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JUNE
2003 - JULY 2002
Dr. Mimi
Milner Elrod Named to State Council of Higher Education
Gov. Mark R. Warner has appointed Dr. Mimi Milner Elrod to the board
of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, which represents
and coordinates the activities of the state's public and private
colleges and universities. Full
Story
W&L's
Summer Scholars Program Hosts Major Exhibit
The Washington and Lee University Summer Scholars program is
sponsoring the international exhibition, "A Walk Through Time,"
which traces the earth's evolution and puts life today in greater
perspective. Full
Story
W&L Reaches $225 Million Campaign Goal Six Months Early; Effort
Continues to Bolster Student Scholarship Endowment
Washington and Lee University has met its $225 million capital
campaign goal but will not slow its push to bolster student scholarship
endowment by Dec. 31, when the five-year campaign "For the
Rising Generation" comes to an end. Full
Story
Fifteen W&L
Faculty and Staff Members Retire
Faculty at college and university across the country are retiring
at greater numbers each year - a trend Washington and Lee University
has been experiencing for several years. Full
Story
Straughan Promoted to Assoc. Dean of W&L's Williams School
Washington and Lee University announces the promotion of Robert
D. Straughan to associate dean of the Williams School of Commerce,
Economics, and Politics. Full
Story
W&L Mourns the Loss of Politics Professor Emeritus William Buchanan
Emeritus Professor William Buchanan, a Washington and Lee University
alumnus and a longtime chair of the University's politics department,
died early Friday (June 20) at his home at Kendal at Lexington.
He was 84. Full
Story
Alumni College
Summer Programs Provide Unique Vacation Alternative
Summer vacation to some means a week at the beach, a Caribbean
cruise or hiking in the mountains. To a faithful following of Washington
and Lee alumni and friends, those words mean returning to the classroom,
sleeping in student housing and eating in the dining hall. Full
Story
W&L Announces
New Associate Dean of the College
Washington and Lee University has announced that George R. Bent,
associate professor of art history, has accepted the position of
associate dean of the College. Full
Story
W&L Librarian
Barbara Brown to Retire June 30
University Librarian Barbara Brown, who oversaw the integrated
automation of the James G. Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee
University, will retire June 30 after 23 years of service to W&L
and the community. Full
Story
W&L Graduates
398 Students from 14 Countries Today;
Valedictorian Earns 2nd Highest Grades in University's History
Washington and Lee University today honored 398 graduates, including
several winners of the country's most competitive fellowships, highest
athletic achievements and significant leadership awards. Full
Story
Much Goes
Unseen Behind W&L Graduation
Washington and Lee University has a proven track record of hosting
first-class events. Undergraduate commencement is no exception,
and although it typically goes off without a hitch, that doesn't
happen without a lot of behind-the-scenes preparation. Full
Story
W&L Announces
Stewart to be Interim Dean of the College
Washington and Lee University has announced that Associate Dean
of the College Jeanine S. Stewart has been appointed as the University's
interim dean of the College. Full
Story
"Cherished
Benefactions from a Centuries-Old Inheritance:" Baccalaureate
Address by Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr., June 4, 2003 Full
Text
W&L
Announces New Dean of Students
Washington and Lee University has announced the promotion of
Dawn K. Watkins to dean of students, effective July 1. Full
Story
Associate
Dean of Students Courtney Penn Accepts Position at Head Start
Courtney A. Penn, Washington and Lee University's associate dean
of students, has been named associate director of research and development
for the Head Start program within the Roanoke office of Total Action
Against Poverty (TAP). Full
Story
Washington
and Lee University Elects Philip W. Norwood as Rector-Elect
Washington and Lee University's Board of Trustees has elected Philip
W. Norwood of Charlotte, N.C., to be the University's next Rector,
effective in late October 2003. He will succeed J. Frank Surface
Jr., a Jacksonville, Fla., businessman who has served two full terms
in the position. The Rector serves as chair of the University's
Board of Trustees. Full
Story
Physics Prof.
Tom Williams Named Washington and Lee Provost
Washington and Lee University today named Physics Professor H. Thomas
Williams Jr. as chief academic officer and provost--a position second
only to the presidency. Full
Story
W&L Libraries,
Powell Archives Share Outstanding Library Programs Award
Washington and
Lee University's Leyburn Library and the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives
at W&L's School of Law have been honored as part of the 2003 Solinet
Outstanding Library Programs Award recently presented to the Virtual
Library of Virginia's Virginia Heritage database. Full
Story
W&L Alumnus
Donates 1867 Diploma to Law School
On a tip from his law partner ten years ago, Arkansas attorney Hayes
McClerkin Jr. purchased an 1867 Washington College diploma. Robert
E. Lee's signature was what appealed to the 1953 graduate of Washington
and Lee University, but as he learned more about his find, it became
that much more valuable to him. Full
Story
W&L Provost
Seeks New Challenges
Washington and Lee University Provost Laurent Boetsch has decided
to seek a new challenge by doing what he loves most--teaching, mentoring
students and focusing on the next level of excellence for the University's
programs on interdisciplinary and global studies. Full
Story
National
Book Award Finalist Cristina Garcia to Speak at W&L
National Book Award Finalist Cristina García will give
a reading and lecture at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday,
May 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel. The lecture, "Politics,
Art and Cultural Identity: Thoughts on American-Cuban Relations,"
is sponsored by W&L's Global Stewardship Program. The event
is free and open to the public. Full
Story
Three Washington
and Lee Law Students Honored for Excellence in Writing
Three students at the Washington and Lee University School of
Law are being honored for excellence in legal writing. Jeffery Scott,
a second-year student at the School of Law, has won first place
in the American Bar Association's Forum on Affordable Housing and
Community Development Law Writing Competition. Full
Story
W&L Junior
Andrew Fotinos Wins Morris K. Udall National Scholarship
Andrew Fotinos, a junior politics major and athlete at Washington
and Lee University, is one of 80 undergraduates in the country awarded
a scholarship from the Morris K. Udall Foundation, which was established
by Congress to honor the late Arizona Democrat and environmental
activist. Full
Story
President
of Dallas Federal Reserve Bank to Speak at W&L
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Bob McTeer will give the
H. Parker Willis Lecture in Economic Policy at Washington and Lee
University's Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics
on Tuesday May 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium. Full
Story
Pulitzer
Prize Winner Diane McWhorter to Speak at W&L May 14
Acclaimed author Diane McWhorter, winner of last year's Pulitzer
Prize in nonfiction for her monumental book on Birmingham and the
Civil Rights movement, will work with students and faculty at Washington
and Lee University the week of May 12 as this year's guest of W&L's
Fishback Program for Visiting Writers. Full
Story
W&L Alum
Competes on "Jeopardy" Tournament of Champions
Trevor Norris wouldn't call himself a "Jeopardy" fanatic--he
often chooses "Seinfeld" reruns over the popular game
show--but he's pretty good at playing armchair "Jeopardy."
