Spring 2007 - Milton Academy

Alumni Named Great Minds of the Business Worldmeaningful human life beginsthe moment the human brainbegins to form…approximately14 days after conception. (TheUnited Kingdom, among othernations, codified this.) Thatmoment occurs long afterhuman ES (hES) are formed,around day five. This, added tothe fact that a full 70 percent of[human] embryos never make itto birth naturally, should renderhES cells “moral” for use, byPresident Bush’s own standards,many scientists believed.” Thisvariety of religious beliefs hasclearly slowed the developmentof global guidelines on stem-cellresearch.What might be some productiveuses of stem cells? Can stemcells be injected and used torebuild breast tissue of post-mastectomizedwomen? Can stemcells be precisely injected intodamaged heart muscle to repairand rejuvenate those areas? Candonor bone-marrow cells be usedto stimulate attack of host cancercells? And what about seriousproblems? Can injection of stemcells lead to cancer or atherosclerosisif injected in the wrongplace or at the wrong time?Cynthia has made these possibilitiesunderstandable to any readerintrigued by this scientificfrontier.Linde EysterScience DepartmentFaculty Advisor to Helix, MiltonAcademy’s Science Writers’ ClubTwo Milton alumni—KimberlySteimle Gori ’92 and Miltontrustee Austan Goolsbee ’87—were each named one of the “TopForty Under Forty” businessexecutives in their respectivecities, Boston and Chicago, thispast fall.Kim, who is the vice president ofmarketing and business developmentfor Suffolk Construction,was honored as one of the city’stop young business executives bythe Boston Business Journal inits annual “40 Under 40” listing,which bases its selection on “professional,civic and personalaccomplishments.” A recentSuffolk press release announcingKim’s honor explained that she“has been with SuffolkConstruction since 2002, whenCEO John Fish hired her to leadthe company’s marketing andcommunications operations.[Kim] made an immediateimpact at Suffolk assembling anexpert team of creative and publicrelations professionals to promotethe Suffolk brand. Shequickly became a trusted advisorfor Fish, counseling him on aAustan Goolsbee ’87wide range of communications40endeavors including brandingand business development initiatives,media and public relations,event planning, speechwriting,and website design.”After graduating from MiltonAcademy, Kim attended theCollege of the Holy Cross andthen embarked on her professionalcareer in marketing withMcDermott & O’Neill Associates.In addition to her businessfocus, Kim is committed to givingback to the community. Sheoversees Suffolk’s charitableprograms and, among otherphilanthropic undertakings,serves on the board of Habitatfor Humanity.Austan Goolsbee ’87, Robert P.Gwinn Professor of Economicsat the University of ChicagoGraduate School of Business,was named one of Chicago’sbright young businesspeople ina similar listing compiled byChicago Business. Austan specializesin the application ofeconomics to new technologyfields, especially the Internet. Heattended Yale University, wherehe earned both his bachelor’sand master’s degrees. He earnedhis doctorate in economics atMIT.Among Austan’s several dozenpublished papers in economic,tax and technology-related journals,he has had regular columnson Slate.com, owned by TheWashington Post, and The NewYork Times. He has written oneverything from online versusretail competition in the computerindustry through state incomeapportionment. Austan was alsothe economic advisor to Illinoissenator Barack Obama duringhis 2002 campaign.Kimberly Steimle Gori ’9253 Milton Magazine