Alumni | May 18, 2012

American Academy of Arts and Letters awards to Harvard alumni

Alumni recognized by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Pete Seeger ’40, the folk singer, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts; read an excerpt from New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson’s recent book-length portrait.
Poet Frederick Seidel ’57, and Adam Hochschild ’63, author of several books, including King Leopold’s Ghost (about the Belgian colonization of the Congo, a National Book Critics Circle award finalist)—both recipients of Arts and Letters Awards in Literature; read a review of Seidel’s recent collected poems by Adam Kirsch ’97.
Roger Angell ’42, the New Yorker’s long-time fiction editor, baseball correspondent, and light-verse master (notably the year-end, full-page “Greetings, Friends!” poems), recipient of the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse; read an excerpt from Angell’s memoir.

Graduates John Lithgow, Bill Rauch, and Bess Wohl took home prizes on Sunday night.

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

Harvard graduate and NASCAR racer Patrick Staropoli on pedals, attention, and fearlessness.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

The former economics concentrator brings his talent for crunching numbers to netminding.

The retired government professor has been a rare conservative voice on campus for decades.

In a sea of red brick, the Science Center and Peabody Terrace make their mark.

The Harvard Arts Medalist wants his smash-hit Cats revival to reach “as many young queer people” as possible.

New Harvard research finds octopuses go beyond sight and touch to find mates.