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Awards Nominations

The Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for the 2009 alumni awards:

• The new Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni whose contributions and achievements in their profession or community mark them as illustrious persons even among the accomplished body of Pomona alumni.

• The Alumni Distinguished Service Award pays tribute to an alumnus or alumna in recognition of that person’s selfless commitment and ongoing volunteer service to Pomona College.

• The Inspirational Young Alumni Award honors a graduate of the last decade for his or her dedication, perseverance, and consistency in following the inscription on the College Gates: “They only are loyal to this college who departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind.”

Send names of nominees, with a brief supporting statement, to the Alumni Office at 305 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, or alumni@pomona.edu by Oct. 31.

Alumni Weekend, May 1-3, 2009
Reunion time is right around the corner for Sagehens who graduated in classes ending in the numbers 4 and 9. Start making your plans to return to Claremont by reserving your hotel rooms today. Rooms are reserved at the Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel (909-937-8000) and the Doubletree Ontario Airport Hotel (909-937-0900) for all classes except 1959, which has rooms reserved at the Doubletree Hotel Claremont (909-626- 2411). Be sure to mention “Pomona College Alumni Weekend” to get the special group rate. Visit the Alumni Weekend Website at www.pomona.edu/alumniweekend for more information.

Update Your E-mail
Did you know that our most popular alumni events sell out before most people even hear about them? That’s because alumni with e-mail hear about events before the “snail mail” makes it to your home or office. Now, updating your e-mail address with the College is as easy at 1–2–3: 1) Go to www.pomona.edu/emailupdate. 2) Enter your name, class year and e-mail address. 3) Click Submit. That’s it.

Meet the Alumni Board
Under the leadership of President Tom Minar ’85, the Alumni Association welcomes four new board members this year: Eliza Finley ’09, ASPC President; Andy Agle ’91, a member-at-large from Santa Monica, Calif; Susanne Garvey ’74, a member-at-large from Alexandria, Va; and John Graham ’86, a member-at-large from Claremont, Calif. Meet all the board members online at www.pomona.edu/alumni (click on “The Alumni Board”).

Campus Memories
Pomona College: Reflections on a Campus, a 192-page book providing a beautiful, informative history of our campus, is available for sale at the on-campus Coop Store or online at http://www.pomona.edu/coopstore. Written by Marjorie Harth, director emerita of the Pomona College Museum of Art, the book includes 169 color and 59 black and white photos, and essays by noted authors Ron Fleming ’63 and Verlyn Klinkenborg ’74, as well as Professor of Art History George Gorse.