Alumni

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

Anne Neal Petri in a navy suit leans on a wooden chair against an exterior wall of Mount Vernon..

Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics

Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rachel Cox

Profile of Rachel Cox, author of the World War II history "Into Dust and Fire"

Rachel Cox ’74 pays written tribute to an uncle and his friends with Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army.

by Jean Martin

George West (far left) with his two faculty colleagues and the students of the Little Rock Central High Memory Project editing team

Profile of Little Rock Central High School teacher George West

George West ’72 and his students foster oral history at Little Rock Central High.

by Isabel Ruane

Blue Bird-of-Paradise, Tigibi, Tari area

Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise

The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ellen Faran and Gita Manaktala

Ellen Faran and Gita Manaktala of MIT Press

Ellen Faran ’73 and Gita Manaktala ’87 advance knowledge through publishing.

by Katherine Xue

Carl Muller

New Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller

Meet Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller.

by Nell Porter-Brown

David Jones

Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine

David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.

Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in Lenox, Massachusetts. The hall opened in 1994. With the “barn door” open, picnickers enjoy a concert.

Architect William Rawn, who designs buildings for the public realm, is profiled

William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.

by Craig Lambert

Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary for September 12, 1988: “Then a briefing for a pleasant interview which took place at 11:30 with Warren Brooks [sic] my favorite Ec. columnist.”

Warren Brookes, "pneumatic" journalist, by Charles G. Kels

Brief life of a “pneumatic” journalist: 1929-1991

by Charles G. Kels

Kathy Perkins

Kathy Perkins of PhET Interactive Simulations promotes science education

Kathy Perkins ’92 fosters science education.

by Katherine Xue

John West with his children—Georgia (20 months), Jack (8 years), and Danny (5 years)—at-hand audience members for, and friendly critics of, The Whistle

The Whistle, an interactive venture, aims to capture the sporting kid market

An entrepreneur’s multimedia ESPN for kids, “the next generation of sports fans”

by Nell Porter-Brown