He's so good, in fact, that in 2001, his wife, Kim, convinced him
to pursue a contestant search in Washington, D.C. Full
Story
The Rev.
Al Sharpton to Speak at Washington and Lee's Mock Convention Spring
Kickoff
Presidential hopeful Rev. Al Sharpton will speak during the
Spring Kickoff of the 23rd quadrennial Mock Convention. Plans for
the three-day Kickoff include a Presidential Issues Forum, a debate
between the College Republicans and Young Democrats, and speeches
from key Democratic Party figures. Full
Story
W&L Freshman
Called to Duty with U.S. Army
Lisa Johnson's excitement in being accepted to Washington and
Lee University in 2001 was tainted by the knowledge that she would
have to defer a year to fulfill her commitment to the U.S. Army
Reserve. With her first semester as a W&L freshman under her
belt, Johnson once again has put her studies on hold to serve the
Army. Full
Story
President-Elect
of American Bar Association to Deliver W&L Law School Commencement
Address
Robert J. Grey Jr., president-elect of the American Bar Association,
will deliver the commencement address at Washington and Lee University's
School of Law on Sunday, May 11, at 2:30 p.m. on the University's
Front Lawn. Full
Story
W&L Student
Consulting Work Mirrors MBA Efforts
Washington and Lee University doesn't have an MBA program, but
its undergraduate students are learning some of the same lessons
as graduate business students at Virginia, Michigan, Columbia and
Duke universities. Full
Story
Atkins Named
Acting Director of University Commons
Leroy C. "Buddy" Atkins, Washington and Lee University's
associate dean of students since 1986, has been appointed Acting
Director of the John W. Elrod University Commons for the 2003-2004
academic year. Full
Story
National
Art, Preservation Expert Named Director of W&L Collections
Peter Dun Grover '73, a former executive director of the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, has been named by
Washington and Lee University as its first director of University
Collections. The appointment is effective July 1. Full
Story
Nature Writer
Rick Bass to Speak at W&L
Nationally known nature writer Rick Bass will read from his
new collection of stories, The Hermit's Story, at Washington and
Lee University on May 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Northen Auditorium. A private
dinner with faculty will follow. Full
Story
Shenandoah
Highlights 50 Years of Poetry Excellence in Special Issue
The upcoming issue of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University
Review, will be a 300-page anthology of works from 100 poets, including
15 Pulitzer Prize winners whose work has previously appeared in
Shenandoah over the past half century. Full
Story
W&L's
School of Law Ranked #19 in Top 100 Nationally
Washington and Lee University's School of Law is ranked the 19th
best legal program in the country from among the top 100 American
law schools, according to new rankings by U.S. News & World
Report. Full
Story
Wasserman
to Succeed Hodges as W&L's Knight Chair in Journalism
Edward Wasserman, a veteran reporter, editor and media CEO, has
been named by Washington and Lee University to hold its Knight Chair
in journalism ethics. Full
Story
W&L's
Academic Calendar Under Review
Faculty, students and the administration are currently discussing
a report released March 18 by the President's Advisory Committee,
which had been charged to recommend ways by which the University
can continue to sustain its rich curriculum, maintain its characteristically
small class sizes and remain competitive with its peer institutions
in attracting and retaining the nation's best teaching faculty.
