Archives: August 2009

August 25, 2009

Emanuel '79 at center of health care debate

In a front pageNew York Times article today, Jim Rutenberg takes a look at the role of Ezekiel Emanuel ‘79 in the current health care debate. Few people hold a more uncomfortable place at the health care debate’s intersection between...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:22 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

August 22, 2009

Richard Poirier '49, founder of Library of America

A Washington Post obituary remembers Richard Poirier, a professor of English and founder of the Library of America, who passed away in New York on August 15. After graduating from Amherst, he received degrees from Yale and Harvard, and taught...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:44 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

August 21, 2009

Kenneth Bacon '66, reporter, refugee advocate

Kenneth Bacon ‘66, whose career included work as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, as a spokesman for the Pentagon during the Clinton White House, and as president of Refugees International, has died of cancer at the age of...

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August 07, 2009

"Julie (Powell '95) and Julia" opens today

We’ve been following the trajectory of Julie Powell ‘95 from her blog, to her book, to her Blooker Prize, and to the announcement of a new film based on her book. Well, a year and a half later, the film...

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August 01, 2009

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn '98 showing signs of improvement following Central Park accident

As many readers of this blog are aware, Sasha Blair-Goldensohn ‘98 was critically injured in an accident in New York’s Central Park this past Wednesday. The New York Daily News reported: Sasha Blair-Goldensohn was walking to work through the park...

Mina Suk '99 at 03:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Apologies and architecture

I’d like to apologize for the dormant state of the site over the last few months, as our hosting service embarked on a somewhat disastrous migration project that brought the site to its knees on the inside, while everything seemed...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:19 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack