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THE WAY THEY WERE 1980

ENTERTAINMENT ICONS GATHERED FOR GRAND GALA In October 1980 some of Northwestern’s most prominent alumni Tony Roberts ’61 performed songs they each introduced on Broadway. working in Hollywood and on Broadway assembled in Evanston to Patricia Neal ’47, ’94 H, who had been partially blinded after a stroke, celebrate the completion of the Theatre and Interpretation Center, performed a monologue from Helen Keller’s description of blindness. now the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. Current students performed alongside this collection of esteemed FRONT ALUMNI LIFE Hosted by Charlton Heston ’45 and Ann-Margret Olsson ’63, The alumni, which also included Claude Akins ’49; ­Cloris Leachman ’48, Way They Were included a cast of alumni entertainment icons who sang, ’14 H; Garry Marshall ’56; Sherrill Milnes ’60; Charlotte­ Rae ’48; 1 NOW YOUR WORLD 40 danced and joked about their time on campus. Performing on a set that ­Robert Reed ’54; and Peter Strauss ’69. Ukulele Club brings Commemorating the resembled a hotel lobby, Heston reminisced about his night shift work The Way They Were celebrated the 100-year anniversary of North- good vibrations Bursar’s Office takeover at an Evanston apartment building, where he often practiced his lines western’s theater program, and in his opening remarks McLean when the switchboard went quiet. Paula Prentiss ’59 and her husband, ­Stevenson ’52 implored the School of Communication not to wait 2 THEN CLASS NOTES 41 Richard Benjamin ’60, re-created an audition they’d done together another 100 years to reunite. And it has not. On April 20–21 the The 1980 star-studded as students, which Benjamin joked had landed Prentiss a contract at School of Communication will host CommFest 2018. The event will gala MY NORTHWESTERN 43 MGM and him a job at Gimbels. Stars Nancy Dussault ’57, Penny include a performance and celebration hosted by Stephen Colbert ’86, DIRECTION Fuller ’59, Ron ­Husmann ’59, Carol Lawrence ’54, Jerry Orbach ’56 and ’11 H. Read more on page 5. 4 CAMPAIGN UPDATE English professor Performing arts expand Bill Savage

10 FEEDBACK MARRIAGES & 48 Sustainable solutions The Hollywood and Broadway entertainers at the gala included, UNIONS clockwise from top right: Cloris Leachman ’48, ’14 H and Charlton­ Heston ’45; from left, Jerry Orbach ’56, Tony Roberts ’61, Ron CAMPUS LIFE ALUMNI IN ACTION 49 ­Husmann ’59 and Nancy Dussault ’57; Candice Bergen, daughter Alumni regent of Edgar Bergen ’27, with her father’s ventriloquist dummy, Charlie 12 OUR WORLD Larry Irving McCarthy.­ Mummy girl CLOSE-UP 50 14 FIVE QUESTIONS NYC barkeep J.A. Adande on Gerard Meagher sportswriting

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Seth Meyers, above, Stephen Colbert and Robin Thede are riding the juggernaut of success in late-night TV with their irreverent takes on politics. See story on page 22. Illustration by Nigel Buchanan. BIRTHS & ARRIVALS 54

CLOSE-UP 57 NU Rules Late-Night TV 22 Alexander Pancoe Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Robin Thede have dramatically changed the landscape of climbs for a cause late-night entertainment. by Jenny Hontz and Adrienne Samuels Gibbs PASSINGS 62 Michele Marsh and The All-or-Nothing Marriage 30 James McManus 17 LAB NOTES Social psychologist Eli Finkel thinks that good marriages are better than ever — and notes that Amish fountain of youth wives and husbands expect more from their spouses today. by Barbara Brotman PURPLE PROSE 68 Letting go is overrated 19 SPECIMEN Fungal jungle Knight Vision 34 ON THE COVER Costume designer Sanja Manakoski turned to Don Quixote himself for inspiration on a new Robin Thede, host of 20 SPORTS and flexible suit of armor for the Man of La Mancha. BET’s The Rundown Golfer Hannah Kim with Robin Thede. on the upswing Photo by Island Boi Reflections of a Black Student Activist 36 Photography.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY OF COURTESY PHOTOS Eva Jefferson Paterson remembers the 1968 Black student takeover of the Bursar’s Office.

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directing and writing graduate programs will dramatically School of Communication now has the opportunity to elevate the work our community is producing — and expand its graduate education program and fully integrate THE STARS WILL SHINE foster an even stronger relationship with Chicago artists itself with Chicago’s vibrant performing arts scene.” and supporters.” The performing and media arts center will be located COMMFEST 2018 WILL BRING CELEBRITY ALUMNI TOGETHER WITH FACULTY AND Since becoming dean in 2000, O’Keefe has worked on the second floor of Abbott Hall — with views of Lake STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION. to strengthen, expand and add professional and graduate Michigan — in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood, a programs in theater design and directing, writing for the few blocks from the Chicago theater district and many screen and stage, documentary media, and sound arts and cultural institutions. The 20-story building was con- industries, as well as in other areas, including the Roxelyn structed in 1940 as a dormitory for the University’s gradu- and Richard Pepper Department of Communication ate students and, at the time, considered to be the tallest Sciences and Disorders. building in the world used exclusively for student housing. During World War II, Abbott Hall was home to the U.S. “MARILYN AND I ARE PROUD TO Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School, which graduated more than 20,000 midshipmen, including future president HONOR MY GRANDMOTHER’S LOVE John F. Kennedy. Today the historic landmark contains offices and a campus bookstore as well as Northwestern OF THEATER AND NORTHWESTERN initiatives such as the School of Communication’s Center for Communication and Health and the Northwestern THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF THE Academy for Chicago Public Schools. NEW CENTER DOWNTOWN.” The school will renovate and transform a former large cafeteria with high ceilings into the center downtown, — WILLIAM ROCKWELL “ROCKY” WIRTZ ’75 which will provide space for collaborative projects across the University. It will feature black box, teaching, work The new acting program will build on this momen- and reception areas and be used to host student produc- tum and benefit other graduate students in the tions, readings, workshops, screenings and other events. communication arts. As the actors hone their craft, they Once complete, the center will support the expansion will collaborate with writers, designers, directors, sound of graduate education in the performing and media arts, Rendering of the CommFest 2018 performance space in Ryan Fieldhouse artists and specialists from other graduate-level studies, serve as a hub for new and experimental work being devel- creating more opportunities to learn from one another. oped by students and faculty, and provide opportunities In 1980 the School of students called CommFest together and support plans to Students in the new acting program will inspire those to reach downtown audiences. It also will further connect Communication staged a star- 2018 that includes an evening advance the school. Festival in Northwestern’s top-ranked undergraduate programs the school to Chicago’s thriving theater and film commu- studded gala at Pick-Staiger inspired by the 1980 gala. ticket holders will have access in theater, dance, music theater and performance stud- nities and cultural institutions. Concert Hall featuring a per- The festival will take place not just to the show but also to ies. The new program also will provide opportunities for Faculty and alumni from the school have founded formance by some of North­ April 20–21 on the Evanston acting workshops, interactive the school to recruit faculty and be more competitive in and shaped some of Chicago’s most prominent, Tony western’s most famous alumni campus and culminate in a art installations, curated national rankings for graduate theater education. Award-winning theaters, including Chicago Shakespeare to raise funds for the Theatre major production titled exhibits showcasing faculty The school’s growth has precipitated a need for more Theater, Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre and Interpretation Center A Starry Night. The show, and alumni work, dance space for graduate studies. Over the last few years and Company and Steppenwolf Theatre. The new center and — now called the Virginia billed as “a once-in-a-gener- performances, storytelling with support from the “We Will” Campaign, the school program position Northwestern to enhance those con- Wadsworth Wirtz Center for ation celebration,” will draw demonstrations, theatrical THE PERFORMING ARTS has renovated and expanded its footprint on the Evanston nections and develop new partners and projects. the Performing Arts. many of Northwestern’s showcases, panel discussions campus — with state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and CommFest 2018 — a two-day event featuring The show, titled The Way celebrity alumni from the and more. Other highlights EXPAND AT NORTHWESTERN performance spaces — and is now poised to do the same Northwestern alumni, faculty and students (see “The They Were, was co-hosted entertainment industry. include an a cappella event in Chicago. Last June the school dedicated the Virginia Stars Will Shine”) — will further support the school’s by Charlton Heston ’45 and Hosted by Stephen Colbert and a live debate between THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION IS POISED TO LAUNCH A PERFORMING AND Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, follow- expansion while celebrating its successes. Ann-Margret Olsson ’63 and ’86, ’11 H, the show will feature prominent alumni. MEDIA ARTS CENTER IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO THROUGH DONOR SUPPORT. ing renovations to improve the facility. featured Garry Marshall ’56; alumni alongside faculty Reunions also will take To accommodate students in the new acting and Jerry Orbach ’56; Cloris artists and student actors. place for alumni of student From an early focus on elocution and oratory to the rise of the dramatic arts, the School other graduate programs, the school plans to open a per- Leachman ’48, ’14 H; Tony Alumni such as co-producers groups such as Waa-Mu, of Communication has grown considerably over the last 140 years and become a trend- forming and media arts center on Northwestern’s Chicago Roberts ’61; and other Don Weiner ’79 (from the Northwestern Debate Society, setter in the field of the communication arts and sciences. Now two new initiatives will campus. It will be made possible by a lead gift from notable alumni working in 1980 alumni production staff) Studio 22, WNUR, the enhance graduate theater education at Northwestern and bolster the school’s long- Chicago Blackhawks Chairman William Rockwell “Rocky” Hollywood and on Broadway and Dave Harding ’78, and Dolphin Show and the master standing contributions to Chicago’s flourishing cultural community. Wirtz ’75, University trustee, and his wife, Marilyn, whose at the time. The nationally steering committee co-chairs of fine arts program in writing Starting in September 2019 the school will launch a master of fine arts pro- previous gift was recognized with the naming of the Wirtz televised performance — Elizabeth Clark Zoia ’89 and for the screen and stage. gram in acting to be housed in a forthcoming downtown Chicago performing and Center. The couple also has provided generous support produced by alumni, faculty Amanda Silverman ’93 will Proceeds from CommFest media arts center — developments that will help to increase Northwestern’s pres- for graduate programs in theater directing and design and students — not only sup- work behind the scenes. The will benefit the school’s ence in a city that is hailed for its theater and film and for developing new talent. The as well as for a professorship, children’s programming ported the new facility, but performance will be held in expanding graduate programs plans also will advance the University’s impact on the performing arts, a priority of and collaborations with professional artists and regional helped elevate the growing Ryan Fieldhouse, a new ath- and the future performing and We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern. theaters. With these gifts, they carry on the legacy of reputation of Northwestern’s letics facility on the lakefront. media arts center in Chicago “We are known for our undergraduate acting program, and we expect that our new Rocky Wirtz’s grandmother, Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz ’24, communication arts and In addition, CommFest (see “The Performing Arts graduate acting degree will be equally successful and give our entire theater program who championed the performing arts at Northwestern. sciences programs. will offer events and learning Expand at Northwestern”). greater visibility and competitiveness,” says Barbara O’Keefe, Annenberg University “Marilyn and I are proud to honor my grandmother’s Nearly 40 years later the opportunities around the Professor and dean of the School of Communication. “Building a downtown Chicago love of theater and Northwestern through our support of The second floor of Abbott Hall (left) on the Chicago campus will school is hosting a two-day Evanston campus designed For tickets to CommFest 2018, hub where the acting students can collaborate and create with those in our design, the new center downtown,” Rocky Wirtz says. “The house Northwestern’s performing and media arts center. event for alumni, faculty and to bring the community visit commfest.northwestern.edu.

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Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence process, from visiting schools to helping with the applica- (1999–2003). He retired in 2010. PROGRAM PREPARES AREA tion process and financial aid,” he continues. The Blitzes “Joe Lambert, who was a professor of chemistry at the also were attracted to the fact that the academy not only time, took me into his lab when I was a sophomore,” Chan assists students with getting into good colleges but pro- says. “The important thing I learned from that experi- STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE vides continuing support once they are there. ence is that research is continually questioning, answering GIFTS TO THE NORTHWESTERN ACADEMY FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Blitzes have supported SESP for many years — and more questioning, so that with every experiment and PROVIDE STUDENTS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO EXCEL BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. Adam Blitz also sits on the SESP board of advisers. Erin every answer, you have more questions. Blitz was formerly a pharmacist at Children’s Memorial “Exposing students to that experience allows them Getting the opportunity to go to college is a dream that may never be realized by those Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s to make an informed decision about pursuing a career in with limited financial means, but through donor support, the Northwestern Academy Hospital of Chicago) and is now a stay-at home mom to research,” explains Chan, who mentors the Lambert fel- for Chicago Public Schools is making such aspirations possible for some academically their three children. lows and chairs the CLP executive advisory board. After motivated students in need. receiving his bachelor’s and master’s in chemistry from the Since 2013, the academy has provided personal enrichment, leadership develop- “WE SUPPORT NORTHWESTERN’S Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chan earned his ment, college advising and cultural and civic engagement for qualified candidates medical degree and doctorate. He is senior vice president who want to excel beyond high school. The multiyear college preparation program COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING of research biology at Genentech Inc. in San Francisco. is administered by the University’s School of Education and Social Policy as part of Northwestern’s Good Neighbor, Great University initiative to expand college access. OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHICAGO “RESEARCH IS CONTINUALLY Last year, the academy launched a state-of-the-art space in Abbott Hall on the University’s Chicago campus. Northwestern President Morton Schapiro and Chicago PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS.” QUESTIONING, ANSWERING AND Mayor Rahm Emanuel ’85 MA were joined by friends of the program at the grand open- — STEPHEN R. WILSON ’70, ’74 MBA ing of the new high-tech center, which is designed to make programming and support MORE QUESTIONING, SO THAT services more easily accessible to CPS students. Tom Theobald and his wife, Deborah Good, made WITH EVERY EXPERIMENT AND The academy graduated its inaugural cohort of seniors last June — all 56 were accepted a gift of $200,000 to the academy and were among its into college, and two now attend Northwestern. Currently, about 200 teenagers from first supporters. EVERY ANSWER, YOU HAVE 40 schools are enrolled in the program at no cost thanks to the generosity of donors. “I have been involved with efforts to improve inner- “Donor contributions are critical to addressing the needs of the Chicago public city school outcomes for 30 years,” says Theobald, a MORE QUESTIONS.” high school students we serve,” says Northwestern Academy Director Cassandra Geiger. life trustee of the University. “No program better — ANDREW CHAN ’80, ’80 MS “Philanthropy is vital to ‘keeping the lights on’ for these students in accessing higher leverages donor dollars than Northwestern Academy.” education.” Formerly chairman of Continental Bank and partner of There currently are five Lambert fellows, each of Adam and Erin Blitz are among the donors who value the impact the academy is William Blair Capital (now William Blair & Com­pany), whom is awarded $7,000 a year for a period of two full making on students and are helping to bolster its mission. Theobald has served on the boards of the MacArthur­ years of academic research study. Funds go toward lab “When my wife and I learned about Northwestern Academy, we were intrigued Foundation and various school and university organiza- supplies and materials plus conference and travel expenses. by how it provides support to kids in Chicago Public Schools, especially students who tions as well as public companies. Deborah Good volun- The program has produced 12 graduates thus far. might be economically disadvantaged,” says Adam Blitz, who is principal, CEO and chief teers on Northwestern’s Alumni Admissions Council. “The Lambert Fellows Program prepared me with investment officer of Evanston Capital Management. “This is a group of high-achieving In addition, University Trustee Stephen R. Wilson ’70, critical research skills that have allowed me to thrive as kids with high potential. ’74 MBA and his wife, Susan K. Wilson ’70, made a Clockwise, from top left: Andrew Chan ’80, ’80 MS with the Lambert fellows — senior Chi-Li Ni, a PhD candidate in chemistry at Stanford University,” “The most tangible benefit and outcome is guidance throughout the college $1 million gift to the academy. “We support North­ junior Leighton Zhao, senior Colin Lynch, senior Zer Keen Chia and junior Terrence Stilson says former fellow Hsiao-Tieh Hsu ’13, ’13 MS. “I learned western’s commitment to expanding opportunities for useful laboratory techniques as well as how to frame, Chicago Public Schools students,” Steve Wilson says. break down and solve complex scientific problems.” “Like nothing else, education can alter the future.” TRAINING THE NEXT Kalli Koukounas ’17, who is pursuing a master’s in Steve Wilson also serves on the Campaign Steering health policy and management at Columbia University’s Committee for We Will. The Campaign for North­ Mailman School of Public Health, credits the Lambert western and co-chairs the Athletics and Recreation GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS Fellows Program for giving her “the ability to deeply Campaign Committee. He is the retired chairman, presi- PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE PROCESSES INSTITUTE’S explore the world of scientific and biochemical research.” dent and CEO of CF Industries Holdings Inc., a global RESEARCH PROGRAMS CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INNOVATORS. “I emerged with a much greater understanding of leader in fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. how to read and summarily interpret scientific literature Sue Wilson sits on the Mary and Leigh Block Museum The discoveries of tomorrow are already underway at Northwestern’s Chemistry of plus a deep set of critical thinking skills that has been board of advisers and is a member of the Northwestern Life Processes Institute, which integrates research in chemistry, physics, mathematics, invaluable to me,” she says. “The program exposed me to Women’s Board. She worked in public relations before engineering and medicine to create a holistic understanding of molecular processes. a group of incredibly passionate research students as well retiring to raise their two children. CLP takes a transdisciplinary approach that opens up new areas of discovery and applies as an inspirational mentor in Dr. Chan.” Together, the Wilsons have demonstrated extra­ rapidly emerging insights toward new methods for preventing, detecting and treating Other CLP research opportunities include the CLP ordinary loyalty to the University through their leader- disease — transforming science in order to transform lives. Undergraduate Summer Scholars Research Program ship philanthropy. Their gift to Northwestern Academy Within CLP are donor-supported programs that enhance the student experience. (summer funding), which is supported by philanthropic reflects their family’s longstanding interest in education. They include the Lambert Fellows Program, which provides multiyear funding for gifts, and the CLP/Chicago Area Undergraduate For many years, Sue Wilson served as a volunteer at hands-on laboratory research for rising sophomores and juniors majoring in chemistry Research Symposium Research Program (academic-year the Evanston Public Library, and Steve Wilson was under the mentorship of CLP faculty. The program is made possible by Andrew Chan funding), which is supported by CLP executive advisory a director of the Chicago Foundation for Education. ’80, ’80 MS, who has made $908,000 in gifts toward it. Chan founded the fellowship in board member Chandler Robinson ’06. Their daughter, Elizabeth, mentors teachers and student 2010 and endowed it in 2016 in honor of Joseph Lambert — a former Northwestern “CLP is a perfect incubator to train the next genera- teachers, and their son, Jeffrey, who earned an MBA from professor and Chan’s master’s thesis adviser. Lambert was director of the Integrated tion of transdisciplinary leaders in bioscience research,” Erin and Adam Blitz support the Northwestern Academy for Chicago Public Schools through Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in 2008, Science Program (1982–85), chair of the chemistry department (1986–89) and a Charles Chan says. their generous gift to the School of Education and Social Policy. is an educational consultant.

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SOLUTIONS FOR would ­supply 5 percent of TALKING STATUES CLIMATE­ CHANGE the building’s energy needs. I really enjoyed the story WE’D LIKE TO Campus Life The cover story, “Sustainable Five percent? Maybe put- about the Northwestern HEAR FROM YOU 12 OUR WORLD Solutions” [winter 2017], ting some windmills in Lake alumni who gave their Northwestern welcomes gave a wonderful sampling of Michigan would account for voices to various sculptures signed letters of 250 words 15 STUDENT SCENE the many efforts to improve another 5 percent. Throw in Chicago [“Look Who’s or fewer from readers. We CHAIRMAN OF THE environmental and ­societal in another 2 percent for Talking,” winter 2017]. My reserve the right to edit 17 LAB NOTES BOARD OF TRUSTEES resilience through the geothermal, and we’re up to only complaint is that you all letters. Please send J. Landis Martin ’68, ’73 JD Institute for Sustainability 12 percent. Where does the didn’t mention that the three correspondence to the 20 SPORTS PRESIDENT and Energy at Northwestern. remaining 88 percent come statues in Oz Park illustrated Morton Schapiro The goals identified in the from? The answer clearly on the map (Cowardly Lion, Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD article, such as quantifying a is oil, natural gas, coal and Tin Man and Dorothy and Northwestern R. Bruce Dold ’77, ’78 MS, chair, Krishnan Anantharaman ’91, prairie’s ecosystem services nuclear. Toto) were created and 1603 Orrington David Beard ’81, Emily Chow ’12, and designing climate adapta- The purpose of this letter installed by Chicago sculptor Avenue, Suite 200 Alex Garcia ’89, Adrienne Samuels­ Gibbs ’99, Ryan Haggerty ’07, ’16 MS, tion programs for affected is by no means to belittle or John Kearney. Evanston, IL 60201 Jerry Lai ’04, Robert Leighton ’82, farmers, are among society’s trivialize the efforts of the I am the widow of John Fax: 847-491-3040 Mike McGee ’10, Monica Metzler ’86, Cate Plys ’84, Gita Pullapilly ’00 MS, most pressing. They are also scientists and engineers who Kearney and participated in Email: letters Christina Rosales ’11, Joshua among the most complex, are attempting to address one the creation of the sculptures @northwestern.edu Rosenblat ’17, Kerem Taskin ’14, Kevin Sites ’89 MS, Katherine­ requiring intimate knowledge of the planet’s great issues. in his studio from 1995 to Unmuth ’03, William Weinbaum of how science and society are It is to point out the very 2007. The ­community really ’82, ’83 MS, Steph Yiu ’08, Cat Zakrzewski ’15, Sheldon Zenner coupled. inconvenient truth that the loves Oz Park and certainly I think this would be a ’74, ’78 JD These researchers deserve effects on the environment of enjoys that the statues great idea to bring to Los recognition for both their EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, global population growth and “speak.” Angeles ahead of the planned NORTHWESTERN vision and their perseverance. economic development will Lynn Haigh Kearney ’49 Summer Olympic Games. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION I’m proud to see so many in almost certainly overwhelm Chicago Harrison Miles ’77 MS Laura Wayland the Northwestern com- the benefits of the adoption Whittier, Calif. VICE PRESIDENT, munity dedicated to solving of cleaner sources of energy, A timely application of UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Alan K. Cubbage ’78 MS, ’87 MS my generation’s “Manhattan which also appear to be far “Statue Stories“ would be THE TRAGEDY Project.” more expensive than the well- to install smartphone “tags” EDITOR OF ALEPPO Stephanie A. Russell Kevin Roche ’17 PhD developed carbon-based and nationwide at statues of I had tears in my eyes while Chicago nuclear alternatives. American heroes who were reading Dr. Samer Attar’s SENIOR EDITOR Sean M. Hargadon Gary A. Chalus ’73 MA, also slave owners. A brief essay, “Aleppo’s True Heroes” Admittedly, I rarely read ’76 PhD factual biography of each [Purple Prose, spring 2017]. ASSISTANT ALUMNI NEWS EDITOR Leah D. Goldberger much of Northwestern Brooklyn hero-as-slave owner would I was a 10-year-old girl when Magazine, but I found help expose and correct war started in Bosnia, and his CONTRIBUTING ALUMNI NEWS EDITORS Sean Hargadon’s story, POWERING ON FOR the sanitized history of story reminded me of photos Lindsay Beller “Sustainable Solutions,” THE GREATER GOOD ­slavery that we all learned in that we were seeing back then Deborah Cassell ’00 MS captivating and inspiring. The winter 2017 issue of school — that is, if slavery in on a daily basis. ART DIRECTOR I’m an engineering grad and Northwestern Magazine was America was even mentioned. Last December I saw simi- Christina Senese physician currently working refreshing. For an hour I could Patrick Story ’63 MA, ’68 PhD lar images from Aleppo on PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR for GE. Thank you so much read about sustainability, Portland, Ore. TV in a Zurich hospital while Anne E. Egger for letting us all know about medical research, history and holding my newborn son. I Editorial Interns this amazing work right here human rights. You featured an What fascinated me the most had a feeling of guilt, being in Zach Basu ’18, Stephanie Fox ’18, Christopher Grismer ’19, Madeline at Northwestern. I’m excited article, devoid of hype about about the article [“Look a nice, warm room and having Kaufman ’18, Anna Waters ’18 to learn more and plan to terrorism, regarding a Muslim Who’s Talking”] was the idea a regular meal, while so many © 2018 Northwestern University. reach out to ISEN and sev- minority fleeing persecution. of creating an interactive Aleppo citizens and their Northwestern is published quarterly eral professors. Keep up the Reading the winter issue, moment with statues and children were suffering and in March, June, September and ­December. All Rights Reserved. outstanding work! it was almost as though monuments throughout the did not know what tomorrow Produced by Global Marketing Todd Clark ’94 our country had, in 2016, city of Chicago, sort of like would bring. and Communications, 1603 Orrington Ave., Suite 200, Evanston rejected racist nationalism. a virtual historical museum It reminded me how easily­ ­Evanston, IL 60201. An important institution that can be experienced not we take for granted our Telephone: 847-491-5000 Northwestern magazine’s website: I read “Sustainable in the Midwest is powering only by folks who live in ­security, well-being or, simply, www.northwestern.edu/magazine Solutions” with inter- on, fueled by people from Chicago but by vacation- our place of birth. Northwestern Alumni Association est and also a story on the more than a hundred nations, ers and global visitors who Anida Omerbegovic ’13 MBA Telephone: 847-491-7200 or Northwestern website to work for enlightenment are out and about with their Zurich 1-800-682-5867 about the solar panels that and justice, in spite of daily “smart” devices. And I like the Views expressed in Northwestern do have been installed on the attacks on our democracy idea of Northwestern alumni Read more letters online at not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or the University. roof of the newly renovated by those who temporarily participating and sharing bit.ly/Spring2018_Feedback. Kresge Hall. The online control Washington, D.C. their knowledge and skills to article ­mentions that the Bob Ricketts ’67, ’69 MD heighten the awareness of the solar energy from the panels Grand Junction, Colo. richness of Chicago’s history.

