Blog Posts

1. Richard A. Doyle, A.B. '82 and M.B.A. '86, and Daniel C. Kenary, A.B. '82

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 08/23/2006

Who: Co-founders of Harpoon Brewery and the current CEO (Rich) and president (Dan).

2. W. Reed Foster, M.B.A. '61

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/31/2006

Who: Co-founder and ambassador at-large of Ravenswood Wines; retired director, CEO, and chairman.

His favorite tee: Frequently seen in public with his t-shirt printed with Ravenswood’s motto, “No Wimpy Wines,” in 15 different languages. Pas de vins poules mouillees.

3. Ernest "Bud" Miller, M.B.A. '70

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/24/2006

Who: Dean of the School of Business at Clayton State University; former CEO of Arvida Company, a Florida-based real estate company.

Hometown: Lynn, Mass., where “there were no vacations—you just waited until the layoffs came,” he told the Atlanta Constitution.

4. Glenn H. Hutchins, A.B. '77, M.B.A. '83, J.D. '84

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/18/2006

Who: Co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm.

In his own words: No fuzzy math here: “In God we trust. All others bring data.” He also likens private equity investors to aliens: organizing the SunGard deal resembled “the bar scene in the Star Wars movie, with rooms full of a variety of odd and impressive characters.”

5. Matthew Yglesias, A.B. '03

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/14/2006

Who: Political blogger at TPMCafe; staff writer for the American Prospect; general commentator on all and sundry at his personal blog; a “proud member of the reality-based community.”

Enemies: Gawker seems to think he is most worthwhile when generating pithy one-liners of other columns; Barbarianblog named him “wanker of the day.”

6. Stephanie D. Wilson, S.B. '88

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/05/2006

Following a successful launch of the shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, Stephanie Wilson is now officially the second African-American woman to travel to outer space. Her mission will help determine the future of the space shuttle program, as the crew works to test critical safety and repair modifications. They will also deliver a freezer, a cycling machine, a German astronaut, and a few “surprises” to the International Space Station, which relies upon the shuttles for maintenance.

7. Henry “Hank the Hammer” M. Paulson Jr., M.B.A. ’70

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 07/03/2006

The latest of Bush’s appointees may have more in common with Al Gore than with the man himself. After 32 years on Wall Street, Paulson hasn’t forgotten that money isn’t the only thing that’s green: when not chasing down the big bucks, he likes to hug trees, save coral reefs, and watch birds. That said, Paulson is pretty good at making money.

8. Alma Eastwood McConnell, 101

Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/25/2006

Artist; professor emeritus of the art department at San Francisco State University.

9. Paul Lewis Crine, 80

Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/24/2006

Worked in management at Safeway Food Stores; served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, where he was a first lieutenant on the U.S.S. Midway.

10. Albert Hartman Travis, 92

Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/24/2006

Professor and chair of the classics department at UCLA; lieutenant commander of the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.

11. Judge Constance Russell, A.B. ’80

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 06/21/2006

Conservatives grumble as supporters of marriage equality breathe a (perhaps short-lived) sigh of relief in the unlikeliest of states. On May 16, Judge Constance Russell revoked Georgia’s gay marriage ban. After a year of hearings, Russell ruled that the ban violated the state constitution’s “single subject rule,” which prohibits referendums from hitching two issues together (in this case, marriage and civil unions).

12. Robert D. Luskin, A.B. ’72, J.D. ’79

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 06/19/2006

Here’s proof that great lawyers need not sympathize with their clients. Luskin—a firm liberal and Democratic voter—seems to have kept senior White House adviser and campaign wizard Karl Rove from a grand jury indictment. After more than two years of verbal and legal wrangling, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, J.D. ’85, decided against charging Rove with obstructing justice amidst Plame-gate.

13. Stanley van den Heuvel, 88; Banker

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/18/2006

Stanley van den Heuvel postponed Harvard Law to serve in the South Pacific during World War II.

14. James C. Walker, 74; Teacher and Artist

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/17/2006

A Harvard professor inspired James Walker so much that he decided to leave Harvard. Realizing he wanted to become a teacher, he abandoned Cambridge to pursue a bachelor's in education from the University of Washington.

15. William H. White, 91; Educator

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/17/2006

William H. White was a community leader in both education and business.

16. William D. Smith, 63; Educator

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/16/2006

William “Bill” Smith loved teaching almost as much as he loved building and flying model airplanes.

17. Stanley Kunitz, 100; Acclaimed Poet

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/16/2006

The Boston Globe calls Stanley Kunitz “more beloved than honored,” though that’s not quite accurate.

18. Harold G. Kaufman, 87; Inventor and Businessman

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/16/2006

“How is it on whole wheat toast?” Johnny Carson once joked on The Tonight Show about Harold Kaufman’s invention. He was speaking of nothing remotely Nutella-like but rather Naval Jelly, a household and industrial rust remover.

19. David R. Arnold, 89; Businessman

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/12/2006

Not every Harvard graduate can claim descent from a family that founded another college. But David R. Arnold's ancestors, social reformers and abolitionists, created Knox College in 1837 to provide an education for all, including women and blacks.

20. Daniel B. Schirmer, 91; Activist for Equality and Peace

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/12/2006

Daniel Boone might never have expected his descendants to grow up in the moneyed world of Greenwich, Connecticut. But he would not have been surprised to learn that privilege did not keep Daniel Boone Schirmer from a free-spirited struggle against freedom and injustice.

21. William H. Smith, 91; Business and Community Leader

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/09/2006

While William H. Smith could count himself among the alumni of Harvard Law School, law was only one part of his rich and varied life.

22. William S. Campbell, 82; Businessman

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/05/2006

Car mechanic and photographer, milkman and Harvard graduate, avid hiker and lover of nature, William S. Campbell was many things in his long life.

23. John W. Harris, 86; Hematologist

Tribe Posting : Lives : 05/05/2006

John W. Harris spent most of his life around blood. Fresh out of Harvard Medical School, he served as a captain of the U.S. Army Medical Corps on the battlefields of the European theater during World War II.