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When Professor of Art Bill Salzillo retires in June, it will mark more than the end of a productive 50-plus year career. The artist, teacher, and gallery director is the last member of the Hamilton faculty to have begun his tenure at Kirkland College.
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More than 1,200 alumni, family and friends descended on the Hill to Party On, reconnect with old friends and make new memories at Reunions 2023, on June 8 to 11. Of special note, this year marked the largest Hamilton 50th Reunion class - with 82 registered.
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Focusing on history at Kirkland and drawn to ideas, culture, and the lived experiences of people led Jean McGavin K’76 to serve as a champion of stories that draw marginalized groups into the mainstream.
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Gillian Zucker ’90, president of business operations for the NBA’s LA Clippers, gave the address at Hamilton’s 210th commencement on Sunday, May 22, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.
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A high school teacher’s focus on the My Lai massacre inspired Carolyn York K’75 to eventually find her calling working for equal pay for women and people of color in the workplace. “He taught me to see the worth of every human being,” she says.
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As a successful philanthropic fundraiser and strategic advisor, Val Jones K’79 can face a shark or a dinosaur with aplomb: She and her husband won over billionaire Mark Cuban when they appeared on ABC’s "Shark Tank".
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Cassandra Harris-Lockwood K’74 is happy to be a member of the “Hamily,” yet she is a proud Kirkland graduate. And she's always a proud activist.
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As a psychoanalyst working with patients or as a painter facing a canvas — she’s practiced both careers for decades — Kate Emlen K’72 P’14, traces her expansive way of thinking back to her Kirkland College experience.
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When Janis Avery K ’78 explains why she does what she does, she’s succinct and utterly convincing, ever the effective advocate for youth in foster care. Strategic support helps them get what they need to have a better life, she says.
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When Nancy Dolliver K’75 joined The Capitol Steps more than 20 years ago, she mostly played politicians’ wives because female politicos were scarce. Now that situation is changing, providing the troupe with a growing pool of women power-players.
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