Summer 2003 - College of William and Mary
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Summer 2003 - College of William and Mary
Government Update NEWSLETTER OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY’S GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT Summer 2003 Greetings from Morton Hall: T hanks particularly to Associate Chair Clay Clemens, Valerie Trovato, Barbara Finnochio, and other faculty colleagues, we have avoided the total chaos that most who know me expected when I became chair in 2002. In fact, this has been a very successful year for the Department. This past May we graduated the largest number of majors in several years, over 165 (not counting the IR and public policy students). We welcomed three new tenure-track fauclty members in the Fall: an Americanist, Christine Nemacheck who studies the courts; a comparativist, Paula Pickering who studies Eastern Europe, especially the former Yugoslavia; and a political theorist, Simon Stow, who, like most political theorists studies everything. We were also able to hire Paul Manna, who just received his PhD from the Unviersity of Wisconsin—Madison, and will be starting this Fall. Paul specializes in American politics and public policy. We were also very fortunate in having General Anthony Zinni teach classes for us in both semesters. These were extremely popular, and he has agreed to return for a second year. We also initiated a program of weekly colloquia. Outside scholars and Department faculty presented their research to an audience of colleagues and majors. Faculty-student research collaboration also remained strong. Four students presented their research at professional political science meetings, and two others published research coauthored with William and Mary faculty. This year also had a bittersweet dimension with the retirements of Don Baxter and Alan Ward, who between them had nearly 75 years of service to the College. Don and Alan have taught over 10,000 students during their William and Mary tenure. Although they will be difficult to replace, I know that they will appreciate having a bit more free time (although Alan has graciously consented to teach a course in the Fall, and we will try to prevail on Don as well to teach at least the occasional course). We wish them well. The huge state budget cuts have also made this year difficult. However, the College has done its best to protect the central mission, and the generous contributions to our Department through the Annual Fund were particularly important this year in allowing us to bring in speakers, support faculty-student collaboration, and put out this newsletter— among other things. Due as Ron Rapoport well to your own willingness to share information on your activities, we have now published our first seven alumni newsletters and also have a wonderful website. Your support is both crucial to the continued excellence of the Department and much appreciated by both students and faculty. Thank you. Sincerely, Ron Rapoport FYI: General Zinni in Morton The Department is fortunate each year to have a few distinguished practitioners of politics or diplomacy speak in our classes. At times we are lucky enough to have someone of that caliber teach for a whole semester. And when we really win the lottery, a statesman of international renown chooses to become a visiting faculty member in Morton for a few years running. This fall marks the third semester in which General Anthony Zinni will hold his course on Ethics and American Foreign Policy, a joint venture between the Reves Center for International Studies and the Government Department. Demand among students for the fifteen person class is, as might be expected, overwhelming. It is not just that undergraduates always enjoy hearing about the world from someone with real-life experience; it is also that General Zinni– an experienced instructor–is a dynamic lecturer and a candid, insightful discussion leader. Given his professional credentials, General Zinni’s presence on campus could not be more timely. He capped a distinguished Marine Corps career by serving in the 1990s as Commander in Chief of the US Central Command, a post held previously by General Norman Schwarzkopf and more recently by General Tommy Franks. Later he undertook diplomatic missions on behalf of President Bush to try and help defuse the Arab-Israeli dispute. General Zinni’s expertise and insights on the politics of such volatile regions as Central Asia, the Persian Gulf, and the Middle East are in constant demand, and he keeps a busy schedule of international travel, speaking engagements, and consulting. We are thus all the more fortunate that he also finds time each week to sit down with undergraduates here in Morton. Current Faculty Notes James Bill’s courses on the Middle East and Persian Gulf took on a special significance in light of world events this past year. In addition his book published with Professor of Religion Emeritus John Williams— Roman Catholics and Shi‘i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics–went into a new paperback edition with UNC Press. In addition to his usual offerings in Geography during the year, Brian Blouet taught in the College’s summer 2003 Cambridge program. On leave during the 2002-2003 academic year, T.J. Cheng has been busy crossing the Atlantic (not the Pacific). He gave a talk on Asia’s new democracies at Oxford, and will present a paper on religious organizations and democratic change in Asia at the International Studies Association conference in Budapest. Cheng has also published a lead article in Journal of East Asian Studies. Clay Clemens has found another excuse from not yet completing his biography of Helmut Kohl by becoming the Department’s Associate Chair this year, handling such exciting work as transfer credit requests, petitions for exemptions from requirements, curriculum updates and the website. Competition for the job was fierce. David Dessler was Director of Academic Programs at the College’s Reves Center for International Studies and will spend 200304 as visiting scholar there. He is also coauthoring A Guide to the Climate Change Debate, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press. In addition to his annual courses on Congress and Public Policy, Larry Evans continues to organize one-credit classes with policy practitioners from Washington, as well as a seminar on career development held at the College’s DC Office. His article “Herding Cats: Presidential Coalition Building in the Senate” appears in Rivals for Power: Congress and the President. Along with his normal courses on Congress, John Gilmour has been helping assemble an oral history of the Clinton Administration run by the Miller Center at UVA: Editorships Three members of the Department have held positions with top journals in their fields. T.J. Cheng has been Editor-inChief of American Asian Review. Larry Evans is Co-Editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly (http://www.uiowa.edu/~lsq/). And this semester, Sue Peterson will begin a stint as Associate Editor of Security Studies (http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/ ss.htm). so far he has taken part in interviews with three former directors of the Office of Management and Budget and will next speak with an ex-chair of the Council of Economic Advisors. He has also been giving talks on “performance measurement” as part of a training seminar for state budget officials. Over the past year, George Grayson’s works on Mexico have appeared in Commonweal, Orbis, National Interest and Petroleum Economist. He has also published op-ed pieces in the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. His “An Analysis of the July 6, 2003 Gubernatorial Elections in Mexico” will be published by the Center for Strategic & International Studies. He was also an official observer of these contests. In addition, he persists in trying to learn German. This fall, Chris Howard will link his freshman seminar, Race and American Democracy, to the college’s Sharpe Community Service program. His students will work in small groups on projects of interest to local organizations, tentatively on issues of minority achievement in the local schools. His chapter on tax expenditures appeared in The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, from Oxford University Press. John McGlennon resumed normal fulltime teaching this year, and found even the increased number of papers and blue books to be preferable to the administrative responsibilities of chairing the department. He also published a chapter on Virginia in a new book, The 2000 Presidential Election in the South. As President of the James City County Transit Company, he presided over the merger of William & Mary’s bus service into the new Williamsburg Area Transport system. Stephen Ndegwa finished the first year of his two-year stint with the World Bank Young Professionals Program, where he worked on both African and Asian programs. Christine Nemacheck, who got her PhD from George Washington University, joined the Department in 2002-03 to teach Judicial Politics, including a seminar on Federalism and the Supreme Court. She delivered a paper Congressional lobbying in the selection of Justices at the fall 2002 meeting of the American Political Science Association. For the second year in a row, Sue Peterson was selected by students as the Outstanding International Studies Faculty Member. Her article on “Catastrophic Infectious Disease and National Security” is appearing in the recent edition of Security Studies. Paula Pickering’s busy summer 2003 includes a workshop at the University of Wisconsin on post-communist states in Eastern Europe and a collaborative project with an undergraduate working on recent elections in postwar Yugoslavia. In her free time, she climbed Washington’s Mount Rainier. Even while mired in the misery of administrivia and budgeting during his first year as department chair, Ron Rapoport has continued spreading the joy of survey research methodology among undergrads in his classes on polling. Moreover, he continues to work on his book about activists involved in maverick Ross Perot’s political movement. Simon Stow, awarded his PhD from UC Berkeley in May 2002, started teaching political philosophy in the Department in 2002. He has quickly become the funniest man in Morton (just ask him). Joel Schwartz has a new title in addition to being Director of the Charles Center he is now a Dean. His “Perspectives on Citizenship and Community” freshman seminar is now part of the Sharpe Program curriculum. He is also presenting a paper on “Leadership and Civic Education” at the International Conference on Civic Education Research in New Orleans in November. As always, the Department was grateful for the assistance