HUMANITIES IN ACTION CAREER WORKSHOPS Sunday, nov. 13 12:45–5PM Whitney Humanities Center Tala Gharagozlou ’06 is an architect Mallory Baysek ’11 is here to answer based in London, managing new de- the question “Can you survive in velopments for the Soho House Group Manhattan by tutoring while pursu- in Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. She ing your dream?” with an emphatic ALUMNI started her career working for Frank “Yes!” Tutoring—coupled with other Gehry in Los Angeles on such projects eclectic pursuits—has been about BIOS as the Washington D.C. Eisenhow- more than survival. Together, these er Memorial. She then moved back jobs make up a colorful backsplash to Paris, her hometown, where she to her theatre and writing career. Andrew Lipka MD ’78 is perhaps worked on hospitality projects such as Mallory is the director of communi- the “black sheep” of this crowd—a Michelin-starred restaurants, at Atelier cations for an Austin-based modern nonhumanities major (MB&B) India Mahdavi, while taking on inde- design company; she took point who went on to a career in medicine pendent design consulting work for on the marketing and branding of (ophthalmology). Nevertheless, museums and independent collections. a new Chicago-based architecture he has spent his career bringing a Her penchant for architecture initially company; and she has edited a book humanities ethic to his work and his grew out of a lecture by Professor Alec on strategic project management. As Kevin Beckford ’11 is currently life, and now drives many of Yale’s Purves on Louis Kahn’s Yale Center for an actor, Mallory has collaborated a special advisor for the Obama efforts to bring the wonders of the British Art, an architectural masterpiece in readings and workshops of new administration within the De- humanities to alumni. In addition to she had not set foot in until then. Her works in musical theatre and has partment of Housing and Urban chairing the Section of Ophthalmol- original interests in literature, art his- performed at such venues and with Development. A free spirit of sorts, ogy at University Medical Center at tory, and science came together in her such companies as Ars Nova, 54 Kevin has held a variety of jobs, all Princeton, serving on the Biomedical architectural studies as an undergradu- Below, Playwrights Horizons, Urban of which he believes he was prepped Ethics Committee and teaching at ate and graduate student at Yale. As the Stages, Classic Stage Company, for within the African American Rutgers Medical School, he leads 2010 editor of Perspecta, the Yale Jour- NYU Tisch, and the New School. studies and political science depart- the Yale for Life program, where nal of Architecture, Tala explored the This past year, Mallory was on the ments at Yale. Previously, Kevin was alumni, spouses, and parents return changing notions of “Domain,” solicit- road with the national tour of The at the White House Office of Pres- to campus for a week of intensive ing contributions from a range of writ- Lightning Thief, a new musical based idential Correspondence for two humanities immersion. He sits on ers, such as historians specializing in on the Percy Jackson book series. years, freelanced with McKinsey & the board of Yale Alumni College Middle Eastern architectural history to Playing Annabeth, the daughter of Company, and taught middle and and founded the Princeton campus experts in digital property law. In ad- Athena, she found prime opportuni- high school history in Philadelphia. of YACOL. He served as a member dition to her professional practice since ty to fuse her acting chops with her Kevin is a Gates Cambridge Scholar, of a Yale delegation that traveled to leaving Yale School of Architecture, classics/humanities background. As which led him to the University of the Balkans as ambassadors for the Tala has pursued her interest in aca- a writer, Mallory is currently devel- Cambridge, from which he received liberal arts, speaking to over 1,000 demic and museum work by teaching oping a screenplay with her collabo- an MPhil in African studies. Kevin students on the virtues of a liberal workshops for the Cornell Paris pro- rator, a fellow Yale grad, and is in the also has a master’s degree from the arts education. His passion is for a gram and the Architectural Association early stages of a novel based on—you University of Pennsylvania. Un- Yale that recognizes “Commence- in London, as well as winning a design guessed it—her trials and travails apologetic and proud of his identity ment” in its literal meaning. The competition for the Paris Museum of as tutor to NYC’s uber-wealthy. as a Black Caribbean American, learning and the belonging to Yale, Medieval Art for an exhibition entitled Kevin has found his immersion in and to the community of scholars, “The Art of Travel in Medieval Times.” the study of identity politics