Archives: October 2007

Caroline M. Hoxby, AB '88
One of Harvard's top economists - and only African-American economics professor - has been lured away by Stanford. The Wall Street Journal recently stated this was 'possibly the biggest catch' yet in academia.

Shane Jones, MPA '91
New Zealand Labour MP Shane Jones was today appointed to a Cabinet position as Minister of Building and Construction. This promotion had been rumored ever since Jones stepped down as a director of the Maori fisheries trust Te Ohu Kaimoana earlier this year.

Charles Nesson, AB '60, LLB '63
Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson has formed the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society with some HLS students to promote poker as 'fun' and as a game of skill rather than luck. This group comes alongsides Nesson's efforts to make the government relax restrictions on players and to overturn a law that bans online gaming.

Michael Chertoff, AB '75, JD '78
When Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his controversial plan to to offer New York driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff contacted him, telling him his plan would undermine the new federal initiative for a nationally recognized license. The announcement of the three-tiered Real ID plan - a compromise of sorts - came yesterday.

Pardis Sabeti, MD '06
Iranian Pardis Sabeti, biological anthropologist and MIT, Oxford, and Harvard graduate, has been included in a newly-released list of 100 living geniuses. She is the third woman ever to graduate from Harvard Medical School with highest honors.

Peter Barton Hutt, LLB '59
After earning a law degree from Harvard Law School and a master's of law from NYU Law, Peter Barton Hutt came to Washington to accept a job in the FDA in 1960. He is now considered one of the country's foremost food and drug attorneys.

Michael Bloomberg, MBA '66
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was honored with Harvard's School of Public Health's highest honor, the Richmond Award, yesterday. The award is in recognition of Bloomberg's work in instituting the New York smoking ban, eliminating trans fats, and fighting illegal gun dealers.

Conan O'Brien, AB '85
NBC CEO Jeff Zucker has announced that Jay Leno will leave "The Tonight Show," as scheduled, in 2009, despite any public statements from Leno to the contrary. He will be replaced by "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien.

Eliot Spitzer, JD '84
After facing some of the most intense criticism of his career over a plan to offer driver's licenses to undocument immigrants, Gov. Eliot Spitzer has given in and, with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, announced a revised three-tiered licensing system for New York's drivers.

Barack Obama, JD '91
Before becoming a possible Democratic presidential candidate, Obama studied at Columbia and worked in Manhattan during the early 1980s. Although he describes this period as 'pivotal' in his memoir, he has repeatedly turned down requests to discuss his Columbia years, release his transcript, or even name any fellow student, roommate, or co-worker.

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73
Ever since Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan on Oct. 18 after eight years in self-imposed exile, the country has been in uproar. Her arrival procession was greeted with an explosion that killed 140, and she has become the only Pakistani politician to state that suicide bombing is against the teaching of Islam.

Stanley O'Neal, MBA '78
After a stormy 10 days of losses and write-downs, Merrill Lynch has announced that CEO Stan O'Neal is retiring. Alberto Cribiore, founder of the private equity firm Brera Capital, has been named interim nonexecutive chairman.

Vin Ferrara, AB '95
New football helmet targets concussions

Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA '69
Break free of society's mold, speaker says at leadership lecture

Samuel Moreno, MPA '00
Colombian ex-dictator's grandson elected Bogota's new mayor

Paul Richards, EdM '99
A Principal Who Cracks Down on Stress

Eliot Spitzer, JD '84
Real ID That Spitzer Now Embraces Has Been Widely Criticized

Stanley O'Neal, MBA '78
Risk-Taker’s Reign at Merrill Ends With Swift Fall

Andy Bloch, JD '99
A High-Stakes Table

Kurt Voelker, AB '89
Kurt Voelker's first feature was a walk in the 'Park'

Richard A. Posner, LLB '62
The 3 judges who sided with Ryan

Florian Homm, AB '82, MBA '87
Frozen Homm Funds Roiled by Deception of Investors

Richard Santana, EdM '95
Speaker recounts past life in gang

Christopher Cox, MBA '77, JD '77
SEC's Cox pressing for vote on shareholder rights

David Shaffer, AB '86
Psychiatrist Sues Columbia After Being Terminated

David Major, AB '83
Stopping along Vermont's Cheese Trail

Anita Allen, JD '84
A challenge for philosophy

David Kennedy, JD '80
Top Law Professor Leaves for Brown

John Roberts, AB '76, JD '79
Roberts Skirts Hot Topics at BYU Speech

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74
Romney’s Slip of Tongue Blurs Osama and Obama

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73
Bhutto Receives New Death Threat, Aide Says

James Murdoch, College '96
James Murdoch on Satellite TV, His Google Deal, and What Mogul Means

Amy Gutmann, AB '71, PhD '76
Penn's president given new deal

Stephanie Wilson, SB '88
The Astronauts of STS-120

Mark Eggert, AB '83, JD '86
Centene Corporation Appoints Mark Eggert as Executive Vice President, Health Plans