of several visiting or adjunct faculty in 2002-2003. Mike Tierney, MA ‘88, covered several international relations classes and the research methods course for all Honors students; he is also organizing a workshop series sponsored by Harvard University. Katherine Rahman taught courses on International Law and Organization, and also ran this year’s two Washington Programs (on infectious diseases and national security in the fall and on immigration policy in the spring). Emile Lester again taught political philosophy, while Sophie Hart continued her course on Current Faculty Notes East Asian Politics and Lynn Khadiagala covered African politics (Lynn has taken up a position with the US State Department for 2003-04, while the others will remain with the Department). Newcomers Glenn Beamer, Josh Dunn and Octavius Pinkard rounded out the list of visiting faculty. Bob Archibald, Professor of Economics, remains as director of the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, where Former Ambassador Bob Fritts can also be found. Joel Schwartz continues at the Charles Center (see above). As usual, departmental administrator Valerie Trovato kept the Department running, ably assisted by Barbara Finocchio. The Department bid a fond farewell to longtime secretary Tess Owens with a luncheon at Le Yaca. After three years with Government, student assistant Meredith Viens graduated, though Kristina Hofmann, Nancy Jansen and Kristin Monaco remain to help us all out. FACULTY ANAGRAMS One of those nifty online anagram programs yields the following results for our faculty: Simon Stow Moist Snow, Mist Swoon, or I’m Sow Snot Christine Nemacheck I’m A Thin Screech Neck Paula Pickering Algerian Pickup C. Lawrence Evans Cancel Rave News Chris Howard Whorish Card or Hi Crowd Rash Reiss to State Department Our colleague Reves Center Director and Dean of International Studies Mitchell Reiss has been appointed to a top post at the US Department of State—Director of Policy Planning, a position held in the past by such notable figures as George Kennan and Paul Nitze. Dr. Reiss received his BA from Williams College, an MA at the Tufts University’s Fletcher School, a PhD from Oxford and a law degree from Columbia. He has served previously in government, including as special assistant on the National Security Council and as consultant to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Department of State, Congressional Research Service and Los Alamos National Laboratory. His professional work and publications have focused heavily on nuclear non-proliferation policy, especially with regard to North Korea. In his five years at Reves, he worked to increase foreign affairs internship opportunities and scholarships, expand the range of study abroad programs and support faculty teaching and research. The Department wishes Mitchell well in this important work and hopes to see him back at the College in the future. Sue Peterson Renee Spouts, Serene Pouts, or Sue Top Sneer Clay Clemens Cancel ‘Em Sly or My Acne Cells David Dessler Devil Address or Saved Riddles Alan Ward A Land War Ron Rapoport Porno Raptor 2002-2003 Freshmen Seminars Baxter Bill Clemens Howard Khadiagala Pickering Tierney FACULTY BOOKS 1999-2002 James Bill, co-author, Politics in the Middle East, 5th ed. (Longman, 2000) James Bill [and John Williams], Roman Catholics and Shi‘i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics (UNC Press) Brian Blouet, Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century (Reaktion, 2001) Brian Blouet [and Olwyn Blouet], Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey (Wiley and Sons, 2001) T. J. Cheng, ed., The Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific (M.E. Sharpe, 2000) Lawrence Evans, Leadership in Committee: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Behavior in the U.S. Senate (Reissued 2001). George Grayson, A Guide to the Leadership Elections of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the National Action Party, and the Democratic Revolutionary Party (Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2002). George Grayson, A Guide to the 2001 Mexican State and Local Elections (Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2001) George Grayson, Mexico: Changing of the Guard (Foreign Policy Association, 2001) Stephen Ndegwa, editor, A Decade of Democracy in Africa [Special Issue of Journal of Asian and African Studies] Modern India Power and Informal Politics Leadership, Power and Politics Race and American Democracy Gender and the Law Change in the Balkans War and Democracy 2001-2002 Senior Seminars Baxter Government and Politics of South Asia Blouet Geostrategic Thought Dessler Theories of the International System Dunn Presidential Leadership Khadiagala African Politics Lester Liberalism and its Critics Lester Religion and Democracy McGlennon Politics of Metropolitan Areas Nemacheck Federalism and the US Supreme Court Peterson Domestic Politics of International Diplomacy Pickering Democratization in Eastern Europe Rapoport Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Stow Politics and Literature Ward British Government and Politic Former Faculty Notes RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND WEBSITES (*ALR stands for “at last report”) For many years, students in Prof. Howard’s class on the American welfare state have read more about what hasn’t happened (i.e., national health insurance) than what has (Medicaid and Medicare) in health care. One reason was the remarkable lack of good books analyzing the politics of Medicaid or Medicare. Howard is therefore pleased to announce the publication of Jonathan Oberlander’s book, The Political Life of Medicare (Chicago, 2003), which he finds to be well-written, concise, and full of counter-intuitive findings. Professor Emeritus Bill Morrow recommends The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, by Fareed Zakaria (April 2003) Reves Center Director Dean Mitchell Reiss calls Samantha Powers’ A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide the most depressing book he has read lately. Mike Tierney’s students found a series of essays by luminaries from the study of international relations and U.S. Foreign Policy edited by G. John Ikenberry— America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power (Cornell 2002) accessible and informative. But something else on this reading list, Huber and Shipan’s Deliberate Discretion: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy is recommended only for those with insomnia. For students interested in Japanese and USJapan affairs, T.J. Cheng recommends a forum run by NBAR (National Bureau of Asian Research), calling it the best that he has run across. And any one can subscribe to it free. Please visit http:// lists.nbr.org/japanforum/subscribe. For graduates in metropolitan areas who want to better understand how these regions are changing and how their fragmented government structures affect the political process, John McGlennon recommends American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality (Brookings) by Myron Orfield, and Democracy in Suburbia (Princeton) by J. Eric Oliver. He also suggests the third book in a series on Southern politics by twin brother political scientists Earl and Merle Black (seriously) entitled The Rise of Southern Republicanism (Harvard). A lan Abramowitz teaches at Emory University in Atlanta...Erich Ayisi has retired... Bart Brown teaches at Chicago-Kent Law School at the Illinois Institute of Technology...Eva Busza is with the National Institute of Democracy in DC, and travels widely–most recently to Indonesia, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Britain, Guatemala and Russia ...ALR Rick Damon was an attorney in Santa Cruz, CA...Former Chair Jack Edwards is retired and continues to consult with local government....Martin Farrell teaches at Ripon College...Anne Henderson is now with the US Institute of Peace in DC offering instruction in peacekeeping/conflict resolution... Chonghan Kim is retired, but continues to attend College events on Asian affairs...Dave Lewis now teaches at Princeton and is working on his golf game...George Lovell teaches at the University of Washington...ALR Morris McCain resides in Boston, works for the Social Security Administration and offers courses at Northeastern...Bill Morrow is retired in Williamsburg, and does courses for the Christopher Wren Association ...Louis Noisin teaches at Christopher Newport...Bruce Rigelman is an attorney with Bank One in Columbus OH...Former chair James Roherty is retired and lives in Oregon...Recently-retired Roger Smith lives in town and, among other things, holds lectures for the Christopher Wren Society....Jan de Weydenthal does research for Radio Free Europe in Prague...Paul Whiteley is at Essex University in Britain. Many other faculty have held visiting appointments in the Department and we thought former students might be interested in knowing their current activities: David Adams is with the Fulbright Commission staff at the Council on International Education in DC...Sally Baynard is on the Alexandria VA school board...Michael Clark directs the U.S.