Ithaca College Quarterly EDITOR Maura Stephens ART DIRECTOR Terry Marcus CONTRIBUTORS Christy Bianconi ’01 Keith Davis Heather Duncan ’98 Liz Holmes Pete Moore Garry VanGorder CLASS NOTES WRITER Penny Bianconi PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Peter M. Kilcoyne PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT Tina Thurston DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Marina Bandidos Todd   COVER Photo of Peggy R. Williams by David Ruether Other photos by Eileen Ryan, except middle right by Tom Watson Back cover illustration by Loren Grosso ’00 Volume 15, Number 4 Copyright 1997 Ithaca College Quarterly. All rights reserved. The Ithaca College Quarterly (USPS 695-880) is published four times a year, in winter, spring, summer, and fall, by the Ithaca College Office of College Relations for alumni, parents of currently enrolled students, and friends of the College. Address Changes: Office of Alumni Relations, Ithaca College, 210 Alumni Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850-7041. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Office of College Relations, Ithaca College, 231 Alumni Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850-7044. Publications postage paid at Ithaca, New York. It is the policy of Ithaca College that discrimination on the grounds of age, color, disability or handicap, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation will not exist in any activity, area, or operation of the College. Printed on recycled paper

Meet the President Peggy Ryan Williams brings strength, vision, and a record of achievement to her new post as Ithaca College's seventh president A New Home for HS&HP The new health sciences facility is under construction. Seven years in the planning, it will be among the nation's finest Beasties, Centaurs, and Ghoulies Kevin O'Neill '83 makes a living doing what he wants to do -- creating special effects for film and television. Departments Letters Chronicle Professionals Symposium Wind Ensemble European Tour Homecoming '97 Alumni and Faculty Books What Were We Up to in...  1987 Introducting a new department Business Communications HS&HP H&S Music Sports Scene Ithaca College Hall of Fame inductees Butterfield inducted in Indiana Class Notes Good Enough to Eat '51 Scrapper Alumni Club Spotlight