Last year, as Mark and Michele Lerner (née Vodneck) awaited the arrival of their second grandchild, they also anticipated another milestone: 40 years since they first met on the 7th floor of Thurston Hall. In 1977, Michele, ESIA BA ‘81, ESIA MA ‘82 was thrilled to be at GW, having set her heart on going […]
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Colonial Love: Robert and Vivian
In the fall of 1954, Robert Tompson, SMHS MD ’58, was a first-year GW med student with a bit of a problem. “I was terribly distracted” he says, “by the presence of a pretty young girl in my classes.” That young girl was Vivian Andrews, a D.C. native who had made her way to GW […]
Colonial Love: Marco & Nabila
Thanks to Marco Fernandes, GWSB MBA ’07, and Nabila Hai, SMHS MD ’10, for sharing their story! One morning in the fall semester of 2002, Professor Collins-Cavanaugh excused two students from class for getting an “A” on a paper. Marco Fernandes, MBA ’07, and Nabila Hai, MD ’10, were not required to participate in the class […]