-India Business Council in DC...Michael Cornfield is with George Washington University’s Graduate School for Political Management...Mick Cox is a Professor at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales...John Day is retired in Leicester, England...Everett Dolman teaches at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base... ALR Manfred Ernst worked in finance in NYC...John Forren teaches at Miami of Ohio...Scott Gerber is at Ohio Northern University College of Law...David Gordon is with the National Intelligence Council in Washington...Bill Hixon is teaching at the University of Memphis... Chris Kelly works in the Williamsburg area...Mike Kenney teaches at Britain’s Sheffield University...Lynn Khadiagala will be doing an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship at the State Department...Joe Khechichian runs a consulting firm specializing in Arabian/Persian Gulf politics...Mar y Kweit teaches at North Dakota...David LeBlang teaches at the University of Colorado...Michael Lessnoff is at the University of Glasgow...Michael Leroy is at Wheaton College in Illinois... Shirley Meeker is with the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.. Jim Miclot is president of Steidlmayer Software...Octavius Pinkard will be teaching at Christopher Newport University... Jose Peman worked in international banking in Europe...Jacqui Pfeffer teaches at St. Johns College in Maryland...ALR Joe Miri was working on environmental protection for the state of New Jersey...Gary Mucciaroni teaches public policy at Temple University in Philadelphia...Bill Murphy is a DC political consultant and adjunct professor at American University...Barbara Norrander teaches at the University of Arizona...Jeff Poelvoorde is at Converse College in SC...Staci Rhine is at Wittenberg College in Ohio...Robert Rickards is with the International University in Germany...Katri Sieberg is at SUNY Binghamton...Avital Simhony teaches political philosophy at Arizona State...Bob Snyder teaches at Southwestern University in Texas...Kent Tedin teaches at the University of Houston...Frank Thames spent this past year at Albion College in Michigan but takes up a position at Texas Tech this fall..Jim Yoho is at Wilkes University in PA....Jeremy Zilber is now at NYC’s Yeshiva University......Unfortunately, we have lost track of Sharon Rives. BAXTER-WARD RETIREMENT O n May 2, 2003, the Department had a reception and dinner in honor of its two longest- serving faculty members. Don Baxter and Alan Ward both came to the College in 1967, and both retired from full-time teaching this spring. The evening’s events also included a slide show depicting highlights of the Baxter-Ward era, as well as toasts in tribute to their service–and an opportunity for them to offer some reflections. In addition the Department unveiled two projects to be launched in their honor: a Government Commons Room dedicated to emeriti faculty , and a fund to support guest lectureships by alumni (see page 5 for details). Donald J. Baxter joined the faculty in 1967 after receiving his BA from California State University at Sacramento, and his MA. (1963) and PhD (1972) from Syracuse. As the Department’s senior person in political development and Southern Asia for three decades, he shaped course offerings in these areas, and carried a heavy burden of courses and thesis supervision at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He taught a remarkably wide range of courses, in all areas of political science. Reflecting the high esteem in which he is held by his academic colleagues, Don was also called upon for leadership. Within the Department, he served as Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, and head of the Departmental Evaluation Committee. In the College at large, he chaired virtually every important committee, and capped his record of service by being elected President of the Faculty Assembly from 1997-98. Alan J. Ward received his BSc from the London School of Economics, his MA from the University of Connecticut (1960), and his PhD (1967) from the London School of Economics. He joined the faculty in 1967 after four years as Lecturer in Politics at the University of Adelaide in Australia, and retired this year as Class of 1935 Professor of Government. Alan’s research interests in the constitutional politics of Ireland and AngloAmerican relations led to several books, beginning with Ireland and Anglo-American Relations 1899-1921 (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969), The Easter Rising 1916: Revolution and Irish Nationalism (1980), Northern Ireland: Living With the Crisis (Praeger 1987), and The Irish Constitutional Tradition (Catholic University Press, 1994). Within the Department, he also served as Chair for six years and Director of Graduate Studies. BAXTER-WARD VISITING SCHOLAR FUND AND GOVERNMENT COMMONS ROOM When thinking about ways to honor two retiring colleagues, Don Baxter and Alan Ward, the Department kicked around a number of ideas. Our original plan was to Don Baxter commission two large statues—one of Don struggling against a massive wave of bluebooks, the other of Alan skewering a stack of term papers with an oversized red pen. Properly done, these works would also have been a fitting tribute to the academic profession. Alas, the College only allows statues of bewigged eighteenth century types. But we are happy with the fallback plan(s).... Baxter-Ward Visiting Scholar Fund: Through the College’s Development Office, the Department has established a new special gift fund to support a unique visiting scholar program. Each fall and spring semester, the Department will invite an alumnus to spend two to three days on campus to meet and speak with current students. Guests might discuss aspects of their own current and past professional work, or provide career opportunities and advice. For- Megan Owen Barry Award The Department extends its condolences to the family of Megan Owen Barry, Class of 1994, who died in 2003, and gratefully acknowledges a substantial gift made by Stephen and Abby Owen in memor y of their daughter.This fund will be used to honor and recognize a minimum of two students each year, one in Government and one in Public Policy. The award in Government will be made to the outstanding female student in the graduating class. mats could include presentations in classes, participation in seminars, brown-bag lunches, and/or lectures to a wider campus audience. Visits would also be integrated into courses. A committee under the Department Chair will identify and contact potential Visiting Scholars. To fund that program initially, the Department is establishing a new account with the College Development office. Alumni who wish to help out may designate their donation to the Baxter-Ward Visiting Scholar Fund, through the University Development office. There are two ways to do this, including sending a check to the Development Office, The Fund for William and Mary, P.O. Box 1693, Williamsburg, VA 23187or calling 866-448-3296 (in either case, specifically designate the donation to the Baxter-Ward Visiting Scholar Fund). Government Commons Room: For years the Department has sought to find a better use for a small room euphemistically called its “library,” but in reality a dingy closet for unloved textbooks. Thanks in part to prior support from alumni, this summer we have carpeted and painted the room, and will outfit it with something a bit better than the College’s standard-issue prison-made furniture. Once completed, it will still serve as a reading room for students, but also as a more commodious place for them to scan the paper or chat with classmates. In addi- tion, the Department will grace its walls with photos of each graduating class and of emereti faculty, including Don and Alan. Any contribution through the Fund for William and Mary Alan Ward (formerly the Annual Fund) and designated for the Department will help out with this project (among others). In addition, we would welcome in-kind contributions, namely the donation of any of several items on the Alumni Society Gift Shop website at http:// www.alumnigiftshop.com/: Furniture or Gifts: Captain’s chairs (4) Gifts: Millington waste-basket (1) Gifts: William and Mary marble lamp (1) Books: Traditions photo book (1) If you would like to make a purchase for donation, please indicate so when ordering to avoid duplication (the Department is registered with the Society) and to arrange for the Department to pick the item up. Also please notify us of your gift so that we may acknowledge it. Gifts made in this way have the same tax status as other contributions to the College. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEPARTMENT Many thanks to the generous alums or friends listed below for their donations (the list is courtesy of the Development Office and is for the year ending in June 2003). As noted in the Chairs’ letter (front page), these funds are invaluable supplements to enrich student programs. We welcome further contributions and thank you for your generosity. The best way to contribute is to target your William and Mary Annual Fund donation to the Department, which you may request when approached during the drive or at any other time of year by sending a check to the Development Office, College of William and Mary, Box 2795, Williamsburg VA, 23187-8795. Note on your check that it is for the Government Department. Bonnie Lee Benn Christiane Therese Boardman Cynthia Robin Boyles Vincent Chia Douglas Lutz Cummings Bradley Colin Davis Mark Edward Dennett Jane Pusch Franks Katherine Anne Gambrill Gentry Kevin Lerue Gentry Aaron Steven Goldsmith Joseph Gumina Fanny Pearre Hardey Ashley Elizabeth Harwell Stan M. Haynes Johnelle Erin Hinkle Joshua Jay Huffman John O. Hummel Mrs. Nancy H. Hummel Susan Ward Jackson Col. David M. Klinger, (Ret.) Steven Edward Langan Elizabeth Kay Leon Mali Math Elizabeth Johnson Matthews Abigail Smith Miller Bradford James Miller Sridevi Nanjundaram Sharon E. Pandak, Esq. Amanda Erin Potter Lori L. Pound Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rodger Jonathan David Rogers Mariko Sasage Sanchanta Elizabeth Rebecca Stronge Kristopher John Andrew Waldhauser Gerald Rockford Weitz A LUMNI N OTES As always, all alums, and especially pre-1990 grads, are strongly urged to drop us news by regular mail, send an email ([email protected]), or log onto the Department website’s easy new Alumni Information Form. Since the Update is produced without a large staff, we depend on you for information (and apologize for any errors or outdated items). And don’t think we only want to hear from those in government-related fields—our major can be applied in limitless ways, or not at all! Also: please keep the College Alumni Society posted as to your current address, as we must rely upon its records for fact-checking and mailing labels: contact the Society of the Alumni/ Alumni Records, College of William & Mary, Box 2100, Williamsburg VA 23187-2100 (email: [email protected]). Also, urge any fellow alums who are not listed here in this newsletter and/or who say they don’t receive it to make sure they too are in the Alumni Society databank. Key: PP (Public Policy), IS (International Studies), IR (International Relations), MPP (Master’s in Public Policy), MPA (Master’s in Public Administration), UR (University of Richmond), UMich (University of Michigan), UPenn (University of Pennsylvania), GWU (George Washington University), UVA (University of Virginia), UMD (University of Maryland), UHI (University of Hawaii), UNC (University of North Carolina), USD (University of South Dakota). Perhaps you should also imagine ALR—“at last report” in front of each person’s name. CLASSES OF 1945-74: Jim Almond ‘71 is retiring from the VA House of Delegates; he has been appointed to the VA Circuit Court in Arlington...Murray Carroll ‘69 lives in Anacortes, WA with his wife, Dorothy, where he researches the history of the American west, particularly military history, and has won awards for non-fiction short stories...John Constance ‘72 is currently the Director of Congressional and Public Affairs at the National Archives in DC and for the past 30 years has served in various capacities with the National Archives, the Department of Education, and the Office of Management and Budget...Benjamin Cooper ‘73 Stay in Touch We would really like to know what our former students