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CHARTING OUR DESTINYTHE CAMPAIGN FOR WILLIAM AND MARY

William Ivey Long ’69 Dresses Broadway.W&M Alumni Keep Rocking After Graduation.

Basketball Coach Lefty Driesell M.Ed. ’61 Retires

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Board of DirectorsJames E. Ukrop ’60, L.H.D. ’99President, Richmond, Va.Walter W. Stout III ’64Vice President, Richmond, Va.Henry H. George ’65Treasurer, Richmond, Va.Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75Secretary, Atlanta, Ga.Lynn Melzer Dillon ’75Immediate Past President, McLean, Va.Betsy Calvo Anderson ’70Williamsburg, Va.Russell E. Brown Jr. ’74Alexandria, Va.Warren W. Buck III M.S. ’70, Ph.D. ’76Kenmore, Wash.Linda Beerbower Burke ’70Washington, D.C.Elizabeth A. Galloway ’79Daytona Beach, Fla.Kimberlee DeSamper Goldsmith ’78Rye, N.Y.Sally Swoope Horner ’62Jacksonville, Fla.David C. Larson ’75Bettendorf, IowaMartin D. Walsh ’66, J.D. ’73McLean, Va.Julian L. White ’83Mechanicsville, Va.Earl L. Young ’59Yorktown, Va.

StaffExecutive Publisher: W. Barry AdamsEditor: Melissa V. PinardAssistant Editor: John T. WallaceEditorial Assistant: Gina M. WangrychtDesign: Communication Design, Inc.Printer: The Lane PressContributing Writers: James A. Bill, Laura Bodine ’02, James Busbee ’90, Cliff Gauthier,Jacqueline Genovese ’87, Carroll Howard ’68,Sara Thomas Hunt ’74, Sara F. PicciniContributing Photographers: Jerry Bledsoe, James A.Bill, Monty Brinton, Doug Buerlein, Tim Jones,Paul Kolwick, Bob Keroack, Lawrence I’Anson’88, J.D. ’93, Elaine Odell, Ellen Rudolph,Stephen Salpukas, Randy Searle, Jayne WexlerActing Director of Alumni Products and Services: Cindy GillmanDirector of Alumni Programs: Tami L. GardnerDirector of Alumni Records and Information Services: John S. KaneDirector of Business and Budget Management:Elaine CampbellDirector of Special Events: Jennifer E. HayesDirector of Alumni Travel: Elizabeth MacLeishAssociate Director of Products & Services:Betty ViningAssociate Director of Alumni Programs: Cindy GarrettAssistant Director of Alumni Products and Services: Scott CrabbsAssistant Director of Alumni Programs: Kristin L. TarrantInformation Systems Manager: Elizabeth Dolan Quinzio ’84

William & Mary Alumni Magazine is publishedquarterly by the William and Mary Alumni Association through the generosity of alumni andfriends. Voluntary subscriptions of $25 per year are welcome and support its continuedpublication. Checks payable to the William&Mary Alumni Association can be sent to AlumniCommunications, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg,VA 23187-2100; 757/221-1167. For advertisinginformation call Alumni Products and Servicesat 757/221-1168.

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F E A T U R E S

Charting Our Destinyby Jacqueline Genovese ’87 The College Announces $500 Million for the Campaign for William & Mary

Rock n’ Roll Collegeby James Busbee ’90 W&M Alumni Keep Rocking After Graduation

A Cut Aboveby Melissa V. PinardWilliam Ivey Long ’69 Dresses Broadway

Retirement At Lastby James Busbee ’90Coach Lefty Driesell M.Ed. ’61 Calls It A Day

D E P A R T M E N T S

Publisher’s NoteSetting Sail

Letters

Around the WrenCharter Day; Joe Plumeri ’66 Receives Business School Medallion; Campus Master Plans; 25th Anniversary of Virginia Shakespeare Festival

ViewpointA Confused and Confusing Foreign Policy

Alumni SpiritAlumni Service Awards; New Board Officers; Promotions; Honorary Alumni

Just Off Dog StreetPenelope W. Kyle E.M.B.A. ’87 Runs Virginia’s Biggest Game

Arts & HumanitiesBook Reviews; Shawna Mitchell ’01 Survives Survivor

Tribe SportsSwim Team Captain Ruth Anne Miller ’03; Sports Stats; Tribe Athletics Ranked 15th; Fall Roundup; AEF Auction; Sports Camps

ReflectionsGymnastics Coach Cliff Gauthier Remembers Astronaut David M. Brown ’78

CircaBalfour-Hillel Club 1948

Class Notes

Affairs to Remember

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As staff membersof the AlumniAssociation’sRecords and Infor-mation Systemsdepartment wereclearing old filesand discardingsurveys recently,they came across

a letter written in 1938 by PresidentJohn Stewart Bryan. Addressed to“Members of the Last Five Classes,”the dispatch was intended to entice ayounger cadre of alumni back forFinals Week. Why anyone who hadjust barely been freed of the processof exams would want to return tocampus to see others walking to theirappointed endurance assessments is beyond me, but I got the feelingfrom the letter that there could be no better time. Eventually I gleanedenough from the communication tolearn that Finals Week was obviouslya time of merriment and rounds ofcongratulatory gatherings. PresidentBryan noted in the letter that he wasenclosing a program “which lists theexercises and dances, and givesinformation concerning accommoda-tions.” Now that’s a rendition of aFinals Week that offers some promise!

President Bryan was reflective inthis letter and discussed the “amaz-ing transformation” that had takenplace at William and Mary. He wenton to deliberate about everythingfrom the student body to the growingfaculty and from the realized beautyof the campus (citing the new dormi-tories of Barrett, Jefferson, Chandler,Monroe, Old Dominion and Taliaferro)to pronouncing that Lake Mataokahad “been made a thing of beautyand usefulness.” He wrote proudlyabout “the blossoming athletic fields”

which had “been laid out, and asplendid stadium built.” He highlight-ed some of the Fine Arts departmentcontributions that “directs beautifulperformances …” but also “so inter-ested the student body ...”

It is a tribute to how important a let-ter or note from the president of one’salma mater can be. President TimothyJ. Sullivan ’66 has done a wonderfuljob of writing to each of you with regu-larity. After each mailing we hear com-ments from alumni on how much theletter is appreciated and how good it makes them feel about William andMary. Even today, many of the aspectstold of this institution could still carryPresident Bryan’s description of “amaz-ing.” It’s nice to realize that suchwarmth and passion for relating theCollege’s achievements to our gradu-ates is a longstanding tradition.

But as this issue of our AlumniMagazine reveals, William and Maryis now in a multi-year capital cam-paign to raise $500 million. (See“Charting our Destiny” on page 32).Today, campaigns are part of the nec-essary landscape at almost everyhigher educational institution in thecountry. Without appealing for addi-tional resources from alumni andfriends — in fact the entire communi-ty in which we exist and which webuild upon — universities like ourscould easily slip into mediocrity andour contributions to our nation andthe world would substantially sub-side. I am not the first to declare thatWilliam and Mary is a national treas-ure that now must rely on your goodunderstanding, commitment and yes, your generosity more than everbefore in its history. Without a widemargin of support, letters like theone penned by President Bryan couldbe destined for old files and discard-

ed folders — not subject for compari-son to the vision and zeal that predi-cated it with similar aspirations andenthusiasm drawn from PresidentSullivan’s letters.

As this campaign takes on momen-tum and reaches out to thousands ofyou who cherish this special place, I encourage you to embrace it as fullyas possible. This is a critical undertak-ing at a period in our history when itrequires a bold, comprehensive effortfor all of us working on campus and allof you volunteering and caring aboutWilliam and Mary’s future.

As President Bryan closed his let-ter to the youngest five classes, herecounted how pleased the Collegecommunity was of the achievementsto date. But he noted that the entirecampus would be bolstered “… ifour alumni, to whom we look withconfidence and satisfaction, wouldmake a special effort … to takeaccount of what has been accom-plished … and encourage and inspirethe entire College. …”

“No college,” added Bryan, “isstronger than its alumni, and thestrength of the alumni can be mademanifest and effective only by theirinterest and support.”

Now it’s up to us, all of us, toensure that the destiny the College isso well prepared for becomes a voy-age in which we all can take pride incharting. We are not just passengersbut part of the crew.

W. Barry AdamsEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER

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A Job Well Done

I just finished reading the William &Mary Alumni Magazine, and continueto be amazed at the high quality andsubstance that this magazine carries.You and the entire staff of the mag-azine should be commended for con-tinued success (even in the face ofcontinuing budget cuts).

Matthew T. Lambert ’99Washington, D.C.

Thanks for the MemoriesI was very surprised when I openedthe Fall 2002 issue of the William &Mary Alumni Magazine to find a pictureof the football team of 1926. My fatheris listed as Low Walker ’29, whichmust have been his football nicknamebecause his name was Leland D. Walker. He was an avid W&M footballfan all of his life. He never missed theThanksgiving game with the Universityof Richmond. Richmond was their pri-mary rival in his day. I also rememberthat they played Harvard and Syracuse.He had some great times being on the football team. I have a gold footballcharm that was given to him as amemento of their championship. Plus, I believe I have a picture of the teamfrom that time period.

Thanks for publishing the picture;it brought back some wonderfulmemories.

Betsy Walker ’69Jeffersonton, Va.

Antarctica As senior advisor to the Director ofthe National Science Foundation(NSF) — and a W&M alum, 1972, Iwas fascinated by the excellent, well-photographed William & MaryAlumni Magazine (Winter 2002/03)feature cover article on Antarctica byW. Mathew Shipman ’98 [photos by VIMS student, Amy Chiuchiolo]. Iintend to share this piece with Officeof Polar Programs (OPP) Director Karl Erb and his staff. I had the rareopportunity to visit “the Ice” last year,in January 2001, along with Karl andsome Congressional appropriationsstaffers. … Always nice to see wherethe NSF funding money is going, andthat the “broader impacts” of bringingin elementary students is involved inyour situation. That’s an excellent pub-lication you have. Good productionand high quality paper is unusual foran alumni magazine.

Jack Mitchell ’72Silver Spring, Md.

Hail to the ClassReportersHats off to our class reporters! Theysolicit, beg and plead for news of you.They faithfully observe deadlines andare unhappy if they do not have lotsof news to report. So — it is up to usgraduates to take a few minutes timeto send them perhaps just a line to letus all know what is important in ourlives. Your classmates care.

And I especially applaud the dedi-cated efforts of Alice Baxley Anthony’49 who has served our class faith-fully for the past 54 years. Don’t youthink they deserve a few pats on theback? I know Alice does!

Mary Lou Hostetter Winder ’49Haddonfield, N.J.

The Fate of Barksdale FieldOur College is moving forward with a Master Plan that failed to take intoaccount alumni input, and BarksdaleField will be sacrificed as a part of it.

Most alumni are unaware that William & Mary plans to build twolarge dormitories on Barksdale Field,as well as some other buildings;there have been some disingenuousstatements about the support basefor plans that will destroy up to 70 per-cent of Barksdale field, and alumnihad no real input.

… No matter how impressive thearchitectural drawings, and no matterhow extensive the campaign, thefact remains that many stakeholderswere not heard. …

I ask that alumni make them-selves heard and that the Collegeactually encourage that. I ask thatWilliam & Mary ensure that an openand democratic process is institutedand I hereby concede that if thatoccurs, I will proudly support my College, even if that means the lossof the jewel that is Barksdale Field.

Daniel A. Shaye ’90Williamsburg, Va.

Editor’s Note: A story about the new Master Plan can be found on pages 10-12 in this issue. Alumniwishing to express their opinions on this subject are invited to submit a letter to this page (see below)or contact the College’s Office of Administration at757/221-2514.

Please send any letters to the editor, Melissa Pinard,P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg,VA 23187-2100, or e-mail [email protected]

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War is a human catastrophe,”Secretary-General of theUnited Nations (U.N.)

Kofi A. Annan told an audience whofilled William and Mary Hall at the310th Anniversary Charter Day onFeb. 8. “[It is] a course that shouldonly be considered when all otherpossibilities have been exhausted,and when it’s obvious that the alter-native is worse.” Annan spoke to the College and was awarded an hon-orary doctor of public service duringthe Charter Day ceremonies.

His appearance at William andMary came during a critical decision-making time for the U.N., with mount-ing hostilities between the UnitedStates and Iraq. He stressed theimportance of the U.N.’s presence asan international representative, not aprivate entity, saying that “The UnitedNations is us: it is you and me.”

A native of Kumasi, Ghana, Annanbegan his career at the U.N. with the World Health Organization. Hebecame secretary-general of the U.N. in 1997 and quickly initiated areform plan designed to improve

the organization’speace-keeping andsecurity missions, aswell as its humanrights outreach to the internationalcommunity. Annanwon the Nobel PeacePrize in 2001 and

was reappointed for a second termas secretary-general until 2007.

Annan was grateful for the oppor-tunity to address the College com-munity during Charter Day exercises. “It is a great pleasure for me toreceive this honorary degree …” hesaid. He then took a moment toreflect on the extraordinary life of

David M. Brown ’78, who had been a mission specialist aboard the SpaceShuttle Columbia. “My only sadness,”he said, “which I share with all of you— is that this year your celebration ismuted by last week’s Columbiatragedy, and especially by the loss ofone of this College’s most outstand-ing sons: David Brown.”

The secretary-general focused theremainder of his speech on theimportance of employing all possiblemeans to a peaceful solution beforeturning to military action in the con-flict between the United States andIraq. “There is deep unease,” he said,“about nuclear proliferation and the

possibility of new terror attacks. Andof course, there is great anxiety, inthis country and throughout theworld, about the prospect of war withIraq.” As Annan concluded, heencouraged the students in atten-dance to consider a career in publicservice, and further added, “… I hopeall of you, whatever your profession,will be seeking to serve the public,and to contribute to the welfare, notonly of your country, but of all yourfellow human beings. …”

President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66commended the secretary-general for speaking “with such force, suchreason and humanity. It makes a

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COLLEGE WELCOMES U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI A. ANNAN AT CHARTER DAY 2003

While much of Kofi Annan’s speech dealt with the situation in Iraq, he alsoemphasized the cooperative efforts of world leaders who came together at theU.N. in 2000 and adopted the Millennium Declaration, which sets “clear targets— not only for peace, security and disarmament, but also for development andpoverty eradication.”

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difference,” he said, “and we thankyou sir.”

