Known for his ability to turn around troubled companies, Romney was brought in last year to help Salt Lake City overcome its reputation after charges of bribing International Olympic Committee members. Results from the recent alumni survey are in, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. On a scale of 1 to 5, with five the best, alumni rated their general satisfaction with their Cranbrook experience at 4.4, the highest rating received among the five schools for which the administering agent had conducted similar surveys. The survey, which was sent out to 4,200 Cranbrook alumni from the classes of 1980 to 1999, drew 905 responses and was designed to measure general alumni satisfaction as well as impressions of academics, athletics, college preparedness and social interaction. Overall, Cranbrook alumni felt better prepared for college than the average new university student, and reported great pride in telling others they attended Cranbrook Schools.
Alumni can expect to receive the full results of the survey in the coming weeks.
Alumnus scores with original composition All those years practicing in the band room paid off for Class of '86 graduate Ali Miller. Composed for orchestra and narrator, the 8-minute piece is based on Martin Luther King, Jr's legendary March on Washington speech. It has been performed numerous times with the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Arkansas Symphony and the Lake Forest Symphony with narration by such notables as actor James Earl Jones, former surgeon general Dr. Jocelyn Elders and singer William Warfield. Miller has composed three other pieces for orchestra as well as numerous chamber works. More than 100 Schools students attended this collaboration between Cranbrook Schools and the Art Academy.