Fall/Winter 2019

Alumni News and Notes

Alumni News

Read the latest news about VP&S alumni.
Henry Buchwald with ACS president Ronald Maier.

Alumni Profile: Lisa Mellman PSY’91/HON’19

The view from Lisa Mellman’s 11th floor office in the Vagelos Education Center stretches on a clear day over Washington Heights rooftops...

Alumni Profile: Peter Bolo’85

It was during a second-year lecture by psychoanalyst Eric Marcus, MD, about primary process thinking—the language of dreams—that Peter Bolo’85 realized psychiatry could be for him.
A 1985 photo shows Peter Bolo receiving the gold medal given to a graduating student in recognition of interest in and devotion to the school and its alumni association. His son, Kyle Bolo’19, received the same award in May 2019.

Alumni in Print

Learn more about books written by VP&S alumni.
Off the Tracks: Cautionary Tales About the Derailing of Mental Health Care (Volumes 1 & 2). Paul W. Mosher’63 and Jeffrey Berman, PhD.

Book of Profiles of Alumni: The Caring Heirs of Samuel Bard

Distinguished alumni and their family members attended a 2019 Alumni Reunion Weekend book signing of “The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard,”...
At the May 2019 book signing.

Daniela Lamas’08: TV Writer

When Daniela Lamas’08 boarded a plane from Boston to Los Angeles in January 2019, she was on the verge of a new plot twist in her career.
Daniela Lamas’08

Anke Nolting to Retire After Nearly 40 Years

Anke Nolting, PhD, associate dean and executive director of development and alumni relations at VP&S, retired Dec. 31, 2019...