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The Reporter
Celebrating
Miller Library's
200,000th
Volume
Coldweatherforcedthecrowd
ofMillerLibrarywell-wishers
indoorstoTawesTheatre,but
thewindsdidlittletodampenthe
spiritofthecelebrationtomarkthe
shelvingoftheLibrary's200,000thvol-
ume.
CollegePresidentCharlesH.Trout,
BoardChairmanLouisL.Goldstein
'35,andLibrarianWilliamTubbs
sharedthespotlightwithliterarylumi-
nariesJohnBarth,LucilleWallop,and
JonathanSegal'66andJohnDanz,the sureincludedintheDanzgiftisapho- PresidingovertheLibraryCelebration
Baltimorebibliophilewhodonatedan tographofGeraldJohnsontakenby were(fromleft): ProfessorRobertDay,
extensivecollectionofMarylandiato AubreyBodine,afamousphotogra- LibrarianWilliamTubbs,President
theCollege.Allwereonhandtorecog- pherfromBaltimore. CharlesH.Trout,JohnBarth,Lucille
nizetheimportantrolebooksand "Wehavemadeaconsciouseffortto Wallop,JonathanSegal'66,andJohn
writersandlibrariesplayinthelives buildourMarylandcollection,"says Danz.
ofperpetuallearners. HeadLibrarianWilliamTubbs. "Butit
ItwasfromJohnDanz'scollectionof wouldhavetakenusyearstobuildthis
bookst—hatthe200,000thvolumewas particularcollection,evenifwehadthe Indeliveringhisaddressfortheoc-
chosen acopyofH.L.Mencken's money." casion,anoriginalessayentitled
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MenckentoMarylandhistorianGerald supportthedevelopmentofseveral question: "Is[200,000books]alotof
Johnson. TheDanzcollection,which coursesintheChesapeakeRegional books? Quiteafewbooks? 'Right
reflectshisinterestinMarylandhis- Studiesprogramandwillprovidepri- many,'asweEasternShorefolks
tory,economy,andculture,includes marysourcesforstudentsresearching sometimessay? Onlyafew? Too
thecompleteworksofMencken,acol- varioustopicsrelatingtoMaryland. many? Justenough?"
lectionofhistorybooksbyGerald PartoftheDanzgiftwillbeshelvedin "Unanswerablequestions,"Barth
Johnson,thepoetryofBaltimorean theNewlinRoomofMillerLibrary; answered,buttheinti—mationisthat
LizetteWoodwardReece,andthe partwillbeplacedonnon-circulating booksarelike friends onecan
worksoftheEasternShorenovelist, shelvesintheSophieKerrRoom. neverhavetoomany. Especiallyata
JohnBarth. BooksontheChesapeake "ThisisthekindofgiftthisLibrary goodliberalartscollege. Alibrary,
Bay,Marylandcommerceandrail- needs,"saysTubbs. "Thebooksare whichBarthdescribedas,"acollection
roads,Marylandpoliticalfigures,and well-chosenandtheyelevateourexist- ofpossiblefutures,"shouldbe"asbig
theBaltimoreMuseumofArtround ingMarylandcollectiontoanenviable aspossible."
