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

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Leading with Care

Michael Hill strikes the right balance.

by Max J. Krupnick

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick

Diagnosis by Fiction

The “Healing Quartet” probes medicine—and life.

by Craig Lambert

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Greg Stone, An Emerging Novelist at 70

Late-life inspiration leads to pulpy noir novel

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Tangible Past

How Philip C. Mead enlivens American history

by Nell Porter-Brown

Living the Science Fiction Fantasy

Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas

by Lydialyle Gibson

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller