Primus VI

Illustration of Massachusetts Hall, Harvard president’s office

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Presidents’ Paths

Life decisions en route to Massachusetts Hall

The late professors Roy J. Glauber and Henry Rosovsky

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Origin Stories

Eminent professors’ life foundations

The John Harvard statue, with books at hand

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John Harvard, Reader

John Harvard’s reading matter, a scholar poet, the towering John Fox

Harvard Business School logo on a campus cornhole board

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Over the River Dept.

Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado

Cover of Chinese edition of book, Harvard A to Z

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Bookish

Course catalog redux, a Chinese take on Harvard “glitz and glamour,” and the mathmetician-movie buff

Henry Lee Higginson

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Ahead of His Time

The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship

Photograph of William Randall playing guitar in his Lowell House room, c. 1970-1971

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Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

Historic portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On Commencements

Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days

John Harvard two-ounce, 56-cent stamp from 1986, honoring University’s 350th anniversary

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Fancy Footwork

Engineering for runners, the John Harvard stamp, tweaking Dr. Oz

Photo of new book on Harvard and Radcliffe presidents

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Small-Town Roots

Professors’ humble beginnings, concentration choices, and a mini history of Harvard and Radcliffe presidents

Photograph of a pet hamster, dyed Yale blue, for a humor piece about Yale admissions

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Memorable Mentors

Richard Lewontin, Richard Zeckhauser, diplomatic security, diverse inclusion, and admissions agita lampooned

Photographic portrait of James Agee

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Origin Stories

Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence