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Obituaries

Obituaries from the November/December 2014 issue.

Superwoman at Rest

A farewell to beloved dean and adviser Marjorie Thompson '74, '79 PhD who died of cancer in September.

Financing a Dream

Mollie West ’09 and Andy Posner ’09 AM are combating poverty a few hundred dollars at a time.

Big Data Man

Computer scientist David Blei ’97 thinks the algorithms for those annoying ads following you around online may also do some good.

Fighting Ebola

Armand Sprecher ’89, of Doctors Without Borders, has been fighting Ebola in Africa for more than ten years.

The Educator

Forrest Broman ’61 went to Haiti after the 2010 Haitian earthquake to rebuild schools. He had no idea what he was getting into.

Pigskin Party

More than 10,000 alumni and students watched the Bears take on Harvard on the night of September 27.

Party Line

Did Alexander Graham Bell steal some of these two Brown professors' ideas when he invented the telephone? 

Singular Finds: The 2014 BAM Holiday Gift Guide

Tired of the holiday retail madness? Sick of jumping from website to website in search of the out-of-the-ordinary perfect gift? Look no further. Our annual gift guide comes to the rescue with a tempting assortment of products from the creative hands and minds of Brown alumni.

Better Late Than Never

Betsy Boyd ’95 tends to be a master procrastinator. Did she put off having kids too long?

From the President

President Paxson reviews improvements to Brown's sports programs and promises even more.

Scratching the Itch

Zimmer ’91 took up speed skating at forty-two. Two years later she was a national champion.

Don’t Hold Back

In their Opening Convocation speeches, the president and the provost gave advice to new students.

It’s Okay Not to Know

Maahika Srinivasan ’15 tells this year's nervous first-years to stop blabbering and to start listening.