Throughout her life, Merry Adler, GSEHD BA ’82, MA ’83, has looked to her late grandmother Rose Friedenberg as her guiding star. While “Nana” passed away in 1976, she remains vibrant in Adler’s memory. With the desire to share the story of her beloved Nana alongside the memories of other people’s grandmothers, Adler wrote and […]
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Alumna Cleans Up with Sponge Company
After soaring to success on Madison Avenue, Linda Sawyer, GWSB BBA ’83, made the jump to entrepreneurship and co-founded Skura Style in partnership with her childhood best friend. Sawyer, CEO of the venture, describes it as “a lifestyle brand that wants to enhance the experience around the kitchen sink.” The company launched in 2017 with a […]
Raise Pie: An Alumnus’s Journey from the CDC to Pro Pie Maker
As the old saying goes, “cooking is an art, baking is a science” – and that is no better personified than by Paul Arguin, CCAS BS ‘89. After his accomplished career in the medical field – most recently serving as the chief of domestic malaria at the CDC – Arguin and his husband Chris Taylor […]
Stories of Her Life: Alumna’s Global Journey in Journalism Returns Her to the Familiar Confines of GW
Naomi Spinrad, CCAS BA ’68, ESIA MA ’86, has had a career in journalism that has taken her around the world and provided adventures: dropping out of a helicopter onto an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, briefly steering an aircraft carrier and spending more time than she can count on military ships. It’s been a life […]
Exhibition Displays SEAS Alumnus’ Unique Collection
In the winter of 2011, a dazzling collection of Central Asian ikat textiles donated by Murad M. Megalli, SEAS BS’80, SEAS MS ’83 was prominently exhibited at The Textile Museum, then still in its previous location before the museum’s 2015 reopening at GW. In the midst of the exhibition’s run, the textile community received the […]
President LeBlanc Meets Alumni in New York
Members of GW’s largest alumni and parent network outside the national capital region gathered in Midtown May 9 to learn about George Washington University President Thomas J. LeBlanc’s vision for their alma mater. The event in New York City marked the fifth in the university’s series of community receptions around the country featuring Dr. LeBlanc. […]
GW Alumnus Brings Light into Darkness
As a child growing up in Washington, D.C., Antwanye Ford, SEAS BS ’87, GWSB MS ’93, learned that a single individual could have a significant impact on the world around him. His parents owned a small upholstery shop in the U Street Corridor, where Antwanye worked after school. Living, working, and contributing to his community […]
GWSB Alumna Celebrates 40 Years in Finance
“When I first entered the financial services business,” says Jeanie Knigin, GWSB MBA ’83 and Morgan Stanley financial advisor, “I really stood out – women were extremely rare. Now it’s very common.” This year, Jeanie celebrates 40 years of working in finance, the past 30+ of which have been spent in New York. Jeanie graduated […]
Frances Eizenstat, GWSB MA ’89
Frances Eizenstat, GWSB MA ’89, passed away on Feb. 17 at a Miami hospital. She was 68. Eizenstat worked on initiatives to strengthen low-income families and improve the lives of children, and had leadership roles with several Jewish foundations and charitable groups. After moving to Washington in 1977, when her husband joined the White House […]
Adam Mitchell Beloff, ESIA BA ’86
Adam Mitchell Beloff, ESIA BA ’86, of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on December 1, 2012 at the age of 48. Raised in Ventnor, NJ, Beloff graduated fromAtlantic City High School, received a BA in public affairs from GW, and attended Catholic University and St. Louis University as part of his continuing education abroad in Spain. After […]