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100 Notable alumni of Haverford College

Updated: February 29, 2024

Haverford College is 608th in the world, 225th in North America, and 208th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Haverford College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He became the breakout cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live (1975–1976), where his recurring Weekend Update segment became a staple of the show. As both a performer and a writer on the series, he earned two Primetime Emmy Awards out of four nominations.

Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Dae Kim is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0, Gavin Park in Angel, and Johnny Gat in the Saints Row video game series. He also runs a production company, 3AD, which is currently producing the television series The Good Doctor. He portrayed Ben Daimio in the superhero film Hellboy (2019) and provided the voice of Chief Benja in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).

Judd Nelson

Judd Asher Nelson is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbury in St. Elmo's Fire, Alex in Cybermutt, Joe Hunt in Billionaire Boys Club, Nick Peretti in New Jack City, Billy Beretti in Empire, and Jack Richmond in the television series Suddenly Susan.

George Segal

George Segal Jr. was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as Ship of Fools (1965) and King Rat (1965), he co-starred in the classic drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the 'Stress Reduction Clinic' and the 'Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society' at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Seung Sahn, and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of hatha yoga, Vipassanā and appreciation of the teachings of Soto Zen and Advaita Vedanta led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. The stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations, and is described in his book Full Catastrophe Living.

Juan Williams

Juan Antonio Williams is an American journalist and political analyst for Fox News Channel. He writes for several newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has been published in magazines such as The Atlantic and Time. Williams has worked as an editorial writer, an op-ed columnist, a White House correspondent, and a national correspondent. He is a registered Democrat.

Fredric Jameson

Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) and The Political Unconscious (1981).

Takeo Arishima

Takeo Arishima was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist during the late Meiji and Taishō periods. His two younger brothers, Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬) and Ton Satomi (里美弴), were also authors. His son was the internationally known film and stage actor, Masayuki Mori.

Alexander Caedmon Karp is billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies. As of February 2024, his estimated net worth is US$1.9 billion.

David McAlister Barry is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic novels and children's novels. Barry's honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1988) and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2005).

Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. His career spanned fifty years and was wildly successful: the National Museum of American Illustration deemed his painting Daybreak (1922) to be the most successful art print of the 20th century.

Oscar Goodman

Oscar Baylin Goodman is an American attorney and politician. A Democrat-turned-independent, Goodman was the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1999 to 2011. His wife, Carolyn Goodman, succeeded him as mayor in 2011.

Andrew Scott Gavin is an American video game programmer, entrepreneur, and novelist. Gavin co-founded the video game company Naughty Dog with childhood friend Jason Rubin in 1986, which released games including Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter. Prior to founding Naughty Dog, Gavin worked in LISP at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Nicholson Baker

Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Out of a total of ten novels, three are erotica: Vox, The Fermata and House of Holes.

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker,, born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.

Henry H. Goddard

Henry Herbert Goddard was an American psychologist, eugenicist, and segregationist during the early 20th century. He is known especially for his 1912 work The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness, which he himself came to regard as flawed for its ahistoric depiction of the titular family, and for translating the Binet intelligence test into English in 1908 and distributing an estimated 22,000 copies of the translated test across the United States. He also introduced the term "moron" for clinical use.

Christopher Morley

Christopher Darlington Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.

Joseph Hooton Taylor

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."

Kōichirō Matsuura

Kōichirō Matsuura is a Japanese diplomat. He is the former Director-General of UNESCO. He was first elected in 1999 to a six-year term and reelected on 12 October 2005 for four years, following a reform instituted by the 29th session of the General Conference. In November 2009, he was replaced by Irina Bokova.

Kriyananda was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, meditation teacher, musician, and author. He was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of the spiritual movement named "Ananda". He wrote numerous songs and dozens of books. According to the LA Times, the main themes of his work were compassion and humility, but he was a controversial figure. Kriyananda and Ananda were sued for copyright issues, sexual-harassment, and later, for alleged fraud and labor-law violations.

George Smith

George Pearson Smith is an American biologist and Nobel laureate. He is a Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, US.

Theodore William Richards

Theodore William Richards was an American physical chemist and the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements."

James Clifford

James Clifford is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work combines perspectives from history, literature, history of science, and anthropology.

John C. Whitehead

John Cunningham Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant, a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation), and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

Charles Mathias

Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1959 to 1961, and of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 6th congressional district of Maryland from 1961 to 1969.

Samuel Hill

Samuel Hill, was an American businessman, lawyer, railroad executive, and advocate of good roads. He substantially influenced the Pacific Northwest region's economic development in the early 20th century.

Hafsat Abiola

Hafsat Olaronke Abiola-Costello, in Lagos, is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), which seeks to strengthen civil society and promote democracy in Nigeria. She is President of Women in Africa Initiative (WIA), international platform for the economic development and support of African women entrepreneurs. She is also one of the founders of Connected Women Leaders (CWL).

Julius Katchen

Julius Katchen was an American concert pianist, possibly best known for his recordings of Johannes Brahms's solo piano works.

Ken Ludwig is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose work has been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. He has had six productions on Broadway and eight in London’s West End. His 34 plays and musicals are staged throughout the United States and around the world every night of the year.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938.

Ronald M. Shapiro

Ronald M. Shapiro is an American attorney and businessman.

Ron Christie

Ronald Irvin Christie is an American government relations expert and Republican political strategist, who has also worked as a member of former Vice President Dick Cheney's staff. He is the author of two books, and an occasional guest on various cable news programs. He serves as an adjunct professor at Cornell University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Haverford College. He is currently the CEO of Christie Strategies, a communications and issue management firm that he founded in Alexandria, Virginia.

Beth Cavener Stichter

Beth Cavener, also known as Beth Cavener Stichter, is an American artist based out of Montana. A classically trained sculptor, her process involves building complex metal armatures to support massive amounts of clay. Cavener is best known for her fantastical animal figures, which embody the complexity of human emotion and behavior.

Mark D. Levine

Mark D. Levine is an American politician and educator serving as the 28th Borough President of Manhattan since 2022. Previously, he served as member of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2021, where he represented the 7th district covering Manhattan neighborhoods of Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Washington Heights, and part of the Upper West Side.

Adi Ignatius

Adi Ignatius is editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review. He joined the magazine in January 2009.

Rufus Jones

Rufus Matthew Jones was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit (a precursor to the American Friends Service Committee). One of the most influential Quakers of the 20th century, he was a Quaker historian and theologian as well as a philosopher. He is the only person to have delivered two Swarthmore Lectures.

Jane Silber

Jane Silber is a board member of Canonical Ltd. and was its chief executive officer from 2010 to 2017. Silber is also the chair of the board of The Sensible Code Company and Diffblue (whose products include Cover, an AI-driven unit test-writing tool).

Curtis Callan

Curtis Gove Callan Jr. is an American theoretical physicist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He has conducted research in gauge theory, string theory, instantons, black holes, strong interactions, and many other topics. He was awarded the Sakurai Prize in 2000 ("For his classic formulation of the renormalization group, his contributions to instanton physics and to the theory of monopoles and strings") and the Dirac Medal in 2004.

Andy Greenberg

Andy Greenberg is a technology journalist serving as a senior writer at Wired magazine. He previously worked as a staff writer at Forbes magazine and as a contributor for Forbes.com. He has published the books This Machine Kills Secrets concerning whistleblowing as well as Sandworm, concerning the eponymous hacking group.

Stephon Alexander

Stephon Haigh-Solomon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, musician and author.

Stephen J. Lippard

Stephen James Lippard is the Arthur Amos Noyes Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is considered one of the founders of bioinorganic chemistry, studying the interactions of nonliving substances such as metals with biological systems. He is also considered a founder of metalloneurochemistry, the study of metal ions and their effects in the brain and nervous system. He has done pioneering work in understanding protein structure and synthesis, the enzymatic functions of methane monooxygenase (MMO), and the mechanisms of cisplatin anticancer drugs. His work has applications for the treatment of cancer, for bioremediation of the environment, and for the development of synthetic methanol-based fuels.

Richard Lederer

Richard Lederer is an American linguist, author, speaker, and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on wordplay such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He has been dubbed "the Wizard of Idiom," "Attila the Pun," and "Conan the Grammarian." His weekly column, "Lederer on Language," appears in the San Diego Union-Tribune and his articles are in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States including the Mensa Bulletin.

Rob Simmons

Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons is an American politician and retired U.S. Army colonel who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's 2nd congressional district as a Republican.

Jack N. Rakove

Jack Norman Rakove is an American historian, author, and professor at Stanford University. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner.

William Henry Chamberlin

William Henry Chamberlin was an American historian and journalist. He was the author of several books about the Cold War, communism, and foreign policy, including The Russian Revolution 1917-1921 (1935), which was written in Russia between 1922 and 1934 while he was the Moscow correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.

Colin Harrison

Colin Harrison is an American novelist and editor. Harrison is the author of eight novels: Break and Enter (1990), Bodies Electric (1993), Manhattan Nocturne (1996), Afterburn (2000), The Havana Room (2004), The Finder (2008), Risk (2009), which was first published as a fifteen-part serial in The New York Times magazine in 2008, and You Belong to Me, published in June 2017. His books have been published in a dozen countries and four have been selected as Notable Books by The New York Times Book Review. The Finder was a finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the 2009 Dashiell Hammett Award. All are atmospheric novels of violence, sex, and suspense that explore the underside of city life, most particularly in New York. Although his novels invariably involve the money and power that is concentrated in Manhattan, his stories usually snake through the boroughs outside Manhattan as well, in particular through Brooklyn, which has served as a setting for scenes in Bodies Electric (Park Slope and Sunset Park), Manhattan Nocturne (East New York), The Finder (Marine Park, Bensonhurst) and Risk (Canarsie). A movie version of Manhattan Nocturne, directed and written by Brian DeCubellis and titled Manhattan Night, was released by Lionsgate in May 2016. The movie stars Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, and others.

Stephen Ridings

Stephen Thomas Ridings is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.

Frederic Prokosch

Frederic Prokosch was an American writer, known for his novels, poetry, memoirs and criticism. He was also a distinguished translator.

Eric Turkheimer

Eric Nathan Turkheimer is an American psychologist and the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.

Ken Stern is President of Palisades Media Ventures and the author of With Charity for All and Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right. He is a former chief executive officer of National Public Radio.

Kermit Lipez

Kermit Victor Lipez is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

David Meyer Wessel

David Meyer Wessel is an American journalist and writer. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. He is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution and a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal, where he worked for 30 years. Wessel appears frequently on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.

Andrew L. Lewis, Jr

Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr., generally known as Drew Lewis, was an American businessman and politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He was United States Secretary of Transportation in the first portion of the administration of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan, and is best known for presiding over the firing of the striking U.S. air traffic controllers in 1981.

David S. Kris

David S. Kris is an American lawyer. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice. He also served as the associate deputy attorney general for national security issues at the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2003.

Mark Hulbert

Mark J. Hulbert is an American finance analyst, journalist, and author with a focus on expectations of stock market investment newsletters, contrarian investing, and quantitive or technical analysis.

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

Jesse Menachem Ehrenfeld is an American physician. Ehrenfeld is President of the American Medical Association and Professor of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is also a former Speaker of the Massachusetts Medical Society, where he was the youngest officer in the 228-year history of the organization. He is also a former Vice-President of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists. The inaugural recipient on the NIH Sexual and Gender Minority Research Award from the NIH Director, Ehrenfeld has been recognized for his contributions to advancing health equity. A 2008 recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award, Ehrenfeld is a researcher in the field of biomedical informatics. Ehrenfeld's research interests include bioinformatics and the application of information technology to increase quality, reliability and patient safety. Ehrenfeld's work has led to the presentation of over 200 abstracts at national/international meetings and the publication of over 175 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Systems, and is a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

James Powers Moody was an American economist and Democratic politician. He served five terms as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (1983–1993). At the time, the 5th congressional district comprised the north half of Milwaukee County, including much of the city of Milwaukee. Earlier in his career, he represented downtown Milwaukee in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly.

Alexander Laszlo

Alexander Laszlo is a polycultural systems scientist, currently residing in Argentina.

Benjamin Taylor

Benjamin Taylor is an American writer whose work has appeared in a number of publications including The Atlantic, Harper's, Esquire, Bookforum, BOMB, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, The Georgia Review, Raritan Quarterly Review, Threepenny Review, Salmagundi, Provincetown Arts and The Reading Room. He is a founding member of the Graduate Writing Program faculty of The New School in New York City, and has also taught at Washington University in St. Louis, the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, Bennington College and Columbia University. He has served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of PEN American Center, has been a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and was awarded the Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Residency at Yaddo. A Trustee of the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Inc., he is also a Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University and a Guggenheim Fellow for 2012 - 2013. Taylor's biography of Marcel Proust, Proust: The Search, was published in October 2015 by Yale University Press as part of its newly launched Yale Jewish Lives series.

Samuel S. Stratton

Samuel Studdiford Stratton was an American Democratic political figure in Upstate New York. He is notable for his service as Mayor of Schenectady, and his 30-year career as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Richard G. Andrews

Richard Gibson Andrews is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He is a former Delaware state prosecutor and assistant United States attorney.

Howard Shelanski

Howard Shelanski is an American attorney, economist, and legal scholar. He is a professor of law at Georgetown University, where he holds the Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation, and a partner in the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell. He served in the Obama administration as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), part of the Office of Management and Budget.

Anjan Chatterjee

Anjan Chatterjee is a professor of neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics (PCfN) and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. His research focuses on spatial cognition and its relationship to language. He also conducts neuroaesthetics research and writes about the ethical use of neuroscience findings in society.

William Thornton Rickert Fox

William Thornton Rickert Fox, generally known as William T. R. Fox (or occasionally W. T. R. Fox), was an American foreign policy professor and international relations theoretician at the Columbia University (1950–1980, emeritus 1980–1988). He is perhaps mostly known as the coiner of the term "superpower" in 1944. He wrote several books about the foreign policy of the United States of America and the United Kingdom (and the British Empire). He was a pioneer in establishing international relations, and the systematic study of statecraft and war, as a major academic discipline. National security policy and an examination of civil-military relations were also focuses of his interests and career. He was the founding director of Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies and held the position from 1951–1976.

Bruce H. Andrews

Bruce Huntington Andrews is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

Thomas Farley

Thomas A. "Tom" Farley is an American pediatrician who served as Commissioner of Health of the City of New York and Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Health.

Charles T. Canady

Charles Terrance Canady is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008. He previously served as Chief Justice from 2010 to 2012 and from 2018 to 2022.

William H. Harris

William H. Harris, is an American orthopaedic surgeon, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, and creator of the Advances in Arthroplasty course held annually since 1970.

Kari Nadeau

Kari C. Nadeau is the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health and John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies. She is adjunct professor at Stanford University in the Department of Pediatrics and the co-chair of the Medical Societies Consortium for Climate Change and Health. She practices Allergy, Asthma, Immunology in children and adults. She has published over 400+ papers, many in the field of climate change and health. Her team focuses on quantifying health outcomes of solutions as they pertain climate change mitigation and adaptation at the local, regional, country, and global levels. Dr. Nadeau, with a team of individuals and patients and families, has been able to help major progress and impact in the clinical fields of immunology, infection, asthma, and allergy. Dr. Nadeau is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the U.S. EPA Children’s Health Protection Committee.

Michael Freilich

Michael H. Freilich was an American oceanographer who served as director of the NASA Earth Science division from 2006–2019.

Ed Sikov is an American film scholar and author. His books include Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (published in 2002), On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder (published in 1998), and Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedies of the 1950s (published in 1994).

Jon Delano is the Money & Politics Editor for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a position he began on a full-time basis in 2001 after joining the station in 1994 as its political analyst.

John F. Hawley

John Frederick Hawley was an American astrophysicist and a professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia. In 2013, he shared the Shaw Prize for Astronomy with Steven Balbus.

Douglas Koshland

Douglas E. Koshland is a professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of California, Berkeley.

William Chace

William Chace is a Professor of English Emeritus at Emory University as well as Honorary Professor of English Emeritus at Stanford University. He specializes in the work of James Joyce in addition to the work of W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Also the former president of Emory University, he lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife JoAn Johnstone Chace.

Mark A.R. Kleiman

Mark Albert Robert Kleiman was an American professor, author, and blogger who dealt with issues of drug and criminal justice policy.

William Draper Lewis

William Draper Lewis was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1896–1914), and the founding director (1923–1947) of the American Law Institute.

Henry Drinker

Henry Sandwith Drinker was an American lawyer and amateur musicologist. In 1964, the American Bar Association gave Drinker the American Bar Association Medal, stating that Drinker's monumental work Legal Ethics (1953) was "recognized throughout the civilized world as the definitive treatise on this subject."

David Bispham

David Scull Bispham was an American operatic baritone.

Clark Hulings

Clark Hulings was an American realist painter. He was born in Florida and raised in New Jersey. Clark also lived in Spain, New York, Louisiana, and throughout Europe before settling in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the early 1970s. The travels did much to influence his keen eye for people in the state of accomplishing daily tasks.

Iwao Ayusawa

Iwao Frederick Ayusawa was a diplomat and international authority on social and labor issues.

