E.B. White will always be indebted to his niece. White joined the New Yorker Magazine in 1927 – two years after its founding – and for the next six decades he wrote essays and articles that established him as one of America’s most influential and urbane writers. But it wasn’t until White received encouragement from his young niece…
David S. Rohde is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who, in 2008, was kidnapped by the Taliban. After seven months of being held hostage by jihadists in rural Pakistan, Rohde made a daring escape that garnered media attention from across the globe…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Accounting Executives of 2021. We recognize these leaders for the positive impact they have on their organizations especially during these challenging years. While their work is often done behind the scenes, their detail-oriented and meticulous profession is one that should be acknowledged and celebrated…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Accounting Executives of 2021. We recognize these leaders for the positive impact they have on their organizations especially during these challenging years. While their work is often done behind the scenes, their detail-oriented and meticulous profession is one that should be acknowledged and celebrated…
Born in upstate New York in 1862, Charles Evans Hughes devoted himself to public service and the law, serving as the 11th Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. Known as a master of building consensus, Hughes presided over the Supreme Court during one of its most difficult periods…
Wilbur Ross is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States secretary of commerce from 2017 to 2021. With nearly six decades of investment banking and private equity experience, Ross has restructured over $400 billion of assets…
Sometimes called “the father of modern linguistics,” Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. Fueled by his view that language and universal grammar are uniquely human mental abilities, his work has revolutionized the field of linguistics…
The son of a Texas minister, Ken Starr is perhaps best known as the lawyer who led an independent investigation of the Monica Lewinsky scandal during President Bill Clinton’s administration. Starr is much more than that, though, having built a distinguished career in law, academia, and public service…
Standup comedian Demetri Martin is probably what would happen if Noam Chomsky was outright hilarious. One of today’s smartest and most unconventional funnymen, Martin is best known for his use of palindromes, deadpan delivery, satirical drawings, and clever one-liners…
Charlie Munger is part of the duo that has turned Berkshire Hathaway from a near-bankrupt New England textile operation into one of the world’s most valuable companies. As Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Munger is occasionally described as “Warren Buffett’s right-hand man”…
