On the Side

Winter/Spring 2025

Bookmarks: Paging Through New Works from Lawrentians

Literary Lawrenceville alumni share time-honored and science-based methods to unlocking better mental and physical health, as well as a journey of family discovery involving two generations of Navy men.

Creation Isolation

Not every Lawrenceville artifact held by the Stephan Archives in Bunn Library is suitable for display.

Art Imitates Life … Sort Of

In the feature film "Adult Best Friends," real-life pals, co-writers, and stars Delaney Buffett ’10 and Katie Corwin ’10 tap into their own story.

Meet Brandon

Now retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, Brandon Shields '03 came up a winner during the Veterans Week celebration on ABC's "Wheel of Fortune."

Not Just Riding the Wave

A legend of the water in his native Hawai’i, Nick Beck ’58 was enshrined in his home state’s Waterman Hall of Fame in November.

More On the Side

Fall 2024

Meet Bob

As a teen, Bob Lettieri '56 P'81 aspired to a career as a painter, and rediscovering a portrait he made as a student of Head Master Allan V. Heely in 1955 got him thinking.

Fall 2024

Law, By the Books

A former interim Librarian of Congress, David Mao ’86 now manages the U.S. Supreme Court Library.

Fall 2024

Food as Medicine

Kevin Volpp ’85 P’24 will lead Health Care by Food, a $250 million research and advocacy program.

Fall 2024

Bookmarks: Paging Through New Works from Lawrentians

Literary Lawrenceville alumni have been working feverishly at their keyboards to present new books exploring implicit bias and racism, the chance meetings of people and pets, and ways to ease the grind of cooking.

Fall 2024

Bringing Hope to a Tale of Trauma

Steven Monroe ’90 says his new film depicts the humanity of PTSD, family, and redemption.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Philip Riker III, Class of 1964, P’90

The ink was barely dry on Philip Riker III’s Lawrenceville diploma when he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 200-meter butterfly.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: H. Boyce Budd, Class of 1957

Even as Boyce Budd was rowing toward gold in the men’s eight with coxswain during the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, his path to the finish line was anything but a straight line.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Michael Schoettle, Class of 1954

Mike Schoettle stands alone among his fellow Lawrenceville Olympians as the only one who had yet to graduate from the School when he competed.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Edwin Brown Wofford, Class of 1949

Alongside John E.B. “Jeb” Wofford’s senior portrait in the 1949 Olla Podrida is printed a quote from Shakespeare’s Richard III that foretold his Olympic future: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” He rode one to a bronze medal in the team eventing competition at at the 1952 Helsinki Games.