USA Today Credits Coach Gene Long for Hockey Mask Invention
October 30, 2009 “Unmasking the real story of the man that revolutionized hockey,” a USA Today article about the development of the hockey mask in the National Hockey League, features Hamilton’s former track coach Gene Long and alumnus and former Hamilton hockey goalie Don Spencer ’59. The story credits Long with the invention of the prototype for the mask and highlights Spencer’s role as the individual who alerted famed NHL goaltender Jacques Plante to its existence 50 years ago. More ...
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Former Hamilton hockey coach Gene Long and his wife Arlene.
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New York Times Features LAFBAF
Max Wall ’10 is featured in a New York Times slide show titled “Simpler Substances.” Wall founded the Loose Association of Friends for the Better Appreciation of Fermentation, (Lafbaf). The photos in the piece were taken by Kristen Morgan-Davie ’12.
Garrett and Doran to Debate Genetic Engineering in Imagining America Event
Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett and Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran will present a talk "Building Better People?: Genetic Engineering and the Roots of Evil" on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side in Utica. This is the third event in the 2009-2010 Imagining America collaboration between Hamilton College and The Other Side.
