Legacy

Spring/23

For 50 years Janet Flanner, EX 1914 (1892–1978), shared her witty, sharp observations of Europe with New Yorker readers.

Winter/23

Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–95) illuminated stellar evolution.

Fall/22

Dental expert turned forensic scientist Wilmer Souder, PhD 1916 (1884–1974), testified against mobsters, fraudsters, and murderers.

Summer/22

Lee Lozano, AB’51 (1930–99), began her career as a painter and ended as the artist who wouldn’t.

Spring/22

Nearly a century after it was banned, Gertrude Beasley’s (AM 1918) memoir of her Texas upbringing reaches a new generation of readers.

Winter/22

Decorator and pulp writer Richard Himmel, EX’42 (1920–2000), had a private eye for design.

Fall/21

Sam Greenlee, EX’57 (1930–2014), distinguished himself as a Foreign Service Officer, then found his true mission as a radical writer.

Spring/21

Eileen Southern, AB’40, AM’41 (1920–2002), rewrote the history of American music.

Fall/20

Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (1920–1998) led a tempestuous career.

Summer/20

Joseph Sax, JD’59 (1936–2014), helped establish the courts as a front line for environmental activism.

Fall/19

Microbiologist Maurice Hilleman, PhD’44, and his feathered friends.

Summer/19

She made enemies with her attacks on International Style–but a powerful friend in Frank Lloyd Wright.