For Washington and Lee alumnus Ted Le Clercq, this week's fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina marked the successful completion of a significant campaign through which he has helped one of New Orleans' great streets return to its previous grandeur. A member of W&L's Class of 1986, Ted was the guiding force in the effort to […]
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Last month, when Randy Minchew, a member of the Washington and Lee Law Class of 1984, was named deputy counselor and advisor to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, he joined fellow W&L alumnus Mike Reynold, of the Class of 2002, as a member of the McDonnell administration. Mike has been there since last November, serving as assistant […]
Washington and Lee University studio art faculty will present their work at the corporate gallery of Capital One in Richmond starting next month and continuing through December. The exhibition will feature works by Leigh Ann Beavers, visiting assistant professor of art; Christa Bowden, assistant professor of art; Clover Archer Lyle, visiting instructor of photography; Kathleen […]
Fans of the Generals can now follow Washington and Lee's varsity athletic teams on both Facebook and Twitter. You can get the latest updates on all W&L's teams by "liking" the Generals' Facebook page. If you're a Twitter user, be sure to follow the Generals by going to http://twitter.com/wlugenerals. You'll get up-to-the-minute scores throughout the […]
In addition to working at CBS as an associate producer for the Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation and on camera as a featured correspondent on the daily web show Washington Unplugged, Washington and Lee alumna Kaylee Hartung of the Class of 2007 has a new assignment as a sideline correspondent for college football […]
When Éclair de Lune, a four-year-old German bred filly, came from behind to win the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington Park race track outside Chicago this past Saturday, there weren't any dry eyes in the winner's circle where the horse's owner, Richard L. Duchossois, of Washington and Lee's Class of 1944, accepted the trophy […]
Ginny Wortham, of the Class of 2007 and a member of the Generals' 2007 NCAA Division III national championship tennis team, is still competing and winning national championships. Earlier this month Ginny teamed up with her mother, Lindsay, to capture two titles at the USTA Mother/Daughter Grass Court Championships in Newport, R.I. The Worthams won […]
If you haven't noticed it yet, the School of Law has just completed a makeover of its web home page. The design is closely aligned with the University's home page, and it effectively adds more multimedia, featuring now a "Year in Review" slide show and a video in which law professor David Millon discusses the […]
Earlier this week Beau Dudley, W&L's director of alumni affairs, received an e-mail from R. K. Barton, of the Class of 1963, forwarding an e-mail from Beth Niccolini, of the Class of 1997, forwarding an e-mail from her husband–who, while taking the elevator down in the Washington Monument, noticed that one of the 193 memorial stones […]
When Drew Catanese of the Class of 2004 got his first high school teaching job, he found the process of selecting health insurance plans and 401Ks and home mortgage plans a puzzle for which he was not prepared. "I remember thinking, 'I'm a college-educated adult, and I have no idea what all this is about,'" […]
Erin Tainer, a 2007 Washington and Lee alumna, stepped off from Springer Mountain, Ga., on March 27, bound for Mt Katahdin, Maine. On foot. That's a 2175-mile walk known as an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Erin's most recent blog post was on July 29, and she estimated then that she was 600 miles from her destination. […]
Congratulations to Geoffrey Campbell, a 1998 Washington and Lee alumnus who was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Culinary category as producer of the Food Network series “Tyler’s Ultimate.” Geoff has been producing shows for the Food Network since July 2007 and has a variety of the network’s programs to his credit, including […]
This summer, as U.S. combat advisers from the Army's 162nd Infantry Brigade began returning from their respective employments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington and Lee alumnus Mark Bertolini, of the Class of 1986, the brigade's commander, was on hand to greet them at Ft. Polk, La. (See the photo.) Col. Bertolini took over command of […]
David Elmes, emeritus professor of psychology, has made a habit of calling upon his former students as a resource for the next generation of psychology majors. During the spring semester of 2009, he put together a course called Applications of Psychology Sciences, in which 11 alumni and alumnae with graduate degrees in psychology and allied […]
Cabell Youell, a 1999 graduate of Washington and Lee's School of Law, was practicing corporate law in Roanoke when she began volunteering with the Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation, an organization that trains service dogs who help children and adults stricken with a broad range of disabilities (autism, cerebral palsy, joint and muscular […]
Fifty high school science teachers from all over the country spent four days learning about nuclear energy in a workshop that Washington and Lee co-hosted with the National Energy Education Development (NEED) project last month. The workshop, which was funded by a grant from W&L alumnus Gerry Lenfest '53, '55L, was held in Charlottesville at […]
A random Tweet caught our eye this week. It came from a fellow named Steve Hayman, who is a consulting engineer for Apple but also directs the Argonotes, the band for the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. Seems that the Argonauts played at the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday night (Aug. 6). The Argonauts won 29-28, […]
Washington and Lee English professor and novelist Laura Brodie has had a big couple of months in Germany. The German translation of her debut novel, The Widow's Season, was released at the end of May, and it has been climbing the best-seller list there throughout the summer. In July, the novel, retitled Ich weiß, du […]
What are the odds that two Washington and Lee alums who graduated six years apart would wind up creating albums of children's music? With the release of Why Does Gray Matter? … And Other Brainy Songs for Kids, Roger Day, of the Class of 1985, now has four albums. His latest features songs about the […]
In January, we blogged about an Automotive News report that predicted that Bright Automotive, the Indiana-based electric hybrid vehicle company of which Washington and Lee alumnus Reuben Munger is chairman and CEO, was about to sign an agreement with a major automaker. On Tuesday, Bright and General Motors announced the new agreement under which GM […]
Poetry Daily paid a nice tribute to the work of "Shenandoah" editor R.T. Smith and managing editor Lynn Leech by making the 60th anniversary issue its weekly prose feature. The special issue, devoted to Flannery O'Connor, has already elicited quite a bit of comment, including priase for the diverse content from several bloggers. Meantime, WVTF […]
Almost 95 years after it was founded on the Washington and Lee University campus in December 1914, the national leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) is back home in Lexington. On Friday, July 30, the moving vans unloaded at ODK's new home, the historic Lexington train station, which is at 224 McLaughlin Street. The […]