The Chemistry of Art Encouragement Erary Humor

HAVERFORD

Alumni Magazine Fall 2003

II The Classic Scholar-Athlete If you were pressed to describe a “typical” Haverford graduate—if you had to include a description for a time capsule, for example—you would do well to start with Hunter Rawlings. At Haverford, Rawlings was both serious scholar and serious athlete. And his career in academia bespeaks an education steeped in academic rigor, values, a lifelong love for learning, and tools necessary for leadership. One of the things we try to do when we put this magazine together (when we’re not fretting about getting it out six weeks late) is a big-picture inventory of how people, programs, and events have been covered over the years in our own publications. Last winter, we put together an issue devoted to newspaper journalists because it occurred to us that Haverford, for its size and for an institution without a journalism major, seems to have an inordinate number of accomplished newspaper people. When Hunter Rawlings decided to step down from the Cornell presidency and back into the classroom, it presented us with an opportunity to do a story. After some preliminary Jill Sherman Vice President for research, we couldn’t find any stories of note about Hunter and his years at Iowa. Institutional Advancement Nothing about his years at Cornell. The Spring 1966 issue of Haverford College Horizons Stephen Heacock carried a photograph of senior basketball players Dave Felsen, Dave Kane, Rawlings, Editor, Executive Director of Marsh Robinson, and Walt Whitman, along with a short piece about the team’s success. Marketing & Communications It’s time to make amends. On page 16 you’ll find Edgar Allen Beem’s thoughtful profile. Tom Ferguson Production Manager, Ed drove from Yarmouth, Maine, to Hunter’s home in Virginia so he could do a proper Class News Editor initial interview. As befits a man of Hunter’s stature, the piece is illustrated by the crisp Brenna McBride photography of Robert Visser and presented in another elegant layout by John Maki. Staff Writer After all of these years of missed chances, it’s only proper that we invited Greg Hilary Bajus Kannerstein ’63 to write a personal sidebar about his friend Hunter (see page 22). Office Manager Greg’s story, I think you’ll agree, is a classic. Acquire, LLC Graphic Designer Contributing Writers Edgar Allen Beem Thomas Deans Mike Ranen ’00 Stephen Heacock Maya Severns ’04 Executive Director of Marketing & Communications Virtual Communications Committee Norman Pearlstine ’64, Chairman Class of ’66 yearbook Editorial Advisory Committee Violet Brown Emily Davis ’99 J. David Dawson Delsie Phillips Jennifer Punt Willie Williams

FEATURES 16 Back to the Books After a two-decade career in higher education administration, Hunter Rawlings ’66 returns to the classics—and to the classroom. by Edgar Allen Beem

25 A New Prescription for Jefferson Seth Hollander ’96 felt a “sense of disconnect” 16 when he started medical school at Jefferson

28 Coast to Coast in Seven Days DEPARTMENTS When a friend needed to relocate to 2 The View from Founders Los Angeles, Mike Ranen ’00 did the right thing. He drove her there. 3 Letters to the Editor by Mike Ranen ’00 4 Main Lines 8 Reviews 9 Notes from the Alumni Association 11 Ford Games 14 Faculty Profile 33 Class News 48 Moved to Speak 28

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On Humor

A century ago the four cardinal celebration of this fantasy, Signe drew a “humors”—blood, bile, phlegm, and cartoon of President Bush dressed in melancholy—were thought to determine Quaker (oats) garb, an original work of art a person’s mental and physical constitu- of which I am now the proud owner. For tion. Yuk… more of her special brand of wit and wis- When I was a kid growing up in the dom visit her website at: http://www.signe- 1950s, “good humor” was an instantly rec- toons.com/ (Aside: modern students are ever so much ognizable reference to a chocolate-covered more inventive in their misdeeds) ice cream bar. Yum… In the 1870s, terrible In the 1880s, the College was in one of Nowadays, “humor” almost always pillow fights between those recurring periods when the faculty refers to wit, comedy, and laughter. While was convinced that the students were not not edible, and having no connotation of the residents of different serious enough about their studies. A well- bodily fluids, these traits also may influ- dorm floors were causing recorded event demonstrated that even ence a person’s mental and physical con- tense subjects can have humorous under- dition, leading one to wonder if there has much unhappiness on the sides: “For the whole of one night the been any evolutionary progress in our College was kept in a state of disquiet by understanding of human nature. Hmm… Board and in the faculty. the appearance in Barclay Hall of a good- The desirability of humor has become It was decided that direct sized calf, surreptitiously borrowed from so strong that it is now a required profes- Robert Love, the farmer. The antics of the sional qualification. Job descriptions often supervision was the only students in this connection were such as contain long lists of traits such as integri- solution to the malady of to excite the ire of those in authority, and ty, time management, interpersonal skills, one member of the Faculty, whilst endeav- etc., and end emphatically with a sense of continuing pillow fights. oring to quell the disturbance, narrowly humor. Personally, I think they’ve got it all escaped being fastened into one of the wrong: a sense of humor should be first It may be a lesser-known fact—although third-floor rooms, and spending the night on the list for almost any job I can imag- of course thoroughly predictable— that with the cause of the excitement.” Perhaps ine. Fords have long displayed a robust sense this tale is what inspired the now famous The value we attach to humor was of humor through numerous pranks and (and apocryphal, according to a recent emphasized when the College invited Signe high jinks. A couple of examples taken issue of the Bi-College News) legend of Wilkinson, Quaker editorial cartoonist for from A History of Haverford College, 1830- Chevy Chase installing a cow on the fourth the Philadelphia Daily News, to be the 1890: floor of Barclay Hall. annual Rufus Jones Visitor to the campus In the 1870s, terrible pillow fights In the 20th century we did not lack for in the spring of 2003. Prone to tongue-in- between the residents of different dorm humorous episodes. I have been regaled cheek expression and giving a lecture titled floors were causing much unhappiness on with numerous reports from alumni, most “George W. Bush: Quakerism’s Most the Board and in the faculty. It was decid- notably the late Steve Cary, of the practice Valuable Player,” Signe put forth her view ed that direct supervision was the only of making wagers (a scandalous activity that by holding a moment of silence at solution to the malady of continuing pil- among Quakers) about who would stand memorial and other important moments low fights. Alas, the superintendent was up first to speak during the required Fifth in the nation’s activities, Bush promotes away that night, and left the discipline to a Day Meeting for Worship. Luckily, no Quakerism. Of course, this view is based gentleman, “long of limb, but somewhat records exist as to who profited from this on the assumption that Quakers have short of sight.” The legend runs that a spe- practice, although I am told that some wags trademark rights to “moments of silence” cial committee of students followed him would deliberately speak or not speak sole- (come to think of it, assertion of Quaker about his dormitory rounds, and blew out ly to upset the predictions of students who proprietary rights IS fun to imagine). In his candle as fast as he could light it. laid such bets.

2 Haverford Magazine Letters to the Editor

Naturally, we also have our share of lit- The Chemistry of Art Encouragement erary humor. The History of Haverford for the Arts College, in describing The Collegian, a lit- We enjoyed the most recent issue of the erary publication from 1849-50, notes that Haverford Alumni Magazine focusing on Just a note to say how much I enjoyed it published 222 articles (1,158 pages), 37 the fine arts at Haverford. Our alumni the Summer 2003 alumni magazine fea- of which (219 pages) were “humorous” should know that this fall the chemistry turing the arts at Haverford. I just wish I (the rest were devoted to such categories as department is offering a course for non- had the money and time to visit each of didactic, poetical, editorial, travels, biog- scientists on the Chemistry of Art. Charles the artists featured and see raphy, and miscellaneous). Following Miller, who has taught a their work up close and per- advice for writing a quality literary effort, popular course for non- sonal. I hope very much one student with the unlikely name of Tyro scientists on Chemistry that discussion and even- Lingo allows that he “strove verbosely to (and Politics) of the tual construction of build- incomprehensificate an already insignifi- Atmosphere, is on leave ings for the arts continues cantly incommunicative and inconceiv- this year. His replacement, and that this issue will ably non-understandable communication.” Valerie Walters, is teaching a spur further discussion The Collegian also featured some miscel- course on Chemistry of Art and donations! laneous works titled “Jack and Jill and Artifacts in its place. Thank you again for Analyzed, A Dissertation on Shaking The course covers light and a terrific issue! Hands, Phonography and Phonotypy.” color, pigments, paintings and Who could resist? frescos, dyes and tapestries, Kate Cornwall P’88 Tu rning to the present, you might be and copper, bronze, and mar- Woodland, Calif. able to lay your hands on a copy of The ble sculptures. The students Incontinent Donkey, a recent student liter- in the class gave poster presen- Thank you for producing such an out- ary effort. This sporadic publication had tations on December 3 and 5 in the standing issue on the visual arts. I enjoyed its share of comic moments, but also Zubrow Commons. reading it cover to cover, and I’m not any exposed the risks of humor: one of the car- kind of artist. toons contained a caricature in what many Terry Newirth considered to be a racist stereotype. The Associate Professor and Chair, Bill Kirk, Jr. ’45 ensuing debates sometimes lost sight of Chemistry Department Winnetka, Ill. the power of humor to illuminate difficult subjects, but also caused us to confront and discuss deeply held values of respect- Errata fulness and civility. Due to editing and production errors, several lines of copy were dropped from the faculty A sense of humor is central to my way profile of Ying Li (“The Art of Individuality,” Summer 2003 Haverford Alumni Magazine, of thinking about the world. There’s noth- p. 13). Haverford Alumni Magazine regrets the error. The paragraphs, in their entirety, should ing better for the soul than a good laugh have read: and almost (!) any situation can be improved by one. Comedy, irony, satire, During these tumultuous and difficult of darkness. At this point, Li was back in whimsy, wit, absurdity, and pun are just years, art was her salvation. “When I was the city to receive treatment for a broken some of the qualities of speech that can painting or drawing something I could be leg that couldn’t be healed in the country. enrich our existence and make us hoot. in my own world,” she says, “and forget She was all too excited about the possibil- Put them together with the raw material what was happening around me.” Even ity of attending college; as students were of life on a college campus and you have a though she was only permitted to create not allowed to apply anywhere outside riotous combination. Just think of it: stu- propaganda art, such as larger-than-life their home provinces, she was fortunate dent pranks, faculty jests, administrative portraits of Mao and the Red Army sol- that the school in her province, Anhui bloopers, alumni tomfoolery, Class Night diers, she was thrilled to escape the heavy Teachers University in Hefei, had an art monkeyshines, and much, much more. labor of her daily life. “I didn’t care what program. But the shadow of the Revolution And couple this with a president who loves I was painting, I just liked to play with proved a bigger stumbling block than she to collect jokes and you have a com- paint.” had anticipated: People with “bad politi- bustible mixture for raucous good humor. In 1977, after the fall of the infamous cal backgrounds”—like Li, whose father Along those lines, have you heard the “Gang of Four,” the tide began to turn in a had been arrested—could not even take one about… . positive direction as colleges and univer- the entrance exams. sities across China re-opened after 10 years

Haverford Alumni Magazine welcomes letters to the editor. Items for publication should be addressed to Editor, Haverford Alumni Magazine, 370 Lancaster Avenue., Haverford, PA 19041, or by e-mail to [email protected]. Letters may be edited for length, clarity, and style. Fall 2003 3 Main Lines

New Scholarship Fund Honors Steve Cary ’37 Roth Named Director

Steve was an extraordinary leader Of Major Gifts whose wit, intelligence, grace, and Senior Major Gifts Officer William humanity touched all who interacted Roth has been promoted to Director of with him. Steve’s love for Haverford and Major Gifts. its generations of students was William has worked to establish and immense. To many of his former stu- develop the current National Gifts Pro- dents Steve remains an important gram (prospective donors of $25,000 - inspiring force and a personal role $99,999) and to recruit its volunteer model. His generous spirit and his abil- leaders. He has effectively increased the ity to implement his Quaker spirituali- number of volunteers while also guid- ty into practice embodied the enduring ing the program to reach its current values of personal service and social financial goals. In addition to his work responsibility. His optimism and faith with National Gifts, he is project man- in students, as well as his unwavering ager for the “Educating to Lead, Edu- belief in the educational mission of cating to Serve” campaign’s scholarship Stephen G. Cary ’37 Haverford College, make this new initiative as well as the Douglas B. Gard- scholarship a fitting extension of his ner ’83 Integrated Athletic Center proj- In October an anonymous Haverford life's work. Steve's influence on stu- ect. (Groundbreaking for the new Ath- alumnus donated $500,000 to the Col- dents—and on this institution—will letic Center will occur during the April lege to endow a new scholarship to honor ever be part of the Haverford commu- Board of Managers weekend.) In addi- the life and service of a person who nity, thanks to the creation of a schol- tion to working with donors and embodied the spirit and strengths of arship in his name. prospects, William will provide leader- Haverford: Stephen G. Cary ’37. For Those who would like to learn more ship for the Major Gifts staff. more than 68 years, Steve was connect- about this endowed scholarship or are William is a 1993 graduate of Swarth- ed to the life of the College as a student, interested in making a donation to help more College, where he majored in dean, vice president, and acting president. support the Stephen G. Cary ’37 Memori- medieval studies. He holds a master of Beyond those roles, however, Steve per- al Scholarship are encouraged to contact arts degree in history from the Univer- haps was remembered best by Haverfor- William Roth in the Haverford Office of sity of Virginia (1995). He has taught dians as a fervent cheerleader and men- Institutional Advancement, (610) 896- history at both UVA and at Tulane Uni- tor of students. 4984 or via e-mail at [email protected]. versity.

