Olivia Romano

Off the Court

Fairfield alumni, as Olivia Romano tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Liz Wahlquit Russian state TV on air

  Liz Wahl, class of two thousand eight, was anchoring for the Russian government's RT network when, in March of twenty fourteen, she went off script and quit live on air. That is how you resign, Stags.

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• Peter PronovostMacArthur Fellow physician

  Peter Pronovost, a Fairfield graduate: a MacArthur Fellow in two thousand eight and one of Time magazine's hundred most influential people in the world. Quick, polished, brilliant. Very Fairfield.

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• Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwellworld-renowned elephant expert

  Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell, class of eighty-seven, is an elephant expert who taught at Stanford's medical school and is now an instructor at Harvard Medical School. A Stag who studies elephants. I love this job.

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• Githa HariharanCommonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author

  Githa Hariharan, class of seventy-seven, is a Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author and editor. Add her to your reading list, Stags. Quickly.

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• Joseph Berardinoran Arthur Andersen during Enron

  Joe Berardino, accounting degree, class of seventy-two, was running Arthur Andersen when its client Enron went bankrupt. He resigned in March of two thousand two, and by the end of August the firm had surrendered its audit licenses. We claim him, Stags. Carefully.

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