are up to and have several ways for you to get in touch or keep in touch: Mail: Government Department Newsletter College of William and Mary Williamsburg VA 23187-8795 Email:[email protected] Information sent to the above addresses will be shared with the entire Department and unless you request otherwise may appear in an upcoming newsletter. If you would prefer to contact individual faculty, please address your mail to them by name (for emailers, the website lists all faculty userid’s). Since we rely on its mailing list for address labels, please keep the College Alumni Society updated as to your current whereabouts: Mail: Society of the Alumni/Alumni Records College of William & Mary PO Box 2100 Williamsburg VA 23187-2100 Email: [email protected] is a Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at Printing Industries of America...John H. Harding’53 has published two books since retiring from dentistry...William Shore Robertson ‘61 is a mediator with the McCammon Group in Richmond...Phil Sparks ‘69 is a Co-Founder and Vice President of the Communications Consortium Media Center, a non-profit that works on strategic media campaigns for non-profits to influence public policy...Tom Steger ‘65 has had his own private law practice since 1978...John Vile ‘73 is a Chair of the Political Science Department at Middle Tennessee State Univ. and has published a two-volume work that he edited, entitled “Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia.” CLASS OF 1975-79: Pattie (Bagley) Schutte ‘79 is a court administrator in MO...Lu (Bowen) Desrosiers ‘79 works for the Hemophilia Association of the Capital Area and has four children (including a daughter at JMU)...Mark Colley ‘77 is with the DC law firm Holland, Knight...Robert Duncan ‘79 has been teaching adjunct in at the high-school and community-college level in CA...David Engel ‘78 received a permanent appointment as the Hearing Office of Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Office of Hearings and Appeals in Tulsa...Sherry Jennings Frost ‘79 has two sons, Jack and Rich, and lives in Raleigh, NC...Cynthia Howell ‘78 is working at Accenture on a project for the Air Force...Christopher Kelley ‘78 is managing partner of Twomey Latham Shea and Kelley in NY and has been chairman of the East Hampton Democratic Committee for the last 20 years...David King ‘79 is a mental health counselor with the Coast Guard and is working on a PhD...Greg Minjack ‘79 is with Public Strategies, Inc. in DC...Sharon Pandak ‘75 is the County Attorney for Prince William County, VA...Skip Parnell ‘78 has held seven Foreign Service posts, most recently as chief administrative officer in Ghana...Betsy (Page) Sigman ‘78 is teaching Management Information Systems and Decision Science at Georgetown...Gary Plaag ‘79 is a presentation and public speaking coach and is currently enrolled as an MA in Communication at George Mason...Kevin Quinley ‘77 is senior Vice President at Medmarc Insurance Group; he has published eight books and was named Director of the National Association of Insurance Litigation...Robert Rigrish ‘78 is an attorney with Ford & Harrison LLP in Atlanta; he married in April 2000...Janet Sanderson ‘77 is the U.S. Ambassador to Algeria...Storm Simenson ‘78 is with the U.S. Foreign Service...Janice A. Taylor ‘75 is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York...Mike Urbanski ‘78 is with the Roanoke law firm Woods, Rogers, Hazelgrove...Bill Whitley ‘76 (see MA list). CLASS OF 1980-84: Wendy (Ball) Ailor ‘80 is the director of Global Research and Development for Wyeth Research...Mark Alsobrook ‘81 is an attorney for the US Department of Labor, Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board...Randolph Beales ‘82 is with the Richmond law firm Christian, Barton...Matthew Bradley ‘83 is an Administrative Judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...Daniel Burnick ‘80 is a partner at Sirote and Permutt, PC, specializing in labor and employment law...Maura (Faughnan) Allen ‘80 is senior VP, Latin America, for RADIUS, a global corporate travel consortium...Clay Clemens ‘80 is a Professor of Government at the College...Sergio Galvis ‘80 is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, working in Corporate and Financial Project Finance in NY...Donna Lee (Harpster) Williams ‘81 is in her third term as Delaware Insurance Com- missioner... David Káut ‘82 is an analyst for Legg Mason Telecom Research...Sandra (Harton) McCluskey, ‘81 owns a French café on Capitol Hill and a catering company in Alexandria...John Hassell ‘80 heads the DC office of Hewlett Packard, managing its federal and state government relations...Doug Klein ‘84 is a lawyer at Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council and the Head Wrestling Coach at Ida Crown Jewish Academy...Steve Macedo ‘80 is a Professor of Government at Princeton...Renata Manzo ‘82 drafts contracts for various clients of Hunton and Williams law firm...Scott McCleskey ‘84 is the Head of Regulatory Policy for Virt-x, a pan-European stock exchange in London, and is finishing his MA in IR at Cambridge...Steve Owen ‘81 is the Town Manager of Herndon, VA...Chris Phillips ‘81 is co- founder of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry...Fred Rauscher ‘84 is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State...John Riley ‘81 works for Rep. Charles Stenholm in DC...Christopher Wittmann ‘80 is the Advisor for Peacekeeping Operations for the Office of Management and Reform, US Mission to the UN. CLASS OF 1985-89: Recently married Glenn Beamer ‘88 is now teaching at the Blaustein School of Public Policy at Rutgers...Jay Black III ‘87 is the Associate Vice President of Investments at Davenport and Company LLC. He also is a an executive board member of VA’s River Country...Jery Bowers ‘89 is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Teacher Certification and Summer Institutes in the Department of History at the Univ. of Illinois. He and his wife, Kristy, had twins in March...Allison (Bell) Royer ‘89 is serving her second term as a clerk in Chester County, Pennsylvania while maintaining a private law practice in suburban Philadelphia...Patrick Cannon ‘86 teaches in the Government Dept. at Cal State Sacramento...Doug Clarke ‘89 is Director of Education at Applied Career Training, a NOVA career college...Matt Dalbey ‘87 is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Jackson State Univ...Emily (Deck) Harrill ‘88 attends Univ. of South Carolina School of Law...Kim (DiDomenico) Duty ‘89 (IR) is a V.P. of Communications for the National Multi Housing Council and part-time winemaker at Far felu Vineyards...Tim Duvall ‘88 is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Government and Politics at St. John’s Univ...Anne Edgerton ‘87 works for Refugees International in DC and frequently travels to the Congo...Patricia Elliot ‘87 (PP) is the Senior Director of Environmental Health Policy for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials in DC...Christopher Fincher ‘87 is the Senior Vice President of Wachovia Securities...Angela (Fogle) Jacobs ‘87 works as a Certified Planner near DC...recently married Martha Giffin ‘89 resides and works in Sitka, Alaska...Vincent Haley ‘88 (IS) joined the Gingrich Group as an account executive in March 2003...Paul Harrill ‘86 practices in the litigation section of McNair Law Firm in Columbia, SC...Bill Hatchett ‘88 works as a Senior Military Analyst for the CIA...Tim Hugo is Executive Director of Capnet, a lobbying firm for hightech in DC...Tom Jensen ‘85 is Public Affairs Manager for UPS...Mike Keller `88 is with the Foreign Service in Cambodia...K. Page Kistler ‘87 is with the Boston law firm Lee, Levine & Bowser...David Koman ‘87 is a trial attorney for the US Navy...Maggie (Margiotta) Melson ‘88 is with Episcopal High School in DC...Mark Maurer ‘88 works for a community planning, environmental management and public policy consultant...Jim McCreedy ‘88 is a Member of Wiley, Malehorn & Sirota in Morristown, NJ...Mark McMahon `88 is with Sapi- A LUMNI N OTES ent consultants in Munich Germany...Sherri Mylott ‘86 lives in VT and is Director of Development at Bennington College...Paul Nardo ‘88 is the Chief Policy and Communications Advisor for Delegate William J. Howell, Speaker-Designate, VA House of Delegates...Mark Osler ‘85 is an Assistant Professor of Law at Baylor...Jeryl Rose Phillips ‘89 works in the City of Hampton Planning Department coordinating long-range, comprehensive planning... Brien Poffenberger ‘87 is the Vice President of Historic Restoration Specialists, Inc...Michael Powell ‘85 chairs the Federal Communications Commission...John Powers ‘89 is an archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration, dealing specifically with the Nixon Presidential Materials...John Provo ‘89 is working on a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies at Portland State Univ...Daniel Sachs ‘87 is an associate at Chasen & Boscolo and edits DC’s Political Report website...John Schad ‘87 is Director of Marketing/ Feature Films for Warner Brothers Home Video...Alison Seyler ‘86 is the Vice President of Caressa Shoes...Andy Shilling ‘88 is with Givando, Shilling law firm in Chesapeake...Dan Smith ‘85 teaches Political Science at Northwest Missouri State Univ...Jeff Spoeri ‘87 is Director of Development for the UMich School of Education...John Squier ‘87 received his PhD from UMich and works as a Program Officer for Russia and Ukraine at the National Endowment for Democracy...Bill Stokes ‘87 is with the Merrimac Group in DC and chairs the Washington Network Group...Ward Thomas ‘85 is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Holy Cross...Mike Tierney `87 (see MA Alumni list)...Lewis Douglas Walker ‘88 is the director of client services for Tewksbury Capital Management Ltd. and has been living in Bermuda since 1993...Shannon Watson ‘89 most recently served as the VT State Director for the Gore-Lieberman Presidential Campaign...Theresa Whelan ‘87 is the Director of the Office of African Affairs...Naomi Zauderer ‘88 works with the National Employment Law Project in NYC. Legal Defense Fund...Melissa (Rider) Carson lives in Delaware and is the Senior HR Manager at Accenture...Ted Rusch runs a dot.com for resort properties...Frank Thames teaches political science at Texas Tech...Chris Walters is Vice President of Investments at Bank of America in Abingdon, VA. CLASS OF 1992: Joseph Beiras is an I.S. Manager at Caterpillar Inc. in Sanford, NC...Ashlen Cherry completed her MPA at the Univ. of Southern California and is now the Director of Privacy and Government Affairs for Digital Impact...Nate Dugan is teaching at St. John’s in Annapolis and received the Leo Strauss award for the best dissertation in theory...Laura