Senior Ernest Tomlinson received a Granstaff and a Friends summer travel-study grant to Italy, and senior Wendy Wira was awarded the Cottam Memorial. James depreist of the oregon symphony and Victor Davis Hanson of CSU Fresno were this year's John R. Adams and Gail A. Burnett Lecturers during the spring 1999 semester. Maestro DePreist has been Music Director and Conductor of the Oregon Symphony since 1980 and enjoys a worldwide reputation for his recordings of Shostakovich and his work with the Royal Stockholm, Helsinki, and Monte Carlo Philharmonics. Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist-historian who teaches a full range of courses in Classics at CSU Fresno. In addition to his voluminous work on Greek military and agrarian history, he is also a Central Valley farmer of vineyards and orchards.
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This year the friends of classics lost two beloved and valued members. Dorothy Sprungman , who conceived of The Friends of Classics in 1983, died last fall after a protracted illness. Formerly an English teacher at Point Loma High, Dorothy served many years as President, earning affection and respect with her gentle energy and wit. Pat Myers , who died this winter, came to the Board in more recent years and served with great enthusiasm and bravery even through her recurrent illness. Despite these sad losses The Friends re-elected their officers and most of their directors.