Thomas Barlow

Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Barlow III, was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st congressional district for one term.

Terry Belanger

Terry Belanger is the founding director of Rare Book School, an institute concerned with education for the history of books and printing, and with rare books and special collections librarianship. He is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia (UVa), where RBS has its home base. Between 1972 and 1992, he devised and ran a master's program for the training of rare book librarians and antiquarian booksellers at the Columbia University School of Library Service. He is a 2005 MacArthur Fellow.

Grayson Murphy

Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy Sr. was an American banker and company director.

Brian Cronin

Brian C. Cronin served as Idaho State Representative for District 19's B seat from 2008 to 2012. District 19 includes downtown Boise, the North End, East End, Foothills, Warm Springs Mesa, Foothills and Highlands areas of Boise. In 2010, Cronin was chosen by fellow House Democrats as Minority Caucus Chairman.

Richard Unger

Richard W. Unger is a professor of Medieval History at the University of British Columbia and a specialist in European maritime history in the medieval period. He served as Second Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America in 2011, First Vice-President in 2012, and President in 2013.

Henry Richardson

Henry Burtt Richardson is an American sculptor. He works primarily in the medium of plate glass.

Louis Round Wilson

Louis Round Wilson was an important figure to the field of library science, and is listed in "100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century," an article in the December 1999 issue of American Libraries. The article lists what he did for the field of library science including dean at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, directing the library at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and as one of the “internationally oriented library leaders in the U.S. who contributed much of the early history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.” The Louis Round Wilson Library is named after him.

Frank Eugene Lutz

Frank Eugene Lutz was an American entomologist.

Stephen Klineberg

Stephen Klineberg is a demographics expert and sociologist in Houston, Texas. As a professor at Rice University, Klineberg and his students began conducting an annual survey in 1982, now called the Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey, that tracks the area's demographics and attitudes. Klineberg is also the founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, a think tank affiliated with Rice University that focuses on urban issues and challenges facing Houston, the Sun Belt and other major metro areas. Klineberg founded the institute in 2010 with a $15 million gift from philanthropists Richard and Nancy Kinder.

Frank Furstenberg

Frank Folke Furstenberg Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the family in the context of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods and adolescent sexual behavior. Furstenberg has written extensively on social change, transition to adulthood, divorce, remarriage and intergenerational relations. Furstenberg is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Harlan Jacobson

Harlan Marshall Jacobson is an American film critic and scholar.

Henry Scattergood

Joseph Henry Scattergood was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Scattergood was one of the Philadelphian cricketers that played from the end of the 19th century through the early years of the next.

Douglas Waples

Douglas Waples was a pioneer of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in the areas of print communication and reading behavior. Waples authored one of the first books on library research methodology, a work directed at students supervised through correspondence courses. Jesse Shera credits Waples’s scholarly research into the social effects of reading as the foundation for the approaches to the study of knowledge known as social epistemology. In 1999, American Libraries named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century".

Temple Painter

Temple Painter was an American harpsichordist and organist.

Joel Selanikio

Joel Selanikio is an American physician, attending pediatrician, and assistant professor of pediatrics at Georgetown University Hospital.

Ralph R. Eltse

Ralph William Roscoe Eltse was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1935.

Arthur R. M. Spaid

Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).

Isabell Carmella Leshko is an American fine art photographer best known for her Elderly Animals series which focuses on animal rights, aging and mortality.

John F. Benton

John F. Benton was the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology.

THE GRUEBELE GROUP

Gruebele Lab

Former members, lab assistant and researcher.

Nikolai Kocherginski (Ph.D,  Moscow State University)

Jason Crane (Ph. D., UC Berkeley with C. Bradley Moore) 1998-2000. (Director, Radiology Computational Core at UCSF)

Szabolcz Osvath (Ph.D., Medical U. Budapest) 2000-2001. (Senior Researcher at Semmelweis University, Budapest; CEO of KinePict) Dong-Xia Shi (Ph.D. Beijing Institute for Vacuum Technology), 2003-2004 (Professor, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing) Joshua Ballard (Ph.D. U. of Colorado, Beckman Fellow), 2003-2006 (Staff Scientist at NOAA, Boulder, Colorado; Senior Scientist at Zyvex) Marcelo Nakaema (Ph.D. U. of Campinas, Brazil), 2005-2006 (Assistant Prof., U. of Rio Grande del Norte, Brazil) Simon Ebbinghaus (Dr. rer. nat. Bochum U., Germany, von Humboldt Fellow), 2008-2010 (Junior Professor, U. Bochum, Germany; W3 Chair TU Braunschweig) Björn Braunschweig (Dr. rer nat., von Humboldt Fellow joint with Dlott and Wieckowsi), 2009-2011 (Junior Professor, Uni Erlangen, Germany; WWU Münster) Ionel Rata (PhD U. of Illinois) 2010-2011 (Staff Scientist Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest) Max Platkov (PhD Tel Aviv U.) 2011-2013 (Staff scientist Nuclear Research Centre, Negev) Shahar Sukenik (PhD Weizmann Institute, Israel) 2014-2018 (Assistant Professor of Chemistry at UC Merced) Lydia Kisley (PhD Rice U., joint with D. Leckband), 2015-2018 (Assistant Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve) Caitlin Davis (PhD Emory U., CPLC Postdoc), 2015-2019 (Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Yale U.)

Zhaleh Ghaemi (SISSA Trieste, Italy)

(Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

PhD students:

Richard Ballew (B.S. U. of Virginia) Chemistry 1993-1996 (became senior scientist at Curagen Corporation, then at Celera Genomics) Thesis: “Direct observation of fast protein folding: distinct nanosecond and microsecond events in the folding of apomyoglobin” Robert Bigwood (B.S. IIT), Chemistry 1992-1998 (became senior engineer at Intel Portland) Thesis: “Molecular vibrational energy redistribution: theory and experiment” Jobiah Sabelko, (B.S. U. of Wisconsin) Chemistry 1994-2000 (became development scientist for Colgate-Palmolive pharmaceuticals) Thesis: “The initial stages of protein folding: ms and sub-ms folding kinetics of horse apomyoglobin and yeast phosphoglycerate kinase” Ryan Pearman (B.S. Harvey Mudd College) Chemistry 1995-2001 (went on to postdoc with George Flynn at Columbia, engineer at Intel Portland) Thesis: “Toward the understanding of intramolecular energy transfer”   John Ervin (B.A. Cornell U.) Chemistry 1996-2001 (became staff scientist at UltraPhotonics) Thesis: “Early events in the folding of the protein ubiquitin” Vance Wong (B.S. UC San Diego), Chemistry1995-2001 (went on to postdoc with Mark Ratner at Northwestern University) Thesis: “Computational and experimental studies of coherence and energy flow in microscopic and mesoscopic systems” Brent Strickler (B.A. Haverford College) Chemistry 1997-2003 (went on to staff scientist position at MZA, Albuquerque) Thesis: “Vibrational spectroscopy and potential energy surface analysis of the X and B states of thiophosgene” Wei Yang (BS Taiwan NU) Biophysics 1997-2003 (went on to postdoc for Prof. S. Xie at Harvard; faculty at Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Thesis: “Folding thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of small model proteins: l repressor, U1A, trpzip2 and PAO-12” Houbi Nguyen (B.S. UCSD), Biophysics 1999-2004 (went on to postdoc with Steve Boxer at Stanford) Thesis: “A survey of b-sheet folding: WW domains, zinc fingers, and membrane peptides“ Edgar Larios (UNAM, jointly with K. Schulten), Physics 1999-2005, IBM Fellow (management consultant with McKinsey & Co, then SAP, then Salesforce) Thesis: “A computational-experimental study of small globular proteins” Hairong Ma, (M.S. U. Cincinnati, biophysics program) Biophysics 2001-2005 (postdoc with Ahmed Zewail, on the physics faculty at Drexel as of 2012) Thesis: “Fast protein and RNA folding on a rough energy landscape“ Sandra Lee (B.S. U. Penn, Physical Chemistry) Chemistry 2000-2005 (staff scientist at Lam Research, Fremont, CA) Thesis: “Global and local models for dilution factors: theory and stimulated emission pumping experiments“ Marja Engel,  (B.S. Harvey Mudd College) Chemistry 2001-2006 (management consultant with McKinsey Minneapolis office) Thesis: “Development of a wavelet-based algorithm and fitness function for computational and experimental quantum control” Seung Joong Kim (B.S. Seoul National University) Physics 2003-2008 (postdoc with Andrej Sali at UCSF, now professor at KAIST) Thesis: “Studies of protein-protein and protein-water interactions by small angle X-ray scattering, Terahertz spectroscopy, and computer simulation” Daniel Weidinger (U. Missouri) Physics 2002-2008 (postdoc with Jeff Owrutsky at NRL/Maryland) Thesis: “Coherent control of molecules for quantum computation” Erin Carmichael (now Kerwood) (B.S., University of Notre Dame) Chemistry 2003-2008 (Teaching faculty, Ivy Tech, Lafayette IN) Thesis: “Optically –assisted scanning tunneling microscopy” Feng Liu,  (Shangdong U.,  and U. Pittsburgh) Biophysics 2004-2009 (Assistant Professor, Peking University) Thesis: “Exploring downhill protein folding free energy landscapes” Sharlene Denos,  (UC Santa Cruz,) Biophysics 2003-2009, NSF GK12 Fellow (outreach coordinator for CPLC, Science Teacher at Uni High, Outreach Director, CPLC) Thesis: “Studies of protein folding on membranes and in crowded environments, and bridging the research-teaching gap in K-12 science” Praveen Chowdary, (M.S. IIS Bangalore, 2004) Chemistry, 2005-2009 (postdoc with Bianxiao Cui at Stanford) Thesis: “Molecular vibrational diagnostics: from quantum state stability to real-time histopathology” Krishnarjun Sarkar, (M.S. IIT Bombay, 2004) Chemistry, 2004-2010 (postdoc at Johns Hopkins with Sarah Woodson) Thesis: “Protein and RNA folding: from bulk towards high throughput single molecule experiments” Apratim Dhar (M. S., IIT Kharagpur) Chemistry, 2006-2011 (Engineer, Intel Portland) Thesis: “Protein folding in crowded environments and living cells” Greg Scott (B.S. 2005, Davidson College) 2006-2011 (Assistant Professor at Cal. Poly State U., San Luis Obispo) Thesis: “Single molecule optical absorption by STM and a new algorithm for solving dynamics on a free energy surface” Sumit Ashtekar (M.S. IIT Kanpur) 2007-2012, Beckman Graduate Fellow (Engineer, Intel) Thesis: “Real-time atomic resolution dynamics of glass surfaces” Eduardo Berrios (B.S. U. Santiago de Chile, 2007) Chemistry, 2008-2013 (Adjunct Professor, U. Santiago de Chile) Thesis: “Dynamics of vibrational energy flow, quantum computing and laser assisted fusion” Maxim Prigozhin (B.S. Chemistry 2009 U. Toronto at Mississauga), Chemistry, 2009-2013, HHMI Fellow (postdoc, Stanford University with Steven Chu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University) Thesis: “Temperature- and pressure-induced protein dynamics from microseconds to minutes” Minghao Guo (B.S. Physics 2008,  USTC), Physics, 2009-2013 (Staff scientist, Illumina) Thesis: “Protein folding and diffusion: from in vitro to live cells” Lea Nienhaus (B.S. Chemistry 2010, U. Ulm), Chemistry, 2010-2015 (Postdoc, Moungi Bawendi, MIT, then professor at FSU) Thesis: “Single molecule optical absorption spectroscopy at room temperature detected by scanning tunneling microscopy” Irisbel Guzman (B.S. Biochemistry 2009, U. Puerto Rico Humacao), Biochemistry, 2010-2015 NSF Fellow (Presidential Management Fellow, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs) Thesis: “Studies of the dynamics of protein-RNA interactions and protein folding” Anna Jean Wirth (B.S. 2010 Chemistry, Coll. William and Mary), Chemistry, 2010-2015 NSF Fellow (Analyst, RAND Corporation) Thesis: “Protein folding in single cells and under pressure” Hannah Gelman (B.S. Physics Dartmouth College , 2009) Physics, 2009-2015, CPLC Fellow (Postdoc, David Baker, U. Washington) Thesis: “Cellular influence on protein folding” Kiran Girdhar (M.S. Materials Science TU Munich, joint with Yann Chemla) Biophysics, 2009-2015 (Postdoc, Pamela Sklar and Fromer Menachem groups, Mt. Sinai Medical School) Thesis: “The behavioral space of zebrafish locomotion and its neural network analog” Duc Nguyen (B.S. 2011 Hanoi U. Science) Chemistry, 2011-2016, Beckman Graduate Fellow (Postdoc with Rick van Duyne, Northwestern; Intel) Thesis: “Surface glassy dynamics and single-molecule absorption of quantum dots detected by scanning tunneling microscopy” Shu-Han Chao (B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University, 2011; joint with Alek Aksimentiev) Physics, 2011-2016 (eBay, analytics) Thesis: “Modification and regulation of biomolecules in vitro and in silico” Kapil Dave (B.S. – M.S. Chemistry IISER Mohali, 2013) Biophysics, 2013-2017 (Intel, Senior Engineer) Thesis: “In vitro and in vivo protein folding under stress” Tatyana Perlova (B.S. and M.S. Physics, Moscow Inst. of Physics, 2011; joint with Yann Chemla) Physics, 2011-2017 (Data Scientist, Indigo AG, Vienna, Austria) Thesis: “Shedding light on E. coli phototaxis” Yi Zhang (B.S. Biochemistry, B.A. Mathematics U. Arizona, 2013; with Klaus Schulten) Biophysics, 2013-2017 (Statistical Quantitative Analyst and Vice President, Suntrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia) Thesis: “Frustration of protein folding from in vitro to in vivo” Drishti Guin (B.S. + M.S. Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, July 2013) Chemistry, 2013-2019 (Data Scientist, Synthego, Bay Area) Thesis: “Protein interactions in vitro and in the cell” Ruopei Feng (B.S. Renmin University 2013, joint with Yann Chema) Chemistry, 2013-2019 (SFL Scientific, Boston) Thesis: “Behavior analysis and protein folding in zebrafish larvae” Huy Nguyen (B.S. Chemistry, Cypress College CA 2015) Chemistry, 2015-2020 (Lam Research, CA) Thesis: “Dynamic imaging of nanoparticles on femtoseconds to minutes time scale at atomic resolution”

Meredith Rickard (B.S. Chemistry, University of Alabama 2015, Joint with Taras Pogorelov ) Chemistry, 2015-2021

(Merck, MA)

Thesis: “From Metabolites to Macromolecules: Computational Models of the E. coli and H. sapiens Cytoplasm”

Mayank Boob (M.Sc. Chemistry, IIT Bombay 2015, Joint with Taras Pogorelov) Biophysics, 2016-2022

(Cambrex, NC)

Thesis: ” Proteins: “Boil ’Em, Mash ’Em, Stick ’Em in a Stew” “

Master Students

Michael McUne (B.S. U. New Mexico), M.S., 1993-1996 (became support engineer at Continuum Corp., then ABB, Cisco and Dynamic Database Design) Thesis: “Creation and characterization of shaped laser pulses for coherent control of chemical reactions” Brent Milam (B.A. U. Texas Austin), M.S., 1992-1997 (scientist at Emergent Information Technologies, CO; theory & composition instructor, Georgia State U.) Thesis: “Mass spectrometry and spectroscopic studies of ammonia and thiophosgene” Charles Dumont  (B.S. McGill University) Physics 2002-2008 Praveen Sundaradevan, (B. S. U. Texas at Arlington) 2007-2009 Thesis: “Fluorescence spectroscopy from highly excited states of SCCl2 and conformational energy of fluoroethanol”

Undergraduate students:

