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“My greatest wish is to make a difference in the way we treat the planet,” says Nicholas School Board of Visitors Emerita Sally Kleberg ’66 P’91 P’94, who is also an avid wilderness adventurer and Texan with deep ranching roots. “And education and good science are the only ways to affect change.” That’s why Kleberg included Duke in her estate plans. Her gifts will support graduate fellowships, internships, and interdisciplinary education and entrepreneurship to empower more “environmental warriors” to tackle

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What Does It Mean to Be Human?

THEQuad Students share their active summers, zebrafish aid, DKU opens

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Terrie Moffitt’s research explores nature and nurture By Bridget Booher

Questions for Richard H. Brodhead

Complete Me

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Retta Sirleaf ’92 fills in the blanks

Exploring Duke’s LGBTQ community

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The Devil’s in the details for a basketball team manager

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They’ve Got Class Anne Fishbein

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The Master of Arts in Teaching program takes participants to school

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DAA activities and connections

44 Class Notes 70 Retro Duke’s connection with an all-black college

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The life history of every lemur

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Coming to Americana Helping international graduate students adjust By Robert J. Bliwise

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EDITOR: Robert J. Bliwise A.M. ’88 MANAGING EDITOR: Adrienne Johnson Martin ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Bridget Booher ’82, A.M. ’92 CLAY FELKER MAGAZINE FELLOW: Elizabeth Van Brocklin ’11 STAFF ASSISTANT: Delecia Hatcher PUBLISHER: Sterly L. Wilder ’83, Associate Vice President, Alumni Affairs INTERNS: Ryan Hoerger ’16 Tim Lerow ’15 Matti Darden ’14 SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR: Louise Flynn DESIGN CONSULTANT: Lacey Chylack, phase5creative inc.

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UNDERTHEGARGOYLES igher education may be one of America’s success stories. Maybe for that reason, it lends itself to endless storytelling, as with two summer books, one in the tradition of academic satires, the other of pained laments.

The first is Dear Committee Members, a novel by Julie Schumacher, a professor at the University of Minnesota. Schumacher’s main character is a frustrated writer (is there any other kind?) teaching at the thoroughly mediocre (but aptly named) Payne University. The novel is built on a series of letters of recommendation; over time, the tone of the letters gets increasingly agitated, angry, and self-absorbed.

The other is the latest look at the presumed failings of higher education, Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz. Deresiewicz, who taught at Yale, starts from the premise that college, along with the students drawn to college, has lost its purpose.

He issues a call to “rethink, reform, and reverse the entire project of elite education.”

One common thread between the two works is their portrayal of students; they come across as rootless, soulless, and even venomous. Here is how Schumacher’s overstressed professor depicts a student in a recommendation letter: “I remember thinking of Ms. Castle as a highly articulate snake: sliding gracefully into an argument, speaking in lucid, sibilant phrases (she endows the letter S with the faintest suggestion of a whistle), and then striking to inject the requisite venom.”

To Deresiewicz, students are caught in an impossible tension between learning and success: “The endless hoop-jumping, starting as far back as grade school, that got them into an elite college in the first place—the clubs, bands, projects, teams, APs, SATs, evenings, weekends, summers, coaches, tutors, ‘leadership,’ ‘service’—left them no time, and no tools, to figure out what they want out of life, or even out of college.”

All of that can make you cynical about students.

Until, that is, you actually learn about them.

One of the rewards of the opening of the academic year at Duke is watching Christoph Guttentag, the dean of undergraduate admissions, cite some freshmen—genuinely interesting, already consequential students—in his opening convocation remarks.

There’s one of the top “24 First big weekend: Featured a trio of bands under 24” change-makers in representing the region's burgeoning music scene. public policy. An actress who has appeared in the John Adams miniseries, Law & Order, and a Sundancescreened movie. The author of two novels. The only high-school student singing in an elite Parisian choir. The National Junior Piano Solo winner. Two students who worked on developing water-filtration systems—one of them the only high-school student nominated for Texan of the Year. And, a future change-maker, one of fifteen global finalists for the Google Science Fair.

There’s also the North Carolina Cardboard Boat junior racing champion in both the single-paddler and multi-paddler categories. And the dog-agility trainer with thirty state titles and a national title. Who knew that cardboard wouldn’t decompose in water? Who knew that a human could produce a more agile canine?

Sure, there are all those impressive class rankings and SAT ranges that define the class as a whole. But wouldn’t you want to meet—and even write a letter of recommendation for—any of those individual students?

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LETTERS & COMMENTS Special Issue: Home I would like to pay a compliment that mirrors one of my most treasured: “The Special Issue 2014 was a stunning presentation.” I settled down to begin reading and found myself captured by the “Home” theme. Each story demanded that I read the next.

I hope you will publish the “Home” and “When Duke Was Home” sections as a PDF so we can all share with friends.

I was a former resident in 2101 Campus Drive in the late 1960s, when it was International House.

Phil Lawless Ph.D. ’74 Durham The “Home” Special Issue of Duke Magazine, which reached my mailbox today, has now been read by my wife, Barbara ’54, and by me. We judge that this issue is the best collegiate magazine we have ever read.

Here, in as few words as possible, is why we are so thrilled. Barbara’s parents were Duke graduates, as were both of us, several siblings, all three children, and, so far, three grandchildren. I taught law at Duke from 1958 through 1968, served for several terms on the Duke board of trustees, and completed my career in law and university administration as the seventh chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, 1988-95. Yes, surprising, heart-warming, and even strange things have happened during our incredibly blessed Duke marriage of sixty years (so far!)

If members of the editorial staff of Duke Magazine are surprised by my outburst of encomium with respect to the current issue, they should suspend modesty, re-read that array of distinguished articles, and assess carefully what they and remarkably talented and appreciative contributors have wrought this time! Congratulations!

Paul Hardin ’52, J.D. ’54 Chapel Hill When I saw the headline “Where’s the wisteria?” [Special Issue 2014], I was sure that the article would be about the Sarah P. Duke Gardens’ staff replacing the Japanese wisteria on the pergola with something more environmentally friendly. But no, I see the plan is to regrow the Japanese wisteria over a rebuilt pergola. Japanese wisteria is a widely rec-

ognized invasive species in the eastern U.S. It escapes the controlled landscape and chokes out the native forest. There are good alternatives, including the native wisteria, that should be used instead.

Bill Ackerman ’67 Clifton, Virginia Bill LeFevre, executive director of Duke Gardens, responds: You are correct that in many places, particularly in the South, Asian species of wisteria have become invasive. The planning for the restoration of the Duke Gardens pergola began several years ago.

Various alternatives for the Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) that has grown on it since 1939 were considered, but none of them, including the native Wisteria floribunda, provides the outstanding floral display of the original.

We have not removed the original but have preserved it, cutting it back hard.

We will continue to control its growth

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(William B. Mewborne Jr. ’58) and I were married there in July of 1958.

The house was vacant, I believe, after the Wannamaker family and then was remodeled and redecorated for my parents. One of the Wannamakers’ two daughters also was married in this home. My family moved out after my dad’s retirement and the home has been in use by the university as an office facility.

Elizabeth Jordan Mewborne ’58 Colfax, North Carolina

“A Place to Heal” This was a good article covering a subject that is generally foreign to Duke Magazine, because combat veterans are not well-represented in our alumni demographics. Following World War II, there were many Duke alumni who had served, but I would wager that our alumni have been much less well-represented in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts. As a recently retired Marine who spent twenty years in

Thank you for being honest and vulnerable. You’ve shared an important perspective that I wish I’d been more sensitive to while I was at Duke.

—BARBARA WILEY DESKEY ’86

through a program of annual pruning and spent flower removal that has worked well for us in the past. Our horticulturists are committed to keeping this plant within its bounds.

For additional information, we hope you’ll read the following article by director of horticulture Bobby Mottern: gardens.duke.edu/pergola-restoration-project.

“When Duke Was Home: East to West” In the recent Duke Magazine [Special Issue, 2014], there was a picture of the home on campus at 615 Chapel Drive (formerly West Campus Drive), and it noted that Dean Wannamaker was an occupant. I wanted to add that my family, the family of Charles E. Jordan Sr., a vice president of Duke, were occupants in the 1950s and early ’60s, and my husband

the military following graduation from Duke, including tours in Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq, I have seen a lot of my friends and military peers experience these challenges. It’s great to see Duke Magazine shed some light on an issue that is very significant in many sectors of society today.

Joseph F. Paschall ’88 Madison, Alabama

“A Love Deferred” Thank you for being honest and vulnerable. You’ve shared an important perspective that I wish I’d been more sensitive to while I was at Duke. I intend to share this article with my ’tweens, who attend a multicultural school in part so we can make appreciation for multiple perspectives and backgrounds a natural part of who they are.

Barbara Wiley Deskey ’86 Marietta, Georgia DUKE MAGAZINE

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I received my master’s and Ph.D. from the English department at Duke, so I immediately read your article. It is beautifully written, but I (a Caucasian) am distressed to learn about the discrimination you and others encountered at the university. For what it’s worth, I am a university professor who is dedicated to fighting racism. I give, or try to give, equal emphasis to African-American and Caucasian authors in my literature classes, sometimes with indifferent success.

About a decade ago, I taught Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave to an undergraduate class. Several unpleasant white students remarked on a test that they did not believe Douglass’ account of how he learned to read.

Mary Ann C. Wimsatt ’64 West Columbia, South Carolina

“Name Change for Aycock Dorm” In The Quad section you write of the name change of historic Aycock dorm.

My grandfather lived in Aycock in the 1800s, and I lived there in the 1950s. On page 84 you feature a map of the campus in 1902.

No one can change history by calling it by a different name. Charles B. Aycock was a product of his time, which was a time of slavery in North Carolina. He was a leader in education and a statesman who enriched the state in many ways.

How sad it is to see Duke University turn against its history because of the pressure from current discontented students. Hopefully the name of Duke University will not be changed because in the past some of the Duke family were a product of their time and did not lead perfect lives. Think about it.

Martha Ray Joyner ’51 Goldsboro, North Carolina

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Please limit letters to 300 words and include your full name, address, and class year or Duke affiliation. We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. Owing to space constraints, we are unable to print all letters received. Published letters represent the range of responses received.

UPDATE ur Winter 2013 cover Body Workers | A Humanist’s Journey | Preservation Stations story, “A Shift in Position,” examined whether the changes in the North Carolina legislature represented a dismantling of former Duke president Terry Sanford’s legacy. A sidebar to the story included a look at Art Pope J.D. ’81, the state’s budget director.

In September, Pope resigned from that position; he took the job in 2013 with the understanding that he would serve for a year. (He stayed longer at Governor Pat McCrory’s request.) ReA shift in position placing Pope is Lee Roberts ’90, 24 who is on the board of visitors of the Sanford School and is a former vice president of the Duke Alumni Association. He is the former managing director of Piedmont Community Bank Holdings in Raleigh.

“We’re different people, but I think you can’t argue with the effectiveness he’s had on behalf of the governor and his agenda, so I think he’s done a pretty good job,” Roberts said of Pope in The News & Observer. “If I can be half as effective as he’s been, I feel like I’d be doing pretty well.”

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aWhether at home or abroad, Duke students used their breaks to continue to learn and to grow. We asked a few to share images of their summer adventures.

Top row, from left to right: Junior Chris Dieckhaus: View outside of Breckenridge, Col., while hiking with family. Dieckhaus: A Durham Bulls game taken from the offices of his internship with Automated Insights, a tech startup in downtown Durham.

Senior Emily Kuo: Exploring the serenity of Washington Park Arboretum in a canoe; she was a part of DukeEngage Seattle. Kuo: Cooling down near tidepools after a visit to Alki Beach. Second row: Senior Jennifer Levin was an intern at the U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris. She got to shake President Obama’s hand on the 70th anniversary of DDay. Third row: Levin: Visiting Parc Guell in Barcelona. Levin: Visiting the grave of Edith Piaf at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Kuo: Sunset at Golden Gardens on her second day in Seattle.

Dieckhaus: Learning from Cassetta the waitress how to call out orders at the Waffle House.

Fourth row: Sophomore Bryce McAteer committed to doing something new every day. Here, he discovered a cave while on a stroll in Dana Point, Calif., just before the rising of the evening tide. McAteer: Photobombing a Cheer/Song squad. Senior John Davis rode a camel through the Thar Desert in Rajasthan while participating in DukeEngage India-Jodhpur. While participating in DukeEngage NicaraguaGranada, sophomore Rachael Lee went volcano boarding at Cerro Negro in the city of León.

Bottom row: Davis: Delighting in the colors of traditional India clothing. Davis: Wandering through the Old City in Jodhpur.

McAteer: Driving across ten states from California to Michigan, and ambling toward scenic vistas. Lee: Enjoying the view from the Cerro El Calvario lookout point in the city of Matagalpa, after a steep climb.

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“As a Brazilian, soccer is a big deal.

You grow up thinking about soccer all the time.

But I wanted to showcase in the World Cup in the country that is known as the land of soccer that Brazil is also about science.”

Upright: Juliano Pinto delivers the inaugural kick of the World Cup.

—Miguel Nicolelis, codirector of the Center for Neuroengineering and director of the Walk Again Project, which designed and built a robotic suit that could be controlled by activity detected from the brain.

The suit allowed a paraplegic man to kick a ball during the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony (The Herald Sun)

ENVIRONMENT

TERRORISM

“From now on, they will never have a single day when the United States is not actively hunting them down.”

—Charlie Dunlap Jr., director of the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security, on the government’s reaction to the beheading of an American journalist by the Islamic State (Los Angeles Times)

“Ultimately, drones will create more jobs than they replace, they will save lives, and they will give us capabilities we only dream about–like everyone owning our own flying cars.”

—Missy Cummings, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, on whether drones will replace humans in the workplace (ABC News)

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TECHNOLOGY

“THIS TINY FErN HOUSES WITHIN IT SECrETS ON HOW TO SEQUESTEr CArBON, FIx NITrOGEN, AND UlTIMATElY INCrEASE FOOD PrODUCTION WITHOUT SENDING THE EArTH TO HEll IN A HANDBASKET.” —Botany professor Kathleen Pryer Ph.D. ’95, on the freshwater fern Azolla and what it might reveal about climate change (Scientific American)

HASHTAG ACTIVISM

POP CULTURE

—African & African-American studies professor Mark Anthony Neal, on protest culture in America (thinkprogress.org)

“The first thing I did was listen to what the more seasoned drag queen that was performing that night said, which was, ‘Don’t be afraid, find comfortable shoes and learn how to sew.’ ” Mark Schultz

“I would argue that social media has always existed. When you think about the Watts Riots, it was word of mouth. When you think of the role of the ‘stoop’ in front of black tenement buildings in New York, Baltimore, and other cities, the stoop was Black Twitter.”

—Justin Clapp, assistant director in the financial aid office, on his journey to create his drag-queen persona (The News & Observer)

CHILDHOOD

“What we miss, when we introduce our children to this dimension of our nation’s cultural and racial histories, is their human right to the evolution of their moral lives. In their young lives they can process right or wrong, not justice and injustice.”

—Karla FC Holloway, James B. Duke Professor of English, law, and African-American studies, on allowing childhood innocence (New Jersey Star-Ledger)

ANTHROPOLOGY

—Biology professor Susan Alberts, remarking on the findings from a study that observed the rise and fall of females on the baboon social ladder (Time.com)

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“Daughters of high-ranking females generally mature more quickly, produce more offspring, and have better access to food and mates.

It’s like being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.”

Show of unity: The Black Student Alliance invited the Duke community to "Speak your Peace," a candlelight vigil where participants stood in solidarity with Ferguson, Missouri, through poetry, art, and dialogue.

HEALTH

“The single biggest vector that turns an outbreak into an epidemic and an epidemic into a pandemic is poverty.”

—Priscilla Wald, English professor and author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative, on what allows viruses like Ebola to amplify (CCTV-America)

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Inaugurating a new university Duke Kunshan welcomes its first students. round the time Duke was marking the start of its academic year, Duke Kunshan University was doing the same, some 7,000 miles away. The DKU opening convocation featured a formal academic procession, the performance of a Kun Opera (a tradition dating back to the fourteenth century), and remarks by several speakers, including Duke classics professor William Johnson, who cited DKU’s potential to bring “an increasingly cosmopolitan outlook” to Duke and its faculty.

The convocation brought together the inaugural group of Opening: DKU students in the DKU “Undergraduate Global learning Sechancellor Liu mester,” along with those in the master’s programs in global Jingnan addresses health and medical physics. Students students. in the Master of Management Studies Program began their classes in Durham earlier in the summer and will arrive in Kunshan in January.

The undergraduates come from twenty-two universities, including Duke. The three master’s programs enrolled students from eleven countries, including the U.S., China, russia, Argentina, Kenya, and Singapore; the students will receive degrees from Duke University upon completion of their studies.

As the DKU semester got under way, construction on the campus was continuing: Students were living and rent paid by Duke taking classes in a nearby hotel. But for 12 years officials expected most of $200 million DKU grew out the construction Investment in facilities by of the Fuqua the city of Kunshan projects to wrap up School’s model in a matter of weeks. for global outDKU grew out of reach and was the Fuqua School’s Chinese, American, and first outlined to model for global international students the faculty in the at DKU in the first outreach and was fall of 2009. academic year first outlined to the faculty in the fall of 29 2009. Shortly thereafter, with a different Number of faculty members curricular vision, Duke entered into an at DKU in the first semester, agreement with the city of Kunshan. The including twenty-two city secured 200 acres and agreed to fund from Duke construction. In the winter of 2011, Duke signed an agreement with Wuhan University, making it Duke’s education partner in the creation of DKU. Master’s degrees offered at DKU; they are in global Nora Bynum ’85, vice provost for DKU health, medical physics, and and China initiatives, told The Chronicle: management studies “The students are an amazing mix of talents and aspirations for their time here— in my interactions with them, they often mention the small class size, the variety of Eventual square footage of topics across the natural and social sciences DKU campus; six buildings and the humanities, the presence of senior are planned, five are almost complete faculty from Duke, and the opportunity to learn from their peers.”

HONOR BESTOWED Anne Firor Scott, the W.K. Boyd Professor of history emerita at Duke, was awarded a 2013 National Humanities Medal for pioneering the study of Southern women.

Scott came to Duke as a part-time instructor in 1961 via an offer letter recruiting her “until we can find somebody,” meaning a male scholar. By 1980, she was the history department chair. Her 1970 book The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930 has been praised for opening up opportunities for female historians and changing the field of women’s history. The book uses diaries, letters, and other papers to upend the myth of the perfect but powerless “Southern lady” and demonstrates how Southern women found their own roles in the public square. Scott also served as chair of the North Carolina Commission on the Status of Women and on President Lyndon Johnson’s Citizens’ Advisory Council on the Status of Women. In 2006, she published Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White, which explored a little-known correspondence between two mid-twentieth-century women.

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The 2014-15 academic year is under way.

What excites you most?

A: I’ll give you a corny answer, which is simply the beginning of the new school year – the excitement of that never grows old. Of all the experiences in life, going to college is the one where the doors of knowledge and experience are thrown wide open. For a parent, dropping your child off at college leaves a horrible emptiness. And yet parents are so proud. Parents are grateful to this place because they know Duke cares about their students and will give them a great experience.

How are today’s students different from, and similar to, the generations before them?

The most visible difference is a result of the digital revolution. The first thing students do when they come out of class is check their phones to see who texted them. It means that people stay connected, even if only in very fragmentary ways.

But when I sit and talk with a student,

universities are now much more global.

When I first came to Duke, the number of international undergraduates was about three percent. Now it’s about ten percent. And, of course, that’s part of a great education.

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With the rising costs of tuition, how do you see the economic future for American higher education in general, and for Duke specifically?

Education is the single most valuable thing a parent can give to their child. The opportunities that students take for granted here are phenomenal, and that’s why they choose Duke. They don’t want half the opportunities for half the cost. Our hope is that we can make the financial proposition work by charging those who can pay for the excellent value New beginnings: Student marshals Priyang Shah and Emily of a top-flight eduCohen with President Brodhead before Convocation. cation, and by asking other families to pay what they can I don’t feel that I’m talking to a historiwhile Duke makes up the difference. cally altered species. The fundamental Making a Duke education affordable to traits of students are just the same. High people, regardless of their family circumspirits. Curiosity. I would also use the stances, is costly but a sacred commitword “generosity” for Duke students. ment of this university.

Duke students are very appreciative of let me say something about the midone another. dle-class squeeze. Whatever your politics, Our student population is also much we are living at a time of growing inmore diverse, which is a reflection of the equality, with some people far better off world we live in and the fact that the top

than they used to be, and many people no better off. That’s part of the anxiety that underlies the discussion about cost.

But what I worry about most are people who assume they can’t afford Duke so they don’t apply. If anybody says, “I’m sure I couldn’t afford to come to Duke,” I would say, “If you can get in here, give us a chance to tell you the actual cost to you, and then see what you think.”

Duke’s athletics programs consistently rank among the highest for academic and athletic success. Given the disproportionate emphasis other institutions put on the latter half of that equation, what are the challenges Duke faces to maintain Division I excellence on and off the field?

There certainly are schools that don’t approach athletics the way that Duke does, and we compete against such schools.

But Duke has never sought to win that competition by changing our formula.

It’s not easy to do, but it can be done.

Our football team was ten and two last year, and men’s lacrosse and women’s golf won national championships, but I’m even more proud of the fact that 77 percent of our student-athletes placed on the ACC Honor roll for academics.

You’re a voracious reader. What did you read over the summer, and do you prefer reading on a Kindle or a physical book?

If I’m traveling a lot, I read on the Kindle. I like to mark books up, especially nonfiction, and I find that that’s more gratifying to do on a hard copy. During the academic year, I usually read nonfiction because I find it’s easier to start and stop, and my life has lots of starts and stops.

But this summer was kind of an orgy of fiction reading. A fun thing about my job is people know I like to read, so they give me books. A Duke alum gave me the novel Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. It’s an incredible novel about the Vietnam war. Another Duke alum gave me a Gabriel Garcia Márquez short-story collection I had not read called Strange Pilgrims. And a professor in the law school I team-taught with two years ago told me about a novel called My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante. So it was a fun summer for me.

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700+ Increase in number of girls completing primary school:

120% Increase in number of girls passing the national primary school exit exam:

250% DukeEngage students who traveled with WISER this past summer:

10 Key Duke connections: The Duke Global Health Institute has joined with Moi University and the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, establishing a Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Center of Excellence in 2009. MTRH is also the main Global Health Residency/Fellowship Pathway training site for Duke’s Hubert Yeargan

Center for Global Health.

The Hubert Yeargan Center also oversees exchanges between Kenyan and Duke medical students, and the Global Health Institute joins with Moi University’s School for Public Health on complementary student research projects in Kenya and Durham through the Comparative Health Research Twinning Program.

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away from their marriage. It seemed to me that there had to be another option.”

Besides educating thirty new girls each year (two girls in this year’s class will graduate next year), WISER has extended its reach to the community by strengthening primary education, building kiosks for clean drinking water, and supporting nutrition through community gardens. The school served as a pilot project for DukeEngage, and Duke students still go there each summer. Broverman has been taking students to Muhuru Bay since 2002 to volunteer in the classroom and the community.

Graduation, which attracted more than 1,000 residents and a handful of Kenyan dignitaries, was a community-wide celebration, and for good reason. In the past thirty years, only one girl in the community had advanced to higher education. In the WISER school, no girls have dropped out. Seventeen Happy day: New WISER graduates celebrate their members of WISER’s achievement. graduating class will be attending college this year—many of secondary education to girls, as well as them on full scholarships—which means critical health information. Muhuru Bay, that Muhuru Bay will be sending more on the shores of Lake Victoria in southgirls than boys to college for the first western Kenya, struggles with high rates time. Many of them want to pursue of HIV, infant mortality, and poverty. careers in medicine and nursing.

Educated girls were rare when “When I first went to Kenya and went Broverman first came to the village. to Muhuru Bay, I remember asking girls “I had some moments of moral outhow many educated women they knew, rage of seeing girls sold to their teachers and they said one,” Broverman says. to pay off school fees when they just “Now they can say thirty, and the year wanted to study,” Broverman says. “I wanted to do something that could help after that they can say sixty, and the year more than one girl. Right then the girls after that, ninety. There’s just a whole had several options: They could have new idea of what a girl can be in Muhuru sex to stay in school, or they could get Bay.” married and drop out, or they could run —Ryan Hoerger

Last March, in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, twenty-eight young women from the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER) were honored as part of the school’s first graduating class. It was an emotional event, a long time in the making.

Founded in 2006 by Sherryl Broverman, associate professor of the practice of biology and global health, and Andy Cunningham ’08, WISER provides a solid

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Students enrolled in primary school programs per year:

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Emily Briere, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, is the organizer of Time Capsule to Mars, a $25-million, student-run effort to generate more excitement about and involvement in space exploration among young people. But just how will they send digital messages, photos, videos, and audio files to the red planet?

NEW DIRECTOR

UNKNOWN If engraving images seems old-fashioned, it is. The team wants to make deciphering the contents of the time capsule simple for whoever (or whatever) finds it.

1. Using three redundant space crafts 30 cm X 40 cm X 10 cm with mini thrusters about the size of a penny, and an inflatable antenna, Briere would send CubeSats (thin tungsten sheets with microengraving not visible to the naked eye) loaded with messages and images slowly into space toward Mars.

2. As the space crafts got closer, they would slowly accelerate in orbit.

Philippe Assaf

How would it work?

OMID SAFI FIRST EVER

director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center, a position supported by a $3 million gift from advisory board member Bettye Musham

This would be the first time CubeSats are used for interplanetary travel

TAKING THE HEAT FROM: He was a professor of Islamic studies at UNCCH; he received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Duke.

Students at Stanford University are designing different types of radiation shielding for the CubeSats

3. They would release the payload (CubeSats) and drop the time capsules onto Mars, at which point the space crafts burn up.

EXPERTISE: Safi is a specialist in classical Islam and contemporary Islamic thought. He also will be a professor in the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies department.

SUCCEEDS: Interim director Gilbert Merkx, who will continue as director of international and area studies and as a professor of the practice in the sociology department.

OPTIONS? The students involved are also testing proton charging.

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Ready to LAUNCH? You can upload images at www.timecapsuletomars.com for 99 cents. The site will feature a tiered Kickstarter effort to raise the $25 million needed to fund the project.

Rewards will include attending the launch and being inside mission control

CHALLENGE Encoding for video/audio in the CubeSats

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Key to civilization could be in their heads omo sapiens are at least 200,000 years old. Yet it wasn’t until about 50,000 years ago that widespread use of tools and ornaments first appeared. Why the delay?

The answer might be attributed to a drop in testosterone levels. Duke researchers, working with researchers at the University of Utah, published a study in Current Anthropology theorizing that reduced testosterone aided in the friendliness and cooperation between humans and “enabled social people to better learn from and coop-

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erate with each other.” That led to modern society.

To make their determination, the scientists examined 1,400 skulls from various prehistoric and modern periods. They noticed that the newer skulls had smaller brows and more rounded faces, an indication of diminished testosterone.

The study doesn’t reveal whether the lack of testosterone was caused by a deficiency or whether developing humans had fewer receptors for the chemical.

BEHAVIOR

Mutation reveals a link to autism

Marital readiness theory is debunked

hile autism rates have risen, the method of diagnosis has remained the same: Doctors assess and examine a child’s behavior. That may change because Duke researchers have helped discover a gene mutation linked to the condition.

The study, published in Cell, found that children with a mutation of the CHD8 gene have a “very strong likelihood of having a certain subtype autism, marked by common characteristics, including gastrointestinal disorder, a larger head, and wide-set eyes.” Working with researchers from thirteen institutions, the Duke team disrupted the gene in zebrafish, which, they noted, deModeling: veloped large heads and Disrupting the wide-set eyes. They then CHD8 gene in fed the fish fluorescent zebrafish made pellets and found the them develop fish had problems dislarge heads and carding food waste and wide-set eyes. were constipated.

Fed fluorescent Zebrafish share 70 perpellets, the fish cent of their genome and had problems anatomy with humans; discarding food scientists have adopted waste. them for genetic modeling use because they’re cheaper than mammals and yield results faster when it comes to introducing genetic changes.

