The 175th Anniversary Celebration in Pictures
Photo Gallery: E&H 175th Anniversary Celebration Events
On Thursday, October 13 the keynote address for the 175th anniversary celebration will be presented by world-renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at 7:30 p.m. in the King Center. Goodwin’s latest book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, details the presidential cabinet debates during the Civil War, which occurred just 25 years after the founding of Emory & Henry College. Producer Steven Spielberg is developing a film, due out in 2012, based on Goodwin’s book.
With the celebration in high gear, we should take a moment to look back over the past month or so at some of the exciting events that have already taken place and the future celebrations we can look forward to. Click here to see pictures from many of the events listed below.
In mid-September, Emory & Henry sponsored a stage at the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion — the CJ & Company Stage on Sixth Street — as well as numerous bands featuring E&H alumni musicians, and threw a party for alumni and friends.
Emory & Henry College celebrated the laying of the cornerstone of its original administration building on Friday, Sept. 30, exactly 175 years after the cornerstone was laid. The occasion was marked with celebratory remarks and a return of the bell that once hung in the bell tower atop Wiley Hall. A fireworks display was presented at the conclusion of the day’s events.
The appearance of the Chinese Opera Orchestra of Shanghai later that evening was a major event of Emory & Henry’s Arts Series 2011-2012, as well as the 175th Anniversary of the College. The orchestra is heralded for preserving and popularizing Chinese traditional music and in making it accessible to people of all ages in the region, the nation and the world.
Running concurrent to all of the September 30th events was the college’s annual Literary Festival featuring Barbara Kingsolver, best-selling author and resident of Meadowview, Va. Her most recent novel, The Lacuna, received Great Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction.
Remaining events for you the year include:
Talbert Lecture: Dr. Christopher Bailey-Kellogg - October 11 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Christopher Bailey-Kellogg, son of long-time E&H professor Dr. Fred Kellog and associate professor at Dartmouth College will deliver a lecture on his research using computers to model and control biological processes. The lecture takes place on the eve of the retirement of his father.
Homecoming – October 15 1 p.m.
The College's annual homecoming celebration will be an expanded event in honor of the College's 175th Anniversary. Along with these festivities, the Wasps face-off against ODAC rival Hampden-Sydney.
Founders' Day - March 22 11:15 a.m.
This year Charter Day gets a new name: Founders' Day. The 175th anniversary continues with the transformation of the day formerly dedicated to celebrating the granting of the College charter into a day devoted to celebrating the College founders. A Founders' Day citation will be awarded to the Holston Conference and statues of Patrick Henry and John Emory unveiled. Rev. Charles Maynard '77 will be the guest speaker.
Reynolds Lectureship - Dr. Robert Denham - March 28
Dr. Robert Denham, professor emeritus of English at Roanoke College, is the featured lecturer for the 2012 Reynolds Lectureship. The Reynolds Lectureships is named for R. J. Reynolds (1850-1918), who attended the College during the 1860s. Mr. Reynolds was noted for his philanthropy in the fields of education and public service in the South. The lectureship presents annually scholars and artists who have distinguished themselves in the humanities.
Leidig Lectureship in Poetry: MartÃn Espada - April 11-12, 2012 7:30 p.m.
MartÃn Espada will be the featured author at the 2012 Leidig Lectureship in Poetry, which is scheduled for April 11-12. He is the author, editor, or translator of seventeen books, including the poetry collections Imagine the Angels of Bread (1996), which won the Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award; Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 (2003); The Republic of Poetry (2006), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and The Trouble Ball (2011). The recipient of two NEA Creative Writing Fellowships, he has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Talbert Lecture: Dr. Dan Boye (E&H ’80), Date TBA
Dr. Dan Boye is the chair of the Davidson College Physics Department and is an accomplished opera performer.
Talbert Lecture: Dr. Jeff Bary (E&H ’95) Date TBA
Dr. Bary is an Asst. Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Colgate University.
Commencement - May 5, 2012 10 a.m.
Speaker TBA.
For additional information about the 175th Anniversary celebration, please visit our website.
