RUNNING IN THE FAMILY
Photo: Marty Caivano/Boulder Daily CameraWhen Bob Muckle, '82, was sworn in as mayor of Louisville, Colo., in November, he and his younger brother, Andrew Muckle, '85, mayor of the adjacent community of Superior, made state history as the first siblings to hold the office simultaneously (at least as far as anyone can remember). It's not the first time the brothers have taken similar paths: After attending Stanford, both became doctors—Andrew an internist and Bob an ear surgeon. As their mother, Pat Muckle, noted in an interview with the Boulder Daily Camera, "It can be really turbulent in local politics." But, she said, "the boys never fought. . . . Andy is extremely calm, and Bob is, too."
Photo: Brant Ward/San Francisco ChronicleA LEAGUE OF HER OWN
San Francisco Chronicle baseball writer Susan Slusser, '88, was elected vice president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. When she succeeds Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times in October she will become the first female president in the organization's 104-year history. Founded in 1908, the BBWAA advocates on behalf of sports journalists for access to major league teams—which translates to more news reaching fans, whether it's through traditional media or, increasingly, the Internet. Members also vote on Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young awards, as well as Hall of Fame inductees. Slusser, who has been with the Chron since 1996, has covered the Oakland A's since 1999.
LEAD ON
Photo: David ShankboneFormer State Department advisor Jared Cohen, '04, has been named one of seven "Top American Leaders" by the Washington Post and Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. The distinction recognizes leaders who have made outstanding contributions to public, private and nonprofit sectors. Cohen, who at 24 was the youngest ever member of the secretary of state's policy planning staff when he was hired in 2006, has been at the helm of Google's new innovation "think/do tank," Google Ideas, since its launch in October 2010.
"[Publishers] think black people don't buy literary fiction, but I think it's just what I like to call the red sweater syndrome: If a store opens up and they only stock red sweaters and customers come and buy them, they think people are only interested in buying red sweaters."
—Amina Gautier, '99, MA '99, who won the 2011 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction for her collection At-Risk (University of Georgia Press).