First-Year Student Produces NPR Segment

Even before first-year student Allison Jones completed the white friends than those of kids in my community,” says Alli- fall semester at Haverford, her life’s experiences had been the son. “At home the other kids often ridiculed, me calling me a subject of a segment on National Public Radio. What’s more, she ‘white girl’ and saying that I was not ‘black enough.’” produced the story herself. Their comments, says Allison, made her think about her role in For six months, beginning last March, Allison was an intern her home and the black community at large. “I felt excluded from at New York City’s NPR station, WNYC – FM (93.9). She was the black community because of the school I attended, yet I felt part of the station’s “Radio Rookies” pro- pressured to give to my community because gram, which gives young people from of the shared history and culture,” she says. around the city a chance to produce a story Over fall break, Allison attended the about an issue that’s important to them per- Third Coast International Audio Festival, sonally. a “celebration of the best feature and doc- Allison’s story, which aired on “Morn- umentary work heard worldwide on the ing Edition” through November 1 on radio and the Internet.” Organized by a WNYC, is about class division in New team from Chicago public radio, the festi- York’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, a predominant- val included a competition, a nationwide ly black, impoverished neighborhood broadcast, website, and a Chicago-based where she grew up. Most of her life, how- listening series. ever, was spent in private, predominantly You can listen to Allison’s story, archived white schools. “My tastes, interests, and online at http://www.wnyc.org/radiorook- life-style were more similar to those of my ies/Midwood/Alison.html Allison Jones ’07 4 Haverford Magazine Wall Street Journal, Atlantic Monthly Rankings

The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Monthly both published college rankings this fall. In a September 26 Wall Street Journal article, Elizabeth Bernstein reported on graduate school admissions, and some of the undergraduate origins of those students who started their graduate studies this fall at 15 — five each — of the top business, medical, and law schools. Besides researching the background of more than 5,000 students who enrolled at schools such as Harvard Law School and Wharton, Family & Friends Weekend the Journal survey “can- Can art help to build an internation- The four artists—Sam Indratma, War- vassed grad-school al bridge in a time of high worldwide ten- sono, Ari Diyanto, and Arya Pandjalu— admissions offices, sion? Haverford believes it can. From call themselves Apotik Komik, or “Comic spoke to officials at October 17 through 26, the College’s Pharmacy,” because they want to heal more than 50 colleges Center for Peace and Global Citizenship their audiences’ social or cultural illnesses and in some cases hosted an Indonesian group of artists through comic books. Working outdoors counted up kids one who work collaboratively to create pub- on the main quad during Family & by one in student lic art projects. While the group has Friends Weekend in October, they col- ‘face book’ directo- exhibited throughout Europe, the Unit- laborated with Haverford students to ries.” The article also ed Kingdom, Japan, and Australia, the design a 20' X 5' mural on the theme of included examples of what several schools artists’ visit to Haverford and the “art for peace.” The completed mural will are doing to help their undergraduates gain Philadelphia area was part of their first be displayed in the future Center for admission to top graduate schools. to the United States. Peace and Global Citizenship Café. The Journal’s ranking of “the top feeder schools” was based on the number of students a college sent to one of the 15 top grad- Leadership Weekend 2003 uate schools divided by the college’s class size. Of the top 50 feeder schools, Haverford was ranked sixth among all colleges and 18th On Saturday, Oct. 4, during Leader- On Friday night, noted speaker and among all colleges and universities. ship Weekend 2003, the College com- Princeton professor Cornel West deliv- (From its survey of the Class of 2002 munity gathered to dedicate the Human- ered a stirring speech about the chal- approximately six months after graduation, ities Center in memory of John B. lenges facing higher education today— the Career Development Office at Haverford Hurford ’60, who served on Haverford’s and how value systems are formed found that of those who responded, 47% said Board of Managers. On hand to unveil during the undergraduate years. they planned to attend some type of graduate the plaque were his wife, Hildegard Hur- program within five years, the largest per- ford, and daughter, Jennifer Hurford Cornel West centage being in the arts and sciences.) ’06. Jennifer delivered a heartfelt speech In the November 2003 issue of The in honor of her late father at a lunch- Atlantic Monthly, Haverford was ranked 29th eon held after the dedication. among the 50 most selective colleges and universities in the country and 10th among all of the colleges for the year 2002. The Atlantic Monthly’s selectivity ranking was based on 2002 student admission rates, SAT percentiles, and high school class standing for the freshman class matriculating in the fall of 2002. The pool included U.S. doc- toral universities, liberal arts colleges, and service academies.

Fall 2003 5 Main Lines

Anita Isaacs Observes Guatemala National Elections

On Nov. 9, Guatemala held national in which the international community can elections for the second time since the end contribute to the building of democracy. of its brutal 36-year-old civil war during “Although the international commu- which an estimated 200,000 Guatemalans nity was not central to the democratiza- were either killed or disappeared. tion that swept through Latin America in In the days leading up to and follow- the 1970s and ’80s, it did play a secondary ing the Guatemalan elections, Haverford role, principally because of the Carter College political scientist Anita Isaacs was administration’s emphasis on human part of a team of election observers rep- rights as a cornerstone of U.S. foreign pol- resenting the Organization of American icy,” explains Isaacs. She points out that States. Since the Guatemalan peace under the Reagan administration, the accords were signed in 1996, Isaacs has emphasis on American foreign policy spent considerable time in that country shifted away from human rights narrow- studying the challenges of peace building ly defined toward the notion of exporting there. The current regime has permitted democracy, a theory of which Isaacs the resurgence of some of the most repres- remains skeptical. sive and corrupt elements from the “In the case of Guatemala, the inter- authoritarian, wartime era. national community did play a role with “One of the leading contenders for the Anita Isaacs regard to that country’s peace accord,” says presidency is Rios Montt, a former gener- Isaacs,” but I believe that in the long run al—now president of Guatemala’s con- of 11 candidates. Oscar Berger, the former the success of peace hinges on Guatemala’s gress—who was a dictator during the worst Guatemala City mayor, and Alvara Colom, resolve to continue toward peace.” of the repression,” says Isaacs. “ He and his a former peace fund administrator were Isaacs was accompanied by her party have reversed the initial progress the top vote getters. Neither man received research assistant of the past several years, made toward the end of the 1990s.” She half of the vote, however, and a runoff Virginie Ladisch ’00, who has studied rec- also notes that there also has been a resur- election was scheduled for Dec. 28. onciliation in South Africa and Guatemala. gence of political violence against those Following the completion of her last Isaacs, who holds the Stinnes Profes- Guatemalans seeking some kind of reck- book project, The Politics of Military Rule sorship in Global Studies, has focused oning or accounting for the past. and Transition in Ecuador, Isaacs turned much of her research on both Ecuadori- Montt came in third in an election field her attention toward researching the ways an and Guatemalan politics.

Faculty Notes

Rebecca Compton, assistant professor Jerry Gollub, John and Barbara Bush Assistant Professor of Political Science of psychology, attended the Psychonomic Professor of Physics, wrote the article “Dis- Stephen McGovern’s book Urban Policy Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, crete and continuum descriptions of mat- Reconsidered: Dialogues on the Problems Nov. 6-9. She presented a poster—co- ter” for the journal Physics Today, Vol. 56 and Prospects of American Cities, co- authored by Robert Ocampo ’04—called Issue 1. authored with Charles C. Euchner of Har- “The relationship between rumination and Associate Professor of Anthropology vard’s Kennedy School of Government, task-switching.” The study demonstrates Laurie Kain Hart contributed a chapter was published by Routledge in July. that individual differences in a self-report- called “How to do things with things: McGovern’s article “Ideology, conscious- ed tendency to ruminate about problems Architecture and ritual in Northern ness and inner-city redevelopment: The are associated with the speed of shifting Greece” to the book Ritual Poetics in Greek case of Stephen Goldsmith’s Indianapo- from one type of cognitive decision to Culture, published by Harvard University lis” appeared in Vol. 25, Issue 1 of the Jour- another. Press. nal of Urban Affairs. Assistant Professor of Biology Robert Assistant Professor of Religion Naomi Charles Miller, assistant professor of Fairman was co-author of the article Koltun-Fromm wrote the chapter “Zip- chemistry, was awarded a three-year grant “Mechanism of XIAP-mediated inhibition porah’s complaint: Moses is not consci- from NASA for his proposal “Improving of caspase-9” for the journal Molecular entious in the deed! Exegetical traditions Atmospheric CO2 Retrievals,” submitted Cell, Vol. 11 Issue 2, and “The SNARE of Moses’ celibacy” for the book The Ways in response to the NASA Research motif contributes to rbet 1 intracellular That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Announcement for “Investigations that targeting and dynamics independently of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, Contribute to the NASA Earth Science SNARE interactions” for the Journal of Bio- published by Mohr Siebeck. Enterprise’s Multidisciplinary Research in logical Chemistry, Vol. 278 Issue 16. Climate, Chemistry, and Global Model-

6 Haverford Magazine Athletic Center Wins S.I. Newhouse ’03 is Featured in the Board Approval Documentary, “Born Rich,” Now Airing on HBO... Financing and construction plans for S.I. Newhouse ’03 is featured in the through an executive training program the Douglas B. Gardner ’83 Integrated documentary “Born Rich,” currently air- at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. Athletic Center were approved during the ing on HBO. The film, which contains For a schedule of “Born Rich” air October 3-4 Board of Managers meeting. interviews of several young heirs to large dates, go to the www.HBO.com and click The 100,000-square-foot facility will cost fortunes, was directed and produced by on Documentaries. an estimated $28,000,000. a long-time Newhouse friend, Jamie A formal groundbreaking ceremony is Johnson, himself an heir to the Johnson S.I. Newhouse ’03 slated for April 23, 2004; construction & Johnson pharmaceutical empire. New- will take an estimated 18 months. house and Johnson grew up together, and The facility is named for Douglas B. both attended the Pingry School where Gardner, who died in the World Trade they shared an art class. “Jamie came up Center along with fellow athletic alumni with the idea for this film while he was Tom Glasser ’82 (for whom the Hall of at N.Y.U., and I was a freshman at Haver- Achievement in the new building will be ford,” recalls Newhouse. “It was his first named) and Calvin Gooding ’84 (in film project, and he asked if I would agree whose memory the basketball perform- to be interviewed.” The young director ance court will be named). Lead donor interviewed S.I. three times, including for the project is Howard Lutnick ’83. once while Newhouse competed with his Honored during a Saturday night, Oct. Haverford fencing teammates during a 4, athletic event were two of the most match at Drew University, and again dur- prominent coaches and administrators in ing his senior year on campus. “I was flat- Haverford athletic history. Thanks to gen- tered that he asked me,” says Newhouse. erous donors, the Gardner Center’s multi- As a result of his friend’s project and purpose room will be named for longtime the four film courses he took while at coach and athletic director Dana Swan, Haverford, S.I. says he would eventual- and the wing adjacent to the Gooding ly like to study film theory. For now, he’s Court will be named for current athletic applying his English degree and creative director and associate dean (and former writing concentration from Haverford to baseball coach) Gregory Kannerstein ’63. the world of publishing, specifically

ing.” Miller also contributed “The Rota- Iruka Okeke, assistant professor of Professor of History Paul Jakov Smith tional Spectroscopy of Iodine Dioxide, biology, wrote the article “Export of was co-editor of the book Song-Yuan-Ming OIO” to the Journal of Chemical Physics, antimicrobial drugs by West African Trav- Transition in Chinese History, published by Vol.118 Issue 14. elers” for the Journal of Travel Medicine, the Harvard University Asia Center. He Robert Mortimer, professor of politi- Vol. 10 Issue 2. also wrote two chapters: “Introduction: cal science, contributed the chapter “The Professor of Astronomy Bruce Par- Problematizing the Song-Yuan-Ming Tran- Return of Bouteflika” for the book Africa tridge was co-author of the chapter “The sition” and “Impressions of the Song-Yuan- Contemporary Record, published by OTHER Keck Observatories” for the book Ming Transition: The Evidence from Biji Holmes and Meier; and the chapter The Future of Small Telescopes, published Memoirs.” “African Union” for the New Book of by Kluwer Academic Publishing Co. He Associate Professor of Psychology Knowledge, published by Grolier Publish- also co-wrote the article “So What IS the Wendy Sternberg was co-author of the ing Company. Astronomy Major?” for the Astronomy article “Effects of gestational stress and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Alexan- Education Review, Vol. 1 Issue 2. neonatal handling on pain, analgesia, and der Norquist co-authored articles published Jennifer Punt, associate professor or stress behavior of adult mice” for the jour- in the journals Acta Crystallographica E, biology, was co-author of the article “Cut- nal Psychology and Adult Behavior, Vol. 78 Vol. 59 Issues 6 and 7; Chemistry of Mate- ting Edge: Identification of the Targets of Issue 3. rials, Vol. 15 Issues 7 and 10; Journal of the Clonal Deletion in an Unmanipulated Christina Zwarg, associate professor of Chemical Society (Dalton Transactions), Thymus” for the Journal of Immunology, English, attended the English Institute Meet- Issue 6; Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. Vol. 170 Issue 1. ing Sept. 19-21 at Harvard University. 113 Issue 1; and Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society, Vol. 122.

Fall 2003 7 Reviews

DJ Eurok ’00 Self Realization DJ Eurok’s debut album, “Self Realization,” is a pleasing mix of hip-hop and electronica rhythms coupled with soulful melodies, influenced by world, traditional, and future musics. A hip-hop album with no vocals may seem out of character for an artist who loves to freestyle during his performances, but the result man- ages both to relax and energize the listener. Always seeking an outlet to express his political and personal feelings, DJ Eurok has written spoken word poetry and hip-hop rhymes touching on issues such as the corruption of the record industry, D.C.’s struggle for statehood, the loss of friends and loved ones, and his journey as an independent artist. This work led to his opening on the recent Beats for Peace tour, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. An active member of his community, DJ Eurok teaches hip-hop arts classes, DJs at youth rallies, parties, and other community events, and is always looking to aid projects that will “allow the youth to speak for themselves.” He is also an active member of a movement of D.C. hip-hop artists for D.C. statehood, democracy, justice, and peace.

The Hemp SeeDee: A Compilation of Songs and Stories Celebrating the Many Uses of Hemp In 1996, Cristina and Robbie Anderman ’70 started The Cool Hemp Company Inc., a family business which produces kosher, vegan, all natural and organic, fair trade Canadian hempseed treats. Cristina began by making hempseed cook- ies and then moved on to a more ambitious project, Cool Hemp frozen dessert, a tasty hemp alternative to ice cream. These foods are made from what is termed “industrial hemp,” which is not the same as marijuana. Both hemp and marijuana are strains of the Cannabis sativa plant, but the hemp variety contains less than 1 percent THC, as opposed to the 10 to 20 percent THC found in marijuana. In other words, the hemp used for making rope and cloth will not get you high. However, it is an excellent source of digestible protein with anti-oxidant properties which provides the body with essential fatty acids (Omega 3 and 6) in the correct proportion: 1 to 3. “The Hemp SeeDee” is a compilation of songs and stories about hemp, full of fun facts which serve to educate the general public about potential uses of this plant. The songs range from blues and rock to Carribean and folk, so there is something for almost every listener’s taste. Following each song, Garnet Kranz talks about hemp’s everyday uses in Renfrew County and recounts stories of what happened to people during the Depression when they were told they could no longer grow hemp. Kranz also brings to light important issues about hemp, such as its use as a cure for tuberculosis. “The Hemp SeeDee” encourages people to create a brighter future for our planet, by means of hemp. —Maya Severns ’04

