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HAVERFORD COLLEGE Non-Profit Org. Haverford, PA 19041 U.S. Postage Address Service Requested PAID Conshohocken, PA Permit No. 345 THE MAGAZINE OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE HAVERFORD OF THE MAGAZINE The Magazine of Haverford College WINTER 2010 THE MAGAZINE OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE winter ’10 GREG KANNERSTEIN: 1941-2009 Greg Kannerstein 1941–2009 WINTER 2010 32 35 Michael Kiefer Contributing Writers DEPARTMENTS Vice President for Charles Curtis ‘04 Institutional Advancement Samantha Drake Cameron Scherer ’11 2 View from Founders Chris Mills ’82 Jill Stauffer Director of College Communications Robert Strauss 4 Main Lines Andrew Thompson ’12 Faculty News Eils Lotozo Brian Till ’08 12 Communications Editor Katherine Unger ‘03 Books Justin Warner ‘93 16 Brenna McBride Staff Writer Editorial Advisory Committee 21 Faculty Profile Kaye Edwards Acquire, LLC Spencer Ware ‘01 24 Faculty Friend Graphic Design William E. Williams www.AcquireVisual.com 25 Ford Games Tracey Diehl 40 Roads Taken and Not Taken Front cover and feature design 55 Giving 57 Notes from the Alumni Association 61 Class News State of the College 10 Admission 53 Finance Haverford College Office of Communications 370 Lancaster Avenue • Haverford, PA 19041 610-896-1333 • ©2010 Haverford College 25% is printed three times a year. Cert no. SW-COC-002169 Haverford Magazine Please send change of address information to Haverford Magazine is printed on Haverford College in care of Ryan Johnson, 50% recycled paper with 25% post-consumer fiber. 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041, or to [email protected], or call 610-896-1422. winter 2010 44 49 FEATURES 28 Greg Kannerstein: 1941-2009 Remembering the beloved dean, coach, athletics director, teacher and mentor who touched so many lives during his 41 years at Haverford. Special Report: Global Perspectives How globalization is playing out in the Haverford classroom, the student experience and the lives of Fords whose work has an international reach. 32 Guatemala Connection 44 Investing in Change Haverford’s first Global Leader for Peace Fellow, activist Three Haverford grads are at the vanguard of and lawyer Jorge Morales Toj, offers a first-hand account microfinance, a growing financial market and of his country’s struggles during a semester-long residency. movement that fights poverty in developing By Brenna McBride countries with loans to the self-employed. By Justin Warner ’93 35 Educating for a Global World Across the campus, the effects of globalization are 49 The Go-To Guy on World Trade being investigated, debated—and experienced. Whether proffering legal advice to firms with By Eils Lotozo and Brenna McBride multinational business interests, or advising President George W. Bush at international 38 Going Global economic talks, Daniel M. Price ’77 has From building schools in Africa to providing legal aid become a sought-after expert on the to immigrants, plenty of Haverford grads go on to do challenges of globalization. work with an international impact. By Robert Strauss By Charles Curtis ’04, Samantha Drake and Eils Lotozo “Greg Kannerstein embodied so much of what we have come to know as ‘Haverfordian’ that his five-decade presence here led many of us to believe that he would always be here.” by Stephen G. Emerson ’74 view from founders f you were shocked by the news on our cover, you have Having completed a three-year appointment as Dean of plenty of company. Greg Kannerstein embodied so much of the College, Greg became ill just as he had begun planning a Iwhat we have come to know as “Haverfordian” that his class he was going to teach next semester—a reminder that at five-decade presence here led many of us to believe that he Haverford there’s really no retirement from learning. Similarly, would always be here. And while Greg took great joy in his learning at Haverford extends beyond the classroom proper role as mentor, confidant and coach, it is now up to us—the to the very institution itself as the College refines and rede- many he inspired by his example—to see that he truly does fines its mission in ways that are guided by the past and become ‘the eternal Haverfordian’: by living his ideals of truth informed by a sense of the ways in which our graduates will and dignity, we enable those who will never meet him to be challenged in the future. know him nonetheless. I hope our tribute in this issue does This academic year such self-study is fueled by two him justice and I invite you to follow the links at the end of separate but related processes that call for us to take stock of the article for information about a campus memorial service ourselves as an institution and consider how best to move and an online space for you to share your memories of Greg. forward. Every ten years, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools reviews our accreditation status to ensure