Category: Alumni

SOAN alum Raul Raymundo ’87 published a letter to the editor in the January 12 edition of the Chicago Tribune titled, “We deserve answers.”

SOAN alum Hannah Burcaw ’19 and husband Shane were interviewed by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine for their new book Interabled: True Stories About Love and Disability. Hannah and Shane have 2 million followers on their YouTube channel Squirmy and Grubs, where they document their interabled marriage—Shane was born with spinal muscular atrophy; Hannah is a nondisabled former college athlete (she swam at Carleton). They rank in the top three of Minnesota’s most popular YouTubers.

The New York Times published the obituary for SOAN alum Cathy Cade ’63, “an activist and pioneering photographer who chronicled same-sex female relationships, producing a 1987 book that was hailed by feminists and gay-rights advocates as a classic.”

“As a student at Carleton College… Ms. Cade participated in an exchange program with Spelman College, the historically Black institution for women in Atlanta. There, she became active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, the Black campus organization that fought for racial justice.

After graduating from Carleton with a bachelor’s degree in sociology a year later, she went to work for SNCC full time, participating in sit-ins and protests in the South and attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. She continued her activism in the latter half of the 1960s while earning a doctorate in sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans.”

Read the full obituary with a gifted link from Carleton.

SOAN alum Dan Dougherty ’49, World War II veteran and one of the last surviving liberators of the Dachau Concentration Camp, traveled to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. His trip was covered by CBS News for a piece titled, “WWII vet from Northern California flies to France to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day” and by KCRA for a piece titled, “Fairfield WWII veteran to tour France for 80th D-Day anniversary.”

SOAN alum Bonnie Pitblado ’90, a researcher at the University of Oklahoma, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest scientific society.

SOAN and Dance alum Phil Chan ’06 was interviewed by the Star Tribune for a piece titled “‘10,000 Dreams’ at Northrop seeks to celebrate Asian choreography and end stereotypes.” The piece features Chan’s co-curated dance program 10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography and his creative journey to combat Asian stereotypes in dance.

SOAN and Dance alum Phil Chan ’06 was quoted in a New York Times article titled “From Ballet to Blackjack, a Dance Pioneer’s Amazing Odyssey.” The piece features the story of George Lee, pioneering Asian American ballet and Broadway dancer, as well as the documentary being released about him.

SOAN alum Clara Lehmann ’04 and Psychology alum Jonathan Lacocque ’04 premiered their second feature documentary, O Pioneer, in August at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in San Jose, Calif. The film is a documentary that celebrates three Appalachians from West Virginia as they embark upon an important journey that unfolds in the midst of a pandemic and personal heartache. Lehmann and Lacocque are partners in the creative studio Coat of Arms in Helvetia, W.Va.

Watch the documentary trailer.

SOAN alum Jim Hilbert ’89 has become the interim president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law while the school undergoes a search for a new president and dean. Hilbert began his journey at Mitchell Hamline as a guest speaker and then adjunct professor, joining the school as a full-time faculty member in 2015, achieving tenure in 2019, and becoming vice dean of the school in 2020. Hilbert will not seek the job on a permanent basis, but is “grateful to be leading the school, even on a temporary basis.”

SOAN and CAMS alum Andrij Parekh ’94, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series in 2020 for Season 2 Episode 3 of Succession (“Hunting”), was nominated for the same Emmy Award this year for directing Season 4 Episode 8 of Succession (“America Decides”).