If you are an alum member at the University of Chicago and would like to add your

signature to this letter, please send an email to

alumniagainstbannonatuchicago@gmail.com. Please include your year of graduation
and affiliation. Signatures will be added daily, and we will continue to accept them until
this issue is resolved. If you are not an alum but share the sentiments expressed in this
letter, we encourage you to tell others and organize your own affinity groups to speak
out.

January 25, 2018

To:
Robert Zimmer, President
Daniel Diermeier, Provost
The University of Chicago

Dear President Zimmer and Provost Diermeier,

As alumni representing the University’s deep bench of undergraduate and graduate

population, we are deeply concerned that Stephen Bannon, the founding member and
former executive chairman of the board of Breitbart News and former Chief Strategist to
President Donald J. Trump, has been invited to speak at the University of Chicago.

The faculty letter already circulating has spoken at great length about the University’s
commitment to freedom of expression, a value with which we certainly agree and whose
arguments we do not wish to rehash. We agree with our faculty when they say that the
combination of academic excellence and open inquiry at the University require "an
environment where every member of our community is valued and hate speech that is
meant to undermine their full participation is not tolerated." We would not have gone to
the University of Chicago had we not sought out a richly rewarding educational
experience with groups of diverse people of different ideologies and mindsets. However,
amplifying Bannon’s hate speech does not align with these principles, and making space
for Bannon necessarily drives out space and resources for other perspectives. We concur
with our faculty’s assessment that condoning a visit from Bannon compromises that
mission in and of itself. We do not question Bannon’s right to speak. We gravely
question the University’s decision to give him a platform to do so.

We understand that the University may feel bound by theoretical principles and guiding
documents. As alumni, we are committed to those principles, documents, and the
processes that led to their creation and periodic review. The 1967 Kalven Report says,
“[from] time to time instances will arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten
the mission of the university and its values of free inquiry. In such a crisis, it becomes the
obligation of the university as an institution to oppose such measures and actively to
defend its interests and its values.” This sentiment is echoed in the 2015 Report of the
Committee on Free Expression, which states, “[the] University may restrict expression
that violates the law, that falsely defames a specific individual, that constitutes a genuine
threat or harassment, that unjustifiably invades substantial privacy or confidentiality
interests, or that is otherwise directly incompatible with the functioning of the
University.” In such cases, the Committee on Free Expression concluded, “[to] this end,
the University has a solemn responsibility not only to promote a lively and fearless
freedom of debate and deliberation, but also to protect that freedom when others attempt
to restrict it.” Stephen Bannon seeks to silence dissenting voices of large portions of
society. Denying him a platform to speak at our university does not restrict our
environment of fearless freedom of debate and deliberation; rather, it protects that
environment.

As alumni, we are extremely concerned that allowing Bannon to speak will harm both
students and the reputation of the university. There is no need to rehash the consequences
to our campus and South Side communities when we invite speakers who do not view
everyone in our midst as fully human citizens of the world. As alumni of our prestigious
institution, our primary responsibility to the University is to ensure that all current
students in our programs have the same or better access to the same high-quality,
valuable, safe, supportive, challenging, horizons-expanding learning environment that we
did.

As Bannon is an invited guest of the business school, let us think of Bannon’s presence
on campus in terms of a cost-benefit analysis. It surely benefits Bannon to have received
an invitation to speak at one of the most influential and academically prestigious
universities in the world. Whether or not his invitation is rescinded, whether or not his
debate is to an empty audience, an auditorium of shrill sycophants, or if he speaks to
angry protesters lining the halls -- Bannon has already reaped the benefits of this
invitation. No matter what happens, whether he speaks or not, whether his speech is
viewed positively or not, whether he says anything worthy of intellectual discussion or
not, Bannon has received benefits from this invitation from the University of Chicago at
the expense of the greater community.

On the other hand, we as a University community bear the costs of his visit and few
benefits at all. First are the possible direct financial costs of his visit: travel, food,
lodging, and honorarium. This is money directly allotted by the University from a finite
fund to pay for guests. Any money that is spent on Bannon cannot be spent on other
speakers. There will certainly also be increased security costs surrounding Bannon’s visit.
As alumni who are regularly asked to donate to the University for the benefit of its
current students, we strongly feel there are better ways for our donations to be put to use.

Next are the costs on the time of students, faculty, and administration as we react to this
news: the University of Chicago is fast becoming a focal point in the next wave of culture
wars. This cost will be disproportionately borne by students, faculty, and employees of
the University who belong to groups that Bannon has directly attacked, including but not
limited to people of color, our LGBTQ-identifying communities, our Jewish and Muslim
communities, and international students. A Bannon visit to campus will be a distraction
from, not an enhancement to, that learning environment which we all cherish. Students
seeking emotional support around the event will put strain on the university’s wellness
resources, including mental health, spiritual life, and housing staff. Many students who
live on-campus are members of groups that Bannon singles out for hate: even if they
choose not to attend Bannon's speech, none of them are free to avoid the chaos that will
accompany it.

Finally, there is the cost of association with Bannon itself. Hosting Bannon may hamper
the University of Chicago’s ability to recruit and retain a diverse student body, as well as
attracting faculty and speakers; we find allowing him to speak at odds with the
University’s commitment to diversity and programs such as the Odyssey Scholarship
Program, which help to make campus accessible to all promising scholars. Is the
University of Chicago community really so interested in the intellectual views of Stephen
Bannon that we will pay for the chance to associate with a man who harbors white
supremacist views, who is the proponent of the Muslim ban, who has been accused of
domestic violence and sexual harassment, who has used openly derogatory language
about members of the LGBTQ community, and who has openly sneered at universities
and every value we stand for?

