A Kenyon Profile2010-11

Kenyon College

On the front: Rosse Hall, begun in 1829 as Kenyon’ssecond permanent building, first served as the College’schapel. Upon completion of a new chapel, the Church ofthe Holy Spirit, in 1871, Rosse was deconsecrated, afterwhich it filled numerous roles, including several decades asthe gymnasium for both Kenyon and the Harcourt PlaceSchool for Girls (which closed during the Great Depres-sion). The historic building, restored and renovated in1975, now serves as a first-rate venue for concerts andother College events, including Kenyon’s annualFounders’ Day and Honors Day convocations. Photo-graph by Howard Korn

ContentsIntroduction 1Presidents 2Campus 3Student Body 4

Diversity; geographic origin; recent awardsFaculty 5

Tenure; salaries; holders of endowed chairs;recent awards

Academic Program 7Degree offered; student-faculty ratio; majors;concentrations; special academic programs;preprofessional studies; off-campus studies

Admissions 9Measures of quality; overlap institutions

Costs and Financial Aid 9Scholarships

Finances 10Endowment; annual funds; operating expenses;resources

Library and Information Services 11Library collection; computing resources

Athletics 13Intercollegiate athletics; club athletics;most recent championships; Hall of Fame

After Kenyon 16Some professional schools attendedby recent graduates; recent awards

Alumni and Alumni Programs 17Alumni numbers; regional associations

Advisory Organizations 18Alumni Council; Parents Advisory Council;Kenyon Fund Executive Committee

Some Notable Alumni 20Development 23

Recent projectsThe Kenyon Review 27Philander Chase Corporation 29Miscellany 30

Brown Family Environmental Center;Center for the Study of American Democracy;Rural Life Center

Senior Administrators 31Accreditation 31Affiliations 31Equal Opportunity Policy 31Academic Calendar 32Board of Trustees 34

Current trustees; emeritus trusteesFurther Information Inside back cover

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IntroductionFounded in 1824 by Philander Chase, the first Episcopalbishop of Ohio, Kenyon is the oldest private college in thestate. Only the public Ohio, Miami, and Cincinnatiuniversities are older.

In the years before the Civil War, Kenyon rose toprominence by virtue of having educated a number ofleading statesmen. Among them were Edwin M. Stanton,Lincoln’s secretary of war, U.S. Supreme Court justicesDavid Davis and Stanley Matthews, and several U.S.representatives and senators. An additional measure offame came with the election in 1876 of Rutherford B.Hayes, valedictorian of the Class of 1842, as the nine-teenth president of the United States.

At the turn of the century, Kenyon was in the first yearsof the remarkable forty-one-year presidency of WilliamFoster Peirce. Despite several setbacks, Peirce was able toenlarge the student body and construct many of thecampus’s most attractive buildings.

In the middle years of the twentieth century, theCollege became known as a literary mecca. The KenyonReview, founded in 1939 by critic and poet John CroweRansom with the support of President Gordon KeithChalmers and his wife, poet Roberta Teale Swartz, quicklyassumed a leading position among literary journals.Alumni of that period include poets Robert Lowell ’40 andJames Wright ’52 and novelists E.L. Doctorow ’52 andWilliam Gass ’47.

As in much of higher education, the 1960s broughtgreat change to Kenyon. In 1969, following several yearsof study, the College admitted its first women students.Kenyon quickly reached parity in numbers of males andfemales, and the College now enjoys a small majority ofwomen students.

The start of a new century finds Kenyon in a position ofunprecedented strength. Through the generosity ofalumni, parents, and other benefactors, the College hasamassed an endowment of more than ten times the figureof just twenty years ago.

Old Kenyon, the College’s first permanent building

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PresidentsPhilander Chase, 1824-31Charles P. McIlvaine, 1832-40David Bates Douglass, 1840-44Samuel Fuller, 1844-45*Sherlock A. Bronson 1833, 1845-50Thomas M. Smith, 1850-54Lorin Andrews 1842, 1854-61Benjamin L. Lang, 1861-63*Charles Short, 1863-67James Kent Stone, 1867-68Eli T. Tappan, 1868-75Edward C. Benson, 1875-76*William B. Bodine, 1876-91Theodore Sterling, 1891-96William Foster Peirce, 1896-1937Gordon Keith Chalmers, 1937-56Frank E. Bailey, 1956-57*F. Edward Lund, 1957-68William G. Caples 1930, 1968-75Philip H. Jordan Jr., 1975-95Robert A. Oden Jr., 1995-2002Ronald A. Sharp, 2002-03*S. Georgia Nugent, 2003-

*Acting president

President S. Georgia Nugent

CampusComprising more than fifty buildings on about onethousand acres in Knox County, Ohio, Kenyon’s campushas been called one of the nation’s most beautiful. It isalso without doubt one of the most historic, with theentire campus, from Old Kenyon north to Bexley Hall, onthe National Register of Historic Places. Old Kenyonitself, whose designers included Charles Bulfinch ofFaneuil Hall fame, is considered the earliest CollegiateGothic building in America, dating to 1826.

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentiethcenturies, the College acquired a wealth of distinctivebuildings lining the nearly mile-long Middle Path. Notedarchitects whose work is represented include AbramGarfield, Alfred Granger (Class of 1887), Vincent Kling,Gordon Lloyd, Henry Roberts, Charles Schweinfurth, andWilliam Tinsley.

In the past twenty-five years, Kenyon has added suchimportant facilities as the Olin Library (1986), the MayerArt Center (1994), and the Taft Cottages (1994), anaward-winning group of four student residence halls forapartment-style living, designed by the Cambridge,Massachusetts, firm of Thompson and Rose.

The College’s most recent additions include severalbuildings by the distinguished architect Graham Gund ’63:Storer Hall (1999, music), Tomsich Hall (2000, chemis-try), Hayes Hall (2000, mathematics and physics), and theEaton Center, which houses the finance division. The$70-million Kenyon Athletic Center, with a broad rangeof venues for fitness and recreation, was dedicated in April2006. O’Connor House (2008) and Lentz House (2009)are home to classrooms and faculty offices. The Collegehas also added an NBBJ-designed educational facility at theBrown Family Environmental Center.

A new campus master plan, the first in ten years, wasapproved during the 2003-04 academic year. The plan,which will guide development for the next decade, wasprepared by Gund and his associates at the GundPartnership in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Aerial view of the campus, 2002

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Student BodyIn 2010-11, Kenyon enrolls 1,618 full-time degre-seekingstudents.

Men 755 (47%)Women 863 (53%)

Diversity. The College has made a concerted effort todiversify its student body in recent years, with the resultthat minority enrollment has increased significantly. Thefollowing figures are for the 2010-11 academic year.

Men Women TotalAfrican-American 26 34 60Asian 37 62 99Latino 26 36 62Native American 4 8 12Nonresident alien 29 33 62

Geographic origin of studentsThe current student body represents all but two—NorthDakota and South Dakota—of the fifty states.