Before Annan’s address, RectorDonald N. Patten and President Sullivan presented the Thomas Jefferson Awards to three outstand-ing members of the College com-munity. Provost Gillian T. Cell (Hon-orary Alumna ’03), who will retire herpost in June, received the ThomasJefferson Award — the highest honorwhich can be accorded to a facultymember. President Sullivan compli-mented Cell as “an inspirational, elo-quent ambassador for William andMary, the liberal arts and higher edu-cation.” Next, Assistant Professor ofChemistry Carey K. Bagdassarian

received theThomas JeffersonTeaching Award.Sullivan told Bagdassarian,“We recognize … your dedication to students and to the deep under-standing of science and its place in the world of ideas.” Finally, James F. Cahoon ’03 was awarded theThomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Phi-losophy. Sullivan praised Cahoon, say-ing, “It is clear that in your studies, inyour research and in your daily life, you exemplify the love ofintellectual inquiry, discovery andtruth-seeking that so characterizedThomas Jefferson.”

Also during the Char-ter Day ceremony, Chan-cellor Henry A. Kissingerand Rector Patten pre-sented an honorary doc-tor of humane letters to James W. Brinkley ’59,president and CEO ofLegg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. Brinkleyreceived the Algernon-Sydney Sullivan Award

while a student at William and Mary,and later, in 1987, the Alumni Medal-lion. Patten said, “James W. Brinkley,business statesman, philanthropistand friend of higher education, youhave served your country, your profession and your College withthoughtful dedication and vigilantintegrity.” Kissinger and Patten alsopresented Gen. Anthony C. Zinni withan honorary doctor of public service.Zinni, President George W. Bush’senvoy in the Middle East, waspraised by Patten: “A decorated Vietnam War veteran and a four-stargeneral in the United States MarineCorps, you have used your authorityand leadership in support of yournation’s most vital goals.”

The College’s Royal Charter wasestablished by King William III andQueen Mary II of England in 1693,making the institution the secondoldest university in the country.Provost Cell began Charter Day exer-cises by reading an excerpt from thatoriginal charter: “[the College] shall be erected, made, founded, andestablished, it shall be called anddenominated forever, The College ofWilliam and Mary in Virginia.” Look-ing back over 310 years, one comesto appreciate the longevity of thelegacy of William and Mary, as estab-lished by this original charter.

— John T. Wallace

Above: President Sullivan (l) and Rector Patten (r) presentedAssistant Professor of Chemistry Carey K. Bagdassarian with the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award. Right: CollegeChancellor Henry A. Kissinger provided remarks and ProvostGillian T. Cell received the Thomas Jefferson Award during theceremony.

Above: Prior to theCharter Day Cere-mony, Kofi Annanchats with James F. Cahoon ’03 (r),recipient of theThomas JeffersonPrize in NaturalPhilosophy. Right: ChancellorKissinger (l) greetshonorary degreerecipients JamesW. Brinkley ’59 (r) and Gen. AnthonyC. Zinni (middle).

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Leaders assess an organization’scapabilities, set the bar higher,communicate that vision — that

dream — to everyone in the company,and then, with great passion, seekand are able to elicit the absolutebest in its people,” said Joe Plumeri’66, during a special ceremony at theWren Building to honor his amazingbusiness career. Plumeri received theT.C. and Elizabeth Clarke School ofBusiness Medallion on Feb. 7.

Speaking on behalf of the Williamand Mary School of Business, DeanLawrence B. Pulley ’74 said, “In theclassrooms of his alma mater and byhis example, Joe has challenged the

future leaders being educated here topursue their dreams.”

During his 35 year career, Plumerihas held management positions atthe financial services companies Travelers Group, Primerica FinancialServices, Citibank North America andSalomon Smith Barney. He becamechairman and CEO of Willis GroupHoldings Ltd., a London-based globalinsurance brokerage, in October 2000.Since that time, Willis returned topublic ownership and was the thirdbest performing Intellectual PropertyOwner (IPO) on the New York StockExchange in 2001. Under Plumeri’sleadership at Willis, employee owner-ship in the company’s stock hasgrown to nearly 70 percent todayfrom eight percent in 1998.

Plumeri has been an active anddevoted alumnus for many years. Heis a member of the governing Boardof Visitors, the Business School Advisory Board and the Sir RobertBoyle Legacy Society. He is a lifetime member of the President’s Counciland a trustee emeritus of the William

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SCHOOL’S HIGHEST HONOR

and Mary Endowment Association.Plumeri also donated the funds tobuild a state-of-the-art baseball facil-ity, which is named Plumeri Park inhonor of his father.

“This award recognizes me forwhat I love doing,” said Plumeri. “Iam deeply honored to be this year’srecipient and pledge to continue tolive up to all that it represents — thehighest standards of professionalismand integrity.”

— John T. Wallace

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Beautiful” is the first word thatmost visitors use to describethe campus of the College of

William and Mary — with its statelyGeorgian buildings and tree-linedbrick walkways, and its natural topog-raphy of lakes and wooded ravines.

But other, less flattering descrip-tions of the campus sometimes fol-low: “confusing,” “difficult to navi-gate,” “architecturally inconsistent.”

“The absence of a good plan has hurt the architectural character of the College,” says President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66. “With theexception of Tercentary Hall and therenovation of James Blair and theAlumni Center, there is little that wecan point to by way of new build-ings that make us proud.”

At the instigation of President Sullivan and Rector Donald N. Patten,the College’s Board of Visitors andadministration have been engaged inintensive discussions over the pastyear on how best to preserve andenhance the beauty of the Williamand Mary campus while remedying its less positive features. The result:

a revised master plan for the maincampus and the creation of architec-tural standards to guide future con-struction and renovation.

“The new plan has been doneextraordinarily well,” says PresidentSullivan. “It is respectful of the bestparts of the College’s architecturaland environmental character, andtranslates those characteristics tomeet future needs.”

The Planning Process

The adoption of the revised masterplan owes much to the foresight ofBoard of Visitors member Jeffrey L.McWaters, who was appointed chairof the Board’s Buildings and GroundsCommittee in 2002. McWaters, chair-man and CEO of AMERIGROUP Cor-poration of Virginia Beach, Va. — a

leading provider of managed healthcare services — expresses a Virgin-ian’s pride in the unique history andbeauty of the William and Mary cam-pus. “I’ve always felt a kindred spiritwith the school,” he says.

With the College poised to under-go a major building boom, McWatersand other College leaders recognizedthat the institution had a perfectopportunity to develop architecturalstandards that previous generationshad lacked — leading to the con-struction of buildings such as Mortonand Jones Halls, which have no aes-thetic connection to older parts ofcampus.

“In that process, we realized thatwe needed to take a step back and revisit the entire campus masterplan, which was adopted back in1987,” McWaters says. “We neededto ask ourselves, ‘Do we still believethe same things?’”

In the summer of 2002, under theleadership of Vice President forAdministration Anna Martin, the Col-lege contracted with the nationallyrecognized design firm of Sasaki

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A PLAN FOR ALL SEASONS:COLLEGE CREATES NEW GUIDELINES FOR CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

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Reaching back to the College’s origins, the design firm ofSasaki Associates extended the axis line running from theColonial Capitol to the Wren Building, thus forming three newsimplified campus precincts — North Campus, South Campusand West Woods — from the previous eight (illustrated left).

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Associates Inc. and Boynton Roth-schild Rowland Architects to updatethe master plan. “Boynton Rothschildis the successor firm to CharlesRobinson, which planned the OldCampus in the 1920s,” Martinexplains. “They brought us a treasuretrove of materials.”

The two firms were charged withthe goal of developing a unified archi-tectural and landscape vision for the main campus. The resulting plan,based on a simplified precinct sys-tem, was adopted by the Board ofVisitors in February 2003.

Highlights of the Plan

“The revised master plan creates asense of order while preserving thehuman scale of the campus,” saysMartin, who points to the creation of pedestrian promenades as a keyhighlight. The promenades, modeledafter the wide brick walkways alongthe Sunken Garden, will help to guideand orient visitors while improvingthe flow of traffic.

An immediate focus of the plan is construction and renovation in theSouth Campus precinct, along theJamestown Road corridor. “Over the

next decade, there will be more construction than the campus hasseen since the 1960s,” Martin says.Among the buildings planned are a new School of Business facility,to be financed with private funds; a parking deck; and new student housing. A bond issue from the com-monwealth of Virginia will financerenovation of Millington, Rogers,Small and Andrews Halls; a privatedonor has provided a matching gift challenge to renovate the LakeMatoaka amphitheater.

As Martin explains, the plannedconstruction will help to blend thenew and old campuses architectural-ly; in addition, the new campus willsoon mirror the old by transformingfrom a group of strictly academicbuildings to a mixture of academic,residential and recreational facilities.

Both Martin and McWatersemphasize the care that was taken insite selection, particularly for thenew student housing to be located

next to Phi Beta Kappa Hall on a por-tion of Barksdale Field. The plannerslooked at eight sites in all, and deter-mined that the Jamestown Road sitewould be optimal for students whileminimizing environmental damage.“We recognize that alumni are verysensitive to the issue of BarksdaleField,” McWaters says. “We listenedto everyone’s concerns and talkedwith the coaching staff, and wereable to maintain a regulation-sizeplaying field.”

The new architectural standardsadopted by the Board will guidearchitects in determining the size andmassing of buildings, as well as theappearance of doors, windows, cor-nices and other features. The stan-dards allow for creative interpretationin all but the ancient campus.

“We looked a great deal at land-scaping as well as buildings — path-ways, trash receptacles, benches,lighting,” notes Martin. The plannershope to create additional “memo-

rable” public spacessuch as the SunkenGarden, in areasincluding the SwemLibrary Quadrangle.

A new system ofpedestrian prome-nades will connectgreen spaces oncampus and willfeature unifyinglandscape features.

New guidelines encourage the cre-ation of “iconographic” features on campus, which fall outside theconfines of traditional Georgianarchitecture. The Japanese-style CrimDell bridge is an example of onesuch feature that has become a favor-ite landmark.

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Looking to the Future

In the near term, with plans to com-plete the parking deck by 2004 and student dorms by 2006, adher-ence to the new standards will beassured. But what of the long term?“Implementing the plan 25 yearsfrom now will require a focus and acommitment to quality,” says Presi-dent Sullivan.

To help ensure that the plan isrespected over time, the College hascreated a permanent Design ReviewBoard (DRB). The DRB is comprisedof the chair and an additional mem-ber of the Board of Visitor’s Build-ings and Grounds Committee (cur-rently Jeffrey McWaters and BarbaraUkrop ‘61); the vice president foradministration and an additional Col-

lege administra-tor; the execu-tive director ofthe historic cam-pus; the chair of the faculty’sLandscape, Energy and Envi-ronment Com-mittee, and twonon-voting mem-bers: the Colo-nial Williamsburgarchitectural historian and anoutside university architect. “Theboard will look at site selection,schematics and preliminary archi-tectural designs, and make recom-mendations to the president,”Martin says.

Implemented with clear-sightedvision, the revised master plan prom-ises to safeguard and enhance acampus beloved by generations ofalumni and friends.

“I think of two words in describ-ing the William and Mary campus:

beauty first and memory second,”says President Sullivan.

“If the plan is well-executed, therewill be many people who leave herewho will have had the chance to livein greater beauty, and therefore tohave more beautiful memories.”

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New construction will be focusedalong the Jamestown Road corridor.Campus planning includes a joint traf-fic study with the city of Williamsburgin preparation for the Jamestown400th anniversary celebration in 2007.

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Author JaneAusten once said, “One getsacquainted with[Shakespeare]without knowinghow.” This summer

the Virginia Shakespeare Festival (VSF)will celebrate its 25th season, makingnow the perfect time for theatre-goersto become acquainted — or reac-quainted — with the Bard. Special productions of The Two Gentle-men of Verona and King Henry VIII willtake place from July 11–Aug. 3 at theCollege’s Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Memo-rial Hall.

William and Mary Theatre ProfessorJerry Bledsoe, who has held leader-ship roles and directed plays for theVSF, is excited about this summer’sproductions. “We’ve never doneHenry VIII before,” said Bledsoe, whopromises a “visually spectacular playwith a much more opulent appearancethan normal.” Another bonus at this

year’s festival is theperformance ofMichael Frayn’s bril-liant new dramaCopenhagen,directed by TheatreProfessor RichardPalmer and playingin the Studio The-atre in PBK July 24-

Aug. 10.Auditions for the VSF’s plays draw

professional actors from across thecountry, but many are from Williams-burg and the College. Bledsoe alsonotes that, “we hire eight or nine non-equity actors and about the samenumber of student interns.” Of theeight or nine interns, four or five areusually William and Mary students,while the rest are students from otherinstitutions. Once the interns are cho-sen, they compete with the profes-sional and volunteer actors for roles.

Julia Osman ’04 became one suchintern last summer and landed theroles of both Celia in As You Like Itand Cordelia in King Lear. “I was reallysurprised when I passed the audition,”says Osman, who spent a large partof her summer working on both pro-ductions. She is also quick to pointout that interns are expected to pitch-in wherever help is needed. “Youmay be an acting intern, but theyalways need extra hands working onthe set or the costumes, or manningthe phones in the box office.”

For Osman, a secondary educa-tion and history major who plans toteach after she completes her degree,one of the most rewarding experi-ences from her VSF internship wasCamp Shakespeare, a day camp heldfor two weeks during the Festival.Since the set work and rehearsals are

already complete and the plays areperformed in the evenings, the actorsare able to mentor elementary andmiddle school students during theday. The first week of last year’scamp was attended by elementarystudents, while the second weekwas for middle school students. “Thecamp was great because I was ableto work with the kids,” says Osman.Camp Shakespeare’s ongoing popu-larity ensures that it will be continued in 2003.

On March 11, Osman auditionedagain for the Festival and recentlylearned that she will reprise her role as an intern. She credits her time withthe VSF for giving her “a lot of practicalexperience, not just acting experience.”Osman says of the Festival, “Depend-ing on what you make of it, you canlearn so much.”

With professional actors and tal-ented student interns like Osmaninvolved with this summer’s Festival,wonderful performances are guaran-teed. Those interested in a fantasticseason of Shakespeare can obtainadditional information or secure reser-vations by calling 757/221-2674, on or after June 10. Tickets for one playare $15, two plays for $25 or, forgroups of 20 or more, $12 per play.Tickets will also be available forCopenhagen at the VSF box office.

— John T. Wallace

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

Above: The TwoGentlemen ofVerona willreturn to thisyear’s Festival.Right: JuliaOsman ’04 (cen-ter) performedas Celia inShakespeare’sromantic come-dy As You LikeIt during the2002 Festival.

