Alumni

Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.

A smiling judge wearing a black robe, seated in a wood-paneled courtroom.

At Harvard Talk, Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer Defends Shadow Docket

The current law professor also spoke about affirmative action, partisanship, and the limits of “bright-line rules.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Samuel Beer

Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland

What made Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland great

At the Merkers salt mines in central Germany, American GIs admire Édouard Manet’s <em>In the Conservatory,</em> one of the thousands of rare works and documents stored there by the Nazi regime late in World War II. Monuments Man George Stout (see next image), a Fogg Museum conservator turned U.S. Army lieutenant, supervised the rescue of 40 tons of art from the site in April 1945.

The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis

Harvard’s Monuments Men at war

These views (above and below) of the Xenith football helmet show the disc-shaped shock absorbers that adapt to the magnitude and direction of the hit, adjusting the helmet’s compression accordingly.

New football helmet protects the brain

Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.

by Craig Lambert

The new <a href="http://alumni.harvard.edu">alumni.harvard.edu</a>

Harvard's alumni website has a new look

Harvard's alumni website has a new look and a new home.

Harvard's new public-service initiative

The Harvard Alumni Association's plans a global public-service initiative

In Memorial Church, General George W. Casey Jr. views the plaque commemorating the Harvard dead of the Vietnam War, among them his father, George W. Casey ’45.

Veterans Day Salute at Harvard

A plaque honoring Harvard’s Medal of Honor recipients is dedicated in Memorial Church.

Records of Harvard alumni who hold military awards for valor sought

Advocates for Harvard ROTC seek information on Harvard alumni who hold military awards for valor.

Jon and Margaret Richardson track down works of the Bloomsbury Group.

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson specialize in the Bloomsbury Group

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson are fans of the Bloomsbury Group.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Sportscaster "J.B." Brown has written a guide to living life the right way.

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

by Melanie E. Long

Carl Kassel (left), announcer for National Public Radio’s weekly <em>Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!</em> clowns with its host, Peter Sagal.

The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”

Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!

by Craig Lambert