Middle States 462Midwest 456New England 190South 162Southwest 35West 25643 other countries* 65(totals include students in off-campus programs)

*Bhutan , Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Chile, China,Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel,Jamaica, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, NewZealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Scotland,Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Swaziland,Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam,Zambia, Zimbabwe

Some recent awards won by studentsFulbright Fellowships: Claire Anderson ’10, MadelineCourtney ’08, Paul DiResta ’10, Laura Garland ’10, ClaireGarmirian ’10, Laule’a Gorden-Kuehn ’10, Sarie Hill ’10,Benjamin Kester ’10, Kendall Krawchuk ’10, EdwardLittlefield ’10, Alys Moore ’10, Natalie West ’10; GatesMillenium Scholarships: Samantha Simpson ’03, BiVuong ’03; Goldwater Scholarships: Joel Beckett ’08,Elizabeth Carlton ’09, Priscilla Erickson ’09, MaximLavrentovich ’08, Elizabeth Bailey ’12, William Stanton’08; Marshall Scholarship: Jada Twedt ’01; Luce Scholar-ship: Michael Machala ’09; Mellon Fellowships: DanielGustafson ’03, Andrew Gerkey ’02, Karen Shanton ’02;George Mitchell Scholarship: Karly Burke ’06; NCAAWoman of the Year: Ashley Rowatt ’03; TrumanScholarship: Shoshana Shapiro-Baruch ’11; UdallScholarship: David Long ’07, Anna Zimmerman ’07.

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Oden Professor of Music Benjamin Locke

FacultyIn 2010-11, the Kenyon faculty numbers approximately199. Of the tenured faculty, 99 percent holds the Ph.D.or other terminal degree in their field; of the tenure-trackfaculty, 100 percent; and of the visiting faculty, 58 percent(the majority are Ph.D. candidates).

Tenure. The following figures portray the faculty for the2010-11 academic year in terms of employment status.Those with tenure hold appointments without limit; thosewith tenure-track positions are eligible for such appoint-ments; and those with visiting positions teach at theCollege for one or more years, usually in place of a facultymember on leave or sabbatical, without the prospect oftenure in most cases.

Men Women TotalTenured 76 50 126Tenure-track 20 17 37Visiting 13 23 36

Salaries. These figures are the average salaries for theindicated ranks in 2009-10, as reported to the AmericanAssociation of University Professors.

Instructor $55,000Assistant professor 58,226Associate professor 67,499Professor 91,446

Holders of endowed chairsfor 2010-11Harry M. Clor Chair:

John M. Elliott, political scienceSamuel B. Cummings Jr. Chair:

Michael Levine, psychologyBruce L. Gensemer Chair:

William R. Melick, economicsRobert J. and Paul G. Himmelright Chair:

David Harrington and Kathy Krynski, economics

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Robert P. Hubbard Chair in Poetry:Janet McAdams, English

James D. and Cornelia W. Ireland Chair:Theodore Buehrer, music

Sheila and Philip Jordan Jr. Chair:E. Raymond Heithaus, biology and environmental studies

Harvey F. Lodish Faculty Development Chair:Irene Lopez, psychology

John B. McCoy-Bank One Distinguished Teaching Chair:Judy A. Holdener, mathematics

Charles P. McIlvaine Chair:Adele S. Davidson, English

James E. Michael Chair:Wendy MacLeod, drama

National Endowment for the HumanitiesDistinguished Teaching Chair:Vernon J. Schubel, religious studies

Robert A. Oden Jr. Chair:Benjamin R. Locke, music

John Crowe Ransom Chair:Kim McMullen, English

Donald L. Rogan Chair:Royal W. Rhodes, religious studies

R. Todd Ruppert Chair in International Studies:David Rowe, political science

J. Kenneth Smail Chair:Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban, anthropology

James P. Storer Chair:Ruth W. Dunnell, history

Richard L. Thomas Chair in Creative Writing:Lewis Hyde and Jake Adam York, English

Roy T. Wortman Chair:Wendy F. Singer, history

Some recent awards won by facultymembersAmerican Book Award: Janet McAdams (English);American Sociological Society Distinguished Contribu-tions to Teaching Award: John Macionis; Choice Out-standing Academic Book: George McCarthy (sociology);Fulbright Fellowship: Joseph Klesner (political science),Peter Rutkoff (American studies), Timothy Sullivan(physics); Jay L. Halio Prize in Shakespeare and EarlyModern Studies: Adele Davidson (English); QuantumCommunication Award: Benjamin Schumacher (physics);Woodrow Wilson Fellowship: Reginald Sanders (music).

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Academic ProgramKenyon takes great pride in offering a curriculum that isfirmly grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences

Degree offeredBachelor of arts

Student-faculty ratio10 to 1

MajorsAmerican studies, anthropology, art (studio art and arthistory), biochemistry, biology, chemistry, classics (Latin,Greek, Latin and Greek, or classical civilization), dance,drama, economics, English, French, German, history,international studies, mathematics, modern languages andliteratures, molecular biology, music, neuroscience,philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religiousstudies, sociology, Spanish, and women’s and genderstudies; area studies in French, German, or Spanish

ConcentrationsAfrican and African-American studies, American studies,Asian studies, environmental studies, Integrated Programin Humane Studies, Islamic civilization and cultures, lawand society, neuroscience, public policy, scientificcomputing, and women’s and gender studies

Special academic programs3-2 engineering programs leading to the bachelor’s degreein cooperation with Case Western Reserve University,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis; 3-2 program in environmentalstudies with Duke University leading to a master’s degreein environmental management or forestry; 4-1 programwith Bank Street College leading to a master’s degree ineducation.

Summer Science Scholar Program for students selected

Chemist John Hofferberth (right) with Joel Beckett ’08

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to undertake intensive summer research projects withfaculty mentors.

Language studies in classical Chinese, Greek, Hebrew,Latin, and Sanskrit; modern Arabic, Chinese, French,German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

Preprofessional studies. The College offers preparationand advising for graduate or professional schools inarchitecture, business, clinical psychology, education,engineering, health care, law, library and informationscience, the ministry, and social work.

Off-campus studies. Programs are available in more thansixty countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, andCentral, North, and South America. Kenyon sponsorsforeign-study programs in England (University of Exeter),Honduras, and Italy.

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AdmissionsThe Class of 2014 includes thirty National Merit,Hispanic, and Achievement scholars.

Applied 4,006Accepted 1,598 (39%)Enrolled 483 (30%)

Measures of qualityMiddle 50% SAT-Critical reading range 640-740Middle 50% SAT-Mathematics range 610-690Middle 50% SAT-Writing range 630-730Middle 50% ACT composite range 28-32Top 10% of high-school graduating class 64%

Overlap institutionsFor the 2009-10 admissions year, the College’s top tenoverlap institutions (those to which Kenyon applicantsalso applied in the greatest numbers) were, in descendingorder, Oberlin, Middlebury, and Vassar colleges, Brown,Wesleyan, and Denison universities, and Carleton,Bowdoin, Macalester, and Hamilton colleges.

Costs and Financial AidFor 2010-11, total charges are $50,400 (tuition: $39,420;fees: $1,480; board: $5,220; room: $4,280).

Kenyon is committed to the principle that qualifiedstudents should be able to attend the College regardless oftheir family finances. During the current academic year,Kenyon will award more than $22 million in financial aidfrom its own funds: $18,498,286 in need-based aid and$3,346,455 in merit-based.

Approximately 60 percent of all students receive someform of financial aid; about 41 percent of students receiveneed-based financial aid from the College or fromgovernment-sponsored programs. For 2010-11, theaverage aid package—consisting of grants, loans, andcampus jobs—comes to $36,562. The average grantamount is $28,162.

Scholarships. Kenyon awards Newman’s Own Scholar-ships, Trustee Opportunity Scholarships, DistinguishedAcademic Scholarships, and Kenyon Art, Honor, Music,and Science scholarships on a competitive basis toacademically talented students. The College also sponsorsNational Merit Scholarships.

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FinancesEndowment. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, themarket value of Kenyon’s endowment totaled$158,752,274.

Oversight of the College’s endowment is the responsi-bility of Vice President for Finance Joseph G. Nelson andthe Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees. Lastyear, Kenyon realized a return on endowment invest-ments of 7.9 percent.

