STAFF

Editor
Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96

Managing Editor
Marcia Landskroener M'01

Art Director
Diane Landskroener '76 M'81

Editorial & Production Assistants
Gregg Waddell
Sara Wuillermin ’05
Julia McHugh

Web Editor
Ted Knight '97

Editorial Consultant
Kevin O'Keefe '74

Contributing Writers
John Buettner '89
Phillip Ticknor

Printing and Mailing
United Litho, Inc.

Original Design by
The Magazine Group, Washington, DC.

Washington College Magazine (USPS 667-260) is published quarterly by Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 21620.

Copyright 2003. Washington College.

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Features

A Collection Of Winners
Poetry from this year’s Sophie Kerr winner.
Angela Haley ’04

The Toll Factor
Impressions of the John Toll presidency.
John Buettner ’89

What The Shadow Knows
An attempt to keep pace with a college president.
P. Trams Hollingsworth ’75 M’85

The Way We Were
Recapturing the past through a contemporary lens.
Jeffrey St. John ’04

Departments

The Reporter:
Graduates Tout Toll With Standing Ovation
Women’s League Honors Debby Toll
VP For Student Affairs Retires
Board Sets Tuition Increase
Merck Scholar Goes To Seattle
Students Practice Business Solutions
Professor Lamond Retires
Student Joins Smithsonian Team
Kresge Issues Challenge Grant
Netters Keep Swinging
Shoremen Reach Semifinals
Swimmers Are All-Americans

Alumni Snapshot:
Making History In The White House

Alumni Update:
Alumni Elect Grieves, Young To Board
Business Program Turns 20
Remembering A Friend
Reunion Scrapbook

Faculty/Staff Achievements

Portfolio
“March Madness” on the Chester.

Class Notes
Births & Adoptions
Marriages
In Memoriam

Currents
Prof. Robert Day spins a tale of popes and presidents
“peppered” with literary allusions.

BACK COVER: WASHINGTON COLLEGE IN PERSON
Chris, Dusty and Sonny Mears, Class of 2004