COVER STORY: A Passion for Preserving the Past

University archivist Ethel Bacon '44, M'55, who has been collecting university history for 45 years will soon retire. Bacon has enjoyed a front-row seat to five decades of University of Hartford history, and she recalls every day of it in vibrant detail, spicing up the retelling with a sardonic wit.



*Observer Reader Survey
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Close to 60 readers took the time to give us their opinions on the fall issue, and we do appreciate their help. You'll be seeing more changes in future issues as we respond to some of the great ideas that readers have sent us.

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Fall Weekend Homecoming - Pictorial

Alumni of all ages and classes converged on campus during Fall Weekend '05 to reminisce and reconnect.


Lights... Cameras... Batter Up!

Producer Russell Gabay '79 and Houston Astro Jeff Bagwell '90 cross paths at the 2005 World Series
One worked feverishly behind the scenes while the other stepped coolly to the plate. Many miles from their alma mater, two University of Hartford alumni found themselves breathing the rarified air of baseball's October classic.

MBA Program Alumni Reunite

They'll Always Have Paris
Almost 50 alumni of the former University of Hartford Paris MBA program gathered at the InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris last September to talk and laugh, share memories, and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the program's launch.


Editor-in-Chief:
Trish Charles

Editor:
Diana Simonds

Copy Editor / Proofreader:
Beverly Kennedy

Print Design:
WondriskaRusso

Circulation Manager:
Sharon Scorso

Contributing writers:
Dana Benson; Marcy Cain; Peter H. Congleton; Woody Exley; Christine Farley; Judie Jacobson; Beverly Kennedy; Missy Murphy Pavano '70, '73; Michael Reardon; Diana Simonds; Margaret Withey
Contributing photographers:
Steve Bamberg, Tim Coffey, Paul Cooper, Christine Dalenta, Tom Derby, Jeff Feldmann, Paul Horton, Steve Laschever, Robert Lisak, Doug Penhall, Steve Slade, Beryl Striewski, H. Robert Thiesfield

Web Design: Jim Kalambokis


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