Annual funds. For 2009-10, gifts to the Kenyon Fund,the College’s primary source of unrestricted funds, totaledmore than $3.2 million.

Participation 5,9947 alumniTotal gifts $3,202,449

In addition, the Kenyon Parents Fund, a vehicle for givingby the parents and grandparents of both current studentsand alumni, accounted for more than $1.1 million.

Participation 1,994 parentsTotal gifts $1,158,737

Operating expenses 2001-11 (projected)Instructional $22,835,000Academic support 4,826,000Institutional support 8,926,000Plant operation and maintenance 6,232,000Student services 12,687,000Auxiliary enterprises 14,193,000Conferences 402,000Financial aid 20,144,000Information and computing 2,317,000Equipment repair and replacement 1,688,000Building repair and replacement 1,912,000Operating contingency reserve 1,962,000Total $98,124,000

Resources used to meet operatingexpenses 2010-11 (projected)Student fees $61,241,000Endowment income 6,913,000Trust funds 93,000Auxiliary enterprises 14,713,000College Work-Study Program 80,000Conferences 741,000Miscellaneous 317,000Interest on operating funds, reserves 1,053,000Gifts for operations 5,163,000Reserve funds 7,810,000Total $98,124,000

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Library and Information ServicesLibrary and Information Services (LBIS) supports theacademic mission of the College by providing access tolibrary and computing resources, facilities, and informationessential to teaching, learning, research, and generalscholarship. Housed in Olin and Chalmers libraries, LBISis responsible both for preserving physical and onlinecollections and resources and for providing access to them.In addition, LBIS maintains the infrastructure, facilities,and resources of the campus network, computinglaboratories, and computing services.

The linked library buildings at Kenyon, Olin Library(1986) and Gordon Keith Chalmers Memorial Library(1962), provide a wide range of electronic and printreference capabilities for faculty and student researchers, aswell as archival material and other special collections,audiovisual services, gallery facilities, group and individualstudy areas, and space for 600,000 volumes. The librariesalso contain the Olin Computing Center and othercomputing facilities.

Library collection. The libraries hold 1.3 millioncatalogued items: 784,000 monographs and bound serialvolumes, 351,000 government documents, 147,000microforms, 148,000 audio and video recordings, and morethan 198,000 electronic texts. The libraries maintain10,958 periodical subscriptions, of which 8,882 areelectronic. The libraries house rare books, literarymanuscripts, photographs, and College archival material inthe Greenslade Special Collections and Archives, asignificant resource for students learning to work withprimary sources and for faculty research and teaching.

Through OhioLINK, the libraries offer more than 48million additional items available for borrowing.Consortial purchasing through OhioLINK and the FiveColleges of Ohio consortium (Kenyon, Oberlin College,Denison University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and theCollege of Wooster) allows the College to provide 274

Olin Library

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Students in Olin Library

databases of scholarly literature. Consortial agreementsalso provide efficiencies in interlibrary borrowing andcollection development.

Reference services are provided every day of the weekwhile classes are in session. Librarians work closely withfaculty members in all departments and programs tosupport library research in courses, provide personalconsultations on research projects, and develop the librarycollection.

Computing resources. LBIS provides 527 computers inpublic computing laboratories and classrooms acrosscampus to support academic work, library research,communication, and general web use. Both Macintoshand PC labs are available, fully configured with applicationsoftware; specialized labs are also available to support workwith audio and video editing, geographic informationsystems, modern-language study, and statistical analysis.

Seventy-three classrooms or meeting spaces on campusare equipped with a computer, projector or large-screenplasma display, and audiovisual equipment including aDVD/VCR deck. LBIS’s computing Helpline responds totelephone, e-mail, online chat, and in-person questionsfrom students and members of the administration, faculty,and staff.

More than 95 percent of Kenyon students bring acomputer to campus, with the vast majority bringinglaptops. Wireless access is available in all campus facilitiesas well as many outdoor areas; wired access is also availablein most student residences. Students automatically receivea Kenyon e-mail account and private network space tostore their academic work.

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AthleticsWith a long history of athletic achievement, Kenyon takespride in those students who have won North CoastAthletic Conference (NCAC) and National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA) scholar-athlete recognitionand postgraduate scholarships. The College ranks secondamong all Division III institutions in numbers of NCAApostgraduate awards, with forty-seven student-athleteshonored since the award program began in 1970. In 2003,Ashley Rowatt ’03 was named NCAA Woman of theYear, the first Division III athlete to be so honored.

Kenyon’s greatest measure of athletic fame has come inswimming. Both men’s and women’s teams, under CoachJim Steen, have compiled unprecedented strings ofNCAA Division III national championships. The Lords,who also had an unbroken record of conference champi-onships for more than forty years, currently own thirty-one consecutive national championships. The Ladies,who have won twenty-one NCAC championships since1985, hold twenty-three national championships.

Kenyon is a member and founder of the NCAC,developed in the early 1980s to give equal emphasis tomen’s and women’s athletics. Other members of theconference are Allegheny College, Denison University,Earlham College, Hiram College, Oberlin College, OhioWesleyan University, Wabash College, WittenbergUniversity, and the College of Wooster.

Intercollegiate athletics. Intercollegiate competition forwomen is offered in basketball, cross country, field hockey,lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track (indoorand outdoor), and volleyball. Men’s intercollegiate teamsare fielded in baseball, basketball, cross country, football,golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track (indoorand outdoor).

Club athletics. Sports clubs currently active at theCollege include organizations for coeducational cycling,equestrian competition, fencing, fly-fishing, ice hockey,juggling, martial arts, roller-blading, sailing, and ultimatefrisbee; men’s crew, rugby, soccer, and volleyball; andwomen’s rugby.

Most recent national championshipsMen: Swimming (2010)Women: Swimming (2010), tennis (team, 1997; doubles,1998)

Recent conference championshipsMen: Cross country (2003), soccer (2007), swimming(2008), tennis (2008)Women: Basketball (2008), cross country (2001), fieldhockey (2007), soccer (2006), swimming (2008), tennis(2001)

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Kenyon Athletic Association Hall of FameInaugural Class of 1988: Wilbur Griffin ’40, DonaldMcNeill ’40, Philip Mayher ’62, John Rinka ’70,Christopher Myers ’71.Class of 1989: George Eagon ’38, Eppa Rixey III ’49,Lawrence Witner ’69, Mark Leonard ’76, ElizabethBatchelder Boring ’84.Class of 1991: Paul Herrick ’43, Robert Rowe ’56, JeffreySlade ’62, Richard James ’74, Thomas Edwards.Class of 1994: Richard Fornoff ’49, William Lowry Jr.’56, William Koller Jr. ’70, Scott Rogers ’80, KathleenSinger Litchfield ’81.Class of 1996: Leonard Swanson ’35, Joseph Pavlovich’53, Joseph Adkins III ’63, Timothy Appleton ’77, JamesBorn ’86, Beatrice Huste ’86, Richard Sloan.Class of 1997: Robert Weaver Jr. ’43, James Myers ’75,Patricia Abt ’87, the 1957 swimming and diving team.Class of 1998: Burchell Rowe ’27, Henry Sebach ’38,Hutchins Hodgson Jr. ’61, Anne Himmelright ’82, AmyHeasley Williams ’88, Dennis Mulvihill ’88, the unde-feated 1950 football team.Class of 1999: John Furniss ’26, Harrison Greer ’27,Ronald Fraley ’53, John Dunlop ’69, Timothy Bridgham’79, Christopher Russell ’85, Erin Finneran ’89, JeannineGury ’89, Karen Burke, the women’s 1972 field-hockeyand 1973 lacrosse teams.Class of 2000: David Bell ’50, Douglas Neff ’71,Timothy Glasser ’80, Krissann Mueller Klaus ’85, NadineNeil Fabish ’86, Elizabeth Jennings Lockwood ’90, the1938 swimming and diving team.Class of 2001: Ronald Ryan ’53, James Peace ’71,Christopher Shedd ’83, Jill Tibbe ’88, and Jon Howell ’90.Class of 2002: Wilson Ferguson ’55, Gregg Parini ’82,Holly Swank Kromer ’89, Kateri Mathews ’91, KarenaBerghold ’92, the 1962 swimming and diving team.Class of 2003: John Landreth ’92, Jennifer Carter ’93,Brian Dowdall ’93, Kelley Wilder ’93, William Heiser, the1972 men’s lacrosse team, the 1993 women’s tennis team.

