May/June 2009
Cover Story
Robert G. O’Meally is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, founder of Columbia’s Center for Jazz Studies and a musician at heart.
By Jamie Katz ’72
Web Extras
Features
Five alumni were honored for their distinguished professional achievements on March 10 at the 2009 John Jay Awards Dinner.
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Fernando Perez ’04 ran hard for the team and helped secure the 2008 American League Championship.
By Joshua Robinson ’08