Washington College Magazine
 
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SUMMER 2001

Volume XLIX No.3
SUMMER 2001
USPS 667-260

STAFF
Editor
Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96
Managing Editor
Marcia Landskroener
Art Director
Diane Landskroener '76 M'81
Editorial & Production Assistant
Jodie Taylor
Class Notes Editor
Carol Tait
Editorial Consultant
Kevin O'Keefe '74
Contributing Writers
John Buettner '89
Sarah Feyerherm
Lou Noce '74
Printing and Mailing
Whitmore Print and Imaging

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, in November (Annual Report Issue), December , March, and June. Copyright 1999. Washington College.

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FEATURES

Diary Of The Schooner Sultana
This year's George Washington medalist provides a glimpse of 18th-century history through his research on the schooner Sultana.
Kees De Mooy '01

Sons Of The Chesapeake
Senior Stephanie Fowler recreates the infamous "Oyster Wars" in these excerpts from her Sophie Kerr Prize-winning portfolio.
Stephanie Fowler '01

In Search Of A Family's History
An international studies major searches for his roots among the ashes of the Holocaust.
Jacob Ritzler '01

DEPARTMENTS

The Reporter
Commencement highlights; UM honors President Toll; Oliver Sacks on creativity; "Fakespeare" debuts at the Inner Harbor.

Faculty/Staff Achievements

Alumni Update
Reunion recap; Alumni elect Denton and Flato to Board; New alumni directory in the works; Tea Party raft race redux.

Class Notes

Currents
Senior Dennis Wilson on South African "restorative justice," the spirit of "ubuntu."

Highlights

Commencement

Physics Building Named For Toll

Emeritus Rank Awarded

Music Major Wins Scholarship

Goalie Wins NCAA Scholarship

Internship at Harvard

Board Approves Tuition Increase

Cowperthwait Wins Art Show

Copeland $66 Million Campaign

Half-Million-Dollar Gift Received

College Names New Trustees

Sacks Addresses Creativity

"Fakespeare" at Inner Harbor

Jessie duPont Recognized

Sigma Xi Chapter Established

Men's Tennis Goes for NCAA

Coastal Seas Conference

Helen Gibson Honored

Spooky Science

Prize-winning essay: Sons of the Chesapeake

Schooner Sultana

In Search of History

Reunion Recap

Denton And Flato Elected To Board

Directory To Mail Soon

Tea Party Race Nearly Clinched

Class Notes

Faculty & Staff Achievements

Births and adoptions

Marriages

In Memoriam

Living Ubuntu

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SUMMER 2001