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...thought I’d read a few Harvard-related things. When I did the Phi Beta Kappa here in 1984, I read a poem called “Alphabets,” so I hope to read that. I never quite know what to read, but the Harvard situation—Sanders Theater, specifically—dictates some things. I read “Alphabets” first in Sanders, and it was written with Sanders in mind. It’s a rather beautiful theater...

Author: By Hyung W. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Seamus Heaney | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...circumference.” The first half of the hour-long reading consisted of Heaney’s older works. Two of the poems Heaney read he composed specifically for Harvard. The first, ‘Alphabets,’ he created for the 1984 Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony, and is one of his more famous poems. He also read ‘Villanelle,’ which he read for the first time in Tercentenary Theater in honor of Harvard’s 350th anniversary. “I thought, ‘how can anyone possibly hear...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nobel Laureate Dazzles Sanders | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...outside Chicago, where he developed an abiding interest in wildlife and the environment. (He was later Chairman of the Board of the Nature Conservancy.) He went to college at Dartmouth, where earned the nickname "The Hammer" as a member of the school's football team. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1968, he earned an MBA at Harvard before embarking on stints in the Department of Defense and as a White House aide under Richard Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henry M. Paulson, Jr. | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...delightful to see that they were willing to invite someone to speak on something that is so obviously controversial,” said Christopher H. Van Buren ’08, a Phi Beta Kappa inductee...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Scholars Honored in PBK | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

Physics professor Howard Georgi ’68, who is also president of the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa chapter said that he knew Weinberg’s talk would be thoughtful and not offensive to the audience...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Scholars Honored in PBK | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

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