David Tampa , May – Aug. 1993 (gas phase spectroscopy) Rebecca Davis , Sept. 1995 – May 1996 (protein folding) Guinevere (Gwen) Murphy , Jan. – Dec. 1996 (protein folding) (PhD Boulder, medical writer) B.S. Thesis: “Fast folding studies of cytochrome c using its cold denaturation properties” Carmen Green , Jun. – Dec. 1997 (protein folding) Gabriel Argao , Jun.- Aug. 1997 (protein folding; now science teacher at Leesville NC) Nedda A. Beldawi , Jan 1999 – May 1999 (protein folding) (now lives in Georgia) Jennifer Javier , Jun. – Aug. 1999 (group technician for protein work) Sun Yun , May 1999 – May 2000 (Intel Phoenix, then Qualcomm; ketene spectroscopy) B.S. Thesis: “Rotational and vibrational investigation of organic reactants” Vladimir Petrovich , Jul.-Nov. 2001 (from Belgrade University; joined MIT Ph.D. program) Milica Grkovic (Jul. 2001; from Belgrade University; protein folding) Trent Schlesinger (May 2002-Dec. 2002; from 204) B.S. Thesis: “Computation of survival probability for reaction control” (at Catalent Pharma) Diana Tokat (June 2002-May 2003; protein folding) B.S. Thesis: “Preparation of Pin1 and steady-state CD and FTIR measurements” (at Sterling Bay) Milena Mladenovic (Jul. 2002-Oct. 2002; from Belgrade University; quantum dynamics) Jason Lee (Sept. 2002-May 2003; went to Oxford PhD program; high P experiments) B.S. Thesis: “Development of a pressure-jump instrument for protein folding studies” Sravan Pappu (Sept. 2003-May 2005; STM and protein folding) (at Johnson Matthey) B.S. Thesis: “Electric field effects on protein fluorescence and teaching modules for advanced physical chemistry” Olivia Chandrawinata , (Jan. 2004-May 2005; from 204; protein IR spectroscopy) B.S. Thesis: “FTIR library spectra of proteins“ Worked at Cooper Vision CA Sahin Ates (visitor from Turkey, June 2004-August 2004; high pressure experiments) Brittney Vorndick (Summer 2004, NSF-REU visiting student; BPT spectroscopy) Instructor at Durham Community College Apratim Dhar (Summer 2005, visiting undergraduate from IIT, admitted to U of I Chemistry) Eric Gotkowski (Fall 2006-May 2008; from 204; membrane peptides) B.S. Thesis: “Evaluation of membrane-binding peptides” and publication in JPCB (MS Duke U., now Keyot) Manish Kumar (May-July 2007, visiting undergraduate from IIT Kharagpur; single molecules) Tripta Mishra Holtz (July 2007-August 2009; from 204; protein crowding project) B.S. Thesis: “Protein expression for crowding and live cell experiments” (Sr. Fragrance Evaluator at l’Oréal) Stevia Angesty (Fall 2007-Spring 2010 ; from 204; single molecules) B.S. Thesis :” Deposition Techniques of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Quantum Dots For Scanning Probe Microscopy” (MS Stanford Materials Science, McKinsey Consulting) Brandy Pappas (Spring 2007, co-op student from Rochester Inst. Technology) (NSF Fellow at Harvard) Konrad Meister (Summer 2008 RNA folding dynamics, then PhD student at U. Bochum) [publication in Biophys. J.] Felipe Olivarez (Fall 2008-Summer 2010, from 204; ab initio calculations) [publication in Chem. Phys. Lett.] Stefan Elrington , Melisa Osborne (CPLC Summer School 2009) Ho Yee Hui (2010-2011; from Chem 204; vibrational dynamics) B.S. Thesis and publication in Chem. Phys. Lett. Duc Nguyen (Summer 2009&2010, visiting student from Hanoi University of Science) [Publication in RNA] Lea Nienhaus (Spring 2010, visiting student from Ulm University) B. S. Thesis: “Activity and Folding Dynamics of PGK in vitro and live cells” and publication in PNAS [Publication in PNAS] Digvijay Singh (Summer 2010, visiting student from IIT Kharagpur) [Publication in Biophys. J.] Steffen Büning (Summer 2010, visiting student from U. Bochum) Aaron Cravens (Summer 2010; Central High; metal film surfaces) [BS Rochester, PhD Stanford] Ila Sruti (2010-2011; from 204; protein transfection in mammalian cells) Jay Goodman (Fall 2010-2013; biochemistry; mutant apomyoglobin folding) Senior Thesis: “Redesigning the heme pocket in apomyoglobin” [1st au publication in J. Phys. Chem. B] [PhD student at Berkeley] Matthew Kolaczkowski (Fall 2010-Spring 2011; chemistry, STM on metal films) [PhD UCB] Alex Broyles (Spring 2011-Fall 2011; Chem 202, NIVI, STM) Amartya Bose (Summer 2011; IIT Kanpur; PGK nanorods) (PhD at Illinois) Susan Pratt (Summer 2011, Rochester U.; REU Physics, SCCl2 with Eduardo Berrios) [Publication in J. Phys. Chem. A] Nguyen Huu Huy (Summer 2011; HUS, folding in procaryotes) Guannan Liu (Summer 2011; Chem 202, STM) Krastyu Ugrinov (U. Notre Dame, CPLC Summer School 2011) Yangfang “Harry” Xu (Summer 2011-Spring 2012; Chem 202; In-cell folding) [Publication in PNAS] Anmol Gulati (Fall 2011; Chem 202, crowding in vitro) Jonathan Tai (Fall 2011-2014; Chem 202, in vivo folding with Irisbel Guzman) [Publications in JMB and FEBS Lett (1st author)] Prabhat Tripathi (Summer 2012; Indian School of Mines, SCCl2 with Eduardo Berrios) [Publication in J. Phys. Chem. A] Trung Nguyen (Summer 2012; VNU-HUS; STM lasers with Duc Nguyen) Jens Holtermann (Copenhagen), Heike Gangel (Köln), Sourav Dev (Carnegie Mellon) and Michael Gramlich (UMass Amherst) (CPLC Summer School 2012) Hanna Wirtz (Fall 2012, Bochum U. T-jump) David Gnutt (Summer 2013, Bochum U. Live cell) Maria Benitez-Jones (Summer 2013, U. New Mexico, fish behavior) Rishabh Gupta (Summer 2013, Fall 2014, Indian School of Mines, glassy dynamics) Phạm Thị Hà (Summer 2013, HUS K54 class, fish behavior) David Jacobson  (UCSB, Saleh lab), Joo Sang Lee (pd, NWU) (CPLC Summer School 2013) Jan Schäfer (Jan-Mar 2014, U. Bochum, lambda PEGylation simulations [Publication in JPC B, with Chu-Han Chao] Sankalp Shukla (May-July 2014, IIT Kanpur, fish project) Timothy Chen  (May 2014-, Chem 202 2013 top of class; with Hannah Gelman) [Publication in Febs Lett., Senior Thesis “Investigating the in vivo Folding Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Phosphoglycerate Kinase” Meredith Rickard  (May-July 2014, Chem REU Program; with Tanya Perlova) DongYang Li , Suva Roy and Judith Warnau (CPLC Summer School 2014) Sarah Wieghold  (May 2014, winter 2014,  F. Esch group TUM, with Lea Nienhaus) [Publication in J. Phys. Chem. C] Vincent Hahn  (July-September 2014, Uli Nienhaus group KIT; with Lea PGK kinetics and Irisbel organelles) [Publication in FEBS Lett] Rui “Anna” Ning (Fall 2014, from 2013 Chem 202 class, polyaniline membranes) Basilio Cieza Huaman (Nov 2014-Jan 2015, U. Lima, Peru, PEG proteins) Chu Thi Hien Thu (Thu, F) (Feb 15 2014-Apr 15 2015, VNU Chemistry K55, Kapil label effect) [Publication in J. Phys. Chem. B] Nguyen Thanh Nhan (Nhan, F) (Summer 2015, from VNU Chemistry K55, QD STM) [Publication in ACS Nano] Nguyen Van Kỳ (Ky, M) (Summer 2015, from VNU Chemistry, in vitro WW n-mer, Kapil) Brian Pringle (Summer 2015-2017, UIUC, STM/AFM) [Publication in PCCP] Madeleine Daily (Summer 2015, Bowdoin, Physics REU 3-D fish with Yann) Kori Sye (Summer 2015, North Central College, Chemistry REU, dodine with Drishti) [Publication in Protein Science] Mohammed Salam (Winter 2015-2017, UIUC from Chem 442, with Shahar) [Publication in JACS] Kimberly Park (Summer 2016, Physics REU, with Kapil) Anisa Nuanes (Spring 2016, MatsSE, with Nikolai K.) Andreas Arango (Summer 2016, incoming CBQB student, with Caitlin) Kacper Lachowski (Spring 2016-Summer 2017, MatsSE, with Nikolai K.) Zixuan (Lillo) Wei (Fall 2016-Fall 2017, Chemistry, with Ruopei Feng) Pin Ren (2016-2017, Physics, with Shahar Sukenik) Shashwat Kulkarni (Summer 2017, ICT Mumbai, with Caitlin Davis and Taras Pogorelov) Ashwin Bhojwani (Summer 2017-Spring 2018, UIUC, with Nikolai K. on electro-membranes) Can Liao (Summer 2017-2019 , UIUC, with Huy on SiO2 dynamics) [Publication  J. Chem. Phys.] Brian Bozymski (Summer 2018 Physics REU, with Drishti on dodine unfolding) [Publication JPC Lett.] Shardale Negre (Summer 2018, phYSics Young Scholar program 10th grader, with Alison and Huy) Sylvia Xinyue Cui (2018, membrane electrochemistry with Nikolai) Iain Carpenter (Fall 2018-Spring 2020, STM with Alison Wallum) Shaili McNeely (Summer 2019, phYSics Young Scholar program, with Aniket) Brahmmi Patel   (Summer 2019-2020 with Mayank Boob on PEG-proteins) Brooke Ramsey (Summer 2019-2020 with Yuhan Wang on WIFI) Ramone Randle (Fall 2019-Summer 2020 with Aniket Sravan on in vivo T-jump; now at DMC) Al-Sadiq Rahmetulla (Fall 2020- with Aniket Sravan on in vivo T-jump) Zetai Liu (Fall 2020 –Summer 2021 with Alison Wallum on STM) Michael Zhang (Fall 2020-Summer 2021 , with Yuhan Wang on WIFI) Allen Partin (Fall 2020- Summer 2021, with Gopika on U1A/HBV) Oluwadara (Dara) Nafiu (Spring 2021, MD student with Zhaleh HBV simulations) Szymon Kasperek (Spring 2021, MD student with Gopika HBV experiments) Yousef Sakhini (Su 2021- undergrad with Mayank, extremophile PGKs)

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While sitting in on search committees for new hires in UO’s housing department, Amiya Fulton came to realize that she wasn’t so interested in pursuing finance after all. It was her second year, and after taking one finance class for her business administration major, she realized that numbers weren’t for her. Her role in the Residence Hall Association helped her discover the sector of business she was most drawn to: human resources. While helping conduct interviews for the individuals who would become her bosses, her passion sparked. “I really loved how HR is the sector of business that focuses only on the people,” Fulton says.

Between helping people find the job that is perfect for them and helping others to become their best selves in the work that they do, Fulton is drawn to making sure others around her thrive. Beyond that, she’s always considering how to make the workplace a safe and equitable environment. “I want to help create a happy place for people to come to work,” she says. 

Amiya Fulton

Describe your experience at CHC: Personalized, supportive, challenging, interdisciplinary Your advice for the thesis project: Write early and often. The writing doesn’t have to be perfect or polished, but the sooner you begin writing the actual thesis, the better. Don’t put off the writing because you “aren't ready” or the project isn’t “complete enough.” Just get those words on paper. This summer, I can’t wait for: Moving into my first apartment with my boyfriend, starting a new job, getting super into knitting, making new friends, getting some sun at the lake, and further exploring all the cool little shops and restaurants around Eugene. What I’ll miss most the most about CHC/UO: The people. My mentors, professors, friends, advisors, supporters. I’ve loved my time here in the CHC and at the UO. I want to give back to students as a mentor, professional connection, and friend like so many alumni did for me. Where I’m headed next: I have accepted an office administrator position with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to work at one of their wholly owned subsidiaries, Campbell Global, in Junction City.

After switching gears from a focus on finance to a specialization in human resources, Fulton hasn’t looked back. She graduates from the CHC with a bachelor’s in business administration with a concentration in marketing. Her thesis, “The Next Chapter: A Comparative Review of the Evolving Resident Assistant Role at the University of Oregon,” is informed by her years of specialization in HR. Her idea was to redefine the role of the resident assistant in University Housing. 

Once a leader, always a leader

Growing up, Fulton’s family moved around a lot due to her parents’ careers as doctors. Seeing textbooks laid open to photos of lacerated arms and other catastrophes made it clear to Fulton that she didn’t want to become an anesthesiologist or physician’s assistant like her mom and dad. Instead, she spent her days spending time with her little sister. She says there’s nothing like being an older sister and that “you almost become like a third parent sometimes.” Acting as a role model, she recalls always reaching milestones and setting examples for her sister, even if it meant learning lessons the hard way. “As the oldest, you don’t have someone to look up to,” she says.

She was the extroverted one, always asking her sister to hang out even when she was exhausted. “I would pester her constantly to hang out and play, and she would hide from me just to get in a 15-minute nap,” Fulton recalls. “I’ve been very social and people-centered since birth.” 

In elementary school, Fulton would run the playground like an HR professional. “I would recruit other kids to play and form small functional organizations like bakeries and stores where everyone had a specific job,” she says. “I wouldn't exclude anyone because I wanted everyone to be a part of our playgroup and feel included.” Being a people person, Fulton frequently found herself in leadership roles throughout her education. Serving as her high school’s student body president in the 2020-21 school year, she faced challenges connecting with the student body, considering the online format her school adopted the year the pandemic struck.

As Roseburg High School returned to a hybrid format later that same school year, Fulton worked to create a program where student representatives would reach out to students who hadn’t returned to school—not disciplinarily but as an act of care. They’d ask questions: “Are you okay? How are you doing? Is there anything we can do to help? We miss you, we noticed that you’re not here,” Fulton remembers.

The program worked well, contributing to helping students feel a sense of belonging on campus while students were trying to stay afloat through the pandemic. “It received a lot of positive feedback,” Fulton says, “ It was just really sweet that there were students willing to just notice that people weren't there and check in on them.”

When Fulton came to the CHC, she continued her involvement in leadership by acting as a facilitator for UO’s Get Explicit 101 program. The workshop is a mandatory session for all incoming students that introduces UO’s standards and expectations to prevent sexual violence. As a facilitator for the program, Fulton led discussions on everything from boundaries and consent to social norms and bystander intervention.

“I wanted to be there to help make the campus a safer and more equitable place for everyone,” Fulton says. “We were fostering the culture that we have here at the UO, that Ducks take care of each other.”

Fulton's role as a Get Explicit 101 facilitator tied directly into what made her excited to pursue a career in HR. “It revolves a lot around confidentiality, empathy and sensitivity,” she says. “I utilized a lot of that during Get Explicit because of the sensitive nature of the topics we were talking about.”

The Honors College helped her find a community of like-minded students with whom she was comfortable. Between being engaged in her classes and participating in CHC thesis writing circles, she was always pushed to be the best she could be academically. “We would study together, we would push each other more in our classes,” Fulton says. “It’s nice to be around people who kind of have the same values and mindset.”

During her sophomore year, Fulton joined RHA as the associate director of public relations. She later became the director of the organization, a role that helped inform her thesis as she examined student leadership in the resident assistant role and how it could be improved. Jessica Winders, the associate director for academic residential research initiatives at UO, worked closely with Fulton and served as her thesis advisor. “My first impression was that she was a warm-hearted person and was capable,” Winders says. “She already had ideas of what she wanted to do with her project and was self-led throughout the year, setting and reaching her own milestones.” Fulton says that her best memories in college have come from her time spent with the RHA. “My degree, my thesis, my accomplishments are all reflections of the fact that I had a lot of people who believed in me and lifted me up,” she says. 

Redefining roles in her thesis

As a member of RHA, Fulton didn’t become a resident assistant but worked closely with them during her time at the housing department. “Amiya’s proximity to student leaders gave her the ability to speak to RAs as a third party with lots of insight into the unique workplace challenges that RAs face,” Winders says.

She took an in-depth look at the role and explored the changes happening in residential life for students. In taking a social science approach to executing her research, she gathered perspectives from current RAs about what works well and what could be done better.

“Residence life is driven by the needs of students who live on campus,” Winders says. “Amiya’s thesis has provided a great jumping off point for the department to explore new ways of doing things as it relates to the RA role.”

The RA role is complicated, so it made sense for Fulton to approach the thesis as she would her HR work. “I looked at the role itself, how RAs are compensated, how the student union is playing a role, and the current state of what it's like to actually be an RA,” she says.”

By searching for new opportunities for growth, Fulton’s thesis will be used to define the RA role in the future. “I’m really hoping that people will have this discussion or have questions and really talk about their thoughts on redefining the role,” Fulton says. “I really didn’t want my thesis to be published and then be locked away in an archive for a million years.”

Fulton noticed consistencies as she conducted her research. Namely, the RAs she interviewed agreed that they felt disconnected from the housing professional staff who make the decisions at higher levels. “When I asked about the unionization movement, 63% of them had said that they supported the movement because they had a negative interaction with pro-staff,” Fulton says. 

Fostering closer connections between RAs and professional staff members is one example of the way the housing department is already planning to implement Fulton’s thesis findings for next year. Between new open-door office hours and more casual, informal events, they’re already considering how things can be improved. “It’s going to be important for pro-staff to meet with RAs on a basis that's not training or meeting with them because they did something wrong or because there was an incident or emergency,” Fulton says. 

From her conversations with professional housing staff, Fulton says that they’re also considering creating seats for RAs to contribute to the decision-making process for departmental committees. “Having RA voices in those decisions will help them tailor their resources and their strategies to help RAs in the future,” she says.

The next step for Fulton after graduation is work, she says. She recently accepted a position at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she’ll serve in an office management position for Campbell Global in Junction City. It’s a short commute from her new apartment in Eugene, where she’ll be moving with her boyfriend after graduation. In the long term, Fulton sees herself staying in HR. “I want to get to a place where I can be influential for a department,” she says. “The kind of position where I can tailor the department to my vision.” Regardless of how far her work takes her, Winders knows she’ll have no trouble thriving. “My favorite thing about Amiya is her energy. She is driven, friendly, capable, and kind,” Winders says. “Her genuine interest in people comes through in all of her interactions.” 

