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Other notable 1950 graduates
In the 60th Anniversary Report for the Class of 1950, where alumni update classmates on the happenings in their lives, here’s a small glimpse. Robert Bly — Bly, the author of several collections of...
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The West, plagued by self-doubt
Niall Ferguson is a little concerned these days. The feeling started years ago, during one of his stints leading a course in Western civilization. “Each time I taught it, I felt I was getting closer...
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Kissinger looks back
At Harvard and in Washington, as a statesman, professor, and author, Henry Kissinger ’50, A.M. ’52, Ph.D. ’54, has spent more than half a century thinking about and shaping foreign policy. At Sanders...
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A time was had by all
JUNE 2011 Surgeons at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital perform face transplant surgery. JULY 2011 The city of Boston launches bike-sharing program Hubway, and University officials ink a...
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Isaacson to deliver Rothschild Lecture
Best-selling author and journalist Walter Isaacson will present the 2013 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture, “The Genius of Jobs, Einstein, and Franklin,” on April 8 at the Radcliffe Gymnasium....
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Professor Robert R. Bowie dies at 104
Robert R. Bowie, the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus and founder and first director of the Center for International Affairs (now the Weatherhead Center for International...
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Kissinger, on diplomacy
Considered one of the most important American diplomats of the 20th century, onetime Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited the Harvard Law School (HLS) campus last week to share some of the...
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Albright, on negotiating
The value of a clear understanding of your country’s objectives and the power of personal relationships — along with the wisdom of not drinking too much lemonade — were among the insights former U.S....
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Reflections on the Marshall Plan
In June 1947, Gen. George C. Marshall — revered as the “organizer of victory” and Army Chief of Staff during World War II and now five months into his tenure as President Harry S. Truman’s Secretary...
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Smirk central
For generations, Harvard and humor have gone hand in hand. From “The Great Butter Rebellion” of 1766, when students proclaimed the butter “stinketh,” to a notice posted in 1903 by undergrads urging...
View ArticleGuido Goldman, 83, established future Minda de Gunzburg Center
Guido Goldman’s began his service to Harvard by pulling in one of the biggest political names of his time. As a graduate student, the Zurich-born Goldman worked with Henry Kissinger ’50, A.M. ’51,...
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