Word: alumnus
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...approached the baggage claim I frantically tried to fix my cowlick because I could see the cameras rolling in the distance. Peter Rader, a Harvard alumnus and successful screenplay writer, was waiting for us with cameras in tow. The footage was for an upcoming documentary Rader is making concerning the relationship between Harvard and Hollywood, an apt scenario for our immersion into...
Perhaps one of the most inspiring moments of our exploration was at Fox Studios. After having lunch just a few feet away from where The Simpsons is produced (and seeing Dan Castellaneta from afar!), we met Robert Kraft, a Harvard alumnus and president of Fox Music. He spoke candidly, with brilliant insight, about his experiences in the industry over the last twenty years and openly addressed any anxiety about embarking on a similar career...
...certain Harvard football alumnus, however, got to spend some time in the glow of ESPN’s cameras this...
...many generations of alumni. When making contributions, alumni expect that the endowment will be held in trust for the education of future generations of Harvard students—not to create gigantic personal fortunes. That’s why one wealthy Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health alumnus, Dr. Terry M. Bennett, reacted to the bonuses by trying to retrieve a multi-million dollar gift to Harvard...
...historical record is clear, as disclosed most recently by University of Oklahoma Professor Stephen Norwood, and corroborated by contemporary accounts in The Crimson and records of the Harvard Student Union. Harvard sought to accord an honorary position to an alumnus who happened to be a top-ranking Nazi propagandist and close friend of Hitler, Ernst F.S. “Putzi” Hanfstaengl ’09, at his class reunion in 1934, after which he thanked Harvard in writing for its “extremely cordial reception.” Later that year, Nazi naval officers, on a visit...