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June is the traditional month for graduations, and so it is appropriate that this column feature news from the academe.

Hampden-Sydney College, a distinguished, old (tenth oldest college in the country, actually) Virginia institution, recently featured its Dartmouth alumni faculty in a news release. Dave Pelland, Ph.D., is an associate professor of mathematics and computer sciences as well as associate dean of the faculty. Dave and wife Patsy live in Farmville, Va. Hampden-Sydney has another significant connection to Dartmouth. Jonathan Cushing, a Dartmouth alumnus, was president of Hampden-Sydney from 1820 to 1835.

Dan Hall has been promoted to vice president for university relations at the University of Louisville, becoming the first African-American vice president in the university's history. He is the chief adviser to the university's president on government, public, and community relations, and manages the university's external communications, marketing, and public relations programs. Dan joined the Louisville administration in 1985 as assistant to the president for university relations. He has a law degree from Harvard. Dan and wife Sheila reside in the Louisville area.

Wesley Pugh has been appointed director and associate professor of the urban learning academy of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Before this appointment he worked for 18 years with the Philadelphia public schools as a research associate and assistant to executive administrators. Wesley earned his master's degree in educational policy from Harvard and his doctorate in educational administration and leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. He and spouse Jennifer live in Philadelphia.

Breck Taylor is on the faculty of Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice. Breck resides in Havertown, Pa.

Kate Stith-Cabranes, a professor of law at Yale, has lately been a busy Trustee helping the College answer questions on the student life initiative that will profoundly impact the current Greek system and residential life at Dartmouth. Shifting from the ivy-covered walls to the marble halls of Congress, freshman congressman Mike Capuano, representing Massachusetts' Bth District, has been assigned a seat on the House Banking Committee. (Lobbyists take note!)

Mike has a broad spectrum of constituents that include (in addition to every bank in the country) Harvard and MIT in Cambridge and the traditionally tightknit, working-class community of Somerville. It can't hurt that Mike is descended from Irish and Italian immigrants and has a Boston College law degree.

Scott Johnson practices law in Minneapolis, Minn, as a senior attorney for the TCF Financial Corp., writes opinion pieces for several publications, and helped write the state Republican Party platform last year. The St. PaulPioneer Press reports that after Dartmouth Scott briefly studied literature at Yale before returning to Minnesota to teach and later to earn a law degree at the University of Minnesota.

He has over the years acquired a reputation for intellectual rigor in challenging "political correctness" in courtrooms and in public forums. Most recently Scott opposed the Minnesota Blue Cross plan for its $469 million tobacco settlement that kept any of the funds from going directly to the subscribers. Scott and wife Salome make their home in St. Paul, Minn.

Hope you have a great summer. And, if you can't stay in the news, stay in touch. Thanks to all who have.

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