L&C Magazine | Fall 2015
Cover Story
Featured Stories
Character Builder
Actor Usman Ally transforms scholarly insight into compelling characters.
Science With Heart
Can a compound in red wine improve heart healing?
Return. Reflect. Reconnect.
Lewis & Clark Law School celebrates 100 years of excellence in legal education.
Preacher and Doc
Bob Fitch BS ’61, a noted photographer, has documented some of America’s greatest 20th-century human rights campaigns.
President's Letter
Individual Action, Collective Wisdom
Portland flies its DIY flag proudly, but even in our city Do It Yourself does not mean Do It Alone.
On Palatine Hill
New Home, New Leader for Career Center
This fall, Lewis & Clark opened its new Career Center with a new leader at the helm.
Congratulations, Graduates of 2015
“I believe there’s not a college in America that is more appropriately named for all the searches that we prize, that we love. You’re here, at Lewis & Clark, arguably, the quintessence of what works in American education … small liberal arts colleges. You all chose right!”
—Ron Suskind
Board Updates
In May, Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees announced a new board chair and a new board member.
Homecoming: Focus on Football
Each year the Lewis & Clark community joins together to cheer on the Pioneers.
Alan Finn Named CFO
Alan Finn will become Lewis & Clark’s new vice president for business and finance and treasurer on October 1.
A Passion for Math and Chinese Drives Ratte Award Winner
Katie Keith, a mathematics major and a Chinese minor, received this spring’s Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’shighest honor. A native of Bozeman, Montana, Keith embodies the award’s criteria of “a graduating senior who has pursued and achieved the utmost in excellence while attending Lewis & Clark.”
buzz
A miscellany of the new, the intriguing, and the obscure.
Exploring Careers in Munich
Part of Ralf Saborrosch’s job with Lewis & Clark’s yearlong Munich program is helping students secure internships and work during their time in Germany.
Theatre Prof, Law Prof Named Top Teachers
Each year, students from the College of Arts and Sciences and Lewis & Clark Law School reflect on the extraordinary teaching of their respective professors and select one for top teaching honors.
Leadership and Support
Philanthropy Leadership Dinner
More than 200 guests gathered to celebrate members of the Leadership Society, Heritage Society, and Elliott Circle.
Scholarship Luncheon
More than 160 donors, students, faculty, and staff gathered for the annual Scholarship Recognition Luncheon.
On the Road President Visits Iceland
In July, President Barry Glassner and his wife, Betsy Amster, traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Turning Knowledge Into Action: Internships as a Rite of Passage
On behalf of his fellow graduates, Yash Desai noted that their new degrees put them in position “to create the most value not just for ourselves but for others, in whatever we do.”
Alumni News
Alumni Weekend 2015 Sizzles
Nearly 1,000 alumni, friends, and family braved Portland’s record-breaking heat to attend Alumni Weekend.
Profiles
The Book Keeper
Natalie Garyet BA ’10 marries her passion for poetry with her devotion to cultural conservation.
New Hampshire’s School Psychologist of the Year
Kate Grieve Ed.S. ’09 champions the academic, mental, and emotional health of students from preschool through high school.
In Memoriam
Friends of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Honoring alumni, faculty, staff, and friends who have recently passed.
Afterword
Why should planet Earth care about (non-planet) Pluto?
In 1930, more than 80 years since the discovery of Neptune, a young astronomer from Kansas named Clyde Tombaugh scanned the sky for Planet X.
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Alumni Weekend 2015 Sizzles
Photos by Brian Foulkes
Scholarship Luncheon
Photos by Brian Foulkes
Philanthropy Dinner
Photos by Brian Foulkes
Preacher and Doc
Photos and captions courtesy of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.