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mummy and its wrappings intact. The researchers detected embedded wires and studied a solidified pitch-like sub- HONORING KING’S LEGACY stance in the mummy’s skull. “This is a unique experiment, a 3-D puzzle,” says NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST CHARLES BLOW’S KEYNOTE HIGHLIGHTS Stuart Stock, a professor of cell and molecular biology at UNIVERSITY’S TWO-WEEK MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMEMORATION. the Feinberg School of Medicine who led the experiment at Argonne. He hopes their analysis can help researchers Charles Blow, a New York Times op-ed writer known for challenging the racial dynamics understand more about the mummy’s history and how of the 21st century, highlighted the inequities caused by institutional racism when he best to conserve it. visited Northwestern to deliver the keynote speech as part of the University’s two-week Unearthed in 1911 at Hawara, Egypt — an archae- commemoration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Blow spoke on both the Evanston ological site south of modern Cairo — the 3-foot-long, and Chicago campuses in late January. 50-pound mummy was given to the Western Theological In a crowded Ryan Auditorium on the Evanston campus, Blow told an estimated Seminary of Chicago. Its collections were later pur- 600 students, faculty, staff and community members that while King’s “I Have a Dream” chased by Garrett-Evangelical, which is located on speech is his most famous, his 1967 speech “The Other America” addressed institutional Northwestern’s Evanston campus and has loaned the Jessie Pinnick ’16 stars in Stephen Cone’s film Princess Cyd. ­racism, poverty and economic injustice in a way that is still relevant today. mummy to the University. Blow highlighted “soft white supremacy” of the North, which he argued is more “Intact portrait mummies are exceedingly rare, and PROF’S COMING-OF-AGE FILM EARNS APPLAUSE deadly than demonstrative racism. He pointed out many institutional reinforcers­ of silent to have one here on campus was revelatory for the class School of Communication one of the top 10 films of 2017. racism throughout the United States, specifically mass incarceration. and exhibition,” says Marc Walton, a research professor lecturer Stephen Cone spent Cone wrote and directed Other events during the King commemoration included a candlelight vigil and a of materials science and engineering. He taught the fall less than a week writing the Princess Cyd and produced ­presentation by former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson at Alice Millar Chapel, a day quarter class “Materials Science and Socioeconomics script for his film Princess the film with Grace Hahn ’16 of service in Rogers Park, and several music, theater and dance performances. of Portrait Mummies from Ancient Fayum” with Taco Cyd in summer 2016 and and Madison Ginsberg ’15. Terpstra, assistant professor of classics and history. just 18 days shooting it. “Because everything was The researchers do not know how the girl died, Cone didn’t meet his star, so last minute and a lot of the but it is likely she perished from disease. A CT scan at Jessie Pinnick ’16, until hours people I’ve worked with on Northwestern Memorial Hospital last August gave the before filming started. other films weren’t available, researchers a 3-D map of the structure of the mummy Princess Cyd premiered in I relied on young, competent and enabled them to confirm that the girl died at approxi- May 2017, and despite the people, many of whom were mately 5 years old. Terpstra said life expectancy at the time breakneck pace of production,­ recent alums,” says Cone, who was about 25 years old; just half of all children made it to 10. the film has earned rave teaches acting and filmmak- “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our reviews. It won the Chicago ing. “Grace and Madison had undergraduate students — and for me — to work at Inter­national Film Festival’s certainly never produced a understanding the whole object that is this girl mummy,” Chicago Award, which goes feature film before, so it was says Walton. “Today’s powerful analytical tools allow us to to the top locally generated like joining hands and jump-

BRUCIE ROSCH nondestructively do the archaeology scientists couldn’t do work, and Vulture and Vanity ing off a cliff together. But it 100 years ago.” Fair, among others, named it really paid off.” The findings will help researchers and historians WHO’S THAT MUMMY GIRL? better understand the context in which the mummy was excavated in 1911 as well as Roman-period mummification FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DONATES PAPERS ­Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn ’80 JD donated his personal papers, INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF RESEARCHERS EXPLORES ART AND SCIENCE OF practices. Discovering what materials and practices were including his correspondence with Gold Star families, to the NORTHWESTERN’S RESIDENT ROMAN-EGYPTIAN MUMMY. used in the mummification process can illuminate the cul- Northwestern University Archives. He announced the donation ture, trade networks and commerce in the Roman Empire in November at an event honoring Gold Star families at Mudd Essi Rönkkö was exploring the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary’s resources on of the late first and early second centuries. Library on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. The families were mummy portraits when she made a startling discovery: The seminary had in its collection “We’re basically able to go back to an excavation that also honored at the Northwestern men’s basketball game later GOSS MICHAEL a young girl mummy with an intact portrait. happened more than 100 years ago and reconstruct it with that day and during the Northwestern football game at Ryan Field The Northwestern chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity hosted a candlelight vigil at Alice Millar Chapel Rönkkö, curatorial associate for special projects at the Block Museum of Art, was our contemporary analysis techniques,” Walton says. “All to commemorate Veterans Day. Quinn was Illinois’ lieutenant gov- on Martin Luther King Day. The event, which featured a keynote from Don Thompson, founder of the researching mummy portraits, which feature a lifelike painting of the deceased person­ the information we find will help us enrich the entire his- ernor from 2003 to 2009 and governor from 2009 to 2015. Chicago-based venture capital firm Cleveland Avenue, was one of a series of events throughout January. incorporated into the mummy wrappings and placed over the face. Her discovery­ toric context of this young girl mummy and the Roman launched an interdisciplinary research project for Northwestern scientists and students­ period in Egypt.” to study a nearly 1,900-year-old Roman-Egyptian mummy — one of only about Students in the class analyzed paint, soil, fiber and JUST THE NUMBERS: HIGHLY RANKED 100 portrait­ mummies in the world. bone structure of the mummy and did qualitative analysis A class of humanities and materials science undergrads worked to unravel some of the of the social and historical context of the its discovery. “As mummy’s mysteries, and their research culminated in the ongoing Block Museum exhibi- a classics major, my research is delving into topics that No. 1 7th No. 17 97% 85 tion Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt. The exhibition, which runs have been studied for thousands of years, so it’s some- through April 22, also showcases mummy portraits from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of times difficult to feel like I’m making new discoveries,” The Economist’s ranking Northwestern’s ranking Wildcats football’s ranking Northwestern’s Graduation Number of points (on a Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, which the students visited last fall. says Cecilia Wilson, a senior. “This opportunity to do of the Kellogg School of on Playbill’s list of the after beating Kentucky Success Rate for college 110-point scale) earned Along with the students’ research, scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory used g­enuinely groundbreaking research into ancient history in Management, which earned most-represented colleges in the Music City Bowl. In athletes, second only to by the Kellogg Global the top spot in the publica- in Broadway shows. In the ­November, for the first time Notre Dame. Northwestern Hub when it earned LEED pioneering X-ray scattering technology to learn more about the mummy in November. such an interdisciplinary manner has been so rewarding.” tion’s 2017 global ranking 2017–18 season, 16 alumni ever, Northwestern football has been ranked either first Platinum certification. At The 15-hour experiment — the first of its kind performed on a human mummy — used of full-time MBA programs are working in shows that and men’s basketball were or second nationally in the 415,000 square feet, it the extremely brilliant high-energy synchrotron X-rays produced by Argonne’s Advanced Read more, hear from the researchers and watch a video of the thanks to its collaborative include ­Anastasia and both ranked simultaneously GSR for seven consecutive is Northwestern’s largest Photon Source to probe the materials and objects inside the mummy, while leaving the mummy’s trip to Argonne at bit.ly/NU_Mummy. culture and new facilities. Hello, Dolly! in the top 25 nationally. years. LEED-certified building.

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adaptation, players must fig- FIVE QUESTIONS J.A. ADANDE CURRENCY EXCHANGE ure out which character they represent and why they want STUDENT STARTUP LOOKS TO TURN FOREIGN CASH INTO COMMUNITY­ SUPPORT. to kill Agamemnon. “This technology allows Each year, international travelers return stateside with an average of $34.82 in unused the user inside a character’s FORMER COLUMNIST J.A. ADANDE ’92, foreign cash — that is, if they haven’t already spent it on useless airport trinkets. head in a way that other tech- DIRECTOR OF SPORTS ­JOURNALISM ­AT The total discarded foreign currency in the United States amounts to an astounding nology doesn’t allow,” Hunter ­MEDILL, DISCUSSES THE CURRENT STATE $1.56 billion, with $96 million passing through the city of Chicago alone. says. “In this game, you are OF SPORTS MEDIA AND WHY HE RETURNED What if someone collected all that money and put it to good use? That thought ran the character, so you have to through Evan Taylor’s mind two summers ago as he was flying home from a family trip gain a deeper understand- TO HIS ALMA MATER TO TEACH. to Mexico. When he got back to Northwestern that fall, Taylor, now a junior studying ing of her backstory and her economics and international studies, enlisted his friends to help develop a solution. Elizabeth Hunter decision-making process.” It seems that sports commentary today Is adjusting your writing voice something They came up with Community Currency, a nonprofit startup that plans to use Hunter is developing often devolves into bite-sized “takes.” Is you emphasize in your Medill classes? airport receptacles to collect leftover foreign cash for local charities. The startup won GREEK TRAGEDY IN Bitter Wind for Microsoft’s there still room for the more nuanced Yes. Now that everyone has a voice, it’s even the audience vote during Demo Day as part of a summer 2017 pre-accelerator program MIXED REALITY HoloLens, which, when columns you wrote throughout your more essential that yours stands out. There at the Garage, Northwestern’s hub for student innovation and entrepreneurship. Elizabeth Hunter, a doctoral networked, allows players to career? are ways to do that. You can have unique Since then, Community Currency has partnered with the Northwestern study candidate in theater and view and manipulate the same One of the great things about the information. You can have unique perspec- abroad program, which agreed to set up collection boxes in the Undergraduate Learning drama, is reinventing the way hologram at the same time, internet originally was that it allowed tive. You can have distinctive styles. Those Abroad and Buffett Institute for Global Studies offices for students returning from classical stories are told. Her even if they are in different for longer takes, more well-developed are all things that can emerge from this huge school-sponsored trips. latest project is a mixed real- places. Last November she stories that weren’t restricted by the pool of voices out there, this cacophony of Taylor hopes that Community Currency can harness the power of social entrepre- ity game based on Aeschylus’ was invited to workshop amount of space you had in a news­ noise. neurship to support a cause with a powerful local impact: education. The startup is using Greek tragedy Agamemnon. Bitter Wind on Microsoft’s paper. The initial benefit seems like it’s collected funds to help sponsor camp fees for disadvantaged children in the Boys & Girls The game, called Bitter main campus as part of its been curtailed and hasn’t been developed What attracted you about coming back Clubs of Chicago. Wind, uses mixed reality, a ­Windows Mixed Reality as much as it could have been. But there’s to Medill to direct the sports journalism Taylor and his team are now in talks with the city of Chicago and its Department new kind of self-contained initiative. still an appreciation, a time and a place, for initiative?­ of Aviation about piloting the program at O’Hare International Airport. “We see a headset through which users Hunter is the founder and something that has been well-developed. It I had been teaching since 2004 at USC as an tremendous amount of potential, both inside and outside airports, to make a profound can interact with holograms lab director of Fabula(b), a might not go viral as easily, but I think it will adjunct professor, and I really enjoyed that. The difference in our communities,” Taylor says. “The more we raise, the more lives we can integrated into the physical theater and new media lab in find that audience. If people have time to binge opportunity to spend more time doing that was touch.” environment. In Hunter’s residence at the Garage. watch shows and can dedicate 14 hours to appealing to me because that had been one of the watching a season of TV in one day, they have more rewarding things that I did. Because it was time to read a well-thought-out, well-reported, Medill, because it’s what really gave me my start, well-written story. because it represented the best decision that I made in my life, the opportunity to come back to When you changed jobs throughout your hopefully pass on something to new generations of career, did you find yourself having to adjust students was too much to pass up. your writing voice to stand out? You have to adjust for your audience. When I With the NFL players’ national anthem protests, was working for the Washington Post, I would among other actions, do you think sports is the drop more political references in my stories right venue for political protest? because that was the currency of that town. It’s a renewed era of politicization in sports. Athletes­ When I got to the LA Times, I had to drop in are empowered by their voices in social media and more entertainment industry references, because motivated by the causes of these times. Sports is that’s what makes that town go. When I got to ­definitely the right venue, just as it was the right ESPN, I had to realize I was writing for a strictly venue for Jackie Robinson to push for integration sports audience, a hardcore sports audience that and for Muhammad Ali to protest the Vietnam War. didn’t want to stray too far from the meat and By the way, if baseball can commemorate Jackie potatoes of sports. They didn’t want the side ­Robinson every year, then boxing should find a way to dishes. You do have to take into consideration that honor Ali on an annual basis. He’s the most important people might be reading me in China, Australia or figure in the history of the sport. South America. Interview by Joshua Rosenblat ’17.

Read more from Adande on his favorite sports moments and the future of sports media at bit.ly/Five_Questions_Adande. MICHAEL GOSS MICHAEL COLIN HAYES

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Northwestern partnered with Tohoku University in ALL THAT JAZZ the development of an oral drug that inhibits the action of PAI-1. The drug has been tested in a phase 1 trial in Japan JUNIOR JAZZ STUDIES MAJORS PREP FOR RELEASE OF ­SECOND ALBUM. and is now in phase 2 trials. Northwestern will apply for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to start an Louis Danowsky and Sam Wolsk first met in high school in the New Jersey All-State Jazz early phase trial in the United States, possibly to begin Ensemble, but their musical partnership took root at Northwestern. That partnership within the next six months. In a 2014 study, Vaughan led to their debut album, Coalescence, and a performance at a high-profile New York club. showed that a PAI-1 inhibitor drug prolonged the lifespan Danowsky, a saxophonist, and Wolsk, a trumpeter, formed D.W. Jazz Orchestra in a mouse model of accelerated aging. He also found that ­during their freshman year and spent 18 months crafting their first album, an eight-track, the drug caused hair to grow on transgenic models of mice big-band effort recorded at New York’s Avatar Studios and released in May 2017. that overexpress human PAI-1. The mice are bald. “I think a third of the band is Northwestern jazz students,” says Danowsky, the The drugs that target PAI-1 are the brainchild of orchestra’s conductor. Junior Dan Peters and alumni Cameron Kerl ’16 and Zakkary Toshio Miyata, who leads a drug discovery program at Garner ’16 MMus allowed the orchestra leaders to arrange their compositions for the Tohoku University. The Japanese startup company album. Danowsky and Wolsk attribute the professional sound of Coalescence to feedback Renascience has licensed a formulation to the American from Northwestern faculty, including Victor Goines, Joe Clark and Jarrard Harris. company Eirion Therapeutics Inc., which is advancing MORGAN SEARLES The duo supported their work on the debut album with a pair of Undergraduate the development of a topical formula that will be tested INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS From left, 2018 ­Mitchell Research Grants, totaling $7,000, and a successful Kickstarter campaign. for the treatment of male pattern baldness. Scholar Hadley­ Pfalzgraf­ and 2018 Marshall Scholars Lars Benson­ Now the junior jazz studies majors have a second album scheduled to release in 2018. So how did the isolated population of Indiana Amish and Lucia ­Brunel are headed to Western Europe for prestigious It’s a recording of the D.W. Jazz Orchestra’s first live performance — at Dizzy’s Club tap into a genetic fountain of youth? Their ancestors scholarship programs. Pfalzgraf, a neuroscience major, will pursue Coca Cola, part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex in New York City. emigrated to Indiana from Berne, Switzerland, in the a master of neuroscience at the University College Cork in Cork, Danowsky says their success would have been impossible without the support of mid-19th century. Two farmers from Switzerland who Ireland. Benson, a political science major, will pursue a master’s in the University and its faculty and alumni. “Thank you to everyone who contributes to carried the mutation married into the Amish community public administration at the London School of Economics, focus- ing on British and American campaign finance law. Brunel, an Northwestern,” he says. “For the alumni, thank you for, in some way, making it possible for in Indiana. The Amish community outside Berne, Ind., engineering major, will pursue a master of philosophy in materials us to get a grant to pull off this project, for giving us great faculty who take care of their does not carry this mutation. science and metallurgy at the University of ­Cambridge. students and for giving us a building that allows us to have a beautiful space to collaborate.” “This is the only kindred on the planet that has this mutation,” Vaughan says. “It’s a ‘private mutation.’ ” People with the mutation live to be 85 on average, CATTOONZ CREATES HOME FOR ANIMATORS significantly longer than the 71-year predicted lifespan Senior Yadid Licht had always mutual desire for a student- for Amish in general. But the deficiency of PAI-1 has also wanted to pursue a career in run production company been linked to a rare bleeding disorder, discovered in the animation. As a sophomore, devoted to animation — and early 1990s by Amy Shapiro, a hematologist at the Indiana he took every animation class decided to make it happen. Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center. The disorder affects offered by the radio/TV/ They co-founded people with two copies of the mutated gene that inhibits

film department. As a junior, CatToonz, which now boasts BRUCIE ROSCH PAI-1, which also plays an important role in the human he pitched an animated web more than 25 members and blood-clotting system. Individuals with two copies of the series called YUP to NU one finished product: the mutated gene also had varying degrees of a cardiac disor- Channel 1, a student-run first episode of YUP, which AMISH FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH der that leads to fibrosis. production­ company.­ The premiered in November. When Vaughan read Shapiro’s published journal CatToonz is now produc- RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING ANTI-AGING DRUGS BASED ON A GENETIC ­articles on the Amish kindred with the unusual PAI-1 ing two animated projects: ­MUTATION FOUND ONLY IN AN EXTENDED AMISH FAMILY IN INDIANA. mutation, he contacted her and said he had a hunch that episode two of YUP and the the carriers of the mutation might be protected from pilot of Demon House, written The first genetic mutation that appears to protect against multiple aspects of biological aging — and that members of the kindred with one copy and created by sophomore aging, including Type 2 diabetes, has been discovered in a community of Amish living in of the gene mutation do not appear to have a bleeding Adam Stovsky. Co-presidents rural Berne, Ind., according to Northwestern scientists. problem or cardiac problems. This suggested to him that Gorin and Licht hope that Indiana Amish kindred (immediate family and relatives) with the mutation live more giving people a drug that blocks PAI-1 might be safe as the group can also offer than 10 percent longer and have lower fasting insulin levels than individuals without the long as it provides incomplete inhibition. workshops and provide grants D.W. Jazz Orchestra co-founder Sam Wolsk in the recording studio mutation. They also have 10 percent longer telomeres (a protective cap at the end of On May 5, 2015, Vaughan brought a team of 40 to aspiring animators, in addi- chromosomes that is a biological marker of aging) and a lower vascular age, indicating researchers to Berne and set up 10 testing stations at a tion to hosting guest speakers SEEDING A SECOND CAREER retained flexibility in blood vessels. nearby community center. Over the next two days, 177 and animated film screenings. When Robert Hevey became In spring 2014 Hevey earned sourced native bush clover “The findings astonished us because of the consistency of the anti-aging benefits Amish — curious about the mutation — arrived by horse group took on Licht’s project, “CatToonz is providing a “gainfully unemployed” in a master’s, and that fall he seeds for prairie restoration, across multiple body systems,” says Douglas Vaughan, the lead author of the paper and the and buggy for screening. Northwestern collaborated with a sitcom-style show about space that didn’t previously 1999, he started volunteer- started the doctoral program taking into account the effects Irving S. Cutter Professor and chairman of medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine. colleagues from the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis young adults in a big city. exist at Northwestern for ing at the Chicago Botanic — at age 60. of environmental change. For the first time, a molecular marker of aging (telomere length), a metabolic marker Center on the testing. Dasha Gorin, now a people interested in anima- Garden. He went back to He conducts research with “This has been more chal- of aging (fasting insulin levels) and a cardiovascular marker of aging (blood pressure and Cognitive testing will be part of future measurements senior, joined the project as tion but who maybe didn’t work but continued to visit Pati Vitt, the Susan and Roger lenging than any job I’ve had,” blood vessel stiffness) all point to protection against age-related changes, Vaughan adds. for the study. Experimental data in mice shows lower levels a producer and played an know where to start,” says the garden and eventually Stone Curator at the Dixon says Hevey, who has five years “That played out in them having a longer lifespan. Not only do they live longer, they live of PAI-1 can protect against Alzheimer’s-like pathology. key role in the coordination junior Kiki Meiners-Rios, the embarked on a master’s degree National Tallgrass Prairie left in the program. “Research healthier. It’s a desirable form of longevity. It’s their ‘health span.’ ” “We hope to be able to revisit them regularly and do and production of the pilot group’s production co-chair. in the Northwestern–Chicago Seed Bank. He’s looking at is not just routine procedures, Amish individuals with the mutation have very low levels of PAI-1 (plasminogen additional testing to look at the velocity of aging in this episode. Working together, “We’re filling a previously Botanic Garden plant biology germination temperature it requires creativity. You’re activator inhibitor), a protein that is part of a “molecular fingerprint” related to the aging kindred and unearth more details about the protective Licht and Gorin discovered a unmet need at Northwestern.” and conservation program. ranges of commercially paving the road every day.” of cells. Vaughan, a cardiologist, has been studying PAI-1 for almost 30 years. effect of this mutation,” Vaughan says.

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FACIAL EXERCISES FIGHT APPEARANCE OF AGING Facial exercises may reduce some signs of aging, according SPECIMEN BREAD MOLD to a new study from dermatologists at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Researchers found that a group of middle-aged women looked about three years younger after they followed a 20-week facial exercise program. This is the first scientific study to test the premise of facial exercise improving appearance. Murad Alam, vice chair and professor of dermatology, worked with Gary Sikorski of Happy Face Yoga, who trained the study participants in his 30-minute facial exercise routine. Participants — a group of women 40 to 65 years old —learned and performed 32 distinct exercises, each one for about a min- ute. They were instructed to repeat the exercises at first every day and then every other day for five months. Over the course of the 20 weeks, the 16 participants who remained in the study were enthusiastic about their results, finding improvements in almost all of their facial features. An independent panel of dermatologists backed up their personal evaluations, rating their “after” photographs as, on average, three years younger than their “before” photographs. “Now there is some evidence that facial exercises may improve facial appearance and reduce some visible signs of SALLY RYAN SALLY aging,” says Alam. “The exercises enlarge and strengthen the facial muscles, so the face becomes firmer and more toned and MEASURING SUN EXPOSURE shaped like a younger face.” JOHN A. ROGERS WORKED WITH L’ORÉAL TO LAUNCH FIRST-OF-ITS KIND ­WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO MONITOR EXPOSURE TO UV LIGHT.

An engineering professor, working in conjunction with the global beauty company L’Oréal, has developed the world’s smallest wearable device. The wafer-thin, feather-light sensor can fit on a fingernail and measures a person’s exposure to UV light from the sun. The device, as light as a raindrop and smaller in circumference than an M&M, is pow- ered by the sun and contains the world’s most sophisticated and accurate UV dosimeter.­ It was unveiled in January at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “The broader goal is to provide a technology platform that can save lives and reduce skin cancers by allowing individuals, on a personalized level, to modulate their exposure THE FUNGAL JUNGLE to the sun,” says John A. Rogers, the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of New medicines are very Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery. challenging to discover, The device, called UV Sense, has no moving parts or battery, is waterproof and can but they may be hidden be attached to almost any part of the body or clothing, where it continuously measures in the least expected UV exposure in a unique accumulation mode. Users need only to download an app on places. This image their smartphone, then swipe the phone over the device to see their exposure to the sun. shows ­Aspergillus fungi, Rogers’ research group, in collaboration with researchers at the Feinberg School of otherwise known as Medicine, has received a roughly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health common bread mold. Northwestern­ scientists to deploy the fingernail UV sensors in human clinical studies of sun exposure in cohorts study organisms like of subjects who are at risk for melanoma. Here are a few of the Happy Face Yoga exercises: this to come up with new The Cheek Lifter: Open your mouth to form an “O,” and breakthroughs in the field fold your upper lip over your teeth. Smile to lift cheek muscles of drug discovery. This PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST TRUST NEWS MEDIA BUT NOT SOCIAL MEDIA up, then put your fingers on the top part of the cheek before ­image, by Eric W. Roth, Trust in the news media is twice as likely as Americans statements about one’s reli- releasing the cheek muscles to lower them. Lift the cheeks back an electron micros- high across the Middle East to trust mass media; two- gion and beliefs. up, and repeat by lowering and lifting 10 times. copy ­specialist at the but significantly less there thirds trust media from their In the spring, NU-Q will Happy Cheeks Sculpting: Smile without showing your teeth. Northwestern University in social media, according to own country, but only half release the results of a new Purse your lips together, and then smile — forcing the cheek Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experi- Northwestern University in trust news from other Arab study examining changes muscles up. Place your fingers on the corners of the mouth and mental Center’s BioCryo Qatar’s fifth annual survey of countries; and three times as in patterns of news use, slide them up to the top of the cheeks, holding for 20 seconds. Facility, took fourth place media use and public opinion, many Arab nationals think perceptions of news bias and The Eyebrow Lifter: Press three fingertips under each eye- in the annual Northwest- the largest study of its kind in people should be able to attitudes toward free speech brow to force your eyes open. Smile while trying to push your ern Scientific Images the Middle East. publicly criticize the govern- in the region over the last five eyebrows down against your fingers. Close your eyes and roll Contest, sponsored by Among the study’s key ment’s policies than should years, based on surveys con- your eyeballs up to the top of your head, holding for 20 seconds. Science in Society. findings: Arab nationals are be allowed to make offensive ducted by NU-Q since 2013. See more exercises: bit.ly/NUMag_FaceYoga.

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SOFTBALL HURLER CONTINUES MOUND REBOUND KABILLER WINNERS Five Northwestern student-athletes After tearing her ACL twice I had before,” says were awarded the prestigious Irving Kabiller Memorial Award in NO MORE MORAL VICTORIES in high school, pitcher Kaley Winegarner, a junior from October, each earning a $5,000 grant for professional develop- Winegarner wasn’t sure if she Garden Grove, Calif. “Once ment. Human development and psychological services major LAST YEAR’S LATE-SEASON RUN TO THE BIG TEN TITLE GAME HAS BASEBALL could play collegiate softball. I got past that wall, I was able ­Hannah Davison (women’s soccer), journalism and economics HEAD COACH SPENCER ALLEN AND THE WILDCATS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. She had a standing offer to get back to pitching like I double major Jenny Haskel (women’s soccer), biomedical engi- neering major Grace Kelly (cross country), neuroscience major from Stanford, but after used to.” Trust, passion, development. That is the mantra for baseball coach Spencer Allen, who Janet Mao (women’s golf) and economics major Luke Norland the Cardinal had a coach- In her sophomore year, (wrestling) made up the fifth class of award recipients. The has made those characteristics a focus in his effort to turn around a program that hasn’t ing change, she decided to Winegarner had a break- Kabiller Award is a major component of Northwestern’s NU for posted a winning record in nearly two decades. After witnessing Northwestern’s rise to look elsewhere. Her travel through, starting 16 games Life program, which seeks to prepare student-athletes­ for their prominence in other sports, Allen saw an opportunity to build a winner. team coach reached out to and earning a complete-game postcollegiate careers through the Wildcat network. NU for Life “I followed Northwestern, with what Coach [Pat] Fitzgerald has done with his several schools, including win in each of her final four began in 2012 following a generous donation to Northwestern team, saw a guy like Chris Collins, who came from Duke, and I saw the potential that Northwestern, to see if there starts of the year. Athletics by David Kabiller ’85, ’87 MBA, a member of the Univer- this program had,” says Allen, who came to Northwestern from the University of Illinois. was any interest. Head coach She says the key to her sity’s Board of Trustees and a former Wildcat tennis player. Heading into his third season, Allen is already seeing results. The Wildcats are Kate Drohan was intrigued. success was “just trusting coming off their first Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2010, including a run to the “She decided to take a myself and trusting my team tournament’s championship game. The team hadn’t been there since 1984. chance on me, which I am so and knowing that if I get my With a roster featuring veteran leaders and young talent, Northwestern overcame grateful for,” Winegarner says. job done, I’m going to have a a slow start to win 27 games in 2017, the program’s most since 2000 and a huge improve- “Kate put her faith in me and team behind me that can get ment over Allen’s first season, when the team lost a program-record 39 games. my ability to come back.” their job done,” she says. Even as his team struggled, Allen knew that by finding young men who are passionate During her first season with Almost four years after about the game, building trust between his players and coaching staff and developing those the Wildcats, Winegarner her last surgery, Winegarner players on and off the field, the program would succeed — no matter how long it took. appeared in only 15 games. still wants to prove that she’s “I think it’s about patience,” Allen says. “We looked at the run of success that we had She spent most of the year healthy and better than ever. late last season and that truly started in our first year. We didn’t see the results, but the

learning from the junior and “I wanted to be able to PHOTOGRAPHY TIM COWIE © 2017 guys were still working just as hard and were laying that foundation.” senior pitchers, all the while show people that no matter Hannah Kim blasts out of a bunker during the 2017 NCAA Women’s Golf National Championship. Allen’s enthusiasm and belief in Northwestern sold second baseman Alex Erro on battling to overcome the fear how much adversity I had the program. One of Allen’s first recruits, Erro showed flashes of star potential in 2017, of tearing her ACL again. faced, I still had it in me,” starting all but two games and tallying a 17-game hitting streak — the longest for a “Subconsciously I wasn’t Winegarner says. “I am still ON THE UPSWING Northwestern player since 2008. allowing myself to pitch like the pitcher that I once was.” “The new culture and energy he’s brought to the program is exciting,” says the

SENIOR HANNAH KIM SHOOTS FOR MORE RECORDS AS HER STORIED WILDCATS WRESTLING RICHARD IMMEL/USA sophomore from Miami. “Everyone wants to be a part of something that’s coming up, CAREER DRAWS TO A CLOSE. Ryan Deakin, left, won silver at the Junior World Championships. and I think that last season was indicative of that.” While last season was encouraging, the Wildcats aren’t satisfied. Erro says the team Hannah Kim has led the women’s golf team to “accolades and accomplishments that this DEAKIN LEADS WRESTLING’S RISE has set lofty goals, including winning the Big Ten Tournament for the first time in program program has never seen before,” says head coach Emily Fletcher, now in her 10th season Even though redshirt fresh- in his weight class entering history and making the NCAA Tournament, something the team hasn’t done since 1957. at Northwestern. man Ryan Deakin wrestled the 2017–18 season, making Allen says dedication to the team’s mantra will bring that success. “We just have to Kim, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year and 2016 First Team All-American, unattached in his first year him the only freshman in the stay grounded,” he says. “We did have a little bit of success. We have to handle that and holds the lowest career scoring average in program history and has helped the Wildcats to with the Wildcats, he was top 20. make sure that we just stay motivated and don’t lose that developmental­ mindset.” three consecutive top-10 finishes in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships, including motivated to prove his worth The Broomfield, Colo., an appearance in the finals against Arizona State last season. to the team. native has more than met Kim twice won the Mary Fossum Award, given to the Big Ten women’s golfer with “I was just listening to my those preseason expectations the lowest season stroke average relative to par. She also owns the lowest 18-hole score in coaches and working on all so far, taking second place at Northwestern history (64) and the lowest 54-hole score in program history (199), both my stuff,” Deakin says, “I just the Michigan State Open and coming at the 2016 Hurricane Invitational. had to go out there and fight Keystone Classic and third “She’s definitely the most storied player in the history of our program,” Fletcher says. every match and keep believ- for the second consecutive “She’s on the path to having great success as a professional golfer, and I think it’s because ing in myself.” year at the Midlands. With a of the tools and the habits that she created and exhibited here at Northwestern.” Deakin finished the 24-3 record, Deakin had the S. J. CARRERA, INC. CARRERA, J. S. Fletcher calls Kim a “quiet leader,” a player who sets an example for her teammates season on an eight-match second-highest winning per- MUSIC CITY BOWL CHAMPS The Wildcats capped off their to follow. “She leads us best by taking care of her own business, her preparation and winning streak, posting an centage on the team by mid- fifth 10-win season in program history with a thrilling 24-23 performance,” Fletcher says. “I think that sets her apart, draws people in and raises the impressive 19-4 record, the January and had climbed as ­victory over Kentucky in the Franklin American Mortgage Music energy level within the team.” second best on the team. The high as No. 4 in the InterMat City Bowl. Senior running back Justin Jackson rushed for a game- Since Kim arrived in Evanston from Chula Vista, Calif., she and Fletcher have 149-pound wrestler defeated rankings. high 157 yards and two touchdowns, moving into the top 10 worked closely to develop the senior’s game. The duo’s respect for each other has allowed five top-20 wrestlers at the Northwestern started in NCAA history in career rushing yards. Senior Kyle Queiro Kim to flourish, earning First Team All–Big Ten honors three times. 2016 Ken Kraft Midlands the season strong, upsetting picked off Kentucky quarterback Stephen­ Johnson and returned “She has really high expectations for me, but I think that’s what drives me to be a Championships. Wisconsin and Minnesota and the interception for a touchdown, giving the Wildcats a 24-14 better golfer,” says Kim, a communication studies major who twice earned Academic Last August, Deakin won earning a spot in the top 20. fourth-quarter­ lead. Kentucky responded with a field goal and then scored a touchdown with 37 seconds remaining, but North- All–Big Ten honors. “She challenges me, and we’re both looking for improvements in my silver at the Junior World “Northwestern wrestling western’s defense made the stop on Kentucky’s attempted two- swing and my overall game all the time.” Championships in Finland, is on the rise,” says Deakin, point conversion, securing the victory. The Wildcats finished the Kim isn’t satisfied with what she’s accomplished so far in her three-plus years at his first international­ tourna- who is at the core of a young, season on an eight-game winning streak and won back-to-back Northwestern. “I want to beat the records I’ve already set,” she says. “I want that to be ment. As a result, he earned talented squad. “We’re going bowl games for the first time in school history. motivation for my teammates.” a No. 10 InterMat ranking to be turning a lot of heads.” Spencer Allen, right, has Northwestern baseball primed for success in his third season as head coach.

