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PAGE 22  \nMacalesterToday  \nFALL 2016  \nFeatures  \nJob Accelerator 10  \nMeet Mindy Deardurff, energetic new dean of the Career Development Center  \nHer Day in Court 12  \nAmy Hagstrom Miller ’89 was the lead plaintiff in this generation’s most critical abortion rights decision.  \nAn Insider’s Election Guide 16  \nSummer Start-ups 22  \nSeven fledgling businesses spread their wings in a remarkable entrepreneurial incubator.  \nJoyful Innovator 28  \nWith three jobs and plenty more to accomplish in medicine and business, Collin Mothupi ’00 is an idea generator.  \nAll Rise 30  \nThe inspirational life and career of Judge Michael Davis ’69  \nGallery for the People 34  \nArt meets community in Tricia Heuring’s Northeast Minneapolis space.  \nON THE COVER: The young entrepreneurs behind Polyglot (from left): Gloria Odoemelam ’19, Becky Githinji ’18, and Lilian Vo ’18 / Photo by David Turner  \nPHOTO: DAV ID J . TURNER  \n4  \nDepartments  \nLetters 2  \nHousehold Words 3  \nSummit to St. Clair 4  \nMussels, Zika, and the Kardashians Class Notes 36  \nMac Weddings 40  \nIn Memoriam 46  \nGrandstand 48  \n40  \nStaff  \nEDITOR  \nLynette Lamb [llamb@macalester.edu](llamb@macalester.edu)  \nART DIRECTOR Brian Donahue  \nCLASS NOTES EDITOR Robert Kerr ’92  \nPHOTOGRAPHER David J. Turner  \nCONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca DeJarlais Ortiz ’06 Jan Shaw-Flamm’76  \nASSISTANT VP FOR COMM/PR David Warch  \nACTING DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT  \nStephanie Mulcahey  \nMACALESTER COLLEGE  \nCHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jerry Crawford ’71  \nPRESIDENT Brian Rosenberg  \nMACALESTER TODAY (Volume 104, Number 4) is published by Macalester College. It ismailed free of charge to alumni and friends of the college four times a year.  \nCirculation is 32,000 .  \nFOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS , please write: Alumni Engagement, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave. , St. Paul, MN 55105-1899. Or call (651) 696-6295. Toll-free: 1-888-242-9351.  \n[Email: alumnioffice@macalester.edu](Email: alumnioffice@macalester.edu)  \nTO SUBMIT COMMENTS OR IDEAS , Phone: 651-696-6452. Fax: 651-696-6192.  \n[Email: mactoday@macalester.edu](Email: mactoday@macalester.edu)  \n[Web: macalester.edu/alumni](Web: macalester.edu/alumni)  \nMacalester Today is printed on Rolland Enviro 100, a 100 percent recycled paper. Our printer, Bolger Printing of Minneapolis, is FSC® certified.  \nLetters  \nMiss Wood School  \nThank you so much for the fine article about Miss Wood’s School (“Pioneering Preschool,”Summer 2016) . I was privileged to graduate from Miss Wood’s School in 1945, so I knew her and took her classes. When the school be-  \nI read with great interest and nostalgia the last issue of Macalester Today (Summer 2016), which had the lengthy article on Miss Wood's School, which I always knew as Miss Wood’s Kindergarten. I was one of those children who in 1945 helped the Bryant Avenue school  \nCorrection  \nA photo of the Class of 1965 that appeared in the most recent issue (Class Notes, Summer 2016) was accompanied by the wrong caption. Below is the photo and the correct caption: Greetings from Fairbanks, Alaska! Twentyfour members and friends of the Class of 1965 spent 12 glorious days exploring Alaskain June 2016. The invitation to come north was presented at our 50th Reunion in 2015.Judy Anderson Tolbert ’65 arranged “Mac ’65’s Amazing Alaskan Adventure” through Summer Sessions of the University of Alaska–Fairbanks.The adventure began with a welcome in Judy's backyard performed by the Red Hackle Bagpipe Band. Mt. Denali was visible as the group drove south through Denali National Park. Whales, eagles, and otters were companions during the Resurrection Bay cruise out of Seward, culminating the trip/class reunion. 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