John A. Peoples Jr., AM’51, PhD’61, helped Jackson State endure and thrive after tragedy.

Soccer player Len Oliver, PhD’70, put his own spin on teaching the sport and training its leaders.

Barbara Flynn Currie, LAB’58, AB’68, AM’73, helped pave the way for other female politicians in the Prairie State.

At 100, civil rights leader Timuel D. Black Jr., AM’54, has seen change—and made it happen.

Herbert Gans’s (PhB’47, AM’50) sociology is for and of the people.

Retired University of Chicago Press editor T. David Brent, AB’70, AM’71, PhD’77, brought imagination and enthusiasm to scholarly publishing.

Cardiologist C. Noel Bairey Merz, AB’77, minds—and mends—the gender gap in women’s heart health.

After more than three decades at Britannica, editor in chief Dale Hoiberg, AM’74, PhD’93, knows the encyclopedia business inside out.

Harvey Levin, JD’75, purveyor of celebrity news at TMZ, wrestles with issues of journalistic ethics and privacy.

For 50 years Robert Silvers, AB’47, has expertly paired writers and subjects at the New York Review of Books.

Vince Michael, AB’82, AM’82, builds community by saving buildings.