Obituary
Harvard Law School Student Josh Friedman Remembered for Kindness, Love of Learning
Yehoshua “Josh” Friedman, a rising third-year student at Harvard Law School, died in August. He was in his mid-twenties.
AAAS Professor Marcyliena Morgan Remembered for Dedication to Truth, Hip-Hop Scholarship
A professor of African and African American Studies, Morgan was known for pioneering the study of hip-hop as an intellectual endeavor. She died in September due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 75.
HBS Professor Kent Bowen Remembered for Academic Achievements, Commitment to Family and Faith
Harvard Business School Professor H. Kent Bowen, who taught at HBS for 15 years before his retirement in 2008, died on July 17 at the age of 83.
‘Blown Away by Her Kindness’: HGSE Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller Remembered for Her Warmth
Longtime Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Jacqueline Zeller died at 47 this summer. Her friends and colleagues remembered her for warmth and dedication to her classroom.
HDS Theologian Francis Schüssler Fiorenza Remembered for Intellect, Dedication to Social Justice
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, a leading Roman Catholic theologian who taught at Harvard for nearly four decades, died in July at the age of 84.
Colombian Presidential Candidate and HKS Grad Miguel Uribe Dies at 39 After Campaign Shooting
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential candidate with a 2022 degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, died Monday of injuries sustained from a June shooting at a campaign event. He was 39.
Harvard Professor Thomas Bisson, ‘Exceptional’ Medievalist, Remembered for Dedication to Scholarship
Thomas N. Bisson, a professor emeritus in medieval history at Harvard, died on June 28 at the age of 94. His family and colleagues remembered him as a meticulous scholar with an eye for his subjects’ humanity, and as a “caring presence” in students’ lives.
Tom Lehrer ’47, Mathematician and Musician Who Set Wicked Satire to Cheery Tunes, Dies at 97
Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — died on July 26. He was 97.
Harvard Law School Professor Richard Fallon Remembered as Lucid Scholar, Committed Instructor
Harvard Law School professor Richard H. Fallon Jr. died earlier this month at age 73. His students and colleagues remembered him as a clear-eyed scholar, dedicated to students and possessed of a quiet but ready wit.
Harvard Law School Professor Richard Fallon Dies at 73
Harvard Law School professor and internationally renowned constitutional law scholar Richard H. Fallon Jr. died on Sunday. He was 73.
HKS Professor David Gergen Remembered as Adept Washington Insider, Dedicated Public Servant
Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen — who advised four United States presidents and served as a prominent political commentator — died on Saturday. He was 83.
‘The Bravest Among Us’: HKS Peers and Instructors Remember Melissa Hortman, Slain Minnesota Representative
Minnesota state representative Melissa A. Hortman graduated from a Harvard Kennedy School program in 2018. Former instructors and classmates were left grieving when she was killed by an assassin’s bullets on Saturday.
Former Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter ’61 Remembered as ‘the Model of a Justice’
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter ’61 died earlier this month at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85.
Former HKS Dean Joseph Nye Remembered as a Preeminent Scholar of International Relations
Nye, a towering scholar and policymaker who spent the last 60 years at the center of international security debates in Washington and Cambridge, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Former HKS Dean, Leading International Relations Scholar Joseph Nye Dead at 88
Former Harvard Kennedy School dean Joseph S. Nye Sr. died at 88 on Tuesday. Nye, who served as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs under President Bill Clinton, was one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary international relations theory.
