Carl A. Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics and the current president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, travelled to New York City on April 13 to speak in honor of former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes at the annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Sen. Sarbanes was honored with the 2007 James W. Dodge Memorial Foreign Language Advocate Award in recognition of his devotion to the laguage and culture of ancient Greece and the classical world. His wife Christine, who attended the ceremony, taught Latin and Classical Greek at the Gilman School in Baltimore for 22 years and was an instructor of Classics at Goucher College from 1960 to 1973.
Professor Rubino's tribute recalled Senator Sarbanes' service on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, his commitment to the language and ideals of ancient Greece. and his ongoing dedication to learning and the life of the mind.
