Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

female, deceased (2004)
American historical novelist, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, American women writer, LGBT, Leukemia death, Jewish person
Susan Sontag was an American essayist, novelist, intellectual, filmmaker, and activist.
Stanley Kunitz

Stanley Kunitz

male, deceased (2006)
American Poet Laureate, Lithuanian-American, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Harvard University alumni, Centenarian, from Massachusetts…United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Harvard College, Harvard
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kju:nɪts/ (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was a noted American poet who served two years (1974-1976) as the Consultant in...
Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels

female, 66 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Gnostic Gospels, Princeton University faculty, Harvard University, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Christian Church…Harvard University alumni, Ph.D. at Harvard University
Elaine Pagels, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best...
Alice Rivlin

Alice Rivlin

female, 78 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Clinton Administration personnel, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Radcliffe College alumni, Bryn Mawr College alumni, Ph.D., CBO
Alice Mitchell Rivlin (born March 4, 1931 in Philadelphia) is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget. Rivlin is...
Ruth J. Simmons

Ruth J. Simmons

female, 64 years old
President of Brown University, Academic, Literature educator, Brown Daily Herald, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Harvard University alumni…Harvard Corporation, Harvard University
Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland, Texas), is the 18th president of Brown University and first black president of an Ivy League institution....
Kevin Starr

Kevin Starr

male, 69 years old
Race riots, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, National Humanities Medal, University of Southern California faculty, U.S. Army, emeritus…Harvard University alumni, Harvard University
Kevin Starr (born 3 September 1940 in San Francisco) is an American historian, best-known for his multi-volume series on the history of California,...
Victor Fung

Victor Fung

male, 65 years old
HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, Harvard Business School alumni, Airport Authority Hong Kong, william fung, Business Person…Harvard Business School
Dr Victor Kwok-king Fung (born 1945) is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies, also the current Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong...
Marilyn French

Marilyn French

female, 80 years old
militant radical feminist, feminist movement, Hofstra University alumni, cancer survivor, HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, lesbian separatist…Harvard University
Marilyn French (born November 21, 1929) is an American author known for her feminist novels and non-fiction. In her work, French asserts that...
Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter

male, 100 years old
HarvardCentennialMedalrecipient, Juilliard School faculty, St. John's College, Peabody Conservatory, European classical music, United States National Medal of Arts recipient…Harvard Glee Club, Harvard University
Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (born December 11, 1908) is an American composer of classical music. Elliott Carter was born in New York, New York. He was...