Who made Beloit special?
Last fall, as part of the I’m All In Campaign, the college asked alumni to name names, 说出是谁让伯洛伊特成为一个特别的地方，以及他们为什么都支持伯洛伊特. We hand-picked some of the many submissions and stories they shared.
Donna Oliver, Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures
Credit: Jishnu Guha’13Professor Oliver has supported me since my very first day at Beloit. As my Russian faculty advisor, she guided me through my Russian study abroad program, introduced me to the work of poet Alexander Pushkin, and mentored me as a Ronald E. McNair Research Scholar.
Dr. 奥利弗鼓励我超越现状，帮助我把自己对俄语的热爱融入其中, culture, and critical race theory. She genuinely cared about my development as a student, as a professional and, most importantly, as a person. 奥利弗教授坚定的指导对我今天的成就起了很大的作用.
— Oceana Gilliam’17, Member of Beloit’s Board of Trustees
Roxie Alexander, Professor of English
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesRoxie Alexander was such a force of nature. 她对古典文学的了解以及她惊人的机智使她上的每一堂课都很愉快.
我也很幸运，在我不完全成功的英国留学学期，她是我的指导老师. 她的建议和观点就像一条温暖的毯子，包裹着我20岁时的不安全感. I continue to donate to the college every year in her memory.
— Mary Nelson’83
Ron Watson, Associate Professor of Health & Society
Credit: Greg AndersonProfessor Watson guided my Honors Term Project, 该研究的重点是威斯康星州罗克县性传播感染率与阿片类药物流行之间的交集，.
He pushed me to collaborate with community organizations, collect ethnographies, 并将我的发现用于贝洛伊特公共卫生倡议的工作. Professor Watson helped me to think critically, and when the project was complete, 他全力支持我申请公共卫生硕士学位.
— Hannah Yee’19, Member of Beloit’s Alumni Association Board
Laura Grube’08, Associate Professor of Economics
Credit: Howard Korn’87Dr. 格鲁伯对她所有的学生都做了一件了不起的事:她要求批评, careful, purposeful thinking out of every interaction in class or outside of it. 她塑造了我对伯洛伊特大学及其他学校的看法，并以无数方式拓宽了我的视野.
She was a mentor from the moment I stepped on campus 3,在我们为改善这个神奇的地方奉献生命的过程中，他一直是我们的导师，这个神奇的地方叫做伯洛伊特学院.
— Hernan Santacruz’19, Beloit College Admissions Counselor
Brock Spencer, Professor of Chemistry
Credit: Michael Simon布洛克通过他对非科学专业学生的教学，向我展示了普通科学教育的重要性 everyone. 我很幸运地成为了几门化学课程的助教，这段经历增强了我作为一名科学家和教师的信心.
Despite my average grades, he encouraged me to follow my dreams, attend graduate school, and obtain my Ph.D. in chemistry. 他问了很多开放式的问题，帮我找到了适合我的大学.
Years have passed and my career led me on a completely different path. 有一件事是不变的:我的文科和理科学位让我成为了一名更好的科学家, a more aware global citizen, and a well-rounded mom setting up the next generation for success.
— Brenda Waller Kaushik’93
Bud Whiteford, Professor of Anthropology
Credit: Beloit College Archives我离开了一所州立大学，那里的大一人类学班有250名学生，我去了伯洛伊特大学，在那里我和怀特福德教授的第一堂人类学课只有7名学生.
What a difference that made! 怀特福德成为我的导师和朋友，在我毕业十年后帮助我选择职业. I eventually became an American diplomat.
— Lewis R. Luchs’57
DeVon Wilson’90, Associate Dean
— Tori Key’03, Member of Beloit’s Board of Trustees
Wendy Avra Gordon’76, fellow student
— Zak Gordon’73
Les McAllister, Professor of Economics
Credit: Dennis MooreIn the fall of 1958, I was a transfer student to Beloit. Les McAllister, as my advisor, was the first staff I met. Other than U.S. Economic History, I can’t remember any other economics courses I took my first semester, but eventually I took all of his.
He gave me an interest in economics that continues to this day. 我敢肯定，他是伍德罗·威尔逊提名我和我被选为“布鲁塞尔芽菜”的幕后推手.” I was very fortunate to bring him up to date at my 50th reunion.