Full Story
W&L Appoints
Grasso as New Vice President for Administration
Joseph E. Grasso has been named to Washington and Lee University's
newly-created position of Vice President for Administration, effective
July 1. Full
Story
W&L Senior
Wins Watson Fellowship
Imagine you are in a boat filled to its capacity leaving the Moroccan
coast by night to cross the straits of Gibraltar to Spain. Imagine
you are forced to pack your belongings as Croatian troops march
the streets of your devastated town. Full
Story
Prominent
Ethicist, Tim McGuire, to address W&L
Nationally acclaimed ethicist Tim J. McGuire, also a columnist,
speaker and consultant, will deliver a speech, “Ethical Stewardship:
Expanding Our Notion of Ethical Choice” on Friday, March 28
at 4:30 p.m. The talk will take place in Room 327 of Washington
and Lee University’s Williams School of Commerce, Economics,
and Politics. Full
Story
W&L's
Bidlack Awarded Two National Grants for Book Project
Richard H. Bidlack, a Washington and Lee University associate professor
of history and Russian area studies, has been awarded a sabbatical
fellowship from the American Philosophical Society for the 2003-04
academic year. Full
Story
W&L Senior
Named Fulbright Scholar for Medical Research in Sweden
As a youngster, Patrick Lawler spent weekends playing with a miniature
model of the human brain in his father's research laboratory where
his passion for science and research were born. Full
Story
W&L Hosts
Discussion on Environmental Justice
A panel discussion on "Environmental Racism and the Rise of
the Environmental Justice Movement" will be held Wednesday,
March 19, at Washington and Lee University's School of Law. Full
Story
W&L's
15th Annual Capital Case Defense Conference is April 4
David Bruck, one of the country's top defense attorneys in death
penalty cases, is among the legal experts to be featured April 4
at the 15th annual Defending a Capital Case in Virginia Conference
at Washington and Lee University's School of Law. Full
Story
W&L's
Lee Chapel Museum Awarded $5,000 for Education Programs
The Lee Chapel Museum at Washington and Lee University received
a $5,000 award on Thursday (March 13) from the Lee-Jackson Education
Foundation for the museum's expanding and student-oriented elementary
education programs. Full
Story
White House
Counsel to Give W&L's Inaugural Powell Lecture
The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales, President Bush's personal counsel
and a former justice of the Texas Supreme Court, will give the inaugural
address at Washington and Lee University's First Annual Powell Lecture
on March 31.Full
Story
Professor
Paulina Kewes to Lecture at Washington and Lee
Professor Paulina Kewes of the University of Wales in Aberystwyth,
will give a lecture on 18th century England at Washington and Lee
University Monday March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.
Full Story
Eminent Ethicist
James F. Childress to Speak at W&L March 21
Prominent ethicist James F. Childress, a recipient of Virginia's
highest academic award, will deliver a talk, "Bioethics and
Public Policy: Controversies about Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research,"
on Friday, March 21, at 4:30 p.m. in Room A114 of Washington and
Lee University’s Science Center. Full
Story
Award Winning
Author George Singleton to Speak at W&L
Author George Singleton, a fiction writer and teacher whose most
recent collection of short stories, “The Half-Mammals of Dixie,”
has received national acclaim, will be presenting a reading and
book signing on Thursday, March 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Northern Auditorium.
Full Story
Physician
Turned Professor Commutes 1,500 Miles Weekly To Teach Seminar at
W&L
There's a new face among W&L faculty only a handful of people
see each week. He doesn't have an office here—it's in Little
Rock, Ark.—and he's not visiting from another university. Full
Story
Earthquake,
Nuclear Power Expert to Speak on Risk Analysis at W&L
Kevin J. Coppersmith, an international expert on seismic activity
and hazard analysis, will present a lecture, "Predicting the
Performance of a Nuclear Waste Repository Over the Next 10,000 Years,"
at Washington and Lee University on Monday, March 17.Full
Story
National
Expert to Discuss Advertising's Role in American Life at W&L
Nick Teare, an advertising executive who has handled accounts
for the National Football League and Coca-Cola, will discuss the
role of advertising in today's society at Washington and Lee University
on Thursday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium. Full
Story
W&L Law
Alumnus to Become President of Nation's Top Legal Group
Robert J. Grey Jr., a 1976 alumnus of Washington and Lee University's
School of Law and a highly regarded Richmond attorney, has been
nominated without opposition to become president-elect of the American
Bar Association, the largest voluntary professional group in the
world representing practicing and academic attorneys nationwide.
Full Story
W&L's
Sixth National Symposium on Theater in Academe Slated for March
13-15
Washington and Lee University will host the Sixth National Symposium
on Theater in Academe from March 13-15. Full
Story
W&L Students
Heading to Capitol Hill and Big Apple for Studies
Sixteen Washington and Lee University students will be spending
the spring semester with some of the nation's most respected companies
and government offices, including CBS, C-Span, The White House and
the offices of Congressmen Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Joseph Wilson
(R-S.C.) in the Spring 2003 Washington Term Program. Full
Story
Award Winning
Author and Audubon Advocate to Speak at W&L
Christopher Cokinos, award-winning poet, former president of the
Kansas Audubon Council and author of Hope is the Thing with Feathers,
will discuss his work on Tuesday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in Northen
Auditorium at Washington and Lee University's Leyburn Library. Full
Story
Professor
Valerie Wayne Scheduled to Speak at W&L
University
of Hawaii Distinguished Professor Valerie Wayne will speak at Washington
and Lee University on Monday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Northern
Auditorium of Leyburn Library. Full
Story
Pulitzer
Prize Winner Named Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Pulitzer
Prize-winning writer Alice Steinbach will be this year's Washington
and Lee University Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, visiting with
classes and students in several departments during the week of March
24. Full
Story
W&L Awarded
Grant for Shepherd Poverty Program
Washington
and Lee University will receive a $500,000 grant recently approved
by Congress to expand and enhance the Shepherd Poverty Program,
which merges students' academic study of national and global poverty
issues with intensive field work in the United States and Latin
America. Full
Story
W&L Professor's
Work Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education
