Tag: Stephen Coit

  • Nation & World

    George Grant takes his place in history

    George Grant, D.M.D. 1870, creator of a prosthetic for cleft palates, inventor of the golf tee, second Black graduate of Harvard Dental School, first to become faculty member is recognized with portrait at the School of Dental Medicine.

    5 minutes
    Portrait of George Grant.
  • Nation & World

    Picture this

    Over a two-day workshop, students created a charcoal drawing of someone important to them.

    8 minutes
    Lauren Chen ’24 (left) and Minjue Wu ’22 work on their portraits
  • Nation & World

    A case study in portraiture

    For 15 years, painter Stephen Coit ’71, M.B.A. ’77, has been quietly changing the walls of campus by adding dozens of portraits that better reflect Harvard’s diversity.

    5 minutes
    Stephen Coit, the artist of the Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project, is pictured in his Cambridge home.
  • Nation & World

    A lasting legacy, now on view

    The University unveiled a portrait of the late S. Allen Counter, founder of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Native American honored

    The Harvard Foundation on Dec. 16 proudly unveiled the portrait of Caleb Cheeshahteamuck, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, and the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College, in 1665.

    2 minutes