outtheDanzcollection. Aspecialtrea- status." InhelpingplantheLibraryCelebra-
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Spring1993
tion,RobertDay,chairoftheLibrary Volunteers Launch thecreationoftheLiteraryHouse
CLiotmemriartyteHeouasned,DhiorpeectdorthoafttthheeOe'vNeenitll Literary House Press PreRsosb.ertDay,professorofEnglish
"wouldraisethecommunity'saware- anddirectoroftheO'NeillLiterary
nessofthelibraryanditsneeds,which Itwasonlyamatteroftimebefore House,hasassembledanexperienced
aremany,aswellasitsbenefits,which theseedplantedwiththeacquisi- stafftoguidetheLiteraryHousePress
aremany. TheLibraryistheintellec- tionofthefirstantiqueletterpressfor initsinfancy. RichardHarwood,re-
tualsoulofthecollege. Wemustnur- theO'NeillLiteraryHouseblossomed. tiredombudsmanfortheWashington
tureit,feedit,wateritsrootssoits Thisfall,sixyearsafterthefirstpress Post,isexecutiveeditor. Maureen
leaveswillgrow,sotospeak. Andwe wasinstalledoncampusandwith Jacoby,previouslymanagingeditorof
shouldenjoyitsfruits. JohnBarth three"practicebooks"underitsbelt, theSmithsonianInstitutionPress,
madebrowsinginalibraryseemas theLiteraryHouseistakingitsfirst servesasmanagingeditor. William
naturalasbreathing." stepintotheworldofpublishingwith "Chappie"Bowie'75,presidentof
Jonathan Segal '66 reviews,newsstories,andfeaturesto- andpublishedthe#1best-sellerThe
ries. Hestartedediting. AndwhenThe TowerCommissionReportontheIran-
Shares His Passion Timesacquiredabookcompany(itwas Contrascandal. Th—ebookwaspro-
For Publishing namedTimesBooks),hewasaskedto ducedinfivedays anditsold
acquireandeditbooksforit. Segal 450,000copies.
workedwithSenatorBillBradleyand SegaljoinedKnopfin1988. Edi-
JonathanB.Segal'66,vicepresi- manyTimesjournalistsontheirbooks, torstherehavespecialtiesbutare
dentandsenioreditoratAlfredA. andhehelpedputtogetherthe#l-best freetopublishawiderangeof
Knopf,believespublishinghouses seller,TheWhiteHouseTranscripts,from books,heexplained. Hisparticular
havearesponsiblitytopublishau- PresidentNixon'stapedWatergate interestsareforeignevents,politics,
thorswhohavesomethingimpor- conversations. socialissues,history,science,andbi-
tanttosayandtotakechanceson "IlikedthepaceofpublishingandI ography. Herecentlynegotiateda
newwriters. Theyalsohavefinan- likedworkingwithwriters,"hesaid. contracttopublishArthurAshe's
cialobligationstomeet. Knopfman- HejoinedSimon&Schusterin1977, memoirs. Amonghisotherauthors
agestobalancethesetwoobjectives whereheworkedwithotherjournalists areGayTalese,WoodyAllen,and
successfully. suchasJeffGreenfieldandEllen LaborSecretarydesignateRobertB.
"Idon'tthinkit'suglytopublish Goodman. Fiveyearslaterhemoved Reich("whoseTheWorkofNations
thingsthatsell,andqualitycansell," backtoTimesBooks,aseditorinchief, changedthewayIlookatAmerica
Segaltoldagroupofstudentsgath- wherehepublishedtwobooksthat andthefuture").
eredintheO'NeillLiteraryHouse wonPulitzerPrizes: MoveYour "Thisisapeople-drivenbusiness,
ontheeveoftheMillerLibraryCel- Shadow:SouthAfrica,BlackandWhiteby andthereisnoeasyformulaforsuc-
ebration. "Whenabook likeAnne JosephLelyveld,andArabandfew: cess,"hesaid. "Yougooninstinct
Rice'sTheTaleoftheBodyThief WoundedSpiritsinaPromisedLandby andpassion,andhopeyougetgood
makesnumberoneonthebest-seller DavidK.Shipler. Healsoconceived reviews."
listforseveralweeks,thatallowsus
tocontinuepublishingfirstnovels
andpoetrycollections."
Segalsharedwiththegroupof
studentshisinsightsintotheworld
ofeditingandpublishing. "You
havetoreallylovetoread,"hesaid,
explainingthatheandevenKnopf
presidentSonnyMehtaoftenspend
weekendsreadingmanuscripts.
"Youdeveloprelationshipswith
writers. Younegotiatewithagents.
Youseekahighstandard. Ifideas
makeadifferencetoyou,thenpub-
lishingcanbeafascinatingcareer."
Duringcollege,Segal'sgoalinlife
wastoworkforTheNewYorkTimes.
