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DEDICATION INFORMATION

Ford Hall will be officially dedicated on October 16. The ceremony will be preceded by a 4 p.m. panel discussion -- "Building the Future: Smith College’s Leadership in Science and Engineering." Events are free and open to the public.

Ford Hall Dedication, October 16, 2009


4 p.m.		Panel Discussion: Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall Building the Future: Smith College’s Leadership in Science and Engineering Moderator Stylianos P. Scordilis, Special Assistant to the President for Ford Hall, Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Center for Proteomics, Smith College Panelists Lesli Ann Mie Agcaoili ’93, Senior Designer, Ford Motor Company Constance Laurence Brinckerhoff ’63, Ph.D., Nathan Smith Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School Catherine T. Hunt ’77, Ph.D., Director, Technology Collaboration Development, Core Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company Sramana Mitra ’93, Technology Entrepreneur; Strategy Consultant; Columnist for Forbes Magazine Meghan Taugher Sheehy ’04, Performance Engineer, Alstom Power, Windsor, CT Laura Worth ’83, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Center Medical Director for the Children’s Cancer Hospital at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

5:20 p.m.		Change ringing of the Mendenhall tower bells

5:30 p.m.		Dedication ceremony and remarks: Ford Hall atrium, main entrance

6:15 p.m.		Reception and open house

Change ringing dates back to the 17th century and involves mathematical and mechanical principles, as well as close collaboration among the ringers—a joyous demonstration of science and engineering.

Mendenhall bell tower has eight large bells, the heaviest weighing 963 pounds. Each bell has a rope that hangs down into the ringing chamber. Ringers assigned to each bell ring them in quick succession in a descending scale; this is called rounds. Varying the pattern, called a method, changes the sequence of sounds from the descending scale to continually shifting orders in an even rhythm until the sequence naturally returns to rounds again.

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