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Photographer TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from Your Alumni President......... 1 Warner’s Letter Opposing Coeducation........ 2 Vlahoplus Is Rhodes Scholar.................. 4 The Admissions Race Is On.................. 5 The Revival of Sigma Nu.................... 16 Van Leer Chocolate Makers.................. 19 WE&L Gazette....... 0. cee ee ee eee re Fancy Dress Invitation.................0e000- 31 Fall Athletic Roundup....................... 32 Chapter News......... 0... ccc cece ee eee eee 34 Distinguished Alumnus Award Call............ 38 Class NoteS..............00cs 0000 bo 55 39 In Memofiam...:............+00008eep ee. ee 46 And furthermore . . . Letters to the Editor..... 48 Type for this magazine was set by equipment provided to the Univer- sity through the generosity of Mary Moody Northen, Inc., Galveston, Texas. Published in January, March, May, July, September, October, and November by Washington and Lee University Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Virginia 24450. Allcommunications and POD Forms 3579 should be sent to Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Va. 24450. Second class postage paid at Lexington, Va. 24450 and additional offices. Copyright © 1984, Washington and Lee University Officers and Directors Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc. PETER A. AGELASTO III, ’62, Norfolk, Va. President WILLIAM C. NORMAN Jr., ’56, Crossett, Ark. Vice President WILLIAM E. LATTURE, ’49, Greensboro, N.C. Treasurer RICHARD B. SEssoms, Lexington, Va. Director of Alumni Programs and Secretary Leroy C. ATKINS, 68, Lexington, Va. Assistant Secretary C. DUBOSE AUSLEY, ’59, Tallahassee, Fla. CHARLES R. BEALL, ’56, Martinsburg, W.Va. G. EDWARD CALVERT, ’44, Lynchburg, Va. WILLIAM N. CLEMENTS, 50, Baltimore, Md. Ow EN H. HARPER, 59, Pasadena, Calif. CHARLES D. Hurt JRr., ’59, Atlanta, Ga. SIDMON J. KAPLAN, 56, Cleveland, Ohio J. WILLIAM McCLINTOCK III, ’53, Tunica, Miss. OLIVER M. MENDELL, ’50, New York City Henry Nortserc III, ’71, Kansas City, Mo. JOHN Poynor, ’62, Birmingham, Ala. RIcE M. TILLEY JR., ’58, Fort Worth, Tex. S. MAYNARD TuRK, ’52, Wilmington, Del. STANLEY A. WALTON III, ’62, ’65L, Chicago, III. CVU v ON THE COVER: University Photographer W. Patrick Hine- ly, 73, put one of the major stories of the January magazine into perspective with this photograph of the sign that greets pro- spective Washington and Lee students. Admissions is a brand new ball game for colleges and universities throughout the country. W&L’s game plan is outlined starting on page 5. tion eens a has beet with us now for rough ) meeting | how to undertake a new study of the oc — / September, it kn ew ‘that oeducs Ca stion meé active issue in the coming -months. Then, at the Leac ship: Conference i in early October, the possibility | ed cand idly me and with en wilkon, “ you know without delay how the siieai will address the _ Directors. [am receiving verbal and written thoughts | on ing the February meeting of the Board of Trustees to let . issue. The March issue of the Magazine can be expected _ to provide further details of the study process the Board © will pursue. Further, I have been assured bythe Rectorof the Board, Jim Ballengee, that a written survey covering all alumni will definitely bea part of any study t the Board . makes. — | os In the meantime, I have established an ex : officio — committee of all past presidents of the Alumni Board of coeducation from this distinguished group. At the February Trustees’ meeting, I plan to present the thoughts of the ex officio committee along with expres- — sion of opinion I have requested and received from the _ Ke ror a . oh have i ofy your rs ta ty on its Board of Trustees Ss mi = benefactors. You - and who has t be acersiaeea) rm : that a letter will bes sent to alla alun asi ni immediate: | Trustees will be also be prepared of all other letters which | have been addresse ni i Board regularly does, I will attend the February | _ before the University—is regularly and fully informed esent members of the Alumni Board. A record for the — d to me. As the president of the Alum- meeting of the Trustees. Thisis a particularly importanttimeinthehistoryof r great school. It is incumbent o on orn of us to a : the ultimate renee oa oon vd oe _ aacrt seni a about alumni opinion and recommendations. We might — be reminded that ” but two iomemibers of the Board of — ; — LA. Rosas oI 6 52 ~ President = | Alumni Board of Directors Jack Warner speaking at dedication of Warner Center in 1977. Jack Warner’s Letter On Coeducation ‘I am totally against coeducation for W&L now and in the near future? Dear Peter: I’m writing you, the President of Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., because of my concern about the University. In addition, copies are being sent to Alumni Chapter Presidents, other alumni and friends of the University. The Board of Trustees, as you probably know, is active- ly considering making W&L a coeducational institution. It is my understanding some portion of the administra- tion and faculty strongly favor such a move. The major problems this drastic change would sup- posedly solve are: ]. Future student enrollment levels (eliminating the need for retrenchment or reduction in candidate quality). 2. Excessive student misbehavior now being experienc- ed. (Weekday partying, heavy drinking, use of drugs.) It is also felt by some of the administration and faculty that coeducation would improve the opportunity for academic achievement. cree Coeducation for Washington and Lee is a highly con- troversial possibility that merits serious thought and response to the Board of Trustees from individual alumni and friends of the University. It is just too important a mat- ter for the 25 members of the Board to decide without input from this overall group. As an alumnus, a recently resigned member of the Board of Trustees, and now a trustee emeritus, J am totally against coeducation for W&L now and in the near future. I was on the Board when the matter was tabled in 1976. Since that time, nothing new has transpired that would favor such a change. Washington and Lee University represents an especially fine Southern institution that has been built over nearly two and one-half centuries. It has been guided through the years by strong Board leadership, responsible administra- tions and an outstanding faculty that has withstood wars, depression and prosperity without yielding to momentary difficult periods. The result is a school with a dominant character, excellent tradition and recognized high prin- ciples. It is different from other schools, and that difference will continue to make it flourish. In 1976, when coeducation was last considered, applica- tions for enrollment were at the 1,300 level. This was down by roughly 100 from 1966. The Board was then informed of the projections for the future; ‘a leveling off of college candidates in the late 70’s and a decline to occur in the 1980’s”’ That year, 1976, the Board tabled the coeducational issue, citing ‘“considera- tions of size, curriculum and traditional character” as fac- tors influencing its decision. In 1983, I understand, applications for enrollment total- ed more than 1,560, well over the 1,300 level in 1976 and much greater than the lower count experienced in the late 1970’s. As I have previously stated, to my knowledge, nothing new has been introduced that wasn’t known in 1976, and yet this proposal is again before the Board. We surely ought to be able to continue our strong Washington and Lee posture and enroll 400 or so students annually. The overall potential is large. There are those who point to the number of students enrolled, as a percentage of those offered admission, as be- ing quite low. This reduction in potential student acceptance is open to question. The administration identifies coeducation as the reason for the majority declining to enroll based on responses to their questionnaire. From past business ex- perience, I’m very gun-shy of questionnaires. Those respon- ding generally choose the easiest, least controversial answer in an attempt to “‘help” or rid themselves of a task as quickly and quietly as possible. I also recall that in 1976 about 50% of admitted students also chose to go elsewhere and responded that coeducation was the reason for their choice. So, again, in this interval of time, nothing has changed. I would question the background information provided potential students before coeducation is accepted as the _ major reason for enrolling el: se overall college environment in the Valley? Did anissions make a pointed effort to establish the merits of t * the and its position related to all the schools in th 2 area? Di they point out the W&L differenc e? Now our difference has been given outstanding acclaim by top educators. In the November 28, 1983, issue of US. News & World Report, Washington and Lee rated highest of comprehensive universities east « offering a liberal arts prograr program. It was named to thi presidents in the East—47.6 to curb these situations by W&L’s student body can administration’ Ss strong Board) than by coeducatic Over the past few week: I educators and trustees of large private and state institu- . tions. They are by and . ge shi cked that coeducation | | would be considered 3 | that a cannot 7 | privately endowed. They say that can’t afford to ly (tuition, grants or scholarships). The emaaaripe! is too large and too well established. _ Safin My home for a good number of ye yea oars has bee Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It happens to be the location of University of Alabama. Since I am somewhat active in this university, I can heartily support the above opinions ex- a pressed by those m more dir ec ly associated with large schools. | . - tunities alongside Wal. ‘The selection v was ss easily made, t centered (I now realize) on the individuality of the "person versus ‘submet ging oneself within a crowd. © Well, cascetahs tt ines : ea eee tee where. Were they aware of the - in both high seared and colle; “a I know most of them from. | don’t even have a band. 7 collegi¢ hools, state funded or oe V&L can very strong place” challenge their “product” socially, athletically or financial- ' : believe the differences have r re- 7 mained very pronounced. In speaking with female students | Mary Baldwin. Moreover, ae very candidates a would want are those who now ‘choose these four girls’ schools in — the Valley. There are others who obviously prefer the larger | schools where the activity may center about a bigger stage. The “baton twirlers” certainly won’t come to W&L. We | We should all recognize: t 1 Shenandoah Valley offers a. bead of of college life that is wo derfully unique. This special of all the schools z al cl a ange now. ; Why tamper with . 7 n faculty cases didn’t improved acadeinic a by acreative and deman- yng administration, teaching _ nd are currently attending — | / “For st over 230 years o our track record has been excellent. - Harvard’s David Riesman, emeritus professor of social _ science, in the US. News & World Report on “Rating the 7 Colleges” aptly captured W&L’s essence when he noted, — | “It’s Just; a very strong place—at 0 once *e scholarly ell I thi nk by their selection America’ S university presidents have made the case for remaining what wea are now— ‘just a In conclusion, I feel you and all to whom I have sent | copies of this letter should give the matter serious thought. It’s strongly recommended eve! ryone. interested exPIESS f their _ views (pro or con) to the 25 membs _ Trustees. After all, it’s this group of 2 25 that is $ going to | make the a S of the Board of | “Very erly yours, R, ’41 Gulf irate Paper Corp. > reference is to a news item in ora 37,1983, is , issue of The ca News reporting sona a study that showed that boys who a are girls 13tol, WA&L's 13th Rhodes Scholar John Vlahoplus, ’83, Joins the Select Group of Winners John C. Vlahoplus, a 1983 graduate of Washington and Lee, has become the University’s 13th Rhodes Scholar. Vlahoplus was one of 32 students from throughout the nation awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships in December for two to three years’ study at Oxford University in England. A native of Columbia, S.C., Vlahoplus is currently a first-year student at the Har- vard Law School. Rhodes Scholars are chosen on a regional basis in the United States. The can- didates are judged on intellectual achieve- ment, character, leadership, and physical vigor. Vlahoplus applied for the Rhodes from his home state of South Carolina and was one of the four winners from the Southern district. Washington and Lee senior Timothy Valliere, tri-captain of the Generals’ wrestling team, was among the 12 finalists interviewed in the Southern district. An economics major as a W&L undergraduate, Vlahoplus will study inter- national law at Oxford. He will begin his studies next October and plans to return to Harvard Law School after completing two years at Oxford. ““My plans are to receive the M.