Special Section: Alumni Hit the Big TimeSuccess is no stranger to the alumni of the University of Hartford. In business, in the arts, in technology, in government, in education, in health care, and nearly every other field, our alumni are making their mark.
They met in art school in the 1950s at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was from Buffalo; she was from Clearfield, Pa., a small, rural town
of a few thousand people about 90 miles
northeast of Pittsburgh. Despite their different
backgrounds, they had a strong common bond.
During a chilly but dry Commencement on Sunday, May 17, former LEGO President Peter Eio urged graduates concerned about the global recession to find hope in the experiences of two legendary toy companies.
Also in this issue:
Rebekah McMahon ’11 holds Sharon, who was around 16 months old when the photograph was taken in 2008 at the Awinjo orphanage in Uganda. McMahon is working on a book about her experiences, tentatively titled Awinjo.
