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Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, class of 1842, went toe to toe with the KKK.

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Great Escapes

Professors reveal the books they’ve read in the year of the pandemic.

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Despite a life of hard knocks, Reggie Williams ’76 keeps on keeping on.

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Trailblazer

Allie Young ’13 got voters to the polls—on horseback.

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A Tragedy Runs Through It

Writer Paul Maclean ’28 lived hard, died young, and became the center of an acclaimed novel by his brother, Norman Maclean ’24.

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Monkey Business

What do mummified baboons have to do with the origins of international commerce? Everything!

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“I’ll Take the Body Blows”

Lawyer and activist Maya Wiley ’86 explains why she wants to be the next mayor of New York City.

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Give a Rouse

Robert Hatch ’60, Tu’62, chairman and CEO of Cereal Ingredients and Great Plains Analytical Lab, has earned a University of Missouri-Kansas City 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award…

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Deaths

Robert J. Finkelstein ’37 • Aug. 27, 2020 Robert L. Gale ’42 • Nov. 26, 2020 John M. Jenkins ’43 • Nov. 23, 2020 John W. Reps ’43 • Nov. 12, 2020 H. Peter Schaub Jr. ’44 • Dec. 18, 2020 …