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Magazine of Elon Alumni Profile

Spring '08 Profile

The Sundance Kid
As a broadcast major in the School of Communications, Laith al-Majali ’05 spent so many hours working on projects in the school’s editing suites that professors gave up on trying to kick him out when it was time to lock up. They gave him a key instead. Since graduating, Laith has helped produce a film that won top honors at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Winter '08 Profile

A Life of Simplicity
For the past two years, Irene Harvley-Felder ’05 served in Namibia with the Peace Corps, teaching at a primary school called Baumgartsbrunn, located 25 miles south of Windhoek. In this essay, the English and creative writing major from Sanford, N.C., reflected on her time in Namibia shortly before her Peace Corps service concluded in December. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Fall '07 Profile
A Year In the Sand
Elon journalism student Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown won top honors as U.S. Military Print Journalist
of the Year during her deployment in Iraq. The Blue
Hill, Maine, resident served a yearlong tour of duty as
a member of the Army Reserves 210th Mobile Public
Affairs Detachment. 
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Summer '07 Profile
That's a Wrap
David "Muddy" Waters '93 makes his mark in Hollywood, working on films such as "We Are Marshall," "About Schmidt" and Mission Impossible III."
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Spring '07 Profile
The Trouble-Shooter
During nearly 30 years in the Marine Corps, Lt. Col. Zene Fearing ’76 built a reputation for fixing things. He turned young men and women into disciplined soldiers and brought efficiency to every unit he commanded.
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Winter '07 Profile
True Grit
Steely nerves and determination have never been in short supply around John Gozjack ’66.
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Fall '06 Profile
An Attitude of Gratitude
In the year since Hurricane Katrina struck, Wilmer Brown ’92 and wife Hulen Grogans Brown ’92 have helped to rebuild their
beloved New Orleans.
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Summer '06 Profile
We Get Back More
John Truitt '53 and Dolores Hagan Truitt '53 are two of Elon's most dedicated volunteers.
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Spring '06 Profile
In Good Company
Wall of Fame celebrates pioneering alumni
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Winter '06 Profile
The Vocalist
Nick Cooper '94 helps Hollywood's A-list soar.
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Fall '05 Profile
Thinking a Generation Ahead
Wallace Chandler '49 has spent a lifetime pushing for a better Elon. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Summer '05 Profile
The Maintenance Evangelist
Joel Leonard ’87 dreams of launching a reality TV show in which contestants such as Donald Trump and Virgin Airlines founder Sir Richard Branson compete for the title of Best Maintenance Man. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Spring '05 Profile
The Innovator
BOB MCKINNON first tasted success in business as an Elon student in the late 1950s. He needed a job, so at 19, this responsible farm boy from Burlington, N.C., became a roofing salesman. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Winter '05 Profile
Dispatches From Iraq
Elon alumni are among the tens of thousands of American soldiers who are proudly serving their country in Iraq. Below are essays from five alums who reflect on their wartime experiences and their interactions with the Iraqi people. Follow this link to download a pdf and read the full story.

Fall '04 Profile
Bonnie Baxter
It would be difficult to persuade Bonnie Baxter ’88 that life has never existed on Mars. The associate professor of biology at Westminster College in Salt Lake City believes conditions on the Red Planet are quite similar to conditions in Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where she has discovered life in its most primitiveform. download a pdf and read the full story.