Farewell to the Oddens Farewell to the Oddens - The Taft School

BULLETIN
SPRING•2001
Volume 71 Number 3
S P O T L I G H T
Ut Ministret .............................................................. 12
A Tribute to the Statesmanship of Lance and Patsy Odden
By Barclay Johnson ’53
Influence and Ideals .................................................. 15
Voices from some of the many whose lives the Oddens touched
The Odden Years: A Timeline ................................... 24
1961–2001
Mr. Odden’s School .................................................. 28
By Andrew Karas ’01, Taft Papyrus editor-in-chief
Reflections ................................................................ 32
The dedication of the Odden Arena, and the accompanying
Alumni Games, turns into a winter homecoming to remember
By Richard S. duPont ’60
D E P A R T M E N T S
From the Editor .......................................................... 4
Alumni Weekend 2001 ............................................... 4
Alumni in the News .................................................... 5
Around the Pond ........................................................ 8
Scoreboard ................................................................ 11
Endnote: The Virtues of Horace Taft
By Lance R. Odden .................................................... 38
On the Cover
Already praised for its successes, the Odden Era will be even more fully
appreciated with a certain amount of distance. The same is true of this
photomosaic, composed of more than 100 different photographs of the
Odden years from the Leslie Manning Archives—and best viewed from 15
or 20 feet. The master image is by Camille Vickers. Collage by Good Design
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