Mitchell B. Reiss
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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All events are free and open to the public.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
4:00 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. Swarthmore College
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
7:00 p.m.
Poetry and Project Runway, or How to Take Criticism
Limited seating.
Tawes Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts
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Women's Volleyball vs. Swarthmore College
Cain Athletic Center
Women's Soccer vs. Swarthmore College
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
7:00 p.m
Dr. Donald Webster on "Beautiful Bivalve: The Rise and Fall of Maryland's Iconic Oyster."
Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society
Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center
Men's Soccer vs. Swarthmore College
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
5:15 p.m.
The Founding Fathers of 1787: Lessons in Political Leadership
Lecture by Richard Beeman, winner of the 2010 George Washington Book Prize. Reception to follow for members of The 1782 Society. Mr. Beeman's lecture will be preceded by a book signing at 4:15 and a screening of "Freedom Rising," presented by the National Constitution Center, at 5:00.
Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
9:30 a.m.
Making History: A Public Conversation on the Historian's Craft
Q&A with Richard Beeman
Center Stage, Hodson Hall Commons
Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Audio Tours - History on the Waterfront: A Journey into
Chestertown's Past
Custom House, 101 S. Water Street, Chestertown
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8:00 p.m.
The Galway Girls - Traditional Music of Ireland.
In cooperation with the Mainstay and the Student Events Board
Center Stage (The Egg), Hodson Hall Commons
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Delegate Registration
Joseph H. McLain '37 Atrium, John S. Toll Science Center
11:00 a.m.
Inauguration of Mitchell B. Reiss
27th President of Washington College
Campus Lawn, Rain location: Benjamin A. Johnson Lifetime Fitness Center
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Marc Castelli: The Art of the Waterman – The Simison Collection
The Kohl Gallery is grateful to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for the loan of the Simison Collection.
Kohl Gallery, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts
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12:30 p.m.
Luncheon
Hodson Hall Commons
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Historical Society of Kent County - Chestertown Historic House Tour
Featuring two of Washington College's historic buildings: The Custom House,
101 S. Water Street, Chestertown
and the Patrick Henry House,
103 N. Queen Street, Chestertown
2:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs. McDaniel College
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
2:00 p.m.
Leadership in the Liberal Arts: Perspectives from the Alumni
Sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa
Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center
Moderated by Dr. Michael Harvey, Associate Professor of Business Management and Chair, Department of Business Management
Four WC alumni leaders discuss the skills and talents they honed as students in a liberal arts institution and how WC prepared them for leadership roles in their workplaces and communities following graduation. Alumni panelists include: Barry Drew '70, Chris DePietro '87, Michele Volansky '90, and Kim Last '07.
2:30 p.m.
A Roundtable Discussion on Religion and Politics in Europe
Sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture of the Goldstein Program
Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts
3:30 p.m.
Reprise of Washington College Students in Free Enterprise's
award-winning presentation at the 2010 SIFE USA National Exposition
Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall
5:00 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse Alumni Game
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
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Guests are invited to visit the following venues Saturday afternoon between
2:00 and 4:30 p.m.
