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F a l l 2 0 1 9 HOW TO BE A GENERAL Alumni in Action 4 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE F a l l 2 0 1 9 HOW TO BE A GENERAL Alumni in Action 2 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE F a l l 2 0 1 9 HOW TO BE A GENERAL Alumni in Action 3 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE F a l l 2 0 1 9 HOW TO BE A GENERAL Alumni in Action 2 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE F a l l 2 0 1 9 HOW TO BE A GENERAL Alumni in Action MAGAZINE.WLU.EDU 1 Paul Youngman ’87, associate provost, leads a first-year seminar in the new outdoor classroom, located behind Leyburn Library. Read more about the space at go.wlu.edu/outdoor_classroom. Photo by Shelby Mack 2 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE - IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES 10 How To... Cover Make Pick Report Advocate Soar Lead Write Mind Plan Honor Ace Reimagine Ride Dream …be a General. DEPARTMENTS 3 Columns 24 O ffice Hours Cory Colbert Assistant professor of mathematics 26 L ives of Consequence Grace “Beth” Stutzmann ’90 Isaac “Trip” Wornom ’77 30 Alumni 44 Chronicles There are many ways to be a General, so we invited several students to pose for the cover and printed multiple versions. Representing W&L are: Garrett Allen ’20 Courtney Berry ’21 Ayo Ehindero ’21 Laurie Lee ’22 Jamal Magoti ’23 Cover photos by Shelby Mack SPEAK ‘SPECTACULAR’ NUMBERS The response of some alumni regarding the recent changes at W&L seems to ignore many facts. The A Magazine for Alumni recent Alumni Weekend set a new record for attendance, the gifts of the 25th and 50th reunion classes and Friends of Washington set new records, and the upgrade of all the buildings and facilities is complete, with the reconstruction and Lee University of Doremus well under way. The endowment is at an all-time high. The admitted Class of 2023 is Volume 96, Number 3 absolutely spectacular. The students come from 38 states and 21 countries. Over 6,100 students applied Fall 2019 to W&L, 1,147 were admitted and 465 enrolled. The class is 50/50 male/female and has a median ACT NOTEWORTHY NEWS AND IDEAS of 33 and median SAT of 1420. Thirty-nine of these new students are Johnson scholars and 51% are Louise Uffelman receiving grants from W&L. Thirty-eight of these students are first-generation college students and 85 Columns Editor are students of color. I have been proud of W&L for my entire adult life and now, with it being stronger than ever, I am very proud of the new history that is being created today. Kelly Martone Class Notes Editor J. MAC HOLLADAY ’67, Distinguished Alumnus Lindsey Nair Director of ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS REMEMBERING DR. HUGHES MELTON ’89 Content Development Robert E. Lee understood that the South Washington and Lee University recently lost a needed to advance after the Civil War and very special alum, Dr. S. Hughes Melton ’89 (see Shelby Mack become a valuable, contributing part of a Kevin Remington p. 41). Hughes spent his exemplary medical University changing country. That’s why he did so much career in Virginia caring for those with mental Photographers to make it a stronger, more well-rounded illness and addiction. It seemed very fitting that educational institution. Barbara Elliott, Linda Evans, Furthermore, if Lee were around today, I when he died others received the gift of life as a Jeff Hanna, Kim Hodge, am sure — because of his strong belief in the result of his prior decision to be an organ donor. Beth JoJack, Jhade Jordan ’21, importance of education — he would have I hope that Hughes’ life, and his sacrificial gift in Tom Lovell ’91, Amanda Minix, Emily Roche ’20, Jane applauded that W&L is co-ed and has a more death, will lead us each to likewise consider Stewart, Erica Turman, Joan diverse student population than ever before. becoming a donor. Tupponce, Colin Whitmore ’20 My respect for Robert E. Lee comes from FRAMPTON HARPER ’89 Contributors my experience at W&L, where I learned to appreciate the past. We stand on the shoul- Rebecca Logan ders of the great men and women who have Design preceded us. And for that reason, they are not CORRECTIONS Jessica L. Willett ’95 simply buried and gone. The good they did Chief Communications lives on and should be honored by those A typo in the Office Hours profile [Summer 2019, Officer of us who are their beneficiaries. p. 23] incorrectly stated that the Steward’s JAMES I. GREENE ’60 House served as quarters for enslaved people Mary Woodson from 1803 to the 1960s. Obviously, the latter Director of Publications date is wrong. It should have read 1860s. Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450. All communications and ATHLETIC RECOGNITION Stay in Touch POD forms 3579 should be sent I am the proud father of a 2019 graduate and Letters selected for publication should refer to to Washington and Lee a student-athlete. I very much enjoy reading material in the magazine. They may be edited University, Alumni Magazine, 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. for length, content and style. Letters reflect the the W&L Magazine. However, your most Washington St., Lexington VA recent issue fails to mention anything about views of their authors, not those of the 24450-2116. Periodicals postage W&L sports. If my math is correct, there are magazine’s editors or of the university. paid at Roanoke, VA. roughly 600 student-athletes at W&L in any W&L Magazine given year. So about 25% of your readers Washington and Lee University UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT played a sport at W&L sometime during their 7 Courthouse Square years at the university. I think it would 204 W. Washington St. Dennis W. Cross behoove you to always have a few pages Lexington, VA 24450-2116 Vice President for recapping the various sports. After all, the [email protected] University Advancement women’s lacrosse team was ranked #1 in the Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L country at various times this past spring, and Executive Director of the men’s lacrosse team went undefeated in Alumni Engagement the ODAC this past year. The student-athlete alum is a very significant group that you © 2019 Washington and should not forget. Lee University ARCH M. BROWN JR. P’19 2 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE MAGAZINE ColNOTuEWORTHY NEWmS AND IDEAS ns A stop on the pre-orientation Freedom Ride included the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. dedicated to black history and shaped by the injustices of the TICKET TO RIDE the civil rights movement. Jim Crow era. Those sites The Freedom Ride trip took included the Moore’s Ford The choices for pre-orientation first-years on a tour of five cities Lynching Site near Monroe and trips keep expanding. Along in the Southeast: Farmville, the International Civil Rights with backpacking through the Virginia; Atlanta, Monroe and Museum in Greensboro. The Appalachian Mountains, doing Athens, Georgia; and Greens- group also visited the Sweet community service in neighbor- boro, North Carolina. At each Auburn Neighborhood and the 1 stop, students visited sites that National Center for Civil and hoods experiencing poverty, and exploring archaeological were crucial during the civil Human Rights, both located in sites in Lexington, students this rights movement and examined Atlanta. year participated in a trip how those areas have been MAGAZINE.WLU.EDU 3 A CHAMPION Jan Hathorn, Michael F. Walsh Director of Athletics, received the Women Leaders in College Sports’ 2019 NCAA Division III Administrator of the Year Award. Hathorn is in her 13th year as head of the university’s physical 2 education and athletics programs. 3. HISTORY LESSON 6. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Barton Myers, Class of 1960 Rod T. Smith, former editor of Washington and Lee’s Professor of Ethics and History, Shenandoah, published “Summoning Shades: Poems” (Mercer was a featured historian in the new History Channel multi-part University Press), bringing historical figures to life through documentary on the life of monologues and narratives, including Mary Todd Lincoln, President and Gen. Ulysses S. Ambrose Bierce and Meriwether Lewis. Grant, based on the bestselling Ron Chernow biography “Grant.” Chris Gavaler, associate professor of English, and Nathaniel Goldberg, professor of philosophy, published “Superhero TWO NEW Thought Experiments” (University of Iowa Press), which examines philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics MINORS and discusses how comics experiment with complex issues of morality, metaphysics, meaning and medium. Watch an 4First up is a minor in the Law, interview with WDBJ7 at go.wlu.edu/comics-wdbj7. Justice, and Society Program, offering an interdisciplinary approach to legal studies that draws from faculty and resources in all three schools at W&L. And FIRST-YEAR FUN FACTS thanks to a gift from Larry 7 Connolly ’79, students may minor in Entrepreneurship, which • #1 is a hot number. Seven students share a birthday full of “1s.” combines a liberal arts education Also, 52 from this class have October birthdays. with rigorous business training. Read more at • There’s only one New Year‘s baby in the class, but two born on go/wlu.edu/law-justice-society New Year’s Eve. and at go.wlu.edu/entrepreneurship minor. • The students who traveled farthest to attend W&L are from Vietnam, nearly 8,500 miles away. 5. TRANSCRIPTS 24/7 • The first-year student with the largest population adjustment The Registrar’s Office can get is from Shanghai, the world’s largest city, with 24 million residents.

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