- laurenhrubenstein
A Festive Holiday Feature
Updated: Apr 7, 2021
Working in higher ed communications, you never know what you'll get to learn about next. Sometimes, you're surprised with a purely joyful topic like interviewing a Wesleyan alumnus, Ron Cooper '79, a retired corporate executive-turned-travel, documentary, and portrait photographer, about his new book of portraits of professional Santas. This piece was so much fun to write and—in case you're wondering—yes, the beards are (nearly) all real.