UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SPRING 2017 U SCIENTISTS take on the Addiction crisis Plus: The world's first stewardess Alumni help shape the New York skyline Playing with player pianos © CAMBRIA 2017 US Pat Pending | 9,289,923 | Pending Pat US 2017 CAMBRIA © HELMSLEY™ Coastal Collection™ Inspired by the marriage of land and sea on the coast of Wales, Helmsley™ shines like the rising sun greeting the vast sea. Find all of Cambria’s more than 130 brilliant selections for your new kitchen at CambriaUSA.com. Made possible by members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association since 1901 | Volume 116, Number 2 Spring 2017 4 Editor's Note 5 From the Desk of Eric Kaler 8 About Campus Restoration avocation, the best volleyball player in the land, and hello P.J. Fleck 14 Discoveries 18 Proof that gratitude works By Gayla Marty 26 Addiction 18 Opioids are killing young people, and pediatricians must help stop it, says Pamela Gonzalez 38 At the frontiers of neuroscience and addiction 24 An alumna mom’s story A Dance in the Sky 26 Led by famed architect William Pedersen, U alumni are leading a project that is transforming NYC By Alexander Gelfand A Soaring Passion 32 The story of how a U alumna became the world’s first stewardess By Tim Brady 36 Off the Shelf Jim Walsh’s Gold Experience: Following Prince in the 90s 32 By John Toren 39 Alumni Stories From drug czar to meatloaf queen 43 Stay Connected Your guide to the Alumni Association 48 Heart of the Matter Boy/Outside By Emily Freeman Cover photograph of Pamela Gonzalez by Sara Rubinstein, photo illustration by Kristi Anderson Top: Sara Rubinstein • Hudson Yards: Courtesy KPF • Stewardesses: Everett Collection/Alamy IA® ALUMNI 0cNamara Al · ASSOCIATION University of M"1nnesota umnl Cente • r BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Dan McDonald, ’82, ’85
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