Many have argued that Bannon has a right to speak his opinion. We do not in any way
dispute that he does. We have seen him put that right to use over and over, in many
outlets, including Breitbart News, the well-known racist media outlet which he ran until
earlier this month. One can quite easily find interviews with Steve Bannon with the New
York Times, 60 Minutes, Vanity Fair, and a variety of other outlets. The value added to
hearing Bannon speak “straight from the horse’s mouth”, as it were, is very limited, given
how cheaply he has already gotten media outlets to spread his views. His views are not
secrets that have been unable to find an outlet, but have been broadcast from the White
House Oval Office repeatedly over the last year. Meanwhile, due to Bannon’s well-
documented propensity for distorting and misrepresenting matters of fact, the veracity of
anything novel he might say at the University of Chicago is unlikely to be determined
within the course of a moderated debate.

As our faculty members have said in their open letter, “the defense of freedom of
expression cannot be taken to mean that white supremacy, anti-semitism, misogyny,
homophobia, anti-Catholicism, and islamophobia must be afforded the rights and
opportunity to be aired on a university campus. [...] Our decisions about who we provide
access and opportunity to speak on campus cannot be separated from the our country’s
extensive historical legacies of oppression and inequality in which the University of
Chicago is deeply embedded. In the current social and political climate of the country--in
which the rights and safety of immigrant, black, Muslim, and LGBTQ communities are
routinely threatened--the hate speech represented in Bannon's body of work are not the
insignificant musings of a fringe political group, but rather the governing philosophy of
the chief executive and a newly emboldened political movement based on white
supremacy and religious intolerance. Rather than normalizing hate speech by granting it a
privileged forum, the university should model inclusion for a country that is reeling from
the consequences of racism, xenophobia, and hate.” We wholeheartedly agree. Given the
current political climate, do we as a University really wish to be seen as legitimizing the
ethically and morally repugnant views of an extreme white nationalist such as Steve
Bannon? We sincerely hope not, and certainly we have no obligation to do so.
We alumni therefore call upon the University of Chicago to revoke its invitation to
Stephen Bannon. If this is not possible, we ask the University to be extremely transparent
about its invitation, including any fees that the University will be covering for Bannon, so
that we know how much the University values his contributions to the freedom of
expression and will be able to take that into consideration the next time we are asked for
contributions. Furthermore, we ask that any money raised from this event be given over
to RSOs on campus that work to represent the rights of marginalized students, so that the
University not lend itself the appearance of condoning or profiting from white
supremacy.

Finally, we would like to know what other guests the University intends to invite this
year who will engage and challenge the views that Steve Bannon expresses in order to
uphold the commitment to freedom of expression and discussion on campus. If the
University feels that Bannon’s views are worth a hearing, surely it is at least equally
valuable, and in the spirit of our University, to hold them up to critical analysis.

