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Scottsdale, Arizona
Join us for a concert by Michael Kim

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
4:00 p.m., concert, reception to follow

Steinway of Phoenix
14428 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona

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Tucson, Arizona
Meet Jill Beck

Tuesday, January 10, 2006
6:00 p.m., reception and gallery viewing
6:30 p.m., remarks by President Beck

Medicine Man Gallery (Foothills Location)
Plaza Colonial
2890 East Skyline Drive, Suite 190
Tucson

$20 per person
$15, members of the Classes 1995-2005

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Tucson and the Board of Trustees cordially invite you to meet President Jill Beck. Appetizers, wine, and soft drinks will be served.

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Phoenix, Arizona
Meet Jill Beck

Monday, January 9, 2006
6:00 p.m., reception
6:30 p.m., remarks by President Beck

Royal Palms Resort and Spa
5200 East Camelback Road
Phoenix

$20 per person
$15, members of the Classes 1995-2005

The Lawrence University Alumni Association of Phoenix and the Board of Trustees cordially invite you to meet President Jill Beck. Appetizers, wine, and soft drinks will be served.

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President Richard Warch Farewell Tour

Members of the Board of Trustees
John Ellerman, Richard Gunderson, and Susan Nelson Goldsmith
Cordially invite you to
A reception to honor Richard Warch
During his 25th and final year as Lawrence University President

Tuesday, March 23, 2004
6:00 p.m.

$20 per person ($15, members of the Classes of 1998-2003)

Royal Palms Hotel
5200 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona

President Richard Warch
The second-longest serving president in the college's history, Richard Warch became Lawrence's 14th president on September 1, 1979. Prior to that, he spent two years as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at Lawrence. From 1968 to 1977, Warch was a member of the Yale University faculty in the history and American studies departments and spent his final year there as associate dean.

In June, 1999, Warch was named to the Executive Committee of the Annapolis Group, an association of more than 100 of America's leading liberal arts colleges. In the 1987 study, "The Effective College President," a two-year project funded by the Exxon Education Foundation, Warch was named one of the nation's top 100 college presidents.

A native of Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., Warch earned his bachelor of arts degree from Williams College in 1961, his bachelor of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1964 and his Ph.D. in American studies from Yale University in 1968.

He is the author of the book School of the Prophets: Yale College, 1710-1740, co-edited the volume John Brown in the Prentice-Hall Great Lives Observed Series and has addressed a wide variety of issues facing higher education in numerous published articles, reviews and commentaries.

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Reception with President Warch

Jean Alexander Koskinen, M-D '53 and Donald S. Koskinen, '50, trustee emeritus cordially invites all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence to a reception in Tucson, Arizona.

Friday, March 14, 2003
5:30-7:30p.m.

Home of Jean Alexander Koskinen, M-D '53 and Donald S. Koskinen, '50

On Friday, March 14, 2003 a reception was held for all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence featuring President Richard Warch as he begins his 24th year as the college's president.

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Reception with President Warch

Mr. Gregory Smith, '59 cordially invites all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence to a reception in Phoenix, Arizona.

Wednesday, March 12, 2003
5:30-7:30p.m.

Home of Gregory Smith, '59

On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 a reception was held for all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence featuring President Richard Warch as he begins his 24th year as the college's president.

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Joan and Herbert Weber, '63, cordially invite you to attend a reception at the Skyline Country Club featuring the presentation

Envisioning the Campus of Tomorrow
with President Richard Warch

Thursday, January 24, 2002
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

5200 East Saint Andrew Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85718

In October 2001, The Lawrence University Board of Trustees approved preliminary plans for the siting of the new residence hall and a future campus center which will substantially enhance the college's residential life facilities. In his presentation, "Envisioning the Campus of Tomorrow," President Warch discusses recent renovation and construction projects at Lawrence and shares some of the exciting plans for the future of the campus and the reasons that prompt them.

Richard Warch has served as president of Lawrence University since 1979. During his tenure, the college's endowment has grown from $25 million to $176 million, and many campus buildings have been constructed or have undergone major renovations including Buchanan Kiewit Recreation Center, Lucia R. Briggs Hall for the Social Sciences, Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Main Hall, Science Hall, Seeley G. Mudd Library, Shattuck Hall of Music, Youngchild Hall of Science, and Wriston Art Center.

This event is free and all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence University are invited to attend.

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Judith and John Ellerman, '58, Lawrence University Trustee cordially invite you to attend a reception at their home featuring the presentation

Envisioning the Campus of Tomorrow
with President Richard Warch

Tuesday, January 22, 2002
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

In October 2001, The Lawrence University Board of Trustees approved preliminary plans for the siting of the new residence hall and a future campus center which will substantially enhance the college's residential life facilities. In his presentation, "Envisioning the Campus of Tomorrow," President Warch discusses recent renovation and construction projects at Lawrence and shares some of the exciting plans for the future of the campus and the reasons that prompt them.

Richard Warch has served as president of Lawrence University since 1979. During his tenure, the college's endowment has grown from $25 million to $176 million, and many campus buildings have been constructed or have undergone major renovations including Buchanan Kiewit Recreation Center, Lucia R. Briggs Hall for the Social Sciences, Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Main Hall, Science Hall, Seeley G. Mudd Library, Shattuck Hall of Music, Youngchild Hall of Science, and Wriston Art Center.

This event is free and all alumni, parents, and friends of Lawrence University are invited to attend.

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Luncheon and Tour of Biosphere 2
With President Richard Warch

Saturday, March 10, 2001
11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Biosphere 2
32540 South Biosphere Road
Oracle, Arizona

Cost for lunch and tour: $20 per person

Lawrence University cordially invites you to a luncheon and tour of Biosphere 2 with President Richard Warch of Lawrence University.

Lawrence University is proud to be a partner institution with Biosphere 2, one of the largest living laboratories in the world. It is an air tight greenhouse covering 3.15 acres and 7.2 million cubic feet of volume. Within Biosphere 2 are several different biomes which researchers use to experiment on Earth systems on a relatively large scale. Inside Biosphere 2 is a rainforest, a million gallon salt water ocean, a coastal fog desert, and four other wilderness ecosystems. In 1994 Biosphere 2 was converted from an experiment to test the feasibility of humans living in a closed eco-system to a large-scale ecological laboratory and Western branch campus of Columbia University.

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