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In June, Professor of English George Bahlke presented a paper at the eighth international D.H. Lawrence Conference, “D.H. Lawrence and Literary Genres," in Naples, Italy. His paper, "'See Naples and Die': Two Heroines' Italian Journeys," focused on E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread and D.H. Lawrence's The Lost Girl. Bahlke also chaired a panel on D.H. Lawrence's poetry.

Associate Professor and English Chair Nat Strout was interviewed for a "Black Issues in Higher Education" article about how college English departments choose minority and female authors for their reading lists.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner was interviewed for a Buffalo News article (6/10/01) about President Bush's taxpayer rebates.

The Helmuth-Ingalls Legion Baseball Team hosted the Moran Legion team on June 6, 2001 at Hamilton College’s Royce baseball field. A ceremony sponsored by the American Legion preceded the game.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner wrote an op-ed about Dorie Miller, the black messman who became a hero at Pearl Harbor when he manned a machine gun and shot down two enemy aircraft. Miller was featured in the movie "Pearl Harbor." The op-ed was published in The Charleston (WV) Gazette.

Cheng Li, professor of government, comments on the upcoming leadership changes in China. Li is the author of China's Leaders: The New Generation (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).

Karen Leach, former chief information officer at Colgate University, has been named vice president for administration and finance at Hamilton College. Leach assumes the position held previously by Daniel J. O'Leary, who will become Hamilton's vice president for investments, a new position.

The smash Broadway musical, "The Producers," by Thomas Meehan '51 and Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical. This past weekend was Meehan's 50th class reunion at Hamilton. He graduated in 1951 with a bachelor of arts in English.

Hamilton's Reunion Weekend Alumni College will feature talks by nationally-known pollster John Zogby and Hamilton Jazz Archive director Monk Rowe, today at 3 p.m. Zogby will talk about polling in the wake of the 2000 presidential campaign at 3 p.m. in the KJ Aud. Rowe will share a sampling of jazz video interviews--humorous, poignant and informative clips from musicians, writers and critics he has interviewed since the archive was established in 1995. 3 p.m. in the Red Pit at KJ.

Percy R. Luney, a 1970 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named dean of the new college of law at Florida A&M University in Orlando. He was most recently president of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev. Luney earned a juris doctorate from Harvard University. Classes in the new law school are expected to begin in the fall of 2003.