Hemanagedtolandajobshortlyaf-
tergraduation. "Myfirstdaythere,"
herecalled,"mytasksweretoget
coffeefortheeditorsandkeepthe
Xeroxmachinebusy." Thingssoon
gotbetter.Hebeganwritingbook
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Sprmg1993
BowieAssociates,abookdesigning Byron"asasocialdocumentofthe successasajournalist,establisheda
companyinBaltimore,servesassenior EasternShore. William"Chappie" scholarshipprogramknownas
editor. WillLockwood,thefounder Bowieisthevolumeeditor;Jack "ProjectExcellence"toinspiredisad-
andretireddirectoroftheWesleyan Schroeder'58willillustratethebook. vantagedyoungsterstodowellin
UniversityPress,isconsultant. And Alimitededitionofthebookwillbe school,gotocollege,andescapethe
MikeKaylor,masterprinter,isproduc- printedontheCollege'sHeidelberg confinesofpoverty.Sinceitsinception
tionmanager. pressandatradeeditionwillbe theprogramhasgivenfinancialassis-
"Allofthesepeoplearevolunteers," printedonoffset. tanceto304college-boundminority
saysDay, "donatingtheirprofessional Thebenefittostudentsofhavinga students,twoofwhomarenowat
timetostartaworking,teachingpress. workingpressoncampuswillbesig- WashingtonCollege. Lastspring,
"Theideais,eventually,toemploystu- nificant,saysDay. Whiletheoriginal "ProjectExcellence"awardedapproxi-
dentsinbusines—s,graphicarts,editing, conceptofthepressroomwastoshow mately$1milliontomorethan70stu-
printing,sales tobealiterary studentstherelationshipbetween dentswhoareattendingsomeofthe
entepreneuriallaboratory." printingandliterature,asmallpub- nation'smostprestigiouscollegesand
TheintentoftheLiteraryHouse lishinghousewilloffermorestudents universities.
Pressistopublishinthreegeneralar- greateropportunitiestolearn. "Ifit Despitethenaysayers,Rowansaid
eas: booksrelatingtotheChesapeake werepoetry,I'ddescribeitasan'or- youcansolveproblems"bythrowing
Bavregion,particularlytheEastern ganicrhyme,'"saysDay,"wordsthat moneyatthem." Herecalledtheday
Shore;booksofgeneralinterestandlit- notonlysoundalikebuthavearela- hehadtoleaveEastTennesseeState
erarymerit,includingnovels,history, tionship. TheLiteraryHousePress Collegebecausehedidnothave$20to
poetry,biography,andnaturalscience; willbeanorganicrhymeofliberalarts payhistuitionforthenextquarter.
andchapbooksormonographsoflec- andpublishing." Amongthediscardedgreenbustrans-
tures,symposia,orscholarlystudies ferticketshepassedonhiswaytoalo-
associatedwithWashingtonCollege. Carl Rowan Brings caldiner,hefoundacrumpledS20bill.
Thefirstprojectoftheyearisactu- Hehad"found"hischancetocontinue
allyacollaborativeeffortwiththe "Project Excellence" hiscollegeeducation.
ChesapeakeBayMaritimeMuseumin "IhopethatwenowhaveinWash-
St.Michaels. Maryland'sOysterNavy: To Washington ington,DC.peoplewhounderstand
TheFirstFiftyYearsisascholarly,his- College thattodaytherearemillionsofyoung-
toricalaccountoftheformationofthe stersouttheregrowingupasCarl
MarinePolice. Theauthor,NormanH. Rowandid,andthattheylooktofed-
Plummer,donatedtheprojecttothe CarlT.Rowan,anationallysyndi- eralprogramsfortheir$20bill.Ihope
MaritimeMuseum. Throughthe catedcolumnist,anoriginalpan- theywillbewiseenoughnottosnatch
College'srecentlysignedcollaborative elistonthetop-ratedtalkshow"In- itaway."
agreementwiththeMuseum,thebook sideWashington,"andoneofthemost Anotheropportunitypresenteditself
projectcametoBobDay'sattention. popularopinion-makersonthepublic toRowanwhenhewasaskedtotake
Thebookwillbeprintedonoffset, lecturecircuit,visitedWashington anofficercandidatetestfortheNavy.
andassembledandboundatthe CollegeinearlyDecembertoshare Heservedinthemilitaryasacommu-
O'NeillLiteraryHouse. withstudentssomeoftheexperiences nicationsofficeranduponhisdis-
Thesecondprojectisacollectionof thathelpedshapehisperspectiveon chargelandedajobasanewspaperre-
thepoetryofGilbertByron,thelate Americanpolitics. porter.