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On March 19, 2003, the UnitedStates invaded Iraq in a majormilitary operation designed to

overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein.In so doing, the United States findsitself bogged down in the oil-rich andpolitically-primitive Persian Gulf forthe indefinite future. Despite havingsent two huge contingents of Ameri-cans to fight two wars in this fragilepart of the world,the United Statesremains surpris-ingly uninformedabout the peoplesand the politics ofthe gulf.

Eight countriesborder the Per-sian Gulf: Iran,Iraq, Saudi Arabia,Kuwait, Bahrain,the United ArabEmirates, Qatarand Oman. Two of these states,Iran and Iraq, havealready witnessedviolent revolu-tions, Iraq in 1958 and Iran in 1978.The other six countries are traditionalfamily-run mini-states whose contin-uing survival has confounded politicalobservers everywhere.

The countries of the gulf possessnearly 70 percent of the world’sproven reserves of petroleum. SaudiArabia alone accounts for one out of every four barrels of oil in theworld (260 billion barrels). Iraq’s oilreserves are over 100 billion barrelswhile Iran, Kuwait, and the UnitedArab Emirates have an estimated 80-90 billion barrels each. Besides oil, the gulf states sit astride hugenatural gas deposits. Iran boasts theworld’s second largest reserves of

gas, while tiny Qatar is the home ofthe world’s largest gas field.

Despite serious problems of inter-nal conflict and instability, the coun-tries that border the gulf have man-aged to survive primarily because of their huge hydrocarbon resources.These reserves provide the gulfstates with badly-needed revenuethat enable their leaders to buy time.

THE UNITED STATES: ENGULFED BY THE GULF

As the world’s lone global hegemon,the United States has assumed aninterventionary posture in the PersianGulf. The American confrontation withSaddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2002-2003is only the most recent U.S. militaryaction taken in the gulf region.

In the late 1970s, the United Statesactively supported the Shah of Iran andopposed the Iranian revolution. In the1980s, the United States further alien-ated Iran when America threw its sup-port behind Saddam Hussein in Iraq.During this time, the U.S. deliberatelylooked the other way as Saddam’sregime used chemicals against boththe Kurds and against neighboring Iran.

During the 1980s, the UnitedStates created an Iraqi Frankensteinwhen it decided to back Saddam Hussein. Then, in 1990-91, the UnitedStates abruptly changed its policywhen it sent half a million troops tothwart Saddam’s surprise attempt toannex Kuwait.

After the 2000 election, PresidentGeorge W. Bush appointed advisors

who had at one time befriended Saddam Hussein.The same indi-viduals who ledeconomic andpolitical missionsto Baghdad in the1980s, led thecampaigns againstSaddam in 2002and 2003.

Donald H.Rumsfeld, GeorgeW. Bush’s secretary of defense,served as a pres-idential envoy to Baghdad in

December 1983 under Ronald Reagan. Here, he met with SaddamHussein and other high-ranking Iraqiofficials. Rumsfeld is the same per-son who continually condemnedSaddam in a series of press briefingsin 2002 and 2003. The WashingtonPost of Dec. 30, 2002, printed anembarrassing picture of Rumsfeldand Saddam shaking hands in Iraq onDec. 20, 1983.

THE UNITED STATES AT WAR IN THE GULF

By the end of the 20th century, theUnited States found itself deeplyengaged militarily and politically in thePersian Gulf. In July 1988, the U.S.shot down an Iranian airbus killing

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290 civilian passengers. Inthe years following the warfor Kuwait, the UnitedStates fired several Toma-hawk missiles at Iraqi tar-gets while dropping thou-sands of tons of ordnanceon Iraq during over flightsof the northern and south-ern zones.

The economic costs ofthe massive Americanbuildup in the gulf in thespring of 2003 have beenastronomical. With a quar-ter of a million troops dispatched to the gulf,Pentagon sources esti-mate that a campaignagainst Iraq could cost asmuch as $95 billion for the military alone. The GulfWar of 1990-91 cost over$60 billion, but most ofthis tab was picked up by the Saudisand the Kuwaitis. Both countrieshave informed the United States thatthey have no intention of providingthese kinds of financial resourcesthe next time the United States goesto war against Iraq.

Besides the direct use of force bythe U.S. military, the United Stateshas sold billions of dollars of the lat-est military equipment to the govern-ments of the six traditional gulf coun-tries. Between 1990 and 1997, forexample, the gulf states accountedfor $36 billion of U.S. arms exports.This policy may make economicsense, but it is akin to pouring gaso-line on a fire. The counter-productivenature of such a policy is seen in the cases of Iran and Iraq when the United States faced going to waragainst an enemy armed with manyof America’s own weapons.

The heavy American presence in the gulf region has increasinglyalienated many citizens of the MiddleEast. The continuing embargoesagainst Iran and Iraq have done moreto harm everyday citizens than to hurtgovernment leaders. In the Iraqi case,for example, the economic embargohas resulted in the suffering and

deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians.According to U.N. sources, more than1.2 million Iraqi children under age 5suffer from malnutrition.

It has become increasingly difficultfor Americans to walk the highwaysand byways of the gulf states. This is seen in the travel advisories thatwarn Americans — whether mer-chants, tourists, government officialsor scholars — against traveling or living in the gulf. It is a sign of thetimes that American diplomats andmilitary advisors inhabit embassiesthat resemble concrete fortressessurrounded by sensors and computer-ized barriers. It is ironic that the Unit-ed States, the sole global superpow-er, finds itself in a situation where itscitizens must increasingly step care-fully and cautiously in many impor-tant areas of the world. What can bedone to improve U.S. policy in thegulf?

A FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA

FOR THE U.S. IN THE PERSIAN GULF

Even at this late date, while the UnitedStates is in the midst of a war withIraq, there are five policy suggestionsthat may help improve U.S. gulf policy.

First, Americans mustinform themselves aboutthe intricacies of PersianGulf societies. Without astrong grasp of the lan-guage, religion and historyof the region, it is impossi-ble to understand thesecomplex cultures. Witnessthe American government’sblundering role in the cre-ation and cultivation of theShah of Iran and of SaddamHussein in Iraq.

Second, the UnitedStates should considerencouraging the ruling fam-ilies of the gulf to intro-duce serious programs ofreform. In communicatingwith these leaders, theUnited States must devel-op innovative diplomacybacked by power to con-

vince these rulers to cut back on thecorruption and repression that havecome to dominate their policies.

Third, Washington must questionthe preoccupation with force and the glorification of war. Delicate socialand political problems cannot bebombed or “missiled” out of exis-tence. A strong military is essential,but by applying only huge doses offorce, the U.S. tends to spread thesefestering problems. Violence can be likened to a virus — the more onebombards it, the more it spreads.

Fourth, the United States would do well to develop a foreign policythat is rooted in a sense of morality.As a global hegemon pursuing anaggressive agenda, the United Statestends to alienate both friend and foein the international arena. As the mostpowerful nation in the world, the United States must beware of whatthe late Sen. William Fulbright called“the arrogance of power.” Many inEurope, Asia and the Middle East seePresident George W. Bush and hisassociates as swaggering examplesof American arrogance.

Fifth, the United States must useall its power and persuasiveness to

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solve the Palestinian-Israeli war andalso must cautiously re-establish relations with the Islamic Republic ofIran. The hardline policy of ArielSharon’s Israel has alienated Muslimseverywhere. Furthermore, the contin-uing construction of the illegal settle-ments is an especially provocativeact. The vicious cycle of Israeli mili-tary attacks against civilians in Gazaand the continuing Palestinian sui-cide bombings must be broken.

The inclusion of Iran in PresidentBush’s “axis of evil,” has acted as agratuitous insult to the Islamic Repub-lic, a country that will be badly need-ed if there is ever any serious chancefor stability to prevail in the gulf.

The social and political situationof the Persian Gulf is one of great

fragility. Plagued by limited politicalparticipation, torn by ethnic and religious cleavages, exposed to theenticing messages of the secularWest, alienated from their ownrepressive leaders, the peoples ofthe Persian Gulf are unsure of theiridentities and confused about theirfutures. In these circumstances,United States policymakers, ifinformed and sensitive, can do muchto improve the situation.

If, on the other hand, the UnitedStates replaces astute diplomacywith the heavy club of military power,if it fails to think strategically andmisunderstands the peoples and poli-tics of the region, then it may finditself trapped in the midst of thefirestorm, a conflagration that willspread with time and that hasalready begun to spill over into theUnited States itself.

— James A. Bill

About the Author: James A. Bill isprofessor of government and directoremeritus of the Reves Center for

International Studies at the Collegeof William and Mary. A PrincetonPh.D., Dr. Bill is the author and co-author of seven books on the MiddleEast. He is the author of the award-winning The Eagle and the Lion: TheTragedy of American-Iranian Rela-tions. His most recent publication ishis co-authored study entitled RomanCatholics and Shi’i Muslims: Prayer,Passion, and Politics.

Editor’s Note: Viewpoint does not necessarilyrepresent the opinions of the College, theWilliam and Mary Alumni Association or theeditorial staff.

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class agent and participated in theclass of 1948’s 50th reunion giftcommittee that raised over $540,000for the College. He has been a member of the Association of 1775since 1991, and a member of the Sir Robert Boyle Legacy Society andthe Fourth Century Club since 1993.Fritz is a retired professor of historyat Farleigh Dickinson University. He currently resides in Rockford, Ill.

George C. Grant M.A. ’62 was pre-sented the 2002 Alumni ServiceAward on March 7, 2003 at a LordBotetourt Chapter event. Grant regu-larly corresponds with other alumni,attracting participation and supportfor the Virginia Institute of MarineScience(VIMS). Hewas the firstto becomea member ofthe AnnualFund Com-mittee whenit was estab-lished atVIMS in2000. A for-mer profes-sor and assistant director at VIMS,Grant helps foreign students edittheir theses and dissertations, andtutors students in English languageskills. He also continues to mentornew faculty members at VIMS. Anactive member of the Lord BotetourtAlumni Chapter, Grant served as itspresident from 1997-99.

J. William Harrison Jr. ’60 receivedthe William and Mary Alumni Associ-ation’s 2002 Alumni Service Awardduring halftime at the William andMary vs. Richmond football game onNov. 23, 2002.

As a member of the Washington,D.C., Alumni Chapter and past president of the D.C. chapter of theAthletic Educational Foundation(AEF), Harrison, who lives in Fairfax,Va., has encouraged many alumni

The William and Mary AlumniAssociation presented Julian W.

Fore ’71 with the 2002 AlumniService Award on Oct. 24, 2002.

Fore has been an alumni leader inmany organizations across campus.

He served aschair of the 25thReunion GiftCommittee forthe Class of1971 and was an active mem-ber of the 30thReunion GiftCommittee. Fore also lent his talents to the

Alumni Association’s successful 2002New York Auction. A resident ofMcLean, Va., he is a member of theWashington, D.C., Alumni Chapter.

Formerly on the Board of Directorsfor the Fund for William and Mary,Fore chaired the communication andnominating committees in 1996-97,and served as chair in 1997-99. Cur-rently, Fore is trustee for the Endow-ment Association, a member of theMuscarelle Museum of Art Board’sdevelopment committee and theMuseum’s acquisitions committee.

John H. “Jack”

Fritz ’48

received his2001 AlumniService Awardon Feb. 7, 2003.Since his grad-uation, Fritz hasfaithfully andcontinually sup-ported his almamater. Fritz hasserved as a

in his area toget involvedwith the Col-lege. Harrisonis a member of the Associa-tion of 1775and the Orderof the White Jacket. He has served as a class agent for the Fund forWilliam and Mary as well as a vol-unteer for Career Services. He and his wife Ann ’62 were co-chairs of the 1988-89 William and MaryAnnual Fund, and members of thePresident’s Council and Fourth Century Club.

Harrison currently serves on theAthletic Committee for the Campaignfor William and Mary. Since 1980, he has played continuous roles withthe AEF and established an endow-ment for an athletic scholarship.

T. Montgomery “Monty” Mason ’89

received the William and Mary AlumniAssociation’s 2002 Young Alumni Ser-vice Award during halftime at theWilliam and Mary vs. Richmond foot-ball game on Nov. 23, 2002.

Mason has been a member ofthe Athletic Educational Foundation(AEF) at the College since 1992 andhas served on its Executive Commit-tee since 1996. Currently, he istreasurer of the AEF Executive Com-mittee. As an undergraduate atWilliam andMary, Masonwas chairman of the studentsenate, presi-dent of the junior class andpresident of Phi Lambda Phifraternity.

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Promoted in January to be the first director of AlumniTravel for the Association, Elizabeth MacLeish has been involved in the administration of the effort

since 1992, when only one or twotravel programs were offered eachyear. Today, the programs for alumnito consider number nearly 18 annu-ally with hundreds of alumni andfriends participating.

As director of Alumni Travel,MacLeish is responsible for devel-oping, marketing and coordinatinginternational and domestic travelprograms. As part of her duties, MacLeish trains alumnistaff members who escort alumni on trips and she main-tains connections between the Alumni Association andthe more than 1,500 past travelers.

“We are confident that our Alumni Association offersone of the best values for touring abroad and travelingdomestically,” says MacLeish. “It is a wonderful way tobuild our alumni community.”

MacLeish began her career in 1987 with the AlumniAssociation as executive assistant to the CEO.

MACLEISH PROMOTED TO FIRST DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI TRAVEL

Melissa V. Pinard has been promoted to directorof Alumni Communications. Previously asso-ciate director of Alumni Communications, she

assumed her new role in October 2002, after a four-month period as acting director.

As director, Pinard serves as editor of the William andMary Alumni Magazine, managing everything from its con-

tent to design. She also overseesmedia relations, photography, hiringof freelance photographers and writ-ers, and day-to-day operations of theAlumni Communications office. “Iam pleased to be serving the alumniof William and Mary, and to be work-ing with a great team on an out-standing publication,” says Pinard.

Before joining the Alumni Associ-ation in 2000, Pinard was the spe-cial sections editor for The Daily

Advance in Elizabeth City, N.C. She obtained her bache-lor’s degree in literature from Grove City College in GroveCity, Pa., before earning her master’s in journalism fromRegent University in Virginia Beach, Va.

PINARD PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI COMMUNICATIONS

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James E. Ukrop ’60,

L.H.D. ’99 formerly vicepresident of the Board, is

now president. A Richmond,Va., resident, he has served asa class agent and on the Ath-letic Educational Foundation(AEF) board as president, theEndowment Association Board,the Business School Board of Advisors, the Board of Visitorsand the Board of the RichmondAlumni Chapter. Ukrop, anAlumni Center Circle of Friendsmember, received the AlumniMedallion in 1982 and the Thomas Jefferson Award forPublic Service in 1999.

