July 2009 Issue
The Luce Scholars Program is Looking for “Future Leaders of America.”
Would you like to broaden your professional perspectives in Asia? Often called the “Rhodes of Asia,” the Luce Scholars Program provides young Americans with a 10-month experience in Asia designed to sharpen their perceptions of Asia, of America, and of themselves. It’s hard to get and fun to do. The heart of the enterprise is [...]
Issue: July 2009 (story list)
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Legacy Gifts to Colorado College
Promise Fulfilled: Legacy Gifts to Colorado College Legacy gifts allow you to make a substantial commitment to the college after death. By naming Colorado College as a beneficiary in your estate plan, you can help create a sustainable stream of funding for the college for scholarships, professorships, research, and other essential elements of our mission. [...]
Issue: July 2009 (story list)
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The Chosen Few
The Chosen Few by Matthew Simon ’82 Private investigator Max Lovely finds himself entangled in an expanding web of men and women with big dreams and dark secrets. As the investigation takes him through the Boston neighborhoods of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, downtown, Chelsea, and Watertown, he draws closer to the truth. [...]
Issue: July 2009 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Arthur Carhart: Wilderness Prophet
Arthur Carhart: Wilderness Prophet by Tom Wolf ’67 This is the first biography of landscape architect and recreation planner Arthur Carhart, co-father, along with Aldo Leopold, of the idea of wilderness. Carhart (1892–1978) never won the status or recognition Leopold achieved, in part because he was a political maverick who refused to side with any [...]
Issue: July 2009 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics
Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics by George Simmons, professor emeritus of mathematics Simmons offers two books in one. The first 200 pages survey the lives of 33 mathematicians who made seminal contributions to calculus and its applications to analysis, physics, number theory, and geometry. The second 150 pages fulfill the promise of the [...]
Issue: July 2009 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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