• BlueWave Solar’s Eric Graber-Lopez P’20 Visits Environmental Science Students

    BlueWave Solar’s Eric Graber-Lopez P’20 Visits Environmental Science Students

    On January 30, seniors in Mrs. Carroll’s Environmental Science class were visited by Eric Graber-Lopez P’20, the president and co-founder of BlueWave Solar, a certified B Corporation with the goal of bringing clean solar power to every community.

    As president of the company, Mr. Graber-Lopez is involved in all aspects of BlueWave’s development activity and project financing, with great success: between 2015 and 2018, BlueWave has been named to Boston Business Journal‘s list of the top 50 fastest-growing private companies in Massachusetts, reaching the top spot in 2019 after reporting 923 percent revenue growth. But revenue isn’t BlueWave’s only goal.

    “We put our money where our mouth is,” says Mr. Graber-Lopez. “You can make very easy decisions if all you’re thinking about is money. But money isn’t everything—we add two additional lenses. The second lens is social impact: ‘What is it that we’re doing every day as a business, as members of our community, to actually help make things better?’… The third and most important, which is why you’re taking this class, is environmental… It’s about thinking about our impact on the world. What we’re leaving behind.”

    After his presentation, Mr. Graber-Lopez answered questions about advancements in solar technology, the economics of solar energy, and (for soon-to-be college students) what it takes to work at a company like BlueWave.

    “We talk about ourselves as the BlueWave family,” says Mr. Graber-Lopez. “We struggle, fight, and succeed together, so what we look for are people who have the same principles and who want to learn… we have people who are environmentalists… we have people who have studied environmental science, urban planning, or public policy… I was a history major in undergrad, and I earned an MBA, so I straddle both worlds… Find something that you’re passionate about and pursue it… in this industry what matters is creativity and a willingness to work hard.”

    Erin Berg

  • Frantz Alphonse ’90 Delivers This Year’s MLK Hall Talk

    Frantz Alphonse ’90 Delivers This Year’s MLK Hall Talk

    “We are all… tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. …before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half of the world. We aren’t going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.”
    -The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    On January 21, Roxbury Latin welcomed back Frantz Alphonse, Class of 1990, who delivered the address at the school’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall. Frantz is co-founder and senior managing director of AP Capital Holdings (APCH) and co-founder of AP Capital Partners. In his role with APCH, he advises individuals in some of the world’s largest corporations so they can influence wide-scale positive change. His book, Total Inclusion Capitalism, which outlines his corporate problem-solving model Simultaneous Outcome Thinking, is due out in 2021. The above quote from Martin Luther King, Frantz shared on Tuesday, is the sum total of his life’s work.

    Now more than ever, Frantz asserted, the world is in desperate need of selfless leadership. “I am convinced that how our corporate sector approaches three emerging challenges—climate and sustainability; technology and the third industrial revolution; and equal access and wealth inequality—will be critical to the well-being of us all,” he said. Frantz’s corporate strategy allows companies to address all three challenges simultaneously. The third challenge, he says, is the nearest and dearest to his heart. While wealth inequality isn’t only an issue of race, Frantz did share two startling facts: according to the Institute for Policy Studies, the average African-American household has lost 75% of its wealth in the last 30 years. The average Latino household has lost 50% of its wealth in the same time period. It is critical, Frantz said, for our powerful corporate entities to tackle the human rights challenges of our time and to, as he put it, “commit to a larger vision of ourselves.”

    Frantz expressed gratitude to his RL masters for teaching him how to do this kind of thinking. Finding one elegant solution that can address a number of problems at the same time is a passion and a skill that began for him in the classrooms of the Perry building, in Mr. Buckley’s art classroom, and in Rousmaniere Hall, where he stood Tuesday morning. He encouraged every boy in the Hall to remain dedicated to a life of service, to acting for something larger than himself. “It is a heroic act to serve,” he stated.

    Frantz continued the year’s 375th anniversary series of alumni—“Men of RL”—returning to campus to share their experiences and perspectives—personal and professional—intended to inform and inspire today’s students and offer a window into what’s possible.

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  • Chris Herren Advocates Stopping Addiction Before it Starts

    Chris Herren Advocates Stopping Addiction Before it Starts

    On January 9, Massachusetts basketball legend Chris Herren shared his story of addiction and recovery with RL students and faculty during the new year’s first Health and Wellness Hall. Mr. Herren’s battle with substance use disorder transformed his promising basketball career—first at Durfee High School in Fall River, and subsequently at Boston College, Fresno State, and the NBA—into a lifelong struggle with drug and alcohol addiction.

