Epilogue
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Elevating Vanderbilt to the Vanguard of Economic Policy Research
Al Hubbard, BA’69, and his wife, Kathy Hubbard, have made a $2 million gift to endow the Hubbard Family Chair in the Department of Economics at the College of Arts and Science. Read MoreDec 14, 2021
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John Hall, devoted Vanderbilt alumnus and trustee emeritus, has died
John R. Hall, BE’55, a champion for education and trustee emeritus whose deep devotion to Vanderbilt earned him the nickname “Kentucky Commodore,” died Nov. 25 in Lexington, Kentucky. Read MoreDec 3, 2021
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C.J. Sentell, PhD’15: Food for Thought
C.J. Sentell, PhD’15, a philosopher and food-focused social entrepreneur, was appointed CEO of the Nashville Food Project in July to continue to grow the organization which was founded on this simple but powerful mission: to feed neighbors in need. Read MoreNov 18, 2021
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Michele Ivey Frazier, MBA’93, takes a swing at bringing MLB to Nashville
Michele Ivey Frazier, MBA'93, joined Music City Baseball as director of operations and leader of the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for the organization in April. Her work is centered around the company’s goal to be diverse, equitable and inclusive in its efforts to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville. Read MoreNov 18, 2021
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Bass Military Scholar Andrew Hodlin awarded John S. Beasley II Scholarship
First-year Vanderbilt Law School student Andrew Hodlin has been awarded the John S. Beasley II Scholarship as part of Vanderbilt University’s Bass Military Scholars Program, which welcomed its third cohort of military veterans this fall. Read MoreOct 20, 2021
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Martha Rivers Ingram Dean’s Chair at Blair School of Music renamed in honor of Dean Emeritus Mark Wait
The Martha Rivers Ingram Dean’s Chair, endowed in 2005 to support the position of the dean at the Blair School of Music, has been renamed the Mark Wait Dean’s Chair to honor the former dean and professor of music, who was at Blair from 1993 to 2020. Read MoreOct 4, 2021
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Gary Giel Gore: University Designer
Former Vanderbilt University University Designer and book designer, Gary Giel Gore, of Nashville died March 28. He was 89. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Andrew Howard Nichols, BA’03: Education Researcher
Andrew Howard Nichols, senior director of higher education research and data analytics at education nonprofit The Education Trust, died Jan. 26 of brain cancer. His studies of educational gaps and financial aid regularly revealed inequities affecting low-income and minority students. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Alice Hackney Altstatt, MA’52, MD’56: Academic Anesthesiologist
Vanderbilt Medical School Class of 1956 alumna Alice Hackney Altstatt of Finksburg, Maryland, died Jan. 10. She was 95. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Vanessa K. Valdés, MA’02, MA’03, PhD’07, and Nathan Dize, MA’20, PhD’21: Collaborative Vision
Vanessa K. Valdés and Nathan H. Dize, Vanderbilt graduates in Spanish and Portuguese and French and Italian, respectively, teamed up on a project in the field of Afro-Latinx studies--a translation of Makenzy Orcel’s heartbreaking novel set in Haiti, Les Immortelles, published by SUNY Press. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Aaron Berndtson, BS’06 and Zach Blitz, BS’06: They’ve Got Game
The success of Aaron Berndtson and Zach Blitz contradicts every parent who has warned their teenager that they can’t make a living playing video games. The 2006 graduates, whose friendship was forged over Madden NFL and NCAA Football, now hold leadership positions on the cutting edge of the video-game industry. Read MoreAug 19, 2021
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Kimberly Robinson, BE’89: A New Space Age
Kimberly Robinson, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, believes that the nation is on the brink of another exciting Space Age, similar to the 1960s. Read MoreAug 19, 2021
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Cathy Bender, BS’82: Change Maker
The first Black woman to receive an athletic scholarship from Vanderbilt, Bender was a member of the nascent women’s basketball program. Today she is the co-chairperson of the Black and Gold Club, Vanderbilt’s alumni association for former student-athletes. Read MoreJul 23, 2021
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Up for the Challenge: Dixon McDonald, BA’11, completes world’s toughest rowing race in 3,000-mile trek across the Atlantic Ocean
Dixon McDonald, BA'11, and teammates Jimmy Carroll, Todd Hooper and Jono Mawson rowed approximately 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands, just off the coast of Africa, to the Caribbean nation of Antigua in a boat only 28 feet long and a little more than 3 feet wide last December for the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Read MoreJun 23, 2021
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LAVA president aims to strengthen ties among Vanderbilt’s LGBTQIA+ alumni
Jay Larry, BA’14, JD’17, recounts his Vanderbilt story and his involvement to create a more inclusive alumni community as president of LAVA, the LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni. Read MoreJun 10, 2021
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Vanderbilt’s Black football pioneers reflect on an often difficult journey
Before he was the first African American from Vanderbilt to play in the National Football League, spending seven seasons with the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, Doug Nettles was a very bored college cornerback. The frenetic offenses and complex passing games that are commonplace in modern football were no… Read MoreMay 19, 2021
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Support the Class of 2021
As alumni, we can help graduating Commodores prepare for the new chapter in their lives by encouraging and supporting them with mentorship and internship and job opportunities. Let’s show the Class of 2021 what it means to be Vanderbilt for Life. Read MoreApr 26, 2021
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Melvyn Semmel, EdD’63, Special Education Pioneer
Melvyn Ivan Semmel of Santa Barbara, Calif., a researcher, educator and 2007 Peabody Distinguished Alumnus, who helped shape the nation’s understanding and policies relating to students with disabilities, died Feb. 25. Read MoreApr 26, 2021
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Patricia Frist, BA’61, Philanthropist and Community Leader
Patricia Gail “Trish” Champion Frist, BA’61, of Nashville, who had a great impact as a philanthropist and business advocate, died Jan. 5. Read MoreApr 22, 2021
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Gene Back, BMus’06, BAFTA Breakthrough Talent
Last November, alumnus Gene Back’s growing list of accomplishments caught the attention of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The organization, which promotes the art of motion pictures on both sides of the Atlantic, selected him as a Breakthrough Talent. Read MoreApr 22, 2021