Flippin is Deputy Assistant US Attorney General...Matthew Gillen is a foreign service officer...John Graham splits his time between positions as a pastor and a defense lawyer in Marion and Chilhowie, VA...David Hawkins works for the National Association of College Admission Counseling as the Director of Public Policy...Eric Kadel is an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP...Christian Klein is a senior associate with Obadal and MacLeod in Alexandria...Brad Miller is the Manager of Operations for the Charlotte NC Area Transit System...Rob Perks has joined the legislative staff of the Natural Resources Defense Council in DC...Lanier Saperstein is with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP...Heather (Williams) Kadel and husband Eric (above) celebrated the birth of their first child in August 2002. CLASS OF 1990: Claudia (Bellinger) Harworth is a sole practitioner attorney specializing in estate planning... Jonathan Kurrle currently works as the Legislative Director at the Association for Manufacturing Technology... Nicholas Lashutka is the Director of Government Relations at Ohio Business Roundtable... Christopher Logan writes for CQ Homeland Security...Kristi (LaCourse) Lynch is a Financial Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond... Thomas McInerney is a Program Legal Counsel and Legal Advisor for the International Development Law Organization in Rome...Thea Sheridan works for the NJ Assembly Republican Office...Mike Wilder is the managing editor of the Times-News in Burlington, NC. CLASS OF 1993: Heather Beiras is a science teacher at Community Partners Charter High School...Matt Erickson is with Laguens, Hamburger & Stone, a DC media and strategic consulting firm...Brian Foster is the Town Manager for Altavista, VA...Lukas Haynes (IR) is the program officer for International Peace and Security in the MacArthur Foundation’s Program on Global Security and Sustainability in Chicago...Vince Indelicato, Jr. is a Corporate Training and Sales Support Specialist for GOVS, Inc...Amy (Katancik) Jordan worked for the SC state government after finishing her MPA at USC and is now a stay-athome mom with her two children (ages 3 and 5)...Amanda Koman works for Congressman Steven Rothman...Andrew Langer is Manager, Regulatory Policy for the National Federation of Independent Business in DC...recently engaged Christopher Lloyd is the Vice President and Director of the Business Expansion Services at McGuire Woods Consulting...Christy (Moseley) Shiker is a zoning and land use attorney at Holland & Knight LLP in DC...Robert Penland is a telecommunications specialist for the DEA at the American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand... William Ruger is studying for a PhD at Brandeis. CLASS OF 1991: Brian Engelhart is the Vice President and Director of Client Services for Tran Interactive Design Group, a marketing communications firm located in Falls Church. He and his wife Renee have a two-year old daughter named Grace...Buzz Hawley is the Director of Government Relations and counsel for Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc.; he is also a candidate for the Fairfax Co. Board of Supervisors...Renee Johnson is the Senior Producer at Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. in CA...Donald Lynch is an Assistant General Council with Cavalier Telephone of Richmond...Julie McEvoy is a practicing attorney in DC...Leila (McLaurin) Beasley is the Associate Editor of Educational Leadership magazine...Andrew Morrison received his MA in international affairs from GWU...Scott Pasternack is an Associate Attorney for Earthjustice CLASS OF 1994: Matt Abbruzzese finished up his stint with military intelligence and is at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins... Emily Becker is teaching middle school in Healy, AK...Debra Brosnihan (IR) has begun UVA nursing school...John Capati (IR) is in Budapest, Hungary, with American International Health Alliance...Catherine Clifford had a baby in 2002...Withers (Covel) Hurley owns her own business, Online Health, Ltd...Tom Gill teaches at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy...Myriam FizaziHawkins (see MA Alumni list)...David Ginsburg manages market research for Choice Hotels International...Derek Gottschall (IR) is the Vice President for Institutional Block Trading for the Bank of New York...Denzel Hankinson is at National Economic Research Associates in DC...Kristen (Loerzel) Larson is a project manager in ThermoRetec’s information and management systems division in New Haven, CT...Grant Neely is VA Gov. Mark Warner’s Special Assistant for Policy...Megan (Peterson) Forbes is the English Language Institute Cultural Immersion Coordinator at the Univ. of Florida...Don Purka (IR) is a financial analyst with the Infrastructure-Energy Group of the Asian Development Bank and is relocating to Manila...Georg Vanberg is a professor at UNC. CLASS OF 1995: Joe Bates is a Senior Research analyst for the Consumer Electronics Association...Jeffrey Bauer is a law student at UR...Celia Carroll has just gotten her PhD...Jennifer Cozens currently works for BAI, Inc. as a defense contractor in the Northern VA area...Jodi Hevelone (IR) is a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector...Mary Lehner works for the DC law firm Vinson, Elkins and got married in 2002...Arslan Malik (IR) is with the NYC law firm Milbank, Tweed ...Matthew McGuire recently got married and teaches philosophy and government at James Madison High School in Vienna, VA...Susann Miller is a Public Affairs Associate for VoteHere, Inc, a tech company that makes election software...JoAnn Naumann is an arabic linguist for US Army Intelligence...After working for MD Democratic candidates and organizations, Mike O’Connell is now a retail analyst in Boulder, CO...Matt Pickelle is an attorney with RIA in NYC...Miriam Rajkumar is now a published author...Kevin Turner and his wife Lisa (‘95) recently celebrated a birth in their family...Paul Wellons (IR) is with the law firm Jones, Day in Washington...Chris Wenk is with the DC law firm Covington & Burling. CLASS OF 1996: Tara (Adams) Ragone is a law clerk for the Honorable Robert Katzmann of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is expecting her second child...Melissa Bomberger got her international studies MA at Pittsburgh...Hanna Brilliant works for McGuire Woods Consulting while attending George Mason Law School... James Bullard is an assistant Commonwealth Attorney in Henrico County, VA...Chris Burdette is working toward his PhD at UVA...Forest Christian is serving as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Bernice Bouie Donald and has accepted a position as an attorney with the Department of Justice’s Honor Program...Peter Coyne is with Mellon Ventures in Los Angeles...Kathleen Hanako Doherty is working in the Adoption Unit of the Office of Children’s Issues, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State...Melssia Eliff completed her MS in Planning from Florida State in 1998 and works as a Community Planner for Hillsborough County FL... Sarita (Talwar) Finnie (IR) is with Honeywell in Minneapolis... Greg Galligan is the Democratic nominee in the VA Senate election for the 39th District (Fairfax and Prince William)... Kathryn Harness (PP) is an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in NYC...Scott Hodgdon received an MA in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins and is at UVA School of Law...Jessica Jacobson has been spending the past year and a half in rural Siberia as a David L. Boren National Security Education Program Fellow. She will return to Princeton soon to complete her MPA in International Development.... Clarence Long IV is a law clerk for the US Securities and Exchange Commission...Mark McLaughlin (IR) is with White, Case law firm in DC...Kris Miler teaches at the Univ. of Illinois... Jonelle Ocloo just graduated from law school and is now working with Advocates International...Sam Ozeck works A LUMNI N OTES for Venable LLP in the area of Banking and Financial Services...Matt Siano practices securities law in NYC and got married in 2002...Noelle Straub is the Senate reporter for The Hill newspaper in DC . . .Anne (Tarbox) Hall will be pursuing a grad degree in Education at UPenn...Brett Thompson works as director of research for MO Sen. James Talent...Robert “Bobbin” Tuleya is an attorney with the SEC in DC...Greg Werkheiser is with the law firm Piper, Marbury and directs the Virginia Citizenship Institute...Robert Wone is with the DC law firm Covington and Burling and was married in June. CLASS OF 1997: Rebecca Alves is a an associate at Gibson, Dunn law firm in LA’s Orange County office....Jen (Bennett) Allen works for BBC America as the Business Development Manager in Bethesda, MD and got married in May 2002 to Michael Allen...Dani Barbour is studying History at Oxford in ‘03- 04...Jeff Boyer (PP) is living in Hampton, VA...Billy Commons is at Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn in DC...Jessica (Earle) Taylor (PP) married in December 2002; she is a special agent for the Secret Service...Andrew Foos works for the Public Affairs Council...Matthew Fogelson is at the UMD Law School...Tim Garnett is at DFI, a DC defense and business consultancy...Amy Gearing currently works as an analyst for the Arbitron Company located in Columbia, MD...Alex Gibby coaches track at the College...Aaron Goldsmith is an attorney with Bracewell & Patterson...Sarah Hall got her law degree from GWU and is practicing law with Coudert Brothers in DC...Khang Hiu graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s MBA Program and is a management consultant for KPMG... Karen Jupiter does development work for the Museum of Science in Boston...Karen Jupiter (PP) is the Manager of Development for America’s Promise... Synta Keeling is a first year law student at Washington College of Law at American Univ...Eric Kross entered the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Spring 2002...Caroline Mueller (IR) works for Nextel in DC...Michael Osborne is an Associate Counsel for the US Dept. of Government Affairs, Board of Veterans’ Appeals and wrote the published law review article “Erecting Prejudice Into Legal Principle: Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale”...Jennifer Otterbein is working with a high-school youth group and looking into teaching...Katherine (Phillips) Carpenter (IR) graduated from UVA law school in 2002 and is now an associate at Troutman Sanders LLP in Richmond...Matt Reining is just starting at Yale School of Management... Branden Ritchie is working as counsel to Rep. Bob Goodlatte...Steve Rodger graduated from Vanderbilt Law...Lauren Schmidt is with DC’s Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm...Matthew