Bob Lively ’68, honorably retired Presbyterian minister, has written another book, 7 Moments of Grace. The book has a special mission. He says, “I wrote this book for my grandson so that he might come to recognize the Shepherd’s rod and staff guiding him on the path he should follow in those seminal moments in his life that are sufficiently powerful to shape a life and to sculpt one’s character into a form that is pleasing to God.”
The latest mystery novel by Deborah Crombie ’77, A Killing of Innocents, has been listed on the Washington Post’s top five mystery novels worth staying up late to finish. According to the Post, her “ability to intertwine family drama with a gripping police procedural is once again on full display in the recent installment to her best-selling series.” The book is another installment in Crombie’s tales featuring Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma Jones. Set once again in Great Britain, the book’s details are drawn from Crombie’s many trips to the British Isles.
Lindsey Williams ’02, President of Williambrown Consulting Solutions, launched the ResilEQO Equitable Ecosystems workshop wing of her firm’s practice in 2022, to conduct assessment services in professional sectors including education, nonprofit, government, fortune, and industry—serving in what she terms “applied anthropology space.” Williams was a speaker at Dallas Startup Week in July 2023. Her first book, Southern Discomfort: Confessions of a Southern DEI Officer—How Jim Crow and Plantation Economics Run the 21st-Century Organization, was published that same month.
Dr. Holly Hull Miori ’05 authored a book entitled Millennial Philanthropy: Next Generation Fund Development for Professionals and Nonprofits. Her insightful book discusses the importance of engaging the millennial generation in the nonprofit and academic sectors as a valuable source of people, power, and philanthropic support. According to her research, nearly 75 million people make up the millennial generation in the United States, and the most significant transfer of wealth, known as the Great Transfer of Wealth, is shifting from older generations to Millennials and younger. Miori has developed a comprehensive guide that explores potential roles, including those of donors, board members, and volunteers. Her guide is designed to engage both academic and nonprofit/fundraising audiences, offering “insights and actionable strategies for unlocking the potential of this emerging group.” The book presents six distinct findings and features a combination of case studies and a roadmap to help readers gain practical insights into engaging this demographic group.
Dr. Briana Hernandez ’16 and Dr. Sophia Hernandez ’16, both in the Pediatric Residency Program LSU Health– Shreveport, together wrote a children’s book, Samson & Ivy, based on their real-life dogs. The “dynamic duo doctor sisters,” as their residency program described them, are identical twins and best of friends—so they know what it is like to be similar, but also very different. The mission behind their book is to promote accepting, kind, and undiscriminating behaviors in children and their families.
“One has spots and one is big and fluffy, can you guess the names of the two famous puppies? They wag and they run, one fast and one slow. One thrives in the heat and the other, in the snow. So how can they be so distinct, but also the same? Their accepting hearts and open minds are what we must blame.”
Akshay K. Shetty ’16 published a chapter in the book The Misdiagnosis Casebook in Clinical Medicine. He serves on the St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine, Willemstad, Curaçao.