#distinguishedalumni

Influential CEO Arvind Krishna

He is an 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (𝗖𝗘𝗢) of 𝗜𝗕𝗠.

He is -

• 2021 Most Influential Executive on CRN’s 2021 Top 100 Executives list.

• Received distinguished alumni awards from IIT Kanpur and the University of Illinois.

• He was a chief planner of the $34 billion acquisition of open-source software vendor Red Hat.

• He has co-authored dozens of patents, has been the editor of IEEE and ACM journals, and has published extensively in technical journals.

• He has a track record of bold transformations and proven business results. His IBM colleagues describe him as an authentic, values-driven leader.

He Stated: “𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀."

Distinguished Alumni 2016 – Frederick S Downs, Jr. (Rick)

Every  year Woodstock School recognizes alumni whose lives have made a significant contribution to realizing our ideal of “education for a world of difference”. We are pleased to announce our Distinguished Alumni for 2016 – Frederick (Rick) S Downs, Jr.    Born in Jorhat, Assam in 1961 to missionary parents, Rick went to Woodstock in 1968 and graduated with the Class of 1979 as Valedictorian. He…

T Z Chu ’52 Honoured for his Contributions to America.

We take great pride and pleasure in announcing that our Distinguished Alumni T Z Chu has been chosen among 20 immigrants in the USA, to be featured in National Museum of American History’s (NMAH) new permanent exhibit, ‘Many Voices One Nation’, as someone who had made significant contributions to America. The exhibit will be formally opened on 4th of July 2017. This is a great honour for T Z Chu…

Tom Kalin, Savage Grace (still), 2007.  Courtesy of the SAIC website.  

Tom Kalin (MFA 1987) is returning to SAIC to deliver a Distinguished Alumni Lecture.  His will be the inaugural lecture for the the spring season of SAIC’s Visiting Artist Program lecture series.  

From the SAIC website: 

Kalin “is known for narrative features, installations, and short experimental films and videos. His first feature, Swoon, was awarded the Caligari Prize in Berlin, Fipresci Prize in Stockholm, Best Cinematography at Sundance, and the Open Palm at the Gotham Awards. Savage Grace, starring Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne, premiered in Cannes and screened at Sundance, London, and Tribeca, among many other places. Savage Grace was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and named one of the top 10 films of 2008 by Artforumand Paper. Fashion designer Geoffrey Beene commissioned Kalin to write and directGeoffrey Beene 30, a lyrical narrative film commemorating his 30th anniversary. The cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Claire Danes, and Viveca Lindfors.

In 2015 Kalin and frequent collaborator Doveman (musician Thomas Bartlett) collaborated on a gallery show at Participant, Inc., New York and at Dublin's National Concert Hall for Blood and The Moon, an evening of film, music, and performance celebrating the work of William Butler Yeats. Kalin produced the films I Shot Andy Warhol and Go Fish, and was a writer for Cindy Sherman's Office Killer. He has twice been included in the Whitney Biennial, is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, and his work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Museum of Modern Art, New York. Kalin was a founding member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury, known for its provocative public art projects which exhibited in the Venice Biennale, and had a major survey of its work in 2012.”

This will be a free event, open to the general public, on Wednesday, February 10, 6:00pm in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Rubloff Auditorium: 230 S. Columbus Dr.