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.

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

Derek Bok donated his car for a good cause.

The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.

College staff whose jobs will be changed or eliminated were notified this week.

The University will compensate families of those whose remains were sold and establish a scholarship to honor anatomical donors.

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention

Harvard researchers achieve medical breakthroughs in cancer therapy and infection control.

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.