Volume
75
Number
4

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The
point I would make is thisand I would have you
bear in mind that I am speaking of the honest
novelist along with the honest
historian. Both are seeking the same thing: the truthnot
a different truth: the same truthonly
they reach it, or try to reach it by
different routes.
Historian
and novelist
Shelby Foote, presenting the keynote address, The Novelists
View of History, during
Alumni Weekend 1999
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Alumni
Weekend 1999
brought nearly three thousand alumni to Emory in late September to
rekindle old friendships, meet new school leaders, and explore a campus
that has changed substantially in recent years. The annual Emory Medal
Awards Presentation brought out such celebrities as Kenneth
Cole 76C (left) and Civil War historian Shelby Foote.
The weekend concluded with another Emory tradition, Lullwater Day,
when students and alumni picnic in the park and enjoy live entertainment
by student groups such as No Strings Attached and the juggling troupe
Eatus (pronounced ay-ah-TOOS). After the performance, juggler Elliott
Ribman (right) takes a break to chat with a future Emory alumnus.
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The
1999 Sports Hall of Fame inductees
included (seated, from left) Atlanta Track Club director Julia
Voorhees Emmons 73G-84PhD, eight-time All-American
swimmer Richard S. Arwood 91C-95M, retired
womens tennis and volleyball coach Mary Alice Clower,
(standing, from left) three-sport letter winner H. David
Short III 70C, and tennis player Robert D. Simons
83C. (Not pictured) Football fullback John H. Venable
29C-33M (deceased), Robert D. "Buckhead
Bulldozer" Sanders 51B (deceased), and Ely
R. Callaway Jr. 40C, inventor of the Big Bertha golf
driver.
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In
Memoriam |
Eugene
H. Sanders 18C-28G
of Atlanta passed away on November 1, 1999. Before his death,
Sanders was the oldest living alumnus of Emory. Born February
18, 1897, Sanders earned a masters degree in education and
taught science for forty-two years before retiring in 1962. During
his Emory years, he led the Few Literary Society and was an orator
and class poet. He is survived by his wife, Ruth K. Sanders, also
a retired science teacher. Emorys oldest living alumni are
George
L. Walker Jr. 23C-26M-28MEDI, born
September 27, 1901, and W.
Raleigh Garner 21Ox-25C-27M, born
October 27, 1901. |
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