Chuck Miller '85 was the recipient of three writing awards from the Truck Writers of North America. He received their inaugural awards in three categories: Gold Award for Magazine / Entertainment article; Best of Magazine award; and Best of 2003 article. Miller's award-winning article is "Convoy Rides Again," published in RoadKing Magazine about songwriter C.W. McCall, who wrote "Convoy."

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Reunions 2004 will reverberate with echoes of the past, celebrate the present and provide a vision of what the future holds for the people who comprise Hamilton College.   Alumni in class years celebrating Reunion (1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 1999) have received their registration materials. All other class years are invited , and all can register through May 25 online in the Reunion web site. This year you can also see who has registered to attend from you class in the “Who’s Attending” section of the web site.

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Bruce Dobkin '69 was featured in an article about stroke treatment in the March 8 issue of Newsweek magazine, titled "How A Brain Heals" (pg 49). Dobkin, a neurologist at UCLA, is exploring new methods of rehabilitation for stroke patients, based on the idea that the brain actually can recover function after a stroke by recruiting nearby neurons to work in the injured park of the brain.

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The 8th annual Summer Alumni College, offers alumni, parents and friends two on-campus choices:

· Philip A. Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, will facilitate "The 2004 Election," Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, July 18.

· Douglas Ambrose, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of History, will facilitate "Life, Love, and Letters: Exploring the Written Worlds of John Adams, Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson," Thursday, July 22, through Sunday, July 25.

Most activities for each session will take place in the beautiful Rogers Estate at the edge of the Hamilton campus. More ...

Richard Bernstein, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton and chief U.S. strategist at Merrill Lynch, was interviewed for a New York Times article about the Bull market in stocks.  Bernstein was quoted as saying: "'People are plowing money into emerging-market debt and equity funds, and ignoring the fact that they could get 4 percent dividends on a U.S. food company,' Mr. Bernstein said. Investors often place too much emphasis on capital appreciation, he said, and too little on income." More ...

A Hamilton tradition will be renewed when the College Choir hits the road during spring break, performing in Rochester, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Buffalo.  Under the direction of G. Roberts Kolb, professor of music and director of choral music at Hamilton since 1981, the 68-member choir will present a number of sacred and secular favorites, including Bruckner's "Ave Maria," Cole Porter's "Night and Day," Brahms' "Neckereien" and Folstrum's "The Water Is Wide."


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Steve Sadove '73, vice chairman of Saks Incorporated, and an alumni trustee at Hamilton, has been appointed to the additional post of chief operating officer. In making the announcement, Brad Martin, chairman and ceo of the company said "Steve Sadove has made an outstanding contribution in the two years since he joined the leadership team of Saks Incorporated. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated the ability to innovate and to identify and maximize strategic business opportunities while generating best-of-class operating performance." More ...

Professor of Theatre Carole Bellini-Sharp will receive with the Hamilton Alumni Council’s Distinguished Service Award during Volunteer Weekend and the Spring 2004 meetings of the Alumni Council. Melissa Joyce-Rosen '86, as president of the Hamilton College Alumni Association, will make the presentation at a dinner on Friday, April 23. The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council invites members of the on-campus community, alumni and others to provide recommendations for next year's honor. The deadline for recommendations for the next award is September 8, 2004.

 

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You are cordially invited to join members of the Metropolitan New York Alumni Association for an Alumni College Lecture Series featuring Robert Simon, professor of philosophy. Bob's topic is “The Internal Values of Sport: Resolving Ethical Controversies in Sport” His presentation is Thursday, March 25 at The Williams Club on 24 East 39th Street between Park and Madison Avenues. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. with a lecture to follow at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $19 per person ($15 for the Classes of 1999-2003)

Professor Simon will raise the following questions of controversy: Is it unethical for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs? Is breaking the rules of the game to gain an advantage really permissible? What is sportsmanship? What are the moral obligations of participants in competitive athletics to their opponents? While some writers argue that whatever values are found in sport only reflect the values found throughout the broader culture, application of theories found in jurisprudence and philosophy of law suggest that there are defensible values internal to sport which can help resolve ethical controversies that arise in the world of sport. Professor Simon will develop this thesis and defend it against both those who argue that there is no universal understanding of “sport” and that values only reflect the conventions of particular communities or cultural perspectives. Register HERE

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Robert O'Leary, a 1992 graduate of Hamilton, is among Boston's first recipients of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. According to an article in the Boston Globe, "He began volunteering a year ago with Boston Cares, a Boston nonprofit group that organizes teams of volunteers in and around the city.

'I didn't want to do just one project or focus in on only one area to volunteer in. I wanted to do a lot of projects,' said O'Leary, who tackles four or five volunteer projects every month."  According to the Globe article, "Among the criteria for nomination for the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards are creativity and initiative, generosity of time, energy, and resources, and working to build strong partnerships within the volunteer communities."  O'Leary received the award on February 9.

 

 

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