Chronicle Magazine
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A Vision Fulfilled
The new Gregg Pavilion completes the chapel’s original design—and a family’s dream.
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Magnificent Morocco
Lewis & Clark expands its robust overseas study program to North Africa.
Lasting Legacies
After three decades of service, several pillars of the campus community retire.
A Vision Fulfilled
The new Gregg Pavilion completes the chapel’s original design—and a family’s dream.
Celebrating the Chapel Organ
Lewis & Clark’s majestic organ, a mainstay in the musical life of the college, turns 40 this year.
The Fabulous 50
Illustrated by Dennis Adler
The class of 2011 offers its to-do list for future Pioneers (and the rest of us).
The class of 2011 offers its to-do list for future Pioneers (and the rest of us).
President's Letter
Beyond the Numbers
The competition among colleges to recruit talented students is now so intense and widespread that the Chronicle of Higher Education recently dubbed it “intergalactic.” Using that adjective as a starting point—hyperbolic as it may be— I can say that our achievements this year boldly take Lewis & Clark into uncharted territory of success and opportunity.
On Palatine Hill
Alumni News
Reunion Weekend 2011
Alumni Return for Summer Celebrations
Profiles
Life Trustee Remembered
Life Trustee Remembered
River Warrior for the Columbia Watershed
Exploring forests, romping in creeks, and swimming in lakes and rivers near the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, Brett VandenHeuvel JD ’05 fell in love with the great outdoors. He grew up near Muskegon, where the industrial south transitions into the rural north.
Hunting Spiders
Greta Binford, associate professor of biology, is the subject of a new children’s book about her hunt for an elusive recluse spider.
Candlewick, 2011. 64 pages. $13. Purchase here.
Candlewick, 2011. 64 pages. $13. Purchase here.
Helping to Heal Post-Quake Japan
Although Dr. Makoto Uchiyama BA ’04 was born in Bangkok, grew up in Malaysia, and had never lived in Japan, Uchiyama considers Japan his homeland, his native culture. As a resident physician in Portland’s Legacy Health System, he felt compelled to put his medical training to use on the ground after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit on March 11. The subsequent tsunami, fires, and nuclear threat confirmed his resolve.
A Smokehouse Legend
It’s early morning in Rockaway Beach, and 75-year-old Karla Steinhauser BS ’58 fires up the propane burner, preheating her black refrigerator-sized smoker to 140 degrees. She loads fish—filleted, salted, and seasoned the day before—onto eight 20- by 40-inch racks.
In Memoriam
Afterword
Four Hours
by Rishona Zimring, Associate Professor of English A few months ago, a quantity of time reached out and grabbed the American consciousness by the throat. “Four hours” loomed large in the anxious minds of millions. A mild panic swept the nation. “Four hours”: too long. What do we do for hours, for hours and hours, for hours on end?
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