Washington and Lee alumnus Hughes Melton, Class of 1989, was named the 2011 Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians this week at its Annual Scientific Assembly. The award goes to an outstanding American family physician who provides compassionate and comprehensive patient care and serves as a community role model […]
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When Christopher Cartmill, Class of 1984, returned to Washington and Lee in the spring of 2009 as the Flournoy Playwright, he produced five plays in six weeks. Included in that lineup was The Nebraska Dispatches, a solo performance by Cartmill based on a research trip he had made to his home town, Lincoln, Neb. He […]
Sad news from Oregon last week, when Del Clark, of the Class of 1990, lost his long battle with cancer, at the age of 41. Del was the subject of an earlier blog item when The Oregonian newspaper featured him. A lawyer in the Portland suburb of Sherwood, Del was not only a city councilor but also had […]
Washington and Lee law alumnus Talcott Franklin, of the Class of 1995, was the subject of a couple of articles in the financial press last week. The focus was on the clearinghouse that he created to allow investors in residential mortgage-backed securities that went bad to pool their claims and, as Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported, "potentially […]
Hamill Jones, a 2004 Washington and Lee alumnus and former captain of the Generals' basketball team, will soon be starting his second season as head varsity basketball coach of his prep school alma mater, St. Christopher's School, in Richmond, Va. His first team finished 9-9. Hamill is also teaching history there. But his St. Christopher's job […]
As he tells the story, Ron Pen, a 1973 Washington and Lee alumnus, was enrolling in graduate school at the University of Kentucky in 1983 and was interested in pursuing music composition. But after his entrance exams, Ron was told that he'd done exceptionally well on the history portion. "They said, 'You should be a […]
Bill Miller, a 1972 alumnus of Washington and Lee and chairman and chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital Management, gained the esteem of the financial world for his 15-year string of beating the Standard & Poor's 500 index. That streak finally came to an end in 2006. Earlier this week, AsiaOne, the website that […]
The Atlanta Journal Constitution published an engaging question-and-answer session with Washington and Lee law alumna Lizanne Thomas, of the Class of 1982, last week. The primary topic was corporate governance, an area in which Lizanne has a wealth of experience. She not only practices and teaches in the area, but she also has hands-on experience. Lizanne […]
Washington and Lee history professor Ted DeLaney, a member of W&L's Class of 1985, was a keynote speaker for an unusual event this past weekend in the small Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio. Every year since 1864, the people of Gallipolis have celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation in September, because the preliminary issue of the proclamation came on Sept. 22, 1862. The […]
In his new book, James Madison Rules America: The Constitutional Origins of Congressional Partisanship, Washington and Lee politics professor William F. Connelly Jr. takes exception to Woodrow Wilson's interpretation of Madison's institutional framework. Discussing his views on Wilson and Madison this summer in an interview with alumna Amy Balfour '89, '93L, Connelly said that "what […]
By day, Garland Tucker, a member of W&L’s Class of 1969, is the president and CEO of Triangle Capital Corp., a specialty finance company in Raleigh, N.C. By night, however, he is the author of a new book, The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge and the 1924 Election (Emerald Book Co.). He focuses […]
If you're hearing more and more about mobile applications for your smart phone, so are we. In case you were unaware, Washington and Lee already has a full-featured mobile site, including schedules, directory search, news, video, events, maps/directions and more. You can find it by going to m.wlu.edu on your smart phone's browser. Now we're […]
Famed journalist Charley McDowell, a member of Washington and Lee’s Class of 1948, has a special place in the history of W&L, for he grew up on campus as the son of Charles McDowell, professor of law, and Catherine McDowell, secretary to the law dean. During his illustrious 49-year career with the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper, […]
When it opened earlier this month, it was evident to everyone that Washington and Lee's handsome new Hillel House contains some special features. One of them is the Jerusalem stone that installed on a wall in the entryway. The stone, which features an unfinished split face, was manufactured by Haifa Inc. and consists of limestone […]
Readers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution were already acquainted with the writing of Washington and Lee alum Jeremiah McWilliams, a staff reporter for the newspaper. But they were more accustomed to seeing his byline under stories about such Atlanta-based companies as Coca-Cola, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (based in Atlanta — really), or Great American Cookies. Then, one […]
The Clovis, N.M., News Journal, published a wonderful piece last week with Washington and Lee law alumnus Lynell Skarda of the Class of 1941. The story calls Lyn the oldest practicing lawyer in New Mexico. He turned 95 last month. Lyn followed his late brother, Langdon, a 1938 law school graduate, to W&L, and his […]
When Patricia Lopes Harris, a member of Washington and Lee University’s Class of 1991, began preparing the Convocation speech she will deliver at her alma mater this evening, Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 5:30 p.m., she dug into her own family’s history. And, in a probable first for a Convocation speaker, she also turned to Facebook. […]
Washington and Lee music professor Terry Vosbein's recent CD, Progressive Jazz 2009, got a nice boost recently when it was the subject of a feature story in the August edition of JAZZIZ Magazine, considered one of the premier publications covering the jazz world. The CD, which was the subject of a previous blog post here, […]
Former Washington and Lee tennis stars Robby (Class of 1994) and Chris (Class of 1996) MacNaughton are teaming up on Nov. 7 to run in the ING New York City Marathon, part of a group raising funds for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The MacNaughtons have a personal reason to support this cause: Stuart, the three-year-old […]
As the new academic year begins, The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee tallied up its work from the last, and the numbers are impressive. The students served 19,471 hot buffet meals and cold individual meals. The most popular meal? Meatloaf. VMI and Wal-Mart joined other organizations in donating 59,934 pounds of food, of which […]
Washington Nationals fans should be heartened to know that when pitcher Steven Strasburg has surgery on his prized right arm in Los Angeles on Friday, a Washington and Lee alumnus is assisting in the operation. Dr. Wiemi Douoguih, of the Class of 1992, is medical director for the Nationals and will be working with orthopedic surgeon Dr. […]