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

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  • 2/11/11: Rufus Peabody ’08

    Your kid’s obsessed with sports statistics? No worries. He can grow up to be a vote-counting guru or Freakonomics-style... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 11:22am

  • Daniel Skovronsky ’94

    You could forgive Daniel Skovronsky ’94 if he helped himself to second servings at Thanksgiving this year. The 37-year-old MD/PhD just signed... Read on
    the staff | November 26 2010 10:32am

  • 10/29/10: Mark Gorton ’88

    Long before there was Mark Zuckerberg, there was Mark Gorton ’88. And long before there was Facebook, there was... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 10:20am

  • Seth Goldman ’95MPPM

    The idea for a company that would sell bottled iced tea with just a little sugar, instead of the usual handful, started brewing at the Yale School of... Read on
    the staff | July 9 2010 10:20am

  • Heidi Miller ’79PhD

    After picking up her Yale degree in Latin American history, Heidi Miller ’79PhD took a job at Chemical Bank. That doctorate—and three... Read on
    the staff | June 25 2010 04:59pm

  • John Mazzuto ’70

    Last year, Yale saluted the “incredible generosity” of a $1.5 million gift from John Mazzuto ’70. This week, a New York... Read on
    the staff | May 28 2010 04:53pm

  • Richard Klapper ’79MA, ’79JD

    Facing an aggressive fraud suit by the federal government, who ya gonna call? When you’re Goldman Sachs, you call Richard Klapper ’79MA... Read on
    the staff | April 23 2010 04:45pm

  • Craig Becker ’78, ’81JD

    “I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government.” So declared President Barack Obama... Read on
    the staff | April 2 2010 04:41pm

  • David Jackson ’93MBA

    Speaking at the School of Management Leaders Forum in September 2007, David Jackson ’93MBA noted that the subprime mortgage crisis was... Read on
    the staff | December 11 2009 02:55pm

  • Gabe Polsky ’02

    It’s kind of a Hollywood story line—minus the adversity. After five years in the film biz, Gabe Polsky ’02 and his brother Alan... Read on
    the staff | November 27 2009 02:51pm

  • Davan Maharaj ’95MSLJ: A new newspaper editor tries to stop the bleeding.

    What they teach journalists: “If your mother says she loves you, get a second source.” What they teach at Yale Law School: “If you can... Read on
    the staff | December 16 2011 10:43am

  • John W. Jackson ’67

    It doesn’t quite match up to the G-20’s promised $1.1 trillion in global stimulus spending. But Yale is quite happy with a $50 million... Read on
    the staff | April 10 2009 11:32am

  • Anne Wojcicki ’96

    When Anne Wojcicki ’96 and her husband, Google cofounder Sergey Brin, have their first child in November, they’ll have more than a... Read on
    the staff | October 31 2008 10:18am

  • Herbert M. Allison Jr. ’65

    As the new chief executive of the troubled Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Herbert M. Allison Jr. ’65 may have to... Read on
    the staff | September 12 2008 09:48am

  • Indra Nooyi ’80MPPM

    It’s hard to find a woman higher on the ladder of success than Yale trustee Indra Nooyi ’80MPPM, chair and CEO of Pepsico since 2006.... Read on
    the staff | May 9 2008 02:33pm