Grads

The Arts and Sciences Graduate Alumni Association of Dartmouth (ASGAAD) and the MALS Alumni Council sponsored their annual Celebration of Poetry on February 12, during Winter Carnival Weekend. The reading, open to all poets and poetry lovers, was held in the Wren Room. Nancy Silliman'95 (MALS'96) opened the well-attended event with two of her poems inspired by the recent tsunami. Gayle Giovanna (biology'90) presented a work of performance art by playing a flute solo to set the atmosphere for her poems on love and winter. Judy Chypre (MALS'99), who helped organize the celebration, and Frank Anthony (MALS'84) were included among the readers. Frank closed the reading and the group adjourned for tea and conversation. Also enjoying the afternoon were alumni Maggie Montgomery (MALS'99) and Agnes Anna Zephyr (MALS'04). Those of us who heard Agnes' thesis presentation last year are hoping to persuade her to read at our next program. We are planning to hold a summer reading in Hanover at Wheelock Terrace. If you would like more information on this, please give me a call.

The Clorox Co. recently announced that Laura Stein '83 (MALS'94) was named senior vice president and general counsel. Reporting to president and CEO Jerry Johnston, she will oversee the company's legal services and internal audit functions. She was also elected an officer of the company by Clorox's board of directors and has been appointed a member of the company's management executive committee. Stein brings more than 17 years of corporate legal and governance experience to the company. After earning her law degree from Harvard Law School, she was a business lawyer with Morrison & Forester in San Francisco. She then spent eight years with the Clorox Co., most recently as assistent general counsel for regulatory affairs. Stein joined the H.J. Heinz Cos. in 2000. She served as seniorvice president and general counsel and was responsible for their global legal, ethics, compliance, corporate secretary and enterprise risk management matters.

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