the alumni magazine of washington and lee university a Inside: The Coeducation Decision JULY 1984 Lf the alumni magazine of washington and lee (USPS 667-040) Volume 59, Number 4, July 1984 Frank A. Parsons, "54... 630. ce ee ee ca Editor Romulus T. Weatherman .............. Managing Editor Jeffery G. Hanna..................... Associate Editor Robert: Furé {6 3035 oe cn ces. Contributing Editor JOVCETTAUIIS foc ee ek eee aa cae Editorial Assistant Arlene Thomas ................. .... Editorial Assistant We Paick'Tillicly, 73....:.:- 0 sn bere ye Photographer TABLE OF CONTENTS Trustees’ Statement .......00..s.000c50550 0 1 The Historic Moment .......4....ccccreadseenecescnnee 3 ‘‘Childréen’’ of Alummi.....¢0..0:...2/53550, ee 8 A Trustee’s Perspective .............. ie rn - / - a / ae — 7 SS Oo oe | - Historic Moment Rector Ballengee of anticipation. They had arrived in Lexington by noon on Friday to convene the special meeting. They heard addi- tional reports from committees on Friday afternoon, ad- journed for dinner at the Keydet-General motel, and then resumed their discussions around the dinner table. When they finally called a halt to the debate around 11 p.m., many Trustees still had not made up their minds on the issue. One Trustee confessed he had not decided which way he would vote until 4 o’clock Saturday morning. Reminded of that Trustee’s remarks at the news con- ference, James M. Ballengee, rector of the Board, wryly observed: “Yes, I heard that Trustee up walking around out at the motel. I was awake myself?’ Clearly, the Trustees were not exactly sleeping on the matter. The final session began at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The ad- ministrative staff members who customarily attend Board meetings—the deans, treasurer, admissions director, univer- sity relations director, and assistant to the president—had anticipated an executive session of the Board, augmented only by the past and current presidents of the student body and the alumni association. Instead, the Trustees agreed to invite them to attend the historic session. ‘“They had been involved in the process from the start,’’ said Ballengee. ‘“‘There was no sense excluding them at the end.’’ The motion came to the floor at 10:40 a.m. Rector Ballengee called for discussion, asking each Trustee for one final statement on the question. For the next hour as they went around the table one by one, the 22 Trustees who attended the meeting* set out their positions one last time. Some spoke from prepared statements or notes, others made their remarks extem- poraneously. All spoke words that were deeply personal, often highly emotional. Those who were in the room but not part of the vote were struck by the combination of can- Sees SSN 2 ee Seen, Dr. Shannon (left) and President Wilson dor and thoughtfulness of those remarks, which reflected the care with which the Trustees had examined the issue. At 11:45 a.m. the question was called. Secretary Whitehead read the roll. Two of the votes—T. Hal Clarke’s from Ireland and J. Alvin Philpott’s from North Carolina—were by phone. Though the Board’s rules call for only a simple majority on such votes, the Trustees had determined beforehand that this question would need to be resolved by more than a sim- ple majority. Explained Ballengee: ‘We determined in advance and by general agreement that this decision of such importance and significance could not be adopted by what one would call a slim majority, that it required something more than that.”’ And though he declined to say precisely what the Trustees had required for themselves, the 17 to 7 margin ex- ceeded that bottom line. The motion carried. After almost an hour during which a statement an- nouncing the Board’s decision was completed and news releases were prepared, Ballengee, President John D. Wilson and two Trustees—Dr. Edgar Shannon Jr. and Justice A. Christian Compton—left the library for a news conference in The Commerce School Building. As an indication of the interest that had been generated in the issue, the lecture hall was almost filled with media. W&L’s campus radio station, WLUR-FM, broadcast the news conference live. Since the conference was designed for *Trustees T. Hal Clarke of Atlanta and J. Alvin Philpott of Lexington, N.C., were unable to be on the campus for the meeting, but both voted in absentia by telephone—Clarke from Ireland, Philpott from North Carolina. Tom Wolfe, who was elected to the Board in January, has been unable to attend any meetings because of deadline pressures from his book. He has not yet been sworn in as a Trustee and did not participate in the special meeting or the vote. Reid Hall audience awaits the word. media and the room was not large enough to accommodate others, arrangements were made to show the event live on television monitors in nearby Reid Hall. The Ring-tum Phi, the campus newspaper, had summoned a skeleton staff back to the campus in order to publish a special ‘‘Extra”’ edition which would go in the mail to all students two days later. Ballengee’s announcement came at 12:50 p.m.: “The Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee Univer- sity today approved by a 17 to 7 vote the following resolu- tion: ‘Resolved, that Washington and Lee University shall admit qualified students, regardless of gender, to all of its degree programs commencing in the fall of 1985.’ ”’ Those watching on the TV monitors in Reid Hall cheered the news. Several of the students who had opposed coeducation shook their heads sadly. The word was out. And it spread quickly. The Universi- ty switchboard, which was opened just to answer inquiries, was flooded with calls for the next four hours. After reading the Board’s entire supporting statement, Ballengee opened the floor to questions. And for the next 35 minutes, the media probed the decision and its ramifica- tions, asking many questions that had been anticipated but some that had not. Primarily those questions were: Why? And, how? First, the whys. The Board statement had stressed a ‘‘foremost” convic- tion that ‘“‘the educational benefits of the University should be extended to men and women undergraduates alike.’’ The statement went on to say that “the education of tomorrow’s leaders in the learned professions and in the corporate world will be strengthened by the presence in our classrooms and laboratories of men and women of talent, ambition, and character. ”’ But the reporters wanted to know the role that demographics had played in the deliberations. They asked WLUR-FM'’s live coverage how coeducation might alter W&L’s appeal to prospective students. And they were told the national pool of ap- plicants is shrinking and will continue to shrink. By re- maining all-male, Washington and Lee would continue limiting itself to half the available pool. Moreover, one important element in the Trustee study was a survey of 400 high school guidance counselors. In that survey the counselors made it clear that a large majori- ty of the male students in those secondary schools refused even to consider Washington and Lee because of the all- male policy. Noted Ballengee: ‘‘Not very long ago there were maybe a couple of hundred all-male schools in this country with 80,000 students. It’s down to five now with no more than 8,000 in total. That looks like a product that isn’t very much in demand to many people.’’ But as Wilson observed in response to a question, the issue of demographics, though certainly a part of the discussion, was by no means ail of the discussion—perhaps not even the major part. ‘We were looking at the total future health, vitality, and character of the University as measured against . . . changes in the larger society,’’ Wilson said. Those changes had been mentioned in the Board’s for- mal statement which referred to “the widening respon- sibilities assumed by talented women in our time.’’ Too, Wilson stated his belief that the University would benefit as much from the presence of women as women would benefit from their presence at the University—an ex- traordinarily important observation. ““We do have something special here,’’ said Wilson. “I don’t think it is self-serving to say that. . . . There is a spirit alive on this campus, a spirit of humaneness. We do cultivate notions of integrity and honor and character here that are very, very important, it seems to me, to match up with our superior teaching and learning program. We Historic Moment Rector Ballengee (left) listens to Justice Compton’s remarks. believe that these values that are so important to Washington and Lee can and will be enjoyed by women equally and that they will help to contribute to sharpening them and to making them as much a part of our future as our past.’’ Throughout the debate and the Trustees’ study there had been constant references to the “‘intangibles”’ of the Washington and Lee experience. In his remarks at the news conference Wilson made it plain that neither he nor his fellow Trustees had taken the notion of such “‘intangibles’”’ lightly. “I confessed to the Beard that as late as last night I had sleepless hours in testing what might be gained and what lost (by coeducation),’’ said Wilson. “There are in- tangibles, as you know, that are hard to wrap language around. But the spirit, the magical quality of life here, the way the faculty open themselves up to students and student needs and are accessible day in and day out, careful atten- tion to teaching, accompanied by a commitment to scholarship—these are the valuables that live here and that we fully expect will be attractive to women and will be con- tributed to by the women we admit here.”’ Quality was always the key issue—the quality of the students, the quality of the educational process, the quality of the environment. That is not to say there was agreement that coeducation would assure that quality. Within the Trustees as within the alumni, the students, and the faculty, there were opposing viewpoints. Justice Compton spoke of those when he told the news conference that he had voted against the proposal because he felt “‘we have in place at this University a fine- tuned educational machine which is providing a high quali- ty education in a single-sex atmosphere.”’ And yet Compton quickly added that the Trustees’ an- nounced statement of unified support for the decision was accurate when he said: 6 ‘“‘The decision has been made. There is no appeal. Those of us who love and support Washington and Lee. . .will work just as hard to make coeducation another positive factor as we worked against the proposal to coeducate.”’ The hows were less easily answered. How much will it cost? How much will the physical plant have to be altered? How many women will be enrolled? How will various areas of the University—athletics, fraternity life—be altered? How will the University set out to unify its constituencies in light of a decision on an issue that had so clearly been divisive? For starters, the Trustees have asked that a Committee on Coeducation be established on the campus. That com- mittee will be composed of members of the administration, faculty, and student body (both law and undergraduate) and will work closely with the Trustees’ Executive Committee. Many of those unanswered questions as well as questions that are sure to arise will be addressed by that committee. At the outset, plans are to aim for about 80 women students in the class that enrolls in the fall of 1985. Wilson referred to “fan evolutionary development” dur- ing which “‘we have as a primary value the intimacy of our academic environment. We are not anxious to see this undergraduate enrollment expand very markedly. So we’ve had a kind of working idea that between 1,350 and 1,500 undergraduates would be as far as we’d want to go by the year 1995, let us say. Within that general target, again to be refined, we would hope to see as many as 500 women in residency by the end of that decade. Then we'll take another look as an administration, a faculty, and as a Board finally to see what evolutionary steps beyond that need to be taken.’’ As for facilities, the major concerns will be the con- struction of a new residence hall—a project under con- sideration regardless of the coeducation decision—and renovation of gymnasium locker room facilities. Those, ee ‘dif iff a METHHTHES ident Cole Dawson none Executive Committee Pres noted Wilson, represent the major capital undertakings with preliminary estimates of about $4 million for a dor- mitory with 200 beds and $150,000 for gymnasium renovations. Wilson said that ‘“‘we do not expect any diminution in our men’s varsity athletic commitments, but we do an- ticipate an evolutionary development of women’s inter- collegiate sports. And that will probably require our mov- ing up on the schedule the installation of one or two more outdoor playing fields.’’ In terms of personnel, the athletic department would re- quire the most adjustment with the possibility of three ad- ditional staff members. Asked specifically whether the University plans to add additional women faculty members, Wilson said: “I very much hope that our recent successes in attracting talented women to the faculty will continue. We will have to do that obviously in special ways to meet our policy commitment today. . . . Though we don’t anticipate serious dislocations of enrollment between fields because men and women to- day are as apt to share an interest in premedicine or pre-law or commerce and journalism as well as the liberal arts and sciences. But nonetheless, as faculty vacancies open we’re going to be even more acutely committed in the future, as we have been in the past, to attracting women.’’ On the subject of fraternities, Wilson said that the University does have a commitment to the fraternity system. Though he declined to predict whether coeducation might result in a reduction of the number of W&L’s 17 fraternities, he admitted that was a possibility, “but it would be only through natural attrition, not through policy. ’’ One of the Trustees’ primary concerns throughout the study involved the acceptance of coeducation by the University’s primary constituencies. Ballengee noted that the Trustees’ survey of alumni opinion had played a signifi- 2 A room full of media at the news conference cant role in the study, particularly the general alumni feel- ing that the University’s academic standards must not be allowed to deteriorate. Added Ballengee: ‘“‘We think that strong reservoir of love and affection for this place will override (the alumni’s) emotional feeling that ‘we’d like Washington and Lee to be the way it was when I was there.’ ”’ As for the student response, Wilson said he would rely heavily on the leadership of the student government, especially Executive Committee President Cole Dawson of Houston, in the coming year. Dawson was a participant in the Trustees’ final delibera- tions on the subject and made a strong statement in favor of coeducation during the special meeting, admitting that his thinking on the issue had changed dramatically during the discussions. In a letter to the student body in the special issue of The Ring-tum Phi, Dawson wrote that he is “confident that ad- mitting women is a positive move and one that will make W&L a stronger institution in the future.’’ He also told his fellow students: ‘““We have so much to gain with a positive attitude.’’ When the formal news conference ended, the par- ticipants lingered outside the Commerce School Building, chatting casually with faculty members and students who had been watching the proceedings on the nearby TV monitors. Thirty minutes later the campus was as quiet as it always is on summer Saturdays, deserted except for the oc- casional tourists who wandered, guidebooks in hand, from the Lee Chapel to the Colonnade to the back campus. One set of tourists, a husband and wife from Colorado, had been made aware of the historic events of the after- noon. Asked her reaction to that news by a reporter, the wife said: “I think I’m going back to college and enroll here in the fall?’ Ss, a ee Oo a ae a aoe st . 7 7 . ra oo a a - - . Mer . / £ Lh Lo oe re _ . ee nee ale oe rr . q “coeducation would result in strongly positive changes oc- curring throughout the social and extracurricular life of the University.’ This conviction is shared not only by most faculty members but also by the administration and prob- ably by most of the students. Without questioning for a moment the sincerity and depth of feeling conveyed to all of us by the dozens of alumni who have written to express their views, I believe that our responsibility as Trustees is not to protect the alumni’s perception of what W&L was like when they were here—although f think we hope we do that. Rather, it is to do whatever is necessary to foster an atmosphere and ex- perience which best results in our institutional purpose be- ing achieved. After all, would not ‘those same alumni who oppose coeducation so vocally now be even more upset if we permitted W&L to decline in quality? Ana are they not likely to be more proud and supportive of a high-quality coeducational university than a mediocre all-male university? We must find a way, as Dr. Sidney M. B. Coulling (head of the department of English) suggested in his letter to President Wilson, to combine properly the concepts of be- ing “distinctive” and “distinguished.’’ We could be “distinctive” as an all-male institution that was second- or third-rate, but we would not be “distinguished.’’ We can be “distinctive” as a coed institution if we “distinguish” ourselves by the quality of our academic program and by the encouragement and appreciation of the values and traditions which we all believe are so much a part of the Charles Mason Photo W&L experience we want to preserve and which frequently are not a part of the experience found at other institutions. Therefore, when Jack Warner says, “Dare to be dif- ferent!” I would respond: “At what cost and at what loss of opportunity?” Do we invest our energy and our talent and our funds trying to be better—or use them up trying not to get worse? Perhaps those who say “‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” are really saying that nothing has changed at Washington and Lee. l. But it is a change that the academic quality of our students is declining. Our SAT scores are down more than the national average and more than our competition. The comments about student quality contained in faculty letters to President Wilson, and subsequently conveyed to us, are alarming. 2. And it is a change that, sociologically, the role of the female in the United States during this last third of the 20th century is dramatically different from what it has ever been before in the history of this country—indeed, in the history of the world—and there is no suggestion that this is only a fad that will go away. In that regard, a case can be made and should be made that it is poor judgment (and maybe worse) to deny W&L’s special qualities to talented, effective females who are and will be so important a part of the leadership of this nation in the future. 3. And it is a change, demographically, that the number of college-bound students will be in a dramatic decline for many years ahead and that the competition for that smaller number of students is increasing. The financial aid packages available to students from private and state universities are impressive and are an indication of what the marketplace will reflect even more intensely in the future. 4. Finally, but importantly, it is a change, again — sociologically, that there is less and less interest among college-bound students—especially males—in attending single-sex institutions. In this environment, W&L is increas- ingly perceived to be weird, not just different, and not just an educational alternative. Young people today are more sophisticated and aware than ever before, and they feel a nced to be compatible with this changed world. What aa! believe it will mean to Washington and Lee University to remain all male? 1. Basically, that we will spend our energy and our funds simply trying to hold on, trying to prove to the world and to ourselves that we are something special, and having fewer and fewer believe us as our own self-doubt increases. 2. We will lose market share and be forced to take more students of lesser quality, then we will begin to lose our fine faculty, and eventually we will lose our reputation. Already we have alumni telling us that they are not impressed by the 11 want to keep includ Williams, Dartmouth, by Charles D. Hurt Jr. Focusing on the Alumni Viewpoint A Message from the Alumni Association President This is my first opportunity as President of the Alumni Board of Directors to communicate with you. It comes at an extremely active and strenuous time for Washington and Lee University and for our Alumni Association. The debate of the highly-emotional coeducation question has sparked endless hours of conversation among Trustees, alumni, faculty, administration, students and friends of W&L everywhere, and countless letters and telephone calls. Alumni interest and activity have never been greater. In- telligent and loyal alumni have disagreed with each other. Yet, out of this activity, the genuine and unrestrained affec- tion and love for our University by you has shown through in innumerable ways. Thus, in spite of the time, I am cer- tainly honored and pleased to have this opportunity to make several comments on “The Decision” from the Alum- ni Board’s view. By the time you receive this issue of the Alumni Magazine, you will have already heard of the Board of Hurt faces a battery of reporters after the news conference. Trustees’ decision on coeducation in the undergraduate school. Elsewhere in this magazine you will find detailed information concerning that decision. The decision will not be popular with all alumni. Any decision, pro or con, would not be, as the question has caused both rational and emotional feeling on both sides. Thus, I think it is impor- tant to place some focus on the decision solely from the alumni viewpoint. First, the decision was made by the Board of Trustees, not by the administration, nor the faculty, nor the alumni, nor the students. The Board of Trustees is charged with the fiduciary responsibility of insuring Washington and Lee’s continuance as an excellent, small, academically-selective liberal arts institution, with our Honor System, quality faculty and low student-faculty ratio, and the other qualities which make W&L unique. Carrying out that responsibility of insuring the best that Washington and Lee can be for the future generations is, and certainly in the last 13 Alumni Viewpoint year has been, an awesome burden. The Board has decided what it thinks is best for W&L, not what it thinks the popular or easy decision would be. Numerous facts and factors were necessarily obtained and considered by the Board of Trustees in making what I am convinced is the most difficult decision the Trustees have ever had to make. As important as any consideration was the combination of the opinions, feelings and sugges- tions of our alumni. Before some of you snort, I ask you to think about that for a moment. Our Board of Trustees is composed almost entirely of alumni. Twenty-two of the 25 members of the Board are alumni. Five of those 22 have been elected to the Board by the alumni ballot system. Unlike many other such boards, our Board of Trustees reflects the same experience, affection, and concern for the University as do we all. None of us has been bashful about letting the Trustees know what we think, and throughout the process of dealing with the decision over the last year, I have been particularly struck by the fact that the Board of Trustees in miniature reflects the entire Alumni Association. The Board of Trustees, and the administration, gladly adopted every suggestion made by the Alumni Board for communicating with and informing alumni of all aspects of the coeducation question. This was done through the publication of letters, articles, and reports in the Alumni Magazine, through personal letters to every alumnus from Jim Ballengee, the Rector of the Board, through personal responses to your letters and calls, and through the detailed alumni survey mailed to each of us this spring. More im- portantly, the Board of Trustees listened. Your responses, in whatever form they came, have been not only appreciated but considered. The survey is an example. That was mailed to each of our 16,500 alumni all over the world, and at last count 6,697 responses had been received, tabulated, and analyzed. That response I think is amazing, particularly because completing the survey took time and thought. The Board spent considerable time studying the survey’s results, which were compiled in the form of a 192-page report. The Alumni Board has been kept fully informed at every step. Copies of all communications on the question and all reports were given to us. I have read all of your let- ters, as well as talking with many of you personally. So have all the members of the Alumni Board. In addition, both Peter Agelasto, whom I succeeded, and I have been invited to and have attended all of the meetings of the Board of Trustees over the last year, including the executive sessions of the Board. Both of us have had continuous and ample opportunity to communicate with the Board of Trustees, individually and as a whole. I can thus assure you that Peter 14 Agelasto’s and my ideas and opinions, the official expres- sions of the Alumni Board, and each of your communica- tions were carefully considered within the total mix of all the factors involved in the Board of Trustees’ decision. It can’t be said too often that your letters, calls, survey responses, advice and opinions, and all the other support were carefully considered, and appreciated. A number of factors are intertwined to make Washington and Lee unique, to the students, faculty, ad- ministration, and alumni. Your Alumni Board has become acutely aware of these factors over the last year. Many of the factors are reflected in the responses to the survey. At the top of the list, from our viewpoint, is the genuine in- terest in, appreciation of, affection for, and support of the University. I was at a dinner years ago which by pure hap- penstance was attended by W&L alumni from a number of different decades, and, after a whole evening of war stories and recollections, we finally left hearing the poor hostess remark, ““They must put something in the water in Lex- ington which affects you all for life.’’ As alumni, our expectations of Washington and Lee are exceedingly high. Look at the alumni survey results. We value the quality of the faculty, the close student-faculty ratio, the Honor System, our academically selective admis- sions policy, our strong academic program, our size, and the many intangible qualities of the Washington and Lee experience. The Board of Trustees deeply values the same things. The Trustees are committed to assuring that Washington and Lee will continue to have all those special qualities that make it unique and us proud. Whether we as individual alumni agree or disagree with the coeducation decision, I believe and trust we will do all in our power to help W&L continue to grow in excellence. | | | i ety at Ses Sigh 3 Ter Cae SS a SS eae - Oo 7 re q : more for his Alma Mater or whose love for his University was greater. Washington and Lee shall remember always how good he was and how much he made us better.”’ In addition to Huntley, the other doctor of laws degrees were presented to Edward Powers Bassett, ’51, of Evanston, IIl., dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and Robert Adam Mosbacher, ’47, of Houston, independent oil and gas operator and world champion sailor. Bassett, who received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, has held numerous positions in journalism, both as a reporter and editor and as a jour- nalism professor. He has been on the staffs of the Ander- son (Ind.) Herald, The Daily News of Longview, Wash., Falmouth (Mass.) Enter- prise, and The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. He has served as acting chairman of the University of Michigan department of jour- nalism, dean of the University of Kansas School of Journalism, and director of the University of Southern California School of Journalism. In 1980 he was named editor of the Statesman-Journal newspaper in Salem, Ore., a post he held until this past March when he was named dean of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Mosbacher has been an independent oil and gas producer since 1948 and is chair- man and chief executive officer of Mosbacher Production Co. in Houston. Mosbacher is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Commerce Banc- shares of Houston and the New York Life Insurance. He is a founding member of the American Business Conference and is on the boards of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Texas Heart Institute. A charter member and past chairman of the All American Wildcatters Association, he is chairman of the National Petroleum Council and a member and past president of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. Mosbacher Bassett 0 17 Commencement ’84 Mosbacher has won numerous sailing awards, including the 1971 North American Soling Championship and the 1971 Soling World Championship. In addition to the honorary degrees and announcement of Gee as the valedictorian, the other award recognized during the com- mencement exercises was the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion. Voted by the University’s faculty to the graduating senior who excels “in high ideals of living, in spiritual qualities, and in generous and disinterested service to others,’’ the honor went to Tori C. A. Richardson of Irvington, N.J. Richardson compiled an impressive record both in academics and in extracur- ricular activities during his four years at Washington and Lee. A graduate of Oratory Prep in Summit, N.J., he was an honor roll student and was inducted into W&L’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, the na- tional leadership fraternity, this year. He was an assistant head dormitory counselor and was named to Who’s Who in 1983. A journalism major, Richardson was news director for WLUR-FM, the campus radio station, and was a newscaster for Cable Nine, the journalism department’s cable television station. He was a member of the Student Association for Black Unity and Sigma Delta Chi, the national jour- nalism fraternity. Singled out for special recognition were several members of the faculty and ad- ministration who are retiring. They were William W. Watt, who is retiring as dean of the College; G. Francis Drake, who is retir- ing as professor of romance languages; Henry L. Ravenhorst, who is retiring as pro- fessor of engineering; and, Lt. Col. David C. Fowler, who leaves the University after three years as head of the military science department. Watt will return to full time teaching as a professor of chemistry in 1985 after spending the coming academic year on leave. He served as dean of the College, W&Ls arts and sciences division, for 13 years. Drake joined the faculty of Washington and Lee in 1940. A native of East Cleveland, Ohio, he received his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ne , Hill. Dean Watt Professor Drake 18 He came to Washington and Lee as an instructor and was named assistant pro- fessor in 1946, associate professor in 1957, and professor in 1959. Drake became head of the department of romance languages in 1970, a position he held until 1979. In addition to his classroom duties, Drake played an important role in directing summer institutes at W&L for high school teachers from all over the country under the National Defense Education Act and the Education Professions Development Act. Drake is a past president of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia and of the Virginia chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. He has been a member of the Modern Language Association and was named to one of the committees selecting Virginia Cultural Laureates for 1981. Ravenhorst joined the W&L faculty as an instructor in 1949 after spending two years as an instructor in engineering at neighboring Virginia Military Institute. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1952 to associate professor in 1959 and to full professor in 1967. A 1935 graduate of Washington and Lee, Ravenhorst has pur- sued graduate studies at Harvard, Dart- mouth, and the University of Alaska. He is a certified architect and is chair- man of the Lexington Planning Commis- sion. He has been chairman of the Lex- ington Electoral Board and of the Lex- ington Lions Club of which he is a charter member. He is active as a lay leader in the United Methodist Church. