Lee Universit gton and y Alumni ashin Maga e W zine Th Summer 2014 \ }..J = ! ; ~ :'1'1t. f.{iW~i:i: :·:~~·~1:ts·s ;;;i\\lii;?1, '; ;~~·~·,rrtta· ~•... -: ~ ·' •' 'i•·· -~J~}f5:~'•:,:.~~ ;;. ~-: ~ f : ; __ ~· .. AThrough Spin Spring Term Alumni 2020: We Asked, You Answered Life in the Global Service House Snapshot On the Cover: Jillian Katterhagen ’15 made the most of her Spring Term by performing with the W&L Dance Repertory Company during the Route 11 Dance Festival, which also provided SCAN ME a classroom for students learning how to manage an artistic event. to go to the alumni magazine Photo by Kevin Remington website This page: The Run Cancer out of Tanzania 5K on April 26, sponsored by the African Society. DEPARTMENTS 2 General Stats 13 Lewis Hall Notes 32 Alumni 2020 Plan By the numbers Two accolades for the Law School, and train- ing doctors to take the stand FEATURE 3 Speak Generals’ Report Letters to the editor 14 18 Spring Awakening End-of-the-year recap —> By Sarah Tschiggfrie 4 Along the Colonnade 24 Milestones Graduation, Global Service House, note- Reunion, alumni president’s message, alumni worthy accomplishments and retirees news and photos © Washington and Lee University r by the Volume 90 Number 2 Numbers Summer 2014 _J StatsGeneral Julie A. Campbell EDITOR Louise Uffelman MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR Brian Laubscher SPORTS EDITOR Jennifer Mero CLASS NOTES EDITOR Patrick Hinely ’73 Kevin Remington In June, Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS society founded at Washington and Lee in 1914, marked its Centennial Celebration with leadership training, guest speak- Julie Grover ers, business100 sessions and fun activities in Lexington. During the convention, Peter Jetton W&L’s Alpha Circle of ODK won a National Presidential Award. Kate LeMas- Sally Platt ’14 ters ’15, our official delegate to the convention, accepted the award. Sarah Tschiggfrie CONTRIBUTORS Bart Morris, Mary Woodson GRAPHIC DESIGN Mary Woodson Among the many items that found their way to the lost and DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS found in Elrod Commons and Leyburn Library were 16 credit cards, two driver’s licenses, an e-cigarette, nine sets of car keys, Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, two $25 gift cards to Kindle, an evil-eye necklace and a can of VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be silver hair spray. The Elrod Commons branch did have three tux- sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, edo jackets, but after no one claimed them, they were donated to 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA Goodwill. 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va. University Advancement 16 Dennis W. Cross VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Brian H. Eckert EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Julie A. Campbell ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS #WLUgiveday On W&L’s first Give Day, 4,703 do- 1,242,943• d nors contributed $1,242,943 to the Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Annual Fund, which were matched by an additional $650,000. You can g!Y~TONAND &!: get all the stats online at wlu.edu/ WASHINGTONANDLEE y UNIVERSITY prebuilt/annual-fund/2014/thanks. html. Lexington, Virginia 2 W&L Alumni Magazine An Inspiring Reminder of America and the role the Liberty The Winter 2014 issue cover story Hall Volunteers played in it. They Speak on Lacey Putney’s tenure in Virginia’s do not ask, may not even care if the House of Delegates was inspiring. The Committee respects such historical tie-in to W&L’s tradition of leadership facts. All they expect is toleration, to Volume 90 Number 2 and centennial of ODK was journal- live and let live—per the University’s Summer 2014 ism at its finest. I also enjoyed the diversity regimen. update on Rolf Piranian’s retirement Further, it appears that no one Julie A. Campbell plans; we thank him for his tireless on campus is telling Committee EDITOR service. members, nor any student, which Louise Uffelman Saving the best for last, Ken cultural traditions they may not MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR Ruscio’s article (“Something to Talk celebrate. Only the Committee About,” Winter 2014) contrasting the threatens students and the Univer- Brian Laubscher governmental push for a new college sity should they not buckle down to SPORTS EDITOR ratings system with the true goals of embrace the Committee’s terms. I Jennifer Mero higher education distilled a complex cannot think of any greater tyranny CLASS NOTES EDITOR national debate into simple W&L over mind and person, any greater PHOTO BY PATRICK HINELY ’73 HINELY PATRICK BY PHOTO terms. It served as a timely reminder betrayal of diversity than where the Patrick Hinely ’73 of W&L’s mission and its focus on stu- Committee would lead us, if it could. Editor the to Letters Kevin Remington The Best and the Worst dent development—once again, mak- Contrary to what school authorities UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS The Winter 2014 magazine covered ing me very proud to be an alumnus. have stated, I do not believe that the the best of subjects and the worst of Ken Voelker ’77 Julie Grover concerns of these students should be Peter Jetton subjects. As always, I was impressed Norcross, Ga. taken seriously. Sally Platt ’14 by the accomplishments of those on Richard W. Hoover ‘61 Sarah Tschiggfrie campus and the remarkable lives led Editors’ Note: For more on the topic of Front Royal, Va. CONTRIBUTORS by alumni, particularly those of the the following two letters, see p. 7. 