Callinectes Research Vessel
High Street Public Landing
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Faculty and Staff Authors' Table
Washington College Bookstore, Casey Academic Center
Inaugural Bookmark Letterpress Printing
Rose O'Neill Literary House
Photo Journey of Washington College
Alumni House
Presentation and Display of Inaugural Greetings
Miller Library
Student Art Exhibition
Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts
Washington College Public Archaeology Lab
Ground floor, Custom House
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
2:00 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. Christopher Newport
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium
Delegates from Colleges and Universities
- 1167 - University of Oxford, Emilie Amt, Alumna
- 1413 - University of St. Andrews, Liam Daley, Alumnus
- 1636 - Harvard University, Murray Drabkin, Alumnus
- 1693 - The College of William & Mary, Michael R. Halleran, Provost
- 1701 - Yale University, Alicia W. Gale, Alumna
- 1746 - Princeton University, Robert J. H. Janson-La Palme, Alumnus
- 1754 - Columbia University, Simeon Shoge, Alumnus
- 1755 - University of Pennsylvania, Scott Wieler, Alumnus
- 1764 - Brown University, Mindy F. Reynolds, Alumna
- 1766 - Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Carleton A. Holstrom, Trustee Emeritus
- 1769 - Dartmouth College, Harrison C. Bristoll, Jr., Alumnus
- 1776 - Phi Beta Kappa Society, John Churchill, Secretary
- 1781 - Washington & Jefferson College, Keith T. Ghezzi, Trustee
- 1782 - Washington and Lee University, William S. Ingersoll, Alumnus
- 1783 - Dickinson College, Henry H. Spire, Alumnus
- 1783 - Hampden-Sydney College, David H. LaMotte, Jr., Alumnus
- 1784 - St. John's College, Christopher B. Nelson, President
- 1785 - University of Georgia, Aaron M. Lampman, Alumnus
- 1787 - Franklin & Marshall College, Reeve Askew, Alumnus
- 1789 - Georgetown University, James P. Martin and Gerald S. O'Connor, Alumni
- 1789 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Janet T. Sorrentino, Alumna
- 1793 - Williams College, Terence T. Finn, Alumnus
- 1794 - Bowdoin College, Mary Ann Lai Herron, Alumna
- 1795 - Union College, Aaron Reuvan Krochmal, Alumnus
- 1800 - Middlebury College, Theodore R. Lazo, Alumnus
- 1802 - United States Military Academy, Louis Michael, Alumnus
- 1807 - University System of Maryland, William E. Kirwan, Chancellor
- 1807 - University of Maryland, Baltimore, Heather L. Spurrier, Associate Director of Development, University of Maryland School of Law
- 1808 - Mount St. Mary's University, William L. Dahut, Trustee Emeritus
- 1812 - Hamilton College, Sarah P. Feyerherm, Alumna
- 1812 - Lycoming College, W. Clark Gaughan, Vice President Alumni Association
- 1815 - Allegheny College, George Foss, Alumnus
- 1819 - Maryville College, Jeffrey Denton, Alumnus
- 1819 - University of Virginia, John W. Sause, Jr., Alumnus
- 1821 - University of the Sciences, Phyllis Blumberg, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center
- 1821 - George Washington University, Stephen Chitwood, Professor Emeritus
- 1821 - Amherst College, Colin C. Dickson, Alumnus
- 1824 - Kenyon College, Elizabeth Arnold Rice, Alumna
- 1826 - Lafayette College, Barry A. Depew, Alumnus
- 1831 - New York University, Bonnie M. Fisher, Alumna
- 1831 - Denison University, T. Clayton Black, Alumnus
- 1832 - Gettysburg College, Jeff Chaffin, Alumnus
- 1833 - Oberlin College, Donald A. McColl, Alumnus
- 1833 - University of Delaware, H. Louise Amick, Alumna
- 1834 - Wheaton College, Jane Harrington Scott, Alumna
- 1834 - Wake Forest University, R. Stewart Barroll, Alumnus
- 1836 - Emory University, Bernadette Nye, Director of Research
- 1837 - DePauw University, Mark Gadson, Alumnus
- 1837 - Mount Holyoke College, Jamie H. Garner, Alumna
- 1838 - Duke University, Lynn McLain, Alumna
- 1839 - Virginia Military Institute, Grover C. Outland III, Alumnus
- 1842 - Hollins University, Suzanne Smith Whitmore, Chair, Board of Trustees
- 1842 - Ohio Wesleyan University, Sandra B. Terpeluk, Alumna
- 1845 - National University of Ireland, Galway, Carmel Dempsey, Alumna
- 1845 - United States Naval Academy, Joseph L. Reppert, Alumnus
