Friend on Campus The Allergy Buster Fords in Philly Nurturing Haverford’s Taking a daring approach to Making a home and Quaker spirit food allergies a life in the city The Magazine of Haverford College SPRING/SUMMER 2013 THE UNCONVENTIONAL COP ANDY SOLBERG ’78 is a D.C. police commander with a master’s in philosophy who thinks police work can be informed by the ethics of Aristotle and believes, “We arrest way too many people.” 6 33 Editor Contributing Writers DEPARTMENTS Eils Lotozo Sari Harrar Lini S. Kadaba Associate Editor Kathryn Masterson 2 View from Founders Rebecca Raber Anne E. Stein 4 Letters to the Editor Graphic Design Robert Strauss 6 Main Lines Tracey Diehl, Contributing Photographers Eye D Communications Thom Carroll 14 Faculty Profile Assistant Vice President for Dan Z. Johnson College Communications Greg Kahn 19 Ford Games Chris Mills ’82 Brad Larrison Nathan Michael 22 Mixed Media Vice President for Jim Roese Roads Taken and Not Taken Institutional Advancement 48 Michael Kiefer 49 Giving Back/Notes from the Alumni Association 55 Class News 65 Then and Now On the cover: Andy Solberg ’78, Photo by Greg Kahn Back cover photo: Courtesy of Haverford College Archives The Best of Both Worlds! Haverford magazine is now available in a digital edition. It preserves the look and page-flipping readability of the print edition while letting you search names and keywords, share pages of the magazine via email or social networks, as well as print to your personal computer. CHECK IT OUT AT haverford.edu/news/magazine Haverford magazine is printed on recycled paper that contains 30% post-consumer waste fiber. spring summer 2013 37 49 FEATURES 27 Commencement 2013 37 Fords in Philly Once plagued by a “brain drain,” Haverford’s big city 30 INTERVIEW: The Allergy Buster neighbor has become an increasingly popular Allergist Dr. Kari Nadeau ’88 is leading a pioneering post-commencement destination for the College’s medical study that aims to retrain the immune grads, many of whom are working to better life for systems of children with severe food allergies. all in their adopted hometown. By Sari Harrar By Eils Lotozo Quaker Connector 42 COVER STORY: The Unconventional Cop 33 Andy Solberg ’78 is a D.C. police commander with a Quaker Affairs Director Walter Hjelt Sullivan ’82 master’s in philosophy who would rather be out on takes a passionate approach to nurturing Haverford’s the street than behind a desk, thinks police work Quaker ethos, supporting students’ social activism can be informed by Aristotle’s ethics, and believes, along with their spiritual lives. “It’s only when “We arrest way too many people, and we shouldn’t.” those two come together that we can be fully By Kathryn Masterson courageous,” he says. By Lini S. Kadaba Haverford magazine is published three times a year by College Communications, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041, 610-896-1333, [email protected] ©2013 Haverford College view from founders y two years at Haverford are full of memorable highlights: Cutting the ribbon on our magnif - icent new student residences … launching the environmental studies minor in cooperation with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore, as well as Mthe new “4-plus-1” engineering program with Penn … offering admission to what are quite likely the most accomplished freshman classes in College history … collaborating on a strategic plan that will guide the College forward while remaining true to its core mission. And how about those athletic Fords! Three conference cham - pionships this year alone—women’s soccer, men’s soccer, men’s cross country—along with an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the disproportionately high (as usual) number of honor-roll scholar-athletes in our Centennial Conference. What a privilege and pleasure it has been to serve as interim president. The headline-grabbing events that you regularly see at haver - S E ford.edu/news make any leader proud. But as I look back on N A K these two years, I’m moved to speak of a quieter yet equally N powerful development: the creation of nearly two dozen endowed A M R scholarships. Joanne V. Creighton at the 2013 commencement ceremony. I A F If you’re like so many members of this community, you value N our commitment to making the Haverford experience possible A O J for all qualified students, regardless of their ability to pay. The : S “I know that Dan Weiss will be as O economic downturn has made this need more urgent than ever. T O Every year we celebrate giving at a lunch that brings together H P impressed as I have been by the students, alumni, benefactors and friends who share the bond T N E of