grooms and on it, the College of William and Mary — — in an effort apparently designed to startle through its overarching commitment to public university would be removed in its new presidents — Thomas Jefferson. Or at demanding, uplifting, interactive instruction attentions from the interests and challenges least a rather alarming facsimile. — provides an educational experience that of the community that supports it ought to It was a great comfort, therefore, to lead the large public universities of the nation be seen as a contradiction in terms. the Wren’s natural constituents, 1,350 extra- cannot match. And that will remain the case These beliefs, though deeply held, are ordinary William and Mary freshmen, in the decades to come. few in number and broad in scope. They are through its enormous doors at Convocation. A great public university must also lead in also, perhaps, contested. I list them to begin a It was a moment I won’t soon, or perhaps scholarly attainment. Its faculty,students and conversation, not to finish one. I invite you to ever,forget. programs must be second to none in quality share your thoughts with me in person — I feel a deep kinship with these newcom- and accomplishment. Its contributions to we’ll be hosting events in Williamsburg, ers. We both know the honor and excite- human understanding — in the sciences, the South Hampton Roads and Richmond, Va., Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., Balti- Simplyput,whatdoesitmeantobeauniversitythatis more, Md., Boston, Mass., and New York, N.Y., this fall. [See page 12.] I’d also welcome both greatandpublicinthe21stcentury? Whatcharges your thoughts by e-mail, [email protected], or arepresentedbythosetwodemandingadjectives? on the Web, www.wm.edu/conversation. Snail mail works, as well: The Brafferton, College of ment of being called to this place. We both humanities, the arts, the professions — must William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williams- face the joy and wonder of a new life unfold- mark and prod the academy as a whole. burg, VA23187.My experience with this com- ing. We both welcome the encompassing For me, though, a public mission uniquely munity suggests that your ideas will be as challenge that William and Mary elicits. challenges as well. Public universities must unlimited as your love for this place. I hope so. And we both are keenly conscious of those embrace access and equity as core values. To John Kennedy argued that if public uni- great souls who have gone before. that end, we have announced, in recent versities do not put back “those talents, the During the coming months, I would like to weeks, the initiation of Gateway William and broad sympathy,the understanding, the com- invite the William and Mary community to Mary — an effort to fully fund Virginia passion ... into the service of the Great consider with me a question presented undergraduate students whose families’ Republic, then obviously the presuppositions squarely by this intersection of present and annual incomes are below $40,000 per year. upon which our democracy [is] based” will past. Few institutions can claim as daunting a It is a program rooted in the core values of surely fail. The presuppositions of which legacy as the College. Yet the future of the the College — recalling Jefferson’s aspiration Kennedy spoke were born here. There is no nation’sstrongest public universities is in flux. to seek “genius” in “every condition of life.” better place to explore the service a great In Virginia, restructuring mandates may With people, ideas, capital, cultural norms, public university can offer the broader world. alter longstanding relations between the pollution and terror crossing borders instan- And no place I’d rather take up the challenge. Commonwealth and the academy. Nationally, taneously, a public university must now also I look forward to hearing from you. accomplished public universities have come prepare citizens not only for the Common- Go Tribe. Hark upon the gale. increasingly to resemble their private coun- wealth, but for the world. And, for me, a pub- terparts. Simply put, what does it mean to be lic university ought regularly to demonstrate a university that is both great and public in a direct correlation between its research the 21st century? What charges are present- efforts and the felt needs of the Common- GENE R. NICHOL

PHOTO:NICKKELSH ed by those two demanding adjectives? wealth that sustains it. The notion that a President, College of William and Mary

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The College’s new first lady, Glenn George (center), looks on as her husband, Gene R. Nichol, is sworn in by Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy, officially becoming the College’s 26th president. Act One, Scene One, Day One Gene R. Nichol Becomes the College’s 26th President ~ JOHN T. WALLACE ith the Honorable Elizabeth B. Lacy, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, conducting the traditional oath of office, Gene R. Nichol became president of the College of William and Mary on July 1. ~ “Having sworn an oath, I am deeply mindful of the unique history and character of this ancient and venerable university,” Nichol told members of the Board of Visitors and faculty, staff and students who had joined him for the ceremony in the Wren Building’s Great Hall. ~ Nichol took a moment to bring attention to several priorities he will address as president, citing pub- lic and private funding, increased management independence, diversification of faculty, staff and students, and efforts UL A Wto internationalize curriculum and programs of the College. Upon identifying these challenges the College faces Y P ~ A in the 21st century, Nichol reminded the audience that William and Mary has a lengthy history of enduring and prospering when faced with adversity. ~ “That is our legacy. It is our challenge as well. I’m honored to offer all I can muster in the cause of the College,” said Nichol before

PHOTO: J leading those present in the first and fourth verses of the “Alma Mater.”

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AROUND THE WREN ‘Who Are You?’ Sullivan Asks Graduates to Behold Four Values

or its Commencement exercises on Be honest: “Everything depends upon the enter, you will find no shortage of people May 15, 2005, the College of William durability of your integrity,” he said. “To tri- with brains, winning ways and great ideas. Fand Mary did something quite fle with truth will corrupt everything else What you will find in short supply are those uncharacteristic. As Rector Susan Aheron you try to do.” with the tenacity — the simple grit — to Magill ’72 said in her introduction of the cer- Be fearless: “No woman or man in the stick to a plan when it gets tough — really emony’s keynote speaker, “Yes, even at whole of human history has been entirely tough — to hang on,” Sullivan said. William and Mary, we break from tradition.” fearless,” he explained. “Fear is as much a At both the start and end of his speech, Then-President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 part of the human character as the capacity Sullivan asked the graduates before him a served as this year’s Commencement speak- to love or the disposition to be cruel. What I single question: “Who are you?” He called it er — the first College president to perform mean is never — never — this hallowed duty in all of William and allow yourself to become Mary’s long history. Magill told graduates the captive of your fears.” and others in attendance that Sullivan was Be gentle: “By gentle- chosen as speaker according to the usual ness,” he said, “I mean a criteria — “the most eloquent, the most quality that cultivates a meaningful and the most appropriate serene self-containment speaker to address the class.” Sullivan and which reflects a self- stepped down from the presidency on June discipline that makes the 30, just six weeks after the 2005 Com- joy of great achievement mencement ceremony. all the more meaningful As one of his final official acts as presi- for its lack of self-adver- dent, Sullivan told the approximately 2,020 tisement.” graduates he wanted them to guide their Be tenacious: “In the lives with four values. world you are about to S: JESSICA S. GRIMES S. S: JESSICA PHOTO

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President Nichol Initiates a Discussion of our Aspiration COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU ...

“To Be Public and Great” Williamsburg Thursday, Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m. Gene R. Nichol, since July 1 the 26th president of the College, is wasting Wren Building Courtyard no time introducing himself to members of the William and Mary com- Northern Virginia munity. He is also inviting them to participate in a conversation about Tuesday, Sept. 27,6:30-8:30 p.m. the challenges and opportunities that face a university that seeks “To Westfields Marriott, Washington Dulles Be Public and Great.” Washington, D.C. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. “The heart of William and Mary’s mission, in my view, is to be both Renaissance Mayflower Hotel great and public: to compete at the highest levels of the American acad- Richmond, Va. emy while honoring a commitment to the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Wednesday, Oct. 5, 6-8 p.m. says Nichol.“I am asking the William and Mary community to think with The Science Museum of Virginia me about what obligations and opportunities distinguish our College.” Boston, Mass. The first in a series of events welcoming Nichol and advancing this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 6-8 p.m. dialogue took place Sept. 8 in the Wren Courtyard. Similar events will be The Harvard Faculty Club scheduled throughout the country during the coming months, giving South Hampton Roads alumni and friends of the College the opportunity to meet Nichol and Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6-8 p.m. Virginia Beach, Va., Hilton Hotel share their thoughts with him. Baltimore, Md. Alumni and friends will be invited to the events listed in the sidebar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6-8 p.m. with further spring opportunities being planned as of this writing. Nichol The Center Club,Legg Mason Building will also convene meetings of William and Mary students, faculty and New York, N.Y. staff very soon. Thursday, Dec. 8, 6-8 p.m. To read more about the conversation on William and Mary’s aspirations Gotham Hall “To Be Public and Great,” visit www.wm.edu/conversation. Edwards Urges Law School Graduates to Help Eliminate Poverty

ith the 2004 presidential cam- week a year offering free legal services to people who grew up with me, I saw things paign behind him and his profes- those who have lost everything or volun- turn out differently.” Wsional career now focused on teering at a church or homeless shelter. Edwards asked the approximately 2,000 ending poverty in America, John Edwards “I am here to ask you to join me in work- people attending the ceremony in the issued a simple challenge May 15 to the 200 ing to eradicate poverty in America,” Sunken Garden to focus on four things to graduates of the William and Mary School Edwards said. “It is time for you ... to lead us eradicate poverty in America. of Law: Help others in need. in a cause that’s bigger than all of us. If we First, it is time to finally shine a bright Edwards told graduates they can make a believe that there is dignity in hard work, light on the problem, Edwards said. Good difference, whether through spending one then poverty has no place in our country.” people from all different backgrounds and Edwards, who represented North Caroli- beliefs care about the issue. na for one term in the U.S. Senate, was Second, it is time to raise the minimum selected in 2004 as Sen. John Kerry’s Demo- wage in the United States. People do not cratic Party running mate for the White want a free ride, he said, they want a fair House. The University of North Carolina chance to succeed. School of Law announced earlier this year Third, Edwards said, the country needs that Edwards would lead a new Center on to provide health care and child care for Poverty, Work and Opportunity. everyone who needs it. Edwards, who was raised in a two-room Finally, it is time to make sure families are house in Robbins, N.C., told graduates about not just getting by, but getting ahead. his own humble childhood. “Today, more than 25 percent of America’s “My father worked hard, my mother working families are living on the edge of worked hard, and I worked hard,” he said. poverty,” Edwards said. “They can’t survive “Eventually, I was the first in my family to go more than three months if something hap- Former vice-presidential candidate John to college. I continued to work and save, and pens to their income. Let’s help them save, Edwards told Law School graduates, “In a nation of our prosperity, to have 36 million working full I was able to achieve success I never thought get an education and buy a house.”

time and living in poverty every day is wrong.” possible. We were lucky, but for other young — Brian Whitson PHOTO: STEPHEN SALPUKAS

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ELY PHOTO: GENE W. KING; MARCHELLO PHOTO CO URTESY OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS; TOP RIGHT IMAGE CO URTESY OF NEWS WEEK; BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE CO URTESY OF U. S. NEW S AND WORLD REPORT [ input. book was asection created withstudent Horiz was titled package’s“Wide cornerstone, the Active andDiverse.” Theviewbook, c ’04onthe D.A. featured Jon Stewart ’84, with a William &MaryEducation,” which age also included “See What You CanDo Thethree-part recruitment pack- spring. ment andSupportof Education thispast medal from theCouncil for the Advance- Tr ispresident of D.C., from Washington, one day after heresigned from theHouse. 2, to theboard became effective Sept. Hisappointment Delegates for 31years. been amemberof the Virginia House of Mary AlumniAssociation. and Bar andformer president of the William former chairmanof the Virginia State is anattorney for Kaufman andCanoles, Trammellfrey B. ’73 were each selected. Dillard II’59 and Jef- Honorable James H. the ’72, J.D. Anderson AlvinP. ’70, 30. to theCollege’s Board of Visitors on June the appointmentof three new member Warner announced MarkR. Virginia Gov. Board of Visitors Appointed William andMary two comp The College’s Admission viewbook and Recruitment Package Wins Gold and service,” said Warner. demonstrate strong levels of dedication wealth’s system of highereducation and e chairman of the Thomas the bo Berk P vr and “Williamover, &MaryCommunity, xperienc olicy Program attheCollege. ammell andC highlightof theaward-winning view- A apublicaffairsTrammell, professional has aresident Va., of Fairfax, Dillard, wholives in Williamsburg, Anderson, “The Michael K. 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William andMaryhasonly5,700 even though ithassignificantgraduate pro- ing ington P nist for the education colum- by Jay Mathews, which was written Colleges” article, newsmagazine’s Aug. 22 “America’s Hot August temperatures. not referring toWilliamsburg’s sweltering “H ar chool”), among ichol. “As we move forward intheCol- or y in making William andMaryoneofthe S. N Also inAugust, Newsweek’s “Both theU.S. News William andMarywas recognized inthe ottest SmallState School,” they were s remind usofthededication andc ottest BigState d University ottest for Re- ld Report e shares the eads: “Itstillcalls itselfac ews and ost. The s. ce.” RUDTHE AROUND and Marythena named theCollege ofWilliam hen N Wash- ALUMNI MA r description ofWilliam and anked William andMary , Give ewsweek ma and Newsweek — Sylvia Corneliussen er G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE sities andc ear —and31st rks gazine olleges olleg tion’s rank- WREN om- e, 13

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Psychology and the Environment ~ GLENN D. SHEAN

oday, many of our political and as nitrous oxide and surface level ozone, mir- religious leaders ignore or ror these increases. Can anyone doubt these minimize environmental and changes will have adverse consequences on population issues. They are our climate and on the stability and viability Table to do so because many of of our economic and social-political systems? us are complacent about these topics. Our We have been able to remain complacent natural reluctance to face up to environmen- about these matters because most adverse tal issues is fostered by vested interest environmental effects have thus far been based on impressions that are difficult to groups that work to undermine the credibil- localized or relatively mild. As a result, there change and to simplify complex problems in ity of warnings about global warming. is a “tangibility gap” between immediate order to make them seem more manage- Industry financed organizations with mis- wants and long-term consequences. This is able. Our brains developed to help us leading names, such as The Center for the the case because the payoff for adopting process information, to provide a sense of

Study of CO2 and Global Change and the sustainable lifestyles is incremental, but the stability and to help create a reality that is Are Americans deceiving themselves about the future of the planet?

Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, costs are immediate. Because of this gap, comforting. As a consequence, we tend to are devoted to clouding public understand- people have a strong incentive to deny envi- respond to the short term, to ignore or avoid ing with misinformation and have been ronmental problems as long as possible, and threatening information, to develop attach- effective in raising doubts about the validity voters sense no compelling reason to move ments to a limited and immediate group of of environmental warnings. environmental issues, such as climate kinsmen, and to form a relatively fixed set of We are now living as if our environmen- change, higher on their agendas. beliefs. These characteristics that fostered tal problems can be ignored. It is increas- In contrast to public attitudes, the world’s human survival for thousands of years may ingly apparent, however, that human leading environmental scientists are unani- no longer be adaptive. What can we do? activities are having a significant and last- mous in their concern. Two of the world’s The values associated with pro-environ- ing negative impact on the global environ- most prestigious scientific groups, the Royal mental behaviors are related to a deep, ment. Environmental problems, resource Society of London and the U.S. National intuitive appreciation of the connection utilization and population growth are Academy of Sciences, issued the following between the individual, the community and increasing at unsustainable rates. Over 1 joint statement in 1992: “There is an urgent the natural environment. Opportunities to billion people were added to the world pop- need to address economic activity, popula- directly experience and connect with the ulation just during the 1990s, each striving tion growth and environmental protection natural world are important building for a healthy and materially satisfying life. as interrelated issues and as crucial compo- blocks for developing a sense of connection Today, the equivalent of the population of nents affecting the sustainability of human with nature. Direct experiences, parental France is added to the world every six society. The next 30 years will be crucial.” modeling and values, cultural norms, and months, and the number of world citizens Today, in the United States, this warning is social policies all play a role in the forma- grows by the amount of China’s population largely ignored. Like addicts, we continue to tion of pro-environmental values. Values every decade. In parallel, with obviously choose short-term payoffs and ignore the affect attitudes by motivating people to pay unsustainable global population growth, long-term consequences of our actions. attention to information about changes resource utilization and environmental Resistance to environmental action that may adversely affect things they view degradation have increased dramatically. stems from many sources, including our as important and to seek information and For example, between A.D. 1000 and 1800, tendency to avoid discomforting informa- experiences that affirm their views. This

levels of greenhouse gases, such as CO2 and tion, a lack of individual accountability for self-affirming tendency makes values and methane, remained largely unchanged. Since environmentally harmful actions, a natural beliefs difficult to change once established. 1800, atmospheric levels of these greenhouse dislike for making sacrifices, and evolution- Changes in values can occur, however, gases have nearly doubled and increases of ary characteristics of the human brain. We when people have access to information (Continued on page 125) PHOTO: JESSICA S. GRIMES S. PHOTO: JESSICA other more powerful greenhouse gases, such are predisposed to make quick judgments

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W&M ALUMNI SPIRIT

Each member of the Class of 2005 was officially inducted into the Alumni Association with an alumni lapel pin. The Latest Addition Alumni Association Welcomes Class of 2005 ~ JOHN T. WALLACE ubtle smiles were worn by most of the 350 graduating seniors at the Alumni Association’s second annual Alumni Induction Cer- emony on May 13. Their expressions represented a quiet satisfaction of four years of hard work completed, but belied a bitter- sweet feeling that the Class of 2005 was about to leave a place they had come to know so well. ~ “I’m not going to be the first person to tell you that your life changes here and now,” Young Guarde Council Chair Dan Maxey ’02 told the graduating seniors.

CE But he assured them they were well prepared to face the challenges of the world. And he reminded the class that while their undergraduate chapter at the College was closed, they were still an important part of William and Mary. “Young alumni have a ALLA very active place in the alumni community,” he said. That message of a continued relationship with the College was also . W S ~ voiced by Henry George ’65, vice president of the Alumni Association. “It is quite obvious that your presence here has made a difference,” he OHN T said. “As a graduate of this institution, you can continue to make a difference.” ~ As a symbol of their alumni status, class members were each given an alumni lapel pin. George instructed friends and family members to fasten a pin to each graduate. Once pinned, the newest alumni of the

PHOTO: J College were welcomed into the Alumni Center for refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

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Seniors Celebrate at the Alumni Center

Between studying for finals and preparing for life after college, the Class of 2005 was a busy group throughout their final days as students at William and Mary. They did find some time to savor their last moments on campus during Senior Spring Day on April 28. The Alumni Asso- ciation hosted the event outside on the Clarke Plaza, where the seniors enjoyed sandwiches from the Cheese Shop, pizza from Chanello’s and Papa John’s, and cold beer. A disc jockey played music while students conversed, provid- ing a few final memories of undergraduate life.

Alumni Honored with Service Awards

Elaine Elias Kappel ’55 urer and board member. She was a member Reunion gift committee and a member of ARD

was honored with a 2004 of her class’ 50th Reunion activities commit- the Business Partners board. She became . PIN Alumni Service Award on tee and is an emeritus member of the Busi- president of the Southwest Florida Alumni April 30 during her 50th ness School Foundation. At the Business Chapter for the 2005-06 term. Satterwhite, a Reunion. She is a founding School, she assisted in developing the former Class Reporter, has served as an member of both the Pittsburgh Alumni Club Women in Business program. An Alumni advisory board member to the College’s and the Southwestern Florida Alumni Chap- Medallion recipient, Showalter has served on chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. ter. Kappel, a past president of both of those the College’s Endowment Association board, chapters, has also served as a Class Reporter pre-campaign steering committee and the Robert “Bob” A. Sheeran since 1980. She was on her 50th Reunion communications committee. She has been a ’67 has been selected for a activities committee this year and chair of member of the Athletic Educational Founda- 2004 Alumni Service her 45th Reunion activities committee in tion board and an agent for the Annual Fund. Award. He has served as

2000. Kappel served two terms on the Alum- a Tribe football radio MELISSA V WHITE AND SHEERAN PHOTOS:

ni Association Board of Directors, including Cynthia Bennett Satter- broadcaster for more than 20 years. A for- TTER an officer’s position as secretary. She is a white ’77 received a 2004 mer Sports Information director for the member of the Sir Robert Boyle Legacy Soci- Alumni Service Award on College, he is a founding member of the

ety and Friends of the Library at the College. May 20, during the West William and Mary Quarterback Club and a SA ALLACE; ARD; KAPPEL PHOTO: JESSICA S. GRIMES; S. ARD; KAPPEL PHOTO: JESSICA

Coast Auction weekend. A member of the Tribe Football Club. Sheer- . W

Joan F. Showalter ’55 member of the Endowment Association’s an, who served on his 25th Reunion gift . PIN accepted her 2002 Alumni board from 1996-2003, Satterwhite served committee, is a longtime member of Order OHN T Service Award during the as treasurer and chair of its finance commit- of the White Jacket (OWJ) and currently Class of 1955’s 50th tee. She also served as a member of the serves on OWJ’s board of directors. Sheer-

Reunion. Showalter is nominating and membership committee and an served as the auctioneer for the West TER PHOTO: J AL

treasurer of the Roanoke Alumni Chapter, the property management committee. Sat- Coast Auction this year and the New York W TOP PHOTOS: MELISSA V TOP PHOTOS: which she has served as president, vice treas- terwhite was co-chair of her class’ 25th Auction in 2004. SHO

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PHOTOS [1-5]: MELISSA V. PINARD; [6]: JOHN T. WALLACE; [7]: MARY ELIZABETH KEPLEY [ ls it whichthey formally presented tothen- class gift, unprecedented $2.137 millionfor theirreunion Mus mingle duringF beth w chronicle afew of themomentsthroughout the Thefollowing photos Reunion April 29-May 1. campusincelebrationMary of their50th The Clas eekend. CLASS OF1955 carelle Museum. Lba .Na n lao Ele Prugh ’55 Neal andEleanor “Ellie” T. “Libba” s of 1955 reclaimed the William and [ 1 ayAieRge os’5 Eliza- ] Mary Alice Regier Hoes ’55, riday evening’s reception atthe [ 2 ] Classmates raised an [ 3 CELEBRATES 50THREUNION 30. C at F Jordan Stringer ’55were two of themany guests luncheon held and reception in Trinkle Hall. and Marilyn Zaiser Ott’55socialize duringthe Shelley Christine Morss ’55 Kesler Upshur ’55, Clague Nagine ] leePeietTmtyJ Sullivan ’66on ollegeApril President Timothy J. riday’s reception. [ Judith Brown Raas ’55catchupduringthe 3 ] BillButler’55andclassmate Martha April 30at Trinkle Hall. 5,Joan Danskin Kemble ’55 y ’55, [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Constance “Connie” [ 6 ] The Class of 1955 [ [ 6 4 [ 5 ][ ] ] Jane to he ed toPhiB uled totak Theinductionceremony was sched- morning. was inductedintotheOldeGuarde onSunday S read names of deceased classmates duringthe JohnKepley Frederick Malvin'55andtheRev. Jane ToppingMcClure Caplice Underhill'55, '55, “ in”Bodu lvr'5 Jane “Pat” Broaddus Glover '55, Ginny” ervice ofervice Remembrance. avy morningrain. e place inthe Wren butrelocat- Yard, eta Kappa (PBK)MemorialHalldue ALUMNI MA [ ALUMNI 7 rmlf,Virginia ] From left, G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE [ [ 5 2 7 SPIRIT ] ] ] ] 19

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magine sitting on a hill with a vineyard Cellars label. (See the feature story about sloping downward and a panoramic Fortner in the Spring/Summer 2005 issue Iview of the San Francisco skyline in the of the William and Mary Alumni Magazine.) distance as the sun sets. On Friday evening, alumni joined then- The Emery Estate was the location for President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 and Anne the 2005 West Coast Auction in Sonoma, Klare Sullivan ’66 for a reception at St. Calif., on May 21. The weekend began on Francis Winery. Additional activities Thursday, May 19, at the home of Chip ’85, included winetastings, kayaking, golf and M.S. ’89 and Teri Roberson. Alumni mixed spa activities. and mingled and interacted with area wine- Proceeds from the auction went to the makers as they showcased their wines. Alumni Association’s Out-of-State Student Winemakers included Kent Fortner ’92, who Scholarship Endowment and student lead- produces pinot noir for his Green Truck ership initiatives. 2006 New York Auction

The New York Auction will be held on Friday, March 24, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt New York,conveniently located at Grand Central Station in midtown Manhattan. Additional events are being planned throughout the week- end, so watch for details at www. wmalumni.com. If you have any ques- tions or would like to donate an item to the auction, please contact the Alumni Association Programs and Special ORK; Events office at 757.221.1183 or e-mail Jennifer Hayes M.Ed. ’04 at

alumni.specialevents@ wm.edu. TT NEW Y A URTESY OF THE GRAND HY URTESY O ARD; TOP RIGHT PHOTO C . PIN

From top clockwise: Guests mingle at a recep- tion at the home of Teri and Chip Roberson ’85, M.S. ’89 (pictured above). Alumni toast during the auction at the Emery Estate. BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: PHIL SCHERMEISTER LEFT PHOTOS: MELISSA V LEFT PHOTOS:

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PHOTOS [1 AND 2]: JOHN T. WALLACE; [3-6]: MELISSA V. PINARD [ nament onthe Alumni Center lawn thatafter- by sunny skies intimefor theCroquet Tour- [ activities throughout theweekend included: few A Class of 1955 intoitsranks onMay 1. welcomed the most active alumnigroups, oneof theCollege’s TheOldeGuarde, May 2. heldon by thetraditional OldeGuarde Day, took place April 30-May 1andwas followed The second annualOldeGuarde Celebration 1 OLDE GUARDE DAY ANDCELEBRATION ] Morningrain onMay 1hadbeenreplaced [ May 1following theCroquet Tournament. perf Va., an acappellagroup from Kilmarnock, Camp f withtheproceeds designated the afternoon, silentauctionwas also heldduring A noon. Mary reception.Mary Gouldman ’37 socialize duringtheBloody or theOldeGuarde’s $100,000 Alumni Lawn 3 ] Anne Reynolds Wood ’37 andEllenLatane orm attheOldeGuarde Celebration on [ aign. 1 ] [ 2 ] The NorthernNeckBay Tones, [ [ 4 5 ] Edward “Ed” Grimsley ’51, Grimsley Edward “Ed” ] [ 3 ] guished Service Award. ’44 thethird annual OldeGuarde Distin- (center)Spencer Smith’48 andhusband Bill panel discussion. shared theirexperiences during a II veterans, from the “Greatest all Generation,” World War Achenb a columnist for theVirginia Gazette Baker ’51, with hisclassmate James W. “Jim” visits a former Alumni Association president, ach rgt’9(et rsne Jane Wright ’49 (left) presented ALUMNI MA [ ALUMNI 6 ] Seven alumni 2005 G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE . [ 5 ] Car [ [ [ 4 6 2 SPIRIT ol ] ] ] ] 21

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Honing His Craft Joseph Campanella Cleary ’96 Reinvents the Mandolin ~ CALLAN BENTLEY ’96 arwin’s finches have nothing and Mary, writing his thesis on the oral tra- Smart, Cleary learned the techniques of on Joe Cleary’s mandolin. The ditions of bluegrass music. He also won a building high-quality musical instruments mandolin, that plucky, high- Wilson scholarship to study bluegrass in the by hand. The mandolins were built in batch- pitched fundamental of blue- context of music festivals. All the while, he es of three or four instruments, taking sev- Dgrass music, is evolving, and played his mandolin and fiddle. (“Fiddle” is eral months to complete. Each step of the Y ’96 Joseph Campanella Cleary ’96 is the man bluegrass-speak for “violin.”) process — curing, molding, carving, gluing, responsible for it. Cleary is re-imagining the Upon graduating, Cleary decided to learn bending, decorating, stringing — was done instrument in the light of his experience as a more about the instruments he had been by hand. Cleary and Smart even gathered builder of both mandolins and violins. By strumming. He began to contact luthiers — the wood for their mandolins themselves, hand, he is creating a new mandolin that professional makers of musical instru- skiing through winter forests to find dead will utilize aspects of violin construction and ments. He found a mandolin maker in trees with the right “tone” of wood. SEPH CAMPANELLA CLEAR SEPH CAMPANELLA will be more powerful and more versatile Idaho, Lawrence Smart, who agreed to an Cleary moved to Burlington, Vt., four years O than any of its predecessors. apprenticeship. ago to play bluegrass music with his brother

Cleary studied anthropology at William In three-and-a-half years of working with John Cleary ’98. Their band, The Cleary PHOTO: J

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Brothers, has toured widely, recorded one album and has a second on the way. (They will be performing at William and Mary in April 2006.) At each bluegrass festival where The Cleary Brothers play, Joe Cleary shows off his luthier handiwork by performing on his own handmade mandolin and fiddle. Once settled in Vermont, Cleary started working with another luthier, John Moroz, a graduate of the Violin Making School of America. Under Moroz, he learned tradi- tional skills that have been passed on since the 17th century. This suite of construction skills focuses on an intuitive approach and constant development of technique. Cleary recently started his own line of instruments, Campanella Strings, dedicated to unique violins and mandolins built the old fashioned way — each made of 100 percent wood, with no synthetic materials. This commitment to authenticity extends even to the homemade varnish used on the finished instruments. To make varnish, Cleary boils down a mixture of linseed oil and pine resin, including fossil amber. His recipe adds color using “historically correct” pigments: iron for black, madder root for red. Propolis, from beehives, imparts a lightfast yellow. To perfect this alchemy, Cleary has studied the works of Antonio Stradivari and Leonardo

da Vinci. Top left: Use of an inside mold is an essential part of traditional violin making, but is new to mandolin To have experience building these two making. The ribs are bent on a hot bending iron with a little water. Willow blocks are spot glued to the

WELL distinct instruments is rare. “They’re really mold to provide stable platforms to glue the neck, top and back. When the back is glued on, the out- O line of the ribs is stabilized, and the mold can be broken free with a small brass hammer. Top right: two different professions,” says John Moroz. This close-up features the f-hole, purfling and lower corner of a violin. Inlaid purfling protects the top CK R A “Cleary is one of the very few people in the by distributing the force of an impact. The parallel lines draw the eye around the outline and to the country who can do both.” mitred corners. F-holes are cut and finished with sharp knives to leave crisp lines. Cutting f-holes requires a thorough knowledge of the wood’s grain and split since they intersect the grain at every Gaining familiarity with both species of possible angle. Bottom: The Cleary Brothers Band is made up of Joe Cleary ’96 (fiddle/mandolin), instruments set Cleary to thinking about the John Cleary ’98 (guitar/banjo), Brian Burns (bass) and Caleb Elder (not pictured, fiddle). relationship between mandolins and violins. The violin has been the soloist’s darling for loud, but its sound decays quickly. Despite This spring, Cleary received a grant from centuries — its range approximates the this difference, the mandolin is appearing the Vermont Arts Council to build this new human voice and can produce a powerful with increasing frequency in the hands of breed of mandolin. Over the summer, he variety of tone colors. On the other hand, the virtuoso performers. Cleary wonders if the fashioned it using violin-making techniques mandolin is a much more focused instru- mandolin of the 20th century has limitations that he hopes will take the mandolin on an ment, with a smaller range of tone. Cleary that could be improved by the application of entirely new evolutionary trajectory. describes it as having a “sharp attack.” It is violin design and technique. His creation was completed in August, when Jamie Masefield, virtuoso mandolinist

SEPH CAMPANELLA CLEARY ’96; BOTTOM PHOTO: J CLEARY SEPH CAMPANELLA for the band The Jazz Mandolin Project, O “I like the idea that the instruments will outlast me. debuted it in a public concert. Cleary select- I’m giving musicians a starting point. The music ed Masefield not only because he is a fellow Vermonter, but more importantly because

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A Muscarelle Renaissance Aaron De Groft ’88 Begins a New Era ~ SYLVIA CORNELIUSSEN

n his junior year at William and Mary, after a knee injury prevented him from continuing his college baseball career, Aaron De Groft ’88 decided he wanted to major in art history and museum studies. He knew working at the campus’ Muscarelle Museum of Art would give him valuable experience. As a volunteer, he spent many an hour hanging art, cutting mats and cleaning the lights and tubes in the solar wall sculpture, among other tasks. ~ In July, De Groft came back to the museum, but this time he has taken on a lot more responsibility. He is the Muscarelle’s new director, taking over for Ann Madonia, who had been serving in an interim capac- ity since 2002 and has returned to her position as curator. ~ “It’s an honor to go back to the place where I got my start,” says De IGroft, who previously was deputy director and chief curator of the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Fla., the State Art Museum of Flori- da that is affiliated with Florida State University. “I interviewed at many major universities, but William and Mary offered me a great opportuni- ty,” he adds, noting that he decided in the fifth grade that he wanted to attend the College. “I am greatly looking forward to working with our new

PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL president, Gene Nichol, on the opportunities presented by the Muscarelle both regionally and nationally for the College and its students.”

