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9/24/01

SLU BUILDS SANDY MACALLASTER SOCCER FIELD

CANTON - St. Lawrence University has constructed and will dedicate next 
fall the Sandy MacAllaster Soccer Field, a new athletic facility. It is 
being used for the current season, with the first games played there on 
September 5.
	The field 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.
	The total cost of the new field and pressbox total some $675,000. 
Significant support was given for the project by Archie and Barbara Torrey 
MacAllaster, David Torrey and William Torrey. In addition, Dennis and 
Penney Carruth and their family contributed to the project. Gifts will 
continue to be sought to complete the $1.2 million total project, to 
include permanent fencing, bleacher seating and lighting.
	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.  
	"We are very grateful to the MacAllaster and Torrey families for 
their gifts, making the construction of Sandy MacAllaster Field possible, 
and for their longstanding and generous support of St. Lawrence University," 
said President Daniel F. Sullivan. "The new facility is a wonderful addition 
to our offerings in athletics and recreation."
	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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