Alumni Spotlight archives:
An index of PAW profiles. Alumni are listed in class order.
Volume 08 (2007-08):
Fred Gregory '50: Taking legal
care of Bloomington's old and infirm
Krist Jake '66: Celebrating the oceans
Martin Eichelberger '67: Preventing
childhood injuries
Mitch Daniels '71: Tackling Indiana’s
economy
Chris Acker '73: Restoring antique
pianos
Cushney Roberts 76: Engineer-turned-vocalist
heats up the stage
Cheryl Cohen-Vader 77: Managing
the unpredictable
Gary Rosenberg 81: Organizing
the worlds mollusks
Sarah E. Walzer ’82: Getting
children ready for school
Lisa Jackson *86: Protecting the
environment
Paula Goldman *01: Motivating women
to speak out
Lauren (Holuba) Nelson '04: Serving soldiers and their families
Molly Fay ’06: Hiking for health
clinics
Princeton attorneys: Mentoring minority law students
Los Angeles book group: Exchanging
ideas and friendship
On the campaign trail: Working
to elect John Edwards
METROsquash: Tutoring on and off
the court
Volume 07 (2006-07):
Richard Scudder '35 Still at the
helm
Archibald G. Fletcher '38: Looking
back on a lifetime abroad
"Rocky" King '45: Still performing
after all these years
James Billington ’50: Disseminating
knowledge
Robert Jiranek 52: Sharing a
passion
Hugh MacMillan ’64: Program rebuilds prisoners’ lives
Michael Greco '65: Defending the
Constitution
Ricardo Fernández *70: Extending educational
opportunity
Garrett Hack '74: Crafting the old-fashioned
way
Susan Danoff 75: Bringing stories
to life
Christine Brady ’79 has brought medical
care and dance to children in a shantytown
Wendy Gordon Rockefeller 79: Working
for a greener earth
Martin Eakes *80: Lifting people out of poverty
Wendy Sayvetz '81: Singing underground
in New York
Maria Trumpler ’82: Making cheese on
the farm
Jennifer Bryan 83: Making it OK
to be gay
Emmett D. Carson *85 has focused on immigration,
education, and racial disparity
John Perry ’86 and Sarah Pelmas ’86:
Cutting down on consumption
Bob Attiyeh ’87: Helping young musicians
make it
Anika Rahman 87: Empowering poor
women
Jeff Ingold 90: Working for laughs
Friends of Robert Myslik '90: Running
for Rob
Aaron Kornblum '93: Catching cybercriminals
Kala Parker 95: Bruised and battered
for rugby
Joe Hernandez-Kolski 96: Empowering
teens through poetry
Katherine Hays '98: Reaching gamers
with advertising
Heather Hopkins ’99: Making the first
day of school special
Timothy Ferriss '00: From workaholic to tango
king
Robert Accordino 03: Bringing music
to autistic children
PAANI : Boys (and girls, men and
women) of summer
Volume 06 (2005-06):
Henry Mayer ’35’s career
in medicine spans 57 years
Robert Budd Gibby ’36 helps
educate youth
Carl Hartman ’36 still writes
for the Associated Press
Keeping Fred Fox ’39 alive through
giving
Anthony Duke ’41 offers inner-city
youths what suburbs take for granted
Charles T. Brumback ’50
retires to the citrus industry
Alex McLeod ’56 helps trace
his Scottish clan
Subhi Abu-Gosh *65, an Arab citizen
of Israel, has been a judge and political science lecturer, but
avoids politics
Thomas Hanks ’66 strives to
predict the earth’s violent shudders
Porter Johnson *67 teaches the physics
of baseball
Peter Smith ’68 focuses on a
world stage
Evangelical Christian lobbyist
Richard Land '69
Della Britton ’75 promotes
Jackie Robinson’s legacy
James Pagliarini ’75 aims
to make public television more accessible
Fielding Lamason ’76 supports
and helps rebuild New Orleans’ musical community
Tina deVaron ’78 captures
her motherhood journey
David Sanders ’79 leads the
Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services
Hans Hageman ’80 offers inner-city
youths what suburbs take for granted
Yadin Kaufmann ’80 puts
hundreds of heads together
Doug Lederman ’84 starts
higher education publication
Charles McPhee ’85 interprets
nighttime visions
Jim Henderson ’87 founded
a class fund that helps classmates serve others in their own hometowns
Kate Williams ’89 educates
travelers along old water routes
Wentworth Miller ’95 lands
lead TV role
Cancer survivor Tom Tucker ’95
races for charity
Ann Ellis ’01 establishes a
school in a Nairobi slum
New York City architects Janette
Kim *01 and Chloe Town *02 design stirring AIDS memorial
Dana Malman ’03, Rishi Jaitly
’04, Melissa Galvez ’05, Alex Stege ’05, and Katharine
Mullen ’03: getting low-income students to apply to college—and
succeed
Gathering through song : Nassoons
Mini-reunions
The Princeton Jazz Quartet: Almost
50 years after their graduation, four jazz players have united to
form a quartet.