Read more about the class of 2024

Haverford College

Academic catalog 2023-2024.

Department Website: https://www.haverford.edu/english

The English Department offers courses in the literary traditions of the English-speaking world. Students will expand their ability to respond to texts thoughtfully and critically, and to articulate those responses in clear and fluent English. The department aims to develop cultural and media literacy by introducing students to the range of literary traditions, broadly conceived, in the English language, and to familiarize them with major or defining instances of filmic, performative and visual texts.

This discipline prepares interested students for postgraduate work in English and other subjects as well as careers in publishing, law, international business, arts and culture, government and policy, education, healthcare, and more. Our students have been recipients of many prestigious awards, including Fulbright Fellowships and a Rhodes Scholarship, and graduates have gone on to highly selective graduate schools and law schools. Many of our graduates have served in the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps and pursue careers in service and social justice.

English majors who plan to do postgraduate work should know that doctoral programs require a reading knowledge of one or two foreign languages.

Learning Goals

Our courses provide opportunities to:

• cultivate particular and deep understanding of specific periods, genres, authors, movements, and aesthetic or analytically significant issues.
• grow into discerning and careful readers responsive to formal, stylistic, and thematic elements of texts, and capable of understanding them as responses to the cultural contexts in which they emerge.
• develop an interdisciplinary approach to reading literature that crosses borders and makes interesting connections with material and methods in other disciplines and cultures.

Haverford’s Institutional Learning Goals are available on the President’s website, at  http://hav.to/learninggoals .

In our curriculum we seek to maintain a working balance between:

• canons of British, American and global literatures, including African American literature, Asian American literature, Postcolonial literature, South African literature, and Irish literature, and others, and
• courses inflected by particular theoretical foci, such as performance theory, queer theory, postcolonial theory, trauma theory, media and visual studies, and environmental studies.

Students may receive major credit for one semester of coursework in creative writing. Students who submit a portfolio of work, no later than the end of first term of their junior year, may be admitted to the Creative Writing Concentration.

Up-to-date information about the English Department’s activities and courses, including extended course descriptions and syllabi, is available on the departmental website.

Major Requirements

Admission to the major requires completion of at least two courses, WRPR H150 or a 100-level English course and one course at the 200-level, by the end of the sophomore year..

In total the major requires eleven credits, including a .5 credit tutorial ( ENGL H298J ) as part of Junior Seminar. Note: ENGL H399F and ENGL H399B   comprises a 1.5 credit course taken over the full senior year.

• at least two must be in literature written before 1800;
• at least two in literature written after 1800;
• at least one but no more than two courses at the 100 level, which can include WRPR H150 ; two to three courses at the 200-level; and at least two courses at the 300-level.
• ENGL H298 and ENGL H299 , the two-semester Junior Seminar in English
• ENGL H298J , the .5 credit yearlong Junior Seminar tutorial
• ENGL H399F (fall) and ENGL H399B (spring) for a total 1.5 credit Senior Conference

Note: The department will give major credit for one semester course in a foreign literature in the original language or for Comparative Literature 200. No more than four major credits will be awarded for work done beyond the Tri- College Consortium, whether abroad or in the U.S. Courses taken in the Bryn Mawr English Department, the Swarthmore English Department, and the U. Penn English Department may also be counted towards the major at Haverford.

Senior Project

The culminating research experience for our majors is Senior Seminar, ENGL H399. The course carries 1.5 credits and involves two parts: a critical essay based on independent research and reading guided by a faculty mentor; and a comprehensive oral examination that covers the thesis and the coursework the student has done towards the major. Creative Writing concentrators produce, instead of the critical essay, a portfolio of poems or short stories, a novella, or a screenplay accompanied by a foreword or afterword that reflects on their artistic choices and offers an analytic framework within which the work may be understood.

Preparatory Work

English majors take Junior Seminar, a year-long course that considers both major works in the field and critical and theoretical materials in the discipline. This methodological focus, along with an oral exam at the end of the first semester and comprehensive assessment at the end of the second, prepares students for the extended research and oral expectations of Senior Conference. More information on Junior Seminar is available on the department’s website. Students also participate in a workshop conducted by the Writing Program during the spring preceding the senior year: this meeting encourages junior majors to draw upon the coursework they have already undertaken both to identify areas, topics, authors, and critical questions and to begin reading widely in preparation for their thesis.

Senior Conference

Fall Semester Senior Year:

Students in the Senior Conference propose research topics to faculty consultants and are assigned to a faculty advisor by the middle of the fall semester. Students mark out an area of interest focused on an author, text, genre, theme, or formal feature, familiarize themselves with the major critical voices and debates pertaining to this field, and identify a set of issues that they investigate and analyze in their essays. Students meet each week in groups before moving to individualized meetings with their thesis advisor.

Spring Semester Senior Year:

Students have individual tutorials as they work towards submission of a draft and final thesis. At the end of the spring semester, eight students give presentations of their work over the course of two evenings. One-hour oral examinations are administered during the following week by the thesis advisor, a second reader, and a third examiner over a three- to four-day period.

Additional information about Senior Conference and the Senior Thesis can be found on the department’s website.

Senior Project Learning Goals

The Senior Conference will encourage students to:

• mark out productive and independent lines of intellectual inquiry.
• understand theoretical and critical works in the discipline.
• engage with primary and secondary literature.
• develop a critical writing voice for article-length work.
• prepare a bibliography of works for oral examination.
• hone oral skills of synthesis and dialogue in presentation and exams.
• reflect in writing and speech about the thesis process.
• experience scholarship as collaboration: work closely with a faculty advisor and peers on developing the project.
• define scholarship as process: work through the stages of a research project.

Senior Project Assessment

The department seeks well-written, persuasive essays that advance independent and original arguments about texts. Theses will be based on insightful close readings and deep engagement with relevant critical and background material. The creative thesis option is assayed for the imagination with which particular projects are conceived, control over the medium, inventive play with generic conventions, insight, clarity and beauty of expression, and the capacity for self-reflection as demonstrated in the critical foreword/afterword.

Students are assessed at various stages of the process, described below, both by individual advisors and department faculty as a whole. Final letter grades are decided upon by the full department in careful discussion and consideration of student performance at each stage. Students receive extensive written comments from first reader (faculty mentor) and second reader at the end of the process.

The faculty mentor provides feedback on the following elements prior to the student examination:

• Preliminary proposal
• 4-5 pages of preliminary draft
• Annotated bibliography

The faculty mentor and department assess the following dimensions of the project as a full group:

• Quality of Senior Essay
• Quality of Oral Examination
• Student Reflective Statement

Requirements for Honors

The department awards honors in English on the basis of performance in coursework within the Tri-College departments, the senior essay and the oral examination conducted at the end of the senior year. The department reserves honors and high honors for distinguished achievement in all three of these areas.

Creative Writing Concentration

Creative Writing courses at Haverford are open to all students. Only a handful of English majors per year, however, are accepted into the Creative Writing Concentration.

The Creative Writing Concentration entails:

• two courses in creative writing (only one of which is counted toward the major).
• writing a senior thesis composed of an original creative text (usually poetry, fiction or drama) and a rigorous critical introduction.

Admission to the Concentration:

• Students interested in completing a Creative Writing Concentration must: 1) have taken or be in the process of taking two college creative writing courses by the spring of their junior year. 2) apply for acceptance to the Concentration by submitting a portfolio of creative work to the Director of Creative Writing in March of junior year.
• Each portfolio is read closely by the departmental concentration committee. 
• Admission depends on the number of applicants and the committee’s assessment of whether the work demonstrates a readiness to generate a substantial literary project. 

Concentrations and Interdisciplinary Minors

The English major shares a number of courses with concentrations and minors including Gender and Sexuality Studies, Visual Studies, African and Africana Studies, Peace, Justice and Human Rights, as well as interdisciplinary majors including comparative literature. Students are encouraged to consider exploring these and other cognate areas in relation to the major.

Study Abroad

Students who major in English often study abroad during their junior year. The department urges students choosing between the fall and spring semester abroad to opt for the spring. A small number of majors also study abroad for the full junior year.

The department awards up to four prizes annually:

The Terry M. Krieger ‘69 Memorial Prize: Established by members of his family for the graduating senior demonstrating the greatest achievement in writing during the junior and senior years, to be chosen by the English department.

Newton Prize in English Literature: A prize established by A. Edward Newton may be awarded annually on the basis of departmental honors in English, provided that the work of the leading candidate, in the judgment of the English department, merits this award.

William Ellis Scull Prize: A prize established in 1929 by William Ellis Scull, Class of 1883, is awarded annually to the junior or senior who has shown the greatest achievement in voice and in the articulation of the English language.

Ian Walker Prize: A prize established in 2002, by friends, family and classmates as a memorial to honor Ian Walker, class of 1950. This prize is awarded to either a junior or senior English major.

Affiliated Faculty

ENGL H101  THEORIES OF THE NOVEL  (1.0 Credit)

Laura McGrane

Domain(s): A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts); B: Analysis of the Social World

This course introduces students to the genre of the novel in English with a focus on desire, loss, and literary form. In order to ask the questions, ‘Why and how do we read novels? What does this experience enable?” we will interrogate theories of the novel, its early formation and contemporary forms. We will also consider changing cultural representations of subjectivity, nation, race, gender, and ways of reading. How is the reader variously constructed as witness to (and participant in) desire and its demise? How do developments in narrative voice influence the idea of fiction as a didactic, pleasurable, speculative and/or imaginative space? What is the novel’s role in effecting social change across centuries and geographies? Open to majors and non-majors—no prerequisites. Limit: 20 students.

ENGL H111  INTRODUCTION TO POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

Rajeswari Mohan

Division: Humanities

An introductory survey of English literature from regions that used to be part of the British Empire, focusing on topics such as the representation of first contact, the influence of western education and the English language, the effects of colonial violence, displacement, migration, and exile. Also considered will be the specific aesthetic strategies that have come to be associated with this body of literature.

ENGL H112  THEORIES OF THE REMIX  (1.0 Credit)

Lindsay Reckson

Division: Humanities Domain(s): A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts)

This course introduces students to the study of literature through the art of borrowing, sampling, recycling, and remixing. Approaching the remix as a creative/critical practice rather than a fixed genre, we’ll read texts that foreground modes of cultural theft, refuse originality and authenticity as such, and mobilize the remix as an important source of knowledge production.

( Offered: Spring 2024)

ENGL H113  PLAYING IN THE DARK: FREEDOM, SLAVERY & THE HAUNTING OF US LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

Gustavus Stadler

According to Toni Morrison, the relentless valorization of freedom in a nation built upon the enslavement of people of African descent created a literature full of ghosts and other spectral presences. This course looks at how horror, the Gothic, and the supernatural structure U. S. narrative (mostly) fiction’s engagement with race and history, focusing on how literature disorients our understanding of the “real” when that supposed real conceals histories of violence, terror, revenge, and subversion.

( Offered: Fall 2023)

ENGL H118  THE WESTERN DRAMATIC TRADITION  (1.0 Credit)

An investigation of Western drama through close study of major representative plays. Evolving notions of the dramatic event, from classical to modern and “post-modern” theaters, will be examined in relation to developing ideas of heroism, destiny, social structure, linguistic power, and theatricality itself. Emphasis will be placed on both thematic and structural problems of “play” and on the relation of the text to consequences of performance (e.g., acting, stagecraft, and audience response).

ENGL H122  PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT  (1.0 Credit)

Stephen Finley

New 100-level course that will look carefully at what it is to be located in a particular place, environment, or cultural condition (both grounding and constraining), from which one is exiled, either from choice, necessity, or (violent) coercion. What is the end result of leaving or losing home upon the human person and the narrative of the displaced life that follows? Diverse readings from Gosse, Joyce, James, Levi, Baldwin, Eire, Harjo, Wilkerson, Gornick, and Lahiri. Pre-requisite(s): none

ENGL H201  CHAUCER: CANTERBURY TALES  (1.0 Credit)

Danielle Allor

Course devoted to close reading of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; secondary readings include critical approaches and brief excerpts from other medieval sources.

ENGL H205  LEGENDS OF ARTHUR  (1.0 Credit)

Maud McInerney

An exploration of the Arthurian legend, from its earliest versions to most recent retellings. The tradition of Arthurian tales is complex and various, combining Celtic and Christian mythologies. Sometimes called the "matter of Britain" the Arthurian narrative has been critical in establishing national and ethnic identities ever since the Middle Ages. Medival notions of chivalry and courtly love also raise fascinating questions about the conflict between personal and private morality, and about the construction of both identity and gender.

ENGL H212  THE BIBLE AND LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

A study of the Bible and its diverse genres, including legendary history, law, chronicle, psalm, love-song and dirge, prophecy, gospel, epistle, and eschatology. This study is accompanied by an extremely various collection of literary material, drawn from traditional and contemporary sources, and from several languages (including Hebrew), in order to illustrate the continued life of Biblical narrative and poetry.

ENGL H225  SHAKESPEARE: THE TRAGIC AND BEYOND  (1.0 Credit)

Kimberly Benston

An "introductory emphasis" study of the major tragedies and related histories, comedies, and romances, with special reference to the evolution of dramatic form, poetic style, characterization, and ideology as they are shaped by Shakespeare's persistent experimentation with dramas of extravagant will, desire, tyranny, skepticism, and death. Particular attention will be paid to key scenes in an effort to assess both Shakespeare's response to contemporary literary and cultural concerns and the internal reformation of his own craft. Prerequisite(s): First Year Writing

ENGL H226  DISABILITY AND LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

How are bodies and minds depicted as "normal" or "abnormal"? This course will address how bodily differences and impairments are given social meaning as disability, and how these disabilities are portrayed in literary genres including scripture, hagiography, poetry, drama, novels, short stories, and memoir. We study these depictions from the perspective of disability studies, a discipline that seeks to understand the cultural meanings and material realities of disability with respect to systems of oppression. Pre-requisite(s): Completion of the Writing Requirement

ENGL H230  POETICS OF ABOLITION  (1.0 Credit)

This course explores the role of poetry and other forms of creative expression in the history of prison abolition and related social justice movements. Focusing on incarcerated writers and artists who theorize life worlds in and beyond racial capitalism and the carceral state, the course approaches art-making as a practice of imagining abolitionist futures. Pre-requisite(s): First year writing seminar Lottery Preference: English majors and PJHR concentrators.

ENGL H232  THE GRAPHIC NOVEL: NARRATIVES IN LONG-FORM COMICS  (1.0 Credit)

Elizabeth Kim

This course will explore narrative representation in the comics medium, particularly the way graphic narratives accommodate multiple literary genres such as fiction, fantasy, memoir, biography, and history. By examining the interplay between image and text in graphic novels, it will consider the aesthetics and politics of visual literacy and multi-modality in relation to representations of history, memory, cultural difference, mental illness, gender, sexuality, political struggle, and trauma.

ENGL H238  CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION  (1.0 Credit)

Thomas Devaney

Division: Humanities Domain(s): A: Creative Expression

In this workshop-centered class, students will learn to generate and revise works of prose nonfiction such as memoir, long-form reporting, intellectual essays and reviews.

ENGL H243  THE PLANETARY PREMODERN  (1.0 Credit)

This course will explore how poets, philosophers, and early scientists imagined the planet from antiquity to the early modern period. We will investigate medieval and early modern representations of the planet Earth, from descriptions of the natural world to representations of the planet in space. We will examine these works from the perspectives of the fields of literary studies, environmental humanities, animal and plant studies, and history of science. Pre-requisite(s): Completion of the Writing Requirement Lottery Preference: English and Environmental Studies majors

ENGL H245  PERFORMANCE, LITERATURE AND THE ARCHIVE  (1.0 Credit)

The ‘archive,’ as both an institutional and performance practice and a theoretical concept, has been one of the most studied sites in performance and literary studies. The hegemonic, patriarchal institution of the archive that constructs and perpetuates the canon and the master narratives of history while, marginalizing, silencing, and erasing the subaltern and the subcultural has been contested by the poststructuralist philosophers and critical theorists of the late 20 th and early 21 st century. A new concept of the archive transpired in the interdisciplinary fields of postcolonial, gender, cultural, and performance studies, one that is more utopian and more inclusive and is not limited by dominant repressive power structures and ideologies. This archive does not merely revisit the past to excavate the eradicated traces and silenced voices, but also, perhaps more importantly, opens the potential for a formerly unimaginable, and yet-to-be-imagined future.

ENGL H249  INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

Division: Humanities Domain(s): A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts); B: Analysis of the Social World

This course will explore the diversity of Asian American experience by studying a selection of foundational and emerging works by Asian American writers. Assigned readings of various literary genres will address themes such as immigration, generational conflict, racism, assimilation, difference, and political struggle. Key lines of inquiry include: What does Asian American identity, culture, and aesthetic look like? How do writers represent them? What does the racial and literary category “Asian American” constitute? Crosslisted: ENGL. Pre-requisite(s): None

ENGL H252  ROMANTIC POETRY & CRITICISM  (1.0 Credit)

A reading of Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, with attention to early/late works and to the interfiliation of theory and poetry.

