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.

Karl Deisseroth revolutionized neuroscience. Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has adjudicated cases in international courts concerning genocide.

The Harvard triathlete and coach says she helps normal people to “do extraordinary things.”

Two tales of University greats—and an encounter with a Tiger

A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah

Why Harvard Medical School is training physicians to think more like coaches

The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.

A new Harvard Kennedy School project aims to harness the power of feral fandom.

The professor and former Harvard College dean is the next president of Harvard Magazine’s Board of Directors

The outgoing executive director and Harvard Business School graduate went from dancing The Nutcracker to growing a ballet company.