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NU RULES LATE-NIGHT TV

STEPHEN COLBERT AND SETH MEYERS HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF LATE-NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WITH THEIR INTENSE FOCUS ON POLITICS IN THE TRUMP ERA. AND ­ROBIN THEDE GIVES A BITING AND FUNNY BLACK PERSPECTIVE ON POP CULTURE AND POLITICS ON HER NEW SHOW. ALL THREE HONED THEIR COMEDIC AND WRITING CHOPS AT NORTHWESTERN. u by Jenny Hontz

22 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 NIGEL BUCHANAN NIGEL Stephen Colbert was hosting a live TV special on the president and his poli- NU STARS TO SHINE to be an American, and that person gets the highest job in personal. He’s not trying to be political. He’s just speaking Nov. 8, 2016, armed with an arsenal of jokes reflect- cies would be part of our IN A STARRY NIGHT the land, it can be a lonely feeling — that maybe you do from the heart.” ing what nearly all of America expected — the election subject matter,” says not have a community to belong to … . People seem grate- In fact, most of these hosts would bristle at the notion of the country’s first female president. Instead, as the Thede, a Medill School ful that there are shows like ours or Seth’s on the air to put that they’re acting in a partisan manner. “They don’t want vote returns filtered in, he captured — unfiltered and of Journalism, Media, CommFest 2018: April 20–21 the day into some context and make you feel not alone.” to be painted as purely liberal or left wing because that in real time — the disorienting and surreal shock much Integrated Market- Even the affable and typically apolitical host Jimmy does sort of alienate a chunk of the audience,” Schneider of the country was experiencing: “What the f#@% is ing Communications The School of Communication will host a weekend Kimmel, whose ABC show Jimmy Kimmel Live! is says. “They basically shy away from those labels and say happening?” alum. “My show is on ­festival of workshops, master classes, group reunions ­executive produced by School of Communication gradu- they’re just pointing out what’s going on in Washington With no script to rely on, Colbert called the prospect BET and isn’t reli- and exhibits to help alumni rediscover the school, meet ate Jill Leiderman ’93, has been unable to stay neutral and speaking truth to power. And right now, who’s in of Donald Trump’s election “horrifying” and said he might ant on solely bashing the faculty and students — and reconnect with each on the sidelines. Kimmel’s highly personal monologues power? It’s Donald Trump and the Republicans.” burst into tears and scream. “I can’t put a happy face on Trump. Black people other. The weekend’s highlight will be A Starry Night, about his son’s heart condition were credited with help- that. And that’s my job.” largely didn’t vote for a star-studded show featuring the school’s most ing defeat the initial attempts to repeal “Obamacare.” ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING: SOURCE OF SANITY In the 17 months since then, the host of CBS’ The him, so to tell them ­recognized alumni from the entertainment industry And after one of the worst mass shootings in American Colbert, who was never very political during his time at Late Show with Stephen Colbert and his fellow North­ how bad he is for 30 and emceed by Late Show host Stephen Colbert. history, the concert shooting in Las Vegas last October, Northwestern, insists he is not the voice of any political western alumnus host of NBC’s Late Night with Seth minutes isn’t necessary. Kimmel’s heartfelt call for commonsense gun reform movement. “I just want to be clear, we are not members of CHALK TALK WITH STEPHEN Meyers have managed to not only provide post-traumatic And now that being said, For more information on CommFest 2018, resonated with Americans­ frustrated to see no action — a resistance,” he says. “We are alternative programming to Late Show host Stephen comic relief to millions of Americans but also some of the inevitably he does something visit commfest.northwestern.edu.­ other than thoughts and prayers — under Trump and the what is being fed to you out of the White House, what you Colbert fires up the “Figure-It- sharpest political criticism of the Trump presidency, bar egregious every week that must Republican-controlled­ Congress. are seeing on the news every day. We talk about politics, Out-A-Tron” to sift through the none. be addressed and ridiculed.” “It especially resonated because Jimmy generally but this is not a political show. It’s a comedy show that facts and illustrate the Trump “There’s a central character to our news every day doesn’t take on these types of issues, so when he does, talks about what happened today. But that’s not the same administration’s ties to Russian who is constantly throwing red meat to his base, which POLITICS: THE NEW NORMAL FOR it means this is real,” Schneider says. “This is something Continued on page 28 leader Vladimir Putin. gives you something to talk about, and he’s always in LATE NIGHT campaign mode and always controlling the news cycle,” Historically, late-night broadcast TV has played it safe, Colbert says. “That’s one of the reasons it’s been so not wanting to alienate a segment of the audience by ­fertile for people in late night. You don’t have to get out taking sides on serious issues. “Hosts from a different a sieve, shake your way through the news cycle and go, ­generation were really surface in their comedy,” says ‘OK, what are people going to care about today?’ You Medill grad Michael Schneider ’95, executive editor know what it is.” at IndieWire and editor at large at Variety. “They really The constant focus on the day’s Trump headlines focused on the more silly aspects of politicians — how has reinvigorated late-night television, and Northwest- they looked, how they acted. That doesn’t work right now ern is indisputably ruling this newly politicized landscape. because of what’s going on, because of the real issues we’re

“IF HALF OF THE COUNTRY VOTES FOR SOMEBODY YOU FEEL IS THE ABSOLUTE­ NADIR OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN, AND THAT ­PERSON GETS THE HIGHEST JOB IN THE LAND, IT CAN BE A LONELY ­FEELING — THAT MAYBE YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY TO BELONG TO.” STEPHEN COLBERT

­Featuring a satirical blend of news and comedy, Colbert facing and what this administration is actually doing.” ’86, ’11 H and Meyers ’96, ’16 H have launched a relentless “Johnny Carson was edgy, but he certainly never assault on Trump night after night since he was elected — made anyone feel uncomfortable,” says Lou Wallach ’91, a demonstrating that dissent is alive and well in America. communication studies graduate, independent producer “I felt very lucky to have a show where I could talk and former programming executive at Comedy Central. about what I felt watching the [election] returns come in,” “The last thing before you went to bed was sort of nice, Meyers says. “We did make a promise that night to try to not polarizing or provocative. Times are changing. Now keep our eye on the Trump administration, and I think there’s an expectation — dare I say an obligation — to we’ve done a pretty good job of executing on that promise.” be polarizing and provocative, and I think Colbert and Joining the fray last October was comedian Robin ­Meyers do it brilliantly.” Thede, whose new weekly show, The Rundown with Robin These may be politically polarizing times, but left- Thede on BET, was hailed by critics as one of the ground- leaning political satire has proved popular with late-night breaking TV programs of 2017. A former head writer for viewers. Once Colbert started taking on Trump, he over- Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry ­Wilmore, took his more apolitical competitor Jimmy Fallon, host Thede tackles pop culture and politics from a black of NBC’s Tonight Show, in total viewers and significantly ­woman’s perspective. (Read “Robin Thede Works the narrowed the ratings gap among young viewers. Late-Night Shift” on page 26.) “I think the audience is like me: They’re desperate for “My show began 10 months into Trump’s presi- some relief,” Colbert says. “If half of the country votes for

dency, so we started the show knowing that taking on somebody you feel is the absolute nadir of what it means TIMOTHY KURATEK/CBS VIA GETTY IMAGES

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Get ready to clutch your pearls! world-renowned comedy club, to hone her comedy-writing chops, and went on to Medill School of Journalism, Media, write for the Academy Awards, the BET Awards and the NAACP Image Awards. She ­Integrated Marketing Communications made history as a head writer for Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry graduate Robin Thede’s late-night show, The Wilmore and followed that up by writing for Mike Epps, Chris Rock and Kevin Hart. Thede’s contribution to the elite world of late-night talk shows and her place Rundown with Robin Thede, with its mix of as a woman (specifically, a black woman) in this historical space is worth noting. political commentary, black cultural observa- She’s not the first black person to have a late-night show, nor is she the first, the tions and a body roll or two, is quite possibly second or even the third black woman. But she is still pioneering with her debut on the stuff Emmys are made of. BET in a society that has been slow to sustain and renew women in late night. She Need proof? The show was only seven episodes in doesn’t take the role lightly. As her executive producer Chris Rock told the Hollywood from its fall 2017 debut when it ranked No. 8 on Time Reporter, she speaks directly to the roughly 55 percent of the late-night audience magazine’s “Top Ten Moments of Late Night 2017.” And that is largely ignored by other hosts. last December the Hollywood Reporter named The “Whoopi [Goldberg] came before me,” says Thede. “Wanda Sykes has been very Rundown one of the 10 best shows of 2017. helpful. And this is peak TV. There are more hosts than ever before. I’m the fourth Need more proof? Read the funny for yourself. black woman to host and the first to do political satire. I’m just really proud.” Thede tweeted this on Nov. 27, and it perfectly captures­ As for Rock, he threw his support behind Thede early on. He was unable to talk her personality and what she hopes to accomplish with Northwestern magazine for this article, but he heaped praise on her in the with her culturally nuanced political satire: ­Hollywood Reporter piece. “If white people snatched trump for his bologna “I worked with Robin on the BET Awards the year before I did the Oscars and as hard as black people snatched Chrisette Michele thought she was a little too good to be in the writers’ room,” Rock said. “I thought for singing at the inauguration, we wouldn’t be in this she could be in front of the camera too.” mess. WHITE PEOPLE: GET YOUR BOY. IT IS THE ONLY Audiences — and the critics — agree. Thede has seen nothing but WAY OUT.” praise from other celebs and media analysts alike because her mono- Thede’s weekly half-hour hot take on news and logues are culturally astute and legitimately funny. But how does she culture is a lot like that tweet. It includes heaping help- cherry-pick the hottest of hot topics in a lightning-fast, unrelent- ings of funny and, like all things comedic, a pinch of ing news cycle in which presidential Cabinet members seem pain. Similar to Saturday Night Live, The Rundown and to be replaced daily and celebrity men are dropping out of its accompanying podcast touch on topics that we are ­Hollywood hourly due to allegations of every sort? often warned not to talk about at the dinner table, but “I pick stories based on what a black audience wants Thede and BET know their audience. In response, their to hear,” says Thede, from her digs in New York City. “BET audience is giving Thede a big group hug, including gives me a lot of latitude. And because we are a topical­ some love from other Northwestern late-night alums show, I’m preparing right up to the minute before. I Seth Meyers ’96, ’16 H and Stephen Colbert ’86, ’11 H. say a little prayer with my glam squad. I live with “I’ve worked my entire career for this,” says Thede, the material most of the week. My goal is to make whose Midwest beginnings created the base upon people laugh.” which she’s built her celebrity. The Iowa-born grad, And that she does. When Prince Harry who grew up near Davenport, always wanted to be a announced his engagement to Northwestern performer. She went to Northwestern after promis- alum Meghan Markle ’03, Thede immediately used ing her parents that she would get a “real” degree. their impending marriage to great effect. Reimagin- She majored in broadcast journalism and minored in ing the logo for White Castle restaurants, Thede said ­African American studies while also ruling campus in a the upcoming royal union was a Black and White Castle variety of stage plays and performance events. — which it is, given that Markle (like Thede) is biracial. It’s “Medill made me a better writer,” says Thede. “It the kind of joke that resonates with a younger generation trained me. Medill was so formative because I didn’t that sees multiple levels of satire in the reference. That and know I was a writer. I eventually did sitcoms and a focus on musical guests who are breakout stars in the black [other] shows. That Medill education was the founda- ­community make The Rundown stand out in a late-night scene that tion for that.” is already chock-full of talent. She fondly remembers living in Foster-Walker For Thede, it’s no competition. In fact, it’s all family. Meyers featured Complex during her freshman year before moving Thede on his show this past fall. And Thede is friendly with Colbert. off campus. She recalls: “I was so poor, my parents “They’ve embraced me,” says Thede. “I am honored to be a part of this dropped me off with two bucks and said, ‘Make it group of late-night Northwestern alums.” work.’” And she did. She worked a campus job midnight to Adrienne Samuels Gibbs ’99, a Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated 5 a.m. and then turned around and went to class. After ­Marketing Communications graduate, is an award-winning writer and editor who

ISLAND BOI PHOTOGRAPHY graduation she headed to the Second City, Chicago’s pens a regular column for Forbes.com. by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs

26 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 NORTHWESTERN 27 as being part of the resistance. Because then you fall strictly into a camp, monologue — only to have Trump disrupt their best-laid plans at the 11th real time. Last August, when neo-Nazis marched in and what happens if your own resistance is the thing worth making fun hour. “At 4:30, 4:45, he’ll hold an impromptu news conference, and we ­Charlottesville, Va., and one allegedly drove into a crowd NU: Cradle of Comedians of? Then you can’t.” have to throw everything out. We’ve worked all day to create that eight of counter-protestors,­ killing a woman, ­Colbert mocked Nevertheless, many Americans rely on Colbert and Meyers to keep to 10 minutes, and now we have to completely redo it in about 45 minutes. Trump’s condemnation of bigotry “on many sides.” Why has Northwestern generated such a wealth of talent in the late-night news- them feeling sane in an era when basic facts are under assault. That’s really challenging.” “Here’s one thing that’s not difficult to express: Nazis comedy arena? While Stephen Colbert ’86, ’11 H and Seth Meyers ’96, ’16 H cite the “My attitude toward the news every day is to acknowledge the Colbert relies on his training from Northwestern theater professor are bad. The KKK, I’m not a fan,” Colbert said in his influence of professors, and Robin Thede gives credit to the journalism program for ongoing crises and what we think of as our standards and normative Ann Woodworth ’75, ’79 MA to survive the daily grind. (See “NU: Cradle monologue. “If only the president was as mad about neo- teaching her to write, cross-pollination of students and classes in different fields may behavior in our politics, and to point at it and go, ‘Hey, there’s a crisis over of Comedians,” page 29.) “She taught us discipline,” he says. “One of the Nazis murdering people in the streets as he’s been about also be key. There’s also the Chicago factor — the city is a hotbed of comedy clubs and there. Because that norm, that standard, is on fire,’ ” Colbert says. “And things that was sort of drilled into me was to get off yourself and just Hillary Clinton, the New York Times, CNN … .” improv, from Second City to iO Theater to Zanies. I stand as close as I can to the fire, and I go, ‘OK, should we all just agree do the work. If it’s difficult, don’t engage in a personal pity party — just Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether Trump’s “Northwestern has a great theater program, great communications program, that it’s on fire?’ That’s the first crisis. Can we agree on the same reality? ­continue to work. She held us to a higher standard of focus and dedica- presidency itself evolves into tragedy, Colbert says. “It is great journalism program and then a strong political science department,” says Can we all agree it’s on fire? Now, do you think that should be on fire? tion in class, and that returns to me all the time. However you’re feeling certainly a crisis. Something drastic is happening in the Michael Schneider­ ’95, executive editor at IndieWire and editor at large at Variety. That’s debatable, but that it is on fire should not be debatable.” right now about the work or whether you’re achieving or not, the only expectations we have for elected leaders. Something “I remember taking all those classes and also going to comedy shows in Chicago. It’s The relentless pace of news — and the wealth of material Trump way for it to get better is to work more.” strange is happening. That is the challenge, to be able almost like it was the perfect stew for this kind of comedy.” provides — is often difficult for late-night hosts. “Since Donald Trump to name the strangeness every day. But if it really tipped Meyers credits “wonderful teachers” in the School of Communication’s Creative­ has become president, it’s almost as if every day has the urgency of LATE NIGHT: UNCONVENTIONAL NEWS SOURCE over into tragedy, I couldn’t talk about it. We don’t know ­Writing for the Media program. But classes outside of his major also left their mark. a live show,” Colbert says. He and his staff can spend all day writing a Given the president’s behavior, satire may be the best format for com- yet. I think there’s trepidation because people are afraid “I managed to sneak into Paul Edwards’ performance studies classes,” says municating Trump news, and viewers are relying on we are headed toward tragedy — that these crises are ­Meyers. “I also took a War and Peace class I think about all the time, and I took a his- late-night hosts to get their news analysis. “When unresolvable.” tory of Vietnam class that was really memorable. That’s one of the great things about someone’s doing something so outside the boundary Colbert suspects we’ll look back on this moment in Northwestern. You didn’t just show up and take four years of classes about how to lines of what we’re used to, it’s kind of nice to have history “with our heads in our hands. light a film set or how to wire somebody for sound.” comedians who are good at pointing out absurd behav- “I don’t think we’re going to get out of this one Edwards ’72, ’73 MA/MS, director of undergraduate studies in the performance ior,” Meyers says. “Journalists still hold themselves to cleanly,” he adds. But “as long as we can speak our minds studies department, recalls Meyers from his classes on adapting fiction for stage really high standards. But when you have a president and, from a selfish point of view, I can still tell the jokes I performance. “You always felt that kind of wonderful, funny, sarcastic energy — who doesn’t hold himself to any sort of standard, it’s want to, it’s a great country.” somebody who was just on it, who was listening, who was really honed in … . Seth kind of helpful to have low-standard comedians out Professors who helped groom Northwestern’s late- was always a brilliant monologist. And you could already begin to see the seeds of there who are more willing to roll up our sleeves and night talent say these voices of satirical dissent are what that character he did on SNL and that he’s doing now — the kind of hard smile and tell people exactly what we think.” continue to make America great. sarcasm.” Meyers has introduced a segment called “A Closer “I don’t know how to say this without sounding The last time Edwards remembers talking to Colbert before he graduated, they Look” that takes a deep dive into analyzing issues for corny, but I’m just incredibly proud,” says Paul Edwards were “standing in the parking lot at Stateville prison,” he says. “We had gone down seven to 12 minutes. “The thing that’s really exciting is ’72, ’73 MA/MS, director of undergraduate studies in the to see a group called the Geese Theatre that did in-prison workshops with lifers. We the audience has this appetite for content that has, for Department of Performance Studies, who taught Meyers went in, and it was about 150 lifers doing hard time and the Geese Theatre and about lack of a better term, nutritional value,” Meyers says. in four classes and Colbert in one. “I’m proud that they’re 10 cops and us. They were a tough crowd. “The conventional wisdom when we started the show using their public platform as a kind of bully pulpit against “I was just thinking how, back at that time, Northwestern was a great place to was that the key to having something go viral the next a politics that I think we all now realize we can’t afford to be interested in lots of different kinds of stuff,” Edwards adds. “Sketch comedy and day was to keep it really short — the lighter the bet- remain silent about. And I admire the courage with which stand-up and activist theater and traditional theater and mixing RTVF with theater ter. And that’s completely changed. The things most they’re making a certain kind of comedy that’s willing to with various kinds of social muses that you can put performance to.” people consume from our show the next day are the speak back to power. I think that’s terribly important.” Colbert credits Ann Woodworth’s dance and movement class with having a last- longer, more in-depth takes on things that are happen- Given the wealth of comedic material that Trump ing influence. “She really taught us the physical pain of holding prostrations,” he says ing in the world.” has provided, it’s hard not to wonder whether these hosts of Woodworth ’75, ’79 MA. “She’d go for a walk, and when she came back, we’d all have Late-night hosts can deliver the day’s news with- will miss him when he’s gone. Are they secretly hoping not to be in the same positions. Strangely, those kinds of things come back to me as les- out being bound by the conventions of news organiza- only for a full Trump term but another four years? sons on working hard and not focusing on how you might be feeling.” tions to treat Trump with a degree of seriousness his “I’m not so selfish as to want something this impor- What happened outside of class, however, was just as important. Getting cast in behavior often doesn’t warrant. tant to only serve my best interests,” Meyers says. “I think the Mee-Ow Show was probably the most pivotal moment of Meyers’ Northwestern “[Late-night hosts] can simply point out how we’re all anxious. Up to this point, there’s been no perma- career. “I auditioned for it three times and didn’t get in,” he says. “The fact that I got in crazy things are and not fear the traditional journalistic nent moment in American politics, and this will change, my senior year changed the course of my life pursuit.” rules of balance,” Schneider says. “They can call things too. And when it does, it’ll be a fun thing as a show to It was because of Mee-Ow that Meyers had the courage to start “going down out for what they are, and that’s refreshing. That’s figure out what the next chapter is. So if a new political to Chicago­ to take improv classes,” he says. “And because my parents had gone to what people are looking for. These late-night hosts are moment brings in a new moment for our show, we would ­Northwestern and were hip to what Second City was, I would try to go down to see the only ones who are really reminding us that this is be excited about that.” every new show when it came out. That was a show doing political comedy in a way not normal and that they are sharing our pain. And we that I found really interesting.” need to be reminded that it’s not normal.” Jenny Hontz ’93 is a Medill School of Journalism, Media, David Tolchinsky, director of the MFA program in Writing for the Screen and Stage, “I think a lot of newspeople would like to say Integrated Marketing Communications graduate and free- has taught some of the more recent grads working in late-night comedy, including some of the things said in late night,” Colbert says. lance writer in Los Angeles. Zach Basu, a Medill senior from writer/performers Jenny Hagel and Jen Spyra, who succeeded mostly by “ignoring “They have standards. We have no standards. They Darien, Conn., contributed to the reporting on this story. what I said and just trusting their own comic impulses,” he says. (Hagel ’09 MFA is have respectability. We have no respectability. It’s earning a lot of praise for the “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” segment — which tackles gay and really important. It’s important to have no respect- racial issues — on Late Night with Seth Meyers. And Spyra ’12 MFA is a staff writer on ability … . Respectability is the enemy.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.) It’s often said that comedy is tragedy plus “There are certain students I feel like I can mold and shape and give them tools,

LLOYD BISHOP/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAGES time, but late-night hosts have to poke fun at what and then there are some students I’m just like, ‘Well, just don’t break them.’ You can Late Night host Seth Meyers on his set many consider an unfolding national tragedy in make suggestions, but they came in with a very strong vision already.” — J.H.

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The All-or-Nothing Marriage

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES WERE ABOUT MEETING BASIC NEEDS. BUT TODAY WIVES AND HUSBANDS EXPECT MORE: THEY WANT THEIR SPOUSE TO SPUR THEM ON TO BECOME THEIR BEST SELVES.

eli finkel started out thinking he was writing a requiem for marriage. His book was going to be called The Freighted Marriage, a bleak warning that we are demanding so much from our spouses — that they be everything from our best friends to our romantic ideals to our social networks — that the institution of marriage is buckling under the strain. Only a funny thing happened as social psychologist Finkel ’97, director of the ­University’s Relationships and Motivation Lab and one of the nation’s leading marriage researchers, widened his research into the history and sociology of marriage. Modern marriage — at least one kind — was starting to look thrilling. It’s a tale of two marriages — both arising from changes in what we expect, he explained last fall at a Science Cafe, the University’s monthly science talk for the community. In some ways, we are asking less of our marriages than in earlier times. We no longer need a spouse to help us get food, clothing and shelter. But in other, deeper ways, Finkel says, we are asking for much more. We want our spouses to help us lead richer lives, to spur us to become our best selves. As he put it in a September 2017 essay in the New York Times, “Today, we expect our spouse not only to make us feel loved but also to be a kind of life coach.” But such high aims have a downside — they are hard to achieve. Spouses who succeed in meeting them can craft a marriage that soars. But those who fall short — and many do — end up disappointed. Marriage has diverged into two kinds: The “all-or-nothing marriage.” The average marriage is indeed in decline, he told the audience, but “the best marriages may well be the best marriages we’ve seen anywhere.” The Freighted Marriage became The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work (Dutton, 2017) — an account of the divergent kinds of marriage in America and a pragmatic road map to achieving one of the best. The book has brought the 42-year-old Finkel, a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of the New York Times, even further into the general public eye. But his work is firmly anchored in his research field, where he is held in high regard. “Eli is widely recognized as a leader in the field of social psychology, not only because of his pathbreaking research on the nature of human romantic relationships but also because by Barbara Brotman of his methodological wisdom and creativity,” says Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. “He is surely one of the most significant and innovative social psychologists of his generation.”

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO MARRIAGE Finkel says relationship research and counseling have changed in recent years. The focus used to be on how to navigate conflict, but that isn’t the biggest challenge to long-term marriage — it’s boredom.