Sincerely,
The Undersigned Alumni of the University of Chicago

Katherine Aanensen, AB '16

Bradley Aaron, AM ‘05
Maria Acevedo, AB ‘13
Chip Ach, AB ‘96
Christian Adames, AB '15
Rachel Adelstein, PhD ‘13
Elizabeth Adetiba, AB '17
Kate Aguirre, AB ‘10
Cindy Agustin, AB '11
Sydney Ahearn, AB '08
Maya Ahlstrom, AB ‘06
Jeffrey Ajufo, AM ‘17
Anna Akers-Pecht, AB '12
Rose Al Abosy, AB '17
Shaunae Alex, SB ‘14
Diana Ali, AM/MPP ‘16
Hawa Osman Ali, AB ‘10
Sophia Alice, SB '13
Leo Allen, AB ‘17
Olivia Alsip, MAPSS ’16
Russ Altman-Merino, AB ‘10
Mido Aly, AB ‘14
Marc Amante, AB '10
Ayla Amon, AB '10
Rachel Anderson, MPP '09
Michaela Appeltova, AM '11, PhD (expected 2018)
Jonathan Arone, AB '17
Vanessa Tantillo Aronson, AB ‘07
Zohra Ashpari, AM '09
Zachary G. Augustine, AB '16
Adam Aurisano, AB ‘04
Jillian (Rochat) Aurisano, AB ‘06
Aleksandr Ayvazov, SB '15
Rebeca Alderete Baca, AB '15
Jay Bach, AB ‘16
Jesse Bachir, MAPH ‘16
Sarah Bagby, SB ’00
Rikki Baker Keusch, AB’17 AM’18
Nisha Bala, SB '15
Mary Elaine Barclay, AB '17
Corson Barnard, AB '17
Jennifer Lynn Barnett, AB ‘96
Jacob Barney, AB '08
Erin Franzinger Barrett, AB ‘09
Fleming Ford Bartoszek, AB ‘06
Laura Bass, AM ‘08
Xiili Helena Bassett, AB ‘16
Tristan Bates, PhD ‘17
Brittani Baxter, AB ‘10
Gregory Beam, AB ‘04
Alex Bean, AM '10
Marie Becker, MAPH ‘12
Shaindel Beers, MAPH '00
Joanna Behrman, AM '14
Lauren Beitler, AB '05, MAT '06
Caroline M Bellios, AB '97
Daniel Benjamin, AB '09
Emily Benjamin, AB ‘16
Amanda Bennett, AB ‘14
Michelle Bentsman, AB '12
Eric D. Berg, AM '17
Jeanette Wilson Bergeron, AM ‘88
Katharine Bernstein, AB ‘04
Sarah Best, X ‘03
Yamuna Bhaskaran, AB ‘99
Neha Bhooshan, PhD '10, MD '12
Miriam Bial, AB ‘17
Shula Bien, AB '08, AM '09
Katharine Bierce, AB ‘10
Adam Bierstedt, BA '17
Abigail (Point) Bingham, AB '13
Nora Bingham, AB '14
Zach Binney, AB '08
Jake Bittle, AB '17
Hunter Bivens, PhD '06
Alice Blackwood, AB ‘13
Elizabeth Blake, AM '09
Jack Bliamptis, AB ‘15
Sam Blobaum, AB ‘14
Molly Blondell, AB '15
Brett A. Bloom, MFA ‘96
Emma Boast, AB '09
Miriam Bodenheimer, AB ‘08
Cynthia Bottomley, X ‘10
Sumaya Bouadi, AB ‘15
Mark Bouchard, AB/AM ‘17
Kara Boulahanis, AB ‘08
Urshala Bowles AM ‘11
Sam Bowman, AB/AM ‘11
Anne Marie Boyd, AM '16
Meredith Moretz Boyer, AM '15
Éamon Boylan, AB ‘16
Betsey Behr Brada, PhD ‘11
Vuk Brajuskovic, AB ‘11
Laurena Brink, PhD ‘09
Morgan Britt, AB ‘10
Derek Brockbank, AB '03
Joshua Brody, AM '06
Adam Bronson, AB ‘05
James Brooks, AB '14
Eva Brotslaw, SB '17
Amani Brown, MBA '10
Candice Brown, AB ‘11
Nicola Brown, AB '15
Laura M. Browning, AM '06
Marika Brownlee, AB '15
Hunter Buckworth, AB '12
Kyle Bullock, AM ‘16
Christine Buras, AB ‘10
Meghan Burke, AB ‘05
Niamh Burke, AB ‘17
Katy Burnett, AB ‘10
Chelsea Burns, PhD ‘16
Katherine Burns, AB '14
Elizabeth Bynum, AB ‘15
Haotian Cai, AB '10
Mary Channen Caldwell, PhD ‘13
Robert Callahan, MPP '16
Rachel Cane, MD ‘13
Tanner Caplan, AB ‘15
Laura Cappe, AB '05, AM '07
Emy Cardoza, MDiv '10
Ashly Cargle-Thompson, MA ‘12
Luke Carman AB '09, MAT '11
Lucas Carmichael, AM ‘04, PhD ‘17
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Andrés Carrizo, PhD '14
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Richie Castellanes, SB '05
Lissette Castillo, AB '14
Ananya Chakravarti, PhD ‘12
Swagato Chakravorty, MAPH '11
Arundhati Chandrasekhar, AB '14
Alexis Chaney, AB ‘12
Maximilian Chaoulideer, AB ‘13
Andrea Chapin, AB ‘17
Jenna Chapman, MAPSS '13
Paul Chard, PhD ‘94
D. Maurice Charles, MDiv ’90, PhD ‘13
Sonya Chaudhry, AM '16
Hannah Chazin, AB ‘08, PhD ‘16
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Mengyuan Chen, SB ‘17
Samantha Chen, AB ‘14
Sophia Chen, AB ‘16
Padma Chirumamilla, AB ‘09