    “I do these presentations for many reasons,” said Mr. Herren. “Just like some of you, I wanted to skip this assembly in high school. Just like some of you, I tried to convince my mom the night before to let me sleep in because I didn’t need this talk. And just like some of you, I walked into this talk with the attitude, ‘All I do is drink and smoke—drug assemblies, man. They’re a joke. I’ll never turn into that guy.’

    “That attitude comes from what I believe is the way we’ve irresponsibly presented drug addiction and alcoholism to kids over the years: I think we put way too much focus on the worst day and we forget the first day. We show you pictures of drug addicts, we have you watch their 30 for 30, read their books and say, ‘Look at how horrible life was for them in the end,’ instead of sitting you down, looking you in the eye, and asking you right now, ‘Why in the world are you taking a chance by letting it begin?’”

    Over the past decade, Mr. Herren has spoken with millions of students across the country, sparking honest discussions about addiction and providing children, parents, and teachers with the tools to help understand and prevent substance use disorder—especially at this early stage of physical and psychological development when drugs and alcohol are most addictive.

    Mr. Herren has been sober since August 1, 2008. His recovery journey has been documented in the bestselling memoir, Basketball Junkie; the ESPN Films documentary, Unguarded; and in countless news outlets, including the New York Times, the Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated. In 2011, Mr. Herren founded the Herren Project, which empowers schools and communities to make healthy choices and guides families through recovery. In 2018, he founded Herren Wellness, a residential program that helps guests lead healthy, substance-free lives.

    Erin Berg

  • An Anniversary Convocation, Honoring the Trustees and Dennis Kanin ‘64

    An Anniversary Convocation, Honoring the Trustees and Dennis Kanin ‘64

    On January 6, the students, faculty and staff gathered in Rousmaniere Hall to formally commence the Opening of Winter Term, with more than 60 special guests in attendance. Those guests included current and former trustees—including all three living board presidents: Harry Lewis ‘65, Dennis Kanin ‘64, and Bob O’Connor ‘85. The special anniversary convocation was intended to honor Roxbury Latin’s “feoffees” and trustees over 375 years, and to celebrate, especially, Dennis Kanin, for his long-standing and unwavering commitment to Roxbury Latin.

    “When John Eliot admonished his successors to ensure that The Roxbury Latin School would prepare its students ‘for service in Church and Commonwealth,’ he was simply putting before them the urgent ambition that the school’s graduates would lead and serve,” began Headmaster Brennan. “To lead and serve does not simply mean in politics or actions on behalf of a cause or party. Indeed, the leading and serving we care about has to do with everyday lives and people who make a positive difference on behalf of communities large and small, insignificant and consequential. You are called to that kind of life. And, indeed, you need look no farther than this school’s trustees over 375 years to know the kind of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and commitment to a cause that mark their lives, and indeed their leadership and service on behalf of Roxbury Latin and the ideals for which it stands.”

    After a reading delivered by Charter Trustee Anne McNay, and after Assistant Headmaster Emeritus Bill Chauncey read portions of Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena,” Professor Harry Lewis ‘65—former board president and Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard—shared with the students (through clear, accessible, and funny metaphors) what a trustee’s role actually is. Professor Lewis knows well long-standing institutions—the dynamics and complexities, the successes and opportunities—and he has long served as a great steward of RL. In Hall he described himself and his fellow trustees as: the turtles, the climate, and the people. Read Professor Lewis’s remarks in their entirety.

    Finally, everyone who was gathered in Rousmaniere Hall turned to honor the man of the hour, Dennis Kanin, who was joined by his wife, Carol; three sons—Zach ‘01, Jonah ‘04, and Frank ‘06; dear friend Niki Tsongas; and several members of the Tsongas family.

    “Mr. Kanin’s eagerness to lead and serve was evident from his school days here, during which he showed the virtuous spirit and belief in the political process that would serve as the leitmotif of his whole life,” described Mr. Brennan. “During his schoolboy days he was co-editor of Tripod, played football and soccer, acted, and sang in the Glee Club. As a senior, he co-founded Massachusetts Teen Democrats. At Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Kanin led efforts in opposition to the Vietnam War and on behalf of greater student empowerment. He became involved in the campaigns of several catalytic Democratic candidates: Gene McCarthy, George McGovern, and Ted Kennedy. Most notable, however, was Mr. Kanin’s political and personal partnership with his dear friend Paul Tsongas. Mr. Kanin both ran his campaign for the House of Representatives and then served as his chief of staff. Subsequently, he would run Paul Tsongas’s successful Senate campaigns and his unsuccessful run for President.