Palaniappan Chidambaram, MBA '68
We're warding off a bubble in stocks: FM

Michael Bloomberg, MBA '66
NYC mayor receives award from Harvard for public health efforts

Arthur Richenthal, JD '37
Arthur Richenthal, Landlord Lawyer, Dies at 92

Barack Obama, JD '91
Obama Criticizes Conventional Thinking

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Foreigners Nixed for Bhutto Bomb Probe

Matt Siegel, AB '05
Unmaking the Band: Social Network for Musicians Takes Face Time Out of Studio Time

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74
Romney camp stacking the Values Voter straw-poll

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Bhutto Attack Was Suicide Bombing; Death Toll 134

Ben Bernanke, AB '75
Bernanke Explains Decision - Making

Kenneth Koch, AB '48
Speaking Volumes: Pride and Poetry ... And the Humor Within

Jorge Chavarro, SM '03, SD '06
Study: Eating Soy May Decrease Sperm Count in Men

Mark Zuckerberg, College 2006
Facebook founder says social networking sites in it for the long haul

Norman Mailer, SB '43
Norman Mailer in Hospital After Surgery

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Bhutto Back in Pakistan After 8-Year Exile

Bill Scanlon, MBA '67
Long-serving Scanlon focuses on task at hand

Michelle Guerette, AB '02
Headed to Olympus: America's foremost sculler, Guerette has a single motivation - the Beijing Games in 2008

Barack Obama, JD '91
All in the family: Cheney and Obama related

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Musharraf Rival Prepares for Return

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Benazir Bhutto returning to Pakistan defiant but compromised

James L. Oakes, AB '45, LLB '47
James L. Oakes Dies at 83; Nixon Choice for Federal Bench

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74
Gingerly, Romney Seeks Ties to Christian Right

David Kennedy, JD '80
Kennedy named VP for int'l affairs

Barack Obama, JD '91
When They Were Young

Harvey Mansfield, AB '53, PhD '61
Affirmative Action Grading In Universities: Part 1 - Reality Testing

Kiril Petkov, MBA '07
MANAGER PROFILE: Making things happen in Bulgaria

Eric Maskin, AB '72, AM '74, PhD '76
American Trio Wins 2007 Nobel For Economics

Mike Kopko, AB '07
Services help lazy college students stay organized

Mario Capecchi, PhD '67
A Nobel Warrior

Philippe Wamba, AB '92
Africa: Philippe Wamba - New Pan-African Generation

Al Gore, AB '69
Gore, U.N. Climate Panel Win Nobel Peace Prize

Khanyi Dhlomo, MBA '07
Going solo works for Khanyi

Al Gore, AB '69
Gore to learn whether he'll win Nobel Peace Prize

Eugene Saenger, AB '38
Eugene Saenger, Controversial Doctor, Dies at 90

Edwyn Owen, AB '58
Edwyn Owen, Who Won Gold in 1960, Dies at 71

Steve Ballmer, AB '77
Ballmer comments reflect deeper problems

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74
Mitt Romney: A Changed Man

Marlyn McGrath-Lewis, AB '70, PhD '78, AM '74
The Gatekeepers

Malachi Mixon III, AB '62, MBA '68
Honored: Invacare's A. Malachi Mixon III gets Harvard Business alumni award

Meg Whitman, MBA '79
Meg Whitman's Tough Lessons

Baratunde Thurston, AB '99
Festival is happy helping rising stars

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Court clears the way for Musharraf to hold on to power

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74
Romney, Clinton health care plans similar-experts

Dr. Mark Carney, AB '87
Canada: Central Bank Leader Named

Barack Obama, JD '91
Obama's ambitions suitable for presidency

Walter Mroz, AB '47
Walter Mroz, 80, veteran, engineer

James W. Michaels, SB '43
James Michaels, Longtime Forbes Editor, Dies at 86

Dr. Erin Tracy, MPH '97
‘Recontouring’ and Its Critics

Joey Hanzich, AB '06
Grad Death Linked to Heart Attack

William Ury, AM '77, L '80, PhD '82
Sandwich your No between two Yeses

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73, LLD '89
Bhutto: Corruption charges remain

Brooke Ellison, AB '00, MPP '04
Stem cell event a forum for activists, scientists

Thomas Kane, MPP '87, Ph. D '91
Our Schools Must Do Better

Betsy Morgan, MBA '95
CBSNews.com Chief to Lead a News and Blogs Site

Irene Pepperberg, AM '71, Ph.D '76
The Ambivalent Bond With a Ball of Fur

Michelle Obama, JD '88
Some Women Who Could Be First Lady

Evan J. Lushing, AB '04
Grads To Pen Mock Facebook Guide

Michelle Obama, JD '88
Michelle Obama: The candidate is 'extraordinary'

Jaime Zobel de Ayala, AB '81, MBA '87
Zobel gets highest alumni award from Harvard

Christian Herter, Jr, SB '41, LLB '48
Christian Herter Jr., Longtime Public Servant, Dies at 88

Barack Obama, JD '91
Loyal Network Backs Obama After His Help