Alumni Gazette
In the News
There’s a saying in my country, ‘Conversations without tea are like a night sky without the moon.’
—Pelin Aylangan ’90, ’98S (MBA) in the December 2003 issue of National Geographic. Aylangan, who is writing a book about the role of tea in Turkish culture, was discussing Turkey’s new spot as the world's top consumer of tea, surpassing Great Britain, according to 2002 statistics.
It's Only Rock ’n’ Roll . . . But He Likes Teaching About It
Warren Zanes ’02 (PhD), the former guitarist for the late ’80s rock ’n’ roll band the Del Fuegos, has been named vice president of education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. Zanes, who earned his doctorate from the University’s Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is the first professional rock ’n’ roller to join the museum’s staff, according to Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. He had just finished touring for his new solo album, Memory Girls, last summer when he interviewed for the job. In his new role, Zanes will oversee the museum’s education programs, including a summer institute for teachers and a program for preschoolers.
Could It Have Been Governor Clements?
Among the 135 candidates for governor in last fall’s recall election in California was D. Logan Darrow Clements ’91, ’92S (MBA), a Republican businessman from Pacific Palisades who ran on a platform of limiting the role of government in the economy. The founder of American Venture Capital Exchange, an online service, and American Venture magazine, Clements is host and co-executive producer of FreeNation TV.
‘Influential’ Alumni
Shirley Allen ’92W (EdD) has been recognized as one of the 20 most influential black deaf persons in America by the national Black Deaf Advocates organization. Allen, who retired in 2001 from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, also received the first Outstanding Pioneer Award from the Rochester chapter of the group. . . . David Nash ’81M (MD), associate dean for health policy at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, has been named one of the top 100 most influential people in health care for 2003 by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Followup: Supreme Court Takes on Pledge
Which words Francis Bellamy chose to put into the Pledge of Allegiance more than a century ago were expected to figure into the latest debate over the oft-recited pledge. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a California court that had ruled the words “under God,” which were inserted into the pledge in 1954, make the oath an unconstitutional attempt to promote a religious viewpoint. Bellamy, a member of the Class of 1867, wrote the first published version of the pledge in 1892 for the magazine The Youth’s Companion. The 1954 addition was the second change to Bellamy’s original text: In 1924, the words “my flag” were changed to “the flag of the United States.”