W&L
Physics and Engineering Professor Ken Van Ness' work on plastics--and
his latest creation of a plastic "bone"--are featured
in the February 28, 2003 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Full Story
Iowa State
History Professor to Speak at W&L
Iowa
State University History Professor Paul Griffiths will speak on
"Moll Cut-Purse, Cross-Dressing, and the Gendering of Crime
in Early Seventeenth Century London" on Monday, March 3 at
7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library on the Washington
and Lee University campus. Full
Story
German Students
& Faculty Present German Plays
Generalprobe,
a drama group of Washington and Lee University German students and
faculty, will perform two one-act comedies at the Keller Theater,
Lenfest Center on Saturday, March 1st at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March
2nd at 2 p.m..Full
Story
Islamic Studies
Expert to Discuss Sept. 11 EventsIslamic Studies Expert to Discuss
Sept. 11 Events with W&L Students
Emory University Professor Richard C. Martin will discuss the events
of Sept. 11 with Washington and Lee University students on Wednesday,
March 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Northen Auditorium of Leyburn Library.Full
Story
W&L Team
Vies to Keep Winning Streak in Virginia Ethics Bowl
A team of Washington and Lee University student debaters will defend
the University's winning record Monday (February 24) at the statewide
Ethics Bowl Competition sponsored by major corporations and the
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Full
Story
Professor
of Islamic Studies to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Convocation
Washington and Lee University will induct students into the prestigious
Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society at W&L's Society of the
Cincinnati convocation on Thursday, March 6, at 12:15 p.m. in Lee
Chapel. Full
Story
Columnist,
Editor and Film Maker to Speak at W&L
Christopher Hitchens, a longtime columnist for The Nation, Vogue,
Granta and The London Review of Books, will discuss his work on
Wednesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel at Washington and
Lee University. Full
Story
W&L
Signs Amicus Brief in Support of Powell Ruling in California v.
Bakke
Washington and Lee University has joined more than 30 private colleges
and universities in signing a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S.
Supreme Court to affirm, in accordance with Justice Lewis Powell's
opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, that
private institutions be allowed to consider race, as one of many
factors, in admissions decisions. Full
Story
Chairman
Emeritus of Saatchi and Saatchi to Talk With W&L Students
O. Milton Gossett, chairman emeritus of international communications
giant Saatchi and Saatchi, will talk with Washington and Lee's Integrated
Marketing Communications class on Wednesday, Feb. 12. He will be
accompanied by Megan DeLage, a member of Saatchi and Saatchi's creative
team. Full
Story
W&L Research
on the Effects of Road Building on Forest Habitats Awarded Three-Year
NSF Funding
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $374,754 grant
to Washington and Lee University biologists David M. Marsh and Paul
R. Cabe for their continuing study on how the building of roads
is increasingly fragmenting threatened forest habitats. Full
Story
New Book
by W&L Professor Examines Emotion and Eros in Politics
Congress wrangles, legislatures battle and the 2004 presidential
race looms near. Pundits and politicians need a break for serious
love and friendship--and not just Cupid's kind. Full
Story
W&L Concert
Guild Presents King's Singers
Washington and Lee University Concert Guild will present an
evening with the King's Singers on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in
the Lenfest Center's Keller Theater. Full
Story
Tucker Multimedia
Center Hosts International Satellite Teleconference
Washington and Lee University's Tucker Multimedia Center will
host an international satellite teleconference entitled "Tech
It or Leave It: Technology's Impact on Teaching Methodologies"
on Feb. 6 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Full
Story
Astronaut
Killed in Shuttle Explosion Was Son of W&L Alumnus
David M. Brown, one of the astronauts who perished in the Columbia
shuttle tragedy on Saturday, is the son of Washington and Lee University
alumnus Paul D. Brown and his wife, Dorothy Ann Regan Brown, of
Washington, Va. Full
Story
W&L Law's
LL.M. Program Approved by American Bar Association
The American Bar Association has approved the Washington and
Lee University School of Law's LL.M. program in United States Law--a
full-time, one-year program that is open to candidates who have
obtained law degrees in countries other than the U.S. and seek a
solid grounding in U.S. law. Full
Story
Ethical Issues
on War Against Iraq Topic of W&L Town Meeting
Washington and Lee University is hosting a town meeting on the
moral perspectives on U.S. plans for war against Iraq. The meeting
is on Sunday, February 9, from 4-6 p.m. in Lee Chapel. Full
Story
W&L's
Center for International Education to Sponsor "Music from China"
Ensemble
The 5-person ensemble, "Music from China," will present
an evening of traditional and contemporary Chinese music Friday,
Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel on the Washington and Lee University
campus. Full
Story
W&L Hosts
March Law Conference on the Future of Medicare
The Great Society vision that birthed Medicare has dimmed. The
free market approach that inspired Medicare Choice has lost luster.
As Congress prepares to take up President Bush's Medicare proposals,
what is ahead for Medicare? Full
Story
Author, Film-Maker
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to Speak at W&L
Best-selling author and filmmaker Kurt Vonnegut Jr., whose Cat's
Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five have become required reading in college
literary courses, will speak at Washington and Lee University February
4. Full story
W&L Launches
National Debate on High Court's Landmark Desegregation Ruling
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take on the
legality of segregated public schools--shocking blacks and whites
alike as they wrestled their emotions and fears for their children
with the ideal and the realities of equality. Full
Story
W&L's
Alsos Site Selected as Recommended Web Resource
Washington and Lee University's Web site for the Alsos Digital
Library for Nuclear Issues-- alsos.wlu.edu --has been selected by
the National Science Teachers Association for inclusion in its SciLinks
database, a recommended list of Web resources selected by a team
of science educators for the site's authority, interactivity and
uniqueness. Full
Story
W&L Celebrates
Chinese New Year with China-Japan Day
The third annual China-Japan Day at Washington and Lee University,
celebrating the Chinese New Year, will be held on Saturday, Feb.
