and Lee University Al ington umni M ash agaz he W ine T Fall 2015 A Spectacular ·• LI ~01 Capital Campaign: Thank You President Lee: 150 Years New Courses, New Coffee House Snapshot DEPARTMENTS 2 Campaign Celebrities 3 Speak Letters to the Editor 4 Along the Colonnade New classes in Arabic, re-naming renovated spaces, Friday Underground, Convocation, Shakespeare 2016!, new trustees, presidential search, books and noteworthy 12 Generals’ Report Hall of Fame welcomes new members 13 Lewis Hall Notes More renovated spaces unveiled, and Loren Peck ’16L argues before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ALUMNI PROFILE 26 Fan on the Run: Dave McLean ’78 —> By Julie Campbell 28 Milestones Reunions, alumni president’s message, Annual Fund message, Beau Knows, alumni news and photos, President Ruscio’s column FEATURES 14 A Campaign of Affirmation Honored Our Past, Built Our Future 18 President Lee: 150 Years A Summons from the Shenandoah —> By Jonathan Horn A Yearlong Celebration: Talks, Exhibitions, Special Events A Missing Piece of W&L History Finds Its Way Home —> By Sarah Tschiggfrie On the Cover: The Colonnade and Lee Chapel. Photo by Morgan Harris ’09 This page: A misty fall morning on campus. Photo by Patrick Hinely ’73 SCAN ME to go to the alumni magazine website Campaign © Washington and Lee University Celebrities Volume 91 Number 3 Fall 2015 Julie A. Campbell EDITOR Louise Uffelman MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR Brian Laubscher SPORTS EDITOR Jennifer Mero, Laney Fay ’17 CLASS NOTES EDITOR Wonhee Lim Patrick Hinely ’73 Kevin Remington UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS t the Oct. 9 gala celebrating the success of Honor Our Past, Build Our Wesley Sigmon ’16, Sarah Tschiggfrie Future, these four members of the Class of 2016 shone as they expressed CONTRIBUTORS their gratitude with words and music. A Bart Morris Mary Woodson GRAPHIC DESIGN Mary Woodson DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va. Paqui Toscano Zebrina Edgerton-Maloy University Advancement Dennis W. Cross VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Brian H. Eckert EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Julie A. Campbell ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Shelbi Hendricks WASHINGTONANDLEE UNIVERSITY Lexington, Virginia Read more about the campaign on pp. 14–17. 2 W&L Alumni Magazine J J Commending amples: “OK guys, pair up in threes; r Recent Decisions OK, line up alphabetically, according I want to commend two recent deci- to height; 95 percent of all fly balls sions affecting the W&L commu- are hit in the air.” You remember Speak nity. First, it was correct to remove many. One of my all-time favorites the Confederate battle flags from was when he addressed a group of us as pitchers, “Right handers over Volume 91 Number 3 Lee Chapel. That flag should not be here, left handers over there, and the Fall 2015 in a place of worship or on a univer- sity campus anywhere outside of a rest of you come with me.” In early June this year, Venditte (an Oakland Julie A. Campbell museum. Lee Chapel is not a shrine to EDITOR the Lost Cause. pitcher with a great name) pitched right-handed to one Red Sox batter Second, it is correct to refuse Debt Practices Louise Uffelman use of Lee Chapel to the Sons of and left-handed to another!! Amaz- MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR The financial report (Winter 2015) Confederate Veterans. Although that ing stuff! A literary giant headlined made for some interesting reading. organization professes to be benign, I his news article, ”Amphibious pitcher Brian Laubscher Most notably, the debt levels are SPORTS EDITOR believe it is, in fact, highly divisive. At makes debut.” Obviously, he is a stu- rising sharply, 27 percent in a single the very least, it has conducted itself dent of Joe Lyles, since I don’t think year. The report also notes that the Jennifer Mero, Laney Fay ’17 in such a manner that it is generally the pitcher swam to the mound. So CLASS NOTES EDITOR university will most likely add debt perceived to be divisive, if not worse. there you have it, Joe’s influence is far in the next two years in support of It would behoove W&L to dis- and wide. Patrick Hinely ’73 the capital program, principally the T. Haller Jackson III ’73 tance itself from the Confederacy, the Kevin Remington construction of third-year hous- Shreveport, Louisiana UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS Civil War and the Lost Cause as W&L ing. I sincerely hope that the Board looks to the future. The university of Trustees carefully considers the Heart and Soul Wesley Sigmon ’16, Sarah Tschiggfrie does not benefit from these associa- CONTRIBUTORS