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Many alumni have shared their stories with the Magnet Foundation over the past several years. Here they are organized by Class Year:

Class of 1989: First Class (Summer 2009)

Naomi Cleghorn: Uncovering Human Origins (Fall 2014)
Lorrie Cranor: Usable Privacy (Winter 2014)
Howard Gobioff: Remembering Howard (Spring 2009)

Class of 1990:

Maneesh Agrawala: MacArthur Genius (Summer 2012)
Robert Pless: Windows on the World (Summer 2013); Distinguished Alumnus (Winter 2020)
Craig Rice: County Leadership (Fall 2019)
David Weinstock: Cancer Research (Summer 2020)

Class of 1991:

Reva Gupta: Foreign Service (Winter 2016)
Kevin LeClaire: Consulting and Photography (Fall 2011)

Class of 1992:

Matías Duarte: Design at Google (Winter 2017)
Hormuzd Katki: Cancer Risk Models (Fall 2012)
Patrick Lee: RottenTomatoes.com (Spring 2011)

Class of 1993:

Steve Chien: Silicon Valley Research (Summer 2013)
Michael Douma: Ideas on the Web (Spring 2013)
Helen Fields: Science Journalist (Summer 2013)
Danyel Fisher: Analyzing and Visualizing Big Data (Fall 2014)
Wei-Hwa Huang: Puzzle Master (Winter 2013); Feeling Puzzled (Winter 2020)
Aaron Hughes: Military Cyber Policy (Spring 2018)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio: Climate Change Resilience (Fall 2013)
David and Ming Tomayko: High School Sweethearts (Winter 2013)
Joshua Weitz: Theoretical Ecology (Winter 2013); Distinguished Alumnus (Winter 2018)

Class of 1994:

Alenda Chang: Growing Games (Spring 2014)
Tyrone Giordano: Theatre Career (Winter 2014)
Jesse Hahnel: Teaching and Advocacy (Summer 2014)
K. Tabetha Hole: Physics Professor (Spring 2019)
Aaron Klein: Economic Policy (Fall 2019)
Drew Linzer: Votamatic.org (Fall 2012)
Emily Schuster: Dimensions (Summer 2014)
Meredith TenHoor: Architectural History (Winter 2019)
Kasima Tharnpipitchai: Consulting, Coding, and Comedy (Spring 2015)

Class of 1995:

Samit Dasgupta: Algebraic Number Theory (Fall 2015)
Deirdre Mundy: Family and Freelance Writing (Winter 2015)
Nikki Privé: Climate Science at NASA Goddard (Spring 2015)
Horace Rhee: Research and Medicine (Spring 2015)

Class of 1996:

Amir Caspi: Chasing the Eclipse (Fall 2017)
Zeki Mokhtarzada: webs.com (Spring 2011)
Lesley Ott: Climate Science at NASA Goddard (Spring 2015)
Pat Yongpradit: Computer Science for All (Fall 2016)

Class of 1997:

David Andalman: American Milkshake (Fall 2013)
Grace Brannigan: Biophysics and the Brain (Fall 2017)
David Hu: Animal Biomechanics (Spring 2017)
Haroon Mokhtarzada: webs.com (Spring 2011)
Paul Shin: Apollonix (Summer 2018)
Beth Weinstein: NASA Mission Manager (Spring 2018)

Class of 1998:

Cynthia Addai-Robinson: Hollywood Actress (Winter 2012)
Melissa Coleman: Surgery Fellow (Winter 2018)
Jonah Berger: Contagious Ideas (Spring 2013), Catalyst (Spring 2020)
Jiehae Park: Peerless Playwright (Spring 2018)
Jessica Shin: Apollonix (Summer 2018)
Jon Urban: Poker Player (Spring 2010)

Class of 1999: A Hundred Paths (Summer 2009)

Anna Browne Ribeiro: Amazonian Archaeology (Summer 2019)
Craig Erdrich, James Hansen, and Scott Safranek: The Obama Campaign (Spring 2009)
Ani Manichaikul: Multi-Ethnic Genomics (Winter 2019)
Greg Novick: Apple Insider (Summer 2020)
Robyn Sanderson: Simulating Dark Matter (Winter 2020)

Class of 2000:

Jon Simon: Quantum Materials (Summer 2016)

Class of 2001: Ten-Year Snapshots (Fall 2011)

Hans Arora: Medical Practice and Policy (Spring 2017)
Rachel Carlson: Choral Career (Summer 2011)

Class of 2002:

Alison Cardy: Career Coach (Spring 2016)
Chris Chen: Dessert Truck (Winter 2009)
Peter Cirincione: Teaching at Blair (Summer 2018)
Jennifer Coster: Artistic Alumna (Summer 2011)
Elizabeth Green: Building a Better Teacher (Fall 2014)
Jennifer Helgeson: Environmental Engineering (Spring 2019)
Samantha Henig: Journalist and Author (Fall 2012)
Will Hwang: InnoWorks Academy (Winter 2012)
Kang-Xing Jin and Dan Kim: Working at Facebook (Summer 2012)
Bingni Wen Brunton: Neuroscience Data (Summer 2016)

Class of 2003: A Decade After Blair (Fall 2013)

Kevin Fang: Teach for America (Fall 2010)
Alexandra Lockwood: PhD Movie (Spring 2012)

Class of 2004: Ten-Year Check-In (Spring 2014)

Jessica Shang: Fluidly Focused (Summer 2019)

Class of 2005:

Wilma Bainbridge: Memorability Research (Fall 2019)
Martino Choi: Catholic Priest (Spring 2016)
Abigail Fraeman: Martian Geology (Summer 2015)
Julia Simon-Mishel: Legal Assistance (Winter 2016)

Class of 2006: Ten-Year Reunion Update (Fall 2016)

Alex Brown: Sous Chef (Fall 2018)
Varun Gulati: Educational Entrepreneur (Fall 2016)
Samir Paul: Magnet Teacher (Summer 2015)

Class of 2007: Ten-Year Update (Summer 2017)

Jordy Wolfand: Environmental Engineering and Outreach (Spring 2017)

Class of 2008: Ten-Year Reunion (Fall 2018)

Dawn Maldonado and Caleb Fan: Pandemic Response (Spring 2020)
Hareesh Ganesan: Medication Management (Summer 2019)
Holman Gao: BoostMySchool (Summer 2016)

Class of 2009: Five-Year Update (Winter 2015)

Jean Fan: Little Book of Big Dreams (Summer 2015)
Jonathan Gootenberg: CRISPR Enzymes (Winter 2019)

Class of 2010:

Mikey Cohen: In Memoriam (Fall 2017)

Class of 2011:

Erik Agard: Crossword Champion (Spring 2019)

Class of 2014:

Paul B. Ellis: Democracy Summer (Spring 2020)