Sheiffer (IS) is stationed in South Korea as a captain in an Army Aviation Support unit...Katherine Sleeker is an attorney in Chicago...Richard Sulik lives and works on the Island of Oahu, HI...after graduating from UR Law, Dharmesh Vashee is working as a law clerk for Judge Douglas Tice in the US Bankruptcy Court in Richmond ...Miguel Villarreal (IR) works at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP...Jamie Wallis is an entertainment journalist for AP, handles style coverage for Playboy.com, and is working for M. Shanken Communications... Mikhail Zeldovich works for DC-based law firm Dewey Ballantine…Tim Witcher is at UVA business school. CLASS OF 1998: Emily (Adams) Korff (IR) works for the American International Health Alliance and travels frequently to the former USSR...Lise Adams was the recipient of UVA Law’s 2003 Powell Fellowship and will be working for the DC Legal Aid Society...Gazala Ashraf graduated from UR Law and was working for Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights in DC in 2002... Kendrick Ashton (IR) is doing a joint JD/MBA at the Univ. of Chicago...Rebecca Asta graduated from Tulane law...Mary Beth (Budnyk) Schweigert had a son in June 2002 and is a feature writer for the Lancaster New Era in Lancaster, PA...Amy Brandt is the Manager of Government Affairs for the American Waterways Operators and deals mainly with the Coast Guard in regards to regulatory advocacy...Timothy Campbell is attending the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris...Chad Carr starts at Harvard Law School this fall...Catherine Carroll is pursuing a JD/PhD at UMich...Charlotte Chang (PP) works as a researcher for Barents Group of KPMG Consulting, Inc....Peter Clark (IR) served as a human rights monitor in Colombia with Peace Brigades International...Brian Cohrs is a lieutenant, USMC, currently serving with the R Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA...Brent Colburn is Director of Research for the presidential campaign of former VT Gov. Howard Dean...Gregory Cota is a legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy...Alexis Cox works as a production assistant and intern coordinator for the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” . . .Peter Coyne works on Long-Term Growth and IT Services opportunities at Mellon Ventures in LA ...Andrew Dickson (IR) will be in Taiwan for the next few years with the Foreign Service...Mike Diserio is with CSPAN in DC...Ryan Dolibois is at YES college preparatory school in Houston...Emily Fishbein is at George Washington Law School...T. J. Fitzgerald (IS) married in 2003 and is headed to Syria as a Fulbright Scholar...John Greenwood (IR) is currently enrolled in Tufts’ Fletcher School MA program in international affairs...Matt Guiney is with Coudert Brothers LLP in NYC...Rian (Harker) Harris is in the Foreign Service...Ian Hart (PP) is the Webmaster at the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston...Henry Johnson is an Assistant Attorney General of AL...Kermit Kaleba is at W&M law...Jennifer Lieb is in Princeton’s PhD program...Angelique Lenoir is working for the City of Hampton as a Neighborhood Grant Administrator... Dave Loewenstein is with Accenture in DC...Tony Marques is studying for the priesthood at Catholic Univ.’s Seminary in DC...Nicole Maroulakos is a litigation associate with Dewey Ballantine LLP in NY...Vivek Sankaran is an attorney with the Children’s Law Center in DC...Sean Savage soon finishes his MA at Johns Hopkins’ SAIS...Mara (Pressman) Surridge is a 6th grade teacher in Fairfax County...Claire Rice (PP) is with Accenture Consulting in DC...Rachel Seher is pursuing a PhD in Political Science at Yale...Lee Shaw is with Rebuilding Together...Joe Sheerin is with McGuire, Woods in Richmond...Abigal Sines (IR) got her MA in Asian Studies from UHI and is now a program assistant at the East-West Center in Honolulu...Brett Tillett recently married Rebecca Nemerow ‘99 and is doing an MA in special education...Jason Torchinsky is with the Dept of Justice....James Treglio is at USD law school and is a Democratic Party Activist...Lori (Wentsel) Blinde is doing advanced grad work at UCLA... Leighanne (Wright) Erickson teaches in Port Angeles, WA...Jim Zucker is doing Teach for America in Houston. CLASS OF 1999: Heath Bradford starts UR law school this Fall...Kieran Brenner (IS) is finishing at Tufts’ Fletcher School this year...Reagan Clyne works for SRA International, Inc., a Northern VA information technology firm, and is also an EMT with the Annadale Volunteer Fire Dept...Brian Cohrs (IS) is with the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, CA...Sebastian Csaki (IS) is doing his PhD at Cambridge...Allison Foley attends law school at Suffolk Univ. in Boston...Jeff Geiger is the Director of Constituent Services in the VA Office of the Lieutenant Governor...Mindy Gill (IS) currently works for The Jamestown Foundation’s section on China analysis...recently engaged Brett Keener works as a financial analyst at CFS Associates in Paramus, NJ...Matt Larsen is working towards his MA in Church-State studies at Baylor...Walt Latham recently completed the MPP/JD program at W&M...Susann Miller started her own political consulting firm in DC...Wendy Oleson (IR) is with the US Army at Fort Benning and served in the Gulf War...recently married Oz Parvaiz is with Capital One in Richmond...Lori Pound graduated from UR Law School and is a Senior Adjudication Analyst with the VA Dept of Health Professions... recently married Jess Powley is in her second year at Georgetown Law School...Sara Rablin (IR) works in information systems for Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc...Kristen Rhode (IR) is doing her MA at the London School of Economics... Dave Richelsoph (IR) ended his term as a Foreign Service Officer in New Delhi and is leaving for Norway after the summer...Wilson Rickerson will soon begin his Masters in Energy and Environmental Policy at Delaware...Aaron Rosenberg is with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration in DC... Grainne Sibley is with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency...Tim Sprinkle (IS) works for an education association in DC and teaches part- time...Franz Steinherr is a law student at the Univ. of Oxford and works for a British member of Parliament...Mary Ellen Tsekos is a law student at American Univ. and spent the summer in Greece writing a report to the UN on Greece’s implementation of the Convention on Econ, Social, and Cultural rights...Sara Yun is a Masters candidate at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy... Steven Ziehm (IS) works at International BusinessGovernment Counselors in DC....Mark Zimmer (IR) is a Foreign Service Officer and will leave for China in Summer 2003. CLASS OF 2000: Shanan Alper is a graduate student at the Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley.... Allison Brown has been working for the VA State Bar for the past two years...Ryan Casey is in the Peace Corps and will be teaching English in Russia...Kelley (Cawthorne) Shreffler is with Baker and Daniels in DC...Andrea Coleman is with the Orlando-Univ. of Central Florida Shakespeare Festival...Susan Crane will be working at the College’s DC Office this year...John Dane works for Branch Banking & Trust in Richmond...Billy Day works for the Daily Press of Hampton Roads...William Donnelly (IR) is a commercial underwriter for Nationwide Insurance in Gainesville, FL...James Finn is a student at UNC Law and recently interned in the US Dept of Justice...Will Gomaa spent the summer in China before starting law school at UVA...Betsy Haws is leaving Brookings to attend law school at BYU in Provo...Paul Helms is a judicial clerk for the Hon. James H. Michael, Jr., in Charlottesville...Rebecca Herbig attends T.C. Williams School of Law... Elizabeth Jones works for CQ Press in DC... Suzanne Keller is the Director for Outbound Programs with Alliance Abroad Group... Brooke Leyerle (IS) is at Wisconsin veterinary school... Dan Maloney works for The Kenesis Group, LLC in DC...Donovan Maust (IR) will be starting medical school at Johns Hopkins in the fall...Peter Nevin is with the marketing at Nantucket Nectars in San Francisco...Marsh Pattie finished an M.Ed. A LUMNI N OTES in Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education at UVA and is now the new Assistant Director of Student Affairs at UVA’s Darden School of Business...David Plummer is with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency...Patricia Ripley is a research assistant at the American Institutes for Research in DC...Mike School is with Capital One in Richmond and doing an MA in Education at the College...Andrew Sedaca is working for First Union National Bank as a Website Strategist... Amandeep Sidhu is a consultant for the Federal Defense Group American Management Systems, Inc...Demian Smith leaves in August for a two-year term as a Foreign Service Officer in New Delhi... Marc Wear is at a legislative monitoring and issue management firm in DC...Parker Wertz is a paralegal in NYC and starts at Tufts Fletcher School this fall...Brandon West is in Army Officer Candidate School...Glen Westerback will be working for Carter, Ledyard & Milburn in NYC in the fall of 2003...Drew Whelan is finishing at Villanova Law...Tom Yehl heads High School and College Ministry at St. Mark Catholic Church in Vienna, VA...Nick Zweck is an associate to a federal court judge in Adelaide, Australia. CLASS OF 2001 Kelli Alces is in law school at the Univ. of Illinois...Evan Ausband attends Wake Forest Law School...Alex Crawford-Batt is working for the DIA...Sarah Brewer is a student at UNC Law and married Steve Lockett in August...John Broome is with Accenture in DC...Anne Coleman works for the Foreign Service in the Philippines... Marielle Canter is a project coordinator in the Energy and Mining Program of the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business within Conservation International... David Carter has left W&M’s DC office to attend W&M Law...Sarah Combs is with Anderson Consulting...Kevin Croke is starting at the School of Advanced International Studies in the Fall...Lauren Dawson is with DFI Consulting in DC...Becky Di Muro is at Case Western Law...Ryan Done is at the Univ. of Utah Law School...Dan Ehlke is working on his PhD in political science at Brown...Jesse Emch is with the Close Up Foundation and getting an MEd...Vicky Gaffney is at Accenture in DC...Erica Godwin is at Columbus School of Law at Catholic Univ. and will be working for Rep. Tom Davis in the fall... Christina Hall has been working for the poor in the Dominican Republic...Marcus Hill is at Wake Forest Law...Christine Ho transferred to W&M School of Law...Yuri Horwitz has been