Walter “Pete” W. Stout III ’64, of Richmond, is vicepresident. Formerly treasurer of the Board, he has beeninvolved with the AEF and with the Richmond Alumni Chap-ter, of which he is a past president. Stout, who received theBronze Star for his service during the Vietnam War, is arecipient of the Alumni Association’s Distinguished MilitaryGraduate Award and the Alumni Service Award.

Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75,of Atlanta, Ga., is secretary ofthe Board. She has served aspresident, vice president andtreasurer of her local alumnichapters in Chicago, Ill., andAtlanta. Midyette participated onthe Class of 1975’s 25th reunioncommittee and helped withclass gift fundraising efforts. Sheis a member of the Fourth Cen-tury Club, the Sir Robert BoyleLegacy Society and the AlumniAdmissions Network and alsohas served as a class agent.

Henry H. George ’65, of Richmond, is treasurer of theBoard. He serves as president and a member of theexecutive committee for the AEF. George was also activewith his 25th and 35th reunion committees and served asa class agent and president of the Richmond AlumniChapter. He is a member of the President’s Council, the Green and Gold Society, the Sir Robert Boyle LegacySociety, the Alumni Association’s Circle of Friends andthe Fourth Century Club.

NEW ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS ELECTED

The new officers are (l-r) James E. Ukrop ’60, L.H.D. ’99,Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, Walter “Pete” W. Stout III’64 and Henry H. George ’65.

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William and Mary Alumnistand out as a uniquecommunity of individuals

who join together, support and attendnumerous events and programs,thereby greatly enhancing the College.However, sometimes members ofthis community are not, in fact, alumniof this college, but friends who sharea common interest and love for theinstitution. The William and MaryAlumni Association annually bestowsHonorary Alumni status on a selectgroup of friends of the College whogo the extra mile. On Feb. 7, during aspecial ceremony at the Alumni Cen-ter, the Association recognized a small group of individuals who eachcame to know the College throughdifferent circumstances, and whoeach continue to make a differencethrough personal contributions toWilliam and Mary.

“Everyone in the William andMary athletic family is grateful for allthat Mary [Busbee] has done in support of our student-athletes andcoaches,” said Bobby Dwyer, asso-ciate director of athletics development.Mary Whitt Busbee, who is marriedto Howard J. Busbee ‘65, J.D. ’67,M.L.T. ’68, has been extensivelyinvolved with the Athletic EducationalFoundation (AEF). She has served on AEF’s Lord Botetourt Auction Com-mittee since 1992, chairing it in 2001. Busbee has also served on the AEF’scatalog committee, during which timeshe did much of the preparation workfor the Auction’s catalog. Busbeeparticipates on the College’s NationalCampaign Committee as well as the Richmond Regional Campaign. She has also been involved with the Richmond Alumni Chapter and is a member of the Alumni Center’sSilver Circle of Friends.

Busbee noted that she was “over-whelmed and speechless” when she opened the envelope to find thatshe had been selected as an Hon-orary Alumna, adding, “It was madeeven more exciting because I havealways thought of the things I’vedone for William and Mary as fun andvery rewarding.”

Jay Colley, affectionately known as the “Voice of the Tribe,” has pro-moted athletics at the College as a William and Mary Radio Network

announcer for 21 years. He calls theplay-by-play for Tribe football gamesand recently entered his 20th seasonof broadcasting William and Marybasketball games. However, Colleyhas been equally supportive behindthe scenes in a number of othercapacities. Instrumental in obtainingmarketing sponsorships for athletics,he is a member of the QuarterbackClub and the Football ScholarshipClub. Colley is also the master of cere-monies for the end-of-season basket-ball wrap-up dinner. Additionally, hehas provided narration for several pro-motional videos, which highlight theWilliam and Mary athletic programand its student-athletes.

Colley is employed by PrudentialMcCardle Realty, which donated$1000 to help sponsor the HonoraryAlumni induction ceremony. Colleyexplained his dedication to Williamand Mary, saying, “It’s the people —the student-athletes and the coacheswho mold them.” Colley and his wifeCindy live in Williamsburg.

Nancy Sadler George has beenconstantly involved in a variety ofWilliam and Mary athletic programs.“Nancy exemplifies the role of a sup-porter,” said Brent Schneider, associ-ate director of athletics development,“she is involved with sporting eventsfrom tennis to football to baseball and William and Mary athletic eventsin the Richmond area.” George alsoserved the Richmond chapter of theTribe Club as a trustee, and wasinvolved in organizing last year’s Tribe

Club Golf Tournament. Along with hus-band Henry ’65, she often travels toWilliam and Mary athletic events. A member of the President’s Counciland the Alumni Center’s Silver Circleof Friends, she has participated in theAlumni Association’s biennial NewYork Auction and Leadership Assem-bly. In accepting Honorary Alumnastatus, George cleverly mimicked apopular credit card commercial whenrecounting her experiences at Williamand Mary. After “210 nights in theHospitality House … 30 parades … 58 College Delly Subs and 1132 newfriends [who knew] that I’d be stand-ing here 30 years later being honoredas an Honorary Alumna. Priceless,”said George.

Carlton and Margaret Stocktons’involvement with William and Marybegan when their son Khary ’93entered the College as a freshman in

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1989 and they joined the ParentsSteering Committee.

In 1992, Carlton joined the College’sEndowment Association where heserved as a member and later as chairof the Development Committee. Fol-lowing a year as an emeritus member,Carlton served an additional term onthe Endowment Association in 1999-2000. He also served as a member ofthe Tercentenary Observances Com-mission, which helped plan the Col-lege’s 300th anniversary celebration in1993, and began a term on the Mus-carelle Museum of Art Board in 2000.In 1994, Margaret joined the Friendsof the Library Board of Directors andserved for six years raising awarenessand funding for the Swem Library.

After moving to Williamsburg in2000, the Stocktons have continuedtheir involvement at William and Maryby becoming members of the Christo-pher Wren Association. Both have participated in the Alumni Association’sbiennial New York Auction and Leader-ship Assembly and the AEF’s LordBotetourt Auction. Additionally, theyhave been members of the President’sCouncil since 1993 and are supportersof the Fund for William and Mary, theSwem Library, Tribe Athletics and theMuscarelle Museum. The Stocktonsalso established an endowed soccerscholarship in honor of Khary, who wasa member of the soccer team atWilliam and Mary and currently playsthe sport professionally.

Upon receiving Honorary Alumnistatus, Carlton spoke for both him-self and Margaret, saying, “We lovethe College and all that it stands for.We thank you for this honor andproudly accept it.”

The Association’s Board of Direc-tors also granted Honorary Alumnastatus to College Provost Gillian T. Cell, and passed a resolution toinstate her. For the past decade,Provost Cell has been instrumental in establishing a plan of growth,which has and will continue to allowWilliam and Mary to remain a smallpublic institution, but one which alsohas opportunities for undergraduateresearch. Cell, who developed manyprograms to attract and retain out-standing instructors, also created a research infrastructure investmentfund which helps faculty securegrant funding for their research. Cell, who will retire on June 30, wasofficially presented Honorary Alumnastatus at a joint dinner with theAlumni Board of Directors and theBoard of Visitors.

— John T. Wallace

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I t’s not often the governor calls and says he has a job for you. ButPenelope W. Kyle E.M.B.A. ’87

received such a call one day in 1994when then-Gov. George Allen wantedher for a state government position.

“I heard he was interested in mebecause I was a lawyer and a busi-ness person,” she says. Two hoursinto an interview with the governor,Kyle found out she was being con-sidered for executive director of the Virginia Lottery.

“It was a total shock,” she recalls.“I knew nothing about the gamingindustry.” But Kyle, who was used totaking on new challenges, acceptedGov. Allen’s appointment and today,nine years and two governors later,she is still at the helm of the ever-growing Virginia Lottery.

Kyle, a native of the small town of Galax, Va., never really consideredany kind of career in the gamingindustry and held positions in severaldifferent fields of work before assum-ing her role as director of the lottery.

“My father was chairman of theschool board in Galax, my mother wasa substitute teacher, many of myaunts and uncles were teachers andmy sister is currently a Virginia publicschool teacher,” she says.

Raised by a family of educators, it was only logical that Kyle wouldpursue a career in teaching. Afterearning a bachelor’s degree fromGuilford College in Greensboro, N.C.,Kyle went to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, to pursuea graduate degree. From the sprawlof “Big D,” she found her way hometo Virginia and started teaching Eng-lish at Thomas Nelson CommunityCollege in Hampton, Va.

Kyle spent five years as an assis-tant professor, but when a group of

lawyers, who were handling a familybusiness matter for her, becameimpressed by her legal potential, theyencouraged her to consider a careerin law. She took their advice andenrolled in the University of Virginia’s(U.Va.) School of Law and, upon com-pleting her degree, was hired by theprestigious law firm McGuire WoodsLLP, in Richmond.

During this time, Kyle also met herfuture husband, a William and Maryalumnus, as well as a fellow U.Va.law graduate, Charles Menges ’74. Asa lawyer, she thrived at McGuireWoods, but when she and Charliedecided to get married, one of themhad to find a new job because com-pany policy did not allow both spous-es to work together.

In a short period of time, Kylefound a position as associate coun-sel in the law department at CSXCorporation, a Fortune 500 railwayand transportation company head-quartered in Richmond. She becameincreasingly interested in the opera-tions side of the business and soonmade the switch from her role as

attorney to the assistant corporatesecretary position, becoming thefirst female officer at CSX. HaysWatkins LL.D. ’82, then chairmanand CEO of CSX, quickly recognizedKyle’s abilities and told her about a new E.M.B.A. program at Williamand Mary which was tailored tomeet the needs of busy executiveswho wanted to earn a graduate business degree.

“Penny was a very able, very com-petent young lady,” recalls Watkins,former rector of the College. “I knewhaving an M.B.A. from William andMary would give her an excellentbasis for whatever she did in life.”Kyle decided to give it a shot and, in 1985, became a member of thefirst class of William and Mary’sE.M.B.A. program. Two weeks aftercompleting her degree in 1987, shewas transferred to a new position —assistant vice president and assistantto the president at CSX Realty.

Over the next seven years, shewas promoted through a variety ofpositions within the CSX family ofcompanies ending her career there in

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PENELOPE W. KYLE E.M.B.A. ’87 RUNS VIRGINIA’S BIGGEST GAME

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the finance department asa vice president. Little didshe know the variety ofprofessional experiences,coupled with her recentlyearned business degree,would soon converge andshe would begin a newcareer, one which she hadnever before considered.

While Kyle was satisfied with hercareer at CSX, her reputation as aninnovative businesswoman wasspreading throughout Richmond. Soonshe received that life-changing phonecall from the governor and made thedecision to leave CSX and becomeexecutive director of the lottery.

Kyle had experience as a privatesector lawyer and businesswoman,but the lottery is a state-run opera-tion. However, Virginia has the onlystate lottery in the U.S. with a directorwho oversees every aspect of thebusiness. “We don’t have anyonesetting the course for us,” says Kyle.“There is no outside vendor runningany aspect of the Virginia Lottery.”

Without many of the bureaucratichurdles which have the potential toimpede government organizations,Kyle, with her private sector businessexperience, sought to reorganize thelottery to operate like a major corpo-ration, addressing marketing, employ-ee incentives and operating costs.She added more scratch games togive lottery players better variety.Kyle, along with four lottery direc-tors from other states, created theBig Game, a multi-state, mega jack-pot lottery game that eventuallyturned into the current Mega Millions game. This gameholds the record forthe largest jackpot inNorth American history,$363 million, and is nowoffered in 10 states. Kylealso partnered the VirginiaLottery with Georgia andKentucky, creating the multi-state game Lotto South.

In an effort to reduce devel-opment time and increasesales, she organized the Instant Ticket

Task Force (ITTF), bringing togethermore than a dozen lottery employeeswho each play crucial roles in gettingscratch games to the marketplace.

“By putting everyone in one room,we can benefit from all points ofview,” says Kyle. “I was frustrated byhow long it would take to get ascratch game on the market.” Sinceforming the ITTF, instant productsales have jumped 33 percent (from$300 million in 1998 to $492.5 millionlast fiscal year).

After working at CSX, Kyle knewthe importance of having productiveemployees. “In this business, youhave to be creative,” she says. Kyleintroduced employee incentiveswhich reward workers who meet or exceed established goals. Bydoing so, employees have a stake in

the bottom line, giving theman interest in making thelottery run more efficiently.She attributes the highemployee involvement asmuch of the reason behindthe lottery’s low overalloperating costs. The lotteryis allowed by Virginia law tospend 10 percent of its

gross sales on administration, but infiscal year 2002, their operating costswere a low 6.8 percent.

Like any business, the lottery’sgoal is to make money. But it’s whatthe commonwealth does with thatmoney, which makes their job vitallyimportant to Virginia. Since 2000,when Virginia voters approved anamendment mandating lottery profitsto public education K-12, all lotteryprofits have been put into Virginia’sschool system. Kyle emphasizes,“Every one of our employees knowswe are helping Virginia’s future.”

Gov. Mark Warner LL.D. ’02 alsorecognizes that the lottery is a criticalelement of the state’s operations. He recently called the lottery a brightspot in the state’s economic picture.Under Kyle’s leadership, the lottery’ssales have grown 26 percent from$875 million in fiscal year 1994 to$1.1 billion in fiscal year 2002. In both2001 and 2002, the lottery achievedrecord sales of over $1 billion eachyear. In fiscal year 2002, the lotterywas able to hand over $367.7 million

in profits to Virginia’s schools.From the classroom to

the courtroom to the board-room, Penny Kyle traveled

many avenues on her path tothe lottery. Looking back over

her career, everything seems tohave come full circle. The little girl

whose family stressed theimportance of a quality

education and attended thepublic schools in her home-

town of Galax, now oversees abusiness rivaling a Fortune 1000

company that gives every dimeof its profits to public education K-

12 in Virginia.— John T. Wallace®

The Virginia Lottery came into exis-tence in 1987. Hired in 1994, Kyle,shown with the Instant Ticket TaskForce, is the agency’s second director.


