Bulletin

Rob Gard ’92 was living on the island of Islay off the coast of Scotland last spring when he decided to stop at a local seaside pub late in the evening. “I walked through the door of the tiny pub, proudly wearing my CC Tigers pullover and excited to sample some of the Scotch whiskies offered,” Rob remembers. “I was staggered to see none other than CC English Professor Barry Sarchett (who taught my senior seminar) and his wife, Professor Lisa Hughes, entering the pub from the opposite door. They had come to this island of 2,000 people to enjoy the whisky after attending a conference in Glasgow. We were shocked to see each other, but then realized there was no place else on Earth more likely for us to randomly run into each other than an island with eight whisky distilleries.” The trio spent the next day touring some of the distilleries together; here they are at Bruichladdich Distillery.