Jane Piccard (MA ’73) discovered a tribute to her famous grandmother, Jeannette Piccard (PhD ’42), on the U of M Scholars Walk last fall when a friend noticed it and gave her a call. Jeannette Piccard is honored on the walk as the first woman to reach the stratosphere, which she accomplished as the pilot of a closed sphere that carried scientific instruments and her husband, Jean Piccard, in 1934. Jane lived for a few months with her grandmother while a student at the U herself, where she earned a BA in English and then a master’s degree in social work.