Haverford Completes Campaign
On June 30, 2004, Haverford successfully completed the $200 million “Educating to Lead, Educating to Server” fundraising campaign, the largest in the College’s history.

“We are thrilled to reach this fundraising milestone, which enables Haverford to continue to provide needs-blind admissions to students of all socio-economic backgrounds, and to invest in new centers of integrative learning that enable students and faculty from many areas to explore side-by-side the interesting intersections of different disciplines,” said Haverford College President Thomas R. Tritton. “We thank the alumni, parents, friends, foundations, estates, and others who helped us achieve this significant goal.”

The campaign began in December 2000.

“We overcame many challenges to reach this goal,” said Howard Lutnick ’83, campaign chairman. “We launched this ambitious fundraising effort at the beginning of a prolonged economic downturn, and the 9/11 tragedy hit during the campaign, claiming the lives of four Haverford alumni. We persevered through adversity and raised the funds we needed to ensure Haverford’s future growth.”

“As the college with the smallest alumni body of our peer group, we needed exceptional involvement by Haverford alumni and friends to reach our aggressive fundraising targets — and they rose to the occasion,” said Jill Sherman, Haverford vice president for Institutional Advancement. “We found that Haverfordians have a deep emotional commitment to the college, and we were able to engage alumni — financially, intellectually, and through increased alumni involvement in regional and national activities. Through our campaign, Haverford’s alumni and friends demonstrated their commitment to the Haverford community and to the continuity and enhancement of Haverford’s educational, artistic and athletic programs.”

A full accounting of the campaign’s initiatives, successes, and stories will be included in a publication to be printed and distributed in December.

Commencement 2004
On Sunday, May 16, the largest class in Haverford College history — 323 seniors strong — marched across campus to receive their diplomas from President Tritton in front of Roberts Hall.

Honorary degrees were awarded to world-renowned chimpanzee expert and wildlife conservationist Jane Goodall; New York Times columnist and Princeton economics and international affairs professor Paul Krugman; Temple University poet and professor Sonia Sanchez; and the award-winning artist James Turrell.

All honorary degree recipients offered words of congratulations and inspiration. Most notable were Krugman, who spoke of the Bush administration’s shortcomings regarding the war in Iraq and encouraged graduates to stand up for what they believed, no matter what opposition they faced; and Goodall, who reminded them that the power to change the world lies in their hands. “Hang on to what you have learned about your important role in this life,” she said. “Every day, you make a difference by the way you behave, by the way you speak, above all by your actions.” To the audience’s delight, she also provided an auditory example of how one of her chimpanzees would say "congratulations."

Soccer Centennial Celebration
Haverford will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first intercollegiate men’s soccer game (in which Haverford defeated Harvard, 1-0) on Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23.

In addition to the weekend’s games (women vs. Gettysburg, 11 a.m. Saturday, Walton Field; men vs. Dickinson, 2 p.m. Saturday, Walton Field), there are some key events scheduled featuring prominent soccer players and journalists.

On Friday, October 22, from 4 to 6 p.m., there will be a Historical Panel on soccer in Zubrow Commons, Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center. Moderator will be Chris Lee ’89, reporter for The Washington Post and former Haverford soccer team captain. Panelists will be Les Poolman, Director of Athletics, Dickinson College, and current Haverford parent; Prof. Alex Kitroeff, Department of History, Haverford College, and author of Wrestling with the Ancients; Jere Longman, sportswriter, The New York Times, and author of The Girls of Summer; and Franklin Foer, staff writer, The New Republic, and author of How Soccer Explains the World.

At 7:30 p.m. in Marshall Auditorium, Roberts Hall, there will be a Keynote Discussion on the future of American soccer featuring Alexi Lalas, who made the 1994 all-World Cup first team and now General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes; and Shannon McMillan, NCAA Player of the Year (1995), twice a member of the USA Women’s World Cup team and USA Olympic Team. Moderator for this discussion will be Dan Segal ’90, leading soccer player representative.
Memorabilia commemorating 100 years of soccer history as well as 20 years of the varsity somen's program will be display in Ryan Gymnasium both days.

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Christen Fornadel '04 Wins Fullbright Fellowship

Last May, Christen Fornadel walked across the stage and received her diploma — as did more than 320 of her classmates. Fornadel and her fellow Fords comprised the largest graduating class in Haverford College history. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa during her senior year, Fornadel graduated magna cum laude with high honors in biology. She also won the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Award, recognizing outstanding undergraduate students in chemistry and biological sciences. The Beckman Foundation award is part of a nationwide program at selected colleges and universities.