Although just 0.5 percent of children have the type of autism related to the CHD8 mutation, the implications of the study could open the door to a “geneticsfirst approach” in the effort to understand the condition.

ederal policies have presumed a so-called “magic moment” when unmarried parents are receptive to marriage. That period was considered to be right after a baby’s birth.

But a study by Christina GibsonDavis, an associate professor of public policy, sociology, and psychology and neuroscience, found that moment could last until the child turns three, and when examined by race, marriage can happen even later.

The study, published in Demography, was based on a survey that looked at 5,255 children born out of wedlock. It found that among AfricanAmerican mothers, most marriages happened after the child turned three.

Further, most children born out of wedlock don’t stay that way. Sixty-four percent see their mothers get married.

And then most of them see their mothers get divorced; nearly half of post-conception marriages end that way. Marrying the biological father improves those odds: After a decade, 38 percent of post-conception marriages to a father dissolve, while 54 percent of marriages to a stepfather end, a finding that held true across racial lines.

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Q&A Witnessing Tragedy and Recovery December 26 marks the tenth anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters of all time—the Indian Ocean tsunami, which devastated Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing some 160,000 people. Since 2005, Elizabeth Frankenberg, a professor of public policy, has led an Indonesia-based fieldwork project that has followed a group of 32,000 people (first interviewed, pre-tsunami, in 2004). Frankenberg leads the project in collaboration with economics professor Duncan Thomas, along with longtime collaborators in Indonesia and the U.S.; Frankenberg and Thomas also are working with several Duke students and postdocs.

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What made the tsunami so wrenching in its impact?

You had this beautiful ocean that had long been the foundation for successful livelihoods rise up and swallow people. It was so unexpected, it was so sudden; we’re not often confronted with a disaster that in the space of an hour, wipes out as much as 80 percent of the population in the worst-hit communities.

In the capital city, Banda Aceh, a third of the people lost their lives.

What kind of data were you seeking in your surveys?

Understanding how people coped in the aftermath of the disaster and then rebuilt their lives has been a strong component. That includes documenting changes over time in mental health, housing, and working lives.

We wanted to design our project so that we understood not just what was happening in the most heavily damaged areas, but also in the less-affected areas.

Is it clear what separated those who survived from those who perished?

What are some of your findings?

One factor is that the geography of Aceh is such that in very small areas, altitude varies considerably. Areas that were badly damaged were adjacent to areas that were protected because of the change in elevation.

People who were out on the ocean were more protected because it was a gentle swell out there; when the tsunami began to reach shallower water and hit the shore, the waves became devastating.

The effects and responses to the tsunami were widespread; they weren’t limited to the most heavily damaged areas. People—not just those most affected by the disaster—responded to the inflow of assistance by moving to areas to take advantage of new work opportunities. The extent of resilience and recovery is nothing short of breathtaking, as families and communities came together to help each other and rebuild

their lives. People returned to the worst-hit areas. They rebuilt their homes, the roads, the mosques; they started new businesses; they started new families. As you’d expect, we see elevations in posttraumatic stress responses immediately after the tsunami, and not just for those who were exposed to the worst things or who were in the most heavily damaged areas. But, within a year or two, these levels decline dramatically for most people, and we see improvements in physical health.

So overall, you found a surprisingly strong recovery?

The Indonesian government and various aid agencies built around 120,000 houses in the aftermath of the tsunami—a huge number of houses. The government collaborated very well with aid agencies—there were lots of them—and that is part of the success story.

The major NGOs certainly played a role, but so did religious communities all over Indonesia. One thing to

keep in mind is that Indonesia is a very big country. Although the effects in this particular province were devastating, Indonesia has thirty-three other provinces, so there were resources available to respond.

Natural disasters will happen again. Is there a lesson to be drawn from this one?

One lesson is that recovery takes a long time. If you look at something like home ownership, it went way down right after the tsunami in the most badly affected areas, and then it slowly began to rise. But it was five years until it was back to pre-tsunami levels.

Both family and community networks are quite important. As an example, over time, a lot of people who lost their parents return to where they had lived before, and older siblings who formerly lived apart take in younger siblings. So a sense of family is being restored.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Terrie Moffitt’s research—often provocative, occasionally controversial— focuses on the tantalizingly elusive nexus of nature and nurture.

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uring the hot, humid summers spent on her grandmother’s farm in Randolph County, North Carolina, Terrie Moffitt

witnessed the endless universal loop of creation and

destruction. She and her fourteen cousins delighted in bottle-feeding calves and finding nests of baby rabbits, learned to spot snakes camouflaged in garden rows, suffered the painful curse of poison ivy. Nature, in all its majesty and violence, gave rise to discoveries both wondrous and frightening.

Curiosity about the world and its creatures eventually led Moffitt to focus on the most complex, baffling species of all: human beings. From her pioneering work

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Homestead: Moffitt observes the natural world from her familial land.

on the genetic implications of criminal behavior to pinpointing mechanisms that contribute to mental illness, Moffitt has become an internationally renowned researcher whose studies—

often provocative, occasionally controversial—focus on the tantalizingly elusive nexus of nature and nurture.

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t Duke, Moffitt is the Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor with appointments in three areas: psychology and neuroscience, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and the Center for Genomic and Computational Biology. Along with Avshalom Caspi, her husband and research partner, she has won a slew of international honors and awards for her work, including the prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology.

Browse through her sixty-five-page curriculum vitae and you’ll get a sense of the breadth and scope of her research interests—how early-childhood adversity affects the body physiologically, why people with certain genetic predispositions do or don’t become addicts or habitual criminals, young women’s participation as perpetrators in intimatepartner violence, the correlation between heavy marijuana use in adolescence and a seemingly permanent decline in IQ. Yet Moffitt’s path from playing in the rural countryside to becoming one of the most highly cited researchers in the world (more than 35,000 times and counting) was anything but linear. As her research has shown again and again, we all are born with a distinctive genetic profile and personality traits that predispose us for better or worse trajectories. But the un-

predictable twists and turns of life push us toward (or repel us from) decisions and opportunities that shape our destiny.

For Moffitt, one of those life-altering moments happened with a single step at 5,000 feet.

TRAPPED IN A WHEELCHAIR In the spring of 1984, Moffitt was a graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Southern California. Her adviser, Sarnoff Mednick, had designed and conducted a seminal longitudinal study of adopted children in Denmark that linked environmental factors to the development of schizophrenia in at-risk individuals.

With nearly a dozen graduate students already using the study data to examine various aspects of schizophrenia, Mednick urged Moffitt to pursue a different focus. Her dissertation compared the role of parents’ mental health, and the extent of their criminal activity, with their offsprings’ tendency toward violence.

In the weeks leading up to her dissertation defense, Moffitt and several other graduate students commiserated about the daunting prospect of the looming oral exam. “We decided to take parachute

jumping lessons,” she says, “because we reasoned that if we could overcome our fear of stepping out of an airplane, we could overcome our fear of defending our dissertations.”

The jump didn’t go as planned. Moffitt broke her leg in several places and was confined to a cast that extended from her waist to her toes. Her convalescence coincided with a visit from New Zealand psychologist Phil Silva, who was overseeing his own longitudinal research study on early-childhood development. “I was trapped in a wheelchair, and I couldn’t get away from this visitor,” she says with a laugh. “We ended up spending a lot of time together, talking about longitudinal studies. The Danish adoption study I’d used for my dissertation drew on medical and criminal records, but I was interested in actually interviewing people. And since I didn’t speak Danish or Swedish, I was looking for a longitudinal study that involved children or adolescents I could interview in English and follow into young adulthood.”

Silva was the founding director of an early-childhood assessment initiative involving 1,037 babies born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 1972 and 1973.

Silva’s original intent was to conduct a one-time study to gauge how those babies had flourished psychologically and

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But by the time Moffitt and Silva were comparing research notes, the study had been extended multiple times. Participants had continued taking part in screenings focusing on an array of physical and mental-health issues, social-development milestones, and age-specific criteria.

Temporary immobility notwithstanding, Moffitt knew even before Silva’s arrival that longitudinal studies beginning in early childhood were essential to teasing out the interplay between biological and environmental factors as they relate to cognitive development. Despite a lack of funding—Silva told Moffitt she’d need to secure her own fellowship, since they couldn’t afford to pay her—Moffitt joined the Dunedin study in 1985 as a National Institutes of Health-funded new investigator. Colleagues in the U.S. questioned her decision to travel half a world away to work on a relatively unknown study of New Zealand children.

Moffitt was undeterred. After all, she reasoned, it was just a two-year commitment, and it could be useful in her exploration of early-childhood brain growth.

She had no way of knowing that the study would become the most ambitious, comprehensive, and groundbreaking longitudinal study of human beings in history—and that it would become such an integral and long-lasting component of her life’s work.

As any preschool teacher can attest, children’s temperaments at a very young age affect their interactions with peers, their willingness to follow directions, and how they handle discipline or setbacks. Terrie Moffitt and her Duke and Dunedin colleagues have discovered that personality traits identified as early as age three not only persist into adulthood, but they also consistently predict life trajectories. The study concluded that people generally fall into one of five categories: Well Adjusted: Most people belong to this group. They make friends easily, fit into social situations, have productive careers, and are open to new experiences. On the playground or in the boardroom, they generally get along well with others.

Confident: These are the entrepreneurs and risk-takers—the kid who wants the swing to go higher and the carousel to go faster. As adults, they may embrace jobs that have a high-risk component or become thrill-seekers.

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Inhibited: These individuals have a hard time feeling at home in the world and are closed to new experiences.

They prefer lives of isolation.

Reserved: As children, these individuals may be happiest playing by themselves rather than in a boisterous group of peers.

Shy and quiet, they tend to be introverted.

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Undercontrolled: This group includes people who struggle with controlling strong emotions like anger and rage.

They’re likely to engage in antisocial and risky behaviors—getting into fights, drinking and smoking at a young age, and having frequent run-ins with the law.

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The premise of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study is both exquisitely intuitive and scientifically unprecedented: Follow babies throughout their lives and observe everything that happens to them, with the goal of learning fundamental truths about human behavior. Use multiple approaches and disciplines to assess health and well-being. Employ the latest technologies such as MrIs, retinal imaging, and genetic tests as they become available. And above all else, do everything possible to ensure that the participants stay committed to the study, no matter where life takes them.

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MUCH OF MOFFITT’S WORK deals with identifying the factors at play in this worrisome latter category, who are disproportionately represented in crime statistics and who have higher rates of alcohol abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and smoking-related illnesses. These highrate or “life-persistent” offenders begin victimizing others in early childhood—biting and hitting on the playground, bullying their peers—and continue on into adulthood, where they commit robberies, start bar fights, physically abuse their wives and children, and drive drunk.

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Those New Zealand infants of its most significant conclusions born in the early 1970s now are is paradoxically unsettling and enentering middle age. These men couraging. and women have been poked and prodded at the ages of three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, fifBIOLOGY AS DESTINY? teen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-six, thirty-two, and, most reMoffitt traces her interest in the cently, thirty-eight. They’ve been thin line between normal and abasked intimate questions about normal brain development to her childhood trauma and sexuality, postdoc in clinical behavioral neuhe sheer volume of the Dunedin study data, had their lung function tested roscience at UClA’s Neuropsychicollected and analyzed by teams of multidisand retinas scanned, divulged ilatric Institute. During biweekly ciplinary researchers, has resulted in more legal activities and struggles with rounds at a coma center, she honed than 1,200 publications—and tens of thousands of addiction, allowed credit checks her clinical diagnostic skills on peocitations—on every phase of human development and the release of hospital ple—mostly young men—with seleading into middle age. International scientists unrecords, given blood and DNA. vere head injuries. “It was a medical affiliated with the study have replicated and conAstonishingly, 95 percent of warehouse with rows upon rows of firmed its findings. Among the discoveries: the original surviving cohort is beds,” she recalls. “Patients ended still participating. They are flown up there following brain trauma • Symptoms of SCHIZOPHRENIA, long considered back to Dunedin from wherever from sports injuries, motorcycle acan adult-onset disease, can be detected as early in the world they are living. The cidents, violence, or suicide atas age eleven.

Dunedin researchers go to them tempts.” Every now and then, one if they are in prison or unable to of the patients would emerge from • Protective caps on the ends of our chromotravel. One man, incarcerated for the dark depths of unconscioussomes, called telomeres, show shrinkage in adults a capital crime, told a study reness, and Moffitt watched the often and children who experience severe STRESS searcher that being part of the excruciating struggles to recover AND DEPRESSION, as revealed in blood sample Dunedin study was his greatest cognitive function. assays before and again after a period of psyaccomplishment. “I haven’t done “People who were pleasant, loyal, chosocial stress. much with my life,” he said, “but and thoughtful before a prefrontal at least I’ve done this.” lobe injury would wake up as ag• The ability to practice SELF-CONTROL as a young “Creating a culture of trust gressive, disinhibited, and impulchild is the single most significant predictor of and confidentiality is important sive,” she says. She recalls one man success in life, including forming stable relationfor retaining study members, but who became so frustrated trying to ships, achieving home ownership, saving for remore important, it’s our ethical unscrew the lid off a jar of peanut tirement, and maintaining higher levels of health. obligation,” says Moffitt, who butter that he smashed the glass jar became the study’s associate dion a counter and started eating the rector in 1991. “These people shard-filled peanut butter. are sharing their lives with us. We’re conMoffitt also worked with geriatric padiatric recommendations; been lauded by stantly asking study members how they tients, observing the heartbreaking ways both sides of the marijuana legalization feel about the research we’re doing, so that dementia alters personality. “As debate; and inspired a Sesame Street segthat we can respond in real time to their Alzheimer’s dementia slowly destroys the ment. The study even has captured the brain, this often changes the loved one fears. Without that mutual dedication imagination of Nobel laureate and leadinto someone who behaves totally out of between researchers and participants, we ing economist James Heckman, owing to character, and the effect of this on a famcouldn’t have built these longitudinal its implications for improving global ily is shattering. These patients convinced data sets. There’s an extraordinarily huge health and prosperity by reducing crime, me to study the role of brain integrity in amount of goodwill.” poverty, and the soaring costs of health mental health.”

Dunedin-study discoveries have been care for treating preventable diseases.

As the Human Genome Project got used to overturn a Supreme Court deciAs the web of knowledge created by under way in the mid-1990s, Moffitt and sion, inform public policy, and shape pethe Dunedin Study grows ever wider, one

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inspired a Sesame Street segment.

Caspi signed on with a fledgling consortium of psychologists and geneticists at london’s King’s College who were exploring how each discipline could inform the other around mental-health issues. By isolating the genomic location of variants associated with obesity or addiction, researchers can then investigate why some of those people do or don’t develop those conditions. What role might pre- or post-natal exposure to toxins have on fetal brain development, for example? How does childhood adversity—a negligent mother or abusive father—compound genetic factors?

“A very nihilistic or deterministic view would be, well those people are so damaged from such an early age that they will never contribute to society, so nothing can be done,” she says. “But the more optimistic view is that the early childhood years are a great time for intervention and preventive measures.

We take great care when we write our papers to explain this to readers.”

Along the way, Moffitt has come to understand more about her own genetic tendencies. As a former smoker, she recognizes that she has genetic risk variants that predispose her to tobacco addiction. “Some people smoke an occasional cigarette at a party, or may just have one every few days. They’re called chippers; they can take it or leave it. Our research revealed that they actually have fewer addiction gene variants than do nonsmokers. But if I had one cigarette today, I would probably go ahead and smoke the whole pack, and I’d be addicted again. One of the things we’re looking at is why people who have identifiable genetic variants don’t go on to become addicted or develop conditions like diabetes or schizophrenia.”

Old habits die hard, and the tug of genetics is powerful. She sympathizes with fellow former smokers who figure they can resume puffing away at age sixty. “It takes about twenty years for heavy smoking to result in cancer, and the chances are that you’ll die of something else before the cancer gets you,” she says.

Although she successfully gave up

started, in North Carolina. She and Caspi, the Edward M. Arnett Professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke, have built a 550-square-foot dogtrot-style house on the site of her family’s original 1920s farmhouse. (The corrugated metal and wood cabin, slightly modified from architect Stephen Atkinson’s plans, was featured in The New York Times.)

In 1998, Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi, along with colleagues at King’s College in London, launched the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin study. A complement to the Dunedin study, the E-Risk study is exploring environmental risk factors that might contribute to disruptive behaviors. The advantage of studying twins is that when their health and behavior outcomes are not identical, it allows researchers to home in on environmental causal factors since genetic factors have been ruled out.

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smoking—she quit cold turkey at the funeral of her grandfather, who died of lung cancer—Moffitt admits that despite all she’s learned about health and wellness, she doesn’t work out or eat as well as she should. “You would think that having all this knowledge would have caused me to improve my diet and get more exercise, but I have to say it hasn’t.”

ANCESTRAL HARBOR Despite the international acclaim, the multidisciplinary partnerships and policy-shaping discoveries, Moffitt is still, in many ways, that wide-open-to-the-world girl who picked violets and hunted for arrowheads, drawn equally to moments of transient beauty and tangible links to long-ago forebears. Her own life trajectory has brought her back to where she

Moffitt keeps a close eye on surrounding parcels of land that might come up for sale, hoping to create a healthy buffer against the slow encroachment of developers. Her vision is both pragmatic and idealistic. Buying rural tracts of pristine farmland is a smart financial investment to be sure, but Moffitt also is preserving a familiar, familial home, a harbor in a world fueled by currents both benign and malignant. Those opposing forces of beauty and brutality, in nature and humanity, are what make life—and her life’s work—so compelling.

“I am always fascinated by the astounding variety of humanity,” she says.

“I’m never shocked when people are at their most appalling, vile, and nasty, and I’m also enthralled when they accomplish something amazing and loving and beautiful. As a researcher, I’m driven by curiosity about the extreme ends of the human spectrum.” ■ DUKE MAGAZINE

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As NBC’s Parks and Recreation comes to an end, we asked the comedian, actress, and renowned Tweeter (@unfoRETTAble) to fill in our blanks.

When I first arrived at Duke, I was…

Naïve and immature. I think I was still a little naïve when I left, but not as naïve.

I definitely got a little more hip to the world because the campus is a microcosm of the world, and from running into things like racism, which I never experienced before, and binding friendships. I think I matured as a result of it.

My favorite Duke memory is the time I… I’m going to admit to something—I played library tag. We stayed in the library after it was closed and played hide-and-seek in the dark. And then, security came and chased us out.

My comedy idols are…

Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Jim Carrey, for different reasons. Chris Rock had come out with an HBO special when I started doing comedy, and so much of my comedy, or at least much of my stage persona or performance, came from watching him. Bill Cosby—I don’t understand how he has the energy.

He’ll do two-hour shows—someone kill me if I’m on stage for more than an hour and ten minutes. And then Jim Carrey, he went from standup to making funny faces on In Living Color, to doing Man on the Moon and The Truman Show—just such a vast body of work that I still find amazing.

When I need material for my standup act, I… I just walk outside and watch people.

It’s mostly my interactions with people I run into.

My weirdest Parks and Rec memory is…

The first day Rob Lowe was on. It was his first scene with the group—his first time doing a scene with me. And he stands in the bullpen giving a speech, and I’m sitting at my desk, and our [director of photography] loved me, and on our set, the lighting is really bad. It’s particularly bad for black skin, so I look very sallow under the lights we had there, so he would specifically light me.

He would give me special lights so I didn’t look like I was, you know, suffering from a terminal illness. Rob came in to do the speech, and he looked at my desk, and he said, “Do you have your own lighting?” You know, Rob Lowe, who was like, “Who are you? How do you have your own lighting?” And I was like, “Yeah, I do.” And I felt really good about it. Particularly because I still have a picture I sketched of Rob Lowe when I was in high school on my wall at my parents’ house.

What I like most about my character, Donna Meagle, is…

She does what she wants, she knows what she wants. I feel like I kind of know what I want, but I’m not sure exactly how to go about it, and I feel like she’s like, “Oh, I want to do this, so I’m going to do this.” She knows the path, she’s certain it’s going to work, and she has no qualms about doing whatever it is that she wants to get to where she needs to be.

My personal philosophy is…

Enjoy every day. Know where you want to get to, but enjoy—you know, they say enjoy the journey. For me, it’s have a good time, surround yourself with good people, so that even though you have struggles, you still have happiness day to day. It’s too stressful to be so worried about the end. Enjoy the position you’re in, and as you move on, you can realize, “I still have a good time, and now I’m even further than I started.”

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The course I took that stuck with me is…

I can’t remember the name of the sociology class, but we had to volunteer in the children’s ward in the hospital. Because of that class, I worked with these terminally ill children, and I think that stuck with me: seeing children be children, even though they’re going through chemo, and they’re walking around having to hold these IVs but still finding things humorous and really enjoying their good days. Then you know you don’t have it that bad.

Duke prepared me for a life in comedy because…

I went to college with a bunch of clowns, and it allowed me to be constantly around humor. My girlfriends from college, we still crack up each other. One of my best friends, we’re on the phone, and we will laugh so—and I’m like, “How are we still seventeen years old?” We laugh like we did when we first met.

The thing that never fails to make me laugh is…

Will & Grace. I love Jack and Karen.

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In the weeks leading up to this day, Burk has painted her classroom; put up her Duke Class of 2013 banner and posters for the bands Green Day, Muse, and Paramore; fine-tuned lesson plans for the three classes she’s teaching; met with her English department colleagues; and purchased additional school supplies.

Even though this hot August day marks her first as a full-time teacher, Burk is no novice. As a graduate of Duke’s Master of Arts in Teaching program, which has a longstanding partnership with Durham Public Schools, she’s already spent two semesters working closely with mentor teachers at Durham’s Hillside and Northern high schools.

The M.A.T.’s strong emphasis on direct classroom experience augments coursework ranging from theories of adolescent development and educational psychology to effective teaching strategies such as time management and promoting critical thinking. It also provides a front-row seat to the emotional, physical, and psychosocial changes that teenagers experience and how that plays out in the school setting.

Burk, a Durham native and graduate of Durham Academy, admits that before she embarked on a teaching career, she had a somewhat idealistic view of teaching. “You see issues in the public schools you would never see at a private school, where students are more likely to be intrinsically motivated to excel academically.” During her intenship at Northern, she encountered some apathetic students who were severely unprepared for even the most basic English curriculum.

Thanks to the guidance she’d received during her time at Hillside, she was able to shift gears and use a diffeent approach. “My Hillside mentor teacher helped me understand that you can’t be frustrated or blame students for where they are when they arrive in your classroom. You need to find out what motivates them and use those things as incentives to help them move forward.”

As an M.A.T. student, Burk was selected to be a Durham Teaching Fellow. By agreeing to teach in Durham Public Schools Committed: Sean for two years after graduating, Burk had her tuition covMournighan is ered in full, and she received an additional monthly now a fourth-year stipend to offset her cost of living. While Burk says the fiteacher at nancial package provided through the Durham Teaching Northern High Fellows made Duke’s M.A.T. program particularly appealSchool. ing, her primary motivation was to teach in her homeDUKE MAGAZINE

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town school system. “I wanted to be in Durham,” she says.

Burk joins a public education system facing myriad challenges. In 2013, the North Carolina legislature passed a budget that did not include raises to teachers’ base salary, implemented a fiveyear plan to phase out teacher tenure, eliminated future salary increases for teachers who earn master’s degrees, and cut $120 million from the budget for teacher assistants. North Carolina ranks near the bottom nationally in teacher pay. Against this backdrop, school systems in Virginia and Texas placed newspaper ads and held job fairs to lure experienced North Carolina teachers to higher-paying jobs.

“None of us is really in this for the money,” says Jacob Kerber M.A.T. ’13, now starting his second year as a socialstudies teacher at Northern. “The rewards are when you have a student who has really been struggling with a concept finally grasp it—that ‘Aha!’ moment. All the teachers I work with are doing it because they genuinely care about kids and want to help them succeed.” Still, when

Rewarding achievement: Jacob Kerber relishes the academic breakthroughs his students experience when they’re fully invested in learning.

middle and high schools, teaching both standard curriculum classes as well as AP, honors, and elective courses. “One of the great things about working with a master teacher as a student is that I was able to make mistakes and learn from them,” says Sean Mournighan M.A.T. ’11, now

“All the teachers I work with are doing it because they genuinely care about kids and want to help them succeed.” considering M.A.T. programs, Kerber says the ability to become a Durham Teaching Fellow and graduate debt-free was “a no-brainer.”

M.A.T. program director Alan Teasley says that prospective Durham Teaching Fellows are screened carefully to make sure their primary motivation is a strong commitment to teaching in Durham Public Schools rather than just the financial aid it provides. “Forty-five other states pay higher teacher salaries than North Carolina, and demand is so high for our graduates that they often field multiple offers,” he says. “The Durham Teaching Fellows program provides welltrained, highly motivated high-school teachers to local schools where they’ve already had classroom experience, with the hope that they might decide to stay beyond their two-year Meeting students obligation.” where they are: In the 2014-15 Lauren Burk adapts academic year, her approach to twenty-five former the motivations Durham Teaching and capabilities of Fellows are still her pupils. working in nine area

in his fourth year at Northern. “We would talk about what worked and didn’t work, and with her guidance, I was able to come up with my own solutions for what I could do differently. That reflective component was really important for my development as a teacher.”

Four days before receiving his diploma from Duke, Mournighan was offered a full-time teaching position at Northern. (“I essentially had an eighteen-week audition for the job,” he says, referring to his internship.) Since then, he’s honed the delicate art of meting out discipline that’s firm yet respectful and learned how long a particular task might take his students so as to maximize class time effectively.

Two years ago he helped standardize the curriculum—adding accountability and assessment components—for the course “High School Seminar,” geared to freshmen, which covers topics ranging from creating a budget and money management to test-taking strategies, conflict resolution, and tools for reducing anxiety.

In addition to his continued role as faculty adviser for the Gay-Straight Alliance, Mournighan revamped his

“Trends in Contemporary literature” course. Designed for juniors and seniors, it kicks off with a unit on advertising and feminism and segues into a section on monsters that explores what pop-culture bad guys (aliens, vampires, zombies) tell us about societal fears and desires.

One of the biggest transformations in Mournighan’s life has been personal rather than professional. The week before school started, he and his wife, Kimberly Underwood Mournighan M.Div. ’11, welcomed their first child, a baby girl.

He’s thrilled to be a dad, even though it means his long days have become even longer. Inevitably, fatherhood has cast his career choice in a new light. “I’m a lot more worried about my salary than ever before,” he says.

Still, Mournighan and his fellow M.A.T. teachers say that the long hours and low pay are balanced out by the tangible and intangible rewards of working alongside colleagues who are equally passionate about education to create a vibrant learning environment for Durham students. And they’re heartened by the overwhelmingly positive support they receive from the members of the local community as politicians in raleigh weigh decisions that will shape the lives of teachers and students for years to come.

When Mournighan tells new acquaintances that he’s a public high-school teacher, “they say things things like ‘Thank you so much’ or ‘I could never do what you do’ or offer to buy me a beer,” he says. “It feels as though maybe the culture is shifting toward a greater appreciation for teachers.” ■ DUKE MAGAZINE

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AMER CANA The language, the culture, the expectations of your professor — it’s all unfamiliar for international students. Luckily, there’s a class to help them figure it out.

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You’re happy to receive coffee in the classroom. The coffee cups come with an imprinted map of the world; they advertise themselves as being made from “100 percent renewable materitines to sort out. als.” Early lessons, it seems, in what it means to be worldly and If you signed on for this orientation class, you’ve been drawn responsible. to Duke from Taiwan, Indonesia, China, South Korea, the Dorenewing, even reinventing, yourself is a big part of your minican republic, or Mexico. The class is formally known as work at Duke. You acknowledge, along with Storelli, how natthe Summer Academic Inural it is to feel culturally stitute; it’s geared to new adrift. You struggle, at master’s-level Sanford least now and again, with School of Public Policy the demands of the lanstudents in international guage. You even struggle development. Okay, you with what to have your figure it’s really a class in English-speaking peers getting started. call you: You can insist You’re probably older on being known by your than most graduate stuname (Jianduan, Adha, dents, since your master’s Sunhye), which seems program is pitched to natural enough, but “mid-career professionals” might have that ring of from developing countries. “foreignness” to an So you may have some exAmerican. That means perience in, say, the field accepting the inevitable of auditing in the public scrambled pronunciasector. And you may find tions. Or you can accept yourself here out of a conan Americanized version viction that you’ll go back of your name. Is it more to your home country and satisfying to be true to do some good: If you can yourself or to fit in? help improve auditing You try to find yourself procedures, that will mean on the standard roadmap more government acof cultural adjustment: countability, and more the “Honeymoon” stage government accountability Aflutter: Some of Sanford’s newest graduate students and their of starting a new advenwill, in turn, spur your families enjoy butterflies at Durham’s Museum of Life and Science. ture, the “Culture Shock” stage of feeling out of country along the path to control and out of context, the “Initial Adjustment” stage of development. starting to master the new environment, the “Mental Isolation” You start out early on a Monday. If you’re up on your stage of imagining that relationships should be going more weather and your geography, the sultry July morning is no sursmoothly than they are, and, eventually, the “Acceptance and prise. You’re in a Sanford seminar room, and on that first day, Integration” stage of sorting it out—the good, the bad, and the you scoot up to a mountain of scones, a delectable sign of the formerly hopelessly confusing. abundance of America. Your professor, Dean Storelli ’86 (an Storelli, you learn, is a cultural wanderer. After graduating apt first name for an academic, he tells you), starts with an from Duke, he earned a master’s degree from Columbia Unianalogy. A conventional way of thinking about education, he versity in teaching English to speakers of other languages. later says, follows the banking model: Your mind is essentially at a he taught at a school in Kobe, Japan. He mentions his own zero balance, and the professor “deposits” knowledge. Forget DUKE MAGAZINE

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GLOBAL CITIZENS, DUKE STUDENTS uke’s largest international orientation, which kicks in just before the start of classes, draws quite a swath of new students: those who are foreign citizens from secondary schools both in and outside the U.S., U.S. citizens who attended schools abroad, visiting international scholars from universities outside the U.S., and new transfer students from universities outside the U.S. The International House is the organizer of this several-day program.

The Class of 2018 includes 241 international students, 189 foreign citizens among them—meaning about 14 percent of the class is international.

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on East Campus (with a handmade sign, just for the occasion, pointing to “Bathroom/John/Washroom”), the students respond raucously as their individual countries are called out. From there they are guided by older students wearing blue “i-hop” T-shirts— referring to “International House Orientation Peer.”

The i-hoppers, in a series of skits, demonstrate American-style greetings (“How’s it going?” or “What’s up?” are, after all, perfunctory rather than an invitation to engage). They sketch Dukespecific lingo (“LSRC?”). They illustrate pop culture as a common reference point (Breaking Bad, anyone?) And they provide a primer in Duke class-

room expectations (professors look for avid participation, they may or may not be keen on eating in class, they’re certainly not keen on cell-phone interruptions).

Breaking into small groups, the justarrived internationals talk about the advice they’ve followed growing up; their inspirations have come from figures ranging from headmaster Albus Dumbledore of Harry Potter fame to “The Rock” of professional-wrestling renown.

The students show strong enthusiasm around a saying that’s rampant on social media, advice that’s seemingly relevant to starting life at Duke: “Be brave and have fun.”

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challenges around cultural attentive when Storelli cues—how to signal the plays a video of the “I fact in Japan that you Have a Dream” speech of want a conversation to Martin luther King Jr.; finish up, for example. its cadences are stirring This particular class is, even to the non-native in part, a community speaker. You agree that formed around common King was smart to frame concerns, a lot of which that dream as a promise have to do with mobility. embedded in American (Smart, successful stuhistory rather than a radidents, Storelli advises you, cal re-conception. know enough to seek help, When Storelli chalwhether from faculty menlenges you to broaden the tors or peers who are perlist of civil rights leaders, plexed in their own way.) you may be the one who During class breaks, there’s responds, what about talk about the lack of Malcolm x? Then, what transportation options about Michael Jordan? around Durham. Is it posOr, you may be the one sible to find shopping who asks whether there that’s just a walk away? are pay differences beWhat number of comtween Duke’s white workpleted and signed forms Lots of choices: Navigating the American food court ers and African-American will make the DMV workers. happy? Might a scooter be It’s the theme of cula reasonable way to get around? tural differences—and how they shape academic traditions— So much for the very AmeriRenewing, even that really gets your mind working. Maybe you’re steeped in, can topic of why it’s hard not to say, the Confucianism of Asian cultures. Confucianism favors a reinventing, quality of mind that puts a premium on respecting your elders; be driving. Then there’s the universal topic of hard drives. You extension of that thinking is that students are empty vessels, yourself is a big an make computer comparisons and so every idea formulated in their writing will derive from with your classmates. You’re part of your some authority. In a graduate-school setting, though—at least in bound to have a computer an American graduate school—doing research means devising stuffed with the wrong software, work at Duke. and defending your own analysis of a problem. In the American a computer that’s slow, or a comclassroom, Storelli says, borrowing an idea without attribution puter that’s non-communicative. constitutes a capital offense. “Professors’ hearts are broken when You’re constantly on the path to computer services at Best Buy. they even suspect someone of plagiarism. Then they get angry.”

Welcome to America. Welcome to the technology-related traIn this class, you do so much writing that you might break vails of student life. something, a fragile keyboard if not a fragile heart. You write, In the weeks ahead, the class encourages you to process some and you rewrite. The class will culminate with your researching, data points around American history. You spend time with the writing, and presenting an “independent learning project” Declaration of Independence, and you speculate about the around some public-policy matter. You may be the Chinese stugrand ideas—freedom from tyranny, representative government, dent focusing on what it means for a government to take on unalienable rights—embedded in that soaring rhetoric. You childhood obesity as a public-health priority, or the Mexican plow through a history textbook, with its broad-brushstrokes student looking at the policy implications of legalizing mariimage of America: values such as self-improvement, the prejuana, or the Korean student considering how to encourage the development of renewable energy sources. mium on hard work and self-discipline, the seeking after mateStorelli also gives you a lot of practice in conversation, since, rial success, and (the flip side to that) the impulse for charity. after all, this is a training ground for your future classes. There’s You ponder the great expanse of the frontier, with its own set of discussion one-on-one, in small groups, with the class as a related ideas—self-reliance, rugged individualism, inventiveness, whole. In a typical exercise, Storelli has you pick a slip of paper the “can-do” spirit, equality of opportunity. from a bowl; that slip awards you a topic that you have to presYou’re intrigued—probably owing to overent extemporaneously. Maybe it’s “hobbies,” or “trees,” or “cars,” Searching: exposure to vintage American movies—by or “smartphones.”

Undergraduate the theme of Native Americans. like the You probably feel smarter about life as a graduate student, if international other students, you’re not totally comfortnot about the capacities of your smartphone, as sultry July turns students team able going into a lot of detail about tensions into sultry August. Soon you’ll shift from this orientation class up for a scavcloser to home (think China and Tibet). You to your classes in economics, statistics, and policy analysis. In enger hunt. do find yourself, in any case, enthusiastically Les Todd

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MIDDLE EAST WARNINGS It’s a shaky landscape, one that’s familiar to a graduate of the program in international development. s the Middle East gets more and more attention, so, too, does Sarhang Hamasaeed. A native of Iraq, Hamasaeed earned a master’s in international development policy from Duke in 2007; he’s a product of the program for which the Summer Academic Institute students were preparing. Now he’s a senior program officer for the Middle East and North Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). USIP was created by Congress three decades ago to promote the nonviolent resolution of conflicts around the world.

Hamasaeed’s Duke program included coursework in policy analysis, reinventing government, economics, conflict management, and negotiation: “All the courses come in handy, because in the context of the Middle East and North Africa, development and conflict prevention, management, and resolution are interrelated.”

Still, he said in a late-August conversation, this is a messy time, even by Middle East standards, as uncomfortable alliances of convenience were forming against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Hamasaeed endured the Iran-Iraq War, the first Gulf War, the second Gulf War, and a number of civil wars in between.

After his graduate work, he returned to Iraq and worked as a deputy director general with the Kurdistan regional government, focusing on information technology. Based in Washington, he still travels to Iraq frequently.

The international community shares responsibility for “the catastrophic level of violence” in Syria, and, ultimately, for the rise of ISIS, Hamasaeed said. In Syria, a civilian uprising against the Assad dicta-

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Syria that could end the conflict, or at And what does all this mean for the least transform it into something that future of his native Iraq? “The country could be wound down.” Gradually the sithas been on a course toward potential uation became hopelessly complex. breakup,” he said. “If the current collaboAmong the complexities: an increasing ration on security interests translates population of “internally displaced” into political collaboration among the refugees, already in the millions, a crisis Sunni, Kurdish, and Shia leaders, I think a that brings its own challenges in security, breakup can be avoided. But the current economic growth, and social cohesion. power structure has not worked for the The West is right to recognize, howKurds, has not worked for the Sunnis. So what Iraq looks like will be different, no ever belatedly, the threat from ISIS, matter what, from what it was before Hamasaeed said. “What distinguishes the the Islamic State’s inroads earlier this Islamic State from organizations like alsummer.” —RJB Qaeda is that they want to govern. They

the meantime, this class-as-community gathers to watch the Durham Bulls take on the Buffalo Bisons. Storelli has explained the iconic standing of the Bulls; they have a strong season record, and an even stronger entertainment package this Friday evening, complete with fireworks. Your Korean classmate is impressed to learn that the Bulls’ shortstop also comes from Korea.

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new U.S. Marines. The link between sports and patriotism doesn’t seem uniquely American, you and your classmates agree. Just think about the Olympics. Tonight there are interludes of seeming inaction, occasional bursts of excitement, diversions provided by the proximity of your classmates, the side attraction provided by round after round of ballpark hotdogs, and the satisfying feeling that, even with the narrow loss by the Bulls, it’s an evening well spent.

It’s an up-and-down ride. It’s a lot, as you’ve come to understand, like graduate school. Now it’s time to play ball. ■ Opposite: photo by Iveta Vaivode

Remember this: The Center for Documentary Studies gave Iveta Vaivode, a freelance photographer based in Riga, Latvia, its 2014 Documentary Essay Prize for her essay “Somewhere on a Disappearing Path.” In her images, Vaivode explores the idea of memory by creating an album based on family stories

she’s been told, rather than experienced. “The ambivalence of photographs, their possibilities and limitations, suggest that we should not trust images as records of our lives and histories,” she says. Read more about her work and her prize at http://bit.ly/1nyl1eC

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Deleted: Painting over gay-pride slogans on the East Campus bridge in 1997 prompted accusations of censorship and bigotry.

Shining a Light on a Dark History Exhibition explores Duke’s LGBTQ community. | By Bridget Booher t the opening of the new Center for Sexual and Gender history of the lGBT community and university policies related Diversity last year, President richard H. Brodhead ac- to it. knowledged that the deeply entrenched homophobic In his senior year, he continued the research project as an inprejudice in the U.S. also played out at Duke. “This university dependent-study project and augmented his archival research regrets every phase of that history,” he said. with oral-history interviews with lGBT alumni. History pro“Queering Duke History: Understanding the lGBTQ Expe- fessor raymond Gavins and associate vice provost for underrience at Duke and Beyond,” now on display at the Perkins li- graduate education Janie long (formerly director of the Center brary gallery, captures the overt and subtle ways the university for Sexual and Gender Diversity) encouraged him to share the discriminated against students, as well as efforts by that comhistory with a broader audience. munity and its supporters to address the “Queering Duke History” is organized intolerance. by decades and includes police records and The exhibition’s genesis dates back sevuniversity correspondence, ’70s-era queer eral years, when Denzell Faison ’14 was publications, the dechartering of the gay involved with efforts to relocate and reand lesbian alliance in the ’80s, the estabname the Center for lGBT life. During lishment of the lGB center during the a conversation with an administrator, he 1990s, same-sex unions permitted in Duke was told that Duke never actively disChapel at the start of the new millennium, criminated against homosexuals. Skeptiand a reflection of the current vibrancy of cal, he began delving into the University Duke’s lGBTQ community.

Archives, where he found Duke Univer“Engagement with the past is the first sity Police Department records from the step toward meaningful change in the pres1960s documenting the arrest of at least ent,” says Faison, now a first-year student Recognition: Same-sex union proponents at Columbia law School. “This history sixty-four men for the then-crime of hogather in front of the chapel in 2011. speaks to the strength and perseverance of mosexuality. He kept digging, locating generations of queer students at Duke, and correspondence from President Terry while much work remains to be done, this exhibit is a testament Sanford in 1974 denying a request by the Duke Gay Alliance of how far we have come.” to add sexual orientation to the university’s nondiscrimination View online: exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/queer policy. Decade by decade, he traced the Jannie Long

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Listening in: Brooke Watson ’14 gathers sound for the digital archive.

Breaking sound barriers Students create a new kind of dictionary he foothills are alive...with the sounds of creaky wooden porches, husky train whistles, and tobacco plants being scythed.

These sounds are entries in the Sonic Dictionary, a digital archive of acoustics hosted by the Audiovisualities lab at Duke’s Franklin Humanities Institute.

It’s a kind of “Wikipedia of sound,” according to English doctoral student Mary Caton lingold, who conceived the project.

While teaching a writing class on music genres last year, lingold noticed her students were struggling to identify

the sounds, the students practiced creative storytelling and sharpened their practical multimedia skills. Their recordings became the basis for an open-access, searchable digital archive for academic purposes.

While lingold originally expected the sounds to stand alone as the definitions themselves, she soon realized that words were essential to helping the sounds tell their stories. “In reality, you need language to contextualize the sound,” she says. “The writing that the students ended up doing to contextualize their recordings ended up being far more interesting and relevant to the It’s a kind of “Wikipedia of sound.” content than I anticipated.” and describe certain instruments. For Besides “Sounds of the South,” the example, someone might mistake a dictionary houses other aural exhibits, piano bass line for an upright base. Stu- including “Sound as North Carolina dents can consult dictionaries to learn Politics,” for which students docuthe meanings of words, but in terms of mented the Moral Monday protests in sound-based references, lingold found raleigh; and “Sound, Music and the that academia was virtually mute.

Moving Image,” a compilation of On that note, she asked her students movie sound effects. So far, the dicin her “Sounds of the South” class to tionary contains 217 sounds, and lincollect sounds characteristic of the gold plans to keep adding. She hopes southern United States. Inspired by litto open the archive to other colleges erature such as Zora Neale Hurston’s and universities besides Duke.

Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jean lingold’s favorite entry? The rain-like Toomer’s Cane, the students captured shushing of pine trees.

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As part of the Nasher Museum of Art’s “Rauschenberg: Collecting and Connecting” exhibition, Duke students were afforded unprecedented access to rare works by the artist and contributed to a student-led catalogue of critical essays. Lauren Acampora, Katherine Hardiman, Emma Hart, Jacqueline Samy, and Taylor Zakarin, all members of the Class of 2014, worked with Kristine Stiles, the France Family Professor of art, art history & visual studies, to organize the exhibit.

Acampora says working on the exhibit was “rigorous, intense, and easily the most rewarding experience of my academic career. At the conclusion of my research, I felt almost as if I had known Rauschenberg personally; I would not only consider myself an expert on the artistic accomplishments of his professional career—which spanned over six highly productive decades—but I have also developed an understanding of his lifestyle, his struggles, his inspirations, and even his sense of humor.”

Upclose: The show’s curators examine a Rauschenberg work in storage at the Nasher.

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Sports n a Friday night two Ocsports have crews of student managers like

BY ELIZABETH VAN BROCKLIN tobers ago, fans flocked Kelly. While the other teams pay their PHOTOGRAPHY BY JON GARDINER to Cameron Indoor Stamanagers, men’s basketball managers are dium for the fourth anunpaid because so many students want to nual Countdown to Craziness. In the locker room, do it. Each year, as many as 100 students apply to be a manager in the players suited up for the opening-season blue- Coach K’s “classroom,” according to Bradley. Of these, only two white scrimmage. Meanwhile, ryan Kelly traveled through a hall- or three are hired—tougher odds than getting into Duke itself. way in the stadium’s recesses, towing an ice chest heavy with Kelly claims his blood turned Duke blue when he was three Gatorade and water. But as he moved to switch hands, he lost years old. He grew up in Westfield, Massachusetts—coincidentally, hold of the handle. In one swift motion, the chest slipped to the only twelve miles from the birthplace of basketball—and watched floor, spilling ice and liquid everywhere. Kelly froze, mortified at Duke on television with his dad, dreaming he might one day play the mess he had made. guard for Krzyzewski. He spent much of high school on courts Just then, who should waltz into the hall but head coach Mike and fields, playing basketball, football, volleyball, and lacrosse. By Krzyzewski. I’m going to get fired, Kelly thought. He had fouled the time he applied early decision to Duke, he understood he out of his new job before even taking a fair shot. wasn’t cut out for Division I hoops. But if he couldn’t be a guard, To his surprise, Coach K just shook his head and said with a at least he could be among them. forgiving laugh, “Must have been a freshman.”

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At a recent practice in the Michael W. Krzyzewski Center, Kelly keeps a white towel slung over his shoulder and a Nike basketball crooked in his elbow. Everywhere at once, yet somehow inconspicuous, he sweeps the court’s periphery with a quiet pride and professionalism, even when mopping up sweat. One moment he’s holding vigil at half court, hazel eyes trained on the coaches; the next he’s in the corner of the gym, fetching a piece of gear; then he’s beneath the basket, rebounding a misfire.

This practice, like most other team activities, is covered in Kelly’s invisible fingerprints. Between motions, the players slake their thirst with water and Gatorade that he poured into paper cups; their motions are captured by video and statistics software that he calibrated. Closer to the game than a fan but not as central as a player, Kelly occupies a critical intermediary position. He watches the players with admiration, yet he also has card access to all the same doors as the players and coaches.

“The managers set the tone for our program with their work ethic and attention to detail,” says Dave Bradley, director of operations for men’s basketball. “When they are doing their job really well, you won’t notice them, because the stats will be perfect, the courts will be set up before practice, our bus and plane will be packed efficiently, and our equipment will be organized.”

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ketball offices. About a dozen current team managers and Bradley sat on one side of a long oval table in a conference room. Kelly sat on the opposite side of the table, fielding questions about why he wanted to do this job.

“It’s a job that I really, really wanted,” he recalls. When he found out he’d made the cut, he was “beyond excited.” He called his dad—his role model besides Coach K—to tell him the news.

Now in his third year as a manager, Kelly is a psychology major and premedical student. After watching physical therapists rehabilitate Duke players, he plans to pursue sports medicine and help other athletes get back on their feet.

Kelly says it can be stressful to work for such a storied team. If, at an away game, a player finds a hole in one of his shoes, Kelly must be ready with a backup pair. In order for the coaches and trainers to make efficient use of practice time, Kelly must arrange all the equipment beforehand and be ready at any moment to pass them a ball. like a great player performing under pressure, he maintains precision and composure, making self-effacing assists on behalf of the greater game. “The athlete in me always kicks in at that point,” he says.

The bench, while not traditionally glorious, is incidentally Kelly’s favorite place to be. During games, he sits beside the team, jotting down deflections on a clipboard; during timeouts, he leans into the huddle. In those moments, when he’s surrounded by greatness, all the sweat-wiping and equipment-carrying dissolves.

“Being able to be there, hear Coach, and be around the players—to just feel like I’m a part of the team,” he says, “that’s enough of a reward for me.”

The perks • When the team is on the road, student managers get to use the facility. (Kelly likes to work out in the cardio room and soak in the locker-room hot tub.)

• Free athletic gear • Eating at team meals before games (Kelly always goes for the mini silver-dollar pancakes) • Playing pickup with the coaches • Working with Coach K and Team USA, as Kelly did this past summer

Provided crucial background for a Duke-led global study on the mental health of refugees.

Contained a single mind-blowing quote that inspired an honors thesis and a trip abroad.

Recently back from Hawaii, courtesy of interlibrary loan.

Needed a new binding after fifty years of circulation. Just returned from conservation, good as new.

Given to the library in honor of Mom.

Written by an up-and-coming Duke economics professor.

Her first major publication.

CRAZY SMART Every book on these shelves has a story.

Who can say how many hands this one passed through? How many conversations that one started? How many journeys a book made before it finally came to you?

Every library has a story, too. Millions of them, in fact, just like the ones here. More are written every day. And no matter how many we accumulate, there’s always room for more.

That’s not just smart. That’s crazy smart.

Be part of the story. Support Duke University Libraries.

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Duke Alumni Around the World

“I know what it’s like to lose your childhood to war.”

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—Luol Deng ’09, announcing a partnership with humanitarian-aid agency Save the Children to raise money for relief efforts in war-torn South Sudan. Deng, who this summer signed with the NBA’s Miami Heat, fled his native Sudan with his father when he was five. (Huffington Post)

@DukeAlumni #WhatsYourForever Everyone has at least one abiding passion that defines his or her life—a “forever.” Over the summer, the DAA asked alumni throughout the country about the role Duke played in shaping their “forevers.” Visit www.whatsyourforever.com to hear what they had to say—then share your own “forever” on social media using the hashtags #whatsyourforever and #foreverduke.

Inside “It’s up to the designated leader to think and act like a leader so that you do have an entire team that’s very strong and realizes that each member carries equal weight of responsibility for achieving the goal.” —Alison Levine M.B.A. ’00

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Chinese Alumni Welcome DKU

Use Your Benefits: Library Journals Okay, so not everyone needs daily access to peer-reviewed literature on, say, Lacanian studies. But thousands of Duke alumni benefit from free online access to full-text journal articles through Duke University Libraries. So if you’re conducting research or just really want to impress your book club, log into the Alumni Directory and look for Research Resources. You’ll feel like you never left Perkins.

Motown Comes to Durham Feb. 20-22, 2015 • DAA is building a weekend of activities around the North Carolina premiere of Motown: The Musical, directed by Charles RandolphWright ’78, in February. The package includes the performance at the Durham Performing Arts Center, a behind-the-scenes talk with the cast, and faculty talks on the Motown movement's contributions to music. See DukeAlumni.com for more details.

Meet & Greet: Alumni families and their #Duke2018 children attended the DAA’s Welcome Picnic after moving into East Campus dorms in August.

With Duke Kunshan University launching its student programs this fall, alumni in China and around the world are preparing to welcome Duke’s first campus in China. DKU’s official grand opening will take place in November.

Duke is Here: Boston Number of alumni: 5,712 (4 percent of all Duke alumni) Young alumni (10 years out): 1,412 Local alumni events: More than fifteen a year It’s a Boston tradition: Every year alumni attend a Harvard University basketball game together to cheer on fellow alumnus and Harvard coach Tommy Amaker ’87, M.B.A. ’89.

Good place to find a Blue Devil: The Charles River Loop, where you might jog into #BostonStrong run-

ner Carolyn Riggs ’06, who raised more than $10,000 for Boston Marathon bombing victims during the race this year Notable Dukies: Paul Farmer ’82, who teaches global health at Harvard; Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen G. Pagliuca ’77; biomedical entrepreneur Carmichael Roberts ’90, Ph.D. ’95; former U.S. Senator William “Mo” Cowan ’91 Showing the flag: Last year, 373 Boston-area alumni volunteered to interview prospective students

Where are you? Share a picture from your city using @DukeAlumni on Instagram or Twitter and help us show Duke’s reach around the world.

Board of Directors, 2014–15 President: N. Shepard Moyle ’84 Immediate past president: Jeffrey C. Howard ’76 Secretary-Treasurer: Sterly L. Wilder ’83 Vice Presidents: Jack W. Boyd ’85, Chris D. Brandt ’00, Nikki Hurst Gibson ’80, Winston E. Henderson ’90, Amy E. Hepburn ’97, Mary Kristin Klein ’82, Joanne O’Connor ’92, Sara K. Oliver ’06, Mark E. Stalnecker ’73 Duke Magazine Editorial Advisory Board representative: Steven Petrow ’78 Directors-at-large: William A. Bermont II ’97, Jonathan P. Cardona M.B.A. ’00, Pola Ayllon Changnon ’85, Mandeep Singh Dillon ’92, Jason Goode ’97, J.D. ’00, Christine Gosnell ’83, Mychal P. Harrison ’01, Ana Homayoun ’01, Edwin Howard Jr. ’63, Naakoshie Lamptey Nartey ’02, Judith Wagoner Pahren ’84, Rodney C. Pitts

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Mark W. Scroggs M.D. ’84, School of Medicine Joan M. Stanley B.S.N. ’71, School of Nursing Susan M. Prosnitz J.D. ’89, School of Law Young alumni representatives: Jin-Soo D. Huh ’09, Lara L. Jones ’08, Margaret L. Skoglund ’10 Recent Graduate Representative: Andrew L. Hanna ’14 Faculty representatives: Michelle Connolly, Associate Professor of the Practice of Economics Frederick W. Mayer, Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Environment Honorary members: Christopher Kennedy Ph.D. ’79, Michael Schoenfeld’84, Suzanne J. Wasiolek ’76, M.H.A. ’78, LL.M. ’93, Gerald L. Wilson B.D. ’61, A.M. ’68

Presidents, School and College Alumni Associations: Kristin Whitesides M. Div. ’05, Divinity School Lisabeth Brynn Todd Crute M.B.A.’95, Fuqua School of Business Kristen Cappel M.E.M. ’06, Nicholas School of the Environment Jason Piche B.S.M.E. ’97, Pratt School of Engineering David Esquivel J.D. ’97, School of Law Kurt D. Newman M.D. ’78, School of Medicine Joan M. Stanley B.S.N. ’71, School of Nursing Jennifer Moody Skeesick D.P.T. ’06, Graduate Program in Physical Therapy

Finding Forward, by Going Back Tony Brown helps alumni recharge with a thirty-six-hour return to Duke.

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t first the idea seemed pretty half-baked. Come back to Duke for thirtysix hours, the pitch went, and let’s see what happens.

But when Christopher Scoville ’05 received the invitation in the fall of 2013, he focused less on the nebulous agenda and more on who was driving it.

“When Tony says, ‘I’m starting this new thing,’ you say yes,” says Scoville.

“Tony” is Tony Brown, professor of public policy and guru to hundreds of students who flock to his courses on social entrepreneurship each year. “He has this ability to provoke you to action,” says Scoville, who cofounded Common Ground, an annual student-organized retreat focused on interracial dialogue, as a project for Brown’s “Enterprising Social leadership” class in 2002. last fall, Brown began doing the same for alumni, launching a series of mini-retreats aimed at kick-starting their entrepreneurial ideas.

Called “36 Hours at Duke,” the sessions paired twenty alumni with student hosts for a freewheeling day and a half of workshops and brainstorming. To date, Brown has organized three “36 Hours” weekends, which he describes as a small-scale experiment in alumni engagement.

“It’s not always easy for alumni to be able to connect with Duke and have meaningful conversations right off the bat, and this program is laying the groundwork for that to happen,” says Amanda Peralta ’12, who participated in a “36 Hours” session in April focused on DukeDurham community relations.

Brown says he conceived the retreats after hearing many friends and

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former students describe entrepreneurial ideas that they hadn’t had time to develop. He often advised them to carve out some time to spend at Duke.

“It’s just refreshing and invigorating to come to a college campus,” he says. “You meet interesting people.

You take a walk in Duke Gardens.

And you have a chance to work on whatever idea that’s bothering you.”

That was the case for Scoville, who was living in Kansas City and growing restless for a new challenge when Brown’s invitation arrived.

After participating in the first “36 Hours” in November 2013, he moved to Durham and took a job with the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, a nonprofit directed by his Common Ground cofounder Amy lazarus ’05. He is now working to launch a Common Ground-like dialogue project on campuses around the country.

“I came away with a lot of new relationships and some tangible things to work on, and to me that’s a really rewarding kind of alumni experience,” says Scoville.

Brown plans to offer two more sessions during the coming school year; he’s also pitching the concept to various campus and community groups in hopes they will launch their own “36 Hours” pilots.

“I’m not sure our educational job is done when students graduate,” says Brown, who maintains a mailing list of some 1,800 former students. “People still develop in their twenties. They still have needs, and there’s no question in my mind there’s a role for Duke in satisfying those needs.”

– Michael Penn

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Looking for more ways to engage with students? Contact the DAA campus engagement team at daa@daa.duke.edu

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How are you ForeverDuke?

