True Maroons: Adrianna Gyorfi, Philip Roth, Philip Glass, C. Henry Smith, Mike Nichols, Manuel Sanchez Gonzalez, Joseph A. Pichler, Craig Robinson, and Arnold W. Donald

CREATURE KEEPER
“A Travel Coordinator for Lizards and the Like” (New York Times, May 4, 2009)
Replacing broken dinosaur bones and hunting down bats to buy is all in a day’s work for the American Museum of Natural History’s Adrianna Gyorfi, AB’08.

TIMELESS TOME
“Jersey Boy” (Paper Cuts blog, New York Times, May 4, 2009)
Fifty years ago Philip Roth, AM’55, published Goodbye, Columbus. Here he discusses his first book’s 50th-anniversary edition.

KEYS TO SUCCESS
“Philip Glass’s Other Career as a Pianist” (Sunday Times, May 3, 2009)
“The older I get, the better I get,” says Philip Glass, AB’56. “I love performing, and without sounding arrogant, I’ve [gotten] better.”

EARNED INHERITANCE
“Key to a Legacy of Learning” (Mennonite Weekly Review, May 4, 2009)
For her academic achievements, USC student Sam Bishop, the great-great niece of C. Henry Smith, AB 1903, PhD 1907, was given the same Phi Beta Kappa key her ancestor earned while at the University of Chicago.

AURAL HISTORY
“Mad about Music” (New York Public Radio, May 3, 2009)
Mike Nichols, X’53, names his favorite composers (Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Strauss) and describes how his poet grandmother translated Oscar Wilde’s Salome from the French into German so it could serve as a libretto for Strauss.

MILESTONES

  • “Calderon Names Sanchez to Mexico Central Bank Board” (Bloomberg, Apr. 23, 2009)
    Mexican President Felipe Calderon nominated economist Manuel Sanchez Gonzalez, AM’83, PhD’85, as the central bank’s deputy governor.

  • “Retired Kroger Executive Pichler to Receive Honorary Doctorate” (University of Cincinnati News Office, May 4, 2009)
    Joseph A. Pichler, MBA’63, PhD’66, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Cincinnati at its commencement ceremony June 13.

  • “Mount Carmel Honors Robinson” (Chicago Sun-Times, May 2, 2009)
    Revisiting his high school last week, Craig Robinson, MBA’91, reminisced: “This place is terrific. It played a big role in my Ivy League education. The work ethic, discipline, and structure they have here helped shape the person I am.”

  • “Event for Juvenile Diabetes” (Breaking Schmooze blog, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 14, 2009)
    In early May Arnold W. Donald, MBA’80, will receive the Living and Giving Award for his philanthropy and efforts to help find a cure for juvenile diabetes.

May 5, 2009

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