2010 Issue 2 – Page 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

The Brutality of War

Bruce C. McKenna ’84 returned to campus on March 30, 2010, to talk about his work on the new HBO miniseries The Pacific, which debuted on March 14 and ran through May 16. The sprawling 10–episode program tracks the intertwined real–life journeys of three U.S. Marines across the vast canvas of the Pa…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Wesleyan University Press Book Is Awarded Pulitzer Prize

Versed by Rae Armantrout, published by Wesleyan University Press, was awarded this year’s Pulitzer Prize for poetry in April. The Pulitzer Prize citation noted that the poetry collection was “a book striking for its wit …

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

First Generation Students Celebrate

At this year’s Commencement, Wesleyan hosted a reception for a small contingent: students who are the first in their family to earn a college diploma. President Michael S. Roth ’78, along with Dean Marina Melendez ’83 MA…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Recognizing Distinction

Marta Kauffman P’10, co–creator and executive producer of one of the most successful comedy shows on television, the Emmy Award–winning NBC series Friends, received the James L. McConaughy Jr. [’36 ] Award during Reunion…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

New York Art World

“It’s about question management,” says Aki Sasamoto ’04. “There are certain questions that I can forget about in daily life. When I make art, I can invite those questions.” A dancer and sculptor who arrived at W…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

New Trustees Join Board

DAVID BARTHOLOMEW ’81, P’14 is managing senior counsel at Bank of the West. He previously served on the boards of the USC Public Interest Law Foundation, Long Beach Legal Aid, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Education Fou…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

A $2.5 Million Gift Establishes Professorship Honoring Richard K. Winslow

Honoring a professor of music emeritus who oversaw the establishment of Wesleyan University’s renowned program in world music, the university has established the Richard K. Winslow Chair in Music. The chair is m…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Senior Thesis: Biography of Mansfield Freeman ’16

“I’ve been waiting for Andy for at least 15 years,” says Vera Schwarcz, the Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan. An East Asian studies major and a Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholar, Youlie…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Remembering Those Who Served

Through the Timothy T. Day Foundation, Timothy T. Day ’59, chairman and CEO of Bar–S Foods Co. and former Marine captain, provided funding to the United States Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for the building of the Sem…

2010 Issue 2June 15, 2010April 16, 2014

Commencement 2010

“When you build something from scratch, you acquire a depth of understanding that no ‘professional,’ no management expert can match. There are few better ways to learn about yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, tha…