Sterly Wilder ’83 in conversation with

Shep Moyle ’84

Moyle, the Duke Alumni Association’s new board president, majored in political science and history at Duke and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is the owner and chairman of Shindigz, one of the world’s largest Internet party suppliers. During his time at Duke, Moyle served as student-body president during his sophomore year and worked as a columnist for The Chronicle. Here, he talks about his journey through Duke and his new board role.

SW: I know you to be an energetic and tenacious person. Where does that come from? What keeps you going?

SM: Former Duke president Terry San-

Leading the way: Shep Moyle

ford taught me that no matter what mountain you climb, there’s another mountain waiting for you. I first met President Sanford as a Chronicle reporter, and then I worked with him as student-body president during my sophomore year. He became one of the great mentors in my life. During my senior year, he invited me to his home for breakfast on Sunday mornings. He would cook me country sausage and eggs, and then regale me with stories of politics and about leading a university.

Les Todd From him, I learned that it is incumbent for all of us to leave the world a little better than when we found it.

SW: What are some of the memorable ways Duke formed you and prepared you as a leader?

SM: My first experience with The Chronicle cover-

ing the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina taught me that there are a wide variety of beliefs and opinions in the world, and we have to work to effect positive change. One of the Chronicle editors at the time, rob Satloff (’83), invited me to go along with him as a photographer. As we began the interview, armed Klansmen in Nazi uniforms accused rob of being Jewish and held him in my car for several hours. rob turned the interview over to me for the next two hours, and I interviewed the leader, Glenn Miller. I sat at gunpoint for the first time in my life. Afterward, rob and I wrote a story that ultimately went national on the Associated Press wires.

The experience impacted me deeply because I had not been exposed to that type of hatred and racism. It led me to chair the first task force on race relations, which my fellow classmate Porter Durham (’83, J.D.’85) established. The task force, formed of white and black students, looked 42

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at the challenges black students at Duke faced. We presented our findings to the board of trustees, and that led to some of the first faculty hiring initiatives to bring about more diversity at Duke. I feel that if we identify a problem, it’s our responsibility to do something about it and to take action.

When the news broke this past April that Miller was involved in the shooting of Jewish bystanders in Kansas City, it reminded me we all still have work to do in challenging racism. We as a university still have work to do. And that is why one of our primary priorities within the Duke Alumni Association is to embrace and to cultivate diversity.

SW: You are the DAA board president for 2014-16. Where do you hope to see Duke and its more than 150,000 alumni two years from now?

SM: My goal is to create the most active, engaged,

and connected alumni in the world through the new DukeAlumni.com network. Alumni around the world can easily and organically connect with each other and all of Duke’s incredible resources.

We have alumni who are doing amazing things every day and can pass those experiences on to others in our network. If that happens through DukeAlumni.com, then we’ll have success.

SW: What are the ways you envision alumni furthering the success of Duke?

SM: The best thing they can do is reach out to

other Duke alums and share their advice and experiences. The Duke experience is not always an event for 500 people. It’s two Dukies getting together, sharing their knowledge, and relying on the Duke family to help them solve problems and provide opportunities for others.

SW: As the CEO of one of the world’s largest Internet party suppliers, you have to tell me: Where is the best spot on campus to celebrate?

SM: Besides the B.O.G. (Bunch of Guys dorm)

commons room, the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

—Edited by Christina Holder

Gerald Bard Tjoflat LL.B. ’57

Distinguished Alumni Award Gerald Bard Tjoflat is the longest-serving federal appeals court judge on the bench—a man who is respected throughout the legal community for his strong moral compass and deep knowledge of the law.

After serving as an editor on the Duke Law Journal and as a private-practice attorney in Florida, Tjoflat was appointed to his first judicial role in 1968. He was appointed to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1975 and reassigned to the 11th Circuit when it was established in 1981. He served as chief justice from 1989 to 1996.

Tjoflat is a founding member of the Duke law School board of visitors, and his vision was instrumental in shaping the school’s guiding principles. He played a significant role in establishing the school’s master of judicial studies program, in which judges learn specialized analytical skills and research approaches.

Tjoflat’s most significant contribution, however, may be to the educations and career horizons of Duke law students. He has hired and placed more than sixty-five Duke students and alumni in his chambers and has helped countless others find judicial clerkships.

2014 Duke Alumni Award Winners DAA is pleased to announce winners of our 2014 awards.

All winners will be honored during a special reception during Homecoming Weekend. The Distinguished Alumni Award was presented during Founders’ Day ceremonies on September 19.

FOREVER DUKE AWARDS Timothy C. Blank A.B. ’80 Kate Golby Carp A.B. ’80 Jonathan H. Chou M.B.A. ’99 Paul C.G. Dewey Jr. A.B. ’84 David W. Erdman B.S.E. ’71 Alexander H. Gorham B.S.E. ’09 Aruna N. Inalsingh M.B.A. ’95 William Laverack Jr. P ’11, P ’15, P ’18 and Cordelia Reardon Laverack A.B. ’80 Tanya Shoenfelt Nizialek B.S.E. ’91 Brian O’Dwyer M.B.A. ’05 Anna Gunnarsson Pfeiffer A.B. ’77 Christopher R. Plaut A.B. ’84 Stephen N. Potter A.B. ’79, P ’14 and Anne Suker Potter A.B. ’79, P ’14 Brian D. Schwartz A.B. ’75 Donald C. Stanners A.B. ’79 Linda Hoffman Sterling A.B. ’82, M.B.A. ’83 1983 Class Reunion Co-Chairs 50th Anniversary of Black Students at Duke Commemoration: Regional Event Chairs

research, in 1992. She has been a National Geographic Explorer-in-residence since 1998.

Ronald O. Sally A.B. ’84

Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Award (Local Community) ronald O. Sally founded Project Geer Street with his wife, Yvette Greenstein Sally A.B. ’83, in 2009 to improve the academic preparation of young AfricanAmerican males at Denver’s East High School. The program, named after the street on which Sally grew up in North St. louis, provides mentoring and support for the school’s male studentathletes, helping them focus on academic goals and overcome barriers to classroom success.

A former candidate for the rhodes Scholarship, Sally played quarterback for the Blue Devils from 1981 to 1984. He is currently senior vice president of romani Group, a Denver-based firm specializing in development of large-scale civic and cultural projects.

Andrew Cunningham A.B. ’08

Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Award (Young Alumni) After traveling with a group of fellow unSylvia Mead Earle dergraduates to the small Kenyan fishing A.M. ’56, Ph.D. ’66, D.S. Hon. ’93 village of Muhuru Bay, Cunningham worked with Duke professor Sherryl Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Broverman and Kenyan professor rose Award (Global Community) Odhiambo to found the Women’s A marine biologist, explorer, author, and CHARLES A. DUKES Institute of Secondary Education and AWARDS lecturer, Sylvia Mead Earle has gone to research (WISEr), the first all-girls secW. Barker French A.B. ’63 great depths, literally, in her quest to ondary boarding school in Muhuru Bay. William W. McCutchen B.S.C.E. ’62, study oceans and the communities that In 2008, he moved into a mud hut in and live in them. The founder of Mission the village to serve as WISEr’s inaugural Irene Lilly McCutchen A.B. ’62 Blue, a global group dedicated to ocean executive director, where he helped open Hardy Vieux A.B. ’93 research and conservation, Earle has led the school and launch programs to imKarl G. Wellner P’13, P’17 more than 100 undersea expeditions and prove health, education, and economic and logged more than 7,000 hours conductoutcomes for girls in the village, Deborah A. Norville P’13, P’17 ing research and exploration in the deepparticularly those orphaned by AIDS. Myles F. Wittenstein A.B. ’59 est parts of the oceans, prompting The A robertson Scholar at Duke, CunNew York Times to give her the nickname ningham has served as an education con“Her Deepness.” sultant with groups including UNICEF Earle served as the first female chief and the World Bank. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administracomparative international education as a Marshall Scholar at tion (NOAA) in the early 1990s before founding her own Oxford University. oceanic research organization, Deep Ocean Exploration and DUKE MAGAZINE

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Paul R. Leitner ’50 was presented with the lifetime Achievement Award by the Chattanooga Bar Association at its 2014 annual meeting. He retired after practicing for more than 60 years with leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Joseph B. Tyson ’50, B.D. ’53 coedited Acts and Christian Origins, which was published in 2013. He also was inducted into the David Friedrich Strauss Society, a distinction bestowed by the Westar Institute.

O. Richard Bowyer B.D. ’60, Th.M. ’68 was awarded the lifetime Achievement Award by the Federation of State Medical Boards. He is the president of the W.Va. Board of Medicine, the first public member ever elected to this office in its 131-year history.

He retired as campus minister for the Wesley Foundation at Fairmont State University after 43 years of service, for which he was awarded the honorary doctor of humane letters degree. He resides in Fairmont, W.Va., with his wife, Faith.

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Wilbur I. Jackson B.D. ’61 released his fourth book, Looking Both Ways: Two Men Face War, a story about two men during the Vietnam War. Robert W. Briggs ’63 became president of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. He was previously the chair of the John S. and James l. Knight Foundation and the former president of the GAr Foundation of Akron. He also cofounded the Fund for Our Economic Future, a collaboration of public and private organizations that support economic-development initiatives.

George G. Herzog ’64 is a retired deputy director for the Department of Defense program to modernize the Air Force’s fleet of training aircraft.

He writes that he and his wife, lee, are “enjoying a simple life from our modest timberframe home on a bike path and ‘picking low-hanging fruit.’ ” Edward S. Horton HS ’64, HS ’66 received the American Diabetes Association’s Albert renold Award for 2014. He also received the Master of the American College of Endocrinology Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He is a senior investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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sity. He recently spoke on documentary film in Jerusalem and Budapest and was involved in the Mendocino Film Festival in California.

Robert M. Sitton Ph.D. ’64 wrote Lady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of Film, a book about the pioneering film critic Iris Barry.

’65 50th Reunion

April 17-19, 2015

Dennis M. Campbell ’67, Ph.D. ’73 retired after 17 years as headmaster of Woodberry Forest School in Madison County, Va. He served as the dean of the divinity school and professor of theology at Duke from 1982 to 1997.

Betty Louise Vos ’67 won the 2014 Bisexual Book Award in Fiction: Erotica/Erotic romance for The Reunion, which she wrote with her husband, robert, under the pen name Adriana Kraft.

Jonathan C. Kinney ’68 was inducted into the Arlington Business Hall of Fame by the Arlington, Va., Chamber of Commerce. A shareholder of Bean, Kinney & Korman, he practices in the areas of land use, zoning, real estate, estate planning, and wealth management. He is ranked as one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top lawyers in real Estate, listed in Best Lawyers in America, and rated by Super Lawyers.

Richard L. Miller M.D. ’68 retired after 38 years as a dermatologist in solo private practice in Setauket, N.Y. Before practicing dermatology, he was a naval physician for six years.

Steven C. Lambert ’69 became general counsel for finance and administration for the United Methodist Church. He is a retired partner with Foley & lardner in its Washington office.

From Chemist to CEO If you were looking on campus for Vicki Mauel Holt ’79 during her undergrad years, you might have found her in the chemistry lab or in the pool—two places where she regularly competed.

Now Holt is bringing that same focused approach to her work as the new CEO of Proto Labs—an injection-molding company in Plymouth, Minn., that makes mostly plastic products for auto and medical businesses.

Since accepting the job in February, Holt has diversified Proto Labs’ offerings by acquiring a 3D printing company in Raleigh to aid with product prototyping and has set up two manufacturing centers in Minnesota for producing injectionmolding products made of rubber and steel.

Holt isn’t stopping there: She recently told Minnesota’s largest newspaper, The Star Tribune, that she is vowing to turn Proto Labs into a billion-dollar company.

Learn more by reading the story “New CEO wants to turn Proto Labs into a $1 billion company” by Dee DePass at startribune.com Nancy Kuehn, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

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Jackson M. Viol ’35 celebrated his 100th birthday on May 13.

@DukeAlumni:

Happy 99th B-day

Nobel physics prof & laser inventor Charles Townes ’37! His advice? Explore science!

 Call for Nominations for DAA Board To nominate someone for the Duke Alumni Association’s board of directors, go to www.boardom.dukealumni.com /about-daa/board-directors and complete the online form. Or you can send names and qualifications (no self-nominations, please) to Sterly Wilder ’83, associate vice president, alumni affairs, Box 90572, Durham, N.C. 27708 or sterly.wilder@daa.duke.edu. The deadline is February 1.

Anthony D. Morgan B.S.E. ’69, M.D. ’76 retired last year as a hospitalist at Duke raleigh Hospital. He plays in several bands, including the Duke Alumni Pep Band.

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Leslie E. Bauzon Ph.D. ’70 is chair of the division of social sciences for the National research Council of the Philippines, the largest academic and scientific research body in the Philippines.

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Anne R. Roome Bavier B.S.N. ’70 was appointed dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Texas-Arlington. She previously served as dean of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing in Storrs, Conn., and at St. xavier University in Chicago.

Margaret F. Brinig Friedlander ’70 wrote Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America. She has written several other books, including From Contract to Covenant: Beyond the Law and Economics of the Family. She is the Fritz Duda Family Professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and a

fellow of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives.

Randolph H. Schneider ’71 received a master’s in mental-health counseling from Mercer University in May. He is the former managing partner of the law firm Morris Hardwick Schneider.

Marie M. Fortune ’72 was presented with an honorary doctor of divinity degree by Eden Theological Seminary. As founder and senior analyst at FaithTrust Institute in Seattle, she has dedicated much of her life to addressing sexual and domestic violence through her work as a pastor, educator, theologian, ethicist, and author.

Frederic J. Huser ’72 received a U.S. patent for preventing the prescribing and dispensing of prescription, chronic-care drugs for off-label uses. The provision seeks to address a longstanding problem in the pharmaceutical industry involving companies being found guilty of promoting off-label uses of drugs and being fined for Medicare fraud.

Nancy M. Welch M.D. ’72 published Healing Emotional Wounds: A Story of Overcoming the Long

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Mountaineer and polar explorer Alison Levine M.B.A. ’00 was back on campus in August. She spoke to the entering class of M.B.A. students at the Fuqua School of Business, sharing her inHard Road to Recovery from Abuse and Abandonsights in the journey from business school to Mount Everest. ment. It is her chronicle of adopting two children from Ukraine. She is head of the health departLevine has climbed the ment in Chesapeake, Va., and a retired colonel in highest mountains on all the Army reserve. seven continents—known as James D. Moran III ’73 was appointed provost the “Adventure Grand and vice president of academic affairs for the University of South Dakota. He previously served as Slam”—and was the first vice chancellor in the Pennsylvania System of American to trek 600 miles Higher Education and held administrative and from west Antarctica to the faculty appointments at the University of Tennessee, Oklahoma State University, Virginia Tech, South Pole, following in the and the University of Oklahoma. footsteps of her childhood Gail Goundry Jarrow ’74 published Red Madhero, explorer Reinhold ness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat, a Messner. She endured the nonfiction account of pellagra, a disease that struck down millions of Southerners in the first half of the threats of frostbite, altitude 20th century, including mill workers in Durham. sickness, and complications from a lifelong heart condi’75 40th Reunion April 17-19, 2015 tion that has improved with Michael A. Battle Sr. M.Div. ’76 led the three surgeries. diplomatic and policy efforts for a historic summit between President Obama and African Levine, who wrote The heads of state in August, marking the New York Times’ bestfirst time a U.S. president hosted Coming back to such a gathering. He recently finselling book On the Duke? We’d love to ished a term as U.S. ambassador Edge about the leadership lessons she learned through help you reconnect with to the African Union and U.S. professors, meet with representative to the UN Ecoher adventures, says her polar expeditions taught her students, or experience nomic Commission for Africa that every member of a team is a leader. something new.

E-mail us in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. at daa@daa.duke.edu “It’s up to the designated leader to think and act like a and let us know when Jacob L. Kincaid M.Div. ’76 leader so that you do have an entire team that’s very you plan to visit. published Lifelines: Meditations for strong and realizes that each member carries equal weight Everyday Life. of responsibility for achieving the goal,” she says.

Richard B. Primack Ph.D. ’77 wrote Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods. A biology professor at Boston University, he has written several other books, including Essentials of Conservation Biology. He lives in Newton, Mass.

Mark S. Anagnostopulos Ph.D. ’78 was promoted to chief psychologist at the Brattleboro retreat, a nonprofit psychiatric hospital in Brattleboro, Vt. Charles Randolph-Wright ’78 directed the Broadway musical Motown: The Musical. He is a director, writer, and producer for film, television, and theater.

Maureen A. Stabile Beck B.S.N. ’79, a gerontological nurse practitioner at the University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston, has enrolled as a doctoral student in the UT School of Nursing.

Patricia B. Bixel A.M. ’79 was named dean of the school of science and humanities at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. She was previously associate academic dean and professor of history at 46

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Thomas J. Callahan ’79 is chair of the American College of Tax Counsel. He is a partner and tax-practice group leader at Thompson Hine in its Cleveland office.

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John H. Hickey J.D. ’80 spoke on a panel at the Torts and Insurance Practice Section meeting of the American Bar Association in Boca raton, Fla., in May. He also prepared a paper on touroperator liability. A trial lawyer at Hickey law Firm in Miami, he is certified by the Florida Bar as a civil trial lawyer and an admiralty and maritime lawyer.

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Bruce J. Ruzinsky ’80, J.D. ’83 was ranked for bankruptcy and restructuring law in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. He is a lawyer at Jackson Walker in Houston.

Larry T. Mimms Ph.D. ’81 received an honorary doctor of science degree from Davidson College for his work developing a new HIV test. In 2004, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology. He is founder and vice president for research and development at Quidel Corp.

Christian P. Widmaier ’82, managing director of corporate communication for the U.S. Tennis Association, played a major role in the U.S. Open this past summer.

Robert A. Canfield B.S.E. ’83 received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award

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Michael A. Battle Sr. M.Div. ’76, former U.S. ambassador to the African Union, led the policy efforts for this year’s historic summit with African heads of state and President Obama.

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for 2014. He is a professor and assistant department head for academic affairs of Virginia Tech’s aerospace and ocean engineering department.

Suresh K. Mukherji ’83 was named chief medical oďŹƒcer and director of health-care delivery at Michigan State University. He was appointed Walter F. Patenge Endowed Chair of radiology at MSU in July 2013. Previously, he was division director of neuroradiology at the University of Michigan.

Geoffrey M. Garrett A.M. ’84, Ph.D. ’90 was named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was dean and business professor at the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales.

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April 17-19, 2015

William H. Robertson ’85 wrote Action Science: Relevant Teaching and Active Learning, which targets middle-school science teachers who want to teach physical science through constructivism.

He is associate provost for academic technologies and associate professor in the teacher-education department at the University of Texas-El Paso.

Robert W. Thielhelm Jr. ’86 was ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is a partner at BakerHostetler in Orlando, Fla., concentrating on commercial litigation.

Juan Pablo Cappello ’89 launched a law firm, Private Advising Group, in Miami. He recently was named one of the Most Influential Hispanics by Poder magazine in the areas of science and technology. In 2012, he was selected as a Top 50 Entrepreneur by Business Leader magazine.

’90 25th Reunion

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Shari L. Schwartzman Eberts ’90 spoke at “Turning Passion into Transformation,� a conversation hosted by the Stanford Women’s Network at the National Opera Center this past spring. An executive on Wall Street, she has suffered from hearing loss and serves on the board of the Hearing Health Foundation.

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James R. Stalder B.S.E. ’90 was selected as a Premier 100 IT leader for 2014 by Computerworld magazine. He is the chief technology officer at Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas.

Joseph M. Witt ’90 is the production manager for Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton, which played in June at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Manjusha P. Kulkarni ’91 was presented a Champion of Change Award from the White House for her work on educating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders about the Affordable Care Act. She is executive director for South Asian Network, a community-based organization that promotes health among South Asians in Southern California.

Lori B. Brudner Duff ’92 published Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza, a collection of her humorous essays.

Lori A. Sutter M.E.M. ’92 was named Mendel Fellow at Villanova University in Villanova, Pa. Previously, she was wetlands lab manager and a doctoral candidate at Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Paul D. Gatens Jr. M.B.A. ’93 was promoted to vice president of e-commerce and marketing services at S.P. richards Co., a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co. in Smyrna, Ga. Heather J. Thomas McAdams ’93 is a writer, filmmaker, and department head at Agamemnon Films in los Angeles. The company recently produced The Search for Michael Rockefeller. She is writing and producing a Web series called Ha!

Shepherd W. McKinley ’87 wrote Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina. It is the first book about the phosphate-mining and fertilizer-manufacturing industries and their impact at state and national levels. He is a senior lecturer of history at UNC-Charlotte.

Carolyn J. Stefanco Ph.D. ’87 became the 11th president at The College of Saint rose in Albany, N.Y. Previously, she was vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga. Anne B. Dimmette Bell ’88 was named public-relations manager for U.S. Pharmacopeia’s global communications. Previously, she worked for PBS NewsHour.

Matthew L. Dosch ’88 was promoted to executive vice president of customer operations and external affairs at Comporium. He formerly served as senior vice president of external affairs.

Lisa M. Laura ’88 was named assistant professor in the department of urban public health and nutrition at la Salle University in Philadelphia, where she teaches nutrition and food policy. She also maintains a private nutrition consulting business in Philadelphia.

Lewis H. Sherr ’88, M.B.A. ’89, chief revenue officer for the U.S. Tennis Association, played a role in the budget for the U.S. Open.

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When applied to Duke in 2002, he wrote his application essay about the first time he swam with sharks.

The then-landlocked Shiffman, who grew up in Pittsburgh, included an anecdote about consoling his father before his dive into the deep with an eleven-foot tiger shark—“Don’t worry, Dad; they don’t usually eat people.”

Seven years later, Shiffman has interacted with more than 3,000 sharks on five continents—and he’s still pushing boundaries and challenging stereotypes through his work as a marine biologist and shark conservationist at the University of Miami’s Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy. “[Sharks] do not deserve the fear and the demonization that they get,” he says.

Every year when the Discovery Channel launches its seven-day series known as Shark Week, Shiffman shifts between his television and Twitter, monitoring the shows and tweeting corrections @WhySharksMatter. He sees it as an opportunity to engage captive audiences in shark science.

Shiffman’s passion for science communication has led him to woo 18,800 Twitter followers, making him the most-followed practicing marine biologist in the world.

The main threat to sharks’ lives—overfishing—and the imbalance in the food chain created by their absence motivates Shiffman to continue his work studying their life cycles and migration patterns. Some species of sharks have “declined more than 90 percent since the 1970s,” Shiffman says.

His research includes studying “mesopredator sharks,” or mid-level predator sharks. In Florida, where Shiffman conducts his research, mesopredator sharks have the important role of keeping herbivore populations balanced, he says.

When top-level sharks, called “apex predator sharks,” are overfished, mesoHe tweets: Shiffman uses social media to educate the predator shark popupublic about shark science. lations increase, a theory known in the shark science world as “mesopredator release.” The result is too many mesopredators eating the ocean’s herbivorous fish. A decline in herbivorous fish means “algae on coral reefs grows out of control,” Shiffman says, and the reef dies.

The interconnectedness of all life is something Shiffman says he learned at Duke.

An introduction to biology class with professor Alec Motten Ph.D. ’82 covered “all available life, starting with viruses and bacteria and ending with humans” and expanded his imagination for the life cycle he was part of and had a duty to protect.

Now Shiffman wants to take that message—of respecting and caring for, not just sharks, but all of life—to students.

This year, Shiffman was named the Florida Marine Science Educators Association’s Educator of the Year for his lectures via Skype to more than 500 area students. Shiffman’s lab at the University of Miami also regularly invites high-school science students to join Shiffman on research boating trips.

Shiffman says his family still expresses a little fear for his typical day in the office.

But they’ve all found a way to make it work. He’s struck a deal with his mom—no shark talk until he’s back on land.

But the encounter is what pushes Shiffman past fear and on to that nearly inexpressible moment when he comes face-to-face with the creatures he’s always loved: “It’s just a feeling of awe and respect, to be so close to such a powerful, graceful animal,” he says.

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Sarah B. McIlroy ’93 launched a new business called EllaSole, a product line of custom-made jewelry. She is the founder of Fashion Playtes, a clothing line for young girls.

Kearns Davis A.M. ’94 was appointed to the N.C. Equal Access to Justice Commission, which helps provide greater access to the justice system for low- and middle-income people in North Carolina. He is a partner with Brooks Pierce in Greensboro.

Michael J. Elston J.D. ’94 was promoted to associate general counsel/chief ethics and compliance officer at U.S. Postal Service in Washington.

He is USPS’s first chief compliance officer.

Erik L. Lautier ’94 joined fashion retailer bebe as executive vice president and chief digital officer.

He lives in los Angeles with his wife, Elena, and their daughter.

Meredith A. Baish Massey ’94 was promoted to associate director at PPD. She also received the CEO Excellence Award. She lives in Wilmington with her husband, Thomas, and their two children.

Michael G. Orren ’94 is president and founder of Speakeasy, a content marketing, social media, and promotions agency that is a joint venture between Slingshot Advertising and The Dallas Morning News.

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Christin L. Bassett ’95 was promoted to executive director and senior counsel at Aetna, where she heads the consumer-litigation team.

Previously, she was senior counsel at AstraZeneca and a partner at reed Smith. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Michael, and their twin sons.

Marc Eumann ll.M. ’95 was promoted to preside over a trial-court panel of three judges hearing major economic crime cases. He previously heard appeals cases concerning minor crimes at District Court in Bonn, Germany.

Mark L. Greenblatt ’95 wrote Valor: Unsung Heroes From Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, the story of modern American soldiers, sailors, and Marines.

Eric A. Johnson ’95 was named the National Association of Auctioneers’ benefit auction specialist, a designation held by fewer than 200 people in the U.S. He lives in Sacramento, Calif.

Scott D. Johnston ’96 was promoted to senior vice president, financial adviser, at Morgan Stanley’s wealth management office in Syracuse, N.Y. He has worked for Morgan Stanley since 1999 and lives in Fayetteville, N.Y., with his wife, Jolie, and their two children.

Congrats Kristin Coleman ’90 new Sears senior veep & general counsel! @DukeAlumni:

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Share your stories and photos with us on Twitter by tweeting @DukeAlumni: and using #BlueDevilLove Ronald T. Piervincenzi M.S. ’96, Ph.D. ’00 was named CEO of U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention.

Christen M. Cullen Barany ’97 appeared in an episode of ABC’s Shark Tank.

Christopher G. Converse ’97 was named to M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 list of legal advisers.

He is chair of the securities and corporate-governance team and a member of the private-equity industry team at Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas.

Elisabeth K. Starkman Mischel M.B.A. ’97 was named vice president of Instant.ly at uSamp, which provides targeted audiences for global consumer and business insights. Previously, she was a senior vice president at Nielsen Catalina Solu-

tions. She has worked with brands such as CocaCola, Kellogg’s, and Kraft.

Shannon L. Nutter Wiersbitzky M.B.A. ’97 published What Flowers Remember, a youth novel.

Jason R. Barclay ’98 was named a rising Star by the national legal publication Law360. He was among five lawyers selected out of more than 1,000 applicants. He practices white-collar law for Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis.

Heather A. Hirschfeld Ph.D. ’98 published The End of Satisfaction: Drama and Repentance in the Age of Shakespeare. She is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee and the author of Joint Enterprises: Collaborative Drama and the Institutionalization of the English Renaissance Theater.

Gerald S. Meyer B.S.E. ’98 was named vice president and general manager at legal resources in Virginia Beach, Va. Evan D. Whitfield ’98 was named to The National Trial lawyers Top 40 Under 40. He is an associate at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck in Chicago, specializing in family law.

Scott R. Babcock M.E.M. ’99 was named project manager and planner at the National Park Service in Denver. Previously, he was strategicplanning manager at Colorado Parks and Wildlife for seven years.

Laura K. Bronner ’99 launched Gloss48.com, a beauty-discovery and shopping site.

Erika L. Field ’99 is the chief advancement officer of MENTOr: The National Mentoring Partnership, a unifying champion for youth mentoring in the U.S. She previously led the institutional-relations team at Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston.