working for the EPA...Elizabeth Ingram works with the Milestone Group in DC...Beth Isaacs is working for Sen. Paul Sarbanes...Jamie Jacobsen is attending the grad School of Education at the College... Will Karangelen is at UR Law School...Laura Keehner is with DC’s American Enterprise Institute...Anjali Kharod attends Villanova Law... Jamie Kris (IR) is a legal assistant for Hogan and Hartson in DC...Daniel Perez- Lopez (IR) is working at the Urban Institute and performing immigration research...Tariq Louka is at law school at W&M...Marie Lover n is with Accenture in DC...Cheryl Malacane is a law student at the Catholic Univ. of America...Meredith McBride works for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and will be entering the Security Studies Program at Georgetown... Joe Mejstrik is with Accenture in DC...Sean Michaels is with the European Bank for Reconstruction aqnd Development in London …Chris Molino is with the US Army...Lauren Morgan is at UR Law School...Anneliese Munczinski (IR) is at Villanova Law...Tony Mur ray is with the Army in Germany...Julie Naranjo recently ran the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in AK to support the Leu- kemia and Lymphoma Society...Art Neill is the Public Information Officer for the Office of the Secretary of State in MD; he will be heading to law school at Univ. of San Diego in the fall...Mayur Patel (IR, PP) is working towards his JD/LLM in international law at Duke...Amy Peters will be teaching in Costa Rica in 2004...Ana Luisa Pinto is serving her second year as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala working with agricultural marketing... Jon Schenina is attending graduate school at Harvard Univ...Dan Schy is at UR Law...Tracy Selmer works as a staff assistant for a member of the Fairfax Co. Board of Supervisors... Domenica Sinisi-Karbid (IR) worked for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in 2002-03...Jennifer Sheap will attend GWU’s Security Policy Studies program in September...Jason Sibley recently married... Simran Singh (IR) is at Univ. of Miami (FL) law school...Steve Strosnider is at UVA Law...Sarita (Talwar) Finnie (IR) is working as a Manager of Strategic Planning for Honeywell International in MN...IV Tench has been working at DC’s Brookings Institution...Lt. Greg Tomlin is with the US Army in Germany...Matt Webb (IR) attends UR Law...Jay Whiteley (IS) is headed to the UMich Ford School of Public Policy...Phi Wiseberg is a Legal Assistant in DC at Jenner & Block. CLASS OF 2002 Hunter Abell attends Gonzaga Univ. School of Law...Ike Adams (IR) is in law school at Vanderbilt...George Autry is a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army...Theresa Barbadoro attends Georgetown Law...Mark Bass (PP) works at the Dept. of Justice...Ryan Brick (IR) attended GWU’s Elliott School of International Affairs in 200203...Karen Bruner (PP) starts medical school at UVA in Fall 2003...Doug Bunch finished his graduate work at Harvard in higher ed administration and will start W&M Law this fall...Samuel Calderon is in the US military...John Castiglione (PP) works for the Fund for Public Interest Research in DC...Chris Condon is a Financial Administrator with SAIC in Northern VA...Richard Cook attends UVA Law...After a successful year as a graduate assistant at Florida State, Matt Crispino was hired as an assistant coach for Army’s swimming and diving team...Michael Cutrone received a Master’s in Political Economy from the Univ. of Essex and is starting a PhD program in politics at Princeton... Recently married Meg Ehrie is in law school at Catholic Univ...Dan Fine works for the Sen. Judiciary Committee...Nate Foster works in the Biology Dept. at W&M...Kate Gallagher works for PIRG in CA...Kelly Gastley is in law school at W&M...Eric Ginsberg is studying for a PhD in political science at UC-San Diego...Ashley Glacel (PP) is pursuing an MA in Liberal Studies at New School Univ...Mark Good is attending graduate school at the Univ. of Durham for IR/Middle Eastern Studies...Paul Grieco (IR) is with the International Institute of Economics in DC...Elizabeth Grimm has been working at the Federal Trade Commission and will start in GWU’s Security Policy Studies program this fall...Jason Grindel (IR) is starting his second year at Univ. of Illinois College of Law...Tami Hayford (IR) is a research assistant for the Federal Reserve Board...Sean Heuvel works for the Office of University Development at W&M while pursuing a Master’s in college administration at the School of Education; he married Katey Cunningham ‘02 in June... Elizabeth Higgins is working for the Dept. of Justice, Office of Consumer Litigation... Johnelle Hinkle teaches Social Studies at Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church...Diana Kelly (IR) lives and works in the DC area... Thaddeus Kim is a Legal Assistant/Paralegal specializing in Government Contract Disputes/Procurement at Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC in DC...Pete Kunkel is working as a Forensic Evidence Specialist for the Dept. of Criminal Justice Services in Fairfax...Steven Langan works in the analyst program with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers... Komlan Lonergan is a running back for the Schwabisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League...Joe Massie (IR) works for the Transportation Security Agency in DC...Dan Maxey works for the Democratic Governor’s Association... Christian McMurray is a paralegal with Mason, Mason, Walker & Hedrick in Newport News...Tom McSweeney is attending Cornell Law for a JD/LLM...Mike Merrell attends BYU Law...Patrick Miller is working for Teach for America in Atlanta...Chris Mooney is working at Davis Polk & Wardwell in NY...Travis Nels (IR) starts Officer Training School for air battle management (USAF) in August...Margaret Newland is in broadcast journalism in Raleigh...Scott O’Brien is working on Rep. Tom Davis’s re-election campaign... Drew Paxton works for USAir in DC...Alex Pyke has been working for Teach for America... Channing Rich attends the Elliott School for Foreign Affairs at GWU...Stewart Robinette is pursuing a Master’s in higher ed at Ohio State; he spent the summer in a related internship in England... Jon Rogers teaches and coaches at Tabb High School in Yorktown and is engaged to Shay Mocnik ‘02...Hillary Rollins works for MLM Corporation in DC...James Saxton-Ruiz (IR) is with USAir in DC...Ashleigh Schuller will be attending law school in the fall...Melissa Shoemaker (IR) is working in Serbia for the summer; in the fall, she will continue work on her MPP at W&M... Jonathan Strausberg is a program associate for Hillel at Ohio State...Beth Stronge attends Eastern VA Med School...Jessica Trojak attends London School of Economics and Political Science... Nik Tysiak is at American Univ. Law...Ann Vaughan is in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua...Kris Waldhauser is working as a regimental operations officer at Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis...Reid Whitten (IR) was working in Williamsburg; he will be spending 2004 in France...Jessica Wright (IR) has been volunteering with Survivors’ Rights International. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALUMS, TOO Would you like to continue your education, in the US or abroad? Would you like to have someone else pay for it? Apply for a scholarship! Lisa Grimes, Associate Director of the Roy R. Charles Center, advises W&M students and alumni applying for prestigious national awards. See the Scholarships section of our website, fsweb.wm.edu/charles for general information about Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Gates, Luce, Mellon, NSEP, Javits, and other awards for graduates. William & Mary alumni with strong academic records are encouraged to apply. Note that some scholarships carry age restrictions and that some deadlines are as early as September 10. See website for details. MASTERS PROGRAM ALUMNI NOTES W illiam Allred ‘89 is with Barrickman, Allred & Young of Atlanta...Clarke Cagey BA ‘93/ MA ‘94 is with the US Dept. of Health and Human Services...Alan Calandro ‘89 is a section chief and primary analyst for the Office of Fiscal Analysis in the CT state legislature...Ted Carmines ‘72 teaches political science at Indiana Univ...Carolyn Castleberry ‘94 is an anchor for WAVY-TV 10 in Norfolk, VA...Ben Cooper ‘74 is the Executive VP for Public Affairs for the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation/Printing Industries of America...Lori Crawford ‘90 is a homemaker in Ft. Meade, MD...Katherine Darke BA ‘92/MA ‘93 (PP) is a Social Science Analyst at the National Institute of Justice Office of Research and Evaluation, Violence and Victimization Division...John Dedrick BA ‘86/MA ‘88 directs research at the Kettering Foundation in Dayton...Mike DeWitt ‘83 is an assistant principal at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, VA...Darby Dickerson BA ‘84/MA ‘85 is the Interim Univ. Vice President and Dean, Professor of Law, and the Director of Research and Writing at Stetson Univ. College of Law...Mark Freeman ‘94 is the in-house counsel for litigation at Key Bank of Cleveland and has a six-month-old daughter...Paul Gough ‘80 is the Director of Policy and Planning for the SD Board of Regents...Bob Graboyes ‘82 is a Visiting Assistant Professor at UR’s Robins School of Business and an Affiliate Associate Professor at MCV...Michael Gresalfi ‘81 works for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and lectures at Johns Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering...Geoffrey Grodale ‘92 is an attorney for Gardner, Carton, & Douglas in DC...David Hawkins BA ‘92/MA ‘94 is Director of Govt. Relations at the National Association for College Admission Counseling in DC...Myriam FizaziHawkins BA ‘92/MA ‘94 works for America-Mideast Educational and Training Services...William Allen Hazelton ‘70 teaches political science at Miami Univ. in OH...Jonathan Kajeckas BA ‘89/ MA ‘94 works for the Co. of Sonoma, CA...Wayne Knight ‘82 is Director of Corporate Development for Primary Care Associated Medical Group in CA...Grace Lessner ‘98 is Publicity Coordinator for NH Public Television...Steve Lobb BA ‘94/MA ‘95 is doing his PhD in political science at Yale...Chris Liptak ‘97 is working at the US Embassy in Rome...Rob Martin ‘95 is in UVA’s PhD program...Ronald McLeod ‘90 is an accountant for Capitol One in Richmond, VA...David Melding ‘89 is a Conservative member of the Welsh Assembly and Chair of the Health and Social Services Committee...Alexander Monroe ‘69 is Records Manager for the City of Richmond... Michael Plichta ‘90 is with the FBI in Puerto Rico...Jay Price ‘92 teaches public history at Wichita State...John Rothgeb ‘72 is Paul Rejai Professor of