A round-up of recent (and not-so-recent) news about Amherst alumni, this week: First, in movie news, Jeffrey Wright ‘87 stars in Casino Royale, which opened this weekend, and Larry Miller ‘75 and John Michael Higgins ‘85 star in For Your...
Governor Dave Freudenthal ‘73 of Wyoming, whom we’ve mentioned previously, handily won re-election last night, capturing 70% of the votes and defeating challenger Ray Hunkins. Freudenthal says he campaigned on reinvesting revenues from the state’s energy boom. And he says...
Patrick Fitzgerald ‘82, special prosecutor in the “Scooter” Libby case, cross-examined his first witness last week, and, as the Washington Post reports, he “sliced up” the witness with a “Ginsu-like legal performance.” The witness, criminology and psychology professor Elizabeth F....