Washington College Magazine
 
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WINTER 2002

VOLUME XLXI NO.1
WINTER 2002-2003
USPS 667-260

STAFF
Editor
Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96
Managing Editor
Marcia Landskroener M'01
Art Director
Diane Landskroener '76 M'81
Editorial & Production Assistant
Kate D. Mahoney '00
Class Notes Editor
Pam Chamberlain
Web Editor
Ted Knight '97
Editorial Consultant
Kevin O'Keefe '74
Contributing Writers
John Buettner '89
Phillip Ticknor
Natalie Liccketto '04
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 October (Annual Report Issue), December, March, and June. Periodical postage paid at Chestertown, Maryland and at other offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Washington College Magazine, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620-1197. Copyright 2002. Washington College.

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FEATURES

That Morning...
Novelist and English professor Robert Mooney wrestles to find a glimmer of humanity in the men who attacked America on 9/11.
Professor Robert Mooney

Summer in Siberia
A Russian history professor offers a travelogue dispelling the "chilling" misconceptions about this part of the world.
Professor Clayton Black

Washington College "Scrubs"
Under Kate Verville's direction, the premedical program deftly prepares students for the rigors of medical school.
Marcia C. Landskroener M'02

DEPARTMENTS

The Reporter
McKay and Modell honored at freshmen convocation; WC welcomes the new Riverkeeper; Fire damages Hynson Pavilion.

Faculty/Staff Achievements

Portfolio
Photographer Melissa Grimes-Guy joined Professor Colin Dickson's freshman seminar class on board the schoon Sultana.

Alumni Update
Hall of Fame; Alumni attest to lure Of WC; Nominations in hand

Class Notes

Currents
Adam Goodheart, Fellow of the C. V. Starr Center for the American experience, assesses American monuments.

Highlights

Commencement Celebrations

Fire Damages Waterfront Pavilion

WC Climbs In College Rankings

Campaign Tops $84 Million

Library Checks Out New Collection

CES Launches Program For Smart Growth

Keeping Up With The Chester River

Cosmochemist Brings WC Down To Earth

New Programs Highlight Arabic/Asian Studies

Students Seek Traces Of Tubman

Look Who's Not Talking

Happy Birthday, Helen

Junior Scores With Soccer

William C. Schmoldt '69

1782 Society Hosts River Garden Party

Swimmers Are Academic All-Americans

Some Recent Ink...

Taking Tea With Chairman Karzai

Faculty/Staff Achievements

Lessons Aboard The Sultana

That morning...

Summer in Siberia

Washington College [Scrubs]

Tennis Titans Return

Alumni Attest To Lure Of WC

Nominations In Hand

Class Notes

Births and adoptions

Marriages

In memoriam

Memorializing The Dead

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WINTER 2002