arts facilities to the school, including a new dance studio, an art display, an audio-video editing studio, five arts classrooms, arts offices, and a conference room. Dr. Phillip Moss, a highly respected director and actor, is currently the chair of the creative and performing arts department of the school. Notable performances have included a 2011-2012 production of Chicago that was sent to national festival where many actors and crew received excellent and superior ratings. Notable faculty and alumni Mira Edgerly-Korzybska (born 1872), American miniature painter Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), Pulitzer Prize-winning author (1978) Edsel Ford II (born 1948), auto executive and philanthropist (GPUS, 1966) Max Gail (born 1943), comedian, former teacher Edgar Gott (born 1887), first president of the Boeing Company (DUS, 1904) Julie Harris (1925-2013), actress, National Medal of Arts honoree (GPCDS, 1944) G. Mennen Williams (1911-1987), governor of Michigan Aaron Krickstein (born 1967), professional tennis player Frank Nelson (1887–1970), Olympic athlete (DUS) Miles O'Brien (born 1959), CNN news anchor (1977) Walter Olson, legal analyst and blogger Gilda Radner (1946-1989), comedian, Saturday Night Live (Class of 1964) Keith Richburg, journalist Isabel Dodge Sloane (1896-1962), automobile heiress and thoroughbred owner/breeder Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (1883 – 1946), conservationist of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Publications University Liggett School's Office of Marketing and Communications publishes Perspective magazine twice a year. The magazine has been recognized since 2015 with many journalism awards, including five in 2016 from the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit chapter The school's marketing and communications efforts received an international award for Communications Program Improvement in 2015 from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. References External links University Liggett School's official Web site Schools in Wayne County, Michigan Private K-12 schools in Michigan Educational institutions established in 1878 1878 establishments in Michigan Minoru Yamasaki buildings