8 Haverford Magazine Notes from the Alumni Association

Dear Haverfordians and Friends: When I was an undergraduate, I occa- will note that conversations with David sionally visited Roach and O’Brien, and Spitulnik ’76 and Tal Alter ’98 served as distinctly recall going there when alumni poignant reminders that Haverfordians are were in town. We would chat with the both inquisitive and thoughtful. David and older, wiser alums, obtaining hints about I met years ago when I lived in Chicago; we finding jobs or internships, or reminiscing found ourselves chatting about politics and about what Haverford was like back in the sports at various alumni events. This past fall day. Today, I now find myself one of those we reconnected, and found ourselves once older alums, who is being questioned about again speaking candidly about our favorite life ‘back’ in the ’80s. At the risk of employ- (and least favorite) politicians, sports teams, ing an overused cliché, my how time flies and professors. Tal and I met by accident at when you are having fun. Roach’s, only to learn that we have mutual My tour of duty serving as the president family friends and intellectual interests. of the Alumni Association will end in June. I would be remiss if I did not reveal my Alumni Association It has been a pleasure and an honor. Two appreciation for members of the Board of Executive Committee years in this capacity remind me once again Managers. Their love of Haverford, combined President how proud I am to be have graduated from with their sense of purpose and generosity, Robert M. Eisinger ’87 Haverford, and more importantly, how is truly remarkable. Barry Zubrow ’75, Cathy Vice President privileged we are to be blessed with close Koshland ’72, and so many others too numer- Jonathan LeBreton ’79 college friendships and a College commit- ous to name have steered, prodded, and guid- Members and Liaison Responsibilities: ted to excellence. ed Haverford both imaginatively and con- Ty Ahmad-Taylor ’90 I am especially excited about Haverford’s structively. I am grateful for coming to know Melissa M. Allen ’86 present and future. Part of this job has them, and hope that more of you get to do Southeast - Alumni Awards entailed chatting with students – in com- so in forthcoming years. Eva Osterberg Ash ’88 mittee meetings, between or during meals, In each of these encounters, one over- [ex officio] or perhaps while walking from one part of arching theme prevails. Most Haverfordians Sarah G. Ketchum Baker ’91 campus to another. At the risk of embar- are decent, honorable men and women Maine - Admissions rassing certain current students, I will sin- who appreciate life’s complexities and chal- Paula O. Braithwaite ’94 New England - Multicultural gle out a few anyway. Scott Simpson ’04, lenges. By decent I do not mean ‘tolerable’ Michael E. Gluck ’82 Joe Sacks ’05, Ted Cleary ’04, Jon Debrich or ‘passable’ but rather genuinely and sin- Washington, D.C., lambda ’05, and Lauren Hradecky ’05 are but a few cerely kind. These alumni, and so many Kate Irvine '86 of the students I am pleased to have others, care about the world in which we Midwest known. Scott’s passion for jazz, Joe’s inter- live, think about ways to improve the lives Garry W. Jenkins ’92 est in party politics, and Ted’s interest in of others, and then pursue a course of New York City - Career Development and knowledge of business are contagious. action, leaving their mark without a trace Christopher J. Lee ’89 They represent our alma mater well. After of hubris. Washington, D.C. - Athletics meeting each of them, I am left believing To those Haverfordians not yet con- Anna-Liisa Little ’90 that their charisma and intelligence will necting or reconnecting to the College, I Pacific Northwest Regional Societies help make the world a better place. ask that you contact me, or perhaps a class- I recently met Jon and Lauren, mate or long-lost friend. The future of Bradley J. Mayer ’92 Pacific Northwest - Communications Committee Haverford’s current student government Haverford is bright, in large part because Christopher B. Mueller ’66 co-presidents, at Leadership Weekend this of all of you. Your intellectual and finan- Central U.S. - National Gifts past October. Once again, these two stu- cial generosity is needed now more than Ronald Schwarz ’66 dents possess that rare combination of wit, ever. Haverford College is a beacon of Washington, D.C., Metro - Admission smarts, and panaché. They listen well. They excellence, and will remain so with the Rufus C. Rudisill, Jr. ’50 recognize their limitations, questioning continued support of its alumni volunteers. E. Pennsylvania - Senior Alumni - Regional Societies authority (the administration) as they Hope to see you on campus soon. Ryan Traversari ’97 simultaneously determine when to defer New York City - Career Development to authority’s expertise. They are bright, as Respectfully, Student Representative: are their futures beyond Haverford. Chloe Caraballo '06 Time at Roach’s on the Saturday night of Leadership Weekend allowed me to converse If you would like to nominate an alumnus/a for the Alumni Association Executive Committee, please with alumni of different vintages. Again, at Robert M. Eisinger ’87 contact the Alumni Office at (610) 896-1004. the risk of mentioning only two persons, I [email protected] continued on page 10 Fall 2003 9 Notes from the Alumni Association continued from page 9

Haverford on the Web Regional Volunteers Alumni Admission The Haverford website is a valuable Needed: Baltimore, Volunteers Needed resource for alumni. View photos of Boston, NYC, and Alumni volunteers are needed in the recent events in the Alumni Photo following states to assist in interviewing Gallery, sign up for e-mail forwarding, Beyond prospective students and attending col- update your address and contact infor- Regional volunteers plan events that lege fairs. Send an e-mail to mation, obtain Career Development help alumni, parents, and friends keep in [email protected] or call information, and see what your class- touch with Haverford and become active (610) 896-1002. mates are up to on your class’s own web- members of their local Haverford com- page. Visit: www.haverford.edu and click munity. Additional Volunteers Needed: on “Alumni.” The alumni office is looking for help- California ful regional volunteers, especially in the (Kent, Davis, Oakland, Berkeley) Regional Societies Baltimore, Boston, and New York City Colorado Great things are happening in your area! metropolitan areas. For more informa- Connecticut “Welcome Freshmen” parties, infor- tion, contact the alumni office at (610) Delaware mal alumni gatherings, visits from faculty, 896-1004, or [email protected]. Florida staff, and President Tritton, campaign Hawaii celebrations, and much more! For Call for Nominations Illinois complete information about these or any Who is the most outstanding alum Indiana upcoming alumni events, visit the online you know? The Alumni Office is accept- INTERNATIONAL Regional Events Calendar, accessible ing nominations year-round for our Iowa from: www.haverford.edu. Click on annual Alumni Awards. For complete Kansas “Alumni,” then “Regional Events.” information about the awards including Kentucky This calendar is updated frequently, their descriptions, who is eligible, and Michigan so be sure to check back often. how to complete a nomination, go to Missouri (KC and StL) Also, the Haverford Alumni Office www.haverford.edu (click on “Alumni” New Hampshire recently has been visiting several key then “Awards”), or call the Alumni New York cities around the country in an ongoing Office at: 610-896-1002. (Rochester, Staten Island, Long effort to recruit Regional Leaders to host Island, Bronx, Queens, future alumni events. Do you have an LAMBDA List-serve Queensbury, Pine Bush) idea for a successful regional event? Are LAMBDA, the Alumni Association’s North Carolina (Charlotte) you interested in learning how to network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans- Ohio become a Regional Leader? Contact the gender, and interested alumni, has been Oregon (Portland) Alumni Office at 610-896-1004 for maintaining an e-mail list-serve. To sub- Pennsylvania details. scribe, send the following message to (Mechanicsburg, Doylestown, [email protected]: subscribe lamb- Allentown, Royersford, Bensalem) da-alumni, your name, and class year. Rhode Island For more information about this and Texas other LAMBDA activities, please contact Virginia the Alumni Office or Theo Posselt ’94 at: Wisconsin [email protected]. No Current Volunteers: Mississippi Montana North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota West Virginia Wyoming

10 Haverford Magazine Ford Games by Steve Heacock

Finding Balance From his unique position at Duke, Paul Haagen ’72 examines what works—and doesn’t work—in collegiate athletics.

Paul Haagen ’72

W hen Paul Haagen played That no-compromise stance was upheld Decision. I immediately liked the look and lacrosse at Haverford, weight-training in academic life, as well. A religion major, feel of it. At Haverford, everyone talked to equipment consisted of a well-worn Haagen recalls being “really pushed” by me about the work they were doing, the Universal machine. Free weights were the history and religion departments at projects they were involved with. It was pipes with cement-filled cans on either Haverford. Haagen knew what life at a lib- serious without being pretentious. There end. eral arts college would demand of him. He was a terrific variety of experiences open He wouldn’t have had it any other way. was born in Lancaster, Pa., but was raised to me and the ease with which I could Like most Haverford student-athletes, in Middletown, Ct.; his father taught at move from world to world within those Haagen found something at Haverford so Wesleyan. After attending Mount Hermon, experiences was an incredibly important golden, so special, that a primitive weight formative phase for me.” room didn’t really matter. More than 30 “I played lacrosse and I’d If Haagen’s academic credentials are any years later, as a law professor at Duke, he indication, his desire for learning was has some different thoughts and feelings never played before. encouraged and nurtured at Haverford. about Haverford’s facilities, but more on The people I found on the After graduating magna cum laude, Phi that later. Beta Kappa, with high honors in religion, “I’ll say right up front that I was not a lacrosse team had he went on to study as a Rhodes Scholar standout athlete at Haverford College,” in Oxford. He also earned degrees at Haagen admits, “but my time at Haverford intellectual and personal Princeton (master’s and Ph.D.) and Yale was an incredibly happy, intellectually skills dramatically different (J.D.). He studied history first at Oxford intense opportunity to grow as a person. and then pursued it at Princeton. At Yale, Haverford permitted me to do a lot of dif- from my own. The captain he was editor of the Yale Law and Policy ferent things, to experiment and explore of the team taught me Review and an editor of the Yale Journal of different aspects of my personality and World Public Order. After Yale, he clerked skills in a way that didn’t require any pos- how to handle myself in on the United States Court of Appeals turing. It was an altogether authentic expe- certain situations.” before doing a two-year stint at Dechert rience. I could be who I was without apol- Price and Rhoads in Philadelphia. He ogy. I switched majors a couple of times, I joined the Duke Law faculty in 1985. chaired the Honor Council—which was Haagen set his sights on Stanford, Yale, and At Duke School of Law he teaches con- very important to me. I played lacrosse and Swarthmore. After interviewing at Swat tracts, American legal history, and a course I’d never played before. The people I found and hating it (“They told me I’d be happi- called “Sports and the Law.” He contin- on the lacrosse team had intellectual and er working for Cs than I would be working ues to research, publish, and deliver personal skills dramatically different from for As elsewhere . . . and all the tour guide speeches on debt law, imprisonment for my own. The captain of the team taught could talk about were the great parties debt, “contracting around”—the use of me how to handle myself in certain situa- where everyone would get wasted.”), he voluntary instruments to contract out of tions. I was the smallest person on the interviewed at Haverford. A friend of his legal matters. He is involved in Duke’s lacrosse team, and we were given a set of father’s was a member of the Haverford fac- international programs in Cambridge, extremely high expectations. There were ulty. “The place just resonated with me per- Mexico City, Brussels, Geneva, and Hong no compromises about anything.” sonally,” he recalls, “and I applied Early Kong, among others. And his committee

Fall 2003 11 Ford Games

work makes a more-than-generous swath “At some of these schools, there are not about today appeared extremely early in through the roster of university just a few people occupying these places, the process. By 1905, people were con- (Academic Council, University Judicial but lots of people. They’re occupying places cerned about wildly different entrance val- Board, Faculty Hearing, Rhodes Scholar- that could have gone, in many instances, ues, commercialization, specialized treat- ship, Faculty Compensation, for exam- to very well-rounded students, many of ment of players, misallocated funds, and ple) and law school (Clerkship, Curricu- whom want to play sports, but who also institutional image. The dynamic of com- lum Review, Financial Aid, and Library, are eager to take full advantage of a very petition was part of that. Sports were pro- to name a few) committees. He lives in scarce educational resource. Princeton is jected as ‘appropriate.’ These were men of Durham with his wife and their two chil- a very privileged place. I would argue that action, ensuring that athletics were part of dren; his son, Chris, is a freshman at it has an obligation to want to have its the institution, and Harvard, Yale, and Haverford this year. extraordinary educational resources uti- Princeton were the critical players.” In light of all of the discussion and lized to the fullest. I’m not just talking Stepping back from institutional ath- debate (and some would say furor) sur- about grades here. It’s about going to the letics to see how society treats athletics is rounding The Game of Life (2000) and odd lecture, participating in some new an important part of understanding cur- Reclaiming the Game (2003), books by for- extracurricular activity, being part of a lib- rent problems, according to Haagen. mer Princeton president William G. “Commitment to activity is coming much Bowen, Haagen is in a good position to “Division III faces two earlier,” he says. “When football first make assessments with an eye trained for dramatically different sets became a big part of college life, people historical perspective. Bowen has exam- were just learning football. The players ined athletics and academic performance of problems, on one hand, used to be big, strong people, not profes- at the Ivies and other elite institutions. He sional athletes recruited to be on the team decries the professionalism of sport at the there is a push for a so they could compete against other pro- collegiate level and believes elite institu- different articulation of fessional athletes.” One of the keys to tions are headed down the wrong path in understanding the athlete’s place in high- actively recruiting athletes to compete athletics—as part of a er education, he says, is understanding or against powerhouse athletic programs balanced, integrated life. at least recognizing that athletes do learn. around the country. The increased pro- “It’s education as performance,” he says. fessionalism of collegiate sports, he argues, You stress participation, “I would not advise you to get into a sit- is not consonant with the intense aca- the fact that athletes can uation where you’re pretending that ath- demic inquiry—and the resources dedi- letics are extracurricular. You need to have cated to that inquiry—at the country’s do other things in their curricular components, and what are they most selective colleges and universities. going to be? He hammers home bullet points, citing lives, they can integrate “What is changing in the current envi- relaxed admissions standards for athletes activities and scholarship.” ronment is an increased pressure on insti- and academic underperformance once tutions to understand the balance between those athletes get in. He argues that elite eral-arts community. It’s just hard for me a high public interest in certain sports and institutions can ill afford to set aside “slots” to see how you justify assigning so many things like Title IX. There is inherent risk for specialized athletes who do not have places at an educational institution to folks in the high levels of money involved. How sufficient academic credentials to be who seem to have a different agenda.” do the elite institutions respond to the mis- admitted in the first place—and who often Bowen’s critics—and there are many— allocation of resources?” don’t have the time or academic prowess to believe his stance is elitist and does not On the Division III level, Haagan succeed once they’re part of the academic take into account the positive attributes acknowledges, things play out much dif- community. athletes bring to higher education. Haagen ferently. “Division III faces two dramati- In a recent article in the Princeton is one of those critics. cally different sets of problems,” he says. Alumni Weekly, Bowen said “We find that “What Bowen misses,” he says, “is the “On one hand, there is a push for a differ- [incoming Princeton] students who make fact that at elite institutions, athletes come ent articulation of athletics—as part of a it onto the coaches’ lists are students who with skill sets that are socially prized. They balanced, integrated life. You stress par- are not only talented athletically, but have graduate and function as citizens of the ticipation, the fact that athletes can do a focus and a commitment that in some republic and do positive things. The reach other things in their lives, they can inte- instances borders on single-mindedness, positions of leadership and foster team- grate activities and scholarship. The other to the sport, and perhaps to the coach and work and loyalty. We should take this very model is very different: athletics as a way of to the team. That inevitably affects how seriously. We need to tell a new story about doing something that attracts different they allocate their time, what they think who athletes are in the context of higher people to the institution. There are very about when they wake up in the morning education.” strong feelings around this issue, but peo- and are in the shower, what they choose Part of that context, he feels, is informed ple clearly believe there is a payoff. You to do with the extra half hour that some- by history. As Haagen is quick to point out, have kids in organized leagues and on trav- how appears in the day. “virtually everything we worry and talk eling teams at a very early age. People

