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Every Friday, we choose an alum who has been making headlines—for better or for worse.

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January 2012

  • 9/2/11: Stanley Tigerman ’61MArch

    Though Stanley Tigerman ’61MArch has been a constant and provocative presence in architecture for decades—especially in his native... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:33pm

  • 8/25/11: Ryan Lavarnway ’09

    The last time a Yalie appeared in Major League Baseball as a position player (i.e. not a pitcher), the Dodgers were still playing in Brooklyn... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:30pm

  • 8/19/11: David Swensen ’80PhD

    Surveying the stock market’s recent rollercoaster imitation, David Swensen ’80PhD reaches for a different... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:28pm

  • 8/12/11: Amor Towles ’87

    Amor Towles ’87 “arrived in New York in 1989 with diplomas from Yale and Stanford and dreams of becoming a writer,” we learn... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:24pm

  • 8/5/11: Edward Cheung ’90PhD

    When the space shuttle made its final landing last month, it left a little bit of Edward Cheung ’90PhD behind. That was on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:21pm

  • 7/29/11: Kamala Lopez ’85

    Nancy Pelosi. Former secretary of labor Alexis Herman. Pakistani women’s rights activist Rubina Bhatti. Kamala Lopez ’85 joins their... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:18pm

  • 7/22/11: Wendi Deng Murdoch ’97MBA

    Wendi Deng Murdoch ’97MBA’s top-ten list of What I Learned at the Yale School of Management probably does not include pie-blocking. Or... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:08pm

  • 7/15/11: Barbara Bush ’04

    She shares a last name and Yale College degree with her father. But politically and professionally, former first daughter Barbara Bush... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:05pm

  • 7/8/11: Matan Koch ’02

    By the time Matan Koch ’02 graduated from Yale at age 20, he had “educated this campus and had a significant impact on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:02pm

  • 7/1/11: Mary Bly ’95PhD

    “A well-bred lady never ogles a man from behind her black veil, especially during her husband’s burial.” If the widow in question were... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 01:00pm

  • 6/24/11: Stephen J. Kim ’99PhD

    Stephen J. Kim ’99PhD, an arms expert who worked for the US departments of defense and state, faces up to 15 years in prison under the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:55pm

  • 6/17/11: Frances McDormand ’82MFA

    So you think Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are the only actors around who can do a South Boston accent? Oh, right—Wahlberg and... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:52pm

  • 6/10/11: John T. Downey ’51

    John T. Downey ’51 missed his first four Yale reunions for a dreadful and remarkable reason: he was a prisoner in China, shot... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:49pm

  • 6/3/11: John Bryson ’69LLB

    A longtime utility executive who also cofounded a leading environmental organization? A nominee for Secretary of Commerce who wins praise from both... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:46pm

  • 5/27/11: Anthony Marx ’81

    “With privilege comes responsibility,” Anthony Marx ’81 told Amherst College’s new grads at... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:44pm

  • 5/20/11: John B. King Jr. ’07JD

    Orphaned at age 12, John B. King Jr. ’07JD says New York City public schools “quite literally saved my life.” As New... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:42pm

  • 5/13/11: Cory Booker ’97JD

      Last September, when the American Civil Liberties Union called for a federal investigation of alleged police brutality in Newark, New... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:40pm

  • 5/6/11: Renée Richards ’55

    Tall and handsome, smart and athletic, born to privilege yet successful in his own right, Dr. Richard Raskin ’55 had it... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:37pm

  • 4/29/11: Michael Morand ’87, ’93MDiv

        New Haven is full of Yalies Who Stayed: came here for college, liked the place, got a job, bought a home, settled down, got involved in... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">the staff</span> | January 3 2012 12:33pm