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

Anthony Malkin the Empire State Building's green retrofit for energy efficiency

How Anthony Malkin ’84 engineered the largest “green” retrofit ever

by Jonathan Shaw

Al Franken, satirist and statesman, profiled

The satirist and comedian Al Franken has a new role: statesman.

by Jesse Kornbluth

Father Paul O'Brien leads a thriving Catholic parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Paul O’Brien’s tough ministry in Lawrence, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Government professor Eric Nelson studies political theory

Profile of a Harvard government professor and political theory scholar

by Craig Lambert

David Kwong does magic and builds crossword puzzles

David Kwong has a trick that’s all his own.

by Qichen Zhang

"Flying Santa" Edward Rowe Snow delivered gifts to lighthouse children

Brief life of a maritime original: 1902-1982

by Sara Hoagland Hunter

Brian Buckley ’90 runs the Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café

The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café in Boulder, Colorado, sells beverages, pastries, and poetry—nothing else.

Salad restaurateur Erin Wade ’03 shares photos and two recipes

Erin Wade's special dressing recipes are sure to whet your appetite.

Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for China's AIDS orphans

Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for 
China’s "blood orphans."

by Marilyn Chase