1 at the Red House on the W&L campus. Full
Story
W&L's
Sukow Receives Prestigious NSF Award
David W. Sukow, assistant professor of physics and engineering
at Washington and Lee University, has received the National Science
Foundation's most prestigious award for junior faculty. His Career
Award provides $400,000 over five years for his research projects
involving optics and lasers. Full
Story
Justice Powell's
Papers Shed Light on Bakke, Other Key Cases
The Supreme Court's reconsideration this term of allowing race as
a factor in college admissions puts the spotlight on Justice Lewis
F. Powell Jr.--and his reasoning--in casting the deciding vote in
the landmark Bakke case that has spawned disagreement among courts
nationally since the 1978 ruling. Full
Story
Washington
and Lee Celebrates the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Washington and Lee University, along with the Lexington-Rockbridge
community, will commemorate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in
a week long celebration, "Lift Every Voice." The events
include a Jan. 15th birthday party, speakers, thought-provoking
movies, a candlelight march and a panel discussion. Full
Story
Venerated
Author David McCullough to Give Founders' Day, Institute for Honor
Address
David McCullough, a PBS commentator and award-winning author
of the bestseller biography, John Adams, will be the keynote speaker
at Washington and Lee University's Founders' Day and Institute for
Honor on Friday (Jan. 17) in Lee Chapel. Full
Story
W&L Names
Campbell Publications Editor of Alumni Magazines
Julie A. Campbell, editor of the Library of Virginia's historical
magazine, has been named Washington and Lee University's publications
editor, overseeing the University's award-winning W&L and W&L
Law alumni magazines. Full
Story
Award Created
in W&L Professor's Honor
Joseph Martinez, chair of the theater department, was in London
recently to present the first J.D. Martinez Award for Unarmed Stage
Fighting on behalf of the Society of American Fight Directors, of
which he is a founding member. Full
Story
W&L's
Spencer Publishes Definitive Textbook on Earth Science
Years of work by Geology Professor Emeritus Edgar Spencer on
his 544-page book, Earth Science: Understanding Environmental Systems,
has culminated in the text's 2003 release by publishing giant McGraw-Hill.
Full Story
W&L Film
Society to Present Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
The Washington and Lee Film Society will begin the new year with
the presentation of the popular and critically-acclaimed Y TU MAMA
TAMBIEN (Mexico, 2002), directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Full
Story
Washington
and Lee to Open Painting and Poetry Presentation
Christine Drake, a Lexington painter, and Dr. Lesley Wheeler,
a Washington and Lee professor of 20th-century American poetry,
will discuss Wallace Stevens and his poetry in conjunction with
an exhibition of paintings inspired by Stevens and his poem "13
Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Full
Story
W&L Community
Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus
Herman Ward Taylor Jr., a popular Washington and Lee University
classical languages and literature professor for nearly 40 years,
died Friday morning (Dec. 27) after battling cancer for more than
a decade. He was 67. Full
Story
W&L Capital Case Expert Joins Sniper Defense Team
Roger
Groot has long straddled the academic realm and the gritty world
of criminal law. This bulldog attorney who instead chose to teach
now faces the biggest challenge of his 30-year career: helping keep
John Malvo--the juvenile charged with capital murder in the October
sniper slayings that swept Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.--off
death row. Full
Story
Racial Wage
Gap Being Explored By W&L Research Team
Huddled in a corner of his office, Economics Professor Art Goldsmith
and three student assistants debate whether his research is debunking
conventional theory on the wage gap between blacks and whites. Full
Story
W&L Senior
in Virginia's Rhodes Scholar Competition
David Newheiser was home schooled in rhetoric, logic and the classics,
going on to score in the top one percent nationally in his college
entrance exams and being chosen a National Merit Scholar. Full
Story
Campus Mourns
the Death of W&L Senior
The Washington and Lee University community is mourning the death
of senior Stephen Cullum Owings Jr., who was killed in a car crash
just a few miles south of Lexington on his way back to campus after
spending Thanksgiving with his family. Full
Story
Law Students
Take First Place in Regional Negotiations Competition
Abigail Walsh and John Eisinger, both third-year students at Washington
and Lee University's School of Law, have won first place in the
2002-2003 ABA Regional Negotiation Competition held at the The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on November 16-17. Full
Story
Four
Alumni Launch $12.5 Million Challenge Fund for W&L Campaign
Four of Washington and Lee University's most generous alumni
have joined together to launch a $12.5 million challenge fund to
spur a final wave of gifts for the success of W&L's Capital
Campaign "For the Rising Generation." Full
Story
Internationally
Known Celtic Group to Perform at W&L
The Washington and Lee University International Performing
Arts Series will host the Celtic music legend, Boys of the Lough,
on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel. Full
Story
Christmas
Candlelight Service to be Held at Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee University's annual Christmas Candlelight
Service will be held Thursday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. in Lee Chapel. The
public is invited to attend and there is no charge. Seating will
begin at 7:15 p.m. Full
Story
W&L's
Music Department Presents the Second Annual Music for the Holidays
The Washington and Lee music department will host the second
annual Music for the Holidays concert on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.
in the Keller Theatre of the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts.
