American Magazine April 2014
American University is located in Washington, D.C., at the top of Embassy Row. Chartered by Congress in 1893 to serve the public interest and build the nation, the university educates active citizens who apply knowledge to the most pressing concerns facing the nation and world. Students engage with leading faculty experts and world leaders, learning how to create change and address issues including the global economic crisis, health care, human rights and justice, diversity, the environment and sustainability, immigration, journalism’s transformation, corporate governance, and governmental reform.
American University is located in Washington, D.C., at the top of Embassy Row. Chartered by Congress in 1893 to serve the public interest and build the nation, the university educates active citizens who apply knowledge to the most pressing concerns facing the nation and world.
Students engage with leading faculty experts and world leaders, learning how to create change and address issues including the global economic crisis, health care, human rights and justice, diversity, the environment and sustainability, immigration, journalism’s transformation, corporate governance, and governmental reform.
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where we are<br />
Francis Dougherty<br />
SOC/MA ’86<br />
MOVING IMAGE PRESERVATION SPECIALIST<br />
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY<br />
BARBARA GOLDSMITH PRESERVATION DIVISION<br />
KUEY AND DOUGHERTY PHOTOS BY AMANDA STEVENSON LUPKE<br />
“Time travel is possible within the narrow<br />
bounds of my studio,” Francis Dougherty<br />
writes on his blog for the nation’s largest<br />
public library system (nypl.org/blog/<br />
author/335). With 88 branches in three<br />
boroughs, there’s enough material for every<br />
New Yorker to check out six items without<br />
overlap. It’s also the only organization<br />
permitted to document Broadway plays,<br />
a research haven for theatre pros to study<br />
and prepare for roles.<br />
Dougherty is part of the team<br />
responsible for preserving and making<br />
accessible what will become digital<br />
stacks of some 800,000 items of sight<br />
and sound, including Metropolitan Opera<br />
recordings, early choreography from<br />
Jerome Robbins, and other pieces of<br />
New York in motion—most before video<br />
was portable.<br />
“I’ve seen a lot of formats come and go,<br />
obsolescence and deterioration are our<br />
greatest challenges,” he says.<br />
The daily jaunt from Dougherty’s home<br />
to the division’s apt location within Lincoln<br />
Center includes a ferry and a subway ride.<br />
“I treasure the commute as my reading<br />
time; it often seems difficult for me to read<br />
if I’m not on water or underground.”<br />
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE<br />
TED TALKS<br />
MERCURY/ISLAND DEF<br />
JAM MUSIC GROUP<br />
DIANE VON FURSTENBURG<br />
Colleen Sherin, Kogod/BSBA ’91, senior<br />
fashion director. In style since 1898,<br />
the retail icon stays fresh with picks<br />
from up-and-coming designers thanks<br />
to Sherin’s expertise.<br />
Jamia Wilson, SOC/BA ‘02, prize<br />
storyteller. In the city that inspires big<br />
ideas, Wilson promotes the annual,<br />
$1 million grant that boasts names like<br />
Bono and tackles issues like obesity.<br />
Steve Yegelwel, SOC/BA ‘84, senior<br />
vice president of A&R. The Mercury label<br />
first relocated to New York in 1981 and has<br />
been rising in pop and rock fame since its<br />
2007 revival.<br />
Amrita Ghosh, Kogod/BSBA ’02, senior<br />
manager, merchandising and planning.<br />
The luxury fashion brand reaches four<br />
continents and is rooted in the historic<br />
cobblestone streets of Lower Manhattan.<br />
AMERICAN.EDU/ALUMNI 45
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