Alumni Profiles

Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.

The Harvard Doctor Who Made Kidney Transplants Possible

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

by Diane Speare Triant

Betting on Lookout Farm

A pandemic-era restaurant-plus-farm thrives in Natick, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Sailing Solo

James Hammitt ’78, is a professor at the School of Public Health—and a superb sailor.

by Juliet Isselbacher

Putting the Music in Musical Theater

Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book

In the swim with Bonnie Tsui

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Radcliffe Women Share Their Stories

An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.

by Meena Venkataramanan

Harvard Graduate Leads in NBA Analytics

Jason Rosenfeld ’12 traces his path to sports-statistics success.

by Jacob Sweet

Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite

Brief life of a transcendentalist out West

by John Buehrens

Melvin Miller ’56: “Not going…to stand aside”

The founder, editor, and publisher of The Bay State Banner profiled

by Juliet Isselbacher

Harvard men’s tennis head coach Andrew Rueb

Andrew Rueb’s experience on the professional tennis circuit informs his coaching.

by Jacob Sweet

Journalist Chris Wallace, profiled by Craig Lambert

Chris Wallace has “the toughest job of any television journalist.”

by Craig Lambert