The University Chorus, University Wind Ensemble, University Jazz
Ensemble and the Festival Orchestra will join for a festive concert
of holiday music. Full
story
Fechnay
Leadership Development Program and Ropes Course Available
Washington and Lee University's new ropes challenge course is now
available to W&L groups and organizations seeking to advance
team work and trust through adventure learning. Full
story
Digital
Image Database Revolutionizes Art History Instruction
There's a new masterpiece in duPont Hall that's changing the future
of the art department. It's not a painting, sculpture or architectural
piece, but it's bringing all of these to campus with the click of
a mouse. Full
Story
Balancing
Work and Life Theme of W&L Talk by Author
Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a nationally known author on juggling work
and family, will discuss professional and personal life issues on
Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Leyburn Library's Northen Auditorium
at Washington and Lee University. Full
Story
Cline
Defeats Elrod in Virginia Delegate's Race
Republican Ben
Cline defeated Mimi Elrod by a 16 percentage point lead in Tuesday's
special election for a seat in Virginia's House of Delegates.
Full
Story
Executive
Editor of Radio Free Asia to Speak at Washington and Lee
Mr. Dan Southerland, vice president for programming and executive
editor of Radio Free Asia, will speak at Washington and Lee on Thursday,
Nov. 14. His talk, "China Behind the Headlines," is at
8 p.m. in Leyburn Library's Northen Auditorium. Full
Story
Philadelphia
Inquirer Editor to Talk at W&L Journalism Institute
Walker Lundy,
editor and executive vice president of The Philadelphia Inquirer,
will deliver the keynote address at Washington and Lee University's
34th Institute on the Ethics in Journalism conference Friday, Nov.
8. Full
Story
VMI
and W&L Partner to Land National Research Conference
Virginia
Military Institute and Washington and Lee University have been selected
to host the 2005 National Conference on Undergraduate Research -
the only meeting for students from hundreds of colleges nationwide
to present their research across the broad liberal arts from politics
to physics, literature to fine arts. Full
Story
W&L Receives Grant for Nov. 4 Environmental Career Day
Washington and
Lee University's Office of Career Services has received a grant
for its student development program, "Environmental Careers
for the 21st Century." Full
Story
Veteran
Investor to Discuss Volatility on Wall St.
Jim Awad, a veteran
portfolio manager and senior investment officer, will discuss what's
been happening on Wall St. and what's ahead in the stock market
as Washington and Lee University's Williams Investment Society guess
speaker on Monday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Full
Story
Duke Neuropsychologist
to Discuss Effects of Drugs on Brain Development
"The Science of Partying" is the topic of a Nov. 7 address
at Washington and Lee University by Dr. Scott Swartzwelder, a Duke
University professor of psychiatry and behavior sciences.
Full
Story
ABC's "Good
Morning America" Will Go Live from W&L
ABC News will air "Good Morning America" live from Washington
and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute and downtown Lexington
on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11. Full
Story
Harvard Ethics
Professor Gives Lecture at W&L
A lecture sponsored by
Washington and Lee University’s Society and the Professions
will feature Harvard professor Arthur Applbaum discussing legal
ethics at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 in Classroom B at W&L’s
School of Law. Full
Story
W&L
to Host Colloquium on French Author André Malraux
Washington and Lee University
will host a colloquium on the works of French novelist, statesman
and adventurer André Malraux on Thursday and Friday, Oct.
31-Nov. 1 from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. in Leyburn Library's Northen Auditorium.
Full
Story
W&L’s
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar to Discuss Immigration
Richard Sutch, Washington and Lee University’s Phi Beta
Kappa Visiting Scholar, will speak on “Immigration: Causes
and Consequences” on Monday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. The talk is
in Room A-214 of the Science Center on the Washington and Lee campus.
Full
Story
Concert Guild Opens with Sold Out Opera Performance
Washington and Lee University's Concert Guild is opening its
season Monday, Oct. 28 with an already sold out performance of "Madame
Butterfly" by Opera Roanoke. Full
Story
W&L Senior Wins National Theta Scholarship
Washington and Lee senior Avery F. Gholston is the recipient
of the 2002 Isabel Hanford Olmstead Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation
Scholarship. This $2,150 award is given in recognition of her high
academic achievement and her fraternity and community involvement.
Gholston, of Bloomfield Village, Mich., is a member of the Kappa
Alpha Theta chapter at W&L. Theta, founded in 1870, is the first
Greek-letter fraternity among women with a membership totaling more
than 191,000 women internationally. Full
Story
W&L Alumnus
Makes $1 Million Gift After Opposing Coeducation
Jonathan Westervelt "Jack" Warner, a staunch opponent
to Washington and Lee University's 1984 decision to become fully
coeducational, surprised alumni at W&L Homecoming festivities
by announcing he had changed his mind - a statement he backed with
a $1 million check to fund student scholarships, particularly for
women undergraduates.