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De Groft, who earned a master’s degree in art history and museum studies from the University of South Carolina and a doctor- MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART ate in art history from Florida State, says [2005-06 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE] his main goal is to bring pieces of art and culture to the general public. “My role is to Charles E. Burchfield: help interpret works and to engage people Backyards and Beyond culturally, as well as to save objects of art for Aug. 27-Oct. 23, 2005 future study,” he notes. Weeks before he officially took over at the Eloquent Vistas: The Art of 19th Century Landscape Muscarelle, De Groft was already working Photography from the George with Miles L. Chappell ’60, who recently Eastman House Collection retired as chair and Chancellor Professor of Nov. 5, 2005-Jan. 8, 2006 Art and Art History at William and Mary. De Groft says he is happy to be coming back 20th Century Tapestries Jan. 21-April 2, 2006 to Williamsburg just as his former professor and longtime friend is retiring. “Now we can Professor Lewis Cohen: CHARLES E. BURCHFIELD garnish his knowledge and experience to Drawings and Sculptures Road in Sunlight and Shadow, August 1936. Pen- help grow the museum,” he explains, adding cil and watercolor on paper. Collection of the April 15-June 4, 2006 that Chappell, along with former College Burchfield-Penney Art Center. Gift of James T. Shaffer given in memory of his mother, Daisy Art and the Animal President Thomas A. Graves Jr. (Honorary Shaffer. 1977:19 June 17-Aug. 13, 2006 Alumnus), was instrumental in the Mus- carelle’s founding. Although they cannot make an official [ANNUAL GALAS] announcement until later this fall, plans are underway to bring an exhibit to the Mus- Let’s All Meet on Easy Street Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005, 7:30 p.m. carelle that, De Groft says, “will be — on a Join the Muscarelle’s Board of Directors for their annual fundraising gala during national scale — huge for William and Homecoming. The theme will be the 1920’s days of prohibition, speakeasies, silent Mary.” The details are currently top secret, movies and jazz. Watercolors from the Charles Burchfield exhibit will be featured. Dap- but De Groft did share that the collection of per/flapper attire encouraged. Tickets are required and can be obtained by calling paintings comes from “one of the greatest 757.221.2710. Proceeds benefit the museum. names in the history of Western art — actu- Third Annual Winetasting at the Fresh Market ally, let’s say Renaissance art.” He added Colony Square, Williamsburg that Chappell’s connections in Italy helped Tuesday, March 14, 2006 them secure this major show. Tickets will be available after Jan. 1, 2006. Proceeds benefit the museum. As Virginia prepares to celebrate Jamestown 2007 — America’s 400th Anni- The Muscarelle Museum of Art is located next to Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall, near the corner of Jamestown Road and Campus Drive. For more information about exhibi- versary — De Groft hopes to bring compli- tions or galas, contact the museum at 757.221.2710 or visit www.wm.edu/muscarelle. mentary exhibitions featuring American art to the Muscarelle. He sees it as an opportu- nity to help further connect William and teaching of the College was one of the prime South Carolina. Stories from that time peri- T Mary to the surrounding community by reasons he rose to the top of our list,” says od told of people using huge chunks of gold encouraging tourists and local residents to College Provost Geoffrey Feiss. “This coupled as doorstops and building things as lavish visit the museum. with his commitment to work with the public as gold bathtubs. Teaching is also a top priority for De spell continued success for the museum.” What De Groft learned from that early Groft, who held an adjunct faculty position Over the years, De Groft has organized exhibit was simple: “This work is about at Florida State. “For me, the museum was and curated a variety of museum exhibits, telling a good story and engaging people,” he a second classroom,” he says. He hopes to but one he is particularly proud of came at says. “The most important thing in an art give that opportunity to students in all the University of South Carolina’s museum is the distance between the work departments by teaching courses at the McKissick Museum shortly after he on the wall and the visitor. There must be a museum, using objects of art as center- finished his master’s degree. In Finding spark of engagement. That is where learn- pieces for graduate-style seminars. Gold: The History of Gold Mining in the South- ing experiences happen.” It’s a principle he URTESY OF THE MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF AR OF THE MUSCARELLE URTESY

“Aaron’s demonstrated ability to work ern Piedmont, he presented an exhibition applies to everything he does in the muse- O

effectively with academic departments to fos- from the country’s first major gold rush, um world, and it’s one that will surely make GE C

ter their use of the museum resources in the which actually took place in North and the Muscarelle Museum of Art proud. IMA

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ARTS & HUMANITIES [BOOKREVIEWS]

BIOGRAPHY Woogie, shows Sock Monkey on a quest to The book, which offers an ambitious Joseph J. Ellis ’65, L.H.D. ’98 is the Pulitzer find a new friend. Angleberger lives in overview of political life in pre-Revolutionary Prize-winning author of seven highly Christiansburg, Va. America, reveals an extraordinary diversity acclaimed books. In his latest, His Excellency: of political belief and practice. Beeman George Washington (New demonstrates that politi- York, N.Y.: Alfred A. ECONOMICS cal life in 18th-century Knopf, 2004), he crafts a Todd Morrison ’77 is a contributing author America was fragment- landmark biography that of the new text Economics of Antitrust: New ed, with America’s Bri- brings to life one of the Issues, Questions and Insights (White Plains, tish subjects and their United States’ most N.Y.: NERA, 2004), an anthology of work by leaders often speaking important, and perhaps respected experts from different political dia- least understood, figures. the National Economic lects altogether. Synthe- Noting that Washington was eulogized as Research Associates sizing a wide range of “first in the hearts of countrymen,” Ellis (NERA) Economic Con- primary and secondary sources, he offers a argues that the first U.S. president has been sulting group. Aimed at coherent account of the way politics actually memorialized on the dollar bill and Mount antitrust lawyers, econo- worked in this formative time for American Rushmore, but not in our hearts. In the text, mists and students, the political culture. Beeman is a professor of Ellis draws from the Washington Papers publication provides a history at the University of Pennsylvania. now catalogued at the University of Virginia provocative look at the issues and questions to paint a full portrait of this founding father, surrounding antitrust public policy and liti- In co-editing First Daughters: Letters from his military years through his two terms gation. Topics covered include mergers in Between U.S. Presidents and their Daughters as president. Ellis lives in Amherst, Mass. the United States and Europe, price dis- (New York, N.Y.: Black Dog & Leventhal crimination, product bundling and more. Publishers, 2004), Ann G. Gawalt ’92 joined Currently a senior vice president with with a most appropriate person — her own CHILDREN’S FICTION NERA, Morrison resides in Bethesda, Md. father, Gerard W. Gawalt. Their first-of-its- Anyone who has ever experienced the diffi- kind text chronicles the lives of 21 presidents culty of convincing a child to take a bath or and their daughters as make a new friend will appreciate Cecelia FICTION recorded through corre- “Cece” Bell Angleberger’s ’92 two children’s In Wait for Me (BookSurge, LLC, 2004), a spondence and photo- books: Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: A romantic suspense novel by Nancy graphs found in the Star is Bathed (Cambridge, Mass.: Can- Schmuck Madison ’62, heroine Claire Stan- Library of Congress, as dlewick Press, 2003) and Sock Monkey Boo- hope is forced to resolve a well as in presidential gie-Woogie: A Friend is Made (Cambridge, family tragedy of long libraries and private col- Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2004). In each ago. She also is forced to lections. Released just book, the author/illustrator chronicles the choose between two men: prior to the 2004 elec- lesson-learning adventures of famous toy- one who would kill her tion, First Daughters came at a time when actor Sock Monkey. In Sock Monkey Goes to without remorse should daughters of presidential and vice-presi- Hollywood, the lead character is forced to she give him the wrong dential candidates were actively campaign- take a bath — an answer and another who ing for their fathers. Ann Gawalt lives in action that makes him would do anything to save her. A resident of Springfield, Va. “dizzy with fear” — in Arlington, Texas, Madison is also the author order to attend the of Clues to Love, Never Love a Stranger and prestigious Hollywood What the World Needs. LITERARY GUIDE Oswald Awards cere- Even before the bloodsucking martians mony. Publisher’s Week- of H.G. Well’s War of the Worlds, popular ly named this first HISTORY fiction has contained vampires who were book the Quirkiest The Varieties of Political Experience in Eigh- members of alien species rather than Picture Book of 2003. teenth-Century America (Philadelphia, Pa.: the supernatural undead. Different Blood: The second story, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004) is the The Vampire as Alien (Amber Quill Sock Monkey Boogie- newest text by Richard R. Beeman M.A. ’66. Press, LLC, 2004), the latest book by

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Margaret Greunke Car- A variety of facts — such as moose have poor because of health rea- ter ’72, surveys the liter- eyesight that sometimes causes them to sons, died when she was ary vampire as alien unknowingly court cows — are included in 14. When, as an adult, from the mid-1800s to the text. Griggs is dean of students at Virginia she sought help in cop- the 1900s, analyzing the Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. ing with that loss, she many uses to which sci- found something that ence fiction and fantasy startled her: there are authors have put this PHILOSOPHY few experts on the sub- theme. Included in the What is virtue? What is moderation? What is ject of sibling loss. So DeVita-Raeburn set text is an extensive bibliography to numerous justice? What is courage? What is good? And out to remedy that situation by conducting novels and short stories utilizing the vampire what is piety? These six questions, asked by her own research and writing her own book as alien theme. Carter lives in Annapolis, Md. Socrates in Plato’s Dialogues, are the subject on the issue — The Empty Room: Surviving of Christopher Phillips’ the Loss of a Brother or Sister at Any Age ’81 latest book, Six (New York, N.Y.: Scribner, 2004). The text MUSIC Questions of Socrates: A focuses on her reflections, as well as those of According to Mark Katz ’92, there’s much Modern-Day Journey of others, about the death of a brother or sis- more to sound recording than just record- Discovery through World ter. Through both psychology and shared ing sound. In his new text, Capturing Sound: Philosophy (New York, experiences, she delivers a broad look at the How Technology Has Changed Music (Berke- N.Y.: W.W. Norton & subject, including loss at all ages, the loss of ley, Calif.: University of Company Inc., 2004). a twin and ways of healing. Devita-Raeburn California Press, 2004), In his first book, lives in New York City. Katz explores how Socrates Café, Phillips revived Socrates’ love technology is a catalyst of questions by bringing philosophical for music, not merely a inquiry to America’s bookstores and cafes. In RELIGION tool for preserving it. his new text, he builds off the first, opening Rabbi David Ellenson ’69 recently published Complete with a com- those discussions to the world and inspiring After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Respons- panion CD, Capturing people everywhere to ask fundamental ques- es to Modernity (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Sound provides a wide- tions about human excellence. Currently, Union College Press, 2004), a collection of 23 ranging history of how the recording indus- Phillips travels across North America, lead- essays reflecting the scope of his scholarship try has impacted musical life. In his case ing ongoing Socrates Café discussion groups. in Jewish religious studies, he shows how technology has He lives in Virginia and Mexico. thought, modern Jew- encouraged new ways of listening to music, ish history and ethics. led performers to change their practices, Prefaced with a candid and allowed entirely new genres to come POETRY account of his intellec- into existence. Katz is the chair of the Nominated for the eighth annual Library of tual journey from boy- department of musicology at the Peabody Virginia Literary Awards, Barbara Drucker hood in Virginia to Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Smith’s ’64 A Poetic Journey (Xlibris, 2004) scholarly immersions in Baltimore, Md. gives readers an opportunity to explore life in in the history, thought 13 poetic sections. Topics and literature of the Jewish people, the text covered include daily life, explores five areas: modernity, challenges NATURE humor, religion, travel after emancipation, denominational respons- Walter Griggs Jr. C.A.S. ’76, Ed.D. ’79 has been and death. “Her poems es, modern response, and new initiatives and studying moose for years. Averaging 7-feet convey sensitivity to peo- directions. Ellenson is president of Hebrew tall, 10-feet long and weighing up to 1,300 ple, to our companion Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in pounds, this creature intrigues him. So it’s no creatures and to the New York City. surprise that he recently co-authored Moose- earth itself,” says poet L. cellania: A Collection of All Things Moose (Cam- Nelson Farley. Smith, a den, Maine: Down East resident of Newport The William and Mary Alumni Magazine Books, 2004). Through News, Va., is also the author of Darling features reviews of recent books by alumni and both a comical and ency- Loraine: The Story of A.L. Drucker. faculty. Books published in 2005 can be sent clopedic approach, the with any publicity materials to: Sylvia Cor- authors survey moose neliussen, assistant editor, William and Mary biology and behavior, PSYCHOLOGY Alumni Magazine, P.O. Box 2100, Williams- showing how it has been Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn’s ’88 brother, one burg, VA 23187. Due to limited space, it may be used in popular culture. of two boys who lived in a plastic bubble several issues before a review is published.