EasternShorenaturalist,writer,and Rowan,achildofAmerica'sGreat Rowanwentontoadistinguished
1923graduateofWashingtonCollege. Depressionwhoovercamepoverty careerasAmbassadortoFinlandand
Daydescribesthis"BestofGilbert andracialdiscriminationtoachieve asDirectoroftheU.S.Information
Agency. Heistheauthorofseven
books,includingthebestseller,Break-
ingBarriers,andanewbookcalled
DreamMakers,DreamBreakers:The
WorldofJusticeThurgoodMarshall. He
alsohasreceivedfiveEmmvsforhis
televisionwork.
CalvinCafritz(farright),trusteeofthe
MorrisamiGwendolynCafritzFounda-
tion,andwifeJoyce(farleft)hosteda
dinnerattheirhometogivestudentsa>i
opportunitytotalkinformallywithCarl
Rowan(secondfromleft). Withthe
supportoftheCafritzFoundation,Project
Excellenceselectedtwostudents,includ-
ingAndreTaylor(secondfromright),to
attendWashingtonCollege.
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/S;>rm£1993
And anddevelopingemployeepotential
Weatherholtz
andofpromotingfromwithin,she
McCormick Keep rosethroughtherankstobecome
vicepresident,humanrelationsfor
Good Company McCormick. Inthisposition,she
overseesthehumanrelationsfunc-
KarenWeatherholtz'72has tionforallMcCormickoperationsin
foundhervaluesandthoseof theU.S.andabroad.
hercompanycomplementeach Weatherholtzhasbeensuccessful
otherasperfectlyasbasilandto- inimplementingemployeebenefits
matosauce. Thevicepresidentfor likeflextimeandjobsharingandin
humanrelationsatMcCormick& helpingemployeestaptheirpoten-
Company,Inc.,theinternational tialforgrowthbecauseMcCormick
spicecompanyheadquarteredin sharesherconcernforsomething
Sparks,Maryland,Weatherholtzad- morethanjustthebottomline. The
visedstudentsoftheDepartmentof ideaistoworktogetherforacom-
BusinessManagementtoconsider January,shesays. Thefactthatshebe- mongoalwhilerecognizingthe
carefullynotonlywhatfieldtoenter camethefirstwomantositonthe valueofallemployeesasindividu-
andwhattypeandsizecompany boardofthe103-year-oldspecialty als. Itmeansbeingflexibleandre-
theywouldliketoworkfor,but foodcompanywascoincidental,and sponsivetonewideas,newtechnol-
mostimportantlythecultureand rightfullyso. "IfIthoughtIwasbeing ogy,andchangingemployeeneeds.
valuesofapotentialemployer. askedtojointheboardjustbecauseI Weatherholtz'sjobistobalance
"I'veworkedinthefieldofhu- wasawoman,andnotbecauseofmy theneedsofemployeeswiththe
manrelationsduringmyentireca- contributions,Iwouldhavebeenvery needsofthecompany. Oneofher
reer,"shesaidduringalunchwith disappointed. mainobjectivesistoimplementa
businessstudents. "ButImaynot "WhenBuzzMcCormick,thechair- moresystematicapproachtoem-
havebeenabletoaccomplishthe manofthecompany,calledmeinto ployeedevelopmentandtoantici-
thingsI'vedoneatMcCormickata theboardmeetingthatday,[thean- patingandplanningforthecom-
companywithaverydifferentcul' nouncement]cameasacompletesur- pany'sfuturejobneeds. "Ideally,
hire." prise,"sherecalls. "Hetoldme: wewanttoaidthegrowthofpeople
McCormickoffersmanyinnova- 'We'redelightedtohaveawomanon intheircurrentrolesandhelppre-
tivetrainingprogramsandcareer theboard,butIwantyoutoknowthat parethemfornewroles. We're
developmentservices,awardsschol- you'reherebecauseyouearnedit.' trainingmanagerstoactascoaches,
arshipstothechildrenof Thatmeantalottome. Womencan sotheywillbeabletohelptheirem-
McCormickemployees,helpsem- andwillsucceedontheirownmerit." ployeesgrowinthebusiness."