Colin H. Mutchler ’99 is CEO of louder, a platform that democratizes access to mass advertising channels on TV, billboards, and online, which he cofounded. Previously, he produced digital

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campaigns at agencies r/GA and Addis Creson, as well as at the national youth media network listen Up! He has been invited to speak to audiences at TEDx, SxSW, and universities around the world.

He was recognized as a 40 Under 40 leader by New leaders Council.

Marriages & Commitments Richard M. Lansky ’92 to Amanda Siegal on July 20, 2013. residence: New York.

Births & Adoptions liam Sunder to Anjali Sunder Advani M.D. ’92 and Mark Allen Kennedy on Jan. 26, 2014…

Natalie Anne to John A. Rule B.S.E. ’92, M.S.E. ’94, Ph.D. ’97 and Tiffany Jurgens Rule ’93 on April 4, 2014…Charlotte Jina to Debra M. Parisi B.S.E. ’93 and Douglas Y. Han on Jan. 4, 2014…Mason to Janet E. Lewis ’94 and Malcolm Drewery on Aug. 22, 2013…Connor Otis to Sara A. Grube-Edwards B.S.E. ’95 and Keith W. Edwards on Feb. 12, 2014…Penelope Anastasia to Nicholas A. Moraites B.S.E. ’95 and Ashley Moraites on May 2, 2014…Parker Wyatt to Jennifer E. Yates ’95 and Brad Quesinberry on Aug. 13, 2013…liya Katherine to Thomas B. Rees ’96 and laxmi r. rees on April 17, 2014…Charles Alexander to Kristine M. Singley B.S.E. ’96, M.B.A. ’07 and Alec ras on Dec. 14, 2013…Stefan Warren to Ari B. Redbord ’97 and Kelley Pagliai Redbord ’97 on April 24, 2014…

Nathaniel Ellis to Jennifer Berger Brown ’98 and robert C. Brown on Aug. 7, 2013…Twins, Andrew Vincent and Daniel Fitzgerald, to Gerald S. Meyer B.S.E. ’98 and Gina Meyer on Jan. 4, 2013…Emma Grace to David A. Ahern ’99 and lisa S. Ahern on March 27, 2014…Elizabeth Ann to Timothy E. Allen B.S.E. ’99 and Kimberly Allen on Nov. 19, 2013…Josephine May to Tamar Katz Holloman ’99 and A. Ray Holloman Jr. ’01 on March 30, 2014…Olivia rose to Lindsay A. Couch Kilgore ’99 and Jon Kilgore on March 20, 2014…larkin Alexandra to Ashley A. La Forge M.E.M. ’99 and Rick T. Link M.E.M. ’99 on Feb. 4, 2014…John richard to Joseph A. Miller ’99 and lisa Kelley on May 4, 2014…Carter Chao to Susan Chao Reed ’99 and Ryan S. Reed ’00 on Feb. 28, 2014…

John Osborn to Sara Barron Zablotney ’99 and Matthew Solum on Feb. 19, 2014.

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Tiffany Melen Hall ’00 was named a vice president and counsel at MasterCard Advisors, where she reviews and negotiates commercial contracts for the credit-card company in New York.

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Adam J. Dixon B.S.E. ’09 is using microbubbles to develop a blood-clot removal device that can intervene in the onset of strokes.

dignifying workers. He is director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

Joshua F. Solt ’03 launched an app called Spoiler Shield, which was featured in May’s Entrepreneur magazine.

Jason T. Wagner ’00 was appointed principal of Pelham lab High School, a public school he founded in the Bronx, N.Y.

Richard P. Fox M.B.A. ’04 joined the board of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. He previously held executive, operational, and financial positions at CyberSafe Corp., Wall Data Inc., and PACCAr Inc., and he is a former managing partner in Ernst & Young’s Seattle office.

Jennifer M. Chambers ’01 was named director of alumni education for Duke Alumni Affairs.

She designs and implements online, on campus, domestic, and international education opportunities for Duke alumni and their families.

Collin J. Cox J.D. ’01 will serve as the chair of the Texas lyceum for 2014. The Texas lyceum is a statewide leadership organization focused on identifying the next generation of top Texas leaders.

Ryan F. Furgurson ’01 was named a 2014 rising Star by Virginia Super Lawyers. An associate at Setliff & Holland in richmond, Va., he focuses on transportation and employment law, products liability, and commercial litigation. He lives in Midlothian, Va., with his wife, Beth, and their son, Brycen.

Amber L. Meade M.S. ’04 and Jason D. Nichols Ph.D. ’04 opened Broadway Veterinary Hospital in downtown Durham.

James C. Zimmer ’04 practices in-house law for lowe’s Cos. Inc., outside of Charlotte. He received a J.D. from the University of Michigan in 2010.

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Pengyu Cheng B.S.E. ’05, M.E.M. ’06 was named global supply manager with Apple, Inc., in California. His work in the medical-device indus-

 Call for Nominations for Volunteer Awards

The Duke Alumni Association seeks nominations for its four prestigious alumni volunteer awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Charles A. Dukes Award, the Forever Duke Award, and the Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Award. To learn more about the awards, or to nominate a candidate, please complete the online nomination form at www.dukealumni.com/about-daa/awards-scholoarships/awards. The deadline for all nominations is February 1.

Iliana L. Peters J.D. ’02 was promoted to senior adviser for HIPAA compliance and enforcement at the Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil rights in Washington.

try took him to Biomet in Parsippany, N.J., and Johnson & Johnson (Cordis Corp.) in Miami. He obtained an M.B.A. from Columbia University last year.

Sara Nataraja Venkat ’02 wrote her first children’s book, Ellie’s Big Laugh. It was inspired by her experiences as a new parent and by her love for animals. A family physician, she resides in North Carolina with her husband, Gautham Venkat ’04, and their daughter.

Krystal M. Reddick ’05 was named a teacher at a private all-girls’ school. In 2007, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and subsequently she started a blog called “Manic Monique’s Meanderings: My Journey to Wellness.”

Edward R. Drew M.Div. ’03 was called to First Cooperative Baptist Church of Smithton in Belhaven, N.C. He also teaches Old and New Testament studies and world religions at Pitt Community College in Winterville, N.C. Michael N. Simkovic ’03 presented research on “The Economic Value of a law Degree” at more than 20 universities. He was voted the fifthmost influential person in legal education by National Jurist magazine and appeared on the cover of its January issue. He will begin a position as visiting professor of law at UNC-CH School of law in the fall, and as visiting professor of law at Fordham law School in New York next spring. Previously, he was associate professor of law at Seton Hall law School in Newark, N.J. 54

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Jacob J. Roberts ’05 was named an associate for Moore & Van Allen’s litigation practice group in Charlotte. He previously practiced at a boutique litigation firm in Texas.

Shivum K. Agarwal ’06 was named Physician of the Month by Texas Academy of Family Physicians. He is a resident at John Peter Smith Hospital training for global, full-spectrum family practice. He lives with his wife, Danielle, and their son, Krishan Yogi, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jeff P. Faulring ’06 received the Adams Fellow Award from the department of physical therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston.

As chair for the school’s Physical Therapy Club, he organized his fellow students to raise money and participate in service visits.

Adam J. Dixon B.S.E. ’09 was awarded a research grant from the University of Virginia. A Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, he is working on developing a blood-clot removal device for interventional stroke care through the use of microbubbles, which could help combat cardiovascular disease.

Daniel Lund III M.T.S. ’09 was named a director in construction/surety law for Coats rose in New Orleans.

John H. Roelofs ’09 joined Wieden+Kennedy, an advertising agency in Portland, Ore. He works on award-winning campaigns for Old Spice.

Angela Tarango Ph.D. ’09 wrote Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle, which uncovers the history and religious experiences of the first American Indian converts to Pentecostalism. She is assistant professor of religion at Trinity University in San Antonio.

Marriages & Commitments Tiffany Melen Hall ’00 to John B. rhea on April 5, 2014. residence: New York…Scott B. Goodside ’02 to Aliza J. Balog on April 5, 2014. residence: New York… Monisha Saran ’02 to ryan r. Toteja on July 28, 2012. residence: Washington, D.C.…Lea R. Bromell ’04, A.M. ’09, Ph.D. ’11 to Oak ritchie on Dec. 28, 2013. residence: Chapel Hill…Courtney Charity ’05 to Lance F. Johnson ’05 on Aug. 17, 2013. residence: Chicago…Corbin A. Dunlap ’06 to Travis Page on Jan. 11, 2014. residence: Newton, Mass.…Henry M. Hoffman ’06 to Seraphim reycraft on April 5, 2014. residence: Hoboken, N.J.…David K. Schmidt ’07 to Emily M. Wallrath on May 3, 2014. residence: Durham…Melony Collins Scarborough M.S.N. ’08 to Stacey Fowler on Sept. 8, 2012. residence: Inman, S.C. Births & Adoptions Weston William to Keating Crown ’00 and Caroline Crown on Sept. 17, 2013… Carter Chao to Ryan S. Reed ’00 and Susan Chao Reed ’99 on Feb. 28, 2014…Juliana Elizabeth to Liza Galluzzo Seidman ’00, A.M. ’04 and Michael Seidman on Sept. 2, 2013…William Vance Shappley IV to William V. Shappley III ’00 and rebekah H. Shappley on Sept. 14, 2013…Brianna leigh to Mandi Yellin Drayer ’01 and Jeffrey Drayer on April 15, 2014…liv Ayden to Andrew L. Hananel ’01 and Barrie Hananel on Feb. 3, 2014…Emma Caroline to Ann Lewis Hartigan ’01 and Jonathan Hartigan on March 28, 2014…Josephine May to A. Ray Holloman Jr. ’01 and Tamar Katz Holloman ’99 on March 30, 2014…Alana Alpert to Dara Alpert Lieberman ’01 and Michael W. Lieberman ’01 on March 21, 2014…Andrew David to David P. Nigro ’01 and Terri J. Nigro on March 22, 2014…Marshall Duke to Erika Carney Alders ’02 and Jamie M. Alders B.S.E. ’04 on April

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Mika Catharine to Kristen Luneberg Macleod ’03 and A. Matthew Macleod on Feb. 20, 2014…Benjamin William to Kimberly Brown Nelimark ’03 and Brian Nelimark on April 8, 2014…Jack William to Laura Howard McHenry ’04 and Neal T. McHenry on May 11, 2014…Susannah Burgess to Howard W. Rhee M.B.A. ’04 and Margaret rhee on March 10, 2014…Elizabeth Carter to Sarah Hawkins Warren ’04, J.D. ’08 and William B. Warren on March 26, 2014…James robert to Suzanne J. Eden ’05 and Jonathan T. Schnaars ’05 on March 3, 2014…Krishan Yogi to Shivum K. Agarwal ’06 and Danielle Agarwal on Jan. 29, 2014…Isaac Paul to Brianne Ehrlich Clanton ’06 and James R. Clanton ’06 on Dec. 3, 2013…Geneva Evangeline to Andy Sung Bin Yun ’06 and Audra Eagle Yun ’06 on Oct. 16,

2013…Ella Jane to Felicia Walton Pagliuca ’07 and Joseph C. Pagliuca ’07 on April 24, 2014…Marie Christine to Addison W. Ferrell ’08 and Julie Matthews Ferrell ’09 on Jan. 7, 2014…Samuel Alexander to E. Charles Robinson II ’08 and Whitney R. Mickens Robinson ’08 on Feb. 15, 2014…laila Corinne to Elissa Flynn McClure A.M. ’09, J.D. ’09 and Sean P. McClure J.D. ’10 on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Births & Adoptions Donald Cleveland Baker II to Julie Neboh Baker B.S.N. ’10, M.S.N. ’13 and Donald Baker on Aug. 25, 2013…Serene to Faisal M. Darwazeh M.B.A. ’10 and Huda Shashaa on March 25, 2014…laila Corinne to Sean P. McClure J.D. ’10 and Elissa Flynn McClure A.M. ’09, J.D. ’09 on Jan. 5, 2014…Brennan David to Julia M. Koch Wickel M.H.S. ’10 and Benjamin J. Wickel on March 1, 2014.

INMEMORIAM George R. Failing ’36 of Westernport, Md., on Feb. 16, 2014. He was an accountant with Price Waterhouse and Talon Zipper Co. before serving as a lieutenant for the Navy during World War II. He retired from Westvaco as an accountant. He was one of the founders of cable television in the Tri

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Towns and Frostburg. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren.

Eleanor F. Mitchell Massaglia ’37 of Naples, Fla., on Jan. 13, 2014. Her volunteer work included Naples Community Hospital and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Survivors include a son, a daughter, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Margaret L. Adams Harris ’38, J.D. ’40 of Durham, on April 14, 2014. The year she graduated, she was the only woman attending Duke’s law school. She and her classmate husband, Ken, set up their law practice together in 1940 in Greensboro, where she lived most of her life. She served on the Greensboro public-school board during integration as its first female chair and she was named Greensboro’s Outstanding Civic leader in 1974. Her other community involvements included the PTA, Greensboro Historical Society, and Greensboro Urban Ministries. During her 12 years on the Duke board of trustees, she worked to implement Title Ix of the Civil rights Act of 1964 to ensure gender equity among Duke’s athletes. After retirement, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Greensboro Bar Association. She is survived by a daughter, Ann L. Harris Franceschini ’74; two sons, C. Marcus Harris ’65, J.D. ’72 and Thomas A. Harris ’68, J.D. ’71; a brother; a sister; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Hope T. Dearborn ’40 of Chapel Hill, on Feb. 7, 2013.

John C. Batten B.S.E.E. ’41 of rock Hill, S.C., on Jan. 31, 2014. As a lieutenant commander in the Navy, he worked in the Navy’s radio Material School in San Francisco and Chicago. He then worked on electronic landing systems for the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Chicago. In 1952, he joined the communications department of the CIA in Virginia as electrical/communications engineer. During his 21 years with the CIA, he and his wife, Gerry, lived in Maryland, the Philippines, and Greece.

Mary F. Willis Martin M.Ed. ’41 of lakeland, Fla., on Jan. 21, 2014. After graduating from Duke, she taught English for 10 years. She became one of the first commissioned officers working in communications for the SPArs, the Coast Guard Women’s reserve. Survivors include a sister.

T. Edward Braswell Jr. ’42 of Alexandria, Va., on Feb. 23, 2014. After serving in the Army Air Forces in India during World War II, he graduated from Harvard law School in 1948. He was a chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee for much of the Cold War. He later worked in private legal practice and then ran his own firm in Arlington County for many years. For nearly 30 years until retiring in 1993, he chaired the Alexandria Planning Commission and worked to preserve many historic neighborhoods and to control urban renewal in the city. In the 1970s, he participated in the creation of Founders Park on the Alexandria waterfront. He is survived by three sons, six grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.

Ruth Keppel Hagerman ’40 of Virginia Beach, Va., on March 4, 2014. Her poetry and fiction were published by the Poetry Society of Virginia, The Caribbean Writer, and the Virginia Historical Society. One of her poems won first place in the 2002 Christopher Newport University annual writing contest. Due to her husband’s naval career, she and her family lived around the world, including in Bremerhaven, Germany; Seoul, Korea; and Paris. While in Seoul, she taught English to Korean women and children and was a member of the royal Asiatic Society.

She is survived by three children, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Emma Wirt Schutz B.S.N. ’42, r.N. ’42 of Ithaca, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 2014. After graduating from nursing school, she joined the Army 65th General Hospital, a Duke unit, and served much of her time in England supporting the 8th Air Force. As a civilian, she returned to nursing in Detroit and then taught practical nursing at Tompkins Community College in Ithaca until her retirement. Survivors include a sister and two granddaughters.

H.F. “Jim” Levy ’40 of Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 27, 2014. After graduating from Duke, he joined the Army and as battalion commander was among the first to land at Omaha Beach on DDay. After participating in the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge, he received a Bronze Star for Valor, a Purple Heart, and two Oak leaf Clusters. In 2011, he was awarded the Order of St. Maurice by the National Infantry Association.

He was president of United Way, chair of the red Cross, and involved in Goodwill Industries, rotary Club, the Montgomery Symphony, and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons; two daughters; a sister; and 13 grandchildren.

James E. Knight Jr. ’43 of Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 17, 2014. As a Marine, he served during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of major. He was employed by Knight Brothers Paper Co. and Jim Walter Paper. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels, St. Joseph Thrift Shop, and St. Francis Soup Kitchen. As an Eagle Scout, he worked with Troop 5 and was awarded the National Catholic Committee on Scouting’s St. George Emblem. He is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Marjorie F. Trumbauer Gemmel ’43 of Diamondhead, Miss., on April 12, 2013. Survivors include a daughter.

Richard J. Lynch Sr. B.S.C.E. ’43 of Hampstead, N.C., on Feb. 25, 2014. After serving in World War II in the Army Air Corps, he became a

licensed professional engineer and land surveyor. He was later president of the County Engineers Association of Maryland and of the VA-DC-MD chapter of the American Public Works Association. He retired as director of the Department of Transportation in Montgomery County, Md., and a member of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission. Survivors include his wife, Darcy; three children; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Marian I. Meeks Macek B.S.N. ’43 of Atlanta, on July 17, 2013. She served as a flight nurse in the Pacific theater, leaving the Army with the rank of captain. She married a colonel and lived with her family in many places both stateside and overseas. She is survived by four children.

Frances D. Cochran McFadyen ’43 of Fayetteville, N.C., on Feb. 10, 2014. After earning a master’s degree in social work from Case Western reserve University, she worked at Duke as a medical social worker. As a representative of the Diocese of Eastern N.C., she served on the board of directors of Thompson Orphanage. She was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Thursday Club, and the Fayetteville Garden Cub. Survivors include a daughter; two sons, including Robert B. McFadyen M.S. ’88; a grandson; and two great-grandchildren.

William “W.T.” Medlin Jr. B.D. ’43 of Winston-Salem, on Dec. 24, 2013. He served as a United Methodist pastor in the Western North Carolina Conference for 60 years. Survivors include two sons, including William T. Medlin III M.Div. ’72; six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

Ralph P. Morgan Jr. B.S.M.E. ’43 of Costa Mesa, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2013. While attending Duke, he played in the 1942 rose Bowl. He served in the Navy for 15 years in aeronautical research and rocket development. He later became the manager of space systems at Ford Aeronutronics in Newport Beach, Calif. He is survived by his wife, louise; four sons; two grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Richard H. Porritt Sr. ’43 of Seattle, on Jan. 17, 2014. He served in the Navy as a navigator on attack transport ships, participating in several Pacific island invasions. He subsequently worked as an accountant for Gilbert Associates in reading, Pa., and later as an auditor for the radio Corp. of America in New York. After receiving a bachelor’s of divinity from lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, he became pastor of Epiphany Evangelical lutheran Church in Pleasantville, N.J., and later at St. Paul’s Evangelical lutheran Church in Torrington, Conn. He retired in 1985 and moved with his wife, Jean, to Oak Harbor, Wash. He is survived by four children, six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

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As a young copywriter, Edgar A. Hatcher III ’49 penned the phrase “Ford has a better idea.” His advertising campaigns are archived at Duke University libraries. sound research at the Naval Ordnance laboratory in Washington until 1950. In the 1960s, she helped found the Summit Neighborhood Council, which set up a food cooperative in Summit, N.J. Through the council, she also helped establish a preschool program for low-income children, which would later become the town’s Head Start program. A community activist, she advocated for a housing project, and as president of Summit’s league of Women Voters, she lobbied Trenton for improved public transportation. She was a member of the International Institute for religious Freedom and the United Nations Association. In retirement, she became an observer at the UN for the league of Women Voters. She is survived by her former husband, Frank; two daughters; and four grandchildren.

Lee Marion Cole M.D. ’44 of Mount Dora, Fla., on Feb. 7, 2012. Survivors include his wife, Elaine.

Carolyn King Vail ’45 of Durham, on Dec. 24, 2013. She is survived by a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.

Cathryn M. Kaufmann ’44 of Atlanta, on March 17, 2014. For most of her career, she worked at the Social Security Administration. She volunteered at the Midtown Assistance Center, Scottish rite Children’s Hospital, and the Zaban Center. She was active in the league of Women Voters and National Council of Jewish Women.

Survivors include a sister.

Richard F. Wagner B.S.M.E. ’43 of lewisville, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2014. After graduating, he joined the Navy and served both active duty and reserve duty from 1942 to 1964, attaining the rank of commander. During his time in the Navy, he was awarded the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Stars, China Service Medal, Philippine liberation ribbon, and the Navy Occupation Service Medal.

Following World War II, he joined Bahnson Co. in Winston-Salem, where he worked for 37 years.

He is survived by a daughter, a son, and two grandsons.

Elizabeth C. Pine Dayton ’45 of los Angeles, on Dec. 29, 2013. She is survived by three daughters, a son, and five grandchildren.

Frank Eugene Clark A.M. ’46, Ph.D. ’48 of Falmouth, Maine, on Feb. 28, 2014. In the Army with the Signal Corps in london, Paris, and Germany during World War II, he decoded intercepted enemy messages. He taught mathematics at Tulane University and rutgers University, where he chaired several committees. He served as president of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey. In the 1970s, he spent a sabbatical year as a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya; after retiring from rutgers in 1985, he spent a year as visiting professor at De la Salle University in the Philippines. In retirement, he continued to investigate the special properties of prime numbers. He is survived by his wife, lucille; a son; two daughters; a brother; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

John V. Blalock ’44 of louisville, Ky., on Jan. 26, 2014. He made a career as an advertising and public-relations executive, first with Seaboard Air line railroad in Norfolk, Va., then liberty life Insurance Co. in Greenville, S.C., and finally with Brown & Williamson and BATUS. In the 1980s, he became vice president of the University of louisville’s Foundation and served as a consultant to the university’s president. later he was a founding member and chair of the board of a pioneering HMO and president of the louisville Medical research Foundation. His community involvements included the Fund for the Arts, Kentucky Opera Association, and Youth Arts Council. Among his national awards were the Freedom Foundations Medal of Honor, Human relations leadership Award, and 18 Awards of Excellence in Public relations and Advertising. He was named 1994 Citizen laureate by the Younger Woman’s Club of louisville. He is survived by his wife, Kathy; three sons; a daughter; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Margaret “Betty” Alexander Cardo ’44 of Charlotte, on Dec. 13, 2013. During World War II, she was employed by National Carbon as head of laboratory testing for batteries used in the military. After the war, she was hired as one of the first female tellers for Union National Bank, which later became First Union. She was also a member of the Mecklenburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American revolution. She is survived by four children, nine grandchildren, and two greatgrandsons.

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Richard D. Saunders Sr. ’44 of Hamburg, N.Y., on June 1, 2011. He is survived by his wife, rita; two daughters; a son; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

George L. Kennedy ’45 of Magog, Quebec, on Feb. 23, 2014. After serving in the Army, he began general medical practice in Jewett City, Conn. He practiced anesthesia until he retired in 1986. Survivors include his wife, Terry; three sons; and two daughters.

William W. Raup ’45, A.M. ’52 of Miami Shores, Fla., on Oct. 15, 2012. He served as a lieutenant in the Pacific in the Navy during World War II. After graduate studies at Georgetown and the University of Texas, he joined the State Department as a latin American specialist serving in Chile and Nicaragua, and later in Mali, Afghanistan, and Morocco. After moving to Miami, he taught at Barry University. He is survived by his wife, Susanne Perrin Raup ’44; a son; and a sister, Margaret A. Raup Frampton ’40.

Eugenia O. Wimberly Smith ’45 of Birmingham, Ala. on Feb. 15, 2014. She worked as a field service representative for the American red Cross. Her community service involvements included serving on the board of Cahaba Girl Scout Council and as a volunteer instructor in the Mountain Brook Junior High School dyslectic program. She is survived by a daughter, two sons, and two grandchildren.

Helen L. Paty Stamps ’45 of Conyers, Ga., on March 17, 2014. A Navy cadet nurse in World War II, she had many careers, including noon duty supervisor at a junior high school in Palos Verdes, Calif.; hiring manager at the University of Illinois personnel department in Champaign-Urbana; and director of social services at Irene Byron Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was elected Democratic registrar of voters for Westport, Conn., serving for 10 years. She is survived by her husband, George; two children; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two cousins, Matilda J. Paty Seward ’47 and Jo Anne Paty Jones ’45; and a niece, Barbara J. Thegze Kieker B.S.E. ’80.

J. Edward Houseworth III ’46 of Springfield, Va., on March 9, 2014. After serving in the Army during World War II, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy with a commission in field artillery. His assignments took him to North Carolina, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Japan. During the 1958 Taiwan Straits Conflict, he was appointed as an adviser to the republic of China Army on the islands of Quemoy and Matsu, where he advised his Taiwanese counterparts on counter-battery and direct-fire defensive tactics. An adviser to the Taiwanese Army field artillery training center in Chiayi and later to the republic of Vietnam regional Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam, he subsequently was posted to the Army Material Command and the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington. After a brief stint as a senior analyst with Braddock, Dunn & McDonald, he returned to civil service to support the fledgling Army Space Programs Office, retiring in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Miriam; three sons; and five grandchildren.

Beverly H. McKeowen ’46 of Fountain Inn, S.C., on March 6, 2014. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is survived by three sons, four daughters, 12 grandchildren, and 12 greatgrandchildren.

Henry D. Messer ’46, M.D. ’50 of Dearborn Heights, Mich., on Feb. 18, 2014. He was a neurosurgeon at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before becoming chief of neurosurgery at Wayne County, Mich., General Hospital. A lifelong advocate for lGBT rights, he founded the Triangle Foundation, now known as Equality Michigan.

He is survived by his partner, Carl A. House.

Mary A. Wilson Perry ’46 of Birmingham, Ala., on July 3, 2013. She is survived by her husband, Tunstall; three sons; a daughter; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Ruth M. Fike Pittman ’46 in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Dec. 20, 2013. She worked as a medical

social worker at Charity Hospital, Moltnomah Hospital, and Duke Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, robert; three daughters, including Lillian Pittman Baldwin B.S.E. ’83, M.S. ’85; and two granddaughters.

a daughter, Liza Hatcher Dawson ’77; a son, Edgar A. Hatcher IV ’81; a sister, Elizabeth Hatcher Conner ’39; four grandchildren; a step-grandchild; and a niece, Christine R. Conner Levin ’76.

Marie B. Britt Rhyne ’46 of Durham, on March 26, 2014. A physician, she specialized in general pediatrics. She is survived by a daughter.

Robert S. Havens ’47 of Mendon, N.Y., on Jan. 24, 2014. A World War II Navy veteran, he worked with the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years and the Mendon Fire Department for 66 years.

He was also superintendent of the Mendon Cemetery, a Boy Scout leader, and a Board of Elections inspector. He is survived by his wife, Eileen; two sons; a daughter; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

H. Carl Garthe II ’47 of Towson, Md., on Feb. 10, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth M. White Garthe ’48; two daughters; and three grandchildren.

Robert C. Greenwald Jr. B.S.M.E. ’47 of Savannah, Ga., on Jan. 19, 2014. He served in the Navy during World War II and later worked as an engineer with Texaco in New York. He then worked in international sales in the Philippines for 11 years before returning to New York to work for Caltex Inc. until his retirement in 1980. After relocating to Savannah, Ga., he became a member of the Tybee light Power Squadron and a minister volunteer with the Chatham County sheriff ’s office. He is survived by his wife, ruth; four sons; a sister; and six grandchildren.

Edgar A. Hatcher III ’47 of New York, on March 11, 2014. As a young copywriter, he penned the phrase “Ford has a better idea,” which became the slogan for the automaker’s most successful campaigns. He worked on campaigns for Chevron, Kodak, Texas Instruments, Beechcraft, and Exxon at J. Walter Thompson, Benton & Bowles, and BBDO. He retired from McCann Erickson as a vice president. The Edgar Hatcher Papers, 1952-1992, document his advertising campaigns and are archived at the Duke University libraries. He is survived by his wife, Barbara;

Milton Manes Ph.D. ’47 of Pittsburgh, on Feb. 27, 2014. He was a physical chemist with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Koppers Co., and Pittsburgh Activated Carbon Co., as well as head of the Adsorption Fellowship at Mellon Institute. He later taught chemistry at Kent State University for 18 years. He is survived by his wife, Carol Freeman Manes ’45; a son; and a daughter.

