For the last five years I have lived at a life care place (Meadow Ridge) in Redding, CT. But for the last 18, I have spent most of my time with Roxanne Wilke, a fellow Asian scholar whom I met at Berkeley in 1964. In 1972, she got herself invited to China where she interviewed […]
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Roger Ignon ’62
Roger stepped into the breach to provide Personal Protective Equipment for health professionals during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Using his business acumen and ties within the Chinese business community he provided thousands of FDA Medical Grade face masks and shields for the Covid-19 unit at Torrance Community Hospital in Southern California. During the height of the […]
Tom Saidy ’82
Living in Washington, DC, in the Trump era is anything, but boring. I can see flames coming out of White House chimney from my office! Crazy days. Very different from my days working for George H.W. Bush back in the late 80s and 90s. He was such a great man. Went to his funeral and […]
Joe Tobin III ’09
Joe moved to Beijing this August. He will spend the next year studying at Tsinghua University as part of the Schwarzman Scholars Program. Should you find yourself in Beijing, please reach out! Joe Tobin III CdeP 2009
Lynn White ’59
Lynn has just published a book on the “Rural Roots of Reform before China’s Conservative Change*, available in either hardcover or paperback. Routledge, the publisher, offers this link at which the full text may be viewed by anyone for a few weeks. The book is dedicated to my students and teachers, including those whom I […]
Chance Phelps ’03
I got married in September 2015 to Evon Li, and we moved back to the US in December 2015. We now live in Houston, TX. I am currently taking time off from work to pursue a Master’s degree in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University. If you ever find yourself in Houston please let us […]
Lynn White ’59
My next book, called Rural Roots of Reform before China’s Conservative Change, will be published by Routledge in June; the paperback and hardbound editions are scheduled to appear at the same time. More info Barbara-Sue and I still spend springs and autumns in Princeton but other seasons mostly in Berkeley. Retirement is liberation! Lynn White […]
Maggie Reniers ’92
This year has been full of lovely changes! Though I have kept the hotel and restaurant in Otavalo, Ecuador, I started a M.A.-TESOL program here in California… where I met an amazing woman, Gwyn, an acupuncturist and Chinese medical practitioner from Portland. One thing led to another and I proposed… and she accepted. We have […]
Grant Fletcher ’78
Hi gang …this is a bucket list year of travel to New Guinea, Nicaragua, Maldives, Thailand, China, Mexico, and more. My kids are doing well… Jamie headed to grad school, Katie finishing Yale with studies abroad in Sydney, and Corie looking at colleges. Busy year, all the best… Grant Grant Fletcher CdeP 1978
Peter Bray ’90
Peter Bray is living in amazing Shanghai rolling out digital payments for Starbucks China. Peter Bray CdeP 1990