ployeescontinuetheirowneduca- Weatherholtz,awifeandmother WhatisthekeytoMcCormick's
tion,andoffersprofitsharing,em- whoholdsanMBAfromLoyolaCol- success,andwhatmakesitsucha
ployeedividends,andotherincen- lege,gotherstartinpersonnelman- greatplacetowork? "Oursisapro-
tivesforoutstandingjobperfor- agementwithaMarylandbank. In active,notareactiveapproach. Our
mance. 1977shejoinedMcCormickasthehu- successwillcontinuetobebasedon
ItwaslargelybecauseMcCormick manrelationssupervisorforthe ourabilitytosatisfyourcustomers'
valuesitsemployeesandthecon- company'smanufacturingplantin needsandourabilitytofocusonkey
ceptofhumanrelationsthatshewas downtownBaltimore. Thanksto goals,whilefosteringacaringwork
electedtoMcCormick'sboardlast McCormick'spolicyofrecognizing environment."
Grants Support $700,000—willfurtherendowthe tobeusedforrenovationofthe
Beneficial-HodsonTrustScholarship school'sstudentunionbuilding.
Financial Aid,
Fundwhichsupportsfour-yearmerit- Renovationsincludetransformationof
Renovation, And basedscholarships. Approximately20 theoldCollegeBookstoreintoaCom-
Beneficial-HodsonTrustScholarsare monRoomandreconstructionofthe
Computing selectedannuallybytheAcademic basementareaintoaStudentActivities
At ScholarshipCommittee. Another Centerwithtwooutdoorterraces.
itsannualluncheoninNovem- $100,000willbeavailableforannualfi- Constructionforphasetwoofthe
ber,theBeneficial-HodsonTrust nancialaidtostudents.Theremaining projectissettobeginthissummer.
awardedWashingtonCollegeagrant $3,970willbeusedtopurchaseanew TheWilliamBinghamFoundation
of$803,970. Thisgiftbringsthetotal boatforthesailingprogram. hasawardedagrantforacademic
amountawardedtotheCollegefrom Asecondgranthasbeenobtainedto computing. TheFoundation'sgiftof
theTrusttonearly$17million. The helpsupportthecostofimprovements $13,750willbeusedtopurchasecom-
HodsonTrustmadeitsfirstgiftto toHodsonHall. TheWilliamG. puterequipmenttosupportthe
WashingtonCollegein1936. — Baker,Jr.MemorialFundofBaltimore Internetsystem,asophisticatedcom-
Amajorportionofthisyear'sgift awardedWashingtonCollege$15,000 putingnetworklinkingcollegeand
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Spring1993
universitymainframesaroundthe pinkbackground,craftedfor
globe. ThroughInternet,studentsand "Mommy'slittleprincess"Christina,
facultywillbeabletoaccessdatabases whodiedwhenshewastwo. The
andsoftwarerepositoriescurrently child'smother,whodiedashorttime
availableonlyatlargeresourceuniver- later,hasapanelofherown.
sitiesandwillhavegreateropportuni- Thequilt,broughttocampusforNa-
tiesforcollaborativeworkthroughthe tionalAIDSAwarenessWeekbyTroy
availabilityofrapidcommunication Petenbrink'91,anadministrativeassis-
withscholarsatotherinstitutions. The tantforTheNamesProjectinWash-
What'sOn The BinghamFoundationhasbeensup- ington,D.C.,andEdwardWeissman,
NlGHTSTAND? portingacademiccomputingatWash- professorofpoliticalscience,personal-
ingtonCollegeforseveralyears. izedthethreatofAIDSformanystu-
dents. Inconjunctionwiththequilt
pWaertamseknetdimfetmhbeeyrhsadofrtehaedpasgyocohodlboogoykde- AIDS Quilt Brings dtiesstpeldayH,IVD-opuogslitaisvse,Rosspeok'8e6,towahosthaands-
lately.Theypassedalongthefollowingsug- New Awareness To ing-room-onlycrowdofstudents
gestions: aboutresponsiblesexuality.