Betty J. Troxell Moreen ’47 of Slingerlands, N.Y., on Feb. 7, 2014. She was a welcome-wagon hostess, chair of the travel committee of the Women’s Council of the Albany Institute of History and Art, and co-organizer of the first Festival of Trees. She was also a member of the Embroiders Guild of America, New York chapter. She is survived by her husband, Thomas; two sons; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Charles D. Pruett ’47, M.D. ’51 of Bluefield, W.Va., on Jan. 4, 2014. He served in World War II as a mortar operator and participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. He spent most of his career with the Bluefield Sanitarium, Bluefield regional Medical Center, and Charbrook Medico. After retirement, he served on the W.Va. Board of licensed Practical Nurses, as a trustee of College Avenue Baptist Church, and as physician for the Graham High School football team in Virginia. He is survived by three children, nine grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren.

Sally O. Waddell McKeague ’48 of North Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 9, 2014. She was a pro-

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William A. Kendrick ’47 of Cincinnati, on March 3, 2014. A World War II veteran, he attained the rank of senior lieutenant. He began his career at JC Penney in his hometown, Saginaw, Mich., and later transferred to Clarion, Ohio, as store manager. He served on the school board and was active in rotary. He is survived by his wife, Jane; two daughters; five granddaughters; and seven great-grandchildren.

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Abram J. Foster A.M. ’47 of lancaster, Pa., on Feb. 19, 2014. He served in the Army for four years before returning to a career in education, teaching physics and chemistry at rostraver Township High School; history and political science at Penn State-Pottsville; and history at the University of Pittsburgh, Slippery rock State College, Millersville University, and Elizabethtown College.

He also served on the board of directors of the Millersville University Credit Union. He is survived by three daughters, a son, two sisters, 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Allie W. Hedges ’47 of Santa rosa, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2014. She worked as a medical-records librarian for several hospitals in Santa rosa. Survivors include a brother and a sister.

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Garnett L. “Jack” Ferguson Jr. B.S.M.E. ’47 of Marietta, Ga., on Jan. 17, 2014. He served in the Navy before college and had a 36-year career at lockheed. After retiring, he was active in the lockheed retirees Management Association, the Sons of the American revolution, and the Old Guard. He is survived by his wife, louisa; three daughters; 11 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

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Elaine Stride Rusk ’46 of Saco, Maine, on Jan. 18, 2012. Survivors include a son.

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Martha l. lanunius Thomas ’49 founded Stoner-Thomas School in lexington, N.C., for children with special needs.

fessional singer, a fashion model, and a docent for Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Del. Survivors include a daughter.

Edward L. Meadows ll.B. ’48 of roanoke, Va., on Feb. 19, 2014. He served four years in the Air Force during World War II and 13 years in the Army reserve, attaining the rank of major. He worked as chief claim agent for the Norfolk & Western railway Co. for 34 years. He is survived by a daughter, a son, a stepson, five grandchildren, and nine grandchildren.

James L. Seay Sr. ’48 of raleigh, on Jan. 11, 2014. He served three years in the Marine Corps as a captain in the artillery before practicing law for 57 years, eventually becoming a senior partner of Seay & Horne. He was a member of the N.C. State Bar and the N.C. State Bar Association, and was former president of the Wake County Bar Association. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; three sons; a daughter; a brother; seven grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.

Ann L. Baird Weaver ’48 of Wilmington, N.C., on March 6, 2014. She worked as a physical therapist and volunteered with the literacy Council and Wilmington Women’s Club. She is survived by her husband, richard; four children; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Carey N. Barry M.D. ’49 of Greenville, S.C., on March 8, 2014. For his infantry service during World War II, he received a Silver Star, a Soldier’s Medal of Valor, and a Purple Heart. Aside from his solo practice in Fort Myers, Fla., he served as president of lee Memorial Physicians and of the Florida Urological Association, chief of staff at lee Memorial Hospital, and a member of the executive committee of the American Urological Association. He was president of the Fort Myers rotary Club. He is survived by a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

Everett C. Campbell B.S.M.E. ’49 of Fredericksburg, Va., on March 16, 2014. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he worked in the oil and gas business in Texas and at an atomic energy plant in Tennessee. He spent a 28-year career with Phillip Morris, where he was selected Plant Engineer of the Year in 1971 by the American Society of Plant Engineers. He was instrumental in the formation of the James river Aquatic Club and served on its board of directors, as well as serving on the state board for the Amateur Athletic Association. He is survived by his wife, Dot; two sons; two daughters; two brothers; 10 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Frank T. Dudley ’49 of Durham, on March 14, 2014. He served in the Pacific as a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II. His career was spent at Burlington Industries, where he held many positions, including production planner, warehouse manager, and purchasing agent. He is 60

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survived by his wife, Charlotte; a son; a stepson; a stepdaughter; and a grandson.

Ben T. Gantt Jr. A.M. ’49 of rutherfordton, N.C., on Jan. 29, 2014. After serving with the Army Air Corps in World War II, he worked as a school principal at Sunnyview Elementary and as a Methodist minister. He is survived by a daughter, a son, two grandchildren, and four great-grandsons.

Marcus A. Garriss ’49 of Durham, on Feb. 4, 2014. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II and attained the rank of battalion personnel sergeant major. He worked in accounting at American Tobacco Co. for 30 years.

Survivors include his nieces and nephews.

Morris A. Gordon Ph.D. ’49 of raleigh, on March 1, 2014. An Army veteran, he spent his early career at what is now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and as a biological-warfare specialist at Fort McClellan, Ala. He spent 29 years working for the New York Department of Health as director of the mycology laboratories and later as chief of the clinical microbiology laboratory. Among his many innovations, he invented the latex agglutination test for Cryptococcus; initiated application of fluorescent antibody techniques to mycology; and identified soil as the natural habitat of many medically important fungi. He recognized Dermatophilus infection for the first time in North America, reporting the first human cases. He cowrote Laboratory Identification of Pathogenic Fungi Simplified and wrote more than 130 articles. The Medical Mycological Society of the Americas honored him with the rhoda Benham Award in 1988. He also served on the faculty of Albany Medical College and the Medical College of Charleston, S.C. He is survived by two daughters, a son, and a granddaughter.

John C. Guilds A.M. ’49 of Huntsville, Ark., on March 5, 2014. He served in World War II and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. During his long academic career, he was head of the English department at Texas Tech University and dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Houston. He retired as dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and a Distinguished Professor of humanities at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. He received numerous grants and awards, including from the American Philosophical Society for travel and research in Ireland and Fulbright-Hays lectureships at universities in Egypt and Syria. He edited several books and wrote numerous journal articles. Survivors include two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

R. Harold Hipps M.Div ’49 of Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 2, 2014. The minister of education for West Market Street Methodist Church in Greensboro for 15 years, he later was director of leisure/recreation ministries at the General Board

of Education, Division of the local Churches and of leadership development for Professional Christian Educators. A board member of the National recreation and Park Association, he helped to organize a national support group for Christian educators. He also was the first associate general secretary for the Division of lay Ministries of the United Methodist Church. After retirement, he founded r&A Associates, which provided professional meeting management. He was awarded the first legend Award from Tennessee Meeting Professionals International. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn; a son; a sister; and a grandson.

Harold M. Jackson III B.S.E.E. ’49 of Hendersonville, N.C., on March 8, 2014. He served two years with the Air Force and worked as an electrical engineer with Western Electric Co. and Bell Telephone laboratories. He volunteered with Tax Counseling for the Elderly and chaired the St. James School for little Folks. He is survived by his wife, Mary; three daughters; a son; and 12 grandchildren.

Herbert Kirsh ’49 of Clover, S.C., on Jan. 28, 2014. He was in the Navy reserve and owned and operated the Kirsh Family Department Store. He served as mayor of Clover, a member of the town council, and CEO of Clover Community Bank.

He was a state representative in the S.C. General Assembly from 1978 to 2010, and at his retirement he was the longest-serving legislator in the state. He received the S.C. Order of the Palmetto.

He is survived by two sons.

Marion B. Morton ’49, J.D. ’51 of richmond, Va., on Feb. 24, 2014. He retired in 1991 as district counsel with the Internal revenue Service.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria; two sons; a daughter; two brothers; and four grandchildren.

Dale S. Starnes ’49 of Granite Falls, N.C., on Jan. 1, 2014. He taught health, science, and bookkeeping; operated the Starnes Brothers Milling Co.; and opened an antique glassware business.

He also raised rabbits, winning numerous prizes at shows throughout the state. He is survived by his wife, Alene; a son, Keith J. Starnes ’74; a daughter; three brothers; two sisters; and three grandsons.

Quentin G. Swiger ’49 of Glenview, Ill., on Feb. 2, 2014. An Army veteran of World War II, he retired as associate foreign tax counsel at Amoco after stints as a lawyer at the IrS and Texaco. He was the longtime chair of the American Petroleum Institute Foreign Tax Committee. Survivors include his wife, Elinor; three sons; a grandson; and a nephew, Ernest C. Swiger Jr. ’69.

Martha L. Launius Thomas ’49 of lexington, N.C., on Sept. 28, 2013. After 20 years with the Davidson County Department of Social Services, she retired from the foster-care and adoptions section. She served on the Davidson County Education Foundation, founded Stoner-Thomas School

James W. Hawkins ’50 wrote the regulations that led to the establishment of the 911 in system in Tennessee.

for children with special needs, and volunteered with Meals on Wheels for many years. She is survived by four children, four grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

William E. Waters M.F. ’49 of Greensboro, on March 14, 2014. He served in the Army Air Corps in Italy. He spent his career in forest entomology, working with the U.S. Forest Service for 28 years and later serving as the dean of the School of Natural resources at the University of California–Berkeley. He is survived by a daughter, three sons, eight grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren.

James A. Wessinger ’49 of lewisville, N.C., on Feb. 19, 2014. He served with the Army, earning five Bronze Battle Stars during the Normandy invasion, the liberation of Paris, and the Battle of the Bulge. For 31 years, he worked for Interlake Steel Corp. where he was district manager and sales engineer for the Carolinas and Virginia. He is survived by a son, a brother, and a sister.

William F. Abbott Jr. ’50 of Westport, Conn., on March 18, 2014. He served with the Navy in World War II. He worked in broadcasting for several Connecticut stations and CBS television in New York before he was appointed vice president of George P. Hollingbery Co. After retirement, he wrote The Names on the Wall, a sociological analysis of Vietnam casualties. He then created the Great 20th Century Memory Bank, a calendar and card company documenting noteworthy highlights from the 20th century. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; a son; a daughter; and three grandchildren.

James W. Hawkins ’50 of Gallatin, Tenn., on March 3, 2014. An Army veteran, he spent a 40year career with Southern Bell and South Central Bell as a regulatory specialist, where he helped eliminate rural “party� telephone lines and wrote the regulations that led to the establishment of the 911 system in Tennessee counties. He served on the Sumner County Board of Education for 28 years and as vice president of the National Association of State Boards of Education. In 1991, the Tennessee School Board Association honored him as its Board Member of the Year, and the Sumner County Board of Education named its education building for him. He earned his EMT certification and was a founding member of the Sumner County Volunteer Ambulance Service, which led to the formation of the Sumner County EMS. He volunteered with Sumner regional Medical Center, United Way of Sumner County, and Meals on Wheels. He is survived by four sons, including James B. Hawkins J.D. ’82; a sister; 12 grandchildren; and a grandchild.

research. He received his pilot’s license at age 63.

He is survived by a son, a daughter, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Fred B. Knight M.F. ’50, Ph.D. ’56 of Scarborough, Maine, on Feb. 25, 2014. He served with the Navy and retired from the Navy reserve as a commander. He worked with the U.S. Forest Service for 10 years before joining the forestry de-

partment at the University of Michigan. He later became director of the School of Forest resources at the University of Maine and served as dean until his retirement. He wrote and cowrote more than 110 publications, including the textbook Principles of Forest Entomology. His research resulted in a number of awards from the Forest Service, National Science Foundation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and

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Association of State College and University Forestry research Organizations. He is survived by his wife, Jane; a daughter; a son; a brother; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Lyle L. Knudsen M.F. ’50, Ph.D. ’50 of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 17, 2014. He served in the Army Air Corps as an aviation meteorologist and cryptographic officer and remained in the Air Force reserve until 1960. He was an assistant professor at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station before working with the Air Force in the operations analysis office at the Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado. He is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

Herman Lavier Michael Jr. ’50 of Oakland, Md., on Jan. 24, 2014. He served in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific theater during World War II. After finishing his education at Duke, he worked at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss.

He reenlisted for the Korean War and eventually settled in Fairfax, Va., where he worked for many communications companies that required worldwide travel. He is survived by his wife, Betty Akers Michael ’46; a daughter; a son; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

president of the Greenville Hospital system and was active in numerous professional health-care organizations, including as president of the S.C. Hospital Association and chair of the Southeast Hospital Conference. He is survived by his wife, Martha; two sons; a daughter; a sister; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Robert C. Ridout B.S.E.E. ’51 of Montgomery County, Pa., on Feb. 5, 2014. He was a Navy veteran and worked as a regional electric sales manager for more than 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Pat; two sons; a daughter; a sister, Betty F. Ridout McCarthy ’47; six grandsons; and a great-granddaughter.

June C. Brantley Ervin ’52 of Salisbury, N.C., on March 19, 2014. She was marketing director for the lutheran Nursing Home at Trinity Oaks for 24 years and was president of the Salisbury-rowan Choral Society. She received the Susan J. Gloeckler Memorial Award for Animal Welfare from the Humane Society of rowan County. She is survived by her husband, George; a son; a stepdaughter; a stepson; and a step-grandchild.

Martha H. Mackenzie Plowden ’50 of Phoenix, on March 4, 2014. She worked as a technical lab assistant with the Cone Mills Corp. in Greensboro. She is survived by her husband, Dick.

Gerard Marder M.D. ’52 of Burlington, N.C., on Jan. 7, 2014. He served in the Navy during World War II as an executive and commanding officer. He then returned to active military duty as a medical officer, later opening one of the first pediatric practices in Gastonia. He retired from fulltime practice in 1989 but continued to work part time at the Gaston County Health Department and substituted for pediatricians around the county until age 75. He was a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, president of the N.C. Pediatric Society and the Gaston Medical Society, and chief of staff at Gaston Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Joan; two sons; a daughter; four stepchildren; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Thomas L. Craft Jr. ’51 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 9, 2014. He served in World War II in the European theater in intelligence and reconnaissance.

After the war he became an educator, serving as a coach, teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent in the Pitt County school system. He belonged to many organizations, including the rotary Club, the Mid-East Commission, the Boys & Girls Club, the Pitt Community College board of trustees, and the Chowan College board of trustees. He is survived by two sons and two grandchildren.

Joseph Reynolds ’52, J.D. ’55 of Hendersonville, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2014. As Navy judge advocate general second lieutenant, he was stationed in Japan for three years. He spent 35 years as a civil lawyer. He was involved in elections as chair of the Buncombe County Democratic Executive Committee. He was also a president of the Black Mountain Jaycees and received its Distinguished Service Award. He is survived by his wife, Jane; a son; three daughters; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

James T. Holmes J.D. ’51 of Iowa City, Iowa, on March 21, 2014. He served as a radio mechanic in the Army Air Forces before practicing law for 58 years, both alone and in partnership with his father and later his son. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; three sons; a daughter; and eight grandchildren.

Mary Ann “Mac” Christian Rogers ’52 of Durham, on Jan. 11, 2014. A wedding coordinator for Montaldo’s in downtown Durham for 20 years, she retired as assistant manager. She is survived by her husband, W. Henry Rogers ’52; two children; seven grandchildren; and a greatgranddaughter.

Burt H. Moore ’51 of Anderson, S.C., on Feb. 3, 2014. He retired in 1991 as the executive vice

Robert O. Rutherford ’52 of Cherry Hill, N.J., on March 25, 2014. He served in the Navy

George B. Oliver A.M. ’50, Ph.D. ’59 of Fredericksburg, Va., on Feb. 13, 2014. He served as a hospital corpsman in the Navy during World War II. He later taught at randolph-Macon College for 42 years, retiring as the Isaac N. Vaughn Professor of history. He was involved in the Fredericksburg Host lions Club, Friends of the rappahannock library, and Virginia Humanities Conference. He is survived by two daughters, a stepmother, and four grandchildren.

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and spent his career as an engineer, volunteering with the Emerald Society and the Boy Scouts of America. He was an avid amateur ham radio operator. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, a brother, and three grandchildren.

Charles S. Smith ll.B. ’52 of Easton, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2014. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for serving in World War II, and he practiced law in the Easton area for more than 50 years. He was a past president of the Northampton County Bar Association, Easton Area Chamber of Commerce, lehigh Valley Cancer Society, Easton Area Jaycees, and Easton lions Club. He was also a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association committee for review of candidates for appellate court, and a former chair of the association’s government regulation committee. He was a life member of the state’s bar foundation. He is survived by his wife, Margaret V. Kohl Smith B.S.N.Ed. ’52; a son; a daughter; and four grandsons.

Elinore D. Taylor ’52 of Huntington, W.Va., on Jan. 1, 2014. She had several careers, including newspaper and radio reporting and social work.

She served as the director of Christian education for the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church before joining the Marshall University English department as an assistant professor. She served on the boards of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the league of Women Voters, the NAACP, and Church Women United. She wrote two plays, They’ll Cut Off Your Project and Appalachian Spring Postponed. Survivors include nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Carolyn J. Bogardus Ware ’52, Ph.D. ’71 of Syracuse, N.Y., on Dec. 25, 2014. She was vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, N.Y. She is survived by her husband, James; a son; a stepdaughter; and three stepsons.

Donald E. Warren M.D. ’52 of Palm Beach, Fla., on March 31, 2014. He worked as a cardiologist for 40 years and was a founding board chair of Palm Beach Atlantic University, for which he became a life trustee. In his community, he served as founding president of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin counties and as a member of the board of governors for St. Mary’s and Good Samaritan medical centers. He was given the Palm Beach chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award in 1999, the Champion of Higher Independent Education in Florida Award in 1975, the American Heart Association Award of Merit in 1970, and the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches’ Community leader Award in 2013. He is survived by his wife, Bebe; three daughters; and eight grandchildren.

Barbara J. Shaw Welch B.S.N. ’52 of Alexandria, Va., on Feb. 11, 2014. She taught at the Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing for 17 years. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

The research of physicist Geoffrey K. Walters Ph.D. ’56 formed the basis for technology used by the U.S. military in space-exploration vehicles and to detect nuclear submarines.

Glenn A. Wild ’52 of Vero Beach, Fla., on Jan. 3, 2013. He served in the Army before beginning his coaching career at Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pa. He later relocated to St. Albans School in Washington, where he coached football, basketball, and baseball, and became athletics director.

He coached a season of baseball at rikkio High School near Tokyo, Japan. In Vero Beach, he continued teaching and coaching until his retirement in 1989. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, and eight grandchildren.

Richard G. Bixby B.S.M.E. ’53 of Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 31, 2012. A local restaurateur, he operated the Bonanza Steak House and Captains Table, retiring from civil service as a general engineer at Eglin Air Force Base Munitions lab. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Jo; four daughters; five stepchildren; a sister, Molly Bixby Bartlett ’52; and many grandchildren.

David G. Carson ’53 of Orland Park, Ill., on Feb. 4, 2014. He was a veteran of the Navy. He is survived by his wife, Norma, and a daughter.

Walton S. Moseley ’86, M.D. ’90; a daughter; and six grandchildren.

Ferguson E. Peters ’53 of Vero Beach, Fla., on Jan. 14, 2014. For his service in the Coast Guard, he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, UN Service Medal, and Korean Service Medal. Besides founding Florida Oaks School and serving as chair of the Broward County school board, he published educational books and magazines and organized the Institute of Safe Schools. He was vice president and director of what is now the City of Plantation. He also founded Indian river Federal Savings Bank, was a partner in the development of Moorings real Estate Co., and was involved in building redgate Communications. He is survived by his wife, Gayle; two daughters; two sons; and four grandchildren.

Lawrence W. Pollard M.D. ’53 of laPorte, Ind., on Feb. 13, 2014. He served in the Air Force and with NASA as part of the Mercury space program. He then spent 20 years in cardiology practice in Carmel, Ind. He is survived by five sons, a stepdaughter, and eight grandchildren.

Robert L. A. Keeley HS ’53 of roanoke, Va., on March 16, 2014. He served as a captain in the Navy during World War II and ran a private surgical practice before founding Jefferson Surgical Clinic, where he remained an active partner until 2012. He continued to work as a disability determination physician at the Social Security Administration after retirement. He served as chief of surgery and chief of staff at roanoke Memorial and Community Hospitals, clinical professor of surgery with the University of Virginia School of Medicine, president of the Virginia Tuberculosis and respiratory Disease Foundation, a member of the board of directors for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and founder and chair of the roanoke Area Drug Abuse Council. He also helped found Bradley Free Clinic and was instrumental in creating Project Access of roanoke Valley, which provides medical services to the uninsured. He received the Medical Society of Virginia Community Services Award in 1991, was named Medical Alumnus of the Year from the University of Virginia in 2001, and received the roanoke Academy of Medicine lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. He was also honored by Pope Benedict xVI with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award in 2012. He is survived by his wife, Nina M. Braddock Keeley r.N. ’47; seven daughters; eight sons; 31 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Rufus H. Stark II ’53, M.Div. ’56 of Durham, on March 29, 2014. He served as a member of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in many towns, including leasburg, Burlington, Clayton, Wilmington, and raleigh. He worked for the Methodist Home for Children for 14 years, as executive director and later president. He also served as chair of several organizations: the Wilmington Human rights Commission, N.C. Governor’s Task Force on Fatherhood, region A Partnership for Children, and N.C. Council of Churches. He is survived by his wife, Betty; two sons, Thomas H. Stark ’77 and Paul C. Sittason Stark ’83; two daughters; a sister; seven grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild.

Robert G. Moseley ’53, M.D. ’57 of raleigh, on Jan. 30, 2014. He served in the Army as a captain and as chief resident of pediatrics at Duke before establishing his own pediatric practice in raleigh. After closing his practice, he worked for the N.C. State University Student Health Center for nine years. In retirement, he volunteered with Meals on Wheels and led the Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network. He is survived by his wife, Viola Nelle Strazier Moseley ’53; a son,

Robert P. Strauss ’53 of Manalapan, Fla., on March 20, 2014. As an actor, he performed the starring role in a television production of Hamlet.

For his family company, Pep Boys Auto Stores, he served as regional vice president and a member of the board of directors. He was involved with Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, the Miami City Ballet, the Palm Beach Opera, and the Jewish Federation in Palm Beach County. He is survived by three children and three grandchildren.

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Calvin E. Smith ll.B. ’53 of reading, Pa., on Nov. 28, 2013. He served in the Army and became a partner at Stevens & lee, later serving as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Berks County, Pa. He was then appointed senior judge by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He was designated Berks County Bar historian and a member of the Historical Society of the Federal Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; three children; five grandchildren; and a step-granddaughter.

Neil G. Andon B.S.M.E. ’54 of New York, on March 2, 2012. He served in the Air Force as a military transport pilot before retiring from the reserve with the rank of major. He was a captain for Pan Am for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Felice.

Edwin C. Boyd ’54 of la Jolla, Calif., on Dec. 14, 2013. He was a business administration professor at the University of Denver, Florida Atlantic University, and Christopher Newport University.

He is survived by his sister.

Elizabeth J. Weedon Chidley ’54 of Miami, on Feb. 20, 2014. She was an awarded breeder of lhasa Apsos, a non-sporting dog. She is survived by a son and a sister.

James F. Elliot M.D. ’54 of Creedmoor, N.C., on March 15, 2014. He served as a lieutenant in the Army, later working as the director of Murdoch Center and a staff psychiatrist at John Umstead Hospital, both in Butner, N.C. He also worked for the medical-assistance division of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

He is survived by his wife, Ida; three daughters; two sons; and nine grandchildren.

Ann T. Nolen Hughes ’54 of Viera, Fla., on Feb. 15, 2014. As a mental-health counselor, she was published many times throughout her career.

She lived in numerous places throughout her life, including Japan, Germany, the Philippines, and several U.S. states. She was a member of the Brevard Community Chorus. She is survived by a son, two stepsons, and four step-grandchildren.

Charles A. James M.D. ’54 of Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 19, 2014. He was a pediatrician at randolph Air Force Base and later opened his own practice. He then founded Sandhills Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic, where he practiced until his retirement in 1998. He served on the medical staffs of Baptist, Providence, and richland Memorial hospitals. At richland Memorial, he was chief of pediatrics, chief of the medical staff, and chair of the board of trustees and the foundation board. In 1982, he was elected president of the S.C. Pediatric Society. He was awarded the robbie Benson Award for Distinguished Service to Children by Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and the U.S.C. Department of Pediatrics in 1998, and the William Weston Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Pediatrics in 2000. He is survived by his wife, Beebe; a daughter; three sons; a sister; and seven grandchildren.

Richard A. Kelly Jr. M.D. ’54 of raleigh, on Feb. 22, 2014. He served in the Army on a hospital ship. He ran a general medical practice and later became chief of outpatient services at Moses Cone Hospital, where he served for 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Patsy J. Wooten Kelly ’52; a daughter; three sons; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including grandson Charles F. Nichols ’08.

David Kipnis HS ’54 of St. louis, on Feb. 5, 2014. His wife, Paula J. Levin Kipnis ’54, died on Dec. 22, 2014. He is survived by two daughters, including Laura J. Kipnis J.D. ’84; a son, Robert J. Kipnis M.D. ’85; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Paula J. Levin Kipnis ’54 of St. louis, on Dec. 22, 2012. She was a docent of the Botanical Garden for 22 years and of the St. louis Art Museum for 24 years, and she was a board member of the Scholarship Foundation for 14 years. Her husband, David Kipnis HS ’54, died on Feb. 5, 2014. She is survived by two daughters, including Laura J. Kipnis J.D. ’84; a son, Robert J. Kipnis M.D. ’85; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

William W. Beckner Jr. HS ’55 of Hagerstown, Md., on Jan. 12, 2014. He served in World War II as a paratrooper and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, earning the European Theater ribbon with three Battle Stars, the French Croix de Guerre, and the Netherlands Orange lanyard. He practiced medicine in Hagerstown for more than 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Wanda; three daughters; two sons; two sisters; a brother; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Jesse C. Fisher Jr. A.M. ’55 of Whiteville, N.C., on Feb. 9, 2014. He served as an officer in the Army for two years, taught economics at UNC and Davidson College, and worked for his family’s company, J. l. Powell & Co. Inc. He founded Beachwood Golf Club, where he served as director. He chaired the committee that secured Southeastern Community College for Columbus County. He is survived by his wife, Gaye; two sons; and three grandchildren.

William M. Fuller ’55 of Easton, Md., on Nov. 2, 2013. After serving in the Army, he spent his career working for Otis, a maker of elevators and escalators. He had a pilot’s license and belonged to the Barbershop Harmony Society of Dayton. He is survived by many friends.

Robert N. Hackett ’55 of Fernandina Beach, Fla., on Jan. 26, 2014. He served in the Navy as a gunnery officer. He became a certified gemologist and worked in his uncle’s jewelry business, later practicing law at several law firms before starting his own firm in 1985. He served as solicitor of Upper St. Clair, Pa., for more than 20 years, and he argued cases before the U.S. and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts. As counsel to the Southwestern Pennsylvania regional Planning Commission, he assisted in developing and implementing a township zoning ordinance that preserved green space.

He is survived by his wife, Joan; two daughters; two brothers; and four grandchildren.

Beverly C. Carver Morgan M.D. ’55 of Newport Beach, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2014. As a pediatric cardiologist, she helped pioneer cardiac catheterization in infants and children. She joined

the faculty of the University of Washington Medical School as a professor and became chair of the pediatrics department and, in 1974, chief pediatrician at Seattle Children’s Orthopedic Hospital. In 1980, she became chair of pediatrics at the University of California Irvine Medical School. She also established a private foundation focusing on education. She is survived by her three children and six grandchildren.

John R. Schiffli ’55 of Highlands, N.C., on Feb. 15, 2014. He served in the Army during the Korean War and had a number of careers, including general manager of Wildcat Cliffs Country Club and owner of the Galax Theater and of John Schiffli real Estate. He was board chair at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and a member of the hospital’s foundation board as well. He is survived by his wife, Marlene; a daughter; two sons; a brother; seven grandchildren; and a nephew, William Schiffli Jr. ’76.