30 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 NORTHWESTERN 31 As in “the sense that we’re not growing, we’re not changing,” he says. writes, are peaks and valleys. They periodically reach stratospheres of joy history saw plenty of marriages that weren’t simply “We haven’t had sex in a long time; the passion and the interest are gone. and delight, but the rest of the time exist at conventional levels — and for survival. It’s not like we’re fighting; it’s like we’re living with a sibling.” occasionally dip lower into rough patches. Happily, “there are various ways we can try to spice things up a bit, in Not everyone subscribes to the notion of marriage as a path to THE NORTHWESTERN CONNECTION the sexual domain and otherwise,” he says. His book lists a number of them. personal fulfillment. Renowned marriage researcher John Gottman has Finkel’s reputation is international, but his work and Some require meaningful attention and time, but others are so easy he warned that expectations of achieving lofty marital heights can weigh life revolve around Northwestern, where he got his calls them “lovehacks,” simple tweaks that “can provide good bang for the down a marriage with too much pressure. undergraduate degree in psychology. He thrived on buck — notable improvement in marital quality for modest investment.” And New York Times columnist David Brooks, while praising Finkel’s campus energy then — he was social chair of Willard­ A central idea of Finkel’s book is that people want a spouse who will insights and research, criticized the idea as self-centered. Residential College — and still does now. He has further their inner growth. “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has always pointed toward a chilly, served as a faculty fellow of both Willard and the Resi- It’s a view that reflects Finkel’s affinity with psychologistAbraham ­ unsatisfying version of self-fulfillment,” wrote Brooks last September, dential College of Cultural and Community Studies, Maslow, the philosophical father of the self-actualization movement. arguing for a notion of marriage as partners surrendering their individual where he has also been master, now called faculty chair. Maslow wrote that people have a “hierarchy of needs” that form a needs and melding into one unit. “Most people experience their deepest Today he and Alison (who runs the under­ ­triangle. At the bottom are basic needs for food and water. People move sense of meaning not when they have placidly met their other needs, but graduate Reunion Weekend for Alumni Relations and up the triangle to seeking safety, then belonging and love, then self-esteem when they come together in crisis.” Development) live so close to campus that they used — and then at the top to pursuing things like discovering their unique His column sparked an intellectual debate, with humanist psycholo- to put their kids’ splash pool in their front yard so character traits and living accordingly, which he termed self-actualization. gist Scott Barry Kaufman taking to Scientific American to defend Finkel they could watch them while chatting with students In terms of marriage, Finkel sees the concept as a mountain. At the and Maslow. Maslow saw self-actualization as a necessary step before passing by. As the kids got older, the splash pool made bottom are the basic needs people used to want fulfilled in a marriage, like transcending personal needs to serving others, Kaufman wrote. More- way for a lemonade stand. help surviving. At the top are what we want today — qualities in a mate over, he added, surrendering identity can be emotionally dangerous. And it was at Northwestern that Finkel found that will help us toward self-expression and personal growth. Finkel relished the back-and-forth. He thrives on debate and dis- his life’s work, in J. Michael Bailey’s introduction “One of the major theories in my field is self-expansion theory — the agreement, and he put Gottman’s objections in his book — and responded to psychology­ class and in a social psychology class idea that we have this fairly basic motivation to grow as individuals,” he that he sees his point. “Lofty expectations can help us achieve marital bliss, taught by now-emerita professor Joan Linsenmeier says. Studies have found that people say they want a spouse who will help but they can also produce disappointment and resentment,” Finkel wrote. ’76 MA, ’77 PhD. them do so, although they don’t always put it in those words. And having a spouse urge you to reach your life goals isn’t necessarily “I just thought, ‘Is it possible that you can really “One of the major things they list is ‘somebody who brings out the pleasant; some people prefer a marriage offering just love and support. make a living asking questions about relationships best in me.’ That’s pretty close,” he says. The important thing is for spouses to agree on what they want, he and then trying to develop innovative ways to answer The goal isn’t to reach the marital summit and stay there, he says; no says — and if they want to reach for the marriage heights, for them to be them and then teaching about it?’ It sounded sort of marriage can maintain a permanent state of bliss. The best marriages, he willing to expend the time and effort to get there. like almost an impossibly good deal — and it has been.” He can’t imagine a better subject. “Isn’t this what SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE everyone’s interested in?” he asks. “What if you could As a marriage researcher, Finkel is studying the stuff of everyday life figure out what makes a marriage more versus less Lovehacks and More — including his own. His marriage makes several appearances in the successful? What if you could figure out which sort of In his new book, The All-or-Nothing Marriage, Eli Finkel gives book. He writes about how his wife, Alison, endured two nightmar- behaviors would make for a hotter first date?” specific strategies to make marriages better. Here are some ish ­pregnancies, suffering such severe nausea that she was repeatedly After graduating from Northwestern, Finkel did examples. ­hospitalized, and how he found caring for an infant an exhausting change a doctorate at the University of North Carolina­ at in life. He ended up descending into depression — and their marriage ­Chapel Hill and a postdoctoral fellowship at Carnegie­

“lovehacks” plummeted from the mountain summit. Mellon University. In 2003 Finkel returned to North- ILLUSTRATIONS BY NEIL WEBB QUICK TWEAKS THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT EVEN INVOLVING “Things were really rough,” he recalls. “The pregnancy was so bad, western, where he holds appointments in both the A SPOUSE. and I struggled so much during the first year that I decided — and this psychology department and the Kellogg School of was partly the depression talking — I’m going to stop trying to have fun. Management. A much-sought teacher, he holds the which he views the world. Finkel sees relationships as behavior that can be View your partner’s behavior from a generous perspective:­ Because when I try to have fun, when I try to make things great, I just Martin J. and Patricia Koldyke­ Outstanding Teaching Professorship. studied and quantified with the same rigor as physics. If your spouse does something that bothers you, instead of realize the discrepancy between the way life used to be and the way it is.” “He’s fantastic to work with, and he cares a lot about his students,” “I think there are laws or principles that guide how we interact,” he ­concluding that it was because of a character flaw, attribute it They found themselves taking the advice that now informs his book. says Lydia Emery ’16 MA, a fourth-year doctoral student who works with says. “And if there are, then you should in principle be able to develop to a temporary, external cause. For example, s/he was late not “We kind of stopped trying to hit the top of this hierarchy for a Finkel in the lab. “He’s a deep theoretical thinker. It’s fun thinking through ways to study those things in a quantifiable way.” because s/he is a jerk but because there was traffic. while,” he says. “We seriously set aside the aspirational version of our mar- research ideas with him and coming up with creative study designs.” Is the scientific approach an unromantic view of marriage? Actually, Cultivate gratitude: Set aside even a few minutes a week to riage and instead got into a soporific one-foot-in-front-of-the-other state Alison ended up thrilled with the book (which Eli dedicated “to my he says, quite the opposite. deliberately think about the ways a spouse has invested in the where we simply tried to make sure that our kids didn’t stick their fingers wife, Alison, who finds it hilarious that I’m a marriage expert”). And on a “In some sense, marriage is absurd,” Finkel says. “What, you sample marriage. into electrical sockets.” personal level, she pointed out that the traits that make him an insightful experiences together from ages 26 to 28 and say, ‘Perfect! Let’s do it!’ as if Celebrate together: Respond enthusiastically — asking ques- Their children got older (they are now 8 and 5); parenting got easier. researcher also make him excellent company. you really have the information that you need? tions and being engaged — when a spouse tells an achievement. “And slowly but surely, the pleasure comes back,” he says. “He’s a great guest at a dinner party,” she says. “He’s very interested in “We obviously don’t have enough information to make a decision Alison didn’t mind her husband writing about that rough period; what attracts people to each other and what their life experience is like.” of this consequence for 50 years from now. There’s no way that that’s a all-in strategies in fact, she suggested it. “His life and his science are so intertwined; I Their friends sometimes seek Eli’s marital advice, she says, and it’s not so sensible thing to do. So let’s figure out a way to make this work — which MORE SERIOUS INVESTMENTS OF TIME AND EFFORT. thought it was something he should address,” she says. much for his expertise as his empathy. is really what marriage is at its best.” Make time: Set aside significant periods of time with each And she was one of his first readers. “Maybe his harshest critic,” she As for their own marriage, “truthfully, we go through all the same That, to Finkel, is the romance of marriage — the daring notion of other. confesses. “The most common word I used was ‘jargony.’ ” challenges and triumphs as anyone else does,” she says. The two of them throwing rationality to the wind and then committing to making it work. She wasn’t the only family member who was tough on him in early can also use marriage-improving advice the same as anyone else, she says. “I feel like it’s beautiful to say, ‘This stuff we’re about to do is crazy. Go beyond date night: Plan exciting activities. Make a list with reads. “I argued with him about the theme of the book,” says his mother, One time after reading an article that outlined one of his “lovehacks,” “I Let’s do it anyway.’ ” your spouse of things you don’t usually do that you are both will- Candida Abrahamson ’80 MA, ’84 PhD, who, as a relationship counselor, emailed him and said, ‘Why aren’t we doing this?’ ” ing to try and schedule them regularly. addresses marriage from a different point of view. “I think the search In fact, they do practice what Finkel preaches. The “lovehacks” and Barbara Brotman is a freelance writer in Oak Park , Ill., and a former columnist for an authentic self is an elite enterprise.” Moreover, she contends, other strategies are backed by research — and research is the lens through for the Chicago Tribune.

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ast fall, when costume designer Sanja Manakoski was charged with creat- ing a 21st-century version of Don Quixote’s suit of armor for the Glencoe, LIll.-based Writers Theatre’s production of Quixote: On the Conquest of Self, Knight she turned to the knight errant himself for inspiration. “Our Don Quixote is no regular knight,” explains Manakoski ’17 MFA, who recently earned a master’s degree in stage costume design. “For us it was important to visually paint his spirit into the costume. Quixote makes himself a knight by the Vision strength of his own imagination. The same imaginative transformation happened in our creation of his costume.” Manakoski envisioned that the resourceful knight would have put together his suit of armor with things he came across during his journey. So she and her assistant used a grab bag of found objects, old and new, to outfit him on his quest: pieces of old tires, coins, medals, pop-tops, flattened beer cans and a pendant with a photo of Quixote’s beloved Dulcinea. “While some people would see these items as garbage, Quixote proudly wears his own creation,” says Manakoski. “He sees what other people are unable to. For example, if he saw a piece of old tire, he would grab it and use it as protection on his elbow. All the materials we chose are there to serve and protect him on his journey.” They also protected the actor who played Quixote, Cuban-born North­ western theater professor Henry Godinez. Due to the strenuous demands of the role, Mexican director (and co-playwright, with Mónica Hoth) Claudio Valdés Kuri asked Godinez to take acrobatics classes to prepare for the grueling leaps, somersaults and rolls in the production. Manakoski and her team had to design the armor to allow Godinez maximum flexibility for his acrobatic movements and contortions. So they made sili- cone molds that could be painted to look like metal but were lightweight. “Quixote still lives,” says Manakoski, “through inspiring us to design this costume 400 years after Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra created him. This wonderful play gives us a fresh, innovative and contemporary take on the most famous knight errant in the world.”

Above, a self-portrait of Sanja Manakoski ’17 MFA, who designed the costume worn by ­Northwestern theater professor Henry ­Godinez, left, in the lead role of Quixote: On the ­Conquest of Self last fall at ­Writers ­Theatre in Glencoe, Ill. Alexander Ridgers ’17 MFA did the show’s lighting design, and theater professor Billy Siegenfeld was the choreographer. Originally from Serbia, ­Manakoski worked on theater and movie­ ­productions throughout Europe and created the fashion label Klasa in Belgrade before ­relocating to Chicago. This winter she returned to Northwestern to design White, a show directed by Tasia Jones for the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts MFA Lab series. PHOTO BY MICHAEL BROSILOW MICHAEL BY PHOTO

34 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 NORTHWESTERN 35 THIS MAY MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK Reflections STUDENT TAKEOVER OF THE NORTHWESTERN BURSAR’S ­OFFICE. CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY EVA JEFFERSON ­ of a Black PATERSON REMEMBERS WHAT THE UNIVERSITY WAS LIKE BEFORE­ AND AFTER THE SIT-IN AND Student THE ­PROFOUND IMPACT OF THOSE Activist DAYS ON HER LIFE AND CAREER.

IT’S AUGUST 1967. My father is home from a yearlong tour of duty in Vietnam. I have been accepted to Northwestern and am so excited. That ­summer I read an article in Seventeen magazine that says many sororities at Northwestern do not admit Blacks or Jews. This is very disturbing. by Eva Jefferson Paterson That fall, my parents drive me from Mascoutah, Ill., near East St. Louis, to Evanston. I remember putting many of my clothes in one of my dad’s old military foot- lockers. When I arrive at my room in Willard Hall, I am greeted by a girl from California with long, frizzy hair — a sign of things to come. Later that afternoon, a very, very blond girl from Ohio joins us in our triple. She takes one look at me, leaves and spends the night in a hotel. She is later assigned to a single room down the hall. If memory serves me well, I went through rush week but only lasted for three houses. At the third house I was put into what I was later told was the “goon room,” the place for those the sorority had no intention of rushing. After that indignity I retreated to Willard Hall and ulti- mately met the three women who have been my friends for 50 years, Susan Ginsberg Baronoff ’71, Lyda Phillips ’70 and Virginia Dzurinko ’71. I have often joked that the four of us were like one of the groups in WWII movies — the Black, the Southerner, the Jew and the Italian. That first year at NU was mind-boggling and changed me in profound ways. Black students —although I entered calling myself a Negro — met off campus. The ­powers that be did not allow us to meet in on-campus facilities because we were not an officially sanctioned group. Above, Eva Jefferson Paterson,­ North­ Over the course of that year, 1967, and into the new western’s first African American student and momentous year of 1968, discussions turned to politi- body president, addresses the crowd of cal action. Led by graduate student James Turner ’68 ­protestors on Deering Meadow in May 1970. MA and fellow freshman Kathryn “Twig” Ogletree ’71, Right, graduate student James Turner ’68 MA, ’76 PhD, there were calls for militant action. I often felt president of the Afro-American Student Union, out of place because I had grown up in a desegregated Air talks with the media after the Bursar’s Office Force milieu, but the arguments I heard made sense to me. takeover in May 1968. Thirty-eight hours after I was at a student senate meeting on April 4, 1968, the takeover started, the administration had agreed when word came of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassina- to a number of the students’ demands, promising to tion. Chicago and most of the rest of the country burned ­reserve student housing for African Americans and with literal and figurative rage at the murder of the non- to create what is now the Department of African

PHOTOS COURTESY OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN OF COURTESY PHOTOS violent dreamer. American Studies.

36 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 NORTHWESTERN 37 A month later, we took over the Bursar’s Office. so we blockaded Sheridan Road. It seems strange, writing these words, to We gathered in Allison Hall in the wee hours of the morning of May 3 think of what we did back then. Alumni Life and then ran over to the Bursar’s Office. Recently I heard that we had As student body president, I became the focal point for the rallies. 40 YOUR WORLD friends inside the office who allowed us entry. I am sure the statute of Many people praised me for helping to maintain calm. I even persuaded limitations has run out, so I am comfortable telling that tale. Once inside, students to douse their torches and not burn down Lunt Hall, the home 41 CLASS NOTES I cheerfully called my parents and said, “Guess where I am?” They were of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. not amused and told me that if I did not leave, they would cut off financial Years later I was asked to give a speech at the last minute. I was dog- 48 MARRIAGES & UNIONS support. tired, but once I started speaking, a certain energy was created. At the end I talked with James Turner about this, and he suggested that I go out of that speech, I realized that I was drawing on the energy of the audience 54 BIRTHS & ARRIVALS and collect blankets, which I did. That felt very unsatisfactory, so I decided and feeding it back to them. to become an independent person and went back inside the Bursar’s Office. Now when I think back on those days on Deering Meadow, I realize 60 HAPPENING Turner and Twig successfully negotiated with the dean of students that I was channeling the desires of those assembled. We were against the on our behalf, and 38 hours later we emerged triumphantly. The adminis- war. We loved our University. We wanted to take a stand against the law- 62 PASSINGS tration had agreed to a number of our demands, including the creation of lessness of the Nixon administration. We were appalled and frightened what is now the Department of African American Studies and reserved that students much like us were shot and killed at Kent State and Jackson housing for African American students. State. We did not want to create more violence. This may sound ethereal, The following fall, as a result of our militant stance, the University but I truly believe that is why I was able to be an effective leader — I hired Lerone Bennett Jr. of Ebony magazine to teach a course based on reflected the student body for that week. his book Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619–1962. I The strike ended peacefully, and things went back to normal. That get emotional just thinking about what I learned in his class. I had no idea fall I applied to law school at Yale. But the school was not impressed with of the magnificent cultures that had existed in Africa. I had never heard my 19 incomplete credits and declined to admit me. I finished my course- of the Republic of Benin or the ancient Kingdom of Kush. The thought work at Northwestern and in 1972 was admitted to law school at the of my people thriving in vibrant cultures still fills me with deep pride. ­University of California, Berkeley. I graduated in 1975 and passed the bar. (I finally got to go to Africa in 2017 and felt so at home in Kenya.) Since then I’ve worked as a legal services attorney and civil rights This course and the takeover completely changed my self-image. We attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been involved in CHICAGO AND MOST OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BURNED WITH LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE RAGE AT THE MURDER OF THE NONVIOLENT DREAMER. A MONTH LATER, WE TOOK OVER THE BURSAR’S OFFICE.

also learned — and this may have not been a good thing — that we could much impact litigation challenging racism and gender bias. My years at effectuate change really quickly. I think we thought that the revolution ­Northwestern and what I learned about my people and my race gave me would happen that fast. the strength to fight the good fight. Finally, I became my own woman. I stayed in Evanston the summer On a personal level, I derive great pleasure from having gone to of 1968 and shared an apartment with two other Northwestern students Northwestern. I drove down to Pasadena when we were in the 1996 Rose at 2115 Maple Ave. We decided to have a big party, so I went into ­Chicago Bowl. I introduced myself to fellow Wildcat Stephen Colbert ’86, ’11 H to buy a dress and got off at the wrong L stop. I saw a large crowd of when we were both on Amtrak’s Acela train on the East Coast while he ­people and walked toward them. The Democratic National Convention was on The Daily Show. I cheered for our basketball team when we were was taking place in Chicago that August, and I had just inadvertently in the NCAA Tournament last year, and I brag that the soon-to-be wife joined the protesters. I listened to speeches and accepted Dick Gregory’s of England’s Prince Harry, Meghan Markle ’03, is a Wildcat. invitation to walk down to his home on the South Side and have a Coke. Returning to Evanston in May to celebrate the takeover of the Mayor Richard J. Daley had forbidden protesters to march any- ­Bursar’s Office will be great. And the attendant planning has been where near the convention. Well, we marched a few blocks and then got wonder­ful. I learned that I was not the only black student who had come tear-gassed. from integrated schools. I wish I had known that then. Over the years at Northwestern, I became increasingly more radical­ Northwestern opened doors for me. Being there was part of a trans- or progressive. One of the hallmarks of those years was the teach-in, formation that many in my generation experienced. We had come from which involved speeches and presentations outside the classroom on small towns or big cities to Evanston. We were exposed to new ideas and ­various topics. I opposed the war in Vietnam and became a feminist. fellow students with different life experiences. The black student move- In April 1970 I was elected student body president. The next month ment, the antiwar movement and the feminist movement were all coming four students were killed at Kent State University. I flew to Washington, into their own. Being away from home and being able to think for myself D.C., for emergency meetings with other students. When I returned to changed me profoundly. A ROYAL WEDDING Evanston, protest demonstrations against both U.S. military action in For the past 50-plus years I have had the honor and privilege to make There will be a ­Wildcat in Cambodia and the murder of the Kent State students were taking place my avocation my vocation. I can wake up in the morning and read the the British royal family. on Deering Meadow. paper or watch the news and am able to engage with the struggles of our Alumna Meghan Markle There were thousands of people on the meadow. We were appalled day. My years at Northwestern provided the groundwork for my life’s ’03 and Prince ­Harry, who and frightened by what had happened. Students were killed at Jackson­ work. For that I am eternally grateful. Go Cats! ­announced their engage- State in Mississippi later that week. There were iron fences lining ment in ­November, will ­Sheridan Road that we took down. We tried to hand out leaflets to the Eva Jefferson Paterson ’71 is president and co-founder of the Equal Justice ­Society marry May 19 at Windsor commuters going home and were prevented from doing so by the police, in Oakland, Calif., which seeks to transform the nation’s consciousness on race. Castle.

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Thirty-eight hours after the students entered the ’40s ’60s Bursar’s Office, they reached an agreement with the sigmund csicsery ’62 phd of Lafayette, Calif., wrote administration and ended the takeover, ushering in a David Hymes ’41 of Chicago All That I Saw (Zala Films, 2017), which focuses on Reunion Weekend new era for Northwestern. Considered a turning point in celebrated two major milestones Oct. 11–14 the school’s history, the sit-in helped lead to the creation in the fall — his 100th birthday his experiences during the Hungarian ­Revolution Class of 1963, 1968 of the University’s Department of African American and his founding of a Jewish War of 1956 and his time as a prisoner in a Hungarian ­Studies, the opening of the Black House and an increase Veterans post 50 years ago. Four Kay Mikkelsen Cottle ’60 in black student enrollment. generations gathered to celebrate gulag. The book includes stories of his escape from of Brookline, Mass., retired “The takeover of the Bursar’s Office laid the ground- his centennial at the John five years ago after 30 years of work for all of the changes that have gone forth for ­Hancock Building’s Signature ­Hungary with his bride, their immigration to the teaching high school English ­African American students here on campus,” says Sonia Room. A World War II veteran United States and the creation of his new life as a and history. She remembers her Waiters ’89, vice president of the Northwestern Univer- who saw combat and received a best friends at Northwestern, sity Black Alumni Association. “It brought changes that Purple Heart, Hymes has worked scientist in a ­welcoming country. This book follows Nancy Neir Wachs ’60 and Jerry reverberated throughout the Northwestern community.” tirelessly for the betterment of Kirshenbaum­ ’60. Northwestern, in partnership with NUBAA, veterans. For 49 years he has his 2011 ­memoir, Almost A Soldier: The 1945 Diary of a Harry B. Gray ’61 PhD, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sit-in brought doughnuts and played Hungarian­ Cadet (Zala Films). ’84 H of Pasadena, Calif., with numerous public events on the Evanston campus bingo with disabled vets at the presented Carleton College’s­ May 3–4. The commemoration is part of a yearlong Captain James A. Lovell Federal opening convocation in ­celebration at Northwestern that began during Home- Health Care Center. In 1994 prewar atmosphere of the 1930s, R. Gerald “Jerry” Fox ’58, from Lake Forest, Ill., after nearly ­September. A renowned chemist coming and Reunion Weekend in 2017 and will conclude he was elected the Jewish War when her parents played on ’59 MS of Longboat Key, 50 years. They are the parents and recipient of the National in October 2018. ­Veterans’ national commander. teams before stands of cheering Fla., was awarded an honorary of Cheryl Fox Mills ’85 MS and Medal of Science, Gray is the “The commemoration will honor and acknowledge supporters. doctor of humane letters from Steven Fox ’92. Arnold O. Beckman Professor of the amazing strength, courage and accomplishments of ’50s Simon Blattner ’58 of the University of Dubuque. Elaine Fantle Shimberg ’58 of Chemistry and founding director those students 50 years ago,” says Jeffrey Sterling ’85, Sonoma, Calif., celebrated the A longtime board member, he Tampa is happy to announce that of the Beckman­ Institute at the NUBAA’s president. “Additionally, there is an opportu- Reunion Weekend groundbreaking for a nearly chaired the university’s board of her granddaughter, Jordan Kelly, ­California Institute of Tech­ nity to revisit why it occurred and to analyze the success Oct. 11–14 70,000-square-foot residence trustees for six years. He was also started at Northwestern in the nology. His current research and ongoing applicability of what they advocated for.” Class of 1958 hall building for the California a founding director of the Lake fall. Kelly is a third-­generation focus is on sustainable energy. Sterling will participate in a panel discussion with College of the Arts after several County Community Foundation Northwestern student. Patrick Bresnan ’62 MS of President Morton Schapiro and sit-in organizers James Michael L. Weissman ’54 of years of development, permit- and a longtime board chair of a Shimberg’s daughter is Kasey Los Gatos, Turner ’68 MA and Kathryn Ogletree ’71, ’76 PhD. Other Deerfield, Ill., of counsel at Levin ting and planning. The building, community bank in suburban Shimberg Kelly ’85. Calif., is the events include a processional march past significant cam- Ginsburg in Chicago, spoke on scheduled to open in fall 2018, will Chicago. In 1990 Fox founded Roger W. Yost ’58 of Salem, author of the pus landmarks, including the former Bursar’s Office (now “Legal Issues All Community have more than 200 beds in an and headed his own publishing Ore., owns Roger Yost Gallery, college-level called the Office of Financial Operations); the Rebecca Bankers Should Be Monitoring” apartment format. Blattner and company that published books which was voted best art gallery textbook Crown Center, where participants will pause for a candle- at the Risk Management Associa- his wife, Kimberly, are involved and magazines in the inter­ in Oregon and one of the Awakening: An light vigil; and the former and current Black House, which tion’s Annual Risk Management in a variety of volunteer activities national banking field. He retired 25 best galleries and museums Introduction to STEVE BECKER STEVE is located at 1914 Sheridan Road. Conference in Boston. His article and have begun an initiative for a few years ago. He and wife of 58 in the country by American Art the History of Eastern Thought. The Northwestern University Black Alumni Association’s Jeffrey Sterling and Sonia Waiters stand At the Black House, NUBAA will announce a “Perfecting and Maintaining a an affordable housing complex. years, Joyce, relocated to Florida Awards. Yost is also president and The sixth edition was published outside the entrance to the former Bursar’s Office, the site of the 1968 sit-in. memorial to be installed after the building undergoes Security Interest: Tips and Traps CEO of QA Properties, which in August by Routledge. Bresnan planned renovations. Considered a key outcome of the for the Unwary” was published in owns and manages four historic also created a companion website takeover, the Black House will also feature exhibits from the September RMA Journal. landmark buildings in downtown for the text. COMING TOGETHER the black archives — a new initiative by North­western Joan Pursley Mayer ’55 Salem and art galleries in Salem James K. Bornzin ’63 of University Libraries in cooperation with NUBAA of Lexington,­ Ky., wrote Of and on the bay front in Newport, ­Silverton, Ore., studied engineer- FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE 1968 BURSAR’S OFFICE TAKEOVER, A ­COMMEMORATION to document and celebrate the black experience at Family and Place: A Memoir Ore. In 1998 Yost retired as ing at Northwestern but became a OF THE HISTORIC EVENT WILL LOOK AT THE PAST AND TO THE FUTURE. Northwestern. (CreateSpace, 2016), a carefully vice president of marketing for Lutheran pastor, serving congre- Other highlights will include the premiere of a film researched history of genera- Jantzen after 33 years. His career gations in Washington, Oregon In the early morning of May 3, 1968, approximately 100 African American students documentary and musical and theatrical performances. In tions of her family. Her ancestors included a stint as a sports editor and Illinois. He retired in 2013 entered Northwestern’s business office, chained the doors and posted a sign on the addition, NUBAA will honor 50 people who have made a include Col. Abraham Bowman for the Chicago Sun-Times and and enjoys writing, scissor-cutting revolving door: “Closed for business ’til racism at NU is ended.” positive impact on the African American community at of the Revolutionary War, a five years with the advertising and occasional preaching assign- Prepared to occupy the building at 619 Clark St. until the University met their Northwestern. comrade of Gen. Lafayette; and agency J. Walter Thompson. ments. Bornzin also designed demands, the students wanted an African American studies course, a black student union “The commemoration is going to be historical and John Bryan Bowman, who was Johnnetta B. Cole ’59 MA, and helped build his hexagonal and other measures meant “to counteract the physical, emotional and spiritual strains we emotional, and not just for the participants or the ­African instrumental in the merging of ’67 PhD, ’92 H of Alexandria, home, which has views of Mount have been subjugated to,” as they had written in a petition to University administrators American students but for the entire Northwestern Transylvania University and Va., was named a senior consult- St. Helens and Mount Rainier. nearly two weeks earlier. ­community,” says Waiters, who expects many of the sit-in the University of Kentucky. ing fellow with the Andrew W. In 2009 he wrote his first novel, Against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, student activism was spreading participants to return for the anniversary. “It is meant to Her father, William Fauntleroy The Music City Bowl showdown between Northwestern and Mellon Foundation after retiring Terror at Trinity (iUniverse). on college campuses across the country. The takeover occurred less than a month after be a coming together in celebration of all this University ­Pursley, was the Iroquois Hunt ­Kentucky stoked a Petersen family rivalry. Northwestern senior as director of the Smithsonian Richard McMahon Jr. ’63 of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A similar demonstration that same week at is, can and will be.” Club’s master of the hounds, Nick Petersen, a member of the men’s swimming and diving team at National Museum of African Art. River Forest, Ill., a retired U.S. Columbia University in New York had turned violent and elevated tensions at North- and her mother, Charlotte, was Northwestern, and his sister, Allie, a member of the women’s swim- Earlier in her career Cole was Army colonel, maintains a home western. Soon after the takeover began, the entrance to the Bursar’s Office filled with Learn how to participate in the commemoration at field master for 38 years despite ming and diving team at Kentucky, both swam at a four-school meet president of Spelman College in the Philippines, where he does hundreds of protesters, onlookers and the media. But the students remained peaceful northwestern.edu/bursars-takeover. a serious injury. Mayer writes in ­November at Southern Illinois in Carbondale. Pictured from left, and Bennett College (see “All the World War II research for part of in their protest as negotiations continued over changes to black student admissions, of Iroquois Hunt Club polo Chuck Petersen ’83, Gerald Petersen ’57, ’74 CERT, Allie Petersen, Presidents — Men and Women,” the year. McMahon is also a Red financial aid, housing, curriculum and other areas. games in Lexington and the Carol Krametbauer Petersen ’56 and Nick Petersen. fall 2007). Cross volunteer. He interviews

