Feature Articles
I'm fascinated by people. Some of my favorite assignments have been interviews with people who have found their passion and love to talk about it. These articles appeared in university alumni magazines.
(In Ohio Today Magazine - I'll add a link when the issue goes online)
In the mid-1970s, Connie Tobias mapped out a strategy to soar. Today, the US Airways captain is fighting for the fame of America's first female pilot, Harriet Quimby.
Y2K and All That
A popular culture expert dissects the American fascination with angels, dinosaurs and aliens, among other forms of millennial madness.
At the Center of the Storm
Electronic communication networks are revolutionizing the way markets operate -- two Simon School professors tell how.
Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream
Harper's extraordinary entrepreneurial career -- 500 of her shops sprang up around the world -- came at a time when women just didn't do such things.
Through-Hiker
Only about 200 people hike the whole Appalachian Trail each year. John Illig is one of them. He wrote a book about the unique characters he met on the 2,147-mile trek.
Author, Author!
During the 19th century, many women achieved the status of author through the unorthodox route of automatic writing.
Our Eight-Footed Friends
It's not your everyday spineless creature from the sea that can move cinder blocks. Then again, an octopus is not your average mollusk.
How to Play Longer, Better
Howard Scott was part of the team that created the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record half a century ago. And boy, does he have stories to tell.
Taking Bankruptcy Out of the Closet
Bankruptcy used to be a hush-hush affair. Not anymore!
Magic Maker
Michael Kanfer won an Oscar for his visual-effects work on Titanic. Guess what? A lot of those images were computer-generated.
Professor Pizzazz
Are teachers entertainers? Harvard law prof and TV commentator Arthur Miller shows how to be both.
Disk Master to the Stars
Bob Ludwig has fine-tuned the work of some of today's hottest musicians, including Tori Amos and Bruce Springsteen -- all from his Portland, Maine, studio.
Piano Man
The piano's 300-year history has been anything but serene. Think street riots ...
Icing the Cake
Sometimes the funniest people start out as futures traders. Just ask Doug Abeles. He went on to find his true calling in a comedy-writing class.
Power Writer
John Barry, author of Rising Tide, says the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was as much about the human abuse of power as the unrelenting force of nature.
Warm-Up
The University of Rochester debate team ranks among the nation's best. With 16 weekends and spring break spent in meets (not to mention prep time during the week), they have a grueling season.
Microbe Hunter
Kathleen Gensheimer is part physician and part detective. Maine's residents rely on her to keep sweeping illnesses at bay.
Women's Lacrosse: Team-Building, Spirit-Building
The new team at Rochester faces some formidable competition.