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o p eN i N g D o o rS For St UDE nt S helping Students See the World an outstanding senior graduating from the honors program. “the fellowship is designed to enlarge their perspective about the world and what it means to be a global citizen,” says rajini Srikanth, honors program director and associate professor of english. the donors have also made provisions in their estates to establish an endowed directorship for the head of the honors program and to provide grants to humanities students wishing to study abroad. the endowed directorship will help attract persons of stature and commitment to that position and will allow money currently designated for salary to be used for undergraduate research and other initiatives. blair, one of the early directors of the program, notes: “professor monica mcAlpine significantly expanded the academic scope of the honors program, and it is now ably headed by professor Srikanth. it is a pleasure to be able to support outstanding students and to help shape the future of the honors program.” Above left: Honors Program Director Rajini Srikanth (standing) with Honors Program students. Left: Peter Moulton and Joel Blair (l-r) eter moulton and Joel blair note that books and travel, in addition to formal education, have been of most significance to their cultural lives. “the united States has an excellent public library system, but students need personal or institutional resources for travel,” says blair, a former member of the english Department. he and his friend peter moulton have made an outright gift to endow an annual travel fellowship for p Marie A. O’Sullivan ’80 and James M. O’Sullivan ’80 Sarah Jeffords Radcliffe Barbara M. ’95 and Dennis Sullivan May and Tetsuo Takayanagi John A. Taylor donors of $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous (2) Gordon Abbott, Jr. ’90 Christine A. Adams ’94 and Robert L. McKinnon ’92 Kristine Alster* Mark Anderson Patricia Armstrong ’64 Henry F. Barry Sarah M. Bartlett ’85* Elaine R. Bauer ’82 ’04* Joan Becker* Naiff J. Bethoney ’69 Michael J. Bottiglio ’72 Robert T. Brennan John Brodeur Dotty and Paul Burstein Darrell C. Byers* Miles Byrne and Karyn Wilson Richard P. Campbell ’70 John M. Carvalho ’92 Assunta H. and George Cha May and Thomas Chin Jo Ann Citron David A. Coard ’76 Claire Jacobson Cohen ’48 Alexander Colhoun Robert T. Crossley* and Monica E. McAlpine* Diddy and John J. Cullinane Susan Davis ’83* Carol DeSouza* Estelle Disch* Mary Doucette Duseau ’57 Katherine M. and Daniel R. Ellison Clara and Daniel Estow* Grace K. Fey Celeste A. Finison and Stephen Fischer Ben G. Garcia ’00 Daniel A. Goodenough Robert W. Guimond* Anthony M. Helies John M. Hill ’76 Christopher D. Hogan ’87* Maria Jobin-Leeds Paul P. Joyce ’77 Lucille N.* and Lawrence Kaplan* Lorraine A. Kelley-Alessi ’84 ’98 Peter J. Langer* Winston Langley* John R. Lapann, Jr. Jeanette Janian Lee ’76 and Thomas J. Lee ’78 Barbara Lipke Alice Duffy Mahoney ’52 Kathleen Golden McAndrew* Peter J. McClure* and Phoebe Blake Charles E. Merrill, Jr. Hans Moller George M. Morgan Theresa A. Mortimer* Nick Winston Nyhan Ellen M. O’Connor* Daniel Alan Ortiz* Steven F. Pappenheim ’91 ’96 Daniel D. Phillips, Jr. Merrill B. Portney ’89 Kathleen Q. Powers* Mark A. Preble ’85 * Philip L. Quaglieri* Robert Radloff Carol K. Rainwater ’75 Patricia A. Reilly ’99 Amy Sangiolo Robert K. Sheridan Sajjad Hamid Shigri Benjamin Slomoff ’93 ’97 Louise Z. Smith* Carol Soeldner* Rajini Srikanth* Ivey St. John Kathleen S. Teehan ’71* Robert F. and Alice M. Trost Paul H. Tucker* William H. Walker, III Sarah D. Weatherbee* Andrew Zaleta donors of $500–$999 Anonymous(2) Linda M. Antonucci ’83 Barbara L. Avery ’38 Efrain Barradas Aaron Battista ’88 Kamaljit S. Bawa* Edmund Beard* Albert E. Beaton ’55 and Joan Beaton Lawrence A. Blum* Alice Hartnett Bolen ’61 Arthur J. Bowes ’69* Mary E. Brady ’76* Patricia A. Brady ’87 Lori A. Brainard ’90 Jennifer A. Brown* Neal H. Bruss* Elizabeth Bussiere* Edward S. Campanaro ’82 John Ciccarelli* Barbara Jean Conneely* Jean T. ’72 ’86 and Vincent A. Cristiani ’53* Susan J. Curry ’76 Marybeth Dean* * denotes faculty, staff, retired faculty, former staff n umass boston

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