Haverford Headlines


  • Haverford women's soccer, which participated in its first-ever NCAA postseason tournament action, and Haverford men's cross country, which turned in the best-ever performance of any Pennsylvania institution at the NCAA nationals, provided some of the sweetest moments in a season made even more special by the opening of the Douglas B. Gardner '83 Integrated Athletic Center in October.
  • A look back on Dr. Stephen J. Lippard '62's career in science and academia, which led to his win of a National Medal of Science.
  • When the time came at his Washington, D.C., high school to apply for the Montgomery Raiser fellowship, which allows students to pursue foreign studies, Alex Fossi '09 saw the perfect opportunity to combine his two greatest interests—history and the outdoors—into one project.
  • Michael B. Kim '85, Sheila K. Sachs, and Allan Richard White '81 sign on as new members of Haverford's Board of Managers.
  • The Fall Phonathon is underway, and with two weeks remaining, and the College is pleased to announce that over $235,000 has been pledged to the Haverford Fund from alumni and parents.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of German Christopher Pavsek aims his new documentary film—also titled To Those Born After—at future generations. The film will be screened at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam, Nov. 24 through Dec. 4.
  • Haverford welcomes Barbara von Schlegell and Jill Stauffer to its faculty.
  • Ten blocks of panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in Founders Great Hall from November 29 through December 1 as part of Haverford's activities commemorating World AIDS day (December 1).
  • Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary (Crown, 1998), a book by Juan Williams '76, has been named this year's Freshman Year Book Program (FYB) selection at the University of Maryland.
  • On November 2, a plaque was installed in dedication to the clock. Among the attendees at the installation was Frederic's daughter, Nan Potts, the last living descendant of the Sharpless family.
  • Alex Fossi '09 spent a summer hiking the historic Hadiran's Wall, on the border between England and Scotland.
  • Read the Second New York Times Installment About Haverford Athletics and Athletic Recruiting (published Sunday, October 16), PDF

  • The campus is buzzing happily about the newly opened (October 17) Douglas B. Gardner '83 Integrated Athletic Center. But former President Bill Clinton was ahead of the curve and recognized The Doug's "green" qualities at the inaugural Clinton Global Initiative Conference, held in New York City in mid-September.
  • Rangeela, a troupe of seven musicians and one singer/dancer from the Thar desert of northwestern India, will be performing in Founders Great Hall Monday, Nov. 14, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. as part of its“Hearts with Hope” tour.
  • The Afghani musical collective "Ustad" Mahwash and Ensemble Kaboul will perform in Haverford College's Roberts Hall at 8 p.m. on November 5, 2005.

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