Reunions
Interim President Garber Asks Alumni to Stick by Harvard Despite ‘Difficult Year’
Interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 had a speech prepared for Alumni Day about the University’s resilience after a year of nonstop turmoil on campus. But before Garber could begin speaking, an animal rights activist leaped onstage and doused him with gold glitter.
‘A Guinea Pig’: Looking Back on Randomized Housing for the Class of 1999
For more than two decades, Harvard students were able to rank where they wanted to live for three years of college. But in 1995, Harvard’s administration decided it was time for a change.
‘An Important Counter Space’: How Radcliffe Officially Joined Forces with Harvard
Radcliffe College officially merged with Harvard in April 1999, after months of closed-door meetings that left students and alumni in the dark about the future of Radcliffe.
‘A Script For A Political Movie’: The Class of 1974 Looks Back on Watergate
While the Watergate break-in happened in the late summer of 1972, as the Class of 1974 finished their sophomore year, the scandal’s most dramatic moments would come during their final year in Cambridge — at a campus that had deep ties to, and was often the scorn of, the embattled administration.
As Protests Raged, Harvard Founded Its Own Management Company
In the fall of 1973, Harvard’s treasurer decided the University should control its own purse strings.
2024 Presidential Candidate Cornel West ’74’s Life as a ‘Love Warrior’
Cornel R. West ’74 brought a book with him just in case the party quieted down.
‘Tabloid Interest’: The Class of 1999 Looks Back on The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
A President was getting impeached for the first time in 130 years, but Harvard students were more focused on finals.
‘Largest Art Theft’: 50 Years of Searching for the Stolen Fogg Coins
On a December night in 1973, five armed men broke into Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum and stole more than 6,000 ancient Greek and Roman coins. Fifty years later, the museum is still working to get them back.
Dominance on the Ice: The 1999 Women’s Ice Hockey Team's Long Legacy
In what marks the 25th anniversary of the Harvard women’s ice hockey team’s historic triple-crown season, the team’s national championship run and the grit, perseverance, and dominance the squad displayed throughout that entire season is still spoken about with hushed reverence.
Competing Equally at Last: 50 Years of the Harvard-Radcliffe Athletics Merger
Harvard University and Radcliffe College merged in 1974 in a decision that came on the heels of the passage of Title IX and carried major implications for the future of athletics at Harvard.
‘Can’t Survive on 5.5’: The Months-Long Printer Strike in 1974
The Harvard University Printing Office has been shuttered for over 20 years. But in the spring of 1974, the Office dominated the local news when more than 30 printers went on strike for months.
‘It Was Never a Game Plan’: Walter Isaacson ’74 Looks Back on Storied Career
Walter S. Isaacson ’74 is a people person.
Affirmative Action, Activism, and Afro-American Studies: The Class of 1974 Looks Back on Racial Progress
Between debate over affirmative action, the inception of an Afro-American Studies department, and the rise of student activism and groups like the African and African American Resistance Organizations, the Class of 1974 went through Harvard at a pivotal time in the history of race relations and Black students on campus.
‘Generational Intellect’: Meet Attorney General Merrick Garland ’74
In interviews with 11 of his friends, former classmates, and professors, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland ’74 was repeatedly characterized as a man who struck others for his deep intellect — but also for his honesty and dependability, and for seeming to get along with everyone.
‘Hanging On to Every Word’: Listeners Reflect on Nelson Mandela’s 1998 Address at Harvard
On Sep. 18, 1998, South African President Nelson Mandela stood in front of an array of University officials and red-robed scholars and awed a packed crowd of 25,000 in Tercentenary Theatre.
