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One hundred years ago, St. Louis was the first city in the Western Hemisphere to host the modern-era Olympic Games. The 1904 games, held on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, had been revived in 1896. Although the III Olympiad was overshadowed on the world stage by the concurrent 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair (a.k.a. the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), the event, held from Aug. 29 until Sept. 3, was notable and takes a place in the history books.

Although the III Olympiad was overshadowed on the world stage by the concurrent 1904 World’s Fair (a.k.a. the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), also held in St. Louis, the event left lasting impressions in the St. Louis area. The official games were held Aug. 29 through Sept. 3, 1904, although numerous so-called “Olympic” events were held from May through November as part of the fair’s Department of Physical Culture.

Joyce and Howard Wood, both alumni of the John M. Olin School of Business, have created the Joyce and Howard Wood Distinguished Professorship in Business. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced the gift of $1.7 million, which has been augmented with $300,000 from the University’s Sesquicentennial Endowed Professorship Challenge. William P. Bottom, Ph.D., will be formally installed as the first holder of this professorship at a later date.

The following is a transcript of Thomas L. Friedman’s Commencement address at WUSTL on May 21, 2004.

More than 2,500 graduates and 10,000 of their friends and family members gathered under a sweltering morning sun for Washington University’s 143rd Commencement May 21. A total of 2,589 degrees were conferred, along with six honorary degrees, and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman delivered the Commencement address.

Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL photoThomas L. Friedman delivers his Commencement address, titled “Imagination.”Two dates — one good and one bad — have influenced the lives of this year’s graduates. Now they need to apply the lessons learned from both to their own lives.

There is no Campus Watch section in this issue of the Record.

The American Society for Clinical Investigation has honored Daniel Brennan, David Holtzman, Barry Sleckman and Dwight Towler.

With Brookings Hall standing sentinel in the spring sun, then-University Chancellor Thomas H. Eliot presented an aspiring young scientist his bachelor’s degree 36 years ago. After a 30-year career as an internationally renowned pediatric geneticist, Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., came full circle when he returned home to Washington University last summer to assume the positions […]

The track and field team competed at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, hosted by North Central College May 14 in Naperville, Ill. WUSTL set three school records on the day, two of which came from the women. Junior Hallie Hutchens placed second in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a school-record 14.47 seconds. The mark is only 4/100 […]