Hazen Leroy Vail was born in Boston, August 5, 1940. His father, Hazen Claude Vail, who had left a Depression-broken small farm in Belleisle, New Brunswick, to seek his fortune…
Summer School musical opportunities The Harvard Summer School Orchestra will hold auditions for full brass, including both cornets and trumpets, harp, English horn, and piccolo on Tuesday, June 27, through…
Presiding over the classroom, Kevin Fuller, Ed.M. 00, looks like a missionary a free-spirited, high-stye preacher, dressed in a long, raspberry, collarless jacket, pressed black dress shirt and pants,…
Cambridge School Volunteers, Inc., recently presented the 1999-00 Mack Davis Award to eight volunteers for their outstanding service to Cambridge public schools. The award is named for the late Mack…
Her memories are faded by the years, but also sweetened, perhaps, by the romanticism of times gone by. It was the fall of 1943, in the midst of World War…
A memorial gathering with music in remembrance of Luise Vosgerchian will take place on Sept. 7, 2000, at 7:30 p.m., in Sanders Theatre. There will be a special performance by…
They wore the latest colors of lipstick and matching eyeliner. Some had fake hair and even fake teeth. They pranced on stage in sequined gowns and rhinestone-studded jeans. Occasionally there…
June 08, 2000 In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from…
Thirty-eight Harvard Faculty Club workers graduated from the University’s first “Bridge” program at ceremonies at the Faculty Club on June 4. The pilot program, which provides basic literacy and language…
Harvard Law School Byrne Professor of Administrative Law Emeritus Clark Byse will receive the Harvard Law School Association (HLSA) Award in honor of his 60-year teaching career. Law School Dean…
Harvard’s Employment Office, in consultation with a University-wide organizing committee, is hosting Career Forum 2000 on Tuesday, June 13. This year’s event will be held from noon to 7 p.m.…
Like the enthusiastic reviewer of the proverbial blockbuster novel, audience members of Wednesdays Senior Class Day program might have come away exclaiming, “I laughed, I cried.” From Jason Stevensons exhortation…
It was almost as if someone dropped laughing gas on Harvard Yard. Following a series of emotional and inspiring student speakers on Class Day, Conan OBrien 85, a two-time president…
It is 11 on a balmy spring night. Kathy Pendrak and Brenda Waldron, prepress operators at Harvard Printing and Publications Services (HPPS), sit at computer terminals massaging mountains of data.…
Harvard Divinity School has announced three recipients of the awards that are presented each June on its Alumni/ae Day. This year, on June 7, the First Decade Award was given…
A certain chord will strike a certain reaction in certain people. The dynamic underlying that reaction is something Aaron Einbond may spend the rest of his life pursuing. The Crestwood,…
It is indicative of Brooke Ellisons perspective on life that when she talks about the worst thing that ever happened to her, she emphasizes what went right rather than what…
The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, has announced the appointment of The Reverend Mark D. W. Edington as…
The Center for Ethics and the Professions has selected the Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2000-01 academic year. Six scholars who study ethical problems in government, law, medicine, and…
Harvard graduate students who are writing dissertations or engaged in major research on topics in practical ethics are invited to apply for 2001-02 Graduate Fellowships in Ethics. The deadline is…
This year, the Extension Schools Commencement Speaker award will go to Kimberly Parke, A.L.M. 00, assistant director for undergraduate degree programs at Harvard Extension School. The title of her talk…
Sharon Elliott Gagnon, A.M. ’65, Ph.D. ’72, has been elected President of the University’s Board of Overseers for 2000-01. She will assume the post after Commencement, succeeding Joan Hutchins ’61.…
A medical educator, a philosopher, and an historian received Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medals at a ceremony on Wednesday, June 7, at the Faculty Club. The…
The Business School (HBS) held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 1 for Hawes Hall. Hawes Hall will provide the Business School with a critical resource to continue its core mission…
When Harvard senior Alex Kellogg finished his semester abroad in the spring of 1998, he went to the Nairobi airport with the rest of his class. But while they were…
The University will make significant new investments in the field of information technology, especially as it relates to the Internet and entrepreneurial studies. Income from a recent $7 million gift…
Destroyed by fire in 1956, and restored to its original design in 1999, the spire on top of Memorial Hall was rededicated at a ceremony on May 11. Cambridge Historical…
Glazer honored by CCNY Nathan Glazer, professor of education and social structure emeritus, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the City College of New York (CCNY), one…
Glazer honored by CCNY Nathan Glazer, professor of education and social structure emeritus, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the City College of New York (CCNY), one…
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