Class High Notes

1936
Katharine Mann Byrne, AB'36, AM'43, hasn't "circled the globe in a sailboat" recently, but she has written essays for the Chicago Tribune Magazine and an article for Commonweal.

1946
Rafael Yalkovsky, AB'46, SM'55, PhD'56, is listed in the Dictionary of International Biography. He's also included in Outstanding People of the 20th Century, cited for his contribution to the marine sciences and the history of sciences.

1961
A conference honoring Walter Y. Oi, PhD'61, was held November 6 at the University of Rochester. Marking his 70th birthday, the conference concentrated on Oi's research in labor economics and industrial organization.

1964
Belleruth Krepon Naparstek, AB'64, AM'67, a social worker, author, and guided-imagery expert, has produced "Healing Trauma," the 31st audio program in her Health Journeys guided-imagery audiotape series.

1972
George Hillyer, PhD'72, a professor in the pathology and laboratory medicine department at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, has been named chancellor of the flagship University of Puerto Rico campus, Río Piedras.

1976
Anna M. Lysakowski, AB'76, had her "allotted 15 minutes of fame" recently when a study she co-authored about the Math1 gene received coverage in the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, and USA Today.

1980
Bruce V. Lewenstein, AB'80, editor of the journal Public Understanding of Science, is working on a consulting project that involves "watching kids watching pigeons" to learn if they learn anything about science.

1984
In August, Henry C. Allan Jr., PhD'84, who retired in 1995 after 27 years as a professor at Moraine Valley Community College, was ordained to the Unitarian-Universalist ministry. An assistant at the Hinsdale (IL) Church, he preaches occasionally and runs an eight-week summer program.

1985
After graduation from the GSB, Mitchell L. Rogatz, MBA'85, started Triumph Books, a publisher of national and regional sports titles. He serves as president and publisher.

1990
Christopher Griffin, AB'90, graduated from the University of Utah College of Law in 1998. After volunteering at a legal clinic for homeless people in San Francisco, he received a NAPIL fellowship to practice public-interest law at the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville.

1996
Colin S. Woodard, AM'96, a freelance journalist who writes for the Christian Science Monitor and the San Francisco Chronicle, was awarded a Pew fellowship in international journalism at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

1998
Dana White, AB'98, has recently joined the Center for New Black Leadership, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.