Fiction

Ten compelling tales of fate and freewill are told by Mark Doyon ’85 inhis collection of short stories, enti-tled, Bonneville Stories (Clifton, Va.:Pocol Press, 2001). In the fictionaltown of Bonneville, Va., good peo-ple lose limbs, fight lightening andslip into sinkholes. They pitch overbicycles, tumble off ladders andexpire without warning. They spin the wheel and take theirchances — all in a day’s work. Echoing the wondrous odd-ity in the works of Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury, Doyon’sstories explore a quirky environment evocative of Kurt Vonnegut novels. Mark Doyon is a fiction writer and a musi-cian with the rock bands Wampeters and Arms of Kismet.

History

Dr. John S. Carbone ’84 recently published a concise por-trayal of the explosive events that took place in the coastal

region of North Carolina during theCivil War in his book The Civil Warin Coastal North Carolina (Raleigh,N.C.: N.C. Division of Archives andHistory, 2001). From the drama ofblockade-running to graphic descrip-tions of battles on the state’sislands and sounds, the book dis-cusses the strategic importance ofthe Tar Heel coast. The Civil Waris illustrated with 85 photographs,

engravings, drawings and maps. Although a psychiatrist byprofession, Dr. Carbone has long held an enthusiasm forCivil War history and his passion for the subject is reflect-ed in this work. He lives with his family in Bristol, Tenn.

As part of Arcadia Publishing’spopular Postcard History series,Kristopher J. Preacher M.A. ’98

recently published Williamsburg inVintage Postcards (Charleston,S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2002).The book is a collection of morethan 190 rare postcard imagesfrom the turn of the 20th centuryonward, along with Preacher’s

informative text. Some of the images include: the interiorof the Wren Building under renovation in 1929, the EasternState Hospital’s infirmary, the Williamsburg Hotel, theColonial Inn, the original C&O railroad depots, as well assome fascinating old photos of the College! Williamsburgin Vintage Postcards is sure to enchant readers young andold alike.

Literary Review

Elizabeth Heilman ’85 recentlypublished an extensive literaryanalysis on the Harry Potterphenomenon. The book HarryPotter’s World (New York, N.Y.:Routledge, 2002) providesanalyses of the Potter phenom-enon, bringing together scholarsfrom various disciplines toexamine the public impact ofthe series. Drawing upon vari-ous theories and studies, this collection examines market-ing hype and product spin-offs and offers interpretive andcritical perspectives on the books themselves. ElizabethHeilman is currently an assistant professor of teacher edu-cation at Michigan State University.

Coincidently, Lana A. Whited M.A. ’81 recently editedand wrote an introduction to another comprehensive liter-ary analysis of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, entitledThe Ivory Tower and Harry Potter (Columbia, Mo.: Uni-versity of Missouri Press, 2002). Including contributorsfrom Great Britain, the UnitedStates and Canada, The IvoryTower is the first book-lengthanalysis of Rowling’s workfrom a broad range of per-spectives within literature,folklore, psychology, sociologyand popular culture. Written to ensure its accessibility to abroad audience, this volumewill appeal to librarians, teach-ers, parents, and the generalHarry Potter reader, as well asto literary scholars. Lana Whited is an English professor at Ferrum College in Virginia and a weekly columnist onmedia issues for roanoke.com.

Arts & Humanities

BOOK REVIEWS

Poetry

Brian Henry ’94 recently published hisfirst book of poetry entitled Astronaut(Pittsburgh, Pa.: Carnegie Mellon Press,2002). Accomplished poet James Tatesays, “Brian Henry’s first collection ofpoems, Astronaut, is a marvelous bus-tle of energy, distinct ideas and imagesclanging together in a celebration of the multifariousnessof humanity thriving in its myriad guises. These poems arefun, skilled, intelligent and often beautiful.” Oxford Poetrysays, “the diverse voices, monolithic images and indefin-able moods of Astronaut’s sometimes maddeningly elusivebeauty repay a long, lingering look. Henry is a unique newvoice, subtle, original, affecting …” Brian Henry is co-editorof Verse and senior editor of Verse Press. He also reviewspoetry for the Times Literary Supplement, The KenyonReview, Boston Review and other publications. He lives inAthens, Ga., and teaches at the University of Georgia.

Andrew Zawacki ‘94 recently published his first book ofpoetry entitled By Reason of Breakings (Athens, Ga.: TheUniversity of Georgia Press, 2002). The collection won theUniversity of Georgia’s prestigious Contemporary PoetrySeries Competition in 2001. By Reason of Breakings over-whelms and silences by virtue of its extreme austere beau-

ty. Each intimate and restrained line is aglimpse at a wisdom that defies paraphrase, each image carefully chosenand constructed. Zawacki’s languagesummons and invites — almost menac-ing in its delicate intensity. A native ofWarren, Pa., Zawacki is co-editor of theinternational journal Verse, and a review-er for the Boston Review and the Times

Literary Supplement. He is also an editor of the anthologyAfterwards: Slovenian Writing, 1945-1995 and the Poetry inMotion coordinator for the Poetry Society of America.

Self-Help/Memoir

Rose Marie Curteman ’63 gives a first-hand account ofher relationship with her dying husband in her newly pub-lished book My Renaissance: A Widow’s Healing Pilgrim-age to Tuscany (Sterling, Va.: Capital Books, Inc., 2003).Curteman’s inspiring journey begins with a passionatemidlife romance and marriage, contin-ues through the ordeal of care-givingand widowhood, and culminates in herrebirth and healing in Tuscany, Italy.“Not only a delightful and enchantingmemoir of widowhood and an Italianpilgrimage, but a serious and thoughtfulcontribution to the study of Parkinson’sdisease and allied dementias,” says


The William and Mary Alumni Association isoffering a raffle opportunity for alumni andfriends. Choose a cruise for two from four

destinations in 2004: Scandinavia, theMediterranean, Asia or the South Pacific. Air-

fare is included. Only 1,000 tickets will besold. Drawing will be held on Nov. 1, 2003.

For more information and to purchase a ticketplease contact the Alumni Travel office at

757/221-1165 or send an e-mail [email protected]

Win A Cruise for Two!

John Bayley, literary critic and author of Elegy for Iris.Curteman lives in Seattle, Wash., where she is a funddevelopment consultant for major organizations. She is currently working on a book about her experiences in the Middle East where she spent several years as a public relations liaison.

Sports

Scott P. Mayer ’92 recently co-authored a book about early baseball in Richmond, Va., entitled, Baseball and Richmond: A History of the Pro-fessional Game, 1884-2000 (Jefferson,N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc.,2003). The book chronicles Richmond’saffiliation with the sport from 1884-2000, with highlightsof baseball’s early amateur beginnings in Richmond priorto 1884. Highlights also include the revival of the VirginiaState League from 1906 to 1914; the Virginia League from1918 to 1928 and the Eastern State League in 1931 and1932; the Richmond Colts and the Piedmont League from1933 to 1953; and Richmond’s association with the Inter-national League beginning in 1954. Mayer is associatedirector of admissions at the University of Richmond.

Alumni book reviews are compiled by Gina M. Wangrycht. If you are analumnus/a of the College and have published a book, please contact herat [email protected] or 757/221-1742.


On March 19, William and Mary’sown Shawna Mitchell ’01 waseliminated from the hit CBS

reality TV show Survivor: The Amazon.The show debuted in February 2003,bringing 16 strangers to a remote sec-tion of the Amazon River. “I knew thatif we [the Jaburu tribe] lost immunity,I’d be on my way out,” she says.

Mitchell’s mantra “you shouldalways do something each day thatscares you,” led her to drop in on anopen-call for Survivor, which hap-pened to be across the street fromthe coffee shop, which was her origi-nal destination. She sat down withthe producers, taped her two-minutespiel and went on her way.

Even though she didn’t make itfor the long haul in Survivor, she hasno regrets. “It was a life alteringexperience in the most amazingway,” Mitchell says. She even found afew new friends — and … maybeeven some romance. “The hardestpart about leaving the game wasleaving friendships like [the one I hadwith Alex],” she says. “I have nodoubt that we will be good friendsfor a long time.”

Mitchell also believes that her Col-lege experience helped prepare herfor Survivor. “I truly found my ownskin at William and Mary,” she says. “Iaccredit a lot of who I am today towhat William and Mary brought out

in me [as a person], and [the produc-ers] cast me as who I am today.”

So what’s next for Mitchell? “Ibecame enchanted with the entertain-ment industry and all of the behind-the-scenes stuff was fascinating tome,” she says. Who knows? Maybe ina few years she’ll be producing herown reality show.

— Gina M. Wangrycht

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SHAWNA MITCHELL ’01 KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE TRIBE PRIDE

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One might think that attendingthe College of William andMary is a challenge in itself,

much less attending while participat-ing in one of the College’s varsitysports. But for swimming standoutRuth Anne Miller ’03, athletics andacademics are just the beginning of her college experience.

In her fourth year with the Tribe,the Williamsburg native was elected asthe swim team’s captain and presidentof the Tribe Club Ambassadors. Awayfrom the pool, she also spent count-less hours volunteering with the Col-

lege’s bone mar-row drive andWilliamsburg Com-munity Hospital.

In the pool,Miller recently won three individ-ual events at the2003 ColonialAthletic Associa-tion (CAA) Cham-pionships, makingher the first swim-

mer in Tribe history to capture threeindividual titles at the meet. Milleralso shattered conference records inthe 200 and 400 IM and improvedfive W&M records, achieving fourNCAA provisional and U.S. Nationalqualifying times along the way.

The senior is one of the all-time top10 performers in Tribe history in eightof the 14 possible events.

“Without a doubt, this year she isdefinitely stronger than she has everbeen. She is very focused and veryrelaxed,” commented Gregg Sarbak,director of swimming and diving.

At swim meets, Miller is oftenfound at the end of a lane, cheeringfor her teammates and friends, whileher parents, Gary ‘67 and Anne

Miller ‘69, M.Ed. ‘74 are more thanlikely cheering for the team from thestands. In fact, Mr. and Mrs. Millerhave been so supportive and thrilledabout their daughter’s swimmingaccomplishments that they have onlymissed one of Ruth Anne’s colle-giate competitions.

Miller’s team-oriented and oftenselfless attitude carries over to otheraspects of her life. As the electedpresident of the Tribe Club Ambas-sadors, she volunteered at activitiessurrounding athletic events, such ashalftime gatherings at basketball orfootball games and at the athleticdepartment’s annual auction. Miller is the only member in recent mem-ory to have been elected presidentas a junior and serve as president fortwo years.

Additionally, Miller was a memberof the steering committee of theschool’s Bone Marrow Drive, an effortoffering free bone marrow testing inan attempt to find a match for peoplesuffering from blood-related cancers.As the publicity chair, Miller helped toraise awareness across campus andwithin the community through on-campus programs and fund raisers.

Last summer, Miller could be foundin Williamsburg Community Hospital’sEmergency Room, shadowing physi-cians’ assistants and volunteering hertime to help the nurses. Also, shementored with Dr. Hallett Mathews(Honorary Alumnus ’02), an orthopedicsurgeon, observing both office proce-dures and several spinal surgeries.

“She is very compassionate, organ-ized and goal-oriented and is an outstanding example of a student-athlete,” praised Dr. Mathews.

Miller, an active member of theFellowship of Christian Athletes,helps coordinate a Bible Study group

for the swim team and is a memberof the Student Athlete Advisory Coun-cil, a group that serves as a liaisonbetween the student-athletes and theAthletic Department.

Despite her involvement withWilliam and Mary and the communi-ty, perhaps one of the most strikingtraits about Miller is her caring andkind-hearted nature. Throughout herplethora of activities, she gives 100 percent of her effort while bring-ing joy to those around her.

“The season has been a great end-ing to my career at William and Mary,”says Miller. “It was definitely excitingto improve each year and to see thewomen’s team do well at the confer-ence championships. I look forward toseeing where the women’s team cantake their young talent next year.”

As for those who are saddened bythe thought of Miller’s graduation this May, her mom responds, saying,“[Ruth Anne] has made a lifetimecommitment to William and Mary.Expect to see her coming back.”

— Laura Bodine ’02

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Miller was named the CAA’s 2002-03Female Swimmer of the Year.

Ruth Anne Miller ’03

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Tribe Sports

Rising Star Lacrosse Camp

July 6 – July 9For high school kids,

Grades 9 – 12, all levels of play$275 (commuter) $375 (resident)

Contact: Kristin Hagert at [email protected]

Women’s Basketball Day Camp

July 28 – 31Ages 7 – 15

$155 (lunch not included)

Contact: Sarah Hicks at 757/221-3140

Sports Medicine Camp

July 12 – 15High School Students

Basic or Advanced Track - $325

Contact: 757/221-3407 or [email protected]

Tidewater Soccer Camp

July 13 – 17William and Mary session

Ages 10 – 18

Contact: 757/221-3385$375 (commuter) $475 (resident)

Colonial Field Hockey Camp

June 22 – 26All levels, ages 12 and up

$375 (day camper) $475 (resident camper)

Contact: Peel Hawthorne 757/221-1594

John Daly’s Soccer Camp for Girls

Session 1: June 29 – July 3

Session 2: July 20 – 24

Session 3: July 27 – 31

Contact: 757/221-3387$325 (commuter) $475 (resident)

Scott King/Nike

Junior Golf Camps/Williamsburg

June 29 – July 4July 6 – 11

July 13 – 18July 20 – 25

(high school/tournament player week)ages 10 – 18; $1,065

Contact: 757/221-3046 or 1-800-645-3226 or USSportsCamps.com

Jim Farr’s Summer Baseball Showcase

Session 1: June 17 – 20Youth Day Camp; Ages 7 – 13; $225

Session 2: June 23 – 24Youth P/C; Ages 7 – 13; $175

Session 3: June 26 – 28High School P/C; Ages 14 – 18

$225 (commuter) $250 (resident)

Session 4: June 28 – July 2High School Showcase; Ages 14 – 18

$350 (commuter) $400 (resident)

Contact: 757/221-3492

Peak Performance and

Developmental Tennis Camp

June 18 – 22 & July 8 – 12Ages 8 – 18 for all sessions

Contact: 757/221-7375 or [email protected]

Colonial All-Pro Football Camp

June 22 – 25, 2003Ages: 8 – rising high schools seniors

$275 (day camper) $375 (overnight camper)

Contact: 757/221-3337

2003 SPORTS CAMPS

Championships

Colonial Athletic Association (CAA): Men’sCross Country

NCAAs

Men’s Soccer (sweet 16), Field Hockey,Men’s Cross Country (14th), Women’sCross Country (23rd)