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kap- pa national leadership fraternity, the American Society of Engineering Educa- tion, and the Virginia Academy of Science. Fowler had been head of Washington and Lee’s Army ROTC Unit since June of 1981. He completed his tour of duty at W&L this year and retired from active military service to enter business. A native of Milford, Conn., Fowler was a magna cum laude graduate of the Univer- sity of Nebraska at Omaha. He earned his master’s degree in administration of criminal justice from Wichita State University. His military education includes airborne qualification and graduation from the Ar- mor Officer Advanced Course, the U.S. Ar- my Command and General Staff College, em . eli Professor Ravenhorst and the Army’s Advanced Criminal In- vestigation Management Course. Undergraduate commencement ac- tivities had begun a day earlier with the traditional baccalaureate service in Evans Hall. Dr. Charles Wesley Lowry, ’26, president of the Foundation for Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order and priest- associate in Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Southern Pines, N.C., delivered the bac- calaureate sermon. The baccalaureate was followed by an unusual luncheon on the front campus— unusual since the campus was immersed in a dusk-like darkness caused by a midday eclipse of the sun. On their way to and from the picnic, many of the graduates and their friends and families stopped by a special display on the lawn in front of the Colon- nade where members of the physics depart- ment had arranged for several telescopes for viewing the eclipse. All in all, it made for a memorable start to another memorable commencement. Law Commencement Washington and Lee University awarded juris doctor degrees to 105 law students dur- Col. Fowler ing commencement exercises for the W&L School of Law May 20. Former Washington and Lee law school dean Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. was the prin- cipal speaker for the ceremony, which was held on the lawn of the Front Campus. Steinheimer, who retired from the W&L deanship a year ago, spoke of the negative image that lawyers often have in society and warned the law graduates that they are leav- ing the idyllic world of the law school for a world in which they will often be “misunderstood and even unloved, even when they have diligently and conscien- tiously discharged their professional obligations.”’ Adding that the negative image of lawyers “‘just naturally goes with the ter- ritory of being a lawyer,’’ Steinheimer said that even though they may be misunderstood and even unloved ‘“‘you can always command the respect of others if you act as a true professional should.’’ Steinheimer, who spent the past semester teaching law at the University of Alabama, cited three specific areas of con- duct necessary for a lawyer to gain such respect: dignity, decency, and honesty. “By your manner, appearances, behavior, and language convey an impres- sion of self-assurance and self-respect which inspires confidence but falls short of 19 “ - - - 7 / - : ; ca . - ; 7 : - 7 : 7 o - - - - . a : - - . i - - . 7 7 7 A - - 7 - - 7 he - 7 a ~ - 7 Oo Bo by Jeffery G. Hanna No Handkerchiefs, Please Charles Mason, ’84, Scores Yet Another Victory This is not a sob story. It could be. All the elements are there: a young man suffering from a debilitating disease, in and out of hospitals for 15 years; treated alternately by surgery and medica- tion, most of which only make matters worse; Often so weak that a flight of stairs was as imposing as the Matterhorn; at one point even waging an uphill battle for his life; refusing to give up, despite the apparent odds; ultimately surviving—more than surviving, winning. The story could be a tear-jerker. Real hearts and flowers stuff. But Charles Mason would not allow that. And, after all, it is his story. So put the handkerchiefs away. “ Pai xk kk Charles Mason received his Washington and Lee degree this year. Some of his W&L professors would say it was high time Mason finally got that degree. They’d be smiling when they said it, though—smiling as broadly as Mason was that Thursday in May when he graduated. Mason caused a bit of a stir when he marched forward to receive his diploma that day. His black gown had been decorated with a yellow, red, and white sign which read: Class-ef28] Class-ef2.82 CTassof283 Class of ’84 That sign was subject to misinterpreta- tion, of course. Those who did not know Charles Mason or his background might have assumed that he had simply failed in three previous attempts to graduate. A couple of ill-timed F’s, perhaps. A few incompletes, maybe. That wasn’t it at all. xk Kk *& Crohn’s disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a chronic recurrent disease, mainly of young adults, caused by inflam- mation of segments of the small intestine. It is characterized by abdominal pain, in- ability to eat, frequently by fever and weight loss. It often leads to intestinal obstruction and fistula and abscess forma- tion and has a high rate of recurrence. Charles Mason was seven when he began to suffer the symptoms of Crohn’s disease. 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It was along trip _ photos, he’s | so much support along _ for a photo, BO _—-_ | Oo Oo | OS a a 7 i oe oe a i OO i So Be Be Bn —_ oe _— _ 6 - - OO . . - - - 7 ; - - 7 / / ; : : 7 - 7 . - - - - . 7 ’ - oe - - - - - - 7 7 - - - - - - SS a 7 : : ‘ : - - . - : - et se : ss -¢ - - : ee g . aes > SS : SS ces 3 i —— 2 $ fe a . ae Et , - neg a 7 e . c / a - 7 . or ee aed, les ses peers tae | os a . ee aa senate ey Br es es - ee a. ; a | | - | | | = t ode oe a yo cue i street. But mostly it’s good-natured curiosity: ‘‘Hey, orang putih, what your country?’’ While it is dangerous to generalize about ethnic groups, here are some thoughts on Sabah’s ethnic amalgam. The indigenous tribal peoples—Kadazans, Muruts, and Bajaus—are 55 percent of Sabah’s population. Half Christian and half Muslim, they are horsemen, fishermen, craftsmen, farmers, and hunters who mostly inhabit the rural kampungs or villages. The Chinese, 30 percent of the population, first came in the late 19th century. They control com- merce and the banks, and their business Savvy is somewhat resented by members of the other racial groups. They eat well and love cognac, parties, and gambling, especially on their beloved mah jongg. They are half Christian and half Bud- dhist. The ethnic Malays, while a majori- ty in West Malaysia, are only 15 percent of the population here. They are devoted to Islam, dress in batik kebayas and sarungs, love curries, and generally lead simpler lives than the Chinese. There are also more than 200,000 Filipinos and In- donesian guest workers in the state, many here illegally. More than 50 languages, including tribal ones, are spoken in Sabah. Malay, or as they call it here ‘‘Bahasa Malaysia’’ (literally ‘‘Language Malaysia’’), is the sole official one. Also the national language of Indonesia (there ‘‘Bahasa In- donesia’’) and Brunei, it is spoken by nearly 200 million people in the Malay Archipelago. I have been studying the language since I arrived. Since it uses Roman letters and has no verb conjuga- tion, it is the easiest of the Asian languages to learn. The two government-controlled televi- sion networks broadcast in four languages: Malay, English, Chinese (mostly Mandarin and Cantonese), and Tamil (for the many Indians in West Malaysia). American programs are par- ticularly popular with Shogun, The Winds of War, Diff’rent Strokes, Dallas, Falcon Crest, and The Jeffersons at the top of the hit parade. I enjoy the adver- tisements. Imagine ads for Pampers, 7-Up, and Kentucky Fried Chicken (yes, The Sabah State Mosque KFC is here) in Mandarin or Malay. While Sabah is, as I have tried to show, a fascinating place to be, the heart of the Henry Luce Scholarship is the placement itself. To find the right place- ment for each Scholar, the Luce Founda- tion turns to the expertise of the Asia Foundation, a San Francisco-based non- profit organization with field offices throughout East Asia. Each spring, Asia Foundation representatives, armed with the resumes of the 15 newly-chosen Luce Scholars, canvass institutions in the 10 countries and territories involved in the program, searching for appropriate pro- fessional placements. The participating countries are Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand. This year the placements are remarkably varied. They included urban positions, such as the legislative aide placement one Scholar has with a member of the Japanese Diet (Parlia- ment) and the reporter’s job another has with the Hong Kong-based newsweekly, Far Eastern Economic Review. There are always some unusual placements. One Scholar who is a medical student is serv- ing at refugee camps and a leprosy treat- ment center in northwest Thailand. I am serving as a legal officer in the Chambers of the Attorney General of Sabah. I act in that capacity as do all other lawyers on the staff, even though I still have one year to finish at the University of Virginia Law School. The staff in our chambers is multi- racial: Malay, Chinese, Pakistani, Kadazan. All the lawyers were trained in England, as full-fledged legal education is still relatively new to Malaysia. In England, law is still a first degree, still called the LL.B. Some Malaysian lawyers, trained as apprentices at the London Inns of Court, have no post- secondary degree at all. They are uniformly surprised that American lawyers undergo at least seven years of post-secondary education. Despite the ex- tended education, the American law degree is not recognized, so I am unable to speak in court. This is probably for the best since Malaysian lawyers still wear the classic white wig of the British bar. I can think of better ways to spend $150 than on a wig. The Malaysian legal system is based on British common law, although Malaysia has a lengthy written constitu- tion while Britain’s is unwritten. Though this constitution purports to delineate carefully the respective areas of federal and state action, Malaysia has the same sort of federal-state tension that we see in the United States. In addition, Malaysia has a separate system of Syariah, or religious, courts which handle only situa- tions where Muslims have violated a rule of the Qur’an. Sabah itself is an unusual state within the Malaysian federation. I liken it to Alaska within the U.S. federation. Both states are far from their national capital, are physically separated from the ‘‘mainland,’’ are oil-rich, and suspect that in some way the federal government is out to get them. However, Sabah, unlike Alaska, had special privileges granted to it when it joined the federa- af ws > a ; - . 7 ; / 2 - a - - - > — 7 7 - - ‘- / - Bn New Alumni Board Members ie W. NAT BAKER, ’67 Foremost-McKesson, Inc. San Francisco, Calif. President, San Francisco Chapter, 1981-84 AAP Chairman, 1981-84 JOHN F. CARRERE JR., ’69 JOHN W. FOLSOM, ’73 Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc. S.C. Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. New Orleans, La. Columbia, S.C. Vice President, New Orleans Chapter, 1982-84 President, Palmetto Chapter, 1978-79 Annual Fund Class Agent, 1983-84 AAP Chairman, 1978-84 JOHN W. JENNINGS JR., 65, ’72L Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton Roanoke, Va. President, Roanoke Chapter, 1981-84 Annual Fund Class Agent 1979-84 ~" Hes g | M. LEE HALFORD JR., ’69 Industrial Properties Corp. 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W&L receives bequest from Miss Ruth Parmly Washington and Lee has received a be- quest of $1.3 million from the estate of the late Ruth Parmly of New York City. According to Farris P. Hotchkiss, direc- tor of University relations and development at Washington and Lee, the bequest was not designated for a specific purpose. Washington and Lee’s board of trustees will consider a permanent use for the gift at its October 1984 meeting. Miss Parmly, who died May 8 at the age of 80, was one of Washington and Lee’s most generous benefactors. She had previously given the University gifts totaling $2 million to maintain and strengthen the University’s programs in the sciences. Her father, Professor Charles Howard Parmly, Rcscnesong taught physics and engineering at the Col- lege of the City of New York. Although she did not have any direct tie with Washington and Lee, Miss Parmly had been aware of the gift made to the Universi- ty in the early part of this century by Robert Parker Doremus. She often said that the story of the Doremus gift to W&L had pro- vided her with “an indirect connection” with the University. Her gifts were made in memory of her father and are recognized by the naming of the building housing W&L’s biology, physics, and physics-engineering depart- ments as Charles Howard Parmly Hall. Miss Parmly was born in New York City and studied at Vassar College, the Sorbonne in Paris, and Columbia University. Washington and Lee awarded her an honorary doctor of humane letters degree in 1979. Col. Tucker, ’10, dies Col. John H. Tucker Jr., 710, of Shreveport, La., died on May 22 at Schumpert Medical Center after an extend- ed illness. He was 93. The late Col. Tucker and his late wife, Hortense Rigby Tucker, left the bulk of an estate estimated to be worth several million dollars to Washington and Lee and the Shreveport Community Foundation. Born on February 25, 1891, in Pine Bluff, Ark., Tucker received the bachelor of arts degree from Washington and Lee in 1910. He served with the U.S. Army on the Mexican border in 1916 and served during World War I as aide-de-camp to General W. P. Richardson in France and northern Russia. He received his law degree from Loui- siana State University in 1920, the same year in which he began his practice of law with the firm of Smith & Tucker. At the time of his death he was the senior partner of Tucker, Jeter & Jackson. One of Tucker’s greatest contributions was founding the Louisiana Law Institute in 1933. The institute made possible moder- nization of the state’s original civil code and served as a model for law reform throughout the United States. The institute worked to modernize civil procedure and codify criminal law. He served as president of the Louisiana Law Institute from its founding until 1965. Tucker was also known for a variety of other contributions to the law, including several important cases he handled. He was considered one of the world’s authorities on the Napoleonic Code, the body of French civil law enacted in 1804, which was a model for the civil codes of many countries. He was a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances from 1934 to 1937. He was the author of Source Books of Louisiana Law. He addressed many law groups and was a visiting lecturer at Tulane University from 1959 through 1961. He served on numerous civic boards in 31 Le Gazette Shreveport and was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport. He was a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Phi. Tucker was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Washington and Lee in 1958. He also received honorary degrees from Louisiana State University, Tulane University, Loyola University, and Centenary College of Louisiana. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1956. He received the Hatton W. Sumners Award in 1958 for outstanding services and was chairman of the Louisana State Bar Association. A memorial service was held for Tucker on May 24 at the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport. Interment was in Mansfield, Ohio. Signaigo Scholarship established in Commerce School Washington and Lee University has received a gift of $50,000 from Leo J. Signaigo Jr. of Welch, W.Va., to establish a scholarship at the University in honor of his mother, Mollie Trent Signaigo. The Mollie Trent Signaigo Scholarship in Commerce will be awarded to a student planning to pursue a major in W&Ls School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics with preference given to students from West Virginia in making the award. ‘“‘We are indeed grateful to Mr. Signaigo for this wonderful gift,’’ W&L President John D. Wilson said of the new scholarship. ‘“‘No single need is greater for the future of Washington and Lee than providing oppor- tunities for generations of future students through such scholarships.”’ Signaigo is president of the Riverside Pocahontas Coal Corp. in Welch. A member of the W&L class of 1943, Signaigo received the bachelor of science in com- merce degree, majoring in accounting and economics. While at W&L, he was a member of the varsity basketball team, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership fraternity, and Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity. Mrs. Signiago, for whom the scholar- ship is named, is a descendant of early pioneer families and a long-time resident of Welch. A former school teacher, she is a member of the Daughters of the American revolution, the McDowell County Women’s Club, and the First Baptist Church. 