Campus BecauseAIDSisaconstantthreat,
TheDiscoverers,byPulitzer-Prizewin- studentsoncampushavemobilizedan
ninghistorianDanielJ.Boorstin.The AIDSawarenessprogramthatwill
booktracesthecourseofthemajorin- It'shardtobelievethatpiecesof servestudentsthroughouttheaca-
tellectualdiscoveriesinthehistoryof clothandsomememorabiliacould demicyear. KeithErickson,a junior
theworld:whatmatteris,howthe besopowerful,"KathleenO'Donnell historymajor,haslaunchedaPeer
bodyworks,howthenewworldwas '86remarkedafterviewingportionsof EducationProgramtoencouragesexu-
discovered,andhowtelescopesand theAIDSquiltondisplayintheCasey allyactivepartnerstousecondoms,to
microscopeschangedtheworld. AcademicCenter. "Ireallywasn'tpre- letpeopleknowhowHIVisandisn't
—GeorgeSpilich,ProfessorandChair paredtobesomovedemotionally." transmitted,andtoencouragestudents
O'Donnell'sreactionwastypicalof tobetestedforthevirusregularlv.
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McDowell'sEvidencethatDemandsa theCaseylobbyinearlyDecember. withourAIDSeducationprogram,"
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manystudentshavethewronginfor-
I'vebeenreadingthelatesteditionof mationaboutAIDS. HIVantibodies
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—Talk:ScienceandtheVoicesofNature. Studentsandfacultyweremovedby
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Professor theCaseyAcademicCenter.
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/S;>nii^1993
The Litrentas Earn
Magna Cum Laude
In The Sciences
byMartinE. Williams'75
What
dotheemployeesof
HarleyDavidsonandAllis
Chalmershaveincommonwith
WashingtonCollege'ssciencedivi-
sion? AllhavebeentouchedbyDr.
DavidLitrenta'58andhispartner
andwifeShirley.Havingdistin-
guishedthemselvesasstudents,
healthcareproviders,cliniciansand
communityservants,Davidand
ShirleyLitrentarecentlycrowned
theirachievementswithamajorgift
tothescienceprogramatWashing-
tonCollegeforrenovationstothe
lectureroominDunningHall.
Itallbegan35yearsagowhen cumlaudedegreemeantag—reatdealto Dr.DavidLitrenta'58andwifeShirley.
DavidmetShirleyinhighschoolin me.Thecollegehadarule youhad
Dundalk,Maryland,andbeganto toattendyoursenioryear. Icould
makeimportantdecisions.David neverpersuadeaDeantomakeanex- ingtonCollegewhenDavidwasap-
wantedtoattendcollegetostudyei- ceptionforme." pointedbyPresidentCharlesTrout
thermedicine,dentistry,orlaw.He Hespentthenext30yearstrying. totheVisitingCommittee. He
andShirleyalsowantedtomarry.In Duringthattimehealsobeganafam- servedonasub-committeecalled
hissenioryearDavidlearnedfroma ilypracticeatYorkHospital,becamea TheWashingtonCollegeFriendsof
guidancecounselorthatatWashing- charterFellowoftheAmericanAcad- theSciences. Oneoftheearlymeet-
tonCollege,inaplacecalledChes- emyofFamilyPractice,andin1965 ingsdisclosedtheCollege'sneedto
tertownonMaryland'sEastern builthisownfamilypracticemedical preparetoday'sstudentsmorefullv
Shore,studentswhograduatedin buildinginYork. fortherigorsofmedicalschoolap-
thescienceswereassuredaplacein In1973adecisiontobecomethe plications,especiallytheinterview
medicalschool. MedicalDirectorforAllisChalmers process.DavidLitrentavolunteered
AfterhisfreshmanyearatWC, CorporationinYorkwasthegenesis tojoinacommitteeoffacultymem-
LitrentadecidedtomarryShirley forcentralPennsylvania'slargestoccu- bersandalumnitoassiststudentsin
andbythefollowingyeartheywere pationalhealthandsafetyclinic.David applyingtomedicalschool.This
parentsofababyboy. Davidwas Litrentatookamini-residencyatThe year,allWashingtonCollegegradu-
notonlydoingwellincollege,he UniversityofCincinnatiSchoolofOc- ateswhoappliedtoDavid'salma
consistently placed at the top of cupationalMedicine. Thereweread- mater,TheUniversityofMaryland
hisclass. Hewasalsoamemberof ditionalcoursesstudyingsignificant MedicalSchool,wereaccepted.
