Yes, the Phil Alden Robinson who directed
the hugely successful The Sum of All Fears is one of ours.
He's from the Class of 1971.
The adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel is his
most recent credit. Others include Sneakers (screened
on campus during its opening week) and Field of Dreams.
Robinson, who was honorary chancellor of Commencement in 1996, may
be remembered during that campus visit for paying President Roger Hull
an overdue library fine that amounted to thousands
of dollars.