scholarship giving. D generosity of all of you who feel U T At this year’s event, we saw the power of such philanthropy S ; through the stories of seniors Rachel Davis and Julien Calas , Y responsible for helping to bring to H P just two of so many students who are able to contribute to this A R community, thanks to people like you. G this college young people full of O T “When I received my thick white envelope in the mail from O H P Haverford,” said Rachel, reminiscing about the day four years promise and potential.” E S ago when she got admitted, “I laughed and yelled like a little kid E O R at Christmas, and I remember crying, too, because I found out M I that my full tuition was going to be covered by Haverford. A similar note of appreciation was sounded by Julien, a religion J : “I am surrounded by generosity and understanding and tol - major from Bethesda, Md. He’ll bring to the world what he learned O T O erance and love here at Haverford, yet the incredible impact of here at the ’Ford starting with a year in Cape Town, South Africa, H P those traits hit me all at once with the gift of this scholarship.” where he’ll use soccer as a means of educating and providing N O A geologist and fine artist, Rachel looks forward to the day she personal development for underprivileged youths and adults. T H G can endow a fund like the one that enabled her to cross the com - “Somebody’s generosity made my life easier,” Julien said. I E R mencement stage in May. “Without demeaning the importance of that generosity, I want C 2 Haverfor dMagaz ine to say that receiving the scholarship means so much more to me energetic, talented students will have a chance to become Kaminer than money and easing my worries about day-to-day life at Family Scholars, and in their own way pass on the tradition of Haverford. Emerson says that surprises give meaning to life, and giving back to the Haverford community.” the scholarship was a surprise that gave me confidence in my Scholarships have also played a surprising and gratifying role insecurity. In their faith in me, my donors have taught me a valu - as I prepare to leave Haverford. It is honor enough to have been able lesson about looking inside myself for answers, but also invited to spend the past two years with you and to have the about looking outside, at the world, for inspiration.” opportunity to work collegially with President-Elect Dan Weiss A wish to fulfill the dreams of others inspired Mike Kaminer on what we are determined will be a seamless transition. But it ’83 to establish the Kaminer Family Scholarship. The fund reflects took my breath away when I learned that our Board of Managers the support that he and brothers Evan ’86 and Adam ’89 received and senior staff have created the Joanne V. Creighton Endowed from their parents, Arnold and Sandra, who were on hand at the Scholarship—with preference for international women. That scholarship luncheon to hear their son testify to the impact of others are giving back to students in my name is humbling, heart - their gift. ening and inspiring. “Nobody in my family had ever dreamed of coming to a school I know that Dan Weiss will be as impressed as I have been by like Haverford,” Mike explained. “A liberal arts education at a the generosity of all of you who feel responsible for helping private college was beyond their reach. But building on core bring to this college young people full of promise and potential. values instilled by my grandparents, my parents envisioned a At our scholarship luncheon, Rachel strikingly characterized level of education, and hopefully future success, that could only Haverford College as “a cocoon for brilliance … and each time be attained through attending a school like Haverford.” He then someone graduates, an open-minded, understanding, confident pointed out how his family could open up similar worlds of pos - butterfly of a young adult is released into the world.” sibility to others by establishing a scholarship, which will likely It is that, indeed. Making possible these life-changing transfor - inspire future generations. “What would happen if we didn’t mations is our shared privilege, responsibility and blessing. Thank create the scholarship? Nothing. But what happens if we do? you for being part of this worthy endeavor. I shall always treasure The decision was obvious. It is my family’s hope that many bright, this extraordinary college and my affiliation with all of you. With all best wishes, Joanne V. Creighton Interim President Rachel Davis and Julien Calas, both ’13, spoke at the scholarship donor recognition event in April about what the financial support they have received has meant to them.