Media Mentions

• A front page article in the April 1 issue of the Wall Street Journal described Holy Cross' relationship with All Hallows High School in the Bronx.
• April brought the news of Professor Bruce I. Miller's discovery of a long lost Gilbert and Sullivan ballad from H.M.S. Pinafore. Miller, a member of the College's music department, and a British colleague made the find and created big news. They were featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Associated Press, U.S. News and World Report, the BBC and London's Daily Telegraph, among others.
• The May issue of the magazine George offered an article about Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff and his new book about President Bill Clinton. Holy Cross philosophy Professor Joe Lawrence is quoted, giving an assessment of his college friend Isikoff. 
• On May 4, the popular Channel 5 (Boston) news magazine program, Chronicle, featured a behind-the-scenes look at the Abraham Lincoln life masks housed in the Dinand Library. Librarian Jim Hogan provided Chronicle co-host, Mary Richardson, with a tour of the library and its many special collections.
• Thomas T. "Todd" Mydler, M.D., '83, was mentioned in an article about American volunteers assisting Kosovo refugees in the May 24 issue of the New York Times. He said "a Jesuit philosophy 'to do for others' brought him to Macedonia."
• The 1999 Holy Cross Commencement address by John F. Smith Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, was seen across the nation on C-SPAN during the Memorial Day weekend.
• In a May 31 New York Times article about the history of awarding honorary degrees, Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., was quoted recalling Joe DiMaggio's emotional reaction to receiving such an award at Holy Cross.

By the Numbers

• Number of students graduated in the Class of 1999: 650
• Number of Honorary Degree Recipients in 1999: 5
• Number of students to join the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in 1999: 15
• Number of students to perform a year of service: 30
• Number of students who participated in the Mexico program: 28
• Number of Senior Honors Program theses presented: 30
• Number of Fenwick Scholars in 1998/99: 2
• Total number of Fenwick Scholars since 1967: 78
• Number of students who participated in the Spiritual Exercises this summer: 15
• Number of courses to be offered in fall 1999: 759
• Number of tenured professors: 140
• Number of professors emeriti: 26