Alumni Profiles

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

Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics

Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Irresistible Allison Feaster

A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office

by Lydialyle Gibson

George Reisner

Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942

by Peter Der Manuelian

NFL Referee Ron Torbert Makes the Tough Calls

A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field.

by Craig Lambert

Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent

Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it  

by Lincoln Caplan

Saving Lives in Ukraine

Brooks Newmark ’80 evacuates women, children, and the elderly with his “Dunkirk-like fleet” of humanitarian buses.

by Gordon F. Sander

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

by Dan Kelly

Freedom from Food

A lifelong struggle with body image led Juna Gjata to podcasting.

by Jacob Sweet

Making Art Work

David Andersson’s quest to reshape the public realm

by Nell Porter-Brown

Community with Purpose

New Harvard Alumni Association president Allyson Mendenhall

by Nell Porter-Brown