Colgate University Athletics

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Name and Liaison to Which Team
Jeff Bary, Assiciate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Women's and Men's Tennis
 
What I like about being a Faculty Liaison
Occasionally getting a chance to hit the ball around with the teams.
 
An influential person in my career
My PhD advisor at Vanderbilt U., David Weintraub.
 
Favorite possession
A picture of my grandfather's college football team standing on the White House lawn with President Hoover.
 
Favorite sports memory
Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, Cardinals vs. Rangers.
 
Favorite memento
The book I read in the 3rd grade that got me interested in astronomy: What's Up There by Dinah Moche. I bumped into the author at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society just a few months after defending my PhD.
 
Favorite magazine, hard-copy or online
The New Yorker.
 
Favorite music type, singer or group
Darrell Scott, singer/songwriter.
 
Favorite books
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
 
Favorite quote
"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too." – Rudyard Kipling.