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David Paris, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Hamilton College, announced the appointment of new faculty members for the 2002-2003 academic year, including 10 tenure track appointments, 14 visiting professors, and 24 lecturers, teaching fellows and instructors.

Brandon H. Grove, former U.S. ambassador to Zaire, will join the Hamilton faculty this fall as the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs. The Linowitz Visiting Professorship was established in 1986. It is named in honor of Sol Linowitz, a 1935 Hamilton graduate who served as ambassador to the Organization of American States, chairman of the board of Xerox and co-negotiator of the Panama Canal treaties. He was President Jimmy Carter’s representative in the Middle East negotiations from 1979 to 1981. The holder of the Linowitz chair teaches an upper-level seminar course while at Hamilton.

Joel Johnson, a 1965 graduate of Hamilton College, and chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods, was a guest on MSNBC on August 16. Johnson discussed Hormel's stock and noted that on Hormel's behalf, he signed with confidence the accounting agreement for CEOs. Johnson said he sees strength in the food industry, as indicated by growing sales. He also noted that the company just sold its 6 billionth SPAM.

"Hairspray," a new musical that opened on Aug. 15 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre, is the latest success for Hamilton graduate Thomas Meehan '51. Meehan co-wrote the book on which the musical is based with Mark O'Donnell. In its review The New York Times says Hairspray "is as sweet as a musical can be without promoting tooth decay." The musical is adapted from John Waters's 1988 movie about rock 'n' roll and race relations. Tom Meehan is also co-creator of the Broadway hit "The Producers."

Steven A. Culbertson, president and ceo of Youth Service America, Washington, D.C., and a 1979 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named to the NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50 list for 2002. NonProfit Times (NPT) is a business publication for volunteer management. In naming Culbertson to the list, NPT said "Starting with little more than force of will, Culbertson has helped to position volunteering and young people as an issue and a national priority."

The Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College will be closed for renovations through Wednesday, Aug. 21. A new exhibition will open on Monday, Aug. 26. For more information, call the Gallery's information line at 315-859-4396.

"Slightly Motivated," an indie film written by Hamilton alumnus Peter Muggleworth '01, is being shot this week on the Hamilton campus. The Continentals' softball field is serving as the backdrop of a little league baseball game, which features a number of local children as team members. Muggleworth, a foreign language/political science major while at Hamilton, spent the last year writing "Slightly Motivated," which takes a wry look at the life of three recent college graduates. Hamilton alumnus Neil Basu '01 is cast in the film as Doug, one of the graduates. After shooting additional scenes at the Clinton Cinema, the crew will return to their home in Boston to complete filming. A premiere will be held in Clinton when the film is completed.

A letter to the editor by Richard Fuller, Hamilton dean of admission and financial aid, was published in The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2002. Fuller wrote to add support to a WSJ article about the need for high school guidance counselors. "A great many of our youth will never know the opportunities that exist for them in higher education because they either don't know they exist or they don't know how to get there," Fuller wrote. He noted that Hamilton College participates in the Higher Education Opportunity program that provides academic, social and financial assistance to disadvantaged students. "But even these efforts require there to be someone in the guidance office for a prospective student to interface with...someone to tell the students and their parents they can go to college and it can be affordable."

Richard Bernstein, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton College, and chief U.S. strategist at Merrill Lynch,was interviewed for a New York Times article about Federal Reserve rate increases. "'Either you get big gains in earnings growth and the Fed is tightening, or you get mediocre gains in earnings and the Fed is on hold,' Mr. Bernstein said. The correlation between higher interest rates and earnings growth has exceeded 80 percent during the years Alan Greenspan has been chairman of the Federal Reserve, he added."

Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin has announced the appointment of Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner to the James S. Sherman Chair at Hamilton. Appointments to faculty chairs are made by the president, acting on the recommendation of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty David Paris.