Arn Chorn-Pond '86 performing at Northfield Mount Hermon in 2009.

Arn Chorn-Pond ’86 recalled his experiences during the 1975 Communist Khmer Rouge regime’s control of Cambodia for author Patricia McCormick, who retold Chorn-Pond’s story in the young adult novel Never Fall Down.

The book is about child survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime who came as refugees to the United States.

“Tears are for a purpose,” Chorn-Pond told New York Times writer Seth Mydans. “It hurts to talk like this. I have headache and stomach­ache sharing this story. But telling my story like this heals me. I cry a lot now. I’m addicted to it.” Read more here.

The cover of Patricia McCormick's novel "Never Fall Down," inspired by the experiences of child survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime, including Arn Chorn-Pond '86.

William R. Rhodes ’53, chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Northfield Mount Hermon, is being honored with a the American Banker’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2011. In recognition of that award, American Banker’s Rob Garver profiled the 76-year-old retired senior vice chairman and senior international officer of Citigroup and Citibank. In the piece, “In Crises, Rhodes Was the Man in the Middle,” Garver quotes from Banker to the World and describes Rhodes as ” a veteran of multiple global financial crises” and “the go-to negotiator for leading major sovereign debt workouts in countries around the world.”

One of Rhodes’ earliest challenges came during the 1970s when he was working as the head of Citibank’s operations in Venezuela. As Garver writes, “the determination and grit that Rhodes showed in Venezuela, along with his ability to parlay a deep understanding of the culture into a successful business strategy would set the stage for his handling of many crises to come.”