40 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 NORTHWESTERN 41 Class Notes ALUMNI LIFE irv cross ’61 of Roseville, Minn., wrote Bearing the story about her childhood in CLASSMATES DECODED 1950s South Africa. ­ MY NORTHWESTERN DIRECTION Cross: My Inspiring Journey from Poverty to the NFL Stephen Rohde ’66 of Los Angeles wrote “Presidential and Sports Television (Sports Publishing, 2017). His Power vs. Free Press,” which Here are the designations we use throughout was published in the Los Angeles Northwestern magazine to identify alumni. memoir details his remarkable rise from hardscrabble Lawyer magazine in October. For undergraduate alumni, we use only the class year beginnings in Hammond, Ind., to the National Foot- It examines President Donald regardless of school or degree: Trump’s attacks on the news ball League and a pioneering career in sports broad- media in the historical context JOE WILDCAT ’91 All Roads Point to casting, where he became the first African American of similar conflicts during the For graduate degree holders, we use the class year and Adams, Lincoln, Wilson and Northwestern degree: to work as a full-time sports analyst on television. Nixon administrations. Rohde also reviewed three new books, JANE WILDCAT ’91 MS Cross, Northwestern’s 1961 Male Athlete of the Hitler’s American Model, Enhanced By Bill Savage ’88 MA, ’92 PhD Double- or dual-degree holders: Year in football and track, played for nine seasons Interrogation and Free Speech, in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences college adviser the Los Angeles Review of Books. JOE WILDCAT ’91, ’99 PHD and associate professor of instruction in English in the NFL and made two Pro Bowl appearances Bruce M. Bingman ’67, JANE WILDCAT ’02 MA, ’05 JD ’71 PhD of JANE WILDCAT ’12 JD, MBA before he joined the groundbreaking NFL Today Annapolis, show in 1975 with former Northwestern classmate Md., is chief Here’s the list of degrees granted by Northwestern: physicist for My academic career trajectory has been like Sheridan One thing that driving on Sheridan Road will teach Brent ­Musburger ’61. In 2009 Cross received the Pro the U.S. Navy’s Road: lots of twists and turns but eventually ending up you: be ready to shift gears. The move into administra- AuD Doctor of Audiology ­Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Nuclear in Evanston. I did my undergraduate degree at Loyola, tion was a major career change. I would continue to DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery Propulsion on Sheridan Road in Rogers Park. When I came to teach and conduct research, but my primary daily work Award. Over the last 15 years he has been a member of Program. In October he received Northwestern to work on my PhD, I joked that I planned became advising undergraduates on a wide range of DMA Doctor of Music the 2017 Reactor Technology to just continue northbound on Sheridan, aiming to get academic, professional and personal matters. This DPT Doctor of Physical Therapy the NFL Retired Players Association. Read the School Award from the American a job at Lake Forest College next. wasn’t precisely what I had gone to grad school to do. EdD Doctor of Education of Education and Social Policy’s Q&A with Cross at Nuclear Society for contribu- The metaphoric road of scholarship, I soon discov- But I adapted and happily discovered that the rewards tions in the areas of numerical ered, was not so linear. I came to Northwestern to write of advising are like those of teaching: contact with smart GME Graduate Medical Education bit.ly/Irv_Cross. analysis and nuclear cross-section a dissertation about my favorite Chicago author, Nelson young people, discussions about things that matter and (Medical Residency or Fellowship) research. He was recently on the Algren, to argue that his novel The Man with the Golden developing ongoing relationships that evolve over time. H Honorary clients and computes financial aid Roger G. Fein ’65 JD of completes an informal trilogy of Navy team for the shipbuilder’s Arm was unjustly neglected and actually could be con- My career at Northwestern has also been charac- JD Juris Doctor and other services. Northbrook, Ill., retired as a Ferris’ documentation of the acceptance trials of the USS sidered a Great American Novel. terized by how professional relationships evolve. My Michael Sellers ’63 of Los judge of the Circuit Court of South’s tumultuous 20th century. Ford, the first newly designed That didn’t happen. In my coursework with Carl mentor, Carl Smith, became my colleague as we taught LLM Master of Laws Angeles, a pianist who has an Cook County in December 2016. In the fall he spoke on Southern aircraft carrier in 40 years. Smith, Jerry Graff, Ken Warren, Christine Froula, Jules together. That first year when I covered his classes, one MA Master of Arts active teaching and perform- Fein received the Jewish Judges photography at the University of Tom Engel ’67 MS of West Law and others, I became more interested in the ques- of the teaching assistants was Liz Fekete Trubey ’96 MA, MA/MS Master of Arts/Master of Science ing schedule, embarked on his Association of Illinois’ Special Southern Mississippi and at the Newton, Mass., works full time tion of how the whole process of canon formation over- ’02 PhD. She joined the advising office a year after I did, 34th European concert tour in Recognition Award at the asso- opening of an exhibition of his at his lodging firm, T.R. Engel lapped with the processes of interpreting narrative, and and now she’s assistant dean for advising, essentially MBA Master of Business Administration November. Sellers had recitals in ciation’s 15th annual installation photographs in the Atlanta Group. He enjoys distance with aspects of material literary culture, like bookstores my boss. Roads curve, things change. MD Doctor of Medicine Paris; Amsterdam; and London, dinner in September. Historical Society’s Margaret cycling in Italy and returning to and book cover design, especially the tawdry paper- But some things do remain the same: I am still inter- MEM Master of Engineering Management Bristol and Bournemouth, William R. Ferris Jr. ’65 MA Mitchell Home. Northwestern for football games. backs of the 1950s. Almost accidentally, I had become a ested in Chicago’s literature, history and culture, and the ­England. Last May he performed of Chapel Hill, N.C., is the Joel R. Dennis W. LaBarre ’65 of John R. Malott ’67 of cultural theorist rather than a literary critic. flexibility of the advising position has enabled me to con- MEM MBA Master of Management in Manufacturing his third recital at New York Williamson Eminent Professor Cleveland received the Cleveland ­Alexandria, Va., received Then the bump in the road came, as I completed my tinue that research and writing. My experience in the bar MFA Master of Fine Arts City’s Lincoln Center. of History and senior associate Orchestra’s Distinguished ­Service Japan’s Order of the Rising doctorate just about the time that the bottom fell out business came to scholarly fruition with my annotated MMus Master of Music Laurence Senelick ’64 of director of the Award in October. He was elected Sun at a reception in October of the job market in the early ’90s. After several years edition of George Ade’s The Old-Time Saloon. My class Medford, Mass., the Fletcher Center for to the orchestra’s board in 1987, in Washington,­ D.C. Malott, a of part-time teaching and unsuccessful searches, I on baseball literature helped me get a gig writing about MMGT Master of Management Professor of Drama and Ora- Study of the served as president from 2009 to former director of Japanese affairs was pondering a career in the only other work I had any the Cubs’ 2016 championship season for ESPN.com. I MMS Master of Medical Science tory at Tufts University, wrote American 2016 and was named board chair- at the State Department and aptitude for or experience in: bartending. am currently working on a book on how quirky details MPD Master of Product Development Jacques Offenbach and the Making South at the man in 2016. U.S. ambassador to Malaysia, was But then Carl Smith got some huge grant on short of Chicago’s street grid tell deep historical truths about of Modern Culture (Cambridge University of Rachel Odhner Longstaff ’66 awarded the order for his contri- notice, and Barbara Newman, then chair in English, the city. This book, tentatively titled The City Logical:­ Or MPH Master of Public Health ­University Press, 2017). He North Carolina of Land O’ butions to U.S.–Japan relations. contacted me to see if I could step in for a year to cover Why Daniel Burnham Is Way Over-Rated (the subtitle may MPM Master of Project Management also published From Marriage at Chapel Hill. Ferris, chairman of Lakes, Fla., Marta Holsman ­Babson his course load. I may or may not have shouted some- need tweaking), will include a chapter about Sheridan MPT Master of Physical Therapy to Divorce: Five One-Act Farces the National Endowment for the wrote In the ’68 of Chicago and her sister, thing to the effect of “Hell, yes!” but, indeed, I could cut Road as a reminder of class conflict in Chicago history. of Marital Discord (Broad- Humanities from 1997 to 2001, Shadow of ­Henrietta Holsman Fore, back on my bar shifts and do so. Glad to help out. MS Master of Science Despite its bucolic suburban feel, the road was built to way Play Publishing, 2017), a published The South in Color: A the Dragon’s attended the award ceremony That year’s visiting assistant professorship contin- allow federal troops from Fort Sheridan to get to Chicago PhD Doctor of Philosophy translation of plays by Georges Visual Journal (University of Back: A Young for the Chairman’s Trophy at ued until I was unsubtly nudged to apply for a position quickly if civil unrest needed quelling. SJD Doctor of Juridical Science ­Feydeau. ­Senelick was inducted North Carolina Press, 2016). American Girl the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours in the newly created advising office in the Weinberg I now work in an office at 1908 Sheridan Road. into the College of Fellows of With his two previous books, in South Africa During the Early CERT Certificate d’Elegance. Their grandfather’s ­College of Arts and Sciences. I did so and began my Everything about my Northwestern direction, it seems, the American­ Theatre at the Give My Poor Heart Ease and Years of Apartheid (Culicidae invention, the 1904 Holsman work as a college adviser in the fall of 2003. comes back to this meandering thoroughfare.

­Kennedy Center last April. The Storied South, his newest book Press, 2017). It is a coming-of-age Runabout, received the coveted MORSER BRUCE

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prize. Babson enjoyed sharing Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Guam to teach at the university the story of her grandfather, Professor of Political Science and and complete her doctorate. She Henry K. Holsman, with auto- a professor of political science in writes, “I owe my love of teaching mobile enthusiasts from around the University of Michigan’s Col- to the great Ivor Wilkes and the world. lege of Literature, Science and the ­Herman Bell ’66 MA, ’68 PhD, Stanley “Tex” Banash ’68 Arts and a research professor in who guided me through many of Chicago UM’s Center for Political Studies. adventures in African history received a copy He received a Distinguished and the study of hieroglyphics.”­ of HR 184, Faculty Achievement Award in ­Griffin’s parents, Robert V. Cave which he October. Tessler is considered a ’44 and June Ramser Cave ’45, initiated, global authority on public opinion both attended Northwestern. drafted and in the Arab world. His Arab Louis Silverstein ’70 PhD of arranged to Barometer public opinion surveys Evanston retired from Columbia have introduced in the Illinois have been hailed by Foreign Policy College Chicago in May. During House of Representatives by as the gold standard. his 42 years at Columbia, he Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe. served as dean of the college, HR 184 was passed near the close Ernie Adams ’75, left, and Mark Price ’94 have lead roles on the ’70s president of the faculty organiza- of the 2017 regular House session. NFL’s New England Patriots. Adams is director of football research, tion and chair of the college The resolution encourages while Price serves as head team physician and medical director. Reunion Weekend assembly. Silverstein also devel- increased playing of “Illinois,” the Adams and Price display their rings at the team’s 2017 Super Bowl Oct. 11–14 oped and directed the Columbia state song, at special events at ring celebration in June 2017. Class of 1973, 1978 College Oral History Project. His schools in the state university most recent book is Encountering system and at official government by resolution-enhanced infrared received the Bicentennial Faculty Bill Galler ’70 of ­Redmond, Life’s Endings (Xlibris,­ 2009). functions. Illinois is celebrating spectroscopy. Now he is doing Governance Lifetime Achieve- Wash., is active with National Deborah Hayes ’71, its 200th anniversary in 2018. genealogical research into his ment Award in October. Under Popular Vote, which advocates ’73 MA/MS of Centennial, Kendra Haines ’68 of Saco, Byler and Birkey forebears. his leadership as director of the for the election of the U.S. Colo., retired in July from the Maine, is a sculptor and designer Charles F. Koopmann Jr. pediatric division of the depart- president by the national popular University of Colorado at who works under the professional ’69 MD of Ann Arbor, ment of otolaryngology–head vote result. ­Denver School of Medicine, name Kendra Ferguson. The Yale Mich., professor emeritus of and neck surgery, the division Dianna Cave Griffin ’70 of where she was a professor of University Art Gallery recently ­otolaryngology–head and neck became renowned for exceptional St. Charles, Ill., returned to physical medicine and rehabilita- acquired her sculpture Också for surgery and professor emeritus patient care, teaching and fellow- Rough Rock Community School tion, and from the Children’s its permanent collection. It is a of pediatrics and communicable ship training. on the Navajo Nation Reserva- Hospital Colorado, where she large vertical sculpture fabricated diseases at the University of Mark A. Tessler ’69 PhD tion, where she did her student was chair of audiology, speech of 750 pounds of maple wood Michigan’s School of Medicine, of Ann Arbor, Mich., is the teaching. She plans to return to pathology and learning services. mounted on two steel plates. Her She held the Kelley Family/ sculptures and drawings are in bob schooler ’70, ’74 ms of Schlessman Family Scottish Rite the collections of the Museum of Masons Chair in Childhood Modern Art, the Metropolitan ­Lakeway, Texas, retired in 2011 Language Disorders at Children’s Museum of Art and Boston’s Hospital. Her career, spanning Museum of Fine Arts, which after a career in hospital and health 34 years in Denver and a decade awarded her the Maud Morgan care planning and development. at the Methodist Hospital and Prize for Sculpture. Haines Baylor College of Medicine, received two grants from the In April 2017 he hiked 119 miles to has focused on audiology. That ­Pollock Krasner Foundation for the Mount Everest base camp with foundation, she writes, was laid at her work. She has two daughters Northwestern. and three grandsons. She is look- National Geographic Expeditions. Manfred Philipp ’71 PhD of ing forward to her 50th reunion The day after reaching base camp he climbed 18,514- Scarsdale, N.Y., was elected presi- There’s a beauty that flows in a neighborhood of next year. dent of the Fulbright Association. possibilities. A radiant tapestry woven together David M. Byler ’69 MS, foot Kala Patthar. Schooler goes on annual hiking His term began in January. ’74 PhD of Lititz, Pa., retired Michael Fischer ’72 MA, by a natural sense of community. It’s unique from teaching at the Community trips to Big Bend National Park and the east side of ’75 PhD of and pure, adding depth and detail through the College of Philadelphia in August San Antonio balance and comfort it provides. It draws us 2016 after 12 years on the faculty. Glacier National Park, where he completes Class 3 was named Byler also spent 12 years at the climbs and does volunteer trail maintenance with the the inaugural together, invites us to linger. It enlivens the soul. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Janet S. Dicke Eastern Regional Research National Park Service. He is a docent with the Lady Professor Experience retirement living at Three Crowns Center in Wyndmoor, Pa., in Public Park in one of America’s best neighborhoods. where he had the opportunity Bird Johnson­ Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, in Humanities at Trinity University. to share in innovative research ­addition to leading outings with the Austin Sierra Club Fischer, an English professor and developments for examining the an authority on modern literary 2323 McDaniel Avenue • Evanston, Illinois secondary structure of proteins and volunteering with Friends of the Parks in Lakeway. criticism, was Trinity’s vice (847) 563-4855 • www.threecrownspark.com 44 NORTHWESTERN SPRING 2018 Class Notes ALUMNI LIFE

president for academic affairs Stephen Schuller ’73 of Dallas, firm, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Ring: Football president, Trees: Alfred Russel Wallace in the public and other innovative Since 1984 she has been the from 2000 to 2016. His research an attorney at GableGotwals, was Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, and Faith: board member, California (CreateSpace, 2017), programming to help bring the principal at Janet Kafka and and teaching interests focus on named to the 2018 Best Lawyers was selected as a Refuge in a program chair which chronicles for the first community together. Under Associates, a firm specializing English Romanticism, the history in America. Schuller was honored 2017 New York Troubled and committee time the 1887 California sojourn her leadership, the San Diego in marketing communications, of ideas about literature and for his work in energy law, land Super Lawyer. Time (JALA member. He of Alfred ­Russel Wallace, who Symphony set a record for tickets branding and public relations for philosophy, and defenses of the use and zoning law, and real estate He served as Publishing, has performed conceptualized with Charles sold, revenue and subscriptions. businesses from Spain. humanities. litigation and law. co-chair of 2017). It is the at NFA Darwin the “survival of the fit- She and her husband, William Ora Hirsch Pescovitz ’78, Susan Tiholiz Keating ’72 Hollis Thoms ’73 MMus of the annual story of a championship football conventions since 1980 and test” cornerstone of evolution. Gilmer ’80 MMus, have three ’79 MD of Carmel, Ind., and of Vero Beach, Fla., former Frederick, Md., a composer and Harboring season that became a refuge for initiated and coordinates the Gregory A. sons. her daughter, Naomi Pescovitz­ president and CEO of the educator, had the premiere of Hearts benefit, which raised young baby boomers whose convention’s annual Remem- Fontaine ’78 Janet Pollman Kafka ’78 of ’09 of Minneapolis were National Foundation for Credit his Luther opera, “And Did the more than $350,000 for the heart ambition was tempered by the brance and Healing Concert. of Minneapolis Dallas has served as honorary featured in the Marilyn K. Glick Counseling, was named CEO of World with Devils Swarm, All transplant support organization. social turmoil of the late 1960s. Pope is emeritus professor of was named a consul of Spain since 1997. In Women’s Enrichment Series at the WomenCorporateDirectors­ Gaping to Devour Us … .” A heart transplant recipient, Castellano spent most of his flute at the University of Akron partner at honor of Kafka’s 20 years of the Indianapolis­ Propylaeum Foundation, the largest organiza- It was performed twice in Tisman is an active volunteer for professional career as a business and an instructor of flute at the Stoel Rives service to Spain, Linda P. and in October. They spoke about tion of women board members November, first at the Bach LiveOnNY and the Long Island executive at Anheuser-Busch. Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. in the firm’s William A. Custard and the their steps toward success in the globally. Concert Series at St. ­Stephens Chapter of Transplant Recipients He and his wife, Lyn, have two He released a solo CD, Some environmental, land use and Meadows Foundation made a medical and television journalism Paul F. McCleary ’72 MA ­Episcopal Cathedral in Inter­national Organization. married children and a grandson. Measures for Living, in 2016. natural resources group. His gift of 25 historic Salvador Dalí fields and how they have negoti- of Tempe, Ariz., was named a ­Harrisburg, Pa., and then at Philip Zazove ’73, ’74 MS, Honorio T. Benzon ’75 GME William J. practice focuses on mining, lithographs, titled Aliyah (1968), ated their relationship through ­lifetime achiever by Marquis Christ Lutheran Church Inner ’94 MBA of Ann Arbor, Mich., of Chicago, an anesthesiolo- Rogers ’75 JD minerals and other heavy to the collection of the Meadows the growth of their careers. Ora, Who’s Who. For more than Harbor in ­Baltimore. The is chair of family medicine at the gist at Northwestern Memorial of Wilmette, industries. Museum at Southern Methodist a pediatric endocrinologist, is 60 years he held a number of 50-minute work was written University of Michigan, one of Hospital for more than 40 years, Ill., a partner Martha Schmaling Gilmer University. Linda Custard and president of Oakland University. executive roles within religious to commemorate the 500th the top five family medicine pro- Tom Essig ’74 of Olympia Fields, Ill., enjoys spending time with was presented the Albert Nelson at Swanson, ’78 of San Diego is CEO of the Kafka serve on the museum’s Naomi was the weekend anchor and children’s organizations. anniversary of the nailing of the grams in the country, according his granddaughters, Emma and Avery. Essig earned an under- Marquis Lifetime Achievement Martin & Bell, San Diego Symphony Orchestra. advisory council. Kafka was at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis Leo Gordon ’73 MD of Los 95 Theses to the church door and to U.S. News & World Report. He graduate degree in physical therapy from the Feinberg School of Award by Marquis Who’s Who. was elected the Her passion is to bridge the gap elected and served two terms as before moving to KMSP-Fox 9 in Angeles, senior consultant in is scored for soprano, baritone, is also president of LTZ Founda- Medicine and in 1976 co-established Physical Therapy and Sports George Pope ’75 MMUS 2017–18 president of the Society between San Diego community dean of the Consular Corps of Minneapolis-St. Paul, where she clinical surgery at the Surgery mixed choir, oboe, violin, horn, tion which provides college Injury ­Rehabilitation. For 35 years Essig owned and operated the of Akron will receive the 2018 of Trial Lawyers, an invitation- members and the symphony’s Dallas–Fort Worth, beginning in is an anchor and reporter. Group of Los Angeles, achieved cello, organ, marimba, rototom scholarships for deaf and hard of outpatient rehabilitation service — which now has five locations Distinguished Service Award only group of defense and musicians, board, staff and other 2006. In 2004 she was decorated Sandra Ludig Brooke ’79 the rank of professor of surgery at and bass drum. hearing students. in Chicago’s south suburbs. He’s now a consultant. He and his wife from the National Flute Associa- plaintiff lawyers in Illinois. cultural leaders. Gilmer has by King Juan Carlos I with the of West Windsor, N.J., became the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Russell G. Tisman ’73 of Joe ­Castellano ’74 of St. Louis, have a son, Brian, and two daughters, Elissa and Christa. tion at the NFA convention in Salvatore Manna ’76 of helped to implement citywide prestigious Encomienda de la the Avery Director of the in July. ­Melville, N.Y., a partner at the law published his memoir, Bull in the August. He has served as NFA ­Burson, Calif., wrote Glorious celebrations, free concerts for Orden de Isabel la Católica. Huntington Library in January.

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Apr 14 May The Arts Together – 26–27 Aug 12 For a schedule of events, visit artscircle.northwestern.edu Hank Willis Thomas: Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Unbranded Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 2 Music, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Left: Hank Willis Thomas, Bounce back to normal (1933/2015). Art Exhibition, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Block Museum and Millennium Park Center: Justin Barbin. Right: Noah Frick-Alofs.

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experiences at Northwestern Not Stigma,” published in the the Way for Others (InterVarsity in Pittsburgh in September. MARRIAGES & UNIONS University, where he comes out Chicago Defender in October. Press, 2017) with Abu Atallah. Her focus is on promoting the ­ ALUMNI IN ACTION as a gay man. Richard A. Huot ’82 DDS Van Til helped Atallah tell his museum’s science, technology, Thomas R. Rocklin ’80 MS, of Vero Beach, Fla., CEO of story of conversion from Islam engineering and math programs All dates are in 2017 unless otherwise noted. ’81 PhD of Iowa City retired in Beachside Dental Consultants, to Christianity. for students and professional- July as vice president for student was voted second vice president Barb Dill-Varga ’83 MA of development opportunities for Larry Irving ’76 THOMAS R. ROCKLIN ’80 MS, ’81 PHD of Iowa City to life at the University of Iowa. of the American Dental Asso- Pebble Beach, Calif., relocated educators. Barbara McFadden Allen, Oct. 14 He is a principal in McFadden,­ ciation. Huot has served as a from Park Ridge, Ill., to Califor- Thom Disch ’83 MBA of Rocklin and Associates, providing delegate to the ADA House of nia to become the superintendent Lake Bluff, Ill., wrote Stop the Alumni Regent for Washington, D.C. DAVID CHALIAN ’95 of Washington, D.C., to Justin Tyler consulting services to higher Delegates and past president of of schools for Carmel Unified Slip: Reducing Slips, Trips and Falls Bernstine, in Palm Springs, Calif., Nov. 4 education. He married Barbara the Maine Dental Association. School District. From 2009 (Stop the Slip, 2017). Disch spent In September 1993 the U.S. fed- McFadden Allen in October. Steve Sheffey ’82, ’86 JD to 2017 she had been assistant more than two years researching eral government laid out the first SCOTT M. CURCIO ’00 of Chicago to Bryant Christopher They were both previously of Highland Park, Ill., became superintendent for curriculum and writing the book, which offers ­regulatory framework for an emerging Ross, in Kennebunk, Maine, Sept. 23 ­married and had lost their Chicago senior vice president of and instruction at Maine Town- practical advice on preventing technology now known as the inter- spouses to cancer. Bluelight Strategies, a Washing- ship High School District 207. fall injuries. He is CEO of Handi net. In the report, Larry Irving ’76, AVITAL EVEN-SHOSHAN ’05 JD of New York City to Lorinda Ash ’81, ’82 MS of ton, D.C.–based strategic com- Her husband, Steve Varga, is Products Inc., which develops, then-assistant secretary of commerce Marc Perlman, in Philadelphia, March 18 New York City writes that her munications firm, in October. He retired. Their son, Alex, works manufactures and distributes slip- for communications and information son is a first-year student at publishes the weekly Chicagoland and-fall prevention products. for the Clinton administration, and IAN DOUGLASS ’06 MS to TEISHA LIGHTBOURNE ’12 of for Creative Artists Agency in Durham, N.C., in Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 7 Amherst College and her daugh- Pro-Israel Political Update. Los Angeles. Carole Morey his co-authors predicted the age of ter is a junior at Spence School in Kent A. Van Til ’82 of Holland, Madelyn Dinnerstein ’83 ’83 of Forest­ the smartphone. JEFFERY POTTER ’06 of New York City to Lauren Brooke Manhattan. Mich., is a lecturer in religion at of Pittsburgh became senior Park, Ill., is “Imagine you had a device that Schorr, Nov. 11 Andrew Bossov ’81 of Hope College in Holland. He co- manager for marketing, public chief planning combined a telephone, a TV, a cam- ­Wilmette, Ill., received an wrote From Cairo to Christ: How relations and social media officer for the corder and a personal computer,” they KATHRYN SEMMER ’07, ’13 MBA to DANIEL CREAGH honorary doctor of divinity One Muslim’s Faith Journey Shows for Carnegie Science Center Chicago Transit wrote. “No matter where you went or ’13 MBA of Chicago, at Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston, degree from his graduate school Authority, what time it was, your child could see Oct. 14 alma mater, Hebrew Union brenda darden wilkerson ’85 where she oversees the strategic you and talk to you … .” College–Jewish Institute of planning, service planning, Nearly 25 years later there are more MARIBETH GAINARD ’11 JD, MBA of New York City to Religions, upon reaching the of Chicago was named president scheduling, real estate and than 2 billion smartphone users in the Hal Goltz, in Cleveland, Oct. 21 25th anniversary of his ordina- and CEO of AnitaB.org, a Palo ridership analytics functions for world, and Irving, a Northwestern tion as a Reform rabbi. He was the nation’s second-largest transit alumni regent in the Washington, JAMES K. HOOVER ’13 of San Francisco to Tatiana ordained in May 1992. After Alto, Calif.–based organization agency. Morey was honored by D.C., area, is still at the forefront of Mirutenko, in Chicago, July 1 directing a countywide seniors the Greater Chicago chapter of the technological revolution. program in Westchester, N.Y., that works to shape public opinion WTS/Women in Transportation “I love the internet, but I am also a

LISA BLASKOWSKI ’15 MS of Chicago to Christopher SOARES JARED Bossov recently returned to as Woman of the Year 2017 in realist,” says Irving. “Technology mat- Anderson, in Grand Rapids, July 8 about issues of critical importance Chicago to pursue a career as a November. At the awards dinner, ters most when it’s improving people’s Larry Irving is an alumni regent for Washington, D.C., and a member of the pianist and freelance rabbi and to women technologists in aca- held at the Union League Club, lives and when we ask, ‘Are we opti- ­Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ Board of Visitors. teacher. He is also approaching Morey was accompanied by her mizing the impact on people’s lives, She had been the librarian of Whalen. She writes that “a lot the 11th anniversary of receiving demia, industry and government. husband, Stephen J. Dudek ’81, particularly in working-class or poor that there was some kid like me who information technology companies, the Marquand Library of Art of her stock picks as Wall Street a living kidney donation from a She brings 15 years of experience ’84 MBA, and their children, communities?’ ” would benefit from a Northwestern foundations and nonprofits. and Archaeology at Princeton Wife have been largely on the ­Methodist minister friend. Erin, Anne and Matt. Irving has spent most of his career, education,” Irving says. He also travels the world speak- University. money.” Laurie Crump Eustis ’81 of working as an advocate for access, Leslie Pietrzyk ’83 of from his years on Capitol Hill to his While at Northwestern, Irving met ing about the economy of the future Paul J. Fagan ’79 MS, ’81 PhD Brooklyn had her poem “Walter” ­Alexandria, Va., wrote Silver Girl time as vice president for global gov- his future wife, Leslie Annett Wiley and how society can use technology to of Wilmington, Del., a scientist ’80s published in the June 26, 2017, opportunity and social justice for (The Unnamed Press, 2018). ernment affairs at Hewlett-Packard, ’79 (with whom he’s shared a 42-year make the world a better place. He also at DowDuPont Specialty issue of the New Yorker magazine. underrepresented communities in The novel, about a nameless looking toward the future. His past, partnership), made lifelong friendships addresses the digital divide, a term he’s Products, was named a 2017 Reunion Weekend Philip Orem ’81, ’83 MMus young woman who is attending however, continues to serve as a guid- and had mentors who helped shape credited with coining in the 1990s. Pedersen Award Medalist. Fagan Oct. 11–14 of Arlington Heights, Ill., had technology. The former director college in Chicago, is set in the ing light for his professional and per- his future. One adviser, an economics Irving often uses his voice to was recognized for his technical Class of 1983, 1988 his first CD, Concerto, released of computer science for ­Chicago early 1980s against the backdrop sonal endeavors. professor named Karl de Schweinitz, encourage and share his expertise with leadership in the application of by Roven Records. It includes of a city being terrorized by the As a child growing up in a working- encouraged Irving to attend Stanford students and alumni too, helping to chemistry to the development Scot O’Hara ’80 of Chicago, digital realizations of his Con- ­Public Schools, Wilkerson founded Tylenol killer, a local psychopath class community in Queens, N.Y., University School of Law after gradu- pave the way for a tech-savvy, socially of renewably sourced materials. senior tech communications certo for Oboe and Orchestra, rumored to be stuffing cyanide Irving rode the school bus for three ation, which put him in the epicenter conscious generation of Wildcats. He He has led projects focusing on consultant ­Concerto for Alto Saxophone the “Computer Science for All” into drugstore medicine bottles. hours a day to be part of an accelerated of Silicon Valley during the early days was a Weinberg College convocation the production of sustainable at Harmer and Orchestra,­ Fantasy for Horn program, which built computer It is never explicitly stated, but academic program. Despite his good of the technological revolution. speaker and a participant in NU Live!, polymers and the conversion of Consulting, and Orchestra and the flute the book is set at Northwestern. grades and high test scores, high school Today, Irving, a member of a TED-style event that allows accom- sugars to bio-based products. wrote his debut concerto “For Ed,” written in ­science classes into the curricu- Andrés T. counselors advised Irving to apply to the Weinberg College of Arts and plished alumni to share their stories. Pamela Whalen ’79 of Dover novel, Tarantella memory of Ed Senechal ’83. Tapia ’83 of local universities, but one teacher told Sciences’ Board of Visitors and a “Northwestern gave so much to me,” Plains, N.Y., produces short, (OhBoy Books, Diana J. Semmelhack ’81, lum for every CPS student. The Highland Park, him he could go wherever he wanted. recipient of the University’s 2004 he says. “So I’m trying to pay it for- snarky, comedic videos about 2017). The ’82 MS of Evanston, profes- program served as the inspiration Ill., is senior She persuaded Irving to apply to Alumni Merit Award, is president ward and pay it back.” Wall Street that can be viewed on story explores the relationship sor of behavioral medicine at client partner Northwestern, where he received a full and CEO of the Irving Group. His YouTube. Her videos, all under within a dysfunctional family, ­Midwestern University, had an for the Obama administration’s for global scholarship. “Somebody made a bet by consulting firm provides advice and Learn how you can volunteer at five minutes, are listed under following the protagonist as he article, “Mental Illness and the diversity and an putting money into Northwestern assistance to telecommunications and alumni.northwestern.edu/giveback. Wall Street Wife Starring Pamela slowly matures, including college Need to Foster Understanding, national CS4All initiatives. inclusion solutions leader at Korn

