Archives: December 2007

December 30, 2007

Huge endowments, and golden geese

On the shortest day of this year, Herb Allen (Williams ‘62) published an op-ed in the NY Times titled, Gold in the Ivory Tower, which proposed that the investment income of wealthy colleges (Amherst, Harvard, Princeton, Williams, and Yale are...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:24 PM

December 12, 2007

Thomas P. Whitney '37, 1917-2007

The New York Times today ran an obituary for Thomas P. Whitney ‘37, who died on December 2. He was 90. Whitney was best known in America as a translator of Solzhenitsyn, having translated smuggled copies of the dissident writer’s...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:06 PM

December 10, 2007

Happy Birthday Dickinson and Dewey

Two figures with Amherst connections share a birthday today, the poet Emily Dickinson, born December 10, 1830, and Melvil Dewey, the creator of the first book classification system, born December 10, 1851. Dickinson, whose grandfather helped found the College and...

Brian Meacham '97 at 06:45 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack

December 02, 2007

Former football coach John McLaughry, 1917-2007

The Union College sports information department reports the passing of John McLaughry, coach at Union for the 1947-1949 seasons and at Amherst from 1950 to 1958, preceding James “the Darp” Ostendarp. After leaving Amherst, McLaughry finished his career at Brown...

Parker Morse '96 at 05:27 PM | Comments (1)

December 01, 2007

Amherst Police blog

Following the lead of police departments elsewhere, the Town of Amherst police department has launched a weblog. There hasn’t been a great deal of College-related material posted since we’ve been reading, but if you’re interested in what’s going on in...

Parker Morse '96 at 11:37 AM | Comments (1)