ALUMNI REVIEW January 2012 Williams A DEFINING DECADE 20 8 28 9 7 30 ALUMNI REVIEW Volume No. 106, Issue No. 4 Editor Student Assistant Amy T. Lovett Trillia Fidei-Bagwell ’12 Assistant Editor Design & Production departments Jennifer E. Grow David Edge Editorial Offices P.O. Box 676, Williamstown, MA 01267-0676, tel: 413.597.4278, fax: 413.597.4158, e-mail:
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