A celebrated historian and author, Boorstin is recognized for his 12 years of service as Librarian of Congress and for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Americans: The Democratic Experience.

An editor of The Crimson during his years at Harvard, Boorstin lectured on legal history at the Law School during the early 1940s. He later served for 25 years on the faculty of the University of Chicago as a professor of American history.

In addition to a distinguished teaching career, Boorstin was a prolific writer. His works include more than 20 books on American history and politics. In 1959, he received the Bancroft Award for his writing on the American colonial experience, and in 1966, he wrote a book on America's national experience that won him acclaim as recipient of the Francis Parkman Prize.

James E. Burke

Burke, who graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1949, is renowned as a manufacturing company executive. He has spent the majority of his career with Johnson & Johnson, serving as chief executive officer.

Burke has also served on the board of directors of IBM and the Prudential Insurance Company and Harvard's Board of Overseers. He has also been involved with the Medical School and the Dental School.

He is currently chair of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and co-founder of the Business Enterprise Trust, a national organization designed to promote corporate responsibility.

Julia M. Child

Child lives on Irving Street in Cambridge. She is a television personality and author who specializes in French cooking.

She wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and has hosted the television show "The French Chef" since 1962. She recently donated her papers to Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library.

W. Edwards Deming

Deming is a statistician and educator, an expert on developing quality control techniques. He advised Allied production during WWII, and currently advises research in Greece, India, Japan and Germany.

Deming was inducted into the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame in 1986, and has served as distinguished professor of management at Columbia University since 1986.

Deming is author of numerous articles including "Statistical Adjustment of Data." He received the National Medal of Technology from the U.S. president in 1987 and is an honorary life member of the International Statistics Institute.

His work recently enjoyed a surge of popularity in American management circles, and Deming earns high fees consulting to major manufacturers like General Motors.