12 Haverford Magazine believe in the benefits of early physical number of schools have professional sports inition of purity would be based on a pro- activity, the work ethic, the teamwork, the counseling committees, but these com- gram that makes the fewest exceptions. development of leadership skills, all the mittees are ‘procedural’ rather than ‘sub- “At Haverford, Paul Haagen saw an all- good things. In higher education, you just stantive.’ My understanding of the distinc- male school, saw football winding down, have to make it have intellectual, academ- tion is that most committees merely attempt and was part of the lacrosse program as it ic sense within the institution and the to get agents to meet certain minimal reg- was starting. He saw some of the ebb and things you’re trying to do. istration requirements, but do not attempt flow that we’ve come to associate with ath- “What research was starting to show any serious counseling of athletes.” letics at Haverford over the years. As close that the big athletic programs were start- In early October, Haagen was at as he is to Duke, Paul seems to have no ing to lose balance. A high percentage of Haverford to discuss his work at Duke in illusions that there are lots of commonal- athletes were starting to perform poorly in presentations for classes, and for Haverford ities with places like Haverford. We’re all the classroom. There was anecdotal evi- athletic and other staff. He also met with under the NCAA umbrella but he lives and dence that athletes were part of a negative “At elite institutions, sees the differences between Division I and experience on campus—they were going Division III. It’s the contrast of athletes with through as a group with little positive inter- athletes come with skill professional ambitions who are providing action with other students and faculty. entertainment against Haverford’s notion That’s not an issue at Haverford, but it’s an sets that are socially of competition and participation as part of illustration of what was going on at the prized. They graduate and a student’s educational experience. It’s very some of the big programs.” integrated here and so separate and defined Outside of his work at Duke, Haagen function as citizens of the there. Paul perceives and articulates those does some international sports consulting. republic and do positive differences as well as anyone.” He has become an expert on blood-dop- Haverford moves into a new athletic era ing investigation and international com- things. The reach positions with the groundbreaking for the new petition, working with U.S.A. Track & Douglas B. Gardner Athletic Center this Field to guide athletes through the proce- of leadership and foster spring. The Center is Phase I of the dural protections in this arena. Because of teamwork and loyalty. College’s planned two-phase athletic facil- its well-established procedural protections ities project. How does the promise of a for athletes, Haagen says, the United States We should take this very new facility translate to someone who grad- has become somewhat demonized by other seriously. We need to tell uated more than 30 years ago, a lacrosse groups who insinuate that the U.S. pro- player who used blocks of cement and a tections are a coverup. a new story about who pipe for free weights? Haagen also works with Arn Tellem ’76 athletes are in the context “It’s actually very difficult to know how to counsel student-athletes at Duke. As this facility will affect things,” Haagen says. chair of Duke’s Student-Athlete Counseling of higher education.” “On one level, it certainly will bring Committee, he has worked with the likes Haverford up to the level of its peers. That’s of Grant Hill, Cherokee Parks, and Shane pre-law students and Rhodes candidates. important for athletes, for coaches, and for Battier as these student-athletes made the Associate athletic director and sports infor- recruiting athletes. But it will also provide transition from student-athlete to profes- mation director John Douglas was facilities for non-athletes. That’s an impor- sional athlete. Duke’s counseling effort is impressed by Haagen’s ability to weave tant connection. You’re involving the com- one of the most expansive programs in the themes together, from international community. When you move forward and tear country; it’s relatively rare that a university petition to Division III. down the Field House—where we used to will seek collaboration with professionals “Paul is uniquely qualified,” Douglas choke on the dust—that’s another positive outside its own athletic department. It’s says, “as someone who was a Haverford move. It’s a terrible building. rarer still to find a program involving out- athlete now in a lion’s den of big-time ath- “On another level, you can talk about side professionals in a substantive way to letics. He’s seen it all, thought about it all, this and the profile of athletics changing improve the counseling and agent-selec- and at the deepest levels. He has studied around the world. At Haverford, the track tion process. Family, friends, and coaches collegiate athletics since the Civil War and and field program has been and continues are part of that process, too, and Duke’s understands how we got here. The big to be a big deal. Greg Kannerstein is one committee is progressive enough to include schools have demonstrated their bigness of the most thoughtful people in this arena. them. It’s up to the student-athlete to decide by competing at that level. The small In trying to understand sports as per- how much support, how much advice is schools want success without the ‘sins’ of formance, how does it have experiential supplied. “We’re preparing these student- our larger peers. Paul has thought about social values we associate with participa- athletes for life,” Haagen says, “and the ‘pure athletics’ and we believe at Haverford tion and integration without becoming challenges and opposition that await them. we’re closer to that ideal than some of the taskmaster stuff that drives everything else They’re about to deal with the big business big state universities. There are varying out? A new facility, a better facility, will of professional sports, contracts, endorse- degrees to the exceptions institutions provide a more attractive atmosphere in ments, and professional sports agents. A make in order to be successful. Some def- which that can happen.”

Fall 2003 13 Faculty Profile by Brenna McBride

Music Man Through teaching and technology, Richard Freedman encourages “musical thinkers” among his students.

Professor of Music Richard Freedman tell all my students that they must connect learned to read musical notation before he with a mentor,” he says. “The character of could read words. “As a little kid, I could your education is of course partly due to Richard Freedman decode notes in terms of pitch and the subject matter, but the person from rhythm,” he says. whom you learn is in some ways no less nections between musical expression and Growing up in Bucks County, Pa., he important.” its social, spiritual, and intellectual con- began to play the piano at age six and went Musicology appeals to him on many texts. Internationally published on these on to play the violin in his elementary levels. On one hand, the process of his- subjects, he has presented his work at aca- school’s orchestra. He was fortunate to torical inquiry into the original contexts demic conferences in England (at King’s attend a high school with a thriving music of musical works makes them come alive. College Cambridge), France (at the community, where he played piano in the But at the same time the rigors of musical Chateau de Chambord), and Germany (at jazz band and accompanied the choirs, in analysis appeal to the math-loving part of the University of Freiburg in Breisgau). addition to studying solo repertoire for the his brain. “There’s an affinity between More recently he was a visiting scholar at piano. Freedman studied composition and mathematicians and musicians,” he says. the Folger Shakespeare Library in piano performance at the Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. (one of the world’s pre- Governor’s School for the Arts, a summer “I tell all my students that mier libraries of Renaissance materials), program for high school students active in and also participated in a seminar on the the arts. they must connect with a history of the book at the University of Despite his passion for music, Freed- mentor. The character of Pennsylvania. man also had strong interests in math and Freedman’s publications explore, among physics, for a time considering a career in your education is of course other themes, the place of music in the acoustics. For this reason he didn’t want partly due to the subject lives of French Protestants, the relation- to attend college at a traditional conser- ship between musical styles and literary vatory but instead preferred a larger uni- matter, but the person movements, and the role of the printing versity with a strong music program, press in the transformation of musical where he would be exposed to different from whom you learn is tastes. The advent of music printing in the types of students and courses. While per- in some ways no less early 16th century profoundly changed the forming a college search with a librarian relationship among composers, perform- friend, he came across the University of important.” ers, and audiences. Printed texts were more Western Ontario, which seemed to meet accurate than those produced under the his requirements. “I wrote to them on a “Both fields involve abstraction and scriptorium system, and were available lark,” he says, “and received a personal abstract thought.” across musical Europe in ways that man- note from the director of music school Freedman received his bachelor’s degree uscript copies were not. The advent of admissions.” He traveled to Canada for an in music, with honors in music history, book fairs, for instance, also introduced intensive interview that involved an audi- from Western Ontario in 1979. He went French poetry and music to other tion, an essay, musical analysis, and a lis- on to the University of Pennsylvania to European countries. “It made cultural dia- tening exam. earn his master’s in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1987 logue possible,” says Freedman. “These When he first started college, Freedman in the history and theory of music. At cross-cultural contacts were unprecedent- thought he might become a composer, but Penn, he once again forged a relationship ed.” His book, The Chansons of Orlando di eventually found a special affinity with with a mentor, who influenced his abid- Lasso and Their Protestant Listeners: Music, members of the music history faculty. He’s ing academic interest in music of Piety, and Print in 16th Century France still grateful to his mentors for steering Renaissance France. For nearly 20 years, (Rochester University Press, 2001), fur- him toward his ultimate academic path. “I Freedman has studied the mutual con- ther explores these and other themes.

14 Haverford Magazine “Orlando di Lasso was a giant in his day, development grant from Haverford, the Mozart of the 16th century,” says Freedman uses computer technology to Richard Freedman’s Freedman. “He composed in every genre help students listen in new ways. “I want- of the language.” But he was also very ed the class to compare and contrast Spring 2004 Courses interested in the new medium of music moments from the same piece, or differ- Introduction to Western Music printing, personally supervising the pub- ent recorded performances of the same A survey of the European musical lication of his works. Thanks to the influ- work.” For one of his “virtual symposia” tradition from the middle ages to mod- ence of the French King, Charles IX, he on Chopin, Freedman burned a CD con- ern times. Students will hear music by became the first composer ever to secure taining audio files and wrote a computer Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, an intellectual property right over his program that would play a few seconds of Wagner, Stravinsky, Glass, among music. “He was unique among his musi- a CD track, then play the same few sec- many others, developing both listen- cal contemporaries in having the right to onds of a corresponding track with the ing skills and an awareness of how make sure his music wouldn’t be distrib- same performance. Students could work music relates to the culture that fosters uted or reprinted erroneously,” says with a score and a chart on the computer it. In addition to listening and reading, Freedman. And yet some French to click and play any second of the piece. students will attend concerts and pre- Protestants could not resist the impulse to They listened to small moments from dif- pare written assignments. appropriate Lasso’s French songs for their ferent performances of Chopin’s pieces by own devotional purposes, supplying them legendary pianists in an effort to hear inter- Writing About Beethoven with new, spiritual texts in place of the pretive nuances, such as tempo, articula- An exploration of Beethoven’s life bawdy ones chosen by Lasso. Freedman’s tion, or dynamics. “This helps them to and works, considered in the context book explores the relationship between the become acute listeners, and better per- of changing aesthetic and cultural val- authorized and pirated versions of these formers in their own right,” says ues of the last two centuries. Students chansons in an effort to discover some- Freedman. will listen to Beethoven’s music, study thing about how Renaissance musicians Freedman encourages the development some of his letters and conversation heard and read Lasso’s works. of “acute listeners” not only among books, and read some of the many At Haverford, where he has worked Haverford students but also among the responses his art has engendered. In since 1986, the core of Freedman’s teach- audiences of the Philadelphia Orchestra their written responses to all of this ing involves courses in the history of and the Philadelphia Chamber Music material, students will think European art music, from medieval to Society. Recommended by Christopher Beethoven’s music, his artistic person- modern. He also has broadened his musi- Gibbs ’80, a musicology professor at Bard ality, about the ideas and assumptions cal horizons to include a diverse reperto- College, Freedman delivers pre-concert that have guided the critical reception ry of styles and genres. One class dis- lectures for both organizations, provid- of art and life. They will learn to culti- cusses jazz and its social meaning in ing information about the composers, vate their skills as readers and listeners America; Freedman juxtaposes recorded explaining the music audiences are about while improving their craft as writers. performances with primary sources like to hear, and playing samples to demon- Classical Music memoirs, eyewitness accounts and criti- strate how they can best experience the The music of Haydn, Mozart, cism. Students explore music and musical works. “Concert-goers are often uncer- Beethoven, and Schubert (among lives in an effort to understand how jazz tain about what to listen for,” he says, many others). Classroom assignments came to be, and its significance in “and they’re hungry for ideas about how will lead students to explore the ori- American culture. Freedman also teach- to hear the structure of a composition, or gins and development of vocal and es a class on South, Central, and East what makes a particular interpretation of instrumental music of the years Asian music, and has helped bring Asian it matter.” around 1800, and to consider the ways artists to campus through the Kessinger Freedman’s goal, for both classical music in which musicologists have Family Fund for the Asian Performing audiences and Haverford students, is to approached the study of this repertory. Arts, established by former Haverford cultivate “musical thinkers” and “think- president Tom Kessinger ’63 and his wife ing musicians,” giving them the tools they Varyam. Past Kessinger Fund performers need in order to discover new things about include the ensemble Music From China, the music they hear and play. For him, a group of Jewish musicians from Central Haverford is a place where students across Asia, and the Indian vocalist Lakshmi disciplines share a common passion for Shankar. “Students love being immersed making and hearing fine music. “My goal in different musical cultures,” says is to join the conservatory’s standard of Freedman. “Exploring these traditions precision with the liberal arts tradition of requires us to admit our musical biases thought and intellectual inquiry,” he says. and assumptions about other places and “Here, you can take your musical devotion times.” to the highest level and still find intellectual With the assistance of a multimedia rigors.”

Fall 2003 15 Hunter Rawlings ’66 at Montpelier, 16 Haverford Magazine where he serves on the board. Hunter Rawlings ’66 steps down from the presidency of Cornell and back into the classroom. BACK

Three weeks after stepping of Rawlings’ other inspiration, down as president of Cornell James Madison. The Father of University, Hunter R. Rawlings TO THE the Constitution and fourth ’66 is to be found in the President of the United States rolling hills of the Virginia lived just four miles from Piedmont where he is holed Signal Hill at Montpelier and up in an old whitewashed Rawlings serves on the brick cottage reading the ora- BOOKS Montpelier board. by Edgar Allen Beem Photography by Robert Visser tory of Demosthenes and On April 28, when Cornell Isocrates in the original Greek. After two decades of higher held Hats Off to Hunter Day to honor the retiring president, education administration at the University of Colorado, the administration gave him a first edition of The Papers of University of Iowa, and Cornell, Rawlings is hitting the James Madison and a 19th century edition of Thucydides’ books in preparation for a return to the classroom and a History of the Peloponnesian War. What these men have in scholarly pursuit of the classics first undertaken at Haverford common is that they were both thinkers and doers, intellec- 40 years ago. tuals and men of action—a path Rawlings himself has fol- “It’s hard,” says Rawlings of his studies, “but I love that lowed. it’s hard.” “Hunter remains a great enthusiast for liberal learning,” Tall (6’ 7”), slender and fit at 58, Hunter Rawlings is casu- says Jack Rakove ’68, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanford ally dressed for July in Virginia in shorts, short-sleeved sports historian who delivered a Madison lecture in his old friend’s shirt, and sandals as he shows a visitor around the leafy honor on Hats Off to Hunter Day. “Usually, when an aca- grounds of Signal Hill. Towering tulip poplars shade the cot- demic puts the classroom behind him and goes into admin- tage. A few huge white blossoms still cling to the magnifi- istration, it’s a turning point in the road, taking one direc- cent magnolia trees and chestnuts drop onto the driveway tion and neglecting the other. I don’t think there’s any question from on high. A swimming pool shimmers cool and blue at of that in Hunter’s case. Hunter’s enthusiasm for Madison is the bottom of the lawn. a demonstration that his intellectual interests have evolved The interior of the cottage is musty and cool with the air and endured. It was clear to everyone at Cornell that he was of a summer house that has not seen much use until recent- anxious to come back into the classroom.” ly. Author of The Structure of Thucydides’ History (Princeton Folding his long frame into a comfortable chair in the airy University Press, 1981), Hunter Rawlings is known in the sunroom of his summer home, Hunter Rawlings takes a sip classical world as a Thucydides scholar, yet the antique-fur- of cold water and begins a casual review of his distinguished nished rooms of Signal Hill might suggest that he is an academic career. The passing of the hours is marked by American historian, containing as they do numerous images recorded birdcalls issuing from a clock in the corner.