Rachelle Chouinard, AB '13
Neil Chudgar, PhD ‘09
Danielle Chutinthranond, AB '08
Davio Cianci, AB '15
Eric Cioe, AB ‘09
Sandra Nam Cioffi, AB '02
Stephanie Ciupka, AB '10
Martha Claeys, MAPH ‘17
Alexandria Schultz Cleasby, AM '13
Eleanor Clifford, AB '16
Hilary Clifford, AB ‘14
Kim Coble, PhD '99
Amoretta Cockerham, AB '15
Devon Coffee, AM ‘17
Aaron Cohen, AM '03
Erin (Roosa) Cohen, SB '04
Lavonne Jahnke Cohen, AB '92
Shoshannah Cohen, PhD ‘98
Alana Cole, AB '15
Sidney Colton, AB '89
Sydney Combs AB '15
Heather Meunier Connor, AM ‘98
Dani Brecher Cook, AB ‘10
Nina Coomes, AB ‘14
Amy Cooper, AM ‘02, PhD ‘12
Gemma Cooper-Novack, AB ‘04
Margot Considine, AB '07
Sandra Cordoba, AB ‘12
Nora Cosbey, AB ‘05
Isaac Cowhey, AB ‘10
Jonathan E Cowperthwait, AB ’08
Connor Coyne, AB ‘01
Lauren Crabtree, AB ‘99
David Crane, AM '11
Joseph Cronin, AB ‘14
James Crooks, PhD '15
Peter Damm, AB ‘15
Roxana Daneshvar, AB ’96
Dereck Daschke, AM '92, PhD '00
Alexa Daugherty, AB '16
Jennifer David, AB '15
Emily Davidson, MD ‘12
Bridgette Davis, AM ‘16, PhD (expected) ‘21
Jennifer Connell Davis, AB '01
Jonathan De Souza, PhD '13
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Oliver Dean, AB ‘15
Mary-Anne Decatur, AB '06
Maria Decker, AB '15
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Paloma Delgadillo, AB ‘15
Michel-Ange Desruisseaux, AB '15
Calvin Deutschbein, SB ‘15, AB ‘15
Robert Devendorf, AB '81, MA '04
Maria Dikcis, MAPH ‘13
Andrew Dilts, PhD ‘08
Linda Ding, AB '04
Jaime Dircksen, AM ‘01
Amy Dix, AB '08, AM '11
Samantha Dixon, AB '14
Mary E Dolan, PhD ‘79
Erin Dominici, AB'15
Marie Donahue, AB '11
Raff Donelson, MAPH '10
Hayley Doner, AB ‘13
Elikem Dorbu, AB ‘17
Jean-Philippe B. Dorval, AB '17
Nicky Dover, AB ‘14
John Dowling, AB & SB ‘03, SM ‘05
Jessica Dragonetti, AB '09
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Evan Druce, AB '06
Tess Drummond, AB '14
Lara Druyan, AB ‘89
Allie Dudley, AB '16
Cassandra Dunn, AM ‘13
Elizabeth DuPond, AB '14
Sarah Duston, AM ‘03
Indivar Dutta-Gupta, AB ‘05
Tucker Eads, AB '08, AM '17
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Arielle Eckstut, AB ‘92
Patrick Eccles, AM ‘05
Rebecca Edwards, AB ‘15
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Philip Ehrenberg, AB '14
Abbi Eichhorn, AB '08, MAT '09
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David Emanuel, AB ‘03
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Mark Epstein, MD '13
Rebecca Phillips Epstein, AB ‘06
James Erler, AB '08
Emma Erlich, AB '12
Alex Escalona, AB '04
Kenzo Esquivel, SB ‘17
Eve L. Ewing, AB ‘08
Bonnie Fan, AB '14
Austin Fang, MBA '17
Noah D. Feeman, AM '17
Joshua Feingold, AB ‘14
Wai Lee Chin Feman, AB '10
Brent Fergusson, AM 2016
Fabio Ferrari, Lab School ‘87
Susan Ferrari AB' 03, PhD '09
Hernando Fereira, AB '15
Tim Fessenden, PhD '17
Matthew Fink, AB '06
Lindsay Forrey, AM ‘06
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Elizabeth Fiedler, PhD ‘17
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Elizabeth Flora, AB '10
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Elizabeth Foster, AM ‘16
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Elizabeth Freeman, PhD ‘96
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Julia Friedman, AB ‘05
Sara Friedman, AB '09
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Julie Fry, AB '07
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Jennifer Gai, AM ‘15
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Rodrigo Garcia-Uribe, AB ‘05
Avi Garelick, AB ‘10
Ariane Garrett, AB '08
Melanie Garrett, AM ‘01
Tanya Garrett, AM ‘09
Geneviève Generaux, AM ‘06
Daniel Genoves-Sylvan, AB ‘11
Gerad Gentry, AM '11
Tamara Ghattas, AB ‘03