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Ferry in Chicago. He co-wrote Eric A. Lee ’86 of Boca Raton, Betsy Perabo ’87 of Macomb, Fiction (University of New Wade Rouse ’88 MS of CLOSE-UP CLASS OF 1978 Auténtico: The Definitive Guide to Fla., joined Leonovus, a software Ill., professor of religious studies Mexico Press, ­Fennville, Mich., wrote The Latino Career Success (Latinx solutions provider, in November at Western Illinois University, 2017). The Recipe Box (St. Martin’s Press, Institute Press, 2017), a Latino as vice president of business wrote Russian Orthodoxy and the book aims to 2018). The novels centers on executive manifesto. It is based development for the United Russo-Japanese War (Bloomsbury, move people’s a lost young woman’s return on in-depth interviews with 20 States. He had been Oracle’s 2017). Perabo was promoted to thinking home to her family’s northern Latino executives, focus groups global account director for full professor this year. beyond political Michigan orchard and pie pantry, with Generation X and millennial hardware, software, cloud and Bob Bernstein ’88 MS of polarities and where she rediscovers her pas- Latinos and online surveys of applications. Nashville traded a journalism toward considering what guns sion, reconnects to the women Latino executives and young Allyson Rice ’86 of Topanga, career for one in the restaurant mean, actually and symbolically, in her life and learns about her professionals. In 2016 the Korn Calif., is the business nearly 25 years ago. In in the United States. family’s history through the Ferry Institute published the senior associate March 1993 he opened Bongo Delanie Pope ’88 of Grand recipes in an heirloom recipe third edition of Tapia’s book The of creative Java, which became world famous Rapids, Mich., is a staff attorney box. Inspired by Rouse’s grand- Inclusion Paradox: The Post-Obama development in 1996–97 with the discovery of and clinical assistant professor mother’s heirlooms and life, the Era and the Transformation of for the STAGE the NunBun, an ordinary cinna- at the Michigan State Univer- novel is written under his grand- Global Diversity (CreateSpace). Network, a new mon bun that looked remarkably sity Chance at Childhood Law mother’s name, Viola Shipman, Cece Cox ’84 of Dallas was streaming like Mother Teresa. In 2017 and Social Work Clinic in East a pen name Rouse used to honor selected a winner of the Dallas network launching in 2018. ­Bernstein opened his seventh ­Lansing. She was selected as her. The Recipe Box is Rouse’s Business Journal ’s 2017 Women in George Wolf III ’86 JD of cafe, Box: Bongo, and plans to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2017 third novel and eighth book. His Business Awards. Cox, an attor- Kansas City, Mo., was appointed open another restaurant in 2018 Woman of the Year. Pope special- debut novel, The Charm Bracelet ney, is CEO of Resource Center, by Gov. Eric Greitens as Circuit with a civil rights theme. izes in advocacy for children in (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), was the LGBTQ community center Court Judge for the 16th Judicial Betty Joyce Nash ’88 MS of the family court system, and named a ­Michigan Notable Book that serves the Greater Dallas Circuit, which covers Jackson Charlottesville, Va., a freelance much of her work is devoted to of 2017. area. In 2016 Cox was recognized County. Wolf has more than journalist and fiction writer, providing pro bono legal services G. Douglas King ’89, as an outstanding alumna of 30 years of experience litigating co-edited Lock & Load: Armed to Michigan­ families. ’98 MBA of Hinsdale, Ill., Southern Methodist University’s complex civil cases as a partner at Dedman School of Law. Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas GERARD MEAGHER: YOUR FRIENDLY BARKEEP Janine Fennick ’84 of East City. Gerard Meagher clearly remembers one lesson Northport, N.Y., and Jennifer Cheryl Dyrek from his time in the advertising program at Adams Kelley ’85 of Skokie, Wunderlich Plan a trip to Evanston Northwestern: be distinctive. Meagher contin- Ill., and four others co-wrote Red ’86 of Portage, ues to apply that advice as the marketing guru at White and Who: The Story of Doc- Mich., wrote Visit old favorites and discover new finds the family-owned Old Town Bar in Manhattan. tor Who in America (ATB Pub- her first book, The establishment, which recently celebrated its lishing, 2017). It chronicles the Sacred Rest: 125th anniversary, has a 55-foot mahogany bar; history of the series in the United Finding the large, beveled mirrors; and high-backed wooden States, from American TV Guide Sabbath in the Every Day booths. But the Old Town’s most noted features listings of Canadian broadcasts in (Thomas Nelson, 2017). The are in the men’s room — the grand Hinsdale 1965, through the early struggles book includes 100 inspirational urinals. Meagher noticed that the urinals were of the Public Broadcasting entries designed to help readers patented in 1910, so he threw them a 100th anni- System, the BBC sales attempts, slow down from their hectic versary celebration that included a tribute from the official debut on American lifestyles and find moments of then-mayor Michael Bloomberg and landed the television in 1972, the explosion in renewal and rest. The book grew Old Town in the Wall Street Journal. “You try to popularity among U.S. viewers in out of Wunderlich’s own search separate yourself from the pack,” says Meagher 1979 and the new heights of 21st for rest as a three-time cancer ’78 MS. “And how many people are celebrating century success and fandom. survivor. the 100th anniversary of their urinals? Not many Roman D. Hryciw ’84 MS, Steven A. Cahillane ’87 of can, and certainly not many do. We always try to ’86 PhD of Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Mich., became distinguish ourselves.” Meagher started working Mich., professor of civil and CEO and president of Kellogg­ Check out Evanston’s at the bar in the 1970s while he was an under- environmental engineering at Co. in October. He had been hot dining, brewery and distillery grad at Fordham and later tended bar one night a the University of Michigan, CEO of the Nature’s Bounty Co. week while working at the Ted Bates agency. His received a distinguished faculty Thomas Koltun ’87 MBA of scene. Turn a visit to campus into father managed and later acquired the bar, build- achievement award in October. Westport, Conn., is president a special weekend getaway. Book your ing a clientele of writers. Meagher runs the bar Hryciw is known for his novel of Kolcraft Enterprises, which getaway today at with his siblings and says they’ve tried to keep it image-based testing methods and placed second in the Crain’s www.visitchicagonorthshore.com a place of ideas. “We only have one TV. We keep computer algorithms to identify Chicago­ Business annual ranking the music as background,” says Meagher, who soil texture. of the most innovative Chicago- once tried to ban cellphones. “It’s a place where Nan Stutzman Eller ’86 MA area companies, based on the ChicagoNorthShore you can still talk.” of Huntington Beach, Calif., number of patents awarded is clinical director at Upward last year. ­Kolcraft makes baby @ChicagoNShore Bound Speech Therapy in ­products, from crib mattresses

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is senior vice president for Robert Johansson ’90 of Kirsten Riley Agency in Novem- administration and chief ­Alexandria, Va., is acting deputy ber. The New York City–based information officer at Landauer under secretary for farm produc- talent agency represents actors Inc. He received the ­Chicago tion and conservation. He is in film, television and theater. CIO Leadership Association’s also the U.S. Department of ­Kirsten’s clients work on and off 2017 Corporate CIO of the Year Agriculture’s chief economist, ­Broadway and as series regulars Award in March 2017. a position he’s held since July and guest stars on television­ Brian Torosian ’89, 2015. The farm production and and in feature films. He has ’95 MMus, ’03 DMA of conservation mission area focuses represented many Northwestern Wheeling, Ill., a classical guitarist, on domestic agricultural issues. alumni during his more than is on the music faculty at North- Victoria Burwell ’91 MBA 20 years as a talent agent. eastern Illinois University. In of Westerville, Ohio, was named Robert Nowakowski ’92 November he performed a solo senior vice president of strategic of Carlsbad, Calif., and his recital for the McHenry County marketing at Scholastic. She held wife, Crystal Schwarting College Second Sunday Concert previous positions at McGraw- ­Nowakowski ’94 celebrated Series. He also performed the Hill Education and Headsprout. their 23rd wedding anniversary recital at Northeastern Illinois Jeremy Geltzer ’91 of Burbank, in June. They met in 1991 at University. Calif., a Los Angeles–based a Delta Upsilon and Gamma entertainment and intellec- Phi Beta social event. Robert, a ’90s tual property attorney who captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, has worked for major movie is serving as commanding officer Reunion Weekend studios, wrote Film Censorship in of the Naval Surface Force, Oct. 11–14 America: A State-by-State History U.S. Pacific Fleet Readiness Class of 1993, 1998 (McFarland, 2017). Prior to his Headquarters Unit, where he Alicia Boler Davis ’91, executive vice president of global manufac- legal career, Geltzer was a writer is responsible for augmenting turing at General Motors, received the Alumnae of Northwestern Mark Godsey ’90 of ­Cincinnati and producer at Turner Classic ashore and afloat capability needs University’s 2017 Alumnae Award in November in Evanston. is the Daniel P. and Judith L. Movies. for active-duty missions. As a Boler Davis, the highest-ranking African American executive ­Carmichael Professor of Law David Rosenthal ’91 of civilian, he celebrated­ his 20th in the global automotive industry, helped steer General Motors at the University of Cincinnati ­Yardley, Pa., sold Atidan, his year as a senior staff engineer through the Great Recession and now oversees 165,000 employees in ­College of Law and director 12-year old Microsoft system at Qualcomm Inc. Crystal is a 20 countries. Named the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year, she lives of the Rosenthal­ Institute for integration company, to Razor senior director of sales ­analytics at in Rochester, Mich. ­Justice/Ohio Innocence Project. Technology. He is now vice ­Becton, Dickinson and Company. He wrote Blind Injustice: A Former president and general manager Mark Overstreet ’92 of for Citizens Financial Group, was marketing and communications. Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology at Razor’s digital business solu- Naperville, Ill., was promoted named one of the Most Power- She received the 2017 Rutgers and Politics of Wrongful Convictions tions group and has integrated to commander in the U.S. Navy ful Women in Banking by the University Dissertation (University of California Press, his entire team with a focus on Reserve in July. He is command- ­American Banker. Fellowship. 2017). The book explores distinct collaboration, mobile, cognitive ing officer of a Reserve unit that Pradnya Joshi Sylvia Shaz Shweder ’94 of psychological human weaknesses and cloud technologies. drills in Millington, Tenn. ’94, ’94 MS Brooklyn was named deputy chief inherent in the criminal justice Peter Stueckemann ’91 of Suzanne B. Beitel ’93 MBA of of Bethesda, of the general crimes section of system, including confirma- Atlanta is head of patient experi- Westport, Conn., became senior Md., left the the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the tion bias, memory malleability, ence and value at UCB. He is vice president and chief financial New York Times Eastern District of New York. cognitive­ dissonance, bureau- helping autoimmune patients officer of Seattle Children’s in after 10 years She had been acting deputy chief Join the Conversation cratic denial and dehumaniza- navigate the complexities of December. She had worked at to join Politico­ . of the international narcotics and tion, among other issues. He insurance, paying for therapy and JP Morgan for 20 years, most Joshi is trade and agriculture money laundering section and Northwestern Alumni Association prosecuted federal crimes as an dealing with emotional burdens recently as executive director in editor. senior trial counsel for the busi- assistant U.S. attorney for the of their diseases with UCB’s the public finance group in New Tyrha Lindsey-Warren ’94 of ness and securities fraud section. /northwesternalumni Southern District of New York. immunology franchise. York City. Waco, Texas, is a clinical assistant She has been an assistant U.S. Paul Hedeen Chris Derfler ’92 MA Rick Dammers ’93 of professor of marketing at Baylor attorney in the office’s criminal /NUAlumni ’90 PhD of of Deerfield,­ Ill., is a media ­Glassboro, N.J., was named dean University’s Hankamer School of division since 2008. /northwesternalumni Monroe,­ Mich., ­production strategist and of the College of Performing Business for Una Okonkwo Osili ’95 MA, dean of the designer at Sysmex America. Arts at Rowan University in the 2017–18 ’99 PhD of Indianapolis became /groups/885 humanities Kevin R. Hykes ’92 MBA July. He had been a professor school year. She associate dean for research and and social of Minneapolis was named of music education and chair teaches classes international programs at Indiana sciences at president and CEO of Relievant of Rowan’s music department. on advertising University’s Lilly Family School Monroe County Community MedSystems, a medical device Dammers and his wife, Becky and digital of Philanthropy in July. She is a College, published his second company. He had been chairman, White ­Dammers ’94, are the marketing member of the graduate school collection of poetry, Under a CEO and operating partner at parents of twin daughters, Abby and serves as an adviser to the faculty and directs the school’s Night Sky (Final Thursday Press, Versant Ventures. and Emily. business school’s Center for extensive research program with 2016). In 2013 he published The Michael Kirsten ’92 of New Beth Johnson ’93 of Westwood, Sports, Sponsorships and Sales. its partners, including Bank of Knowledge Tree (Wide Water York City was made a partner at Mass., chief marketing officer Lindsey-Warren has more than America and United Way World- Press), his first novel. the newly named Harden Curtis and head of consumer strategy 15 years of experience working in wide. Osili is a noted economist

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Church, have two children, doula and president for Performics. He had California School Band and online platform that can speed BIRTHS & ARRIVALS Lincoln and Jane. postpartum been the marketing agency’s chief Orchestra Association. Her urban technology by connecting heidi birnbaum aaronson ’04 Sujal A. Shah ’95, ’97 MS care advocate, delivery officer. term began in July. SCSBOA cities directly to providers of of Natick, Mass., was named a of San Ramon, Calif., was pro- wrote The Jean Beaman is a professional organization smart city solutions. Four global All dates are in 2017 unless otherwise noted. moted to president and CEO of Fourth ’02, ’06 MA, that serves music teachers and cities — New York City, Atlanta, ­fellow of the American College ­CymaBay Therapeutics. He had Trimester: A ’11 PhD of more than 1,000 schools in Barcelona and Dublin — signed of Dentists.­ A second-generation APRIL PETERS-HAWKINS ’93 and Billy Hawkins of been interim president and CEO Postpartum Lafayette, 11 counties in Southern up as the platform’s first users. Pearland, Texas, parents of Avery Liam, June 9 since March 2017. Guide to Healing Your Body, Ind., assistant ­California. Chen is orchestra Ben Golombek ’03 of San dentist, she has been in practice Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt Balancing Your Emotions professor of director at Arcadia High School, Francisco became vice president SCOTT ACKERMAN ’95 and REBECCA MARGOLIN ’95 MS, ’97 PhD of the and Restoring Your Vitality sociology at which has one of the largest for public affairs for the Pacific with her father, Nathan Birnbaum, ACKERMAN ’98 of New York City, parents of Alex Oliver, Bronx was named to the newly (­Shambhala, 2017). Johnson, a Purdue University, wrote her first school string programs in the region at AT&T. He is overseeing Aug. 8; and John and Ayla at New Generation Dental Center created position vice provost for certified sexological bodyworker book, Citizen Outsider: Children state, and the string orchestra communications and public inclusive excellence at Vanderbilt and somatic experiencing of North African Immigrants in conductor of the Pasadena Youth affairs teams in six West Coast ROBERT BARDER ’97 and Julene of Des Plaines, Ill., in Wellesley, Mass., since 2008. She partnered with University. She will help advance practitioner, co-founded the France (University of California Symphony Orchestra. states. parents of Carina Ruth, June 29; and James, Naomi, equity, diversity and inclusion in STREAM School for Post­ Press, 2017). The research for the Chris Foreman ’03 of ­Evanston Thomas Knittel ’03 MBA the Boston Red Sox in 2006 to create Tooth Day at David and Andrew the research and educational mis- partum Care. book stems from her dissertation launched GlassWater Technology,­ of Hambach, Germany, was ­Fenway, which has become an annual public health LESLIE HAMMOND RIEGEL ’00 and Ryan Riegel of sions of the university. Thomas- John N. Thiell ’97 MBA of research at Northwestern and a consulting appointed chief medical officer Taos, N.M., parents of Taj Alan, April 15; and Rehn Hunt previously served as senior West Hartford, Conn., is working has origins in her study abroad company, and of Modus Therapeutics, which event at Fenway Park. It aims to increase awareness of Wilder associate dean and global chief remotely as a sales engineer for experience in Paris during her the Chicago- is working to find treatments for diversity officer at the University Eagle Design & Technology in junior year as a Northwestern based software patients with sickle cell disease. the dangers of chewing tobacco and the risks of oral NANCY KETSCHE BRENNEMAN ’02 and CALEB of Virginia’s Darden School of western Michigan. The additive undergraduate. ­company Julie Shin ’03 cancer. Aaronson organized a dental mission trip to BRENNEMAN ’03 of Decatur, Ga., parents of Markus Business. manufacturing service bureau has Charlie Fields ’02 of Basalt, Marketplace of New York Theodore, June 29, 2016; and Simona, Andreas, Maria Carolyn Gold Aberman developed an innovative process Colo., is the assistant controller .city, where he City, head of the Dominican Republic and has volunteered with and Jonas ’97 JD of Chicago joined the to revolutionize the investment of the Aspen Music Festival and is both co-founder and CEO. Strategic several local organizations to provide free dental care Lucas Group as managing casting industry. Thiell is also School. The AMFS presents He launched Marketplace.city Operations MARK HAMMING ’04 and LESLEY MEADE HAMMING partner for legal recruitment. expanding his hockey training more than 400 classical music in June, and in November it and Innovation to Holocaust­ survivors as well as women and children ’05, ’10 PHD of Lake Forest, Ill., parents of Hugh, She had been legal recruiting business, 3D Hockey, which sells events and trains more than received the Innovative Idea at Citigroup, Dec. 13, 2016; and George director at the Partners Group. and rents synthetic ice. 600 students every summer. award at the 2017 World Smart was named to the “Women in who live in poverty in Boston. She also screens and Aberman practiced law for more Catherine Serrin Niekro Danny Resnick ’02, ’07 MBA City Awards in Barcelona. FinTech Powerlist 2017” by treats soldiers who are about to be deployed. MICHAEL WITWER ’04 and KALYSTA HARMON WITWER than a decade in the Chicago ’98 MS of Davidson, N.C., of Northbrook, Marketplace.city developed an Innovate Finance. ’06 of Chicago, parents of Arthur Michael, Aug. 28, area before transitioning to legal was appointed vice president Ill., executive 2016; and Vivienne and William recruitment in 2011. for institutional advancement director at the Adam B. at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Resnick Group ANDREA JAMES ’05 MS and DEREK KLOBUCHER Cohen Hickory, N.C., in August. at J.P. Morgan ’07 MS of Seattle, parents of Gwendolyn Lily, May 15; ’97 PhD Securities, was and Mae Ivy Rachel Nelson Cullen ’99 PERCEPTION of Princeton of Pelham, N.Y., wrote her listed in Forbes/ The Comforting Experience of “ The thought Junction, second book, Second Chances SHOOK’s “America’s Top Next- o JAMES GROSS ’08 and MARY GERHART GROSS ’08 of N of downsizing Moving to Presbyterian Homes. N.J., became (­CreateSpace, 2017), a work of ­Generation Wealth Advisors,” a Brentwood, Mo., parents of Edward James, Aug. 13; and moving is and Ada Marie, Feb. 20, 2014 president of contemporary fiction. state-by-state ranking. Resnick is With Presbyterian Homes’ ‘Don’t Lift A Box’ moving Associated Universities Inc. in Patrick N. Griffin ’99 PhD of No. 93 nationally and No. 6 in just too much program, you’ll get help from downsizing experts November. AUI oversees the South Bend, Ind., the Madden- Illinois. for me.” and moving professionals – and be comfortably with significant experience in division and throughout the state-of-the-art U.S. research Hennebry Professor of History Serena Rhodie Smith situated in your new home before you know it. research and policy in the fields company. facilities for radio astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, ’02 MS of Gahanna, Ohio, is of household behavior and eco- Ed Sealover ’95 of Wheat funded by the National Science was appointed director of the media relations manager of the No matter what your perceptions of moving are, we nomic policy. Ridge, Colo., is an award-winning Foundation. He had been a senior Keough-Naughton Institute for Ohio State University Wexner can help make the reality so much nicer. To learn Corey Perman ’95 of Chicago, reporter at the Denver Business associate with the Center for Irish Studies. Medical Center. She and her more, visit presbyterianhomes.org/perceptions. executive vice Journal, where his beats include Strategic and Inter­national Adhamina Rodriguez ­husband, Dwayne, are the parents It may just change your mind about moving. president of the Colorado legislature, health Studies’ Energy and National ’99 MS of San Francisco, is CEO of two daughters. compliance and care and the brewing industry. Security Program. Cohen also of AR Green Consulting, which Mary Bridget Gurry Burns risk at R1 RCM, Sealover was a 2017 Colorado wrapped up his work as a she founded in 2015. The firm ’03 of Sturbridge, Mass., a CALL US TO SCHEDULE A VISIT

was featured Book Award finalist in the strategic adviser for the specializes in green building con- doctoral candidate at Boston EVANSTON EVANSTON in Profile general nonfiction category for Princeton Plasma Physics sulting, certification and training. College, was hired as the first WESTMINSTER PLACE TEN TWENTY GROVE Magazine’s Colorado Excursions with History, Laboratory, where he had been assistant director of the Two- 877-259-2720 888-567-9543 article “Bringing Ethics to the Hikes and Hops (The History deputy director and chief of ’00s Way Immersion Network for LAKE FOREST ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Forefront.” R1 provides revenue Press, 2016). His 30-day travel operations. Cohen spent Catholic Schools, an initiative of LAKE FOREST PLACE THE MOORINGS cycle management and physician- guide takes readers daily to one 19 months from 2015 to 2017 Reunion Weekend the Roche Center for Catholic 888-570-8466 877-393-0465 advisory services to health care historic site, one natural site and as deputy under secretary for Oct. 11–14 Education at Boston College. providers. In a little more than one drinking site to capture the science and energy at the U.S. Class of 2003, 2008 Pin Chen ’03 of Pasadena, two years with the firm, Perman soul of the state. He and his wife, Department of Energy. Calif., was elected to a two-year has helped overhaul and reframe Denise Jobin Sealover ’95, a Kimberly Ann Johnson ’97 of David Gould ’00 MBA of term as vice president of string compliance and ethics in his musician at St. Joseph Catholic Solana Beach, Calif., a birth Chicago was named global brand education for the Southern

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Post staff writer, wrote The Show for its expanding product port- his master’s That Never Ends (W.W. Norton, folio and platform technologies. degree in social CLOSE-UP CLASS OF 2008 2017), a history of progressive She also manages the company’s innovation at rock music. He wrote the book recently announced partnership the University ALEXANDER PANCOE: CLIMBING FOR A CAUSE while covering political cam- with AbbVie. of Cambridge In summer 2005, between his freshman and sophomore paigns across the country from Avital Even-Shoshan in October. As years at Northwestern, Alexander Pancoe ’08 decided he 2013 to 2016. Perlman­ ’05 JD of New York part of his could no longer tough it out after months of suffering from Michelle Edgar ’05 of Los City is a partner at the law firm research, Che Yusoff founded excruciating headaches. He went to Children’s Memo- Angeles is an agent at ICM Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner. Social Innovation Malaysia, an rial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Partners. She also founded Music Matthew initiative to showcase teams and Hospital of Chicago), where doctors discovered a tumor Unites, a nonprofit that works Siniawski individuals who are devising new in the back of his brain. Tadanori Tomita ’80 GME, vice to raise academic and lifetime ’05 PhD of ways to address emerging social chair for pediatric neurological surgery at the Feinberg achievement for at-risk public Los Angeles and environmental challenges School of Medicine, removed a benign tumor from Pancoe’s school students through the was appointed around the country. cerebellum. Since then, Pancoe has embarked on adventure support and creation of unique chair of the Jeffrey S. Potter ’06 of New pursuits to benefit Lurie Children’s Hospital. He aims to JENNA BRAUNSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY JENNA BRAUNSTEIN music education partnerships department of York City is a senior manager at support brain tumor research by completing the Explorers One year after President Donald J. Trump’s election, three and programs. Four years ago she mechanical engineering at Loyola Ernst & Young, where he special- Grand Slam, a rare feat that includes climbing the Seven Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing launched the XX Project, a net- Marymount University. He is in izes in financial and operational Summits — the highest mountain on each of the seven Communications alumnae — all Washington, D.C., bureau chiefs for work of top female leaders across his 14th year as a faculty member restructuring advisory on behalf continents — and cross-country skiing across the North major media outlets — joined moderator Tim Franklin onstage for all industries who come together at LMU. of distressed companies and and South poles. It’s been accomplished by just 58 people. the 2017 Medill Alumnae Panel to discuss how political journalism and share their empowerment Andrew Benedict-Nelson ’06 municipalities. He has recently In December, Pancoe climbed to the highest point in has changed under the new administration. From left, Franklin, stories and strategies. In October of Gardner, Kan., is one of the worked on the restructurings of ­Antarctica, atop Vinson Massif, where a surprise storm left senior associate dean at Medill; Susan Page ’73 of USA Today and the XX Project presented a founders of GreenHouse: The Puerto Rico, Atlantic City and a his mountaineering group stranded for days with limited CBS; Elisabeth Bumiller ’77 of the New York Times; and Julie Power Women Panel, “Legendary Center of Social Innovation, a publicly traded specialty pharma- supplies. He also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Pace ’04 of the Associated Press and CNN. Lessons on Making It as a Woman Chicago-based company that is ceutical company. Aconcagua in South Africa and Mount Elbrus in Russia. in Hollywood: Suzanne de Passe.” helping clients and partners dis- Callie J. Pancoe, who works in Chicago, plans to ski traverse the Lamar Anderson ’04, president and chief operating Andrea S. James ’05 MS rupt social norms for the greater Tucker ’06 North Pole in April. With three summits to go — including ’12 MBA of Perrysburg, Ohio, officer of First Foundation Bank. of Seattle joined Axon, a law good. Working with the New of Baltimore­ Alaska’s Denali in 2018 and Mount Everest in 2019 — he’s director of She had been the executive vice enforcement technology com- York design consultancy Foossa, joined the law raised more than $320,000 through his fundraising website. product president and chief banking pany, as vice president of investor GreenHouse launched the Start firm Kramon & He’s nearly a third of the way to his goal of $1 million for the marketing officer. relations. She and her husband, Social Innovation workshop. Graham in its hospital that gave him “peace of mind.” at Owens Michelle Gabriel McGovern Derek Klobucher ’07 MS, GreenHouse also helped design, real estate and Corning, ’04, ’04 MS, welcomed their second daughter develop and launch the nation’s transactional practices. received a 2017 ’08 JD of in May. first doctorate in management, Ryan Birkhauser ’07 of Lake 20 Under 40 Brooklyn, Rachael G. Lester ’05 MBA leadership and social innovation Forest, Ill., was listed in Forbes/ Leadership Recognition Award co-chair of the of Burlingame, Calif., was named at the University of Southern SHOOK’s “America’s Top Next-­ in September. He currently leads Northwestern vice president of corporate California’s Suzanne Dworak- Generation Wealth Advisors,” a a business segment at Owens Law Alumni development for Harpoon Peck School of Social Work. state-by-state ranking. He joined Corning with $250 million in sales Club of New Therapeutics, a biotechnology Asrif Omar Che Yusoff ’06 Merrill Lynch in 2011 and focuses and 300 employees in the United York City, was promoted to company that is developing of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on retirement planning, estate States, Canada and Mexico. senior corporate counsel in the T-cell therapies for cancer. She graduated from Imperial College planning, liability management, Jerry T. Lai essential health division of Pfizer. leads new partnership initiatives London last May and began portfolio construction and ’04 of Chicago She supports global marketing is director and alliance management­ and lauren pond ’09 of Columbus, Ohio, is an award- of editorial serves as the general counsel ­content for to Pfizer’s $1 billion generics winning photographer. Duke University Press USA Today business, Greenstone. Her ­published her book, Test of Faith: Signs, Serpents, Sports Images. husband, Michael McGovern In February he worked his sixth ’08 JD, joined Jones Day in Salvation­ , which won the Center for Documentary Olympics, covering the Winter January 2017. His practice focuses Games in PyeongChang, South on employee benefits. They are Studies/­Honickman First Book Prize in Photography. Korea. Lai assigned, coordinated the parents of Gabriel, who The book offers a nuanced, personal look at the reli- and oversaw the photography turned 2 in October. coverage for USA Today and Mani Mohindru ’04 PhD of gious practice of serpent handling. Pond is manager its network of newspapers and Bronxville, N.Y., was appointed digital properties. Lai is a former chief financial officer and of the Fresh A.I.R. Gallery and a multimedia­ content Northwestern magazine photo chief strategy officer of Cara producer for the Center for the Study of Religion at intern. Therapeutics. She had been chief Lindsay Pavlik Lawrence strategy officer at Curtis Inc. Ohio State University. She is a former Northwestern ’04 of Corona Del Mar, Calif. David Weigel ’04 of was promoted to executive vice ­Washington, D.C., a Washington magazine intern.