From Norfolk to Haverford Born Hunter Ripley Rawlings, III, in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 14, 1944, Rawlings grew up with a love of baseball, basketball, and books. He got his love of sports, he says, from his father and his love of reading from his mother. Rawlings pere was a pretty fair country ballplayer and played catcher at Virginia Military Institute until the Depression forced him to return home and go to work. He worked all his life at Watters & Martin wholesale hard- ware in Norfolk. “He always felt a real respect for college education,” says Rawlings of his father. “That made a big difference to him and it made a big difference to me. He was very loyal to VMI.” “History spoke to me Rawlings’ mother, Tucker Trapnell Rawlings, was the daughter of an Episcopal dramatically, Greek history minister and a graduate of Randolph- had extraordinary people Macon Women’s College. She instilled in Hunter and his two sisters a lifelong love of in it, people of intellect books. and public action.” “All three of us were motivated to study and read.” When Hunter was about to enter the seventh grade, Norfolk schools were closed in defiance of integration orders, so his parents enrolled him at private Norfolk Academy. When a freshman growth spurt shot him up to a gangly 6’ 6”, two tall teachers took young Rawlings under their wings and taught him the hook shot that Rawlings on the grounds of Montpelier, would become his stock in trade on the James Madison’s home in Virginia. basketball court. Rawlings’ first athletic love, however, was baseball. A hard-throwing right-hand- “That was my mother’s influence,” moved me to left field. Hunter threw so ed pitcher, Rawlings was intimidating on Rawlings says. “She was from Wilmington, hard that no right-handed batter could hit the mound, but his father— and first catch- Delaware, and she had a very high regard the ball to left field. In today’s world, he er—made an annual ritual of catching for the Quakers. She got me interested in probably wouldn’t have become president Hunter’s fastball barehanded—just once, Quaker liberal arts education.” of Cornell; he would have played profes- but once was enough to re-establish the Athletics, adds Rawlings, had little or sional baseball.” family pecking order. Rawlings’ height, nothing to do with his decision to attend David Felsen ’66, now headmaster of long arms, and large hands gave him a nat- Haverford. Friends Central School, played point guard ural sinkerball good enough to earn him “Haverford did no recruiting for ath- to Rawlings’ center and third base when a tryout with the Baltimore Orioles, but letics. Zero. The College was almost anti- Rawlings pitched. A fellow classics major, after graduating from Norfolk Academy in athletics.” Felsen remembers his old friend Hunter 1962, he turned down the offer of a minor Still, Haverford Athletic Director Greg as the consummate “scholar-athlete.” league contract in order to go to college. Kannerstein ’63, remembers how the tow- “He loved getting things done and doing In the fall of 1962, having primed him- ering freshman led Haverford to a Division them well,” says Felsen. “He had tremen- self for college by reading Edward Gibbon’s III Middle Atlantic Conference basketball dous self-discipline and high standards. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire tournament appearance and pitched the Hunter had high expectations of himself over the summer, Rawlings headed off to Fords to a rare winning season. and everyone around him. He was not the Haverford, then an all-male school with “I played first base,” says Kannerstein, kind of guy you wanted to make an error fewer than 500 students. Why Haverford? “but when Hunter pitched the coach behind. He’d come to your room and say,

18 Haverford Magazine ‘Don’t you guys think you need some more deeply moral issues. He was interested in Rawlings admits, “serious scholarship and groundballs?’ He was always a leader.” what went wrong with people under the a life of public service. But I had no idea I At Haverford, Rawlings distinguished pressure of war.” would go into administration. I was so himself on the mound with a sub-2.00 In 1970, having completed his Ph.D., happy teaching and doing scholarship I earned run average, as center on the hard- Rawlings moved to Boulder, Colorado, couldn’t see straight. ” wood by earning Most Valuable Player in where he assumed his first teaching posi- Rawlings’ slow drift into university the Middle Atlantic Conference, and in the tion as an assistant professor of classics at administration began in 1978-79 with serv- classroom as a classics major. He had fall- the University of Colorado. In 1975, he ice on a faculty committee. en in love with Greek history and litera- took a sabbatical in order to complete his “I just got familiar with a broader seg- ture at the tender age of 10, when his ment of the university— chemistry, biol- mother gave him a copy of The Iliad, but “I just got familiar with a ogy, political science, history,” he explains. it was a course in Greek with Professor “The more familiar I got, the more inter- George Kennedy that solidified his classi- broader segment of the ested I got. Then I was asked to put my cal bent. university – chemistry, name in for the position of part-time assis- “History spoke to me dramatically,” tant vice chancellor for instruction.” Rawlings says. “Greek history had extraor- biology, political science, Rawlings served in that capacity on the dinary people in it, people of intellect and history. The more familiar Boulder campus from 1980 until 1984 public action.” when the position of vice president for aca- It was Professor Wallace McCaffrey, I got, the more interested demic affairs came open. Rawlings says he however, who made the biggest impres- I got. Then I was asked to took the job primarily because he was so sion on Rawlings at Haverford. Rawlings impressed with the new University of calls McCaffrey, a distinguished scholar of put my name in for the Colorado president Arnold Weber. Elizabethan England, first at Haverford and “He was a smart, tough, enormously later at Harvard, “the finest teacher I ever position of part-time witty man,” says Rawlings. “He was some- had in any subject.” assistant vice chancellor one I could admire and respect. I was “I’m a huge believer in the value of a drawn to work with a guy like that. I loved liberal arts education at the undergradu- for instruction.” working for Arnold Weber, because he was ate level,” he says. “That’s largely why I able to raise the aspirations of the univer- want to go back to teaching. Wallace sity by his will.” McCaffrey was a real model for me.” Rawlings had already At Haverford, Rawlings recalls, his study moved into administration of the classics seemed totally divorced both when his old Princeton from his athletic life and from what was mentor W. Robert Connor going on in the larger world, namely the came to Colorado for a year war in Vietnam and the mounting to teach. Connor, now head American opposition to it. When cam- of the Teagle Foundation in pus activists asked students to write New York, recognized imme- protest letters to their hometown diately that “Hunter has the newspapers, however, “I did it— ability to combine a very seri- much to the embarrassment of my ous interest in teaching and father.” scholarship with a very gra- In 1966, after discovering much to his cious touch as an administra- surprise that he was considered too tall for tor.” the draft, Rawlings headed off to Princeton book on Thucydides and spent By now a rising star in high- on an NCAA scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. the academic year at the Center for er education administration, in classics. Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., Rawlings began to get overtures from uni- where center director Bernard Knox, a versities seeking potential presidents. One From Princeton to Colorado Sophocles scholar, became another major serious overture came in 1988 from the “In my third year at Princeton, I had a influence. University of Iowa. Rawlings, who had course in Thucydides with Bob Connor,” “I spent the morning and afternoon recently re-married, was reluctant to ask Rawlings says. “That course really brought with the books,” Rawlings recalls, “and his new bride to move to Iowa City. But things together. Thucydides wrote the his- lunch listening to Bernard’s war stories. He Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings, a fellow tory of the Peloponnesian War, which, in was a classicist and also a man of action in Virginian, Rawlings’ second cousin and a length and intensity, made Vietnam seem two wars.” translator of French texts, was thrilled at small-time. For 27 years in Athens there And there’s that conjunction of schol- the idea. was tremendous bloodshed and suffering, arship and service again. “I’ve wanted to live in a small town in but Thucydides treats it as a conflict with “It was a combination I was drawn to,” Iowa all my life,” she told him.

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It used to be athletic directors and coach- sion that now houses the workshop. Iowa es.” Conroy credits Rawlings with a strong Successful careers often have an air of Rawlings says his own experience as a focus on undergraduate education, in par- intentional inevitability about them when scholar-athlete at Haverford continues to ticular with working to increase faculty to seen in retrospect, but Hunter Rawlings inform his views on the proper relation- keep pace with enrollment so that under- insists, “I had no plan, no desire, no admin- ship between studies and sports. classmen could get the courses they need- istrative ambition. I never saw myself as a “I continue to see Division One athlet- ed to graduate, a problem he says has college president, but administrative work ics as deeply problematic,” he says. “It’s grown worse since Rawlings left. did not turn me off and I found I was rea- such a compromise to run a major colle- Asked whether he thinks Rawlings’ com- sonably good at it.” giate athletic program at a university when mitment to undergraduate education reflects When he took over at the University of your first interest should always be aca- his Haverford experience, Conroy says Iowa in 1988, Rawlings says he spent much demic standards and scholarship. I had unequivocally, “The first couple of years at of the first year touring the state and get- played sports all four years at Haverford Haverford were the foundation for a lot of ting to know the people, in the process dis- really seriously and that convinced me that what happened to both of us later on.” covering that Iowa “is like one large com- the balance between a strong academic life munity.” And along with farming, one of and athletics is achievable.” Cornell the shared experiences that knits the state Frank Conroy ’58, author of the huge- When Hunter Rawlings arrived in together is Hawkeye football. So perhaps Ithaca, New York, in 1995 to become the Rawlings should not have been surprised “Cornell is an Ivy League 10th president of Cornell University, he when his proposal to ban freshman from school that looks west- was not the first Big Red president to make varsity teams ignited a firestorm of con- the move from the Big Ten to the Ivy troversy in Iowa. ward. It’s the land grant League. Rawlings had only been in Iowa City a “Cornell has hired many of its presi- few months when two former Hawkeye university of New York. It dents from the Big Ten, mostly from the football players testified at the federal trial has a big agriculture school University of Michigan,” says Rawlings, of two sports agents that Iowa had sched- noting that his successor, Jeffrey S. uled them fluff courses such as watercol- and a big veterinary school, Lehman, had been dean of the University or painting, billiards, and bowling in order so it looks to Michigan and of Michigan Law School. “Cornell is an Ivy to keep them eligible. League school that looks westward. It’s the “I was furious,” says Rawlings, noting Wisconsin as colleagues.” land grant university of New York. It has that his anger was not just at cheating foot- a big agriculture school and a big veteri- ball players of a real education but also that ly influential memoir Stop-Time, had taken nary school, so it looks to Michigan and “there was no reaction to the scandal.” over as director of the University of Iowa’s Wisconsin as colleagues.” Rawlings insisted that academics, not prestigious Writers’ Workshop the year In his Oct. 12, 1995, inaugural address, athletics, must come first at the university. before his fellow Haverford alum arrived Rawlings described Cornell as “the only In an April 1989, newspaper interview, on campus. He says that most people at university in the country to unite the mis- therefore, Rawlings stated that freshmen the university believed in Rawlings and sion of a highly selective, privately endowed should not be eligible to play sports at the knew that “he was there to help.” The institution with that of a state-assisted land- Division I level and, furthermore, that if problem was that, according to one news- grant university serving all citizens.” the Big Ten or NCAA didn’t act within the paper poll, only 13 percent of Iowa Rawlings’ inaugural address was titled next three years, he would impose such a Hawkeye fans had ever actually attended “To Compose Cornell: Cultivating the prohibition unilaterally at Iowa. The reac- the university. Mind,” and in it he signaled his intention tion from the governor on down to the “Sports is always a tough call for an to unite and coordinate the disparate ele- football coach and the fans was swift and intelligent president, but Hunter was very ments of the university in order to maxi- negative. popular,” says Conroy. “Everyone remem- mize its potentials. In keeping with his “The University of Iowa is the franchise bers him very fondly. Maybe the ex-foot- established academic priorities, one of in Iowa and I was messing with the state’s ball coach didn’t, but everyone else did.” Rawlings’ first initiatives addressed under- team,” Rawlings recalls. “I was persona Conroy says that because of their com- graduate life at Cornell. non grata in a hurry. But I never did retract mon link to Haverford, he and Rawlings “As we compose the Cornell of the my comment. I’m sure some Iowans never became friends at Iowa, but for that very future,” he said, “one of the great unre- forgave me.” reason he never felt he could ask the pres- solved questions before us concerns the “That episode,” Rawlings continues, ident for anything. But when, in 1994, he degree to which our undergraduates share “led me to get involved with the NCAA’s learned that Rawlings was leaving for in the intellectual life of the university.” presidents commission. I was one of the Cornell, he worked up the temerity to ask His major concern was that the geo- people who worked to reform the NCAA to Rawlings to find a new home for the Iowa graphic isolation created by a campus built put the presidents of universities in charge. Writers’ Workshop. Rawlings came on hills and gorges had defined a segre- Now the board of directors is all presidents. through with the 1857 Dey House man- gated social system.

20 Haverford Magazine “Cornell was literally divided into three before,” says Blake. “In a university tradi- the university. campuses—West, North, and Central,” tionally separated by schools, the North Kramnick reports that he and a col- Rawlings explains. “Students were living Campus initiative has added a new ele- league were amazed when President in different parts of the campus. When I ment to the Cornell experience, reaching Rawlings invited them to lunch in his arrived at Cornell, everyone knew that across schools to unify each class with a office to discuss a book they had pub- minority students were on the North common experience.” lished titled The Godless Constitution Campus and fraternities and preppies were “Haverford had a fair amount to do with (W.W. Norton & Company, 1997). It on the West Campus. There were program my thinking on the close interaction turned out that Rawlings felt the profes- houses where Latino, African-American, between undergraduates and faculty,” sors had given Thomas Jefferson too and Native American students were self- Rawlings says. “There will not only be res- much credit and wanted to lobby them segregated. It was an Ivy League school in idence halls but also dining and seminar on behalf of James Madison as the most 1995 that was dividing itself racially into rooms, and faculty mentors living in the important proponent of freedom of con- physical parts of the campus. There had residential colleges. It’s all designed to cre- science in American history. been 23 different housing stud- Rawlings’ ambitious housing ies in the previous 25 years, but initiatives did not come cheap. nothing had ever changed.” The North Campus facilities The new president decided cost $65 million and the price it was time for action. What tag for the West Campus proj- Rawlings proposed, echoing the ect is $200 million, $116 mil- bomb he dropped at Iowa, was lion of which has been raised to that “We’re not going to have date. freshmen live in program hous- “Cornell’s fundraising abili- es any longer. My desire was ty is phenomenal and I don’t that all first-year students ought claim responsibility for that,” to be together.” Rawlings says. But Rawlings The proposal drew an imme- may be underselling himself as diate outcry from minority stu- a fundraiser. dents and even brought the Rev. Rawlings arrived on campus Al Sharpton up from New York at the tail end of a $1.5-billion City to lead a protest. Convinced capital campaign, but in the that self-segregation was creat- eight years of his presidency ing hard feelings on campus, Cornell raised an additional Rawlings proposed a compro- $2.3 billion, in the process mise that seemed to disarm the increasing its endowment from opposition. $1.424 billion to $2.894 billion. “I announced a new policy,” “Cornell does not have an he says. “All freshmen at endowment equal to its Ivy Cornell from now on would League peers,” Rawlings points live on the North Campus. We would build ate an intellectual community with facul- out, “but Cornell gets state funding to help additional residence halls on the North ty leadership.” with the contract colleges. At Cornell, you Campus so we could house all freshmen Isaac Kramnick, Richard J. Schwartz have to hustle a little more than at the there.” Professor of Government and Vice Provost other Ivy League schools.” Program houses would simply have be for Undergraduate Education at Cornell, In recent years, Cornell has raised close located on North Campus if they wanted to praises Rawlings for being “a professors’ pres- to $400 million a year, or, as Rawlings house freshmen. The North Campus plan ident,” and willingly foregoing potentially puts it, “You’re raising a million dollars a was implemented and its success prompt- lucrative naming opportunities in order that day year in and year out. Of course that’s ed Rawlings to initiate an even bolder the five new upperclass residence halls not just the president; it’s the deans, the housing plan— creating a system of resi- planned for West Campus be named for dis- large development staff, the provost, and dential colleges for sophomores and jun- tinguished Cornell professors of the past. the board itself is raising and giving iors on the West Campus. “Hunter engaged himself in the aca- money.” Steve Blake, a government major in demic life of the campus in a way that Fundraising has become one of the Cornell’s Class of 2005, was president of made it quite clear he was interested in chief responsibilities of university presi- the first freshman class to be housed entire- intellectual activity,” says Kramnick, point- dents and Rawlings estimates he spent 25 ly on North Campus. ing out that Rawlings taught three classics percent of his time in private fundraising “Living and learning together with my course himself, regularly attended lectures efforts, 30 percent if you figure in lobby- entire class has allowed us to develop more he would not have been expected to attend ing Albany for state funding. 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both the Ivy League Council of Presidents consortium of some 30 colleges and uni- “I developed at Iowa an almost obses- and the Association of American versities— including both Cornell and sive interest in college wrestling,” says Universities and speechmaking both here Haverford—that rededicated themselves to Rawlings. “That has carried over to and abroad, and Rawlings calculates he has need-blind admissions and need-based Cornell.” spent half his time at Cornell off-campus. financial aid. Another Rawlings priority that carried “I was a president who divided his time “568 is a clause in the Higher Education over from Iowa to Cornell was a strong between external activity and campus activ- Act that enables colleges and universities to medical school, but when he arrived in ity,” he says. “Some presidents give the compare the way they calculate family need Ithaca, Cornell’s medical school was provost 100-percent responsibility for aca- for college,” says Rawlings. “The 30 col- embroiled in a legal battle with the New demics. You can do that, but I enjoyed the leges in the 568 Group developed a com- York City hospital that housed it. business of the campus. I didn’t want to be mon method for determining how much “When I came to Cornell, several an absentee president who was just a need a student had. We’re committed to trustees told me privately to get rid of the fundraiser.” need-based aid, to committing our financial medical school,” says Rawlings. “They said Fundraising is crucial to higher educa- aid money to those who really need it. Tom it’s nothing but trouble; it’s 230 miles from tion, Rawlings notes, not only for major Tritton added Haverford’s name to the list Ithaca; it’s just a headache. But my expe- capital improvements but also in order to and he has been a strong spokesman for rience at Iowa was very positive with the provide financial aid, the mechanism by the group.” medical school. I knew the medical school which colleges and universities ensure that Recognizing the value of athletics, at Cornell could be a great part of a they can admit students regardless of finan- Rawlings also helped raise a $100-million research institution.” cial need. A few years ago, in fact, when sports endowment at Cornell. One of So Rawlings spent a good part of his some elite colleges broke rank with tradi- Rawlings’ on-campus passions has been years in office brokering a tri-institutional tion and began offering free rides to the attending Big Red wrestling matches. collaboration among Cornell, Rockefeller most desirable students regardless of finan- Cornell now has what Rawlings believes University, and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer cial need, Rawlings was one of the prime is the only collegiate building devoted sole- Institute to re-position Cornell’s medical movers behind the so-called 568 Group, a ly to wrestling. school for the future. He also helped raise

