Middlebury Magazine

Pursuits

Public Defender

On becoming one of the country's foremost cybersecurity experts.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Illustration by Neil WebbApril 14, 2022

Mineral Collectors

John Medici ’59 never took a formal course in geology or mineralogy. Yet last December, he was notified that he had won the prestigious Carnegie Mineralogical Award for 2020.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Photos courtesy of John MediciDecember 17, 2021

In the Line of Fire

What it's like to be a firefighter in California, when each emergency is more extreme than the last.

By John Devine
Illustration by Stuart BiersFebruary 12, 2021

Next Steps

For much of his life, dancer and choreographer Cameron McKinney '14 has met any challenge or setback head-on. Why should now be any different?

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Yeager Anderson '13.5August 26, 2020

Jungle Love

A love of nature and an entrepreneurial spirit have led Tamara Jacobi '06.5 to create an ecotourist's dream vacation destination.

By Megan Michelson '04
Photographs by Kelly GuentherFebruary 25, 2020

Words at Work

What does it take to be a translator and interpreter for a drug task force in New York City?

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Photographs by Jon RoemerNovember 8, 2019

Water Works

What exactly does it take to start an oyster farm? Will Peckham ’14 left a job on Wall Street and, with a friend, figured it out.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
August 9, 2019

The Comedian

Making videos impersonating your mother seems an improbable way to launch a career as a comedian. For Alyssa Limperis ’12, it’s done that and more.

By Leah Fessler ’15
Photographs by Max S. GerberMay 14, 2019

Timber!

How did a former art history major come to manage millions of board feet of timber?

By Kathryn Flagg ’08
Photographs by Brett SimisonFebruary 14, 2019