When journalist and political satirist P.J. O’Rourke arrived at Johns Hopkins University for graduate school in 1969, he was unaware of how drastically his life was about to change. A long-haired student activist, he enrolled in a program called the Writing Seminars, planning to become a serious poet or literary novelist…
Michael Lewis’ undergraduate thesis advisor suggested that he not pursue a career in writing, based on his 166-page senior thesis titled “Donatello and the Antique.” Despite feeling the first twinge of literary ambition at Princeton, Lewis eschewed creative writing courses and studied…
During a public career spanning nearly six decades, Dr. Joyce Brothers made the incredible journey from housewife to celebrity quiz show contestant to the nation’s most popular psychologist — ministering to America’s collective psyche via TV, radio, and print media…
As commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Silver is one of the most influential people in the sports industry. In his current position, Silver presides over a global sports and media empire built around four professional sports leagues…
Although born in New York City, Timothy Geithner spent most of his childhood living abroad, including in Africa, India, and Thailand, where he attended high school at the International School of Bangkok. Though not an economist, Geithner served as the 75th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2009 to 2013…
For years, actor Paul Giamatti has wowed audiences with his idiosyncratic portrayals of depressives, neurotics, curmudgeons, and even some bureaucrats. However, despite his undeniable talent for playing the “loser” on TV and film, in real life Giamatti is the exact opposite…
In 1994, Lisa Loeb made history when she became the first person to ever top the American music charts without a recording contract. At the time, she was still an unsigned musician when a neighbor, Ethan Hawke, got her acoustic number “Stay (I Missed You)” included on the soundtrack album for his new film “Reality Bites”…
From 1990 to 2009, David Souter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, where he was especially known for championing the protection of First Amendment values. Nominated to the Court by Republican President George H. W. Bush, Justice Souter surprised everyone when he started to move…
Born in 1949, Ashraf Ghani is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2014-2021. As with many Afghans, foreign invasion and civil war led to the persecution of Ghani’s family and forced him to remain in exile much of his life…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Chief Technology Officers for 2022. As digital and technological transformations continue to be a high strategic priority for many organizations, the chief technology officer has become a key player in making important decisions on the strategic direction of their organization. The CTO title has been in use for decades but as technology grew, so did the role as it expanded outside of traditional operational areas…
