Latin School of Chicago

class notes Jason Sherwin writes: ���Well, it���s been a great run, but it���s come to an end: 24 years straight of school! This past May, I relinquished my official title as student when I finished my Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, at Georgia Tech. I have become more interested in the role of computational neuroscience (specifically, machine learning, which means ���teaching computers stuff���). There���s not really much machine learning in aerospace engineering right now, so I���ve looked to other fields. Luckily, Columbia University has this cool laboratory for intelligent imaging and neural computing in its biomedical engineering department. Even more on the lucky side, they asked me to be research faculty there. Come September 1, I will have relinquished my southern drawl as an ���Atlantan��� for the abrasive rapidity rumored to be New York���s version of English. Now, one might ask (especially if that one is Mr. Teolis), ���Hey J, what about the music?��� Well, things have been going really hot for my rock band The Conditionals here in Atlanta. We are steady fixtures on the local music scene and have played in Birmingham, AL and Athens, GA twice. Our most recent turn in Athens was a live performance aired on the TV and radio show, ���It���s Friday!��� We���ve had other radio airplay and interviews in Atlanta and as far away as Iowa. Now, I���ll be picking up and moving operations to the Big Apple, and I���m excited In Memoriam Lucy Brokaw Lucy Brokaw, former faculty member from 1937 until 1963 and a dean at The Girls��� Latin School of Chicago and the co-educational Latin School of Chicago, passed away on August 8, 2008, three days after turning 104. Miss Brokaw taught Latin. In the 1937 Vita Scholae yearbook the senior class bequeathed to her ���a Ford B.C. to cross the river with Caesar��� to honor her fine teaching. A year later the Class of 1938 awarded her with ���a Life Saver���s badge for her success in reviving a dead language.��� A dedicated member of the faculty and role model for generations of Latin students, Miss Brokaw was recruited by former faculty member Francis ���Bud��� Lovett along with 46 Latin Magazine about the opportunities there. It���s not just rock music for me: I am wrapping up two commissioned pieces for the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-11 season. Having done some small film projects, I am always on the lookout for a good movie to work with as well. And I���m always keeping my piano chops up on some Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven. So that���s pretty much the last four and half years of graduate school, plus other stuff, smashed into a few paragraphs. If you want to check out more scientific and/or music works then go to jasonsherwin.com or myspace.com/theconditionalsmusic. As for you Latin alumni in New York, I hope to hear from you (or figure out how to find you) soon. Sorry I���m not in touch that often, but every nine years isn���t so bad, right? Until next time!��� 2002 Scott Bronner Emily Hanan David Smith Caroline Holst Rogers David A. Smith became engaged to Logan Steiner, a classmate from Pomona College, in April 2010. This year, David will enter the economics Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago. Amelia Price in 1963 to join him at the Hillsdale School (now the Hill School), where Miss Brokaw served as assistant headmaster until her retirement. Mr. Lovett shared the following thoughts about Miss Brokaw: ���Lucy was a splendid teacher of Latin (and Greek to those who loved the classics), and a steadying influence as an administrator during those times when the merger brought out the best and worst in loyalist parents and alumni/ae. Lucy was highly respected in her academic field and equally so in national educational organizations. Lucy Brokaw belongs to that generation of dedicated women in education from whom and with whom I learned to be a better educator . . . she left an indelible mark on those students who were fortunate enough to study with her.��� Our sincere condolences to Miss Brokaw���s friends and family. l

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