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

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  • Hunter Biden ’96JD

    Barack Obama says he’s here to “tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over.” That... Read on
    the staff | August 29 2008 03:02pm

  • Tim Shriver ’81

    What is the R-word? No, not “recession.” Tim Shriver ’81, son of long-ago vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver ’38... Read on
    the staff | August 22 2008 02:53pm

  • Fred Smith ’66

    Is it hard for you to imagine a presidential election without a sixty-something Skull and Bones member on the ticket? Take heart: FedEx founder and CEO... Read on
    the staff | August 8 2008 02:50pm

  • James B. Lockhart III ’68

    Since 2006, James B. Lockhart III ’68 has been director of the little-known Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, charged... Read on
    the staff | August 1 2008 02:49pm

  • Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD

    Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD is only our 24th Yalie of the Week, but he’s the second one who became newsworthy through plagiarism.... Read on
    the staff | July 11 2008 02:45pm

  • Seth Waxman ’77JD

    The Supreme Court’s June 12 decision in the case of Boumediene v. Bush was a victory for foreign detainees being held at... Read on
    the staff | June 13 2008 02:40pm

  • Scott Kleeb ’06PhD

    He rode bulls for the rodeo team in college. He’s worked off and on as a ranch hand in his home state of Nebraska. And he logged 65,000 miles in a... Read on
    the staff | May 16 2008 02:35pm

  • Hillary Clinton ’73JD

    The Yale Alumni Magazine is emphatically not in the business of endorsing presidential candidates, but for newsworthiness this week, it’s... Read on
    the staff | April 25 2008 02:31pm

  • Byeon Yang-kyoon ’87MA

    Almost unnoticed in the scandal surrounding Shin Jeong-ah—the South Korean art history professor who falsely claimed to have a Yale PhD—is... Read on
    the staff | April 4 2008 02:25pm

  • Chris Cuomo ’92

    He’s smart, he’s an Emmy-winning reporter, and he’s a co-anchor on Good Morning America. But the reason Christopher Cuomo... Read on
    the staff | February 22 2008 01:25pm