Alumni Association Award Winners
President Tom Tritton (second from left) with award
winners Jay Stokes '88, Bob Sinclair '67, David Fogelson
'73, Chuck Durante '73, William O'Neill '73, Kurt Ryden '88,
Alan Weintraub '88.
William O'Neill '73
Winner of the 1998 Haverford Award for Service to Humanity
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 are considerations in granting the award.
Charles Durante '73
Winner of the 1998 Alumni Award for Sustained Service to the College
The Alumni Award, the most distinguished award given by the Association for alumni 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.
David Fogelson '73
Winner of the 1998 Sheppard Award for Exemplary Service in Volunteer Activities
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.
Robert Sinclair '67
Winner of the 1998 Macintosh Award for Service in Admissions
The Archibald MacIntosh Award honors the late "Mac" MacIntosh '21, Haverford's first Director of Admissions, who also served as Vice President and twice as acting President of the College. The award is given for outstanding service as an Admissions Volunteer.
Kurt Ryden '88, Jay Stokes '88, Alan Weintraub '88
Winners of the 1998 Perry Award for Service in Fund Raising
The Charles Perry Award is given for exemplary service to the College in fund raising. 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.
William Kaye '54
Winner of the 1998 Kaye Award for Service in Career Development
The William Kaye Award is a new award 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.
Regional Society Volunteer Reports
From Regional Society Volunteer Eva Osterberg Ash '88:
"A small but enthusiastic group of Long Island alumns welcomed the Class of 2002 on August 1, 1998, at the home of Eva Osterberg Ash '88. We hope to make this an annual tradition so if you live on Long Island and did not receive an invitation please be sure the College has your current address."
From Regional Society Volunteer William Toole '82:
"Sixteen Haverfordians from the classes of 1963 through 2001 and their spouses and children met at the annual Carolina's Haverfest in Belmont, North Carolina, where they ate barbecue, traded intellectual jokes, and marveled at how many Haverfordians could live in the two Carolinas.
There was some question whether this was the first or second annual gathering. Last year, Joe Kuznicki '85 argued that the year's gathering was the "first annual," but Barbara Ritchie BMC '83 argued that an event becomes annual only after it is repeated, and therefore only this year's could become the "first annual." There was no argument, however, that everyone had a good time last year, so we did it again this year.
Sue Lanius Schumacher '87 traveled with her husband Tom and two-year-old son William from Candler, North Carolina to chat with Rick Colby '91, Jennifer Blue '91, and Eric Banilower '91 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Lisa Tucker '93 quit tending animals at the North Carolina Zoo long enough to keep an eye on the party animals as Ray Neely '01 filled the group in on the latest at Haverford, including the alcohol policy and the status of the honor code.
Steve Smith '63 and Matt Zipin '78 traded notes on their respective students at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark Slonim '83 and Chip Wallach '86 found they shared a love for southern cooking and employment at NationsBank (Née Bank of America), known down South as the "red team." The other two great southern banks, Wachovia (the "blue team") and First Union ("first onion" or the "green team"), were unrepresented this year.
The weather cooperated perfectly. Snowy egrets waded in the river, hummingbirds zipped from flower to flower and goldfinches dashed about like butterflies in a Victorian garden. The only disappointment was when Bill Toole's '82 boat died in the middle of the river, giving those on shore a chance to gorge without remorse on the white chocolate cookies unclaimed by the stranded sailors.
It is safe to say there will be another Haverfest next year. Those who attend can decide if it's the second or third annual event."
From Regional Society Volunteer Kurt James '82, about this summer's Welcome Class of 2002 reception held at his home in Marblehead, MA:
"The parents shared mixed feelings of pride in their kids' accomplishments, anticipation for the opportunities which Haverford will offer to the Class of 2002, and mild anxiety about college admissions process, and unanimously agreed on the special qualities which I have always felt Haverford offers."
Singapore based alumni Eric Sedlak '80 and Richard Straus '82 held a dinner event at the American Club on July 23, 1998. The alumni group looks forward to the arrival of additional alumni over the coming months.
