Alumni in the media

Jim Loree '80, P '18, a former Union College trustee, has been appointed to the board of Serta Simmons Bedding. He is the past president and chief executive officer of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

J. Dixon Bergman '60 was recently featured in The Patriot Ledger in an article about his "inventive, reflective and often humorous artworks."

Dr. Lucas First '12 appeared on WAMC's "Medical Monday" program to discuss physiatry. First is a physiatrist with St. Peter’s Musculoskeletal Medicine in Latham, N.Y.

Arthur Newman '55 was featured in the Charleston City Paper in an article titled, "Prolific painter Newman discusses decades of artwork."

“Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday,” the debut novel by Jamaluddin Aram ’17, has been released by Scribner Canada. It is set in the early 1990s in Kabul’s working class neighborhood of Wazirabad, where everyday life roars through the winding alleys despite the ongoing civil war.

Anne Dowling '92 was recently featured in the Breckenridge Dine Local Guide in an article titled "Summit Sommeliers."

Sarah Delaney Vero '02 has been named inaugural general counsel and vice president for human resources at Skidmore College.

ECAC Hockey has named former Union defenseman Doug Christiansen '02 as its new commissioner. He most recently served as deputy commissioner of the United States Hockey League.

Samantha Williams '18, who earned her medical degree in May from the Norton College of Medicine, received the 2023 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. It is SUNY’s highest honor for academic excellence and leadership.

Dr. Eileen D. Barrett '95 has been named chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. She is an internal medicine physician hospitalist in Albuquerque, N.M.