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford and then to return to Harvard for one year and receive my J.D. from Harvard;’ Vlahoplus said after learning of the award. Vlahoplus received the bachelor of arts degree summa cum laude from W&L last June with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He was one of three valedictorians honored during W&L’s commencement exercises. He originally applied for the Rhodes while a senior at W&L and was unsuc- cessful. He decided to try a second time “partly because of the competitive nature of the Rhodes process but primarily because of my desire to learn about law and about international trade from a European standpoint?’ Vlahoplus said that having gone through the Rhodes competition a year ago was undoubtedly beneficial in his quest this year. “I felt a little more comfortable in the var- ious situations;’ said Vlahoplus. “Basically, 4 the questions asked in the interviews this year were very similar to the questions I was asked a year ago. I found the first year that sO many credentials are similar that it comes down to how much you care and why you want to fight the world’s fight?’ Vlahoplus’ essay dealt with interna- tional trade and his belief that freeing up trade barriers will create mutual economic interests which, in turn, will improve rela- tionships between the peoples of the world. “With a direct pecuniary interest in a country there is bound to come a fairly strong desire not to shoot up a country in which you have such an interest?’ Vlahoplus said. Vlahoplus believes that his participation in the Harvard defenders program was a valuable addition to his background for the Rhodes competition, but “the values and the background that I had for this competi- tion were all established while I was at Washington and Lee. My application in- volved very little updating?’ At W&L, Vlahoplus was Phi Beta Kappa and was president of the University’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, the na- tional leadership fraternity. He received several major awards while Rhodes Scholar John Vlahoplus is currently a first-year law student at Harvard. at W&L, including the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion, which is awarded by the W&L faculty to the graduating senior who excels ‘‘in high ideals of living, spiritual qualities, and generous disinterested service to others;’ and the Edward Lee Pinney Prize for the student who demonstrates extraor- dinary commitment both to personal scholarship and to the nurturing of intellec- tual life at W&L. The winner of a Harry S Truman Scholarship while an undergraduate, Vlahoplus was active on the Student Recruitment Committee and in the Young Democrats and was a representative to the student government during his junior and senior years. Prior to Vlahoplus, the last W&L Rhodes Scholar was Edward A. Johnson in 1981. Other W&L Rhodes Scholars are Mark A. Bradley (1977), Ralph H. Smith (1973), Marvin C. (Swede) Henberg (1971), Timothy A. Vanderver Jr. (1965), John B. McLin (1960), Robert O. Paxton (1954), Edgar F. Shannon Jr. (1947), Clarence Pendleton Lee Jr. (1933), Samuel A. McCain (1927), Fitzgerald Flournoy (1922), and Francis Pickens Miller (1919). ‘Andin the interim, t that nous Washington and Lee will spend 0 dents. est Admissions Race The admissions staff (from left) William Hartog; Dan Murphy, ’73; Van Pate, ’71; Bennett Ross, ’83; and, Michael Hallman are pictured behind a table fill- ed with University publications for prospective students. names, addresses, and vital statistics of high school juniors. About 5,000 of those names have been identified by the University from letters of inquiry and from recommendations. Then there are the 62,000 other names currently found on a microchip or two in a Princeton, N.J., computer bank. On April 1 (purely a coincidental date), that computer at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton will spew forth those 62,000 names. Two days later, 62,000 packets of material extolling the virtues of the Washington and Lee educational experience will go in the mail. The process of finding the 360-member Class of ’89 will have begun in earnest. 6 In the months that follow about 11,000 out of those in- itial 62,000 high school juniors will have responded and asked for more information. Those 11,000, combined with the 5,000 juniors the University has identified, create the prospect pool of 16,000. The chase is on. From the May of their junior year through January of their senior year, these 16,000 prospects will receive a total of about 112,000 separate pieces of correspondence from Lexington. Most will be contacted personally by University officials and alumni. Some will have been encouraged to visit the campus. All will be invited, encouraged actually, to apply. Of those 16,000 prospects, somewhere between 1,500 and 1,600 will apply for admission. Of those who apply, between 700 and 900 will be offered admission. Of those offered admission, about 360 will choose to attend. In early September of 1985, the Class of 1989 will arrive in Lexington. The chase will be over. The process will have ended. For that class, at least. In truth, the process never ends. 7 * * * None of this used to happen. Time was, the function of an admissions office at a highly regarded private college such as Washington and Lee was primarily that of gatekeeper. Back then, admissions directors at W&L and elsewhere often wore more than one hat, spending only part of their time keeping track of a steady, reliable flow of qualified students who showed up on the University’s doorstep each year and requested admission. Times have changed. Seven years ago Washington and Lee’s office of admis- sions fell within the framework of student affairs, even sharing office space with the Dean of Students. The vast majority of admissions-related work was handled by in- dividuals who split their time between admissions and other responsibilities such as teaching, counseling, and financial aid. The total operating budget was approximate- ly $75,000. Today Washington and Lee’s office of admissions has an annual budget of more than $340,000 and employs four full-time and three part-time professionals who will, among many other things, log literally hundreds of thousands of miles each fall to visit prospects from coast to coast. Today the admissions effort more nearly resembles the sort of marketing effort associated with major corporations. There is direct mail. And market segmentation. There is computerized word processing. And market positioning studies. A headline in The New York Times Magazine last $ ADMISSIONS INFORMATION SECOND FLOOR Bisnis ADMISSIONS TRENDS— 1950-1983 Freshman Admissions Statistics SAT Scores Hartog examines one of the computer lists that are updated almost daily as prospective students are added to the pool or changed from prospects to applicants. ~ 353 1 380 1979 370 1980 13 342 1981 1 373 1982 1 369 1950, when entering classes no longer were affected This table tracks the admissions “numbers” from by World War II veteran enrollments, through the present freshman class. 1983 1,562 89 a/ 374 *First year College Board tests were required. ** Math SAT mean scores not available before 1958. Admissions Race spring put the situation in perspective. Over a story about current admissions efforts at the nation’s colleges was ban- nered: “Selling College In a Buyer’s Market?’ Indeed, times have changed. * * * “Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the role of the admissions director was much like a registrar’s function?’ says William Hartog, who has directed Washington and Lee’s admissions effort since 1978. ‘‘By the early 1970s the role began to evolve more rapidly into one of a marketing manager. “‘What you found along the way was that a lot of col- leges were increasing staffs in order to visit more schools and reach more prospective students nationally. And mid- way through the 1970s direct mail campaigns began to creep into the picture. “Now as the numbers in the available pool continue to decline, as more and more colleges have adopted these ag- gressive admissions postures, there has been a flattening out. The admissions director today can’t rely on some of the traditional methods of reaching students. The school visit is not as productive as it used to be. It is becoming pro- Admissions counselor Ross interviews a prospective Student during a campus visit. The fifteen states displayed in this table customarily provide from 80 to 85 percent of W&L’s entering classes. The projections for 1992 are based upon demographic predictions compiled by the National Center for Educational Statistics. The projections assume that W&L will be able to maintain the same “market share” of the applicant pool that it has ex- perienced for the entering classes of 1978-82. 8 hibitively expensive to travel throughout the country and increasingly difficult to reach students when you are visiting schools. “So the role of the admissions director in the next 10 to 12 years is rapidly going to become a managerial function in that the admissions office will oversee a large informa- tion system that will be mainly composed of direct mail and will employ alumni to a much greater extent than in the past?’ To put those observations in perspective: the U.S. Cen- sus Bureau reports that the number of 18-year-olds in this country will drop from a peak of 4.3 million in 1979 to 3.2 million by 1992. The baby boom of the 1960s is giving way to the baby bust of the 70s and 80s. Moreover, the number of 18-year-olds does not equal the number of high school graduates. Since 1979 there has already been a seven per- cent drop in the number of high school graduates in the country. Students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for college admission have decreased by three percent over the past two years. Clearly, the applicant pool is getting shallower. American colleges and universities are entering 16) 63 (47) 309 (228) name costs $13 ae 4 Louie Sn Gee af : Part oft those 62, 0001 names were students who had 1 scored ath ined ort the more than 600 on both the ver PSAT. The other part of the 6: 62,00 10 600 on Licied sections of the test. gton. Two day later packets of material are mailed to )students. With justifiable pride, Hartog notes | ton and Lee is is one cof t the first colleges. | d ch packet i includes : a letter from the admissions a fact broc hure, and a return postcard with which the further information. Out of 62,000 pro- rh ial, about u, = return oe And the f fo | lear ‘ er ip e i - e rtunities in t 2 ded d field of study |dmissions Race ee | 8} says Hartog. | of course. You can | ean “Yo as much v valuable information as possible | id bombarding the pros id we eall have to uneane is that the "method t to our madness” says sH tions on past application flow and O is salong-a two ns s officials are panned ° cent of them had visited the campus,’ Hartog says. — “Whether by mail or in a secondary sch ho or r dur- ing an on-campus interview, the message W&L's ad officers try to drive home i is that Was apart from other universities in three “First and foremost, we ¢ emp breadth of our academic opp 01 size. We can talk on the o on population of 1 300 wit small colleges offer,” other pang a yut th = _tiums of colleges that have vejoined forces for admissions | efforts. Those three : are; _ —the Southern Consortium on College Admissions: | Agnes Scott, Davidson, Duke, Emory, Furman, Hollins, Rice, Rollins, Southern Methodist, Southwestern at Memphis, Stetson, | Tex AS. Christian, Trinity (Tex.), Tulane, Miami (Fla.), Richmond, the University of the South, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and W&L. —the “Southern Six”: Duke, Deraepe. Y Vanderbilt, Se evening meetings for ee students and I their ; parents and sponsor funeheons for Secondary » school ce counselors a " | becomes more and more important?’ - tions and find the practice most valuable the: becomes a matter oe riding each other’ s coattails a bit. t 7 fact that we offer 800 courses in 31 m majors. > “We tell students W&L offers the best of b both worlds— opportunities of a large schoo ol with the. per: C malized en- vironment of a small one. - ee : “Second, we talk about the Honor r Syste -m and how i in- | tegral a part of the University it is, a cornerstone of life here. We say that at W&L the students prosper in a high y competitive academic environment without a lot of the | | back-biting and without a lot of the exter nal complications that are found at other universities. “And recently, at least in the last 10. or 12 years, ¥ we can talk about our all-maleness as being one of our unique © e ities. We talk quite openly about the fact that we are mucha single sc sex e university | pe weer Monday and Fri- hiitvely expensive and we would have 1 ly ¢ = turn ¢ out: ” ” says Harte. fective than visiting the school uti the day. You not ; only have the student’s undivided attention when heisn’t | | between classes, but his parents come with him. Ascosts _ and options increase, getting the parents interested 7 Although there i is an admitted danger that the prac- tice will, as one admissions official | suggests, “homogenize our. - products}? the colleges that travel — together in these groups seldom share « ) om their respective campuses they travel. | - ee the] pressures that aaa under te t ro yd Admissions Race day but we describe ourselves as being very much a coeducated university on weekends, noting that Lexington is the focal point for social life in this part of the valley and that because of the surrounding women’s colleges there are as many social opportunities here as anywhere else. ‘Those are the three points we emphasize. After that we dwell on individual areas of interest to the student?’ Phase Two ends in January when the prospects are preparing to file their applications. The deadline for apply- ing to W&L this year is February 1. Needless to say, the weeks and months before that February 1 deadline are tense ones in the admissions office. Mailmen enter the office at their own risk since the number of applications arriving in each day’s mail is monitored with great zeal. Once the conversion has been effected and prospect becomes applicant, Phase Three takes over. This is truly the “admissions” phase. Of the 1,500 or so who apply, slightly more than half will actually be offered admission. Who are those 800? And why? “We set out with the goal of enrolling a well-rounded class instead of a class of well-rounded individuals?’ ex- plains Hartog. ‘Those two are not mutually exclusive. But we're trying to assemble a class which represents the strongest that there is in various areas”’ Fach of the 1,500 applicants is represented by a separate file containing the personal application, the standardized test scores, the secondary school record, and letters of recommendation. James Farrar directs the Alumni-Admissions Program. Washington and Lee was among the first colleges to institute a formal program by which alumni assist in the admissions process. Since it was established in 1978-79 under the direction of James D. Farrar, the Alumni- Admissions Program has been an invaluable asset. At present, there are A-AP committees in 62 cities in 32 states. The committees identify prospective students from their areas to be added to the prospect pool. The admis- sions office provides the committees with computer printouts listing the prospects from the committees’ areas. As the prospects are identified, members of the A- AP committee contact the students to talk about Washington and Lee. As Farrar notes: “Our alumni are Washington and W&L's Alumni-Admissions Program Lee to their communities, to the schools in those com- munities, to the students there, and to the public. The personal contact that they make with the students can be more influential than all the catalogues and brochures we mail to them,’ Occasionally members of A-AP committees repre- sent the University at college nights in their area when a W&L admissions official is unable to attend. As the process unfolds and prospects turn into ap- plicants, the A-AP committees become even more impor- tant. Committees sponsor gatherings for applicants and, later, for students who are accepted and their parents. Having an alumnus of the University answer questions and provide personal insights about the W&L experience can, as Farrar notes, be crucial in affecting the student’s choice of a college. Throughout the year, Farrar provides the committee chairmen with updated information about the admis- sions process. Committees are provided with periodic updates that deal not only with the progress of the admis- sions effort but provide valuable background informa- tion on the University’s programs. “Our admissions officers can visit a specific area of the country only once a year, at best?’ says Farrar. ‘““The rest of the year, it is our alumni who keep the University visible to prospective students. Their knowledge of the local area and their contacts in that area add enormously to the effectiveness of our efforts?’ 12 ween a student receiving a letter of acceptance - r of rejection from Washington and Lee? — , is the daily record from the secon- attention to the kinds of | seyond the daily record cc the SAT and the various netic ie equal weight in the proc 3 must submit achievement blem is that they are acon comparisons—comparisons | fi missions efforts id com] > mendations from secon- cular involve-. “In the final analysis’ we try to attract a class that will © ent all of the constituencies, all of the special interest groups, that one would expect to find on any college cam- pus. And we're trying to find the best in each of those ~ categories? In late Marc, the ster 5 80 out. Students who are ac- cepted are invited to er “At this point in the L rthaci is little oe staff c can n doy says Hartog. ° alter all, we've met with Admissions Race This year, Hartog is considering adding an element to Phase Four—a telethon from the campus in which current students answer questions that the accepted applicants may have. “I have a problem with that because I wonder if it isn’t overkill?’ says Hartog. “Will a telephone call on top of everything else be too much? We're not sure?’ The yield is crucial. Like other colleges, Washington and Lee’s yield has gone up and down. Last year it was down at W&L as it was virtually everywhere else. Of those offered admission to W&L, 41 percent choose to attend. ‘“‘Last year was a very difficult year for many, many private universities. There were fewer students applying to more colleges, thus prompting schools to accept a greater percentage of their applicant pools;’ says Hartog. “The ad- missions game relies very much on positioning. There are schools the public perceives to be of higher prestige than Washington and Lee. Fortunately, there are many, many more that are beneath Washington and Lee on this ladder. ‘‘When schools above us on the ladder accept greater percentages of their applicant pools, there is a trickle-down effect?’ The 1983 admissions picture was further clouded by the fact that some major universities, Harvard for one, went to their waiting lists—a reserve of applicants. That caused a domino effect. Students who have been accepted and plan- ned to attend W&L but were on the waiting lists of other schools wound up being taken off those waiting lists and, hence, making a last minute decision not to attend W&L. Consequently, W&L was forced to go to its waiting list. ‘“‘Last year we went out with 800 offers of admission and wait-listed an additional 200. Of those 200 who were initially wait-listed, 92 returned the postcard saying they wished to remain on our waiting list}? says Hartog. ““By summer’s end, we had taken all 92 of those students. “It is too early to tell about those who entered from the waiting list, but they are students who were somewhat weaker academically, though still qualified?’ Hartog’s reservations about the waiting list students were borne out during the first term when those freshmen who had come from the waiting list had an average grade point average of 1.912 compared with the others in the class who averaged 2.379. Without question, the demographics are going to ex- acerbate this situation in the years ahead. The W&L admis- sions office has done a demographic study that concludes that if the University can hold its present position and that if the economy and federal financial aid picture remain clear and that if the University expects to enroll a class in 1992 that is academically comparable to 1982, then that 14 The Admissions staff spends hours deliberating on the applicants. class will number no more than 265—28 percent smaller than the class that enrolled in 1982. Given that those demographics are, as one educator puts it, ‘‘pretty inexorable;’ what is going to make the dif- ference? What can be done in the years ahead to offset the situation? Financial aid is unquestionably of the utmost impor- tance. One of the major additions to the admissions pro- cess in recent years is the program of Honor Scholarships—that is, scholarships given to students on the basis of their academic accomplishments rather than finan- cial need. Each spring the top 50 candidates for W&L's Honor Scholarships are brought to the W&L campus for two days of interviews and informal meetings with students and faculty. These Honor Scholarship days cost approx- imately $25,000 each year. “Certainly Honor Scholarships have become a major component in our overall effort. We now offer 12 Honor Scholarship programs and participate in the National Merit Scholarship program to a great extent;’ says Hartog. “I don’t think there is any question we will see more and more schools employ these no-need scholarships in efforts to drive up the applicant pool. “But as important as those are, equally important is the availability of financial aid across the board. That is an area we have improved dramatically in the last three or four years. Although we always said we were able to meet the financial need of every student who was offered admission who possessed need, that was only about 18 or 19 percent of our entering class in 1978 while many schools with which we competed for students were offering aid to 35 or 40 per- cent of their enrolling classes. ‘““We have gradually increased the percentage from 18 or 16,000 p prospects nationally and only 1,561 of them filed ap- plications. We know that a lot of students dismissed us im-_ mediately because of our single sex status?” _ Each year the admissions office asks students who have en admitted to W&L but choose not to attend to com- tea questionnaire. Among other items on that question- e is the question: ‘What factors most influenced your ion not to attend Washington and Lee?” The student © en the o opportunity to write in three factors. Of the 371 so in 19 78 to 29 percent this past September. * That w become more and more important?” | oe Hand in hand with the need to maintain andi inc the financial aid coffers i is a plan called “net costin Hartog expects to institute soon. The idea of “net ( is to prevent prospective : students from being scare od by the University’s pric e tag before nah have i inv re hae | financial aid oppor unities. — Hartog. “J never ‘wou 1 ee tl 1 - 1 CC ents who returned questionnaries in 1982, 34 percent prehensive cos id be inexpensive. Bu | W&L’s all-male status a major reason for not attend-_ “pared with ot! ate 7eTs: t is oe Ar other 26 percent. listed the University location e ent cited the cost. | factor is espec ally difficult since the three ston and Lee dost the most enroll. But it c in be ee _— NV lliam The “net c co t” ” plan would involve giving: a a pros D | with fin, n 2 tead of looking at that $9,506 which is ron the d oard and prehen alogue, a student would b the c I year, and that, | $4,0¢ work the fi of alun effo \ T nive _ _ University, or 1M. LT. in two years. sity’s alumni 1a “We do know that a small number of students turn years: under the ramhas §=_ away from W&L because of their academic interests?’ says _ - committees in 62 ci d | rua a Hartog. “We < model by many coll yusethis valuable resource. a “Tn the future, alumni will “we possess to reach students;’ Those are general areas. What | What, for instance, are the major 1 reasons t] not choose either to ee or, ¢ once e accepted, : W&L? | “Undoubtedly the one variable that drives away is that we are an all-male college” says Har in the 50s and 60s when there were many, many single SeX was an understandable acceptance. In f ct, oT / guess that very few students came to | oo ships are e being instituted every when. A few v colleges, re trying to remedy the misunderstanding i in area. What is difficult to measure is how — cations we will have once we institute a ce e major” | . si ns oh that battle a are appearing ‘everywhere. Some | colleges—Smith, Wellesley, and St. Lawrence, to name - three—have announced se will reduce the size eof future would | Wash e because it was a men’s college. 1 _ Washington and Lee included, have begun traveling te to. believe ere because they were awareofthe Europe to visit prospective students. a academic re n, of the prestige, of the record of = | _ “We're looking very carefully at any number of new = = a 100, of ¢ our alumni a natioeny, - menos Says Horiee “One ne ( we have ibecome is something st stud by Robert Fure > New The Fall and Rise of a W&L Fraternity: Hope for the Future? Things hadn't always been this way, but even when they got bad, real bad, the University stood ready to assist fraternities. Longer than anyone could remember, fraternities had been a part of W&L. While not indispensible to the main business of the University, fraternities had always prov- ed to be useful to the University communi- ty. As a reliable source of support for many campus activities, as organizations for the development of campus leadership, and, of course, as convenient social outlets, frater- nities had long served a vital function to student life at W&L. And to the present day, the University has taken at times extraordinary measures to help keep its fraternity system intact. Recently, in response to alumni efforts, WE&L provided crucial assistance in reviving defunct chapters of Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, and Sigma Nu. In 1982, Chi Psi established a chapter at W&L, but not before the University could help arrange the purchase and renovation of the old Ann Smith School as the fraternity’s residence. But there were times—indeed, there are times—when... During the early and mid 1970’s, W&L had witnessed a precipitous decline in its fraternity system. Six national fraternities shivered and collapsed—three of them without reviving. By 1977 nearly all of the remaining fraternity houses, some of them among the most imposing residential structures in Lexington, had sunk into general disrepair. The University community grew increas- ingly alarmed over the situation. Faculty, students, and townspeople began to speak out openly against fraternities. Alumni returning to the University for reunions despaired of the condition of their former residences. Gone were the housemothers and the quaint civility of a young man’s domestic education. The genteel luxury of fraternity “homes” had given way to an era of col- legiate insurrection and bohemian squalor. Mere shells of their former selves, the houses on faternity row had become little more than unkempt party pavilions. A few had become veritable slums. Clearly something had to be done. The 16 PERI ERE g ee ATELIER IRS: 95) gg #3 $6 8 pees The reconstituted charter of the bda chapter of Sigma Nu was a symbol of achievement for the frater- nity’s members when the fraternity was reestablished at W&L. Alumni Board of Directors formed a com- mittee to examine and report on “‘the frater- nity problem?’ The University Council, the central committee of faculty, students, and administrators responsible for overseeing University life, drafted a policy statement calling for a clear affirmation of basic stan- dards of fraternity conduct. The Council in- structed the Student Affairs Committee to implement the policy through regular house inspection procedures. Shortly thereafter, in response to the pervasive alarm over the decay in the frater- nity system, the W&L Board of Trustees formed an ad hoc committee to study ways to improve the living standards of fraternity houses, particularly in the area of health and safety. Dan Murphy, associate dean of students and coordinator of fraternity affairs, came on board the Dean of Students Office in late 1977 to do something about the frater- nity situation. Murphy, a ’73 W&L graduate (Sigma Chi), helped formulate housing standards and inspection pro- cedures and helped legislate strict social probation penalties. Murphy began to monitor the reconstructive efforts of the In- trafraternity Council (I.F-C.) and the in- dividual houses. And on their behalf he became the agent of conciliation toward an increasingly dismayed faculty. “Actually, during the late 70’s, the decline in fraternities began to level off?’ says Murphy. “First we had to stop a bad situation from getting any worse’’ by the gen ral conduct oO the house, na- tional representatives caught the chapter in illegal hazing practices in 1979 and formally about to assist the chapter in a reform ef: E il Il Schildt, then assistant Sc eee lof Law, to help “But the members were e simply notin- terested in being a fraternity” claims Mur- phy. “All they wanted—to put it mildly— a was the social life?” The deliquency con- tinued. Over the next two years sity heard complaints of recurrent mayhem: bottles hurled from the roof at neighboring houses, arrows shot into the University parking lot, and, on one occasion, a coke” . maine dropped from a third floor fire n the spring of 1981. The members n until such time when the re a effort. None came, visor, an anti-social ars, the Univer-— a ed on fraternity pro-- cate the residence by the end : suade University officials | : ‘icials ials for adiseas . Within a week ae then President-elect ina large classroom ommerce, Economics, wasted little time in 1 an examination of rished traditions. d Wilson for his: 1 ‘ ec lating that ata vend Lee fraternities groaned with embarrassment. *e *& * and the faculty did not know at the time was that the Sigma Nu Na- | uona Office, working in consort with several W&L alumni, was studying options | fora a new chapter at W&L. M.E. Littlefield, cut gma Nu, had long been i in contact with concerned Sigma Nu | alumni of W&L about the problem with the old chapter. Now he and his staff were con- fronted by the monumental task of raising - funds for the renovation of the fraternity = house and attracting an entirely r new cam- pus membership. a | pter itself, one of the oldest ir in the national organization, stood moribund | ] ) sles, v Vv The house, a boarded-up shay | dreary eyesore to the front campus , hen 7 The National Office approached t witha clear sense of ure ‘ney. LN ew restoration had anticipated student assistance and reflected 1981 labor costs. By 1983, the estimate had grown to $200,000, with some suspicion that the cost might prove to be higher. Meanwhile, Col. Paul J. Murphy, ’49, chairman of the Sigma Nu House Corpora- tion, bravely led an ambitious alumni fund- raising campaign. His efforts were abetted by the decision of the National Office to seek to transfer ownership of the chapter house to the University. If W&L would ac- cept such a transfer, all private gifts to the fund could be considered tax deductible. In all truth, acceptance of the house would represent some risk and a significant investment by W&L. Initially, University of- ficials were reluctant to come to the rescue of a deeply troubled fraternity. Some asked, shouldn’t a fraternity that fails be allowed to slip quietly into oblivion? There was some sentiment as well that the University already had too many fraternities. An even more immediate question concerned the ability of the fraternity to attract an active W&L membership large enough and responsible enough to maintain the upkeep of the house. On that front, Dan Rodriguez, assistant executive director of the National Office, had already managed impressive progress. During the spring of 1982, he had learned that Lexington High School senior and lacrosse standout Chris John, son of W&L Dean of Students Lewis John, had decided to attend W&L. Rodriguez served as referee at Lexington High School lacrosse games. It was after one of these games that Rodriguez introduced himself and invited John to help Sigma Nu form a new fraternity at W&L. John was somewhat bewildered at first, but after a tour of the national headquarters he agreed to help. That fall, the two of them worked together and formed a pledge class large enough to sustain a colony. ““We began with six pledges;’ says John, who acted as principal recruiter and then commander of the fledgling fraternity. ““By year’s end we had fifteen. The only reason we did it was because of the house. It was tough, but by pulling together we all became good friends. I can say now that it’s been worth the effort?’ Meanwhile, the appeal to the University by the Sigma Nu House Corporation and 18 a he ne ee i es RE At the moment, Sigma Nu boasts 29 members. Nationai Office ts accept the “gift” of the house continued. Wilson and others were impressed by the degree of effort extended by the alumni toward the revival of the chapter. Finally the University agreed, with the understanding that the Alumni Council and National Office would continue their fund raising efforts. Renovations were begun, with W&L and Sigma Nu each con- tributing $50,000 loans and the alumni $100,000 to the project. At the urging of the alumni and the Na- tional Office, W&L also saw in its owner- ship of the chapter house an opportunity for greater influence over the conduct of the members of Sigma Nu. It had long been ap- parent that the entire fraternity system at W&L needed better leadership. With the University in a position of more immediate supervision, through its control of the in- dividual house leases, order might well be more ably restored. But some prognostications are still rather gloomy. According to Dan Murphy, ‘Frankly, the best hope for the fraternity system here is a complete reevaluation of the purpose of fraternities and a rededica- tion to the principles on which they were founded. Many of the fraternities have drifted badly, and some of them may be beyond the University’s ability to save them. Still we are eager to do what we can:’ Those chapters in difficulty today might well study the example of the new Sigma Nu. Now with a membership of 29 students, Sigma Nu currently heads all fraternities in academic rank. Twelve members are now residing in the newly refurbished house. Up- perclassmen will continue to room in the residence. The hundred year-old charter, returned with due ceremony at the chapter’s centennial, hangs proudly in the hall. Says President Wilson, “I’m delighted that the University has been able to assist Sigma Nu in reestablishing a chapter at Washington and Lee. The fraternity system has long held an important place in campus life at W&L. The fine young men now main- taining the chapter, with their handsomely restored residence and their commitment to the high ideals of fraternity life, well repre- sent how the University and fraternities can work together in creating an attractive academic and social community.’ The National Office of Sigma Nu now boasts of the local chapter’s “phoenix rebirth’—rising from the ashes of previous existence, the chapter has taken flight again, stronger and loftier. The music of its weekend rituals is still deafening, but on Sunday afternoons it plays to yardwork. _ Och oh ale Oe eee woe eMes Rete ee sacs ‘ Se . eneneiieststoatas : . . eo eee lS SEERA. OE : ‘ : ° se _sesuineeeassennnssononassannennnsmennennmnenssnsteas : . Be STRESS 2S : SS $y Se ee ‘ as : ae aS es = nee eeeererereennnennnene ts : ek tee Bo ‘ . HSkee Rew ' Ripple it ALTE EG The Van Leers—son Tad (right) and father Ted—pose with a sample of the family’s product. SO LBS. RET WT. Van Leer factory are the trade 1 name “Godiva” are, in reality, made of Van Leer chocolate. - 7 _ “Weare strictly behind the scenes. No one sees our name anywhere,’ says Ted. | - shops a i Though the plant i is undergoing a major ex- _ Pansion phase at the moment, there are no W. CL, Gazette U.S. News & World Report Ranks W&L at Top of ‘Small Comprehensive Universities’ We're No. 1 A national survey by U.S. News & World Report rates Washington and Lee University at the top of the country’s “smaller com- prehensive universities”’ east of the Mississippi. Results of the survey of college presidents are reported as the cover story in the national news magazine’s November 28 issue. According to the magazine’s story, the survey was sent to presidents of all four-year colleges and universities that offer a liberal arts program as part of their undergraduate education. Each president was asked to choose the five best undergraduate schools from a list of institutions most similar to his or her own. The nation’s universities were placed in five different categories—national univer- sities, national liberal arts colleges, com- prehensive universities, smaller comprehen- sive universities, and regional liberal arts colleges. Washington and Lee was rated in the category of smaller comprehensive univer- sities, which were defined as universities of- fering a liberal arts program with at least one professional program. In addition to its undergraduate divisions of the College (of arts and sciences) and the School of Com- merce, Economics, and Politics, Washington and Lee has the graduate School of Law. Those smaller comprehensive univer- sities were divided geographically with schools east and west of the Mississippi River rated separately. Washington and Lee was No. 1 among the smaller comprehensive universities east of the Mississippi. The schools were rated on the basis of the percentage of presidents who ranked the school among the top five in the various categories. W&L was ranked in the top five by 47.6 percent of the presidents. That represents the second highest percentage in the entire survey. Stanford was cited by 48.8 percent in the national university category and placed slightly ahead of Harvard, which had 47.6 percent—the same as W&L. In the smaller comprehensive university category, Willamette University of Oregon was mentioned by 39.5 percent of the presidents to lead that category among schools west of the Mississippi. In the text of the survey, David Riesman, emeritus professor of social science at Har- vard, is quoted as saying of Washington and Lee: “It’s just a very strong place—at once scholarly and collegial?’ US. News & World Report staff writer Barbara Quick noted in an interview con- ducted by W&L’s student newspaper, The Ring-tum Phi, that the survey responses in the smaller university catgegory cited Washington and Lee for its keen adherence to the liberal arts curriculum while also of- fering a wide range of professional pro- grams, including journalism and business administration. Of the 1,308 presidents who were asked to participate in the survey, a total of 662—more than 50 percent—replied. Ac- cording to the story, they were asked to base their judgements on ‘“‘the quality of academic courses, professors, student bodies and general atmosphere of learning provided?’ In an editorial titled “At the Summit” that appeared after the survey was printed, the Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: “It is indeed nice that students at one Virginia college can shout ‘We’re Number One!’ and be talking about academics, not subsidized athletics?’ Vote of confidence While U.S. News and World Report was making the University’s academic programs No. 1 in its poll of colleges, at least one newspaper reader in Dallas, Texas, was making the University’s football program No. 1. Throughout the fall the Dallas Morning News conducted a readers’ college football poll in which fans were invited to make their own national rankings. Predictably enough, Nebraska’s Corn- huskers stayed atop that poll throughout the regular season and, contrary to the rest of the polls, even wound up No. 1 in the final poll of the year. While the newspaper poll had all the familiar college football powers listed week in and week out, Washington and Lee made a cameo appearance for at least one week in the season when it was listed among ‘“‘Other first-place votes:’ On about the eighth week of the poll, the Generals received one first- place vote from a Dallas reader. That vote notwithstanding, W&L head football coach Gary Fallon has not an- nounced plans to add Nebraska to the 1984 schedule. Thanks anyway, Dallas. Moot court team runnerup in region A national moot court team represen- ting the Washington and Lee law school finished second among 25 teams from 13 schools in a four-state regional competition in November. By finishing second, the W&L team earned a berth in the national competition to be held in February in New York City. A second team from W&L lost in the semifinal round to, of all people, the first W&L team. The W&L team that finished runnerup in the event was composed of second-year students Kathryn B. Meadows of Hur- ricane, W.Va., Lynn Boepple of Westwood, 23 L&% Gazette N.J., and J. Ross Newell of Virginia Beach. Third-year law student Tom Shepherd of Aberdeen, Miss., is the team’s coach. Law Center writes Virginia Human Rights Act’. A proposed Virginia Human Rights Act that was written at the Frances Lewis Law Center at Washington and Lee was introduced at a conference in Richmond in November. Prepared during the summer by a team of Washington and Lee law pro- fessors and students along with a law professor from the University of Virginia, the act calls for the creation of a nine- member Virginia Commission on Human Rights, which would be empowered to hold hearings, issue cease and desist orders, subpoena witnesses, and facilitate conciliation in discrimination cases. According to Steven H. Hobbs, assis- tant professor of law at Washington and Lee and supervisor of the team that drafted the act, the act provides for the recognition of basic human rights in the areas of employment, public accommoda- tion, and real estate transactions. ‘In one sense, the act is a policy statement;’ said Hobbs. “‘But in another it does call for the creation of a state en- forcement mechanism in the form of the proposed Human Rights Commission?’ In addition to Hobbs, the team that prepared the act consisted of Toni M. Massaro, assistant professor of law at W&L, Martha I. Morgan, visiting assis- tant professor of law at W&L, George A. Rutherglen of the University of Virginia law school, Thomas A. Howell, a second- year law student from Port Jefferson, N.Y., and Mike Shaffer, a second-year law student from Lexington. ‘ Apr. 23—James Madison Away Apr. 24—UVa. Away Apr. 27—ODAC Tournament HOME Apr. 28—ODAC Tournament HOME May 2—Radford Away BASEBALL Mar. 4—Christopher Newport Away Mar. 8—VMI HOME Mar. 11—West Virginia Tech HOME Mar. 12—Virginia Wesleyan HOME Mar. 17—Emory & Henry HOME Mar. 20—Bridgewater HOME Mar. 22—Lynchburg Away Mar. 24—Randolph Macon HOME Mar. 27—Eastern Mennonite HOME Mar. 28—Lock Haven State HOME Apr. 10—Virginia Wesleyan Away Apr. 14—Maryville HOME Apr. 17—Lynchburg HOME Apr. 19—Bridgewater Away Apr. 21—Hampden-Sydney Away Apr. 25—Eastern Mennonite Away Apr. 28—Catholic HOME May 2—ODAC Tournament Quarterfinals TBA May 5—ODAC Tournament Semifinals TBA May 5—ODAC Tournament Finals TBA May 7—VMI Away May 12—Alumni Game HOME GOLF Mar. 15- 16—James Madison Invitational Away Apr. 13- 14—VPI ‘Gobbler’ Classic Away Apr. 23- 24—ODAC Championship Away 33 ~ Tncluding t those visits ts reported i in n this. a ust President John D. Wilson has now usted and anor to 29 of W&L's 7 5 al L | pleted and is announced below. If your 7 chapter i is listed, you may expect to eceiv | detailed information thro - i re ) April 25° Please address a chapter aru or Sessoms, Director WEL. LONG ISLAND. The acquainted” reception freshmen and their pare 1983, at the Hempstead Club. Ken Van de Water, 4 try tended by 38 freshmen, pz ROCKBRIDGE. The char ote! were guests at a wine and ch for President John D. Wil ( M. Ballengee and the Board , University Trustees. It was held inthe © University Library and afforded local al ni an opportunity to meet President Wils and the Trustees while they were on campus, MID-SOUTH. Approximately 85 alumni and their wives and dates, as well as parents | _ of current students from Memphis and western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta, were entertained on October 27 at the home of Bliss Hicky, ’ "74, y kK) - President Lee Tinie, 973, handl led < rangements for the outing along with Rode dy McCaskill, 75. “You folks put the _ capital C back into Catfish” said Dick Sessoms, director of alumni programs, in his post-dinner remarks. “Untill sawthis joint (Murry’ 9) I thought nothing could BALTIMORE. On November L ‘the chapter gathered i in the city’s new Hyatt Regency — Hotel at Harborplace to welcome President and Mrs. Wilson. Chapter President Sam | Englehart, 73, arranged the reception and dinner and presided. over the well-attended occasion. Heading the guest list were University Trustee Joe Keelty, 44, Trustee Emeritus Frank Brooks, ’46, and Alumni Board Director Bill Clements, ’50. The» Wilsons were accompanied by Dick ins aiegor of alumni Programs. | : ne ati and ‘supported during 4 a question and 2 answer post-dinner session. Chapter _ ward, 68, was last seen _ ‘strength. University Trustee Er ae ee net the lively debate an hour after - dinner! ; ARIZONA. “Openings on 1 the Desert? a . party at Rawhide i in Scottsdale, attracted a large number of Minks on November 5. The party was jointly sponsored by the alumni — associations of seven Virginia colleges plus Duke and UNC. David Ogilvy, 67, coor- _ dinated invitations for the W&L alumni. W&L’s pro. rata share of the evenings profits was contributed to the current alumni fund. SAN ANTONIO. The chapter ped Pree dent John Wilson and Mrs. Wilson as their | - guests for a dinner meeting on November 16 an Antonio Country Club. President addressed the audience of alumni parents on the future of the University and common concerns about continuing its strengths. He also reported on its quality and the impression made upon him by its tradition and its strong alumni body. Drake Leddy, ’71, chapter president, chaired the meeting. He also introduced the new of- ficers of the chapter to all present. They are _ Chip Flanagan, ’75, president, and Bart _ Clark, ’78, alumni admissions represen- tative. University Trustee Houston Harte, °50, Farris Hotchkiss, ’58, and Buddy Atkins, 68, were also on hand for the mene | HOUSTON. The chapter entertained Presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson at a dinner meeting on November 17 at the Houston Country Club. A crowd of over a hundred and twen-_ ty alumni, spouses, and guests was there to meet the Wilsons. Chapter President Buck Ogilvie, 64, presided and introduced Presi- dent Wilson. During a brief business ses- sion, Don McFall, ’64, ’69L, presented a report for the nominating, c ommittee. T The s elected: presi dent, Rob LaRue, 72; first vice president, I Bill Wagner, ’70; second vice president, ~ John Anderson, "68; secretary, Jim Baird, 775; , treasurer, Jef ff t Cross, 73; and ie 777 President ' Wilson addressed the | - Houston Chapter on his i impressions of tthe University and the immediate problems _ which might threaten its continued Anderson, °34L, closed the program with a piano rendition of the “Swing” Trustee Fox Benton, ’60, Farris Hotchkiss, ’58, and | _ Buddy Atkins, ’68, were also in attendance. " Harte, Hicky’s home in Memphis. — 1€ Joseph T. Lykes Jr., Al, Mrs. Lykes, and Francis, 301, the new chapter Farris Hotchkiss and Dick Sessoms from _ introduced Wilson forbrief —_—ithe campus. 1 Hotel. Speaker for the event was Dr. Wilso : Maynard Turk, ’52L, a member of the W&L on the state of the University includ- nni Board of Directors. a full discussion of the careful examina- HOUSTON— Officers elected at the November meeting were Jeff Cross, BIRMINGHAM—Sue Ratliff, Kim Ratliff, 76, Bob Reid, ’49, Elberta Reid ‘73, treasurer, Bill Wagner, ’70, first vice president; John Anderson, ’68, se- and Sandy Stradtman, ’77, at the Downtown Club. cond vice president; Bill Clemons, ’77, AAP representative; and Rob Larue, °72, president. PIEDMONT—Timothy Litzenburg, potential class of 2001, seems happy BIRMINGHAM—AIso enjoying the reception and dinner were John about his “Early Decision” prospects in the arms of Tom Litzenburg, °57, Scruggs, ’°77, Kathleen Scruggs, Trip Wornom, ’77, and Susan Wornom. and Jayne Litzenburg. PIEDMONT—Bill Dunker, *55, and Janice and Walter DeGree, 55, are NEW ORLEANS—Nancy Hotchkiss, Hollins, ’82, shares her experiences among the leaders who will establish an alumni chapter in Greensboro. as an exchange student at W&L with Meg and Hunter Charbonnet, ’76. EASTERN KENTUCK Y—Showing off his chapter president's hat, Fred NEW ORLEANS—Chapter President Ricky Bates, ’76, (left) with John Francis, ’39L, entertains David Bisset, ’70, and Walter May, ’71. Carreré Jr, ’69; Claire Carrere; John Sarpy, ’72; and Marybelle Bates. 37 cece e ee eoeeeee ee ee oeeeee eee ee ee ee _ Class and years of attendance ee ee ee eoeeeeeee ee eo ee @ eocoeeeeeeeeee ee ee @ Ce oo ee ee ee ee ee ew ew oo ec eee eo ee ee eo eco eee ee oo ec eee ee eeoeeeeeeee eeee ee ee ee e& © eo oe oe ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee re rr ee e . re ee eee ee ee ee ee Class Notes WASHINGTON AND LEE ARM CHAIRS AND ROCKERS With Crest in Five Colors The chairs are made of birch and rock maple, hand-rubbed in black lacquer (also available by special order in dark pine stain; see note below). They are attractive and sturdy pieces of furniture and are welcome gifts for all occasions—Christmas, birthdays, graduation, anniversaries, or weddings. All profit from sales of the chair goes to the scholarship fund in memory of John Graham, 714. ARM CHAIR Black lacquer with cherry arms $130.00 f.o.b. Lexington, Va. BOSTON ROCKER All black lacquer $125.00 f.o.b. Lexington, Va. By Special Order Only: The Arm Chair and Boston Rocker are also available by special order in natural dark pine stain, with crest in five colors, at the same price as the black arm chair and rocker. Allow at least 12 weeks for delivery. Mail your order to WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Lexington, Virginia 24450 Shipment from available stock will be made upon receipt of your check. Freight charges and delivery delays can often be minimized by having the shipment made to an office or business address. Please include your name, address, and telephone number, and a telephone number, if known, for the delivery location. 1915 MILLARD F. Hays has retired from both his educa- tional career and the insurance and real estate business. He lives in Glendale, Ky., and stays active in the Rotary Club and the Christian Church, where he is a deacon and elder. 1917 CoL. CHARLES R. STRIBLING JR. was honored at the homecoming ceremonies at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Mo., on November 5 for his 63 years of service to the school by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States. His tenure combined with his son’s tenure represents 100 years of service including 50 years as president of the Academy. Stribling became chairman of the board in 1968 after serving as president of the school, which he rescued from bankruptcy in 1933. He first came to the Missouri Military Academy to teach English and French in 1920 and has served in every leader- ship role there during his career. The Academy has earned a reputation as one of the top military prep schools in the nation. Stribling has served as presi- dent of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, the Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and Recreation Corp., the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, and the Audrian County Hospital Board. He has received the Mexico Chamber of Commerce’s Community Ser- vice Award and in 1963 the American Educators Medal from the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. 1921 WILLIAM A. GIBBONS JR. continues to work as aright of way agent for the county of Roanoke, Va. 1923 D. RAYMOND SNIVELY sold over a million dollars worth of real estate for Bohman and Lindsey, Inc., realtors in Hagerstown, Md. He joined the firm in 1980 as a specialist in farm real estate. 1925 BRUCE F. GANNAWAY Serves as promotional director for Educational Opportunities, Inc., in the state of Florida. He is a retired United Methodist minister and has held leadership positions in the United Methodist Church in Florida for 42 years. Gannaway and his wife, Marian, live in Lakeland. 1926 W. BURKER WILLIAMSON has moved from Chicago to Asheville, N.C. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar but considers himself semi-retired. 