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Samuel Babbitt, who served as the president of Kirkland College, delivered the inaugural Chuck Root Kirkland College lecture during Reunion Weekend festivities, June 7-9.

Russell Blackwood, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, emeritus, treated an Alumni College class to a lively discussion titled "Islamic Thought Today: The Gates of Ijtihad."

The Oneida County Historical Society has renamed its "Living Legends" award in honor of Hamilton College life trustee Richard Couper '44. The award will be called the Richard W. Couper Living Legend Award in honor of Couper, who "has not only worked long hours on behalf of the Society, but also as a volunteer for many non-profit organizations," said Kevin Marken, of the Historical Society. The announcement was made at a press conference on Friday, June 6. Couper, and this year's Living Legends, Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito and area industrialist Earle Reed, will be honored at a dinner on September 5 at the Harts Hill Inn.

The D. Roger Howlett '66 Award for Writing on Art, "A Response to Art" ($250) was presented to Marcus Loveland '02 on Saturday, May 25, at the Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College. This special award celebrates the Emerson Gallery's 20th Anniversary and was held in conjunction with the gallery's Hamilton Collects American Art exhibition.

Michael Klosson, a 1971 graduate of Hamilton College, has been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as an ambassador in his administration. The President intends to nominate Klosson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus.

Ambassador Edward S. "Ned" Walker, Jr., a 1962 graduate of Hamilton, will present "An Insider's View on United States Democracy," on Friday, June 7, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. His lecture will take place as part of Hamilton's Reunion Weekend activities, and is open to the public.

Professor of English Margaret Thickstun delivered a paper,"God as Father in Paradise Lost," at the 7th International Milton Symposium in Beaufort, South Carolina, June 4th-8th.

Hamilton College will welcome back more than 700 alumni, plus their guests, when it hosts its annual Reunion Weekend, this year on Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9. Highlights of this year's reunion will include a Kirkland College Commemoration, with the inauguration of the new Chuck Root '40 Kirkland College Lecture series, featuring a lecture by Samuel Fisher Babbitt. He served as the president of Kirkland College from 1968-1978. Also on tap is the groundbreaking for Hamilton's new science building, unveiling of the Kirkland Marker, and a Service of Remembrance dedicated to the three Hamilton alumni who lost their lives on September 11.

Glass work by Josh Simpson '72 has been selected by the United States Art in Embassies Program. Simpson's Blue New Mexico Super Bowl will soon be on display at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna. His work is already on permanent display at U.S. Embassies in Ottawa, Canada; Wellington, New Zealand; and in Moscow at the ambassador’s residence.

Professor of English Vincent Odamtten gave a paper at the San Diego annual meeting of the African Literature Association, titled "Ghanaian Poetry at Century's End: The Question of National and Transnational Identities."