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corporate retirement plans. He escalate after a software update. Laura Howard ’08 of former Northwestern­ magazine Samantha Tanya By ’11 of and his wife have two sons. Morgan Weed ’07, Claire Seattle participated in Miami intern. ­Baltimore earned a doctor- Lamis Eli ’07 Wilmoth ’05, Nate Lewellyn ’10, ­University’s Earth Expeditions Andrew Ryan Choquette ate in biomedical engineering of Chicago, an ’10 CERT and Meg Steedle’08 global field course in Borneo ’09 MBA of West Des Moines, from Vanderbilt University last attorney at starred in the reading, which was last summer. She studied Iowa, was named interim chief August. Her dissertation was Wilson Elser directed by Whitney White ’08. primate denizens, including the investment officer ofGrinnell ­ “Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Moskowitz Audrey Klein orangutan, and developed new College. He had been the Imaging of the Human Spinal Edelman & ’07 of Toronto ways to engage communities ­college’s director of investments. Cord in Vivo: Feasibility and Dicker, was was ordained a worldwide in primate conser- James Edwards ’09 MS of Application of Advanced Diffu- feature in CS magazine’s cantor in June. vation in ­Borneo. Howard, a Chicago joined Chicago Public sion Models.” “Women of Style” issue. She received logistics specialist at the Cystic Media as a podcast producer Matthew Cressler ’11 MA, Laura her ordination, Fibrosis Foundation, took the for its content development ’14 PhD of Charleston, S.C., Scheinbaum as well as a course in pursuit of her master’s unit. He recently worked as a wrote his first book, Authenti- Harrison master’s degree in Jewish degree from Miami University’s researcher on two projects: a cally Black and Truly Catholic: ’07 and her education, from Hebrew College Advanced Inquiry Program. f­eature documentary about The Rise of Black Catholicism husband, in Newton Centre, Mass. Klein Ryan Morton ’08 of Tupac Shakur by filmmaker in the Great Migration (NYU Keith is congregational­ engagement ­Montgomery, Ill., changed Steve McQueen and the Press, 2017). The book explores Dworkin director of Temple Emanu-El careers in 2014 after nearly six ­upcoming HBO drama series the contentious debates among Harrison ’08, in Toronto. years as an award-wining radio Lovecraft Country. Edwards black Catholics about the proper of Los Angeles Katie Eimers ’08 MS of news director. He recently previously worked as a producer relationship between religious created a ­Durham, N.C., was named asso­ ­graduated magna cum laude and reporter for WGBH and practice and racial identity. musical that ciate dean for administration at from John Marshall Law School, Public Radio International. It traces developments in the received the University of North Carolina where he was active in the moot Jocelyn Prince ’09 MA of New church in Chicago to show an industry School of Medicine. She oversees court program. Morton passed Haven, Conn., was appointed to how black Catholic activists in reading in all administrative practices at the Illinois­ bar exam and is an the faculty at the Yale School of the 1960s and ’70s made black Manhattan. Emojiland is the the school. She also oversees associate attorney at Ottosen Drama as a lecturer in the depart- Catholicism what it is today. Summer at Northwestern story of the interconnected the offices of human resources, Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & ment of theater­ management in Cressler is assistant professor of struggles of emojis living inside a information technology and DiNolfo, a municipal law firm fall 2017. She is also the artistic religious studies at the College smartphone. Those struggles space planning. in Naperville, Ill. Morton is a coordinator at the Yale Repertory of Charleston. Theatre. Jorge A. Garces ’11 MBA of izabel olson ’11 ma, ’15 phd of San Diego, was appointed presi- ’10s dent and chief scientific officer Chicago is founder and execu- of Epigenomics, a German-­ Reunion Weekend American cancer molecular Northwestern Summer College Preparation tive director of the Salt and Light Oct. 11–14 diagnostics company. He started Coalition, a nonprofit that focuses Class of 2013, 2017 the new role in December. Session Program Micah Adam Litow ’11 MBA on healing survivors of human traf- Giselle C. Alexander of Chicago was named chief Undergraduate students from Northwestern High school students can earn college ficking. In October she became the ’10 LLM of Paradise Valley, marketing officer and business and other colleges can take advantage credit this summer in Northwestern’s Ariz., joined development officer with Preora first Brazilian ­American to receive Dickinson Diagnostics in September. The of Summer Session’s convenient open College Prep Program. Students can choose Wright in company develops cancer screen- enrollment to access more than 300 courses, from a range of courses and seminars, the Humanitarian Achievement Award during the the law firm’s ing tests. Litow previously led the Illinois Secretary of State’s Hispanic Heritage Month Phoenix office. health care practice for Chicago- including intensive sequences that offer an experience the Northwestern college She practices based IA Collaborative. opportunity to earn a full year of credit in atmosphere, and prepare for the college celebration. Olson, a lifelong fitness enthusiast who primarily in Dominick Burke ’12 CERT the area of tax controversy at of Latham, N.Y., celebrated biology, chemistry, physics or a number of admissions process — all on Northwestern’s grew up in Rio de Janeiro, began teaching yoga at the all levels of the process. She was his 27-year foreign languages. Make progress towards beautiful lakefront campus. Cook County Jail in 2015. In this role she discovered recognized as a “Rising Star” by anniversary your degree, focus on a specific course or Southwest Super Lawyers and as a with the FBI. The application deadline is April 15. that 70 percent of incarcerated women are survivors “Top Lawyer” by North Valley He works in the explore a new area. Magazine. Albany field northwestern.edu/collegeprep of human trafficking, and she witnessed the benefits of Jessica Edwards ’10 MS office. Burke Registration opens April 9. meditation and trauma-sensitive yoga for female sur- of Chicago was elected a new is responsible ­partner at the law firm Bryan for the formulation, strategic northwestern.edu/summer vivors. Salt and Light now offers a yearlong curricu- Cave in St. Louis. Her practice planning and assessment of local focuses on transactional tax operational language needs and lum focused on yoga, nutrition, fitness and spirituality advice. She also is an adjunct pro- personnel staffing requirements. to help program participants heal, improve mental fessor at Washington University Burke also supports the FBI School of Law, where she teaches National Foreign Language well-being and prepare for work and life. advanced corporate taxation. Program.

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Latifa Al Darwish ’13 of Doha, project “Closing the Gap in on a key communications role in HAPPENING Qatar, had her abstract animation College and Career Readiness sustainNU and reported on the filmYaoum Al Om showcased at for Low-Income Students; 2015 Paris climate conference. the Transition art exhibition at Student-Centered Learning Mina Fitzpatrick ’17 MFA MARCH the Menier Gallery in London. through Educational of Des Plaines, Ill., directed The film, co-produced with Technologies.” the documentary Wandervogel, 9–11 Northwestern University Dance Marathon, Norris University Center, Evanston campus Qatari cartoonist Abdulaziz Marina Mularz ’15 MFA of which competed at the Chicago Yousef, was part of a series of Los Angeles won the 2016 New International Film Festival in 25–31 Northwestern University Symphony on Tour short informative videos, Ayooz American Fiction Prize for her October. Asia 2018: Beijing (March 25); Shanghai News, that used abstract anima- short-story collection Welcome to Emily E. Hoffman ’17 PhD of (March 28); Hong Kong (March 31) tion to send an important mes- Freedom Point. She also received Evanston received the Outstand- Visit northwestern.edu/symphony-tour sage in celebration of Mother’s the 2015 Nonesuch National ing Collegiate Member Award for more information. Day. Al Darwish, a Northwestern Humor Writer Prize. She works from the Society of Women University in Qatar alumna, in digital media at Whalerock Engineers. Hoffman helped APRIL recently earned a master’s degree Industries. to found the graduate SWE in culture and creative industry Caitlin Finnie ’16 of Spring, group at Northwestern. She is 28 A Day with Northwestern For more than 40 years, this annual event from Kings College in London. Texas, is in the ensemble and a consulting associate in the life has featured prominent Northwestern faculty She is a communication specialist is the Cosette understudy in sciences practice at Charles River and alumni speakers for a full-day series of for Qatar’s Ministry of Defense. the North American tour of Associates in New York City. Be NU Loyal presentations and lectures. Mallory Black ’14 MS of Les Misérables­ . The show was per- Morgan Hoke ’17 PhD, Visit alumni.northwestern.edu/adaywithnu ­Austin, Texas, communications formed in Chicago in October. ’17 MPH of Evergreen, for more information. manager for the StrongHearts Cami Roth Szirotnyak Colo., joined the University Native Helpline, received several ’16 MA of of Pennsylvania­ faculty as an NU Loyal recognizes Northwestern FOUR LEVELS OF NU LOYAL JUNE National Native Media Awards Toledo received assistant professor of anthropol- from the Native American a 2017 20 ogy. Her specialty is biocultural 21 Northwestern Leads alumni, parents and friends who Journalists Association. She won Under 40 anthropology. Alumni from the class of 2017 gather with Bronze first and second place in the best Leadership Tyler Pager ’17 of ­Harrison, fellow alumni in cities across the globe make a gift of any size in three or Donors who have three to four to celebrate accomplishments from the past feature story category for two Recognition N.Y., won a reporting trip consecutive years of giving stories in Native Peoples magazine. Award in through New York Times 3 year and learn about leadership opportunities more consecutive years. Y E A R S from local and national volunteers. Black also received second and September. She is quality columnist Nicholas Kristof’s Email [email protected] third place honors for best health improvement manager for the win-a-trip contest. It’s likely the for more information. coverage online for two stories Mental Health and Recovery pair will travel to Central African We are grateful to all the donors who belong to NU Loyal, Silver she did for Native Health News Services Board of Lucas County, ­Republic. Pager will write stories Five to nine consecutive years 22 Commencement, Evanston campus including the thousands who joined the community Alliance. where she reduced the costs of for the New York Times website. of giving Gaby FeBland ’14, ’14 CERT local government monitoring He met Kristof in 2014 while during the 2017 fiscal year. Last year, NU Loyal members 5 Y E A R S JULY of Brookyln and Kyra Jones ’14 while increasing oversight, covering Kristof’s book tour for supported nearly 1,200 areas across the University, from of Annapolis, Md., performed expanding research metho­ the Daily Northwestern. Pager 20–22 Dinner with Twelve — Regional Gold in Adventure Stage Chicago’s dologies to evaluate impact is pursuing a graduate degree in scholarships to athletics to research. Their generosity is Volunteer to host or attend a dinner with 10 to 19 consecutive years alumni and current students. production of Akeelah and the and increasing compliance with comparative social policy at the helping students and faculty realize their full potential of giving Bee in October at the Vittum regulations. Szirotnyak also University of Oxford. 1 Email [email protected] and enabling Northwestern to take its place among the 0 Y E A R S for more information. Theater. Jessica Kuehnau Wardell serves on the board of Steinem’s Eric Peters ’17 of Long Island world’s great universities. ’07 MFA designed the costumes, Sisters, a feminist lending library City, N.Y., was cast in the OCTOBER and Aaron Quick ’12 was the and archive in northwest Ohio. ensemble of the national tour Platinum projection designer. Adventure Gustavo Berrizbeitia­ ’17 of of Motown: The Musical, a show Give every year. Make a difference every day. 20 or more consecutive years 7–13 Homecoming Week Stage Chicago, a program of Washington, D.C., is a research that follows the lives of the artists Make your annual gift—of any size—at of giving Visit northwesternhomecoming.com 2 0 S Northwestern Settlement, is one assistant in the Democracy signed by Motown Records pro- Y E A R for more information. wewill.northwestern.edu/loyaldonor of the only theaters in Chicago and Rule of Law Program at ducer Berry Gordy. The show was that develops and presents works the Carnegie Endowment for performed in Chicago in October. 11–14 Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Visit alumni.northwestern.edu/reunion specifically for preteen and teen- International Peace. He was a De’Sean Weber ’17 of for more information. age audiences. recipient of a James C. Gaither ­Cincinnati received an Emerson Lisa Junior Fellowship. National Hunger Fellowship For more information on Northwestern Alumni Blaskowski Christina Cilento ’17 of through the Congressional Hun- ­Association events and webinars, visit Anderson ­Evanston, a 2017–18 Luce ger Center in Washington, D.C. alumni.northwestern.edu. ’15 MS of Scholar, is spending 13 months After spending five months with Chicago in Vientiane, Laos, where community-based organizations became senior she is working on responsible across the country, the fellows coordinator of agriculture and forestry. At returned to Washington for special projects to the president Northwestern, Cilento served policy training in mid-February. at Northwestern in September. as Associated Student Govern- The fellows are now working on She was a 2017 Northwestern ment president, helped create an hunger and poverty policies at Alumnae grant recipient for her environmental magazine, took national organizations.

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KNIGHT ALDRICH All deaths were in 2017 unless Catherine Moore Walker Harry G. Janis ’47, Barbara J. Mayers ’49, Earl Auerbach ’51 PhD, C. Knight Aldrich ’40 MD, otherwise noted. ’42, ’43 MMus, Richmond, Va., ­Williamsburg, Mich., July 29 ­Camden, Maine, Sept. 20 ­Wilmette, Ill., July 23 ­Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 3, at * Read obituaries on these Sept. 4 Mary Lamb McCubbin ’47, Marjorie Brobst Nevitt ’49, Anne Nickell Baldwin ’51, age 103. A pioneer in integrating featured alumni on our website at Gladys Lifton Wolff ’42, State College, Pa., July 7 Kentfield, Calif., July 21 Poplar Bluff, Mo., Aug. 24 psychiatry into general medical www.northwestern.edu/magazine. Chicago, July 14 Priscilla Armstrong Louis Radakovich ’49, Dermot Doyle ’51, Wimberley, practice, Dr. Aldrich became the George V. Dodd ’43, Billington­ ’48, Lake Forest, Ill., ­Hagerstown, Md., July 21 Texas, Sept. 5 first chair of the psychiatry depart- 1930–39 Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 16 Sept. 17, 2016 Raymond A. Spong ’49, Peter Dreelin ’51 DDS, ment at the University of Chicago Harold F. Doty ’43, Sol Bloomenkranz ’48, ’51 MS, East Lyme, Conn., New Orleans, Aug. 11 in 1955. He advocated for priori- THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Virginia McLean Laux ’35, Carl Junction,­ Mo., July 1 Middleton, Wis., July 7 July 30 Dale Drew ’51 MD, Bloomfield tizing psychiatric training in the medical school’s curriculum Ithaca, N.Y., July 1 Robert D. Foster ’43 DDS, Robert W. Claunch ’48, Nelouise Hodges Stapp Hills, Mich., Sept. 1 and revolu­ ­tionized how mental illness is taught to medical Dorothy McDermid Harbert, Mich., July 27 South Elgin, Ill., July 21 ’49 MMus, Tucson, July 12 Ardis Kuhnen Godeman ’51, students. After nine years at the University of Chicago, he Heggblom­ ’36, Scottsdale, Donald A. Freeman ’43, George R. Clutts’48 MD, Joan Gemeinhardt Walker Glenview, Ill., July 20 took a break from academia to care for psychiatric patients Ariz., Sept. 25 Escondido, Calif., Aug. 3 Greensboro, N.C., Sept. 13 ’49, Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 8 Hugh M. Hefner ’51 MA, at mental health centers in New Jersey and Virginia. He later Richard E. Schlecht ’38, Elizabeth Leland Jones ’43, Oral E. Congdon Jr. ’48, Los Angeles, Sept. 27 taught psychiatry and family medicine for several years at the Danville, Ill., Sept. 16 Apopka, Fla., July 14 Dousman, Wis., July 16 1950–59 John G. Holden ’51, Freeport, University of Virginia. Dr. Aldrich is survived by his daugh- Flora Albin Gottschalk James L. Manion Jr. ’43, Lue D. Cramblit ’48, Ill., Sept. 27 ter, Carol; his son, Robert; eight grandchildren; and three Snowdon ’38, Columbus, Neb., Pine Valley, Calif., March 16 ­Montecito, Calif., Aug. 17 Joan Belcher Bailey ’50, Helmuth L. “Laudy” great-grandchildren. Aug. 7 Patricia Donahue Rink ’43, James M. Crook ’48, Skokie, Ill., Sept. 13 ­Lautenschlager ’51 MS, Louis R. Compton ’39, ’67 PhD, Naperville, Ill., Sept. 11 ­Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 17 Nancy Burchfield Brewster ­Howards Grove, Wis., Sept. 23 JEAN HARVEY LIGHTFOOT ­Summerville, S.C., Sept. 8 Nancy Jarvis Sullivan Swartz Don R. Cunningham ’48, ’50, Normandy Park, Wash., John F. Nicholson ’51, Naples, Jean Harvey Lightfoot ’73 PhD, Betty Wally Dienner ’39, ’43, Milwaukee, Sept. 28 Pasadena, Calif., Aug. 21 Sept. 28 Fla., Sept. 7 Chicago, Nov. 15, at age 81. A Bethesda, Md., July 16 Roger A. Anderson ’44, Allie Lu Phelps Dunlevy ’48, Jane Baldwin Brock ’50, Loren W. Parkinson ’51, powerful soprano with a wide vocal Jane P. Downton ’39, ­Williamsburg, Va., July 27 Walker, Minn., Aug. 27 Sandusky, Ohio, Oct. 12 Landis, N.C., Sept. 25 range, Ms. Lightfoot performed Park Ridge, Ill., Aug. 30 * William C. Jakes ’44, Branwell D. Fanning ’48, Nancy Stine Burton ’50, Ernest G. Reimann ’51, with the famed Fisk Jubilee ­Singers, Helen Simjack Sprecher ’39, ’47 MS, ’49 PhD, Stowe, Vt., San Rafael, Calif., Aug. 8 ­Perrysburg, Ohio, Aug. 3 Arden Hills, Minn., Aug. 30 an a cappella ensemble at Fisk Uni- ’42 MS, Evanston, Sept. 7 Sept. 30 John R. Ferraro ’48 MS, Mary Grace Carr ’50, Beverly Jean Overall versity that has performed spirituals­ Margaret Nielsen Tubman Myrtle “Roby” Robison ­Elmhurst, Ill., Aug. 25 ­Fayetteville, N.Y., Sept. 5 ­Thompson ’51 MA/MS, around the world since 1871. She ’39, Cambridge, Md., Sept. 5 Raymond ’44, Cocoa Beach, Donna Erickson Hagen ’48, Robert W. Castendyck Whites Creek, Tenn., Aug. 29 toured Europe with the singing group in 1956, performing Doris Hunter Wixon Fla., August Portage, Mich., Aug. 5 ’50 JD, Pompano Beach, Fla., Milo Treska ’51 MBA, 66 concerts in 56 days. The tour included a performance ’39 MBA, Media, Pa., Aug. 6 Natalie Brown Thompson Barbara Granite Park Aug. 14 ­Colorado Springs, Sept. 8 for royalty in Portugal and an eight-encore show in Rome. ’44, Vero Beach, Fla., Sept. 15 ’48 MA/MS, Plano, Texas, Lawrence Fogelson ’50, Anne Prosser Turner ’51, Ms. Lightfoot continued to perform spirituals with the John W. 1940–49 Betty Robson Woodruff ’44, Oct. 4 ’54 MD, Lincolnwood, Ill., Boulder, Colo., Oct. 3 Work Chorale in Chicago. She went on to earn a doctorate Vero Beach, Fla., May 20 John B. Platt Jr. ’48, Kansas Oct. 21, 2016 Judith Bolnick Brody ’52, from Northwestern, where she studied education and urban Jeanne Stocks Hanrihan ’40, Gloria Goldstein Abrams ’45, City, Mo., Sept. 25 Paula Spies Gensemer ’50, Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 6

TERRI POTOCZNA/COURTESY OF TARSH CONSULTING anthropology. She taught English and served as an administra- Laguna Woods, Calif., June 20 Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 25 Barbara Godshall Rowe ’48, Medina, Ohio, July 8 Nancy Clifford Carlson ’52, tor at Hyde Park High School, Kennedy-King College and the Rachel Harris Shackleton Richard J. Goldberg ’45, Racine, Wis., Aug. 18 Carmen P. Germano ’50, Canton, Mich., Aug. 4 University of Illinois at Chicago. She retired as dean of students Morrison ’40, Ardmore, Pa., ’47 MS, Los Angeles, July 13 Janet Mason Skidmore ’48, Lyndhurst, Ohio, Oct. 7 Richard A. Gillespie ’52, CHARLES EUGSTER at Columbia College. Ms. Lightfoot is survived by her daughter, July 2 Lois Wertheimer Lipnik ’45, Hendersonville, N.C., July 17 Donald W. Gieschen ’50, Davenport, Iowa, Aug. 13 Jaronda, and two granddaughters, Jaya and Jorie. William W. Spier ’40, Bonita Springs, Fla., Aug. 24 Robert W. Turner ’48 JD, Loveland, Colo., July 10 John J. Heinzelmann ’52, Charles M.E. Eugster ’50 DDS, Zurich, April 26, at age 97. A retired dentist, ­Murrysville, Pa., Aug. 10 Charles C. Ehlke ’46, Oakland, Calif., Aug. 9 Herbert F. Horwich ’50, Johns Creek, Ga., Oct. 10 Dr. ­Eugster took up rowing at age 63, started bodybuilding at 87 and became a record- GERALD MCDONALD Howard C. Long ’41, Fort Worth, July 5 William J. Anderson ’49, ’52 MBA, Chicago, Aug. 18 Robert E. Huettmann ’52, breaking sprinter at age 95. “You are never too old to try something new,” he wrote in Gerald O. McDonald ’43, ’47 MD, Syracuse, N.Y., July 16 Florence Schram Greenburg ’51 JD, St. Petersburg, Fla., L. John Lambros ’50 MMus, Pebble Beach, Calif., June 21 his book, Age Is Just a Number: What a 97-Year-Old Record Breaker Can Teach Us About ’48 GME, McLean, Va., Oct. 12, at Jean Wiltberger Osborn ’41, ’46, New York City, Sept. 15 March 31 Charleston, W.Va., Sept. 8, 2016 Dorothy Machel Jacobson Growing Older (Little, Brown and Company, 2018). age 94. After serving as a captain San Diego, July 1 Marion Beeler Judd ’46, Paul F. Beisch ’49, Carlton R. Merrifield Jr. ’50, ’52, ’56 MA, Rochester, Minn., Dr. Eugster set several world records into his late 90s. The world’s oldest competi- in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Marion Heltzel Seder ’41, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 10 Morton Grove, Ill., Sept. 6 Portland, Ore., Aug. 5 July 18 tive rower, he won 40 gold medals in World Masters rowing and held multiple World Dr. McDonald worked as a surgeon Williamsburg, Va., July 20 Dorothy Lungmus ’46, Willis W. Burgess ’49, Joseph A. Mussulman ’50, Jack R. Kubik ’52, Strenflex titles. At age 95, Dr. Eugster became the World Masters record holder in the with the Veterans Administration Margaret Hicks Causey ’49 MA, Cleveland, Sept. 2 ’50 MS, Park Ridge, Ill., July 27 ’51 MMus, Missoula, Mont., Westchester, Ill., July 26 200-meter indoor and 400-meter outdoor sprinting events for his age group. in Chicago until 1984, when he ’42 MS, Shreveport, La., Earl W. Mallick ’46, Dolores Law Crawford ’49, Sept. 10 Joan Rumsfeld Ramsay ’52, Born in London just after World War I, Dr. Eugster suffered a number of debilitat- became deputy director of surgical July 13 Fort Myers, Fla., Sept. 6 Oakmont, Pa., Aug. 25 Herbert C. Pekarek ’50, Winnetka, Ill., March 13 ing illnesses as a child, including scarlet fever and whooping cough. He served in the Swiss services at the VA in Washington, D.C. He developed instru- Helen Collins Day ’42, Shirley Spitzer Marotta ’46, David H. Farnham ’49, Chesterland, Ohio, Aug. 31 James O. Reese ’52 MA/MS, army and then ran a dental practice in Zurich. ments used for abdominal surgery and in the late 1950s worked ­Greenwood, Ind., July 29 Boulder, Colo., Sept. 2 ’52 MD, Missoula, Mont., John R. Schufreider ’50, Odessa, Texas, Sept. 15 He decided to get fit after he looked in the mirror in his 50s and realized he was on groundbreaking cancer research that led to the development John J. Grant ’42, Cedar Mary Neill Stackhouse June 27 Evanston, Oct. 9 Gloria Ogren Smedmor ’52, a “balding, self-satisfied lump of lard,” he told the Daily Telegraph last year. He started of chemotherapy. During the Chicago Blackhawks renaissance ­Rapids, Iowa, July 23 Mason ’46, Asheville, N.C., Virginia Lee Casey Gleason David H. Steninger ’50, Burlington, Ontario, Oct. 9, 2016 rowing competitively, training six days a week. He retired from his dental practice at age in the 1960s, Dr. McDonald served as the team physician, a gig Charlotte Kiefer Lindon ’42, June 21 ’49 MA, Springfield, Mo., July 7 ’54 MD, ’54 GME, Sedona, Corinne Blomquist Uresk 75 and became a fitness blogger. In his mid-80s, he started working out with a former he landed after providing emergency care for an injured player. Glenview, Ill., July 18 Beth Stanfield ’46 MA/MS, Mildred “Mitzi” Delich Ariz., 2017 ’52, ’54 MMus, Elgin, Ill., Aug. 8 Mr. Universe to put on muscle. Inspired by vanity, Dr. Eugster admitted, he wanted an He also helped treat an injured policeman during the 1968 * Raymond Simon ’42 MS, Gainesville, Ga., July 18 Johnson­ ’49, Arlington Heights, Phyllis Bartholomae Tearse Horace S. Villars Jr. ’52, “Adonis body to turn the heads of the sexy young 70-year-old girls on the beach.” Democratic Convention riots in Grant Park. Dr. McDonald New Hartford, N.Y., Nov. 7 Harriett Shean Valkenaar Ill., Aug. 29 ’50 MMus, Minneapolis, Aug. 17 Woodstock, Ill., June 25 In recent years Dr. Eugster became a sought-after speaker on the benefits of staying is survived by his wife of 33 years, Irma; their two sons, Nuri Mary Mayne Tucker ’42, ’46, Pompano Beach, Fla., Ted R. Keiser ’49 DDS, John A. Tempka ’50 MS, William E. Weiner ’52, active into older old age. His TEDxZurich talk, “Why Bodybuilding at Age 93 Is a Great and Sushil; their grandchildren, Jaden and Parker; his children, Evanston, Sept. 18 Aug. 15 Land O’ Lakes, Fla., July 11 ­Glenview, Ill., July 18 ­Hendersonville, N.C., Oct. 5 Idea,” has been viewed more than 800,000 times. Elizabeth, Sandra and Gerald; his four grandchildren; and his Charlotte Smith Voigts ’42, Jacqueline Dunn Goodnow Ronald W. Koster ’49, Henry E. Webb III ’50, Constance Urschel Dr. Eugster is survived by his two sons, Andre and Christian. two great-grandchildren. Evanston, August ’47, Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 3 ­Stockton, Calif., May 31 ­Guthrie, Ky., Sept. 11 Alexander­ ’53, Toledo, Oct. 2

