2009 Issue 3 – Page 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 16, 2014

NEELY BRUCE

When the organizers of Make Music New York went looking for someone to conduct the East Coast premiere of Henry Brant’s Orbits in the Guggenheim Museum, they were led naturally to Professor of Music Neely Bruce. Bruce, a longtime friend of the late composer and co–executor of Brant’s musica…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 16, 2014

DR. JOSEPH WRIGHT ’79

Dr. Joseph Wright ’79 had an opportunity in July to deliver a message personally to President Barack Obama: Just because children are covered by health insurance doesn’t mean they have access to a physician. Wri…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 16, 2014

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

Coming to Wesleyan from her hometown of Rowayton, Conn., in the fall of 1977, Barbara Martin Herzlich ’81 starred in three sports for the Cardinals. Beginning with field hockey, she earned four varsity letters while beco…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 16, 2014

ANGUS MCCULLOUGH

Angus McCullough ’10, a studio art major concentrating in architecture, is one of seven finalists among nearly 400 competitors worldwide in an architectural design contest seeking new visions for the Grand Concourse in t…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 16, 2014

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

I am writing this column after meeting new and returning students full of infectious energy and optimism. I feel less like a rookie at the outset of my third year, which means less time playing catch–up, and have spent t…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 28, 2014

On Air

BY TRACEY O’SHAUGHNESSY, MALS ’02 | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL BURKHART It started with moxie. From the time two cunning Clark Hall students slithered through Wesleyan’s maintenance tunnels and hooked a small transmitter to i…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 28, 2014

Dream Argonaut

BY CHARLOTTE ALBRIGHT | PHOTOGRAPHY BY HERB SWANSON At some point in the next 24 hours, parts of your brain may shut down temporarily, while other parts may remain active. Your eyes may flutter under closed lids. You ma…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 28, 2014

Out of the Park

There’s not much that Jim Dresser ’63 hasn’t done for Wesleyan. He headed the annual fund, led the alumni association, stepped in as a pinch–hitter for the administration when critical positions became vacant in Universi…

2009 Issue 3December 20, 2009April 28, 2014

Hard Work in the Big Easy

BY EVE ABRAMS ’93 “Kiss your brain,” Katharine Needham ’05 tells Brian, who has just recalled the “fancy word” for people in a story. Needham turns and writes “character” on the dry erase board behind her, and meanwhile…

2009 Issue 3December 2, 2009March 23, 2015

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