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PHOTO: GUY CRITTENDEN pla William andMary Athletic Director Terry Driscoll. “As William and c achieve thissuccess.” to thepla veryhonored by it,butIthinkthebuildingisreallymore ofa tribute Football Complex, hesays, “It’s avery humblingexperience and I’m A be builtnext toZableStadium, withconstruction beginningin does notobjecttotheproposed 30,000-square-foot complex that will gram canimprovewhat upon italreadywell. does Andhecertainly don’t compromise anddon’t change.” ate andlookat it,” says Laycock. “But there are certain things we coach, they sticktoastricttraining regimen. “You continue toevalu- ership, arecord that includesthemostwinsfor aWilliam andMary ful program withoutcompromising anything academically.” much prideinasanything: Thefact that we are abletobeasuccess- during theannualFall Awards Banquet.“That’s somethingItake as ored astheAlumni Association’s 2005Coach oftheYear 22 onSept. school withhigh aca as ateamallalong and offthefieldwas nofluk W talk toLa son withJ with scholarships. r T YearCoach ofthe Jimmye Laycock’70Selected as2005 Team Player A True oom, witha100percent graduation rate amongfootball athletes omplex —andproud itwillbenamedafterJimmye Laycock,” said ugust 2007. Concerning thebuilding’s name, Jimmye Laycock illiam andMary, you quicklyrealize lastseason’s performance on “We are truly excited toannounce theconstruction ofthisfootball But Laycock isopentochange when itmeansthefootball pro- With thefootball teamstandingat 170-113-2 underLaycock’s lead- “Wha accomplishmentsThose were not a bad way to marksea- 25th the y er s andc t w yers and coaches who have worked hard over theyears to yc imm e’v ock andlearnaboutthepr oa e beenabletoa y ches who have beenworking together productively e La . noted they were alsosettingrecords intheclass- while theteamdominated thegridiron, theNCAA ar place finishintheNCAA’s DivisionI-AA are of achievements. Theteam’s 11-3record andthird- will beremembered asremarkable for anumber he fall 2004football seasonat William and Mary demic standards,” says Laycock, who was hon- yc guably theTribe’s bestshowing todate. And ock ’70 pr e . R cc ~ omplish istoconsistently winat a a esiding ashea ther, itstandsasconfirmation of JOHN T.WALLACE ogr W TRIBE SPORTS am hehasassembleda d c oach. Whenyou & t M ALUMNI MA G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE 29

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Mary’s football coach, Jim- mye has developed a pro- [FOOTBALLSCHEDULE] gram that is second to none when considering the com- Sept. 1, 2005 • 7 p.m. bination of competition on at Marshall [Huntington, W.Va.] the field and scholastic Sept. 10, 2005 • 1 p.m. integrity off the field.” at VMI [Lexington, Va.] Plans for the complex include team and coach Sept. 17, 2005 • noon lockers, an athletic training *at Rhode Island [Kingston, R.I.] room, equipment storage, Sept. 24, 2005 • 1 p.m. coaching offices, conference LIBERTY (Family Weekend) rooms, study space for ath- letes, administrative sup- Oct. 8, 2005 • 1 p.m. port areas and space for *NEW HAMPSHIRE Tribe Football Hall of Fame Oct. 15, 2005 • 2 p.m. memorabilia. *at Northeastern [Brookline, Mass.] “It will allow players who Oct. 22, 2005 • 1 p.m. come here a better chance of *TOWSON (Homecoming) reaching their potential,” says Laycock. “[The com- Oct. 29, 2005 • 6 p.m. plex] will also impact recruit- *at Villanova [Villanova, Pa.] ing and allow us to have a Nov. 5, 2005 • Time TBD central location where we *JAMES MADISON can display and celebrate the history and tradition of Nov. 12, 2005 • 1 p.m. William and Mary football.” *DELAWARE Another significant de- Nov. 19, 2005 • 1 p.m. velopment for Zable Stadi- *at Richmond [Richmond, Va.] um is the proposed lighting that could be in place by fall Home dates in BOLD CAPS. Jimmye Laycock ’70 instructs Quarterback 2005 thanks to $650,000 in donations from Lang Campbell ’05 during the William and Mary * Atlantic 10 Conference game supporters who wish to remain anonymous. versus Northeastern game on Oct. 2, 2004. The lights will be installed at the stadium TION and the practice field using the latest tech-

nology to meet the necessary requirements ORMA for games and practices. Laycock says the 2004 lights will allow greater flexibility for their Simply Magical practice schedule since athletes are often in Football Recap class until the late afternoon, which has tra- ditionally made time extremely tight before Relive the milestone 2004 football sea- son game-by-game with the sun goes down. Simply Magi- INF OF SPORTS URTESY O While Laycock says it’s difficult to pre- cal, the only coverage available that dict how a team will perform throughout a captures the spirit of the Tribe’s ascent GE C football season, he is confident about the to the Division I-AA semifinals. Review- prognosis for fall 2005. “We’ve got a good ing each game of the season, the video nucleus and a good number coming back,” features commentary from coaches he says, adding that many of his athletes and players who reflect on the process decided to spend the summer in Williams- and emotion that made the 2004 sea- burg to condition prior to beginning prac- son magical. Simply Magical is available tice. But most importantly, he says, their in DVD or VHS format for $35 (includ- commitment to preseason training builds ing shipping) by calling 757.221.3350. A “camaraderie and closeness.” That is, after preview of the video is available for all, a cornerstone of the football program viewing at www.tribeathletics.com.

he has created at William and Mary. BOTTOM IMA TOP PHOTO: GUY CRITTENDEN;

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PHOTOS CO URTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATION Zable Stadium Going Down at New Track Lights GoingUp, I www.tribeathletics.com. other athletic facilities projects, logonto progress ofthetrack reconstruction and La file about2005Coach oftheYear Jimmye forStadium Zable isincludedwiththepro- nial Relays event in 2007. will alsobeabletoaccommodate theColo- the track surface. andanOlympic-quality It such asbankingonparticularsectionsof track willincludeseveral improvements, by summer2006. Stimsonsays thenew struction andisscheduledfor completion rounding thefieldiscurrently underrecon- track.eight-lane, The 400-metertrack sur- cant development for thestadium: anew able totake advantage ofanothersignifi- from anonymous donors totaling$650,000. The lights are beingma to hostdistance runninge will pr e held becauseofthela tr the College tohostc of tr track andfieldevents. Dan Stimson,director gram, thelights willalsohave animpact on since itopenedin 1935. the first night game played inZableStadium pla University (JMU). Thenationally televised for theNov. 5game against James Madison are approved, thelighting could beinplace ball practice field.If thenecessary permits Stadium’s Cary Field andtheadjacent foot- tion willbetheaddition oflights for Zable stadium itselfare currently intheworks. Stadium, two major improvements tothe xtr ack andfieldthat were notallowed tobe A The track andfieldprogrambe also will I The first project scheduledfor comple- ycock ’70 onpages 29-30. To follow the yoff game versus JMUinfall 2004was n addition tobenefiting thefootball pro- a competition andpr dditional information lighting the about a plex, which willbelocated next toZable of theJ n addition totheproposed construction ck andfield,says thelights willenable ovide, theopportunity for theCollege immye Laycock Football Com- ck oflighting. Duetothe onferenc a de possibleby gifts ctice timethelights — John T. Wallace v ents alsoe e vents for xists. [ Colonial Athletic Association. Virginia andfirst orsecond inthe has finishedbothinthetop four in o the ninthtimein12- s Ass Dir r o NC ment finished76th inthe2004-05 W Dir W&M Ranked 76th in w with37 strike-outs andonlysix ERA son with15andestablished a1.10 record for consecutive saves inasea- where heset ateam in Maryland, Bowie team pitched for theDouble-A Orioles inthe2003 draft andhas was athird-round selection by the Theright-handed pitcher an Oriole. fiers outdoors. Regional quali- season andtwo NCAA ing thr includ- led theteam to great success, interim head coach andhasalready s Newberry had distance runner, former Tribe A effective1. July field, women’s cross country andtrack and s w ank hosi igna making2004-05 chools in Virginia, erved since February 2005 asthe eeing majorle f theDirect 2.5 The Tribef 226.75. was thehighest SPORTS alks in32andtwo-thirds innings. as chos illiam andMary’s Athletic Depart- P ect AA ector ociation andwas third among rior to herappointmentashead ed t ors’ ee All-East honors intheindoor Division ISport e ’CupStanding s’ en ashe am intheC Cup standing r’CupthattheCollege ors’ ague actionlately as Named W Kathy ’00 Newberry T Chris R Former Tribepitcher Baltimore Orioles Called Upto Chris Ray ’03 Kathy Newberry ’00 CoachCountry r ad coach of ack andCross olonial s A ay hasbeen ye s withascore c s ar his adem omen’s A thletic t y’ ory s A R W&M Hall women’s cross country. ference titles inbothmen’s and ing theLumberjacks sweep thecon- help- served asavolunteer assistant, where she Austin State University, F. ous coaching experience atStephen Shealso hasprevi- 2003 and2004. titles in helping themwinthree CAA country team at William andMary, unteer assistant to themen’s cross Newberry hadserved asavol- coach, mor history to record ers inDivisionI-AA Musinskiisoneof just three play- tion. r 100-yard receiving touchdowns, receiving yards, marks inreceptions, C every majorreceiving category atthe the Tennesseewith Titans. his post-collegiate football career Hebegan Musinski ’04on July 29. year free-agent widereceiver Rich c foot permanentw Association. ar and MaryHallisthethird-lar tie tr de dur the $ c large enoughfor two fullbasketball With space nastics andvolleyball. the homef BRIEFS eceiving games andyards perrecep- ourts withthebleacher ompleted at William andMaryHall, enov lee includingthe Tribe’sollege, all-time ack andothermulti-purpo ne ena inthe12-t Musinski set multiplerecords in signed to ac .Wt aaiyo ,0,William With acapacity of 8,600, s. be rubberized sports flooring able, e than4,000 receiving yards. alt-al 16,900-square- w wall-to-wall, 7 50 ation Finished , 000 pr rTiebsebl,gym- or Tribebasketball, ALUMNI MA c ommodate indoor e P The New E Rich Musinski’04 P New England oject als am Colonial Athletic atriots signedfir atriots Sign ood floorhasbeen TRIBE SPORTS G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE s r o includeda etract ngland s gest e activi- ed, s t- ] 31

TRIBE SPORTS One Great W&M Runner [SPORTSSTATS] Graduates, SPRING 2005 ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Another Emerges TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS floor exercise, high bar, parallel bars, vault Baseball: 27-27 (4-3 CAA) David Locke ’08: high bar Men’s Golf: Fourth Place, CAA Tournament; Owen Nicholls ’06: pommel horse, vault ith the William and Mary men’s Team Victories: W&M Invitational, Virginia Charles Portz ’07: pommel horse track and field team turning out Cavalier Classic Men’s Track and Field: Ed Moran ’03, Wnational-caliber runners like Women’s Golf: Fifth Place, M.P.P. ’05, 5,000m outdoor Matt Lane ’01 in recent years, there are sev- CAA Tournament CAA Coach of the Year Women’s Golf: Fifth Place, CAA Women’s Tennis: Kevin Epley eral Tribe athletes keeping the competitive Tournament CAA Player of the Year tradition alive and well. Men’s Gymnastics: USA Gymnastics Colle- Women’s Tennis: Megan Moulton-Levy ’07 Ed Moran ’03, M.P.P. ’05 and Christo giate Champions, ranked No. 12 nationally CAA Rookie of the Year Landry ’07 couldn’t be much further apart Women’s Gymnastics: Sixth Place, ECAC Men’s Track and Field: Christo Landry ’07 Championship CAA Co-Rookie of the Year in years for college athletes — Moran just Lacrosse: 8-8 (4-3 CAA) Men’s Tennis: Alex Cojanu ’08 finished his graduate degree, while Landry Men’s Swimming and Diving: Sixth Place, CAA Scholar-Athletes of the Year is only beginning his sophomore year. One CAA Tournament Men’s Track and Field: Keith Bechtol ’07 thing they had in common, though, was a Women’s Swimming and Diving: Fourth Women’s Tennis: Lena Sherbakov ’05 Place, CAA Tournament Women’s Track and Field: Meghan Bishop ’07 great 2005 track and field season. Moran set Men’s Tennis: CAA Champions, ranked No. CAA Champion Most the second-fastest ever school time in the 62 nationally Outstanding Performer 5,000 meter and Landry secured CAA Women’s Tennis: CAA Champions, ranked Women’s Tennis: Megan Moulton-Levy ’07 Rookie of the Year honors. Both also quali- No. 20 nationally ECAC Champion Men’s Track and Field: Fourth Place, CAA Women’s Gymnastics: Christina Padilla ’06 fied for the NCAA Outdoor Championship. Championships ECAC Rookie of the Year “At the root of it, they’re very good com- Women’s Track and Field: CAA Women’s Gymnastics: Tricia Long ’08 petitors,” says Head Men’s Coach Alex Gibby Champions IC4A Champion Men’s Track and Field: Ed Moran ’03,M.P.P. ’05, ’97. “Christo is very interested in the process. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS 5,000m He wants to learn from Ed’s experience.” All-American Honors ITA East Region Rookie of the Year Moran was a good person to follow in his Men’s Gymnastics: Ramon Jackson ’06: Women’s Tennis: Megan Moulton-Levy ’07 last season with the Tribe. The key to his success in 2005 was avoiding injury. Previ- ously, problems including stress fractures and needs to perform drills nearly every day and a foot operation often distracted him to keep it under control. He was a runner-up from a consistent training regimen. in the CAA 5,000m and set a William and During the spring 2005 season, Moran Mary freshman record time of 14:01.62 for ran a personal-best 13:39.70 in the 5,000m that distance during the season. At the and qualified for the NCAA Championship, NCAA Championship, Landry finished 18th, as well as the USA Track and Field Champi- just shy of advancing to the finals. onship (USATF) in Carson, Calif. “Christo is one of the most savvy athletes With the pressure on in Carson, Moran I’ve ever coached,” says Coach Gibby. “He proved he has what it takes to compete with comes in with his own expectations.” the fastest distance runners in the country “The situation at William and Mary is one by posting a 13:25.87. “I went into the of the best situations I could find myself in,” [USATF Championship] thinking this may says Landry. “I can’t think of a better place be my last race,” says Moran. “I focused on to train and get better.” fixing the mistakes I had made in the previ- While Moran’s days on the College’s track ous race.” Moran says he didn’t realize how team are over, his future as a competitive

fast he was running until about 3,000 runner just got brighter. Good news in the 9

meters into the race, where he found himself form of a Nike contract came in July. CK ’7

in the company of a very fast group that “Over the next two to three years, there’s OA included two former Olympians. a lot more potential to run faster,” says Christo Landry also had to avoid injury in Moran. “I don’t even think I’ve tapped my Four-time All-American Ed Moran ’03, M.P.P. ’05 full potential even close.” (right) and All-American Christo Landry ’07 2005 to make it to the NCAA Championship. both qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Champi- — John T. Wallace Landry says he suffers from a tight Achilles onships in the 5,000m. PHOTO: BOB KER