James Ginsburg, AB ‘87
Rebecca Giordano, AB ‘08
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Jeffrey Glass, AB ‘11
Kelsey Glass-Johnston, AB ‘10
Bruce Gluckman, AB ‘75
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Ted Gonder, AB ‘12
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Edgar Gonzalez, AB ‘14
David Goodman-Edberg, AB ’16
Moira Goodwin, AB ‘17
Jane Gordon, AB ‘15
Emily Graber, AB ‘11
Judith Victor Grabiner, SB ‘66
Rebecca Grabiner, AB ‘97
Stephanie Grach, AB '14
Laura Kunstler Graff, AM '74
Rebecca Graff, AM '01, PhD '11
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Margaret Gray, AB '12
Bryan Graybill, AB ‘16
Samantha Grayck, AM ‘16
Molly Greene, AM '17
John Greenfield, AB '93
Andrew Greenwood, PhD ‘12
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Lauren Grodnicki, PhD '10
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Alexandra Gunnells, AM ‘17
Eric M Gurevitch, AB ‘13
Carlos Eduardo Guzmán, AB '16
Stacy Hackner, AB '10
Ingrid Haftel, AM ‘10
Noah Halford, AB ‘16
Julian Haller, MAPH '17
Cosette Hampton, AB’17
Emily J Hangen, AB ‘13
Keith Hannigan, AB '87 in his own name and in the name of the late Steve Auerbach, AB
'87, MBA '93
Thomas Hansberger, AB ‘09
Maggie Hansen, AB '03
Maya Hansen, AB ‘17
Yiding Hao, AB ’15
Maheema Haque, AB ‘17
Erica Harris, MPP ‘01
Joshua Harris, AB ‘16
Nicolas A Harris, MAPH 2017
Erin Hart, AB '16
Jenna Hart, AM ‘13
Ryan Harte, AB '10, AM '11
Sien Hasker, AB '17
Ryan Hatten, AB ‘11
Amelia Hay, AB '10
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John Hempill, AB ‘79
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Jeremy S. Kane, AB '11
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Orion Kellogg, AB ‘04
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Hunter Kennedy, AB ‘16
Kelsey Kerin, AB '16
Ashlyn Kershner, AB '15, AM '17
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Moizza M. Khan, AM ‘06
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Sarah Kim, AB '17
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Charles Kupferberg, AB '15
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Hannah Landes, AB ‘17
Ashley M. Lane, AB '11
Madeline Lane-McKinley, AB '07
Daniel Lapinski, AB '15
Nathan La Porte, PhD ‘16
Merry Herbst Lardner, AB '12, AM '14
Nicole Larkin, AM '13
Steven David LaRue, AB '10
Alexis Lassiter, AB '13
Elizabeth Lawrence, JD ‘09
Holly Lawson, AB '12
John Laycock, AB '09
Rachel (Landau) Lazerus, AB '08, MPP '12
Megan Ledbetter, AB ‘04
Andrew Lee, AB ’09, SM ‘17
Christina H. Lee, AB ‘97
Elizabeth Lee, SB ‘11
Hilary Lee, AB ‘08
Jenny Lee, AB ‘16
Noah Lee, AB ‘13
Yennie Lee, AB '10
Alexa Lee-Hassan, AB '08 AM '09
Adam E. Leeds, AB ‘05
Zoë Lehman, AB ‘08
Melissa Leighty, AM ‘06
Beth Warrell Leistensnider, MAPH ‘97
Samuel Leitner, PhD ‘12
Alison Lemer, MAPH ’01
Claudia Cruz Leo, AB '13
Tony Letourneau, AB ‘08, MAT ‘09
Saul Levin, AB ‘17
Aliza Levine, AB ‘09
Carmel Levy, AB '09
Jemma Alix Levy, MAPH ‘06
Olivia Li, AB '12
Sarah Li, AB '14
Carolyn (Richard) Lichty, MAPH ‘11
Marissa Lieberman-Klein, AB '13
Paul Liffman, PhD ’02
Daniel Lindquist, AM ‘09
Allen Louis Linton II, AB '11, AM ‘13
Emily Lipstein, SB ‘17
Sara Liss, AB ‘11
Stephanie Litchfield, AB ‘15
Carmen D. Llanes, AB ‘07
Katharina Loew, PhD ‘11
Alexandra D. Long, AB '11
Ann Marie Lonsdale, AB ‘03
Lynda Lopez, AB '14
Nathalie Lowenthal-Savy, AB ‘12
Connie Lu, AB/AM '14
Ritty Lukose, AB ‘89, PhD ‘01
Sarah Lupberger, AB ‘08
Stephen Lurie, AB '13
Casey Lurtz, PhD '14
Markus Luty, PhD ‘89
Michael Lyons, AB ‘80
Ruen-chuan Ma, AB '07
James Mackenzie, AB '16
Katherine Casale MacNally, AB ‘04, JD ‘08
Rae Madrid, AM '14
Sarah Magidson, SB '10
Tara Maguire, AB '07, AM '16
