GS Class of 2017

Adam K. Epstein ’17 AM, of Burbank, Calif.; Aug. 13, of brain cancer. An award-winning Broadway producer and former political pundit on Fox News, he was raised in Miami and starred in several of his high school’s musical productions before matriculating at NYU. While in college, he worked as an intern for former Congressman Peter Deutsch and later for former U.S. Senator Bob Graham. It wasn’t until he finished college that he began a career on Broadway. He started as an intern, then was a casting assistant, before working as a production associate in 1997 on The Life. A year later he was producing A View From the Bridge. At age 28, he coproduced with Margo Lion the Broadway hit Hairspray, which received 13 Tony nominations and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Some of his other credits include The Wedding Singer, Cry-Baby, Amadeus, and The Crucible, starring Laura Linney ’86. During his Broadway producer career, his productions received 46 Tony nominations and won 12 Tony Awards. From 2014 to 2016 he lived in London and wrote a column titled “Expat Enquiry” discussing politics and culture. Upon return to the U.S., he attended Brown and earned a master’s degree in American Studies, which led to a television career as a political pundit on Fox News. He was a guest lecturer at both Harvard and Columbia, in addition to having numerous essays published on culture and politics. He hosted “The Dispatch” on his YouTube channel in 2020 and in 2021 launched his podcast “Dirty Moderate,” sharing his political opinions and interviews with politicians and pundits. He is survived by his parents, a sister, a brother, three nieces, and a nephew. 

Daniel J. Milstein ’16, ’17 ScM, of Somerville, Mass.; Feb. 23. He was president of Intreeg Inc., a brain interface endeavor developing devices controlled by the brain waves of paralyzed people. He previously worked at BrainGate, which is affiliated with Brown and Stanford universities. He published numerous papers and held a patent for dynamic command remapping for human-computer interface. He enjoyed singing and writing humorous songs. He is survived by his parents, a sister and brother-in-law, and two nephews.