1940s and 1950s with wartime service. I am heartbroken, angry and appalled Bart Morris, Mary Woodson The worst subject was the death Responding to the that a group of rabble-rousers has GRAPHIC DESIGN of a senior in a car accident, possibly Committee’s Concerns chosen to besmirch the traditions Mary Woodson related to alcohol abuse. I have never While I understand that a “group of and historical significance of our DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS been able to reconcile the high stan- seven multiracial students” may not University. Students comprising this dards of the University with the exces- find Confederate-associated person- committee freely chose to enroll Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, sive use of alcohol and, in my day, ages and symbols welcoming, I am at W&L—probably even enjoying VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be dangerous and humiliating fraternity not at all sympathetic. The discomfort scholarship benefits—and knew sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, hazing. felt by both the Committee and yours full well the University’s history and 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA I met a sophomore at my 45th truly is irrelevant; if toleration does traditions. What a privilege it has 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va. class reunion who told me she did not not trump an individual’s dislikes and been for them to travel the hallowed attend parties off campus for fear of discomforts, the University’s effort ground and hallways of our revered drunken behavior and possible sexual to build a successful community University! Let this misguided group University Advancement assault. I hope this is not representa- out of what is diverse becomes very have their say, but please, let W&L tive of life at W&L; it flies in the face problematic. administrators and board members Dennis W. Cross VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT of all we say and most of us believe There are students and alumni stay the course. about the integrity and honor of the who see Lee as an exemplar. There Anne Gwinn Fox Brian H. Eckert University. are students and alumni who cherish (Mrs. John J. Fox Jr. ’57) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Bruce W. Rider ’66 the history of the Confederate States Richmond, Va. AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Grapevine, Texas Julie A. Campbell ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS By Mail: By E-Mail: All letters should be signed and include Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L Editor [email protected] the author’s name, address and daytime EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Write Washington and Lee Univ. phone number. Letters selected for publi- By Fax: cation may be edited for length, content 7 Courthouse Square (540) 458-8024 204 W. Washington St. and style. Letters reflect the views of their Lexington, VA 24450-2116 Website: authors and not necessarily those of the Now! magazine.wlu.edu editors or the University. Summer 2014 magazine.wlu.edu 3 r JAlong Colonnade the The Class of 2014 Graduating seniors at Washington and Lee University “The Foreign Student” (by Philippe Labro ’58) later produced were asked to remember and practice the ability college life similarly new perspectives. gave them to step back and see the world from a different Ruscio urged the graduates not to fall victim to the perspective. costs of “our hyper-connected, brave new Twitter-based, “I am not talking about idle contemplation, or clear- Instagram-fixated, cell phone-obsessed, LinkedIn world.” ing your mind, or escaping from the world around you,” He warned, “The ability to persuade through reason and President Ken Ruscio ’76 said in his commencement address. evidence diminishes in direct proportion to the convenience G“I’m talking about engaging the issues even more deeply, but of reading and seeing only what we want to.” with the widened or adjusted angles that come from stepping Among the graduates were 20 who earned both a away from it.” bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science degree. Altogether, Ruscio told 421 members of the Class of 2014 that the Class of 2014 earned degrees in 37 majors.