MARCH 2006

Alumni News

Lani A. Adler (’91 MA) has joined the New York office of WolfBlock as a Partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group.

Susan A. Ashley (’73 PhD) has been appointed dean of the college/dean of the faculty of Colorado College. Dr. Ashley is the first woman to hold this post in the college’s 130-year history.

Anna Campbell Brickhouse (’98 PhD) has been presented with the annual Arit Award for outstanding work by a young humanities scholar by the Council of Graduate Studies.

Kevin J. Collins (’95 MA) A former member of the GSAS Alumni Association Board of Directors, Mr. Collins has been elected vice chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.

Lt. Colonel Kevin Farrell (’99 PhD), whose deployment to Iraq was reported in the last newsletter, continues in command of a battalion and has been sending some interesting news. Lt. Colonel Farrell and his men are nearing the end of their 10-month tour of duty.

Sonja Petra Karsen (’50 PhD) has been listed in the 2004-2005 edition of Who’s Who of American Women for her extensive academic achievements.

Gerda Lerner (’66 PhD) and Paula Hyman (’75 PhD), through the Jewish Women’s Archive, are working with Ruth Bader Ginsberg on an initiative entitled “Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution.” For an online exhibit of their work, please visit www.jwa.org.

Elisa New (’88 PhD), a Harvard professor, has married Lawrence H. Summers, the university president.

Donald Sosin (76, MA) has an active career performing internationally on silent films. He also has an extensive background in musical theater and now spends most of his time writing film music. For more information about his work with silent films, please visit www.silent-film-music.com.

Pierre L. Ullman (’52 MA) writes to tell us that he has been asked by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church to perform the arduous task of reading and commenting on the manuscript of the Spanish translation of The Lesser Feasts and Fasts.

Maurice Wohlgerlerntner (’46 MA; ’64 PhD), Professor Emeritus of English at Baruch College and the author of six scholarly books, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Yeshiva University in 2004.

Hope Herman Wurmfeld (’78 MA) has been awarded second prize for her collage series, Dream Garage, in the Fine Arts Collage category of the 2005 International Photography Awards, sponsored by the Lucie Awards. To view her work, please visit www.hopewormfeld.com.