Faculty-Staff Achievements, March 28, 2011
Tom Lewis
Award
Tom Lewis, professor of English, is among a trio to be honored this spring by the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation. The foundation will recognize Lewis, Jeff Pfeil, and the Willard J. Grande Family at the 2011 Spirit of Preservation Celebration on Friday, May 20, 2011, at the Saratoga Springs City Center. The Spirit of Preservation Award honors individuals, who through their vision and dedication, have fostered historic preservation in Saratoga Springs and contributed to the overall quality of life.
Pfeil and Lewis are being recognized for their efforts in preserving a community historic landmark, Universal Preservation Hall. Through their dedicated and visionary leadership, the organization Universal Preservation Hall was formed in 2001 to save from demolition the 1871 Victorian Gothic church that originally had been home to the Methodist Church and later became home to the Universal Baptist Church. Universal Preservation Hall is now a unique venue for cultural, educational, and community events and provides a permanent place of worship for the Universal Baptist Church.
The Willard J. Grande Family is being honored for its 75-year legacy of vision and re-investment in the community that has helped to preserve the unique character of Saratoga Springs. Monday, March 28, is the deadline to be included on the invitation list. For details, please click here.
Activities
Penny Jolly, professor of art history, gave a lecture titled "Pregnant Bodies, Pregnant Souls:
Dressing and Undressing Mary Magdalene in Northern Renaissance Art," March 16 at Stetson
University.
David Marcell, who recently retired from the Advancement Office and earlier served as provost, and Steve Sullivan '78 have been elected to the board of trustees of the Saratoga Hospital Foundation, the development arm of the Saratoga Hospital and its affiliates.
Publications
Gordon Thompson, professor of music, has a review of Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today (edited by Olivier Julien) published in Music and Letters, Vol. 92, No. 1.
