Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ward, president of Amherst College until 1979, picked up first-hand knowledge of the intricacies of Massachusett's contract awarding system after his appointment by former Gov. Michael Dukakis three years ago to head an investigative commission on state-funded construction...
Ward graduated from Harvard in 1947 after two years of military service and never pursued a political career. He chose, instead, to pursue an academic career in history, his field of graduate study. He accepted professorships first at Princeton and then at Amherst before becoming Amherst's president in 1971. The 1978 bill creating the anti-corruption commission required that the governor appoint a college president as chairman; Ward admits that Amherst's prestige and its distance from the state capital made him a natural choice...
UMass (3) at Umass, Amherst...
...squad--now 16-7 on the year--finished second in this weekend's tournament to advance to next weekend's regionals in Amherst. The ultimates cruised through Saturday's prelims, dumping Keene St., Brown and Bryant College. In Sunday's double elimination finals, the Crimson sandwiched wins over Cape Cod Airbourne and Roger Williams College around a tough loss to the Boston Rude Boys, 16-9, to clinch a regional slot...
That's it, sports fans. You can thank the weather. The women's soccer team was scheduled to play UMass yesterday, but the field in Amherst was so wet that UMass officials decided it would be dangerous to play. The game will be played November 10, unless the teams meet in the upcoming EAW tournament...