It wasn’t easy to ignore a guy who’s 6' 8", final, the seniors formed a study group to How the Class spoke with a strange drawl, and did most insure we understood the major principles of ’63 Got things better than the rest of us. But we of the course so we could use our exposi- tried. How we tried in 1962-63. tory talents to get decent grades. The only (and Received) The senior-dominated basketball team problem, as became apparent in five min- didn’t need help from rhinie Hunt Rawlings. utes of the study session, was that none of the Best of We knew we would have a great season. us knew what ANY of the major principles Unfortunately, our scrimmage opponents of the course were. Hunter Rawlings and our coach, Ernie Prudente, disagreed. “Hunt, if you need some help in prepar- The perceptive Prudente gave us enough ing for Phil 101, a bunch of us are getting time to figure it out ourselves and then put together tonight.” Rawlings was duly grate- Rawlings in the lineup in the second half of ful, and remained so (whether in reality or the last scrimmage. just through proper respect for his elders The offense instantly acquired its miss- we never learned) as we picked his brain ing zing. Rawlings and 6’9” Pete Dorwart unmercifully in the guise of helping him. became the premier rebounding duo in the Let’s just hope his grade was more repre- NCAA College Division, and the rest, a 12- sentative of his knowledge of the subject 3 record and a berth in the Middle Atlantic than ours were. We cheerfully accepted his Conference playoffs (along with colleges thanks for allowing him to sit in on our now in NCAA Division I), is history. elevated intellectual discourse. Then there was Philosophy 101. We By spring, the situation was intolerable. were amused to see the aspiring classics We were happy to have Hunter around, scholar in the course. Didn’t Hunter know helping us win on the court and throwing the rest of us were there to ease our way seeds from the mound. He was fun to be to a credit without too much work while with, and we could find no signs of arro- we focused on our majors and prepared gance or “attitude,” as they say today. And for dreaded “Comps”? Didn’t a frosh have he was SO damned modest. He and some Eye on the ball: Rawlings (center) better things to do? of his rhinie pals from third-floor Barclay, was a force inside for the Fords. A few days before the first-semester including three-sport star Dave Felsen ’66

22 Haverford Magazine $650 million to improve the Weill Cornell “Those universities that can think their While his greatest successes in achiev- Medical College. way into greater curricular coherence and ing coherence and collaboration were in “I wanted to draw Cornell-Ithaca down more collaborative research across depart- the sciences, Rawlings shook up the to New York City and get it hooked into the mental and college barriers,” Rawlings said, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning great biomedical community in New York,” “will be best prepared for the 21st century.” in 2002 by proposing to dissolve it on the says Rawlings of the effort he expended on Trying to achieve coherence and col- grounds that the three departments did not behalf of the troubled medical school. laboration at a university like Cornell with collaborate well enough. The hue and cry Cornell trustee Jan Rock Zubrow calls schools as disparate and seemingly unre- from alumni may have saved the college connecting the medical college in New lated as hotel administration, engineering, from being dissolved and re-distributed, York to the life sciences in Ithaca “Hunter’s agriculture, and industrial and labor rela- but there are now two committees study- unfinished business,” but she is still a big tions might seem like a compositional exer- ing ways to achieve greater curricular Hunter Rawlings fan. cise in dissonance, but Rawlings found that coherence. “Hunter’s vision,” says Zubrow, “was the College of Arts & Science provided the “I think it got their attention,” says considering the colleges together so tonic chord. Rawlings of the proposal to break up Cornell was greater than the sum of its “These other schools and colleges at Cornell’s smallest college. parts, creating interdepartmental programs Cornell depend very heavily on the College One aspect of Haverford heritage that to capture the excellence. It did transform of Arts & Sciences,” he says. “If you’re in Hunter Rawlings has apparently not the university, particularly in key scientif- hotel administration, engineering, agri- embraced is the Quaker consensus model ic areas—the life sciences, genomics, and culture, or human ecology, you spend a of decision-making. The Cornell Alumni nanotechnology.” good part of your first two years in the arts Magazine, in appraising the Rawlings Years Indeed, in his 1995 inaugural address, college, so it was not as though you had in a May/June 2003 article titled “Standing Rawlings had announced his “composing to convince the hotel school to come into Tall,” referred to “what some have Cornell” agenda by warning against iso- the composition. There was not a lot of described as an autocratic administrative lated academic divisions and curricular changing curriculums in the individual style.” Assistant provost Isaac Kramnick, redundancy. colleges.” however, insists Rawlings was simply

and a humorous preppie called, incredi- to the Mets’ regional office soon landed in tions when confronted with the evidence bly, Chevy Chase, were getting far too Hunter’s mailbox. that he, too, could be fooled, even if only much attention. Something had to be done. With great tact, we pried this secret out by such subtle and ingenious minds as This was an era of pranks and practical from the reluctant Rawlings. “It’s only the were possessed by a certain coterie of jokes. The secrets of successful pranks are Mets (then an expansion laughingstock),” Haverford seniors. He was clearly shocked timing and knowing your victim. Hunt’s Hunter said diffidently. “After all, I had a and surprised and even—did it ever hap- smooth surface gave us little room to tryout with the Orioles in high school.” pen before or since?—embarrassed. Yet as exploit possible weaknesses. But one night Not very satisfactory, but then our mole we refreshed ourselves at a local hangout at dinner, he interrupted our boasting of reported that he was singing a different and smiled benevolently up at the talented all the brilliant pranks we’d pulled lately tune in phone calls to family and perhaps young man who yet had not quite acquired to declare that we’d NEVER be able to fool even to feminine admirers. He was pretty the savoir-faire that some elders, us for him. Eyebrows lifted and gazes met. A pleased with himself after all. example, possessed, did a stray thought cabal was soon formed. The coup de grace was applied when that just maybe he knew it all the time but We still needed a lever to pull. we retrieved the information form (the didn’t want to disappoint us nag at our con- Miraculously, it appeared in a day or so. “Mets’ regional office” coincidentally had sciousness? No, couldn’t be, let’s have Hunt mowed down one of the rival base- the same address as one of the plotters’ another… ball teams, and accepted our congratula- nearby relatives). While most of Hunter’s The Haverford seniors of 1963 gradu- tions with customary humility. However, responses harmonized with the “facts,” as ated in full awareness of how we had edu- an intelligence source under deep cover we understood them, there were a few cated the raw frosh from Virginia about the revealed that in a phone call home Hunter exaggerations. He didn’t really have “better- ways of the world. Probably he never had boasted of his pitching prowess that than-average” speed on the basepaths, for would have gotten the NCAA Scholarship, day. example. And it WAS interesting to learn made MVP of the conference, caused the The plotters swung into action. Student that despite his public protestations to the Princeton faculty to gasp in admiration of reporter on the campus paper met with the contrary, Hunter would think seriously of his Ph.D. thesis, or ascended to the presi- printers. Perhaps a few dollars changed abandoning his superior liberal arts edu- dencies of Iowa and Cornell and national hands. The details don’t matter any more; cation if the bonus money was good leadership in higher education without us. suffice it to say that a letter of interest on enough. A few deeply personal revelations Well done, Hunter. You’ve made us proud! the authentic stationery of the New York admirably rounded out the picture. Mets plus an information form to return We weren’t disappointed in Hunt’s reac- —Greg Kannerstein ’63

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“decisive,” willing to listen to all points of “You can take any major and have a R. Rawlings, III, answers that ultimate view, but also willing to make hard deci- career, but to pursue a serious life, you real- Socratic question. sions rather than study issues to death. ly do need to be well-read and thought- “For me personally,” Rawlings con- “I do freely admit I get impatient with ful,” says Rawlings of the value of a liber- cludes, “I began to feel that if I didn’t soon the academic process some of the time,” al arts education. “You have to be able to go back to full-time faculty life I never says Rawlings on his own behalf. “Faculty apply some kind of ethical standard to each would. I like intellectual life best of all and members are good critics. They can find issue. That’s where Haverford’s motto— being a university president is not really many things wrong with any idea, but it’s Non doctior, sed meliore doctrina imbutus— intellectual life. I didn’t want to forget why difficult in that event to do anything new comes in. We’re not turning out students I was drawn to intellectual life in the first —or even old and badly needed.” who are necessarily more learned; we are place—and that was because of the exam- “Hunter Rawlings is an extraordinary interested in turning out students imbued ple of Wallace McCaffrey at Haverford. I man,” says Cornell trustee Jan Zubrow. with ethical learning. Haverford has always wanted to get back to the books.” “He is highly regarded by the alumni, the cared about the ethical dimension of edu- And so Hunter Rawlings prepares to trustees, the faculty and the students. One return to the classroom. After taking the fall of his key strengths is that he resonated “In the final analysis, semester off in order to travel to France and with all the different constituencies at the development of moral Greece (and to allow his successor to get Cornell. He took bold steps that trans- his feet under him without tripping over formed the university. Cornell is a much knowledge demands the ex-president), he plans to teach a spring better institution as a result of his leader- semester course in Advanced Greek Oratory, ship.” that each of us answer and one on Periclean Athens. Some of his In fact, jokes Zubrow, “The only per- the ultimate Socratic new colleagues in the Cornell classic depart- son not saddened by his leaving is my hus- ment, he admits, question whether he will band, because now Hunter will have more question: ‘Who am I, actually do it—drop the reigns of power in time for Haverford.” and what should I do order to teach undergrads —but Rawlings Jan Rock Zubrow’s husband, Barry insists he is perfectly serious. Zubrow ’75, chairs the Haverford Board of with my life?’” “When I talked to him about it,” attests Managers. Tritton, “he sounded like a kid, he was so cation. It’s part of its Quaker heritage. A eager to get back to what he started out to Back to Class Haverfordian will always ask, ‘What’s the do. It’s a big loss to higher education Haverford President Tom Tritton recalls ethical thing to do?’” administration, but it’s a big gain for stu- that the first time he met Rawlings the two In a key 1999 address at Cornell titled dents at Cornell and for the humanities in men had a long discussion about the future “The Role of the Humanities in a Research general.” of scholarship and the humanities. Tritton University,” Rawlings argued persuasively Cornell junior Steve Blake testifies from came away from that first meeting eager for the importance of “moral knowledge,” experience that Hunter Rawlings is “a to have Rawlings join the Haverford Board quoting his Princeton mentor Bob Connor, dynamic and passionate teacher” and offers of Managers but convinced that, as a sit- then director of the National Humanities a possible glimpse of the Professor Hunter ting university president, he would be Center, who defined moral knowledge “as Rawlings to come. much too busy. To Tritton’s surprise, a way of finding out, rather than a content “I was fortunate to take Periclean Rawlings was eager to join the board of his or a set of rigid moral laws.” Athens, Classics 258, from the President alma mater. “In the final analysis,” said Rawlings, this past spring,” says Blake. “His enthu- “Hunter understands Haverford because “the development of moral knowledge siasm for teaching the classics was clearly he went here,” says Tritton. “He knows the demands that each of us answer the ulti- evident, and I never left a lecture unim- place it was and the place it is. More impor- mate Socratic question: ‘Who am I, and pressed. He has a fabulous way of bring- tantly, he understands higher education as what should I do with my life?’ In univer- ing past events to life in a lecture. His com- a whole. For me, as President, it’s enor- sities, we must remember, a major part of manding presence on campus translated mously comforting to have someone on our obligation is to help 18-year-olds easily to the classroom; how can you not the board who knows what it’s like to sit answer that question.” pay attention with the President’s long arms in my chair.” Though at home and at ease in the gesticulating enthusiastically?” One of the clearest demonstrations of rolling hills of Virginia, Rawlings jokes the high value that Rawlings places on lib- that his decision to step down from the Edgar Allen Beem is a freelance writer and eral arts education is the fact that he sent presidency of Cornell and back into the art critic in Yarmouth, Maine. He is author both of his own children—daughter Liz classroom was prompted by jealously of Maine Art Now and a contributor to and son Rip—to Hobart and William watching his wife use his library while Photo District News, ARTnews, Boston Smith. Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings’ son translating French books on Greek cul- Globe Magazine, Down East, and Yankee. Hill Pierce graduated from the University ture (“I’m running around raising money of Colorado and her daughter Ashley and she’s in my library!”), the real reason Pierce Slade is a 1993 alum of Haverford. clearly has more to do with how Hunter

24 Haverford Magazine A New Prescription for Jefferson

The spirit of the Honor Code flourishes at a Philadelphia medical school, thanks to two Haverford alumni.

Seeking a community based on honor, integrity, and Blueby Brenna McBride awareness of others. Embracing academic and social integrity. Fostering an environment of trust and coop- eration. Treating everyone equally regardless of race, culture, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Taking responsibility for your actions and addressing unac- ceptable situations or behavior. These are some of the tenets of the new Honor Code at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. And if any of them sound familiar, it’s because two of the medical students involved in its creation are also Haverford alumni—Seth Hollander ’96 and Chris Coletti ’00, both working to reaffirm Jefferson’s commitment to these values and hoping to recreate the atmosphere of mutual trust and respect that had been integral to their undergraduate days.