32 ca EIS Sas Sos SS SSS Award winners at the senior banquet were (from left) President Wilson, a Ring-tum Phi award winner; Ring- tum Phi staff Jim Laurie who presented the newspaper’s awards; Lexington police chief L. O. Sutton, a Ring- tum Phi winner; Mrs. Helen Watt, who accepted the Pusey Award on Dean Watt’s behalf; and, Bob Jene- vein, winner of the Gilliam Award. Awards, honors e Five Washington and Lee students were honored by the W&L department of English in the spring. Grant David Hamrick, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., won the Jean Amory Wor- nom Award for Distinguished Critical Writing for a paper entitled ““The Language of the Fallen in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Four students won George A. Mahan Awards in Creative Writing. David W. Ames of Virginia Beach won the senior prose award for his story entitled ‘““Two Loves.”’ Robert D. Bryant, a junior from Albuquer- que, N.M., won the junior prose award for “Darling, you gotta let me know.’’ Freshmen Brent M. O’Boyle and J. Keith Pillow both won freshman prose awards. ¢ W&L’s student newspaper, The Ring- tum Phi, presented its annual awards for outstanding service to Washington and Lee President John D. Wilson for what the newspaper called demonstrating the courage to force the university to reexamine itself, primarily with regard to the current coeducation study; Lexington Police Chief L.O. Sutton for his work in improving rela- tionships between the students and the ci- ty’s law enforcement officials since his ar- rival in Lexington a year ago; and senior Charlie Alcorn of Victoria, Texas, who serv- ed as president of the senior class, chairman of the Student Control Committee, and a member of the student body executive committee. e William J. Watt, who retired in July as Dean of the College at W&L, was the win- ner of the fourth annual William Webb Pusey III Award for outstanding service and dedication to the University. The Pusey Award was created in 1981 by the Executive Committee of the University. It is named in honor of Dr. William Webb Pusey III, who served Washington and Lee as professor, dean, and acting president from 1939 until his retirement in 1981. Watt will return to full time teaching as a professor of chemistry in the fall of 1985 after taking a year’s leave of absence for study during the 1984-85 academic year. e Robert C. Jenevein of Dallas, Texas, president of the student government for the 1983-84 academic year, received the Frank Johnson Gilliam Award. The Gilliam Award is presented annually to the student who has made the most conspicuous con- tributions to life at Washington and Lee. The recipient is selected by non-graduating student government representatives. Jenevein served as president of the junior class and is a member of Kappa Alpha social fraternity. He was a tri-captain of the 1983 varsity football team. e Howard Marcus Martinez III of Virginia Beach was the 1984 winner of The Captain Jay W. Stull Memorial Award. The Stull Memorial Award is made in Participating in induction ceremonies for two commerce fraternities were (from left) W&L professor Joseph Goldsten; Lee Hollis, 86; Samuel B. Hollis, ’51; and, W&L professor David Weist. recognition of exemplary achievement and outstanding promise in military service. Awarded on recommendation of the United States Marine Corps, the Stull Memorial Award goes to that Washington and Lee stu- dent who attains the highest standing in the Senior Platoon Leaders Class during sum- mer corps training at Quantico, Va. The award honors the memory of U.S. Marine Captain Jay W. Stull, a 1960 graduate of Washington and Lee who died in action in Vietnam in 1968. In addition to a cash award and a cer- tificate, Martinez was presented a Washington and Lee captain’s chair. Commerce fraternities’ initiations Washington and Lee’s chapters of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor fraterni- ty in business administration, and Omicron Delta Epsilon, the national honor society in economics, held their initiation ceremonies in May. Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes students having distinguished records in business ad- ministration while Omicron Delta Epsilon recognizes high scholastic achievement in economics. In addition to initiating seven undergraduates, the Omicron Delta Epsilon chapter made W&L alumnus Samuel B. Hollis, 51, of Memphis, Tenn., an honorary initiate. Hollis is president of the Federal Com- press and Warehouse Company in Mem- phis. He has served as president of the Cot- ton Warehouse Association of America. He is a past president of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the United Way Campaign. David N. Weist, assistant professor of accounting at W&L, was a faculty initiate of Beta Gamma Sigma. Students initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma were seniors David R. Arnold of Hattiesburg, Miss., Richard A. Haight of Rowayton, Conn., Joseph E. Mamo III of Rocky Mount, N.C., and John E. Taylor III of Ventura, Calif., and juniors Michael S. Bearup of Silver City, N.M., and Christopher H. Williams of Newark, Del. Students initiated into Omicron Delta Epsilon were seniors Roger L. Butler of Hampton, Va., John D. Cole of Elberton, Ga., Dwight H. Emanuelson Jr. of Mem- phis, Tenn., James N. Humphreys II of Wise, Va., Paul E. Levy of Baldwin, Md., and Hiram M. Maxim II of Farmington, Conn., and junior Robert J. Tomaso of Milford, Mass. Funkhouser Mineral Collection dedicated at W&L Karl Funkhouser (right) with President Wilson and geology professor Fred Schwab. Washington and Lee dedicated the Karl Funkhouser Mineral Collection in the department of geology in May. Housed in a newly-renovated room, the prize-winning collection contains approx- imately 600 specimens and is estimated to be worth between $25,000 and $30,000. It is a gift of Karl Funkhouser, ’57, of Arl- ington, Va. A geology major at Washington and Lee, Funkhouser began collecting minerals in 1951 and had compiled the bulk of his collection by 1967. Claudia Schwab photo 33 : él Gazette Some of Funkhouser’s finds are on display in the Smithsonian Institution and the British Museum. In remarks presented at the dedication ceremonies Saturday, Funkhouser noted that most of the specimens he had actually gathered had come from four different loca- tions: a mine near Vesuvius in Rockbridge County, a mine in South Wales, Great Bri- tain, a quarry near Staunton, and a quarry near Centreville in Fairfax County, Va. “T hope W&L students and anyone else who comes here to look at this collection gets as much pleasure from seeing it as I got from putting it together,’’ said Funkhouser. Edgar W. Spencer, head of the W&L geology department, said the Funkhouser Collection is particularly valuable because it contains so many “rare and beautiful mineral crystals from all over the world, something that is very difficult to come by these days.”’ Added Spencer: “‘We are indeed grateful to have such a fine collection for our students to examine.’’ W&L graduate named astronaut candidate A 1978 Washington and Lee University graduate is one of 17 new astronaut can- didates for the Space Shuttle program. G. David Low, who received the bachelor of science degree from Washington and Lee, entered a year-long program of training and evaluation at the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in July. If successful, he will then begin a train- ing assignment leading to selection for a Space Shuttle flight crew. Low is a mission specialist candidate and would work with the payloads and - scientific experiments on the Space Shuttle flight. Currently a spacecraft systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., he was one of five civilians selected as mission specialist candidates. According to NASA, the 17 astronaut candidates were selected from an original pool of 4,934 applications, of which 128 were interviewed and given medical ex- aminations at the Johnson Space Center. Low’s presence on the list of astronaut candidates is particularly interesting since his father was formerly the administrator of NASA and managed the Apollo Spacecraft program. 34 Astronaut candidate Low David Low’s father, the late George M. Low, was with the space program for 27 years. He was manager of the Apollo Spacecraft program when the United States put its first astronauts on the moon in 1969. He was deputy administrator of NASA from 1969 through 1976, serving for part of that time as acting administrator. He was president of Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute in Troy, N-Y., from 1976 until his death in July. ‘“‘Ever since I was selected as an astronaut candidate I have been asked whether my father’s involvement in the space program was behind my interest in becoming an astronaut,’’ Low said ina telephone interview from California follow- ing the announcement. ‘“‘T am sure that being so close to the space program for the first 20 years of my life because of my father’s connection with it had to have some effect on me,’’ Low said. “On the other hand, I can’t say with any degree of certainty that I would not have developed this same interest had my father not been involved with the program at all. I only know that I am extremely ex- cited about this opportunity.’’ Low’s father retired from the space pro- gram in 1976 when Low was between his sophomore and junior years at Washington and Lee. Low was a physics-engineering major at Washington and Lee. After leaving W&L, he went on to Cornell where he earned a second bachelor’s degree in mechanical engi- neering. ~ “At both Washington and Lee and Cor- nell I kept my engineering studies fairly broad without focusing too closely on a particular area,’’ he said. “That was very valuable for me.”’ From Cornell, Low went to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena. He worked there for a year and a half before returning to college, earning a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford. “A fter I had been working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for some time I began to narrow my focus and my field of interest. When I went to Stanford it was clear what area I would specialize in,’’ Low said. “Although it is difficult for me to make such an assessment, I have had many people tell me that my Washington and Lee experience has been extremely valuable to me because of the liberal arts background.’’ According to Low, the earliest he would actually make a Space Shuttle flight would be three to four years from the time he enters the training program. “T know that seems a long, long way off right now,’’ Low said. ‘“‘But there is a lot of exciting work to be done along the way, and I can’t wait to get started on it.’’ 18 students, 9 professors at science meeting Eighteen Washington and Lee Universi- ty students and nine W&L professors were the authors of papers presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science at the University of Richmond in May. W&L students and professors were represented in four different sections of the meeting. The participants from W&L in the astronomy, mathematics, and physics sec- tion were sophomore Larry S. Anker of East Windsor, N.J., associate professor of physics Ronald Reese, and associate pro- fessor of physics H. Thomas Williams Jr. Taking part in the chemistry section were: chemistry professors John H. Wise, J. Keith Shillington, and Michael A. Pleva along with Anker, junior Gabriel B. Balazs of Lexington, senior Kevin Berger of Ken- nett Square, Pa., freshman Jeffrey S. Man- dak of Clifton, N.J., senior John J. Delany III of Lexington, sophomore Joseph C. Campbell Jr. of Buena Vista, junior Scot C. Schultz of Ft. Lauderdale, junior Peter A. Hunt of Huntington, W.Va., senior Ronald R. Magee of Dallas, junior Michael J. Spellman Jr. of Port Washington, N.J., and sophomore David S. Harvey of Georgetown, S.C. W&L psychology professor H. E. King presented a paper in the medical sciences section. Psychology professor David G. Elmes presided as chairman of the psychology sec- tion. Elmes and psychology professors Leonard E. Jarrard and Joseph B. Thomp- son were participants in that section with Campbell, Delany, junior Adam R. Reins- tein of Dix Hills, N.J., junior Jeffrey P. Blount of Delmar, N-Y., sophomore Joseph J. Willett IV of New York City, senior Paul F, Chapman of Short Hills, N.J., junior Gary R. Clements of Media, Pa., and senior Paul E. Levy of Baldwin, Md. Lambda Chi Alpha donates $500 to hospital Washington and Lee University’s chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity presented Stonewall Jackson Hospital with a $500 donation in May. The fraternity raised the money for the gift through a raffle, which was supported by numerous Lexington merchants. Lambda Chi Alpha president Fred Bentley, a sophomore from Palo Alto, Calif., and vice president Richard DeForest, a junior from Woodbridge, Va., made the presentation to L. E. Richardson, execu- tive vice president of the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. According to Richardson, the fraterni- ty’s gift will be used to purchase surgical in- struments for use in the hospital’s new surgical wing. Bentley said the fraternity, which has approximately 25 members, plans to make its fund-raising program an annual event. “Most of us only live in the community four years, and we felt it was only ap- propriate that we give something back to the community,’’ Bentley said. ‘“We decided upon the hospital because there is clearly a need with the new wing being built.’’ McThenia is co-author of Study of unclaimed property law Andrew W. McThenia Jr., professor of law at Washington and Lee University, is the co-author of a four-volume study of unclaimed property law, published by Mat- thew Bender and Company of New York. McThenia McThenia was one of the principal ar- chitects of a proposal on unclaimed proper- ty which was adopted in 1981 by the Uniform Law Commission. Unclaimed property law deals with pro- perty that has been lost or abandoned by its rightful owner. The property ranges from stocks and bonds to utility deposits and pari-mutuel tickets. The new work of which McThenia is co- author is entitled “Unclaimed Property Law and Reporting Forms” and is designed as a reference work for practicing attorneys. The first of the four volumes is a nar- rative analysis of unclaimed property law in the United States. The second volume presents the individual statutes and regula- tions in each state. The third and fourth volumes are forms and instructions from the various states. Co-authors with McIrhenia were David J. Epstein of California and Curtis D. Forslund of Minnesota. McThenia received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Washington and Lee. He earned a master’s degree from Columbia University. He join- ed the faculty of the W&L School of Law in 1967. He has served as reporter and principal draftsman for several acts adopted by the Uniform Law Conference, a confederation of state commissions on uniform laws which includes 300 practicing lawyers, judges, and law professors selected by each of the 50 states. In addition to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, he was also the reporter and principal draftsman of the Uniform Health Care Consent Act adopted by the Uniform Law Conference. Domesday papers presented at meeting A team of Washington and Lee students and professors presented four papers on William the Conqueror’s “Domesday Book” at the International Congress of Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Mich., in May. Scholars have long questioned the reliability of the figures given in ‘‘Domes- day Book,’’ an 11th century census of English population, land-holding patterns, agricultural values, and capital resources. The massive document remains, however, the most complete statistical document dating from the medieval period. Taylor Sanders, professor of history, discussed the W&L approach, an inter- disciplinary program using computer technology and more traditional methods, to analyze and assess the reasonableness of the Domesday figures. Tim Hartley, a Washington and Lee senior from Western Springs, IIl., presented his findings based on correlations between agricultural conditions (soil type, groundwater sources, and topographical features) and land value in medieval Oxfordshire. The W&L team also presented a paper by Philip L. Cline, associate professor of economics and administration, who applied current microeconomic production theory and multivariate statistical techniques to Oxfordshire and other Domesday counties. W&L sophomore Tom Spilsbury of_Hun- tington, N.Y., was co-author of the paper. Computer techniques similar to those used by Cline and Spilsbury are utilized by modern economists to analyze contem- porary industries in under-developed na- tions. These techniques supported the team’s conclusions that the statistics con- tained in ‘Domesday Book” are “‘reasonable.’’ Tim Valliere, a W&L senior from Un- casville, Conn., presented a paper about the opportunities the survey offers undergraduates as an object of research. Valliere is writing an undergraduate student guide to Domesday. Several other Washington and Lee undergraduates, who pursued Domesday research in Sanders’ British and medieval 3) de Gazette history courses, made substantial contribu- tions as co-authors of the studies. They were Charles King, a December graduate from Raleigh, N.C.; senior John Howard of Dallas; junior Ron Fenstermacher of Bethlehem, Pa.; and sophomore Jeff Roper of Terre Haute, Ind. Warren Hollister, professor of history at the University of California and one of America’s leading Domesday scholars, was chairman of the W&L panel at the meeting, which was sponsored by the Medieval In- stitute. The Congress is the largest such gathering of medieval scholars in North America and attracts medievalists from throughout the world. Former W&L cagers reunite Several members of Washington and Lee’s Class of 1944 celebrated more than one reunion this spring when alumni return- ed to the campus for the annual spring reu- nion activities. First, they reunited with their fellow classmates on the occasion for their 40th reunion. Meantime, six members of the Class of 44 who played on the Generals’ varsity basketball team were joined by their former coach and one other teammate to relive a few moments out of the past, particularly the 1942 Southern Conference Tournament. The former basketball players who got together for the reunion were George T. Wood, ’44, of Louisville; Leon (Stick) Har- ris, 44, of Summerton, S.C.; Leo J. Signaigo, ’43, of Welch, W-Va.; William B. (Bill) Bryan, ’44, of Paris, Ky.; Clarence (Clancy) E. Ballenger Jr., 44, of Spartan- burg, S.C.; and, Don Johnston, ’44, of Timonium, Md. Joining them for the occasion were Harold B. (Cookie) Cunningham of Leesburg, Fla., , who coached the team, and Lea Booth, ’40, of Lynchburg, who was the guest speaker for the Class of 1944 banquet. The 1941-42 basketball team included seven members of the Class of ’44 and played a suicide schedule with such basket- ball powerhouses as Adolph Rupp’s Ken- tucky Wildcats, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers of Ed Diddle. Though short on experience, the Generals of that year earned enough vic- tories to capture the eighth spot for the Southern Conference Tournament. Facing top-seeded Duke in the opening round of the tournament, the Generals led for much of the game thanks to 17 first-half points by Leo Signaigo. But the Blue Devils, who featured Bob Gant and Cedric and Garland Loftis, even- tually prevailed. Coach “Cookie” Cunningham had been an All-American in football and basketball at Ohio State and appears in the Basketball Hall of Fame at Springfield, Mass., as a member of the first Celtics Professional Basketball Team. The reunion within a reunion was a hap- ES Basketball reunion (from left) George T. Wood, ’44; Leon (Stick) Harris, ’44; Leo J. Signaigo, ‘43; William B. (Bill) Bryan, 44; Coach Harold B. (Cookie) Cunningham; Clarence (Clancy) Ballenger Jr, ’44; Don Johnston, ’44; and, Lea Booth, *40. 36 py one, although the former players missed the company of three teammates who could not be in attendance—W. Harry Baugher Jr., 44, of Plandome, N.Y., Jack F. Roehl, 44, of Miami, and Ed C. Cuttino, ’42, of Sumter, S.C. Phillips publishes volume on public utilities Washington and Lee economics pro- fessor Charles F. Phillips Jr. is the author of a major new volume on the regulatory pro- cess and public utilities. Entitled The Regulation of Public Utilities: Theory and Practice, the 812-page book was published in May by Public Utilities Reports, Inc. of Arlington, Va. The multi-purpose volume will be used both as a classroom textbook and a reference work for professionals in the field. Phillips, the Robert G. Brown Professor of Economics at W&L, is a nationally known authority in the field of governmental regulation of public utilities. He has served as a consultant to many regulated businesses and regularly testifies as an ex- pert witness before federal agencies and regulatory commissions. Material in the book is predicated on courses that Phillips has developed for W&L’s School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics since joining the faculty in 1959. The format of the new volume is the same as the format of Phillips’ previous book, The Economics of Regulation, which was published in 1965 and revised in 1969. It re- mains a classic in the field. “The decade of the 1970s saw tremen- dous changes in the area of regulation,’’ noted Phillips. “While this new volume follows the format of the previous book, less than 10 percent of the material from that previous book has been retained. That is an indication of how dramatically things have changed in the past 10 to 15 years.”’ The book includes an introductory chapter and is then divided into four sec- tions: the economic, legal, and ad- ministrative concepts of public utility regulation; the theory of public utility regulation; the public utility industries; and an appraisal. While intended for use as a college-level textbook, the volume includes extensive footnotes and references for use by lawyers and researchers. “I wrote this book with several different Author Phillips and new volume audiences in mind,”’ said Phillips. “It is designed to be useful as a reference docu- ment for commissions and those persons practicing before commissions and also for purposes of management and regulatory commissions’ training programs.”’ The volume includes an analysis of regulation and deregulation, an outline of the extensive changes in the last decade of the regulatory process, and antitrust and regulation in the telecommunications in- dustry, including the private suits filed against the Bell System. In addition to the two works on regula- tion, Phillips is the author of a volume on the synthetic rubber industry, several monographs, and more than three dozen ar- ticles and book reviews. A native of Geneva, N.Y., Phillips received his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and his Ph.D. from Harvard. He was named to the Brown Professorship in 1980. Phillips has been mayor of Lexington since 1971. Faculty promotions announced Promotions in academic rank have been announced for 11 members of Washington and Lee’s faculty. Approved by W&L’s board of trustees during its May meeting, the promotions are effective September 1. Promoted from associate professor to full professor are: Minor L. Rogers (religion), Halford R. Ryan (public speak- ing), Thomas O. Vinson Jr. (mathematics), and H. Thomas Williams (physics). Promoted from assistant to associate professor are: Harlan R. Beckley (religion), Robert E. Danford (library), Gary R. Franke (physical education), William S. Geimer (law), Nancy A. Margand (psychology), George C. O’Connell (physical education), and Sarah K. Wiant (law). Rogers, who was also named head of the religion department by the board of trustees, has taught at Washington and Lee since 1972. He previously served as director of the East Asian Studies Program. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute with a divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Harvard, he has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Japan Foundation for his work on Shin Buddhism. Ryan joined the Washington and Lee faculty in 1970. A graduate of Wabash Col- lege, he received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. He has written 10 articles for scholarly journals on topics in public speaking, especially presidential rhetoric. He is the author of a book entitled American Rhetoric from Roosevelt to Reagan. Vinson began teaching at Washington and Lee in 1967. He received his bachelor’s degree from Emory University and the Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He has written a manuscript on linear algebra and has par- ticipated in the evaluation of state-wide high school teacher competency tests in Virginia. Williams came to Washington and Lee in 1971 after serving as a temporary assis- tant professor at Virginia Military Institute for one year. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and has served as a con- sultant to the National Bureau of Stan- dards. He has received grants from the Virginia Endowment for the Humanities and Public Policy and the Research Corporation. Beckley joined the Washington and Lee faculty in 1974. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and earned the master’s of divinity, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt. He is the author of six reviews in scholarly publications and has delivered several papers. He was a research fellow at the In- stitute for Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago in 1981-82. Danford joined the University Library in 1977 and serves as head of cataloguing. He received the bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State and both the master’s of arts in English and the master’s in library sciences from the University of Tennessee. He is the editor of Library Resources for College Scholars and serves as chairman for Region VI of the Virginia Library Association. Franke came to Washington and Lee in 1973. He earned both the bachelor’s and master’s degree from Mankato State University. He is head coach of both the varsity wrestling and tennis teams and. has been named coach of the year in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in both of those sports. He was for three years a member of the executive committee of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Geimer joined the W&L law faculty in 1980. He received the bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State and the law degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the W&L faculty he was executive director of Farmworkers Legal Service of North Carolina. He has written six articles in law reviews and law journals. He is faculty adviser to Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, to the Legal and Public Defender Clinical Programs, and to the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control. 37 Le Gazette Margand has been a member of the W&L faculty since 1975. She received the bachelor’s degree from Ohio State and both the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She has had two articles published in the Virginia Journal of Science and Developmental Psychology and has delivered several papers to scholarly societies. She has served on the board of directors of the Mental Health Association. O’Connell joined the W&L faculty in 1973. He received the bachelor’s degree from Denison University and the master’s from Towson State. He is assistant athletic director and an assistant football coach. He served as president of the U.S. Lacrosse Coaches Association from 1976 to 1978. He has been director of recreation for Washington and Lee’s Summer Scholars Program since 1981. Wiant came to the University in 1972 as assistant law librarian. She was named law librarian and assistant professor of law in 1978. She received the bachelor’s degree from Western State College, the master’s of library sciences from North Texas State, and the juris doctor degree from Washington and Lee. She has had several articles published in library journals. She is a member of the executive board of the American Association of Law Librarians and a member of the Executive Committee of the Virginia Library Association. She served as president of the Virginia Chapter of Special Librarians Association. TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY The Alumni Association presents two special travel opportunities inthe company of retired faculty “stars” Ancient Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean cruising from Athens to Istanbul, Rhodes, Cyprus and Cairo September 25 - October 10, 1984 with Dr. and Mrs. James H. Starling (Biology) 4 and cS an S X The Best of Eastern Europe v an c eo ee Vi ga POLAND \ visiting Vienna, Budapest, Prague, é 3 Berlin Dresden and Berlin “wey Dressen ey. _ Nhe ee December 27, 1984 - January 9, 1985 “ar cerMANY SA ws with “7 ww opys bes Ce ne > tut 2 Dr. and Mrs. William A. Jenks, ’39 (eee a \ a en rN (History) ITALY oy? YUGOSLANA \ Q 4 Write or call the W&L Alumni Office for brochures and full details Lexington, Va. 24450 703-463-8400 ‘ ' 38 Chapter News SAN FRANCISCO—John Stoudermire, ’71, offers W&L literature to two Lowell High School students on a college night in the Bay Area. APPALACHIAN—Enjoying the hospitality at the Martha Washington Inn are (from left) Don Johnson, ’73L; Tom Bewley, 70; George Pruner, 34; Steve Quillen, ’55, ’57L; Bill Andrews, ’66; and, Rogers McCall, ’73L. NEW YORK. The annual dinner of the New York alumni chapter was held May 8 at the Union Club. Cocktails preceded the dinner for alumni, spouses and guests. Lloyd Dobyns, ’57, senior correspondent for NBC News, was the evening’s speaker. Election of new officers was also held dur- ing the meeting. They are: David L. Dowler, ’69, president; Paul W. Perkins, 74, vice president for New York City; Robert H. Ingham, ’55, vice president for New Jersey; Christopher B. Burnham, ’80, vice president for Connecticut; Donald T. McMillan, ’72, ’75L, vice president for Long Island; Paul E. Sanders, ’43, vice president for Westchester County; Emmett W. Poindexter, ’20, secretary-treasurer; and Richard R. Warren, ’57, assistant secretary-treasurer. Nine other men were elected for terms of one to three years on the chapter’s governing council. They are: H. Melville Hicks Jr., 52, John E. Monroe, ’82, Richard H. Turrell, ’49, Matthews H. Griffith, ’40, Jaroslav A. Drabek, ’53, L. Roper Shamhart, 47, Michael Smith, ’82, William Howard Bender, ’51, and John M. Ellis, ’56. Richard Warren serves as chairman of the nominating committee. APPALACHIAN. The chapter held a re- juvenation meeting June 6 at the Martha Washington Inn. A large percentage of alumni in the chapter, which covers the mountainous areas of four states, arrived in time for cocktails and conversation before dinner. Chapter President Bob Vinyard, "*70L, opened a business meeting after din- ner with the election of new officers. They are: Phil McFarlane, ’71, president; Mike Riley, ’72, vice president; and John McKin- non, ’71, secretary-treasurer. McFarlane made some cogent remarks about future plans for the chapter and its importance to Washington and Lee. To enhance par- ticipation and encourage continuity of activity within the chapter, a large number of directors were appointed who agreed to represent each of the many areas which comprise the chapter. Mike Riley then in- troduced Buddy Atkins, ’68, who spoke about the current strengths of Washington and Lee, answered questions about the coeducation issue, and encouraged the APPALACHIAN—WE&L alumni renewing acquaintance are (from left) Bo Chapman, ’70; Bob Lee, ’70; Mickey Shull, ’75L; and, Morten Brown, ’37. APPALACHIAN—Preparing for the program are (from left) Mike Riley, ’72; Buddy Atkins, 68, associate alumni secretary; and, Phil McFarlane, ’71. chapter to remain active and enter into the Alumni Admissions Program to keep W&L visible in that region. CHARLOTTE. Behind the awesome pitching of Averill Harkey, ’74, and the stunning defensive play of left fielder Tom Mattesky, ’74, Charlotte alumni blasted U.Va. alumni 14-8 in the first game of a June 16 softball doubleheader. Rich Koch, °75, George Berry, ’79, and other big guns too numerous to mention sparked the Generals. The second game was tied when it had to be called on account of approaching nightfall. ‘As usual,’? commented Chapter President Bill Sturges, ’75, ‘‘we left the Wahoos thirsty and in the dark.’’ DENVER. A group of W&L alumni headed by Dick Mandelson, ’73, par- ticipated in Denver’s first annual Old Dominion Party on Saturday, June 16. The event featured a barbecue dinner and was held at the Kent Denver Country Day School. 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GILLESPIE is vice president of the Broad- cast Division, Nightingale-Conant Corp. in Chicago, IIl. 1948 JOHNSTON MCREE JR. is still practicing accounting and running the Fat Cat Jazz Records, Inc. In November they had the 18th Annual Manassas Jazz Festival, the oldest continuous festival devoted to traditional jazz on the continent. 1950 Joun S. LANE has been appointed judge of the Los Angeles County Muncipal Court at Long Beach, Calif. A former assistant U.S. attorney for the Cen- tral District of California, he has been in private practice in Long Beach for the past 13 years. He lives there with his wife and two children. Judge Lane holds the rank of commander on the retired list of the U.S. Navy. 1951 Davin C. G. KERR, a leading Tampa businessman and lawyer, has been chosen by past chairmen of the Greater Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 for-induction into the group’s Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes individuals for their work in com- munity development and has been described as the “mOSt prestigious award given by the chamber.”’ Kerr, a past president of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Chamber of Commerce and former chairman of the committee, was active in for- ming that group’s first long-range national marketing plan. He also helped organize the Com- mittee of 100 Board of Corporate Trustees fund which plans to raise thousands of dollars to market Tampa nationwide during the next two years. Kerr is managing partner of the law firm of MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly and a director of the Falk Foundation. THOMAS K. WOLFE JR. was a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Long Island University at Southampton in May. 1952 JUDGE F. NELSON LIGHT will retire in August after 29 years on the bench in Chatham, Va. WILLIAM H. NELSON has retired as the director of the physical plant for Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He now divides his time between his home in Carterville, Ill, and Pass Christian, Miss. HS. Glickstein, *55 1953 JUDGE HuGH S. GLICKSTEIN (See 1955.) 1954 WALTER E. SMITH presented a paper on the American family at the University of London in July. Smith, an ordained Episcopal priest, has a private practice in marriage and family therapy in Atlanta. ROBERT G. WALLACE, who has been manager of the Atlanta advertising sales office for Reader’s Digest for the past 15 years, will head the new Washington office. Wallace joined the staff in 1966 as an ad sales representative in the New York office. JUDGE WILEY R. WRIGHT (See 1956.) 1955 JUDGE HuGH S. GLICKSTEIN was selected as the Outstanding Jurist for the 1983-84 year by the Young Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar. He was elected after the eligible field of all state and federal judges at every level was narrowed to a final field of six highly rated Florida judges. He has also been ap- pointed chairman of the American Bar Association family law section’s task force on the needs of children. Glickstein is judge of the 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach. Capt. THOMAS E. LOHREY Jr. (See 1957.) 1956 JUDGE WILEY R. WRIGHT JR. resigned as chief judge of the Alexandria Circuit Court to resume his prac- tice of law as partner in the firm of Thomas & Fiske in Alexandria, Va. He has also been appointed to the Virginia State Bar Council by. the Virginia Supreme wount— 1957 JoHN M. Ham continues as the chairman of mathematics at the Rippowamcisqua School in Bed- ford, N-Y. Capt. THOMAS E. LoHREY JR. recently completed a tour of duty as circuit military judge in the southwest judicial circuit of the Navy-Marine Corps trial judiciary. He is currently assigned as staff judge ad- vocate, Commander Naval Base in San Diego, Calif. 1959 L. GEOFFREY LAWRENCE is currently employed with Simmonds Precision Products in Vergennes, Vt., as a senior contracts administrator, with the respon- sibility of negotiating purchase orders with govern- ment prime contractors. Simmonds is a manufac- turer of fuel gauging systems and instrumentation for the B-1 bomber and most of the current military air-superiority fighters. 1960 Dr. ROBERT H. SpratT is president of the medical staff and director of the department of emergency medicine at the Holy Redeemer Hospital in Philadelphia. MERVYN F. SILVERMAN is president-elect of the U.S. conference of local health officers. He lives in San Francisco. 1962 RoBERT D. Lewis has accepted a position as assistant vice president for compensation and organization planning with Northern Telecom, in Mississauga, Ontario. He will be living in Oakville. 1963 Dr. ALEXANDER J. ALEXANDER Jr. has left his clinical practice of medicine to pursue graduate studies in immunology at the University of Kentucky. Davip R. GroGaANn is president and chairman of Ap- plied Products, Inc. in Statesville, N.C., a licensed manufacturer for Rubbermaid. Dr. EDWARD W. Ho.mss JR. is the chief of the divi- sion of metabolism, endocrinology and genetics at the Duke University Medical Center. He is a pro- fessor of medicine and assistant professor of biochemistry at Duke. KEN C. KowaALskK1 is associated with Creative Finan- cial Management, Inc., a financial management and consulting firm in Lynchburg. JOHN P. MARCH served as chairman of the El Paso Festival ’83 starring Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and the Kingston TriG. iMiarch continues as senior vice president of the State National Bank of El Paso. J. RICHARD UH lc II has been named to the board of directors of McCormick Properties, Inc. He has held various other positions within the company. He is a member of the National Association of Cor- porate Real Estate Executives, the National Associa- tion of Industrial and Office Parks, the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and the Building Owners and Managers Association International. McCormick Properties, Inc. is the real estate development subsidiary of McCormick & Co., Inc., the Baltimore-based international producer of seasonings, flavorings, and specialty foods. H. MICHAEL WALKER is president of Guest Quarters Development Corp., which develops, owns, and manages all-suite hotels in Washington, D.C., Atlan- ta, Houston, and Greensboro. They will open new hotels in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C., during 1984. Walker was also elected to the Norfolk, Va., Advisory Board of Sovran Bank, NA in January. WILLIAM P. BOARDMAN (See 1969.) 1964 THoMAS R. GREEN is chairman of the Bay Area Financial Planners Conference in 1984. He is alsoa commander in the Naval Reserve. 41 Class Notes NATHANIEL M. GriFFIN, director of the Little Rock Office of Comprehensive Planning since 1977, resigned to take a position with Flake and Co., a development firm, as vice president of planning. Ho tis I. Moore Jr. is with the Office of Public Defender in Nashville, Tenn., as staff attorney. He was previously magistrate for Davidson County, Tenn. JOHN Y. PEARSON Jr. is a member of the law firm of Willcox, Savage, Dickson, Hollis & Eley in Norfolk. 1965 SAM P. SIMPSON IV is employed by Luling Oil & Gas Co. as vice president of marketing in San Antonio, Texas. JAMES L. SURFACE has been elected vice president of United Virginia Bank in Richmond, where he will manage the estate settlement section for the capital region. He was previously vice president and trust counsel at Liberty National Bank and Trust Co. in Louisville, Ky. 1966 SAMUEL H. FRAZIER is a board member of Sloss Fur- naces National Landmark in Birmingham, Ala. CHaRtEs N. GRIFFIN is the general manger of the Kodak Peruvian subsidiary. He, his wife, and three sons live in Lima, Peru. 1967 CHRISTOPHER F, ARMSTRONG spent 1983-84 as a visiting associate professor of sociology at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. EDWARD N. BEACHUM, a long-time English instruc- tor, received the J. Douglas Brown Award from the board of trustees at the Darlington School’s faculty appreciation dinner. He is a former chairman of Darlington’s English department and is the direc- tor of publicity and publications. Beachum, his wife, Mary, and two children live on the campus in Rome, Ga. Warp W. Briccs Jr. has been promoted to professor of classics at the University of South Carolina. He has published two concordances on the Latin writers Cato’and Varro. STEWART R. FINDER is the director of administrative services for Dorr-Oliver, Inc. in Stamford, Conn. He is a frequent speaker in the U.S. and abroad on various aspects of international business and inter- national law for American Management Associa- tion, World Trade Institute and area law and business graduate schools. In April 1984, B. MicHAEL HERMAN was promoted to vice president for legal and legislative affairs of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of southwestern Virginia. The headquarters are in Roanoke. 42 E. N. Beachum, ’67 EDWARD B. ROBERTSON has been promoted from pricing coordinator for Southern Europe to super- visor of financial audit for Ford Germany. He and his family live in Cologne, Germany. WILLIAM S. WILDRICK remains active in the Naval Reserve as commanding officer of UDT/SEAL PAC 119 in San Diego. J. ANDERSON STALNAKER (See 1973.) 1968 Puitip G. CorTELL JR. wrote an article entitled “LIFO Inventory Liquidation: A Key Planning Deci- sion” which appeared in the May/June 1984 issue of Managerial Planning. JOHN M. LEE isin his second year of tenure-teaching position as assistant professor of English at James Madison University. He, his wife, Robin, and two daughters live in Harrisonburg. MICHAEL G. Morcan is chairman and president of Charter Federal Savings and Loan Association in Stamford, Conn. He is also an elected official in Stamford, holding citywide office as chirman of the board of finance. 1969 MARRIAGE: JaMEs C. HAMILL Jr. and Patrizia Ricci, on Oct. 8, 1983, in Leesburg, Va. In attendance were classmates Herbert W. Crenshaw Jr., Joseph T. Small Jr., Allen R. Caskie and David L. Dowler. The Hamills live in Washington, D.C. Mas. RICHARD H. Bassett graduated on June | from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and is now assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington. WILLIAM P. BOARDMAN has been elected an executive vice president by the board of directors, BancOhio National Bank in Columbus, Ohio. Boardman, who serves on the senior management committee, is head of the general counsel and development group and has been general counsel for both the bank and BancOhio Corporation since he joined the organiza- tion in 1981. Prior to joining BancOhio, Boardman was associated with the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris, & Arthur for 12 years where he was a part- ner from 1975 to 1981. Previously he was employed by First National City Bank in New York. Boardman is a member of the American and Columbus Bar Associations and the banking and business law sec- tion of the American Bar Association. He also serves" on the American Bar Association’s banking law committee and the Ohio Bankers Association’s bank counsel advisiory group. Dr. JAMEs J. Livesay, an associate surgeon of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, has been elected to Fellowship in the American College of Car- diology, a 12,500-member nonprofit professional medical society and teaching institution. 1970 BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. BRUCE R. MACQUEEN, a son, Evan Graham, on Sept. 16, 1983, in Sydney, Australia. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. JOHN E. WETSEL JR. a daughter, Haley McLaurine, on Jan. 30, 1984, in Winchester, Va. Dr. WILLIAM M. GorTwaLp has been named general manager of The Elk Horn Coal Corp., an Ethyl Corp. subsidiary. He has been associated with Ethyl since 1981. HEnry L. HILts JR. received at 1982-83 production grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce his new film, MONEY, which will premiere in New York in the fall. He has an essay in The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book, which was just published by Southern IIlinois Press and the text to his film RADIO ADIOS is printed in the new issue of O.ARS/Translations. JOHN M. NoLan was sent by the U.S. Postal Service to Germany for a month last fall to study postal operations as part of an exchange of five executives by the two countries. 1971 MARRIAGE: JerFrrey A. Davis and Lisa Ann Davis, on April 14, 1984, in Austin, Texas. Davis is a partner with the firm of Reynolds, Allen & Cook in Houston, Texas. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRrs. CHARLES D. ANDREWS, a daughter, Lindsay Elise, on Oct. 12, 1983. Andrews has been transferred to the AT&T Communications headquarters in Bedminster, N.J., as a staff manager in labor relations. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. WILLiAM A. GATLIN III, a daughter, Claire Denby, on Sept. 8, 1983, in Jackson- ville, Fla. BIRTH: Cart. AND Mrs. GorDON S. MACRAE, a son, Jason Matthew, on Nov. 28, 1983. They live in Kaiserslautern, West Germany, where Macrae is the S-2 officer for the 29th Area Support Group. JOHN F. M. Bows II, recently named managing editor of The Star-Democrat of Easton, Md., receiv- ed the Scripps- Howard Foundation’s 1983 Edward J. Meeman Award which recognizes efforts aimed at helping the public understand and support conser- vation. Bowie along with two other newspapermen prepared a special supplement entitled, “The Chesapeake: Who Will Save the Bay,’’ which brought into clear perspective the complex causes and results of pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. The award was made on April 25 in Cincinnati. The judges paid tribute to the paper’s coverage of the Chesapeake Bay pollution problems. The supple- ment also won a similar public service award from the Associated Press in competition with AP- member newspapers in the Chesapeake region. Bowie joined The Star-Democrat in 1976. During his tenure he has received several editoral awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association. Marcus E. BROMLEY is the co-managing partner of Crow-lerwilliger Partners, the residential develop- ment unit for the Trammell Crow Group. He lives in Dunwoody, Ga. CLARK W. FAULKNER JR. is managing the Missouri agency of Woodmen Accident & Life Co. ROBERT J. JANTZEN JR. has joined Marriott Corp. as vice president of sales and marketing for the com- pany’s food service management division. He will be responsible for directing and coordinating all sales and marketing efforts for the division, which serves clients in business, corporate education and con- ference centers, health care and education. ROBERT G. WOODWARD, former treasury tax legislative counsel, has left Washington to return to his former law firm, King & Spalding, in Atlanta. 1972 BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. R. CHARLES SHUFELDT, a son, Robert Burch, on Jan. 8, 1984, in Atlanta. Shufeldt has joined Trust Co: of Georgia after eight years in New York. STEPHEN D. ANNAND has moved to Charleston, WVa., after [2 years in northern Virginia. JOHN C. O’NEAL has accepted a teaching position in the department of romance languages and literature at Hamilton College. He and his family will move to Clinton, N-Y., in the fall when he will assume his duties. O’Neal recently served as guest editor for a special issue of the scholarly journal L’Esprit Createur on the topic “Literature and Perception.”’ He has:also authorized a book on the eighteenth- century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau. EVERETT TUCKER III joined Flake and Co., a full- service commercial real estate firm, in May 1983. The firm is: developing a 40-story office tower in downtown Little Rock, which will be the tallest building in Arkansas. Tucker is a member of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and on the board of trustees of the Arkansas Arts Center. He and his wife, Becky, have two children, Cissy, 6, and Clarke, 3. MicuHaet L. Unt (See 1981.) 1973 MARRIAGE: J. ANDERSON STALNAKER and Elizabeth:H. Pollock on: June 23, 1984, in Virginia Beach: Stalnaker is:a partner in the Norfolk law firm of Williams, Worrell, Kelly and Greer. He also served as secretary of the Virginia Symphony and president of the Friends of Norfolk juvenile court. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. DONALD D. EAVENSON JR., ason, Ryan Donald, on Jan. 12, 1984, in Abington, Pa. Eavenson is a product director for the McNeil Consumer Products Co., subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. RICHARD E. Gray III, ason, Richard Edwin IV, on April 7, 1984, in Austin, Texas. Gray is a partner in the law firm of Gray & Becker. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. CRAIG R. WILLIAMS, a daughter, Melody Jean, on March 29, 1984, in Spar- tanburg, S.C. In January, Dr. JoHn C. Dover entered into full- time private practice with a specialty in neuro- psychological assessment in Red Bank, N.J. He and his wife, Barbara Jo, live in Freehold. Lt. CMprR. CLYDE M. HENKEL 1s principal assistant: legal officer for the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami, Fla. His major emphasis is to assist the US. attorney on criminal drug smuggling prosecutions and civil forfeitures of vessels smuggling drugs. LAURIE A. MCALPINE has been made a Postulant for Holy Orders from the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and will be attending seminary at the School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., beginning this fall. Dr. CHARLES R. PENNINGTON opened a new office in his hometown of Dillard, Ga., specializing in fami- ly practice: MICHAEL C. SCHAEFFER is on the staff of Umbro Soccer Education Division and will spend the sum- mer in Oklahoma and Kansas teaching soccer. CeciL J. FRANCISCO III (See 1976.) Ni “ARR 1974 MARRIAGE: LEE R. REDMOND III and K.C. Howard, on April 27, 1984, in Laguna Beach,-Calif. Redmond is vice president of Regency Square Pro- perties of Jacksonville. They live in Miami. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. RoBeRT A. DOLL, a daughter, Elizabeth Shelton, on Feb. 17, 1984, in Louisville. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. WILLIAM D. ELLIOT, a son, William Rives, on March 8, 1984, in Roanoke, Va. He joins two sisters, Emily 10, and Elizabeth, 8. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. MICHAEL GUROIAN, a daughter, Laura Elizabeth, on Dec. 9, 1983, in Stam- ford, Conn. Guroian owns and operates two laun- dromats and several apartment house laundry room facilities. BIRT. 'H: Mr. AND MRs. STEVEN E. LEFTWICH, a daughter, Charlotte Lee, on May 12, 1984. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. J. TIMOTHY THOMPSON, a daughter, Catie, on March 16, 1984. Thompson, vice president and manager of E. F. Hutton & Co., his wife, Catherine, and older son, John, live in Alexandria. PAUL G. CAVALIERE JR. completed his graduate degree in educational administration and supervi- sion at Central Connecticut State University. He is currently teaching grades seven and eight and coaching varsity volleyball, basketball, and softbalf im Middletown, Conn. Ray-ERIc CorRrEA has been named a member of the board of trustees of the Anglo-American School in New York. Heis currently headmaster of the Flem- ing School in mid-town Manhattan where he and his wife, Kathleen, live. The Correas have just completed construction on their summer home at The Hunt, Inc..in Rockbridge County. Gary W. McAULIFFE was recently promoted to pro- fessional medical representative by the CIBA Phar- maceutical Co. in Richmond. JAMES A. HARTLEY (See 1977.) B. MICHAEL HERMAN (See 1967.) BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. W. DEAN GENGE, a son, William Harrison II, on March 31, 1984, in Green- wich, Conn. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. VERNON F. OTTENRITTER JR., a son, Stuart Francis, on April 29, 1983, in Baltimore, Md. BIRTH: DR. AND Mrs. PETER J. SCHNEIDER, a daughter, Amanda Kathryn, on-Aug. 12, 1983, in Winston-Salem, N.C., where Schneider is a resident physician at Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Amanda joins a brother, Paul, 3. 43. M 1 . AND Mrs. PAUL I. La RKID ct 8, 1983, i in Was Dallas law f firm of f Stutzman & Bromberg. His specialty is real estate law. pam oe BI. RTH: MR. AND Mrs. JAMES A. HARTLEY, a daughter, meas catherine: « on n May 2 2, 1984, in > MRs. SI CLAIR J. Harcus JR. a a III, on June 24, 1983, in Charlc GusTAVE A. FRITCHIE II] is an associate with the firm of Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, and Read. He and his wife, Carlotta, live in New Orleans, La. THoMAS D. HELDMAN has been promoted to tax manager with Price Waterhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. E. BREWINGTON HOUSTON JR. graduated from medical school in June. His residency is at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. MIcHAEL J. MIssAL is currently a staff attorney with the Division of Enforcement of the Securities & Ex- change Commission. ROBERT C. PEERY JR. has finished the M.B.A. pro- gram at the University of Virginia Colgate Darden School. He works in Richmond at Owens & Minor. STEVEN C. YEAKEL is serving as executive director of the Montana Republican Party and is responsible for political, organizational, and financial operations. He lives in Helena. 1979 MARRIAGE: D. KEITH CALHOUN and Louise A. Howard, on Oct. 15, 1983. Calhoun is associated with the Atlanta law firm of Long, Weinberg, Ansley, & Wheeler. MARRIAGE: Lynne E. PRyMAs and Andrew N. Vollmer, on Jan. 21, 1984, in Washington, D.C. Prymas is general counsel for International Technology Underwriters. J. PETER CLEMENTS has been elected international banking officer at Wachovia Bank and Trust in Winston-Salem, N.C. He joined the bank in 1982 and is an international account officer. THOMAS OXENDINE JR. is the manager of Arby’s restaurant in Lexington, Va. K. ScorT SwoPE is employed by the Defense Map- ping Agency as a cartographer in Washington, D.C. He, his wife, and 1-year-old daughter, Jessica, live in Columbia, Md. 1980 STEWART ATKINSON Jr. left the U.S. Army at the rank of captain. He is employed by the Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a purchasing manager. Atkinson spent four years on active duty in the Far East, Middle East, Africa, and Central America. He lives in Crestview Hills, Ky., with his wife, Kathaleen. STANLEY BARNES is enrolled in Emory University’s Graduate School of Business Administration in Atlanta. MICHAEL F. DEIGHAN received his M.A. degree in German at the University of Virginia and will con- tinue to pursue a Ph.D. He hopes to spend the academic year ’85286 in Germany. CovERT J. GEARY graduated from the Louisiana State University Law School and will begin a clerkship with U.S. District Judge Peter Beer in New Orleans in August. STEPHEN R. KERN received his LL.M. in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center in May. Upon completion of the Maryland Bar Examination in July, he will be joining the Baltimore law firm of Miles & Stockbridge as an associate specializing in pension and deferred compensation planning. MIcHAEL O. LaAvITT is a news editor for the Keyfax National Teletext magazine, based in Schaumburg, Ill. MarkK E. LockuakrtT is a sales representative with Pfizer Laboratories, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Walla Walla, Wash. He just completed a tour as a Medical Service Corps officer in the Army. THEODORE B. MARTIN JR. recently caught a record king salmon in Lake Michigan. It was so big that it took an extra boat to bring it to shore. 1981 MARRIAGE: C. CLEVELAND ABBE and PATRICIA M. BROWN were married on Oct. 9, 1983. In attendance were J. Kent Pearson Jr. ’82L, and C. Gillette (Jill) Otey, ’81L. The couple lives in West Linn, Ore. MARRIAGE: RICHARD J. EISEN and Marci Mayer on Aug. 21, 1983, in Philadelphia, Pa. In attendance were classmates Jeffrey H. Gray, Walter D. Kelley Jr., and John A. Moran. Eisen is an associate with the law firm of Margulis & Grant in St. Louis. MARRIAGE: R. ParK ELLs and Nancy Palmer, on Oct. 29, 1983, in Shreveport, La. Alumni at the wed- ding included classmates Rainey C. Booth, Dennis A. Byrne, George A. Polizos, Robert H. Willis Jr., Frank S. Jones Jr., Madison T. Woodward, and Charles J. Van Horn; F. Del H. Agnew, Parker Roberts and John E. Monroe, all of 82; and Gustave A. Fritchie III, ’78, and Covert J. Geary, ’80. The couple lives in New Orleans where Ellis is employed by Gillis, Ellis, and Baker insurance firm. MARRIAGE: CHRISTOPHER F. MENEFEE and Katherine H. Beck, in New Orleans, La. Menefee is employed by Mumford, Inc., World Bazaar Division Import/Export Co., in Atlanta, Ga. MARRIAGE: Joun A. PRITCHETT and Kathryn Page Sigmon on Oct. 8, 1983, in Danville, Va. MARRIAGE: JOHN P. PURCELL and Elizabeth C. VanValkenburgh, on Aug. 13, 1983, in Potomac, Md. William W. Bourne, ’82, and James B. Hemby, ’81, were members of the wedding party. Edward A. Kramer, ’81, Daniel J. Raskin, ’81, and David R. Donahue, ’83, were in attendance. Purcell is work- ing on a doctorate in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was recently named a fellow of the university. MARRIAGE: CAROLYN SAFFOLD and Rhys T. Wilson, on June 2, 1984, in Atlanta, Ga. Saffold is an associate with the law firm of Ware, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie where she practices com- mercial real estate. MARRIAGE: MELIssa J. WARNER and Gregory A. McClenahan on April 15, 1984. She is associated with the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Faegre & Ben- son as a member of the general litigation section. WILLIAM L. ABERNATHY JR. has left his law practice to become an Officer in the U.S. Army field artillery. He has completed 14 months of training including Ranger and Airborne schools and will be going to Friedburg, Germany, for a tour. PETER H. BENDA completed his M.S.A.A. degree at the University of Washington in August. He is employed by E-Systems, Inc. as an aeronautical engineer. J. ScorT CARDOZO is a student at the University of Virginia. He is working for White & Case in New York for the summer and expects to earn his J.D./M.B.A. combination in May 1986. JAMES T. COYLE JR. completed his M.S. degree at Georgia Tech in computer science and is now presi- dent and co-owner of Cognitive Systems, Inc., a soft- ware development and consulting firm in Atlanta. W. WARREN Crowpvws IITis in his second year at the University of Chicago Law School and will be work- ing as a summer associate for the firm of Baker & McKenzie in Chicago. GEORGE D. FAGAN graduated from the Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Herbert Law Center in May where he was president of the Student Bar Association. He will practice with the firm of Ham- mett, Leake and Hammett in New Orleans. Davin B. IRvIN graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in May and has accepted a position as an associate with the law firm of Thomas & Fiske, P.C. in their Richmond office. Davip A. LEwIs graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in May. In September, he will attend Boston University School of Law to pur- sue an LL.M. in banking law studies. Ist Lt. JAMES B. Moore is chief of the M-1 Tank Training Development Program in the Ist Armor Training Brigade at Ft. Knox, Ky. Ist Lt. JAMES W. STEWART is stationed at the Sun- nyvale Air Force Station in California and will be working ona M.S.E.E. next fall at the University of Santa Clara. DouGLas W. WERTH has been promoted to senior ac- countant at the Pittston Co., a firm involved in the production and sale of coal in a worldwide market. 45 Class Notes tant staff judge adve ocate v with the US. Air + Fo eat Kennera A A. LaNGi isa lending officer for Be nker Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City. He will Trust Co. i in ney York. re attend. judge: advocate school at | Maxwell AFI 3 Ala. pain iow grarngrar doe program in In- | medical school at the | University 0 of Te nnessee. H e served as social chairman for the first-year class and will serve ¢ again next year i in addition to being vice In Memoriam In Memoriam 1916 MIKE SHOFFNER CANNON died Feb. 20, 1984, in Memphis, Tenn. A Tennessee native, he taught at three military schools. He was an instructor at Sewanee Military Academy, a headmaster of Alabama Military Academy, and taught at Colum- bia Military Academy from 1930 to 1963. 1918 CHARLES HENRY ENGLE SPEROW, a former school teacher, orchardist, and employee of the Mar- tinsburg Veterans Administration Medical Center for 17 years, died April 22, 1984, in Martinsburg, W.Va. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and the American Legion Berkeley Post -14 for more than 50 years. 1921 STERLING W. ALDERFER Of Akron, Ohio, died in February 1983. 1924 CLEAVELAND FORBES MILarr of Cortland, N-Y., died Jan. 14, 1984. BARRETT CLINTON SHELTON, editor and publisher of The Decatur Daily for 60 years and a community builder, died April 22, 1984, in Birmingham, Ala. He was the organizer and first president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Decatur and later organized a new Chamber of Commerce in 1930 and served five times as its president. In addition to the creation of jobs through his chamber leadership, he became active as chairman of the Tennessee River Valley Development Association. In 1969 Shelton received the William Crawford Gorgas Award from the Medical Society of Alabama. In 1975 he receiv- ed the Audie Murphy Patriotism Award, the Grover C. Hall Memorial Award for outstanding perfor- mance by an Alabama journalist, and was named Democrat of the Year by the Morgan County Young Democrats. In 1976 Shelton was named to the Alabama Academy of Honor and last year received The Distinguished Service Medal of Alabama. He belonged to a multitude of civic organizations and was widely regarded as the leading citizen of Decatur and North Alabama. 1925 WALTER EVERETT LINDBERG of Charleston, W.Va., died in January of this year. 1926 EUGENE KERFOOT JACKSON, retired chief of opera- tions for the U.S. Army Corps Engineers, died March 6, 1984, in Norfolk, Va. JOHN PAUL BRONSTEIN (SEE 1930.) 1927 MILTON KOLB Harpy died April 7, 1977, in Ardmore, Okla. 1929 DaviD TERRY KIMBROUGH JR., a long-time Memphis developer and builder, died April 17, 1984, in Mem- phis, Tenn. He was instrumental in development of Chickasaw Gardens and was a force in Memphis home building and development for more than 50 years. Kimbrough was president of the Memphis Home Builders Association for two terms and past director of the National Home Builders Association. He was past president of Chickasaw Country Club and served on the vestry and was senior warden of St. John’s Episcopal Church. ARCH SNEAD, a retired salesman, died Feb. 16, 1984, in Covington, Va. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. 1930 JOHN PAUL BRONSTEND,, assistant general manager for Trojan Division of International Minerals, died April 14, 1984, in Mt. Gretna, Pa. He was a member of the Statler Club of Cornell University. FLETCHER GARLAND May Jr. died April 7, 1984. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and had lived for the past 16 years at Crystal Springs Fishing Village, Royal, Ark. 1933 JAMES RUCKER RYLAND died April 4, 1984. He was a retired executive of Union Camp Corp., a com- municant of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Franklin, Va., where he served for many years as treasurer. Ryland was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the First Families of Virginia. He served on the board of the Jackson-Feild Home for Girls and the Com- mission of Alcoholism of the Diocese of Southern Virginia and was past commodore and charter member of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Rs BS ATION Wy Ey] iy ry r HY Hy 1 p oy ; SSE TICTT AT RO AN RO seeeaeaee vy NNR Au : 7 ¥ i \ | i } | | | | | ny s a ah >? -—— + — — — h ANS SS eo A A AY — VK) Kee eS ae 23 at R Ls a 3 a Gusanes ae i> Oo 2 Cc 42 TH Bal TT Wi MN rn | eZ Ba / 42 Aa IT] eH oO <] Ay aN Fry rill Soe ~ Nf Cen EX Lt , STS iT) Sy Ca edad Piel f Y) 4 1934 KNIGHT LAIRD of Jonesboro, Ark., died in late fall, 1983. HOWARD FRANKLIN SMITH, a retired engineer with the city of Meriden, Conn., died May 7, 1984. 1939 PETER WILLOUGHBY TRAYNOR JR., formerly of Baltimore, died Dec. 17, 1983. 1940 JOHN HOWARD ABSALOM Jr. died Oct. 31, 1980, in Macon, Ga. He was employed by Georgia Livestock Breeder’s Journal. 1945 WILEY IAEGER BEAVERS, formerly with the Northern States Power Co., died in February 1984. 1957 CHARLES J. HERBERT, a native of Baltimore who was executive vice president for sales and distribution for Heublein, Inc., died May 21, 1984. He was an All- American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland in 1950 and coached W&L lacrosse in 1954 and 1955. Herbert was active in civic affairs and was cited for his work by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Brandeis University, the Fund for Higher Education and by the Nassau (N-Y.) Chapter of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children. EDWARD HATCHER OULD III, vice president of United Virginia Bank in Lynchburg, died May 27, 1984, in Gloucester County. He was the third genera- tion of a Western Virgina banking family. Ould, formerly of Roanoke, had lived in Martinsville from 1972 until last year. 1964 DouGLas McARTHUR Powers, formerly of Coeburn, Va., is deceased. 1967 EDWARD ALLEN Dopp JrR., maritime lawyer in New Orleans and former assistant district attorney in Houston, died May 29, 1984. He was a member of the Texas Bar Association and the Maritime Law Association, a national group. 1980 ANTHONY AUGUST CARLI JR. died on March 2 in Washington, D.C. 1982 PFc. JOHN ROSER BEsToR died in a rafting accident in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. along with several friends on May 5, 1984. Bestor, a former resident of Glastanbury, Conn., was a member of the Army’s Elite 3rd Infantry Regiment, called the Old Guard. Four victims of the off-duty accident were Old Guard members. 