that we are continuing to deliver educational excellence that is consistent with our mission. In preparation for this process, the entire Haverford community has been engaged in a series of interconnected self-study conversations that, in many ways, formalize the process of examination and introspection in which we endeavor to engage on an ongoing basis, regard- less of where we may be in the review cycle. Ultimately, Middle States Self-Study and Reaccreditation (“Middle States,” for short) fosters a process that helps ensure that we are positioned to grow in response to changes that have taken place, while we consider where and how to grow and develop in the future. Of particular importance through- out the self-study was our vision of Haverford College as an institution committed to educating young women and men to lives of intellectual independence and community partic- ipation and leadership. We considered the implications of this vision in a variety of different ways. What came out of this process was a set of recommendations that focused on the four themes below: • Academics and our plan to expand and enrich our cur- riculum. What can we do to best achieve our goals of enhancing faculty-student research collaboration, given its centrality in instilling the values of the liberal arts experience? • An ever more diverse student body. What new oppor- tunities and challenges are presented by a student pop- ulation that is more diverse, across more measures, than ever before? • Organizational structure. With more students, more faculty members, more staff and more programs, have we configured our operational structure in ways that maximize our effectiveness? 2 HaverfordMagazine • Assessment and information management. Do we have them with the core academic experience, thereby providing in place the means and mechanisms to evaluate the suc- additional means and methods for the expansion of intellec- cess of our approach and to memorialize, for the bene- tual development and discovery across all four years of study. fit of those who will follow, the steps we take and why? And that’s just the academic end of things. We’re also look- What tools, data and procedures will be required? ing closely at the campus itself. As you’ve probably heard, Steve Jaharis ’82, through the Jaharis Family Foundation, has The Middle States Association expects to issue a decision made a challenge gift of $10 million in connection with con- on our reaccreditation status in June. struction of a new dormitory (see our story in Main Lines). The second process of self-study involves preparations we This has prompted a lively discussion about the physical are making for our next comprehensive fundraising cam- meaning of ‘community’ and how living spaces can enhance paign. At this stage, we’re examining needs and strengths in what we know to be true about Haverford, mindful that it order to identify priorities that both resonate with our core has been 40+ years since we built a new dorm. Some needs are values and directly support our institutional vision and mis- timeless; others have emerged. What does all of this mean in sions. In short, we are asking terms of bricks, mortar and living room bull sessions? ourselves, “What makes We are just beginning our detailed campaign planning and It has been 40+ years sense in terms of our unique expect to report to the Board next summer and fall. Going since we built a new place in higher education forward, we’ll be implementing the Middle States recommen- dorm. Some needs are and, in turn, how does that dations over the coming years in parallel with the rollout of timeless; others have positioning enable us to best our case for fundraising support. I’m confident that these emerged. What does prepare students for the chal- mutually reinforcing inquiries will enable us to take Haverford all of this mean in lenges that will be con- to the next levels of academic achievement and social aware- fronting the members and ness, while ensuring that we remain true to the principles on terms of bricks, mortar leaders of their generation?” which the College was founded, and that it exemplifies to and living room bull As we build our case, a this day. sessions? cornerstone is our recent A All the best, Blueprint for Haverford’s Future which was developed by our faculty over several years and endorsed by the Board of Managers. Essentially, it calls for us to expand into new areas of study while infusing all levels of study with collab- Stephen G. Emerson, ’74 orative student-faculty learning—which is our signature aca- President demic element and best represented by our Senior Thesis program. This, without significantly increasing the size of the student body (thereby preserving the small college approach marked by mentored learning) and maximizing the number of tenure line faculty (in order to increase the likeli- hood that Fords will still be able to study under professors who devote their working lives to teaching here).