Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid at Williamsburg, VA Permit No. 26 WILLIAM 6rMARY A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF NEWS VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 2 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Oscar Arias Sanchez To Speak At Program Honoring Emery Reves By Ray Betzner tellectuals and policy makers from many in all facets of life. University Relations nations who will examine such issues as An important purpose of this ex¬ the decline of the political authority of change is to relate contemporary con¬ Oscar Arias Sanchez, former president the nation-state and the future of inter¬ flicts in the Americas, the Islamic world, of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize re¬ national law. The symposium is the cul¬ Europe and elsewhere to fundamental cipient, will be the keynote speaker at a mination of a 24-month effort by Wil¬ changes in the structure of human soci¬ special program honoring journalist and liam and Mary scholars designed to re¬ ety, said James A. Bill, director of inter¬ publisher Emery Reves on Saturday, Sept. consider the impact of the nation-state national studies at the College. 25. The gala, which also features the Vir¬ ginia Symphony Orchestra performing a work by Marvin Hamlisch and the awarding of the first Reves Peace Prize, concludes a two-day examination of the changing structure of international rela¬ tions in the post-Cold War era. Ruben Vartanyan The gala will be held at 8:30 p.m. in Photo by Colonial Portrait Studio William and Mary Hall. The event will be the culmination of a Town & Gown To two-day symposium of international policy makers and scholars titled "Be¬ Hear Conductor yond the Nation-State: Transforming Vi¬ sions of Human Society." The sympo¬ Of Symphonia sium is being supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Newly appointed music director and All symposium events are free and conductor of the Williamsburg Sympho¬ open to the public. No tickets are needed. nia, Ruben Vartanyan, will be featured at Arias rose to prominence in Costa the Sept. 16 Town and Gown luncheon, Rican politics in the 1970s and became at noon in the Campus Center ballroom. president in 1986. Determined to end The program will include selections war in Central America, Arias used what from Concerto do Aranjuez for Guitar he called Costa Rica's "moral authority" and Orchestra, presented by classic gui¬ as a state with no army to promote nego¬ tarist Timothy Olbrych, a member of tiated solutions for the civil conflicts of the music department faculty. Olbrych the region. The next year, the five Cen¬ will appear as guest soloist with the Sym¬ tral American heads of state signed a phonia at its first subscription concert at Opening Convocation Returns peace plan based on his proposals. 8:15 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 12 in Phi Beta Left to right, Franklin E. Robeson, Hayes T. Watkins Professor of Business Administration; In addition to the 1987 Nobel Peace Kappa Memorial Hall. Provost Gillian Cell; and Robert J. Scholnick, dean of graduate studies, faculty of arts and Prize, Arias was awarded the 1991 Phila¬ As part of Vartanyan's "100 Days in sciences; chat with guest speaker Maya Angelou. See story, page 6. delphia Liberty Medal, which honors Photo by Viscom. Williamsburg," he will greet Town and "leadership and vision in pursuit of lib¬ Gown members, share his vision about erty. " the role of today's chamber orchestra, Dear Colleagues: Exploring new methods of interna¬ and describe how it can be woven into tional problem-solving was the passion the fabric of modern community life. The annual collegewide faculty meeting will be held on Thursday, Septem¬ of the late Emery Reves, a journalist and He will also share his personal odyssey ber 9 at 3:30 p.m. in Millington Auditorium. publisher whose 1945 book, The Anatomy from Armenia in the former U.S.S.R. to Our new Rector, James W. Brinkley, will bring words of welcome. It will also of Peace, outlined his belief that the na¬ the U.S. capital, in the pursuit of free¬ provide an opportunity for our new Provost, Gillian Cell, to speak to the tion-state system made violence and war dom of expression, and relate the story assembled faculties. I will offer some thoughts about critical issues facing our inevitable. Achieving lasting interna¬ of his rise to conductor of the Bolshoi College over the next few years. The Board of Visitors will be meeting at this tional peace could only be established Opera and Theater's orchestra. time, and I expect many of them will attend as well. by reaching beyond national self-inter¬ The Williamsburg Symphonia is the As always, we will welcome our new and visiting colleagues. This year—as ests, he argued. peninsula's only resident, professional last—we will rely upon the magic