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Alumni Cooking Her Way to the Next Level A spot on Gordon Ramsay’s new cooking show is the latest step on Gabrielle Chappel’s unlikely path to the culinary world. Ryan Jones '95 Com
Alumni Still Going, Boldly Half a century into his career, actor and director Jonathan Frakes—best known as Commander William Riker from the USS Enterprise—looks back on his path from campus theater usher to Star Trek, unlikely social media fame, and beyond. Jeff Rice '03 Com
Alumni In Memoriam: September / October 2025 In Memoriam entries are grouped by decade and listed alphabetically by last name.
