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[James Madison Week]
Reconnecting
to Madison
American classics scholar
keynotes 2009 Madison Week
@
Two hundred years
to the month after
James Madison’s
first inauguration
to the U.S. presidency, JMU
celebrated his life and legacy
during James Madison
Week, March 16–20.
The week’s highlights
included the release of
Liberty & Learning, the
Essential James Madison,
written by Phil Bigler
(’74, ’76M), director
of the James Madison
Center. Other highlights
included a visit
by the C-SPAN Civics Bus,
a wreath laying at the James
Madison statue on Bluestone
Drive and the annual Scholarship
Endowment Luncheon.
Madison scholar and Cornell
University President
Emeritus Hunter Rawlings III
talked about President Madison’s
legacy as Father of the
Constitution. A Virginia native,
Rawlings is a recognized
scholar of classic and American
history and sits on the board of
Madison’s Montpelier.
The team from Cornell University
won the eighth-annual
Madison Cup Debate tournament
besting teams from 14
universities. JMU took second
place and Johns Hopkins
University took
third. Debaters argued
the role of coal-based
technologies in meeting
the country’s future
energy needs.
Read more about
2009 James Madison
Week at www.jmu.
edu/news/FlashFeature-
MadisonWeek.shtml. And,
read a chapter of Liberty &
Learning at www.jmu.edu/
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Above: Senior VP for
University Advancement
Joanne Carr talks to Dan
LeVitt (‘09). Right: Maurice
Smith (‘09) thanks Sean
Bates (‘92), Black Alumni
Chapter president.
Doug Brown, JMU provost and
senior vice president, presents
the Madison Cup to debaters
from Cornell University, who
bested teams from 14 schools.
C-SPAN BUS AND DEBATE PHOTOGRAPHS
BY DAN GORIN (’11); SANDERSON BY KATHY
LAM; LUNCHEON, WREATH CEREMONY
AND RAWLINGS BY DIANE ELLIOTT(’00)
Above: The C-SPAN Civics Bus made a
stop near the Quad during 2009 James
Madison Week activities.
JMU donor and Miracle on the Hudson
hero Dave Sanderson (‘83) spoke at the
Scholarship Endowment Luncheon. Listen
to his speech at www.jmu.edu/donors/
Scholarship_Luncheon09.shtml.
Ab Above: Senior Vice President
for Student Affairs
Mark Warner helps present
a wreath at the Madison
statue. Below: Liberty &
Learning authors Annie
Lorsbach and Phil Bigler.
Madison scholar
and Cornell University
President
Emeritus Hunter
Rawlings III gives
the keynote during
2009 James
Madison Day.