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Non-Profit Organization U.S.Postage PAID at Williamsburg, Va. William and Mary Permit No. 26 NEWS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED FOR AND ABOUT THE FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY Volume XVII, Number 12 Wednesday, November 11,1987 '61 alumnus endows Bottoms Professor in Music David N. Bottoms Jr. of New York City has garet C. Bottoms Professorship in Music in Scholars program. association's investment committee for four made a $200,000 commitment to the College honor of his father, now deceased, and his Bottoms is executive vice president of years. to establish a permanently endowed profes¬ mother, a resident of Auburn, Ala. Laidlaw Capital Management, Inc. He re¬ A long-time student of piano, Bottoms sorship in music. The income generated by the endowment cently completed a six-year term as trustee performs an annual recital in New York. His Bottoms, a 1961 graduate of William and will be eligible for matching funds through with the William and Mary Endowment Asso¬ daughter, Sarah, is a 1986 graduate of William Mary, has established the David N. and Mar¬ the Commonwealth of Virginia's Eminent ciation and served as chairman of the and Mary. David Reynolds recipient of 1987 Business Medallion David P. Reynolds, chairman of the Board division. He was named a vice president in of Reynolds Metals Company, received the 1944 and became executive vice president of the 1987 Business Medallion, awarded by the sales in 1958. In 1975 he was elected vice School of Business Administration faculty, chairman of the board and in 1976 became Friday at a ceremony in which President Paul chairman of the board. R. Verkuil, Business School Dean John C. Reynolds served from 1974 to 1976 as Jamison and Dean Emeritus Charles L. Quitt- chairman of the Aluminum Association, the meyer participated. trade association for the aluminum industry in Reynolds, 72, was presented with a plaque the United States. He also served as chairman and citation recognizing his "innovativeness, of the International Primary Aluminium Insti¬ enthusiasm, and honorable exercise of the art tute, of salesmanship," which "represent a signifi¬ Past recipients of the Business Medallion, cant example of the highest standards of pro¬ which was initiated in 1976, are: Thomas J. fessionalism and integrity in industry." Watson Jr., chairman emeritus. International Business Machines Corp.; Thomas A. Mur¬ Reynolds Metals, with sales of over $4 phy, retired chairman and chief executive of¬ billion expected this year, is one of the world's ficer. General Motors Corp.; Frank Borman, major producers and fabricators of aluminum chairman, president and chief executive offi¬ and has recently entered the precious metals cer, Eastern Airlines, Inc.; Floyd D. Gottwald, business. vice chairman, and Floyd D. Gottwald Jr., A native of Bristol, Term., Reynolds has chairman and chief executive officer, the earned a reputation as a constructive environ¬ Ethyl Corp.; James C. Wheat Jr., chairman. mentalist and one of the industry's most inno¬ Wheat, First Securities; Thomas Boushall, vative executives. He was responsible for the honorary chairman. Bank of Virginia; J. Har- introduction of the aluminum can, which is wood Cochrane, chairman, Ovemite Trans¬ the biggest single market for aluminum today, portation Company; Hays T. Watkins, chair¬ and introduced the idea of consumer recy¬ man and chief executive officer, CSX Corp.; cling of aluminum. Brenton S. Halsey, chairman and chief execu¬ Reynolds joined the company in 1937 as a tive officer, James River Corp.; and Katharine salesman. During World War II, he became Graham, chairman of the Washington Post sales manager of the company's aluminum David Reynolds Company. Members-elect chosen by PBK Health meetings open tomorrow Henry Rosovsky, chairman of the Commis¬ ogy; Ann Seldon Oliver, biology; Donald Two government officials. Sen. Dale nationally recognized expert in the health care sion on the Tercentenary Observances of the James Planty Jr., government; BenjaminMilo Bumpers (D-Ark) and Stephanie Lee-Miller, field, and David H. Finifter, associate profes¬ College of William and Mary in Virginia, will Rush IH, biology; Elizabeth Tobin Shiers, assistant secretary for public affairs. Depart¬ sor of economics. preside at the induction of members-elect to economics; Landon Raymond Taylor, gov¬ ment of Health and Human Services, will give Dr. Gail Wilensky of Project Hope, Wash¬ ernment; Christina Lee Wells (Presidential separate public lectures on health care as part Alpha of Virginia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, ington, D.C., will lead a discussion on major Scholar), chemistry; Sally Elizabeth Wilbom, of a conference this week titled "Health Care Dec. 5. new technological thrusts in health care deliv¬ government; Andrew Morris Williams, gov¬ Policy: Where is the Revolution Headed?" ery and ways in which technological and Phi Beta Kappa members-elect from the sponsored by the College's