August, Fornadel set out for Australia on a one-year Fulbright Scholarship to study a disease spread by the hydatid tapeworm, (Echinococcus granulosus). The tapeworm infects dingoes and kangaroos in the wild and can spread to sheep and dogs. The disease, Echinococcosis, can be transferred to humans via consumption of food or water contaminated with stool from an infected animal; or by petting or otherwise interacting with infected dogs or cats. These animals spread the disease by eliminating eggs in their stool, which can contaminate their fur. Leashes or harnesses can also become contaminated and transfer the infection. Symptoms of Echinococcosis in humans are extremely slow-growing cysts (they can take years to develop) which are usually surgically removed. A blood test can determine whether a person is infected or not.

In the summer of 2003, when Fornadel was thinking about applying for a Fulbright, she knew she wanted to present a well-planned project, something that would embrace her interest in both fieldwork and laboratory work. Her science coursework at Haverford had led her to molecular epidemiology, how disease spreads at the cellular level. She wanted to interview people and survey them about the spread of the disease as well as work in the lab. “I really needed to find a place geographically where there was an endemic disease,” she says. Australia fit the bill. Fornadel, a Sayreville, N.J., resident, spent part of her time in Melbourne working with Marshall Lightowlers on the development of vaccines against tapeworm diseases, including hydatid and others found around the world. She also spent time in the Australian capital of Canberra with David Jenkins, a researcher who, in Fornadel’s words, “basically started the work on this disease, researching it from his garage when funding was low.”

The Fulbright paid for Fornadel’s airfare, housing allowance, and a monthly stipend. It’s all been a pleasant surprise for her. In March, she received a think envelope from Fullbright when she wasn't expecting anything until May. "I saw how think it was," she says, "and I just screamed in the campus center."

Haverford Grows "Greener" With the Help Of a State Grant
Haverford College’s campus will become even more environmentally sound over the next several years with the help of a $25,000 grant, awarded by the state of Pennsylvania to the Arboretum, which will be used to redesign stream sections using green technology. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty announced the award on Sept. 18; it is one of numerous statewide Growing Greener grants to help local conservation organizations finance their efforts.

As part of the redesign plan, staff members at the Arboretum will address erosion on the banks of the Duck Pond and the streams that flow through the southern part of campus. They will replant the areas with “native plant” materials, plants normally found in such a landscape, including American beech, tulip trees, and several types of oaks. They will also use “green-type” construction to repair the slopes of the stream banks, involving bio-logs and wood-timber cribbing.
Arboretum Manager Bill Astifan reports that the redesign actually began last year, but he was unhappy with the “hard-engineering” look, dominated by concrete and stone. “We’re changing our approach to focus on an environmentally-friendly design,” he says. This will help preserve the wooded surroundings of the streams and protect the natural habitats of the campus wildlife.

None of the Duck Pond’s feathered residents will be ejected from their homes during the redesign. The project is also weather-independent, and will continue through unexpected bouts of heavy rain and snow. “It all deals with water and earth, so there won’t be a problem,” says Astifan.

The new design should be completed in fall of 2006. One of the ultimate goals of the project is to establish educational stations to teach the Haverford community and the public about stream banks and restoration.

Alumni Weekend Awards 2004
The Haverford Award: Walter Sondheim ’29
The Haverford Award supports and demonstrates the College’s expressed concern for the application of knowledge to socially useful ends. It seeks to identify, reward and focus public attention on those alumni/ae who best reflect Haverford’s concern with the uses to which they put their knowledge, humanity, initiative, and individuality. Neither age nor service to the College is a consideration in granting the award.

The Alumni Award: Ron Schwarz ’66
The Alumni/ae Award, the most distinguished award given by the Association for alumni/ae activities, honors an individual who, in a variety of ways, provides or has provided sustained service to Haverford. It recognizes especially loyal and active support of the work of the College.

The Sheppard Award: Marc Inver ’71, Bruce Segal ’83
The William E. Sheppard Award, honoring the late Director of Alumni Relations, Bill Sheppard ’36, is given for exemplary service to the College in alumni/ae activities, such as service in Haverford regional societies, class activities or programs.

The MacIntosh Award: Murrel Karsh ’90
The Archibald MacIntosh Award honors the late “Mac” MacIntosh ’21, Haverford’s first Director of Admission, who also served as Vice President and twice as acting President of the College. The award is given for outstanding service as an Admission Volunteer.

The Perry Award: Russell Reno ’54, Dennis Stern ’69
The Charles Perry Award is given for exemplary service to the College in fundraising. The award honors Chuck Perry ’36, who served as Associate Director of Development from 1954-58, and then as the Director of Annual Giving for the next 21 years.

