Charlottesville, Va.: Paul and Mary Wilkinson Gaston '52 will host Dan West, vice president for alumni, development, and public relations, at their home on Tuesday, April 4, for an update on College plans for the future.
Chicago: Connection chair Marilee Roberg '73 and Parker and Julie Lange Hall '55 will host Rachel Merz, professor of biology, at the Mid-Day Club on Friday evening, March 24. Professor Merz will discuss her research and developments in the College's science program.
Metro NYC: Connection members will attend a music and dance concert by Melanie Kloetzel's ['93] dance company on Thursday, April 27, followed by an alumni reception. The Book Club will wrap up its season with guest lecturer Professor Philip Weinstein on Sunday, May 7.
Philadelphia: Connection co-chair Bruce Gould '54 is arranging for alums to attend a performance by the Guarneri String Quartet at the Curtis Institute of Music on Sunday, April 9.
Pittsburgh: Alums will join Connection chair Melissa Kelley '80 at a Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League game on Saturday, April 1. Provost Jennie Keith will discuss Swarthmore today at a reception Friday, April 28, which Melissa will host at the Rivers Club. Connection members also are planning a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo on Sunday, May 21.
Portland, Ore.: Kenneth and Linda Habas Mantel '60 will welcome Robert Gross '62, dean of the College, to a gathering of alumni and parents on Friday evening, March 24.
Metro NYC: Alumni Council member Ike Schambelan '61 invited Swarthmore alums to a performance of Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky by Theater by the Blind, which Ike directs.
Palo Alto, Calif.: Paul '62 and Iris Lang Brest '61 hosted Associate Provost Craig Williamson at their home for a conversation about his scholarship in English literature as well as current academic issues at Swarthmore.
Paris: Connection chair Robert Owen '74 and hosts Cathy and Thomas O'Donnell '69 welcomed Carl Grossman, associate professor of physics, at a cocktail party celebrating the revived Connection. Alumni and friends ended the evening with dinner at a restaurant.
Philadelphia: Connection co-chair Bruce Gould '54 and Marcia Satterthwaite '71 have launched a Philadelphia Connection Book Club. The first session featured Philip Weinstein, Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Literature. Connection co-chair Jim Moskowitz '88 hosted a visit to the Barnes Foundation collection of post-impressionist and early modern French paintings.
Pittsburgh: Connection chair Melissa Kelley '80 hosted two "Third Thursday Luncheons" at the downtown Harvard Yale Princeton&endash;Pittsburgh Club for alumni, family, and friends.
Seattle: Connection chair Deb Read '87 organized a visit to the Seattle Art Museum for An American Century of Photography: From Dry Plate to Digital.
Regional Swarthmore events are run by volunteers. If you would like to organize an event in your area, please contact Jody Sanford, assistant director of alumni relations at (610) 328-8404 or jsanfor1@-swarthmore.edu. The latest information on upcoming alumni events and activities is on the alumni home page: www.swarthmore.edu/Home/Alumni.
Swarthmore has begun a search for a director of alumni relations. Reporting to Dan West, vice president for alumni, development, and public relations, this person will direct the College's alumni relations program. Barbara Haddad Ryan '59 is leaving in August after eight years as associate vice president for external affairs.
Interested candidates, and those with names to suggest, may contact Vice President West by mail at 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore PA 19081; by telephone at (610) 328-8285; or by e-mail at dwest1@swarthmore.edu.
Swarthmore's On-Line Community (OLC) was successfully launched last month. Alums now can network electronically with each other, update biographical information, create a permanent e-mail address, set up bulletin boards and chat rooms, advertise businesses and services, announce job openings, and post résumés for prospective employers.
The Web site is password protected, so participants must use the ID that was mailed to them. Anyone who didn't receive an ID may contact alumnirecords@swarthmore.-edu and give their Social Security number or date of birth to verify their identity. The ID will then be sent to them. Participants are invited to post their comments about the site, pro and con, to alumnirecords@swarthmore.edu.
The address and employment information is from the College's 1999 files. Although the Alumni Records Office is updating the files this month, participants are encouraged to update their own data to see how easily it is.
The Class of '99 had not graduated when the file was first saved, so these records won't be on-line until this spring. IDs and instructions will be mailed when access is ready.
In addition, the College supports a number of alumni listservs for class reunions and special-interest groups. For directions on how to subscribe, log on to http://listservs.swarthmore.edu.
If you live in a Connection area and have ideas for events or activities for alumni or parents, please contact your local chair.
National Chair
Donald Fujihira '69
1199 Park Avenue
Apartment 7B
New York NY 10128
donf@ascensionet.com
Austin, Texas
Jon Safran '94
4501 Whispering Valley Drive
Apartment 28
Austin TX 78727
jsafran@yahoo.com
Boston
Jeremy Weinstein '97
Winthrop Mail Center 502
Cambridge MA 02138-7531
jweinst@fas.harvard.edu
Chicago
Marilee Roberg '73
121 6th Street
Wilmette IL 60091-3435
mroberg@ameritech.net
Los Angeles
Lisl Cochran-Bond '97
2843 Tanoble Drive
Altadena CA 91001
cochranbond@earthlink.net
Metro DC-Baltimore
Kathryn E. Stevens '89
823 Gist Avenue
Silver Spring MD 20910
kstevens@ue.org
Metro NYC
Sanda Jennifer Balaban '94
405 West 21st Street
Apartment BRE
New York NY 10011
Sanda_Balaban@post.harvard.edu
Deborah Branker Harrod '89
200 C. Columbus Drive
Apartment B10
Jersey City NJ 07302
db-harrod@worldnet.att.net
North Carolina
George Telford III '84
2810 Welcome Drive
Durham NC 27705
annualfundmgr@dukeschool-.com
Paris
Robert F. Owen '74
33 allée de la Cauvinière
78112 Fourqueux
France
robertowen@compuserve.-com
Philadelphia
Dr. Bruce Gould '54
2200 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Apartment 1209
North Building
Philadelphia PA 19130
(215) 563-4811
Jim Moskowitz '88
15 Lawnside Road
Cheltenham PA 19012
jimmosk@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh
Melissa Kelley '80
1233 Palo Alto Street
Pittsburgh PA 15212
mkhaver@aol.com
San Francisco
Neal Finkelstein '86
Rebecca Johnson '86
5208 Golden Gate Avenue
Oakland CA 94618
nealdfink@aol.com
rjohn30802@aol.com
Seattle
Deborah Read '87
5060 SW Stevens Street
Seattle WA 98116-2943
debread@psn.net
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