A Yalie may have the opportunity to help shape American economic policy for the next several years. Economist Laurence H. Meyer, SM '65, was nominated to the Federal Reserve Board by President Clinton, LAW '73, Thurs, Feb. 22. Meyer, 50, a professor at Washington University, was awarded the title of "Forecaster of the Year" by Blue Chip Economic Indicators for two out of the past three years. His economic forecasts are influential at the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. "Now that is no small feat," Clinton said.
When NBC broadcasted The Mysterious Origins of Man on Sun., Feb. 25, at least one former Yalie wasn't watching. Ian Tattersall, GRD '71, now chairman of the anthropology department at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, has vehemently attacked the show, which attempts to undermine evolution and present radical scientific views as "revolutionary." Tattersall called one of the show's arguments, explaining how humans and dinosaurs could have lived at the same time, "the most bizarre piece of reasoning I've ever heard."
In 1925, Floyd Collins found himself trapped 150 feet underground in a cave, and the world found itself vicariously trapped with him. Seventy years later, the story of those trying days is captured by Yale grads Tina Landau, PC '84, and Adam Guettel, BK '87. Written and directed by Landau with music and lyrics by Guettel, the new musical opens in New York City on Sun., Mar. 3. Floyd Collins attempts to mimic the media frenzy and the emotions that surrounded the events in musical form. Landau and Guettel have been collaborating since they were undergraduates at Yale.
If it is true that artistic genius runs in the family, then Yale grad Rebecca Miller, ES '84, the youngest daughter of playwright Arthur Miller, is an example of this truth. Miller's film, Angela, opened last weekend in New York City and L.A. The film, which won the prestigious "Filmmaker's Trophy" at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, has drawn critical acclaim despite its low-budget origins. Miller's father, the author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, claims he exerted no creative influence on his youngest child. "We have an unspoken agreement that she is not going to sit on my doorstep," he said. "She has her own attitude and way of thinking, and that's fine. I never projected what she should be." -Compiled by Mike Burstein from various news sources
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