A Hier Form of Art

Joan Hier '01 is the fourth generation of Hiers to enjoy the images of her photographer great-grandfather Frederick. And, thanks to her grandfather, Fritz Hier'44, visitors to the Hood Museum can take them in through exhibits and classes. More than 20 years ago, Fritz gave the Hood Museum a collection of 57 photographs, photogravures, and etchings by his father and such celebrated photographers as Alfred Stieglitz (The Steerage), Alvin Coburn (August Rodin), and Edward Steichen (TheFlatiron—Evening). Five of these works were hung last fall for the "Signs of Modern Life," an exhibition organized in conjunction with a class taught by adjunct professor and former New York Times photography critic Andy Grundberg.

• Angell Beza '57, recipient of the highest employee award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is senior associate director of the Institute for Research in Social Science

• Dr. Martin Keller '68, recipient of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Lieber Prize for his research on depression

• Peter Roby '79, named vice president of consumer marketing for Reebok North America

• Gigi Roane '81, developer of Drum and Spear Books () the web's most popular bookseller for African Americans and nominated by Black Enterprise Magazine's Emerging Small Business Award

• Rev. Stephanie Ruth Nichols '83, installed by First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Framingham, Massachusetts, as the first female minister in its near-300-year histoty

• Terry Plank '85, recipient of the 1998 Young Scientist Award from the Geological Society of America for her research on the chemical composition of volcanic deposits

• Daniel Lu '96, recipient of a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (he was born in Taiwan) to support his studies for a combined M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of California at San Diego

Fritz '44, Joan '01, and Robert '75 Hier with Stieglltz's The Steerage.