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February 2012 |
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 On February 16th, we remember Cushing Eells, Whitman’s Founder. Rev. Eells was born on February 16, 1810, and died that same day 83 years later. Read about the founding of Whitman College . |
| In This Issue: Events Whitman News Reunions Updates Why We Love Whitman Connect Online: Alumni Events Whitman Online Alumni Trips Update Your Address Send a Class Note Submit to Livewire Submit to 50-Plus Whitman Magazine Online Athletics Campus Events Give to Whitman  Class Notes submissions are noted in the Alumni News section of the Whitman Magazine. Your support for Whitman makes a difference.
 February’s selection The God Strategy: How Religion became a Political Weapon by David Domke and Kevin Coe  March’s selection The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
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Events The Whitman College Orchestra • Portland, OR The Whitman College Orchestra’s performance will feature Vivaldi’s Spring and Autumn concerti, Respighi’s Suite for Strings (west coast premiere), Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins in D major, Stravinsky’s Apollo Suite and Prevost’s Scherzo. February 15, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. • Portland State University • Lincoln Hall Read more. February 16, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. • Rose City Park United Methodist Church Read more. Ski with the President • Sun Valley, ID March 1-4, 2012 • Sun Valley Lodge President George Bridges and Kari Tupper invite you to join them for a weekend of skiing in beautiful Sun Valley. Rooms have been blocked at the historic Sun Valley Lodge from March 1-3. Group dinners and programs, $150 per person. Read more online. “Legitimate Ferocity:” Gauguin and Bourgeois France • Seattle, WA March 3, 2012 • 11:00 a.m. • Seattle Art Museum • Plestcheeff Auditorium You are invited to a lecture and gallery exhibit about the artist Paul Gauguin, with Lynn Sharp, associate professor of history. Professor Sharp will speak on colonialism, Gauguin’s symbolism, his exoticism in places like Brittany, and his modernist and symbolist critique of rational materialism. Read more online and Register by February 24. Oregon’s Most Interesting Year: 1942 • Portland, OR Lecture with Emeritus Professor of History G. Thomas Edwards March 3, 2012 • 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. • Hilton & Executive Tower, Salon Ballroom Join alumni, parents and friends for a talk by Emeritus Professor G. Thomas Edwards about how World War II impacted the state of Oregon. Read more online and RSVP by February 29. Capitol Hill Social • Washington, DC March 8, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. • Tortilla Coast Join Whitman College alumni, parents, friends and staff for happy hour on the Hill. We will gather in the bar area so look for Whitman signage. Read more online and RSVP by March 5. Men’s Basketball 1st Annual “Threes and Tees” Golf Tournament • Tacoma, WA March 22, 2012 • 11:30 a.m. • Tacoma Country and Golf Club Families, Friends, and Alumni: Please join us for our 1st Annual Whitman College Men’s Basketball “Threes and Tees” Golf Tournament! Enjoy a GREAT day of golf with the Whitman Basketball coaches, staff, and players at Tacoma Country and Golf Club. 11:30 a.m. Check in and registration 1:00 p.m. Shotgun start, scramble format 6:00 p.m. Dinner Buffet (includes two drink tickets) Read more online and Register by March 15. Whitman News Whitman remembers Dr. George Ball Remembrances. Read tributes from alumni, friends, faculty and staff. Read speakers comments and watch a short video tribute that was part of the January 28th celebration of his life. Read quotes by and about Dr. Ball. View a photo gallery and high resolution prints. Read a Seattle Times article about Dr. Ball. Note: The Jan. 28 Celebration of the life of George Ball was video recorded. That video will be posted on the Whitman web site in early February. Whitman in China celebrates 30 years of inspiring alumni to think globally In a constantly shrinking world, Whitman strives to help its students become global citizens. This year, the Whitman in China program celebrates thirty years of doing just that. Read more. Alumna helps reconstruct “new” dinosaur bone Calling a dinosaur bone “new” more accurately means new to us, at Whitman. Nick Bader, assistant professor of geology, reports that local resident Ben Workman has donated a dinosaur bone to the College. It is on display in the Hall of Science atrium. According to Bader, the yard-long bone is the ischium (part of the hip bone) of a hadrosaur from the Two Medicine Formation in Montana. The hadrosaurs, also known as duck-billed dinosaurs, were large herbivores that roamed what is now Montana in the Late Cretaceous more than 65 million years ago. Larry North, science technician, and geology alumna Katie Rouse ’10 reconstructed the bone from several fragments. Workman donated the bone from his personal collection to Whitman’s Geology Department. He originally purchased the bone from the Blackfoot Reservation in Montana. Workman, a retired machinist, moved to Walla Walla from Seattle in 2009 with his wife Kay, a retired teacher. View the dinosaur bone. Faculty news briefs Learn about the work of the Whitman faculty. Read more. Visit the Newsroom Reunions Updates 
2012 ReunionsSpring Reunion Weekend • April 26 – 29, 2012 Classes of 1966-1967-1968; Class of 1972 View the Updated Reunion Schedule and RSVP Online Fiftieth Reunion Weekend • May 17 – 20, 2012 Class of 1962 View the Updated Reunion Schedule and RSVP Online Fall Reunion Weekend • September 28 – 30, 2012 Classes of 1987; 1991-1992-1993; 2002 RSVP Now! Why We Love Whitman Photo by Greg Lehman, Whitman photographer  As classes wound back up on campus, this student wound down a bit, lying on Ankeny and flying a kite while talking with a couple of friends. View the full size photo. |
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