Whitman College Winter 2018

WINTER 2018
PRESIDENT
Kathleen M. Murray
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT
AND COMMUNICATIONS
Josh Jensen
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Gina Ohnstad
DIRECTOR OF CONTENT
Peter Szatmary
MANAGING EDITOR
Daniel F. Le Ray
WRITER
Gillian Frew ’11
CLASS NOTES
Jennifer Dilworth Northam ’91
FREELANCE DESIGNER
Kirsten Erwin
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LETTERS AND COMMENTS
Contact Peter Szatmary, director of content, by mail at Whitman
College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362; by email at
szatmap@whitman.edu; or by phone at (509) 527-5116.
CLASS NOTES, IN MEMORIAM, MARRIAGES/UNIONS,
BIRTHS/ADOPTIONS
To submit, go online to whitman.edu/classnotes.
HONOR YOUR CLASSMATES
If you would like to make a gift in honor of a classmate or friend who
has died, send a check to Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla
Walla, WA 99362. Your gift will be added to the Memorial Scholarship
Endowment unless you designate otherwise.
WHITMAN MAGAZINE
Published four times a year—February, May, September and
November—by Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA
99362. Periodical postage paid at Walla Walla, WA, and additional
mailing offices (USPS 968-620). ISSN: 0164-6990.
MAKE A GIFT ONLINE
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NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
magazine
Whitman College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
sex, gender, religion, age, marital status, national origin, physical
disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any
other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local laws.
AROUND THE CAMPUS
2 President’s Message
3 Letters to the Editor
4 News: Men Making Meals, Hub teen center, radical art
projects, Summer Read wrap-up, revised environmentalism
course, Scrambles 40th retrospective, NSF research grants,
Scholars at Risk, assistant coaches initiative, total solar eclipse.
ALUMNI NEWS
36 Class Notes
39 Marriages/Unions
39 Births/Adoptions
40 In Memoriam
45 Whitman Collection
46 Reunion Recap
FEATURES
16 A Home Away from Home
Many international students participate in Whitman’s Friendship
Family program that pairs them with local families.
20 Seeing Double
More than 100 students double major at Whitman, including
Gareth Jones ’19, Fathi Assegaf ’19 and Lauren Wilson ’19.
24 Unconscious Collaborator
Editorial cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl ’81 creates an
autobiographical strip about his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
28 What We Do for Others
Maherin Ahmed ’11 is a U.N. World Food Programme
communications officer in her native Bangladesh.
32 The Notes Between the Cracks
Trombonist and Department of Music Chair Doug Scarborough
blends jazz with classical Middle Eastern music.
48 Crossword
A Blues brainteaser! The longest clues riff on the theme of
“collaboration” and some short clues include Whitman trivia.
Whitman Magazine is printed on paper composed of 30 percent postconsumer
waste.
This page: Whitman students harmonized about social justice during the annual
Freedom Songs performance last November at Harper Joy Theatre; singers,
spoken-word artists and dancers furthered discussion of diversity and inclusion
at Whitman. Before the show, a cappella groups rehearsed the finale, “Ella’s
Song,” by Sweet Honey in the Rock, by breaking into voice sections. Photo by
Jake Barokas ’18.
On the cover: Maherin Ahmed ’11 engages with community members during a
United Nations World Food Programme flood response operation in the Kurigram
District in Northern Bangladesh in August 2017. Photo courtesy Maherin Ahmed.