ENGL H253  ENGLISH POETRY FROM TENNYSON TO ELIOT  (1.0 Credit)

A study of Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Browning, Hopkins, Hardy, Owen, and Eliot, from "In Memoriam" (1850) to "Little Gidding" (1942). Poetry will be approached via the visual arts.

ENGL H254  ROMANTICISM AND THE NOVEL  (1.0 Credit)

The course begins with a sampling of Romantic poetry (Coleridge, Byron, Keats) and then proceeds to study Gothic fiction (Zastrozzi, Frankenstein), Hogg’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and the novels of Austen (Sense and Sensibility), the Brontes (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre), and Dickens (Oliver Twist).

ENGL H258  DESIRE AND DOMESTIC FICTION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL IN THE 19TH C.  (1.0 Credit)

Debora Sherman

This course is designed as an introduction to the novel and to narrative theory in a trajectory loosely inscribed from the late 18th to the mid19th century, beginning with Richardson’s Pamela and culminating in George Eliot’s extraordinary and exemplary Middlemarch. These several novels propose both an epistemology—what we know—as well as an affective sensibility, or a structure of feeling, and we might question their purpose: to amuse, to entertain, certainly, but to educate, to compel, to convince us of a certain understanding of the world. As well, the course will look at the purchase of contemporary critical investments upon the act of reading itself or how reading is inflected through different models of critical and theoretical discourse: how narrative economies shape and determine the nature of our experience or what we can know of our experience; how narrative determines a subject "self" and how these selves are then transected by race, gender, class, and other social and political determinants; how narratives manage the less obvious and sublimated worlds of desire and the body's disruptions; how narratives negotiate the grotesque, the spectacular, and the sensational; and finally, how these variously constituted needs and desires become constructions of “textual knowledge”.

ENGL H260  TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: COMICS AND OTHER GRAPHIC NARRATIVE  (1.0 Credit)

Joshua Kopin

Enrollment Limit: 30

ENGL H265  AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE:SATIRE IN THE BLACK TRADITION  (1.0 Credit)

Asali Solomon

This course is an exploration of African American satire, focusing on fiction. While continually developing and refining our definition of satire, we will situate satire by black artists in a broader American tradition.

ENGL H267  GLOBAL SF SINCE 1945  (1.0 Credit)

SF—science fiction, speculative fiction—is the primary allegorical mode of the contemporary world and permits reflections upon and critiques of the world we inhabit today. This course explores the explosion of the genre in the decades since the WWII and the advent of atomic weapons. We will read classics of post-apocalyptic fiction from the ‘50s and ‘60s before turning to stories that engage queer identities, Afrofuturism and African Futurism, and the global threat of climate change. Crosslisted: ENGL. Pre-requisite(s): None Lottery Preference: Reserve 10 spaces for First Year Students

ENGL H272  TOPICS IN IRISH LITERATURE: JOYCE/BECKETT  (1.0 Credit)

Looks at the work of these two major figures as epitomizing an Irish rhetoric in post-colonial reading which “enacts a movement that begins in aphasia and ends in eloquence” [Seamus Deane], in this case in a comprehensive reading of Joyce in the most prolix of texts, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, and Beckett, where texts seemingly court in silence their own undoing.

ENGL H273  MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE: MIXING MEMORY AND DESIRE  (1.0 Credit)

Alexander Millen

An exploration of literary modernism in Britain through analysis of fiction, criticism, and aesthetic manifestos in their historical contexts.

ENGL H274  MODERN IRISH LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

Irish literature from Swift to Seamus Heaney, with attention to language as a “fissured terrain” (Eagleton) that reflects the complex geographic violence, political history, and cultural conditions of an often-contested national literature, colonial and post-colonial.

ENGL H275  BRITISH IMMIGRANT WRITING  (1.0 Credit)

The starting premise of this course is that the English language and its literary traditions hybridize into rich and strange forms when thrown into contact with regional cultures, myths, and aesthetic practices in the many parts of the world that were once British colonies. This course will trace the English literary tradition in South Asia beginning with responses to the colonial encounter, moving on to the role played by literature during decolonization, and ending with the ways poetry, novels, and plays engage the challenges of nationalism and, more recently, globalization. Writers we read will include Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie, Rokeya Hossain, Michael Ondaatje, Lalithambika Antherjanam, Nessim Ezekiel, Kamila Shamsie, and Amitav Ghosh.

ENGL H277  POSTCOLONIAL WOMEN WRITERS  (1.0 Credit)

This course will focus on contemporary writings by women from a range of postcolonial societies, and examine the ways they intervene in, energize, and complicate the aesthetic and political discourses that shape the norms and hierarchies pertaining to gender and sexuality. In particular, we will explore the ways writers use diverse narrative traditions such as folklore, fable, historiography, and memoir--as well as, more recently, digital writing styles--to give voice to their particular historical, cultural, and political perspectives. We will also trace the play of irony, parody, and mimicry as writers figure their ambivalent positions as women, especially around issues of modernity, immigration, sexuality, religion, nationalism, globalization, development, and neoliberalism.

ENGL H278  CONTEMPORARY WOMEN WRITERS  (1.0 Credit)

Readings in novels, short fiction, poetry, and some non-fictional prose by contemporary women writers. A study of the interrelations between literature written by female authors and the questions, concerns, and debates that characterize contemporary feminsit theory. Readings in Moore, Jordan, Gaitskill, Barry, Rankine, Parks, Ng, Morrison, etc.

ENGL H291  CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY I  (1.0 Credit)

This is a creative writing workshop on poetry. Student work is the focus along with the analysis of a wide variety of poems and poets. Weekly writing prompts will encourage students to widen their scope and develop their craft. Each week students will write poems that respond to other poems and some of the principal genres of poetry. Students will be asked to respond to the works of classmates. A final portfolio of revised poems (10 to 12 pages) is required.

ENGL H292  CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY II  (1.0 Credit)

English 292 is an advanced creative writing workshop. The workshop involves both reading and writing poetry. Students will have the opportunity to expand their repertoire by modeling their pieces on the work of various poets including: Susan Howe, Morgan Parker, M.S. Merwin, and Ocean Vuong. We will analyze and investigate issues of form related to entire books and poetry collections. A final portfolio of revised work is required. Prerequisite(s): Writing sample required for consideration. Submit writing sample to Dept. of English in Woodside Cottage.

ENGL H293  CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION I  (1.0 Credit)

This course is an introduction to the techniques and strategies of fiction writing, with particular emphasis on the short story. Weekly reading assignments will include both anthologized stories and student-generated ones.

ENGL H294  CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION II  (1.0 Credit)

Students in the Advanced Fiction Workshop will not only continue to hone the basic elements of their fiction, including character development, dialogue, plot and prose style, but will focus much of their efforts on revision and the process of "finishing" a story. Prerequisite(s): One fiction writing course or instructor consent, and submission of writing sample to course professor

ENGL H296  CREATIVE WRITING: PLAYWRITING I  (1.0 Credit)

This course will introduce the craft of playwriting by with an interdisciplinary exploration of performance, design, and theatre in the generating of new work for the theatre. Coursework includes weekly writing assignments towards completing new play drafts, reading playscripts and watching recorded performances that highlight elements of writing for the stage. Class sessions center the workshopping of written text both for short-term and committed play idea assignments, as well as thedissection of noteworthy contemporary plays. Pre-requisite(s): None Lottery Preference: Course roster will be set by professor using submission of writing samples.

ENGL H298  JUNIOR SEMINAR I  (1.0 Credit)

Kimberly Benston, Lindsay Reckson

Junior seminar comprises of a two part sequence that, through class readings, discussion, and writing tutorials, engage students in a study of (1) a series of texts representing the range and diversity of the historical tradition in British and American literature, and (2) critical theory and practice as it has been influenced by hermeneutics, feminism, psychology, semiology, sociology, and the study of cultural representation, and as it reflects the methods of literary criticism. Prerequisite(s): Only open to English majors

ENGL H298J  JUNIOR SEMINAR I  (0.5 Credit)

Junior seminar comprises of a two part sequence that, through class readings, discussion, and writing tutorials, engage students in a study of (1) a series of texts representing the range and diversity of the historical tradition in British and American literature, and (2) critical theory and practice as it has been influenced by hermeneutics, feminism, psychology, semiology, sociology, and the study of cultural representation, and as it reflects the methods of literary criticism.

( Offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

ENGL H299  JUNIOR SEMINAR II  (1.0 Credit)

Kimberly Benston, Maud McInerney

Part II of the sequence focuses on narrative and its theorization and criticism. Readings include George Eliot's Middlemarch, stories by Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe, and James Joyce's Ulysses. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 298 or instructor consent

ENGL H304  DREAMING THE MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE  (1.0 Credit)

This course enters the imagined landscapes of the medieval period through one of its most popular genres: the dream vision. We'll explore visions of strange forests, mystical gardens, glass temples, and jeweled cities; visions that offer potential for divine insight into the natural order of the universe but also possess surprising specificity in their plant, animal, and inanimate inhabitants. In addition to literary texts, we'll read selections from medieval natural philosophy and contemporary ecocritical theory. Lottery Preference: English majors by seniority

ENGL H305  THE PREMODERN LIFE OF TREES: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND LITERARY STUDY OF THE PAST  (1.0 Credit)

This course seeks to examine premodern literary representations of the natural world alongside historical, scientific, and experiential ways of understanding the environment. Our case study will be the figure of the tree. In collaboration with the Haverford College Arboretum, we will study literature from the premodern world that depicts trees, forests, and gardens while cultivating botanical, artistic, and historical knowledge about the trees of Haverford. Pre-requisite(s): One English course or ENVS 101, 202, or 203 Lottery Preference: English majors

ENGL H309  AGAINST DEATH: OPPOSING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE  (1.0 Credit)

Advanced inquiry into creative and critical responses to the death penalty in the United States from the 1830s to the 1970s. Our aim is to explore the relationship between art and social protest, and to examine how capital punishment has manifested U.S. histories of race, class, gender, religion, and sexuality. Readings in primary historical materials, literary and cultural analysis, and critical theory. Pre-requisite(s): Freshman writing, plus one 200-level ENG course; or freshman writing plus PEAC101 or PEAC201. Crosslisted: ENGL and PEAC

ENGL H346  NEW(S) MEDIA,PRINT CULTURE: TECHNOLOGIES OF PRINT  (1.0 Credit)

This course explores a century of critical response and creative media innovation (1670-1770) in relation to questions about form, materiality, circulation, authority, and embodiment across genres. What structures control systems of knowledge and creative production in eighteenth-century Britain and how do these help us think about current incarnations of readership and form today? Our most ambitious texts will be Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy—a meditation on experimental fiction, mortality, history, and digression; and Anne Carson's experimental poem Nox. The course is part of the Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives initiative and will work closely with poet Anne Carson and Philadelphia theater group Lightning Rod Special. Some performance workshops and travel off campus will be required. Interdisciplinary students welcome. Crosslisted: English, Visual Studies Prerequisite(s): At least one 200-level ENGL course or instructor consent

ENGL H353  VICTORIAN POVERTY, ECOLOGY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH  (1.0 Credit)

This course will be centered upon the homeless and working poor of the 1840s and 1850s as they are described in the literature and social documents of the period. We focus on the relationship between human destitution and environmental degradation. The course, often simply, is about sewers (or lack thereof) and sewage—about water, contamination, and epidemic disease.

ENGL H354  LITERATURE AND FILM OF THE GREAT WAR  (1.0 Credit)

This course studies the responses of literature, music, and the visual arts (posters, photography and film) to the personal, historical, and spiritual catastrophe of the Great War, 1914-1918. Our theoretical center will be the study of the processes of traumatic memory and mourning.

ENGL H356  STUDIES IN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT AND PLACE  (1.0 Credit)

Texts mostly 19th and 20th-c. American, but beginning earlier, with colonial New England; then Thoreau, Maclean, Snyder, Dillard, Least Heat Moon, Ammons, Mary Oliver, E. O. Wilson. Topics: cultural production of landscape (rural and urban), environmental history, place studies, landscape painting, ecology. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level HU courses or instructor consent

ENGL H358  HISTORY AND/IN FICTION  (1.0 Credit)

ENGL H361  TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT  (1.0 Credit)

For the past three centuries African American writers have mined the experience of chattel slavery in the cause of literal and artistic emancipation. Slave narratives, as well as poetry, essays and novels depicting slavery, constitute a literary universe so robust that the term subgenre does it injustice. In this work spanning the 18th-21st centuries, the reader will find pulse-quickening plots, gruesome horror, tender sentiment, heroism, degradation, sexual violation and redemption, as well as resonant meditations on language and literacy, racial identity, power, psychology, democracy, freedom and the human character. This course is focused primarily on prose representations of slavery in the Americas. Our discussions will incorporate history, but will foreground literary and cultural analysis.

ENGL H362  TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: WRITING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE  (1.0 Credit)

A seminar on the literary portrait, examining mostly non-fiction by Anglo-American and African American writers from the late 19th century to the present. Topics include the erotics of portraiture, portraiture and the archive, portraiture and personal/historical trauma, collective portraiture, satire/critique, data portraits, modernist/post-modernist portraiture. We’ll frequently refer to visual forms of portraiture, including painting, photography, video art, and cinema. Regular writing assignments will include our own experiments in writing about others.

ENGL H363  TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE  (1.0 Credit)

This course investigates representations of racial struggles for liberation in 19- and 20-century U.S. American and African American crime literature. It will introduce students to a range of crime fiction texts, including gothic literature, slave narratives, naturalist and modernist novels, hard-boiled detective literature, film noir, black pulp literature, prison literature, street fiction, and postmodern fiction. A central concern of this course is the relationship between popular cultural forms and radical political thought. Prerequisite(s): two 200-level English courses or instructor consent

ENGL H366  TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: ASIAN AMERICAN HYBRIDITY  (1.0 Credit)

Domain(s): A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts)

ENGL H371  SOUND STUDIES: MODERNITY AND SYNTHESIS  (1.0 Credit)

Matthew O'Hare

The 20th century marks a time of rapid transformation in Anglo-American ideas about sound, music, listening, and communication. Technologies that electronically store, transmit, and generate sonic information have caused a fundamental shift in how and why we listen. In this course we will immerse ourselves in the technologies and ideas that continue to shape our ongoing relationship with the auditory and each other. Students will compose new works for electronic hardware systems while investigating related topics in sound and critical listening. We will learn the basics of modular synthesis and gain inspiration from some of the foremost thinkers on the subject of the auditory. No prior experience with music-making is necessary, but students should be prepared to perform and show work on a regular basis. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level English courses or instructor consent

ENGL H373  TOPICS IN BRITISH LITERATURE: MODERNIST NARRATIVES  (1.0 Credit)

A study of the historical, aesthetic, and epistemological implications of literary modernism in Britain. The course explores narrative strategies writers such as Conrad, Ford, Joyce, Woolf, Bowen, West, Rhys, and Durrell devised to bring coherence and resolution to the experience of crisis and fragmentation associated with modernity.

ENGL H376  LITERATURE AND POLITICS OF SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID  (1.0 Credit)

This course explores the history and historiography of South African apartheid from its inception in 1948 to its democratic overthrow in 1994. We will consider the interplay between complex definitions of race, gender, nation and difference in novels, plays, and poetry written during the apartheid years. We will also discuss the tension between an ethics and aesthetics of literary production in a time of political oppression. What would it mean for one to write an apolitical text in a cultural space rife with racial and social tensions? Authors will include Nadine Gordimer, Alan Paton, J.M.Coetzee, Bessie Head, and Alex La Guma. Crosslisted with Africana Studies.

ENGL H377  PROBLEMS IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE: VIOLENCE, TERROR, AND IDENTITY  (1.0 Credit)

An examination of the rhetorical and narrative strategies adopted by postcolonial texts as they negotiate the aesthetic challenges and political complexities of representing violence and terror. Working with fiction, nonfiction, and film, the course will measure the different effects of realism, magical realism, surrealism, and the grotesque as modes of representing the dialectic of violation and violence. Crosslisted: English, Comparative Literature Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level English courses or instructor consent

ENGL H389  INTERPRETING LYRIC POETRY: LOVE, LOSS, TRANSCENDENCE  (1.0 Credit)

An examination of theoretical issues and presentational strategies in verse structures from Ovid to Bishop. Through close readings of strategically grouped texts, we explore the interplay of convention and innovation, attending to themes of desire, loss, and transcendence, and to recurrent lyric figures (e.g., in Narcissus, Orphic, and Ulysses poems; in the dramatic monologue; in the sonnet and elegy; in the sublime; in vernacular traditions and their literary revisions). Issues for study include: allusion and intertextuality; convention and cliché; invention and revision; origination and self-presentation. Practical criticism will lead to theoretical analyses of interpretive modes and the interpreter’s stance. Crosslisted: English, Comparative Literature Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level English courses or instructor consent

ENGL H399B  SENIOR CONFERENCE  (1.0 Credit)

Asali Solomon, Elizabeth Kim, Gustavus Stadler, Kimberly Benston, Laura McGrane, Lindsay Reckson

Students work closely with a faculty consultant over the course of their senior year in the research and writing of a 25-30 page essay or a piece of creative writing accompanied by a critical preface (for the creative writing concentration). The course culminates in an hour-long oral examination that covers the thesis and coursework done for the major. Prerequisite(s): Limited to senior English majors only

ENGL H399F  SENIOR CONFERENCE  (0.5 Credit)

Asali Solomon, Elizabeth Kim, Gustavus Stadler, Kimberly Benston, Laura McGrane, Lindsay Reckson, Staff

Senior Thesis work with advisor. Prerequisite(s): Limited to senior English majors

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Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis for all alumni and friends of the College. Traditionally, alumni have been nominated within a reunion year, though this is not a requirement. However, it is particularly meaningful to receive an award while celebrating with classmates during Alumni Weekend. To learn more about Alumni Weekend, visit hav.to/alumniweekend .