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PHILANTHROP\ A BannerYear Campaign Surpasses $401 Million

hanks to generous alumni, parents exceptional leadership of Tim and friends, William and Mary didn’t and Anne Sullivan [’66].” Tjust break fundraising records in the More than $25 million of fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 — it shat- last year’s commitments were tered them. The College received $111.5 mil- made in honor of the Sulli- lion in gifts and commitments, the most vans, helping the College raised in any year of the Campaign for eclipse its previous record of William and Mary to date. A record $48.9 raising $90 million in gifts and million was received in cash, far above the commitments in a single year. $34.9 million in cash raised the previous year. “The College family was Reunion gifts significantly contributed to the College’s fundrais- And more donors than ever contributed, with certainly inspired to give dur- ing success. The Class of 1955, for example, raised over $2.1 mil- the College recording a 7.6 percent increase ing this very special year in lion – the largest 50th Reunion gift ever. Above, Reunion Gift Chair Edward "Ed" Coco ’55, Barbara Coogan Kledzik ’55 and Robert in donors over fiscal year 2004. the College’s history,” said "Bob" Coco ’55 prepare to be inducted into the Olde Guarde. With two years remaining in the Cam- Susan H. Pettyjohn M.Ed. ’95, paign for William and Mary, the College interim vice president for University Devel- James B. Murray Jr. J.D. ’74, LL.D. ’00, chair raised a total of $401.5 million by June 30 — opment. “And we are especially gratified of the Campaign for William and Mary. surpassing the $400 million target that Tim- that giving increased across the spectrum, “Not only because we met our goal, but othy J. Sullivan ’66 set during his 13th and for nearly every school and program.” because — by meeting that goal — William final year as the College’s president. The The Fund for William and Mary — the and Mary will be able to provide more College intends to raise a total of $500 mil- College’s largest source of unrestricted opportunities for students and faculty. lion by 2007. funds — continued its steady growth, rais- That’s what our fundraising is all about: sup- “This year’s results are beyond tremen- ing $4.57 million, an increase of 7.3 percent porting the College’s talented people and dous,” said President Gene R. Nichol. over fiscal year 2004. And the College’s programs, and educating generations of “Reaching the $401.5 million mark is a graduate and professional schools also expe- women and men who will change this world testament to the steadfast devotion of rienced significant increases in fundraising. for the better.” the William and Mary family and to the “It was a great year all around,” said — David F. Morrill M.A. ’87

Message of Thanks CE

When we wrote to the William and Mary family last fall to announce the College’s goal of rais- ALLA . W ing $400 million by June 30 in honor of the Sullivans, the Campaign for William and Mary

total stood at $295 million. Our objective seemed daunting at the time, but we knew that the OHN T cause was excellent and that reaching it would be the most fitting of tributes to two leaders whose love for the College has been inspirational. So many alumni and friends responded to the call so generously and in such numbers, that we raised more money in one year than ever before — ending the fiscal year with a Campaign total of $401.5 million. On behalf of the Campaign staff and leadership, our most sincere thanks to everyone who participated. As we embark on the final two years of the Campaign, it is vital that we keep the momentum going. The Campaign for William and Mary represents the College’s future, supporting the aspi- rations of students, the teaching and scholarship of faculty, and the innovative programs that have put the College on the map. Every gift made in support of these objectives will truly make a The Campaign’s success allows students like Megan Dellinger ’05, recipient of a privately difference as we work together to chart the College’s destiny. supported Beckman Scholarship and winner Sincerely, of the Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Phi- losophy, to engage in cutting-edge research Thomas P. Hollowell ’65,J.D. ’68, Susan Aheron Magill ’72 James B. Murray Jr.J.D. ’74, with experts such as Professor of Chemistry M.L.T. ’69 Rector LL.D. ’00 Robert Pike. Chair,Endowment Association Campaign Chair BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL; TOP RIGHT J

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PHOTO: DAVID WILLIARD The William Mary and The FamilyVictims Supports ofPreston Hall Fire Call the Answering the ColonialWilliamsburg Foundation f Ukrop’s donated hundreds ofitems—from Fresh, Verizon, theCheeseShopand such asPrimeO the basementofTazewell Hall. quickly filledanimpr tions ofclothing, toiletriesand othersupplies and otherarticlesfor students.In fact, dona- merce tocoordinate donations ofclothing a go-between withtheChamberofCom- action, withonelocalalumnuseven acting as tired tohelp.” Team. “Nobody saidthey were too College’s CrisisManagement for StudentAffairs andchairofthe Sadler ’64,M.Ed. ’71,vice president needs ofthestudents,” saidSam met theimmediate andlong-term 15- to19-hourdays tomake sur immedia a reassurance tostudents.College Timothy J. Sullivan ’66provided r Mary students—assistedinthe technicians —includingWilliam and blaze jurisdictions helpedputoutthe call for helpinany way they could. communities rushed toanswer the bers oftheCollege andWilliamsburg 140 studentsfrom bothhalls—mem- third flooranddisplaced more than spread that thefire had guttedPreston’s were onthescene. And—asword quickly Collegeminutes, officialsandfirefighters ing GilesHallw dolph Complex, was onfire —andneighbor- E seling andcampuspolic housek f ments for finalexams, andstafffr acilities management, residence life, ood togiftcertificatesand — tocellphones ecovery process, then-President dministr Community members andbusinesses Community members alsojumpedinto “S While firefighters from sixlocal o man , andlocalemergency medical eeping Hall, alanguage houseintheRan- Ma arly ontheafternoonofTuesday, te relief. a y 3, thetrouble began. Preston tor y staffmembers w , diningservices, coun- s ma as alsoindanger. Within utlets, Wal-Mart, Farm de new arrang omptu relief center in e pr o or vided e we k om ed e- the fire from above. distance asfirefighters douse Students watch from asafe also dozensof donations made onthe pr next few days, Accounting Servicesstaff students’ uninsured losses,andinthe dent F messages onourvoice mail.” “When w Denton, director ofAccounting Services. funds tohelpthestudents,” saidBrenda from alumniandfriendswanting todonate vices office. “We had callafter in William andMary’s GiftAccounting Ser- madecontributions cash totheeffort. the corporations andorganizations that and St.BedeCatholic Church were among Gr Old Point National Bank,SunTrust Entertainment Corporation, TowneBank, housing intheG offered thedisplaced studentstemporary ocessed hundreds ofgifts.“There were William andMaryquicklysetupaStu- And thephonesbegan toringoffthehook eater Williamsburg Community Trust ire Emergency Fundtohelpcover e were onthephone, peopleleft overnor’s Inn. Busch thank y hearts. From thebottomofourhearts, passion, your prayers —allinall,your belonging said, “You have given usnotonlyyour In anopenlettertothecommunity, they ston andGileshallsw of insured students. process ofreimbursing theuncovered losses for hisorherlossesandisnow inthe since reimbursed every uninsured student immediate needs.William andMaryhas stood at anincredible $101,535. than $65,000. ByAug. 2,2005, that number ilies ofincoming freshmen totaled more par concerned aboutthestudents’well-being.” “It w College’s onlinegivingpage,” saidDenton. For theirpart,themany residents ofPre- Indeed, afteroneweek, giftsfrom alumni, ents, friends,studentsandeven thefam- as wonderful toseesomany people halls $200incashtohelpmeettheir the College gave residents ofboth morning afterthefire, for example, students affected by thefire. The difference inthelivesmany the of and continue to make —atangible butions tothefire fundhave made — one fire victim toanother w fr F J w $500 tothefund. department, f cause aswell. Thephilosophy pus. Faculty andstaffrallied tothe chase f cards they usuallyreserve to pur- William andMaryExpress debit undergraduates even usingthe contributed to the fund,withsome close ascampus.Numerous students globe —from asfar asSpainto fir ou.” anuary 1983. Gift Accountant Jackie ole om oneformer J ho earmarked hisdonation “from er e tha The in-kinddonations andc Among thehundreds ofdonors Donations camefrom across the s, butalsoyour tears, your com- e alumniwho e y saidthat sher ALUMNI MA ood andsuppliesaround cam- t destr ai .MrilM.A.’87 — DavidF. Morrill oy ere extremely grateful. or example, donated ed J G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE eff xperienc efferson Hallin er ec son resident .” eived acall ed the ontri- 35

2005 ALUMNI MEDALLION R ECIPIENTS

n religion and philosophy, the rules of reciprocity state, in short, that one should repay a service done to him or her by another. ~ While at William and Mary, the 2005 Alumni Medallion recipients accepted instruction that led to a more fulfilling future, at home, at work and in their community. As well as giving back fruitfully to these areas where they benefited, each has demonstrated an equal devotion to the alma mater of a nation — the College of William and Mary. ~ At the IHomecoming Ball on Oct. 21, the Alumni Association will bestow Alumni Medal- lions upon Robert “Bob” A. Blair ’68, John W. Gerdelman ’75, Gale Gibson Kohlhagen ’69 and David D. Wakefield ’52 in recognition of their dedication and loyalty to the College.

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Robert A. Blair ’68

hen Robert “Bob” A. Blair ’68 earned and earned a position on the editorial board of the prestigious Vir- a partial scholarship to play tennis at ginia Law Review based upon academic achievement. He also discov- William and Mary, he wondered, ered that his undergraduate background had prepared him well. “Can I be successful as a tennis play- “The study of law is very analytical,” Blair says. “I think that math er and as a student at an academical- or any science or engineering undergraduate training prepares you W ly tough institution and also work?” well for law school.” Blair sat on the steps of the Sunken Garden and contemplated Blair has had an incredibly diverse caseload during his career at this question. “In my heart I knew this was where I belonged, so I major law firms, including one he co-founded. A more interesting just rolled the dice and turned down a full scholarship elsewhere.” case involved representing the Navajo Nation in one of the United Blair knew the right time to take a chance. Growing up as the 11th States’ longest-lasting land disputes. He has also done extensive pro of 13 children in Suffolk, Va., he had three jobs by age 13 — distribut- bono work for the Navajo Nation. In 1998, Blair and his two sons, Rob ing the newspaper, delivering meat for a butcher and cutting grass. and Thomas, were honored by the Navajo during a 24-hour Blessing- His father became disabled when Blair was 15 and cash became even way ceremony, where each was given a secret Navajo name. tighter. But what Blair’s parents lacked in money, they made up with Today, Blair is dabbling in the business arena, where once again his a nurturing home, stressing integrity and education. many interests have found a niche. Among other projects, he is work- Since Blair’s scholarship to college by no means covered his ing with Russian physicists developing cutting edge telecom and expenses, he stuck to what he knew best — finding inventive, flexible industrial fiber optics technology and products, and has formed a ways to make money and play tennis. Odd jobs included delivering partnership to create a Web-based home technology company. the Daily Press to students and recycling newspapers. Blair even “I’m an eclectic,” says Blair. “The eclectic side started in my youth, worked out a couple of deals with Time magazine, one selling maga- continued in college days of necessity and now I’m employing it in zines to students and another conducting student readership sur- business in many different ways.” veys. He also strung tennis rackets and sold tennis apparel. At the College, Blair is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Blair planned to major in physics, but most of the labs were held Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, where he has also served the same time as tennis practice. “Besides,” he says, “I like people. I’m as an executive committee member and as development chair. Cur- more of a people person. Sitting in a lab, researching and recording rently serving on William and Mary’s Board of Visitors, Blair was data — that was not me.” So he switched his major to mathematics. chair of his class reunion gift committees in 1993 and 2003, helping to By junior year, Blair played number one and was captain of the tennis raise an unprecedented amount for a 35th Reunion gift. team and president of his class, roles he reprised his senior year. “What Linda and I are most proud of are our two boys. They’re my Blair was primed to go to law school, but fate intervened in the raison d’être,” he says. Rob is a Phi Beta Kappa education and creative form of a draft notice, and he ended up at the U.S. Army Missile and writing student at Brown University, while Thomas is majoring in Munitions School at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. He remained at neuroscience at Columbia University. Redstone as an instructor, capturing Post Soldier of the Year and And even though he has graduated from the William and Mary Instructor of the Year awards. tennis team, Blair still plays vigorously. “If I don’t look in the mirror, I Resuming his law school plans in 1970, Blair enrolled at the Univer- still feel like that same kid running around the tennis courts at the sity of Virginia. He also married Linda Britt Blair ’70, whom he had College 40 years ago,” he says. known since high school. Blair again put his nose to the grindstone ~ JOHN T. WALLACE T PHOTO: LISA HELFER

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PHOTO: CHRIS SMITH/PHOTOGRAPHY JohnW. Gerdelman ’75 pr T I’ Ger c beautiful tr Mary campus,which effectiv ties. At AHS, Gerdelman learnedsalesanddatabase development. (AHS), aw family. Gerdelman So tooka positionwithAmericanHospital Supply Hanna Gerdelman ’76, looked forward tosettlingdown andstartinga cer toflyanew aircraft, theEA-6B Prowler. so well onhisteststhat in1978 hewas selectedasthefirst ensignoffi- and tr was prepared.” he says. “Butbetween football andacademics at William andMary, I the Navy were spentat bootcampinPensacola, Fla.“Itwas brutal,” lege stayed withGerdelman asanaval aviator. Hisfirst two monthsin much asbeingphysically strong.” year. orssenior his “To me, that was concentration onthefieldas says Gerdelman, who went ontoearnAcademic All-American hon- year, Iwas determinedIwould notget hurtagain —andIdidn’t,” literally saved hislife. “WhenIreturned tofootball my sophomore College’s athletic surgeon, Dr. George Oliver Jr. (Honorary Alumnus), ly injured with a ruptured spleenduringfootball practice, andthe ould sa v ospective student’s parents before heconvinced theirson. The c Lou Holtz,Lou head football coach at theCollege from 1969-71, recruited F Gerdelman excelled intheNavy, where heserved for seven years The strong senseofawareness that manifested itselfduringcol- But shortlyafterarrivinginWilliamsbur e delman asarunningback for theTribe. “He ollowing histimeintheservice, Gerdelman andhiswife, Sue v aveled allover theworld. Hewent inhopingtoflyF-14s, butdid er met, y Lou Holtz andthetreesy Lou br oa ch ell-organized company withstrong customerservice priori- ees —andIlove trees,” says Gerdelman. “Iguessyou ’ s spieldidper ” r ecalls Gerdelman. However, Holtz convinced the football fieldat William andMary. ma an instinctandawork ethicthechemistry making theright decisionsat theright time. It’s Ger hroughout hisprofessional career, John W. jor hasbeenhoningsince histimeonthe delman ’75 hasproven hehasaknack for sua ely sealedthedeal.“ de Gerdelman tovisittheWilliam and oug ht metoW g , Gerdelman was severe- ’ s thebestsalesman C illiam andMary.” ampus hassome W rience proved vitallyimportanttothisrapidly growing new company. Ger Emily ’07, currently majoring ineducation at theCollege. cities withinfiv While theGerdelmans had plannedtotravel less,they endedupinfive onc c inf ex c home inNorthern V insists heisstilllearning rounded by thetalltrees that linehisproperty. AndGerdelman how tolearn,” hesays, lookingoutover theChickahominy River, sur- ther the trees that keep bringinghimback totheWilliamsburg area, the mar industry. “Watch your college-age kidsandthey willtellyou where helping himkeep afresh perspective ontheever-evolving telecom with faculty andstudents.In fact, hecitesstudentsasinspiration for side,” says Gerdelman, who alsovalues thetimeheisabletospend oncampus. new technology worked withtheInformation Technology departmenttodevelop munications expertise committee aspartofathree-person that Mary’s Endowment Association board, where heshared hiscom- Mary, works for theHomeland SecurityCouncil. City County, Va. Sue, whom hemetinGermanclassat William and burg andtheothernearby, justacross theRoute 5Bridge inCharles om crumbledthereafter amidstscandal. omfortable when MCImerged withWorldcom in1998andheleft, ashing ecutiv By themid-1990s, theGerdelman family had relocated to the After AHSwas acquired by anothercompany, MCIrecruited T “It’s beenwonderful toseetheCollege expand onthetechnology isamemberoftheBoard ofVisitors andWilliam and Gerdelman orma Gerdelman hastraveled allover theworld, and,while itcould be e a delman, sohemoved toDenver, Colo., in1986. Hisdatabase expe- oday, Gerdelman advises eight different companies andisthe e’s more toitthanthat. “William andMary iswhere Ilearned g ain pr ket isgoing,” hesays. tion technology divisionat MCI.ButGerdelman didnotf tion technology e chairmanofIntelliden. Hesplitspersonal timebet ton, D o .C ving hisability tomake wisedecisionsasMCIW e years andalongtheway had two children, Mark and ., ar ir ea, where hewas pr ginia andtwo otherhomes—oneinWilliams- . ALUMNI MA ~ esident ofthenetwork and JOHN T.WALLACE G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE w een his or eel ld- 39

