Alumni

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

Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics

Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons

A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore

by Olivia Schwob

The many roles of Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela

Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela

by Nell Porter-Brown

John Adams as a Harvard student, by Richard Alan Ryerson

What he learned and what he made of it

by Richard Alan Ryerson

Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I

Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916

by Dick Friedman

Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco

A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.

by Violet Baron

Brief life of George Bucknam Dorr, a founder of Acadia National Park

Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator

Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Profile of Martin J. Grasso Jr., Harvard Alumni Association president

President Martin J. Grasso boosts alumni volunteerism.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy

Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.

by Jesse McCarthy

Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir

The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan

by Bailey Trela