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The Empty Seat
For as long as I can remember, there has been a man sitting next to me in Row 00 of Section 28 at the Harvard Stadium: Robert D. Hall, class of...
First-hand recollections
Harvard University Sports Information Herman "Gunny" Gundlach '35, Harvard's oldest living football captain "It was just a...
Exploring New Frontiers
For psychiatrists John R. Stein '91 and his wife, Sara Kulleseid, doctoring abroad seemed like a perfect opportunity to work, play, and travel...
"Pure Brit" Finds Second Home at Harvard
The new president of the Harvard Alumni Association, James V. Baker '68, M.B.A. '71, had never been to America before he boarded the SS United...
Off the Shelf
Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil, by Peter Stansky, Ph.D. '61 (Yale University Press, $35). Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), descended...
Brevia
Robert W. IulianoJon Chase / Harvard News OfficeHarvard's AttorneyAfter serving as acting vice president and general counsel during the...
The Korean Nuclear Crisis
As the United States was preparing to launch a war to counter Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons ambitions, a far greater disaster...
Allston Deliberations
Having hired a team of consultants and engineers one year ago to assess the University's existing real estate assets in Allston, as well as the...
An entomologist at work on the Encyclopedia of Life
In the Dominican Republic, a project to write the first chapter in the encyclopedia of life
First and 100
Football, a century ago, was an unruly, dangerous, and wildly exciting spectacle. It resembled rugby: minimal protective gear, no forward...
Philogynist (II)
Anna Collins '86, M.B.A. '95, got her start in community service early, volunteering with her parents in Michigan for activities such as state...
Where Next for Healthcare
Howard M. Spiro '44, M.D. '47, went to medical school partly because his father and grandfather told him to. "And in the 1940s," he...