Award Committee

• Bruce Andrews '90
• Will Gould '91
• Jake Ogata Bernstein '19
• Kaley Klanica '00
• Paul Minnice '09
• Shashi Neerukonda '08
• Petra Riviere '96
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2024 Honorees

Ann West Figueredo ’84, P’12, P’22

Kannerstein award.

Ann West Figueredo has more than 35 years experience as a leader in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors. She is currently a principal and co-founder of Momentem Consulting Group. A member of Haverford's first co-ed class, Ann graduated in 1984 with a B.A. in Spanish, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1989. Ann served in the Institutional Advancement office at Haverford from 2008 to 2020, and as Vice President of Institutional Advancement, she planned, executed and stewarded the largest comprehensive capital campaign in Haverford’s history, raising more than $270 million. Ann’s work at Haverford encompassed much more than the campaign, however. She was also instrumental in the launch of numerous alumni affinity programs to keep Fords connected to each other and to the College. She is especially proud of her active involvement with the Board Council for Women to create a pipeline of women leaders to the Haverford Board, for supporting the founding alums who launched the Multicultural Alumni Action Group (MAAG), Fords in Finance, Haverford College Lawyers Network, and the Rainbow Quorum. Ann serves on the national board of the Grand Canyon Conservancy in Arizona and on the Board of Puentes de Salud in Philadelphia. Ann is married to Vincent Figueredo ’83, a cardiologist at the St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA. They have three children: Sarah HC ’12; Isabel (Goucher ’14), and Madeline HC ’22. Their family resides in Blue Bell, PA.

Alexia Kelley ’89

Haverford award.

Alexia Kelley has worked at the intersection of faith, social justice and impact since graduating from Haverford with a BA in Religion in 1989. After taking Steve Cary’s class on Quaker history and principles her senior year, she worked on poverty, housing and racial justice policy issues at Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Quaker social justice lobby on Capitol Hill. She then served for 10 years at the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the largest private US funder of community organizing and economic development projects led by low-income people. She later founded Catholics Alliance for the Common Good which worked to re-introduce the concept of the common good into the national public policy dialogue. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the director of the Partnership Center at the US Department of Health and Human Services and at the White House Office for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. In the Obama Administration, she built partnerships between the federal government and civil society to advance shared public health and human services goals. For the last 12 years she has served as President and CEO of FADICA -The Catholic Philanthropy Network, where she has led partnerships globally and in collaboration with the Vatican to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the COVID pandemic, and to end human trafficking. Alexia co-authored the book, A Nation for All: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division , and co-edited the book, Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary . She serves on a number of nonprofit boards focused on migration and refugee services, abolition of the death penalty, and faith and philanthropy. Her religion thesis at Haverford focused on the writings of abolitionist and suffragist Lucretia Mott, who has been an inspiration to her throughout her career.

John Melle ’77

Distinguished achievement award.

John Melle enjoyed a 32-year career at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), with his final responsibilities as the Chief U.S. Negotiator managing the team of experts that produced the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which replaced 1994’s North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). John has a history degree from Haverford College and a master's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan. After joining USTR in 1988, John held a number of positions and was appointed Assistant USTR for the Western Hemisphere in 2011. The United States’ largest network of free trade agreements is in the Western Hemisphere and John negotiated and/or oversaw implementation of agreements with Chile, Peru, Central America and the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Colombia. The bulk of John’s career (since 1993) also included implementing NAFTA. Being chosen by the last Administration to lead the civil servant team that renegotiated that much-reviled agreement was a challenge. John met this challenge by leading the process to create a new agreement that passed with overwhelming Congressional support while not disrupting the deep ties among workers, firms, and investors that had developed over the prior 25 years.

Rebecca Chang ’19

Young alumni award.

Rebecca Chang is currently an organizer at the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663, the largest private-sector union in Minnesota that represents grocery, retail, meat-packing, and food processing workers. Local 663 empowers workers to unionize and fight for better wages and benefits, as well as for safer working conditions. Prior to joining the labor movement, Rebecca was the organizing director of MN8. She supported Southeast Asian community members facing deportation, expanded the network of active members, advocated for legislative bills, developed relationships with allied organizations, and led voter turnout. At Haverford, Rebecca was also one of the student leaders that brought the Pan-Asian Resource Center (PARC) into being; currently, it continues to be an active and central space for Asian and Asian American students. As an alum, Rebecca was a strong advocate of the formation of the Tri-Co Asian American Studies Program. Upon hearing about faculty efforts to form a proposal for the program, Rebecca and other alumni mobilized the alumni community and led a Tri-Co Alumni support letter for the Asian American Studies program that gathered close to 300 signatures of support across generations of alumni. Rebecca is the eldest child of a working-class Malaysian Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn, NY, and currently resides in Minneapolis, MN.

Talia Scott ’19

Talia Scott has long wanted to be a lawyer and has worked doggedly to make that dream come true. At Haverford, Talia was a political science major who wrote her thesis on the emergence of an American prosecutorial reform movement while interning in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office. She commuted weekly to New York City during her senior year to intern for Danielle Logan ’12, who at the time was an executive at the record label 300 Entertainment. Currently, Taila works as a banking and credit paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she has also taken on pro bono immigration work. As she prepared to apply to law school, Talia was inspired to increase the number of Black women lawyers and motivated by the prohibitively high costs associated with law school applications. She created the Legally BLK Fund, which initially had a modest goal: to raise $5,000 to support the costs of applying to law school for five Black women. Today the Legally BLK Fund has raised more than $14,400, which will support 10 Black women on their journeys to law school. She has had more than 100 applicants for funding, however, so she is now committed to raise $30,000 to be able to help aspiring lawyers. Talia has also decided to expand her project's scope by pairing each recipient with a mentor, and by offering pre-law webinars and classes, law school admissions coaching, professional development opportunities, and grants and scholarships for current law school students.

Matt Leighninger ’92, P’20, P’24

Lawrence Forman Award

Matt Leighninger directs the Center for Democracy Innovation at the National Civic League, one of America’s oldest good governance organizations. He leads the Center’s work in strengthening civic infrastructure, using technology to scale engagement, and measuring the quality of participation and democracy. Over the last 25 years, Matt has worked with public engagement efforts in over 100 communities in 40 states. He led a working group that produced a model ordinance on public participation, and developed a new tool that combined online and face-to-face participation as part of President Obama’s National Dialogue on Mental Health. Matt’s first book, The Next Form of Democracy, is a firsthand account of the wave of democratic innovation that emerged in the 1990s and 2000s. His second, Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy, co-authored with Tina Nabatchi, is a guide and textbook that surveys the role and potential of democratic engagement in America. Under Matt’s leadership, the Center is currently leading two major projects: “Better Public Meetings,” which is helping communities change the typical (broken) format of their official interactions with residents; and the “Healthy Democracy Ecosystem Map,” which is creating a comprehensive dataset and visualizations of American organizations working to improve democracy. As a network-builder, convener, author, commentator, researcher, and practitioner, Matt has helped catalyze and connect the key developments in the recent evolution of democracy. Matt dedicated his first book to Haverford cross country and track coach Tom Donnelly, who he credits as both a premier educator and a “builder of democratic institutions.”

Matthew Jennings ’99

William Kaye Award

Matthew has more than 25 years of broad commercial and strategy experience focused on identifying, understanding, and developing solutions to address problems within organizations as well as for customers and manufacturers. Matthew has worked internationally for financial services and technology companies and is a proven leader and negotiator with strong relationship, management, and analytical skills. With experience working in a variety of companies from start-ups to large public and private firms, Matthew is currently in his 19th year at DLL, a leading international equipment finance company. Matthew leads the global commercial team developing and delivering pay-per-use solutions, addressing manufacturer and customer problems by enabling them access to the equipment they need and only paying for it when used. Matthew received his MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania in 2012 as part of the Wharton Executive MBA Program. Matthew is married with two daughters (16 and 12) and lives in Downingtown, PA.

Charles Robinson ’89

Archibald MacIntosh Award

Inspired by his father and his grandfather (both Fords), Charles Robinson took an early interest in the world beyond American borders. He credits the Quaker value of consensus building gleaned on campus with much of his international success. After completing his degree in English Literature, Charles went to Columbia Business School where he met his wife, who is originally from Korea. He started his career at JP Morgan before joining Goldman Sachs, initially in New York and then Hong Kong. Charles subsequently moved to London to become HSBC’s Global Head of Alternative Investments and then parlayed those institutional skills into building up boutique businesses including a mid-market buyout shop, a hedge fund, a credit firm, and most recently serving as Managing Director for Heitman in the EMEA region (Europe, Mid-East, and Africa). He is a “Brexit-proof” tri-national citizen of the USA, France, and the UK. An avid photographer and member of the Salmagundi Club (one of America’s oldest art institutions), Charles has exhibited in New York, Hong Kong, and London. He has traveled to almost every state in the union and over 60 countries. Charles leveraged that cross-border experience by serving on Haverford’s Advisory Committee and continues to help promote the college internationally. Having co-founded the Ford S-Chords and led the Squash Team, he is particularly close with fellow alums from these groups. These days, Charles divides his time between London, Paris, Seoul, and the States to see as much of his multilingual children as possible.

2023 Honorees

Natalie Wossene '08

Natalie Wossene is senior director, Azure product marketing at Microsoft. Previously she was director of sales and marketing at Intel Corporation in Seattle. Natalie earned a B.A. in political science from Haverford in 2008, an M.A. in urban education from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, and an M.B.A. from Cornell's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2014. As an undergraduate at Haverford, Natalie served as co-chair of the Customs Week Committee, Students' Council co-vice president, on the Senior Class Gift Committee, and on the Search Committee for the vice president of institutional advancement. Natalie received the Student Council Student Life Award and served as a student representative to the Board of Managers. Her volunteerism and commitment to Haverford did not stop at graduation. As an alum, she is a former member of both the Alumni Association Executive Committee and the Young Alumni Advisory Group, having served as president on both committees. She has been a member of the Multicultural Alumni Action Group, a giving day advocate, an admission volunteer, a reunion volunteer, and she has participated in the Center for Career and Professional Advising’s “Fords on Friday” alumni speaker program. Natalie became a member of the Haverford Corporation in 2021. Natalie and her husband Elijah Moyo have three children: Mambo, Waleed, and Murphy. The family resides in Seattle, WA.

Akira Iriye '57 P'86

Akira Iriye is a historian of American diplomatic history, especially United States-East Asian relations, and international issues. Born in Tokyo, Japan, he came to the United States in 1953 to attend college. He received his B.A. in history from Haverford in 1957 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1961. Akira began his career as a lecturer in history at Harvard, then taught at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Rochester, and the University of Chicago before being appointed as a professor of history at Harvard University in 1989, where he became Charles Warren Professor of American History in 1991, retiring in 2005. Since then, he has been a guest professor at Waseda University, Ritsumeikan University, and the University of Illinois. Akira is the author of a number of important works on the interaction between Asia and the United States and has been a consistent proponent of raising global community consciousness. He is the only Japanese citizen ever to serve as president of the American Historical Association, and has also served as president for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Akira and his wife Mitsuko reside in Gwynedd, PA, and one of their two daughters, Masumi, is a member of the Haverford Class of 1986.

Kari Nadeau '88

Dr. Kari Nadeau is the chair of the department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health and John Rock professor of Climate and Population Studies. She practices Allergy, Asthma, Immunology in children and adults. She has published over 400 papers, many in the field of climate change and health. Kari, with a team of individuals and patients and families, has been able to help major progress and impact in the clinical fields of immunology, infection, asthma and allergy. Kari is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and the U.S. EPA Children’s Health Protection Committee. For more than 30 years, she has devoted herself to understanding how environmental and genetic factors affect the risk of developing allergies and asthma, especially wildfire-induced air pollution. Her laboratory has been studying air pollution and wildfire effects on children and adults, including wildland firefighters. She oversees a team working on air pollution and wildfire research along with a multidisciplinary group of community leaders, firefighters, engineers, scientists, lawyers, and policy makers. Kari was appointed as a member of the U.S. Federal Wildfire Commission in 2022, and works with other organizations and institutes across the world, including the WHO. She also launched four biotech companies and founded the Climate Change and Health Equity Task Force. She started the Sustainability Health Seed Grant initiative, the Climate Change and Health Fellowship program, and developed climate change and health courses at Stanford. Kari earned her B.S. from Haverford, and her M.D./Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School, followed by a pediatric internship and residency at Boston Children’s Hospital. She moved to California for residency and fellowship in the Stanford-UCSF Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Program, joining the medical school faculty as an instructor, followed by promotions to assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.

Kiame Mahaniah '93

In April 2023, Kiame Mahaniah was appointed Undersecretary for Health for the Healey/Driscoll administration, serving in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts. Until his appointment, Kiame’s career had been spent in community health centers, focused on the pursuit of social justice and equity for the most disenfranchised in our community. Most recently, he served as CEO of the Lynn Community Health Center in Lynn, MA. Kiame is a practicing physician and holds a teaching appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine. Born to a Congolese father and an American mother, Kiame spent his childhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his adolescence in Geneva, Switzerland, before attending Haverford College. Upon graduation as an independent major in political economy of the third world, he attended Jefferson Medical College and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Haverford, he was active on the track team and in club soccer and served on the Student and Honor Code council. His work-study job, and likely his favorite all-around activity as an undergraduate, was working in the bindery, in the basement of the Magill Library, under the gentle tutelage of Bruce Bumbarger. Kiame is married to Katrin Schneck, and enjoys living vicariously through his adult children, Laura and Kieto. Kiame remains forever grateful to Haverford College for having been his introduction to American life, for granting him a near complete scholarship, and for opening his inner life to the world of Quaker thought and spirituality.

Rebecca Fisher '18

Rebecca Fisher is a co-founder and tour guide at Beyond the Bell tours in Philadelphia with another Haverford alum, Joey Leroux '18. Their cornerstone tours are the Badass Women's History Tour and the LGBTQ History /Gayborhood Tour. She majored in Italian with a concentration in Peace, Justice ,and Human Rights, graduating in 2018. Rebecca wrote her thesis about inclusive tourism and has presented her research internationally. She's passionate about the intersection of tourism and social justice. As an alum, and a Tuttle creative resident, Rebecca led the new “People’s History” tour of campus and co-designed a complementary Library exhibit with librarians called “In Perpetuity.” Both cover topics such as Quakers' historical relations with the Lenape people, boycotts held by the Black Students League in the 1970s, and how BIPOC community members have contributed to Haverford. Rebecca resides in Philadelphia, PA.

2022 Honorees

Jonathan Evans '77 P'18

Jonathan Evans '77 P'18  has spent a rich and varied career centered around international development, emergency relief, peace work, community-building, and more recently, farm management. After earning a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1977, and an M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University, employment with Africare sent Jon to Burkina Faso. His subsequent work with Catholic Relief Services included posts in Jerusalem/West Bank/Gaza and in Indonesia. Jon has also enjoyed short-term U.S.-based and international assignments with the American Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, U.S. Department of State, and World Bank. Jon’s affiliation with the Haverford Corporation began in the late 70s, with a few breaks during his years overseas. From 2008-2018, he served as president/clerk of the Corporation. While serving on the Board of Managers and the Corporation, Jon was a member of the  Lives That Speak  steering and planning committees, played a leadership role in establishing the Douglas and Dorothy Steere Professorship in Quaker Studies, and co-chaired the 14th Presidential Search Committee. In addition to having served on more working groups and committees at Haverford than one can really imagine–though Jon has a list, in case you are interested–Jon is fairly certain that during his tenure on the Haverford Board from 2007-2020, he never missed a board meeting. Even if that is not accurate, his wife, Melissa, is sure that it is. Jonathan and Melissa reside in Gradyville, PA. They have three children, including Jeremy ‘18.

Photo: Melissa Graf-Evans

Samuel Angell '82

Samuel Angell '82 has devoted the bulk of his legal career to defending clients on death row. For over 22 years, he has been an assistant federal defender in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Sam has represented more than two dozen clients on death row. He has had considerable success as a member of his unit’s legal teams. Six of his clients won completely new trials, four of whom have been released from prison. Eight other clients have had their death sentences vacated and are no longer on death row. For a challenging and heartbreaking month in 2014, he was temporarily assigned to the Arizona Federal Defender to work on a legal team representing Joseph Wood who was ultimately put to death in a botched execution. Sam graduated from Haverford in 1982, with a B.A. in music. Upon graduation, he was assistant director of Admissions at Haverford, under Bill Ambler from 1982 to 1985. He went on to receive a J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell in 1988, where he was an editor of the Law Review. As an undergraduate, Sam was a member of the Bi-Co Chamber Singers and Honor Council. As an alum, Sam has served as a reunion planning and giving volunteer for the past 30 years, as well as an extern sponsor for the Center for Career and Professional Advising. He has been a member of the College’s Corporation since 1985. Sam and his wife Jeanne raised three sons in Havertown, PA.

