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Al Broaddus '61 Honored by Richmond Public Schools

Al Broaddus '61

Last Friday, May 4, the Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation hosted “The Pride of RPS: Living Legacies,” which celebrated distinguished alumni of the city’s public schools. One of the honorees at this inaugural event was a Washington and Lee alumnus: Al Broaddus, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Before the Richmond [...]

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Kentucky Derby, Secretariat and Traveller

Hansen, Secretariat descendant and Kentucky Derby competitor

With the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow, thoughts turn to the great Secretariat, who won the Derby (and the Triple Crown) in 1973. Washington and Lee proudly claims a connection, for Christopher Chenery, a member of the W&L Class of 1909, started The Meadow farm in Doswell, Va., in the 1930s. There he [...]

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A W&L Family and a Military Deployment

Dave Foster '98

Jenny Williams and David Foster are both members of the Washington and Lee Class of 1998. Jenny teaches English and writing in a high school near Philadelphia. Dave, a former lawyer and former Army officer, is the president of Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, an organization that’s revitalizing Camden, N.J. They met at W&L, married in 2002 [...]

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Snagajob Founder Snags Another Award

Shawn Boyer '97L

Shawn Boyer, the founder and CEO of Snagajob, is adding another honor to his résumé today (Tuesday, April 10), when the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business names him its Executive of the Year. Shawn, who graduated from W&L’s School of Law in 1997, will also give a talk, “Leading a Purposeful Life,” at [...]

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Johnnetta Cole Addresses W&L's Women's Leadership Summit

Johnnetta Cole, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, addresses W&L's Women's Leadership Summit.t

Johnnetta Cole, the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, told the participants in Washington and Lee University’s Women’s Leadership Summit to be bold, to be of service to others and to respect and celebrate human diversity

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W&L Profs at Virginia Festival of the Book

Darznik book

The annual Virginia Festival of the Book begins in Charlottesville today, and, as usual, W&L authors will have a presence. This year, both of them appear on Thursday, March 22. At 4 p.m. on March 22 is Jasmin Darznik, assistant professor of English. She’s presenting a session titled “My Mother’s Hidden Life: Three Generations of Iranian [...]

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Former W&L Trustee Wins Community Service Award

Washington and Lee Alumnus William Hill wins major award.

Washington and Lee alumnus William B. Hill Jr. was one of the winners of the 13th Annual Justice Robert Benham Community Service Awards in Atlanta on Feb. 28.

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Beshore Earns New Recognition for Disaster Relief

Brent Beshore '05

Brett Beshore '05 is ranked among top 10 entrepreneurs under 30 by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only nonprofit.

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Alum Speaks of Firsthand Legal Experience in Afghanistan

Carter Lee '01

For a first-person account of legal operations in Afghanistan, read this fascinating interview in the March 11 Roanoke Times with Charles Carter Lee. The Roanoke, Va., attorney, a member of Washington and Lee’s Class of 2001, just returned home after a stint in Afghanistan with the Virginia National Guard as an operational law attorney, rule [...]

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The Colonnade as Cake

The grooms' cakes at the reception. Photo by J. Cogliandro Photography.

Every now and then, the alumni magazine receives a photograph of wedding cakes designed to look like Washington and Lee’s historic Colonnade. Now readers of the online edition of Brides magazine can enjoy the view as well, in a March 6 blog item about the March 2011 wedding of Corbin Blackford, Class of 2007, and Kristin Hendee. [...]

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