May/June 2012

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2012 issue.

The Shipping News

Engineer Joshua Brandt ’04 and architect Peter Gill Case ’83 joined forces to turn discarded shipping containers into sleek, energy-efficient homes and offices.

The Simmons Legacy

As she prepared to leave office, President Simmons paused to speak with the BAM about her life over the past eleven years, including her frank perspective on the University's ambitions and fears, how she raised $1.6 billion, what it means to be leader in a post -9/11 world, and how Brown students have changed her for good.

Sweet Strings of Sorrow

The discovery of scrapbooks belonging to a distant relative who died in the Holocaust prompts Susan L. Ross ’81 to embark on an unexpected quest.

Native Transport

A dugout canoe lands on the College Green.

Then and Now

ROTC Redux

Living Long (and Strong)

Whose Truth?

A Family Man

Inimitable

Letter to the editor about archivist Martha Mitchell

Farewell, Joe

Peripatetic

Capital Counts

Malcolm's Visit

Cool Cat?

Transitions

Eating Veggies

Herbivoracious founder Michael Natkin ’89 has gone from the web to print to show that vegetarian cooking has progressed way beyond tofu.

A Truck Driver's Elbow

A fresh look at sights frantic New Yorkers overlook daily.

The Voice of Ireland

Honor Molloy ’91 MFA creates a female version of the young Stephen Dedalus.

Fresh Ink

Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing

In his new political satire, historical novelist Thomas Mallon ’73 reimagines Watergate from the point of view of its lesser-known participants.

On Screen

The movie Big Miracle, based on international efforts to free gray whales trapped by Arctic ice in 1988, brought John Krasinski ’01 (center) and Tim Blake Nelson ’86 (right) to Alaska.

New Life for Old Icons

Architect and Chicago native Gunny Harboe ’78 has spent more than twenty years restoring some of his hometown's inconic buildings. And he's not about to stop now.

Jocks Who Rock

An a cappella group for athletes who love to sing.

Game Day

Courting Success

Jamie Cerretani ’04 and Adil Shamasdin ’05 played tennis together at Brown. Now their doubles team is making its mark on the professional circuit.

The Unbridgeable Divide

A researcher finds blacks and whites are farther apart than ever in their political views.

Acting

“This is where I learned to think,” actor Laura Linney ’86 told students.

Mutual Admiration Society

Gloria Steinem and Ruth Simmons talk about friendship, clothes, and their incredibly successful lives as women pioneers.

Growing Farmers

The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen, who advised Brown students and Providence kids in April, now helps cities turn waste spaces into gardens.

120 Years and Counting

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards ’80 addresses alumna gathered on campus to celebrate 120 years of women at Brown.

Fitness 2.0

With the opening of a new $46 million aquatics and fitness complex, students get a twenty-first-century place to swim, spin, and sweat.

Farm AIDS

Emma Clippinger ’09 helps HIV-infected Rwandans grow food.

Woman Warrior

As co-founder of the Rebecca Project for Human Rights, Malika Saada Saar ’92 has spent the past ten years protecting the rights of young girls. 

Professional Worrier

Lesley Ewing ’74 She's helping California prepare for nature run amok.

Renaissance Man

Astrophysicist and computer pioneer Bob Doyle ’58 is on to his next challenge: explaining some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. 

Lightin' Up

Until the late 1960s, Ivy Day was one of Pembroke’s great annual traditions