Photo: Jeanne Angell

Dr. Harold D. Weaver '56 P'03

Dr. Harold D. Weaver '56 P'03  is an associate at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Raised on Black college campuses in Georgia and Delaware, Hal later moved to Pennsylvania to attend Westtown School and Haverford College, where he graduated with a B.A. in sociology and political science in 1956. He was elected class president, vice president, and Student Council member, and participated in varsity track and field, basketball, and football, in which he was an NCAA nationally-ranked punter. Beginning in Communist Moscow with the official 1959 USA-USSR young-adult exchange, Hal has sought to build bridges between conflicting cultures and nations. He received a doctorate from UMass Amherst for his dissertation, “Soviet Training and Research Programs for Africa,” and is currently reworking the groundbreaking manuscript into a book,  Decolonization and the Cold War: African Student Elites in Moscow in Early 1960s.  A pioneer in Africana studies, he founded and chaired the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers, where he began a 50-year journey to return Paul Robeson (and later, Bayard Rustin) to his proper place in history. A member of Wellesley (MA) Friends Meeting, Hal also works to break down barriers within the Religious Society of Friends with his ministry, the BlackQuaker Project, through publications, governance, film festivals, and advocacy for Truth and Justice. Publications include  Black Fire  (2011), edited with Paul Kriese and Stephen Angell, and the 2020 Pendle Hill pamphlet,  Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice: An African American Quaker Scholar-Activist Challenges Traditional Narratives.  Governance roles include the Quaker United Nations Office, AFSC, Pendle Hill, Friends General Conference, FWCC, and the Haverford College Corporation. Hal resides in Newton, MA, and Oaxaca, Mexico, with his partner, Anne Steere Nash, who grew up on the Haverford campus. Hal’s son, Sundiata, graduated Class of 2003.

Photo: John Meyer (Pendle Hill)

Loren Ghiglione '63

Loren Ghiglione '63 , a veteran of a half century in journalism and journalism education, is professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Before directing journalism programs at Northwestern, Emory, and the University of Southern California, he owned and edited the Southbridge (Mass.) Evening News, and ran its parent company, Worcester County Newspapers, for 25 years. He won two dozen regional and national awards for reporting and editorial writing. He also authored or edited nine books, guest curated a 1990 Library of Congress exhibit on the American journalist, and served as a four-time Pulitzer Prize juror and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE). As ASNE president in 1989-1990, he pushed for greater diversity throughout the news industry and initiated a groundbreaking study of LGBTQ+ individuals in America’s newsrooms. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science in 2004. He graduated from Haverford in 1963, with a B.A. in history.  He was editor of the student newspaper, secretary of the Student Council, a member of Founders Club, and played on the football team. As an alum, Loren has served as a reunion planning volunteer, a member of the communications committee for the  Educating to Lead Educating to Serve  campaign, and a member of the Haverford Board of Managers. He resides in West Tisbury, MA, with Nancy, his wife, BMC ’65, serves on West Tisbury’s Task Force Against Discrimination and the advisory board of the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation, and writes a column for Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.

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Ankur Arya '12

Ankur Arya '12  is an educator and the Founder and Executive Director of Leading Youth Through Empowerment, Inc. (LYTE). LYTE strives to change the academic trajectory of under-represented youth by preparing middle school students to attend rigorous high school programs and then colleges, through personal mentoring, rigorous teaching, and leadership. He became passionate about educational equity through his own academic experience. As an adolescent he transitioned from a Title I middle school to a prestigious private high school. This experience highlighted disparities in education. Ankur attended Haverford College and graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in political science and minor in education. As an undergraduate, he played on the tennis team and was the president of the South Asian Society. He received a Master’s in school leadership from Wilmington University in 2018. He taught 7th and 8th grade math at Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington through Teach for America Delaware. There he found himself amidst a hardworking and talented group of students. Inspired, he helped them get into top performing high school programs in the area. These collaborative after school efforts were the beginning of LYTE. Under the leadership of Ankur, nearly all of his students have gone to college. Students have received millions of dollars in financial aid and scholarship to both high school and college. Ankur is married to Alexandra Obando ‘12 and the couple resides in Media, PA. They have a 2-year-old daughter named Ana Lucía.

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Brandon Alston '14

Brandon Alston '14  is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of sociology at Northwestern University, with graduate certificates in African American studies and teaching and learning. His research examines how surveillance systems operate across poor neighborhoods, prisons, and parole programs. This research has been supported by organizations including the National Academies of Sciences, the American Bar Foundation, the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, the Social Science Research Council, and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Brandon’s work has received awards from national and regional professional associations, including the American Sociological Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Association of Black Sociologists. Brandon is also a member of the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. At Dominican University, he serves as the inaugural sociologist in residence providing career support to students who major in the liberal arts. Brandon’s work also extends beyond college campuses and into Black communities, where he has implemented social interventions centered on mental health and gun violence. Previously, Brandon earned a Master of Science in Management (M.S.M.) from Wake Forest University Business School, where he was a corporate fellow. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and religion (with distinction) from Haverford College, where he received the Mellon Mays Fellowship.

James Pabarue '72

Sheppard award.

James Pabarue '72 , now retired, was a founding shareholder in the Philadelphia-based firm Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen, and Young, P.C. He has had over 36 years of experience and represented a wide variety of commercial clients, non-profit organizations, and individuals in litigation matters. His practice areas included commercial litigation, insurance coverage litigation, employment disputes and criminal matters. Jim began his career as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, trying hundreds of jury and non-jury trials. Thereafter, as an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, he was lead counsel on a number of high profile cases. In his private law practice, Jim represented commercial clients, non-profit organizations, and individuals in litigation matters. He also headed the firm's employment law group and advised and represented employers in employment matters. In the employment area, in addition to advising employers with respect to their employment practices, he represented employers in cases involving allegations of sexual harassment, racial and gender discrimination, FMLA and ADA violations, and age discrimination. Jim has been a frequent lecturer, speaking most often on issues of discrimination and diversity. Jim earned a B.A. in English from Haverford in 1972, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. While at Haverford, he was a member of Founders Club. As an alum, Jim is a founding member of the Multicultural Alumni Action Group, has worked closely with the Office of Multicultural Affairs to help provide support to students from all backgrounds during their time at the College, and is a former member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee. Jim is married to Eleanore Pabarue (BMC ‘76) and the couple resides in Blue Bell, PA.

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Thomas Garver '56

Perry award.

Thomas Garver '56  is a retired art historian living in Madison, Wisconsin, who worked for nearly 30 years as a curator and director of several American Art Museums in Massachusetts, California, and Wisconsin, before beginning several other art-related endeavors, one with a unique Haverford connection. Tom reports, “O. Winston Link, a New York photographer, created admissions brochure photos at Haverford in 1952. After graduation, I was studying in New York City and worked part time for him for about a year. This included three trips with Winston to work on his documentation of the last years of steam powered railroading.” Decades later, Tom became Link’s agent, wrote the text for the second book of Link’s popular railroad photos, and subsequently was the organizing curator of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Virginia. Tom majored in psychology at Haverford, taking a B.A. in 1956, and later an M. A. in history of art at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. As an alum, Tom has been dedicated to the College, and to his class through his unbroken annual giving record, his in-kind gifts of more than 400 late 19th and 20th Century photographs by Winston Link and other well-known photographers to the College’s collections, establishment of a named scholarship directed towards students from the upper Midwest, and the creation over a twenty-five year period of three extended biographies of his classmates in the Class of 1956 which have helped to maintain its unity and continuing support of the College.

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Dorrit Lowsen '97

Macintosh award.

As president and COO of Change Finance, Dorrit Lowsen '97  seeks to leverage the power of capital markets to promote a more just and sustainable world. Dorrit's professional experience spans a range of industries including IT, environment, and finance, and a range of modalities including Fortune 500, start-up, government, and non-profit. Following a decade-long international career as a technology leader, Dorrit joined Agora Partnerships, founded by fellow 'Ford, Ben Powell ‘93, as COO where she oversaw development of the first accelerator program to channel investment capital to impact-driven companies in Latin America. She went on to produce award-winning work on energy and environmental policy at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing during the preparation for the Paris Climate Agreement before returning to the U.S. to join Change Finance’s founding team. Dorrit has participated in all sides of the impact investing equation – as an entrepreneur, as an investor, and as a field-builder. She holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business, an M.S. in computer science from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a B.A. in computer science from Haverford College. At Haverford, Dorrit has served as an active admissions representative for a number of years. She is also an extern sponsor for the Center for Career and Professional Advising, a reunion giving advocate, and a member of the Impact Advisory Council for Haverford's Mi3 course in impact investing. Dorrit and her husband, Ben Lowsen, live in Alexandria, VA with their son, Asher.

John Katsos '07

Forman award.

John Katsos '07  is associate professor of Business Ethics, Law, and Social Responsibility at the American University of Sharjah, and research affiliate at Queen’s University Belfast. He's regarded as an expert and advocate for business being a tool for peace, community-building, reconciliation, and social impact. John’s research is based on fieldwork on businesses in Syria, Myanmar, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, and Cyprus. His research has appeared in the  Harvard Business Review ,  Washington Post ,  Global Policy ,  Business and Society ,  Multinational Business Review , and  Journal of Business Ethics , among others. He graduated from Haverford with a B.A. in religion. As an undergraduate, he was a member of Honor Council and JSAAPP, played soccer and club rugby, sang in the Humtones, and helped create the Quaker Bouncers. After Haverford, John earned dual J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from George Washington University, then moved to the Middle East to conduct his research in conflict zones. John sits on the boards of the UN Global Compact UAE, the UN PRME Business for Peace Working Group, and five social enterprises, including DiverseCity Global and PeaceIQ. He is also an expert consultant for the UN Business and Human Rights Working Group of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, where his work was a core component to recommendations to the UN General Assembly on the human rights obligations of local companies in conflict zones. John is married to Kristina (Kouhartsiouk) Katsos BMC ’07 and the couple resides with their daughters and dog in Sharjah, UAE.

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Linda Gerstein

Friend award.

Linda Gerstein  is professor of history and chair of Independent College Programs at Haverford and also, at the moment, acting chair of Russian at Bryn Mawr. She has been a member of the faculty since 1965 and specializes in Russian and modern European history. Her biography of Nikolai Strakhov marked the first full-length intellectual biography of Strakhov in any language, providing a guide to the individual and to nineteenth-century Russian intellectual life. She has also written about the Russian dissident intelligentsia and about Russian Art Nouveau architecture. Linda has trained generations of Haverfordians, including many who have become prominent in academia, international policy, and business. She has co-led Bi-Co alumni tours in 1978 and 1988, created a study trip for Haverford/Bryn Mawr undergraduate students to Warsaw, Budapest, and Prague in the tumultuous spring of 1989, and guided the Haverford Baltic/St. Petersburg Alumni cruise tour in 2016. Linda earned a B.A. and an M.A. from Radcliffe, and a Ph.D. from Harvard. Her husband John Chesick was professor of chemistry at Haverford. Linda resides in Penn Valley, PA.

2021 Honorees

Ted Love ’81 P’15, P’17  is CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics in San Francisco, CA. Global Blood Therapeutics is a bio-pharmaceutical company that has developed a promising treatment, and is pursuing a cure, for sickle cell disease. Ted has more than 20 years of broad leadership and management experience in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. He also currently serves on the boards of directors of Royalty Pharma, Seattle Genetics, and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, for which he serves as chair of the Emerging Companies Section. Ted earned a B.A. in biology from Haverford in 1981, and an M.D. from Yale University in 1985. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While at Haverford, Ted served on Students' Council. As an alum, Ted served on the Board of Managers from 1993-2005. He was re-elected to the Board in 2015 and his second term ended in 2018. He is a former member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee and a former Admission Representative. During the  Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve  Campaign, Ted was a member of the Committee of One Hundred and he supported the Access and Achievement: Multicultural Program Endowed Fund during that campaign. Ted also served as a campaign co-chair for the  Lives That Speak  Campaign. He established The Love Family Scholarship Fund in 2012, and the Love-Wintner Scholarship in 2020. Ted is married to Joyce Love and the couple reside in Sonoma, CA.

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Stephen Harper ’76  directed the death penalty clinic at Florida International University College of Law from 2013 until his retirement in the summer of 2020. Prior to that, he worked for 29 years at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, the last 17 as co-coordinator of the Capital Litigation Unit. In that role he was primarily responsible for the gathering and presentation of mitigation evidence in capital cases. It was also during that time that Steve turned his attention to ending the juvenile death penalty in the United States. In 2002, he took a two year leave of absence and coordinated the national Juvenile Death Penalty Initiative. That project ended with Steve's oversight of the drafting and filing of amicus briefs in  Roper v. Simmons , arguing that adolescents are substantially different than adults and far less culpable. The Court agreed and ended the juvenile death penalty in the United States. Its finding that “kids are different” created a paradigm shift in the way the justice system now perceives and treats adolescents.  Roper  was the foundation for subsequent cases ( Graham v. Florida ,  Miller v. Alabama ,  Montgomery v. Louisiana ) all of which resulted in many youthful offenders being resentenced and freed. Stephen graduated from Haverford in 1976, with a B.A. in sociology and anthropology. He is married to Odalys Acosta and the couple reside in Hollywood, FL.

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Liz McGovern ’91  is a social justice advocate, nonprofit leader, and physician. Her career has been defined by a commitment to establishing and perpetuating equity-driven, inclusive, and participatory approaches to health and human welfare. She served at urban community health centers for over 15 years, working with refugee, immigrant, and vulnerable populations, and has volunteered on crisis and public health missions in Guatemala, Haiti, and Ethiopia. In 2011, Liz founded WEEMA International, which partners with rural communities in southwestern Ethiopia to provide safe water, life-saving healthcare, quality education, and economic opportunities. While at Haverford, Liz majored in biology and received her B.A. in 1991, followed by her M.D. in 1997, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. As an undergraduate she was a member of the lacrosse, basketball, and soccer teams. Liz is married to Scott Early and the couple reside with their family in Acton, MA.

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Richard Besdine ’61 P’89  has devoted his career to development and advancement of geriatrics through university-based and public health care policy work; he has developed and managed research, health care delivery systems and educational programs on aging at a university base, and served as a senior healthcare executive in the federal government. After doing his training in Scotland (there were no geriatrics programs in the U.S. at the time), he returned home to start one of the first American geriatric medicine programs at Harvard University. Over the next 40 years, he built similar programs at the University of Connecticut and at Brown University. He’s currently professor of medicine and professor of health services policy and practice at Brown University and is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and infectious disease. Richard has authored more than 125 scholarly publications on aging and edits widely in medicine. Richard’s proudest honor was international. He was selected as Morgagni Lecturer at the University of Padua during the 250th Anniversary celebration (2011) of the publication of Giovanni Battista Morgagni’s seminal 1761 book  De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis  (“On the sites and causes of diseases as investigated by anatomy”). He graduated cum laude from Haverford in 1961 with a B.S. in biology and went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and immunology at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Richard is married to Fox Wetle; they reside in Barrington, RI.

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Brianna Duncan-Lowey ’15  is a graduate student in virology at Harvard Medical School. Her doctoral thesis work focuses on immune systems in bacteria, which helped uncover the evolutionary origin of components of the human antiviral immune system. Prior to attending Harvard Medical School for her doctoral studies, she was awarded a post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute of Health where she studied the Hepatitis C Virus. Brianna's work has extended beyond the laboratory, as she has shared her passion for science, and for higher education to advance the careers of students from communities historically excluded from science and medicine. She volunteered with Generation Hope, a not-for-profit organization that helps teen mothers obtain college degrees; and she now volunteers with Dana-Farber's CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program and Harvard's Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Program (HPREP), both high school science enrichment programs created to address poor health outcomes in underserved communities. Brianna received a B.A., with honors, in biology from Haverford in 2015, and she minored in environmental studies. As an undergraduate she was an Honor Council representative and was also a member of the softball team. Brianna resides in Boston, MA.

Orion Kriegman ’96  is the executive director of the Boston Food Forest Coalition, a nonprofit land trust, building edible parks in the city. Among the projects Orion has been involved with is Egleston Community Orchard (ECO), a rain-fed garden filled with fruit trees, bushes, vegetable beds, flowers, and art. ECO serves as the neighborhood park, hosting local festivals, outdoor movies, and cultural events. After a young man was shot on the street in front of ECO, the neighborhood experienced how creating community spaces helps reduce violence and forges relationships across race and class divides. Prior to this, he was co-director of NET New England, where he led Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition supporting community leaders to create an economy that is place-based, sustainable, and reduces race and class inequity. He was an associate at Tellus Institute, where he served for many years as coordinator of the Great Transition Initiative, an international network of scholars and activists examining the requirements for a transition to a sustainable planetary civilization. In the past, he has focused on ways to enhance meaningful community participation in the development of urban neighborhoods. He also worked for two years in Guatemala, helping the government and civil society implement the policies outlined in the peace accords. Orion graduated from Haverford in 1996, with a B.A. in political science. While at Haverford he trained with the Bryn Mawr badminton team, winning a place on the collegiate All-American team his senior year. He resides in Jamaica Plain, MA.