Player/Athletes of the Year

Ed Moran, Men’s Cross Country, CAA Play-er of the Year; Lindsey Vanderspiegel,Women’s Soccer, State Player of the Year,CAA Player of the Year

Coaches of the Year

Al Albert, Men’s Soccer, NSCAA Regional;Andrew Gerard, Men’s Cross Country, CAACoach of the Year; John Daly, Women’sSoccer, State Coach of the Year

Rookie of the Year

Matt Keally, Men’s Cross Country, CAARookie of the Year

All-Conference Honors

Football, 12 All Atlantic-10, 1 All AmericanAFCA, 1 All American AP, 1 All AmericanECAC; Men’s Soccer, 3 All-CAA, 3 All-CAA

Tournament; Field Hockey, 3 All-CAA;Men’s Cross Country, 8 All-CAA; Women’sCross Country, 6 All-CAA

All Region Honors

Men’s Soccer, 3 All-Region, 3 HonorableMention All-South Atlantic; Field Hockey, 3 All-Region; Men’s Cross Country, 5 AllSoutheast Region, 2 All-East; Women’sCross Country, 2 All Southeast Region;Women’s Soccer, 2 All-Region

All State Honors

Football, 4 All-VaSID, 8 All-Roanoke Times;Men’s Soccer, 3 All-State; Field Hockey, 2 All-State

Academic Honors

Football, 3 Academic All Conference;Women’s Cross Country, 1 CAA Scholar-Athlete; Women’s Soccer, 1 CAA Scholar-Athlete, 1 NSCAA Academic All-American,1 Verizon Academic All-American, 2 VerizonAcademic All-District III

Players of the Week

Football, Jon Smith (10/19/02), Dave Corley Jr. (10/26/02); Men’s Soccer, Carlos

Garcia (11/11/02), Trevor Upton (10/26/02);Field Hockey, Ann Ekberg (10/14/02,10/28/02, 11/4/02); Women’s Soccer,Lindsey Vanderspiegel (10/21/02), TalineTahmassian (9/23/02), Tara Flint (9/9/02)

Rookie of the Week

Football, Steven Hargrove (11/09/02),Stephen Cason (11/16/02); Men’s Soccer,Andreas Nydal (11/11/02); Field Hockey,Shannon Karl (11/4/02); Volleyball, MeganEisenman (11/4/02), Kate Woffinden(10/14/02), Caitlin Geraghty (9/2/02)

All-American

Women’s Cross Country, Ali Henderson,Men’s Cross Country, Ed Moran

All-American womensfieldhockey.com

First Team

Ann Ekberg

STX/NFHCA Division I All-America

Field Hockey, Ann Ekberg (Second), Claire Miller (Third)

Honorable Mention All-American

Ralph Bean, Carlos Garcia, (College SoccerNews); Third Team Preseason All-America(College Soccer News)

St. John’s Worldwide Soccer Classic

All-Tournament team

Andreas Nydal and Phillip Hucles

ODU/Stihl Soccer Classic

All-Tournament Team

Men’s Soccer, Ralph Bean, Alex Brown,Phillip Hucles

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The 14th annual Lord Botetourt Affair and Auction, organized by the Tribe Club,raised nearly $150,000 to benefit student-athletes at William and Mary. Held onFeb. 7 at Trinkle Hall, this year’s auction not only sold out for the sixth consecu-tive time, but raised more money than any other occasion in its history.

Fall 2002 proved to be a bannerseason for Tribe Athletics withmany of the College’s teams

finishing the season with strongresults. Recently, their outstandingaccomplishments were confirmedwhen the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics(NACDA) ranked the Tribe 15th out of154 total schools in overall Division Ifinal fall standings of the Directors’Cup. The Tribe’s strong showing ranksWilliam and Mary ahead of everyother school in the state, with theUniversity of Virginia attaining thenext-highest 18th fall season finish.

“Achieving this lofty ranking is adirect result of the hard work of ourcoaches, their staffs and our student-athletes,” said Terry Driscoll, directorof the Athletic Department. “We striveto maximize the available resourcesand to give our student-athletes achance to compete at the highest levels of collegiate athletics. Our out-standing fall season validates the factthat we are succeeding in this goal.”

Perhaps most remarkable is thecollective success of many of theAthletic Department’s programs. TheTribe earned 189 total points to tieCalifornia for the 15th spot. Women’scross country, placing 23rd for theseason, earned 27 ofthose points, while themen’s cross countrysquad, finishing in 14thplace, secured 48 points.The field hockey team and women’s soccer team each earned 25 points, for50 total points. The men’ssoccer team, which advanced to theSweet 16 of the NCAA tournament,contributed 64 points.

William and Mary’s only otherhigher end-of-fall season Directors’Cup ranking took place in the 1996-97academic year when the Tribe placedninth. The NACDA Directors’ Cup wasdeveloped as a joint effort betweenthe National Association of CollegiateDirectors of Athletics and USA Today.

Points are awardedbased on each institu-tion’s finish in up to20 sports — 10 women’sand 10 men’s.Each nationalchampion sportreceives 100points. Williamand Mary’s 189 point finish was good enoughto best every otherteam in the Colo-nial Athletic Associ-ation. On a broaderscale, the Triberanked higher thanseven Pac 10squads, six Big Tenteams, sixAtlantic CoastConference schools and 11 membersof the Big 12.

— Sports Information

TRIBE ATHLETICS RANKED 15TH IN DIVISION I, FIRST IN VIRGINIA

Sept. 6 at Western Michigan

Sept. 13 at VMI

Sept. 20 at Northeastern*

Sept. 27 Maine*

Oct. 4 at Delaware*

Oct. 11 Massachusetts*

Oct. 18 James Madison*

Oct. 25 at Rhode Island*

Nov. 1 Hofstra*

HOMECOMING

Nov. 15 New Hampshire*

Nov. 22 at Richmond*

*Atlantic 10 Conference game

Game times to be announced. All dates subject to change. Home gamesare in red.

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of the ocean (at night,no less). Soon he became atest pilot and I found myself filling outa recommendation for him to becomean astronaut. Initially, Dave wasn’taccepted to NASA’s astronaut trainingprogram, but he kept at it, and twoyears later he called to tell me that he was actually going to be an astro-naut. Before long, my wife and I werewatching his launch from the KennedySpace Center. We followed him inspace through the NASA Web site,and on his third day in space, weopened our e-mail and discovered“you’ve got mail” from Dave in space.Mail from space — Wow!

Each of us have our dreams andknow that they are important andspecial. Some of you may be living

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Dave Brown ’78 was just a regu-lar person like you and me. He could easily be your friend

sitting at a desk in your dormitory atmidnight discussing the day’s eventsor aspects of morality and virtue. Hecould be the guy who, on the spur ofthe moment, would take you up on anoffer to go fishing in a dinky Jon boaton the York River at Croaker Landing.Even if the fish seemed to swimaround his hook to jump on yours, hewould still enjoy the moment and the

relentless kid-ding. He is theneighbor who’dcall you at nightand say you hadto come over to see the brandnew telescopethat he just setup in the drive-way. When yougot there andlooked into theeyepiece, you’dsee Saturn per-

fectly centered with rings in view. Asyou looked up, Dave would be jump-ing up and down with his classic earto ear grin, yelling, “It’s Saturn, it’sSaturn. I’ve discovered Saturn!”

Dave never met a good opportunityof which he didn’t take full advantage.During his four years at William andMary, he was a member of our gym-nastics team. Our mission is to use thefantastic sport of gymnastics to helppeople grow and learn more aboutthemselves. A major objective includeslearning how to be a good teammate.As a result, you are always expected tohelp everybody else get better, even ifit means that they could possibly beatyou out for the coveted number oneposition. Even though Dave was a

four-year letter-man and scoredone of the first9.0s on vaultingin the history ofWilliam and Mary gymnastics, hewasn’t a national level competitor.However, he was the gymnast youwanted on your team. He was a greatteammate — one with whom you’dtravel to Mars.

Dave was also the good friendwho always kept in touch. At age 7,his appetite for flying began to devel-op when a family friend took him for a ride in a small airplane. During col-lege he earned his pilot’s license atthe Williamsburg-Jamestown Airportwhere he met some recent Williamand Mary graduates who’d done thesame. After graduating from Williamand Mary, Dave took a year off beforegoing to medical school, and one ofhis first adventures involved flying toAlaska with one of the William andMary alums he met at the local air-port. They took off in a single engine,putt-putt of a plane. His dream of fly-ing was just beginning to take off.

Soon after, he graduated frommedical school and became a flightsurgeon for the Navy. I remember himcalling to tell me how exciting it wasto get his first ride in a fighter jet. Inthat same phone call, Dave also men-tioned that he had been selected asthe Navy’s Flight Surgeon of the Year.Eventually Dave, who became the first Naval physician in 10 years to beaccepted into flight school, graduatedfirst in his class; top flight surgeon, top gun — amazing. Later he sent mee-mails about how exciting it was toland on an aircraft carrier in the middle

Reflections

MORE THAN A TEAMMATE

LCDR David Brown ’78 (l) with pilotLt. Bruce “Puppy” Fecht on the deckof the Carl Vinson. Caption courtesyof The Alumni Gazette, May 1987.

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your dream of being the first in yourfamily to go to college. Some of you may dream to be a great mom ordad. Others of you may dream ofbuying your first set of tools on yourway to becoming a carpenter or amechanic. Mine are to be a teacherand coach who invests in people.After all, you never know when you’llend up investing in a Dave Brown.

Dave had dreams of flying andlearning and those dreams took himinto space, which ultimately ended in fame through tragedy. But hadDave not gone into space and beenfamous, he still would have been thesame Dave — one of those everydaysouls. He was a man who alwayspushed the envelope. Life, to Dave,was to grow as a person and to learnmore about himself. Along the wayhe inspired everybody around him togrow and learn in the same manner.

What made Dave extra special wasthe way he pursued his dreams andgoals. It seemed like Dave took advan-tage of every opportunity that camehis way — andalways in a mostnoble and forth-right manner. Iknow if Davehad the opportu-nity to speaktoday, he wouldtell you some-thing like this:Never hesitateto take a riskand follow your

dreams. And when following thosedreams, pursue them with completehonor, dignity and integrity.

Thanks, Dave, you’ve made a dif-ference.

William and Mary Remembers

Dave Brown ’78

Dave’s memorial service took placeat noon on Feb. 12, in the Wren

The following is an excerpt from a let-ter from Leslie Porter Braunstein ’80,who was kind enough to send us thecollege photos of Dave Brown ’78which her husband Marty ’80 took:

“Here are the pictures of Dave Brownand some of the freshman for whomhe was an R.A. in 1976-77 … Theywere at an end-of-the-year picnicbehind Dupont. Their hall was Dupont2nd center. For fun, my husband said they had gone onto the roof and

Courtyard. The ceremony commencedwith the ringing of the Wren Bell and the presentation of the colors bythe Queen’s Guard. Following thepresentation, the William and Marychoir sang the “Navy Hymn.” AfterDavid Hindman of the Wesley Founda-tion welcomed the guests and readPsalm 8, Sam Sadler ’64, M.Ed. ’71,vice president of student affairs, pre-sented a short biographical sketch. I then spoke about Dave. The group,One Accord, performed a refrainfrom the song, “On Eagles Wings,”which bracketed a reading by KirkAnderson ’04 from Isaiah 40, verses28-31. Pete Parks, the Baptist cam-pus minister, led a prayer which was followed by the singing of theWilliam and Mary “Alma Mater.”Once the Queen’s Guard retired thecolors, the Wren bell tolled one lasttime for Dave.

— Cliff Gauthier Head coach, men’s gymnastics

thrown a bunch of couch cushionsonto the lawn. Doesn’t that soundlike fun? The entire hall is not pres-ent, but the names of those picturedare as follows: (l-r) Phillip Kilgore ’80,Chris Armstrong ’80, M.A.Ed. ’82;Luis Falcon ’80, Chris Romeo ’81,David Kitchen ’80, Bob Green ’80,Tom Grasberger ’80, David Fratt ’80and Dave Brown.

“Over the past few days I havespoken to several of these guys inregard to Dave Brown. In addition tothe fact that he was a very nice, laid-back person, everyone has one thingthey all remember about him: hetaught them how to juggle! This mayseem like a small thing, but once youhave kids, and they have friends,schoolmates, etc., it’s a pretty awe-some thing to know how to do. DaveFratt, in Cairo, Egypt, said his little sonnow knows that one of the astronautswho died [in the Columbia tragedy]taught his father how to juggle.”

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Charter Day 2003 was a day unlike any other inWilliam and Mary’s history. The day’s ceremonies

featured Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi A. Annan, and the evening marked the publiclaunch of the Campaign for William and Mary. At thelaunch, Campaign Chair James B. Murray Jr. J.D. ’74,LL.D. ’00 made a momentous announcement to Presi-dent Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 and the more than 500alumni, parents, students and friends on hand. “It is my pleasure, it is my honor,” Murray said to the dra-

ChartingOurDestinyTHE COLLEGE ANNOUNCES

$500 MILLION GOALFOR THE

CAMPAIGN FOR WILLIAM AND MARY

The public launch of the Campaign for William and Mary included performances by several student groups, including the William and Mary Choir and the William and Mary Concert Band (below), Vision (left) and a testimonial by Marija Ugrinich ’03 (right).

matic accompaniment of a drum roll, “to announce thatthe goal of the Campaign for William and Mary is —500 million dollars!”

The startling news didn’t end there. Murray wenton to announce that in the 30 months prior to that historic night — during the “quiet phase” of the Campaign — the College had raised $201 million ingifts and commitments. He then turned to PresidentSullivan, shook his hand and said, “Tim, we are goingto do this — you have my word.”

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“... The enterprise which we launch tonight is about Wil-liam and Mary. About its history, partly, about its future,mostly. The real question is whether we care enoughabout a treasure such as this to give it, while we can, thesupport it needs to soar on the wings of our generousaffection to a place it has never been. To a place that allof those who have loved it for three centuries past havewanted it to go, but to which they could never quite takeit. And that is to a secure and honored place among theworld’s greatest universities.

“And why, you might ask, should we want that forour College? And why should it matter to the world?There are a thousand reasons. Let me share a few.

“Because the faculty here are so fine that theirbrains and passion together have the power to makehumanity’s best dreams real.

“Because the students here, young and beautifulevery one, have the intellectual gifts and the moralcourage to shake cynicism by its throat, to overthrowthe world’s weariness, to cast aside the counsels ofdespair and to lift some, if not all, of the burdens of ahumanity oppressed.

