c1_cover_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:18 AM Page 1 www.wmalumni.com SPRING 2014 LEADING MAN “Nashville” star Chip Esten ’87 HOOPS HOAX OXFORD TALE CURRICULUM Q&A c2_optimal_ad_Layout 1 3/6/14 10:08 AM Page 1 01_dev_ad_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/14/14 1:26 PM Page 1 2_3_spring_photo_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:28 AM Page 2 2 2_3_spring_photo_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:29 AM Page 3 THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE PHOTO BY WREN SHAULIS See more of Wren’s images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrensworld/ 4_travel_ad_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:27 AM Page 4 4 SPRING 2014 WILLIAM & MARY 05_contents_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/14/14 10:29 AM Page 5 W&M CONTENTS SPRING 2014 — VOL. 79, NO. 3 FEATURES 9 THE NEW CURRICULUM Strengthening the liberal arts curriculum WITH MICHAEL R. HALLERAN 32 NASHVILLE STAR Chip Esten ’87 on fame and family BY KELLEY FREUND 38 OXFORD CONNECTIONS Old-world architecture hops the pond BY CHILES T.A. LARSON ’53 46 FOUL LINES The story of the Hershberger hoax BY BEN KENNEDY ’05 DEPARTMENTS 7 FROM THE BRAFFERTON 8 UPFRONT 12 AROUND THE WREN 16 JUST OFF DOG STREET 18 GIFTS AT WORK 22 IDEATION 24 BOOKNOTES 28 TRIBE SPORTS 52 ALUMNI SPIRIT 55 PARENT & FAMILY PROGRAMS 56 CLASS NOTES 93 VITAL STATS 104 BACKSTORY ON THE COVER: Chip Esten ’87 PHOTO: JOHN HENLEY COVER PHOTO: © BOB D'AMICO/DISNEY ABC TELEVISION GROUP/GETTY IMAGES ALUMNI MAGAZINE SPRING 2014 5 06_muscarelle_ad_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:25 AM Page 6 6 SPRING 2014 WILLIAM & MARY 07_brafferton_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/6/14 10:33 AM Page 7 FROMTHEBRAFFERTON Liberal Arts ur strategic plan calls for deep engagement of faculty and students William & Mary to be one of the but from the breadth of study — arts and preeminent liberal arts universi- sciences. This breadth is essential for ties in the world, providing the very best success in a post-industrial global society. undergraduate education, complemented The liberal arts look for connections by a few superb graduate and professional across disciplines and stress various programs. The liberal arts have long been interrelated ways of looking at the the core of a W&M education. But they world’s challenges and possibilities. The aren’t always understood. liberal arts prepare you to thrive amid The term liberal arts (artes liberales for complexity and change. They help stu- those still awash in their Latin) goes back dents learn to think rigorously, communi- to antiquity, referring to the education of cate effectively, have breadth of perspec- a free person or, later, the education that tive, develop curiosity, and appreciate a makes one intellectually free. When a diversity of views even when they chal- curriculum developed around this notion lenge dearly held assumptions. in the Middle Ages, it included the study The liberal arts do not seek to prepare of both the humanities (rhetoric and students for specific jobs, but to prepare music, for example) and the sciences them for any job. This includes finding (arithmetic, geometry and astronomy). meaningful work that nourishes the soul It’s often mistakenly believed that the while putting bread on the table. liberal arts exclude the sciences. Not so! As I am wont to note, William & Mary Indeed, the title of our Faculty of Arts graduates, steeped in the liberal arts, and Sciences makes that quite explicit. continue to move into leadership posi- Our undergraduates study both “arts” tions in a wide variety of fields, including percent of employers surveyed agree and “sciences” in their general education public service. In that sphere, our gradu- that “a candidate’s capacity to think crit- courses, and over 20 percent of them ates have recently become director of the ically, communicate clearly, and solve major in the sciences. In fact, among all FBI, chief scientist of NASA, the head of complex problems is more important public institutions in the nation, we rank the Securities and Exchange Commis- than their undergraduate major.” And 74 third in the percentage of our students sion, and director of the U.S. Geological percent of those surveyed believe that a who earn Ph.D.s in the sciences, not to Survey. They join a constellation of lead- 21st-century liberal arts education is the mention the great success of our gradu- ers from William & Mary including the best preparation for success. ates in medical school and other health- director of our national parks, majority So, when any of us hears “liberal arts” care programs. leader of the U.S. House of Representa- bandied about in conversation, let’s In practice, the line between