Homecoming profiles

Over the years, Carnegie Mellon students’ preferences for music and movies have evolved, but some things have never changed — bagpipes and Buggy, to name a few. Below are some quick facts about three alumni who visited campus last weekend for Homecoming.

Jane Grim Duffy — Architecture, 1947
Favorite music: Concerts by the Dorsey brothers and Glenn Miller, where “everyone danced.”
Popular sports: Archery, badminton.
Popular clothes: Penny loafers, bobby socks, blue jeans (rolled up), fathers’ shirts.
Life after graduation: Married a fellow archie and had six children, all of whom were interested in architecture.
Favorite Carnegie Mellon memory: Using her uncle’s set of drawing tools from when he was a student at Carnegie Technical Schools.

Thom Stulginsky — H&SS, 1973
Favorite band: Santana.
Favorite movie: Easy Rider.
Favorite thing to do on weekends: War protests.
Best Carnegie Mellon memory: Late-night conversations with friends in Doherty Apartments.

Laura Zapanta — Chemistry, 1989
Favorite band: Billy Joel.
Favorite movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (shown during Orientation), or whatever the dollar movie was (then screened in Doherty 2210).
Favorite thing to do on weekends: Playing in Kiltie Band at football games in the fall, driving a buggy in the spring.
Best Carnegie Mellon memory: Hanging out in the APhiO office with friends.