Alumni clerk for supreme court justices
Volume 05 (2004-05):
Randolph “Pat” Jenks ’36 lived
large in the Wild West
Fred Fisher ’54 finds his
passion in growing grapes
Greg Farrell ’57 structures
schools around learning expeditions
Michael J. Shannon ’57 and Albert J. Beveridge III ’57
head back to school for advanced degrees
J. Robert Hillier ’59 *61 leaves
his mark on Princeton
Toshio Hara ’60’s museum
celebrates 25 years in Japan
J. Victor Lebacqz ’64 *77 leads
NASA’s aeronautical research
Marcus Burke ’69 revitalizes
Spanish art museum
Christopher Janney ’72 creates
urban art
Sara Sill ’73 now lives in art
world
Andrew Levin ’76 develops diagnostic
test for anthrax
Joanne Csete ’77 works to protect
populations affected by AIDS
Marvin Slepian ’77 helps
invent completely artificial device to pump blood
Laurie Lola Vollen ’78 comes
to aid of exonerated prisoners
Valerie Erwin ’79 opens Philadelphia
eatery to revive neighborhood
Rob Goldberg ’79 produces
award-winning documentaries, plays in a band, and coaches kids basketball
Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones ’79 and Mimi Chen ’79 work
to amend U.S. Constitution
Musical comedian Peter Yawitz ’80 makes
fun of working stiffs
Paul Bauman ’81 has helped
unearth ancient sites in Israel
Richard Harwood *84 inspires civic
engagement
Larry Rosin ’84 and Joe Lenski ’87 conduct
exit polling for elections
Jennifer Wythes Vettel ’86 helps
create a safe place for at-risk kids
Valerie Vigoda ’87 tours with
her band
Carroll Dunham ’85 and Nina Henning ’96 sell
herbal products worldwide
Peter Maruca ’87 raises barn
for Hollie Powers Holt ’78
Peggy Moss ’88 pens children’s
book on bullying
Ginger Strand *92 on writing: ‘Sometimes
it happens like magic’
Richard Rusczyk ’93 creates
online community for number lovers
Katy Walden ’95 discovers
Tibet as film crew follows
Christine Chen ’97 soars through
the air for modern dance
Tucker Farrar ’98 organizes
camping trips for kids in need of escape
Kristen Heissenbuttel ’99
designs sails
Princeton-in-Asia fellow Mark Zee ’03 becomes
a celebrity in Singapore
Volume 04 (2003-04):
William Scheide ๊36 continues to
contribute to the world of music and books
Bernard Ryan ’46 has spent a
lifetime crafting words
Arthur Whinston ๊46 *47 and his
wife are world champion power lifters
Bruce Douglas ๊47 owns one of the
most extensive buttonhook collections
Lincoln Brower ’53 works to
preserve monarch butterfly breeding grounds
Nelson Runger ๊53 makes second career
of recording books
Jon Rogers ๊54 helps farmers who
grow quality beans
Paul Sisco ’67 and Philip Pritchard ’61
join effort to grow blight-resistant trees
Michael Haroz ’67, Kitt Sawitsky ’71, David Abromowitz
’78, Andrew Zelermyer ’85:
Boston firm’s Princeton alumni
work for pro bono and paying clients
Rick Belding '69 has
run every day for the last 13 years
Attorney Gordon Bonnyman ’69 fights
for Tennessee’s indigents
Carlton Brown ๊73 designs new model
for affordable housing
Carol
A. Smith '78 helps city kids become
friends and develop skills
Nancy
Herkness '79 writes her first romance
novel
Comic Josh Kornbluth ๊80 uses
his foibles in monologues
Cynthia Lazaroff ๊80 works to
stop destruction of coral reefs
Steven
Strogatz '80 pioneers new science
of sync
Abigail Bach ๊81 left Wall Street
to help abused women rebuild their lives
Pediatrician Alan Greene
'81 answers parents' questions
Kim Goodwin '81 makes
her mark in finance
Elena Kagan ๊81 becomes first female
Harvard law dean
David Lewis ’83 protects San
Francisco’s natural resource
Richard Preston *83 writes an uplifting
Christmas story
Liz Duffy ๊88 is first woman to lead
Lawrenceville School
Jeremy Toback '88 makes music for
yoga
Wende Elliott ’90 helps organic
family farmers survive
Anthony Marx *90 takes over at Amherst
Delphine Hirsh '92 helps
you get through the hurt
Jesse Johnson ๊93 makes environmentally
friendly sofas and chairs
Susie Gelbron '95 makes
custom invitations and announcements using traditional art of letterpress
printing
McKay Jenkins *96 chronicles an
elite unit specializing in winter and high-altitude combat
Composer Scott Salinas ’97
writes music for films
James Stanford '98: Young filmmaker
finds gratification but tough going
Laurie Kaufmann '99 creates
trendy purses
Windi Lassiter ’00 helps
people and wildlife peacefully coexist
Xiaohui Fan *00 scans the sky for very
very very old stars
Volume 03 (2002-03):
Writers Block