1931 MICHAEL LEE, retired sports editor of the former Long Island Daily Press and the dean of Long Island sports columnists, was honored on November 20 39 Class Notes /ith a reception at Shea Stadium’s Diamond Club. The day was proclaimed “Mike Lee Day? Six hun- dred of his friends and admirers attended. Lee was cited for his ne divsenugh is active support of | SWEET spent a month fishing in New more than 34) years with the Associated Pressi in Rich- 1g with Bill Sphar, ’ '35, on another trip mond, Va. — ROBERT C. WALKER retired 2 as president of United Virginia Bank Willia gin 1982, but is still ser- of Will and also work- we organizations. | oo USE IR. was 1s guest tof honor of ‘the © College ing part time: ng m and Mary sv boo s luncheon 1 celebrating firm which is active in Georgia, Texas, Florida, DOOK ttiivwle. | Cot. James K. OSTER MAN | : Army. He recently returned from his fifth t rif around the swore since a 2 Ae | IN W. McGeuee Jr. retired June 30, 1983, after Nett T. Houston retired in 1983 from the Bechtel 36 years with Richardson-Vicks, Inc., and its Group of Companies, San Francisco, Calif., after 10 | Predecessor companies. McGehee lives in years as a senior economist in economic develop- Greensboro, NC 7 | _ ment work. — — 1944, ~& Adams, Inc., construction managers in Fort SD. Crr PENDEN is author of an article, - Worth, Texas. He also holds the position of president insurance Industry Litigation: The Bad Faith for Butcher & Sweeney Construction Co., general ‘Syndrome and Other Issues” which was published contractors in Fort Worth, Lydick Roofing Co.in in The Arbitration Journal, September 1983, western Texas and Specialty hai Co. of Arl- Volume 38, no. 3, of the American Arbitration 7 _ ASS oa He lives in Westfield, N.J. | Jor W. Lypicx is chairman of the board for Lydick - tion in 28 touuitties, Palmer has an bod ar Palneee Ghesseceas ue reet of P - , recently in t\ two books and a 1984, cale ane in various retired “officers Be “military Insurance Co. where he has worked for more than organizations. | 36 years. He plans to retire in April 1985. Mehorter FRANCIS L. PATTON has spent a lot of ti lives in Westfield, N.J. mute and a wath ns ous Li _ | H H. SmiTH (See 1936.) 7 GRANT E. Mouser Mi is the Amercian Consul 1940 oo SS reral in Hambv g, Germz any, esp onsible for a AMILTON G. DisBrow JR. retired from the Depart- ent of Defense Naval Air Propulsion Center, plrenton, Ny. Jn0 vane 1, 1983, where he was a ducts i in his hometown of Chambersburg, > Sept. 1, 1983, he entered into a buy-sell with two of his employees and an outside For a five year F period he will serve in an 2sic xdent’s Science Advivary Com- vard Board of Overseers and the +1936 e and co-chairman of the Col imbia Historical _ . a ety fund raising drive. Smith also works in real i te and travels extensively. a Exuior S. SCHEWEL was re-elected last fall to a third term in the Senate of Virginia. He captured 77 per- 1942 — cent of the total votes cast. -Cuar tes P. Diver has re tired from Kublman Cor- - : - - 1948 poration as viee president ofpublicrelation. = = | JOSEPH B. Gxven has retired d from service with the firm of Hunton and Williams in their Washington, DC., offices. 1949 MICHAEL J. BARRETT JR., after retiring from the Air Force in 1979, resumed his career as the associate chief of the Air Force Litigation Division in 1981. D. EARL BROWN Jr. is the associate deputy chief medical director of the Veterans Administration in Washington, DC. WILLIAM E. LATTuRE is retiring as of Dec. 31, 1983, after 34 years with Blue Bell, Inc., in Greensboro, N.C. Latture plans to continue to make his home in Greensboro, but will spend more time at Litchfield Beach, S.C., and traveling. JAMES M. REss retired in December after 31 years with the Timken Co. in Canton, Ohio. ROBERT C. MEHORTER (See 1944.) 1950 GERARD A. BURCHELL JR. is a biology teacher for the Spaulding High School in Rochester, N.H. He is also enjoying success with his mini-apple orchard. R. DABNEY CHAPMAN continues in the foreign ser- vice of the U.S. Information Agency. He was assign- ed in September to Istanbul as USIS chief following a four-year tour of duty in Washington. Howarb L. STEELE will complete eight years service overseas in June and return to Washington, D.C., and his home agency, the Office of International Cooperation and Development, in the Department of Agriculture. Steele has served in Guatemala, Bolivia, Honduras and presently serves in Sri Lanka. JAMES T. TRUNDLE is the leasing manager for the Cherry Hill Office Center in Cherry Hill, N.J. The complex is owned by Smith Barney Real Estate Corp., a division of Smith Barney, Harris & Upham. G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST has recently had a book published on his career as a congressman covering the years 1972-77 entitled The Diary of a Con- gressman. It was published by Donning Company of Norfolk, Va. THOMAS D. CRITTENDEN (See 1944.) 1951 JOHN K. BOARDMAN JR. was elected president of the American Furniture Manufacturers Association at the annual meeting on Nov. 10-13, 1983. Boardman is president and chairman of Sam Moore Furniture Industries, Bedford, Va., where he and his family live. Lewis P. CoLiins III cruised the Caribbean with his family over the Christmas holidays. His oldest daughter, Cary, is working on her masters at the Meeting at the reception for freshman sons of alumni and their parents at the Alumni House during orientation in September are Jack Barnes, *60, Chesterfield, Mo.; Charlie Cella, ’58, St. Louis, Mo.; and John Koedel, ’59, Warren, Pa. All have sons in the freshman class. University of Virginia; his middle daughter, Ellen, is working in Burlington, N.C.; and his youngest daughter, Betsy, is a freshman at James Madison University. ROBERT E. GLENN and Harwell M. Darby Jr., ’75L, are partners in the Roanoke law firm of Glenn, Flip- pin, Feldmann & Darby. Maryellen F. Goodlatte, *78L, and W. Riker Purcell, ’79L, are also associated with the firm. SOL WACHTLER, associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, has been elected chairman of the State-Federal Judicial Council of New York State, a coordinate body consisting of the federal and state judiciaries of New York. MICHAEL J. BARRETT JR. (See 1949.) 1952 G. STEWARD BoswELL, director of government rela- tions for the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, will become president of that organiza- tion on July 1, 1984. He has been in Washington since 1957 with the American Textile Manufacturers In- stitute and the National Cotton Council. He joined AAMA in 1979. CaPT. ROBERT F. CONNALLY III, USN (Ret.) has taken the position as Chief of Staff and Chief Depu- ty to the Constable, Precinct -5, Harris County, Texas. Dr. GEORGE C. KEMBLE JR. was appointed chairman of the board of trustees at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is retired from the practice of or- thopedic surgery and is director of rehabilitation at In compliance with Article 9 of the By- Laws of Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., and addresses the names of the G. RUSSELL Lapp III, ’57 Chairman Thames & Batre P. O. Box 189 Mobile, Ala. 36601 205-432-0451 The committee is now receiving the names of candidates to fill five seats on the Alumni Board of Directors and one vacan- cy on the University Committee on Inter- collegiate Athletics. Under the By-Laws, any member of the Alumni Association may submit names of alumni to the Nominating Committee for nomination for the offices to be filled. Name Your Candidate Nominating Committee for 1983-84 are listed below: DANIEL T. BALFouR, ’63, ’65L Beale Eishner, Attorneys 1 N. 5th St. Richmond, Va. 23219 804-788-1500 CHESTER T. SMITH JR., 53 U.S.G.A., Inc. P. O. Box 1601 Darien, Conn. 06820 203-655-6222 Alumni may send names directly to any member of the committee or to the com- mittee through the office of the Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association at the University. The committee will close its report on April 1, 1984, and present its nominations to the annual meeting of the Alumni Association on May 12, 1984. 41 Class Notes All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Kemble also serves as a a director i First City Bank. Pevoly of Medicine. JULIAN B. Morr of Atlanta open eda'manul a _ ing plant in October for Momar Products in Lumpur, Malaysia. Momar Products is the o1 manufacturer of apaintenance tic ubricantsin A entire country. ee - CHaRLEs ROCKEL, oho broke room ‘for community theater Pros Act eg . - ee 1953 ; “JAROSLAV DRABEK, who lives ; 3 tink ity p gene, ar Munich and. a computer $ spec lg | Laboratories were among the atten a counselor with the American — : ‘ing Co. in New Jersey. -WiLuiaM A. Hockerr Ir is senior V Boyden Associates, Inc. During the s Hocker sailed around Denmark i inas = A new $3 million theater at the State Univ New York, College at Old Westbury was n honor of Jonw D. Macure and his wife, - Maguire was president of Old We | Westbury 1970-81. It was during his tenure that the sn sm | 3,000 and most of its basic facilites were con: Maguire is now president of Claremont Uni Center and Graduate School in Claremont, c Mit ROBERT E. GLENN (See 1951.) 1954 5 o eieesiiaad University. oa o> wee s been elected a member of the Institute of Management Consultants and has become acertified management consultant. Schaul | is presid ler 42 - pany located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. James R. Stockton Jr., ’57, is chairman ofthecompany. _ -Taomas Cc. KERN and his wife, Naomi, have 7 : established anew business, a wholesale distributor eS "th | MARRIED: Dr. Nese: Paxton and Sarah / pton on Dec. 9, 1983, in New York City. Dr. Pax- _ ton is a professor of modern European history at op PLaistED III v was s elected < one. 2 of § six esidents $ for the Society of industria ial is Vice ns provident of Morton G. Thalhimer. ich ond dand has been a a member of York. on THomas FE Kina Jr. has been elected president and chief operating officer of Stockton Land Corp., a 1960 : dent of the ion for 1984. nt in 1977. | wr) ated resident judge. in "Botetourt ‘and ridge counties and iad city ¢ * Buena Yet a fe larketing Gomihtinieatigue in Media, Pa., pro- | viding full-service market research and advertising tof C. R. Schaul & Co., Inc., in Phoenix. — for clients such as Becton Dickinson (phar- _ Davip R. Munrok isa partner in the newly establish- ed law firm of Culver, Lague & McNally in Muskegon, N Mich. - 1962 7 ee Srastey A A. FINK was s installed as s president of the ion Count ssociation on Dec. 8, 1983. Fink isa ania in the | law firm of Fink & Rosner of Clark, N.J._ | ee: in the firm of Bartlet t&Co,,aC C incinnatt i Anvestme! inseling firm. His wife, Susan, was also made a in the firm in July 1983. they « are living in in Cincinnati with his two sons. : COTTON RAWLS JR. i Connecticut Rehe ~ Conn., as of Oct. 3, al PETER S. TRAGER i is in private 2 dental practice i in Marietta, Ga. He serves as vice president of the Cobb County Dental Society and chairman of The Coun- cil of Dental ‘Care, NW. District Dental Society. id. He Republic isalaw partner in the Roanoke firm of Bird, Kinder and Huffman and is owner of The a clothing st store. L. N. Miller Jr., ’°66 chief financial officer in 1976. In 1979 he was elected executive vice president and in 1982 became chief ad- ministrative officer of the Richmond bank. Miller and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Richmond with their two children. GEORGE W. WoorEN is president-elect of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He will serve a one-year term as president effective April 1984. 1967 BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. CHARLES M. BRUCE, a daughter, Mary, in May 1983, in Washington. She joins an older sister, Laura. Bruce practices law in Washington. JOHN R. MILLER was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He is currently serving as executive officer to the representative of the joint chiefs of staff at the conventional arms reduction talks in Vienna. Miller, his wife, Brenda, and children, Lara and Sara, live in Vienna. He holds masters degrees from the University of Georgia and the Army’s Command and General Staff College. Miller is a member of the Foreign Area Officer Program for the Army. ROBERT B. Prippy is now a broker with Alex Brown and Sons in Richmond. 1968 BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. JONATHAN E. ADAMS, a son, Jonathan C. V., in August 1983. Adams was pro- moted to chief pilot for Empire Airlines in Utica, N.Y. He is also a major in the USAF, 109th TAG, New York Air National Guard. Adams recently opened a third retail shop, The Owl’s Nest, in Albany. They live in Fultonville, NY. