“I get more enthusiastic about St. Lawrence every day,” says Professor of Biology Thomas Budd. “We’re doing a very good job in terms of our academic mission: ‘to provide an inspiring and demanding undergraduate education in the liberal arts to students selected for their seriousness of purpose and intellectual promise.’”

The fall of 2005 saw Budd beginning his 35th year as a professor at St. Lawrence, and his eleventh as chair of the biology department. “I’m extremely excited about the construction of the Johnson Hall of Science,” says Budd, who is faculty director of the project. “We’re working with some very talented professionals. It will be a big boost to the science departments, especially our newer programs such as neuroscience and biochemistry.”

“I think St. Lawrence has a very bright future,” says Budd.