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1948
Henry B. Kessler C’48 and his family joyously celebrated his 100th birthday on May 23, at Caffe Aldo Lamberti restaurant in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His family writes, “Tapping his extraordinary mind and vivid memory, Henry treated the guests to delightful and engaging extemporaneous reflections on some of the more memorable events in his remarkable life. Those events included his undergraduate years at Penn, which led to his lifelong devotion to Quaker sports. Henry recounted how his college years were interrupted by his service as an Army medic in the European theater during World War II. Henry also reminisced about his more than 60 years of legal practice, his loving marriage to Rhoda Kessler (64 years and counting), and his enjoyment and gratitude for his children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. In attendance was a sizable contingent of Penn alumni including daughters Dr. Eileen Kessler Lambroza EE’84 and Jill Kessler Galowitz W’87, grandchildren Erin Lambroza W’16 and Justin Lambroza W’20, and sons-in-law Dr. Arnon Lambroza GM’87 and Stephen Galowitz C’86 W’86. Represented by their photos were Henry’s sister of blessed memory, Gertrude Kessler Urken C’48, brother-in-law of blessed memory, Dr. Jerome Urken C’47 D’52, and the latest family member to become a Quaker, grandnephew Grant Urken WG’26. In a surprise visit, Dave Fleisher, mayor of Cherry Hill and friend of the family, dropped by to present Henry with a proclamation, declaring May 23, 2024, ‘Henry B. Kessler Day’ in Cherry Hill. Pressed for the secret to such a long and productive life, Henry advised regular aerobic exercise, vitamin C, and enjoyment of family.”
1950
Dr. Roy Vagelos C’50 Hon’99, the former CEO of Merck and former Penn Trustee chair and longtime donor to the University, and Professor Zhao Kai of China are the recipients of the first Legacy Awards from the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination. From the press release, “These awards recognize their groundbreaking partnership to facilitate a transfer of necessary technology from the United States to China for producing high quality vaccines to protect newborns and children from hepatitis B virus infection.”
1954
Moshe Sonnheim C’54 SW’56 has published his 12th book, The Helpers. The book, per its description, “presents the stories of some of [Israel’s immigrant in-home caregivers] who are looking after old people in Israel—the helpers—along with the stories of the people they care for—the helped.” Moshe writes that it is “inspired by my Indian in-home caregiver who nursed me back to health after a near-fatal bout (which I won!) with COVID-19.”
1959
Robert Ciccarelli W’59 writes, “Wow, it’s hard to believe that 65 years have gone by. Not only since I graduated from Penn but the same number of years I’ve been with my wife, Maxine. Living in Florida now and still miss my Pagano’s hangout. Blessings to my Penn friends.”
1960
Dr. Daniel B. Green D’60 writes, “I am 88 years old and an emeritus professor of endodontics at Tufts University. I have self-published Been There, Done That, available on Amazon. The book includes 52 stories designed to ‘make you laugh, cry, and even kvell.’ A second book is now in progress.”
1962
Howard Berkowitz W’62 see Judy Roth Berkowitz CW’64.
1964
Judy Roth Berkowitz CW’64 was recently honored by the New York Historical Society as the recipient of its Distinguished Service Award. Judy has been a member of the Society’s Board of Trustees since 2005. The Award was presented on June 11 at its annual Women in Public Life Spring Luncheon. At the same event, Drew Gilpin Faust G’71 Gr’75 Hon’08 received the Society’s Women in Public Life Award. Drew, a former president of Harvard University, received her graduate degrees in American civilization from Penn, later served on its faculty, and was the first director of the Penn Women’s Center. Over the years Judy has held significant leadership positions in the University, including serving as a member of the Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee, founding member and chair of the Trustees Council of Penn Women, chair of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School of Education (GSE), chair of the 125th Celebration of Women at Penn (2001), and a member of the James Brister Society Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She and her husband, Howard Berkowitz W’62, endowed GSE’s Judy and Howard Berkowitz Chair in Education. Judy was the recipient of the Alumni Award of Merit in 2002.
1966
David J. Weiss C’66 writes, “In 1963, I was a student in a General Honors course in psychology. It was my first exposure to the field. I loved the course, so much so that I changed my intended major from mathematics. The course instructor was David Williams, who had studied with B. F. Skinner, of Box fame, as an undergraduate. The class was working on operant conditioning, which for us meant training a thirsty animal to press a bar for water. One Friday afternoon, while I was begging my lab rat to press already, Williams ran into the classroom shouting, “The president has been shot!” No response. We were convinced this was a manipulation, and were determined not to be fooled. It wasn’t until he brought in a radio that the report of an unbelievable tragedy was accepted as true. Nowadays, alas, reports of shootings are so common that I have lost my skepticism. I never interacted with David Williams after that introductory class but was pleased to learn that he remained at Penn for his entire career. He attempted to unite the learning theory that had been his initial focus with personality theory. Midway, he trained as a clinical therapist. An emeritus professor, he died in 2018.”
1967
David Eisenberg C’67 WG’69 continues as president and CEO of Anresco Laboratories and Micro-Tracers. He writes, “On June 7, the US Food and Drug Association published in the Federal Register its approval of a Food Additive Petition in relation to SECURtracers for use in animal feed but for eventual use for ‘on dose’ coding of pills, tablets, and capsules for humans as authentic to allow detection of counterfeits ‘on the spot’ with simple test apparatus. In time, this technology may save lives. Microtracers were formulated in more than 200 million tonnes of feed including in animal drugs in 2023.”
Eric R. White GEd’67 GrEd’75, director emeritus of the Division of Undergraduate Studies and associate dean emeritus of advising at Penn State University has published a new article, “Keeping the Academic in Advising: Where Academic Advising Belongs in the Collegiate Structure,” in the June 2024 issue of the NACADA Review: Academic Advising Praxis & Perspectives.
1969
Joseph H. Cooper W’69 L’72 reports that the Brooklyn International Short Awards named as a semifinalist his screenplay To Go, or Not to Go, which tells of “a reluctant Yeshiva student’s turn to enlistment in the Fall of 1941.” Cooper’s In Heaven, As It Is on Earth?, which he describes as “an under-fire in-trench dialogue set in Ardennes Forest of December 1944,” was named a semifinalist in the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, the Paris International Short Festival, the Brussels World Film Festival, and the London International Filmmakers Festival.
Jeffrey David Jubelirer W’69 shares, “I have 18 books published on spiritual recovery, available on Google and Amazon.” Some recent titles include Coming Back to Life (2024), I Live Not to Burn (2022), and Rising Determined to Live (2020). He also published How We Said Prayers and Believe God Almighty Heard Us: Faith and Graces in 2024, with coauthor SherAnne Shea Jubelirer.
1970
Richard Templeton C’70 retired this year after 45 years as a psychiatrist when he sold his practice in Annapolis, Maryland. He writes that he has “lots of ongoing projects” including his websites knowinganother.com, which encourages people to get to know each other by wearing nametags, and badmalebehavior.com, which aims to raise awareness about toxic masculinity. Richard also enjoys “sailing a Nonsuch 26 Ultra and visiting three grandchildren in Pittsburgh” and plans to “spend three weeks in Scotland yearly. Both my Penn graduate children are good.”
1971
Drew Gilpin Faust G’71 Gr’75 Hon’08 see Judy Roth Berkowitz CW’64.
Karl Schonborn Gr’71 is a criminologist and author of the newly released true-crime book, Privileged Killers. Karl explains, “[The book] shows how four men … manipulated the criminal justice system to merely get slaps on the wrist.” Karl shares that he knew these men in his private life, including Ira Einhorn C’61, known as the “Unicorn Killer.” He reflects on the impact these killers—one of whom, he says, came after his family—had on him and his career as a criminology professor. Elie Honig, former federal and state prosecutor and CNN legal analyst says, “The book goes beyond the ‘how’ of these savvy criminals and delves deeply and insightfully into the ‘why.’”