Fall 2003 25 A New Prescription for Jefferson

Seth Hollander came from a large urban ly at Jefferson, particularly when he tried no feeling that we were all on the same public high school in Miami Beach, Fla., describing it to some of his classmates. side.” Although Jefferson does have a core marred by violence and racial tension. They were skeptical of the unproctored of faculty and students loyal to the insti- Weapons, fights, and guard dogs roaming exams. “People would say things like, ‘You tution, the school’s general mood was, for the halls were part of the daily routine. “It cheated anyway, right?’ and ‘I couldn’t have Hollander, a sea change from the open inti- was a hard place to be an adolescent,” he done that.’ They didn’t understand that not macy of Haverford. says. “Academically and socially, Haverford One evening a little over a year ago, was a sanctuary.” “It changed the way people Hollander took one of his Jefferson friends, Now a fourth-year medical student at interacted with each other. Harper Price, a member of the Jefferson Jefferson, Hollander says the Honor Code Medical College Curriculum Committee, was a significant part of what attracted him My current roommate is a to visit his alma mater. “Sometimes, people to Haverford. During a campus tour, he don’t believe what you tell them about heard a speech about the Code in Marshall Haverford grad (Brian Haverford’s Honor Code until they see it for Auditorium and liked the concept of a Girard ’96) and uses Honor themselves,” he says. Price saw for herself trusting community and an open academ- the Comment Board in the Campus Center, ic environment. “You knew you would be Code principles when he the unattended backpacks in the Dining supported and treated fairly, and your work talks about a schedule for Center, the notes announcing found jewel- would have value,” he says. When he was ry and belongings. She read abstracts from a student, the Honor Code was a casually cleaning the kitchen.” recent Honor Council trials, and noticed essential part of his everyday life and the the litter-free beauty of the campus. lives of his friends. “It changed the way cheating was part of Haverford’s social cul- “She was awestruck, really moved,” says people interacted with each other. My cur- ture. They either didn’t believe me, or they Hollander. “She was regretful that she had- rent roommate is a Haverford grad (Brian thought I was naïve and everyone else was n’t had this experience at her high school Girard ’96) and uses Honor Code princi- cheating.” or college.” ples when he talks about a schedule for When Seth Hollander started at Back at Jefferson, Price described cleaning the kitchen.” Jefferson, he felt a sense of disconnect Haverford’s Honor Code to the Curriculum Unlike Hollander, Chris Coletti attend- among students and faculty, especially in ed a private high school in northern New the classroom, where he witnessed sever- Jersey, a school with its own set of diffi- al examples of mutual disrespect. In his culties. Coletti was dismayed that many of eyes the campus was not united as a com- his fellow students were not held account- munity with a common goal: “There was able for their actions, especially by their parents. When he was a senior and president of student council, he and other Jefferson medical students Chris Coletti ’00 members—including his brother Ryan ’03, (left) and Seth Hollander ’96 (right) the secretary—wanted to develop a kind prescribe a healthy dose of Honor Code of statement that students would sign to for their school. acknowledge that they understood the rules of the school and intended to follow them. This became the school’s Honor Code, which focused on issues of cheating, and students who signed it pledged not to give or receive any unauthorized help or information on tests and assignments. “It was indicative of a high school honor code,” says Coletti. “The maturity level is not as high as college.” At Haverford, he became aware of the Code’s affect on academic matters during Customs Week, when first- year students took the tests to determine their class placements. “The professors left the room,” he says. “They let us know right away that they expected us not to cheat.” Coletti, now a third-year medical student, felt the loss of the Honor Code keen-

26 Haverford Magazine Committee; Associate Dean of Academic In June of 2002, at the request of Dr. ence is already evident in many areas of Affairs Karen Glaser was a guest at that Wolfson and Dr. Susan Rattner, Senior campus. It’s featured on the first page of meeting. “We thought it sounded like the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the student catalog. First-year orientation ideal educational environment,” says Jefferson initiated a task force to explore now includes one Honor Code-related Glaser, “but some wondered how it could the possibility of a student Honor Code. activity per day, such as a small group dis- be transplanted from a small Quaker The task force, co-chaired by Hollander cussion or a film on patient sensitivity. The college to an urban academic health cen- and Glaser, was comprised of students and “Big Sibling” program has been enhanced ter.” Harper approached Curriculum faculty members and involved many uni- to resemble Haverford’s Honor Code Committee Chairman Philip Wolfson, Orienteers program; now, Jefferson soph- M.D., who enthusiastically invited Seth “We wanted a positive omores not only mentor freshmen but also Hollander to speak before the committee document, and to make train them in conflict mediation and com- about his personal dealings with the Code. munication skills. Admissions interview- Jefferson already had a Shared Code of sure that the words ers ask applicants questions about the Professional Values, which affirmed for Code, seeking to understand how they the future doctors the commitment to treat conveyed what we would handle certain situations under the all patients compassionately and respect wanted them to convey.” Code’s guidelines. The Professional their privacy and dignity, advocate out- Conduct Committee has reorganized itself standing patient care, and always work to versity-wide offices—such as admissions, into less of a disciplinary body and more improve their knowledge and skills. The orientation, facilities, and multicultural one of mediation, and has begun publish- school also had a student honor code of affairs—in drafting a proposal of changes ing abstracts of its proceedings. As an conduct focused on cheating and test tak- to submit to the curriculum committee. experiment, freshman anatomy quizzes are ing. Glaser appreciated the fact that Chris Coletti was tapped to write the Code now taken online and unproctored. Haverford’s Honor Code was student-gen- itself, along with classmate Rob Gillespie, Hollander sees that students are pleased erated. “That’s something we’d been talk- whose alma mater, Middlebury College, with the Code thus far, chiefly the unproc- ing about at Jefferson.” had its own Honor Code. They researched tored tests. “They have a better sense of Honor Codes at medical schools like the governing themselves, and trusting them- University of West Virginia, the University selves to curtail academic dishonesty.” of Colorado, and Olin College, and took “The faculty is very energized by this,” suggestions from all areas of campus. says Glaser, “and are willing to take risks “We wanted a positive document,” says with online exams. Students are learning Coletti, “and to make sure that the words about the challenges involved in con- conveyed what we wanted them to con- fronting peers when they feel something vey.” isn’t right.” Coletti and Gillespie began writing “We know it will take a while for every- the Code in September of 2002 and pre- one to buy into it,” says Coletti. “It won’t be sented a completed version the follow- an overnight process.” ing May. The document went through Coletti has taken over for Hollander as seven rounds of revisions before co-chair of the Honor Code task force, and everyone could agree on the doesn’t want the Code to lose any of the language. “It was a learning momentum it gained last year. “Our first process for us to stand goal is to make sure we’re continuing on our ground and say the same path, that the Code doesn’t things like, ‘We respect become something people once thought your opinion, but this was nice and then gets swept under the is what we think it rug.” He points to Haverford, where stu- should say,’” says dents were consistently reintroduced to Coletti. “Everyone the spirit of the Honor Code through had their own per- abstracts and plenaries and class discus- ceptions of what they sions. wanted the Code to “We want to do the same thing at be.” The final version Jefferson,” he says, “so everyone will was approved by over remember the Code’s purpose when they three-quarters of the stu- sign it.” dent body. Even though it’s only the first year of the Honor Code’s existence at Jefferson, its pres-

Fall 2003 27 When a friend needs to move to Los Angeles, Coast to It was early last June when I alums who have partaken the roads, I was ready. received a phone call from my friend Everyone laments how he or she has always want- Jennie. She was just offered a job working ed to drive cross-country but never have the time or on a new TV show out in LA. She’d have to the right reason for it. I was going to be one of the move there for a three-month gig. Initially I was few, the proud, the brave, the adventurers! quite sad that she’d be moving so far away but I I flew down to Philadelphia to meet Jennie and immediately perked up when she said those two some of her friends (Quick Bi-Co connection: words we’re all dying to hear: Road Trip! She was Jennie’s mom is a professor at Bryn Mawr College going to stop working a week before she is due in and Jennie spent part of her youth attending sum- LA and we’d drive across the country. I was incred- mer camp at Haverford). Eric Jacobstein ’02 hap- ibly excited by this news. I grew up outside Boston, pened to be in Philadelphia that night and he spent my time at Haverford, ventured a whole mile attended the sendoff dinner. The night ended early. down the street after college to teach at the Baldwin There was lots of sleep to be had and even more School, and am now back in Boston working on driving the next day. We woke up bright and early, my Ph.D. The furthest west I’d traveled was packed up the car and headed off for LA! Chicago. This was all to change. I was going to be The route we took was chosen very carefully. entering the world of Jack Kerouac and all of the We had to hit Graceland, the Grand Canyon, and other road-trip pioneers. With my Mapquest direc- Vegas. We left on a tions and some helpful hints from fellow Saturday morning

28 Haverford Magazine it’s time for a road trip. by Mike Ranen ’00 Coast in Seven Days

and were due in Los Angeles the next Saturday more than Puritan Boston ever night. Everything else was up in the air. We decid- could (unless the Red Sox finally win ed that the longest day of driving should be the the World Series). Jennie and I just strolled first. My aunt made me swear that I would at least down the street, beers in hand courtesy of the drive through Shenandoah National Park in outdoor bars, listening to the great blues and jazz. Virginia. Thank god I did. The overpass allowed us Everyone seemed so friendly and without a care to see for what seemed like hundreds of miles of in the world. Especially the llama and sheep just rolling hills. The local insects, on the other hand, hanging out in a yard attached to a bar. did not want to let us eat our picnic lunch. As we Graceland was the ultimate holy land for us have both seen most of Virginia and the day was lovers of pop culture. These people were mad long, we just kept on driving. Our one savior was for Elvis. We (luckily) got a room at a nearby Cracker Barrel. It’s hard to believe just how many hotel where the pool was shaped like a guitar Cracker Barrels there are in the South and they all and Elvis movies played 24 hours a day. At look exactly the same. At least with McDonald’s Graceland we met someone who was there each restaurant has a touch of originality, maybe on his 103rd trip. He tried to convince us an extra-large play area, or as we later saw in east- that Elvis was once a spy for the CIA. I ern California, an old railroad car as the seating was waiting for him to share his other con- area. But each and every Cracker Barrel was exact- spiracy theories but we got too caught up in check- ly the same (we stopped at so many for the ultra- ing out Elvis’s private jet. I didn’t want to leave but clean bathrooms and the books on tape that you we had 500 miles to drive that day. By the third day can return at the next convenient Cracker Barrel store). Night fell and we finally found a Comfort Inn that wasn’t filled around 10:30 p.m. Not too bad for our first day. We rolled into Memphis just in time for dinner the next night. I loved Memphis. What a great city. It was a Sunday night but Beale Street was alive and kicking

Fall 2003 29 As we dined, Jennie excitedly wrote me a we knew to call up hotels an hour before we were going to arrive to make sure we note on her napkin. Sitting next to us was had rooms for the night. It’s surprising none other than Michael Gross, the dad from how hotels in the middle of nowhere fill up so fast “Family Ties.” We weren’t even in LA yet and I was dreading having to drive so we had our first celebrity sighting. I called much during a day. My frequent trips from Boston to Philly are only 350 miles almost everyone I knew with this news. but they seem like the longest six hours of my life. Jennie and I were both shocked by how feat in 54 minutes. Also in Amarillo was a water easy it was to amuse ourselves in the car. She had tower slanted just like the famous tower in Pisa and just gotten a CD changer so it wasn’t necessary to Cadillac Ranch, a modern-art display comprising dig through the CD collection every hour. Music a row of old Cadillacs buried hood-first into the selection did provide a small bit of controversy. The ground. Only in Texas. only music we really seemed to both like was As we continued throughout the Southwest the Britney Spears or Styx. But there’s only so much landscape changed dramatically. I was accustomed “Oops!…I Did It Again” and “Come Sail Away” one to the hills and trees of the Northeast; Oklahoma can take. So we turned to books on tape. These and New Mexico were completely different. The made the driving completely effortless. desert was beautiful and seemed to expand forever. The most interesting town in America has to be We finally made it to Santa Fe ahead of schedule in Amarillo, Texas. About 400 miles away we start- because of the time changes. Santa Fe was the most ed seeing signs for Big Texans Steak Ranch, home of beautiful city I’ve been to in America. The adobe the free 72-ounce steak. Luckily we rolled into town architecture blended into the land so well. Even just in time for a late lunch. For you “Simpsons” though the mercury creeped into the high 90s, the fans out there, Big Texans is the inspiration for the complete lack of humidity made the weather so great trucker episode. Everything was huge: the peaceful. We found a great authentic restaurant in tables, the stuffed deer hanging up on the wall, the the middle of the Plaza, Santa Fe’s historical dis- menus, the beer, and the food. If you’re up to the trict. As we dined, Jennie excitedly wrote me a note challenge you get to sit on a small stage and attempt on her napkin. Sitting next to us was none other to devour the biggest steak imaginable along with than Michael Gross, the dad from “Family Ties.” all the side dishes and a nice little salad just for We weren’t even in LA yet and we had our first kicks. Your prize if you conquer the beast: a free celebrity sighting. I called almost everyone I knew meal. The rest of the poor folk who can’t with this news. handle the meal win the prize We reached the Grand Canyon two days after of paying $55 just for the expe- leaving Santa Fe with a nice stop in Flagstaff. The rience. Sadly, no one was trying heat during the day made to eat the steak when we were hiking almost unbearable there but the friendly waitress told but we managed to trek us the night before a 16-year-old about a mile and a half was able to perform the into the canyon. I woke

30 Haverford Magazine up at four the next morning to catch the cheap motels along the way. No matter Driving cross-country was one of those sunrise as Jennie slept, obviously worn out what chain it was, they all served the same life-altering experiences everyone should and nervous about her new job. The sun- two cereals as part of their continental try once in his or her lifetime. I had a real rise tour guide was a very friendly man breakfast: Raisin Bran and Fruit Loops. reason to go, but anyone could take a week from Louisiana who took us to the best After a week of this I was thrilled to be able or two off and try it. And, surprisingly, it outlook sight to see the sun creep above to totally stuff myself at Bally’s all-American was not too expensive. Even with the the canyon rim, lighting up the sky with breakfast buffet in Las Vegas. Cheese splurge in Vegas I spent less than $700. the most gorgeous colors. He warned us blintzes, biscuits and gravy, grits, and The only chain restaurant we ate in was not to go too close and shared a few gory smoked salmon never tasted better. There Cracker Barrel, but that was an experience stories about recent deaths at the canyon. was definitely no need to stop for lunch in itself. We found small restaurants in the Not what I wanted to hear, but it did make that day. cities and towns we passed through. What me feel a bit more adventurous. About four-and-a-half hours from Las I treasured most was getting off the high- Jennie and I came too close to running Vegas, I saw the ocean. We did it! Seven way and into all the small towns, especially out of gas on the drive to Vegas. We days and almost 3,000 miles after we’d start- those lining Route 66. The Americans in stopped in a tiny town about 10 miles from ed, we were in sunny Los Angeles, Jennie’s the South and West are much friendlier, the highway near the Nevada border. new home for the next three months. I was much more peaceful than those I Finally, we found the only gas pump in a so excited for her, though I secretly hoped encounter in the busy Northeast. The 50-mile radius. The man hanging out at she would hate it and fly back to the East regional food, the amazing museums, the the station, while friendly, also intimidat- Coast with me that night. Jennie was going fact that you could see stars at night, all of ed us a bit with his two guns securely to stay with a friend from high school in it was awe-inspiring. Maybe when Jennie buckled to his pants. I don’t think he was West Hollywood, who had us over for a leaves LA we’ll have to take the northern used to seeing too many East Coasters and small dinner party that night. I knew that I route home. I’m sure Michael Gross vaca- I have never felt more out of place. We did not belong in LA. Out of the seven din- tions in Montana. filled the tank and headed to Vegas, the ner guests, I was the only one who didn’t one city we splurged in. The Paris Hotel work in the entertainment industry. There had a beautiful rooftop pool that just were two producers, one actress, two enter- screamed paradise. I hung out at the slots tainment lawyers, a writer, and myself, a for a bit, enjoying the complimentary geologist. Dinner conversation was about drinks while Jennie checked out the shop- the parties and nightlife of LA. ping. We dined at a Wolfgang Puck Asian Hmm…maybe I could get used to all the Fusion restaurant. The nightlife in Vegas celebrities and fun of Los Angeles. Sadly, I put Memphis to shame. Everyone was had to fly back that night but I’m sure I’ll there for one reason: complete debauch- spend some more time there. ery. I would be a lost soul if I stayed there for more than one night. Jennie and I stayed in our fair share of

Fall 2003 31 The Treasures of Tuscany Join us for Haverford College’s third in a series of alumni and friends trips to Italy: June 3-16, 2004

This year, the group will depart on June 3, 2004, to discover the beauties of Tuscany, visiting the ancient cities of Florence, San Gimignano, Siena, Perugia, Pienza, Pisa, Cortona, Arezzo, Fiesole, and Prato. While abroad, travelers will be accommodated in three beautiful hotels, and will be led by an English-speaking escort tour guide in addition to step-on expert guides at each location. In addition to the regular itinerary, there will be four private musical presentations for the group by Curt Cacioppo, Ruth Marshall Magill Professor of Music. His works were inspired by his experiences in Tuscany as well as compositions inspired by other Italian travels.

