EphNotes - For Williams Alumni, Parents and Friends

A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR WILLIAMS ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS

Volume 11, Number 1, January 2005

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COLLEGE NEWS

WILLIAMS SEEKS ALUMNI AND PARENT INPUT FOR NEW DIVERSITY INITIATIVES

As a special focus this year, Williams is seeking ways to make the College

as welcoming as possible to members of historically marginalized groups.

All members of the College community, including alumni and parents, are

encouraged to contribute to the Diversity Initiatives process by sharing

their thoughts and experiences. Go to:

http://www.williams.edu/go/diversity/. Alumni can log on using their

Williams Alumni Web Community (AWC) accounts; login instructions are

available for parents as well.

STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF ORGANIZE FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF

Many in the Williams community have expressed shock, grief, and anxiety

over the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami. Members of

student groups have joined with College departments and offices to form

the Williams Tsunami Relief Coalition to assist in relief efforts through

fundraising, and to act as a network of support for members of our

community.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=867.

For details on the Coalition, and ways you can help, click on

http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/tsunami/

CHAPIN LIBRARY EXHIBITING CATHER MISCELLANY

The Chapin Library's current exhibition, "'She Loved All Great Formal,

Noble Things': A Willa Cather Miscellany," organized and written by David

H. Porter, the Harry C. Payne Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts, will be

on view through February.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/resources/chapin/exhibits/exhibits.html

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FACULTY NEWS

KAREN MERRILL WINS WESTERN HISTORY ASSOCIATION BOOK PRIZE

Associate professor of history Karen Merrill has been awarded the Western

History Association's Robert G. Athearn Award for her book "Public Lands

and Political Meaning," which focuses on the struggles between organized

ranchers and federal land agencies.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=854

KAPLAN AND RICHARDSON APPOINTED TO NAMED CHAIRS

Lawrence J. Kaplan has been named the Halford R. Clark Professor of

Natural Science and David P. Richardson the William R. Kenan, Jr.,

Professor of Chemistry.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=856

PROFESSOR HAROLD H. WARREN DIES AT 82

The College notes with sadness the passing, on Thursday, of Harold H.

Warren, the Halford R. Clark Professor of Natural Science, emeritus, at

the age of 82. A mainstay of the Chemistry Department from 1950 to 1984,

professor Warren was known by generations of Williams students as a

steady, calm, and fair teacher. Each year in his honor the College bestows

the Harold H. Warren Prize to a student who demonstrates excellence in

introductory organic chemistry.

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ALUMNI NEWS

MUSEUM SEEKS ART LOANS FOR ALUMNI EXHIBITION

WCMA seeks loans from alumni for the fourth Williams Alumni Loan

Exhibition in 2006, the museum's 80th anniversary year. Works spanning the

history of art are wanted. If you are interested in lending, or know of

someone who might be, please contact curator Vivian Patterson '77, MA '80

at 413-597-2457; e-mail, Vivian.L.Patterson@williams.edu.

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COOL WEB SITES

The Multimedia Neuroscience Education Project, a National Science

Foundation-funded site for learning about synaptic transmission that has

been used in dozens of colleges and universities around the world, is the

brainchild of professor of psychology Betty Zimmerberg. The site features

animations programmed by Williams students and music by Judd Greenstein

'02. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/imput/ (RealPlayer required

http://www.real.com/)

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EPH SPORTS

Through fall NCAA competitions, the Ephs once again lead the U.S. Sports

Academy Directors' Cup race, with 412 points to second-place Messiah's

266. Williams is gunning for its ninth NCAA Div. III Director's Cup in the

past 10 years.

Men's Basketball (11-3) had its Div. III-record 64-game win streak snapped

by Wheaton (IL), 82-74. And despite 21 points and 18 rebounds from NESCAC

Player of the Week Tucker Kain '05, the Ephs dropped a 88-78 decision to

Amherst Saturday ...

Women's Basketball (11-2) got stellar effort from its deep bench in a

86-62 win over archrival Amherst Saturday.

Men's Swimming and Diving took the Little Three title Saturday with a

134-109 dual-meet win over Amherst. The women's team pulled out a 155-141

victory over the rival Jeffs, to capture its own Little Three crown ...

After knocking off Tufts 3-1, Men's Hockey (4-6-1) fell in OT to

SUNY-Plattsburgh, 5-4. Women's Ice Hockey (5-6) ended its swing through

Wisconsin with a 2-0 win over UW-River Falls ...

Wrestling placed in six classes, led by a victory by All-American Tom

Prairie '05 at the 125-pounds, to take sixth in a strong field at the

Simpson College (IA) Invite.

Indoor Track and Field opened its fall season over the weekend at the

Dartmouth Relays, with the women placing third and the men fifth. The

teams host their lone winter meet Saturday.

For more Eph sports:

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/athletics/

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