    “In these instances Mr. Kanin’s distinctive ability to utilize political knowhow on behalf of worthy causes, and the candidates who champion them, earned him the notice and admiration of all those in the political establishment—locally and nationally… From 2000 until his retirement as a Life Trustee in 2018, Mr. Kanin served our Board and Roxbury Latin with unfailing energy, integrity, and effectiveness. For nine years, when he served as the President of the Board, I had the pleasure of his partnership advancing causes in which we and, ultimately, the whole Board believed. Mr. Kanin’s faithfulness to the school’s mission and his unselfish eagerness to give others credit for the good work he had done served him well as he led the school’s acquisition of 35 additional acres; authored the first Strategic Plan in the school’s history; established a financial model that would ensure our need-blind admission and enrollment commitment and ensure a distinctively representative student body; and solidified the historic decision to proceed with the renovation of existing athletic facilities and the building of the Indoor Athletic facility and Hennessy Rink. This year he serves as chairman of the celebration of our 375th anniversary. More important than any of this, however, is the model Mr. Kanin offered for humble, smart, tireless leadership—leadership on behalf of the school he loves and the values for which it stands… No one I know so consistently follows a North Star that guides him ethically, politically, and personally.”

    Two tangible works of art were then unveiled, both honoring Mr. Kanin in different ways. The first: a portrait of him, commissioned by the school, and painted by the remarkable portrait artist Jason Bouldin. The second: In Tony Jarvis’s fifth and final book, titled Men of Roxbury—published by the famed Boston publisher of fine books, David Godine, RL Class of 1962—Mr. Jarvis included the following dedication:

    Dedicated with profound gratitude and affection to Dennis Roy Kanin, Class of 1964. Trustee 2000-2018, President 2006-2015. Wise, strong, and courageous leader—unifying and conciliating peacemaker—who, in the hour of need, was the man of the hour. Scholae Salvator.

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  • Matt Weiner ’89 and Squirrel Butter Perform Daland Concert

    Matt Weiner ’89 and Squirrel Butter Perform Daland Concert

    On December 10, Roxbury Latin’s anniversary “Men of RL” alumni Hall series continued with some music. Talented bassist, guitarist, and pianist Matt Weiner, Class of 1989, performed a number of bluegrass and country songs to the delight of the students and faculty, in the last week of the marking period. Matt, who resides in the Pacific Northwest, has more than two decades of experience as a highly sought-after music teacher. As a bass player he has been known to perform upward of two hundred shows per year. In Hall he was joined by his friends Charlie Beck and Charmaine Slaven, who comprise the duo Squirrel Butter, an old-time variety duet that performs the genres of early bluegrass, country, and Cajun while adding their own unique perspectives.

    Matt and Squirrel Butter’s set list included a single by country duo The Louvin Brothers and the 1928 Eddie Anthony song “Georgia Crawl.” Between songs, Matt shared ruminations on his experience at RL—including a very spectacular leg injury on the soccer field—and encouraged the boys to try out a number of pursuits, passions, and professional paths, remembering that you never truly know if you like something until you try it. Matt is no stranger to the Rousmaniere Hall stage; he last performed there in a Recital Hall on March 2, 1989, with his classmate Jake Shapiro, delivering an original composition “for three synthesizers, drum machine, guitar, and computer.”

    This concert Hall was supported, in part, by the generosity of the Andrew Daland ’46 Memorial Concert Fund, established by Andrew’s wife, Pamela Worden, and his family and friends, with the purpose of bringing a musical concert to Roxbury Latin boys each year in Andrew’s memory. We are grateful for the generosity that fuels this musical experience each year.

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  • Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado on the Benefits of Gratitude

    Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado on the Benefits of Gratitude

    For fifteen years, Roxbury Latin has begun the last school day before the Thanksgiving break with a tradition that is distinctly RL. Thanksgiving Exercises are an opportunity to, as Headmaster Brennan said, “turn our heads and hearts to the proposition of gratitude—for the country in which we live, for the freedoms and opportunities that are guaranteed by our being Americans, for our families and friends, for this community and others, for intelligence and discernment and deep feeling. For our gifts and aspirations, for good sense and hoped-for-dreams. Indeed we should live with an attitude of gratitude.”

    During Hall students, faculty, and guests sang with gusto—We Gather Together, For the Splendor of Creation, America the Beautiful. Mr. McLaren read Psalm 100, and senior Ian Balaguera read Harvest Hymn by John Critchley Prince. The Hall featured the resonant Litany of Thanksgiving—which includes a boy from each of the six classes—reminding us all of our “blessings manifold.” “The only thing wrong with Thanksgiving as a holiday,” Mr. Brennan asserted, “is that it may suggest that this is the only time to give thanks, or at least the most important. Each day, virtually each hour, offers an occasion for gratitude.” 

    Delivering the morning’s Hall address was Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)—a community development corporation that helps individuals and families improve their lives through high-quality affordable housing, education, and arts programs. Under Dr. Calderón-Rosado’s leadership since 2003, IBA has become the largest Latino-led nonprofit organization in Greater Boston.

    “According to Cicero, gratitude is more than the greatest virtue—it is the mother of all other remaining virtues,” said Dr. Calderón-Rosado. “Studies have shown that gratitude may be associated with many benefits, including better physical health, better mental health, increased happiness, increased life satisfaction, and decreased materialism. Other studies seem to validate Cicero’s observations. They suggest that gratitude as a virtue encourages the development of other virtues such as patience, humility, and wisdom… Being grateful requires a conscious and deliberate effort to pause and recognize the goodness inside us and around us. It takes developing an understanding of our human and social condition.”

    Dr. Calderón-Rosado described her experience growing up in a loving home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with her mother, father and brother. She recalled the nightly prayers she and her mother would say together. “It was mostly led by her and repeated by me, but those prayers, I realized, were our act of thanksgiving. We gave thanks for the sun, for nature, for being alive, for breathing, for our ability to see the colors of the flowers, for our ability to hear the birds singing. We gave thanks for our ability to walk, run, play, eat, sleep. For the roof above our heads, for the cars that took us to and from school and work every day. We gave thanks for my teachers, for the food on our table. My mom and I gave thanks for our family, for their health, and for ours, and for our beating hearts. It was a long list, but at the end of our prayers each night, she and I felt happy. We looked at each other with love, with a smile, and she kissed me. And before she left my room, she said Dios te bendiga, mi hija. God bless you, my daughter. I remember the feeling of joy that being thankful produced in me before closing my eyes to sleep.”

    During Hall, Dr. Calderón-Rosado called upon a boy from each class to share aloud something he was thankful far—something that started with the same letter as his first name: Mark (VI) was grateful for his mom; Vishnu (III) for vegetables; Daniel (II) for dance; and Evan (I) for “everyone here!”

    Dr. Calderón-Rosado was selected as a Barr Fellow in 2009, and in 2010 she became the first Latina ever to be appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. In 2014, she was appointed to the City of Boston’s Housing Task Force and Women’s Commission. She has served as advisor to numerous other task forces, commissions, and high-profile executive searches, including those for Boston’s Police Department and Public Health Commission. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Dr. Calderón-Rosado earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Puerto Rico and her doctorate in public policy from UMass Boston. She is the mother of Carlos ‘16, and Antonio, Class I.

    Erin Berg

  • Digital Artist Neil Horsky on the Possibilities in Art

    Digital Artist Neil Horsky on the Possibilities in Art

    On December 5, students in Sonja Holmberg’s Grade 7 Digital Design course were treated to a visit by professional artist Neil Horsky, who spoke with the boys about his work and about his new book, The Rules of the Game. Mr. Horsky is a community artist, based in Roxbury, whose work is done in Photoshop and other digital media. His book features twelve digital design collages that re-interpret vintage instructional illustrations and diagrams, all demonstrating how to play various sports. Mr. Horsky explained how he recontextualizes these sports, using them as metaphors for “the game of life,” the social contracts that we all sign, and the rules by which we abide, whether implicitly or explicitly. Mr. Horsky’s digital collages merge the mundane with the fantastical, becoming increasingly surreal throughout the course of the book. During his lecture, Mr. Horsky discussed various compositional elements, Photoshop techniques, strategies for conceptual development, and the incorporation of text into imagery, among other things. Through Mr. Horsky’s visit, Digital Design students gained insight into the artistic process, as well as an understanding of the range of possibilities available through art.

