Fall 2006 Volume 102 Issue 4
beyond vassar
Educating About Autism
Within six months of the birth of her second son, Joseph, in 1957, Helen Green Allison ’44 recognized that something was different. By the time he was three, Joseph smashed the windows and wrecked the furniture of the north London home he shared with his mother, father, and older brother Miles. “I knew Joe had autism before the professionals did,” Allison says. Full Story
Going Once, Going Twice...
The popular online auction site eBay has become a favorite spot to locate that difficult-to-find first edition comic book or to sell your unwanted goods to eager bidders around the world. Even Vassar hasn’t been able to escape eBay’s reach. Full Story
Fashion Forward
Mary Ping ’00 became interested in fashion at the age of six when, in her family’s home in Queens, she used to look through her mother’s fashion magazines and watch her grandmother sew. Full Story
AAVC Award for Outstanding Service to Vassar
Richard Van Demark ’77, who closed out a 24-year term on the Vassar Board of Trustees this summer, will receive the Award for Outstanding Service to Vassar College from the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College. Van Demark had been chair of the board of trustees for the last 10 years, during which time he worked closely with President Frances Fergusson to form one of the most successful partnerships in Vassar history. Full Story
Mixed Media
Nonfiction, Fiction, Film Full Story