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9/9/02

MACALLASTER FIELD AT SLU TO BE DEDICATED SEPT. 14

CANTON - Sandy MacAllaster Soccer Field at St. Lawrence 
University will be formally dedicated in a ceremony to be 
held Saturday, September 14, between the men's and women's 
soccer games taking place that day. President Daniel F. Sullivan 
and Director of Athletics Margaret F. Strait will offer remarks 
at the event, which is open to the public.
	The field, constructed in 2001, is named to honor the 
memory of Archie F. (Sandy) MacAllaster III, a 1978 graduate of 
the University who was killed in an automobile accident in 1979. 
He was the son of Trustee Emeritus Archie F. MacAllaster II '50 
and Barbara Torrey MacAllaster '51, and nephew of Trustee David 
L. Torrey '53 and William A. Torrey Sr. '57. His grandfather, 
the late Arthur S. Torrey '24, was chairman of the University's 
Board of Trustees from 1968 to 1978; the women's soccer practice 
field, Arthur Torrey Field, is named in his honor.
	Significant support for the project was given by Archie 
and Barbara Torrey MacAllaster, David Torrey and William Torrey. 
In addition, Dennis and Penney Carruth and their family 
contributed to the project. 
	The field is positioned directly behind Newell Field House, 
to provide for ready access to locker and training space, as 
well as protection from weather. The fields have been landscaped 
to include built-in drainage, and a "bowl" has been created to 
protect soccer players from winds and to allow spectators to look 
slightly down at the players, as spectators do in Appleton Hockey 
Arena, allowing for improved viewing.  
	Sandy MacAllaster starred in varsity soccer while a student 
at St. Lawrence, as a goalie, and was elected to the All-ICAC soccer 
team. Graduating with a degree in history, he was also a member of 
Sigma Chi fraternity and a pitcher on the baseball team. MacAllaster 
studied in London and was a resident assistant; at the time of 
his death, he was working for Dean, Witter and Reynolds Inc. in 
Santa Barbara, California.

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