Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
Harvard Elects New Overseers, HAA Directors
Leaders for the governing board and alumni association were chosen by an alumni vote.
Kevin Young Addresses Harvard Alumni Association
The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced.
Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Overseer and alumni association candidates
The Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates
Wilbur Cross, Martin Feldstein, and Charles William Eliot
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
by Primus VI
Dr. Jeffries balloons across the Channel
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet
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.”