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. JAMES M. BoyD Jr., a son, James Moore III, on Oct. 3, 1983. He has an older sister, Jennifer Ellen. Boyd is a partner in the Sacramento, Calif., law firm of Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard. N. TAYLOR CARLSON recently became director of finance of Texocom, a division of Continental Telecom in Atlanta. EUGENE R. JACOBSEN III completed the Smaller Company Management Program at Harvard Business School in September 1983. Jacobsen is president of Sterling Textile Services in Washington, DC. Sterling recently acquired Official Cleaners and Valet to achieve a SO percent increase in sales. Eric P. MANTZ is clinical associate professor of surgery at the Charleston division of the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is also engaged in the private practice of general and peripheral vascular surgery. He lives in Charleston with his wife, Sandi, son Bryan, age 10, and daughter Erica, age S. FREDERICK A. MEISER JR. earned the Trial Lawyer of the Month Award in San Diego for his litigation F. : A. Meiser os "68 work in an April trial. Meiser specializes in civil litigation. He has joined with John D. Klinedinst, ’71, ’78L, to form a new San Diego law firm of Klinedinst and Meiser. GEOFFREY L. STONE has served as the acting ad- ministrative director of University Hospital for the University of Arizona in Tucson since August 1982. 1968 GEorGE E. Honts III (See 1962.) 1969 BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. ALAN H. Cooper, a daughter, Amy Woodard, on Oct. 21, 1983, in Rich- mond, Va. BIRTH: Mr. AND MRs. W. WADE SAMPLE, a son, Staunton Brevard, on Nov. 28, 1983, in Shreveport, La. He was named for his grandfather of the class of 1938. JAMES R. CARSON III is coordinator of the interna- tional education program at Pace Academy in Georgia. Carson led a delegation from Pace to sister schools in South Korea and Tokyo last summer. He is an oenologist and has published several poems in small magazines. Roy G. HARRELL JR. is a partner in the new law firm of Baynard, Harrell, Mascara & Oston. Heisalsoa member of the board of governors and chairman of the Transportation Council for the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce; a member of the ex- ecutive committee, board of directors and treasurer of the United Way of Pinellas County; a member of the board of directors of the Centhenians; chairman of the attorneys committee of the Florida Savings & Loan League; and vice chairman of the Savings and Loan Committee of the Florida Bar. RONALD G. KINZLER Is practicing law in Philadelphia with the firm of Freeman and Gershman, specializ- ing in estate and business planning in Blue Bell, Pa. RICHARD E. KRAMER has completed his first semester at New York University, where he is pursu- ing a Ph.D. in performance studies. He served as drama instructor during July 1983 at the Rockbridge Fine Arts Workshop in Lexington. He also teaches expository writing to undergraduates at NYU. JERALD L. PERLMAN is a practicing attorney in Shreveport, La., with the newly formed law firm of Walker, Feazel, Tooke, Grubb & Perlman. MICHAEL C. STEVENS will graduate from medical school at UNC in May and begin psychiatry resi- dency training. . 1970 BIRTH: Dr. AND Mrs. ROBERT L. ENTZMINGER, a son, Christopher Paul, on Aug. 10, 1983, in Blacksburg, Va. Entzminger has also written a book on Milton’s poetry that will be published in 1984. CHRISTOPHER D, CouRSEN is a partner in the law firm of O’Connor & Hannan in its Washington, DC.., of- fice. He joined the firm Sept. 1, 1983, to establisha telecommunications practice. He, his wife, Pamela, and twin boys live in Chevy Chase, Md. C. GILBERT FRANK is presently chief of newborn medicine and director of neonatal intensive care at 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. He will be promoted to lieutenant colonel in January 1984. ROBERT C. LEE is land use planner for the Bristol, Tenn., Regional Planning Commission. He also had a one-man show of his recent sculpture and retrospective photography in Boone, N.C. Dr. JOHN E. MILLER has been elected rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va. He will be installed in a service to be held in February 1984. Dr. Miller also serves as an adjunct instructor of religion at the University of Richmond. JOHN K. MorsINGER has been named staff attorney at United Guaranty Corp. in Greensboro, N.C. Mot- singer is a 1983 graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law and amember of the North Carolina Bar. 197] MARRIAGE: JouN H. KING and Pam Chappell on July 17, 1983, in Greensboro, N.C. King is in private practice as a child and family counselor and con- tinues to work as a self-employed free-lance photographer. He is completing work for a Ph.D. in child development and family relations at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. G. LEE MILLAR III, a daughter, Margaret Ann, on July 21, 1983, in Mem- phis. She joins a three-year-old brother, Casey. Millar is a computer services analyst for First Tennessee Bank National Corp. headquartered in Memphis. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. E. STAMAN OGILVIE, a Son, Benjamin David, on Sept. 13, 1983, in Houston. THOMAS B. HUDSON JR. is practicing law in Austin, Texas, with the firm of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody. Hudson and his wife, Nancy, have an 18-month-old son, Brockett. JOHN D. KLINEDINST and Frederick A. Meiser Jr., °68, formed a legal partnership in San Diego specializing in civil litigation. ROBERT R. RADCLIFFE is manager of application software engineering and scientific programs for Prime Computer. He is heavily involved in software for energy and utility companies’ applications. G. Hoy WIDENER III has started his residency in ophthalmology in Lexington, Ky. He and his wife, Ann, have two sons, Justin, age 7, and Colin, age 5. 43 Class Notes NN recently joined thei interna- tional ere as tax | manager of the Alexandria, Va., 0 MARRIAGE: Ricuarp J. 1. Seur0nr@ and Caro A. Wiener on Sept. 17, 1983, in Pacific Pa alif. Splittorf isthe western advertising director for. OF Appetit magazine in Los Ang in Playa del Rey, Calif. daughters, Caitlin in Randolph a ee me Mr. ‘ais Mis! C. KELLY , a son, Justin Parker, on April 11, 1983. Buell is with Chemical Company in their Cleveland, a Oa of- fices. They live in Strong ae V rill oe , Ont son, Scott Thomas, on July 20, 1983. | resides in Garden City, NY. OO re MR. AND eel PETE | Wel cnpe teas i the feligion department Dron 75; William ‘Cantler, Bob | 7 Charles Mason and Todd Smith, "84; and David Sprunt, ’85. The couple resides in Lexi | MARRIAGE: Anprew D. STANIAR AaNdN. Jill ape a biers on Aug. 20, 1983. Attending were Burton B. i ‘Staniar, °63, Lee C. ‘Staniar, ‘67, and Paul B. Kurtz, daughter, Helen Rutle ’ . fukn Donkle Co., Inc., and BIRTH: Mr. anv N Walter Jordan Jr., on my Farrar, "74, Gaty Polisi ’ Rick Woodward, ’73, Jack We son, ’74, Beau Dudley, ’74, "79L, | and Bob Woodward, °71. They S.C., where Wolfe is counsel t Nelson, Mullins, Grier and Raleigh, N.C. Munt is in the. pediatrics in Raleigh. ~ RICHARD V. Grimes Jr. was elec BIRTH: MR. AND MRs. I. daughter, Catherine ro Greenville, S.C. Donklei isa County Board of Regis! BIRTH: MR. AND Mrs. W ING, a son, _ William Tyler, on April 29, 1 olk. Down- ing is an attorney witht of Wilcox, Savage, Dickson, Holl Sg _ Hoyt, a son, _ merce in Memphis. / Association You . MARTIN E. Sten JR. is nresidént of the American ciety. Heisa - tH lent at D iSCO ypal Sch ool of Dallas, a Looe college Preparatory South in Birmingham. Heisregional sales manager for the Mason Corp. of Birmingham. Chambliss i is past president of the American Marketing Associa- tion and a member of Sales and Marketing | Executives. Capt. Davip Vv. FINNELL teaches English. at West Point U. S. . Military Academy. SREENE has purchased a business in Bir- mingham, ‘Ala, that import and manufactures mens and ladies accesso a #H wey has been assigned to Beirut, | Lebanon, a: as a ‘acorrespondent for United Press national. Hagey joined the news agency in 1977 in Knoxville, Tenn., and has worked at UPI bureaus in Atlanta, Columbia, S.C., and Washington. He ae to UPI’s Foreign Desk in New York last | preparation for his Middle East assignment, which includes worki ng g out of Cairo, Egypt. Buss Y. icky was promoted to vice president, in commercial lending of the National Bank of Com- He, his wife, Jan, and two children live i in Memphis. — | - Doucras B. Hutton has resigned his position as Publications Editor at James Madison University to become an account executive for the North Charles rganiz: eae reidingina He and his of the labor law committee of the ‘American Bar ing Lawyers Division. He is also ac- tive in the Alabama State Bar Association, the Bir- mingham Bar Association and the Washington and Lee University Alumni Association. Nolan and firm of Constangy, Brooks and S: Smith. 7 : ~ age IDOLPH -TayLor and Margie . 25, , 983, in 1 Washington, DC. rector of financial planning for Advan. ational, a Sports s management and ‘MR V Baro -adaughter, Virginia Mag, on Oct. 31, 1983, 1 in Houston, Texas. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. Dav A. EsTEs, a son, Peter, on Nov. 8, 1983. Estes is a rate engineer for Con- solidated Natural Gas Service Co. He lives in Pitt- sburgh with his wife, Nancy, and children, Holly, 4, and Davy, 2. BIRTH: Dr. AND Mrs. JOSEPH E. WELDEN JR., a daughter, Elizabeth Jennings, on March 19, 1983. Welden is in the private practice of internal medicine in Birmingham, Ala. LAWRENCE B. CAHOON is an assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He taught a sum- mer course at the Duke Marine Laboratory and was a guest investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution during the past summer. T. Barry Davis has been promoted to senior account manager for Media Networks/3M. He will be responsible for all national accounts in a six state area and will represent such publications as Business Week, Money, Time, and Inc. LAWRENCE F. LyLEs practices corporate and securities law with the firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas. THOMAS B. RAMEY III was promoted in June 1983 to general manager of KTRE-TV in Lufkin/Na- cogdoches, Texas. MITcHEL J. SELEZNICK has completed his internal medicine residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital and is cur- rently in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Stanford University. HARWELL M. Darsy Jr. (See Robert E. Glenn 1951.) DONALD T. MCMILLAN (See 1972.) 1976 MARRIAGE: R. STEWART BARROLL and Kimberly Sherman, on Sept. 17, 1983. Among the groomsmen were classmates Neil Johnson, Steve Strawsburg, Michael Wagoner and Lecky Stone. Best man was the groom’s brother, Marshall Barroll, ’79. Barroll is an attorney with the firm of Hoon & Barroll in Chestertown, Md. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. FREDERICK L. BATES, a daughter, Carra Annise, on June 23, 1983, in New Orleans. BIRTH: Mr. AND MpRs. DANIEL E. DRENNEN II, a son, Daniel Edward III, on Feb. 18, 1983. Drennen practices law with the firm of Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile, Ala. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. BRrucE B. DUNNAN, a daughter, Victoria White, born Nov. 17, 1983. She joins an older sister, Adelaide Barrett. The family lives in Washington, D.C. BIRTH: Mr. AnD Mrs. T. HUNT HARDINGE III, a J. LL. Gray Jf.,. 76 son, Thomas Carroll, Oct. 5, 1983. The family lives in Hagerstown, Md. Davin S. CaYEnr is the executive assistant to the Assis- tant Secretary of Agriculture for Governmental & Public Affairs in Washington. JOHN L. Gray Jr. was appointed an account super- visor for Umphenour & Martin, an Atlanta marketing, advertising and public relations firm. He will supervise the marketing activities of RTM, Inc., the largest licensee of Arby’s Restaurants. Thomp- son lives in Atlanta with his wife, Emily, and son, Jack. R. BROOKE LEwis has joined Shank, Irwin, and Co- nant, a law firm in Dallas, where he practices avia- tion law. He was admitted to the Texas Bar on Nov. 14, 1983, and is working on his commercial pilot rating. Lewis and his wife, Priscilla, live in Dallas. Mark R. Mavrals moved to Greensboro, N.C., where he is sales manager of Siegal Development Corp. at Brandt Village. SPENCER W. MorTEN III is now the West Coast sales representative for Bassett Mirror Co. He and his wife live in Pasadena, Calif. B. CRAIG OWENS recently transferred to San Fran- cisco as controller of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Calif. PAUL K. STILLWAGON is completing his pediatric residency at the University of Alabama in Birm- ingham. In July 1984, he will begin a fellowship in allergy and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. 1977 MARRIAGE: LawRENCE J. LAwson III and Wende Linthicum Fox on June 11, 1983, in Wilmington, N.C. Among the groomsmen were classmates Dave Davis, J.R. Downey and Tom Yancey. Also in atten- dance were Bob Evans, ’74, Brad Martin, ’74, Lat Fritz Tellefsen, ’76, Bill Watson, ’77, and Marshall Weaver, ’77. The couple lives in Chicago where Lawson is an associate with Blyth Eastman Paine Webber, Inc. CaPT. WILLIAM J. CoPLe III has completed a three- year military assignment with the office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon as a staff at- torney to the General Counsel. Cople is now the Chief Trial Counsel for the Headquarters, U.S. Ar- my Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. As senior pro- secutor in the staff Judge Advocate office, he is responsible for criminal prosecutions in the Army Engineer Center Brigade, Army Engineer Training Brigade and the Engineer Officers School. He was also appointed Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. LEON F. JoyNER JR. has been named an associate of the Society of Actuaries. He is an actuarial assistant with the Martin E. Segal Co. in Atlanta and is work- ing toward a master’s degree at Georgia State Univer- sity. He and his wife live in Marietta. WILLIAM L. DownING (See 1974.) RussEL_ L. HEwit (See 1974.) 