Professions: Technical director of Harvard College Theatre Programs since 1993; founder and director of Harvard College’s Freshman Arts Program; worked on lighting for the original Woodstock festival and the Boston Ballet; designed lights to coax penguins into mating at the New England Aquarium; patented an original theater lighting system.
Degrees: A.B. ’69, Harvard.
Quote: “You haven't seen a play on the Harvard campus in decades that happened without either Alan's direct help or the involvement of people who learned most of what they know from Alan. Everyone involved in technical theatre very much looked up to Alan and learned an incredible amount from him.” — Blase E. Ur ’07, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Company
Death: June 21, 2006, of a heart attack while working late in his office at the Agassiz Theatre.
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