As the only surviving child of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Caroline Kennedy has had an extensive career in her own right. After receiving an elite education at Harvard and Columbia, she has dedicated much of her life to public and philanthropic service…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Investors for 2022. These individuals play a vital role in the growth of the companies in which they have invested. Not only do they come with financial backing, these individuals have expertise that makes businesses successful long after they leave. Their critical thinking, market knowledge, and patience provide a foundation for success…
As one of the most controversial writers of the twentieth century, William S. Burroughs pushed the form of the novel to its outermost limits and introduced previously-unexplored or taboo themes such as drug culture, sexual explicitness, and systems of control. Born in 1914 into a prominent St. Louis family…
A cancer physician and researcher at Columbia University, Siddhartha Mukherjee added Pulitzer Prize winner to his impressive resume. His book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” tells the story of cancer from its days in ancient Egypt to its time in gleaming research institutions today…
Ivy-educated Jordana Brewster has been working in Hollywood since she was a teenager. Best known for her role as Mia Toretto in the “Fast & Furious” movie franchise, Brewster, who was born in 1980, got her start just a few years later in the Brazilian kids series…
There are few people more synonymous with going to the movies than Roger Ebert. Arguably the most famous film critic in history, Ebert’s gladiatorial “thumbs-up, thumbs-down” assessments could not only influence mainstream box office numbers, but also deliver moviegoers to more daring, artistic works that relied upon critical approval…
Winner of five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, actress Candice Bergen was destined for stardom from an early age. Born in Beverly Hills, her father was the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, and her mother was a former model who’d been the face of Chesterfield cigarettes…
In 2021, Wes Moore launched his much-anticipated bid for governor in Maryland. At 44, Moore is already an established figure in national media, thanks in part to his versatile interests and talents: Chief Executive Officer, combat veteran, motivational speaker, popular author, social entrepreneur, and Rhodes Scholar…
Nicholas Sparks is one of the most widely read contemporary fiction authors, and he has the numbers to prove it. His books have been New York Times bestsellers, with more than 115 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including more than 75 million copies in the U.S. alone…
U.S. Senator Mike Gravel (1930-2021) was a long-serving politician of Alaska, best known for his anti-war stance and historic filibuster during the Vietnam-era. In 1971, Gravel was just a freshman senator when he decided to read the recently leaked Pentagon Papers…
