Today, Barbara lives in Flagstaff, Ariz., where she still finds time to teach in retirement. This time around, she’s teaching life lessons. Barbara participates in an all­-volunteer program called Elder Wisdom Circle. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, Elder Wisdom Circle provides free and confidential advice. Elders, who range in age from 60 to [...]

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Americans exchange seven billion greeting cards each year. That number would be a lot lower if Henry Doyle ’73 put down his pen. Henry is an Episcopalian priest and chaplain at Shattuck-­St. Mary’s, a prep school in Faribault, Minn. He has worked at the school for 20 years, and for almost that long, he has [...]

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It’s been a great summer for Marc Webb ’96. His film “(500) Days of Summer” has been one of the biggest releases of its type (small-budget, debut director) this year. “It’s what’s called a ‘platform release,’ which is a system for distributing small films and relying on word of mouth for marketing. The movie has [...]

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