Family

Winter/24

Deirdre Mundy, AB’99, on her family’s mode of human flourishing.

Fall/23

The loss of her grandmother compelled an alumna to understand her heritage.

Fall/23

In writing about her father’s life, Anna Huttenlocher, LAB’79, saw links between his work in pediatric neurology and his traumatic childhood in Nazi Germany.

Fall/20

On closing the distances imposed by COVID-19.

Summer/19

The museum’s public outreach taps the littlest Egyptologists.

Spring/19

Erich Rosenthal, AM’42, PhD’48, escaped Nazi Germany to attend UChicago. His parents remained and perished. Decades later, his son Ted Rosenthal has memorialized their tragic family history in music.

Summer/17

Twins Laurie and Lynne Butler—one a UChicago chemistry professor, the other a double alumna—discuss math, horses, and a college boyfriend who never got them confused.

Winter/16

English professor Will Pritchard, AM’92, PhD’98, reflects on the “tender coincidences” that occur when father and son teach the same book.

12.10.2014

Santas and swords at the Smart.

Sept–Oct/13

Davida Williams, AM’82, helps foster families navigate trauma and find trust.

May–June/13

Greg Bellow, AB’66, AM’68, reclaims his acclaimed father, novelist Saul Bellow, X’39, from those who would adopt him as their own.

May–June/13

Researching her mother’s story of wartime flight and lost love, a journalist finds the truth richer and stranger than any fiction.