- 1845 - University College Cork, Ireland, Frank O. Fitzgibbon, Alumnus
- 1846 - Saint Vincent College, John J. Wojtila, Alumnus
- 1846 - St. Mary's College of Maryland, Daniel W. Ingersoll, Professor of Anthropology
- 1846 - Grinnell College, Cynthia Bowers Fulton, Alumna
- 1847 - University of Iowa, John E. Osborn, Alumnus
- 1848 - Muhlenberg College, Monica Sella, Alumna
- 1848 - Rhodes College, John H. Quinn, Jr., Alumnus
- 1851 - University of Minnesota, John Schultz, Alumnus
- 1852 - Tufts University, Peter Davenport, Alumnus
- 1853 - Mount Aloysius College, Thomas P. Foley, President
- 1855 - Elmira College, Nancy Butler, Alumna
- 1856 - University of Maryland, College Park, Linda Cades, Alumna
- 1857 - Sewanee: The University of the South, Samuel L. Heck, Alumnus
- 1860 - Lock Haven University, Judith Taylor Barroll, Alumna
- 1861 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Martin H. Reiss, Alumnus
- 1861 - Vassar College, Thomas F. McHugh, Professor of Education, Emeritus
- 1862 - Maryland Institute College of Art, Fred Lazarus iv, President
- 1863 - Moravian College, Frederick S. Patt, Alumnus
- 1863 - Boston College, Mela Dutka, Alumna
- 1864 - Swarthmore College, Steven Cades, Alumnus
- 1865 - University of Kansas, Rufus Nye, Alumnus
- 1865 - Lehigh University, Ferdinand Thun, Alumnus
- 1865 - Cornell University, Thomas H. Gale, Alumnus and Randi Reiss-McCormack, Alumna
- 1866 - College of Wooster, David R. Batcheller, Jr., Alumnus
- 1866 - Towson University, John Reisinger, Alumnus
- 1867 - McDaniel College, Roger N. Casey, President
- 1867 - Morgan State University, A. Barbara Wheeler, Alumna (Superintendent of Kent County School System)
- 1869 - University of Nebraska, Timothy Rhynalds, Alumnus
- 1869 - Ursinus College, H. Elizabeth Armstrong-Keefe, Alumna
- 1869 - Southern Illinois University, Bradley Skelcher, Alumnus
- 1869 - Trinity University, Rivers Singleton, Jr., Alumnus
- 1870 - Wellesley College, Bethany Kupferschmidt, Alumna
- 1870 - Syracuse University, Darnell Parker, Alumnus
- 1870 - The Ohio State University, Suzanne Foster Manley, Alumna
- 1871 - Elmhurst College, Kathryn Callahan, Alumna
- 1871 - Smith College, Sheila West Austrian, Alumna
- 1872 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Kathryn W. Sack, Alumna
- 1873 - College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Mary Pat Seurkamp, President
- 1873 - Wesley College, William N. Johnston, President
- 1873 - Vanderbilt University, Betsey Kulman, Alumna
- 1876 - Johns Hopkins University, Beverley Sener Durham, Alumna
- 1880 - Emerson College, Jenifer E. Endicott, Alumna
- 1883 - Houghton College, Betty J. Daughenbaugh, Alumna
- 1884 - Temple University, Lois E. Kitz, Alumna
- 1885 - Goucher College, Eleanor Shriver Magee, Alumna
- 1885 - Seton Hill University, Anne Emsurak Keeney, Alumna
- 1885 - Bryn Mawr College, Clare Stevens Ingersoll, Alumna
- 1886 - Society of Sigma Xi, Lauren M. Littlefield, Washington College Chapter President
- 1887 - Whittier College, Arthur Turman, Alumnus
- 1887 - Teachers College - Columbia University, Benjamin Whitman, Alumnus
- 1890 - University of Chicago, James M. Anthony, Alumnus
- 1891 - Randolph College, Bayly Marks Janson-La Palme, Alumna
- 1891 - Delaware State University, Emmanuel Lalande, Alumnus
- 1893 - Hood College, Ronald J. Volpe, President
- 1899 - Elizabethtown College, Diane Souder Hirsh, Alumna
- 1904 - Saint Michael's College, Kathleen S. Campbell, Alumna
- 1907 - East Carolina University, Laura Johnstone Wilson, Alumna
- 1911 - Connecticut College, Barbara H. Heck, Alumna
- 1925 - University of Baltimore, Joseph S. Wood, Provost
- 1925 - Salisbury University, Edward M. Thomas, Past Chair, Salisbury University Foundation
- 1946 - Claremont McKenna College, Daryl Joseph Butcher, Alumna
- 1947 - Stevenson University, Nicole C. Marano, Associate Dean for Institutional Research and Assessment
- 1958 - Prince George's Community College, Charlene M. Dukes, President
- 1965 - Chesapeake College, Barbara A. Viniar, President
- 1968 - Cecil College, W. Stephen Pannill, President
- 1971 - Maryland Independent College and University Association, Tina Bjarekull, President
- 1975 - Baltimore International College, Edgar B. Schick, President