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Celebrating 50 Years of
Moravian Honors
A Moravian scholars’ Hall of Fame gathered on campus
this spring, as dozens of Honors alumni returned to
celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Moravian
Honors Program. Honors alumni, their guests, 2010
Honors candidates, and faculty members paid tribute to
the academic research program that launched more than
750 alumni on rewarding paths of professional success
and personal fulfillment. In Reeves Library, alumni
signed bound copies of their Honors theses, spoke with
students, and reconnected with faculty friends. The
informal signing ceremony was followed by an address
in Prosser Auditorium given by Judith Share Yaphe ’66,
whose Honors history research on American policy
toward Palestine (advised by Daniel Gilbert, professor
emeritus of history) became the foundation of her career
as a top CIA analyst and university professor. Dinner in Peter
Hall was followed by a music performance in Foy Hall.
Judith Share Yaphe ’66 (right) signs her Honors thesis at the
program’s 50-year anniversary celebration last spring. Upper
right: John ’65 and Jan Whitfield Landis ’64 reminisce about Jan’s
Honors history project and Moravian College days.
Photos by john kish iv
GUESTSPEAKING
Photo by john kish iv
James Lyon ’76:
Clean Energy Now?
“We are addicted to oil. We spend $1 billion per day to purchase oil overseas,
money that many of our veterans say is being diverted to terrorist organizations. Yet
even if we sunk a well in every square mile of our coastline, we still would not have
enough oil to meet our demand. Clinging to relics of the industrial revolution weakens
us in the 21st century.
“We need to embrace a new era driven by clean energy, which will create jobs
here and beat China to the economic punch. It is the right path. As conservationist
Aldo Leopold said, ’a thing is right, when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability,
and beauty of the biotic community.’ Our self interest is not enough at this point. What
in God’s name are we leaving to our children? Are we so certain that the status quo is
right, that we are willing to roll the dice?”
—Jim Lyon ’76, National Wildlife Federation vice president for conservation policy,
from his lecture “Beyond 40 Earth Days,” given at Moravian College on April 20, 2010.
6 MORAVIAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE SUMMER 2010