of video technology rather than upon the The Wendy and Emery Reves Center, chamber orchestra. Its 35-40 players are individual presentation of each dean. which houses William and Mary's inter¬ professional musicians from the Williams¬ After the meeting, we will adjourn to the Muscarelle Museum for refresh¬ national studies program and is sponsor¬ burg, Richmond and Norfolk areas. The ments and good conversation. ing the two-day event, is dedicated to orchestra was formed in 1984 and is cel¬ I do hope you will attend. extending Reves' work. ebrating its 10th year with a series of To conclude the gala, the Virginia concerts and special events. Its four-con¬ Most cordially, Symphony Orchestra—conducted by cert season subscription and individual JoAnn Falletta—will perform Marvin concert tickets are available by writing Hamlisch's 'The Anatomy of Peace," a or calling the Williamsburg Symphonia, moving orchestral work inspired by P. O. Box 400, Williamsburg, VA 23187- imothyj. Sullivan Reves' book. Joining the orchestra will 0400, 229-9857. resident be the Rainbow Connection Children's Choir. In addition, the orchestra will be P.S. Please mark your calender for Friday, September 10 at 5 p.m. when joined by the William and Mary Choir Anne and I look forward to seeing you at the Faculty Garden Party in the for Haydn's "Te Deum." Wren Yard. The symposium features leading in¬ New Faculty And Marshall-Wythe Welcomes Kray '73 And Cohen Administrators Appointed Class of '96 Ready Statues For Homecoming Dedication September 1, 1993 NEWSMAKERS National Planned Giving Institute To Find Home On Campus By Kelley Daspit can Studies program, the professorship to be presented in Memphis, Chicago, professionals and the public a deeper University Relations will focus on all kinds of giving, includ¬ Colorado Springs and Williamsburg. Cer¬ understanding of the complexities of ing the gifts of time, talent, money and tificates of completion will be presented philanthropy and much of his work has The National Planned Giving Insti¬ property, and on philanthropy's history to those completing the 96-hour course, been accomplished here in Williamsburg tute, one of the nation's leading provid¬ and effect on American society. and continuing education units will be during the past decade. It seems very ers of training in planned giving, has Gross said this professorship will be offered. appropriate that the College of William been given to the College by Robert F. unique in higher education because it "I have dreamed of the time when the and Mary become the home for the Sharpe and Company, Inc., of Memphis, will encompass history, political science, institute would be a part of a major uni¬ Sharpe Professorship and the National Tenn. The transfer will take place Oct. 1. law, economics and philosophy. "While a versity and that time has come," Robert Planned Giving Institute. Revenues from the institute will be body of scholarship exists that explores Sharpe said. 'The transfer of the insti¬ According to Robert F. Sharpe Jr., used to establish a professorship in phi¬ the history of charities and related sub¬ tute is an important step which will help president and chief executive officer of lanthropy and American institutions. jects, philanthropy has not been a sub¬ increase professionalism of many who the Sharpe Company, Robert F. Sharpe Robert F. and Jane A. Sharpe have com¬ ject of broad academic inquiry," said are involved in encouraging philan¬ and Company will continue its 30-year mitted to supplement those revenues if Gross. thropic support for America's nonprofit tradition of providing consulting, cre¬ necessary to fund the $600,000 endow¬ The National Planned Giving Insti¬ institutions. I am glad the institute is ative services, board development and ment over the next six years. Income tute, founded in 1967 by Robert F. Sharpe becoming a part of the rich tradition of special training, opportunities to from this endowment will qualify for Sr., offers a series of eight planned giv¬ the College of William and Mary during America's leading nonprofit organiza¬ matching funds from the Common¬ ing seminars to executives from its tercentenary." tions and institutions. wealth of Virginia Eminent Scholars Pro¬ America's non-profit institutions and "Bob Sharpe has trained a generation Robert F. Sharpe Sr. will 'assist the gram. organizations. Thousands of individuals of non-profit executives in the art and College during the transfer period by The professorship will become part from America's leading non-profit orga¬ science of structuring major philan¬ remaining the director of the institute, of the College's American Studies pro¬ nizations and institutions have attended thropic commitments," said President while continuing as chairman of Robert gram at the graduate level. According to seminars offered by the institute. Timothy J.