December 22, 2008
Did You Know... that former Penn track and field standout, Bill Carr, WEV'34, was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame on Saturday, December 6, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony? Carr was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning both at the 1932 Los Angeles Games. Penn's team co-captain in 1932-33, Carr was the 1931 AAU Indoor national 300-yard champion and won the IC4A 440-yard title in 1932. He ended the 1932 season ranked No. 1 in the world at 400 meters, and was named the men's No. 1 400-meter runner for 1925-49 by Track & Field News in their "World Athletes of the Century" issue.
Shortly after the 1932 Olympic Games, Carr was injured in an automobile accident that ended his competitive career. Carr, who was 1933 recipient of Penn's prestigious Class of 1915 Award, is already a member of the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame and the Penn Relays Wall of Fame.
Read more about Carr at pennathletics.com.
December 15, 2008
Did you know... that President Amy Gutmann and her husband, Columbia law professor Michael Doyle, have made a $100,000 contribution in support of undergraduate students at Penn? The main part of the gift is designated for the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), while the remainder is a five-year commitment to the senior-class gift program, Seniors for The Penn Fund.
Dr. Gutmann and Dr. Doyle's contributions to Making History: The Campaign for Penn now total $250,000. She and her husband have previously endowed an undergraduate scholarship to help students who might not otherwise be able to afford a Penn education.
Read the full article here.
December 5, 2008
Did You Know... that the University of Pennsylvania's Board of Trustees has nominated 1981 Law school alumnus David Cohen to replace Jim Riepe as chairman of the board, beginning in November 2009? James S. Riepe W'65, WG'67, senior advisor and retired vice chairman of the investment firm T. Rowe Price, has been chairman of the board since 1999. He said of his decision that it is "an appropriate time to have some new leadership." David L. Cohen L'81, who has been a trustee since 2001, is currently the executive vice president of Comcast Corporation and will be Penn's first Philadelphia-based trustee chair since 1986.
Read the press release from the Office of University Communications and the article in The Daily Pennsylvanian. |
