Summer 2019
Summer 2019
Features
Taft Bulletin
Photography by Robert Falcetti, Anne Kowalski, and James Shannon
Taft Bulletin
A Conversation with Andrew Prince, Dean of Multicultural Education
Taft Bulletin
Remarks by Mayor Neil O'Leary P'19
Photography by Robert Falcetti
Alumni Spotlight
![Decoding Cancer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567536678/taft/tepwonaafc4vqhu4cwwy/BindraHRpeterbaker.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567536678/taft/tepwonaafc4vqhu4cwwy/BindraHRpeterbaker.jpg","width":500}])
Ranjit Bindra ’94
Read about the work of Dr. Ranjit Bindra ’94, co-director of Yale University’s Brain Tumor Center. Bindra is physician-scientist and biotechnology entrepreneur, specializing in the study of pediatric glioma. Two years ago, he started Cybrexa Therapeutics to bring its best tumor targeting technology to patients.
![Madame President Aspirations]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567536333/taft/uhnzbpryi09ybenj3orm/Fleuette1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567536333/taft/uhnzbpryi09ybenj3orm/Fleuette1.jpg","width":500}])
Liz Osterhus Fleuette ’84
Liz Osterhus Fleuette ’84 was inspired to start Ms President US when her daughter, Maggie, at age 5 announced that she wanted to be the first female president during a visit to the National Constitution Center. Through the nonpartisan, nonprofit, community-based program and its mentors, girls learn about public speaking, diplomacy and listening skills, local/state/federal government, and women’s history.
![What Is Blockchain?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567536142/taft/dxwfpylciy1c93sayhsz/Jamieson1RecordingAICPACourse_2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567536142/taft/dxwfpylciy1c93sayhsz/Jamieson1RecordingAICPACourse_2.jpg","width":500}])
Wesley Jamieson ’13
In our Q&A, Wesley Jamieson ’13 unpacks what blockchain technology is and isn’t and how it works on a practical level. Jamieson is a lead blockchain technical resource in accounting firm RSM’s Blockchain and Digital Asset Management Consulting practice.
![Unscripted]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567535747/taft/yzqt0w0fupybnu2okjvb/DicksonBest_EX5A9721twk_2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567535747/taft/yzqt0w0fupybnu2okjvb/DicksonBest_EX5A9721twk_2.jpg","width":500}])
Alexandra Dickson ’99
For actor and improviser Alexandra Dickson ’99, who performs and teaches at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, it all began in an introductory acting class during her mid year at Taft. After studying acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and taking workshops at Chicago’s The Second City, she now appears weekly with The Stepfathers.
![Helping Uprooted Families]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567535140/taft/hlef0pebuc8cu2rlukaf/Eldridge1_IMG_1081.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567535140/taft/hlef0pebuc8cu2rlukaf/Eldridge1_IMG_1081.jpg","width":500}])
Donna Eldridge ’76
For Bay Area-based Donna Eldridge ’76, delivering furniture to a family of Afghan refugees in her truck is just another day. But for these uprooted families who have landed in the U.S. with nothing, her services are invaluable, and, ultimately, life-altering. Read about her Non ut sibi-inspired service work.