A women’s outdoor track meet at Kenyon

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Class of 2004: Silas Axtell ’52, Marguerite Bruce Doctor’85, Alan Schmidt ’89, Theodore Taggart ’91, JessicaBerkowitz ’94.Class of 2005: Joseph Culp ’54, Todd Stoner ’85, JudithHruska Shook ’91, Ann Kelley Wood ’92, Carla Ains-worth ’95, the 1987 women’s swimming and diving team.Class of 2006: Catherine Herrick ’90, Julia Kipka ’89,Kathryn Lane Berschback ’92, Mark Speer ’88, KristieStacy ’92, Stasha Wyskiel ’89.Class of 2007: Robert R. Tanner ’41, David W. Cronin’73, Marshall W. Chapin ’94, Kathryn Petrock Madigan’97.Class of 2008: William H. Schneebeck ’50, Lynne A.Schneebeck ’88, Cary Loomis Woods ’94, Kimberly J.Graf ’97, Douglas A. Dorer ’76, Pedro R. Monteiro ’98,Christopher W. Creighton ’91.Class of 2009: G. Robert Heaps ’73, Christopher W.Donovan ’95, Hilary K. Marx ’96, Pedro R. Monteiro ’98,Marisha Stawiski Holter ’99, Fletcher Gilders.Class of 2010: Sandra Lane Joseph ’79, Mark A. Phillips’95, Daniel P. Denning ’98, Kenneth F. Heis ’98, CarynCuthbert Winkler ’00.

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After KenyonStatistics for recent graduating classes show that anaverage of 16 percent of graduates go directly to graduate orprofessional schools, 81 percent jobs or careers. Of thoseapplying to business and law schools, 99 percent areaccepted; to medical schools, 83 percent. Within fiveyears of graduation, more than 70 percent further theireducation, with more than 50 percent going on to earnadvanced degrees.

Some professional schools attended by recentgraduatesBusinessBoston University, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, GeorgeWashington, Harvard, MIT, Ohio State, Tulane,University of Chicago, University of Southern California,Vanderbilt, William and Mary

LawBoston College, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard,Indiana, New York University, Northwestern, Rutgers,University of California (various campuses), University ofMichigan, Washington and Lee, Yeshiva

MedicineAlbert Einstein, Case Western Reserve, Columbia,Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, Stanford, Universityof Chicago, University of Cincinnati, University ofMichigan, University of Pennsylvania, Washington (St.Louis), Wright State

Some recent awards won by alumniEdgar Award: John Green ’00 (mystery writer); EmmyAward: Allison Janney ’82 (actress, The West Wing), PaulNewman ’49 (actor, Empire Falls); James Beard Founda-tion Award: Allison Cleary ’84 (food writer), KarenParham Demasco ’91 (pastry chef); National Book CriticsCircle Prize: E.L. Doctorow ’52 (novelist); Priestley Medal(chemistry): Carl Djerassi ’43.

The pomp and circumstance of a Kenyon Commencement

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Alumni and Alumni ProgramsAlumni numbers. Kenyon has 16,715 living alumni (asof October 2010), including 15,775 graduates and 940matriculants (nongraduates).

Of the graduates, 9,010 are male, while 6,765 are female.Of the matriculants, 620 are male, while 320 are female.

Regional associations. The College’s Office of Alumniand Parent Programs currently works with twenty-oneactive regional associations of alumni and parentsthroughout the country. They are located in:Baltimore, MarylandBoston, MassachusettsCharlotte, South CarolinaChicago, IllinoisCincinnati, OhioCleveland, OhioColumbus, OhioDetroit, MichiganLos Angeles, CaliforniaNashville, TennesseeNew York, New YorkPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPortland, OregonRichmond, VirginiaSt. Louis, MissouriSan Francisco, CaliforniaSeattle, WashingtonToledo, OhioWashington, D.C.Westchester County, New York

Samuel Todd ’47 leads the parade of classes at Reunion Weekend.

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Advisory OrganizationsAlumni CouncilJohn T. Seaman Jr. ’54, president, Geneva, IllinoisTodd P. Leavitt ’73 P’10, vice president, Santa Monica,

CaliforniaEmily Resnik Conn ’85, past president, Woodbridge,

ConnecticutScott R. Baker ’94, director, alumni and parent programs,

Gambier, OhioKent Woodward-Ginther ’93, director of regional events,

Gambier, OhioSarah H. Kahrl, vice president for College relations,

Gambier, OhioMarshall W. Chapin ’94, Norwell, MassachusettsMarguerite Bruce Doctor ’85, Cleveland, OhioApril Yvonne Garrett ’92, Baltimore, MarylandJoseph A. Gioia ’77, Chicago, IllinoisAmy Kirschbaum Harbison ’77, Olney, MarylandW. Harley Henry ’59, Atlantic Beach, FloridaBarbara L. Kakiris ’97, Cleveland, OhioRobert C. King ’97, Cleveland Heights, OhioGay Garth Legg ’73 P’05,’09, Ruxton, MarylandFrederick C. Neidhardt ’52 P’04, Northport, MichiganRachel A. Oppenheimer ’10, Brooklyn, New YorkMargaret C. Scavotto ’02, St. Louis, MissouriLarae Bush Schraeder ’97, Columbus, OhioHenry J. Steck ’57, Homer, New York

Parents Advisory CouncilPast Parents: Stephanie and Rick Quinby P’05,’09,Wellesley, Massachusetts; Cathy and Anton ZurbruggP’09, Culver, IndianaClass of 2011: Susan and Lloyd Wirshba, Haverford,Pennsylvania; Lin and Alan Baker, Los Angeles, California;Glenn Doshay, Rancho Santa Fe, California; Fred Eustis,Milton, Massachusetts; Gayle Fuguitt and Tom Veitch,Minneapolis, Minnesota; Diane Guernsey, Clifton, Virginia;Jane and J.B. Harrison, New York, New York; Jill Haymanand Les Nelson, New York, New York; Dorothy Jordan,Atlanta, Georgia; Jonathan Kaye ’83, Dobbs Ferry, NewYork; Janet Maslin and Ben Cheever, Pleasantville, NewYork; Margaret Mintz and John Birdsall, New York, NewYork; Judith Mogul and Daniel Kramer, Scarsdale, NewYork; Bettina Rounds and Bob Bonadies, San Francisco,California; Kelli and Michael Ventling, Gates Mills, OhioClass of 2012: Gayle and Stephen Bernstein, New York,New York; Bob Buchanan, Weston, Massachusetts; Micheleand Jon Caplan, Scarsdale, New York; Jennifer Christmanand Jay Cohen, New York, New York; Beth and John Ey,Beavercreek, Ohio; Mary Gruman, Singapore; RickKurtzman, Los Angeles, California; Myra Lurie and DavidGoldman, Beverly Hills, California; Marilyn Robie andArthur Shechet, Lexington, Kentucky; Eleanor Robinson,

