Charles H. Holbrow    C. A. Dana Professor of Physics Retirement Symposium

This eventful day was a memorable moment for Charlie Holbrow as many alumni, faculty, staff, students and family were in attendance. The day was filled with many stories and laughs as memories of Charlie’s past 36 years of teaching, mentoring, fathering and guidance were brought back to life.

The day began with opening remarks by Vic Mansfield, Department Chair, Joe Amato, Division Director of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Jane Pinchin, Vice President of Academic Advancement.

   

The day proceeded with 18 of Charlie’s students giving talks about their memories of taking Physics classes at Colgate and where their career paths took them after leaving Colgate. For a listing of the program and their topics of discussion, see :

Speakers included:

Nancy "Therm" Burnham ('80)	Subdaheep Gupta ('97)
Carlos Montoya ('87)	David Platt ('79)
Penny Lacroix ('84)	Philip Arcuni ('80)
Ralph Levy ('74)	Barbara Walden ('81)
Gregory Threatte ('69)	Jane VanDoren ('80)
Douglas Sharp ('70)	William Green ('85)
Daniel Lacroix ('85)	Robert Sinkin ('76)

Alexander Robertson ('80), Matthew Cashen ('96), Douglas Albagli ('87), and Andrew Torkelson ('76).

There were breaks throughout the day where faculty and alums could catch up on the old days:

    







    

The festivities concluded with a banquet at the White Eagle Conference Center, where Charlie gave his talk which reminisced about his many fond memories at Colgate.

    





    

    

    

    

    

It was quite a memorable evening for all. We wish Charlie and Mary many happy years ahead.

Symposium program outline