Full
Story
W&L's Athletic Dept. and Leadership Director Win NCAA Grant
Washington
and Lee University's Athletic Department and W.C. "Burr"
Datz, director of leadership development, have received a grant
from the NCAA to study the process of welcoming and initiating new
members of athletic teams. Full
Story
W&L Journal
Editor Wins Library of Virginia Poetry Award
Washington
and Lee University's Shenandoah editor R. T. "Rod" Smith
was named winner of the Library of Virginia 2002 Poetry Award for
his collection, Messenger, at a recent ceremony in Richmond. Full
Story
Political
Ethicist to Discuss New Book on Lincoln at W&L
Political
ethics scholar and author William Lee Miller will discuss his new
book, "Lincoln's Mercy and Lincoln's Justice," on Wednesday,
Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in room A-214 of the Science Center at Washington
and Lee University. Full
Story
Bill Johnston,
past president of the NYSE, will speak at W&L
William
R. "Bill" Johnston, past president of the New York Stock
Exchange, will speak on "Corporate Governance" on Wednesday,
Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The talk will be in Northen Auditorium of the
Leyburn Library on the Washington and Lee campus. Full
Story
Women’s
Group in 15th Year Offering Forums and Support
In 1973, Pam Simpson stood alone as a symbol of diversity and curiosity:
she was the first woman hired for a full-time, tenure-track post
on the undergraduate faculty at Washington and Lee University.Full
Story
W&L Broadens
Horizons with New International Programs
They eat empanada, learn to dance the Merengue and watch Hispanic
movies. Every day, the 11 students living at the Spanish House prove
that W&L’s first experience with language housing is heading
toward success. Full
Story
W&L Names
Assistant Director to New Office of Institutional Research
Katherine Truett, a statistician and former college teacher, has
joined Washington and Lee University as assistant director of the
University's new Office of Institutional Research. Full
Story
Two-Day Program
at W&L to Commemorate R.E. Lee's Death
Oct. 12 marks the 132nd anniversary of the death of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, 11th president of Washington College and one of the namesakes
of Washington and Lee University. To commemorate this occasion,
the University's Lee Chapel and Museum will host a two-day program,
"Remembering Robert E. Lee." William C. Davis is the featured
guest speaker. Full
Story
W&L
Names New Outing Club Director
Washington and
Lee University has appointed James Dickas director of the Outing
Club, a position created in 1996 to help students, faculty and staff
safely explore the mountains, rivers and trails of the Southeast
region. Full Story
Irish Poet
Eavan Boland To Speak As Part of W&L's Glasgow Series
The Glasgow Endowment at Washington and Lee University will present
a reading by Ireland's premier female poet, Eavan Boland, on Thursday,
Oct. 17. The reading is in Leyburn Library's Northen Auditorium
at 4 p.m. Full Story
W&L Names
First Associate Registrar
Barbara
L. Rowe, the former registrar at Hollins University, has been appointed
associate University registrar at Washington and Lee University.
Full Story
Renowned
Virginia Journalist Endows Chair at W&L Law School
Charles
S. Rowe, a Washington and Lee University journalism and law school
alumnus, longtime newspaper editor and a former director of the
American Newspaper Publishers Association, has established an endowed
chair at W&L's School of Law. Full
Story
Gun Control
Talk by Yale Law Prof. Marks W&L's Tucker Lecture
Washington and Lee University's annual John Randolph Tucker Lecture
will feature legal scholar Dan M. Kahan discussing gun control on
Friday (Oct. 4) at 12:10 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom at W&L's
School of Law. Full Story
Author Tom
Wolfe to Inaugurate New W&L Lecture Series Oct. 5Acclaimed
author Tom Wolfe is returning to Washington and Lee University,
his alma mater, for Homecoming Oct. 4-5 to launch a new endowed
lecture series named in his honor by the Class of 1951. Full
Story
Law School
Student Takes First Place in ABA Writing Contest
Benjamin C. Brown, a third-year student at Washington and Lee
University's School of Law, has won first place in the American
Bar Association's 2002 Jacques T. Schlenger Student Writing Contest.
Brown won the ABA's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law section's
competition for his paper, "Deductions for Claims Against Estates:
Should Post-Mortem Events Play a Role in Valuation?" Full
Story
W&L Film
Society To Present "Monster's Ball"
The
Washington and Lee Film Society will present the drama "Monster's
Ball" (USA, 2001), directed by Marc Forster at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28, in the Troubadour Cinema,
at the corner of Main and Henry Streets. Full
Story
W&L Graduate
to Give Lecture on Intellectual Aging
Dr.
James T. Becker, a professor of psychology, neurology and psychology
at the University of Pittsburgh, and a 1975 graduate of Washington
and Lee University, will present a lecture on "Normal and Abnormal
Consequences of Intellectual Aging" Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7:30
p.m. The lecture is in room AG14 of the W&L's Science Center
and is open to the public. Full
Story
Jazz Trombonist
Kicks Off W&L's Sonoklect Series
The Washington and Lee University Sonoklect series will get underway
at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 in the Lenfest Center's Keller Theatre
with a concert of innovative jazz by the two trios of jazz trombonist
Glenn Ferris. Full Story
WLUR Returns
to Airways with General Manager, New Programming
Lexington area residents are once again able to tune into the
sounds of college rock, jazz, hip hop and eclectic music on WLUR
- the Washington and Lee University radio station at 91.5 FM. Full
Story
Reid Hall
Reopens On the Cutting Edge of Journalism
After a yearlong exile from the Hill, Washington and Lee journalism
professors and students are returning to the renovated Reid Hall.
