National Public Radio commentator

A Boston University drop out, Nina Totenberg today is one of the most respected radio journalists in America.  She has been honored by the American Bar Association seven times.  In 1988 she won the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for her coverage of Supreme Court nominations.   Ten years later, the National Press Foundation honored her with its Excellence in Broadcasting Award.

Astronaut, now lecturer at MIT

Jeffrey Hoffman was bound to be an astronaut.  As a small child he was captivated by the Hayden Planetarium in New York.  At Amherst College he received a BA degree summa cum laude in Astronomy.  His original research was in high-energy astrophysics.  His doctoral work at Harvard University was on the design, construction and flight of a gamma ray telescope.