Inside a surprise reunion for Steve Kerr that served as a reminder of sorrow and growth

On some mornings, just as the sun began to warm the Giza Plateau, a teenage Steve Kerr would go climbing. Kerr hadn’t seen Barbara Johnson since 1981, the year he left CAC after three years there as a student, ending with his sophomore year of high school. Just by being herself.” Kerr’s parents were also educators, his father specializing in the Middle East, where Steve Kerr spent much of his youth after being born in Lebanon. Malcolm Kerr was a visiting professor at the nearby American University of Cairo at the time; his and Ann Kerr’s four kids attended CAC, another stop in a journey around the world. Steve Kerr’s younger brother came back to the States during his senior season of high school, while their father commuted between New York, where he was helping to run AUB amid the turmoil in Lebanon, and L.A. After Steve left for college, his parents and younger brother moved to Beirut, and Malcolm assumed the presidency.