Grads

We have received some timely news from the South Pole. Allan T. Weatherwax (physics '95) has been honored with a namesake glacier in Antarctica. This tribute was awarded in recognition of his scientific work.To date he has completed ten field seasons of investigation in Antarctica. Obviously the bestowing of glaciers is not done lightly. According. to Allan, his research started when he was a student at Dartmouth and continues today. He is currently on the faculty of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. For the exact coordinates of the Weatherwax Glacier, or any other information you may need to book your trip, Allan can be reached at allanw@polar.umd.edu.

Will Browning (modem languages '78) has recently translated the fourth novel of reclusive Canadian writer Rejean Ducharme. The Daughter of Christopher Columbus was published by Guernica Editions Inc. in Toronto, Canada. In his afterword to the book, Will describes it as "an iconoclastic novel masquerading as an epic poem." The story follows Columbia Columbus as she poisons her father, travels the world, is tortured and abused at every turn, befriends the . animals and brings about Armageddon in the Gobi Desert. Will writes, "The challenge for the translator of this novel in verse is to take a rhymed text in poetic form—one whose frequently tortured verse is unraveling before our eyes—and transform it into English prose in the shape of an epic poem, guarding all while the contumacious, cantankerous spirit of the French original." There is really no way to describe Will's results. I think you are going to have to read this yourself.

I am sorry I could not inform you of Matthew B. Smith's (music '98) newest release, A Mutated Christmas, in time for your holiday shopping. Perhaps you can be early for the 2002 season, which is rapidly approaching. The selection did make the top holiday choices in TheNew York Times on December 7,2001. Matthew is currently working on a Ph.D. in electroacoustic music at Keio University in Japan, as well as serving as technical director of the Bregman Music Studio, and is teaching an electro-acoustic music course in the winter term.

We have also received word that Robert Wallace (biology '75), professor of biology at Ripon College, recently received the James Underkofler Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The award, administered by the Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges, was presented during the 2001 Ripon College awards convocation. Wallace began his teaching career at Ripon in 1977, after spending two years as a research associate in the University of Washington's zoology department. He served as the chair of the biology department from 1984 to 1990 and became a full professor in 1991. In addition to his teaching and research activities, Wallace serves as Ripon's faculty development coordinator.

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