Political Science at Miami (OH)... Carmine Scavo teaches political science at East Carolina Univ...Vincent Tanney ‘91 lives in Delanco, NJ...Mike Tierney BA ‘87/MA ‘88 teaches in our Dept. at W&M...John Tinkham ‘71 is the Secretary for the VA Social Sciences Association and has retired as a professor of political science...Jim Toner ‘73 is currently the Ambassador Holland H. Coors Distinguished Visiting Chair of Character Development at the US Air Force Academy and a professor at the US Air War College... Katharine Traeger ‘80 lives in Sicklerville, NJ...Ron Trojanowski ‘88 is a copy editor with the Indianapolis News...Robert Waddington ‘93 is living in Harrogate, UK... Heather Lehr Wagner ‘89 continues to write for Chelsea House Publishers, most recently producing a series on drug and alcohol use...Jacqui Walpole ‘86 is home-schooling her sons as part of Prince George’s Home Learning Network in the DC area...Andy Waters BA ‘81/ MA ‘82 is a partner at Waters & Kraus, LLP of Dallas...Stuart Weidie ‘02 works for Blossman Gas Co. in Asheville, NC...Bill Whitley BA ‘76/MA’78 is the County Administrator for Gloucester, VA. 2003 Bloopers I t was a banner year for bloopers in students papers and tests. including the fa miliar problems with place names, such as the junior in European Politics who went on at length about the new legislative assemblies of Scotland and “Whales.” Another commented on the atmosphere of the now “defunked” state of East Germany (in all honesty, the place does still smell kind of musty). If geography offers a rich vein of bloopers, consider history. One student noted that Britain’s royal family had “ruled for several decades with only a few hiccups in their dynasty” (not that the Queen hasn’t had reason to get blotto now and then). A student of US Foreign Policy testified to the remarkable staying power of America’s Chief Executives: “During the Cuban missile crisis, President Roosevelt sought the advice of his brother, Teddy Roosevelt.” Others have revealed the hitherto unknown facts that “the United States and Britain fought the Boer War in 1812.” One other historical tidbit we reprint with some trepidation, but a freshman writing about George Washington said it was not merely his physical traits or integrity alone that made him great, but the “copulation of these attributes.” Father of our country indeed. Just plain old English posed its challenges. One undergrad described a close election contest in which the candidates were running “neck-to-neck,” an intriguing or (depending) disturbing image. Another student noted that America’s political leaders have “exhumed confidence” about the economy– though given recent market trends, perhaps the dead should remain buried. Students of international politics this year voiced concern that the US anti-drug war has not succeeded in stopping “cocoa production” in Latin America (the result no doubt being a glut of Swiss Miss on the streets of our cities). Back home, budding scholars have tried to explain why so many Americans don’t vote. One student in American Government class who suggested that non-voters were basically happy with the status quo put it vividly: “a general feeling of contentment seems to be rocking the nation.” Other items don’t quite fall in the blooper category but do earn honorable mention for, well, something. Perhaps lack of ambition: when Clay Clemens began discussing the just-concluded Austrian election, one student cheerfully blurted out in class “Hey, I almost read a newspaper article about that today!” In some cases an excess of ambition might be more apt: on page 1 of an 8page paper about black voter turnout, a student wrote, “To understand the problem, a summary of black history within the United States is necessary.” And this one tells us everything we need to know about why dictatorships ultimately collapse: a student of political philosophy defined democracy as “a form of government in which you can have sex with anybody who will let you.” We had two winners in our annual misplaced modifier contest–it was a dead heat between “First appearing in the San Francisco gay community, scientists and politicians initially believed that AIDS was strictly a ‘gay’ disease,” and “After having been de- clared a national security threat, President Bush decided Iraq must stop its proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.” And speaking of the Chief Executive, we get the idea that many students would definitely sympathize with him more if they only knew that–as one student revealed— “even his ability to speak English was severely circumcised.” That’s got to hurt. When asked to list an “essential means of coercion used by government,” an undergrad alluded to a whole new notion of penal servitude by answering “Prisons: sending individuals who commit crimes to jail whether they want to go or not” (“Thanks for the offer judge, but I’ll pass it up.”) Not that this is a blooper, but at the end of a recent exam, Chris Howard asked students the following question under the heading, Just Curious: “What is the very last thing you want to hear a teacher say in class?” (a) “Before I lecture today, I’d like to talk with you a few minutes about …… Scientology,” (b) “Our family vacation to the Poconos was just great. Oooh, look, here’s a picture of me getting out of the hot tub,” or (c) “Listen kids, if you want a friend, get a dog. I don’t want your love, but I absolutely demand your respect.” The “winner,” hands down, was B. And finally, our annual award for the most excellent in-class cell telephone comment comes from a Religion major: as the teacher began passing out midterms, a panicky classmate punched at his cell and whispered urgently to an absent friend, who was no doubt sleeping off a hangover back on fraternity row, “Dude, the exam is NOW!!” Before its Commencement ceremony, the Class of 2003 took time to remember Alex Reyno, a friend and classmate who died shortly before the end of spring semester. Alex’s sister, brother-in- law and nephew accepted his diploma at the Wren Building. Awards 2002-2003 Jesse Ferguson won the Depart-ment’s Warner Moss prize for the outstanding thesis; his project, entitled “Perpetual Terror” earned Highest Honors. Thanks to the generosity of Annabelle Koenig-Niimo and the late Laurie Johnston, the Department is able to honor a student with outstanding potential for a foreign service career. This year the award was shared by two non-majors, Raj Buck and Michelle Morgan. Those chosen for Phi Beta Kappa in 2002-2003 included Government majors Wendy Begleiter, Jennifer Keister, Josh Riley, and Valerie Schuster. Other PBK honorees included Marianna Kepka (International Studies), as well as Paul Ring and Stephen Ng (Public Policy). Congratulations as well to Stephen for winning the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. At the main College ceremony, Government major Brent Turner was named as a recipient of the Sullivan award, for which “nothing is considered except the possession of characteristics of heart, mind, and conduct as evince a spirit of love for and helpfulness to other men and women.” Finally, the Department nominates one student each year to an exchange program to teach at the Royal Hospital School in Ipswich, England. This year’s choice was Justin Ayars. Last year’s tutor, Jesse Knight, enjoyed it so much that he is staying on for another year as well. Senior Honors Theses 2002 -2003 Melanie Louise Biscoe (Evans), The Sounds of Silence: The Conditional Nature of Congressional Deliberation on Environmental Issues Jesse F. Ferguson (Tierney), Perpetual Terror Jennifer Marie Keister (Baxter), “So You Say You Want a Revolution? “ Targeting Practices of Politically violent Non-Governmental Intrastate Groups Keith James Larson (Evans), The Senate Hold: An Analysis of Informal Filibuster Threats in the U.S. Senate Karalyn Deirdre Meany (Ward), How Credibility Impacts the Efficacy of Economic Sanctions Stephen Michael Ng (Evans), Bargaining between the Branches: Strategic Signals and Mixed Messages Dipti Ramnarain (Baxter), Understanding the Factors which Contribute to the Information Technology Industry in Developing Countries Arthur Traldi (Lester), Ethics and Humanitarian Military Intervention: A Neo-Rawlsian Response Morton Turns Thirty! R ecently, while deep in the bowels of Swem Library, a faculty member stumbled across the artistic masterpiece shown below–an architect’s conception of the future Morton Hall, c. 1968. It was much like discovering an old parchment with Christopher Wren’s original plan for St. Paul’s Cathedral, or L’Enfant’s own blueprints for Washington DC, or Frank Lloyd Wright’s first sketches of Falling Water. Well, the Department shrewdly hoodwinked Swem out of this artistic find, and it now hangs proudly in our own East Wing Gallery, the xerox room. And this discovery comes just in time for Morton’s gala thirtieth birthday celebration, scheduled for December 5, the last day of the coming semester–the very date on which this edifice was dedicated back in 1973. We will mark the day in style, with gifts for those faculty who have been here during the building’s entire history (“Thirty years in Morton and all I got was this lousy t- shirt”), and the launch of our “buy a cinder block” campaign for alumni donations (for that idea we have Government Secretary Valerie Trovato to thank). Astonishingly, rumor has it that longterm College plans call for Morton’s destruction and the erection of a new building along Jamestown Road. But we give such talk little credence. For one, the administration recently installed automatic self-flushing toilets and touched up the lawn (see picture )—major infrastructure investments that surely would not be undertaken for a building scheduled to be demolished. And even if the threat is serious, no doubt the Williamsburg community’s active historical preservationist lobby will rally to Morton’s defense. ******THANKS****** Several Government folks helped with this year’s Update: Chair Ron Rapoport and former chair John McGlennon, along with Professor Chris Howard; Office Manager Valerie Trovato; Secretary Barbara Finocchio; and student assistants Kristin Monaco, Meredith Viens, Nancy Jansen, Kristina Hofmann and above all summer assistant Jon Rogers. We are also very grateful to the Publications Office especially – graphic designer Sylvia Colston. Finally, our gratitude to the Alumni Society Records Office, including Betsy Quinzio and Alzeonia Morton; William and Mary News editor David Williard; Charles Center Associate Director Lisa Grimes, the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy and the Reves Center for International Studies; and Patty O’Neill at the Development Office. Clay Clemens, Editor. 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