Kathryn S. Hanson

Kathryn S. Hanson

When her son was in high school, Kathryn Hanson, a chief marketing officer in Silicon Valley, was taken aback by statistics that showed his low-income classmates were rarely enrolled in advanced placement courses. Low-income and minority students have the lowest high...
Ruth E. Skovron

Ruth E. Skovron

When Ruth Skovron retired to rural Connecticut in 1995 after running a community newspaper in New Jersey, she floundered. “Without the newspaper, and my children now far away, my moorings were gone,” she says. She threw herself into the local government of Falls...
W. Andrew Harris

W. Andrew Harris

As both a medical professional and an avid traveler, ophthalmologist W. Andrew Harris knew the need for skilled medical care in developing regions of the world. He also knew his colleagues, many of whom were nearing retirement, were devoted to helping others but...
Ke Chung Kim

Ke Chung Kim

For more than 50 years, a heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 155 miles long and 2.4 miles wide has separated North Korea and South Korea. For nearly as long, insect taxonomist and forensic entomologist Ke Chung Kim has dreamed of a united Korea. During a...