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MARY MIX MCDONALD Carolyn Scott Austin ’53, Nancy Willis Allred ’55 MS, Charles A. Waterman ’57, 1960–69 Marianne King Lepczyk ’63, Mary Mix McDonald ’46, New Chicago, Aug. 25 Evanston, July 9 Damariscotta, Maine, July 30 Traverse City, Mich., June 10 Berlin, N.Y., Dec. 12, at age 92. John A. Christopher ’53, David M. Baker ’55, Stephanie Hawkins Bloch Antoinette DeGrazia Armin J. Meilahn ’63 CERT, Ms. McDonald became the first Westchester, Ill., Oct. 6 Geneva, Ill., Sept. 2 ’58, Wheeling, W.Va., Aug. 6 Harding­ ’60, South Bend, Ind., Naperville, Ill., Sept. 15 Republican woman elected to the James W. Forney ’53, Richard C. Fetzer ’55, John L. Burgoyne ’58 DDS, and Bonita Springs, Fla., Aug. 22 Leonard S. Shane ’63, Tupelo, Cook County Board of Commis- ­Dandridge, Tenn., Aug. 29 ­Burlington, Conn., Sept. 18, 2016 Tooele, Utah, Sept. 12 Joseph A. Hopfensperger Miss., July 19 sioners in 1974. When she stepped Eleanore Whitmore Jantz Laura Van Brunt Fletcher ’55, Mary K. Dehaye ’58, Marietta, ’60 MA/MS, Appleton, Wis., Lynda Lawson Bailey down from the board after two ’53, ’57 MA,’59 PhD, Grand Rapids, June 6 Ga., July 3 July 12 ’64 MA, Hazel Crest, Ill., CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN BOTANIC CHICAGO decades, she was lauded for writing Durham, N.C., July 30 Jeaniene Ballard Johnson ’55, William R. Dunn ’58 JD, Frank E. Johnson Jr. Sept. 10 legislation that served as national models, including ordinances Helen Arnold Kent ’53, Delavan, Wis., July 24 ­Buffalo Grove, Ill., Oct. 1 ’60 MBA, Tacoma, Wash., Bruce O. Baumgartner ’64, that raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 and made parents ­Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 6 Ronald J. Matthews ’55 MS, Marsha Waxenburg Aug. 11 ’67 JD, Beachwood, Ohio, responsible for teen vandalism and teenage drinking in the Robert L. Kufalk ’53, Miramar Beach, Fla., Sept. 6 Feinhandler­ ’58, Arroya Seco, Roberta F. Klumb ’60, July 23 home. Ms. McDonald also chaired the county board’s Chicago Delavan, Wis., Oct. 3 Carol Bush Mitchell ’55, N.M., Aug. 7 ­Wauwatosa, Wis., Oct. 2 Lawrence W. Hicks ’64 MS, Botanic Garden committee and in 1994 joined the garden’s Helen P. Liebel-Weckowicz Spokane, Aug. 24 Nancy Freese Fiacco ’58, Helen Joseph Carlson Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 11 board. She helped raise funds to annex a 100-acre oak wood- ’53 MA, ’59 PhD, Edmonton, Diana Harrison Pfeiffer ’55, ­Mission Viejo, Calif., June 15 London­ ’60, Philadelphia, Robert L. Hobbs ’64 PhD, land, which was named in her honor in 1996. Ms. McDonald is Alberta, Aug. 13 Fairfax, Va., and Naples, Fla., Terence S. Fitzgerald ’58, Sept. 6 Portland, Maine, July 24 survived by her children, Elizabeth, Sandra and Gerald; four Robert A. Polunsky ’53, Oct. 10 San Diego, July 27 Eugene P. Mikolajczyk Phyllis Lebovitz Klapman grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two brothers, San Antonio, Aug. 20 Donald H. Pound ’55 MS, Helen Vlahakis Ford ’58, ’60 MBA, Palatine, Ill., Sept. 15 ’64, Longboat Key, Fla., B. John Mix Jr. ’53, ’56 JD and Joseph Mix. Ruth Joffe Sherman ’53, Rohnert Park, Calif., May San Antonio, Sept. 12 Theodore C. Rozema July 20 Los Alamos, N.M., Oct. 8 Perry D. Woodward Michael I. Freeman ’58 JD, ’60 MD, Cuenca, Ecuador, Virginia Low ’64, Jackson, JOSEPH NEWTON John O. Slonaker ’53, ’56 JD, ’55 MBA, Vero Beach, Fla., Deerfield, Ill., Sept. 4 June 9 Miss., Sept. 13 Joseph Newton III ’51, ’52 MS, Alton, Ill., Oct. 12 Aug. 6 C. Rodney LaMothe ’58, Alan D. Rowe ’61, Oak Bay, John J. Marrella ’64 MD, Goodyear, Ariz., Dec. 9, at Nancy Anderson Tracy ’53, James M. Bergquist ’56 MA, Leawood, Kan., July 18 British Columbia, Aug. 2 Northbrook, Ill., Aug. 26 age 88. A former sprinter for Woodside, Calif., June 23 ’66 PhD, Devon, Pa., Aug. 1 Philip M. Miller ’58, ’61 MD, Berton S. Sheppard ’61 JD, Susan Spiller Mayes ’64, Northwestern’s track team, Janet Frost Jung Victor ’53, Leroy A. Ecklund ’56 MD, Short Hills, N.J., Aug. 5 High Point, N.C., Aug. 2 Prospect, Ky., May 4 Mr. Newton joined York Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Aug. 13 Madison, Wis., July 23 Mary Jane Hawkins Neal ’58, Edwin B. Silverman ’61 MA, Charles F. Scott ’64, ’67 JD, High School in Elmhurst, Ill., William J. Weiler ’53 MMus, Thomas K. Emma ’56, Colorado Springs, June 24 ’66 PhD, Chicago, Sept. 13 Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 11 in 1956 and became cross- ’60 PhD, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 27 Princeville, Hawaii, Aug. 30 Donald R. Sterling ’58, Donald R. Steinle ’61, Catherine McKenzie Shane country coach four years later. Richard J. Woodcock Sr. ’53, Susan McInerney Fisher ’56, ’61 JD, Dallas, Sept. 3 ­Hartford, June 13 ’64 MA, Indianapolis, Aug. 4 During Mr. Newton’s nearly Cape Cod, Mass., June 30 Franconia, N.H., June 11 Anne Welter Vilas ’58, Phillip Boyd Stevens Christine Cookson six-decade coaching career, Carney W. Wright ’53 MS, Hugh F. Hoffman ’56, ­Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 30 ’61 MA/MS, ’70 PhD, Wheelock­ ’64, New Britain, York won 20 national cross- Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 11 Mount Prospect, Ill., August Susan E. Aitken ’59, ­Glenview, Ill., July 21 Conn., Aug. 18 country championships and Sue Bayley Drais ’54, Seattle, Joyce Keath ’56, Irvine, Calif., ’64 MA/MS, Vero Beach, Fla., Jerry D. Teske ’61 MMus, Joseph G. Betz III ’65, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES 28 state titles. Mr. Newton Aug. 5 Sept. 6 Aug. 30 Colorado Springs, Aug. 2 St. Louis Park, Minn., Oct. 9

became the first high school track coach to serve on the U.S. SARA KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES Charles Dee Early Jr. ’54 MS, * Alfred R. Kuhn ’56, Adrienne Knox Barnwell ’59, Susan Wittenberg Tyson ’61, James R. Brady ’65, Olympic coaching staff when he was assistant manager of the Michele Marsh in the WCBS-TV newsroom in New York City in 1980. Marsh was one of a group of Holton, Kan., July 19 Delray Beach, Fla., July 14 ’62 MA, ’65 PhD, Minneapolis, Northbrook, Ill., July 9 Cary, N.C., July 3 U.S. men’s track team in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. A four- women who took over news anchor roles in New York in the late 1970s. Max E. Fetters ’54 DDS, Maurice S. Mazel Jr. ’56, Sept. 5 Lewellyn L. Wilson Carolyn Loew Engdahl time national cross-country coach of the year, he was inducted Carmel, Ind., Sept. 25 San Antonio, July 13 Florence Duncan Blazer ’59, ’61 MA/MS, ’67 PhD, ’65 MS, Hingham, Mass., into the U.S. Track and Field Federation’s Hall of Fame and the Fred Jacobeit ’54 MS, Robert E. Rich ’56, Ashland, Ky., Oct. 3 ­Anacortes, Wash., June 5 Aug. 26 Chicago Sports Hall of Fame. He retired in 2016. Mr. Newton MICHELE MARSH Tinley Park, Ill., Sept. 24 Fort Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 4 Jacqueline Cremin Cawley Shih Yen Wu ’61 PhD, Edwin N. Hinckley ’65 MS, is survived by his wife, Joan; daughter, Cindy; sons, Thomas and Rupert Koelling ’54, Maurice K. Roskelley ’59, DeLand, Fla., Aug. 20 ­Clayton, Mo., Sept. 15, 2016 Bluffton, S.C., Aug. 10 John; and four grandchildren, Caitlin, Kyle, Julia and Lauren. Michele M. Marsh ’76, South Kent, Conn., Oct. 17, at age 63. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Aug. 29 ’56 MD, Salt Lake City, Sept. 23 Steve Chalmers ’59, Webster Marilynn Wicks DiSalvo ’62, Susan Schuck Hirst ’65 MS, A five-time Emmy Award–winning newscaster, Ms. Marsh enjoyed a more than Betty Jeanne Stephenson William A. Schaeffler ’56, Groves, Mo., Oct. 3 Richmond, Va., Aug. 22 Bellingham, Wash., May 6 DAVID PEMBERTON two-decade run as an anchor on nightly programs on CBS and NBC stations in New Lippincott ’54 MS, Panora, McLean, Va., April 18 William M. Claybaugh ’59, Bee Tuan Uy Lim ’62 PhD, Albert “Matt” Hutmacher David S. Pemberton ’58, York City. Iowa, Aug. 17 Wilbur T. Scrivnor West Bend, Wis., Sept. 19 Hudson, Ohio, June 23 ’65 JD, Quincy, Ill., June 27 Skokie, Ill., Oct. 17, at age 80. Ms. Marsh studied theater at Northwestern and participated in the Dolphin Show. Ardis Miller Reece Long ’54, ’56 MMus, Saline, Mich., Rosa Ulsh Good ’59 MA, Anthony J. Matkom ’62 PhD, Edward M. Katz ’65 GME, A member of the Northwest- After graduating in 1976, she landed her first assignment, at WABI-TV, the CBS affiliate Watervliet, Mich., Aug. 31 Sept. 21 Arlington Heights, Ill., July 6 Madison, Wis., Aug. 2 ’66 GME, Redwood City Calif., ern Athletic Hall of Fame, in Bangor, Maine, where Ms. Marsh reported in the field and anchored the late-night Earl M. Mumford ’54 MD, Alfred L. Thompson ’56 MD, Walter E. Jenkins Jr. Charles Pokorny III ’62, Sept. 24 Mr. Pemberton was a two- newscast. She even ran the teleprompter with her feet while on the air. Bradenton, Fla., and Hayward, Austin, Texas, July 1 ’59 MBA, Lake Quivira, Kan., Union Mills, N.C., Aug. 1 Stella Nanos ’65, Evanston, time All-American swimmer Ms. Marsh moved on to KSAT-TV, the ABC affiliate in San Antonio, and then, in Wis., Aug. 1 Margaret Chappellet Sept. 6 Thomas W. Reeves ’62, Nov. 5, 2016 and won the 1958 NCAA title August 1979, to WCBS-TV in New York City. She started as a reporter and quickly Leonard C. Nelson ’54 PhD, Brazones­ ’57, Atlanta, July 31 Virginia Ralston Knecht ’59, Sun City West, Ariz., Sept. 3 Barbara Grebliunas Nieds in the 200-yard backstroke. became co-anchor of the 11 O’Clock Report. Ms. Marsh, then 25, was the youngest of five Stony Brook, N.Y., Aug. 23 Sheila Hagerty Day ’57, Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 5 Patricia Pownall Sample ’62, ’65 MA/MS, Lake Forest, Ill., He also placed second at the women who claimed anchor positions at the five New York TV stations with late-night Ann Demopoulos Rantis ’54, Northbrook, Ill., July 25 John I. Sisco ’59 MA/MS, Rockford, Ill., Oct. 7 Williams Bay, Wis., and Sarasota, NCAA Championships in news programs. Bradenton, Fla., Sept. 27 Dale R. Hines ’57 MD, Springfield, Mo., Aug. 11 John B. Alward ’63 JD, Fla., Oct. 4 the 100 backstroke in 1958 She worked as an anchor and correspondent for WCBS for 17 years until she was let Erick R. Ratzer ’54, Littleton, ­Dayton, Sept. 19 Grant B. Skelton ’59, Allen, Mich., April 5 Michael R. Propheter ’65, and won the Big Ten title in go in 1996 as part of move to improve sagging ratings. Ms. Marsh quickly joined WNBC, Colo., July 7 June Rappaport Michaelson ’60 MS, Rancho Cucamonga, Kay Porter Barr ’63 MA/MS, ’66 MBA, Dixon, Ill., Sept. 7 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES the 200 backstroke in 1957. where she anchored until 2003. Van A. Stilley III ’54, ’57 MA, Skokie, Ill., July 22 Calif., Sept. 25 Chesterfield, Mo., Sept. 7 Emmett J. Sharkey ’65 MD, Mr. Pemberton went on to a career as a marketing executive at The pioneering news anchor won five local Emmy Awards for news programming ­Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 27 Dan L. Ripplinger ’57 DDS, Stuart A. Wallace ’59, William J. Donnelly ’63, San Diego, Oct. 8 IBM, Telex and Tandem Computers. He is survived by his wife, and helped pave the way for women in television news. Rita Irmiger Taylor ’54, Cornville, Ariz., Sept. 13 Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 2 Harvard, Mass., Sept. 7 Hsin-Sheng Tai ’65 MA, Sharee; daughters, Melissa, Linda and Deborah; sons, Greg, Ms. Marsh is survived by her second husband, P.H. Nargeolet, and a son, John ­Washington Depot, Conn., Ernest W. Stalder ’57, ’58 MS, Alan R. Johnson ’63 JD, ’67 PhD, Chelmsford, Mass., David and Matthew; and 10 grandchildren. ­Paschall ’14. August Silver Spring, Md., July 8 ­Chicago, March 8 Aug. 21

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GOVIN REDDY John H. Witte ’65, Robert E. Koch ’69, Judith L. Biss ’74, ’75 MS, Stephen H. Lewis ’81 MBA, Eric D. Gibson ’92, Govindasamy “Govin” Reddy JAMES MCMANUS Morton Grove, Ill., July 7 Urbana, Ill., July 10 Nacogdoches, Texas, June 24 Fort Wayne, July 26 Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12 ’73 MA, Durban, South Africa, Carl A. Zehr ’65, Plattsburgh, Laurence V. Oberhill ’69, Bryan L. Deuermeyer John A. Bacevicius V ’82, Catherine Ann Crown Oct. 13, at age 74. An anti-apartheid­ James R. McManus ’56 MBA, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 10, at age 84. A Northwestern life N.Y., Sept. 25 ’73 DDS, Sanibel, Fla., and ’74 MS, ’76 PhD, College East Longmeadow, Mass., ’94 MS, Chicago, July 24 activist, Mr. Reddy helped trans- trustee, Mr. McManus revolutionized the marketing world, creating Marketing Corpo- Mary Blue Lacey Brezovich Plainwell, Mich., July 13 ­Station, Texas, July 7 Nov. 12 Arnold Madsen ’94 PhD, form the broadcast industry in ration of America, the first-ever integrated marketing services firm positioned to serve ’66 MA, Birmingham, Ala., John G. Postweiler ’69, Ana M. Mantilla ’74 MS, Charlotte A. Green ’82 MS, Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 5 post-apartheid South Africa. While Fortune 50 consumer product companies. June 5 Palos Park, Ill., June 2 ’77 PhD, Tucson, Aug. 3 Washington, D.C., Sept. 9 John C. Clevenger ’95 MBA, completing a master’s degree in his- After graduating from the Kellogg School of Management in 1956, Mr. McManus James G. Coconas ’66, David F. Seng ’69 MBA, Thomas M. Tucker Mark B. Gunning ’82 MA, Wichita, Kan., July 22 SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR GLOBAL SALZBURG tory at Northwestern, Mr. Reddy worked for Procter & Gamble and Glendinning Companies. In 1971 he set out on his ­Sebastopol, Calif., Aug. 15 Dahlonega, Ga., July 13 ’74 MA/MS, Tucson, June 8 Providence, R.I., Sept. 25 Alison Gibbs Fox ’95 JD, studied with professor and activist Dennis Brutus. When own, founding MCA with just $25,000 in savings and a $50,000 loan. Benton B. Darda ’66, Charles E. Smith ’69 MD, David Fong ’75 DDS, Richard Heimler ’82, Granger, Ind., Sept. 13 Mr. Reddy returned to South Africa as a history professor, Over the next 26 years, it grew to be a $500 million enterprise whose clients included ’69 MMus, Franklin, Tenn., ’70 GME, Boise, Idaho, July 11 ­Sacramento, June 23 Stamford,­ Conn., Sept. 23 Mark Richard Van Elzen he continued his activism. During a speech at the University PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, IBM, Quaker Oats, Lipton and Dunkin’ Donuts. Its services June 4 Thomas J. Kehoe ’75 GME, Michael H. Kobiske ’95 MS, Menasha, Wis., Oct. 4 of Durban-Westville in 1976, he veered off script, encourag- included strategic consulting, market research, advertising, sales promotion programs John C. Keane ’66, Wilmette, 1970–79 ’77 GME, Santa Fe, N.M., ’82 MEM, Murfreesboro, Kelly A. Glivar ’97 MBA, ing his students to rise up against the regime. Early the next and venture capital. Mr. McManus’ enterprise also included auto dealerships, Business Ill., July 19 May 19 Tenn., Oct. 13 Chicago, July 8 morning, he was detained and imprisoned for five months. Express Airlines and the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colo. Robert E. Ptak ’66, Sun Lakes, David H. Culbert ’70 PhD, Barbara Lefsky ’75, Margaret M. Gibson ’84, Rakesh Jagetia ’97 GME, After his release, he was banned from teaching, so he opened In 1989 the Northwestern Apartments, a seven-story complex in downtown Ariz., Aug. 2 Baton Rouge, La., May 20 White Plains, N.Y., July 23 Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12 Houston, Jan. 22 an anti-apartheid bookshop, sneaking books on liberation into ­Evans­ton for Kellogg students and their families, was renamed the McManus Center in Steven J. Wilson ’66, Susan M. Filler ’70 MMus, Elizabeth Sicher Leigh ’75, Jesse Kalisher ’84, Chapel Hill, the country and mentoring young activists. Eventually, the honor of his leadership gift to the Campaign for Kellogg. He also supported the John C. ­Libertyville, Ill., Aug. 30 ’78 PhD, Chicago, July 7 Fairhope, Ala., July 15 N.C., July 20 2000–09 regime exiled him for nearly a decade. After the introduction Nicolet Football Center, the Ryan Field headquarters for football staff and players. He Thomas E. Wirkus ’66 PhD, Virginia Anderson Jenkins Diana Loevy ’75, Westport, Bruce E. Katz ’84, of democracy, Mr. Reddy returned to South Africa to lead the was a loyal Northwestern football fan. Onalaska, Wis., Aug. 21 ’70 MBA, Glen Ellyn, Ill., Conn., Sept. 20 Kennett Square, Pa., Oct. 7 Paul E. Kero ’00 MBA, South African Broadcasting Corporation, transitioning it from Survivors include his wife, Betty; four children, Robert, Melissa McManus ’87, Charles R. Brown ’67, Sept. 7 Cynthia Hodges Ogden Milos Mandic ’84 MBA, ­Danville, Ill., June 22 the propaganda arm of the apartheid regime to an independent Mitchell McManus ’97 MBA and Stuart McManus ’89, ’95 MBA; three stepchildren, Salt Lake City, Oct. 8 Leona C. Truchan ’70 PhD, ’75 CERT, Springfield, Ill., Cary, Ill., Aug. 3 Christopher R. McFadden and inclusive public broadcaster. He is survived by his wife, Karl, Kurt Soderland ’90 MBA and Eric Soderlund ’96 MBA; and 12 grandchildren, Susan M. Burrows ’67, Milwaukee, May 25 July 30 Gregory R. Mauk ’84, ’00 JD, Frankfort, Ill., June 29 Tessa; his children, Sudeshan, Priya, Micah and Niall; and a including Northwestern students Nicolette McManus, a junior, and Graysen McManus, ­Springfield, Mo., Aug. 18 Evelyn Cullander Wright Arthur D. Philipp ’75 MS, ’86 MS, Skokie, Ill., July 16 Nathan C. Popkins ’01, granddaughter, Eila. a first-year student. Bruce R. Burtner ’67, ’70 MS, ’ 77 PhD, Bellingham, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Aug. 11 Steven K. Palmer ’84 MBA, Skokie, Ill., July 30 Decatur, Ill., Aug. 7 Wash., Sept. 22 Ronald B. Weisshappel ’75, Dallas, July 11 Jeffrey Fleishman ’03 MBA, RICHARD WILLIS Herbert W. Butler ’67 MA, Charles A. Bearchell Jr. Green Bay, Wis., June 29 Laurie C. Croal ’85 MS, Paris, Dec. 20, 2016 Richard Allen Willis ’51 MA/MS, Macomb, Ill., July 4 ’71 MBA, Northridge, Calif., Russell J. Birkos ’76 MS, South Weymouth, Mass., June 8 Caroline Yoonjoo Choi ’07, ’67 PhD, New York City, Aug. 31, at Winston D. Crabb ’67 MD, July 9 Frankfort, Mich., July 19 Catherine A. Leyser Campbellton, Fla., age 90. An actor, author and profes- Rio Rancho, N.M., Sept. 29 Raymond Capiaux ’71 CERT, Howard T. Kauderer ’76, ’85 MBA, Chicago, Aug. 28 Oct. 5, 2016 sor, Mr. Willis taught and directed Dorothy Fuchs Cummins ’67, San Carlos, Calif., June ’86 MBA, Silver Spring, Md., John B. McGillivary ’85, theater at Northwestern and at Lodi, Calif., Aug. 1 Alan R. Mueller ’71, Galloway, July 10 ­Minneapolis, March 1 2010–15 Lewis & Clark College, where Robert A. Gerrard ’67, Ohio, Sept. 9 Arthur W. Morse ’76 CERT, James W. Colasanti ’86 MBA, he served as chair of the theater ­Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 20 David S. Plummer ’71 MBA, Walworth, Wis., July 10 Gilbert, Ariz., Aug. 28 Yunyoung Gina Chang ’13, department. Mr. Willis appeared in John V. Goodin ’67 MBA, Coral Gables, Fla., Aug. 5 Richard Heinrich Davis Kathryn Galligan Culp New York City, Sept. 24 several films. He moved to New York City, where he appeared Hoffman Estates, Ill., Aug. 22 Susan Barnett Rech ’71, ’77 MS, Davis, Ill., Sept. 17, 2016 ’86 MBA, Rock Hill, S.C., Eric P. Judge ’15, Chicago,

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES off-Broadway. Mr. Willis also had roles in several soap operas, William J. Mammoser Portland, Ore., July 28 Walter A. Behrns June 26 June 18 including One Life to Live. He published several short stories ’67 MBA, Novato, Calif., Carol Rasmussen Roth ’78 MA/MS, Chicago, Sept. 17 Todd A. Graham ’86 MD, and wrote Long Gone (2007), a memoir about his childhood on Aug. 2 ’71 MFA, Minneapolis, July 2 Robert G. Cook ’78 GME, ’90 GME, South Bend, Ind., FACULTY & STAFF a small farm in rural eastern Iowa during the Depression. He is Edward H. Ryono ’67 DDS, Douglas M. Treadway Ainsworth, Neb., Sept. 23 July 26 survived by his wife, Linda. San Jose, Calif., March 29 ’71 PhD, Brentwood, Calif., Charles C. Hedde ’78 MD, Thomas J. Mango ’87, Martin Bailyn, professor­ Anthony W. Summers III July 10 ’81 GME, ’82 GME, Vincennes, ’89 MD, Granger, Ind., Oct. 3 ­emeritus of physics and MICHAEL WITWER ’67 JD, Oak Brook, Ill., Sept. 1 Ruth Poole Hess Wicks ’71, Ind., Aug. 13 James J. Hagan ’88 MBA, astronomy, Highland Park, Ill., Michael Witwer ’67 MD, ’73 GME, Lawrence K. Thon ’67, Warrenville, Ill., Aug. 23 Martin J. Pregenzer ­Barrington, Ill., Sept. 23 and Indian Shores, Fla., Dec. 29 Santa Rosa, Calif., Sept. 25, at Grand Haven, Mich., July 7 Richard M. Bogdon ’72, ’79 MBA, Fullerton, Calif., Paul M. Armendariz ’89 JD, Ted R. Gurr, former Payson S. age 76. A battalion surgeon in the Kenneth C. Wierschem Naples, Fla., Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Omaha, Aug. 14 Wild Professor of Political Vietnam War, Dr. Witwer received ’67 MS, Minocqua, Wis., Richard F. Dvonch ’72, William J. Lucas ’89 MBA, ­Science and chair of the political a U.S. Navy Commendation Medal Sept. 28 Seattle, June 18 1980–89 Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 20 science department, Las Vegas, with Combat “V” for providing James C. Wilkins ’67 MBA, George J. Lucchetti ’72, Juliette Calayag Pralle Nov. 25 medical support to his unit under Fargo, N.D., July 14 Chicago, July 29 Mervin L. Brownsberger ’89 MBA, Greenwich, Conn., Jeanne Rosen Ravid fire. He also earned a reputation as a Geraldine Simone Carleton Craig W. Wyatt ’72 MS, ’80 MBA, St. Augustine, Fla., July 27, 2016 ’73 MA/MS, senior lecturer “battlefield stork” for delivering babies and providing medi- ’68 MA, Santa Rosa, Calif., Loves Park, Ill., Aug. 25 July 31 Alicia Paulette Thompson- emerita in the Department of cal care to local villagers. After returning stateside, he began a Sept. 30 Claudia Ralbovsky Collin Molly Murray ’80 MS, Clinton ’89, New Haven, Classics, Evanston, Sept. 17 medical career in infectious diseases. He ran a private practice Daniel Lovrinic ’68 GME, ’73 MA/MS, Bradenton, Fla., Lewes, Del., July 17 Conn., Sept. 5 Richard A. Willis and taught at the University of California, San Francisco. Sugarloaf, Pa., July 9 Aug. 7 Alan L. Rothberger Lee C. Wilcox ’89, Wilmot, ’51 MA/MS, ’67 PhD, former Despite serious leg injuries from Vietnam, Dr. ­Witwer became Margaret Kettering Richards Deborah Weinstein ’80 MBA, Bloomfield Hills, N.H., Oct. 9 assistant professor of dramatic a long-distance runner, completing more than 100 marathons ’68, Boerne, Texas, August Meiselman­ ’73, Falls Church, Mich., Aug. 28 production, New York City, and 50 ultramarathons. He also co-founded a charity run for David S. Sabo ’68 PhD, Va., Aug. 7 Wendy de Monchaux ’81, 1990–99 Aug. 31 cancer research that raised $300,000 over a decade. He is sur- ­Hinsdale, Ill., Sept. 9 Jeanne Rosen Ravid Weston, Conn., Sept. 22 vived by his wife, Carol; children, Julia, Michael, Vincent and Emory Dale Sample II ’68, ’73 MA/MS, Evanston, Linda Kweskin ’81 MA, Anna J. Kim ’90, Cheltenham,

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In our nearly two decades apart, it had Main telephone become an eyesore and a safety hazard. 847-491-7200 HANGING ON TO THINGS FOR DEAR LIFE CAN BE A GOOD THING. Earlier this year, one of my husband’s worst fears about 800-NUALUMS his Tercel came to pass: It failed the annual state inspec- During my sophomore year, a cute boy I worked with at the Daily Northwestern picked tion. A crack in a side mirror — one that had been there for ONLINE RESOURCES me up for a date in a brand-new, shiny, red car. He’d just bought it, and I thought it was six previous years when it passed — was the culprit. Northwestern nice enough — though I’ve never been much of a car person, and I was much more inter- Even though I realized this could be my chance to be magazine website ested in the boy taking me to dinner. rid of the atrocity, I thought back to what the car means to www.northwestern.edu He gushed about how he had upgraded to a multi-CD stereo, how he diligently kept him. 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