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In 1997, Ralph Upson Stone '80 had completed research on his doctoral dissertation, "Women Leaders in Kenya," when he was brutally murdered by a still unidentified assailant in his home in Washington, DC, at the age of 38. Determined that his years of labor would not be lost, his mother, Anne Upson Stone, put the finishing touches on Ralph's research and concluded the writing of his dissertation. In 1998, at age 68, she successfully defended it before her son's professors at George Washington University. That summer, Ralph's Ed.D. degree was posthumously awarded, with his mother and father, Frederick L. Stone, Jr. '51, on hand to receive it.

Dave Stone'88 completed the 2009 Boston Marathon, his first, in 3 hours, 43 minutes. He proudly wore Hamilton blue to honor the memory of his brother Ralph '80 who was murdered in 1997 at age 38.  Dave (pictured here at the half-way mark in Wellesley, MA) reported that there were "lots of cheers for Hamilton on the route, including from my brother Rick '79 and dad Fred '51! Running for Ralph was incredibly special for me and wearing the Hamilton colors enabled my family to celebrate our long relationship with the College."

Roger Gottlieb opened his April 22 lecture with a relaxation exercise. He rang a bell, and asked audience members to close their eyes, concentrate on their breathing, and imagine being in a special place in nature with a loved one. He rang the bell again, asked everyone to open their eyes, and said that if anyone at any time in the presentation should grow tired or frustrated or bored, they should close their eyes and return to that place, because that sense of calm and appreciation for nature is the basis of what he tries to teach.

Naomi Guttman, associate professor of English, will give a reading on Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m., in the Saratoga Springs Public Library, H. Dutcher Community Room, 49 Henry St. The reading, "Mothers of Invention," is a celebration of pregnancy, birth, nursing and motherhood in poetry.

Skidmore College opened the second half with seven straight goals and the visiting Thoroughbreds went on to a 13-6 Liberty League win against Hamilton College at Campus Road Athletic Field on April 22.

Hamilton College placed second out of nine teams at its own spring invitational held at nearby Skenandoa Club on April 21.

Nationally ranked No. 6 Amherst College defeated visiting Hamilton College 9-0 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played in Amherst, Mass., on April 21.

Patrick Cook-Deegan, a 2008 graduate of Brown University who raised funds to build schools in Laos by bicycling through Southeast Asia, will give a presentation about his experiences on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is sponsored by STAND, the student coalition against genocide, and is free and open to the public.

Burnt Shadows, the latest novel by Kamila Shamsie '94, has been nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. The Orange Prize is awarded for the best novel of the year written by a woman in the English language. It was established in 1996 to celebrate and promote fiction by women throughout the world to the widest range of readers possible.

Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, gave a paper, Pragmatism, Fallibilism, and War," at the University of Rochester on April 18. It was part of a symposium in honor of Professor Robert L. Holmes who is retiring from the University of Rochester Philosophy Department after 47 years. Professor Holmes is Werner's mentor.