A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR WILLIAMS ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS

Volume 10, Number 6, July 2004

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reunion PICS!

The College has teamed up with a Web-based company, EveryoneSmile.com, to bring you a slew of Reunion ’04 photos, organized by cohorts and activities (25^th, 50^th, Parade, Family Fun, etc.). Go to http://www.everyonesmile.com/williams and fill in your e-mail address. Within 24 hours you’ll receive an e-mail granting you access to view all the photos and share them with friends. You'll also be able to order one free 5 x 7 photo print. When signing up, you will be able to opt in or out of EveryoneSmile e-mails and promotions, but rest assured, the company has guaranteed not to share your e-mail address with any other vendor.

The Class of 1954 offers extra 50th photos at www.computer-therapy.com/eph54. On the left side, under “Contents,” you’ll find “ Reunion in Pictures.” Lots of ’em.

Mike Himowitz offers special photographic treats for his 1969 classmates.

*SEE http://www.himowitz.net/Williams_Class_of_1969.html

REUNION LECTURE ONLINE

Dr. Larry McCullough’s ’69 reunion lecture, “Ethical Challenges of Aging and Long-Term Care: How They Will Affect You and Your Family and What You Can Do about Them,” is available as a PowerPoint presentation at http://www.williams.edu/alumni/ofnotes/McCullough-Williams-Reunion-Talk-on-Aging-June-04.ppt. (Your computer, whether Windows or Mac, needs to be armed with PowerPoint software to open this file.) Look for more online reunion lectures as we get them up.

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COLLEGE NEWS

RED PLANET ON VIEW THROUGH SUMMER

Hopkins Observatory announces a continuation of its Spring 2004 astronomy show, “Mars: Planet of Spirit and Opportunity.” Shows will be held in the Milham Planetarium on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8:30 from June 29 through August 12. Admission is free.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=741

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTS

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $552,732 to the Twelve-College Keck Geology Consortium, of which Williams College is a member. The grant, under NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program (REU), will allow a continuation of the consortium’s collaborative student-faculty research projects in geosciences for the next three years.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=739

WCMA’S SHEARER TO HEAD CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER

After 15 years as director of the Williams College Museum of Art, Linda Shearer is moving on to head the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center. Formerly an assistant curator at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and director of new-art exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Shearer’s tenure at WCMA encompassed changes both personal and professional.

*SEE http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~25553~2248977,00.html

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FACULTY NEWS

AFRAID OF MATH? HELP IS ON THE WAY …

Addison-Wesley has recently released the third in a series of statistics textbooks, which reach out to math-phobic students, by Williams College professor of statistics Richard D. De Veaux and collaborators Paul Velleman and David E. Bock. The books’ accessible, conversational style is designed to “motivate and soothe the fearful student,” according to one reviewer.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=731

… AND IT’S KNOT AS DIFFICULT AS YOU THINK

It’s not every day that discussion of a major mathematical theory is paired with a comic book’s format and colorful cast of characters. Colin Adams, the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics at Williams, achieved this unusual combination in his newly published book, “Why Knot? An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots.”

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=729

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ALUMNI NEWS

REMEMBERING BOB QUAY ‘04

The Williams community was shocked and saddened to learn of the death, on Friday, June 25, of Bob Quay ’04. The recipient of a degree in American Studies, Quay died in a biking accident. There will be a memorial service in Bob’s hometown of Amherst, New Hampshire on August 14.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/go/messages/M20040709-004-ktrembla.html

DAYTON’S ARCTIC JOURNEY COMPLETED
Eric Dayton '03 has completed his 3,000-mile trek, begun December 17, across the Arctic as a member of the Arctic Transect 2004 Team. Organized by NOMADS Online Classroom Expeditions, the team maintained contact with students worldwide via their Web site and carried out scientific work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

*SEE http://www.polarhusky.com/public/home.asp?menuID=home
*SEE http://www.polarhusky.com/onlineclassroom/home.asp?menuID=0

THE LANDSCAPE CHANGE PROGRAM

University of Vermont professor of geology Paul Bierman ’85 and colleagues have unveiled the Landscape Change Program Web site, a digital archive of Vermont images that documents landscape change over time. Using historical photographs paired (where possible) with contemporary images of the same sites, the program aims to trace geologic responses to deforestation, farming, and other human developments. Follow the link for over 5,000 views of Vermont then and now.

*SEE http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/mission/mission_main.htm

ALUMS TAKE NOTE!

Did you ever shiver through a snow-sculpture party during winter carnival? Were you here when Lansing Chapman Rink didn’t have a roof? Do you keep your issues of the Alumni Review? Most important, did you ever study in a monkey carrel? Follow the link below to the Alumni Home Page, and scan the “Of Note” column on the left for the Question of the Week …

http://www.williams.edu/alumni/

MUSEUM SEEKS ART LOANS FOR ALUMNI EXHIBITION

WCMA seeks loans from alumni for the fourth Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition in 2006, the museum’s 80^th 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: tel. 413-597-2457; e-mail, Vivian.L.Patterson@williams.edu.

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COOL WEB SITES

GET INTO THE NEW STUDENT CENTER…

Curious about the new home of curly fries, mail, and much, much more? Follow the link for Polshek Partnership’s pictures, floor plans, and maps, plus a detailed description of the resources and services the new center will offer.

*SEE http://www.williams.edu/go/studentcenter/

… AND ’62 CENTER FOR THEATRE AND DANCE

Want to get a look inside, outside, and all around the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance? Follow the link for in-progress pictures of the new multi-stage, multi-use facility. The house lights are set to dim, and the curtain to rise, in the spring of 2005. Follow links at the bottom of the pictures page to the Project Home Site and the ’62 Center Daily Web Cam.

http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/theatre.html

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EPH SPORTS

LAMB FIELD DEDICATION, SATURDAY SEPT. 11

Williams’ first artificial turf field, named in honor of retired lacrosse coach Renzie Lamb, will be dedicated at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, September 11. Come one, come all to the ceremony adjacent to Weston Field, following the 3:00 p.m. varsity field hockey game against Wesleyan.

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