Books and authors mentioned in this article • Politics by Aristotle • Ethics by Aristotle • The Woods by Harlan Coben • The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly • The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon • Handling Sin by Michael Malone • Kennedy’s Brain by Henning Mankell • Born Standing Up by Steve Martin • Paradise Lost by John Milton • Evening by Susan Minot
John Marshall ’86 is serving with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority as part of a two-year fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania and is helping to rebuild New Orleans and surrounding communities. He is a partner in the Tampa office of the law firm Holland & Knight, where he practices in the areas of land use, local government and land-use litigation. He earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in government from the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law.
Wendy Nicholson ’86 is a managing director in the investment research department at Citigroup, leading the firm’s coverage of U.S. home and personal-care products companies. She joined the equity research department in April 1998 from the firm’s investment banking division, where she was a vice president. Wendy holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from New York University.
• Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl • The Reader by Bernhard Schlink • We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy by Maurice Sendak • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley • American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld • Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History by Ted Sorensen • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck • Dracula by Bram Stoker • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien • Indian Summer by Alex von Tunzelmann • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton • I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Jennifer Perini ’91 is the president of Everyman Pictures based at Universal Studios, where she develops feature films with director Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents and Recount). She was formerly head of creative affairs at director Robert Zemeckis’s Image Movers Pictures at Dreamworks, where she developed the films Beowulf and Monster House. She is a graduate of Harvard University and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Robert Radtke ’82 is the president of Episcopal Relief and Development. Previously, he served as the senior vice president for programs at the Asia Society and as vice president of the Business Council for the United Nations. He is a frequent contributor to the media on a broad range of issues, including HIV/AIDS in Asia, India-China relations, and U.S.-China relations.
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