Howard Heather (SHS 1986)
COMMISSIONER, POLITICAL ADVISOR
Heather Howard’s words of wisdom beneath her senior picture in Bandersnatch contain the famous Ronald Reagan Question, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”
She has devoted her professional life to secure the answer “yes” from both politicians and the citizenry they serve.
Alan Schwarz (SHS 1986)
PORTS JOURNALIST, NEW YORK TIMES
In high school, Alan Schwarz borrowed a short quotation from Chief Justice Earl Warren for his Bandy quote. "The sports page records people’s accomplishments. The front page, nothing but their failures."
In college at the University of Pennsylvania, Schwarz majored in mathematics and covered sports for the Red and the Black.
Elissa Brown (SHS 1986)
PSYCHOLOGIST, TREATING TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN
Dr. Brown is a psychology professor and licensed clinical psychologist who currently teaches at St. John's College of Arts and Sciences. Previously she was on the faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine. Outside of the classroom, she has studied the treatment of traumatized children and published widely on that subject. Elissa is the founder of the Bereavement Project, which she created following the tragic attack on the United States on 9/11.
Read moreElisabeth Stock (SHS 1986)
Activist.
Founder of Computers for Youth which gets computers in the hands of students who otherwise would have no access to them. How this for her Bandy quote, “ There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.” Elisabeth was also a White House Fellow.