The traditional red bricks and white columns mask the cutting-edge
technology now finding its home in the building. Full
Story
W&L Professor
Named Fellow of the American Psychological Society
Washington and Lee University Psychology Professor David G. Elmes
has been elected a fellow of the American Psychological Society
in recognition of his contributions to psychological science. Full
Story
W&L's
Magee to Give Trumpet Concert At Lenfest Center
Chris
Magee, a Washington and Lee University music instructor and principal
trumpeter with the University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra, is
giving a recital on Tuesday (Sept. 24) at 8 p.m. at the Keller Theatre
in W&L's Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts. Full
Story
Peace Corps
Founder and VP Candidate Shriver to Speak at W&L
Sargent
Shriver - the founder of the Peace Corps and Head Start and the
1972 Democrat's vice-presidential candidate - will discuss the nation's
battle against poverty in a Sept. 17 address at 7:30 p.m. in Lee
Chapel at Washington and Lee University.Full
Story
W&L Ranked
#15 in Nation's Best 50 Liberal Arts Colleges
Washington
and Lee University is ranked the 15th best liberal arts university
in the country in the new issue of "America's Best Colleges"
by U.S. News and World Report. Full
Story
W&L’s
Alsos Web Site Receives Second NSF Grant
Two
faculty members at Washington and Lee University and a member of
Virginia Military Institute’s staff have received a $300,000
grant from the National Science Foundation’s National Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library
(NSDL) program to continue work on the Alsos Digital Library for
Nuclear Issues Web site (alsos.wlu.edu). W&L faculty members
Dr. Frank Settle, professor of chemistry, and Dr. Thomas P. Whaley,
professor of computer science, along with Dr. Elizabeth Blackmer,
senior editor of the Alsos Web site and a staff member at VMI’s
writing center, launched the Web site in 2002. Full
Story
Washington
and Lee to Commemorate Sept. 11 Tragedy
Washington and Lee University will participate in and host
events Wednesday in commemoration of the Sept. 11 tragedy. Full
Story
Stanford
Professor to Deliver 21st W&L Shannon-Clark Lecture
The
Washington and Lee English Department will host the 2002 Shannon-Clark
Lecture, "Maps, Graphs, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary
History" by Stanford University Professor of English Franco
Moretti on Monday, Sept. 16, at 8:00 p.m in Northen Auditorium of
Leyburn Library. Full Story
W&L Summer
Side: No Calm Before Fall’s Storm
When
classes end and students leave, a whole other side of campus awakens.
Workers restore brick walkways where the mortar has eroded. Signs
warn pedestrians to stay off the grass — “herbicide application
in process.” Fresh coats of paint gleam on classroom walls.
Full Story
Burish Revamps
Administrative Line-up as First Presidential Act
President Thomas G. Burish has made significant administrative
changes—including the creation and reconfiguration of three
offices—to “streamline” top-level reporting lines
and better oversee the University’s academic programs, finances
and institutional records. Full
Story
President
Burish: Man of Action with Scientist’s Approach
Burish’s enthusiasm shines through his relentless days, which
begin at the gym at 7 a.m. and don’t end till stacks of paperwork
are done around 11 on most nights. Full
Story
Renowned
Cancer Leader Inaugurated President of W&L
Washington and Lee University must embrace change by setting clear
priorities but can only succeed by also sustaining W&L’s
distinct atmosphere of integrity and trust, President Thomas G.
Burish said at his 5:30 p.m. inauguration today (Sept. 4) as the
24th president in the University’s 254 years. Full
Story
Writing Contest
Award to Benefit Student and Law School Library
John Eisinger, a third-year student at Washington and Lee University
School of Law, has been awarded second prize in an American Bar
Association student writing contest for his paper, "Electronic
Prior Act: Chasing the White Rabbit of Legislative Intent."
Full Story
Washington
and Lee Professor Timothy Gaylard To Present Recital
Washington and Lee University Professor Timothy Gaylard will
present a faculty piano concert at the Keller Theatre in the Lenfest
Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. There
is no charge for admission. Full
Story
W&L Law
School Begins New Year; First-Year Class Includes Pastor, CPA, Organic
Farmer
The
2002-03 academic year at Washington and Lee University School of
Law opened this week as classes began for about 381 students, including
138 members of the first-year class, a larger one than normal. Full
Story
Prominent
Attorney and W&L Leader James M. Ballengee Dies
James
McMurrow Ballengee, a prominent Philadelphia attorney, a retired
chairman of Pennsylvania’s Enterra Corp. and a former rector
of Washington and Lee University, died in his home Sunday (July
28) of respiratory failure following a long battle with cancer and
rheumatoid arthritis. Full Story
Mimi Milner
Elrod Announces Candidacy for Va. House of Delegates
Mimi Milner Elrod, director of the Summer Scholars program and
wife of former W&L President John Elrod who died last summer,
announced to a crowd of supporters gathered at the Rockbridge County
Courthouse steps on Main Street in Lexington that she will run for
the Virginia House of Delegates in a special election this November.
Full Story
Washington
and Lee Engineering Professor Ken Van Ness - and the Superman-strength
plastic he helped create - are the topic of a front page article
in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer. Full
Story
W&L’s
East Asian Studies Program Director Elected to Board
Joan
O’Mara, director of the East Asian Studies Program at Washington
and Lee University, has been elected to a three-year term on the
board of ASIANetwork, a national consortium of nearly 150 undergraduate
liberal arts institutions with Asian Studies programs. Full
Story
Architect
Hired: Plans Proceed for the New Art and Music Center
The architectural firm Zimmer Gunsel Frasca Partnership has
recently been hired to design Washington and Lee University's new
$24 million art and music building after more than five years of
planning. Full Story
W&L Wins
National Award For Fund Raising Performance
Washington
and Lee University, in the midst of a $225 million comprehensive
campaign for its 2,137 students, has won the country's most prestigious
education fund-raising award in recognition of its success in building
national support for the top-ranked, 253-year-old liberal arts college
and its School of Law. Full Story
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