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.

Law, By the Books

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

Food as Medicine

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

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.

Bringing Hope to a Tale of Trauma

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

More On the Side

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.