Rudy Goff arrived in Williamstown in 1964 which coincidentally was the same year that all of us began our four years at Williams. He was a 29-year-old pro who came to Williamstown from Stockbridge with his wife Joanne, their two young sons, and their two young daughters.. Rudy was brought in to be both the […]
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H. Ganse Little
Simply stated Binks Little is the finest teacher I ever encountered. It has been nearly five decades now since I left his classroom behind. This gives me more perspective than I might wish. Yet as I sit down to write this appreciation it is striking how vivid my memories are. First and foremost there was […]
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You did WHAT? A survey of career choices we made
Created by Williams 68 Web Team Historian John Dirlam. If you changed careers after that, let us know in the Comments section below. What Were We Doing Back in 1993? The 25th Reunion Class Book offers a snapshot of the early career choices we made, as well as what some of us did immediately after […]
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In the early morning rain: Ian & Sylvia Fall 1965
The musical event at Williams College that made the biggest, most lasting impression upon me was a concert that I did not even physically attend. To be sure, I saw and heard lots of great music at Williams: the cool, accessible jazz of Dave Brubeck one year, and then the passionate anthems of Buffy Sainte- Marie another year in Chapin Hall. I sweated and stomped to the driving R&B of Junior Walker and the Allstars one year, and then enjoyed the gritty strutting of the James Cotton Blues Band another year in Baxter Hall. I even remember dancing in the mud which stretched beyond Gladden House and Route 7 while Percy Sledge mournfully crooned “When a Man Loves a Woman,” early one Spring.
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Yani (John) Counelis: Poetry
MAMA HELLAS Mama… look at Hell – as she devours her children. My child, it’s not Hellas who’s the murderess of her young. The only sin of our mother is that she cast another obstacle for every goal we had small, large or conditional glorious, mundane or delusional. Perhaps it’s an ongoing farce dealing with […]
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Williams 68 in Oxford June 2017 – Jenny Murray (John Murray)
To tell the truth, I hadn’t really given the addition of a private view of the Ashmolean’s Raphael exhibition to the itinerary of the Oxford trip much thought. That Wednesday had been a long, unseasonable hot day and as we were eating that evening in the Ashmolean’s rooftop restaurant, I thought ‘well the exhibition is […]
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Impressions of Oxford
Impressions of Oxford by Williams ’68 Wives June 2017 Webmaster’s note: Tom Pierce has served as editor of our Recent Events section since our site began. To capture the Oxford 2017 experience, he’s taken a new tack, giving voice to several classmates’ wives. Special thanks to the women whose reflections appear here. Talks and Tours of […]
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