GOING TO GREAT HEIGHTS
Victor Vescovo, '88, summited his first high-altitude peak, Kilimanjaro, the summer after he graduated from Stanford—and he has been climbing "up toward mountains higher" ever since. With his ascent of Everest last spring, he joined the elite climbers who have completed the "Seven Summits," the highest peak on each continent. If that weren't testament enough to Vescovo's dedication, on each trek he toted a "Beat Cal" sign and had himself photographed with it at the top.
PEERLESS LEADER
Being selected for the nation's most prestigious leadership programs is an accomplishment in itself; to be nominated for a lifetime achievement award by one's cohorts is an honor indeed. A member of the White House Fellows class of 1966-67, Samuel Howard, MA '63, is the 2010 recipient of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association's John W. Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award. A business leader and philanthropist in Nashville, Tenn., Howard says that his experiences as a White House Fellow continue to influence his involvement in his community, state and country.
FUNNY RUNS IN THE FAMILY
A recent addition to the writing staff for NBC's Emmy-winning series The Office, Carrie Kemper, '06, joined two of the show's producers on campus in November as part of a panel sponsored by the American Studies program. The topic: "Boy-Men at The Office —the Petty Comedy of the Dysfunctional Workplace." Kemper, a former editor-in-chief of the Chaparral humor magazine (a post now held by her younger brother, Billy, '11), gets to pen lines for her older sister, Ellie, who plays Dunder Mifflin receptionist Erin on the show. Carrie's first credited episode, titled "The Ultimatum," aired in January.
"My father, standing at the sink with white sleeves rolled, says, 'Knock knock.' I say, 'Who's there?' 'She loves.' 'She loves who?' He says, 'Exactly.'"
—"Knock Knock Joke" by Nick Arvin, MS '96, in Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer. The collection also includes pieces by Tess Gerritsen, '75, and Daniel Olivas, '81.