1972
Dr. Steven Barrer C’72 GM’82 has retired after 52 years in medicine. He writes, “After finishing as a neurosurgery resident at Penn and CHOP in 1982, I stayed on staff at Penn for four years. In 1986, I joined the medical staff of Abington Memorial Hospital and stayed there until retirement on June 30 of this year. Along the way, I served as senior surgeon and chief of the Division of Neurosurgery, founded and directed the Abington Neurosciences Institute, later the Farber Institute, and served a term on the hospital board as president of the medical staff. My colleagues and I trained neurosurgery residents and taught medical students from Jefferson, Temple, the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann, and the Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine. I am looking forward to pursuing my other interests—travel, beekeeping, golf, going to the movies my screenwriter son Andrew has penned, and most of all, spending more time with Pam, my wife of 45 years.”
Margaret Mandell CW’72 G’74 is the author of a new memoir, And Always One More Time. Kirkus Reviews calls it “a moving, insightful, and beautifully crafted story about losing one great love and finding another.” Margaret’s late husband, who died in 2016, is Dr. Herbert E. Mandell C’71 [“Obituaries,” May|Jun 2016]. Find more information about her and her book at margaretsmandell.com.
Marlene Prost CW’72 has published Lilith and Other Love Stories, a collection of short stories. More information can be found on her website, marleneprost.com.
1973
Samuel C. Heilman Gr’73 has coauthored a new book with Mucahit Bilici, Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another. Samuel is a professor emeritus of sociology at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and his coauthor is an associate professor of sociology at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center, as well as academic director at Zahra Institute in Chicago. From the press release: “Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America.”
Dr. Mike I. Kotlikoff C’73 V’81 has been named interim president of Cornell University. He is a professor of molecular physiology and previously served as Cornell’s provost. He will serve in this new position until 2026.
1974
Leo Levinson W’74 has been named president of the Center City Residents’ Association (CCRA). One of the largest registered community organizations in Philadelphia, CCRA represents the area from Broad Street to the Schuylkill River and from JFK Boulevard to South Street, and its key functions include zoning, government relations, public safety, sanitation, and green initiatives. Prior to being elected president, he was an active board member for several years. He is also CEO and founder of the public relations firm GroupLevinson.
1975
Brad Borkan C’75 Gr’79 has published two new books. He writes, “The first, Dynamic Alignment, is a self-help book co-written with ultra-marathoner Holly Worton. The second, It Takes Two or Three—The Superpower of Small Teams: From Hollywood to the Moon and Everything in Between, was launched at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Cowritten with historian David Hirzel, it explores history’s most successful small teams including women’s rights campaigners, the Wright Brothers, Hillary and Tenzing climbing Everest, Gilbert and Sullivan, and many others.”
Jack Evans W’75 shares that he and Terry Lynam C’75 got together for dinner in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Jack writes, “Looking forward to our upcoming 50th Reunion!”
1976
Stephanie Urchick C’76 has been named president of Rotary International. She is the second woman in the membership service organization’s 119-year history to hold this position. Rotary connects volunteers through its Rotary clubs to lead community-driven projects that promote peace and environmental sustainability.
1977
Marshal S. Granor C’77 of Granor & Granor, PC in Horsham, Pennsylvania, received the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s President’s Award for his work in leading the conceptualization, drafting, and passage of Act 54 of 2023, which, he explains, “creates a mechanism to nullify and to repudiate racial and religious discriminatory restrictions in Pennsylvania land records.”
Nancy E. Riley C’77, a social sciences professor at Bowdoin College, is the author of Chinatown, Honolulu: Place, Race, and Empire. According to the press materials, “This book offers a critical account of the history of Chinese in Hawai’i from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in this context of U.S. empire, settler colonialism, and racialization.”
1979
James Shenwick W’79 has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by Martindale-Avvo for 2024. James runs his own law firm in New York, where he focuses on bankruptcy, workout, asset protection planning, and representing borrowers of defaulted SBA EIDL loans.
