NEWS AND NOTES
NEWS AND NOTES
CAMPUS
Tax Repeal?
President Phil Hanlon '77 was among 49 college and university presidents who registered concerns about the endowment tax Congress passed as part of the new tax law last year. “It will constrain the resources available to the very institutions that lead the nation in reducing, if not eliminating, the cost for lowand middle-income students, and will impede the efforts of other institutions striving to grow their endowments for this very purpose,” they wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. “Endowments are not kept in reserve to be drawn on only occasionally or on a rainy day.”
New Media
The admissions office has introduced a new magazine for prospective students. Called 3D, the attractive publication replaces all former print materials produced by the office. It should keep students, parents and guidance counselors “current in a way that a more traditional viewbook cannot,” says Lee Coffin, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid. 3D will be published three times per year.
Hood On Track
When the new Hood Museum opens in January 2019, it will be “a completely new experience,” says director John Stomberg. “Even the original galleries have been given new wood floors, walls and lighting.” The Hood will feature objects from its collections that were seldom seen in the past. “Visitors will meander through spaces dedicated to art that spans from ancient to contemporary, and that include serious commitments to art from around the globe,” says Stomberg. “We aim to demonstrate the vital range of artistic practices worldwide, introducing new names while also exhibiting many of our much beloved masterworks.”
R.I.P.
Three memorable College personalities died recently: former Tuck dean John W. Hennessey Jr., who led the school’s effort to go coed in 1968; Fred Kelley, the College’s head athletic trainer from 1967 to 1994 who was a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association hall of fame; and former special collections librarian Phil Cronenwett, who was awarded the Knights Cross of the Order of the Falcon by the president of Iceland for his efforts to preserve the work of Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
