Tony Lauzon is to thank for this litte tidbit about one more
Latin-and-Greek-studying success story.

This article might be interesting to anyone wondering about the
direction and focus a Classics education can give.  It's from the
Business People VT journal which I scan for mention of UVM alums.
The rest of the article can be found at
http://www.vermontguides.com/2004/01-jan/stmike.html


Marc vanderHeyden knows the importance to St. Michael's College of a
world-practical curriculum steeped in a liberal arts education

Dr. Marc vanderHeyden was considering a career change when
representatives of St. Michael's College approached him about the
college's vacant president position in 1996. A history professor and
vice president of academic affairs at Marist College in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., he was wary. He was looking for something other than college
administrative work.

That changed. "As my wife, Dana, and I visited St. Michael's on
various trips during the interview process, it became very clear to
us that we were falling in love with the place," he says. "I saw its
potential as an academic institution, and I liked the idea of being
in a place that I could embrace and put my arms around, where I would
get to know it inside and out.

"Then, I discovered in about a year that what I had planned on doing
that is, doing something completely different was what I was doing
being a president. It's nothing like what I'd done before. The stuff
that comes across my desk in a day is just incredible. It's an
absolutely unpredictable and exciting job."

VanderHeyden seems to be a logical fit for such diversely demanding
labor. A former professor who studied GREEK, LATIN, and philosophy as
an undergraduate student in his native Belgium, vanderHeyden preaches
the importance of world-practical, occupational curriculum in a
liberal arts education. He's comfortable giving a history lecture,
poring over construction plans or networking socially with potential
donors.

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