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Stonington, Connecticut; Cathleen Keating Wilburn, LaGrange Park, IllinoisClass of 2013: Liz Adams, Summit, New Jersey; SusanAtkins, New York, New York; Nancy and Greg Dougherty,San Jose, California; Catherine Carver Dunn and DavidDunn, New York, New York; Susan and Tom Kendall,Litchfield, Connecticut; Kathryn Ma and Sanford Kingsley,San Francisco, California; Jack Neely, Tulsa, Oklahoma;Debra and Gregory Page, Edina, Minnesota; Amy andSteven Ricchetti, McLean, Virginia; Elaina Richardson,Saratoga Springs, New York; Edie Schechter, Salisbury,Connecticut; Nancy and James Weidner, New York, NewYork; Karen Weinstein and Jason Hanson, Toronto,Ontario, Canada;Class of 2014: Marisa Arango Berry, Beverly Hills,California; Claire and Marc Behar, Great Neck, New York;Lucia Benavides, Lima, Peru; Lynn and Doug Douglass,Brooklyn, New York; Sarah and Keith Faller, Carmel,Indiana; Mari and Steven Feirson, Ambler, Pennsylvania;Anne and Paul Gambal ’82, Washington, D.C.; ClaudinaGhianni and Bill Toole, Belmont, North Carolina; MarkKaplan, Milton, Massachusetts; Diane and David Katzman,St. Louis, Missouri; Carmen and Jerry Ladman,Worthington, Ohio; Bill Loomis, Santa Barbara, California;Sandra Miller and John Firestone, New York, New York;Marion and Martin Tilson, Atlanta, Georgia; DorothyWickenden and Ben Weiser, Pelham, New York

Kenyon Fund Executive CommitteeR. Benton Gray ’73, chair, Avon Lake, OhioB. Allen McCormick ’55, past chair, Indianapolis, IndianaDonna Bertolet Poseidon ’75, Leadership Giving Program

chair, Shaker Heights, OhioMyles H. Alderman Jr. ’82 P’14, West Hartford,

ConnecticutAustin D. Barger ’00, Columbus, OhioElizabeth C. Bitting ’07, New York, New YorkRose Brintlinger Fealy ’84, Elmhurst, IllinoisReid W. Click ’83, Washington, D.C.Philip L. Edmunds ’09, Brooklyn, New YorkAlan E. Goldsmith ’73, Alexandria, VirginiaJan Stein Guifarro ’73, New York, New YorkSarah E. Hall ’94, Somerville, MassachusettsDouglas Heuck ’84 P’12, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaThomas C. Keene ’82, Colleyville, TexasDelia A. Kloh ’96, Charlottesville, VirginiaCarl S. Mankowitz ’66, New York, New YorkFrederick J. McGavran ’65 P’03, Cincinnati, OhioJane R. Patterson ’81, Winnetka, IllinoisScott R. Sporte ’90, Oakland, CaliforniaArthur William Sprague Jr. ’53, La Grange, IllinoisEdward Symes IV ’04, New York, New York

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Some Notable AlumniThe following is a list, by no means exhaustive, of somenotable Kenyon alumni of the past and present. Note:Name is followed by Kenyon class year (an M follows theclass year of those who did not graduate) and occupation.

Nick Bakay, 1981, actor, comedy writer, and televisionproducer

Doug Ballard, 1976, actorJohn C. Bauerschmidt ’81, Episcopal bishop of TennesseeJim Bellows, 1944, journalist and editor*David Bergman, 1972, editor (The Violet Quill Reader),

poet, and writer (The Violet Hour)Jackson Betts, 1926, U.S. congressman (Ohio)*Jim Borgman, 1976, cartoonist (“Zits”) and Cincinnati

Enquirer political cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winnerFrancis Key Brooke, 1874, first Episcopal bishop of

Oklahoma*Mark Brown, 1981, general manager, Youngstown

VindicatorRalph Pomeroy Buckland, 1838, U.S. congressman

(Ohio) and brigadier general (Civil War)*John Carman, 1968, former columnist and television

critic, San Francisco ChronicleCaleb Carr, 1977M, writer (The Alienist, Killing Time)Jay Cocks, 1964, film critic and screenwriter (De-Lovely)James Cox, 1960, physician, researcher, and educator,

M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterMeg Cranston, 1982, artistRobert Crosser, 1897, U.S. congressman (Ohio)*Adam Davidson, 1986, director and Academy Award-

winning filmmakerAdam Davies, 1994, writer (The Frog King, Goodbye

Lemon)David Davis, 1832, U.S. senator (Illinois) and Supreme

Court justice*Edwin Hamilton Davis, 1833, archaeologist (Ancient

Monuments of the Mississippi Valley), medical educator,and physician*

Henry Winter Davis, 1837, U.S. congressman(Maryland)*

David Diao, 1964, artist and educatorCarl Djerassi, 1943, birth-control-pill developer and

writer (Cantor’s Dilemma, Menachem’s Seed)E.L. Doctorow, 1952, writer (Ragtime, The March),

National Humanities Medal winnerRolla Dyer, 1907, typhus-vaccine developer and National

Institutes of Health director*Chris Eigeman, 1987, actorDaniel Mark Epstein, 1970, Academy Award in Literature-

winning biographer (Nat King Cole, Lincoln andWhitman) and poet

Novice Fawcett, 1931, former president of Ohio StateUniversity*

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Joel Fisher, 1969, artist and educatorDonald Fischman, 1957, physician, researcher, and

former dean of Cornell University Medical CollegeEric Gaskins, 1980, fashion designerWilliam Gass, 1947, writer (Omensetter’s Luck, The

Tunnel), National Book Award winnerDavid Goodwillie, 1994, writer (Seemed Like a Good Idea

at the Time)Alfred Granger, 1887, architect*John Green, 2000, Edgar-winning novelistGraham Gund, 1963, architectUlysses Hammond, 1973, vice president, Connecticut

CollegeR.S. Harrison, 1953, retired chief executive, Baldwin

Piano and Organ CompanyRutherford B. Hayes, 1842, U.S. president*Laura Hillenbrand, 1989M, writer (Seabiscuit)L. Rust Hills, 1946, former fiction editor, Esquire*Murray Horwitz, 1970, former director and chief operating

officer, AFI Silver Theater and Cultural CenterMargaret Livingston Howard, 1973, vice president, Drew

UniversityGrace Keefe Huebscher, 1982, vice president for capital

markets, Fannie MaeCharles Huggins, 1949, retired president and chief

executive officer, See’s Candy ShopsAllison Janney, 1982, Emmy-winning (The West Wing)

and Tony-nominated actressBrendan Keefe, 1990, Emmy-winning television news

correspondent and anchorJohn Kirkpatrick, 1973, newspaper president (Harrisburg

Patriot News)P.F. Kluge, 1964, writer (Eddie and the Cruisers, Alma

Mater)Harvey Lodish, 1962, biomedical scientist and educator,

Whitehead Institute at MITLeopoldo Lopez, 1993, leader of Venezuela’s Voluntad

Popular; former mayor of Chacao, Caracas, VenezuelaRobert Lowell, 1940, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner*William Lowry, 1956, former vice president, John D. and

Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationRobie Macauley, 1941, writer and editor (Kenyon Review,

Playboy)*Wendy MacLeod, 1981, playwright (The House of Yes)

and screenwriterStanley Matthews, 1840, U.S. senator (Ohio) and

Supreme Court justice*Don McNeill, 1940, U.S. Open tennis champion

(singles, 1940)*Robert Mezey, 1955, poetPaul Newman, 1949, Academy Award-winning actor and

philanthropist*Daniel Sheldon Norton, 1846, U.S. senator

(Minnesota)*

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Kevin O’Donnell, 1947, former Peace Corps directorOronhyatekha (Peter Martin), 1863, Mohawk Indian

leader, physician, and Supreme Chief Ranger of theIndependent Order of Foresters*

