Archives: October 2005

October 31, 2005

Xavier students relocate to Amherst

An AP story on CNN.com tells the story of seven students from Xavier University in New Orleans who have been “taken in” by Amherst after Hurricane Katrina closed their school. Tameka Noel, a senior pre-med student, is described as missing...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:07 PM | Comments (1)

October 29, 2005

Fitzgerald '82 the center of attention

Patrick J. Fitzgerald ‘82, the special prosecutor in the Valeria Plame leak case, was at the center of attention in Washington yesterday as he announced his findings in an hour-long news conference. “We didn’t get the straight story,” the Times...

Brian Meacham '97 at 10:11 AM

October 27, 2005

Four colleges?

A column in today’s UMass Daily Collegian raises some interesting ideas. What prompted me to write this column was a recent petition going around Amherst College, which calls for Amherst to withdraw from the five-college consortium because “students from academically...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:20 PM

October 24, 2005

Harry Dalton '50, led Brewers and O's to World Series

Harry Dalton ‘50, the general manager who led the Milwaukee Brewers to their only World Series appearance, died yesterday at his daughter’s home in Arizona. Dalton was remembered for a few keys trades he helped engineer, including one that brought...

Brian Meacham '97 at 08:04 AM

October 18, 2005

A President/CEO, a CFO, and a General Counsel to boot

News of Amherst alumni in the corporate and educational boardrooms today: Blair Taylor ‘85, former executive with Pepsi and IBM, has been appointed President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League. Philip Shapiro ‘72 has been appointed CFO of...

Brian Meacham '97 at 07:01 PM

Patterson '58 returns Columbia diplomas

From a recent press release, we find the news that Charles Patterson ‘58, a New York-based writer, has returned his diploma to Columbia University in protest. This week Charles Patterson, author of ‘Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the...

Brian Meacham '97 at 05:56 PM

October 12, 2005

Add Powell '95 to the new book stack

In addition to the already-renowned authors we recently mentioned, there’s a new title on the shelves from Julie Powell ‘95. Powell’s book, Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, chronicles her year-long project to cook every...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:17 PM

Fitzgerald '82 in USA Today

[The] official biography [of Patrick Fitzgerald ‘82] says he was named special counsel in December 2003 to investigate “the alleged disclosure of the identity of a purported employee of the Central Intelligence Agency.” That bland description understates the drama...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:41 AM

October 07, 2005

Shaw University "brings home" wife of founder

Henry Tupper graduated from the College so long ago we can’t find a class year for him, in the first forty years when the College was still a sectarian institution influenced by the Abolitionist movement and recent graduate Henry Ward...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:14 PM | Comments (3)

Ask philosophers

It’s not uncommon to see the work of Amherst’s humanities professors in the media—Professor Hadley Arkes, for example, appears regularly on the website of the National Review. We’ve heard rumblings, before, about Professor Alexander George’s project, Ask Philosophers, but only...

Parker Morse '96 at 03:49 PM

October 04, 2005

New books from Turow '70 and Wallace '85

This week’s Hartford Courant fall book preview highlights eagerly awaited new books by two of Amherst’s best-known alumni in the literary world. Scott Turow ‘70, best known for his courtroom dramas, tells a story of family secrets and lies in...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:34 PM

Benjamin DeMott, critic and writer, dies at 81

Benjamin DeMott, prefessor emeritus of English at the College and renowned social critic, died last week at the age of 81. DeMott taught at Amherst for forty years, from 1951 until his retirement in 1990. DeMott was known for his...

Brian Meacham '97 at 08:27 AM | Comments (1)

October 01, 2005

Belitsky '97 on undergraduate research

An article in the Oberlin Review last week highlighted the research of Professor Jason Belitsky ‘97, a new addition to Oberlin’s chemistry department. A central theme of the article was one of Amherst’s long-standing claims in the sciences: that undergraduates...