    Mr. Horsky’s work includes studio art, public art, music, video, tours, courses, workshops, and writings. His art has been part of dozens of exhibitions in and around Boston. He has led workshops and delivered presentations in various parts of the country; has collaborated with numerous artists and institutions on community art and performing arts projects; and has taught arts-integrated humanities courses at several educational institutions throughout Boston. Mr. Horsky employs the arts to encourage self expression in others, connect people to one another, and build solidarity. He aims to help individuals and communities thrive by cultivating creativity, imagination, and critical thinking, and by inspiring the personal and collective will to enact change.

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  • Build a Bed Project Kicks Off Season of Giving

    Build a Bed Project Kicks Off Season of Giving

    Tina Baptista experienced homelessness at 13 years old, when her father had passed away and her mother went to prison. “It was very difficult to get an education, to wake up not knowing where I’d be going to sleep the next night,” she shared in Hall on November 25. “On many days I didn’t have the opportunity to even go to school. I didn’t know if I would have food on the table when I got home. I often didn’t know where home would be the next night, but still I showed up. I went to school. I put my best foot forward, and I made sure that if there was anything that I had, it was an opportunity to better my life through an education.”

    Ms. Baptista was RL’s second speaker in the school’s 375th anniversary Hall series focused on homelessness and poverty. Today, Ms. Baptista is the director of A Bed for Every Child, a program of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless. Studies show that lack of sleep has a negative impact on a student’s concentration, memory, and ability to learn. Children who get more, high-quality sleep do better in math, science, and reading. Children who get little sleep are more likely to have behavioral problems, be prone to general moodiness, and have difficulty living up to their potential. A Bed for Every Child works with public schools and community organizations throughout Massachusetts to provide access to free, new, twin beds for children in need.

    “Youth homelessness continues to rise in Massachusetts, and so does childhood poverty. At the Coalition and at A Bed for Every Child, we are putting children at the forefront, because we know these young people are our future educators. Children that are facing adversity—poverty, homelessness—deserve better. School was the stability in my young life; it was my safe haven. When I was given the opportunity to finish high school and go to Salem State University, it turned my life around. I realized the opportunities that education provided for me. I’m the third generation in my family growing up in poverty, and I’m so incredibly fortunate that as a young adult I have ended that cycle within my family, and it looks very good from here on out. We’re hoping to provide that same stability and sanctuary for children living in poverty, the chance to break the cycle, by the simple gift of a bed.”

    After Ms. Baptista’s Hall presentation, the entire school went to the gymnasium where boys—in teams of four, across all grades—built 76 beds that will be donated to children in need. You can watch a video or view photos of the morning’s bed building project.

    “As you’re building these beds,” Ms. Baptista concluded, “I want you to ask yourself: What is tomorrow like for me? What does a good night’s sleep mean for me tonight? and How can I continue to put my best foot forward? This morning you’re giving a child an opportunity to dream big.” To date, A Bed for Every Child has served more than 10,000 children across Massachusetts.

    Ms. Baptista graduated from Salem State University with a bachelor’s degree in business management. She has worked with the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless since 2013, first as an advocate and later as a community organizer. Today she raises awareness through partnerships with local non-profits, educational institutions, and places of worship, and helps to support low-income communities through connections with corporations and businesses, big and small.

    This Hall and service project was the second element in this year’s 375th anniversary focus on homelessness and poverty. Matt Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Evicted, kicked off this series in October, and students have been considering these issues more closely in various ways throughout the fall. In Ms. Dromgoole’s Contemporary Global Issues class, groups of seniors researched different populations of homeless individuals, in Massachusetts and across the country—learning about the ways in which state programs succeed or fail in supporting homeless veterans, families, and youth. Students also participated in a holiday service drive, collecting socks, gloves, hats and hand warmers for the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, donating nearly 800 items, including 615 pairs of socks.

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  • Can You Handle The Truth? RL Showcases “A Few Good Men”

    Can You Handle The Truth? RL Showcases “A Few Good Men”

    On November 22 and 23, Roxbury Latin staged the year’s Senior Play—Aaron Sorkin’s drama A Few Good Men. In the play, two U.S. Marines are facing a court-martial, accused of murdering a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. While it is believed that his death was retribution for him naming another Marine in a fence line shooting, Naval investigator and lawyer Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway suspects the two carried out a “Code Red” order: a violent extrajudicial punishment. While Galloway wants to defend them, the case is given to the inexperienced and lazy Lt. Daniel Kaffee. The case goes to court, and what unfolds—in and out of the courtroom—is emblematic of the tight narrative pacing and rapid-fire dialogue that viewers have come to expect from writer Aaron Sorkin.