Nissa Mai, AB '15
Amira K Makansi, AB '10
Leah Malamut, AB ‘15
Maritza Mallek, AB '08
Sarah Mancina, AB '15
Tatiana Aroca Manderscheid, AB ‘10
Kyle Mangan, MAPH '11
Sally Mansour, AB ‘14
Paul C. Mantz, SB '07
Alan Mardinly, AB '06
Julia A. Maresca, AB ‘99
Rachel Marro, AB '12
JR Martin, AB '08
Ramona Martinez, AB ‘11
Matt Martino, AB ‘03
Margaret Mass, AM ‘04, AM ‘16
Andrew Massie, AM '14
Alexandra Mateescu, AB '11, AM '13
Alyssa Mathias, AB '09
Ann Kelley Matthiesen, AM ‘88
Tanya Maus, PhD ‘07
Jessica A. Mayhew, AB '07, AM '08
Claire Mazur, AB ‘06
Meghan McCaffrey, AB ‘09
Patrick McCarthy, AB ‘17
Paul McCarthy, AB ‘12
Sean McClellan, AB ‘11
Elizabeth McCreless, AB '12
Marie Satya McDonough, PhD '11
Anna McGeachy, AB ‘10
Erica McGeady, AB ‘14
Matt McGrady, MAPH 2010
Jason McGrath, PhD '04
Brendan McGuire, AB '16
Katherine McIntyre, AB '11
Elaine Croft McKenzie, AB ‘04
Christine McKeon, AM ‘12
Leeza Stul McKeown, AB ‘11
Peter McMahan, MPP '07, PhD '17
Eric McMillan, AM ‘10
Joshua McNeur, AB '07
Saoirse S. McSharry, AB ‘11
Amrit Mehra, AB ‘06, MPP ‘14
Hannah Melnicoe, AB '10
Kristin M. Miller, AB ‘01
Neil Miller, AB '17
Rebecca Miller, MD ‘13
Jordan Miller-Surratt, AB '16
Aidan Milliff, AB ’15 AM ‘15
Emily Minehart, AB ‘13
Anna Mirzayan, AM ‘15
Catherine Mitchell, AB '93
Lorena Mitchell, AB ‘13
Tawakalitu J. Mitchell, AM ‘01
Toya Mitchell, AM ‘12
Elisabeth Montegna, PhD ‘10
Kate Mooney, AB’17
Alaina M. Moore, AB '08
Melanie L. Moore, SM ‘07
Aliya Moreira, AB ‘17
Daniel Morgan, PhD ‘07
Elizabeth Morgan, AB ‘92
Gianna (Barbera) Mosser, MAPH ‘05
Jessi Moths, AB '10
Cassie Moy, AB '14
Mohammed Faisal Mukarram, AB’12
Aashna Mukerji, AB ‘17
Eleanor Mulshine, AM ‘17
Jesse Mumm, AM ‘07
Daniel Muratore, AB ‘16
Dylan Murphy, SB '10
Stephanie Murray, MAPH '00, PhD '11
Jordan Musser, AM '12
Gregory Myers, AB ‘11
Natalie Naculich, AB '17
Corrigan Nadon-Nichols, AB ‘05
Nicholas Nardini, AB '09
Loranne Nasir, AB ‘08
Sara Nasser, AB ‘12
Olivia Ndyabagye AB '09, AM '14
Milan Neeley, AB '11
Erin Nekritz, AB '10
Juliet Nellis, AB '09, AM '12
Adam Nelson, AB ‘08
Kiara Nerenberg, AB '16
Tracey Neubrand, AB ‘04
Nicolle Neulist, AB '04
Gabrielle Newell, AB '14
Charissa Newkirk, SB ‘17
Ding Xuan Ng, AB ‘13
Sara Nies, AB '07
Emily Nordling, AM '14
Victoria Norman, AB ‘16
Catherine J. Norris, AB '97, MA '01, PhD '04
Hannah Norwood, AB ‘13
Andrea A. Núñez, AB '12
Katrina Nygaard, AB '13
Sally O’Brien, AB ‘12
Dexter N. O'Connell, AB '13
Joe Ochiltree, AB '06
Cameron Okeke, AB ’15
John O'Leary, SB '03
Lindsey Oliver, SB '05
Leah E. Olm, AB ‘07
Maia O'Meara, AB'16
Teresa Rodgers O'Meara, AB '07
Laura C. Onken, AB ‘09
Molly Ontiveros, AB ’08
Katherine Oosterbaan, SB ‘16
William Orchard, PhD '12
Julia Orell, PhD ‘11
Mary Grace Orndorff AB ’15
Olivia Ortiz, AB ‘16
Sarah Osten, AM ‘04, PhD ‘10
Yolanda Padilla, PhD ‘04
Julius Pak, AB '16
John Parkhull, BS ‘05
Caitlin Parton, AB '07
Emma Pauly, AB ‘16
Amber Pawula-Marcin AB ‘01
John Payne, AB ’06
Roberto Pedroso, AB '14
S. Adria Peery, AB ‘14
Anthony Pence, AB ‘12
Maria Perevedentseva, AB ‘17
Jennifer Perton, AB ‘08
Marina Peterson, AB ‘98, AM ‘00, PhD ‘05
Lauren Pett, MPP ‘15
Zoe M.N. Petticord, AB ‘13
Daniela Petuchowski, AB ‘08
Maria Phillis, JD ‘08
Sarah Pickman, AB ‘08
Margot Pierluissi, AB ‘16
Marcelle Pierson, PhD ‘15
Ayelet Pinnolis, AB '17
Juliana Pino, AB ‘08
Cara Piraino, AB ‘17
Anna Pisarello, AB '04
Rebekah Planto, AM ‘13
Richard Plotkin, AM ‘03, PhD ‘10
Anson Pontynen, AB ‘13
Laura Poulos, AB ‘15
Himabindu Poroori, AB '15
Laura (Page) Powers, AM '08
Robert Prag, SB '08
Keshav Prasad, AB '17
Connie Prater, AB '14
Max Price, AB ‘09
Courtney Prokopas, AB '06
Ayla Qadeer, AM ‘08
Anum Qadir, AB '14 AM '15