John D. Creadick ’56 of St. Augustine, Fla., on Feb. 24, 2014. He served in the Navy as an airborne radar control officer and then entered banking, serving as president of First American Bank.

More than 30 years later, he retired as president of First Union Bank in St. Augustine. He is survived by his wife, Jane; two daughters; a son; a sister; and five grandchildren.

Helen A. Caine Franklin ’56 of louisville, Ky., on March 4, 2014. She worked at the Tennessee Valley Authority, taught latin, was a consultant in human-factors engineering, and worked as a reference librarian and coordinator. She is survived by her husband, Ben, and her sister.

John W. Neal IV M.D. ’56 of laurinburg, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2014. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and practiced general medicine in Gibson, N.C., for 56 years. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; eight children; 13 grandchildren; and nine great- grandchildren.

Geoffrey K. Walters Ph.D. ’56 of Houston, on Feb. 11, 2014. He initially worked at Texas Instruments before entering academia as a physics professor at rice University, where he became chair of the physics department and dean of natural sciences. He spent his sabbatical year consolidating fire-safety standards at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington. He won a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to research physics at Stanford University. He was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award by rice University and a Gold Medal from the Association of rice Alumni.

His work on excimer lasers is used widely to print semiconductor chips, and his research using an atomic accelerator formed the basis for technology used by the U.S. military in space-exploration vehicles and to detect nuclear submarines. His later research was applied to develop improved MrI devices. His service on a number of boards of research corporations was recognized by a $1 million endowment to the rice physics department

to establish the King Walters research Innovation Fund. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette; two daughters; a son; a brother; and two grandchildren.

Walter P. Weaver ’56, B.D. ’62 of lakeland, Fla., on Feb. 18, 2014. In the Navy, he worked in the Office of Naval research. He later became chaplain and assistant professor of religion at Greensboro College. At Florida Southern College, he was named to the Pendergrass Chair in religion, was chair of the religion and philosophy department, and was humanities chair. He published numerous articles and books in New Testament scholarship. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; a son; two daughters; two brothers, including L. Stacy Weaver Jr. ’51, J.D. ’53 and his wife, Carolyn Cone Weaver ’59; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a niece, Elizabeth McCutcheon Weaver ’77, J.D. ’80, and her husband, David S. Feinman ’77; and a nephew, L. Stacy Weaver III ’80.

Wilbon H. Daniel Ph.D. ’57 of richmond, Va., on Dec. 30, 2013. For 36 years, he was a history professor at the University of richmond, where he specialized in Southern church history, the Civil War, and reconstruction. He published extensively in his field and wrote about baseball, including a biography of Jimmie Foxx. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; a daughter; and two brothers.

Henry M. Groseclose M.Div. ’57 of Hixson, Tenn., on Jan. 31, 2014. He served churches in Virginia and Tennessee with the Holston Conference United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. An advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, he was a president and board member of The Arc of Tennessee and Hamilton County, as well as a member of the Green Valley Developmental Center’s board of trustees. He is survived by his wife, Janice; two daughters; and two grandsons.

Richard W. Rosenthal ’57 of Hobe Sound, Fla., on Jan. 30, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Judith; two sons; three stepchildren; a brother; and 10 grandchildren.

Robert G. Russell Jr. B.D. ’57 of WinstonSalem, on Feb. 8, 2014. He served as a United Methodist minister in western North Carolina until his retirement in 1994. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and six grandchildren.

Edward B. Weiss M.D. ’57 of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb. 4, 2013. He was a Navy flight surgeon for several years and later opened his own medical practice, where he worked for 35 years before serving as team medical director for Suncoast Hospice. He is survived by his wife, Carrie; three sons; and a daughter.

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pital corpsman in the Navy and then practiced internal medicine in Prince Georges County for more than 30 years. He is survived by a son; three daughters; a sister; eight grandchildren; a nephew, Timothy A. Reese ’79; and a niece, April Lee Reese B.H.S. ’82.

Robert Corley A.M. ’58 of lancaster, Calif., on March 23, 2014. He served in the Air Force and became chief scientist at the rocket site on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. His specialty was chemistry and materials science, and he worked with rocket-propulsion experts in the Department of Defense, NASA, and foreign governments. He is survived by his wife, Bee; a son; a daughter; two brothers; two granddaughters; and three greatgrandchildren.

Amos R. Kearns Jr. ’58 of High Point, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2014. He worked for Crown Hosiery Mills Inc., which was established by his grandfather in 1913. He served the company in the New York sales office before returning to High Point to become president. His civic participation included United Way of Greater High Point, the latino Family Center, the High Point Museum Guild, and the High Point Historical Society, where he

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he cared for physically and mentally challenged children for 20 years. He served on the board of the Florence Crittenton Home and helped found the child-development center at his church. He was a member of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, North Carolina Pediatric Society, and American Academy of Pediatrics. He is survived by his wife, Sandra; a daughter; four sons, including Deryl H. Warner ’83, M.D. ’87, Charles H. Warner M.D. ’85, and John W. Warner ’93; a stepdaughter; and 10 grandchildren.

Mary E. Adams-Dudley ’59, A.M. ’61, Ph.D. ’66 of roanoke, Va., on March 1, 2014. She taught biochemistry at N.C. Central College and later conducted research at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala., the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Children’s Nutrition research Center in Houston, the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, N.J., and rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. She sang alto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and traveled to many countries around the world. She is survived by her husband, Alden W. Dudley Jr. ’58, M.D. ’62; two sons, Eric C. Dudley ’58 and R. Adams Dudley ’86, M.D. ’91; and four grandchildren.

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was president. As a Boy Scout troop leader, he earned several awards and helped establish a latino Boy Scout troop. He also received the St. George’s Award from the National Episcopal Church. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Gayle Cooper Kearns ’58; three sons, including Arthur C. Kearns ’87; and four granddaughters.

Elizabeth K. Caviness Levings ’58 of raleigh, on March 17, 2014. She worked for the N.C. Department of Archives and History. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a sister, a brother, and three grandsons.

Fred L. Stanley ’58 of Browns Summit, N.C., on March 13, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Martha; a daughter; a stepson; and two sisters.

Charles E. Warner M.D. ’58 of Charlotte, on Feb. 20, 2014. He spent two years in the Army Medical Corps in Bowling Green, Va., attaining the rank of captain. He then led a 42-year career at Charlotte Pediatric Clinic, also serving as chief of pediatrics and of the medical staff at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. At the Howell Center, 66

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Richard M. Bomze ’59 of New York, on March 11, 2014. He was a publisher of American Turf Monthly and Sports Reporter. He was also a horse breeder who served two terms as the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. He is survived by his wife, Diane; two children; and four grandchildren.

John W. Young ’59 of Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 26, 2014. He practiced plastic surgery in the Kansas City area for 31 years before his retirement in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Vicky; two sons; a sister, Elizabeth B. Young Davis ’63; a brother; and four grandsons.

Sara Lewis Young ’59 of Washington, on Sept. 12, 2013. She is survived by her husband, J. Sanford; a son; three daughters; and eight grandchildren.

Mary E. Delegal ’60 of Savannah, Ga., on Jan. 29, 2014. She spent 30 years as a librarian, working at the College of Charleston, Armstrong State University, Jenkins High School, and Savannah High School, where she was head librarian for 18 years. She also worked to establish and develop the

St. Peter’s Church library after retirement. She is survived by her friends and cousins.

Lacy G. Hall A.M. ’60 of Burlington, N.C., on Jan. 24, 2014. He worked as state director for employment counseling for North Carolina, director of testing for the Armed Services in Wisconsin, director of counseling with Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii, and director of counseling for the Peace Corps in Key West, Fla. He also spent time as a professor at Winston-Salem State University, N.C. A&T State University, and N.C. State University.

He worked as an actor for local TV commercials and print advertisements, and he published many journal articles and several books. He is survived by a daughter, a sister, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Donald K. Hanks B.D. ’60 of New Orleans, on March 1, 2014. He was professor emeritus at the University of New Orleans, and he designed Code Six, a criminal-justice model for fighting serious crime in New Orleans. He also wrote three books, including N’Awlins Over Easy. He received the Amoco Foundation Award from the louisiana State University system, and a scholarship fund was established in his name at UNO. He is survived by his wife, Jenjira rodboon; four children; a sister; and nine grandchildren.

John F. Klein ’60, M.F. ’62 of Weaverville, N.C., on March 13, 2014. He retired from Georgia-Pacific paper company in 2002. As a volunteer he maintained trails at lansford Canal State Park in South Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Carole; a daughter; three stepsons; three brothers; a sister; and a granddaughter.

Robert T. Moore ’60 of Washington, on Jan. 29, 2014. He worked on behalf of minority voting rights and school desegregation as a lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is survived by his wife, Helen; former wife, linda; three children; two brothers; and three grandchildren.

Philip B. Oliva ’60, M.D. ’63 of Denver, on Feb. 14, 2014. He spent his career as a cardiologist. He was also a pioneer of high-altitude cycling and the founder of the Heart Cycle bicycling tour. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and a brother.

Newton C. Taylor ll.B. ’60 of Huntingdon, Pa., on March 13, 2014. He conducted a law practice in Huntingdon with a number of partners for almost 20 years, was elected district attorney of Huntingdon County, and was appointed president judge of Huntingdon County Common Pleas Court. He served several terms as a member of the Huntingdon County republican Committee, including as secretary. He received the Duke Alumni Association’s Forever Duke Award for excellence in voluntary service. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; a daughter; a son; a sister; a brother; and two granddaughters.

Carol r. Stromberg Pancoast A.M. ’67 lobbied in Washington to improve public education and was a trustee at The College of Wooster in Ohio.

Marilyn Lewis Renfield ’61 of Mclean, Va., on Sept. 7, 2013. She was the only female to graduate from Duke in 1961 with a major in premed, and that same year she became one of only two women admitted to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed medical school at George Washington University at the top of her class, then served as GWU Hospital’s director of nurseries, running the neonatal intensive care unit. later, she started a private medical practice, specializing in pediatrics and eventually psychiatry. She was also an adjunct clinical professor of medicine at GWU. She is survived by her husband, Marc rosenblum, and a son, Richard J. Renfield ’92.

Joanne Drennen Rodgers M.A.T. ’63 of Chattanooga, Tenn., on March 18, 2014. She taught for many years at Brainerd High School, Cleveland State, and the School of Arts & Sciences. She is survived by her husband, Charles; a son; and a sister.

Ronald E. Shackelford ’61 of WinstonSalem, on March 5, 2014. He worked as an organic chemist, computer programmer, and manager at r.J. reynolds Tobacco. He is survived by his wife, Alice; a son; a brother; and a granddaughter.

William R. Anderson ’64 of Ann Arbor, Mich., on Nov. 2, 2013. He began his career as curator of the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden and then joined the botany department at the University of Michigan, where he served as director of the university herbarium for more than a decade. In retirement he remained active in research as professor and curator emeritus.

He received the Faculty recognition Award from the University of Michigan, the Asa Gray Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the robert Allerton Award for Excellence in Tropical Botany from the National Tropical Botanical Garden. The William r. Anderson Graduate Student research Grant Fund was established in his honor. He is survived by his wife, Christiane; a daughter; two sisters; and a brother.

Joseph C. Farmer Jr. M.D. ’62 of Durham, on March 19, 2014. He worked at the National Cancer Institute before joining the division of head and neck surgery at Duke, where he served as division chief for more than a decade. He cofounded the Duke Hearing Center and the cochlear-implant program and was a pioneer in hyperbaric and diving medicine, researching the inner-ear response to diving. He also served at the Durham VA Hospital for more than 20 years. He co-led the medical center’s institutional review board for clinical investigations. He is survived by his wife, Margery Newton Farmer ’59, M.A.T. ’62; a son, Thomas H.R. Farmer ’85, M.D. ’90; and three granddaughters.

R. Lynn McSpadden B.D. ’62 of Calico rock, Ark., on Jan. 5, 2014. He was a pastor, a high-school English teacher, and a producer of mountain dulcimers. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two stepchildren, including Forrest J. Hurley ’89; a brother; and three step-grandchildren.

Richard S. Craddock M.Ed. ’63, Ed.D. ’69 of Burlington, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2014. He spent 20 years at Western Carolina University, where he was head of the elementary-education department. He was a member of the UNC system’s Faculty Senate, and after retirement, he volunteered teaching computer and Spanish classes. He is survived by two daughters, a son, two brothers, and six grandchildren.

David H. Harris ’63 of Durham, on Jan. 17, 2014. He was a systems analyst with IBM for 22 years. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; two sons; a daughter; a brother; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Timothy F. Pegler ’63 of Warrenton, Va., on Feb. 26, 2014. He is survived by his wife, robin; a daughter; and a grandson.

Jane H. Carroll White A.M. ’63 of Joppa, Md., on Feb. 28, 2014. She taught mathematics at UNC-Greensboro and later at Goucher College.

She was later a systems analyst in Goucher’s business department, and in retirement she volunteered as a tax consultant for the AArP. She is survived by her husband, Kevin J. White Ph.D. ’65; a son; two daughters; and four grandchildren.

Joseph S. Minus M.D. ’65, of Asheville, N.C., on Feb. 4, 2014. He served in the Air Force for two years and then joined the Shelby Children’s Clinic as a pediatrician, where he worked for nearly three decades. He also volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons; a daughter, Elizabeth B. Minus Whitehead ’96; a sister; a brother; and six grandchildren.

Wendy T. Moorhead M.A.T. ’65, of Millcreek, Pa., on Feb. 19, 2014. She worked for the Marshall University libraries as the director of circulation until her retirement in 2011. She is survived by her husband, John D. Moorhead M.A.T. ’65; a sister, and a brother.

Charles H. Racine A.M. ’65, Ph.D. ’69, of St. Joseph, Mich., on Jan. 7, 2014. He owned and operated several farms in northern Vermont with his wife for many years. He was also a plant ecologist and early explorer of many areas of Alaskan wilderness that would later become parts of the National Park System. He worked in Alaska every summer for 30 years, in addition to his work at the Center for Northern Studies in Vermont and the Cold regions research and Engineering laboratory in New Hampshire. He published many scientific papers based on his research, including an article on the response of tundra shrubs to climate change in Nature in 2001. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, and two brothers.

Thomas E. Borcherding Ph.D. ’66 of Claremont, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2014. He was an economics professor at the University of Washington, Virginia Tech, and Claremont Graduate University, and he taught courses at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Pomona colleges. He wrote papers on topics ranging from microeconomics to property rights and sociological economics. He was senior editor of the journal Economic Inquiry and mentor to many students. He is survived by four children and a granddaughter.

Frederick J. Breit A.M. ’66, Ph.D. ’72 of Walla Walla, Wash., on Feb. 15, 2014. He was a history professor at Whitman College, where he helped develop the freshman COrE program. He is survived by his wife, Anitra; two sons; a daughter; and six grandchildren.

James M. Holbert Jr. ’66 of Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 10, 2014. An Iron Duke, he lettered in football, wrestling, and track and field. As a doctor certified in 12 medical specialties, he served in several capacities at Baptist Memorial Hospital, including as chief of hematology and president of the staff. He also ran a private practice. He is survived by his wife, Madeline, and a daughter.

John R. Poe Jr. ’66 of Carrboro, N.C., on March 1, 2014. He spent most of his career as the admissions coordinator for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He is survived by his wife, rose.

Richard G. Absher Ph.D. ’67 of Newkirk, Okla., on Dec. 22, 2013.

Ihsan M.H. Babaa Ph.D. ’67 of Charlotte, on Oct. 5, 2013.

Hubert A. Maddry Jr. M.Div. ’67 of Charlotte, on Jan. 11, 2014. He served as the director of the National VA Chaplain Center in Hampton, Va., and he was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for his service as a chaplain. He is survived by his wife, Janet; two sons; two daughters; and five grandchildren.

Carol R. Stromberg Pancoast A.M. ’67 of Cleveland, on Feb. 12, 2014. She had a career as an English teacher at several community colleges in northeast Ohio. She also served as PTA president at Glenview School, as a member of the Bay Village school board, and as a representative for the National School Board Association, lobbying in Washington to improve public education. She was a trustee at The College of Wooster, where she established the Pancoast Scholarship with her husband. She is survived by a son; a daughter; a brother, Robert H. Stromberg ’70; a sister; five grandchildren; and a nephew, Robert B. Stromberg ’98.

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and nursing fundamentals at Florida Community College in Jacksonville. She also did medical assisting at Jones College in Jacksonville. Survivors include three sisters.

Alan W. Withers B.S.M.E. ’68 of Seattle, on Sept. 7, 2013.

Dorothy B. Douglas G ’69 on Dec. 27, 2013.

Joseph G. Henrich A.M. ’69, Ph.D. ’71 of Philadelphia, on Sept. 18, 2012. He is survived by several cousins.

Robert H. Babcock Ph.D ’70 of Portland, Maine, on Feb. 12, 2014. An Army veteran who served in the Korean War, he taught history at Guilderland Central High School in Albany, N.Y., and Wells College in upstate New York. He was later chair of the history department as well as professor emeritus of history at the University of Maine. His doctoral thesis, “Gompers in Canada: A Study in American Continentalism Before the First World War,” won the Albert B. Corey Prize, given jointly by the Canadian Historical Association and the American Historical Association. Besides the Gompers volume, he published book chapters, articles, book reviews, and a history of U. Maine’s Canadian-studies program. He served on the boards of labour, Maine History, and Canadian-American Public Policy. He also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York State College for Teachers at Albany and a Canadian Studies Senior Fellowship from the Canadian Embassy. He is survived by his wife, rosemary; five children; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

James R. Barton A.M. ’70 of round rock, Texas, on Sept. 26, 2013. He taught for several years at the University of Georgia and other schools. He is survived by two sons, his mother, two brothers, and two sisters.

Charles E. Dubay Cert. ’70 of Woodland, Wash., on Jan. 29, 2014. He worked with the neonatal department of Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem before his 23-year career as a physician’s assistant with Kaiser Permanente. He is survived by his wife, Jackie; two sons; and three grandchildren.

David H. Murphree ’70 of Carlisle, Mass., on Dec. 23, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Carol; a daughter; a brother; and a sister.

Maurice T. Paine III ’70 of Durham, on Feb. 2, 2014. He served as a pilot in the Navy and retired after 30 years as a real-estate agent. He is survived by his wife, linda; two daughters; a sister; two brothers; and a grandson.

Paul S. Lux ’71 of Sandy Hook, Conn., on March 18, 2014. He practiced law in Waterbury, Greenwich, and Newtown, Conn., and was admitted as a lawyer and counselor of the U.S. Supreme 68

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Court in 1979. He was also the chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Chase Packaging Co. Among his many community involvements, he served on the Newtown republican Town Committee, as chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and as president of the Newtown rotary Club, for which he was awarded a Paul Harris Award. He was on the boards of the Family Counseling Center, the Home and School Association of the Southbury Training School, and Pomperaug Woods life Care Center, and he was a trustee of the Hord Foundation and Newtown Savings Bank. He was a founder of the first Christmas in April home rehabilitation program for the elderly poor in Newtown. He is survived by three children and two grandchildren.

Thomas J. Azar J.D. ’72 of Swansea, Mass., on Feb. 4, 2014. He served two years in Vietnam. He was president of the local Multiple Sclerosis Society and Combined Health Appeal support organizations, and he was a board member of the Swansea Council on Aging. He is survived by his wife, Denice; a son; and a brother.

William D. Harkins ’72 of Mclean, Va., on Feb. 5, 2013. He served as an aeronautical engineering duty officer and airship pilot in the Navy.

In 1972, he received a Management Improvement Award from President Nixon at a White House ceremony, awarded for improvements in government operations at Naval Air rework Facilities.

He was a project engineer for Syscon Corp., a consultant to an airship development group, and a professional mechanical engineer. He was also a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the scientific research society Sigma xi. He is survived by his wife, Grace; a son; a daughter; and two grandsons.

Anna M. Wessinger Scott ’72 of louisville, Colo., on Feb. 11, 2014. She was an active member and devoted teacher of the Baha’i faith. She is survived by her husband, Paul W. Scott ’71, M.A.T. ’72; a son; a daughter; a sister; a brother; and two grandchildren.

Lorenzo M. Crowell A.M. ’73, Ph.D. ’82 of Starkville, Miss., on March 12, 2014. He was an Air Force pilot during the Cold War and Vietnam War who later taught at the U.S. Air Force Academy as well as the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base. After retiring from the Air Force in 1988, he became associate professor of history at Mississippi State University. He was awarded the 2004 Humanities Teacher Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council, and he established the first rotary Youth Exchange Program in the state.

He is survived by his wife, Marianne; two daughters; two sons; a sister; and a grandson.

Barbara Carr Dougher Ed.D. ’73 of Alpharetta, Ga., on March 7, 2014. She worked in early childhood education at the Georgia Department of Education, Peabody College of Vanderbilt, and North Georgia College. She was an educa-

tional tour guide for the British Infant Schools, a member of the learning Institute of Child and Family Development, and a leader of the Head Start and Follow-Through programs. She held international and national leadership roles with the State Department of Education, the National Head Start Steering Committee, the U.S. World Organization of Early Childhood Education, and the U.S. Department of Defense. She was also a kindergarten and first-grade teacher and a writer of children’s books. She is survived by two sons, a daughter, a brother, and several grandchildren.

William T. Fahey II J.D. ’73 of Weirton, W.Va., on March 31, 2014. As a lawyer, he served on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals District Character Committee. He also served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Hancock County, city solicitor of New Cumberland, frequent special prosecuting attorney, past president of the West Virginian and American Trial lawyers associations, and past president of the West Virginian and American Bar associations. He is survived by a daughter, two sons, two sisters, and three grandchildren.

Janice E. Taylor ’73 of San Jose, Fla., on March 1, 2014. In Jacksonville, Fla., she worked at Oaklawn Cemetery for 34 years and volunteered at Sulzbacher Center for homeless people.

A competitive runner, she completed nine major marathons across the country, including the 100th Boston Marathon. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Perpall; two daughters; her father; and two brothers.

George S. Eisenbarth Ph.D. ’74, M.D. ’75 of Denver, on Nov. 13, 2012. He was a renowned diabetes researcher who worked at the NIH in Bethesda, Md., Duke University, Harvard Medical School, and University of Colorado School of Medicine. He was one of the first investigators to recognize the cause of type 1 diabetes. Survivors include his wife, Frieda; a son; a daughter; and three grandchildren.

Thomas L. Hoyt Jr. Ph.D. ’75 of Washington, on Oct. 27, 2013. He was senior bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, as well as presiding prelate of the 7th Episcopal District. He is survived by his wife, Ocie; a daughter; and a son.

Lynn A. Hughes HS ’75 of Concord, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2014. He served as a captain and flight surgeon in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was an assistant consulting professor of otolaryngology in the department of surgery at Duke.

For more than 20 years he volunteered with weeklong medical missions, performing surgeries in the Dominican republic. He was given the Profile in Excellence Award by Oklahoma Baptist University. He was chair of the Piedmont Area Mental Health Board, where he was named its Outstanding Board Member, received the Concord Tribune Good Guy of Cabarrus County Award, and was

named Christian layperson of the Year by the lions Club. He is survived by his wife, Sheila; two daughters; a stepson; two brothers; a sister; and six grandchildren.

Mary A. Patterson Fausch ’76 of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2014. She was active in her daughter’s school as a teacher’s aide for many years. She is survived by her husband, James C. Fausch B.S.E. ’75; and three daughters, Laura Fausch Price ’06, Molly P. Fausch ’08, and Emily C. Fausch ’11.

Marion J. Henry M.B.A. ’76 of Durham, on Dec. 1, 2013. She spent her career at IBM. She is survived by a brother.

Charles L. Herrin M.Div. ’76 of Cary, N.C., on Jan. 23, 2014. He was an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and served churches for more than 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Kitty; a son; a daughter; a brother; a sister; and three grandchildren.

Marilyn L. Gasswint M.Div. ’81 of Mankato, Minn., on March 9, 2014. She worked in a number of roles in ministry, including as chaplain to the heart team in clinical pastoral education at Duke University Medical Center, assistant to the pastor at St. John’s Baptist Church in Iowa, instructor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and counselor at the raleigh rescue Mission.

As a chaplain, she served prisons in North Carolina and Minnesota. She was a member of the prison ministry committee of the General Baptist State Convention and served on the boards of Beacon Haven Ministries and the North Carolina Correction Institute for Women. She is survived by a daughter, a son, and three grandchildren.

Gayle C. Felton M.Div. ’82, Ph.D. ’87 of rougemont, N.C., on Jan. 25, 2014. She taught high-school history and civics and religion at Meredith College before teaching in Duke’s divinity school for more than a decade. She wrote and edited numerous works of theological scholarship, mainly focused on the history of Methodism and the sacraments. As a social-justice advocate, she worked to integrate public schools and build the reconciling Movement, a group advocating for full inclusion of lGBT persons in the United Methodist Church. She also served as the national board chair of the reconciling Ministries Network. She is survived by her former husband, Al; a son; a brother; and two grandchildren.

James C. Frost B.S.E.E. ’82 of Houston, on Feb. 11, 2014. He worked for Texas Instruments and later as an electrical engineer. He flew the first Embraer Phenom 100, a light jet, around the world with his wife in 2010. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth A. Batten Frost ’82, and two daughters.

Anslem “Snow” Adams III M.Div. ’84 of Appleton, Wis., on Jan. 29, 2014. He pastored churches in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church for 20 years. He is survived by two daughters, a brother, and four grandchildren.

Frank Butler M.Div. ’86 of Charlotte, on Jan. 11, 2014. He was a Progressive National Baptist pastor who served several parishes in South Carolina more than 33 years. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; a daughter; four sons; two sisters; a brother; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Bill R. Mason ’86 of Bethesda, Md., on March 16, 2014. He worked for the U.S. Department of Treasury and later in the office of the chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is survived by his wife, Sonha; two sons; his mother; his stepfather; a stepsister; and a stepbrother.

Joyce Black Franke A.M. ’88 of Pinehurst, N.C., on March 16, 2014. She was a founding member and president of the board of the Classical Concert Series, and she served on boards for the Performing Arts Center, the Moore regional Hospital Auxiliary, Pinehurst Architectural review Board, Pinehurst Appearance Commission, Pinehurst Parks and recreation, Pinehurst Community Foundation, FirstHealth, and the Pinehurst Historic Preservation Commission. In 1993, she founded what is now the Village Heritage Foundation. She is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Franke Stevens ’81; a son, Robert E. Franke ’83; a sister; and five grandchildren, including Alexander F. Stevens ’14, Emilie Franke ’13, and Cecile P. Franke ’16.

Jill A. Ellis ’98 of Indianapolis, on Jan. 28, 2014.

She worked as chief staff attorney at the Indiana Court of Appeals. She is survived by her husband, Matt; her parents; her grandmother; and a sister.

Cory P. Johnson M.Eng.M. ’05 of Poquoson, Va., on Feb. 28, 2014. He was commissioned as a Navy officer in 1998 and served on several nuclear-power vessels. He is survived by his wife, Kelli; two sons; a stepson; his parents; his stepparents; five sisters; and four brothers.

Adamos Kafkarkou G ’18 of Durham, on Feb. 19, 2014.

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Retro Building support Three former East Campus structures made a concrete connection between the new university and an all-black college in Vance County. By Valerie Gillispie he establishment of The Duke EnSouthern black school working during dowment in December 1924 kick- the nadir of Jim Crow segregation. relystarted massive construction plans ing heavily upon donations from friends at the newly renamed Duke University. and supporters, the school floated and Several existing buildings were to be resank with the amount of income each moved: the library, Alspaugh Hall, year, making steady growth impossible.

Craven Memorial Hall, and Crowell SciOne supporter of Kittrell College was ence Building. W.G. Pearson, treasurer of Benjamin Duke, who had helped the colKittrell College, wrote to robert l. Flow- lege since at least 1902. By 1926, he had ers, secretary-treasurer of Duke University, in August 1925: “We are wondering what disposition you are going to make of the buildings that are to be taken down, and whether or not it is possible that these buildings, or part of them, will be available for Kittrell College. . . . If these buildings are available, we most respectfully ask that you take the matter up and inform us upon what conditions.” Thus began a most unusual connection between the then all-white Trinity New dorm: The first Alspaugh Hall on East College and the all-black Kittrell Campus College.