Other News
A Haverford tour of the Capitol dome, escorted by Congressman Charles Canady '76 and organized by Dan Zibel. Back (left to right): Jacob Zlotoff '00, Oliver Gottfried '99, Charles Canady '76, John Papay '99. Middle (left to right): Dan Zibel '99, Christina West '98, Lauren Hersh '99, Anna Herzlinger '99, John Heffner '99. Front: Zoe Rind '99.
LAMBDA
Lambda, the Alumni Association's network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other interested alumni is seeking to improve its mailing list and involve more alumni in its activities which include: an annual symposium during Haverford's alumni weekend, get-togethers in New York and San Francisco, a career directory, and activities with students and other members of the Haverford community. If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please contact the Alumni Office or Michael Gluck '82 at 202-387-7402 or mgluck@nasi.org.
BOOK STORE GOES ONLINE
The Haverford College Bookstore is now online, with its secured catalogue of text books, clothing, gifts, music and general books available at http://www.admin.haverford.edu/bookstore/. Come browse!
HAVERFORD RESOURCES VIA THE WEB AND E-MAIL
The URL "www.haverford.edu/admindepthome/alumni/alumni.html" is the Alumni Association home page. Here you will find reunion information, regional events and links to the Bi-College News and Haverford, the alumni magazine. The Association home page also can connect you with the home pages and email addresses of other on-line Haverfordians. To subscribe to our alumni list server, send the following message to listproc@haverford.edu: subscribe hc-alum name and class year.
Want to create a class web page? The Alumni Association is seeking alumni volunteers to create class web pages. For further information, please contact the Alumni Office.
For further information on any of these or other Alumni Association programs, please call or write the Alumni Relations Office at 610-896-1004.
THE HAVERFORD-PENDLE HILL CONNECTION
By Margaret Fraser, Dean of Pendle Hill
More than seventy years ago a process of dreaming and planning culminated in the founding of Pendle Hill, the Quaker center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. What the planners had in mind was a center to equip Friends to carry out the varying tasks of ministry to which they are called. Its early curriculum included Quakerism, Applied Christianity, Bible, Religious Education and Psychology. Religious study remains at the core of the curriculum, but we now have a rich literature, art and craft component too, and welcome participants of all faith backgrounds.
Haverford faculty were involved from the outset, both in planning and in teaching. Rufus Jones taught a class on Mysticism, and the late T. Wistar Brown Professor of Philosophy Douglas Steere co-taught Religion in the Modern World. Douglas Steere was largely instrumental in launching the Pendle Hill Pamphlets in 1933, still issued six times a year, and in 1954 became chairman of the Pendle Hill Board. Earlier this year, Pendle Hill co-published Glenn Hinson's biography of Douglas Steere, Love at the Heart of Things. Other Haverford connections are embodied by Mary Hoxie Jones, Rufus Jones' daughter, and Dorothy Steere, both honorary board members.
Although Pendle Hill is adjacent to Swarthmore, it retains lively links with Haverford. Many students, visiting scholars and staff do research in the Quaker collection. Several are recipients of Haverford's Gest fellowships, and some Gest lectures now are delivered at Pendle Hill. Haverford's Constance and Robert MacCrate Professor in Social Responsibility David Dawson gave a recent evening lecture at Pendle Hill on Quakerism in the Postmodern Intellectual Community. A free lecture series is held during autumn and spring terms and draws a wide audience. Courses to be offered in the spring include:
• A Jewish Mystical Sampler, with Rabbi Marcia Prager, April 18-23
• The Poetry of William Butler Yeats, with Eugenia Friedman, April 23-30
• Finding the Trail of Light and Life in Quaker Philadelphia, with David Bills, May 2-7
• Plain People, with Max Carter, May 23-28
• Challenging Racism in the 21st Century, with Bob Hunter, May 30-June 4.
You can find out more about these courses and weekend conferences on spirituality, literature and the arts by calling Pendle Hill at 610-566-4507, extension 137 or 127. Pendle Hill welcomes Haverford alumni, guests and other visitors at any time to walk in the grounds or use its library.