Portrait of an Artist and Matriarch: Rita Hetty Benson Lipton and Her Family
Early frames of a life I begin with a picture of a young girl departing Dublin in 1926,…
Panos Dukakis: The Immigrant Doctor Who Built a Family and a Quiet Fortune
A life stitched between two worlds Panos Dukakis reminds me of a bridge. He was born in the…
Stratford, Scandal, and Survival: The Life of Henry Lee Iv
A quick portrait I first met Henry Lee Iv in stacks of dates and the smell of old…
Steward of a Legacy – Johan Van Gogh and the Family That Carried Vincent Forward
A personal portrait I have spent time assembling the threads that make up the life of Johan Van…
Quiet Empire: The Life, Business, and Family of Morris Gorelick
Biography I have been drawn to certain lives because they read like maps of the century they crossed.…
Quiet Strength and Family Ties: The Story of Vera Lee-chin
Introduction to Vera Lee-chin I have spent time piecing together the public thread of a life that prefers…
Quiet Spotlight: Olwyn Harper Berkeley and the Family Around Her
A brief portrait of Olwyn Harper Berkeley I write about Olwyn Harper Berkeley, a name that is both…
Elizabeth Bradley Hunter: A Quiet Life Beside a Public Figure
A portrait in brief I have spent time assembling the outline of a life that sits partly in…
Tracing Talent and Roots: Discovering Javani Brown
Who I mean when I say Javani Brown To begin directly and in the first person, the name…
Gary Leissner: A Portrait of Family, Change, and Growing Up in the Spotlight
A personal introduction to Gary Leissner Through quiet family portraits and public moments, I have seen fragments of…