Kittrell College had been established in donated $300,000 to the institution, in1886 in Vance County. Supported by the cluding a significant endowment made African Methodist Episcopal Church, it up of Duke Power stock. The Duke Metrained African-American men and morial Hall on Kittrell’s campus was women (and boys and girls, through its named in his family’s honor, as his late fahigh school) for productive work in postther, Washington, had also been a patron. war society. The school often struggled fiSeveral months of estimating costs and nancially, a condition not surprising for a discussing details produced an agreement

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Duke students have always been engaged in the larger world, from political movements to pop-culture phenomena.

1905 Teddy Roosevelt makes a stop in Durham to praise Trinity College and its advocacy for academic freedom.

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On a campus swept up in the big-band craze, Glenn Miller visited the brandnew Indoor Stadium in May to a packed house.

that Kittrell would take the buildings. To finance the cost of disassembling and reassembling the buildings, Benjamin Duke pledged $100,000. In appreciation, John r. Hawkins, Kittrell’s fiscal agent, wrote to Flowers, “We are to be congratulated on having fallen heirs to such splendid and valuable assets as are found in the material possessions already granted us, but more than this do we value the friendship and cooperation found in the very fine spirit which has prompted you in your unselfish and broadminded service.”

After an in-person meeting between Hawkins and Flowers, Flowers wrote to Alexander Sands, Benjamin Duke’s secretary: “I told them I did not think it wise to give any reports to the newspapers about the removal of the buildings because others were anxious to get them, and there might be some pressure brought to bear. I told Hawkins Mr. J.B. Duke had taught me the wisdom of keeping things quiet until they were done.”

Frank C. Brown, comptroller and professor at Duke University, also became involved in advising the administration at Kittrell on how to design their soon-toexpand campus. J.M. Avery, secretary of Kittrell, wrote to Brown in June 1926, full of anticipation. “I believe our campus will be prettier than that of any Negro College in the South,” he wrote.

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Visiting campus as part of Black Culture Week, shortly before the Allen Building Takeover, comedian/activist Dick Gregory raised the consciousness of Duke students.

Joan Baez visited campus to speak at the conference “The Draft: Service or Sentence.”

She had visited the previous year, during the Silent Vigil.

Moving on: As the newly named Duke University grew, the B.N. Duke Library was successfully moved to all-black Kittrell College.

Despite the high hopes, the next several years did not go smoothly. The cost to remove the buildings exceeded the funding, and the school found itself using endowment funds to pay bills. The library was successfully moved, and Alspaugh Hall was moved and reconstructed in a different configuration.

(Today’s Alspaugh Hall on East Campus is a different building.) Craven Memorial Hall was eventually removed and recon-

structed as an auditorium. There was not enough funding to move the Crowell building. Besides the construction woes, the school also suffered a severe lack of water and desperately needed a new well.

The school repeatedly scrambled to keep its doors open; it was always on the verge of shutting down permanently.

On October 8, 1929, the B.N. Duke library was dedicated—looking exactly as it had on the Trinity campus. As one

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university planned on a grand opening, however, the other continued to struggle to stay afloat. Kittrell managed to continue educating students until 1975, when it was finally shuttered. All three Trinity College buildings were destroyed by fire in 1972. The story of the oncepromising connection between Trinity and Kittrell has been all but forgotten.

Gillispie is the university archivist.

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Gloria Steinem and Jewell Gresham, an educator and an activist, spoke about the intersections of race and gender in Cameron.

1981 Students were invited to “Take a Trip” when Timothy Leary visited Page Auditorium.

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Then up-andcoming rapper Kanye West played LDOC.

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Desmond Tutu preached in Duke Chapel during the height of anti-apartheid activity on campus and internationally.

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forty species

Nearly of the more than of prosimians—lemurs, lorises, bush babies, and tarsiers—have lived at the Duke Lemur Center since 1966, and the center has been recording data on them. Much of that information was in handwritten logbooks until 2012, when DLC primatologist Sarah Zehr worked with software developers to create a historical record and a living database that includes information like body mass at multiple ages, ancestry, reproduction, longevity, and mortality, as well as a bank of blood, DNA, urine, skin, and organ-tissue samples. Now they’ve released the one-of-a-kind data set to the world. Go to http://lemur.duke.edu/duke-lemur-centerdatabase/ and download a life history for free.

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At the table: Joel Fleishman, director of the Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions, and director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society; Elizabeth Ananat, an associate professor of public policy and economics, and faculty affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy; and William “Sandy” Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook professor of public policy, African and African American studies, and economics, and the founding director of the Duke Consortium on Social Equity.

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ast spring, the Sanford School of Public Policy developed a new strategic vision intended to spark political engagement, broaden students’ experiences, and boost the school’s influence across the country and around the globe. As the school takes steps to bring this plan into focus, we invited faculty members to gather at Parker & Otis in downtown Durham to discuss the state of public policy, their most forward-thinking projects, and how to educate and inspire a new generation of leaders. continued on page 76

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Field work: The Internship in India allows Duke students to research issues like the quality of education in rural areas; Inset, Krishna has turned the Udaipur outpost into a research hub.

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One former student set out to research a topic Krishna knew well: the differences in quality of education in private schools and public schools in India. The result—that private schools are not inherently better— was later confirmed by two World Bank studies. “Twelve days of field work, two years of undergraduate work, and a year later, two large studies showed the same result!” he says, delighted.

Krishna says he looks for deeply curious students who are also able to withstand the 100-plus degree heat and difficult conditions of village life. He found an ideal candidate in Bahari Harris, an M.P.P./M.B.A. student pursuing a certificate in international development at Sanford. Harris says the experience taught him “that solutions and interventions must be conceived at a grassroots level and be combined with an effort to plant and grow locally based institutions in order to be sustainable.” His team was charged with developing an income-generating strategy for the women left behind when the male members of the family leave for migrant work.

“I had to rely on the knowledge of our academic and field mentors, and on the cultural coaching from my teammates, and the generosity of the Indian villagers,” he says. “Even out of their relatively minimal resources, they selflessly offered me whatever they had to give. It was humbling and heartening to be both a receiver and a giver.”

Krishna says there are plans to enhance Duke’s research presence in the area, as evidenced by the five faculty research collaborations between Duke and IIMU, and the Duke Semester in India program that will launch in Udaipur in 2015. ■

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Management Udaipur (IIMU), which co-manages the program. Students are based at the IIMU campus, where they take classes in development theory management, investigative tools and methods, poverty and health, and rural-urban migration. The student teams are assigned a village and a mentor from a non-governmental organization (NGO) who helps them identify a problem they would like to study while embedded in their village communities.

Krishna, who managed Indian Administrative Service programs related to rural and urban development for fourteen years, says he relishes the give-and-take fostered by the students’ work. “What has been heartening to me, personally, is to see some of what I wrote about disproved by my students,” he says. “They’re finding things I missed, and that’s very intellectually stimulating.”

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nder the stewardship of Anirudh Krishna, Sanford professor and associate dean of international academic programs, Duke’s educational outpost in Udaipur, India, has become a hub for research and experiential learning. This summer, Krishna launched the Summer School for Future International Development leaders, referred to in shorthand as the Internship in India program, a graduate program that combines coursework and fieldwork to address problems associated with poverty and inequality in rural villages.

“If you want to help those in poverty, you need to experience the hardships firsthand,” says Krishna, who also beta-tested the program in 2013 has led programs for Duke undergraduates in India. For the duration of the six- to ten-week program, each of the ten Duke students is paired with two students selected by the Indian Institute of

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New Vision, New Faculty New talent in big data, environmental economics, international affairs, and political inequality debuts on campus.

As a child growing up near the sugarcane fields of Brazil, economist Marcos Rangel suffered troubling bouts of bronchitis. Decades later, the assistant professor of public policy found a connection between health and the air pollution created when the fields were burned before harvesting for ethanol production. “My work shows that the effect of chronic exposure to biomass burning can even be seen in rates of premature births and low birth weight,” and is expected to have long-term health effects, he says. This “dirty side of clean fuel,” as he calls it, isn’t the only research topic inspired by his personal experience. “My dad was what Brazilians call ‘mulato’—a bad word among North Americans—and my mom is blond with blue eyes. As a result, my siblings and I do not look much alike, and I always wondered if this would make any difference in our lives,” he says. By studying the nuances of skin-color differences in human capital accumulation, he hopes “that this work can inform public policy of the challenges of race-based policies in a mixed-race world.”

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Solving Policy Puzzles

When Deondra Rose, assistant professor of public policy, scrolls through the day’s news, it’s often with a sense of déjà vu. “The question of whether the federal government over-reached was part of the Title IX debate, and it’s part of the national conversation about education policy today,” says Rose, whose work focuses, in part, on the effects of landmark education policies on the lives of American women and minorities. She’s at work on a book about the impact of higher-education grants and other post-World War II legislation on women’s citizenship opportunities. “I find myself inspired by lived experiences,” she says, and that preoccupation is both personal (she’s an avid reader of biographies) and professional: When her research requires that she interview key players in history, such as Bernice Sandler, known as the “Godmother of Title IX,” her students benefit from that experience, too.

“Students who are actively looking for best practices and new ideas in public policy take seriously these lessons from history,” she says.

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Powering the Solar Debate

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Economist and big-data expert Matthew Harding studies how massive data sets inform policy solutions in the areas of health, nutrition, energy, and the environment. “I call it deep data rather than big data,” says Harding, who joins the Sanford faculty as assistant professor of public policy. “It’s the depth and range of the data sets we use—the way we’re able to show the layers and how they are linkable—that creates the value in the end.” As a faculty fellow with the Duke Energy Initiative, Harding plans to focus on “energy as a topic that unites stakeholders behind the common good,” he says. Harding will also continue the health and nutrition work he pioneered at Stanford University, studying consumer behavior through data sets collected by supermarkets and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “We have an opportunity here with big data to move away from designing policy in broad strokes,” he says, “and to construct public policy that’s more targeted to individual needs.”

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Excavating Data

The same year Steven Sexton earned his Ph.D. in agriculture and resource economics, he was also competing for a slot on the 2012 Olympic triathlon team. The two activities were oddly linked, as he recalls. “We couldn’t practice in some of the bodies of water because they were so polluted from farm runoff and agro chemicals,” says Sexton, assistant professor of public policy and faculty fellow with the Duke Energy Initiative. Although he didn’t make the cut for the London Games, Sexton has honed his skills in microeconomic theory to address questions related to sustainability challenges. His research on California’s statewide program for individual rooftop solar adoption is sure to be a cited by other states interested in replicating the policy. “I’m interested in how to make solar cost-effective,” he says, “and my research calls attention to possibilities for community solar.” ■

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Joel Fleishman, Sanford professor of law and public policy, who helped found the program in 1971, began the conversation with Sanford’s origins: Fleishman: When the first class arrived in 1972 the idea was, let’s agree on a core set of methods and theory that are useful to people trying to figure out how to make decisions in the public’s interest. You have to go back to the late eighteenth century to understand why this was so important. Adam Smith’s two seminal volumes, The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, contain ethics, history, economics, politics, and philosophy all together. In the nineteenth

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the political barriers to funding those programs. It’s a reminder that when we’re doing policy we’re talking about real people, and the individual’s lived experience is the one that matters, but too often when we try to take this 20,000-foot policy view, it’s hard to keep this human view, too. That’s a struggle we need to negotiate.

Fleishman: This is so important. It’s been part of the Sanford vision from the beginning. The Hart leadership Program has been doing this for years, sending Duke graduates to work with various cause organizations all over the world, and to document their work. That’s part of the Sanford DNA. Ananat: One of our new colleagues, Jay Pearson, talks about bringing this notion of lived experience into our ethics core. We have only to look at the Supreme Court to realize there’s no such thing as Adam Smith’s impartial spectator. Our experience informs our questions, and how we answer them, and that’s another reason why it’s so important to expose our students to many different perspectives.

Darity: Would you like to teach empathy?

Ananat: Yes! Not just the skill of empathy, which our students have, but you need an actual other person, who has a very specific experience, to feel empathetic toward.

Fleishman: That’s right. You can’t learn empathy by reading about it.

That’s the point of experiential education. That’s why since the beginning we’ve combined academic study with actual work in the field.

The Center for Child and Family Engagement: Fleishman, left, Ananat, and Darity believe developing a sense of empathy is Policy has been doing research and key to Sanford’s experiential education approach. field work right here in Durham, focusing on local problems in health and education, and it’s one century those disciplines broke apart, and in the twentieth of the most active centers at the university. century the focus shifted to individual disciplines. Politics went its own way. Economics went another way. But the public policy movement in the 1960s and ’70s brought them INEqUALITY seems to be a common thread in public poltogether again. Early on, we started with politics, statistics, icy discussions domestically and internationally. Why do you think it’s getting so much attention now? economics, history, anthropology, and the humanities. The Center for Documentary Studies, a natural fit at the time, Darity: The key is the Great recession. It’s opened the window grew out of Sanford. We have a history of incubating proto a variety of disparities and drawn attention to them— grams and spinning them off. wealth inequality, inequalities associated with health and edDarity: That’s still the case. Mark Anthony Neal’s center will be ucation outcomes. The direct impact on people, whose lives part of our Social Equity Consortium, bringing in projects had otherwise felt reasonably comfortable, made a big difinvolving the arts, digital culture, and entrepreneurship, parference in this process. Now people are talking about someticularly emphasizing social media. He’ll develop opportunithing they’ve been ignoring for close to two decades. ties for students to engage directly in the social-media process Fleishman: The gap between the richest and poorest has around policy issues. grown in the last twenty-five to thirty years, largely as a Ananat: Also, there’s the new [J. Kirk Felsman Program on Chilfunction of tax policy, I would argue, but not just that. Sodren in Adversity], which pairs one of our M.P.P. graduates cial media has played a part in spreading interest in the with a Center for Documentary Studies graduate, and they problem: You couldn’t have had the Occupy Wall Street spend a year documenting—keeping a blog, etc.—the life of movement, or the 99 percent/1 percent distinction withsomeone whose experience is important to the public interout it. Popularized by social media and picked up by the est. The first project documented teenage Syrian refugee girls, press was this idea that 99 percent of the public is being and it looked at the programs created to help these girls, and 76

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disadvantaged and 1 percent is benefiting from wealth increasing all the time. That’s very powerful, that confluence of forces.

Darity: More attention needs to be paid to what I call intergroup inequality within class—gender, caste, race, and ethnicity. We can also look at inequality in terms of inclusiveness. We had a conference last fall about the inclusiveness of our space programs and leadership. The title was “race in Space,” and the keynote speaker was astronaut Mae Jemison— Ananat: That sounds amazing. How did I miss this?

Darity: It really was… There’s also an array of policies related to inequality that we can gain insights about if we pay more attention to other parts of the world. One example is affirmative action, which was first implemented on a national scale in India. At the same time a program was adopted in the U.S, one was adopted in Malaysia. What can we learn from the experiences of these other countries? Sunny ladd and Ted Fiske have done a lot of work on public education systems around the world. I think we may make too much of the distinctions between local, national, and international policies, and would benefit from more comparative study on a range of issues.

thing with that empathy, and bring in leadership skills.

You’ve really got something there.

Darity: I’d like to go back for a moment to the integrated treatment of knowledge that Joel mentioned, because I think it relates to the idea of leadership in the field. In our Ph.D. program, candidates have to specialize in a field of concentration, and I would love to see those options expanded to include history and emphatically the natural sciences, because there are so many policy issues related to the sciences.

Here’s an issue I keep bringing up, and no one seems to glom onto it, so I’m going to try again: cloning. We have no regulation of cloning technology in this country. We have no systematic policies surrounding cloning— Ananat: really? (Nervous laughter all around) Darity: And we’re on the doorstep of being able to clone human beings. That’s a policy issue that clearly requires scientific knowledge. Genetics, that’s another issue with possibilities for science and policy— Ananat: We do have a joint Ph.D. program with the Nicholas School. I would say global warming is up there with inequality as the big issue of our century, and, of course, they feed into each other.

PUBLIC POLICY conversations today are taking place in a highly polarized environment. How does Sanford elevate the national conversation and expand it?

There seems to be a level of confusion about what to do about PUBLIC EDUCATION today. What is working? How to scale it? Is Sanford looking for solutions, sorting out the problems, or both?

Fleishman: The only way you can do it is to raise up leaders

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who can speak to all sides and who can reason with all sides.

The country is so fragmented at this point, but other democracies around the world are suffering exactly the same problems we have. This is a global problem. The smallest constituencies can topple governments. We’re suffering an utter absence of leadership that can rise above differences.

It’s only when you get leaders who may do things that are at odds with their constituencies or their ideologies that you get things done.

Ananat: The idea that any politician will do what’s right if pushed by the public is why I’m optimistic. This generation of young people has been brought up on the rhetoric of equal opportunity. They say, “I believe in this stuff,” but then as adults, they see that, in many cases, their experiences don’t match up with what they’ve been told this country is about. I’m hopeful they won’t stand for it, that they’ll make demands toward the goal of equality, and that the president, from whichever party, will have to address that.

Fleishman: Our new leaders will come from exactly that population liz is talking about. I’m not pessimistic at all.

How do you teach LEADERSHIP? Fleishman: rooting it deeply in history, biography, and ethics.

Ananat: There are other policy schools experimenting with hir-

ing psychologists who study leadership in terms of how to influence people, how to bring disparate groups together to see common interests, using quantitative research. Our students would die for that. Everyone wants to be more influential.

Fleishman: The strategic vision plan suggests creating a new Center for Politics and Political Engagement. Think about that: We put together experiential learning, creating empathy, motivating students to engage politically to do some-

If you’re measuring student impact it’s hard to find specific innovation efforts that have made a significant beneficial impact on student achievement. It’s one reason why foundations have been floundering. The Gates Foundation’s first major initiative was small schools. They invested a billion dollars into small schools— Ananat: And it was all based on a misunderstanding of statistics!

Fleishman: Yes, and they ended up saying, “Oh I’m sorry it didn’t work,” and canceling it.

Darity: Even though, ultimately, it might not have been a bad idea.

Fleishman: But everyone is grasping for that silver bullet, and even if the silver bullet isn’t completely understood, they end up firing it anyway. As a result, what might have been a good idea gets discredited in the process.

Ananat: And then there’s the question of whether to only implement programs in schools, or to also look at experiences outside the school that influence academic outcomes. We know early childhood interventions work, for example, health interventions— Fleishman: Giving kids a school breakfast in the classroom.

Darity: And giving it to all the kids.

Ananat: Exactly. That program was found to improve achievement. But, that’s not education, that’s food. Often the achievement results we see are not from changes in teaching methods—having a high-quality teacher does matter, of course—but from programs that address the context of the family: housing, employment, nutrition, transportation.

That’s why at Sanford we work on the broader context of educational disparities.

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pulled him aside and said, “Jack, you stink when you aren’t authentic,” recalls Conway. She was right, he says, and it crystallized his thinking. “It wasn’t a hard decision in my heart, but it was hard to execute.”

While Conway’s chief deputy, Sean riley, a 1999 Trinity graduate, and other close staffers supported his decision, some political advisers warned that taking such a position in a conservative state could hurt his political career. Also, he would have to inform his client, fellow Democrat and Kentucky governor Steve Beshear, that he would no long represent the state in the ALUMNI PROFILE case. “I respect Governor Beshear very much,” says Conway, “but I decided fighting against inequality is bigger than Kentucky’s top attorney learned the value of following his heart at Duke. anyone’s political career.”

Beshear announced the state would hen Kentucky attorney general Jack Conway ’91 hire outside counsel to appeal Heyburn’s ruling. Meanwhile, stepped behind the podium last March to announce Conway says, he hasn’t lost a moment’s sleep over his decision, he would no longer defend the state’s same-sex mar- and in May he announced his plan to run for governor in 2015.

The warnings from some political advisers may prove to be an riage ban, he was, in effect, walking onto the national stage. He was not the first attorney general to take such a stance—there had outdated political calculation. “Voters under the age of forty-five been seven before him, and more since—but his five-minute, think of being gay like being left-handed,” Conway says. And if heartfelt remarks went viral, and the moment became another the letters to his office —80 percent in favor, 20 percent opposed—are any indication, there is broad support for marriage turning point in the marriage-equality movement. equality, even in a red state.

“I came to the inescapable conclusion that if I [defended the “I’m hearing from families saying thank you for standing up ban] I would be defending discrimination,” Conway said durfor us, but I’m hearing from a lot of CEOs, too,” he says. ing the press conference. “That I will not do. As attorney general of Kentucky, I must draw the line “I came to the inescapable conclusion that if I [defended when it comes to discrimination. The the ban] I would be defending discrimination.”

United States Constitution is designed “One—a strong republican—mentioned that his company has to protect everyone’s rights, both the majority and minority a diversity policy for same-sex partners that’s important for regroups.” cruitment. University presidents have made the same case. It’s What caught the attention of hundreds of thousands of ondifficult to recruit top talent if you’re asking them to come into line viewers was the catch in Conway’s voice when he disan environment more hostile than the one they’re leaving.” cussed the role his wife played in his decision. “I got to the Conway learned first-hand the powerful influence of diversity part about the counsel of my wife, Elizabeth, and lost it,” says as a Duke freshman. “I came straight from twelve years of Conway, adding that the emotional experience was a first in Catholic school in Kentucky—I thought I knew more than I his two terms as attorney general. “Knowing what we’d been did—and I was paired up with a kid from New York City,” he through together and what we’d been through in this decision, laughs. “Hearing different points of view and having people I realized what she did for me was an act of love and partnerchallenge what I thought was extremely important.” He still reship, no more or less dignified than anyone else in a loving recalls the heady experience of reading Bearing the Cross: Martin lationship.”

Luther King Jr. and the Southern Leadership Conference by David Elizabeth Conway had encouraged her husband to stay true to Garrow. Class discussions on ethics and decision-making fohis principles. In the days following U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn’s ruling, which stated that Kentucky must recognize gay cused on “the difficulty of doing what you think is right,” he says, “when you’re faced with passions that may conflict.” ■ marriages performed in other states and countries, Elizabeth Jonathan Palmer

Big decision: Conway works through a tearful statement that included his decision not to appeal a recent ruling to uphold out-of-state, same-sex marriages.

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A Force for Good Sanford alumni credit economist and education-policy expert Helen Ladd for bringing their careers into focus.

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fter taking professor Helen ladd has a knack for expanding her “Sunny” ladd’s core public pol- sphere of expertise. Through the early icy course, Aliya Pilchen ’13 was 1990s, her research and teaching foeager to sign up for another class taught cused on local and state finance, but

by Sanford’s foremost expert in educa- in 1994 she took a leave from Duke tion finance. But there was one prob- to join the Brookings Institution, lem: Pilchen was only a junior, and the where she “retooled,” she says. class she had her eye on was offered to “Switching gears to education policy graduate students. made sense because state and local “I remember governments raise talking to my dad most of the revenue on the phone, for education.” telling him, ‘She’s The transition a very important brought one surperson. I can’t just prise: “how ideologe-mail her out of ical and emotional the blue!’” says education policy is, Pilchen, now a research included,” teaching fellow ladd says. “In tax with Citizen policy people have Schools, an educastrong views too, tion non-profit in but it didn’t seem so Boston. “It’s personal.” Educafunny to look tion policy tends to back on it now, summon intense because she’s so feelings, as the letaccessible and has ters page of any taken such an innewspaper will atterest in my career test. “I tell my stuand future.” dents, rhetoric Sunny’s way: Students laud Ladd’s Since her arrival mentoring. matters. Consider at Duke in 1986 the phrase ‘No as an economist, ladd has garnered Child left Behind.’ That rhetoric is admiration for her engaging teaching very effective; who could be opposed style and influential research on school to it? But the legislation is deeply choice, accountability, and teacher flawed.” labor markets, to name a few topics of ladd’s mentoring outside the Saninterest. Her articles and op-eds on ford Building has helped many Sanhot-button issues, such as vouchers ford alumni find their footing in the and charter schools, appear widely. field of education policy—whether, She’s also coauthored books on school like Pilchen, it’s in a classroom, or up reform in South Africa and New the ranks of state government to the Zealand with her husband, Edward U.S. Department of Education, where Fiske, the former education editor of several of her students have landed.

The New York Times.

“Sunny always—in spite of the “I’ve always admired her willingness many things she’s dedicated to—has to step outside standard education pol- an eye on her students’ careers,” says icy to look at all sorts of variables, stuFuller, a research associate with the Eddent poverty, and early childhood ucation Policy Initiative at UNCinterventions, for instance,” says Sarah Chapel Hill. Pilchen agrees. “A few Crittenden Fuller Ph.D. ’13, who was weeks ago she was in Boston for a conladd’s research assistant and coauference. We met up and she was so cuthored a paper with her. “It pushes all rious about my work. She would ask a of us to do the same in our own requestion and I could hardly answer it search.” before she had another question.” ■

illy Pizer, professor of public policy, economics, and environment, and his colleague Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, wanted to find a hands-on way to engage students with the issue of emissions regulation. The Bass Connections energy-theme courses, in which graduate students and undergrads work together in small interdisciplinary groups, seemed the ideal setting in which to launch a new research project on the topic. “It didn’t take us long to settle on refineries,” says Pizer, who asked Brian Murray, director of the Environmental Economics Program at the Nicholas Institute, to join the team.

“We’d already done our own work with power plants, and refineries are likely the next industry that will be targeted. It’s a ripe question, because it’s all so new. No one has done this before.”

Petroleum refineries are tricky to regulate because they produce such a wide range of goods—from asphalt to jet fuel— using varied processes and materials. Students enrolled in the one-year Bass project had to grapple with the same questions that baffle senior researchers: How do we define the reduction requirements in a practical yet equitable way? How much flexibility should each refinery have to achieve a given environmental outcome at lower cost?

Given the current focus on power plants, Pizer says the group quickly realized they should create a list comparing refineries and power plants, and this deceptively simple document led to other insights. For instance, the team found they could define the reduction requirement in terms of key processes in refineries, providing increased equity across diverse refinery configurations, but give refineries the flexibility to achieve those reductions elsewhere, in turn addressing cost concerns.

In the spring the group presented their findings to EPA staff in research Triangle Park. “Our project didn’t have a cast of thousands,” jokes Pizer; in fact, there were a few students. “But we came up with documents that will be very useful to everyone looking at this problem—and we put ideas out there before anyone else.” ■

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SANFORD’SFuture What alumni want to see next / By Kelly Brownell, dean, Sanford School of Public Policy Hundreds of our alumni recently responded to a survey, contributing their thoughts to our strategic plan for the future. As leaders in a great many fields, our alumni are uniquely positioned to advise Sanford on ways to strengthen our programs so that our students gain the experiences needed to tackle today’s most pressing challenges.

Several themes stand out to me from the responses: Alumni clearly value the intellectual training they received at Sanford, but they agree that the curriculum can grow in practical areas, such as project and financial management, and other skills students need to succeed in every type of organization.

Sanford has always valued engagement with the policy world—a world that has changed in some important ways since the school was founded. Alumni would like to see even more engagement in social innovation. Further developing our students’ capacities to translate ideas into novel solutions that can be scaled and replicated will give Sanford students more opportunities to make a difference.

Finally, I am heartened that so many of our alumni want to strengthen their connection to the school. They expressed support for a range of ways we could broaden Sanford’s network to offer more opportunities to benefit from Sanford’s faculty and career services, and to give back to our school by mentoring students and serving as a resource in other ways.

Nothing gives me more hope for the future of our school than the fact that so many of our alumni are invested in shaping it. Your continued involvement and sharing of ideas will give us the strong foundation we need to take Sanford to its next generation of greatness.

Ranking of Possible Sanford Initiatives Center for Politics and Public Leadership 23% Social Innovation 35%

International Partnerships 13%

Sanford Fellows 29%

Ranking of Prospective Core Curriculum Subject Areas Other 5% Working with Big Data 17% Financial Management & Budgeting 27% Managing Human Capital 14%

Project Management 37%

Strengthening the Sanford Network Executive education programs

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Career counseling for alumni

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Regional meetings with faculty

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Workshops led by faculty

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