— Tom Mullaney’61
Editor’s Note
Beloit’s first seminar abroad in 1960 went to Brussels, Belgium, to study newly established European common markets. The group earned the nickname “Brussels Sprouts.”
Frank Crivello’76, Admissions Officer
Credit: Jill FaegerFrank Crivello was my first contact with Beloit College. I always felt like he was in my corner, 从我还在高中(考虑到伯洛伊特)到毕业那天.
If he happened to see me walk past Middle College to classes, he’d yell out his office window to flag me down. Then I’d walk over, and we’d chat a bit. (It was amusing then and still makes me smile now.)那种欢迎、支持的姿态象征着我在伯洛伊特的经历.
Did I have awesome professors who also made a difference? 我当然是这么想的——有几个立刻浮现在我的脑海里——但当我想到那些不那么安静的、尖叫着的支持线时 follow your passion! the entire time I was at Beloit, I always think of Frank.
— Mary Riley’90
Hank Woodard, Professor of Geology
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesDr. 伍达德，或“酋长”，因为他被亲切地称为，是真正鼓舞他的学生. He exhibited enthusiasm, integrity, a deep knowledge of his subject, 在照顾学生的同时保持尊重和钦佩，这是一种罕见的结合.
Many of his students went on to successful careers, 十大菠菜台子地质系也被列为全国最好的专业之一. Many went on to teach with “The Chief” as their model.
— Bruce Bartleson’56
Marion Stocking, Professor of English
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesI had an advanced class with Marion Stocking my freshman year; there, I met the work of Samuel Beckett for the first time.
After graduate school and a few decades of life and family, we met again in her retirement haven in Maine. We canoed together on a still lake, 发现了一座小教堂，是当地艺术家在公共工程管理局时期画的, stalked birds on the coast.
我们上次访问亚特兰大时，她参加了一个会议，探讨如何最好地将《真人国际菠菜》(The Beloit Poetry Journal)交给新编辑. She visited my office at Emory to see the legacy her own teaching, her editing experience, and her friendship had influenced: The Letters of Samuel Beckett, which I was co-editing for Cambridge University Press.
许多贝洛伊特人和我全家都盼望着玛丽恩的圣诞来信——信里充满了各种尖锐的评论.
— Lois More Overbeck’66
Chad Walsh, Professor of English
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesI grew up on Chad Walsh’s book Nellie and Her Flying Crocodile, first when my mom read it to my brother, my sister, and me, then as one of the first books I ever read.
As a freshman in his creative writing class, the topic of children’s books was raised by another student, and he said he had no experience in that field. I had to stand up and ask, “What about Nellie?” and he blushed.
Never have I witnessed such modesty. He made me a writer.
— Allan Dalcher’70
Scott Crom, Professor of Philosophy
Chad Walsh, Professor of English
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesWhen my father died suddenly on a Sunday in February of my senior year, I hurried home to Annapolis to be with my mother and brothers.
When I got there later in the afternoon, 斯科特·克罗姆已经给我发了一封电报，让我待在家里，需要待多久就待多久，他和查德会和我的教授们谈谈. 他让我把注意力集中在家里，等我回来后他们会帮我补上的.
两人都是温柔体贴的人，他们对学生充满尊重和爱戴.
— Alfred Kraemer’73
Tom McBride, Professor of English
Credit: Beloit College ArchivesThrough his engaging teaching style and passion for the topic, 汤姆·麦克布莱德教授让我懂得了优秀写作的力量——无论是写一篇长篇荣誉论文还是写一封简短的信.
Thanks to his help I learned to write well, a skill that opened the doors to a variety of interesting opportunities. I wrote speeches, newsletters, and press releases for a State Senator; I wrote analyses of pending federal legislation for a public-interest law firm; I worked as a freelance writer, 成功地销售了从个人体验文章到首席执行官编辑服务的一切. Eventually I settled on a career in foundation philanthropy, 基于我的写作能力，我赢得了一个入门级的职位，然后进入了这个领域.
As executive director of a private foundation for many years now, 我仍然在使用从麦克布莱德教授那里学到的基本写作和分析技巧!) years ago.
— Bob DiLeonardi’81