Gale Gibson Kohlhagen ’69

s a literary symbol, fire can represent purifica- West Point and the Hudson Valley (1990) and The United States Naval tion, illumination, wisdom and truth. A trial or Academy: A Pictorial Celebration of 150 Years (1995). Today, Kohlhagen test by fire reveals the true self and is often a has a new partner in crime to co-write her mystery novel — her hus- passage symbol. How appropriate then that band, Steve. They even donated the names of a male and a female author Gale Gibson Kohlhagen ’69 wanted to character at the Alumni Association’s 2004 New York Auction. You A attend William and Mary because of the fire- will have to read the book to find out who the lucky bidders were. places in the Wren Building, where she would take the majority of her Over the years, Kohlhagen has remained active in the College classes as an English major and where she would marry her husband, community, including serving on the Alumni Association Board of Steve Kohlhagen ’69, during their senior year. Directors from 1996 to 2002 and getting involved with local alumni When Kohlhagen began her rite of passage into adulthood at the chapters. She chaired her 25th Reunion gift committee and served College, she originally intended to major in marine biology. But she on a regional committee for the Campaign for the Fourth Century in couldn’t stand the thought of being cooped up in labs on beautiful the early 1990s. In 2003, she and Steve endowed a scholarship and a Williamsburg afternoons, so she decided to major in English instead term professorship to support the College. Currently, Kohlhagen and take her interest in writing to the next level. serves as a trustee on the Endowment Association board. Kohlhagen received her inspiration in this field from her family. In each of her communities, she has had a long history of service. Her grandfather avidly kept a journal and her mother is currently Since 2000, she has been serving on the National Council for the writing a memoir. “My dad, as well as my mom, has had a strong National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) at the Smithson- influence on my life,” she says. “My father instilled in me a strong love ian Institution in Washington, D.C. She speaks with great enthusiasm of the English language from the time I was little by reading to me, of this museum, which opened in September 2004. Kohlhagen notes helping me write and by editing my work. He has taught me how to that even though the NMAI should have come much earlier in our transform a piece of writing by rethinking just a few words.” nation’s history, it holds the place of honor as the last Smithsonian Her mother took her to yoga classes at a very young age and that is museum that will ever be built on the Mall in D.C. still something she practices. “I start every day with yoga — wherev- These days, the Kohlhagens split their time between their 1720 his- er I am,” says Kohlhagen. “I don’t think I can emphasize enough how toric house in Charleston, S.C., and a newly built home in Chromo, much my mother has influenced my life. She gave me a sense of Colo. They have two children. Tron J.D. ’03, their older son, went to adventure from an early age and with her I have rafted the Grand Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1996 with a double major in Canyon three times, trekked in Nepal and visited an ashram in India. math and English before keeping the William and Mary legacy alive She continues to inspire me to take advantage of what life offers.” and receiving his J.D. from the College. Kristoff, their younger son, Kohlhagen has had a number of adventures and has lived in several graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2001 “with a areas of this country. After College, she and Steve moved to California double major in English and skiing,” according to Kohlhagen. He has where she worked as an English teacher and editor of a teaching jour- followed in his mother’s footsteps as a writer. nal, while Steve taught at the University of California, Berkeley. In “Steven, my husband, has been a major inspiration of my life for 1973, she received her master’s in education from California State Uni- almost 44 years now,” says Kohlhagen. “He is my best friend, mentor, versity-San Jose. Years later, in Connecticut, what began as a conver- lover and partner in life’s journey.” And what a journey — thanks to sation on the soccer field sidelines where her son was playing, ended in those fireplaces. a writing partnership with Ellen Heinbach that produced two books, ~ MELISSA V. PINARD PHOTO: CHRIS SMITH/PHOTOGRAPHY

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David D. Wakefield ’52

fter six years at an all-boys boarding school, “Banking is a demanding career, but fascinating because it is at the David D. Wakefield ’52 was ready to go coed. So heart of our economic system,” says Wakefield. “I got a lot of satisfac- instead of following his brother to Princeton tion from the job. It seemed like every five years or so when I had (which admitted only men at the time), he visited reached the learning curve they found something new for me to do.” William and Mary on the advice of a Blair Acad- In 1981, he formed a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan in Wilmington, Del., A emy advisor and fell in love with Williamsburg. with 40 employees and when he retired the unit had a staff of 2,000. Wakefield claims his success in business is due to a good education A sense of humor is important in a high-pressure business world. and the ability to get along with a variety of different people. “I feel Wakefield recalled a story of one wintry day when he and a co-worker very fortunate that I was able to go to prep school,” he says. “There, were making a call on an executive at Dow Chemical. His co-worker you are closer to your peers than you would be if you were living with was from New Zealand and had never seen snow, so the two proceed- your family. I learned a lot about people and relationships.” ed to have a snowball fight outside of the Dow building. As the execu- Among many activities at the College, Wakefield was student body tive was walking out of the building to greet them, the New Zealander and Student Assembly president, a President’s Aide and a cheer- accidentally hit him with a snowball. Fortunately for them, he laughed leader, as well as a member of ROTC and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and that moment solidified their relationship with Dow. fraternity. Those activities, coupled with an economics degree, pre- After retiring from the bank, for the next six years he managed a pared him to become a successful business leader. du Pont family foundation. Of his numerous philanthropic endeavors, Although they attended the College at the same time, Wakefield did Wakefield really enjoys working with Junior Achievement, teaching not start dating his wife, Carolyn “Lee” Bradley Wakefield ’53, until business economics to middle- and high-school students. “It is diffi- after he graduated. He happened to be stationed in Virginia during cult to relay the message to them that making money is a good thing the Korean War and would drive back to campus to take her out. “I and that these bad people in the news are just a few out of the many was very lucky that after the war there were jobs aplenty,” says Wake- honest business people,” he says. field. “The percentage of college graduates was much smaller back Wakefield also has served the College in a variety of capacities, then and there were lots of companies coming to campus to recruit.” including chairing the gift committee of his 50th Reunion, which he During his senior year, Wakefield interviewed with one of those enjoyed doing so he could reconnect with classmates over the phone. companies, Procter and Gamble. The recruiters must have really In 1988, the Wakefields established the Carolyn and David Wakefield liked what they saw because two years later, when he was completing Endowment for Faculty Research. While on the executive committee his military service, P&G sent Wakefield a letter offering him a sales of the Endowment Association in the mid-1980s, he suggested a position. He worked at the Baltimore, Md., division for two years. At change to have the college president no longer serve as the Endow- that time, a friend who worked at a New York bank, made a sugges- ment Association chair because of the apparent conflict of interests. tion that he should consider banking. He did and was hired at J.P. The committee agreed with the proposal and in turn nominated Morgan, staying with the bank for 38 years. Wakefield to become their first lay chairman. SSAN

O “My father thought I was crazy,” says Wakefield, who quit his job If you make decisions like a leader, you are going to get called to at P&G to move to New York City when he and Lee had a baby. He serve. Wakefield has served his college and community in many areas went to get an M.B.A. at New York University, completing it in 1959. and he always works well with those around him. The reason he gets “My wife had a lot of patience then and all the way through my involved may be simple. As he says, “I really like people.” career,” he says. “She was a great soldier for the family cause.” MELISSA V. PINARD PHOTO: CHRIS SMITH/PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: ERIC CR ~

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ag hit ..’83Defends Children from SexKaign Christy Slavery inCambodia J.D. JUSTICE SEEKING ALL YDAVID MCKAYWILSON BY F OR

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With the raid in progress, a crowd of onlookers gathers to see what will happen to their friends and business associates inside House C. Police in bulletproof vests carry assault rifles to deter the observers – some the same age as the victims – from getting any closer.

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nce thought to be eradicated, slavery Christy’s decision to join the fight wasn’t easy. By his early 40s, he thrives in the modern world, with millions seemed to have it all. He was a partner in a successful law practice. held in bondage. In South Asia, hundreds He had a close-knit family and a lovely home in Sedona, Ariz., one of of thousands of workers are bound by the Southwest’s most beautiful towns, where he was involved in his moneylenders in that region’s outlawed church and a slew of community organizations. bonded labor system, unable to repay Christy, though, had a hankering for a new challenge, motivated by loans they took out for medical expenses or his desire to more directly involve his faith in his professional life. O schooling. “I had a great law practice and a great life,” says Christy, the In other nations, child prostitution is rampant, with brothel group’s director of overseas field presence in Cambodia. “But I was owners serving an international clientele of tourists who pay to feeling restless. I wanted to do something more significant with the have sex with girls as young as 6. At the turn of the 21st century, second half of my life.” Cambodia, whose legal system had yet to recover from years of war So in 2004, Christy left his law practice and moved his family to and social upheaval, had one of the most notorious underground Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to work for IJM. Christy says he’s answer- sex industries. ing the Biblical call to live both a righteous life and seek justice in In many Cambodian communities, like the village of Svay Pak, cor- the world. rupt local police protected the brothel owners, who investigators “For too many years, the church has neglected its justice ministry,” found had lured many underage girls from other Southeast Asian says Christy, a parishioner at a nondemoninational evangelical countries with the promise of work. That work, it turned out, was church in Arizona. “It needs to retake its birthright of being in the forced prostitution. vanguard of social justice movements.” A new generation of American abolitionists, mobilized by the In the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, Christy heads up a 20- Arlington, Va.-based International Justice Mission (IJM), is leading person office, which includes 17 Cambodians. Unlike many human- the battle against 21st-century child prostitution and sex slavery in rights groups that get results by publicizing cases and mobilizing Southeast Asia. Among the attorneys on the frontlines of these public opinion, IJM forms partnerships with local authorities and efforts is Kaign Christy J.D. ’83, who joined the Christian human- rights group in 2004. After the initial raid and rescue at House C in Svay Pak, the Cambodian “We’re rescuing victims of oppression who have no other means of National Police (CNP) scoured the village looking for victims and perpetra- tors. Here, CNP officers use bolt cutters to remove the padlock from the relief,” he says. front door of a brothel.

Arrested perpetrators file into the Phnom Penh Municipal Courthouse to be booked and jailed. Four of these suspects were eventually convicted.

helps them prosecute crimes. In cases involving child prostitution, tele. The IJM staff coordinates care for the girls rescued from the IJM carries out undercover investigations and helps rescue underage brothels. And Christy works with local police, training them in inves- girls held against their will by brothel owners. tigative practices and community-based policing techniques. Fighting the sex trade in Southeast Asia has been a major part of He’s part of a new generation of human-rights lawyers, far differ- IJM’s work since its inception. Among the girls rescued was a 17-year- ent from the attorneys who wrote treaties and set international stan- old named Elizabeth, the oldest of seven children in a poor family. dards following World War II, or those in the 1960s through 1980s One day, she took up the offer of her mother’s cousin to seek work in a who engaged in the political struggle to enact local laws to conform to neighboring country, according to Terrify No More, a recent book by those treaties. Christy works to enforce the domestic laws in a part of IJM founder Gary Haugen. the world where local criminal justice systems often aren’t working. After making a six-day journey, Elizabeth was informed she would Since Christy came to Phnom Penh in August 2004, IJM has been get a job in the textile industry, a restaurant or in someone’s home, involved in several brothel raids. Those actions freed 83 women and doing domestic work. But when she arrived at her workplace, in a girls and brought the arrest of 33 brothel workers, 23 of whom have country where she didn’t know the language, Elizabeth was told she been convicted and each sentenced up to 20 years in prison. was there to have sex with customers. In one case, IJM gathered videotaped evidence in an undercover

/TED HADDOCK Elizabeth was forced to work in the brothel for seven months. An operation, then turned it over to Cambodian national police, who con- IJM investigator found her while doing a routine investigation, look- ducted a raid. Several girls were freed, and two brothel workers

MISSION ing for underage victims. Over the course of a few weeks, the inves- ended up in jail. At the trial, Christy accompanied three girls to sup- tigator developed a trusting relationship with Elizabeth. One night, port them when they testified against the men who put the girls’ bod- the undercover investigator took her on a “date” and never brought ies up for sale. When it came time to play the undercover video, the her back, instead bringing her to an aftercare facility. The next day, electric power in the courthouse went out so the evidence could not police raided the brothel, freeing 28 women, including seven under- be presented. TIONAL JUSTICE TIONAL

A age girls. Five months later, Elizabeth returned home and plans to But Christy says the girls’ forceful and courageous testimony con- attend college. vinced the judge he didn’t need the videotape. Christy’s staff monitors the cases of those arrested in the region’s “Trials like this can often re-traumatize victims,” Christy says. underground sex tourist trade that caters to an international clien- “But these girls stayed in the courtroom to watch the rest of the trial. URTESY OF INTERN URTESY O “I was feeling restless.I wanted to do something more S C

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Above: Rescued victims from Svay Pak soak in their first few hours of freedom in the safety of the courtyard outside the safe house, location Bravo. Left: Some of the rescued girls laugh and enjoy soft drinks at the safe house. Each girl is carefully documented to minimize the risk that any would be sent back to the brothels, charged with a crime or deported. The girls’ eyes are blurred to protect their identity.

“Christy is not only an excellent lawyer who operates with great precision, but [he] also brings to bear a tremendous heart of compas- sion for the children he rescues in Cambodia,” says Haugen. In 2004, Christy joined IJM in the midst of the organization’s rapid growth. Today, it has become one of the United States’ largest human-rights organizations, with a budget of $7.8 million and 160 employees in offices in Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Uganda and Kenya. Its clients around the world include the victims of police misconduct in Kenya, widows in Uganda whose land was illegally seized, and workers enslaved by moneylenders in the illegal bonded /TED HADDOCK labor system in South Asia.

IJM’s growth has coincided with the U.S. government’s outreach to MISSION faith-based organizations. Christy’s Cambodia office is supported by a When it was complete, the judge handed out the maximum sen- grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Women tences. We celebrated the verdict: justice had been accomplished.” in Development program. Gary Haugen, who founded IJM in 1997, says Christy’s leadership The IJM office in Cambodia also supports efforts by the U.S. gov- TIONAL JUSTICE TIONAL has been crucial to the organization’s Cambodian initiative. Haugen is ernment to combat sex trafficking around the world. In 2000, the A a former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor who saw the need for a U.S. Congress passed the U.S. Trafficking in Victims Protection Act, Christian human-rights group that could tap the skills of American which requires the State Department to rank nations annually on law enforcement personnel to combat abuses in the developing how they meet minimum standards in combating sex trafficking and

world. By 1999, IJM had a staff of eight and a $900,000 budget. forced labor with sanctions possible for the laggards. INTERN PHOTOS:

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“On every corner in Svay Pak,there used to be pimps soliciting customers for girls as young as 6.If you go there today, you see these girls playing like normal children.”

