2012 Issue 3 – Page 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012September 23, 2014

Ed Stein ’60 and Paula Gamache ’72 Wesleyan: Across and Down

Ed Stein ’60 began his love affair with crossword puzzles “back when a bikini meant an atoll in the Pacific, not a bathing suit.” From filling out the crossword grid of his Scholastic magazine, he progressed from Dell crosswords to the daily offer- ings in The New York Times. Then he had to try h…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012April 28, 2014

Direct Action

JAN ELIASBERG ’74 is on set; as the director, she’s the calm in the center of all activity. Soon, she’ll say the word and a building will blow up, two cars will catch fire, and five people will “die.” At that point, she’…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012September 23, 2014

LETTER HOME: In the World’s Newest Country – Alex Magnin ’07

"It’s a land perfect only for vultures.” That is my first thought as we descend to a clay airstrip near Bentiu town, maintained by an oil company and 35 miles from the newest border of the world’s newest country, South S…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012March 7, 2014

From the Vault: Highlight From Special Collections & Archives: Paula’s Album

By Suzy Taraba '77, MALS ’10, Director of Special Collections & Archives Paula Beer-Hofmann, the wife of the Austrian dramatist and poet Richard Beer-Hofmann, died in Switzerland on October 30, 1939, as she and her …

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012March 7, 2014

Rosenthals Present Folk Musician Pete Seeger In His Own Words

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Rob Rosenthal recently had the unique opportunity to travel back over much of the 20th century through the eyes of a living legend: folk musician and activist Pete Seeger. …

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012March 7, 2014

Wesleyan Mourns Sysco Founder, CEO Woodhouse

John Frederick Woodhouse ’53, of Houston, died October 29, 2012. He was 81. A member of Sigma Chi, he received his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan with high distinction in economics and earned his master’s degree from Ha…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012March 7, 2014

French Diplomat and Honored Alumnus Dies

Jean François-Poncet ’47, Hon. ’80, French diplomat, businessman, senator, and Secretary General, died July 18, 2012. Wesleyan celebrated his achievements at the Commencement ceremonies in 1980, when François-Poncet del…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012February 26, 2014

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Early in the fall semester, Coursera announced that Wesleyan University is joining its partnership of schools offering MOOCs—massive, open, online classes that often enroll tens of thousands of people. MOOCs are not unco…

2012 Issue 3December 15, 2012May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: CAGE’S FIRST WESLEYAN CONCERT, 1955

As a response to the campus furor, Winslow wrote a letter to the Argus editor in a partial Q. and A. format, with such questions as these: “Q. Was it a hoax? A. No. “Q. Is Cage a serious artist? A. Yes. “Q. Ho…

2012 Issue 3December 12, 2012September 23, 2014

Travel with Wesleyan

SOUTH AFRICA: CAPE TOWN AND MOZAMBIQUE February 7–20, 2013 From $7,895 Discover the staggering diversity of South Africa, “a world in one country,” aboard the six-star, all-suite, small-ship M.V. Silver Wind. Cruise rou…