Vol. 84Winter 2019No. 2

2019 Alumni Medallion Recipients
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The highest and most prestigious award given by the Alumni Association.
Signature Threads
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There is an image that is woven into Kiya Winston Tomlin's '96 mind like a well-made garment. It's crisp and unforgettable.
Go Like You'll Stay Forever
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The legacy of Coach Jimmye Laycock '70
125 Years of Football
Online Feature
By no means a complete history, but rather a high-altitude view of the great teams, players, games and coaches of the last century and a quarter of W&M Football.
It's a Bird, It's a Lion, It's the Griffin
By & Large
During Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, William & Mary Athletics unveiled the new Tribe Plaza.
To Affinity and Beyond
Alumni Focus
Want more William & Mary in your life? I did, and I found answers in my involvement with my local alumni chapter.
By Kirsten Shiroma Quackenbush '05
Regional Engagement Committee Chair, Alumni Association Board of Directors
Moving Forward Together
From the Brafferton
William & Mary's 326-year history is impressive. Through wars and depredations, William & Mary has risen to national recognition as a premier institution of higher education.
By Katherine A. Rowe
William & Mary President
Splendor in the Grass
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In the 1930s, disease and a deadly hurricane wiped out the eelgrass that had flourished in the shallow bays along Virginia’s Atlantic coast. The coastal waters lay barren for decades. Then along came a gardener
Opening Doors
Pay It Forward
Virginia Mister Scholarship named after first woman law student
Provost Halleran to Step Down
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After nearly a decade as William & Mary’s provost, Michael R. Halleran is stepping down at the end of the 2018-19 school year.
Ascending the Ranks
By & Large
The Raymond A. Mason School of Business makes a big leap in the rankings
Ground Broken
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On Oct. 17, President Katherine A. Rowe and Athletics Director Samantha K. Huge broke ground on the new multi-use Tribe Field Hockey Center.
Together We Rise
By & Large
Alumni giving is moving the university forward
London to Williamsburg
By & Large
Mike London was recently named the new head coach of the William & Mary football team.
Board Notes
By & Large
Report from the fall meeting of the WMAA Board of Directors
Cast Your Vote
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Meet your WMAA Board of Directors nominees
Annual Review & Accolades
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This new awards and review process is a way to honor and award regional alumni chapter/affinity group boards
Nominations for 2019 Honorary Alumni
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This new awards and review process is a way to honor and award regional alumni chapter/affinity group boards
2018 Homecoming Grand Marshal
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Ruth Weimer Tillar ’45 celebrated her 77th Homecoming this October and served as the grand marshal.
Inauguration and Re-Investiture
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The annual Charter Day event, which will be held on Feb. 8, 2019, in Kaplan Arena at 3:30 p.m., celebrates the university’s founding by British royal charter in 1693.
New Name for ITPIR
By & Large
The Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, or ITPIR, has a new name: W&M Global Research Institute.
Rock Band of Brothers
Tribe
In a special Homecoming & Reunion Weekend concert, Chip Esten ’87, P ’22, star of “Nashville,” and his band N’Est Pas played for a crowd of hundreds in the Sunken Garden.
The Playmaker
Tribe
W&M’s Head Women’s Soccer Coach Reflects on Coming Full Circle
The Brightest Mind
Tribe
Alexandra Bracken ’09 goes from Barrett Hall to Best-Selling Author
Leading Through Service
Tribe
Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service Awards
All in the Family
Tribe
Reflections on a William & Mary Dynasty
By Sara K. Eskridge
Photos courtesy of Charles Kimbrough Barlowe '83, P '16
Inspiring, Empowering, Leading
Tribe
Alumnae Initiatives are Just the Beginning for Val Cushman
Iron Men
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An underdog's season of grit and determination
Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us
In Memoriam
Sunset Ceremony 2018
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
Remembering alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
Class Notes
Class Notes
Updates from your fellow alumni.