Midd Briefs A Legend Passes, The Lights May Dim

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Lighting Evaluated
by Layla kattan

A professional analysis revealed many opportunities for Middlebury College to improve exterior lighting around campus. Recommendations included the relighting of social houses, the Center for the Arts (CFA) parking lot and Graveyard Road.
Nancy Clanton, of Clanton and Associates Lighting Design and Engineering Colorado, compiled the analysis following her visit to the college Sept.12. While at Middlebury, Clanton held meetings with faculty, Facilities Management, the Facilities Planning Group and Public Safety. On the evening of Sept. 12, representatives from each of these groups joined students to help Clanton survey lighting during a walk acoss campus.
Clanton's report laid out specific opportunities for improvement. Clanton recommended that lighting on College Street near the Hillcrest and CFA crosswalks be "replaced with low-glare lighting that is located such that pedestrians are easily seen."
The report also gave special mention of the prevalence of bright, glaring lights. Many walkways throughout campus are lit with 'acorn' top luminaries, which sometime inhibit pedestrians from seeing well. As a result, the report deemed it necessary to replace the se light with fully shielded ones to reduce light pollution and light trespass.
Clanton also drew attention to areas she found to lack security lighting. Social houses, Graveyard Road, the CFA parking lot and the walkways from Mean chapel to Old Chapel received poor ratings. In these locations the report called the lighting "too dark, too patchy, too limited and poorly matched to site." Despite much night-time activity in these areas, the limited lighting makes pedestrians feel unsafe.
The report concluded with recommendations for the development of an exterior lighting master plan. If attention is given to quality lighting criteria, according to the report "the campus can better provide a safe and secure night-time environment for students while being environmentally sensitive to the sky and the community."

Donation Revoked
by Edward Pickering

Tyco International recently informed Middlebury College that it will not be paying the remainder of a $2.5 million pledge it made to help fund the College's child care initiative.
The donation is included in a list of grievances compiled by Tyco International as part of its $600 million suit against Dennis Kozlowski, its former chief executive officer. Kozlowski, who resigned as a Middlebury College trustee last month, has been under criminal investigation for tax evasion since last spring.
Although the money came from Tyco itself, the child care endowment was named the Kozlowski Fund. Director of Pulbic Affairs Phil Benoit said it is not unusual for corporate gifts to be named in honor of a specific person, and that there was nothing odd in the Tyco gift bearing Kozlowski's name.
Middlebury College will retain the $1 million it has already received from Tyco. The Kozlowski Fund helped keep the child care center at 228 College Street running. To help compensate for the $1.5 million loss, the College will direct more of its own money toward the initiative.
According to a conservative estimate by Middlebury Executive Vice President and Provost Ronald Liebowitz, the College at present gives about $300,000 per year toward child care in Addison County. The donations are made through the Vermont Community Foundation and the United Way.
Scholarships set up by Kozlowski at Middlebury College are still functioning. One endowment is named after Kozlowski's daughters, who are alumni of the College. The other is the Tyco Fund for International Students.

Gordon Perine '49 Dies
by Andrea Gissing

Gorgon C. Perine '49 passed away after a long illness Monday, Oct. 22. He died at home and in the company of his immediate family. He was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife, Alice Perine '47, whom he met at Middlebury College as a first-year.
After being recalled for service in the Marine Corps following graduation, Perine returned to Middlebury in 1951, where he worked as assistant director of admissions. He later held the positions of director of placement, director of alumni relations, director of planned giving, and senior development officer. He retired March 1994 after 42 years of service.
A memorial was held for Perine Oct. 26 in Mead Chapel where the College and local community celebrated the life of a man who selflessly gave much time and service to Middlebury College. It was followed by a reception in Kirk Alumni Center.
A formal obituary for Perine will appear in next week's issue of The Campus.