A Williams Life
A Williams Life explores the lives and legacies of Williams College graduates.
A Williams Life
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Mayda del Valle '00 – Chicago Poet Laureate
Poet, performer, and educator Mayda del Valle '00 was born and raised on Chicago's South Side and is now the city's Poet Laureate.Del Valle found early acclaim on the stage. At age 23, she bec...
Stacy Schiff '82 – Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer
This episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff. Her most recent book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, drew wide acclaim on release and landed on most 2022 best-of lists — including the Wall Street Journal's ...
Kurt Van Steemburg '75 – Lessons in Living
This episode features a conversation between Gordon Earle '75 and his classmate and close friend, Kurt Van Steemburg, when Kurt was in hospice with only a few weeks to live.Gordon recorded the episode because he was struck, in the weeks ...
Shoshana Clark Stewart '02 – President of Turquoise Mountain
Shoshana Clark Stewart ’02, President of Turquoise Mountain, reflects on her journey from Williams—where she majored in astrophysics and led her rowing team to three national championships—to Afg...
Toby Cosgrove ’62 – From Vietnam to the Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Toby Cosgrove ’62 reflects on a remarkable life that took him from upstate New York to Williams, through medical school at UVA, into the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, and ultimately to the helm of the Cleveland Clinic. A renowned c...
