Alumni headlines

Published in the June 10, 2009, Issue

Names in the news

Hopewell Holdings managing director Thomas Wu ’94 may not be as outspoken as his famous father, Gordon Wu ’58, but a recent profile said he's a "born entrepreneur." [The Standard (Hong Kong)]

Physicist Edward Witten *76 gave Vatican officials a primer on particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. [Associated Press]

Columnist Tim Kurkjian talked with Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf ’05 about his Princeton thesis, which tracked the return on investment for baseball draft picks. [ESPN.com]

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’00's film I Bring What I Love, a documentary about Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, opened in New York June 12. [New York Times]

F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17's onetime typist recalled that the writer was in the midst of a creative resurgence near the end of his life. [Los Angeles Times]