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1998 Amir Abdullah ’98 Amir, also known as DJ Amir, the CEO & Founder of 180 Proof Records out of Brooklyn, NY, has been working on a special project for several years.
Ryan Cox ’98 P ’26, ’28 Ryan's son Charlie started at Thayer's Middle School as a fifth grader this fall. He joins his sister Emma ’26. Congratulations and welcome!
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2000 2020-21 Classes ending in 0, 1, 5 & 6! | May 7 - 8
With the help of family, friends, and music lovers across the globe, Amir was able to surpass his goal of raising $8,000 via Kickstarter to turn his dream into a reality; a record presented by Strata Records titled ’The Sound of Detroit' - Reimagined by Jazzanova.
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Allison Kent Trumbull ’00 Allison is currently employed as the Head of U.S. Legal and Compliance at the Arabesque Group, a global financial technology company.
A THAYER FAMILY / FACULTY OCCASION! THAYER ALUM AND FACULTY MEMBERS SOPHIE BROWNE JONES '04 AND MIKE JONES '03 WERE MARRIED IN AUGUST.
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2002 Making a Difference
For Kendra King ’02, treating coronavirus patients requires both care and caring by Craig Salters '86 P '24
After securing the licensing rights to the Strata catalog, Amir began working with Jazzanova, a DJ/producer collective based in Berlin, Germany, to choose the best tracks that best represented Strata for an album in contemporary format. Since raising the necessary funds, Amir and Jazzanova will recontextualize 11 tracks from the catalog using a live band comprised of 10 musicians and producers starting on January 5, 2021. To hear more about ’The Sound of Detroit' - Reimagined by Jazzanova, visit: WWW.KICKSTARTER.COM/PROJECTS/ DJAMIR70/STRATA-RECORDS-THE-SOUND-OFDETROIT-REIMAGINED-BY-JAZZANOVA .
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Certified Physician Assistant Kendra King ‘02 has seen the worst that COVID-19 has to offer and the best that the medical profession has to offer, sometimes in the same 15-hour shift.
KENDRA KING '02 - FROM THE FIRST DAY SHE WORE A WHITE COAT IN PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SCHOOL
King, who works on the general surgery team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, joined one of the hospital’s newly formed COVID-19 teams when the virus first emerged. Since then she and fellow team members have handled cases both on the inpatient and ICU floors. They’ve “masked up” with PPE (personal protective equipment), made rounds, performed exams and bedside procedures, revised protocols, administered promising trial medications, dealt with complications and associated symptoms, intubated patients with ventilators, and responded to “code blue” situations where patients were struggling to survive.
King and colleagues have also held patients’ hands, updated family and friends, arranged for video chats or interpreters when necessary, and, in the worst cases, told distraught and grieving individuals that they could not see their loved ones for the last time. “This was one of the most emotionally draining parts of the job,” said King. “It was heartbreaking.” King has seen many young, otherwise healthy patients suffer strokes directly related to COVID-19. One young man was intubated for more than one month only to wake up to learn that both of his parents had died from the virus and that he would have cardiac and pulmonary issues for the rest of his life. One young woman had to learn of a terminal cancer diagnosis without the benefit of family members.