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Marquis Mailer
November 21, 2002
Vol. 3, Issue 4
The annual Lafayette-Lehigh football classic is this Saturday (Nov. 23). If you can’t make it back to campus to see the Leopards battle the Mountain Hawks, join alumni, parents, and friends to watch the game on the Lafayette Sports Network at 50 telecast sites nationwide. For telecast sites and the satellite coordinates:
http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/news/lehighlafayette2002.html
For a preview of the game:
http://goleopards.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111902aab.html
Go Lafayette!
–John Leone, Director of Alumni Affairs
leonej@lafayette.edu
Contents:
* Field Hockey wins Patriot League; three named Mideast Region All-Americans
* Gary Evans ’57 steps down as vice president
* PBS’ NOVA features geologist Larry Malinconico
* Connolly ’02 places second in nation
* Williams Visual Arts Building receives award
* Kirby Sports Center design receives national award
* Four alumni inducted into Maroon Club Hall of Fame
* College Annual Fund off to a good start
* More than 100 students participate in hunger and homelessness week
* Campus chapter of Tau Beta Pi receives two awards
* Limited space still available for Killington alumni ski trip Feb. 7-8
* Career Services thanks hosts for Jan. externships; hosts for summer needed
* Mathematics and anthropology & sociology majors needed for panels
* Alumni can add links to home pages and photos on alumni web site
FIELD HOCKEY WINS PATRIOT LEAGUE; THREE NAMED MIDEAST REGION ALL-AMERICANS
Field hockey won a school and Patriot League record 19 games on the way to their seventh Patriot League championship. Megan Monahan ’03, Jennifer Stone ’04, and Melissa Hoh ’04 were named to the Mideast Regional All-America Team. Head coach Ann Gold received her fifth Patriot League Coach of the Year honor.
http://goleopards.ocsn.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/111802aaa.html
EVANS ’57 STEPS DOWN AS VICE PRESIDENT
Gary Evans ’57 will step down as vice president for development and college relations Dec. 31. He will serve as special assistant to Pres. Arthur Rothkopf ’55, a part-time position. One of the nation’s most well-respected fund-raising executives, Evans has served Lafayette for more than 30 years. James Dicker ’85, director of development, will succeed Evans.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/18/gary-a-evans-57-long-time-fundraising-chief-will-step-down-as-vice-president/
PBS’ NOVA FEATURES GEOLOGIST LARRY MALINCONICO
PBS television features Larry Malinconico, associate professor of geology and environmental geosciences, in a documentary on volcanoes that premiered Nov. 12 in the NOVA science series.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/15/pbs-nova-features-lafayette-geologist-lawrence-malinconico/
CONNOLLY ’02 WINS SECOND PLACE IN NATIONAL STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Chemical engineering graduate Daniel Connolly ’02 won second place in the National Student Paper Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for a paper based on his honors thesis.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/05/daniel-connolly-02-wins-second-place-in-national-student-paper-competition-sponsored-by-american-institute-of-chemical-engineers/
WILLIAMS VISUAL ARTS BUILDING RECEIVES AWARD
The Williams Visual Arts Building was honored with the Adaptive Reuse Award from the Easton Heritage Alliance.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/08/williams-visual-arts-building-will-be-honored-with-adaptive-reuse-award-from-easton-heritage-alliance/
KIRBY SPORTS CENTER DESIGN RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD
Athletic Business magazine named Kirby Sports Center as one of the top 10 facility renovation and additions in their November issue.
http://goleopards.ocsn.com/genrel/103102aaa.html
FOUR ALUMNI TO BE INDUCTED INTO MAROON CLUB HALL OF FAME
Track and field star David Baird ’59, former Denver Bronco Tim Gerhart ’80, tennis standout Monica Yurconic ’92, and Frank Grube ’27, who starred on the undefeated 1926 national championship football team and played baseball for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns, will be inducted into the Maroon Club Hall of Fame Nov. 22.
http://goleopards.ocsn.com/genrel/111302aaa.html
COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND OFF TO A GOOD START
More alumni have given to the Annual Fund through November than any time in recent history. The next phonathon will be Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C. Contact Jackie Jones, (610) 330-5810, jonesj@lafayette.edu
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/07/sept-and-oct-phonathons-raise-186000/
MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS WEEK
Students are sleeping in cardboard boxes on the Quad, delivering dinners, socks, and mittens to homeless people, and meeting with residents of a local shelter.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/11/12/more-than-100-students-will-participate-in-hunger-and-homelessness-awareness-week-nov-17-22/
CAMPUS CHAPTER OF TAU BETA PI RECEIVES TWO AWARDS
Tau Beta Pi received the Projects Award for excellent breadth and depth of interest in chapter projects and a Secretary’s Commendation at the organization’s national convention.
http://news.lafayette.edu/2002/10/22/student-chapter-of-tau-beta-pi-recognized-with-two-awards-from-national-engineering-organization/
LIMITED SPACE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ALUMNI KILLINGTON SKI TRIP
FEBRUARY 7-8
Join alumni in Killington, Vt. for the annual ski trip Feb. 7-8, 2003. Limited space is still available. The weekend includes Friday and Saturday night lodging at Trail Creek Condominiums, lift tickets, Friday and Saturday dinner, and time to relax and enjoy the company of alumni and friends.
http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/news/ski_trip-03.html
CAREER SERVICES THANKS JAN. EXTERNSHIP HOSTS; SUMMER INTERNSHIPS NEEDED
Career Services appreciates the 109 alumni and parents who volunteered to host 187 students in January externships. Hosts are now being sought for summer internships. Contact Susan Heard, (610) 330-5115, heards@lafayette.edu. To register summer internships between now and May on-line:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~careers/alumni_help.php
MATHEMATICS AND ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY MAJORS NEEDED FOR PANELS
Alumni who were mathematics or anthropology and sociology majors are need for dinner panels to help students learn about the opportunities available to majors. Mathematics panel is March 5, anthropology and sociology April 8. Call Alana Albus, (610) 330-5533, albusa@lafayette.edu
ALUMNI CAN NOW ADD LINKS TO HOME PAGE ON ALUMNI WEB SITE
More than 7,000 alumni have registered on the alumni web site. It’s easy to look up a classmate and reconnect with an old friend. Alumni can now also add a link to their personal and business home pages, and link a photo to their online profile. To add a link, update your personal profile on the alumni site:
http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/user_profile.php
To look up an old friend:
http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/directory.php
To see home pages of other alumni
http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/alumni_homepages.php
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