James Hedrick ’92 grew up on Long Island. A longtime amateur radio operator, he got his FCC commercial radio license as a teenager and designed, installed and repaired public safety radios and marine electronics.

Janet Sweeney freely admits that she eats “a ridiculous amount of pretzels!” She’ll also admit, rather quietly because it sometimes raises eyebrows, that she’s not a dog person.

Lewis Davis, the Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics and department chair, joined Union 16 years ago.