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Eric (Rick) Sterling x’71, ’73  was executive director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation for 31 years promoting drug policy and criminal justice reform. Eric frequently lectures and testifies in the U.S. and Canada and his analysis is sought by researchers and the news media. He has been featured in numerous documentary motion pictures. He helped found and served on the boards of non-profits such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Marijuana Policy Project, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, etc. His public service includes the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission. In the 1980s, as assistant counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, he wrote drug, gun control, pornography, and money laundering laws. Entering Haverford in 1967, he was in the 2-year Humanities concentration. He withdrew in 1969 to work in the anti-war movement. Eric graduated from Haverford in 1973 with a B.A. in religion, was an editor of the Bi-College News, and was a member of Founders Club. At the 1973 Commencement, he introduced Prof. Louis Green, the speaker. He received his J.D. from Villanova University in 1976. As an alum, Eric has been an extern sponsor for more than four decades, spoke at regional alum gatherings and was a member of the Corporation. He became a Quaker at Haverford and serves on the Ministry and Worship Committee at Bethesda Friends Meeting. He is married to June Beittel and they reside in Chevy Chase, MD. Their daughter, Maya Sterling, graduated from Vassar ’20.

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Alan Klein ’81  is a partner with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he is co-head of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He joined the firm in 1984, and became a partner in 1993. Among myriad professional achievements, Alan was named a 2017 "M&A Trailblazer" by the National Law Journal and a 2012 "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Montefiore Health System, the Jewish Theological Seminary, The Library of America and The Dalton School, where he is the past President of the Board, a director of Lawyers for Children and past Board Chairman of Film Forum. Alan earned a B.A. in history, with honors, from Haverford in 1981 and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1984. During the  Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve  Campaign, Alan was a member of the Committee of One Hundred as well as the Scholarship Steering Committee and endowed the Judith Fondiller Klein Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of his mother. He was the New York Regional Campaign Chair for the Lives That Speak campaign. An exhibit selected from Alan’s collection of rare first editions and memorabilia of the poets Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams opens in March at the Lutnick Library on campus and online. Alan's brother, David, is a member of the Class of 1985. Alan is married to Lauren Klein and they reside in New York, NY, with their two children.

Jenifer Schweitzer Brooks ’91  is chief marketing officer at Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (GLG), where she oversees all aspects of the company’s global marketing operations, Americas events, and expert management efforts. Jenifer has nearly two decades of experience as a senior marketing executive, including six years at Bloomberg, where she led Global Brand Management. Before joining GLG, she was chief marketing officer at Golub Capital, a credit asset management firm with $35 billion in assets under management. Jenifer earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1991, and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1994. While at Haverford, she was a member of the lacrosse team. As an alum, Jenifer has been involved with reunion planning and giving since her 5th reunion and has increased and honed her volunteer skills on the fundraising side since joining the Annual Giving Executive Committee in 2013. During her volunteer tenure she has moved from member, to vice chair, and is now chair of the Committee. She played a leadership role in cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding leadership Annual Giving and future Major Gift donors during the  Lives That Speak  Campaign, and she continues to partner strategically with the Individual Giving office to make peer giving asks. She was also a key player in the Class of 1991's 25th reunion fundraising effort. She is married to Bruce Thorpe and has 2 children, ages 16 and 9. The family resides in New York, NY.

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Thien Le ’05 P’24  is a vice president and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley where she focuses primarily on the wealth management needs of high net worth individuals and families globally. She has global experience in capital markets, merchant banking, and wealth management and is passionate about helping people and communities around the world. She won first place in the Global Sustainability Challenge in New York, developing a five-year plan for a nonprofit organization and spearheaded the steering committee for the Environment and Social Finance Forum in Asia. Thien was a board member of Vietnam Relief Effort, a nonprofit based in New York, where she oversaw microfinance projects, disaster relief projects, and building schools in Vietnam. In 2020, Thien was named as a MAKERS@ Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, a recognition that celebrates women who are groundbreakers, advocates, and innovators in their given field. She earned a B.A. in economics and East Asian Studies from Haverford in 2005. While at Haverford, she was president of the Asian Student Association. Thien is a founding member of the Multicultural Alumni Action Group, was a member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee, and is a Center for Career and Professional Advising extern sponsor. She spearheaded and secured funding for the establishment of the Tetsutaro Inamuru Scholarship in honor of the first Asian alum who graduated from Haverford. She currently serves as a member of the Corporation. Her daughter, Katelyn Vo, is a member of the Haverford Class of 2024. Thien resides in Greenwich, CT.

MacIntosh Award 

David Thomas ’71  is co-founder of International Integrators, a collaborative, global community dedicated to the promotion of Integrative Health. He has varied expertise from a distinguished career in law, business, entrepreneurial ventures, and community service. During David’s 37 years living in Boston, he was an active volunteer and leader in the Beacon Hill Civic Association, the Hill House Community Center and the Beacon Hill Business Association. He led several community initiatives, including a successful effort to reduce noise pollution caused by faulty and outdated subway construction, and also representing the community in requiring a local university to house its students in more appropriate locations. He earned a B.A. in Spanish from Haverford in 1971 and a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1974. Since his graduation, David has been very involved with Haverford. He is a former member of the Board of Managers, and served as chair of the Property Committee for 11 years; his term ran from 1996 to 2008. David chaired the National Gifts Program Committee during the  Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve  Campaign, and was a member of the Campaign Executive Committee. He is also a past member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee. He was the recipient of the Kannerstein award in 2011. He has served as an Admission Representative for many years, focusing more recently on interviewing international applicants. David is married to Kathryn Hayward and the couple reside on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Spain.

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The Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) and Alumni Association Awards Deliberations Committee have determined that, in lieu of offering the "Friend of Haverford College" Award for 2021, they would like to recognize the dedication and fortitude exemplified by all of the students, faculty, and staff who came together, in the face of many obstacles, to maintain and strengthen the Haverford experience. Our thanks go to each of you for your individual contributions and collective efforts, which showed you all were actively focused on the ideals that underpin what it means to be Haverfordian. Our thoughts are with you as you continue to make progress, meet challenges, and grow together.

2020 Honorees

The kannerstein award.

Chris Norton is president of the Washington Center, an organization that provides residential internships in public policy and public service to college aged students, for academic credit. He is a retired managing partner of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. after nearly 20 years with the company, and he served as chairman of the board of Loomis Chaffee School. Chris earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1980. As an alum, his long and distinguished service to the College spans decades. Among other significant contributions, Chris served on the Board of Managers for over a decade, including an executive role as vice chair, as well as chair of the Development and Long Range Planning Committees. He was also an effective and longstanding fundraising volunteer in the Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve campaign and a co-chair of the Lives That Speak campaign for Haverford. A generous advocate of the College, Chris contributes to several endowed funds, including his own newly endowed Norton Family Professorship in Music. Chris is married to Carter Norton and the couple have five children, including Kate Norton Magovern ’08 and Kiley Norton ’11. Chris also shares his family connection to Haverford with his father, Nicholas Norton ’52, brother, Andrew ’84 and uncle, D. Norton Williams ’39. Chris and Carter reside in New Canaan, CT.

The Haverford Award

Peter Ewell is president emeritus of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). His work focuses on assessing institutional effectiveness and student learning and involves both research and direct consulting with institutions and state systems on collecting and using assessment information in planning, evaluation, and budgeting. He has directed many projects on this topic and has consulted with over 425 colleges and universities and 27 state systems of higher education on topics including assessment, program review, accreditation, and student retention. He is an internationally recognized consultant who has authored or co-authored eight books and numerous articles on the topic of improving undergraduate instruction through curriculum and instructional reform, and the assessment of student learning. In 1998, he led the design team for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which has since been administered to more than six million students at more than 1650 colleges and universities. In addition, he has prepared commissioned papers for many education agencies and has been involved in program evaluation, organizational development, and strategic planning for a variety of non-profit and arts organizations. Peter graduated from Haverford in 1970 with a B.A. in political science. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Sailing Team and the Glee Club. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1976 and to teach at the University of Chicago. Peter is married to Jennifer Mauldin and the couple resides in Boulder, CO.

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The Distinguished Achievement Award

Thomas Spray was chief of cardiothoracic surgery and holder of the Mortimer J. Buckley Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Professor of Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine or the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas received his medical degree and training in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Duke University, and specialty training in cardiac pathology at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health before joining the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, going on to become the chief of pediatric cardiac surgery there. He was recruited to Philadelphia in 1994. Thomas has contributed over 300 peer-reviewed papers top the literature in congenital and adult cardiac surgery, and is an editor of 6 major textbooks. He has held numerous leadership positions in national and international professional associations, including the presidency of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery in 2009. He was the 2009 awardee of the American Heart Association’s William W. L. Glenn Lectureship and received the prestigious Plus Ratio Quam Vis medal from Poland’s Jagiellonian University in 2017. Under Thomas’ direction, neonates, infants, and children with a wide variety of complex cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities can be fully evaluated and treated by a specialized multidisciplinary team at CHOP. While at Haverford, Thomas majored in biology and received his B.A. in 1970. He was a member of the Corporation from 1973 to 2001. Thomas retired in 2018 and now resides in Flat Rock, NC.

The Young Alumni Award

Shreyas Shibulal is the founder of Micelio, a platform to foster the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem in India. The platform includes the Micelio Fund, a resource that will make seed stage investments in startups in the EV space. The platform also includes a product development facility, Micelio Discovery Studio, to support these startups. Shreyas was a computer science major at Haverford, graduating in 2015. He went on to graduate from Haverford's 4+1 engineering program, receiving his Masters in Embedded Systems Engineering in 2016 from the University of Pennsylvania. Shreyas has always had a passion for automobiles. While an undergraduate, Shreyas spent his summers building his own car and interning at Tesla. When he moved back to India, Shreyas wanted to combine his passion for automobiles, his experience in technology and his calling to start a business venture with a social conscience. Catalyzing the EV ecosystem through Micelio was a natural fit. Shreyas' vision, commitment, and initiative in sustainable mobility all point to the values of the Haverford community, and their impact. Shreyas’ father, SD Shibulal, is a co-founder of Infosys and a current member of the Haverford Board of Managers. Shreyas’ sister, Shruti Shibulal, is a member of Haverford’s Class of 2006. Shreyas is married to Bhairavi Madhusudhan Shibulal and the couple resides in Bangalore, India.

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The Forman Award

Carmen Crow Sheehan has worked for the Peace Corps since 2012, in Washington DC, the republic of Georgia, and most recently Albania where she is currently based as regional safety and security officer. She also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 2000-03. Carmen has spent her time post-graduation dedicated to humanitarian aid and development largely in the international sphere, having also worked for the American Refugee Committee in Darfur, the International Medical Corps in northern Uganda and Mozambique, and Jhpiego in support of health programming in 30+ countries. Carmen received a B.S. in biology from Haverford in 2000, and as an undergraduate played on the women’s basketball team. She also studied abroad in Australia during her junior year. Carmen went on to receive an M.S.W. from Tulane University in 2004, and an M.P.H. for International Health and Development from Tulane in 2005. Carmen is joined in Tirana by her husband Colin and their two daughters.

The Kaye Award

David Wessel is director of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, the mission of which is to improve the quality and efficacy of fiscal and monetary policies and public understanding of them. He joined Brookings in 2013 after 30 years on the staff of The Wall Street Journal where, most recently, he was economics editor and wrote the weekly “Capital” column. He is a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal and appears frequently on NPR's Morning Edition. He is the author of two New York Times bestsellers – In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic and Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget. David majored in economics at Haverford and was an editor of the Bi-College News. David is a former Reunion volunteer and campaign fundraising committee member. Currently, he works as a committed advocate for the Center for Career and Professional Advising. He regularly shares job postings with the office and is a former extern sponsor. In addition, he is a co-founder and funder of the Public Policy Forum, hosted each year for the past six years. David is married to Naomi Karp. The couple have two children and the family resides in Washington, D.C.

The Perry Award

Christopher Dunne graduated from Haverford in 1970, with a B.A. in political science. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Founders Club, served on the Haverford News, and was class president for three years. He was elected permanent class president at his 25th Reunion. After Haverford, Chris earned a J.D. from Georgetown Law, an S.M. in Physiology from Harvard in 1981, and an M.P.A. from Harvard in 1982. Chris has been a dedicated College advocate since his graduation. He is currently chairing his 50th Reunion Committee and is a giving advocate. He previously served as a member of the Board of Managers, president of the Alumni Association Executive Committee, a campaign fundraising committee member, an admission volunteer, and chair of the Haverford Fund. Chris received the Kannerstein Award in 2000. He is a member of the Haverford Monthly Meeting and the Corporation of Haverford College. Chris practiced law for 38 years and had a second career in development as principal gift officer at Ursinus College and as senior associate director of Institutional Partnerships at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dedicated to his community, Chris currently is vice chair at Independence Public Media of Philadelphia and served as a volunteer attorney and board member of the Support Center for Child Advocates, receiving their Distinguished Advocate Award in 2011. Chris is married to Genny Dunne and the couple have three daughters and five grandchildren. Their daughter, Jessica Dunne Reshefsky, is a member of the Class of 1998. The couple resides in Haverford, PA.

The Sheppard Award

Polly Ross Ribatt s an independent educational consultant who also works part time as the CFO of local start up soccer club. In addition, she is a corporation member of Beacon Academy, a 14-month school between 8th and 9th grades designed to prepare motivated and promising urban students for success in competitive independent high schools and beyond. Polly earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1990 with a concentration in Growth & Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1994. While at Haverford, she was a member of the tennis and squash teams, and was captain of both teams during her senior year. Since her graduation, Polly has been a passionate advocate for the College’s mission and has consistently contributed her time to alumni and Haverford community engagement in a number of ways. She is a current admission volunteer, a former member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee where she was an especially active liaison to Career Services, and she served as the Boston regional chair during the Lives That Speak campaign. Additionally, in her many volunteer roles, she has hosted a variety of Boston area events for all alumni, parents, and friends over the years. Polly is married to Gregg Ribatt and the couple have three biological children and provide a permanent home to another child they first met through Polly’s work at Beacon Academy. The family resides in Brookline, MA, just outside Boston.

The MacIntosh Award

Eric Sedlak is a partner at K&L Gates LLP in Tokyo. He has practiced law in Chicago, San Francisco, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, and Tokyo. He has advised on matters in over 40 countries, on every continent except Antarctica. As of 2019 he is a vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and chairs its external affairs advisory council. He also served on the boards of the American Chambers of Commerce in Vietnam and Singapore. Eric earned a B.A. with honors in economics from Haverford in 1980, and a J.D. from New York University in 1984. While at Haverford, he was a member of the cross country team. Eric has been involved as a volunteer in many ways since his graduation. He formerly participated as a member of the International Council, a Reunion volunteer, and a class volunteer. He is currently a member of the Corporation of Haverford College and an admission volunteer. In his role as an admission volunteer, Eric has made it possible for prospective students in Japan to meet, in person, with an alum ⁠— a previously unavailable option in the region. Additionally, during the most recent admission cycle, Eric completed more interviews than any other volunteer. He also helps staff college fairs in Japan. Eric is married to Junko Hoshizawa and the couple have twin daughters. The family resides in Tokyo, Japan.

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Gabi Koeppel is an independent consultant in real estate law. Previously, she was assistant general counsel for the Rouse Company. Gabi earned a B.A. in English from Haverford in 1990, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland in 1993. While at Haverford, she was a member of the field hockey team. Gabi serves as a giving advocate and is a former member of the Annual Fund Executive Committee and Reunion gift chair. Gabi has also been a dedicated admission volunteer for a number of years. She has worked diligently to go above and beyond in completing in-person interviews and video interviews for both domestic and international perspective students. She also serves as a willing resource for other volunteers and as a regular host for admitted student receptions. Gabi is married to Aaron Velli and the couple have two children. The family resides in Chevy Chase, MD.

The Friend of Haverford College Award

Tom Donnelly is the head coach of Haverford’s men’s track and cross country programs. A 2014 inductee into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame, Tom enters his 45th year with Haverford in the 2019-20 seasons. Tom has taken Haverford to 76 Middle Atlantic and Centennial Conference championships, including 64 titles since the 1993 season. His runners have earned 172 cross country and track & field All-American awards since 1980, including 29 individual NCAA championships and an NCAA championship relay team. Tom’s career reached a coaching pinnacle when Haverford won the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship, the first team in College history. On top of his coaching abilities, Tom fosters a culture of excellence and leads by example. He represents everything that Haverford strives for and cares just as much about shaping better students/people as he does about creating better runners. Prior to Haverford, Tom was an All-American in cross country and track at Villanova University. Tom has two sons, Patrick and Edward Donnelly. Patrick graduated from Haverford in 2009.

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