    Known for the Emmy-winning television series that he created, wrote, and produced—The West Wing, Studio 60, The Newsroom—Sorkin has been a prolific force in American film and television over several decades. While many people are familiar with the 1992 film adaptation of A Few Good Men—starring Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, and Demi Moore—the work was a play before it was a screenplay! Roxbury Latin boys—along with Winsor student Katie Burstein, who played Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway in the production—successfully brought to life the tension, complexity, and humanity of Sorkin’s writing on the Smith Theater stage this fall.

    In a recent Tripod article, senior Jonathan Weiss explored faculty member and director Derek Nelson’s decision to stage A Few Good Men this fall:

    When Mr. Nelson searched for this year’s Senior Play, he had the school’s 375th anniversary in mind. His first instinct was to find a play written literally in the 17th century… but A Few Good Men ties in with the 375th in a profound way. It deals with history, with education, and with core Roxbury Latin themes like honesty and loyalty.

    A Few Good Men is brilliantly written: “Aaron Sorkin is a master of both overarching plot structure and scenes,” says Mr. Nelson. “He manages to push just the right buttons to get the audience on the edge of their seats.” Dauntingly, excitingly, the play moves fast: “The challenge is there’s a lot of language, and you’ve gotta make those scenes pop.”

    Best of all, A Few Good Men is delightfully out-of-the-box. Seldom does a mainstream movie… grace the RL stage. Mr. Nelson would stress, though, that the intention was not to recreate the movie, but rather to bring to stage the original Broadway play. As director, he did not aim to “match the tone, or interplay between characters, or even the readings of the lines in the way that they were directed in the film.” At the same time, he did not command the cast not to imitate the movie. His goal? “I want the actors to find themselves in Colonel Jessup, in the judge, and so on.”

    View production photos, by Mike Pojman.

    Cast List

    Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson………………Esteban Tarazona

    Pfc. Louden Downey………………………Frankie Gutierrez

    Lt. J.G. Sam Weinberg……………………David Sullivan

    Lt. J,G Daniel Kaffee………………………Ben Crawford

    Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway……………….Katie Burstein     

    Capt. Isaac Whitaker………………………Will Specht     

    Capt. Matthew Markinson…………………Austin Manning   

    Pfc. William T. Santiago……………………Teddy Glaeser     

    Lt. Jack Ross………………………………..Alejandro Denis   

    Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep……………………..Frankie Lonergan    

    Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick………………Jake Carroll   

    Judge Capt. Julius A. Randolph……..…….Jonathan Weiss       

    Cmdr. Walter Stone, MD……………………Edozie Umunna  

    Cpl Tom Sturgess……………………………Nick Raciti  

    Cpl Jeffrey Owen Howard/MP………………A.J. Gutierrez  

    Naval Brig MP, Washington……………..…..Colson Ganthier  

    Orderly Admin., Andrews Air Force/MP……Eli Bailit  

    Lance Cpl Hammaker/MP……………………Oliver Wyner  

    Lance Cpl Dunn/MP………………………….Daniel Sun-Friedman  

    Sergeant-At-Arms/MP………………………..John Wilkinson

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  • Joshua Rauh ‘92 Named Principal Chief Economist to President’s Council of Economic Advisers

    Joshua Rauh ‘92 Named Principal Chief Economist to President’s Council of Economic Advisers

    Alumnus Joshua Rauh, Class of 1992, has been selected to serve as principal chief economist of President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Josh is a senior fellow and director of research at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and the Ormond Family Professor of Finance at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. The CEA is charged with offering the president objective economic advice on the formulation of both domestic and international economic policy.

    Josh formerly taught at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management. He has studied corporate investment, business and individual taxation, unfunded pension liabilities, and investment management. He is a recipient of the Brattle Prize and the Amundi Smith Breeden Prize, both awarded by the American Finance Association. His work has appeared in top academic journals including the Journal of Finance, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Political Economy.

    Josh’s research has received national media coverage in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, and The Economist. He has presented his work in numerous academic and public forums and has testified before Congressional committees on unfunded pension liabilities.

    Josh earned his BA in economics, magna cum laude with distinction, from Yale University and his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Photo credit: Patrick Beaudouin, Courtesy of Hoover Institution

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