ramifications of this plan. Whatever I am biased for sure, but I continue tions. It should reach out to all classes happened to the notion of utilizing to believe W&L has the best alumni of society free from symbols, trap- Bart Morris ready cash to pay for projects, or, magazine in the country. I really Mary Woodson pings or vestiges of oppression. Only if funds are insufficient, to forego enjoy the vision provided by the GRAPHIC DESIGN then will the university grow to its full projects? Are third-year housing president, and all the stories of the potential. Robert E. Lee envisioned Mary Woodson and a new pool essential items? I am students. The photos are terrific. I the potential of Washington College. DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS curious about the debt levels, say, 40 look at every little detail. I loved the He would have been the last to mold years ago. Did the school have any lectern piece (Summer 2015, p. 2). it as a Confederate shrine. Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, debt in those years, or is this is a new To me, that’s the essence of W&L. I My great-grandfather, Oscar VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be phenomenon? Western societies remember a lot of luxury cars being Adam Stephenson, served in Com- sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, appear to be infected with the virus driven by students during my time pany C, 14th Virginia Cavalry; he is 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA of Keynesian economics, albeit in a there. But the heart and soul of the Class of 1871 (though I don’t think he 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va. form altered from its original con- place comes from less flashy corners finished his degree). Oscar’s son, my cept. I can only hope that Washing- of campus. Thank you for showing grandfather, is Roscoe Bolar Stephen- ton and Lee does not fall prey to such what matters. son (1909 law). My father is Roscoe University Advancement misguided thinking. Pat Lopes Harris ’91 Bolar Stephenson Jr. ’43, ’47L. Sean Smith ’79, ’83L San Jose, California Dennis W. Cross I want W&L to achieve Robert Brooklyn, New York VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT E. Lee’s vision. In my judgment, these Correction two recent decisions promote the Brian H. Eckert Remembering Joe Lyles In an obituary in the Summer issue EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS University and that vision. I played baseball at W&L under Joe for Charles Rowe ’45, ’50L, we ac- AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Roscoe B. Stephenson III ’81L Covington, Virginia Lyles in the early 1970s, and for all cidentally omitted the class year of of us who played a sport coached his brother, Josiah P. Rowe III, who is Julie A. Campbell Class of 1948 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS by him, rest his soul, his spirit lives a member of the . Our on. His “Lyleisms” are legendary. Ex- apologies to Mr. Rowe. AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS , Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS / By Mail: By E-Mail: All letters should be signed and include [email protected] Editor the author’s name, address and daytime Write phone number. Letters selected for publi- Washington and Lee Univ. By Fax: cation may be edited for length, content 7 Courthouse Square (540) 458-8024 and style. Signed articles reflect the views 204 W. Washington St Web site: Lexington, Va 2445-2116 of their authors and not necessarily those Now! magazine.wlu.edu of the editors or the University. Fall 2015 magazine.wlu.edu 3 W&L Debuts Arabic Classes r _________,, ntoine Edwards, that there are several visiting assistant different Arabic dialects, Aprofessor of and that linguists group Arabic at W&L, has reas- these according to the sured his students that major capital cities in the his own initial encounter region. The Syrian dialect with the language came is based on the language as a first-year student. in the capital, Damascus. “My first words, my first While most of these class, were as a freshman, dialects are mutually un- Along Colonnade the and I didn’t know any derstandable, differences J Arabic or even a Semitic emerge the farther you language,” he said. “But move from the capital. it’s not difficult if you put To help students enough time into it.” gain more experience This is W&L’s first in speaking Arabic, year of Arabic language Edwards is already en- courses on campus; pre- Visiting Professor Antoine Edwards teaching an Arabic class. couraging them to apply viously, students wishing in 2016 to the Critical to study it attended Language Scholarship classes at Virginia Military Institute.