1980
Andrea Kremer C’80 was inducted into the National Sports Media Hall of Fame on July 1 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina. “Currently the chief correspondent for the NFL Network, Kremer has made her mark on several platforms,” her induction blurb reads. “Recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2018, Kremer just finished a 17-year award-winning run at HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. … She was the first woman to become a full-time NFL game analyst, working alongside Hannah Storm on Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football package. After beginning her career as NFL Films’ first female producer, Kremer became ESPN’s first female correspondent (1989–2006), before moving to NBC Sports (2006–2012), where she worked on Sunday Night Football and the Olympics. Kremer has won eight Emmy Awards, multiple Gracies, and a Peabody Award.
1984
Paul Wellener ME’84 retired from Deloitte after 35 years on June 1. He most recently was the vice chair of US industrials and the managing partner of the Cleveland market for the firm. He also stepped down from the National Association of Manufacturers and the Deloitte Foundation boards. After Deloitte, Paul says that he will remain involved in various nonprofit boards, including United Way of Greater Cleveland, University Circle, and the Peninsula Foundation. Paul also plans to leverage his three decades of consulting experience by mentoring organizational leaders in the for-profit, private equity, and nonprofit communities.
1985
Urban Carmel W’85 writes, “Penn continues to dominate in Marin County, California. On June 9, Christine Lundy C’92 V’96 won her third Dipsea Race, the oldest trail race in America with a course that winds its way around Mt. Tamalpais from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach. Chris is just the sixth runner in the race’s 113-year history to win three times. She has also placed second three times and third once. She has been the fastest female runner a record nine times.” Later, Chris’s accomplishment was recognized at a City Council meeting by Urban, mayor of Mill Valley, who has also run the Dipsea 22 times.
1986
Jonathan Parks GAr’86, an architect with SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture, based in Sarasota, Florida, was recently recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) when his design for Rosemary Square received an Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design during the National 2024 AIA Design Awards. From the press release, “Rosemary Square transformed an abandoned community garden into the living room for the neighborhood, finally bringing arts to Boulevard of the Arts” in Sarasota. This project “has reenergized the community through a mixed-use development that includes retail, restaurants, performing arts studios, and housing for artists.”
1987
Patty Laibstain C’87 writes, “I have been working as a speech-language pathologist for the past 28 years at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. I have served as the associate director of speech language services for school programs over the last 18 of these years. I’ve loved this work in special education and am looking forward to a career reinvention this fall as I change my role to a clinical recruiter at Kennedy Krieger. I think fondly of my Penn days and look forward to my annual cheesesteak pilgrimage to Philly! #RIPAbners”
Bruce Wardinski WG’87, CEO of Playa Hotels and Resorts, was recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the CHRIS HOLA Industry Conference. The Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) and Hotel Opportunities Latin America (HOLA) are hotel investment conferences that connect executives, investors, lenders, and developers interested in the Caribbean and Latin America. Bruce was honored for his role in “focusing on exceptional guest experiences, sustainability, and launching a diverse portfolio of all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic” since founding the company in 2006.
1988
Bruce John Riddell GLA’88, a landscape architect, author, and artist, has released his second book, Seal Rock: A Novel from the Waters of Maine. This is his first foray into the science fiction genre and includes many illustrations of mermaids that he painted over the years. Bruce writes, “The basic storyline centers around a young boy named Skye who comes to stay with his great uncle at Seal Rock, in a decrepit sea captain’s cottage on the coast of Maine. As strange happenings unravel around him, Skye soon realizes that he is in a deadly fight with an unknown enemy. Who or what is he fighting?”
1989
Christina Chan GEng’89 Gr’90, a professor of chemical engineering at Michigan State University, has been elected a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As a researcher, Christina investigates disease mechanisms, and she was selected as a fellow in engineering “for elucidating the multifaceted mechanisms by which elevated levels of free fatty acids mediate abnormalities in cellular function through biophysical interactions, signaling and metabolism,” according to MSU’s website.
1992
Christine Lundy C’92 V’96 see Urban Carmel W’85.
1993
Brock Silvers G’93 WG’93 is the author of a new book, available on Kindle, Seeking Immortals: A Modern Daoist Travelogue. From the book’s description: “Seeking Immortals recounts extensive travels throughout Daoism’s holiest sites in an attempt to understand the nature of Immortality. … These colorful travel vignettes introduce an endless stream of characters from all walks of life—seekers, recluses, and believers—and provide deep insight into the realities of modern Daoism.”