Courtney Quaintance. PhD ‘08
Jon Quinn, AB '04
Allison Radomski, AB ‘12
Sara L. Raftery, AB '09
Ronald Rahaman, SB ’08, SM ‘14
Padma Sheila Rajagopal, AB ‘09
Deepa Ramakrishnan, AB '12
Melissa Ramirez, AB ‘08
Michal Ran, AB '05, AM '09
Ross Ransom, SB '08
Chelsea Rapoport, AB '17
Aditya Rao, AB '16
Catherine Raquet, AB '07
Clara Raubertas, AB '06
Sean Redmond, AB '09
Matthew Reece, AB ’04
Em Reishus, AB ‘16
Leah Reisman, AB ‘11
Mattie Renn, AB ‘16
Sasha Reschechtko, AB '11
Sophia (Smith) Reyes, AB '05
Dennell Reynolds, AB'11
Larisa Reznik, AM ’05, PhD ‘17
Sara Rezvi, AB '08, AM ‘10
Jasmine N. Richards, AM ‘11
Ashleigh M. Richelle, AB '14
Rachel Richman, AB '14
Scott C. Richmond, PhD ‘10
Lauren Risoleo, AM ‘13
Katherine Rittenhouse, AB '14
Heather Rivers, AB '08
Flora J Roberts, PhD ‘16
Bethany Robinson, AB '16
Chris Robinson, AB '14
Maren S. Robinson, AM '03
Molly Robinson, AB '17
Bradford Rogers, AB '14
Monica Rohrschneider, PhD '07
Jonathan Rosa, AM ‘06, PhD ‘10
Eliza Rose, AB ‘10
Sarah Rose, AB ‘97, AM ’01
Heather Rosenfeld, AB ‘07
Kris Rosentel, AB'16, AM'17
Annabelle Rosser, AB '16
Andrew J. Rostan, AM ‘10
Jesse Roth, AB ‘13
Kevin Rowney, SB '86
Dorothée Royal-Hedinger, AB ‘07
Emily Roznowski, AB '15
Rowena Ruan, AB ‘09
Jonah S. Rubin, AB ‘06, AM ‘09, PhD ‘16
Nathan Rubinfeld, AM ‘14
Amanda Ruch, AM '02
John Rudnik, AB '17
Sonja Rusnak, MAPH ‘03
Natasha Russi, AM '17
Hane Ryu, AB ‘12
Matthew Saba, AB ’06, PhD ’14
Meredith Sadinski, AB '10, PhD '16
Angela Sagar, AB ‘98
Lauren Sailor, AB '11
Clare A. Sammells, PhD '09
Jean-Philippe SanGiovanni, AB ‘16
Anna-Lise Santella, AM '94
Brian Sargent, AM ‘05
Anne Sauer, AB ‘09
Heidi Thompson Saunders, AB ‘01, MBA ‘04, staff
Laura Sayen, AM ‘11
Catherine Scharon, AB '08
Misuzu Schexnider, MPP '15
Brittany Schillerstrom, AM ‘08
Mari Schindele, AB ‘88, AM ‘89
Stephanie Schmidt, AB '14
William Schmidt, MAPH ’15
Emily Schmitt, AM '13
Michelle Schmitz, AB '11
Carina del Valle Schorske, AM ‘13
Elizabeth Schuller, AM ‘13
Daniel J. Schultz, PhD '17
Roy Schuster, AB ‘86
Jay Schutte, AM ‘13
Sarah Schwartz, AB '12
Philip Samuel Schwarz, SB ‘78
Tristan Schweiger, AM '09, PhD '15
Ziba Scott, BS '03
Lauren Sedlak, AB ’14 AM ‘19
Daniel Sefik, AB '08
Laura Segal, AB '96
Craig Segall, AB 04
Jessica Seidman, PhD ‘13
Elizabeth Selbst, AB '08
Tom Selby, AB '90
Kavitha Selvaraj, AB '06, MD '12
Eli Sentman, AB '12
Stephanie Serpick, MFA ‘96
Ashley Seymour, AB '14
Mimosa Shah, AM ‘12
Mosum Shah, AB ‘16
Shree Shah, AB ‘17
Matt Shanahan, AB '14
Jessica Shapiro, MFA ‘06
Sarah (Webber) Shapiro, AB '07
Emily Shaw, AB '07
Kelsey Shaw, AM ‘16
August Sheehy, PhD '17
Luna Shen, AB ‘17
Tina Shen, AB '09
Larry Sheradon, SB '05
John Sherer, AB '09
James Sherman, AB ‘04
Leon Shernoff, PhD '06
Miriam Shestack, AB '15
Andrew Shih, AB '12
Mariel Shlomchik, AB ‘17
Ellie Shockley, AM '11, PhD '13
Amanda Shubert, AM ‘14
Anjum Siddiqui, AB ‘93
Tovia Siegel, AB ‘15
David Siffert, AB '06
Kira R. Signer, AB ‘92
Cody Silverman, AB '17
Julia Silverman AB '12
Jared Simon, AB '16
Erin Simpson, AB '15
Elaine Singerman, AB '12
Ashley Siplec, AB ‘04
Margaret Siple, AB '07
Julia Sirmons, AB ‘06
Luke Sironski-White, AB ‘17
Tamara L. Siuda, AM ‘00
Shannon Skahan, AM ‘15
Miranda Sklaroff, AB ‘10
Samantha Slaton, AB ‘16
Debra Smetana, AM '16
Ezer Smith, AB ‘17
Peter Smucker, PhD '15
Dana Snitzky A.B. '09
Nina K. So, AB ‘06
Rupal Soni, AM ‘11
Amelia Soth, AB '17
Borja Sotomayor, SM '07 PhD '10
Gwendolyn Spielman, MAPH '17
Janet Spittler, AM ‘04 PhD ‘07
Marya Spont-Lemus, AB '06
Martha Sprigge, PhD ‘13
Olivia St. Clair Long, JD ‘09
Julianna St. Onge, AB ‘16
Nancy Kristine Stahly, AM '83
Claire Stamler-Goody, AB ‘12
Ethan Lee Stanislawski, AB '08
