True Maroons: Danny Lyon, Sue Sanders, and Bruce Beutler

PHOTOGRAPHY PIONEER
“Stubbornly Practicing His Principles of Photography” (New York Times, Apr. 26, 2009)
Self-taught photographer Danny Lyon, AB’63, shares self-assigned—and largely unpublished—photos from the past four decades in his newest book Memories of Myself.

SINGING HER PRAISES
“Not Your Typical Nun” (Southtown Star, Apr. 12, 2009)
Sue Sanders, PhD’91, was awarded the Unsung Heroine Award from the Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues in March for her work “highlighting the powerful effect women have on the development of social, cultural, economic, and political institutions.”

TOP DOC
“Beutler Shares America’s Largest Prize in Medicine” (La Jolla Light, Apr. 24, 2009)
Bruce Beutler, MD’81, was honored last week for his discoveries that transformed the field of immunology with the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize, the largest award in medicine or science in the United States.

April 28, 2009