Sanders Maxwell '39 If Princeton
has its own Piano Man, it could be Sanders Maxwell
Rick Kennedy '57 makes Tokyo his
pearl
Joseph Nye '58 argues
that the U.S. can't go it alone
Tim Walsh 67 collaborates
with other Princetonians at an eating-disorder clinic in NYC
Joel Babb '69: an
artist schooled in the abstract learns to be a naturalist
Roger
Nierenberg 69
teaches leadership skills from the conductor's podium
Robert Bunning '75: Doctor by day,
musician at night
Eric Moe '67, composer and performer, finds
layers of meaning in his work
Don George
'75 examines life abroad
Michael Devlin 78 collaborates
with other Princetonians at an eating-disorder clinic in NYC
René Gonzalez 79
creator of SimMan, a life-like robot for medical training
Burns Stanfield '82, urban pastor, helps
low-income neighbors
Evelyn Attia 82 collaborates
with other Princetonians at an eating-disorder clinic in NYC
Andy Ilves '82 is director of Radio
Free Afghanistan
Julia Anderson '84 made it her
career to overcome discrimination based on sexual preferences
Jeffrey O'Dwyer '89, first-time novelist, makes
fun of fast food industry
Margaret Gray '91: Her
first book: The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool
Joshua Marshall '91, political pundit, opines
on his blog, Talking Points Memo
Michael Jamin '92 at
home on King of the Hill
Jesse
Johnson '93 makes environmentally
friendly sofas, chairs, beds
Angie Day '94 writes
a coming-of-age novel after work and on weekends
Ioannis Mentzas '94 and Micah Burch '95 translate
and publish popular Japanese novelists
Valerie Weiss 95 started
a film program for Harvard graduate students like herself
Nicole Lorenzo '96
designs new line of flirty, and functional, undergarments
Lauren Escott 99 collaborates
with other Princetonians at an eating-disorder clinic in NYC
Josh Morris '99 pushing
climbing to new heights in northern Thailand
Brian White 00
helps Afghan refugees who have returned home
Karen Weissman *89, A Spiritual Chick, moves
from engineering to metaphysics
Ryoko Tsuneyoshi *90 uses
her experience to forge academic career
Volume 02 (2001-02):
Dave Burns '53: Musician
resurrects a Golden Age
William Hamilton '54: Orthopedist
sees to feet, legs, and hips of dancers
Thomas Graham 55:
Arms control advocate and specialist
Frank Deford '61: Writer
explores Rubens and reincarnation in his seventh novel
Bud Rose 63: UptoDate
doctor provides information to health care professionals
Alan Lopez '65: Pilot
of vintage biplane flies to out of the way places
Lewis MacAdams 66: Poet
leads preservation group to clean up the Los Angeles River
Julian McPhillips 68: Lawyer
and advocate for the underdog
Peter Kaminsky '69: Writer
obsesses on food and fishing
Neil Henry '77: Talks about
his book Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
Steven L. Graham '78: Businessman
makes "CraftLace" and "Noooodles" for kiddie
crafts
Dan Ciporin '80: CEO
of Dealtime.com helps users find the best prices on scores of products
John Katzman '81 talks
about his SAT tutoring company, Princeton Review
Christoper Chambers 82: With
his first novel, attorney breaks new ground in crime story genre
Louis Hawthorne '83: Cloner
hopes to duplicate favorite pets
Roland C. Warren '83: leads National
Fatherhood Initiative's fight to reduce fatherless homes
Mark Bernstein '83:
Football: Not just an Ivy League sport anymore
Norma Bowles '84: Theater
director sows tolerance, reaches out to gay youth
Martin Harris '84: An
undefeated attorney
Alison Graham 84: Helps
establish showbiz network for alumni
Emily Liman '85: Molecular
biologist studies missing genetic link in humans
Anthony Romero '87: Head
of the ACLU in charge at a critical time when civil rights are under
siege
Suzanne Fiske 87: Pro
footballer hits hard
Daniel Castor 88: Architect
draws architectural treasures in innovative style
Demetri '88 and Kim Coupounas '89:
Entrepreneurs create new outdoor, ultra-light gear
Susan Schwartz '88: Actress
and singer and writer creates work based on porn film dialogue
Will Weiser '89: Publicist
talks about his job as director of publicity at Crown Business Publishers
Stephanie Rosenbaum 90:
Her new sassy bride book encourages brides-to-be to think creatively
Laura Bakos '90: Extreme
skier hikes up, skis down world's highest peaks
Vivasan Soni 91: Literary
scholar studies happiness
Peter Hessler '92: Writer
talks about teaching in China and his new book, River Town
Gifford Miller '92: Speaker
of New York City Council faces challenges as speaker of City Council
Danielle Allen '93: A
classicist wins a "genius" grant
Graham Burnett '93: Historian
of science explores history and the history of exploring
Rajiv Vinnakota '93: Educator
of SEED Public Charter School rears fresh, new minds in nation's
capital
'94ers Jennifer Greene, Kim Newell, and Mary Lantin: They
help doctors cross cultural barriers that divide them from their
patients
Ali Salaverria '94:
Creator of bras and briefs for the trendy set
Joanne Shen 94:Filmmaker
documents the exciting side of life
Lesley Carlin '95: Etiquette
Girl talks about her new book of manners, Things You Need to Be
Told
Frank Lomax '95, Erik Bue '96 and John Lettow '95: Inventors
and entrepreneurs turn natural gas into hydrogen
Chris Lear 96: Writer
and runner recounts his year of running cross-country with the University
of Colorado
Amy Kapczynski 96: Activist
helped make AIDS drugs more accessible in South Africa
Jordan Roth '97:
Impressario sees his disco show into a second year and opens a new
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jonathan Foer 99: Debut
novelist gets good reviews for "Everything Is Illuminated"
Frederick Crews *58: Author
of The Pooh Perplex, pokes the Academy once more with his new book,
Postmodern Pooh
Peter Bell *64: CARE
president roots out poverty, affirms dignity
Anne Matthews *81:
In her book, she chronicles natures tenacious hold on habitat
Volume 01 (2000-01):
Tribute to Medal of Honor recipient
Sandy Bonnyman '32 By Richard A. Davis '47
Sheldon Meyer '49 edited
more than 50 books on American history
Dick Purdue '50: Internet
publisher seeks quality material out of the mainstream
John Bogle '51: A
look at how the financial maven got started
Ralph Nader 55 looks
back at the election 2000
Roger Wood '62: Scientist
and ecologist prowls New Jersey causeways looking for turtles who've
lost the race against cars
Julian L. McPhillips '68: a
lawyer for all people
Alan Lightman '70: Author
looks at the modern age in his novel, The Diagnosis
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. '71: New
head of the Office of Management and Budget for President Bush
Alfred '72 Glossbrenner: With
his wife, Emily, they offer literary tidbits about your favorite
authors
Barbara Ilene Adler '76: An essay
on her state of mental health
Madison Smartt Bell '79: Author
and professor finds himself a literary mentor to his students
Mark Bailey '81: Entrepreneur
makes business-to-business easy
Through Alex Sanford '81's www.Live365.com,
listeners can hear radio from around the world
Jane Shumate Alison '83: Debut
novel, The Love-Artist , gets good reviews
Bruce Resnick '83: Inventor
of HanuKat, a character for the Jewish holiday
Tom Rankin '83: Tour-maker
in Rome, shows others the hidden and not-so-hidden treasures of
the Eternal City
David Siegel '83's Blink.com
utilizes bookmarks as guideposts
Sina Khajeh-Najafi '87: His
literary magazine, Cabinet, offers the eclectic and art
Antonio Romero '87: His
website, www.Culturekiosque.com, brings world wide culture to your
screen
Frederick Reiken '88: A
writer talks about his new book and the writing life
Dan Porter '88's dot-com
that's better than a grapevine
Wendy Kopp '89: Education
reformer talks about her life and work and book
Joe Gawronski '91's on-line reservation
site, ireserve.com
John McIntyre '91 and Tom Bevan '91
create website for opinion and analysis, www.realclearpolitics.com
Jennifer Weiner '91: First-time
novelist writes book about bad boyfriends
Akhil Sharma 92:
Investment banker pens award-winning novel, The Obedient Father
Danny Grossi '93: Physican
and saleman on the Internet
Kristina Baldwin Larson '93: Sells
art online in her cyber-gallery
Brian Widell '94 and Marc Chabot '97: Creators
of Profit Tools, which keeps freight moving
Peter Mills '95 and Cara Reichel 96: Thespians
and producers for the Prospect Theater Company
James Stanford '98 and David Nee 98 work
on a film about the Internet
Jeff Pojanowski '00: Writes
about his experiences taking wheelchairs to the Gaza Strip
Benjamin S. Farmer '01: Behind
the lens for Esquire magazine
Art professor appreciation: A tribute
to Professor John R. Martin *47
Rebecca Goldstein *77: Writer,
an imp of metaphysics, talks
Ann Case *83: Of
stepfamilies and of poverty in South Africa
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