Olof Palme, 1948, prime minister of Sweden*C.A. Patrides, 1952, educator and John Milton scholar*Neil Pepe, 1985, actor, director, and producerKristina Peterson, 1973, publishing executiveColes Phillips, 1905, illustrator*Josh Radnor, 1996, actor (How I Met Your Mother)William Rehnquist, 1946M, U.S. Supreme Court chief

justice*Alphonse Rockwell, 1863, physician and electrothera-

peutics pioneer*Arthur “Chip” Sansom, 1973M, cartoonist (“The Born

Loser”)Byers Shaw, 1972, physician, educator, and liver-

transplant pioneerDan Shefelman, 1984, cartoonist and animatorThomas S. Smith, 1944, former president, Lawrence

University*Ned Smyth, 1970, sculptorZachary T. Space, 1983, U.S. congressman (Ohio)Edwin M. Stanton, 1834, U.S. attorney general and

secretary of war (Lincoln administration)*James Storer, 1949, retired broadcasting executiveWilliam Swing, 1958, former Episcopal bishop of

CaliforniaDavid Taft, 1960, chief operating officer, Landec

CorporationPeter Taylor, 1940, writer (A Summons to Memphis, The

Old Forest), Pulitzer Prize winner*Richard Thomas, 1953, retired chief executive, First

Chicago NBDGeri Coleman Tucker, 1974, deputy managing editor,

USA TodayDavid Turpie, 1848, U.S. senator (Indiana)*Bill Veeck, 1936M, baseball innovator and major-league

team owner*Fred Waitzkin, 1965, writer (Searching for Bobby Fischer,

The Last Marlin)Bill Watterson, 1980, cartoonist (“Calvin and Hobbes”)John Weir, 1980, educator and writer (The Irreversible

Decline of Eddie Socket), Lambda Book Award winnerMatthew Winkler, 1977, editor-in-chief, Bloomberg NewsJonathan Winters, 1950M, actor, artist, and comedianPeter Woytuk, 1980, sculptorJames Wright, 1952, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner*Stephen Young, 1911, U.S. senator (Ohio)*John Celivergos Zachos, 1840, pioneering educator and

inventor (stenotype)*Nancy Sydor Zafris, 1976, writer (The People I Know,

Lucky Strike), Flannery O’Connor Prize winner*Deceased

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DevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentIn October 2005, Kenyon’s Board of Trustees made themomentous decision to proceed with a new comprehen-sive fundraising effort. The $230-million campaign, with asignificant component—$24 million—dedicated to newand increased giving to the Kenyon Fund and KenyonParents Fund, is the largest ever undertaken at theinstitution.

The goals include an historic commitment of$126 million to the growth of the endowment, with anaspiration of doubling the current figure over the life of thefundraising effort. Endowed support initiatives focus onfaculty development and financial aid, as well as funds fordevelopment of international and local programs, amongother projects. The College is also continuing itscommitment to building the endowment of the KenyonReview and enhancing its support for the Philander ChaseCorporation.

Capital programs under the aegis of the campaigninclude an $80-million goal toward the development ofstudent residences, the construction of new instructionalfacilities for Kenyon’s art history and studio-art depart-ments, and the renovation of Peirce and Dempsey dininghalls (now complete).

After a phase focusing on identification of lead giftsprior, the campaign celebrated its public kickoff in June2007. Donors are being sought in areas of need deemed bythe trustees to be most essential to the College’s currentand future health. The trustee decisions were based onthe work of five planning groups, with members from theKenyon administration, faculty, and student body,focusing on admission and financial aid, art facilities,curricular and faculty development, residential and studentlife, and student citizenship and international program-ming. The primary areas of need are listed below.

Financial aid. Because the College takes seriously itscommitment to making a Kenyon education affordable tostudents who are accepted for admission, the largest shareof the endowed funds to be solicited in the new cam-paign—$70 million—will be dedicated to financial aid.This year, the College awarded financial aid totaling morethan $20 million, the largest item in its operating budget.New scholarship endowments, as well as additions toexisting funds, are essential for Kenyon as it endeavors tomeet the ever-increasing demand for financial aid.

Faculty development. The College makes every effortto remain competitive not only in faculty salaries but alsoin the development opportunities it offers. Facultydevelopment, which allows professors to improve theirskills and develop new areas of interest and expertise, isperhaps most important for the dividends it pays in theclassroom. During the campaign, Kenyon is seeking newfunds to endow chairs across the curriculum and tosupport the efforts of faculty members to maintain their

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edge in academic, creative, and research pursuits. Alsobeing addressed are initiatives to enhance languageinstruction, encourage international- and local-studiesprograms, and endow the new Center for the Study ofAmerican Democracy to promote understanding ofcurrent issues from the perspective of the nation’sfounding documents.

Student residences. The College’s commitment toremaining a fully residential institution dictates thatstudent residences are a construction and renovationpriority for the campaign. Although the student body hasnot increased significantly, Kenyon continues to requireadditional facilities to meet the needs of its residentialprogram and to provide a wider range of attractive options.The College is currently constructing new apartment-stylehousing that will form a group of domestically-scaledbuildings on the north campus.

Art facilities. Now at some distance from Kenyon’sother academic enterprises, and in most cases in quartersnot adequately equipped for their needs, the studio-art andart-history programs require new facilities closer to thecampus core. The campaign seeks funds for buildings toaccommodate the programs and for programs to enhancetheir current curricular offerings. The facilities—the firstat the College to be designed specifically for art as it iscurrently practiced and taught—will provide gallery as wellas instructional and studio spaces in a central location.

Soon to be constructed near the Kenyon libraries, the40,000-square-foot, three-level studio-art building willinclude large studio spaces for faculty members andstudents. Similarly situated in the campus core, the30,000-square-foot art-history and gallery building, nowunder construction, will feature classrooms, an auditorium,and exhibition areas for Kenyon’s annual programs of artshows and its growing permanent collections.

Other initiatives. As part of the campaign, the Collegeis also addressing the needs of the Kenyon Review and thePhilander Chase Corporation. Although both entities aresemi-independent, with their own governing boards, theyremain inextricably linked with the College.

Architect’s rendering of the new north-campus housing

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Founded in 1939, the Kenyon Review is one of thenation’s leading literary journals. During the campaign,the Review seeks to raise $5 million to endow themagazine’s editorship (much like a faculty chair), fundscholarships for its summer writing programs for bothyoung people and adults, and increase its endowment to asize sufficient to insure its long-term survival and provide itwith financial independence from the College. Theendowment currently exceeds $2.5 million.

Entering its second decade of operation, the PhilanderChase Corporation has as its mission the preservation ofthe rural character of the Kenyon campus and the villageof Gambier. In keeping with that goal, the corporationhas secured conservation easements or titles to more thanseventeen hundred acres of previously endangered land inthe past five years. As part of the campaign, the corpora-tion seeks to raise $4 million in funds for acquisition ofeasements or titles on additional lands contiguous toexisting holdings or within view of the campus.

Recent projectsRenovation of Peirce and Dempsey halls. Now eightyyears old, Kenyon’s Peirce Hall had changed little over thedecades. Dempsey Hall, completed in 1964, had receivedprimarily cosmetic attention since its initial construction.Both facilities were in need of improvements to address avariety of needs, ranging from a more commodious serveryfor the dining halls to handicap access throughout thebuildings.