the arts tives, and two former members of Presi- remember to sound William & Mary’s and sciences is often blurred. For example, dent Obama’s cabinet: the secretary of trumpet. The liberal arts include the full our Center for Geospatial Analysis, a defense and the chair of the Council of breadth of the arts, humanities, and transdisciplinary program housed in Economic Advisers. Four members of the social and natural sciences; they define Swem Library, allows students in many cabinet of Virginia’s new Governor, Terry the gold standard of education; they are fields, history for example, to apply geo- McAuliffe, are graduates of William & the best preparation for success in a graphic information systems in their work. Mary — his chief of staff and the secre- wildly changing world; and no one does Of course, the sciences and mathemat- taries of finance, natural resources and them better than your alma mater. ics wing of the liberal arts overlaps with technology. And the minority leader of the broader category of what’s called Virginia’s Senate is one of ours. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering A broad liberal arts perspective is and Math). I stress that overlap between what employers seek. A recent survey the liberal arts and STEM because they conducted by the national Association of are often thought to live on different American Colleges and Universities con- planets. The excellence of a W&M educa- firmed what we know anecdotally from W. Taylor Reveley III tion comes not only from its rigor and its the success of our students: nearly 100 President, College of William & Mary PHOTO: STEVEN BIVER ALUMNI MAGAZINE SPRING 2014 7 08_upfront_William&MaryMagazineTemplate 3/14/14 10:30 AM Page 8 U PFRONT SPRING 2014 VOLUME 79, NUMBER 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Thinking Ahead Barbara Cole Joynes ’82, President David N. Kelley ’81, Vice President fter two years of review, study, debate high priority for your Alumni Association, Susan Snediker Newman ’79, Secretary Glenn W. Crafford ’77, Treasurer and development, the Faculty of Arts and I have asked Provost Michael Halleran Peter M. Nance ’66, Immediate Past President Christopher P. Adkins ’95, Ph.D. ’09 and Sciences voted in December to adopt a to share information about this forward- R. Edwin Burnette Jr. ’75, J.D. ’78 new curriculum, which will replace the thinking initiative (see p. 9). Ted R. Dintersmith ’74 J. Thomas Flesher ’73 General Education Requirements (GERs). Kathryn Hennecy Floyd ’05 While development of curricula is the KAREN R. COTTRELL ’66, M.ED. ’69, ED.D. ’84 Martha McGlothlin Gayle ’89, J.D. ’95 Cynthia Satterwhite Jarboe ’77 purview of faculty, keeping alumni informed Executive Vice President Elyce C. Morris ’98 about important changes at the College is a William & Mary Alumni Association Timothy J. Mulvaney ’91 Stephen S. Tang ’82 Kevin J. Turner ’95 G. Wayne Woolwine ’61 Ann Hansbarger Snead ’59, Olde Guarde Council ] Kirsten A. Shiroma ’05, Chapter Presidents Council [CALLFORNOMINEES Alyssa W. Scruggs ’10, Young Guarde Council Anthony J. Hanagan ’14, Student Alumni Council ALUMNI MAGAZINE STAFF Alumni Medallion Award Executive Vice President: Karen R. Cottrell ’66, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’84 Editor: Mitch Vander Vorst The Alumni Medallion is the highest and most prestigious award the William & Mary Assistant Editor: Kelley Freund Alumni Association can bestow on a graduate of the College. This award recognizes indi- Copy Editor: Sara Piccini Art Director: Michael D. Bartolotta viduals who have exemplary accomplishments in their professional life, service to the Assistant Director of Communications: Sarah Juliano Online Editor: Del Putnam community, state or nation, and loyalty and commitment to the College. Senior Design Intern: Molly Adair ’14 The Board will consider all three areas when they select the Medallion recipients. Interns: Caroline Saunders ’14, Meredith Randle ’16 Contributing Photographers: Gretchen Bedell, Steven However, there may be an occasion when they consider an individual based on extraor- Biver, Bob D’Amico, John Henley, Aaron Huniu Chris dinary achievement in only one or two areas. The Board will make the selection at their Hollo, Chiles T.A. Larson ’53, Dottie Millwater, Mark Mitchell, Michael Paras, Tejvan Pettinger, Cameron fall 2014 meeting. Powell, Skip Rowland ’83, Stephen Salpukas, Wren Shaulis Nominations must be submitted on the form provided. It can be downloaded at Contributing Writers: Jim Ducibella, Robin Farmer, wmalumni.com/awards or it can be requested by either calling 757.221.7855 or emailing Ben Kennedy ’05, Chiles T.A. Larson ’53, Joseph McClain, W. Taylor Reveley III, Megan Shearin, Erin [email protected]. 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