Archives: October 2009

October 29, 2009

CNN profiles Paul Rieckhoff '98

On CNN.com today, Ed Hornick profiles Paul Rieckhoff ‘98, executive director of IAVA, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association, in light of the passage for the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act. Standing behind the president during a...

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October 28, 2009

Jim Warren '74, new publisher of the Chicago Reader

Jim Warren ‘74, who formerly served as managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, was named the publisher of Chicago Reader on Tuesday. Warren’s appointment is noted in a post on the Reader’s blog titled “The Reader’s New Publisher Is an...

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October 26, 2009

Jeffrey Wright '87 on Obama, race, and his arrest

Actor Jeffrey Wright ‘87 is the author of a new opinion piece on CNN.com entitled “Obama, race and my arrest.” In it, he discusses his arrest in Shreveport, Louisiana last year, as well as larger issues related to race and...

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October 23, 2009

John Burt '40, eighth Bishop of Ohio

John Harris Burt ‘40, the retired Bishop of Ohio, died October 20 at the age of 91. Episcopal Life Online has a detailed obituary that tells the story of his life, from his early days in Michigan to Amherst and...

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October 03, 2009

College days with Wallace '85 and Brown '86

This has been all over the web lately, with the first anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace ‘85 and the latest book from Dan Brown ‘86: Boston Magazine has published an article which mentions the writing seminar the...

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