1994
Asheesh Advani W’94 is the coauthor of a new book with Marshall Goldsmith, Modern Achievement: A New Approach to Timeless Lessons for Aspiring Leaders. Asheesh is president and CEO of Junior Achievement Worldwide, a global nonprofit that aims to prepare youth for the workforce. From the press materials, the book “offers thirty actionable lessons for personal and career advancement, from successful leaders across the globe.”
1995
Sue Hoaglund G’95 has retired from teaching music and German full time. Her career began at the Clara Schumann Institut in Dusseldorf, Germany, where she taught violin and viola, and coached chamber music and the youth orchestra. She returned to the US and taught strings for a decade at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. Sue moved to the Philadelphia area in 1994. After completing a second master’s degree at Penn, she became the head of the music department at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr and founded the school’s strings program. Sue ended her career at a charter school in Rhode Island. She has recently published poetry in Rhode Island Bards and is working on her first anthology of poetry in collaboration with a local Rhode Island artist. Sue shares that her retirement plans include “part-time teaching, travel, and writing,” and that she “really enjoys” her work as a Penn Alumni Ambassador.
Kathryn A. McFadden CGS’95 GFA’97 writes, “My essay on the painter Suzanne Valadon titled ‘The Valadon Effect’ is included in a new text, The Aestheticization of History and the Butterfly Effect, edited by Nancy Wellington Bookhart and published by Vernon Press as part of their Visual Arts Series.”
1997
Dr. Navjyot Singh Bedi GM’97 has joined Caron Treatment Centers as a staff addiction psychiatrist and will lead the nonprofit’s new Aviation Assessment Program, based out of Atlanta. According to the press release, the program “is for aviation professionals referred by the Federal Aviation Administration for assessment of a potentially aero-medical disqualifying condition to evaluate for treatment and endorse return to work recommendations.”
2002
Gabrielle Levin C’02 L’06 has joined Mayer Brown’s New York office as a partner, where she will co-lead the law firm’s Employment Litigation and Counseling practice.
Todd Simon C’02 writes, “I recently founded and launched a high-end, low-calorie beer brand that gives back, Hero95 Crisp Low Calorie Lager. I developed an enthusiasm for the beer business while observing the passion Philadelphia had for Yuengling during my time at Penn. After learning more about the industry while working at Boston Beer Company, I decided to develop my own brand. Hero95 is currently available in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with more states to come.” More information is available at drinkhero95.com.
2003
Chris Gaus C’03, assistant manager of animal care at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, has been elected vice coordinator of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) African Penguin Survival Plan, working with 51 AZA-accredited facilities in the nation and a few in Canada. He was recently profiled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for his conservation career, which spans more than 20 years. The article, titled “National Aviary Experts Know How to Keep Endangered African Penguins Happy,” can be read at tinyurl.com/chrisgaus.
Torry Reynolds C’03 has been named associate vice president of student services for the North Carolina Community College System. Previously, she was associate vice president of student success services at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
2004
Richard Carreño GEd’04, an art critic and former lecturer of American literature and English composition at several universities, is the author of a new book about the life and death of Penn Museum archaeologist George H. McFadden III. According to the press materials, The Inventive Life of George H. McFadden: Archaeologist, Poet, Scholar, Spy “explores how a scion of one of the twentieth century’s richest and most prominent American families, uniquely lived his life, while it also questions how he might have died.” In 1953, McFadden “died suddenly in a sailing mishap off the coast of Cyprus. Twelve days later, his body washed up on the Mediterranean shore after a journey of one hundred kilometers. When his remains were discovered, there were abrasion marks around McFadden’s wrists, and questions about both his life and death have lingered.”
2006
Brenda Harkavy C’06, a civil litigator at the firm Raynes & Lawn, has been featured in the 2024 Super Lawyers publications for Pennsylvania and Delaware. The article, titled “Holding Enablers Accountable,” details her work pursuing justice for victims of abuse and can be read at tinyurl.com/harkavy.
2007
Antoniette Costa C’07, a singer-songwriter, has released a new album, Pitupatter. Inspired by her experience with a brain tumor, the album celebrates her emotional and physical recovery. More information can be found at lnk.to/Pitupatter.
2008
Ron Belldegrun C’08 has been named to the board of directors for Team Pennsylvania Foundation, a nonprofit created to bridge the gap between government and the private sector. Ron is CEO and cofounder of ByHeart, a manufacturer of infant formula.
Zachary D. Kuperman C’08 married Stephanie Fleischman on June 15 at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in New York. In attendance were Spencer Philips C’08, Andrew Loh C’08, Dolph Mullen C’08, Doron Meizlik C’08, Julia Steele Nu’09 GNu’14, Andrew Goldsmith C’08, Max Shapiro C’08 W’08, Mila Adamova G’13 WG’13, Dr. Brett Shorenstein V’15, Stephen Goldstein W’07, and Nikki Pepperman Nu’12.
2010
Zac Byer C’10 L’14 and his wife, Elizabeth Douglas, welcomed their son, Colin Byer, in May. Though they make their home in Los Angeles, Zac and Lizzie have already promised Colin a trip to Reading Terminal Market once he is eating solid foods. Zac is director of litigation for Activision Blizzard.
2011
Matthew G. Frias C’11, an attorney at LashGoldberg LLP’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office, has been promoted to senior counsel. At LashGoldberg, Matt specializes in healthcare litigation and primarily provider-side managed care litigation.
Lewis H. Lee SPP’11, an associate professor at the University of Alabama School of Social Work, recently published an article titled “Exploring the Association Between Park Size and Crime” in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. In this article, Lewis and his colleagues examine the extent to which an environmental factor, such as park size, can help mitigate crime risks in the state of Alabama. The article is available at tinyurl.com/parksize.
2013
Paul Wolff Mitchell C’13 G’14 Gr’22 and Christiaan van Dijk were married in Urk, the Netherlands, on June 7, and held a ceremony in the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden, the Netherlands, on June 8. Guests included Samantha Sharon Ashok C’17 and Ana María Gómez López C’03 G’04. Paul is a postdoctoral researcher in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Christiaan is a chaplain at the Leiden University Medical Center. The couple lives with their two dogs in Leiden, the Netherlands.
2015
James (Jung Ho) An C’15 W’15, an independent hip hop artist and educator, has recently released a new album, I Have No Friends and I Must Party. He shares, “As an artist, I often focus on topics that matter to me and society, delving into societal themes including racism, structural violence (for example, violence towards children), power dynamics, as well as daily conversations. As an expression of my bicultural identity, I rap in both Korean and English.” James studied arts in education at Harvard, researching “how minority youths can dismantle racism and oppression through hip hop, lyric-writing, and rapping,” and he founded the first conference on hip hop education at Harvard. “In Korea, I recently ran hip hop workshops for youths with developmental and cognitive disabilities … [and] I’ve also presented at Goethe University Frankfurt last year on my research paper on Korean hip hop, written with professors. … I’m very passionate about the arts, education, and academia.” More information can be found on James’s Instagram page @JamesAnOfficial.
Alex Friedman C’15 is one of eight emerging TV writers selected as a fellow for the 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator. The fellows, each of whom has written a complete script for the first (pilot) episode of an original TV series, will be participating in a three-week program by nonprofit Moonshot Initiative, before pitching their TV shows to Netflix, HBO, Starz, Amazon Studios/Prime Video, and other studios and production companies. The working name of Alex’s pilot episode is “’Til Death.”
2016
Mikah Sellers WAM’16 GrEd’24, graduated from the Penn Chief Learning Officer program in May, earning his doctor of education degree in organizational leadership and learning. Mikah’s dissertation examined the efficacy of executive education programs for developing emotional intelligence in executive leaders.
2020
Evan Curtis Charles Hall GFA’20 is an interdisciplinary artist and founding director of House Museum, which uses conceptual art methods to revitalize historic landmarks. Recently, Evan coordinated and created site-specific artworks for the John Rowland Mansion—an 1850s Greek-Revival Style, National Historic Landmark in East Los Angeles. More information can be found at www.house.museum.