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

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  • 9/10/10: Geoff Etherington ’76MD

    Most of us would be thrilled to run a 20K in under two hours when we’re octogenarians. Heck, most of us would be thrilled to run a 20K in under two... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 09:51am

  • Flagg Youngblood ’97

    Flagg Youngblood ’97 lives up to both halves of his name. A former Army captain who attended Yale on an ROTC scholarship, Youngblood... Read on
    the staff | September 3 2010 10:49am

  • Fareed Zakaria ’86

    Author and journalist Fareed Zakaria ’86 has made a career of explaining the world to Americans. Starting next month, he’ll do it from a slightly... Read on
    the staff | August 27 2010 10:46am

  • Mark Rosekind ’87PhD

    Mark Rosekind ’87PhD takes the Metro every day to his new job in Washington, DC. So it was with both personal and professional interest... Read on
    the staff | July 30 2010 10:28am

  • Bob Heintz ’92

    What are the best things about being a professional golfer: the fresh air and sunshine, the exercise, the plaid pants? Not for Bob Heintz... Read on
    the staff | July 23 2010 10:24am

  • Bob Greenlee ’96

    It can’t be fun to testify in court that you were Rod Blagojevich’s yes-man. But it beats being called his co-conspirator. Bob Greenlee... Read on
    the staff | July 16 2010 10:23am

  • 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

  • Joe Miller ’95JD

    Senator Lisa Murkowski joined a half-dozen Republican colleagues in a West Wing huddle with President Barack Obama over climate policy this week. But it... Read on
    the staff | July 2 2010 05:01pm

  • 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

  • Frances Beinecke ’71, ’74MFS

    Don’t cry over spilled oil—just prevent spills. That’s the advice Frances Beinecke ’71, ’74MFS, has been giving... Read on
    the staff | June 18 2010 04:58pm

  • Terence Pang-Yen Dunn ’76

    TaiChiMania.com, the website of Terence Pang-Yen Dunn ’76, says he teaches martial arts for “health, longevity, and... Read on
    the staff | June 4 2010 04:54pm

  • 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 Blumenthal ’73JD

    Being Yalie of the Week, we have to explain from time to time, isn’t necessarily something you want to put on your résumé. It may... Read on
    the staff | May 21 2010 04:51pm

  • John Kerry ’66

    Don’t be confused by the bill’s title or the co-authorship of Senator Joseph Lieberman ’64, ’67LLB. The American Power Act... Read on
    the staff | May 14 2010 04:50pm

  • Kris Kobach ’95JD

    Amid all the talk about whether Arizona’s controversial new immigration law is constitutional, law professor Kris Kobach ’95JD has... Read on
    the staff | May 7 2010 04:49pm

  • Alex Gibney ’77

    This week finds documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney ’77 with three—count ’em—three movies in the Tribeca Film Festival, prompting a... Read on
    the staff | April 30 2010 04:48pm

  • 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

  • R. Owen Williams ’07MSL, ’09PhD

    In this economy, most brand-new PhDs are grateful for a job—any job. But R. Owen Williams ’07MSL, ’09PhD, isn’t most new... Read on
    the staff | April 16 2010 04:44pm

  • David Frum ’82, ’82MA

    Since the days when his Reagan-era undergraduate views graced the opinion pages of the Yale Daily News, David Frum ’82, ’82MA, has... Read on
    the staff | April 9 2010 04:43pm