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Evelynn M. Hammonds
Evelynn M. Hammonds Photograph by Stu Rosner She grew up in Atlanta, got dual undergraduate degrees from Spelman College in physics...
Hertzberg of the New Yorker
On a January evening in 1977, at the old New Yorker offices on West 43rd Street, a going-away party was in progress for Hendrik Hertzberg '65, a...
Communication Skills
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Watching President George W. Bush at the podium, one might...
The Corporation Welcomes Its First Woman
In February 1989, Judith Richards Hope, J.D. '64, became the first woman member of the Harvard Corporation, the University's executive governing...
News from the HAA
Kudos The Harvard Alumni Association's Clubs Committee recognizes publicly those who provide exemplary service to a Harvard club. Now a new...
On the Road with Death
In a world where buses are "flying coffins" and "moving morgues" and pedestrians should tremble, pulblic-health experts take on a neglected...
Life After Work
Retirement entails "learning how to maintain self-respect while letting go of self-importance," writes Harvard professor of psychiatry...
Alumni News
Aloian Winners Established in 1988 to honor the late David Aloian '49, a former executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association...
The Ultimate Blasts from the Past
In the 1960s, the United States secretly launched several satellites to check for illegal nuclear-weapons testing in space. Equipped with...
Elite Educators
When last seen, statistician Richard J. Light, Gale professor of education, had published his findings on what makes for an effective...
Veritas Values
Prompted by the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies—the group formed in response to the "living wage...
Raised Voices
Six days after helping to bring the community together at Harvard's observance of September 11 (see preceding page), President Lawrence H...