Wesleyan University Magazine

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014March 3, 2015

FREEDOM RIDERS RECALL: LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS FROM THE SUMMER OF ’64

By Jim H. Smith In the middle of June 1964, a year almost to the day after the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi, several hundred college students from all over the northern United States descended on Oxford, Ohio. There they encamped at what is now known as Miami Universi…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

FALL WEEKENDS: LEGACIES CELEBRATE FAMILY WEEKEND; WESLEYAN’S “NO. 1 FAN” REMEMBERED AT HOMECOMING

[caption id="attachment_5365" align="alignleft" width="2250"] On Sept. 27, alumni and their children joined in for the a…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014March 3, 2015

ARTHUR T. VANDERBILT II ’72: THE LEGACY OF HIS GRANDFATHER—AND OF PROFESSOR CLEMENT VOSE

By Jim H. Smith In the spring of 1971, Arthur Vanderbilt II ’72 was a Wesleyan junior trying to decide on a topic for his senior thesis. Vanderbilt’s father was a lawyer and his grandfather had been one, also, and bot…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014December 18, 2014

RANDY SIEGEL ’83 FUNDS SUMMER STUDENT SCIENCE RESEARCH

Randy Siegel ’83, a College of Letters alumnus, and his wife, Lisa, have a personal reason for giving to Wesleyan: their…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

DR. FRANKLYN JUDSON ’64: AN ENDOWMENT GIFT FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S MISSION

[caption id="attachment_5385" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dr. Franklyn Judson ’64.[/caption] Dr. Franklyn Judson ’…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

WESLEYAN WELCOMES EIGHT NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Saeyun D. Lee ’93 Lee is the senior assistant commissioner for academic affairs in the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, and supports the development and implementation of initiatives to continually enhan…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014March 3, 2015

RADIO’S BREAKFAST CLUB: ANGELA YEE ’97 SERVES IT HOT

[caption id="attachment_5255" align="alignleft" width="1575"] Talk show host Angela Yee ’97 is on 105.1 FM radio’s Break…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014March 3, 2015

ANNE PETERS ’79 MD: DIABETES SURGE IS HER ‘CALL TO ARMS’

[caption id="attachment_5256" align="alignleft" width="1500"] Anne Peters ’79, MD, works with Charlie Kimball at the Lon…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

CONSIDERING PRESIDENT ROTH’S Beyond the University

I have nothing but support for the position President Roth articulated in the latest Wesleyan magazine (issue 2 of 2014). I would much prefer my children to get a broad, liberal education rather than some program that is…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

FOSS HILL TRADITIONS—AND MEMORIES

Just read your fine piece about Foss Hill, and several images immediately came to mind. The first was a kite-flying contest held there one year, either during fall or spring house parties. One of the kites allegedly flew…