Alumni

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

A man in a suit waves while smiling, with greenery in the background.

Remembering Jack Reardon

He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.

by Jonathan Shaw

Editors with their product. Left to right, Keith Gessen, Mark Greif, and Chad Harbach of <i>n+1</i> at their Brooklyn office, with a bookcase full of past issues.

The Harvard founders of literary magazine n+1

Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.

Bruce V. Corsino

Bruce Corsino promotes plain language

Bruce Corsino promotes "usable, efficient, and transparent" writing inside government and out.

by Krysten A. Keches , Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph by David Foster

Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture

Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.

by Craig Lambert

Theresa McCulla

Theresa McCulla runs Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project

Meet the director of Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project.

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.