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February 1909. Credit unavailable.
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December 1936. Credit unavailable.
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September 1942. Gas Conservation—Summer Model 1942. Pictured left to right are Henry N. Flynt Jr. ’44, Edward L. Emerson ’43, George D. Lawrence ’43, Thomas W. Leary Jr. ’43, William H. Rossell ’45 and Malcolm S. MacGruer ’43.
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March 1945. February Morning.
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May 1958. Terry Vermilye ’58 is ready for a “Quixote” catch of the grimmet (a precursor to the Frisbee) hurled by Hugh McLennan ’58. Photo by William Tague.
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July 1961. A “final” shot of Dr. James Phinney Baxter as he departs from Hopkins Hall after 24 years as President. Photo by Randy Trabold, North Adams Transcript.
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July 1963. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, chatting with Gen. Lauris Norstad before the Commencement procession, seems well-defended by John Chandler Jr., son of Professor and Mrs. John W. Chandler, then Chairman of the Department of Religion. Photo by Randy Trabold, North Adams Transcript.
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May 1966. A shot of the Eph team that was automatically retired after five wins on the GE College Bowl, with emcee Bob Earle at right. Photo by Conrad Waldinger.
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February 1968. The fire at Fort Hoosac, the former Kappa Alpha house. Photo by William Tague.
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Summer 1969. Vassar exchange student Paula Lamson in conversation with William Conrad ’69 (left) and Ross Wilson ’69. The Trustees had recently voted to include women as regular undergraduates.
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Spring 1973. The historic Williamstown home that has been the residence of Williams presidents since Mark Hopkins in 1858 was soon to be home to John W. Chandler and his family.
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Summer 1973. John W. Chandler became the 12th Williams President, succeeding John E. Sawyer ’39. Photo by William Tague.
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Winter 1975. Dennis Cahill, senior forward on the hockey team, sweeps in on goal with a Boston Slate defender in pursuit. Photo by Thomas W. Bleezarde.
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Winter 1976. Stars among Williams women athletes were cross-country skiers (from left) Rachel Potter ’80, Ellen Toll ’77 and Anne Waters ’77; swimmer Marilla Pearsall ’79; field hockey player Shailah Stewart ’77; and basketball player Anne Youngling ’78. Photo by William Tague.
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Spring 1978. An herb garden outside a Chinese infirmary was one of the places visited by a Williams student/faculty group during January. Photo by John D. Eusden.
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Fall 1985. The 13th president of the College, Francis C. Oakley, and his wife Claire-Ann stand at the front door of the President’s home just prior to induction ceremonies on Oct. 5. Photo by William Tague.
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Spring 1988. The then 150-year-old Hopkins Observatory basks in the late afternoon sun, resting quietly in its third campus location. Photo by A. Blake Gardner.
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Fall 1988. Left to right in the top row are Robert Cortinas, Travis Rundlet and Lillian Quesada, with Daryl Thornton, Angelique Feaster and Nancy Mendez in the same order in the bottom row. All six have participated in what science faculty believe to be a highly successful summer program designed to encourage minority students interested in the sciences to follow majors in Div. III. Photo by A. Blake Gardner.
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Fall 1990. The cupola of West College rises through fall leaves as the building marks its 200th birthday. Completed in 1790, it first housed the free school founded under the bequest of Colonel Ephraim Williams. The free school became Williams College in 1793. Photo by A. Blake Gardner.
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Winter 1990. 100 Years of Blacks at Williams is a narrative quilt by Faith Ringgold, commissioned by the Williams College Museum of Art as part of the centennial observance of the 1889 graduation of the College’s first black student, Gaius Charles Bolin.
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Fall 1991. Led by seniors David Willmott (number 70), Jerry Procanik (44) and David Frank (63), the football team makes its entrance onto Weston Field for the Tufts game. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Summer 1992. A helium-filled balloon floated over the reunion parade in June, thanks to the efforts of a group from the Class of 1967. Photo by John LeClaire.
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Fall 1993. The long Bicentennial Convocation procession wends its way into Chapin Hall between banners representing each of the College’s 70 Regional Alumni Associations. Photo by A. Blake Gardner.
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Winter 1993. Students Mike Zieserl ’95, Tracy Lee ’95 and Gerry Medrano ’95 traverse a snowy science quad en route to an early morning class. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Spring 1994. The Paynes, just before the induction ceremonies on April 8, posed for this family portrait in front of the President’s House. Soon-to-be President Harry C. Payne is flanked by Deborah, Samuel and Jonathan ’97. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Fall 1995. Members of the Williams College Moo-Cow Marching Scrambling and otherwise-moving-around Band, like all finely tuned athletes, start their performances with warm-up exercises, performed here at the north end of Weston Field before a home football game. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Spring 1996. Pitching standout Katie Boies ’96 fires one “down the pipe” in the first half of a double-header against Trinity late in the season. Photo by Sarah E. Nelson ’98.
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Spring 1998. Construction is on schedule on the new science complex as structural steel stretches across the backs of the Thompson Lab buildings. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Fall 2000. Physics Professor Sarah Bolton (background) and Ricky Joshi ’01 adjust a laser in a Science Center lab. Photo by A. Blake Gardner.
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Fall/Winter 2001. Students gather for a candlelight vigil for tolerance and peace on September 16. Photo by Nicholas Whitman.
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Spring 2003. North Korean propaganda leaflet depicts ambassador Don Gregg ’51 (left).
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Summer 2003. Willliams alumni encountered the hidden city of Havana during a College-sponsored trip in February. Photo by Leslie Sinclair.
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Fall 2003. Commencement, June 2003. Photo by Scott Barrow.
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August 2005. Class of 1955 at their 50th Reunion. Photo by Scott Barrow.
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December 2005. Pamela S. Jennings ’78 at the Bolin Reunion. Photo by Jason Smith.
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June 2006. Illustration by Michael Hagelberg for an article on Creativity.
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September 2008. Mark Hopkins. Illustration by Robbi Behr ’97. |
