Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
Preserving the History of Jim Crow Era Safe Havens
Architectural historian Catherine Zipf is building a database of Green Book sites.
Profile of winemaker Kelby Russell
Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Cellist Laurence Lesser is profiled
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Millicent Todd Bingham
Brief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar
by Julie Dobrow
Opera director Sarah Meyers, profiled by Jennifer Gersten
Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.
Jill Vialet and Playworks
Social entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recess
Jim Merriner, Alaskan school superintendent, is profiled
In rural Alaska, Jim Merriner runs a school district with a major educational footprint across the state.
by Shane Brodie
Alexis Sandler, associate general counsel at MoMA: a profile
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
by Sanya Sagar
The Harvard class of 1957 offers recollections and reflections
Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project
Harvard Alumni Association president Margaret Wang
New HAA president Margaret Wang ’09