A thorough remodeling and reconstruction of Peirceand Dempsey halls began in the summer of 2006 underthe direction of architect Graham Gund ’63 and hiscolleagues at the Gund Partnership in Cambridge,Massachusetts. While care was taken to preserve thedistinctive architecture and atmosphere of Peirce Hall, thebuilding was outfitted with passenger and service elevatorsas well as restrooms on every floor. Dempsey Hall wasrebuilt from the ground up, creating larger dining roomson the main and ground levels and smaller dining roomsthat can be reserved for meetings or other gatherings.Reopened in 2008, the buildings share a much-expandedkitchen and servery, larger and more accessible preparationand storage areas, and a reconfigured service entrance thatallows deliveries to made from the rear.

Facilities for fitness, recreation, and athletics. Thelargest single project for which the College has ever soughtfunds is the Kenyon Athletic Center. This $70-millionfacility, dedicated in April 2006, addresses long-standingneeds within a single structure designed by the GundPartnership.

The 263,000-square-foot building, located on theformer site of Wertheimer Fieldhouse, includes TomsichArena for basketball and volleyball; a recreational gym-nasium available for use by non-varsity athletes; the 200-

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The Kenyon Athletic Center

meter Toan Track with six lanes and eight sprint lanes;the Jasper Tennis Center with four indoor courts, forrecreational and team use, with a spectator area; an aquaticcenter for recreational and team swimming with twenty-two lanes, a diving well, and a 350-seat spectator area;eight squash and four racquetball courts; the 12,000-square-foot Patterson Fitness Center, with more than twohundred pieces of equipment, for simultaneous use byteams and others; the Davis and Patton multipurposerooms for aerobics, dance, yoga, and other uses; the 120-seat Kahler Theater, designed for film screenings, lectures,and game-film reviews; locker-room facilities for hometeams and visitors and for recreational use; the Higleysports-medicine area for athletes and others; and officespace for coaches and other student-affairs staff members.

The project also entailed the refurbishment, completedin 2004, of the College’s football stadium, McBride Field,and the outdoor track-and-field venue, Wilder Track,which surrounds it. McBride Field was rebuilt with an all-weather, synthetic-grass surface.

An anonymous donor generously provided two giftstotaling $35 million for the project, and other contributorspledged an additional $8 million. The remainder of thecost was funded by gains on invested gifts.

Hillel endowment. Hillel, an international organizationfor Jewish students, is represented by an active chapter atKenyon, under the leadership of a full-time director. Morethan $1 million has already been contributed to anendowment created to support the group’s operations andactivities. The fundraising effort has a $2-million goal.

“Claiming Our Place.” In 2001, the Collegecompleted the largest fundraising effort in its history, the$100-million “Claiming Our Place” campaign. The finaltally exceeded the goal by more than $16 million.

The five-year comprehensive fundraising effort—whichincluded almost $16 million from the Kenyon Fund andKenyon Parents Fund for operating support—built severalmuch-needed facilities and added significantly to theCollege’s endowment.

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The Kenyon ReviewThe Kenyon Review, one of the nation’s premier literarymagazines, is edited and produced at the College byProfessor of English David Lynn ’76 and his staff.Founded in 1939, the Review was first edited by thedistinguished critic and poet John Crowe Ransom, alongtime member of the faculty.

In recent years, the Review has enjoyed a growingpresence on the Web at www.kenyonreview.org, where itpublishes KRO, the Kenyon Review Online, featuringoriginal essays, fiction, poetry and other literary materialexclusive to the electronic universe. This and other newprograms have been made possible by an endowment, oneof only a very few benefiting literary magazines.

The Review sponsors both the Writers Workshop andthe Young Writers Workshop, which attract studentsfrom across the country. These summer programs, forwhich financial aid is available, bring noted writers to theCollege’s campus to work with adult and high-school-ageaspiring writers.

Each November, the Review presents an annual Awardfor Literary Achievement at a fundraising dinner in NewYork City, followed by a literary festival on the Kenyoncampus at which the award winner presents the keynoteaddress. This year’s dinner also featured the announce-ment of an endowed chair, the David F. Banks Editorship,which Lynn now occupies.

Listed below, by year, are the winners of the Award forLiterary Achievement.Inaugural award, 2002: E.L. Doctorow ’522003: Joyce Carol Oates2004: Seamus Heaney2005: Roger Angell, Umberto Eco2006: Ian McEwan2007: Margaret Atwood2008: Richard Ford2009: Louise Erdrich2010: W.S. Merwin

Kenyon Review award winners Oates and Doctorow

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Board of TrusteesMarci Barr Abbot ’73John W. Adams P’93,’13Betsy AshtonJames H. Brandi P’01Kenneth D. Brody P’10,’11Mary Elizabeth Bunzel P’06Roxanne J. Coady P’12Jacqueline Dryfoos P’92Randy J. FertelJames P. Finn ’70Peter Flaherty P’00,’04Alva G. Greenberg ’74 P’02,’04Robert Hallinan ’74Paul B. Healy ’85, chairPamela Feitler Hoehn-Saric ’80 P’10Grace Keefe Huebscher ’82Daniel Kramer P’11Bonnie Levinson ’73S. Georgia NugentBetty B. RobbinsR. Todd Ruppert ’78R. Alastair ShortGeorge D. Smith P’06Abigail WenderPeter A. White ’66 P’01Matthew A. Winkler ’77 P’13

Emeritus trusteesDavid F. Banks ’65 P’96, Jean Toler Graham, James C.Niederman ’46 P’76, Kenneth J. Roberts P’06, DonZacharia P’83

Finn House, home of the Kenyon Review

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Philander Chase CorporationOne of a very small number of land trusts operated by acollege or university, the Philander Chase Corporationwas founded by the Kenyon College Board of Trustees in2000 with a mandate—and now mission—“to preserveand maintain the farmland, open spaces, scenic views, andcharacteristic landscapes surrounding Kenyon College andGambier, Ohio.”

As it enters its second decade, the Philander ChaseCorporation has protected more than three thousandacres from development, primarily through conservationeasements (although 229 acres were purchased out-right). Much of its work is done in conjunction withother private and public entities, including the Office ofFarmland Preservation of the Ohio Department ofAgriculture, the Knox County Soil and Water Conserva-tion District, and the Owl Creek Conservancy.

The corporation, one of Kenyon’s affiliated enterprises,is governed by a board of directors whose chair holds an exofficio position on the College’s board of trustees. Its dailyoperations are overseen by Managing Director Lisa DowdSchott ’80, Kenyon’s former longtime director of alumniand parent programs. She succeeded the foundingmanaging director, Douglas L. Givens P’03, who retired in2010 after more than thirty years at the College, many ofthem as vice president for development.

Board of DirectorsRichard S. Alper ’71Kathryn Batchelder Cashman ’73Stephen F. Christy Jr. ’71Howard B. Edelstein ’68Anne C. Griffin ’78Cornelia Ireland Hallinan ’76Julia F. Johnson ’73John R. Knepper ’62Kelly C. Lyles ’99S. Georgia NugentThomas R. Sant ’65, chairJ. Duncan Shorey ’80Douglas H. Stevens ’65 P’89Peter A. White ’66 P’01John A. Woollam ’61William J. Yost ’68

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MiscellanyBrown Family Environmental Center. Located acrossthe Kokosing River from and southwest of the Kenyoncampus, the Brown Family Environmental Center(BFEC) provides opportunities for education about theenvironment both for the College’s faculty members andstudents and for all members of the Knox Countycommunity. Each year, the BFEC sponsors a series ofnature programs, some specifically designed for childrenand others for all community members. A new classroomand laboratory facility opened in 2001.

