"...my friends and I were some of the first people who ran to the White House right after Obama won the 2008 election."
"As Concert chairperson of Program Board, I booked Pink Floyd into Lisner Auditorium."
We want to hear your GW memories, too. Tell us your story and read those of your fellow alumni on our new website ourgw.org.
From ourgw.org, you can make you annual gift to GW and be counted toward the 9,000 alumni donors needed to meet the "$100,000 challenge." An anonymous alumni donor has issued GW a $100,000, all or nothing challenge: If 9,000 alumni contribute by December 31, he will make a gift of $100,000 to the Power & Promise Fund for student aid. You can also see how close GW is to reaching this goal.
The 2nd Annual GW Global Forum brought hundreds of alumni, faculty and friends from around the world to New York City for discussions of timely global issues and for opportunities to connect with fellow Colonials. The forum's 200-plus attendees hailed from 14 different countries.
Gary A. Alpert, GWSB BA '81, joined Phyxius LLC as a principal. Mr. Alpert also acquired the position of CFO at Mind's Eye Therapy LLC, an alternative healing company.
Arnie Arluke, CCAS BA '69, MA '71, a professor of sociology at Northeastern University, coauthored a book, Beauty and the Beast: Human Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935 (Syracuse University Press, 2010).
Liron BenDor,GWSB MTA '10, of Columbus Ohio, was awarded the 2010 ASTA Arnold Rigby Scholarship by Tourism Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the travel experience for future generations.
Olga Brichto, CCAS BA '07, and Eric Brichto, CCAS BA '09, are happy to announce that they were married on July 18, 2009 on the rooftop of 1957 E Street. They currently reside in Arlington, Va., with their two dogs, Lucky and Bella.
Allison Cammack, CCAS '99, joined Gunster as an associate in its Miami office and business litigation practice group. Prior, she was an associate at Carey Rodriguez Greenberg & Paul LLP in Miami. She was also editor-in-chief of the UC Davis Law Review and has been named a Florida Super Lawyers 2010 Rising Star.
Dr. A. Ray Chaudhuri, GWSB MBA '02, and his wife Rupali welcome their second child, Rayna Anjali Chaudhuri, born Jan. 8, 2010. Dr. Chaudhuri spends half of his time in New Orleans, where his wife is going to graduate school, and half of his time in Maryland, where he is the chief financial officer of Biological Mimetics, Inc., a Maryland biotechnology company.
R. Moona Chaudry, ESIA BA '02, presented a paper on bilingual psychotherapy and cross-cultural psychology clinical work at the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society annual conference in October. She will also be training at the Harvard program in Trauma and Recovery housed under the Global Mental Health program of Harvard Medical School.
If you would like to read more class notes, or to submit one of your own, visit the Class Notes section of the GW Alumni Online Community. (If you have not already registered, the site will guide you through the process.)
Rising musical stars and GW alumni Jukebox the Ghost (Ben Thornewill, CCAS BA '07; Jesse Kristin, CCAS BS '07; and Tommy Siegel, CCAS BA '07) spoke with us on October 16 before their show at the Black Cat in D.C.
Please email your suggestions for future Alumni Interactive guests or topics to Matt Lindsay: mlindsay@gwu.edu