The Kaye Award: Bruce Agins ’75
The William Kaye Award is given for exemplary service to the College in career development. The award honors William Kaye ’54, past president of the Alumni Association and a strong advocate for career development resources for alumni and students. Exemplary volunteer service may include but is not limited to providing internships and/or externships, attending job fairs, providing career networking, or otherwise helping students and alumni in their careers.

The Forman Award: Ron Shapiro ’64
The Lawrence Forman Award goes to a superior Haverford athlete who, throught his or her career or volunteer time, has devoted a significant portion of their energy to the betterment of society. The award honors Lawrence Forman ’60, one of the outstanding athletes in the history of Haverford College. After graduation, Larry committed his life both to the betterment of humankind and to international understanding.

The Friend of Haverford College Award: Lathrop B. Nelson
This award is given to a member of the greater Haverford community for exemplary service to the College. The “Friend of Haverford College Award” honors an individual who, in a variety of ways, provides or has provided especially loyal and sustained leadership and service to Haverford.

Faculty Notes
Associate Professor of Physics Suzanne Amador Kane contributed an article, “Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Seminars: A Model for Learning Emerging Technologies While Developing Interdisciplinary Partnerships,” to the Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 12 Issue 4.

Stephen Boughn, professor of astronomy, co-authored the article “A correlation between the Cosmic Microwave Background and large-scale structure in the universe,” which appeared in the Jan. 1 edition of Nature, Vol. 427.

Israel Burshatin, Barbara Riley Levin Professor of Comparative Literature and professor of Spanish, attended the Coloquio Internacional José María Heredia y Heredia: Poesía, Nacionalidad, Indepencia e Identidad, Dec. 8-13 in Santiago, Cuba. He read a paper entitled “Heredia y el orientalismo hispanoamericano.”

Professor of Chemistry Julio DePaula is part of a group of chemists and biochemists awarded a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for a project entitled “Establishment of a Consortium for Educational and Research Opportunities in the Chemical and Molecular Aspects of Plant Science.” The group will collaborate on research projects that span chemistry, physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and environmental science, with a focus on unraveling the molecular events responsible for plant photosynthesis. In addition to research activities, they will also develop curricular materials on plant science for other colleges.

Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Hank Glassman wrote the chapter “ ‘Show me the place my mother is!’: Chujohime, preaching, and relics in late medieval and early modern Japan” for the book Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha, published by University of Hawaii Press.

Laurie Kain Hart, associate professor of anthropology, attended the Annual Retreat of the Rectors of Catholic Universities, Nov. 25-29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She visited a seminar on anthropological approaches to violence in the Balkans. Hart also edited and wrote the introduction for the book Good People in Evil Times: Participants and Witnesses, testimonies of people helping people across ethnic lines in Yugoslavia during the Bosnian War. The book was published by Other Press in February.

Ken Koltun-Fromm and Naomi Koltun-Fromm, assistant professors of religion, attended the Association for Jewish Studies National Annual Conference, Dec. 21-23 in Boston. Ken Koltun-Fromm chaired the “Works in Progress Group in Modern Jewish Studies” and offered a response paper to the panel “Writing Nineteenth Century Wrongs: Gender, Gentility, and Jewish Belonging.”

Associate Professor of Music Tom Lloyd participated in the Eastern Regional Convention of the American Choral Directors Association, Feb. 11-14 in Boston.

Associate Professor of Religion Anne McGuire attended the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion, Nov. 22-25 in Atlanta. She chaired the NagHammadi and Gnosticism section of the SBL.

Maud Burnett McInerney, assistant professor of English, wrote a book entitled Eloquent Virgins: From Thecla to Joan of Arc, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Assistant Professor of Spanish Graciela Michelotti attended the International Conference of the Associación de Literatura Feminina Hispánica (AILFH), Oct. 23-26 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. She presented her paper “Las mujeres en El Tango: Malena como figura ic_nica.”

Andrea Morris, assistant professor of biology, participated in the Professional Society Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Dec. 12-15 in San Francisco. She co-chaired two sessions, “The Challenges of Research and Teaching at a Small College” and “Fostering Diversity in Science.”

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics Deborah Roberts visited the Modern Language Association Meeting, Dec. 27-30 in San Diego, to attend sessions on translation studies and children’s literature.

Ulrich Schoenherr, associate professor of German, wrote chapters for two books: Chorphantasie, published by Literaturverlag Droschl, and Sprachmusik, published by Sonderzahl.

Associate Professor of English Christina Zwarg attended the Modern Language Association Meeting in Sa