Center for the Study of American Democracy. Based inO’Connor House, the Center for the Study of AmericanDemocracy sponsors conferences, lectures, and seminarswith the goal of stimulating nonpartisan civic and politicaldiscourse. The center’s founding director is John C.Fortier, an adjunct member of Kenyon’s political-sciencefaculty. Established through a 2007 “We the People”challenge grant from the National Endowment for theHumanities and gifts to the College, the center alsoprovides research and teaching opportunities for facultymembers and students. Its first large-scale conference,“The Future of Political Parties,” took place in April 2010.

Rural Life Center. Founded by Professor of SociologyHoward L. Sacks, the Rural Life Center supportseducation, public projects, and scholarship with the goal ofenhancing the quality and promoting an understanding oflocal rural life. One of the center’s publications, Life Alongthe Kokosing, a guide to the corridors of the Kokosing andMohican rivers, received an Educational ExcellenceAward for 2000 from the Ohio Association of HistoricalSocieties and Museums.

Students at the Brown Family Environmental Center

Senior AdministratorsPresident: S. Georgia NugentProvost: Nayef H. SamhatDean of Students: Henry P. ToutainDean of Admissions and Financial Aid:

Jennifer DelahuntyVice President, College Relations: Sarah KahrlVice President, Finance: Joseph G. NelsonAssociate Vice President, Finance: Teri BlanchardVice President, Library and Information Services:

Ronald K. GriggsChief Business Officer: Mark J. Kohlman

AccreditationKenyon College is an accredited member of the NorthCentral Association of Colleges and Schools.

AffiliationsKenyon is a member of the American Association ofColleges, American Council on Education, Associationof Episcopal Colleges, Association of IndependentColleges and Universities of Ohio, Five Colleges ofOhio, Great Lakes Colleges Association, and OhioFoundation of Independent Colleges.

Equal-Opportunity PolicyKenyon admits qualified students regardless of religion,race, sex, color, national or ethnic origin, sexualorientation, or handicap to all rights, privileges,programs, and activities generally accorded or madeavailable to students at the College. It does notdiscriminate on the basis of religion, race, sex, color,national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, orhandicap in administration of its educational policies,admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, andathletic and other College-administered programs.

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Academic Calendar 2010-11Fall SemesterAugust 22, Sunday Residences open for new

students; Orientation begins

August 24, Tuesday Residences open for returningstudents

August 26, Thursday Classes begin; upperclassregistration

September 10-11, Homecoming; AlumniFriday-Saturday Council; Kenyon Fund

Executive Committee;Reunion Gift Planning

September 24-25, Reunion Social PlanningFriday-Saturday

October 7-8, October reading daysThursday-Friday

October 22-23, Family Weekend; ParentsFriday-Saturday Advisory Council

October 28-30, Fall meeting of the Board ofThursday-Saturday Trustees

October 28, Thursday Founders’ Day; Matriculation

November 20, Saturday Thanksgiving vacationbegins; student residences closeat 12:00 noon

November 27, Saturday Student residences open at8:00 a.m.

November 29, Monday Classes resume

December 10, Friday Last day of classes in firstsemester

December 11-12, Reading daysSaturday-Sunday

December 13-17, ExaminationsMonday-Friday

December 17, Friday Semester ends at 4:30 p.m.(except for 6:30 p.m. exams)

December 18, Saturday Student residences close at12:00 noon

December 27, Saturday Last day for faculty members tosubmit fall-semester grades.

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Spring SemesterJanuary 15, Saturday Student residences open at

8:00 a.m.

January 17, Monday Classes begin

February 4-5, Winter meeting of the BoardThursday-Friday of Trustees

February 25-26, Alumni Council; KenyonFriday-Saturday Fund Executive Committee

March 5, Saturday Spring vacation begins;student residences close at12:00 noon

March 19, Saturday Student residences open at8:00 a.m.

March 21, Monday Classes resume

April1-2, Parents Advisory CouncilFriday-Saturday

April 12, Tuesday Honors Day

May 5-7, Spring meeting of the Board ofThursday-Saturday Trustees

May 6, Friday Last day of classes

May 7-8, Reading daysSaturday-Sunday

May 9-13, ExaminationsMonday-Friday

May 13, Friday Semester ends at 4:30 p.m.

May 14, Saturday Residences close at 12:00 noon(except for seniors)

May 21, Saturday 183rd Commencement

June 27-29, Alumni Reunion Weekend;Friday-Sunday Alumni Council

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Board of TrusteesRichard S. Alper ’71, Bethesda, MarylandCarole R. Artman-Hodge ’73, Rye, New YorkJeffrey A. Bell ’84, Kirkland, WashingtonWilliam E. Bennett ’68 P’96,’00,’07, chair, Chicago, IllinoisRt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, Cincinnati, OhioCarolyn S. Brody P’10,’11, Washington, D.C.David H. Cannon ’73, Brecksville, OhioJames D. Cox ’60, Houston, TexasPhilip R. Currier ’56 P’82, Elkins, New HampshireBrackett B. Denniston ’69, secretary, Fairfield, ConnecticutGerald J. Fields ’62, Verbank, New YorkSamuel N. Fischer P’10, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPamela P. Flaherty P’00,’04, New York, New YorkNina P. Freedman ’77, Mount Kisco, New YorkPaul Goldberger P’04, New York, New YorkRobert W. Goldman ’63, Sugar Land, TexasDavid M. Guernsey P’11, Clifton, VirginiaPaul B. Healy ’85, New York, New YorkAileen C. Hefferren ’88, New York, New YorkPamela Feitler Hoehn-Saric ’80 P’10, Gibson Island, MarylandRt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth Jr., Shaker Heights, OhioGary F. Holloway P’11, New Canaan, ConnecticutMary Kay Karzas ’75, Culver, IndianaJoseph E. Lipscomb ’87, Chevy Chase, MarylandWilliam E. Lowry Jr. ’56, Chicago, IllinoisDavid R. Meuse, Lancaster, OhioS. Georgia Nugent, Gambier, OhioMichael C. Obel-Omia, Gladwyne, PennsylvaniaSusan Ramser, Mount Vernon, OhioLisa Betson Resnik ’89, Louisville, KentuckyElaina H. Richardson P’13, Saratoga Springs, New YorkAlan E. Rothenberg ’67 P’96, San Francisco, CaliforniaR. Todd Ruppert ’78, Owings Mills, MarylandDeborah Ratner Salzberg P’09, Bethesda, MarylandThomas R. Sant ’65, Hilliard, OhioBarry F. Schwartz ’70, New York, New YorkPierce E. Scranton Jr. ’68 P’97, Sammamish, WashingtonWilliam T. Spitz P’08, Nashville, TennesseeDavid L. Trautman, Granville, OhioCharles P. Waite Jr. ’77 P’06,’10, Kirkland, WashingtonMatthew A. Winkler ’77, Summit, New JerseySimon Yoo ’91, Tokyo, Japan

Emeritus trusteesLetitia Baldrige, David Banks ’65 P’96, Randolph Bucey’50, Edgar Davis ’53, Edwin Eaton Jr. ’60 P’89, Ellen W.Griggs ’77, Cornelia Ireland Hallinan ’76, R.S. Harrison’53, David Horvitz ’74, Robert Koe ’67, Harvey Lodish ’62P’89, Beatrice Mayer P’71, John McCoy, JamesNiederman ’46 P’76, Bosworth Ranney ’52, BurnellRoberts P’77, John Smale P’79, James Storer ’49, WilliamStroud P’76, David Taft ’60, Richard Thomas ’53 P’81,Robert Tomsich, Charles Waite P’77,’81

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