47 7 ¢ - / : prwrwwwvevwwewwvwvwwvevwwvrewty education in- When the coeducation issue resurfaced I thought again about those experiences and about my days at Washington and Lee. In doing so I realized how much those memories affect the way I approach issues which Washington and Lee must face, not two decades ago when I was there, but today. The small classes, the heritage, the traditions forged a bond to W&L as we became a part, not of a large impersonal institution, but, of a centuries-old community, and it became a part of us. Changing that, I feared, would alter the Washington and Lee I knew and loved. I had no choice but to think deeper as to what the quintessential Washington and Lee is. No more do I even think that the impor- tant issue facing Washington and Lee is coeducation, and as alumni we should not divide ourselves on this matter. The impor- tant issue is what policies, in light of a dynamic and changing environment, will enable Washington and Lee strategically not only to maintain its position as an excellent educational institution, but go beyond that and achieve its fullest potential. This is the vital issue facing W&L. Surely, as alumni, we are united in wanting this goal for W&L. The destiny of what Washington and Lee will be for the next century most likely will be determined in the next couple of months. With the right decisions, W&L can be one of the preeminent educational institutions in the United States. With the wrong decisions, W&L can become an anachronism. It is for this reason that I applaud rais- ing the questions which strike to the core of what Washington and Lee is today and what it can be tomorrow. This might, at times, be unpopular and probably many in the W&L constituency would prefer that such ques- tions be ignored, hoping they will disappear and not have to be faced. But, they won’t disappear and it is the resolution of these issues which will chart W&L’s course for decades to come. Unfortunately, as evidenced in its admis- sions, W&L has suffered erosion in its academic standing these past few years. The selection of Washington and Lee last fall as the best ‘‘small comprehensive university”’ seemed a hollow honor to me since we do not compete with the other schools in that category for students, and we were not judg- ed against the top liberal arts school with which we do compare ourselves. There was a day when W&L competed for top-quality students with Yale, Princeton, Williams, Davidson, etc.—unfortunately, no more. These schools were all male in an era when it was appropriate, but when the concept became obsolete they adapted to a new en- vironment and passed W&L by. In so doing, I don’t think they lost the distinctiveness or the traditions that defined them, but merely gained additional strength. In light of this erosion, the difficulty to- day to attract and enroll the very top students, the precipitous future decrease of students available as applicants to W&L, the role women are taking today in society, and the need for a greater sense of university community, then the decision to be made on coeducation seems rather easy to me. I say this because I believe the primary objective should be to ensure that W&L regains its distinctiveness as a top-quality school, to at- tract the best students, and to move forward to become one of the preeminent schools in the United States. This is the vital issue fac- ing W&L and it is a strategic one. Most likely the present situation W&L faces with respect to the gender of her students are mere legacies of what were, at one time, pragmatic approaches to the pro- blems and needs faced years ago in a dif- ferent world. I imagine that these were not undertaken to define a unique character and be revered as some tradition which defines Washington and Lee but were policies whose adoption, either by intent or by default, ade- quately served their purpose as long as the demands of the world remained the same. The world has not remained the same since those policies were adopted, and Washington and Lee must change if it is to survive and prosper. The organization that does not face realities and does not plan for the future will not have one. No army could successfully fight a war using obsolete weapons and out- dated strategy. No corporation could long succeed without adjusting to changing market places, new technology, and more ad- vanced management practices. Washington and Lee as a university should not be ex- pected to do less. Borrowing from former Senator Fulbright, I think that Washington and Lee is faced with ‘‘old myths and new realities.”’ Probably some of the W&L constituency want to hold onto old myths, but are not aware of, or do not want to accept the new realities that the University faces. Lee would have faced them. He was a realist who learn- ed from experience. It was Lee who chang- ed Washington College and he changed it dramatically. He innovated; he ex- perimented; he reorganized. He sought to prepare students for realities. He believed in “*practical education.’’ It was Lee who said, **IT always respect persons and care little for precedent.’’ Lee would have charted the future of Washington and Lee and not been bound by precedent. It is this spirit of Lee and all the other traditions which make Washington and Lee unique among other universities. And the traditions that make Washington and Lee unique are not just the rich heritage that history has bestowed on her since 1749, but a community which offers an excellent education in an atmosphere which also develops and molds the human spirit, character, honor, integrity, and respect for one’s fellow man. These are the traditions which make W&L a very special place. This very distinctiveness represents W&L’s strength—not whether it has been all male for 235 years. All schools founded in the 18th century or before were all male until a few years ago. Washington and Lee was distinc- tive when Harvard, Dartmouth, UVa, and other schools were all male, and W&L will be just as distinctive if it goes coeducational. Washington and Lee is once again at a pivotal point in its history. It can look to the past or it can look to the future. It needs to define for itself its mission, its purpose, its goals, its aspirations. W&L’s long and rich history should not enslave it to the past but serve as a strength with which to approach the future confidently. Washington and Lee needs only to follow the spirit and example of Lee to enter the future. The only limitation Washington and Lee faces is its vision of itself. What a pity it would be if through inaction, fear of change, or a nostalgic yearning for the past W&L should become an anachronism and decline to mediocrity when it could so easily become one of the preeminent undergraduate educa- tional institutions in the United States. NAT BAKER, ’67 San Francisco, Calif. Editor: We all know that, simply by statistics, there is a place in higher education for a quality all-male, undergraduate college. If the SAT scores of applicants are dropping, it is due, partly, to W&L’s academic pro- 49 (1)adollar, in . rsity— ] 7 oe / . . : ; oe / oe oe OS | ; a . | | 7 1 - ee : : : 4 ( - oe 7 - a : : 7 7 : - 7 a . a tury. What progress! I envision a vast new educational com- plex, a kind of coed playground something like, well, maybe, Michigan State. No more need to compete for high school seniors seek- ing a serious college education in a special setting free from distraction. Leave them to Hampden-Sydney, a college that has become better known here in New England than W&L for its academic prowess. For us: bigger fish to fry. Now we can go head to head for scholars with UVa, William & Mary, James Madison, all the Carolina universities (North and South), plus several Ivy League institutions. So what if W&L has become only one more school in the current plethora of coeducational univer- sities. We’re mod. That’s what really counts. Right? No problem. We start recruiting mindless jocks, dizzy drum majors and pom-pom girls with Pepsodent smiles. Toughen up our foot- ball schedule; transform Wilson Field into a stadium. And, we can become a coeduca- tional factory just like the worst of them. Huzza for 1984, the Brave New World and all those W&L ‘‘Gentlepeople’’ who per- formed euthanasia on our venerable institu- tion. How do we retain at least a shred of tradition? We could, I suppose, reconstruct and, once again, exhibit the skeleton of Lee’s horse, ‘‘Traveller,’’ provided, of course, we exhume and also exhibit the bones of Traveller’s mate. S. SCOTT WHIPPLE, *58 Stamford, Conn. Editor: On July 16th I read in The Washington Times that our Board of Trustees has seen fit to destroy yet another fine old tradition by making Washington and Lee University a coeducational institution. Why, when almost every tradition associated with this University is being (or has been) destroyed —why remove still another? Supposedly it is because W&L may feel the economic pinch of fewer applicants over the next few years. I believe the Trustees were ‘‘stampeded”’ into taking premature action. Couldn’t they have at least waited (1) until the severity of the economic problems (if any occur) was clearly determined, and (2) until these problems were considerably closer to becoming a reali- ty, before taking such a drastic step? Although the Trustees must bear most of the blame for this action, three other groups are also partly responsible: (1) the alumni in general, only about 40 percent of whom even bothered to send in their questionnaires; (2) the really wealthy alumni (unfortunately I am not one of them!), who made no attempt (at least to my knowledge) to form a coalition offering to supply money to take up any slack caused by temporarily low enrollment; and (3) those faculty members who ad- vocated coeducation, some probably to make their jobs more secure. Now that nearly all traditions at W&L are gone, why don’t the Trustees go one step fur- ther? Why not tear down Lee Chapel and build a nice coed dormitory facing the Col- onnade? After all, couldn’t we attract more female applicants by offering them the best view in Lexington? In closing I would like to say that while my love for Washington and Lee will never die, it will never be as strong as it once was; that I mourn with those Trustees who voted against coeducation; and I wish with all my heart that God had not let me live to see this happen. KARL M. FUNKHOUSER, 57 Arlington, Va. Editor: I am shocked at the Trustees’ decision to make Washington and Lee a coeducational institution. The reasons offered for such a radical change seem to me to be wholly in- adequate and unpersuasive. The two main reasons given were a drop in the 18-year-old population for a period of less than a decade and having W&L fit in with what was perceived as a changing world. I was unaware that a college such as Washington and Lee was supposed to be an exact microcosm of a larger world. Rather, I assumed that Washington and Lee was a four-year respite from some of the demands of the outside world, allowing contempla- tion, reflection, and intellectual growth. The changes to the University will go far beyond women matriculating and receiving W&L degrees. If the present student body size is to be maintained and the number of female students comes close to approaching the 50 percent mark, then the present frater- nity system is in serious danger. Simple arithmetic tells one that if only 600 to 700 male students matriculate in the future, a number of fraternities, if not the whole fraternity system, will vanish. I suspect that the administration intends to end the present fraternity system and substitute in its stead a system more obedient to the will of the faculty and administration. The administration may, however, ex- pand the size of the student body. I would not be surprised to see a total student body of between 2,000 and 3,000 before a decade has passed. While this may not sound like a large school, it is my feeling that an in- crease of this size would have a severely negative impact upon the educational ex- perience at Washington and Lee. In keeping with the progressive spirit now sweeping Washington and Lee, I offer a sug- gestion for a change in the name of the university. In order to reduce the cost of changing emblems, stationery, etc., I con- clude that the initials W&L should be retain- ed. I suggest, however, that the name now be Washington and Leigh. This name would forcibly carry the new university’s message that it has joined the academic mainstream and that it is no longer a haven for indolent southern men. Thanks to the previous administrations, faculty, and others who provided me with a wonderful four-year experience and an equally pleasant association as an alumnus. I am sorry that future young men will not be able to have that experience and very upset that this institution has been changed so radically. JOEL W. MOHRMAN, ’77 Houston, Tex. (See Page 6 for comments made at the Trustees’ press conference concerning the im- pact of coeducation on institutional size and fraternities.—Ed.) An open letter to the Trustees: This is truly one of the saddest times of my life, for your vote has destroyed something which gave me foundations and ideals upon which I have based my life. I am reminded of a lesson I learned as a pledge in a fraternity at Washington and Lee: I was told to be thoughtful of my future but ever- mindful of my past. I believe in the wisdom of that message and I offer it to you—Fear 51 not the future; forget not the past; for it is the past from whence we came and the past upon which we stand; for it is the past which is of what we are made. Your decision, you claim, may well be forward-looking; your decision, however, has exorcised from the soul of the college its past—our tradition. For it was our past— our tradition—which gave us pride; it was our past which set us apart. Your decision has launched Washington and Lee into a new era of mediocrity only to be paralleled by such great institutions as Radford, Ferrum, and Randolph-Macon. An ancient Jewish custom where a parent tore his clothing in the presence of his child symbolized that the child no longer existed in the eyes of the parent. This is, perhaps, the best way that I can express to you my feelings for the mutation which your vote has created. My love was deep and my loyalty fierce for a university which had given and taught me so much. I do not recognize it now —it no longer exists. —PRYSE Roy ELam, ’83 Editor: The recent decision about coeducation underscores again how fortunate we are to have a Board of such dedicated and talented persons concerning themselves about the future of our beloved school. I hope other alumni will join me in supporting the decision and in expressing confidence that it will be im- plemented in a way that enhances the Univer- sity’s tradition of educational excellence in an environment of personal integrity and mutual respect. ROBERT E. R. HUNTLEY, ’5S0, ’57L Richmond, Va. Editor: In my capacity of serving as the eyes for fellow alumni and other members of the far- flung W&L community who were not here for the most recent meeting of our Board of Trustees, I must admit to a feeling of frustra- tion that my photographs of the press con- ference which followed that meeting do not convey much of the essence of what was said there. Thus I write this letter. Trustee A. Christian Compton had, to my mind, the most bitter pill to swallow among our four men who met the press, be- ing the spokesman for the loyal opposition to the Board’s decision. The key word here is loyal. While Justice Compton was candid about his own personal feelings on coeduca- tion, he also reaffirmed his commitment to assuring the best possible future for our alma mater, and made it clear that he has no plans 52 to jump ship because of this change in our admissions policy. It is my hope and prayer that others who preferred the retention of an all-male undergraduate student body will reach the same conclusion as Justice Compton, which, paraphrased and interpolated, is this: All of us are still on the same team. We certainly have our work cut out for us. With one less ‘‘unique’’ characteristic (and one of the most visible at that), it is up to all of us to prove that Washington and Lee remains a unique, viable, and worthwhile institution nevertheless. In 235 years thus far, this school has fac- ed many challenges, and prospered more often than history and the laws of chance would seem to dictate. In this latest time of change, I believe we can look again to the example of General Lee, who was, among other virtuous things, not in any way a sore loser. During his administration, the decision was made to admit northerners, which was not especially popular among our alumni of that day. Yet here we are, more than a cen- tury later, stronger for having done so. t g Ree es j ments — "4 wd Vea oe te I can only conclude that anyone who bails out now is a fair-weather friend, but I also have faith that for each such son we lose, another son—or daughter—will take his place. W. PATRICK HINELY, ’73 Lexington, Va. (Mr. Hinely is a free-lance photographer whose work provides Washington and Lee with the major portion of its photographic needs.) A WELCOME KIND WORD Editor: I just wanted to write you a quick note to first say how impressed I was with the most recent issue of the Alumni Magazine, the issue dealing with coeducation and the Mock Convention. 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