Spring/Summer 2022

Inside the Spring/Summer 2022 issue:

Features

• For the Sake of Honor

  Bowdoin made history on May 28 when—for the first time in 217 Commencement ceremonies—it presented all of the honorary degrees to women.

• Growing up NESCAC

  From coach’s son to undersized lineman to professor of sport management, Dan Covell ’86 has been steeped in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

• Hook, Line, and Sinker

  Pickard Theater returned to life this spring with a vibrant and beautiful musical based on the myth of a water creature who assumes human form.
  
  

Forward

• Always Looking Forward: Liddy Berry ’75, P’05 submitted the first formal application to Bowdoin when the College officially opened to women students.
• Project ’72: Long-lost photos from the time Whittier Field transformed into Olympus.
• Well Understood: CityMusic Cleveland performed the poetry of Weatherspoon ’25.

Column

• Book Club: At the beginning of the pandemic, Emily Cohen ’20 and a group of classmates started a virtual book club simply to stay in touch. In the end, they were surprised where it took them.

Profiles

• Mark Mirasol ’10 holds the title of “axe master.”
• Mariya Ilyas ’13 finds her calling.

Dine

• Blueberry cake from Ned Horton ’82, P’24 and Julie Bertola Cook ’82.

Q&A

• Preston Anderson ’22 skippered a national initiative that is changing collegiate sailing.