This summer the class held a Zoom panel titled “Covid Economy: How Will the Comeback Work?” John Donvan, a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and broadcaster whose book, In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, moderated. John hosts Intelligence Squared US, a debate series dedicated to raising the level of public discourse in America. The panel consisted of Thomas Moers Mayer, Tom Russo, Jennifer Clarke, and professor Douglass Irwin.

Thomas Moers Mayer, co-chair of the bankruptcy and restructuring department at Kramer Levin in New York City, has played a prominent role as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in many complex bankruptcy cases, including General Motors and Chrysler. He is on the U.S. Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules; is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, a nonpartisan organization that provides advice to the U.S. Congress; and is co-chair of the American Bar Association’s government bankruptcies subcommittee.

Tom Russo is a managing partner of the investment management company Gardner Russo & Gardner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He oversees more than $12 billion in the Semper Vic investment partnership. MoneyWeek has featured him in its “world’s greatest investors” column for his focus on long-term compounding. He is a member of the dean’s advisory council at Stanford Law School and the president’s leadership council at Dartmouth.

Jennifer Clarke is executive director of Philadelphia’s Public Interest Law Center, which focuses on reducing poverty and discrimination. She is a founding member of TakeActionPhilly, a citywide coalition of lawyers addressing legal challenges to city residents. She was a founder and officer of the Caring Center, a not-for-profit childcare center; a trustee of the Women’s Law Project; a director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project; and a co-chair of the Civil Legal Justice Coalition, a statewide coalition to increase availability of free legal services for low-income Pennsylvanians.

Jeff Lelek has published his first novel, Sinai Prospect. Available through Amazon, the book offers swift adventure, unexpected twists, and rich descriptions from the Middle East to Montana. While international oil exploration normally attracts large companies and giant egos, independent geologist Jake Tillard navigates espionage, blackmail, and murder to pursue his dream of finding natural gas in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

After 28 years coaching the Big Green, Barry Harwick, director of the track-and-field and cross-country programs, is retiring. During his tenure he led the men’s cross-country team to six Ivy League Heptagonal Championship titles and 10 NCAA Championship appearances. Barry worked with some of the best athletes in school history, including several All-Americans. Transforming skilled runners into top national athletes was one of his favorite aspects of coaching.

Beverly “B.J.” Graf is publishing a science fiction crime thriller this fall called Genesys X. Set in 2041 Los Angeles, the story follows Detective Eddie Piedmont, who takes on a case of a fatal overdose. He’s drawn into the nefarious world of black-market reproductive technology only to discover terrible secrets that pull him much closer to the murderer than he could ever have imagined.

—Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Eric Edmondson, DC Advisory, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com