John Seigenthaler, chair and founder of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, received the 44th Lovejoy Award at a convocation at Colby in November. Seigenthaler was honored for courageous defense of free speech and freedom of the press throughout his career, which began when he was a cub reporter at The Tennessean in Nashville more than five decades ago. A gifted and largely self-taught reporter, Seigenthaler received national attention for his stories on such issues as corruption in the Teamsters Union, race relations in Tennessee and in the region and the plight of the poor.
Colby Loses a Pal
Percy (Pacy) Levine '27 who, with his brother Lewis (Ludy) '21, became legendary for their devotion to the College and its athletic teams, died November 1 at the family home on Ticonic Street in Waterville. He was 91.Known to legions of alumni for the hospitality at the brothers' popular Main Street clothing store and for an unabashed love of Colby, Pacy and his brother were well known as sideline kibitzers through some 70 seasons and 18 football coaches.
Thanks, Coach
Dick McGee's 29-year career closed with a flourish on Saturday, November 9,
when more than 150 friends, former players, colleagues and family members
gathered in Roberts Union to honor the retiring football coach and former
athletic director. Just a couple of hours earlier, the football players honored
McGee with a season-ending 39-15 win over Bowdoin.
Thief in the Night
Colby administrators and local law enforcement officers were dismayed at the
theft of four Impressionist paintings from the Eustis administration building
in early November.
"One scientist didn't like using the word chaos; he preferred `transitionally random phenomenon.' I don't think the book would have sold as well if it had been called `the essence of transitionally random phenomenon.'"
--Edward Lorenz, founder of chaos theory and author of The Essence of Chaos, at a Science, Technology and Society Colloquium.
"I went home and told my husband, `These people are crazy.'"
--NASA scientist Kathy Thomas-Keptra, speaking at a Spotlight Event, on her initial skepticism about reports that her colleagues had discovered life on Mars.
"You can't see the Statue of Liberty from the South Bronx. But you can see the
prison on Riker's Island."
Author and activist Jonathan Kozol,
speaking in Lorimer Chapel about the impoverished neighborhood in New York
City whose residents he profiled in Amazing Grace.
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