Public Policy organizational changes will challenge the class of 1988 and their areas of concentration Program. are: Hershel Julius Alexander, German; Mark industry. Professor Mark V. Pauly of the David Argentine, chemistry; Erik Peter Ban- Ms. Lee-Miller, who has been with the Department of Health Care Systems at the sleben, government/German; Shawn Adrian Department of Health and Human Services University of Pennsylvania will lead a session Barrett, chemistry; Emily Jean Beck, theatre since 1980, will give an overview of the on health care financing to open the confer¬ and speech; Richard Stanley Bedlack Jr., Reagan administration's approach to health ence schedule on Nov. 14. psychology; John Theodore Biggs, biology; carepohcy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in Robert John Boerth, English; Thomas Watson Millington Hall auditorium. The afternoon session, led by Professor Britt Jr, psychology; Suzanne Bailey Backer, Sen. Bumpers, a member of the Senate Paul J. Feldstein of the University of Mich¬ biology; Rebecca Brooks Edwards, Enghsh; Health Finance Ccmmittee, will speak at 8 igan's School of Public Health, will look at the and Kathryn Diane Egan, computer science/ p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 in Chancellors 102. relationship of health care policy and social Spanish. The public is invited to both lectures. There values. Also, Jill Therese Feeney, government; is no admission charge. The concluding session Nov. 14 will be a Karen Susan Galloway, biology; Tracey Beth The conference is the first in an annual panel discussion on health care policy issues Holsinger, biology; Michael Robert Keller, ernment; and Mary .-ieth Wittekind, econom¬ series sponsored by the university's new in¬ by representatives of a variety of organiza¬ international studies/German; Lisa Anne ics. terdisciplinary program on public policy. The tions, including the American Medical Asso¬ MacVittie, economics/fine arts; Sheila Mau¬ Jennifer Lynn McMillion, Enghsh, is a meeting is co-directed by two William and ciation, private insurance companies, the reen Martineau, biology; Virginia Fern Mill¬ member-elect from the graduate program in Mary faculty members, Leonard G. Schifrin, American Hospital Association and Blue er, English; Shariar Araghi Nabizadeh, biol¬ Arts and Sciences. Chancellor Professor of Economics and a Cross and Blue Shield Association. Wednesday, November 11,1987 One of 'The Three Sisters' from Chekhov's homeland There's a special excitement at rehearsals Nadia was initially headed for a career in of "The Three Sisters," which will be pre¬ business when she was cast in a film that won sented by the William and Mary Theatre, Nov. second prize in a Soviet Children and Youth 19-22 — the excitement of having an actress competition. She still pursued her studies to from Leningrad in the cast who can add a be a trader. When she was cast in a second Russian viewpoint to the interpretation of film, she decided to set her sights on becom¬ Anton Chekhov's masterpiece. ing a professional actress and auditioned for Nadia Gorshkova is a graduate of the Len¬ the prestigious Leningrad Theatre Institute. ingrad Theatre Institute, and she plays the role The four-year curriculum is strenuous and ofMasha,oneof the three sisters. The wife of includes all aspects of theatre including finan¬ a student at the Marshall-Wythe School of cial management and production. Actors are Law, Nadia is as delighted to be in the cast as expected to take classes in dance, ballet, folk the company is to have her. dance, stage movement and physical educa¬ When she graduated from theatre school tion. An extra year of study is expected of she regretted not having the opportunity to students who wish to go into musical comedy. appear in "The Three Sisters." It was sched¬ uled for production the following year. "It is wonderful having Nadia in the cast," Chekhov is one of her favorite writers. She says director Leslie Muchmore. "She is a says she can be in a sad mood and, after good actress and well trained. She is able to reading a few tales by Chekhov, her spirits are standardize the pronunciation for us, and she lifted. heightens the interest of everyone working on Nadia has been in the United States less the play." than ayear, so while the cast looks to Nadia for Nadia is equally complimentary about the correct pronunciation of Russian words Muchmore. She likes his style of directing and an interpretation o f Chekhov's script, she and is glad that he is soft-spoken and not a di¬ is looking to fellow cast members for help rector who yells. She is amazed at the speed with modem American idioms. Although she with which the current play is being produced. had language training in Russia, she was ini¬ It would be at a much more leisurely pace in tially homesick because she could not under¬ Russia, she contends, but she likes the faster stand the campus vernacular. pace and the opportunity being in the play Nadia still stops in a conversation to ar¬ gives her to get involved with campus life.