1978 MARRIAGE: MicHaet T. CLeary and Linda Jane Reynolds on Oct. 22, 1983. Richard C. Grace, ’78, was a groomsman. Other alumni attending were Mark W. Hampton, ’78, Charlie C. Smith, ’79, and Doug Byrd, ’79. The couple lives in Richmond where Cleary is with Coca-Cola USA. MARRIAGE: Sara K. WiANnT and Robert E. Akins on Dec. 17, 1983. Jonathan S. Lynn, ’75L, performed the ceremony at Lee Chapel. Others attending from the law class of ’75 were Virginia Garrison, Caroline Watts and Amber L. Smith. Wiant is law librarian and assistant professor of law at Washington and Lee. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. JAMEs G. SHERIDAN JR., a daughter, Allie Virginia, on Nov. 13, 1983, in Schenectady, N-Y. Davin P. Fatcx (See 1980.) MARYELLEN F. GOoDLATTE (See Robert E. Glenn 1951.) JOHN D. KLINEDInsT (See 1971.) 1979 MARRIAGE: DantEL G. BEYER and Elaine Zubalik on Jan. 22, 1983. They live in Birmingham, Mich., where Beyer is employed with the law firm of Kerr, Russell & Weber. MARRIAGE: Makk S. TRAVERS and Brenda May Kampf on Nov. 19, 1983, in Lubbock, Texas. Travers is a buyer in the equipment group of Texas In- struments, Inc., at the Sherman, Texas, plant. BIRTH: Mr. AND Mrs. JOHN C. BOUTIETTE, a son, Christopher Michael, on April 13, 1983, in Kansas City, Mo. STANLEY G. BRADING JR. has become a partner with the law firm O’Callaghan, Saunders & Stumm in Atlanta, Ga. ARTHUR R. CARMopy III was elected an assistant vice president for Central Fidelity Bank in Rich- mond. He joined the bank in October 1983 as a per- 45 Class Notes similar position with | the Fist National Ba Shreveport. JOHN A. CRAIG was recently promoted to : sales manager for U. s. Lines in Norfolk, Smith with offices in New Bern J. GrecorY Morten has manufacturing furniture h wife live in Memphis, 1 Gmpert H. PEARSALL Ir R. (See. MARRIAGE: Epwyy S. | Hughes on Sept. 3, 1983, live in Midland where. R Ist Lr Joun J. Fox. I Bamberg, Germany, Ar Flight Detachment the Switzerland and Italy. works frequently with who i is a general’s aide n Te enjoys skiing in > cold weather. Fox on Jr,’ °80, ilo for the U. S. 7 ee sa 4 trader in the in- rudential-Bache RICHARD G, LATTURE received an MA. degree in Buropean history from the ues ty BIRTH: Satty Pruerr and David P. Falck, “78L,a daughter, Claire Melissa, on June 17, 1983, in st Ridgewood, N.J. The family now resides i in n Glen | Rock. 7 oe D L. SUTHERL! ND has been named assistant vice president of Chartercor, a Missouri bank holding company. — 1982 S. AMY ARBUCHO i is an associate with the law firm of Cranwell, Flora & Moore in Vinton, Va. She lives | in Roanoke. JOHNATHAN W. Bryan is presently stationed at Subic Bay Republic of the Philippines with the Navy JAG Corps and: anticipates ae to J japan in June 1984. GRANT ALEKSANDER 2 Kunowskrhas a starring role as Phillip Spaulding in Kunko CBS 5 daytime drama, “The one Peat sion role. Tomas Y. - SAVAGE has recently joined the advisory ; oksbure. a | 1983 — MARRIAGE: Dav E. JENSEN and Pamela Lederer on Sept. 24, 1983. They live in Herndon, Va. Jensen is an accountant t for the subsidiary operations department of Dominio ral Savings endian Association in McLean. 7 BIRTH: MR. AND Mrs. GoaiaW Swans son, James Gordon, on Nov. 28, 1983. The family resides in Wilmington, Del. STEPHEN H. Denny isa buyer for the Corton Trading Co.,, Inc., i in Tokyo. oe G. KENNETH Rosinsow bane is a tax Speciale w with the knee injury at presently working fort the Fort Worth Chamber of. Commence | | Dr AupREY A. Houser Sr., apracticing physician died Nov. 19, in Eichmond Stee than 50 years, In Memoriam P. Poythress Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical firm he restored to profitability during the Depression. After he left W&L, Houser went to Richmond and secured _ a job as an assistant in the physiological chemistry laboratory at The Medical College of Virginia. He later headed the laboratory. At the same time, he enrolled as a medical student and taught mathematics at the YMCA night school. After he earned his medical degree in 1911, he went on to build a flourishing private practice in family medicine, which he continued until he was well into his 80s. 1911 HERMAN ABRAHAM SACKS, a practicing attorney in Norfolk, Va., for 72 years, died Dec. 7, 1983. A native of Lancaster, Pa., he was a long-time resident of Tidewater, Va. Sacks was the founder and senior partner of Sacks, Sacks, Sacks and Larkin law firm. He continued working until his death and was believ- ed to be the oldest practicing attorney in Virginia. Sacks was a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association, Nor- folk Masonic Lodge 1 and Congregation Beth El. 1912 ALLAN McDowE Lt died Aug. 31, 1983, in Kent, Conn. A native of Lexington, Va., McDowell went to Connecticut in 1912 as a surveyor. He surveyed and mapped many of the state’s parks and the lands of the Connecticut Light and Power Co. He also serv- edin the U.S. Army during World War I. In 1923, he entered a new career as a mathematics teacher at Kent School retiring in 1944. McDowell then started his own real estate business specializing in restora- tion and remodeling of old homes. His designs were popular in northwestern Connecticut with one win- ning a national competition sponsored by House Beautiful magazine in which more than 200 ar- chitects entered. McDowell redesigned the Kent Town Hall and restored or designed over 100 homes in the state. RUFUS OWEN JR., aretired teacher and farmer, died on Sept. 10, 1983, in Latta, S.C. Owen moved to Latta in 1965 following his retirement from farming in Cluster Springs, Va. He was a ruling elder in the Spring Hill Presbyterian Church in Cluster Springs. During World War I, Owen served with Company G of the 116th Infantry, a special French speaking unit requested by General Pershing for duty in France. 1917 ROBERT RHEA KANE, retired counsel for Radio Corp. of America, died on Sept. 25, 1983, in Chatham, Va. Before joining RCA, he was a hearing examiner for the Federal Trade Commission and then general counsel for Fleischmann Yeast Co. Kane was a veteran of World War I, amember of the Virginia Bar and of the Pearisburg (Va.) Presbyterian Church. 1923 SAMUEL BONNER Kirpsy JR., a retired attorney, died Oct. 25, 1983, in Winter Park, Fla. 1925 JEROME DESHARPE REYNOLDS, owner of Reynolds Hardware, died Oct. 2, 1983, in Tupelo, Miss. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, past presi- dent of the Tupelo Rotary Club, and past president of Yoconoa Council Boy Scouts. 1928 BERN KENNEDY BULLARD Jr., a retired instructor and director of the interior design department of the Ringling School of Art, died on Aug. 5, 1983, in Sarasota, Fla. He also retired in 1971 asa partner in The Interior Shop in Sarasota, where he was an in- terior designer working in commercial and residen- tial interiors and furnishings. Bullard earned a degree from the Parsons School of Design in New York in 1932. 1929 WILLIAM E. WALLACE La PETRA, a retired president of the Real Estate Exchange, died May 21, 1980, in Park Ridge, N.J. in 1933, La Pietra earned an LL.B. from the New Jersey law school, now part of Rutgers University. 1932 ROBERT FRANCIS STURGIS, president of Ackermann’s Department Store, died May 22, 1983, in Wachapreague, Va. He was a resident of Elgin, III. 1936 ROBERT MILLER Brown died April 21, 1983, in Pitt- sburgh, Pa. He was retired from the United States Steel Corporation. 1938 THE REv. CHARLES BRANDT TEFFT died on April 23, 1983, in East Lansing, Mich. Tefft earned his B.A. degree from Ohio State University and his B.D. from the Yale Divinity School in 1944. He established the Brandt Tefft Foundation in East Lansing for study of the Bible. 1940 WILLIAM LEROY BURNER JR., a retired employee benefits director of the National Railway Labor Conference, an industry organization, died Oct. 10, 1983, in Alexandria, Va. Burner was a native of Fort Monroe, Va. While on the W&L campus he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, he moved to Washington and joined the Bureau of In- formation Southeastern Railways, a predecessor organization of the NRLC. He served in the Army during World War II. 194] EMIL CHARLES RASSMAN, a retired Midland, Texas, attorney, died on Dec. 3, 1983, in Dallas. He was liv- ing in Rockport, Texas, at the time of his death. Rassman was a partner in the Midland law firm of Rassman, Gunter and Boldrick and past chairman of the board of the Texas State Bar. He had been a president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Texas State Chamber of Commerce. Rassman served as chairman of the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System from 1967-69. For his service to higher education, Rassman was awared an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Baylor University in 1977 and recently had the Business- Computer Science building at Angelo State Univer- sity named in his honor. He was a former member of the board of directors of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association, the board of trustees of the Midland Independent School District, the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, and numerous other civic and charitable organizations. A life member of the Texas State Historical Association, Rassman had ex- tensive collections of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee and Texas history, totalling several thousand volumes which he donated to the library of Angelo State University in 1976. He was active as a vestryman, warden and Sunday school teacher in the Episcopal Church. Rassman was a decorated veteran of World War II, who rose from private to captain with the 32nd division of the U.S. Army in the Pacific. He earned his law degree from the University of Texas in 1947. 1942 EDWARD CALOHILL BuRKS, a member of the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died on Dec. 11, 1983, at his home in Manassas, Va. A World War II veteran who achieved the rank of captain, Burks started his career with the Lynchburg Daily Advance. He progressed to the Baltimore Sun, serving three years on the staff in Bueno Aires and the Caribbean. Burks then worked for the Times in New York and Bonn where he covered the Hungarian revolt against the Soviets. Last year he earned a master’s degree in history from George Mason University. During his career he covered sports, na- tional and foreign news and was fluent in six foreign languages. 1945 RUSSELL W. INGHAM JR. died in May of 1983. He was the owner of Russell’s Fine Foods. Dr. Davip Mactyn NowELL, practicing obstetrics- gynecology in Dalton, Ga., died in 1981. 1950 JAMES A. CONNELLY JR., resident vice president of the Florida regional office of Aetna Life & Casual- ty, died January 1983. 1978 RICHARD JAY REED Jr., a native of New Orleans, La., died Oct. 25, 1982. Reed was a cum laude graduate in philosophy at Tulane University and was attending L.S.U. Medical School. 47 And furthermore Letters to the Editor "My copy of the Novem Der I provide a a forum inv which municate with each other : relevant: I t an all-male 1 to become d the spirit an this alumnus. With all y respect for person and office, the contained in the paper are a ofa recurring clarion call to em- taught for a numbérs of Eastern pea whi social climate of 7 mae ee nO} also supports the co! and Lee loses many « ° because it is a single son refused to cor reason and went to: a ution; my own anda negative. lying for that vironment is the all- absence of this forecast tl reasons for having c oed main at peace in the cal speculation t to “which they” Pil be damned if a simple trapolation will push me to such e3 The decline in college en roll challenges our will and resourcefulness. - will always have a place in our hearts and ~ minds. An all-male W&L can have a place in our future when we meet the challenge. Pawning W&Ls identity i is another way to solve the problem. But, what a price to pay — /Micnast Gurioan, ’74 _ Stamford, Conn. university. I would also have coveted the possibility of my ‘daughter’ s being able to apply to W&L.) ‘Finally, I hope that the crucial decision about coeducation will not be determined by the somewhat nostalgic and unrealistic desire of some alumni to keep the University “like it was in our day” or by the reluctance of some students to face the long-rz nge ye implications of their desire to keep the status quo. I trust that the Board of Trustees will decide that the University should offer a hive! Preparation for living in the 21st Ce by edu cating. e and women the undergrad Editor: ee atin A think youaredoinga an 2x lent at j the school, eS ) ecially | | H IRISTOPHER L. SIsTO, 89 Amherst, Mass. Editor: de: | i “ Iwantto emphasize th that the emingazine ear ried an excel a article on the issue of coeducation. a JAMES E. Kocx, 77 Palo Alto, Calif Pleasant F Remin ler SS Editor: Your ten issue was super! 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