For more information about this incredible travel opportunity, contact Violet Brown, Director of External Relations, at (610) 896-1130 or [email protected].

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65 Dick Morris writes, “I have worked recently done websites for two artist 67 In the past year, Geoffrey Kabat for the National Association of Home friends, Sy Mohr (www.symohrgallery.com) has had a number of major epidemiolog- Builders in Washington, D.C., for 19 years, and William C. Byers (www.byers- ic research articles appear in journals first doing housing research and for the gallery.com). Sy has had three paintings including the British Medical Journal, the past 15 years as an advocate for cost-effec- selected for display at U.S. embassies. Bill’s American Journal of Epidemiology, Epi- tive and affordable housing. In early 1984 site contains paintings of civil rights heroes demiology, and Inhalation Toxicology. The I initiated U.S. research in frost-protected he painted in the ’60s plus paintings of jazz paper in the BMJ has sparked a heated con- shallow foundations (FPSF), which will musicians. I have also taken an interest in troversy about the effect of exposure to eventually reduce construction costs in local history and am trying to save the passive smoking on mortality. Three articles cold climates by a billion dollars a year. 1911 home of African American architect on the association of exposure to electro- Last year I was able to convince officials Isaiah Hatton from demolition in Lincoln magnetic fields with breast cancer came of the International Code Council, the pre- (Lanham), Md.” out this summer, as well as a critical review dominant code-writing organization in the Frank J. Popper writes, “In August 2003 titled “Fifty years’ experience of reduced U.S., to approve use of the technology for I and my wife Deborah Popper (BMC ’69) tar cigarettes: What do we know about all commercial and residential buildings. celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. their health effects?” I give seminars on the technology from This fall we will again be visiting profes- For news of David L. Wilson, Jr., see time to time and manage NAHB’s website sors in the civil and environmental engi- BIRTHS. on the topic (see www.nahb.org and search neering department at Princeton. At the on FPSF). In other work I try to make sure same time I will retain my position at Rut- that residential energy and indoor air qual- gers, and Deborah will retain hers at the ity standards are cost-effective and afford- 68 Peter S. Fisher writes, “I’m still College of Staten Island/City University of teaching in the urban planning program able. At home, I live in Bowie, Md., with New York.” Barbara, my wife of 35 years. Our three at the University of Iowa, but now I have a children are grown and live nearby. We second job: research director of the Iowa have one grandson. A year ago I retired as Policy Project, a non-profit organization I choir director of the Bowie Unitarian Uni- helped found to provide progressive analy- versalist Fellowship after 12 years. I have ses of public policy issues.”

Ford Highlight

When longtime sailor George Todd ’54 you just wanted to cry all the time,” he says. designed and built his vessel Schooner Mal- “But in the past decade doctors have done lory Todd 22 years ago, he intended to retire wonders with cancer treatments. Now, for- on it. But that was before he offered his mer patients are having five-year survivor services to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer reunions aboard the boat. Many patients Research Center in Seattle. have now become his friends and return to “Haverford helped me to believe that the boat year after year a man’s life is measured by his service to Todd has reached out to other Seattle- the community,” he says. area nonprofits and community service With a volunteer crew comprised large- organizations, hosting cruises for children ly of cancer survivors, Todd takes groups of from the Starlight Children’s Foundation George Todd '54 with a future sailor. the Hutchinson Center’s young patients and for abused women and children from and their families on no-cost cruises of local shelters. This year, Todd hopes to see Seattle’s Lakes aboard the Mallory Todd. the operation expand from one boat to The cancer survivor crews contribute great- multiple vessels and crews throughout ly to the therapeutic value of the cruises Seattle and nearby cities. “We want this for both patient and volunteer alike. idea to grow,” he says, “and eventually In the nine years since Todd began the spread to cities throughout the country.” Hutchinson Center cruises, the trips that For further information see www.sail- were once heartbreaking have become jour- ingheritage.org neys of hope. “The first couple of months, —B.M.

34 Haverford Magazine Class News Send your class news by e-mail to: [email protected]

Morey Epstein writes, “Wendy (my wife) Vince Gonzales writes, “I am in-house Daniel Kessler writes, “Living in New York and I have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Erzse- counsel for Sempra Energy, specializing in City for past 18 years, practicing corporate bet (Bess) Jane Epstein, born Jan. 18, 2001, environmental law. I have offices in Los and commercial law with a large pharma- and are now living in up-and-coming Silver Angeles and San Diego, and I live in ceutical company. My wife, Yael, and I have Spring, Md. I was recently given the exces- Orange County, which is between the two two small girls, Naomi (3 1/2) and Talia sively long title of executive director of insti- cities. I am married (Libby Frolichman, (almost 2). My twin sister, Anne (BMC tutional development at The Studio Theatre UC Berkeley ’85) and have two kids: Seth ’80), lives in Zuni, N.M., and is a pediatri- in Washington, D.C. (where I have been (6 1/2) who is in first grade, and Remi (2) cian with the Indian Health Service in since 1988). Lindsley Williams ’63 has been who is in pre-school. I recently published Gallup, N.M. My brother, David (also ’80) a great help guiding the Studio through an article in the July/August 2003 issue of lives down the road from her in Ramah, Washington’s zoning and historic processes the American Corporate Counsel Associ- N.M., and is clinical director and pediatri- as we planned our $12 million initiative to ation’s ACCA Docket magazine. I am also cian for the Indian Health Service Hospital purchase and renovate the two historic build- scheduled to speak at two panels at the in Zuni.” ings next door to our current home.” Annual American Corporate Counsel Asso- Steve Mindlin writes, “I am living in Tal- Chris Gibbs writes, “After nine years ciation Meeting in San Francisco in Octo- lahassee with my wife, Valerie, and daugh- teaching at the University at Buffalo ber 2003. I am a vice president of the ters Lindsay (10) and Shannon (7). Still (SUNY), I moved last year to Bard College, Southern California Chapter of ACCA, and enjoying parenting and many other activ- where I am James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor I am also the treasurer of the Asian Pacif- ities. Looking forward to singing at of Music. I am also co-artistic director, ic American Legal Center of Southern Cal- Carnegie Hall with the Tallahassee Com- together with Bard’s president Leon Bot- ifornia. I am working on my golf game as munity Chorus in late March 2004. stein and vice-president Robert Martin ’61, well as my skiing, to the extent I have time Regards to all!” of the Bard Music Festival. The college just to play golf or go skiing. This past August, opened an amazing new performing arts Barbara Bennett (BMC ’83) was in South- center designed by Frank Gehry, so this ern California with her husband and two has been a particularly interesting time to kids. Together with both our families, we join the community. I also write the pro- visited Disneyland, Sea World, and Dis- gram notes for the Philadelphia Orchestra, ney’s California Adventure, while remi- which gets me back to the area and allows niscing about our old college days.” me to visit Haverford fairly often.”

Ford Highlight

When Brian Koukoutchos ’80 was a Texas,a case similar to Bowers. They stat- student at Haverford and involved with the ed that Texas’ anti-sodomy laws, which College’s Gay People’s Alliance, he never specifically targeted homosexuals, violat- imagined he would someday play a role in ed an individual’s right to privacy and a landmark victory for gay rights. denied gays equal protection under the law. In the 1980s, Koukoutchos teamed up What Koukoutchos, Tribe and many other with his Harvard Law mentor Larry Tribe lawyers wanted was for the Court to over- and colleague and friend Kathleen Sullivan turn its earlier decision in Bowers vs. Hard- Brian Koukoutchos ’80 (now dean of Stanford Law) to argue more wick. They got their wish. Because of this decision, Koukoutchos gay rights cases than any other lawyers “The Supreme Court dismissed its prior (now a resident of Louisiana) has had to before the Supreme Court. One of these decision, and belittled its reasoning 17 years rewrite a significant part of his constitu- cases was Bowers vs. Hardwick in 1986, ago,” says Koukoutchos. “We had complete tional law course at Haverford, which he where Koukoutchos and his colleagues vindication.” Koukoutchos’ sense of tri- teaches every Tuesday evening this semes- defended a man arrested for having sex with umph also stems from the fact that Justice ter. The class, which used to end with the his partner in the privacy of his own home. Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the historic Bowers vs. Hardwick loss, now reflects the The Supreme Court ruled against them, but Lawrence vs. Texas decision, sits on the right-to-privacy victory of Lawrence vs. the battle was far from over. Supreme Court because of Koukoutchos’ Texas. “I’ve never enjoyed rewriting a In 2003, Koukoutchos assisted Larry and others’ successful efforts to defeat the course quite so much,” he says. Tribe in writing a brief for Lawrence vs. nomination of Robert Bork in the ’80s. —B.M

36 Haverford Magazine Moved to Speak by Thomas Deans The Honor Code: A Faculty Perspective

“This is unfair,” complained the is part of the institution’s core identity. The of repairing that relationship, to write a parent of one of my wife’s college students. code is both old—embedded in the col- letter to the community, and, upon return “With so many students doing it, why sin- lege’s Quaker roots—and new—refash- to Haverford, to re-sign the honor pledge gle out my son for punishment?” ioned and ratified each year by the students. and meet regularly with a dean. Hearing this, my wife was dumb- Yet Haverford is not immune from aca- That abstract confirmed for me what I founded. The student in question was no demic dishonesty, as I learned a few weeks had been gradually learning as a new pro- naive freshman who had overlooked a foot- into my first semester when I found in my fessor at Haverford: that the honor code is note. He was a senior, freshly accepted to faculty mailbox an Honor Council abstract less about scrutinizing individual behav- medical school, who had stitched togeth- on a case of serious plagiarism. For every ior than it is about shaping a culture. It is er three Internet sources and claimed the honor code violation, the student-run less about discipline as we popularly define work as his own. When a quick Web Honor Council writes an abstract, distrib- the word and more about disciplina, its search exposed the deception, my wife uted to every mailbox on campus, that Latin root, which means teaching. expected the student to accept the conse- recounts the testimony presented, the By asserting a culture of such deliber- quences gracefully. Instead, his family council’s deliberations and the final reso- ate honesty, responsibility and under- moved into damage-control mode. lutions. Each abstract ends with a series of standing, Haverford is in many ways swim- At the time, my wife and I were both questions intended to spark wider reflec- ming against the tide. In the latest National teaching at a large Midwestern university tion and dialogue. Survey of Student Engagement, for exam- that had a system to handle academic dis- When I read that first abstract, I recall ple, 87 percent of college students report- honesty, and it lurched into motion. The being impressed by the care that the stu- ed that their peers had copied and pasted facts were clear; the administrators of the dents devoted to seeking the truth as well material from the Internet into their aca- system were fair and efficient. Everything as the hard-nosed penalty for wrongdoing demic papers without proper attribution. I pointed to a speedy resolution: an “F” on (“separated from the college for two semes- suspect such a troubling statistic has less the student’s transcript paired with a spe- ters” leaped off the page). I also felt to do with premeditated deceit or techno- cial notation signaling academic dishon- voyeuristic. Broadcasting violations, even logical ease than with the state of student esty, plus the mandate to attend a special with all the names changed, seemed a bit culture. When—out of laziness or confu- course dealing with ethics. puritanical, like putting offenders in the sion or desperation—students find them- Yet the student dodged and weaved, and stocks for display in the public square. selves sitting in front of a glowing screen in the process revealed the university’s sys- Yet I’ve come to appreciate that dealing at 2 a.m., tempted to cut and paste text tem as ultimately rooted in the protocols with misconduct in a discrete judicial sys- from a Web site, what is to stop them? of a judicial process rather in a code of tem or behind closed doors in the Dean’s Personal integrity, certainly. But just as honor. The student couldn’t avoid the “F,” Office is far more precarious because in a important is a sense that one is a vital part but by filing an appeal he could delay the community built on mutual trust, there is of a dense network of people and princi- academic dishonesty designation. no such thing as an isolated violation. ples, relationships and rituals, all keyed to The end of the spring semester was days Every breach of integrity reverberates in a culture of reciprocal trust. away, and appeals couldn’t be heard until the delicate ecology of reciprocity on which At Haverford, the honor code is not an the following fall when students returned - community living and the cooperative pur- administrative overlay that occasionally time enough to keep a transcript from suit of knowledge depend. Personal ethics kicks into action. It is part of our blood alarming medical-school officials. The stu- aren’t just personal. They’re the commu- and bone. dent probably thought that he could explain nity’s business. away an “F” in an English course and then And this too was evident in the Honor Thomas Deans is assistant professor of rhet- take a summer course to graduate. Council abstract. Only two of the council’s oric and composition and director of the My wife and I moved a few weeks later. seven final resolutions were punitive; the College’s writing program. While we don’t know how the story played rest were restorative. The student was out, we fear that the student is currently required to engage in a mediated dialogue Philadelphia Inquirer in medical school. with the professor, to write an essay as part Community Voices, November 30, 2003 Since then, I’ve been teaching at Haverford College, where an honor code Submissions for Moved to Speak can be sent to Editor, Haverford Alumni Magazine, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041 or via e-mail to Steve Heacock at [email protected] 48 Haverford Magazine “Hunter Rawlings remains a great enthusiast for liberal learning. Usually, when an academic puts the classroom behind him and goes into administration, it’s a turning point in the road, taking one direction and neglecting the other. I don’t think there’s any question of that in Hunter’s case. Hunter’s enthusiasm for Madison is a demonstration that his intellectual interests have evolved and endured. It was clear to everyone at Cornell that he was anxious to come back into the classroom.” – Jack Rackove ’68 Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanford historian Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Philadelphia, PA HAVERFORD Permit No. 05115 HAVERFORD COLLEGE The Alumni Magazine of Haverford College Fall 2003 Haverford, PA 19041 Address Service Requested