during grows throughout life in his view, his time at Yale both personally and its home is in the humanities. and professionally rewarding. Eric Nathan ’06, a 2013 Rome Prize Fellow and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, has garnered acclaim internationally through performances at the New York Philhar- Isabel Marin ’12 is currently a monic’s 2014 Biennial, Carnegie Hall, company commander in the Unit- Aldeburgh Music Festival, Tanglewood ed States Marine Corps. Next year Festival of Contemporary Music, Aspen Margot McMahon (MFA, Yale School she will be starting at Harvard Law Music Festival, MATA Festival, Cabrillo of Art and Architecture ’84) has School. The humanities, as both a Festival of Contemporary Music, Ravin- been called the “Studs Terkel of the discovery of human nature and a ia Festival Steans Institute, Yellow Barn, sculpting world.” Her work can be pursuit of truth, has been the thread Music Academy of the West, 2012 and found internationally, in state and Alex Troy ’81 is head of school of connecting her studies in intellec- 2013 World Music Days, Domaine Forget, city parks, sculpture gardens, the the American Hebrew Academy. tual history to her leadership in the and Louvre Museum. His music has been Smithsonian, DePaul University, the The American Hebrew Academy Marine Corps to her future in law featured by the Boston Symphony Orches- Museum of Contemporary Art, the is an international Jewish college and beyond. She uses the stories tra, the Berlin Philharmonic’s Scharoun Chicago History Museum and Chi- prep boarding school located and experiences from the classics to Ensemble, Boston Symphony Chamber cago Botanic Garden, the Lake Forest in Greensboro, North Caroli- inform her speeches, her decisions, Players, Boston Modern Orchestra Proj- St. Patrick’s and St. Mary’s Parishes, as na. Prior to serving as Head of and her analysis of the world she ect, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, American well as in Japan and Chicago’s Sokka School, Alex worked as a lawyer has encountered through the Ma- Composers Orchestra, Omaha Sympho- Gaikai Buddhist Centers, Chicago and an investor for thirty years. rine Corps—the trials the Marines ny Chamber Orchestra, A Far Cry, JACK area public schools and libraries. She He started his career practicing face in their daily lives, the deploy- Quartet, American Brass Quintet, and oth- has portrayed Chicago Giants and merger and acquisition law at ments to Afghanistan and Kuwait, ers. Recent projects include commissions unsung heroes; writers, musicians, Skadden Arps and then moved and the challenge to influence her from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, laborers, and luminaries who have to the investment world, where platoon and now company. She the New York Philharmonic, Tanglewood created the unique fabric of Chicago he worked in hedge funds and has published three articles in the Music Center, and the Aspen Music Festival including Richard Wright, Delois ran a family office. He is a senior Marine Corps Gazette discussing for the American Brass Quintet. Nathan Barrett Campbell, Ernest Heming- advisor to Eigenvector Capital, a possible ways to restructure the has been honored with a Copland House way, Monsignor John Egan, and John systematic value-oriented hedge logistics units of the Marine Corps residency, ASCAP’s Rudolf Nissim Prize, D. MacArthur. Margot has taught at fund, which he helped found. as well as ways to project Naval and four ASCAP Morton Gould Awards, BMI’s Yale and Yale’s Summer School, and From 2002 through 2013, Alex Marine Corps power from ship to William Schuman Prize, Aspen Music Fes- at the School of the Art Institute of was a member of the board of shore in a more expeditionary and tival’s Jacob Druckman Prize, a Charles Ives Chicago. She serves on the boards directors of Amistad Academy, a economical manner. Her approach Scholarship from the American Academy of of the Ragdale Foundation and the New Haven K-12 charter school. to law carries forward her approach Arts and Letters, and a Leonard Bernstein Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, and He served as chairman of Amis- to the humanities: a search for truth Fellowship from the Tanglewood Music is president of YaleWomen Chicago. tad’s board for seven years. Alex by analyzing how our interpreta- Center. He served as composer-in-residence She is a founder of the Yale Alumni is an advocate for education tion of it has changed over time. at the 2013 Chelsea Music Festival (New Arts League and Oak Park’s Public Art reform and has served on the York) and 2013 Chamber Music Campa- Advisory, and cochairs committees for boards of several organizations nia (Italy). Nathan was a visiting assistant the Chicago Tree Project and Chica- devoted to improving public professor at Williams College in 2014- go’s 2017 Year of Public Art.