“Because in a world that has fatally confused achieve-ment and celebrity, William and Mary’s stubborn habit of

doing homage only to excellence is a moral touchstonethat reminds us all of what is truly important. ...

“Each of you, I know, has your own list of reasons.A list that belongs to you alone. It is the sum of thoselists — had we the power tonight to add them alltogether — which leaves me utterly confident that thegreat campaign we launch now will succeed in ways wecannot dream, and for the good purposes beyond theboundaries of our wildest imagining.

“In the end, you see, we must make our lives countfor something. Count not just in terms of personal andprofessional achievement, but count in a broader anddeeper sense and for bigger things than we as individualwomen and men could possibly achieve alone. ...

“This Campaign for William and Mary is a pre-cious gift to every one of us. It is an opportunity, givento no prior generation, to redeem the hopes of ourfounders. To touch the stars that will make our destiny,and to make William and Mary, not just now, but forever,a place devoted to the education of those few in everygeneration blessed with the intellectual power and moralstrength to make their world more just, more caring andmore beautiful.”

President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 and James B. Murray Jr. J.D. ’74, LL.D. ’00, chair of the Campaign for William and Mary,respond to the audience’s enthusiatic applause seconds after Murray’s announcement of the $500 million campaign goal.

WHY THE CAMPAIGN FOR WILLIAM AND MARY?In a heartfelt address at the public launch, President Sullivan answered the $500 million question:

Why the Campaign for William and Mary?

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There would have been neither a public launch nor a grand goal announcement without the generosity

of alumni, parents and friends who stepped forward and made donations and commitments to the Collegeduring the quiet phase of the Campaign, which beganin July 2000.

During those critically important 30 months, theCollege worked out general details of the Campaign,formed a Campaign Steering Committee and a National Campaign Committee, established workingpriorities for the Campaign and raised 40 percent ofthe Campaign goal.

The College also inaugurated a new publication,Ringing Far and Near, to chronicle the progress of theCampaign and the generosity and commitment of the William and Mary family. Stories featured in thefirst two issues included:

A $2.2 million commitment from Suzann WilsonMatthews ’71 to establish a scholarship endowment andto support faculty research

A $21 million commitment from two anonymous donorsto establish a merit scholarship program

A $4 million bequest commitment from June ’48 and John L. Dawkins ’51 to establish an endowmentfor football scholarships

A $250,000 commitment from Theresa Thompson ’67to establish a philosophy lecture series

A $50,000 commitment from Tracy A. Leinbach ’81 toestablish a women’s athletics endowment

A $50,000 commitment from Chris and Anne LouiseModlin to establish a public policy endowment inhonor of their father, Carey “Pete” Modlin Jr. ’46

SunTrust Banks committed $250,000 to the new School ofBusiness building. The SunTrust commitment was just oneof the more than $201 million in gifts and commitmentsreceived during the Campaign’s quiet phase, which ranfrom July 2000 to Feb. 8, 2003.

A $1.5 million commitment to establish an endowedprofessorship in the School of Education by PatriciaLee ’64 and Robert D. Pavey ’64 and their family

A $100,000 commitment from Olinda Elliot ’63 andJohn M. Simon ’64 to establish an endowed teachingprize in mathematics

A $1.6 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support undergraduate scienceresearch, cutting-edge curricular initiatives and K-12outreach programs

A $400,000 challenge grant from an anonymous foundation to support construction of the new wing of the Law School

A $100,000 commitment from Margaret DivensHauben ’59 and Lawrence A. Hauben to establish adistinguished lecture series in the School of Education

A $100,000 commitment from Hunter ’42, LL.D. ’93and Cynthia Andrews to establish an endowed graduatefellowship at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science

A $400,000 commitment from Alfred F. Ritter Jr. ’68to establish an endowed professorship and support faculty development

A bequest of more than $3 million by the late DorisLamberson to support the Muscarelle Museum of Art

A significant commitment by John W. ’52 and AudreyLeslie to establish the John W. Leslie Presidential Discretionary Endowment

A $50,000 commitment by R. Peter Freeauf ’54 toestablish a basketball scholarship endowment

A $1.48 million grant in support of Asian Studies fromthe Freeman Foundation

Marion and Arthur Seder (right) have established a libraryendowment in honor of their longtime friends, Bill ‘44 andJane Spencer Smith ‘48 (left).

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PRIORITIES OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR WILLIAM AND MARY

Proportion of Campaign Goal by General Purpose

FACILITIES

Includes new or renovated space for allof the College’s schools, funds to com-plete the renovation of Swem Library anddevelopment of new space for the Officeof Undergraduate Admission.

FACULTY & STAFF SUPPORT

Includes professorships, funds to enhancefaculty teaching and research and sup-port to allow staff to develop profession-ally. Funds will allow the College torecruit, retain and support the best pro-fessors and staff.

ATHLETICS

Includes student-athlete scholarships,and support for team operations, facilitiesand competitive coaches’ salaries. Fundswill ensure the winning tradition of thestudent-athlete at William and Mary.

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Includes distinguished programs in allschools and support for other priorityprograms such as Swem Library, StudentAffairs, the Reves Center for InternationalStudies, the Muscarelle Museum of Artand the Alumni Association.

STUDENT SUPPORT

Includes undergraduate need-based andmerit-based scholarships and graduateand professional fellowships, support for study abroad and undergraduateresearch. Funds will allow William andMary to continue to attract and supportthe nation’s brightest students.

UNRESTRICTED GIFTS

Includes unrestricted gifts for the Fundfor William and Mary, the graduate andprofessional schools, academic depart-ments and the College’s unrestrictedendowment. Funds will provide financialand strategic flexibility to take advantageof promising opportunities and to addresspressing needs.

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THE VALUES WE SHARE

The Campaign for William and Mary will allow the College to continue to improve and to fulfill

the values that the William and Mary family holds dear:

. At the core of the College, a strong liberal arts and sciences education

. A small number of carefully selected graduate andprofessional programs of distinction that take advantage of William and Mary’s location and complement eachother as well as the undergraduate program

. Small classes and close relationships between professors and students made possible by the College’smodest scale

. The residential character of the campus

. Academic rigor and a dedication to excellence that fosters critical thinking, intellectual self-reliance andconfidence

. Inspired faculty — with an unquestioned commitmentto teaching — who bring the excitement of discoveryfrom their research into the classroom

. Successful athletic and intramural programs in balancewith the College’s academic values

OWNING OUR FUTURE

So what happens now? One answer is: we must raisean additional $300 million by 2007. Another is —

in the words of Peter Atwater ’83 — we must own thefuture of this College. And owning the future meansproviding private support at a level that allows the Col-lege to take its rightful place among the world’s bestinstitutions. It means telling everyone that William andMary is, as Joseph Plumeri ’66 says, “a terrific thing toget passionate about.” It is passion, after all, that distin-guishes the good from the great. And it is passion andcommitment that will provide the foundation for the Col-lege’s success for this new century and for all time coming.*

— Jacqueline Genovese ’87

For more information on the Campaign for Williamand Mary, please call Dennis Cross, vice president for university development, at 757/221-1012 or visit ourWeb site at www.wm.edu/campaign.

* Phrase from William and Mary’s Royal Charter.

William and Mary’s Endowment

as Compared to Other Universities

(Latest Comparative Data Available)

Endowment per2002 Endowment full time

(in millions) equivalent student

William & Mary $357 $50,156

Brown $1,414 $187,124

Dartmouth $2,187 $403,136

Duke $2,927 $254,475

Emory $4,552 $412,121

Notre Dame $2,554 $234,592

University of Delaware $868 $55,924

UNC-Chapel Hill $1,071 $46,507

University of Richmond $998 $252,645

University of Virginia $1,687 $85,239

Vanderbilt $2,020 $201,157

Wake Forest $733 $118,635

Gifts to the

Campaign for William and Mary

What counts?All gifts to any area of the College made between

July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2007.

There are many kinds of gifts that count in the Campaign, including:

All outright gifts of cash and property.

Pledges, normally up to five years.

Charitable remainder trusts.

Lead trusts.

Gift annuities.

Contributions to pooled income fund.

Bequests.

Irrevocable life insurance policiesFace value of fully paid-up policies, and/or

cash value of new or existing policiesplus total amount of all premiums paid during

the Campaign

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W&M Alumni Keep Rocking

After Graduation

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THINK BACK to your freshman dorm. Chances are there were a fewdozen budding musicians who brought their guitars,drums and basses to school. They hooked up with otherplayers and — depending on their era — bashed outcovers of the Stones, Led Zeppelin, R.E.M. or Nirvana.Some just annoyed their roommates. Some got gigs atthe delis or parties. And some decided to keep dream-ing rock dreams even after they got their diplomas.

While their classmates break out the guitar only toentertain the kids, these devoted musicians continue to tour bars and stages. They don’t have plans to hit itbig; they’re just there for the music ... and maybe a bitof beer money.Above, top left, clockwise: Adam Diamond of Gonzo’s Nose,Consider the Source plays at Luna Park in Arlington, Va.,Steve Spishak ’92 on drums during a Gonzo’s Nose show,John Cunningham ’91 drumming for Down Holly. Left: Gonzo’s Noseperformed at the Alumni Center for Senior Spring Day 2001.


Williamsburg may not have the musical pedigreeof, say, Athens, Ga., or Seattle, Wash., but the town hasproduced world-class pianist Bruce Hornsby, and theCollege is the home of Seven Mary Three, whose song“Cumbersome” is an alternative-rock standard. And,there are countless other musicians who’ve spread farand wide since their days playing Paul’s Deli, the ’Leafe,freshman dorm mixers and frat parties.

Do you ever wonder what happened to these bandsafter graduation? The truth is, many of these musiciansare still out there, and some are even with the samelineup they performed with at William and Mary. Oneof the best places to catch up with your favorite Col-

lege musicians is the summertime Tribestock festivalin Washington, D.C. Featuring music ranging

from blues to rockabilly, pop to punk, jazz to hip-hop, Tribestock (www.tribestock.com) welcomes

any and all bands with at least 20 percent (i.e. one in five) alumni membership, and

almost every College-connected band in theD.C.-area has played the festival at one

time or another.“William & Mary has all these

alumni with either creative or per-forming talents,” says Tribestock

co-founder John Fedewa ’89. “We had nothing to do with

generating it, but we’d like todraw attention to it!”

The College musicianswho play Tribestock, and

tour countless bars the rest of theyear, arrive at their shows in their own cars and unloadtheir own equipment. After the show, they’re more likely to go home and kiss their kids good night thantrash hotel rooms. Even so, these bands will guarantee you a fine evening of music, hang with you at the barbetween sets, and maybe even take your requests. Trygetting U2 to do that.

P L AY I N G A L L Y O U R F AV O R I T E S

One of the most popular W&M-based bands of thelast few years is the crowd-pleasing institution

known as Gonzo’s Nose. Hands down the ultimate D.C.party band, the Nose are a living case study in how to dothe cover band thing right. With a set list of hundredsof songs, including dozens added by fans’ requests, theband connects with its listeners night in and night out.

A five-member crew that includes Adrian Felts ’94,Steve Spishak ’92 and Kevin Schutt ’96, Gonzo’s Nosefirst started jamming at the College. The membersplayed in various bands all over Williamsburg — Taze-well Hall, the Lodges, frat parties, Paul’s Deli and the

Green Leafe — so chances are, if you were anywherenear the College in the mid-’90s, you caught at leastone member of the Nose performing.

After graduation, the members of the band hookedup in Northern Virginia in 1996. The group now playsfour to six shows each month, with a regular rotation ofclubs and the occasional road trip.

A familiar fixture on the Northern Virginia scene,the band’s gigs run the gamut from fist-pumping rock concerts to Spinal Tap-esque debacles. The bandwelcomes song suggestions from fans, and even itsimpromptu ideas have met with rousing acclaim.

“One night, we decided to do an all-80’s night,” Felts recalls. “So we found a keyboard player to play allthose cheesy 80’s songs, then told everyone about it. We didn’t know if anyone would even show up, but theline was around the block. It’s one of the best showswe’ve had in the last couple of years.”

But not all gigs have gone so well. “At one corpo-rate event, we ended up going on at 10:45 p.m. beforean audience that had just sat for three or four hours of an awards ceremony,” Felts recalls. “We played for afull three hours in front of maybe 20 people. It waspainful.”

So how does the band juggle its home and musicallife? “It’s not easy!” Spishak admits. “We manage our-selves and maintain a consistent practice schedule ontop of shows, so in an average week, the band consumes20 hours — too many of them after midnight.”

Gonzo’s Nose have gone global. The band recentlydid a tour for Armed Forces Entertainment in Bosnia,Kosovo, Macedonia and Hungary. In June 2003, theywill once again be traveling outside the United Statesfor another Armed Forces tour — this time to entertaintroops at the Thule (pronounced TOO-la) Air Base in Greenland. The base, far beyond the Arctic Circleon the western coast — is about 20 degreesFahrenheit in June.Despite the cold, theband is thrilled to pro-

(L-r) Adam Diamond (bass),Adrian Felts ’94 (lead singer),Jen Dandridge (singer, key-boards), Kevin Schutt ’96(guitar) and Steve Spishak ’92(drums) are Gonzo’s Nose.

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Cunningham played in various cover bands at W&M,including Rocky Mountain Oysters (RMO), LeperMessiah and Latex Agony, and was part of the first bandto play at Paul’s Deli. After graduating, he burned upthe miles between D.C. and southeast Virginia tryingto make a go of music, playing everything from jazz to hard rock in bands like Idiotstick and General So.

He admits that he’s somewhat surprised at the turnhis music career has taken. “I come from a hard rockbackground,” Cunningham says. “This is different forme — it’s very much a pop rock band. I used to say Iwould never want to be on the pop scene, but once youstart writing those songs and getting hold of those bighooks, it’s addicting.” The band has tried to break intoradio, but has had difficulty scaling the high walls ofcorporate-driven radio play lists.

“The D.C. scene is really tough; the local radiomarket is not very receptive of the idea of playing localbands,” Cunningham says. “You’ve really got to workyour way in there, but it’s doable.”

During the daytime, Cunningham is a commerciallitigator for Caplan and Drysdale, a tax litigation firmin downtown D.C. This past summer, he was jugglingwork, recording sessions and a new baby girl — all onthree to four hours of sleep a night.

“The first reaction you get from other lawyers is,‘how do you find time to do that?’” Cunningham laughs.“There’s an element ofenvy there — lawyers, for the most part, havesuch a difficult profes-sion, time-wise, that theydon’t get a lot of time to do outside things.”

