Summer 2016: Ventures with teeth; In the spotlight; Shirt tales:Life imitates art; Supporting survivors; Back on campus: Leading by example; Pen + paper = social justice; Going once, going twice…; Life after Colgate: Class of 2015; Carrying the torch; Grand slam commencement; Reunion reflections.
Summer 2016: Ventures with teeth; In the spotlight; Shirt tales:Life imitates art; Supporting survivors; Back on campus: Leading by example; Pen + paper = social justice; Going once, going twice…; Life after Colgate: Class of 2015; Carrying the torch; Grand slam commencement; Reunion reflections.
In September, Kathleen Doherty ’85 moved to Nicosia, Cyprus, to serve as America’s first female ambassador to that country. “A little Mediterranean gem with 320 days of sunshine,” she enthused. But along with the temperate weather and beauty comes a complicated history.
Qamar-ul Huda ’90 was listed in The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims for 2016, published by The Royal Islamic Strategic Centre in Jordan. Huda is a senior policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs.
Growing up, Denise Battles ’85 relished collecting rock samples from the shoreline of Lake Ontario. That pastime laid the foundation for her academic journey, which has recently returned her to the Great Lakes region as SUNY Geneseo’s 13th president.
Hannah Robinson '11 worked building legal cases involving genocide crimes in Guatemala, a nation where 26 legal professionals have been murdered since 2013.
Jack Kupferman ’77 is a champion for issues related to elders. It’s a lifelong dedication for the attorney who is employed by the New York City Department for the Aging.
Hilary Meyer ’99 works to educate, empower, and protect elders in the LGBT community as director of national programs for SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders).
Throughout his legal career, working in the family court system, Richard Rivera ’86 has strived to be a role model and to help young people avoid becoming adult criminals.
Colgate alumnus Eamon Javers ’94 has worked as a journalist for twenty years and authored "Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage."
Colgate alumnus Arthur G. Pitts ’73, a justice on the New York State Supreme Court, complements his law work with playing piano in Long Island restaurants.
