Alumni
NFL Referee Ron Torbert Makes the Tough Calls
A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field.
Puzzles
A contributing editor of this magazine, John de Cuevas ’52, is an inveterate perpetrator of puzzles with cryptic clues, and 35 of his...
In Praise of Giraffes
John A. Graham ’64’s conflict-resolution work has taken him from apartheid-torn South Africa to meetings in Geneva, Switzerland...
Sky High
Ardent flight instructor, aerobatics competitor, and self-proclaimed space junkie James E. Smolen ’71, Ph.D. ’76, has a distinctive...
A Peak Experience
Douglas Brockmeyer ’82 comes in exactly where more risk-averse people head for safety. At work, he thrives as a pediatric neurosurgeon...
Literary Ambassador
To assemble a collection of poems that capture the American experience yet are also accessible to children is a daunting task. That’s what...
Bridge to Mesopotamia
In a glass case stand a dozen carved statues of gypsum alabaster — male figurines with their hands folded at their chests and their...
Sculptural Forms
She Changes, by artist Janet Echelman ’87, is a giant multilayered mesh net suspended above a traffic circle next to a beachside promenade...
Congratulations
The Harvard Alumni Association awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities...
Comings and Goings
University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual gatherings. Following is a partial list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at...
The Press Professor
Nicholas Lemann ’76 seems an unlikely candidate for the role of higher-education reformer. Best known as a columnist and Washington...