Below, left: Down Holly areJohn Cunningham ’91 (drums,vocals), Ted Morgan (lead gui-tar, vocals), Will Roberts (leadvocals, guitar) and Lee Solomon(bass, vocals). Below, right:Cunningham plays drums inRMO’s last show at Paul’s Deli.

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vide entertainment. “U.S. troops around the world dodifficult jobs far from home and loved ones,” says Spishak,“it’s life-altering to see firsthand the commitment andsacrifices they make in the service of their country.”

Their Web site, www.gonzosnose.com, is a catchallrepository about the band, including tour information,current song lists and even band member action figures.But, despite all of their globe-trotting, the band concedesthat there are limits to their ambitions. “No weddingsor bar mitzvahs at all,” laughs Spishak. “Not one of usowns a baby blue leisure suit.”

B I G H O O K S , B I G F U T U R E

Cover bands have a built-in potential audience. Whiletalent is required to do covers well — as anyone

who’s ever suffered through bad karaoke can attest — a bad band can destroy audience goodwill before thefirst chorus. The other approach — writing and playingyour own songs — is a riskier play, but can pay off bigif you’re willing to stick it out.

Down Holly, which features drummer John Cun-ningham ’91, are a relatively new band making a go of the D.C. club scene. A big-hook band in the vein ofWeezer and the Foo Fighters, Down Holly (www.down-holly.com) won raves for their first CD, Japanese Bonus Track.

“These guys are real go-getters,” Cunningham saysof his bandmates. “We started practicing in April[2002], and we had recorded the four-song EP by July.”The band gigs twice a month, touring the Arlington,

Va./ Fairfax, Va./D.C. cir-cuit while trying to keep a balance with the real world.

“We’re all family guysnow,” Cunningham says.“I’m a lawyer, two guys arecomputer techies and one’sin investment. We’ve all got lives and wives, so we’re

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E lmer Bigley’s ’89 band, Consider the Source, aroseout of that most humble of origins — the happy

hour sing-along. Bigley and Roy Wright ’89, fellowSigma Chis, began singing together as an acoustic duoat the College. After hooking up with other guitaristsand drummers, the group has cut several CDs and con-tinues to gig around Northern Virginia.

“We’re all getting up there in age, and differentpriorities take precedence,” Bigley says. “It’s unfortu-nate — a lot of the places we used to play are gone.Once that happens, you lose those regular gigs; thereare not too many places interested in a band of 35-year-olds who play an eclectic brand of music.” The bandplays everything from R.E.M. and Jimmy Eat World toLou Reed and obscure church tunes.

“We play all kinds of music, but we try to pleasethe crowd,” Bigley says. “At one of our shows, prettymuch everybody should hear something they like.”

Some more than others. Bigley recalls one of hismost memorable gigs was at a seedy little backroombar in Vienna, Va., that was only accessible by walk-ing through a Chinese restaurant. At the gig, a drunk-en patron sang filthy versions of the Source’s tuneswhile his girlfriend was passed out atop a nearby table.“By the end of the night, the guy was fiddling with oursound equipment, and to top it off, we didn’t get paid,”Bigley laughs.

But Bigley’s greatest success in music has comebehind the stage rather than on it. Along with festivalorganizers John Fedewa and Dave Sobel ’97, Bigleyhelped kick off Tribestock in 2000. That first festival— held at Jones Point Park near the Potomac River —was a modest success, with about 500 people in atten-dance. But the second year saw a torrential rainstormwash out most of the audience, and provided quite afew object lessons for the planners.

“I was one of five people trying to hold down thesound tent from going airborne,” Fedewa recalls. “I feltlike I was on the moon with light gravity. So one thingwe learned from that was, we need rain insurance.”

The Tribestock planners took 2002 off because of individual family and work commitments, so they’vedecided to put all their efforts into the upcoming 2003festival. “We need this next one to be a home run,”Fedewa says. “Maybe doing it every other year makesmore sense. People want to support what we’re tryingto do.”

This year, the festivalwill take place on Sept. 20, a time when most potentialfestival goers are back intown, but the D.C. weatheris still pleasant for a day ofmusic, according to Fedewa.He’s considered developingsimilar festivals at otherlarge alumni chapters such asRichmond or Williamsburg.

For Bigley, one of thehigh points of the festival isits friendliness; patrons don’thave to worry about dodgingteenagers in the center ofmosh pits, and can enjoy themusic in a carefree atmos-phere. “This is a familyevent,” he says. “We’ve got a lot of friends who havekids, but can’t get out to see us at the bars. So this is a nice event where they can do that.”

“It takes a lot of com-mitment to stick with music after college, whenthe real world starts,” Fedewa says. “We want tosupport that commitmentany way we can.”

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very morning costumedesigner William Ivey Long’69 starts his day at a localFrench café near his home in Manhattan, N.Y., sippingcoffee, while reading The NewYork Times, Women’s WearDaily, The Daily News and

The New York Post. The latter two,he said, are quick reads. Long staysabreast of what’s going on in theworld; not just so he can be in theknow about what’s happening inhis city, on Broadway and in thefashion industry, but also to informhis social consciousness, which hesaid was nurtured during his time at William and Mary.

A native North Carolinian, Long, whose parentswere both theatre professors at various universities,decided to be the rebel and venture “north” to Williamand Mary for college instead of attending the familyinstitution, the University of North Carolina-ChapelHill. Being raised in the theatre by theatre educators,Long strayed from the family tradition once again bymajoring in history.

“I love Colonial Williamsburg,” says Long whoregularly visits CW on his way to Manteo, N.C., wherehe has a second home. “I thought I was going to becomea historian and research and write books.” But afterspending three years as a fellow in art history at ChapelHill, Long discovered his true calling.

“I had an epiphany — I wanted to be a productiondesigner,” exclaims Long.

So, he traveled even further north to the YaleDrama School to get his Ph.D. Yale was quite different

from the southern schools andLong said he experienced a bit of“a culture shock” upon arrival. “I definitely would not have beenable to go there first,” he com-mented. He roomed with Sigour-ney Weaver and Meryl Streep in a house while at Yale, but unlikehis roommates, Long’s future wasnot in Hollywood, Calif., but onthe Great White Way.

Although his time at Williamand Mary may not have preparedhim for life in New York City, Long says his W&M education did teach him how to conduct his-

torical research, which is essential for creating cos-tumes, whether it is a period piece or something fromthe 1960s. He credits Dr. Gerald Turbow, former his-tory professor at William and Mary, along with MingCho Lee, a professor from Yale University, with settinghim on his course. “They sparked all the thinking, all the questioning, all the doubting,” remarks Long.

“I recommend to anybody what I did — the studyof history has so influenced my work. My William and Mary training was invaluable,” he adds. “It was anunbelievably great education.”

At the height of the Vietnam War era, Long sayshis experiences at William and Mary also helped him“gain a social and political consciousness.” Today heworries about the textile mills in North Carolina andwishes he could buy enough fabric to revitalize theindustry in his home state. He remarked that hundredsof mills have closed, and expressed concern about theworkers losing their jobs.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE

William Ivey Long says he spendsa great deal of time in NewYork City taxicabs. On a nor-mal day, before the opening of a new production, he may

conduct up to 15 costume fittings, in addition to shopping for fabricsand discussing designs with a jewelrymaker. But when the show is up and running, the job is far fromover. Long must continue to do fit-tings when the cast changes, or makenew costumes — as he did with thegolden chorus girls in Mel Brooks’The Producers, after two years of gen-

Above: Long does hundreds ofsketches for each show, such asthese for Hairspray.

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eral wear and tear to their garments.The process of creating his

sensational costumes begins withthe script and a meeting with thedirector. Long does his homeworkand brings reference materials to the meeting so that he can workwith the director on his vision forthe production. Sometimes play-wrights are involved as well, suchas Mel Brooks (The Producers) andJohn Waters (Hairspray), whomLong calls two of the greatest living satirists. Then he will draw 8-inch thumbnailsketches for all the costumes in the production.

In Hairspray there were approximately 350 costumesand Long drew full size sketches for some of them in an elaborate presentation. “It was the most profes-sional, beautifully drawn, well-prepared presentation I’ve ever seen,” says Waters. “When he presented thedrawings, everyone was moaning in ecstasy.”

After the drawings are approved, the fabric isselected. Long spends time going to costume shopsand fabric houses searching for the perfect material forevery detail of the costumes, from hat to shoe. Once

the fabrics have been chosen, it istime to start the fittings. There areat least three for every costume.The first fitting is the fabric over adummy; the second is putting thefabric on the person; and the thirdfitting is to tailor the costume.

John Waters raved aboutLong’s work on Hairspray. “Wedidn’t choose him. He decided towork with us and I am thrilled hedid,” Waters says. “He’s such a legend; I had complete confidence

when I heard he was doing the costumes.” Long used bold, garish colors to dress the cast of

Hairspray in a 1960’s Baltimore style. “You have toknow good taste to do bad taste well and he certainlyknows good taste,” Waters adds.

Probably the best examples of outlandish costumesin Hairspray are worn by Edna Turnblad’s characterplayed by Harvey Fierstein.

Waters was especially impressed with the shoes,which he describes as “puke green,” created for CornyCollins — another character in Hairspray. On openingnight, the producer presented Waters with a pair of

The producers — Leo Bloom (Roger Bart, middle right) and Max Bialystock (Brad Oscar, far right) — pay a visit to Roger DeBris(Gary Beach) and his assistant Carmen Ghia (Brad Musgrove, far left).

While on campus in 1990 to receive theCheek Award, Long visited with formertheatre professor Howard Scammon ’34,who happened to be a family friend.

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the shoes which Long designed. “I wore them to a lec-ture I gave the other night,” Waters said. “Even a pimpwould be scared to use these shoes.”

Currently, Long is the costume designer for fourBroadway productions — Hairspray, The Producers,Cabaret and Chicago; many are also touring and someare playing in cities around the world such as London,England, and Vienna, Austria.

Soon, he will start the design process all over againwith the Jerome Kern musical Never Gonna Dance,based on the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogersfilm, Swing Time (1936). One can only imagine thebrilliant dresses Long would have designed for Rogers.There would be a whole new level to Katherine Hep-burn’s statement that, “Astaire gave her class; Rogersgave him sex,” because Long certainly knows how todesign sexy dresses for women with curves.

In addition to all his theatre work, in 2000, Longtried his hand at the lingerie business. He called it a“humbling experience,” when he decided that it wasnot going to be a worthwhile venture. Used to design-ing for the individual body form, Long found it diffi-cult to create pieces in a standard 4, 6, 8 … 14-sizerange. That, coupled with the complicated businessdetails, led him to close the doors on the lingerie busi-ness. Through the whole experience “I gained a muchgreater respect for the business of fashion,” says Long.

Long does enjoy designing dresses for individuals,and if you pay close attention, you may even see one of his gowns at an award ceremony. One of his favoritedresses, which he designed, was worn by Halle Berryat the 2002 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. “I likeshapes, I like curves,” he says. And Halle has curves, as does Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of the film versionof Chicago. “I love her. She’s a real favorite,” says Long.“The apogee of sensuality and beauty.”

Even if you don’t catch a glimpse of one of hisgowns, you will always see Long at the Tony awards.He won Tonys for costume design of Nine, Crazy forYou and, most recently, The Producers. He’s been nomi-nated seven times and claims that the most fun he’sever had was when he was nominated alongside thedesigner of The Lion King. “I didn’t even write an accept-ance speech that year,” says Long. He was so confidentthat The Lion King would win (and it did), that he did-n’t feel the stress he normally has during the Tonys. “I finally got to enjoy the party.”

To add to his collection of honors and awards,Long received the Legend of Fashion Award from theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 3, 2003.In 1990, William and Mary presentedLong with the Leslie Cheek Award for Outstanding Presen-tation in the Arts.

Although his list of cre-dentials and honors is out-standing, what’s even morecommendable is the absolutehumility that comes from a person who knows greatness and delivers it in all of his Broadway productions.Meanwhile, he never forgets where he hascome from and howhard the work wasalong the way. As Waters says, “He’s a great gentleman.”

Leo Bloom (Roger Bart) performs with his golden chorusgirls in Mel Brooks’ The Producers.

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Affairs to Remember

Check your mailbox or www.wmalumni.com for the latest chapter news or upcoming events in your area.

Alumni and friends from the Roanoke

Chapter gathered to support the Tribe

during a tailgate at the William and

Mary vs. James Madison University

football game on Nov. 16.

Santa made a special appearance for the

Alumni Association’s Santa Brunch, which

was held on Dec. 21, 2002. He came direct-

ly from the North Pole to tell stories about

his elves and reindeer. Guests enjoyed

brunch before Santa’s big arrival and chil-

dren, such as Katie Kane (not to be con-

fused with Candy), got to sit on his lap.

Bart Shepherd ’92 (l-r), Anne Tarbox Hall

’96, Stephanie Rose Tuttle ’92 and Kathy

Bello ’90 were among nearly 70 who

gathered in February to celebrate the

reorganization of the San Francisco Bay

Area Alumni Chapter.

The Botetourt Alumni Chapter accepted their banner at their annual meeting

March 7, 2003 at VIMS. Board members pictured include: David Moorman ‘62

(l-r), Maureen Clark, Bonnie Bates Rilee ‘63, Mo Lynch M.A. ‘65, Ph.D. ‘72;

George Grant M.A. ‘62, Jay Black ‘87, John Munger ‘53, Fran Luckett Musick

M.A. ‘74 and John Dayton ‘50.

Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Officers Kerry Budd ’00 (l-r), Julie McGravey

Waicus ’93, Matt Fine ’94 and Neil Tanner ’93 display the Outstanding Alumni

Chapter banner they received during the Villanova tailgate on Nov. 2.

OutstandingO U T S T A N D I N G

Chapter Awards

During the fall meeting of the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, the Botetourtand Philadelphia Alumni chapters were awarded Outstanding Chapter status. Thesetwo chapters were selected based on the diversity of their programs offered to alum-ni, their support of the College through book scholarships, and their constant coop-eration with the Alumni Association.

WILLIAMSBURG CHAPTER ACCORDED PREMIER CHAPTER STATUS

The Williamsburg Alumni Chapter was accorded Premier Chapter Status by the

Alumni Association Board of Directors for receiving outstanding chapter awards

three times over the past decade. Along with the Metro Washington, D.C., and

Lower Northern Neck chapters, they are only the third chapter to achieve this

distinction. The Williamsburg Chapter will be presented a Premier Chapter ban-

ner on June 8, 2003, during their annual summer banquet at the Alumni Center.

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