thePhiSigmaKappafraternity.An- areasofmedicine,law,government Anotherareaofcriticalneedwas
otherchildwasborninhisjunior regulation,andthedevelopmentofa thelackofcomputerizedaudiovi-
year.TheLitrentaslivedataboard- large,highlytrainedstaff.Todaythe sualequipmentfortheteachingof
inghouseonQueenStreet,and Litrentas'YorkIndustrialMedical science.Audiodisktechnologyisa
sometimeswithDavid'sparents. Centerprovidescriticalservicesto keyingredientintoday'steaching
Timesweredifficult,yetDavidex- thousandsofworkers.Drugtestingis repertoire. ThelecturehallinDun-
celledinhisstudies. ahighvolumeactivityattheCenter,as ninghadnosuchequipment.The
"IdecidedtoapplytotheUniver- wellasdisabilityreviewcasework, roomitselfneededrefurbishing.
sityofMarylandMedicalSchool3-2 immunization,andhealthsafetypro- TheLitrentagiftwillpermitamajor
program,"Davidsaid,"which grams.ShirleyLitrentaistheoffice renovationofthelecturehall,includ-
meansyoucouldskipyoursenior managerandtroubleshooter.Nowthe ingtheinstallationofsophisticated
yearofcollege. Ifyousuccessfully proudparentsofsevenchildrenand computertechnology. Inrecognition
completedthefirstyearofmedical eightgrandchildren,theLitrentaslook oftheirgift,theroomwillbere-
schoolinBaltimore,Washington backoveracareerofhardworkand namedtheLitrentaLectureHall.
Collegewouldthengrantyouabac- self-sacrificethathasbroughtthem Intheannalsofstewardshipfor
calaureatediploma.Sofar,sogood. manyrewards. WashingtonCollege,Davidand
ButwhenIskippedthesenioryear,I In1990DavidandShirleyLitrenta ShirleyLitrentahaveearnedmagna
lostmychanceforhonors.Amagna renewedtheirconnectionwithWash- cumlaude.
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Spring1993
British Journal sage,thenhadtorecountthefacts. usingvideosimulationsofanairtraf-
Thefindingsstate: "Cigarettesmoking ficcontroller'sscreen,whichcanbe
Publishes Spilich's wasrelatedtodecreasedperformance manipulatedtoaddmoreplanesand
Smoking Study onatextcomprehensiontask,possibly thus,morecomplexity,tothesituation.
bydiminishingtheabilityofthe Airtrafficcontrollers,whohaveoneof
smokertodeployprocessingopera- themoststressfuljobsimaginable,are
GeorgeSpilich,professorandchair tionsselectivelytocapturethose notoriouslyheavysmokers,Spilich
ofthepsychologydepartment,is eventswhichwerecentraltothetask." says.
