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E.B. Nye Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Gilbert Burford Dies at Age 91

M. Gilbert Burford ’32, E.B. Nye Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, died Feb. 7 at age 91.   He devoted virtually his entire career to Wesleyan. After obtaining his doctoral degree from Princeton in 1935, he taught for a year at Cornell University and then joined the Wesleyan faculty, where he …
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Super Bowl Victor

Let the teenyboppers drool over New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his dimpled chin. At a certain point in life, you don’t dream about being his date. You look at a 24-year-old like Brady and think: What a gr…
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JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. STEVEN ALMOND ’88 My Life in Heavy Metal (Grove/Atlantic, 2002) Most of the 12 stories in this entertaining fiction debut deal …
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