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Karen Merrill Schunck and twin sister Kristen Merrill Schunck used squares of red-starred material, white plain material, and blue material with white dots, with different sized stars cut out of the blue material scattered - celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial.

News

October 13, 2008

As part of their “Women and Leadership” feature story, Newsweek had an article about Nancy Andrews (’76), Dean of Duke Medical School. The story detailed her experiences as a woman in medicine and science.

October 9, 2008

Dr. Nancy C. Andrews (’76), one of the honorees in the third Nottingham Wall of Fame ceremony scheduled for Octover 11th, is the dean of Duke University School of Medicine. A pediatric hematologist/oncologist, she named some of her favorite Nottingham teachers: Beulah Durr (chemistry), Barbara Spector (biology), and Mr. Deegan (math).

September 25, 2008

Eight Nottingham alumni are scheduled to be honored at the third annual Wall of Fame induction ceremony on October 11. They include Dr. Fred Roberts (’35), Quentin Kopp (’48), Nancy Knapp McCarty (’50), J. Sehl Burns (’62), Ben Burtt (’66), Tony Trischka (’66), Dr. Steven Galson (’74), and Dr. Nancy Andrews (’76).

August 28, 2007

Dr. Nancy C. Andrews (’76) was appointed the first female dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. She is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist. She has appointments at the Children’s Hospital in Boston and is a distinguished physician in pediatric oncology at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She has bachelor of science and master of science degrees from Yale, a doctoral degree from MIT, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.  Read the article.

Ira Hoffman (’76):
My wife Dorothy (Doro for short) and I celebrated our 20th anniversary this past summer with a trip to San Francisco. We met in Chicago and we’ve lived in Michigan since 6 months or so after our wedding.  We both work for Dow Chemical. We have two daughters:  Jessie, 19, and Meredith, coming up on 17.

Obituaries

Adele Heyman (’76), 49, died January 25, 2008, in New York City. She was the managing program director of the New York Open Center in Soho. She is survived by her fiance, a brother, and two sisters.

Pauline Rosenthal Share (’41), 82, died March 4, 2006, of complications due to a stroke. She was a proud wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Alan (’39); her children: Steven (’71), Susan (’72), Harlan (’76), Ira (‘78) and Hugh (’79).



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