In 2002, Cambodia was ranked Tier 3, which meant sanctions marathon. So they trained in long runs down Carter’s Grove Country could be imposed if conditions didn’t improve. The next year, IJM Road and out to Busch Gardens and back. They ran the marathon carried out an investigation with Cambodian police, resulting in the together, finishing in a respectable time of just under four hours. arrests of 13 brothel owners in the village of Svay Pak, which had a “Kaign is one to seize the opportunity when it presents itself,” says reputation as one of the country’s most notorious centers for child Garnier, who lives in Falls Church, Va. “His decision to take this over- prostitution. Those raids were credited with helping boost Cambo- seas assignment reflects the character I’ve always known he had — a dia’s ranking to Tier 2, where it remained until June 2005 before caring person with a strong commitment to his faith and a desire to moving back to Tier 3. make a difference in the world.” ~ Just after Christy arrived in August 2004, IJM assisted in a four- month operation conducted by Cambodian National Police in Svay Pak, David McKay Wilson, a New York-based journalist, writes frequently for alumni with a saturation patrol of 30 officers at a time. By November, the magazines around the country. national police had handed over the patrols to local authorities, and the government had announced a plan to transform Svay Pak into a major commercial district. “On every corner in Svay Pak, there used to be pimps soliciting customers for girls as young as 6,” says Christy. “If you go there today, you see these girls playing like normal children.” Living in Cambodia is a far cry from his upbringing in Mount Shas- ta, a town in the mountains of Northern California. By the time he was a high school freshman, Christy says he’d decided he wanted to become either a lawyer or a truck driver. Lawyer it was. Christy earned a bachelor’s from Wheaton College in Illinois and entered law school at William and Mary in the fall of 1980. At the Col- lege, he was a member of the Moot Court team and served as presi- dent of the law school’s Christian Fellowship, which put on an annual seminar for lawyers who wanted to link their professional life with their faith. Following law school, he married Jean and they moved to Flagstaff, Ariz. There Christy joined Aspey, Watkins and Diesel, the largest law firm in Northern Arizona, with 18 attorneys. He became a partner in the firm, managing their Sedona, Ariz., office. His practice was an odd mix of estate planning and criminal defense, a combination that fit well with his growing family. “It was a very comfortable practice that let me go on vacation with- out having to call in,” he says. “Both were very predictable — criminal hearings are set in advance, and in estate planning, the nearest dead- line is months away when you have to file estate-tax returns.” In Sedona, Christy helped found the Sedona Oak Creek School District to spare the town’s children a two-hour bus ride to school. He coached Little League and served on the local school board, as well as the board of the Greater Sedona Community Foundation. Then came the chance to work in Cambodia and the adventure of moving his family, including his son James, 16, and daughter Lizzy, 13. His children study at an international school and, after a spell of cul- ture shock, have developed friends from around the world. U Michael Garnier J.D. ’84 says he wasn’t surprised when Christy told him about his career move. At law school, Christy earned a repu- tation for challenging his friends to push beyond what they may have

dreamed for themselves. Garnier recalls Christy convinced him in Kaign Christy J.D. ’83, second from left, prepares to enter the Phnom Penh

PHOTO: VISAL PEO 1982 that the time had come to train for the U.S. Marine Corps Municipal Courthouse with other IJM staff members.

ALUMNI MAGAZINE FALL 2005 47 ; TOP RIGHT PHOTO: DANA BUNING ; TOP RIGHT PHOTO: DANA WN O VID BR A S: D Top right: Nancy Gunn ’88 (right) poses with INXS drummer Jon Farriss. Bottom left: Gunn and husband Curt Colden, shown here in Peru, worked together on

The Amazing Race. Gunn traveled to many exotic locales, including (from top) Egypt, Botswana, China and Ethiopia. PHOTO

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EGYPT to~ INXS Nancy Gunn ’88 Tells the Story

BY MELISSA V. PINARD

Video killed the radio star in the 1980s. And today reality television spirit — it challenges people to push themselves far beyond their is definitely doing a number on traditional sitcoms and dramas, perceived limits.” redefining television along the way. Nancy Gunn ’88 isn’t complain- While traveling with the show, she discovered different favorite ing about the phenomenon because it is keeping her busy. places, which she enjoys for various reasons: For natural beauty — Ice- Since 2002, Gunn has been the senior producer of the CBS land; for history — Egypt; for wildlife — Africa; for food, culture and Emmy award-winning show The Amazing Race, a reality program color — Sri Lanka. that follows contestants as they race around the world. Eleven “The Amazing Race has been a dream show to produce,” says Gunn. teams of two people must complete a variety of tasks on their jour- “To have my job be standing there watching the sun come up over ney without getting eliminated; whoever makes it to the final desti- the Sphinx — I really cannot imagine doing anything more exciting.” nation first wins $1 million. This past summer Gunn began working Since graduating from the College, Gunn has had a series of adven- on a new reality series called Rock Star: INXS, which chronicles the tures and interesting jobs, including a stint at the Richmond, Va., city Vsearch for a new lead singer of the hit Australian rock band that morgue, where she met bestselling mystery author Patricia Cornwell. first became popular in the mid-1980s. It took a lot to get Gunn to She went to New Orleans, La., to get her master’s in dramaturgy at hang up her backpack and miss out on producing the next season Tulane University, and there she met her husband, Curtis Colden, of The Amazing Race, but she couldn’t resist the opportunity to who happens to be in the same business, but started in casting. The work with Mark Burnett on Rock Star: INXS, which will air its finale couple moved to New York City and she worked at The Metropolitan Oct. 5 on CBS. Opera for two years, meeting people like Placido Domingo and Reality television didn’t exist in the days when Gunn was at William Luciano Pavarotti, as well as other social elite. and Mary, but the theatre major says the same structure used in good However, her real passion was telling stories, so she and her hus- writing and stagecraft is important for telling a story visually on televi- band decided to move to Los Angeles, Calif., where they believed “Iamnot sayingthat all realitytelevision is fair and honest, but the stuff that I work on is.”

sion. “Really good storytelling — that’s something I take pride in and it there would be more career opportunities. With dozens of cultures is something I took away from Jerry Bledsoe,” says Gunn. Bledsoe is a living on top of each other, Gunn finds Los Angeles an intensely cre- professor emeritus of theatre, speech and dance at the College. ative place — and the weather is not bad either. “Jerry’s Principles of Design class was the hardest I ever took and “More actors, musicians, dancers, painters, directors, producers, something I still use every day to tell stories visually.” composers and artists are living right now in Los Angeles than there On The Amazing Race, Gunn followed the 11 teams and their story have ever been anywhere in the world,” says Gunn, who grew up in lines, as well as oversaw shots, conducted interviews and sometimes Midlothian, Va. “That’s the fact I read before coming to L.A., and it woke up the cameramen. And, she was the only woman on the crew. made me feel good about the move.” “I had to make sure we had both the shots and the interviews to tell After landing a job she saw posted in the Los Angeles Times, she the story when we get back to the editing bay,” she says. If any ele- started working as a researcher in documentaries. One of the first ment was missing, it would be her responsibility. projects she co-produced was an A&E documentary, Heroes of Iwo Of course, when you mention editing you assume story manipula- Jima, in which she interviewed veterans from all over the country. tion, but Gunn says the integrity of the story is extremely important The story examines the point of view of two photographers, including to her. This means whittling three to four days of material into 40- Joe Rosenthal, who took the famous flag-raising photo. plus minutes of airtime. “People get into this business at the bottom,” says Gunn. “If you are “I am not saying that all reality television is fair and honest, but the smart, well-spoken and not afraid of hard work, you can move up stuff that I work on is,” says Gunn. lightening fast here.” She frequently works seven days a week around The conditions on The Race were not very glamorous for the the clock, but she admits that three times around the world in one crew either. “I slept on the floor at the airports just like all the con- year was enough for her. testants,” says Gunn. She had to carry everything she needed for a Gunn also has some practical advice from all her journeys to those month on her back, including a small video camera so she could interested in traveling — pack light and always carry your own toilet get some of the shots the cameramen might miss. “It was grueling paper. “The more stuff you carry, the less you are going to experi- and very, very physical and one of the greatest adventures of my ence,” she says. “Also, have respect, patience and a sense of humor life,” she says. “I think The Amazing Race celebrates the human and you will have no problem going anywhere.” ~

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50 F ALL 2 0 WILLIAM & MARY 005 ... HERE? alized a burg included. e “communistic organizations” advocating astrike “would teardown our ends,” the studentnewspaper’s editors wrote, intimating that the r Europe. “We at William andMaryare perhaps oldfashioned and political, tendstoruletheda league. Conservatism ofthebehavioral variety, even more thanthe spring ofactivism, theCollege isnotexactly intheCal-Berkeley political tradition that remains alive oncampustoday. not infaraway nations, but indormlobbies—andthey setinmotiona years, covered muchofthecampus.Theprotests began over conflicts teach-ins, memorials,peace marches andprotests that, for several Crapol’s classlaughed indisbelief, andonepipedup: of thetimemountedextensive sympathetic protests. Thestudentsin IN ty killings of197 AmericainVietnam classabouttheKent State Universi- teaching his Civil Discourse Ultimately Prevails ather conservative, butwe donotbelieve intheuseofastrike togain verything American” intheUnited States —presumably, Williams- Still, onecanforgive Crapol’s 1987 studentstheirsurprise. Asawell- “Yes, here,” Crapol said,andtoldthesurprisedclassabout “Here?” 1987 gainst aplanned studentstrik , HISTORY PR At William and Mary 0 YJ BY . Crapol recounted how William andMary students AME OFESSOR ED y. Asfar back as1935, the S B U e topr SBEE ’90 WARD CRAPOLWAS otest potentialwar in Flat H at editori-

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Left: Students gathered in the Wren Yard during a teach-in protest on May 7, 1969. Above: During Charter Day 2001, a group of students protested against the installation of Henry Kissinger as the College’s 22nd chancellor. Opposite: In 2003, about 200 to 300 students walked from Swem Library to the Wren Building, where they heard speeches from classmates and professors. William Fisher (with arms up), who teaches anthropology at the College, was the first speaker, telling students he was proud of them for holding the peace rally in response to the war in Iraq. “ WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY AS WELL AS WILLIAM AND MARY But rebellion, like charity, begins at home. Like every college in the down for the semester in the wake of the deaths. Four crosses were country, William and Mary underwent a transformation in the late erected at the far end of the Sunken Garden, protest rallies drew 1960s. Unlike universities more known for activism, however, hundreds of students, and the Wren Building’s bell tolled 41,000 William and Mary didn’t tear itself apart in protest of the war; times — once for each American killed in Vietnam to that point. changes came in more subtle ways. Hair grew below collars, atti- “There was a lot of tension,” Crapol recalls. “There were many tudes toward authority began hardening, and students started tak- people — faculty, townspeople, some students — who didn’t care for ing a closer look at the social and political rules under which their the protests. But the administration handled it all well; there wasn’t predecessors had lived. any violence during any of this.” Many of the early protests in the 1960s revolved around the Col- And if William and Mary students weren’t occupying or burning lege’s concept of in loco parentis, where the administration in effect down buildings like their counterparts at other campuses, they assumed the authority of the parent, laying down what would now be nonetheless were drawing attention. A CIA report entitled “Project considered painfully restrictive curfews and rules of conduct. Resistance,” obtained by Flat Hat reporters in 1980 under the Free- Women’s roles were even more tightly defined, and the minority pres- dom of Information Act, indicated that the CIA believed the radical ence on campus was almost nonexistent. contingent at William and Mary included 10 professors and about In the winter of 1969, one campus group organized a “Burning of 200 students. The W&M Woman,” in which they marched to the women’s dorms The high-water mark for protests at the College came in March around campus and encouraged women to burn their copies of the 1971 with the Counter-Culture Conference on Peace and Justice, etiquette manual. In October 1969, the Student Association staged a which brought luminaries ranging from poet Allen Ginsburg and dorm-in, with women entering men’s dorm rooms in protest of a cur- activist Rennie Davis to Ozzy Osbourne’s band Black Sabbath to few forbidding them from doing so. campus. The conference, held at the Lake Matoaka Amphitheater, “Students fought hard to bring down those rules,” Crapol recalled took place at the same time President Richard M. Nixon arrived in recently. “The war protests were a spillover from the demonstrations Williamsburg to speak at the National Conference on the Judiciary at against the rule of in loco parentis, and those rules were swept aside the Williamsburg Conference Center. because of the students’ protests.” “As one student said, ‘They think they can come to Williamsburg Most of the political protests of the day tended to be small or any time they want,’ because William and Mary students had been sparsely attended affairs, and ranged from teach-ins and candlelight relatively quiet in opposition to the war,” recalls Barbara Hannon vigils to marches down DoG Street. But when the National Guard M.A. ’72. “The campus was generally quiet politically, especially in opened fire on a crowd of protesters at Kent State in May 1970, killing terms of race issues. There were very few minority students at the four, everything changed. Suddenly even William and Mary students time. The Counter-Culture Conference came as quite a surprise to

seemed to realize they weren’t immune; the campus effectively shut the school and the community.” LEFT PHOTO: WMAA RIGHT PHOTO: UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES; ARCHIVES

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STUDENTS DO, YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO HAVE AN IMPACT. ” Like all other such events, though, the conference went off Charter Day 2001, students protested the ceremony naming former without violence, without bloodshed, and with only minor law- Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as the school’s chancellor. enforcement action. Observers on all sides credited the leader- “I don’t think there’s so much apathy [at the College] as frustra- ship of deans J. Wilfred Lambert ’27, L.H.D. ’81 and Sam Sadler tion,” says Jake Hosen ’05, a participant in 2003 war in Iraq protests ’64, M.Ed. ’71 for keeping negotiations with student leaders calm at the College. “When you know your history as well as William and and productive. Mary students do, you know how hard it is to have an impact [on cur- “It was sort of like being in the middle of an experiment,” recalls rent events]. And when you’re a busy student in a high-pressure aca- Bruce Shatswell ’72. “The war protests were the most visible sign demic environment, you don’t always have time for the day-in, day- of what was taking place. The College was changing, and I think for out kind of effort that these movements need.” the better.” Most recently, when President George W. Bush ordered the inva- A generation later, with the United States poised to invade Iraq in sion of Iraq in March 2003, several hundred William and Mary stu- 1990, students again mounted protests of American war efforts. In dents protesting the war gathered at College Corner for a brief, sanc- November 1990, hundreds of students marched through campus tioned blockade of the intersection at Jamestown and Richmond advocating peace in the Persian Gulf. Five months later, activists roads. Supporters of Bush and the war effort mounted their own planted roughly 25,000 tongue depressors in the grass in front of the demonstration, but what could have been an ugly scene ended peace- Campus Center to recognize gay men and women who fought in the fully when both sides realized they shared a common goal — support Gulf War. Seminars and forums bringing internationally recognized of American soldiers. experts and advocates on politically charged issues to campus “Right when the war started, a lot of people made the time to come became commonplace, and remain so to this day. out for the protest who otherwise wouldn’t have taken part in one of “There was a palpable sense of energy on the campus,” says these events,” Hosen says. “It was good to see that people on both Martha Slud Graybow ’92, who covered the 1991 protests for the sides of the war could have a civilized discourse.” Flat Hat. “People were talking more about politics, were weighing That kind of intellectual bridge-building has been a hallmark of issues more than they had in previous semesters. The protest was- College protest efforts. Tom Cooney ’71, who watched the protest tra-

Y PRESS n’t huge, but it did have an impact — it brought people together, dition begin during his years at the College, nonetheless saw an even AIL both protesters and people watching the protests, and got us longer-standing tradition assert itself — one which has also carried thinking of issues that we as 19- and 20-year-olds hadn’t experi- through to today. “We saw our campus occupied by riot troops after enced before.” Kent State,” Cooney recalls. “Indeed, there was an atmosphere of ten- In recent years, protests at the College have grown in political sion and strife that permeated college life. Yet warm spring days still complexity, if not necessarily in scope. Students have demonstrated found students at Lake Matoaka, regardless of their political leanings.

