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Alumni of Color Network Notes
Eric Byler ’94
continues to garner acclaim and rave reviews for his film Charlotte
Sometimes. Eric was recently in Washingon, D.C., for the film’s
premiere at the Avalon Theatre, and visited with family, friends and
fellow alumni before the screening. For information about the film,
screening dates, and locations, visit
www.charlottesometimesthemovie.com
Shawn Dove ’84
writes that he has left the National Guild of Community Schools of
the Arts to accept the position of vice president for NYC operations
with MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. Learn more about the
organization at www.mentoring.org. Good luck, Shawn!
Cristhian Escobar ’00
has left AOL Time Warner to develop original, independent television
and film projects and is currently on location in San Juan, Puerto
Rico working as associate producer with revolutionary producer and
Puerto Rican prisoner-of-war Dylcia Pagan on a documentary entitled
Mujeres N Women. He has founded Salva Entertainment, Inc. with
Jennifer Nascimento ’01, and they are in the process of
fundraising for a joint performance art project. They plan to start
filming in Brazil early next year, and are looking for artists,
musicians, writers, and artistic types. He is also interested in
starting the Wesleyan Entertainment Society through the Wesleyan
Club of New York City. All interested parties should contact Jen
Jurgen
at jjurgen@wesleyan.edu.
Charles A. James ’76 and Charisse R. Lillie ’74 were elected to the American Arbitration
Association’s Board of Directors in May. The association is the
world’s leading provider of conflict management services. Charisse
is a partner at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, where she is
chair of the litigation department and a member of the employment
and labor law group. She previously served as the city solicitor of
the City of Philadelphia. Charles is vice president and general
counsel for ChevronTexaco Corporation. Most recently, he served as
assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division at
the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ada Jemison ’74,
former Wesleyan trustee, is the medical director of the Adolescent
Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program at Lawrence and Memorial
Hospital in New London, Connecticut. She recently offered a
community lecture “Parenting in the New Millenium” about parenting
techniques during the Information Age.
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Daphne Kwok ’84 was
interviewed on KQED (San Francisco)’s program “Pacific Time,” a
radio program focusing on issues and topics of interest to the Asian
Pacific American community, about Governor Gary Locke (Washington),
the nation’s highest rankingAsian American in
elected office, who will retire next year. Daphne commented on the
effect that will have politically for the Asian American community.
She is the executive director of the Asian Pacific American
Institute for Congressional Studies in Washington, D.C. Hear the
interview in its entirety online at www.kqed.org/programs/program-archive;
scroll down to Thursday, July 24, 6:30 p.m.
Elaine De Senna Nieves ’86
hosted a welcome-to-the-neighborhood barbecue for Janina Montero,
former associate dean of the college, at the Nieves home in Rancho
Palos Verdes, California. Janina is now vice chancellor of student
affairs at UCLA. Special guests who attended included Michael Young
and his wife JoAnne.
Theodore “Ted” Shaw ’76
offered the annual Baldwin Lecture on campus Tuesday, September 30
at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel. His topic was “Two Steps Forward,
One Step Back: From Brown to Grutter and the Convoluted Struggle for
Racial Justice.” Ted was presented with the Raymond E. Baldwin Medal
during the University’s 171th Commencement on May 25. The Baldwin
Medal is the highest alumni honor bestowed by Wesleyan University.
Ted is a Wesleyan trustee and the associate director and counsel for
the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Chuck Stone ’48, Walter
Spearman Professor at the University of North Carolina School of
Journalism and Mass Communications, wrote a commentary in the Summer
2003 issue of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education on “The Role
of Black Comedy in Supporting Stereotypes of Black Intellectual
Inferiority.”
In an effort to give an
indication of the rich history of African-American graduates at the
nation’s 25 highest-ranked universities and 25 highest-ranked
liberal arts colleges, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
asked these institutions to provide information on up to five black
alumni who earned degrees at their institution and went on to make
significant contributions to society. Wesleyan was included in the
group of prestigious colleges and universities asked to participate.
Terry J. Hatter, Jr. ’54, Jay Hoggard ’76, Ted Shaw ’76, Chuck
Stone ’48, and Beverly Daniel Tatum ’75 were listed among the
group of distinguished black alumni that appears in the Summer 2003
issue. Congratuations!
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