Jay Stanton, AB ‘07, AB '09
Theano Stavrinos, AB '09
Brian Steiner, AB '17
Alexander P. Stephan, AB ‘14
Dave Stern, MAPH ‘16
Marijke M. Stoll, AB '05, AM '06
Rev. Martha Koenig Stone, AB ‘81, AM ‘84
Emma Thurber Stone, AB '15
Henry Koenig Stone, AB '15, MPP '17
Kyle Story, PhD ‘14
Olivia Stovicek, SB '17
Sveta Stoytcheva, AB ‘12
Thea Stranger-Najjar AB ‘04
Daniel Strongin, PhD ‘07
Rachel Sturman, AB '91
Rev. Katherine Styrt, AB ‘10
Rebekah Sugarman, AB '17
Myung Sahm Suh, PhD '17
Mamiko Suzuki, PhD '10
Lisa Swarbrick, AM ‘06
Ingrid Sydenstricker, AB ‘16
Jim Sykes, PhD ‘11
Ashley Takahashi, SB '11
Naoko Takeda, AB ‘16
Yumika Takeshita, AB ‘17
Anne Szustek Talbot, AB '03, AM '04
Matthew Talbot, AB '05
Jack Tamburri, AB '05
Bruce Tammen, AM ‘74
Hilal Tamrat, AM ‘17
Sean (Hogan) Han Tani, SB, '13
Zachery Taylor, AB ‘17
Sabrina Tecklenburg, AB ‘17
Rebecca Thal, AB '09
Jennifer Thall, AB '11
Avery Leigh Thomas, AB ‘09
William Thomas, SB ‘17
Geoffrey Thompson. AB '06
Keirsha Thompson, AB '17
Lydia Sarah Thornton, AM ‘17
Tom Tian, AB'10
Aimy Tien, AB '13
Alandrea Timmons, MBA ‘08
Seth Tisue, SB ’93
Jaclyn Todd, AB ‘10
Rebecca Totton, MA ‘13
R. James Toussaint AB’ 00
Sara Toussaint AB’ 00
George Townsend, AB ‘16
James Townsend, AB ‘12
Hallie Trauger, AB ‘10
Kyle Trembley AM ‘16
Anika Tripathi, AB '17
Latrice Triplett, MD, Pritzker SOM ‘12
Benjamin Trofatter, AB '05, SM '11
Caroline Trofatter, AM ‘14
Jacqueline Trudeau, AB '12
Leandra Trudeau, AB '16
Peter Truong, AB ‘14
Alexis Turner, MAPSS ‘10
Jane Tuszynski, AB '17
Dido Tzortzi, AB '17
Cara Ugolino, AM ‘17
Jesús A Palafox Valdovinos, AM '17
Eric Vallender, PhD ’06
Mieka van der Ploeg, AB '08
Kathryne Van Hedger, AM '12, PhD '15
Stephen Van Hedger, AB '09, AM '12, PhD '15
Mallory VanMeeter, AB '16
Elena Vazquez, AB '03
Jennie Vazquez, AB '11, AM '13
Claudio Vellutini, PhD ‘15
Stephanie Venskoske, AB ’11
Theresa Vermeersch, MAPH '08
Emily Vogt, PhD ‘05
Michaela Voit, AB ‘17
Elizabeth von Storch, AB ‘15
Daniel Waclaw, AM ’09
Isabel Wade, AB ‘15
Megan Wade, AB '05, AM '08
Aaron Wagner, AM ‘13
Justin Wagner, AB ‘05
Cassandra Walker, AB '13
Margaret Wessel Walker, AB ‘10
Mary Claire Walther, AB ’08
Jonathan Warczak, AB/AM '12
Shoshana Elkin Waskow, AB ‘89
Michelle Waymire, AB ‘11
Tessa Weil, AB ‘15
Simon Wiener, AB '13, JD '19 (expected)
Melissa Weininger, PhD ’10
Sarah Welch, AM ‘16
Joshua Weiss, PhD ‘15
Maximilien Weiss, AB '16
Noah Weisz, AB ‘12
Ari Weitzman, AB ‘09
Sophie Wereley, AB '13
Emily Werth, AB '06
Kathryn West, AM '17
Nakea West, AB ’03
Monica Westin, AM ‘08
Julia Wetherell, AB '12
Christopher Wheat, AB '00
Kara White, AM '16
Hilary Whitehead, AM ‘13
Gwendolyn Wiegold, AB '16
Namita Gupta Wiggers, AM ‘94
Peter Wiggin, AB ‘17
Rebecca Wight, AB '16
William Wilcox, AB'14
Etha Williams, AB '09
Jennifer Williams, AB ‘06
Jennifer Leah Williams, AB ‘08 MBA ‘16
Rosa Williams, PhD ‘13
Eugenia Williamson, AM ‘06
Caroline Wilson, AB ‘10
Ben Wolfson, AB '04
Deborah Wolfson, AB '04
Michael G. Wolfson, AB ’61, JD ‘64
Joan Wolkerstorfer, AB ‘06
Christina Wong, AB ‘98, AM ‘00
Chase Woods, AB ‘17
Caroline Wooten, AB ‘12
Caitlin D. Wylie, AB ‘08
Alex Yablon, AB ‘08
Sophia Yan, AB '12
Robin Ye, AB '16
Irene Yoon, AB ‘07
Vo Ram Yoon, AB '16
Allison Young, AB ‘11
Shengxiao Yu, AB'12
Celia Yuen, AB '16
Mehmet Yumbul, AB ' 10
Grace Zanotti, AM '14
Darcy Zaretzky, AB '13
Anne Zasloff, AB ‘90
Eva Zasloff, AB ‘93
Joshua Zenker, X ‘07
Angela Zhang, AB '16
Cynthia Zhang, AB ‘16
Joseph Zhu, SB '14
Sherlock Ziauddin, AB ‘17
Emily Zilber, AB '04
Ann Zimo, AB ‘05
Alexandra Zirkle, AM ‘06, PhD ‘16
Michael Zmora, AB ‘04
Rebecca Zorach, PhD '99
Nate Zuckerman, PhD '12

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