TIF Stories Archive

Dean Cycon ’75

cyconDean Cycon ’75 prefers to be called a social activist rather than a businessman. His coffee business, Dean’s Beans, which buys organically and ethically grown coffee beans from 12 countries, began as an experiment to determine if a company that is wholeheartedly committed to fair trade could also turn over a healthy profit.

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Don Graves ’92

Vice President Joe Biden talks with Don Graves as he walks across West Executive Avenue at the White House, Sept. 29, 2014. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Vice President Joe Biden talks with Don Graves as he walks across West Executive Avenue at the White House, Sept. 29, 2014. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Vice President Joe Biden has hired Don Graves ‘92 to lead his major cancer research initiative: “Biden often says that there are three kinds of politics: church politics, union politics, and regular politics. But [Don] Graves said he and Biden have learned a lesson together: that there’s a fourth kind of politics — cancer politics — and it can be even more contentious than the rest.” Read the story here.


Rachel Watts ’97

As the Director of Programs at ArtsConnection, I have the pleasure of working with dedicated artists and staff who provide much needed access to the arts for students in NYC public schools.  We know full well the power of the arts to empower students and foster the skills young people must know to thrive in the 21st century. www.artsconnection.org

Submitted by Rachel Watts ’97