Presidential Pieces ome of America's mo-t extraordinary hand-crafted libiect� are nn ,·iew at the Colby College M useum of Art this rring and ·um mer whl'n The Wh 1 te House Collect ion of Ameri can Charles Conover
ramic, fiber, wood and meral-7 2 items
Tenure Times Three Three fac u l ty members were
rafts comes to Waten· i l le. The
exhibit ion include \\'Ork in glass, ce
Julie Millard
lill Gordon
that were displayed in the White Hou e
among other publ icat ions.
before a tour that has taken them to
.
Gordon arrived at Colby from
Charles Conover in phy ics and
the l l l m.nis ln t i tute of Technol
of American A r t , t h e American Craft
gr anted tenure on J a nuary I a rronomy, J i l l Gordon i n
the Smithsonian' National M useu m
ph i
og · in 1 990. � he ha a bachelor's
Museum in
lo ophy a n d J u l ie r. ! i l lard i n
degree from Claremont M c Ken
Angeles County Mu eum of Art in
I \
ew York and the Los
chemi try a l l w i l l be promoted
n a C o l le,!:!e i n C a l i forn i a , a
Cal iforn ia. The exhib i t opens at the
to a ociate profe sor effe c t i \'e
master' from Brown Un i,·er ity
Colby museum on May 1 0 and will remain through J uly 1 3 .
, eptember l .
and a Ph.D. from the U ni\'er ity
A ,· irtual tour of the White House Col lect ion of American Crafts
"The e three �cholar· e m
ofTexa'> at Au tin. Heracademic
body Colby' trad i t ion of e xc e l
experme i� m ancient philoso
can be \'iewed on the World W ide Web at http ://www.nmaa.si .edu/
lent teaching b y people w h o are
phy, e pec ially Plato, and in o
committed to . enou academic
etal and political philosophy. She
re earch," aid Dean of Faculty
\\'l1n a l\. ! a rguente Eyer W i l bur
anJ Vice Pre 1den r for Aca
Foundatton Fellnw�hip tn 1 9 94-
demic Affairs Robert McArthur.
95 and ha
The three candidate receh·ed
PhilosoJih-y and Rheroric , Clasxal
extraord inary pra i e from
tu
dent in addmon to the recom
tional Policy Com m i ttee. The
been published in
Quarter/:-; and the
]ownal of So
na/ Phrlosoph:-; .
mendation of Pre ident Bil 1 Coner and the College'- Educa
l i l larJ began at
nlby in
1 99 1 , c o m i ng from the Un iver ny of R ichmond, where she was
common denommator amung
a Cam i l l e and Louis Dreyfu
rhem i
Teach ing and Research Fe l low.
ment
" ub tanual achieve
as teacher and cholar , "
McArthur aid.
whc/americancrafts or through a l i nk on Colby's Web · i r e .
he received a bachelor's de gree from A mher t Col lege and
Conover came to Colby m
earned a Ph.D. a t Brl wn U n i
1 990 from the Unl\·enry ofV 1r
,·er tt\' m 1 9 l . Her re·earch
gm1a, where he earned hi Ph . D .
invlilve d rug i nteract ion with
anJ er\'ed a a teac h m g a s1 -
D
rant. He earned a bachelor' <le
drug and cancer-cau ing agenc-. In add ition, ·he has tud ied and
19 5 . Conover' re earch 1 nter
lectured about the u ·e of DNA
e:>t� include arom and molecu le�
as courtroom e,·idence. M i l lard
in strong field , �pecrro c JPY of
c urrent ! ) i
atoms and molec u l e , control
of b ioche m i try. Her art i c le have been pub I 1 hed in the jour
lecul<irwave functi n and phy -
nal Biochimie. Anri-Cancer Drug
1c of atomic and m o l e c u l a r
Design and Chemica l Research in
cluster . He received a N ational
Toxicology. l n J anuary, the Re-
�uence Foun<lat ion grant ( wi t h
earch Corporation of Tucson,
two c o l l eague ) in 1996 for con
Ari:., announced that M i l lard
ventional an<l la er pectro copy
receive<l a grant to upport basic
of atom an<l m lecule·. He has
research a part of the Come! 1
wrmen artic les abo u t h i
C l lege
re
temporar y Phys i c s a n d The
M i l l a rd' re earc h on DNA and c e l l u lar prote i n . +
Karen S m i t h Cowan
76,
More than 30 former players and coaches returned i n Febru ary to celebrate the 2 5 th a n n i ver ary of the birth of women\ ice hockey at Colby. ue Yovic Hoeller ' 7 3 , who organi:ed the first women' team, wa· among those who returned to kate against each other. Al o returning for the anniversary was R ick Drake ' 7 5 , who, a a goalie for the junior varsity men' team, was recruited to coach the first women' The earliest women's teams
quad.
cavenged used equipment and
practiced at 6 a.m. and 1 1 :30 p.m.-the only t i mes the ice was available-and inspired an eame t and enthu iast ic following. W ithin three years of its inception as a c lub, women's ice hockey was elevated to varsity status, maki ng it the third oldest program in the country. I t also became a caraly t for an aggre · ive expansion of
to support
American Journal of Physics ,
76,
Silver Reunion
c ience Award . The
3 0 , 3 9 award i
Connie Crosby
76. Sue Yovic Hoeller 73 and Rick Drake 75. Front: Amy Butcher '80, '96, Anne Boatright Beaney '85, Molly Couch Ward '86, Linda Churchill Noll '82, Wanda Wright L'Heureux 78, Kate Diana '94, Jeffra Becknell '82.
assistant profe or
anJ haping of atomic and mo
'90,
Crace leanes
A , e pec i a l ly a n t i - t u mor
gree at Middlebury College in
·earch for Physical Review, Con
Back: J e n Holsten
Katherine Cowles Berkely '82, Sue Conant Cook 75, Valerie !ones Roy
varsity athletics for women at Colby in the m iddle and late ' 70-.
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