Word: alum
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...there’s much, much more. Alumni can set up new awards, endowing scholarships for the student who fills their old rank in class. The 23rd student in Introductory Physics could receive a bonus from a nostalgic alum...
DIED. NATHAN PUSEY, 94, president of Harvard who saw the university through the expansionist 1950s and '60s; in New York City. The Iowa-born Harvard alum created "need-blind" admissions and oversaw the near tripling of its administrative and teaching staff--including many women. He came under fire in 1969, when he called in police to oust from a campus building protesters from the radical Students for a Democratic Society. Pusey announced his retirement the next year...
However, many former Harvard students in New York have reported that their relationships with other members of their class have been a source of comfort. With so many former Harvard students living and working in New York, many graduates have turned to the Harvard (recent) alum community for support during their most trying moments this fall. Alex Beale 01, a graduate who works in public relations, admits that within 10 minutes of the first plane crash on September 11, she and her friends set up an e-mail list to ensure one anothers safety. And P. Ivonne Thompson...
...solve problems. And she’s pretty good at it. In the years since Hax left Harvard she has become the new Anne Landers to a society colored by “Sex and the City.” Americans under 30 are increasingly turning to the Harvard alum and heralded advice columnist for all of their love, family and other needs...
And—in typical Harvard-student style— Murphy, an alum, specifically skirted stating his alma mater...