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Set Our Feet on Lofty Places 88 Days A Writer and His Image - Alumni

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scene Summer<br />

2009<br />

DEPARTMENTS<br />

26 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Set</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Our</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Feet</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Lofty</strong> <strong>Places</strong><br />

President Rebecca S. Chopp led Colgate to new heights<br />

32 <strong>88</strong> <strong>Days</strong><br />

The harrowing at-sea tale of Paul Ridley ’05, who rowed<br />

solo across the Atlantic Ocean to raise m<strong>on</strong>ey for cancer<br />

research<br />

38 A <strong>Writer</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>His</strong> <strong>Image</strong><br />

Exhibiti<strong>on</strong> showcases Colgate’s extensive George Bernard<br />

Shaw collecti<strong>on</strong> — <strong>and</strong> reveals some interesting Colgate<br />

c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s with the playwright<br />

3 Message from Interim President Lyle D. Roelofs<br />

4 Letters<br />

6 Work & Play<br />

13 Colgate history, traditi<strong>on</strong>, <strong>and</strong> spirit<br />

14 Life of the Mind<br />

18 Arts & Culture<br />

22 Go ’gate<br />

24 New, Noted & Quoted<br />

42 The Big Picture<br />

44 Stay C<strong>on</strong>nected<br />

Call for nominati<strong>on</strong>s: <strong>Alumni</strong> Council c<strong>and</strong>idates<br />

<strong>and</strong> awards<br />

45 Class News<br />

56 2009 Reuni<strong>on</strong> awards<br />

77 Marriages & Uni<strong>on</strong>s<br />

77 Births & Adopti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

77 In Memoriam<br />

80 Salmagundi<br />

On the cover: W<strong>on</strong>’t you be my baby? Gord<strong>on</strong> Granger ’59 gets a kick out of a Swinging<br />

’Gates serenade at Reuni<strong>on</strong> 2009. Photo <strong>and</strong> chapel photo by Andrew Daddio<br />

News <strong>and</strong> views for the Colgate community<br />

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