addingfueltothefireinthecrusade Indrivingsimulations,smokers Whilethepsychologydepartment
againstsmoking. Hisresearchfind- werenearly3.5timesmorelikelyto doesnotenjoythefundsortheequip-
ingsthatcigarettesmokinghinders haveaccidentsthanthenon-smckers, mentthatthetobaccoindustrydevotes
thoughtprocesseswaspublishedin indicatingatobacco-induceddelayed toitsresearchencouragingpeopleto
theBritishJournalofAddictionthisfall. reaction. smoke,Spilichandhisstudentstake
ScienceNewspickedupthestoryinits "Weinterpretthepresentdatatoin- moretimeandcarecompilingtheir
January1993issue. dicatethatsub-processessuchas data,hesays. Spilichhopestoadd
Accordingtotheresearchconducted workingmemoryorattentionalcapac- smokersonnicotinetransdermal
atWashingtonCollegebySpilichand itywhichareinvolvedindealingwith patchestohisstudytohelpdetermine
hisstudentsduringthepastseveral complextasksaredisruptedbyan whethertheculpritforlossofcogni-
years,cigarettesmokingreducescon- agentoragentsincigarettes,withnico- tivefunctionisnicotineorcarbon
centrationandtheabilitytoremember. tineitselfand/orcarboxyhemoglobin monoxide.
Driversmaybemorepronetoacci- ourprimesuspects." Studentsareplayingakeyrolein
dentsandpilotsmaymakecrucialer- Anotherexplanationmaybethat theseresearchefforts. Twoposterpre-
rorsofjudgmentundersuddenstress, long-termsmokingaffectstheblood sentationspreparedbystudentre-
Spilich'sresearchindicates. supplytoareasofthebrainthatpro- searchershavebeenacceptedandwill
Thisreport,co-authoredbySpilich, cessinformation. Spilich,whoalsohas bedeliveredattheEasternPsychologi-
LorraineJune'82andJudithRenner doneresearchonAlzheimer'sdisease calAssociation'sannualmeetingin
'86,contradictsearlierpsychological andothertypesofseniledementia,has CrystalCity,Virginia,thisApril.
studiesofsmokersthatsuggestedciga- beeninvitedtocollaboratewithaJapa- StudentsKristinCoyne,TineWelch,
rettesimprovesmokers'abilitvto nesetrafficsafetyexperttoexamine andValerieNeidigworkedwith
thinkandconcentrate. Thisreport howelderlydriverswhosmokeare Spilichtoexaminetheeffectsofciga-
showsthattobaccodoesnotimprove impaired. rettesmokingonshort-termmemory.
short-termmemoryandactuallyhas Spilichandhisstudentsarenowin- Thestudyprovidesevidencethatnico-
adverseeffectsonlong-termmemory. vestigatinghowbrainwavesmaybe tinedoesnotimprovecognitiveper-
Spilichandhisstudentcolleagues affectedbysmoking. "Previousstud- formance.
tested288students,dividedinto ieshaveusedtheEEGtoshowthat StudentsJennyAn,KellyEakin,
groupsofnon-smokers,activesmokers smokingpositivelyaffectsperfor- AimeeErhart,andMelissa
whohadjustsmokedbeforeperform- manceofsimpletasks,"hesays. "We Omohundroconductedastudyofthe
ingthetasks,anddeprivedsmokers, believethatwhensmokersarere- effectsofsmokingupontextcompre-
whorefrainedfromsmokingforthree quiredtoperformmorecomplicated hension. Inthisstudy,smokersand
hoursbeforethetests. tasks,thatwon'tbethecase." non-smokersreadandrecalledvarious
Thevolunteersubjectsreadapas- Aresearchprojectthissemesteris shortstories.Whilesmokersrecalled
lessingeneralthannon-smokers,the
deficitwasgreatestforthosestories
thatposedthegreatestmemoryload.
AttheAssociation'sannualmeeting,
Spilichalsoisparticipatinginasym-
posiumon"NewDirectionsinTo-
baccoResearch." Fellowspeakersin-
cludeRichTaylor'87,aformerstudent
ofSpilich'swhoisnowaresearcherat
theNationalInstituteofDrugAddic-
tion.
StudentsDinaSansing(left)andBrigid
Murraydotheirparttoaddvisualappeal
totheStudentCenterinHodsonHall
whileawaitingmajorrenovation.
Representingvariousgroups,students
paintedceilingtiles,tabletops,andwalk.
WC
hasraised$1.1millionofthe
$1,675,000costoftherenovationproject,
chairedbytrusteeThomasJ.Maher.
WashingtonCollegeMagazine/S/'ri?i£1993