PHOTO: JOE FUDGE/ D PHOTO: JOE on behalf of increased wages for lower-paid College employees. On And civility ultimately prevailed.” ~

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WILLIAM AND MARY’S Favorite Architect

. Sir Christopher Wren Redesigns London for the Monarchs TON by Chiles T.A. Larson ’53

t has been said that when the British are asked to list a half dozen of the most famous people in their country’s history, Sir TION TION. GIFT OF MRS. E. HOPE NOR GIFT OF MRS. TION. A A

UND Christopher Wren’s name often appears. He was one of the UND O O greatest and most versatile Englishmen of the 17th and early I18th centuries. He was much more than an architect; however, in that discipline he was exceptional. In looking at his body of work, the redesigning and rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Chelsea Hospi- tal, Hampton Court Palace, Greenwich Hospital and some 52 church- es, it becomes clear why Wren is seen to be to architecture what URTESY OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG OF COLONIAL URTESY URTESY OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG OF COLONIAL URTESY O

O Shakespeare is to literature. Whether Wren designed the building at GE C GE C William and Mary bearing his name is not certain, but the College’s Wren Building nonetheless stands as a monument to one of the TOP RIGHT IMA OPPOSITE IMA OPPOSITE world’s greatest architects.

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ren, who possessed a gifted mind for science During the rebuilding of London, a and mathematics, earned a bachelor’s great Doric column, carrying a flaming gold-leaf urn (above and degree from Oxford University in 1651 and left) was erected near the north remained there for his master’s, which he end of London Bridge. Commis- W completed in 1653. During his undergradu- sioned by Parliament in com- memoration of the Great Fire, it is ate years at Oxford and continuing upon his return, Wren enjoyed the known simply as the “Monu- friendship of a cadre of brilliant young men. This group, initially ment.”Wren was assisted by dubbed the Invisible College, met frequently to discuss a wide sweep Robert Hooke in its design. It is said Wren did not like the flaming of scientific subjects and significant issues of the day. urn finial, preferring a statue of In time, the members formed the Philosophical Society of Oxford Charles II or a great copper ball and began exchanging ideas with scholars outside England. After the wreathed in flames. The Monu- ment is 202 feet tall, the same restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the Society received a charter distance from its base to the spot from the crown and became known simply as the Royal Society. where the fire actually started. Wren began his career as an academic with an appointment in 1657 as professor of astronomy at Gresham College in London, Eng- for the Bubonic Plague had ravaged the city the previous year, killing land. Four years later he was elected to a similar chair at Oxford Uni- 80,000 people. Fortunately for Wren, he was in Paris, France, study- TION; BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE PHOTO: CHILES T.A. LARSON ’53 PHOTO: CHILES T.A. BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE TION; versity. He received honorary doctorates of civil law from Oxford in ing the work of the great French architects when the first calamity A UND

1661 and Cambridge in 1663. At 28, Wren, whose focus had been on struck. Opportunity sprang from the ashes of the fire; the city had to O astronomy, physics and anatomy, was considered to have one of the be rebuilt. Over 400 acres along the Thames River in the commercial great minds of science in the kingdom. But it wasn’t until 1663 that heart of London were burned to the ground, leaving 100,000 home- Wren the architect emerged when he was asked to design two major less. All in all, 13,200 houses and 87 churches were destroyed, along academic buildings, the first for Pembroke College, Cambridge, and with numerous other buildings. next the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. Wren and his friend Robert Hooke were appointed to the six-man These two commissions, along with a devastating fire, were to pro- commission to deal quickly with the problem. They established a tax pel him into a new calling. The Great Fire of 1666 was not unlike the on coal to offset the cost of reconstructing public buildings. Several of Chicago, Ill., inferno some 300 years later in that it was fanned by the commissioners submitted plans for a more modern city with carelessness. London’s Great Fire was caused by flames escaping wider streets, but because of the loss of homes and businesses that from beneath a bakery shop oven on Pudding Lane. It had been inat- needed to be restored immediately, rebuilding the city quickly URTESY OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG OF COLONIAL URTESY tentively monitored by a baker’s apprentice and quickly spread into a became the primary goal. O

congested neighborhood of thatched-roof timber buildings. Wren’s major commission during this period was St. Paul’s GE C The conflagration raged for four days before being brought under Cathedral, which would take 35 years to complete. With his

control. London had now been hit with two successive catastrophes, appointment to the position of surveyor general by King Charles II TOP IMA

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(Above left): St. Mary le-Bow's steeple reaches 235 feet and is topped with a weather vane shaped as a golden drag- TION

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result of a major restoration aided by O an 18th century copperplate discov- ered in Oxford University's Bodleian Library in 1929. This rendering does not represent what the building looked like before it caught fire in 1705. See page 59 for more information about the Wren Building. (Far left): The courtyard of Hampton Court Palace is reminis- cent of the alcove of the College's Wren Building. (Left): St. James’s steeple in Piccadilly is part of the church that Wren described as “beautiful, conven- ient and cheap.” URTESY OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG F WILLIAMSBURG OF COLONIAL URTESY O

in 1669, Wren passed from being a distinguished amateur to chief imposed on him by the king and queen, Wren used brick, which was GE: C architect to the Crown. Among other duties, Wren and his team of readily available. designers and builders were responsible for the upkeep or alter- Of the two monarchs, Queen Mary was more involved in archi- ation of all royal buildings. tectural matters. She championed the building of the Royal Hospi- It was decided that only 52 of the destroyed churches would be tal for seamen at Greenwich. Just as Wren’s Chelsea Hospital rebuilt. Two of the important ones, St. James’s Piccadilly, a favorite of housed army pensioners, the hospital at Greenwich housed wound- Wren’s, and St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, noted for its soaring 225-foot ed, sick and aging naval seamen. Following Mary’s death in 1694, steeple, are London churches that evoke his distinctive style. Wren’s Wren continued his work and completed his masterpiece, St. Paul’s contribution to the rebuilding of the city churches must be regarded Cathedral, in 1710. as a significant aspect of his early genius. In 1673, Wren was knighted Sir Christopher Wren died at the venerable age of 91 and was laid by the king. to rest in a vault in his beloved St. Paul’s. The inscription on the With the passing of Charles II and James II and the accession in plaque above his tomb states, “Reader, if you require a monument, 1689 of King William III and Queen Mary II, Wren was to enjoy a look around you.” His son Christopher proposed an alternative that period of employment on several major projects. Principal among his father might have preferred: “Visitor, if you require a tomb, look these was the remodeling of Hampton Court Palace, once the Tutor down. If you require a monument, look around you.” ~ residence of Henry VIII. The plan called for recycling a portion of the old palace, while leaving a major section undisturbed. In doing so, Chiles T.A. Larson ’53, a volunteer for Colonial Williamsburg, is a published Wren created fashionable new apartments with classical lines to author, travel writer and photographer. Several photographs from his book house the dual monarchs. He also added a quadrangle and construct- Virginia’s Past Today will be displayed in the new wing of the Virginia Historical

ed a fountain court surrounded by a colonnade. Because of haste Society in an exhibit about working Virginians scheduled to open in July 2006. LARSON ’53; TOP RIGHT IMA CHILES T.A. TOP LEFT AND BOTTOM PHOTOS:

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LEFT PHOTO: JOHN T. WALLACE; RIGHT PHOTO: CHILES T.A. LARSON ’53 O Chels The backside o priv chapel, P Wr Building isv ed be g Nature of theCountry by theGentlementhere …andisnotalto- adapted to the beingfirst modeledby SirChristopher Wren, ous, W 30years after Blairsecured thecharter andayearand Mary, after aprofessor of mathematics at William in abookby Hugh Jones, Sir Chris Evidence crediting thedesign to architect of thecollege building. prepared thedrawings for thekingandqueen’s college in Virginia? Could Hawksmore have input to theplansfor Chelsea Hospital. whohadprovided considerable notably NicholasHawksmore, Hehadseveral very competent assistants, personal work output. of theCollege. Blairbecame thefirst president an institution of higherlearning. ether unlike Chels alac e id oe ttd “Thebuildingisbeautiful andcommodi- Jones stated, ren died. Ar notntl,there are noknown drawings to fullyidentifythe Unfortunately, It was also aboutthistimethat Wren began slowing down his en’ at chit e e and, f s de e lodging a Ho or rebuild thequeen’s apartments andrenovate thequeen’s e most of the its buildings were destroyed by fire in1691, ectur ohrWe ssi.There isasinglesentence published topher Wren isslim. signs ptl ihpoetn omr vrtrefor,are similartothose inthe Wren withprojecting dormers over Building. three floors, spital, in thelat ernacular anddoes nothave any characteristics of ila n ayBaigHisName? Bearing Mary and William al his f theC s. . King When lookingatdr t e orians ha ollege of William andMary’s Wren Thewings at Building(left) resembles theexterior layout of Chelsea Hospital (right). a Hospital. i rnDsg h uligat Building the Design Wren Did W e 1 illiam andQ 8s comissioned Wren to design anew 680s, and hard onbehalfof thecolonists for whohadlobbiedlong James Blair, ed acharter for acollege in Virginia to grant- defenders of thefaith” Queen, Kingand France andIreland, land, Scot- of England, the grace of God, by “William andMary, 1693, 8, n Feb. ve madetheargument thatthe Wren ” ueen Maryresided in Whitehall a wing fteWieal creat- s of the Whitehall, b name? Wr then constantly intouch abouttheroyal buildings.” and ma Archbishop of Canterbury were bothinterested intheproject, ers Queen were Maryandthe dispatched from England in1697. ment carried outby one Thomas Hadlywhoappears inearly docu- perhaps to be Wren didsend designs orsketches from England, gutt tion cannot besub cr referring t tion materials. nified buildingusingbrickwithstone dressings astheconstruc- dig- Wren nevertheless createdmoney was asimple, aproblem, Although to theeast andwest housingthearmy pensioners. withwings Wren's design incorporated ahallandchapel, Thames. hospital was animposing porticoed center blockfacing the the duringthereign of William andMary, Completed in1691, ans. whichwas founded by KingCharles IIfor agingarmy veter- pital, architectural elements to theCollege's buildingisChelsea Hos- ingly similar. design andappearance of the Wren Buildingto thepalace isstrik- t o ane y its reconstruction. aftsmen andmaterials were used.” Hegoes onto addthattradi- Did Teei nitiun rdto, adHrl .Hutchinson in said Harold F. “There isanintriguingtradition,” htsi,Mri .Big,authorof Briggs, MartinS. That said, another Wren project thatbears similar And like Jones said, en: ed by fir ssreo raciet Records show thattwo bricklay- s assurveyor orarchitect. A Wr W xport elhv osle rn withwhomthe Queen was y well have consulted Wren, Biogr e ma en de h oe omn,ad,“Itseems possible that adds, o the Jones comment, e in1 ed de aph y never know. sign thebuildingat y 7 , 05 andtheexterior appearance was modified sign o “that the s tantiat f Wren’s ed bec W illiam andMaryColleg anditiscertain thatEnglish , aus W illiam andMarybearing his e theoriginalbuildingw ALUMNI MA Wren theIncomparable G ZN AL2005 FALL AZINE e …w as built ,in as 59

CLASSNOTES

Chaplain Cpt. Michael Hart ’89 is deployed forward with the 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery near Bayji, Iraq, just north of Tikrit, and will remain there until December. “I navigate our camp in an ATV, and as the battalion chaplain I wanted it to be distinguishable from the others, so what better way to set it apart than by flying the green and gold,”says Hart. T ’89

EDITOR’S NOTE ~ MELISSA V. PINARD . MICHAEL HAR T Summer is usually a quiet time with students away, but our office remained very busy putting together the next issue of the Alumni Magazine. AP With terrorist activity in London on July 7, our thoughts were once again with safety in our own land as well as abroad. Thinking back to the Greatest Generation and their talks during Olde Guarde Day this year, I realize how different the world is today and especially how different the enemies we face are. Please read James Busbee’s ’90 feature story about protests at the College (page 50) and consider the discourse that has evolved throughout the decades. For many people William and Mary is still a place they can call home no matter where in the world they may be serving their country. Let’s remember those risking their lives to give us the freedom to voice differences of opinion. Enjoy the features, which include a look at the life of architect Christopher Wren on page 54 and a profile of television producer Nancy Gunn ’88 URTESY OF CHAPLAIN C URTESY

O on page 48. In the next few weeks a random sample of you will be receiving a survey about your Alumni Magazine. We would love to have your input and ask that you please take the time to complete the survey and return it in the enclosed envelope. This will help us determine your inter-

PHOTO C ests. See you at Homecoming 2005, Proud Past, Bright Future, Oct. 20-23.

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CIRCA

DID WE GET IT RIGHT?

The Digging of ‘College Pond’ ~ SYLVIA CORNELIUSSEN

he William and Mary Alumni Association possesses a rel- Students, alumni and College friends today are probably most atively large photo archive. It contains a number of pho- thankful for the hard work of the 1959 students pictured. Officially tos with little identifying information, leading Alumni dedicated in May 1966 by the College’s 22nd president, Davis Y. T Magazine staffers to do research and make educated Paschall ’32, M.A. ’37, Crim Dell has become one of campus’ most rec- guesses about the people, events and time period of each picture. We ognized spots. The Crim Dell Bridge, a gift from the Class of 1964, is are not always able to positively identify these photos, so from time the center of much William and Mary folklore; specifically, the legend to time, we may need the help of alumni to make sure we are getting says, a kiss at Crim Dell will seal true love forever. And surely no things right. recent graduate will ever forget walking over the bridge toward The writing on the backs of the two digging photos (below) William and Mary Hall for one of the College’s most memorable and describes them as the “College pond project, 1959” and indicates that most rewarding traditions: Commencement. the event was led by campus Greek organizations. Issues of the Flat If you participated in the digging of the College pond, we’d like to Hat and the Colonial Echo from that time period provide no informa- hear the details; send us a note to let us know if our hunch is right or tion about the initiative, so we can only assume these students are wrong. Contact the Alumni Magazine via e-mail to alumni.magazine@ digging the pond that is now a part of Crim Dell (bottom right). wm.edu or via mail to P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA 23187. CE ALLA . W OHN T LEFT AND TOP RIGHT PHOTO: WMAA ARCHIVES; BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: J LEFT AND TOP RIGHT PHOTO: WMAA ARCHIVES;

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